Clap, Clap?

This advert was filmed in Hillbrow, South Africa. Hillbrow is one of the less affluent suburbs here. It just makes me feel inspired and reminds me that any journey begins with a single step, or in this case "clap". 😀

I reminds me of when I was a young girl and we used to play rhyming and clapping games out in the schoolyard, during recess. The earliest chart version is by Shirley Ellis.

I hope you enjoy watching it, as I do.

17 Replies to “Clap, Clap?”

  1. Hey GFI use to play this game too in Boarding Schoolit was fun and the music was HOTTTTTTTTTthanks for the memory 😀

  2. hey GF, do you remember “say, say, my playmate, come out and play with me!?” we did that one a lot at my school. i think “i wrote a letter to my love” was my favorite when i was very young”.:D glad for the memories it evoked! :love: i believe that many of these songs were created by slaves working out in the fields, and they still sing them at Mardi Gras. i wonder if this one was too? maybe Dillon will stop by and tell us :DHello Larry and thanks for stopping by. It’s so much fun and so energising. I really love the boy with the afro….”huh?” 😆 and the little boy at the end! and the way they end the ad with the girls who started the whole thing, admiring their clapping chain. 😀

  3. Hey GFYes we use to have all kinds of songs to clap to.and of course we made our own too lol Yes it sounds like a game the slaves could have used to keeptheir sanity and their traditions alive.

  4. Loved It!! :DThat song was done by a band in the 80’s, it was a huge hit here.Apparently Lil Kim did it too :ican’tfind it: :rolleyes: 😀

  5. That sound like Shirley Ellis with an enhanced bass line to me.I wonder if it’s hers or if she just found it somewhere… 🙂

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