We Sing Because We’re Happy LP

Submitted by kookykitsch July 2nd, 2010

from the Korean Orphan Choir

4 Responses to “We Sing Because We’re Happy LP”

1. 

   Allee Willis

   I think they could have gotten those kids to look a little happier before they shot the album cover.

   July 2nd, 2010
2. 

   kookykitsch

   I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the title was lost in translation and meant to say “we sing because we were forced to at the Korean orphanage.”

   July 2nd, 2010
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     Allee Willis

     I think you hit the orphan on the head!

     July 2nd, 2010
3. 

   Mark Blackwell

   apparently they once did an album of hymns with burl ives, so surely that made them happy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl_Ives_and_the_Korean_Orphan_Choir_Sing_of_Faith_and_Joy

   here’s a little taste of the gleeful K.O.C. in action:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI4FCFcbT5s

   July 2nd, 2010