The Cup Song

[threedragons]

Ok, so I'm a few years behind the rest of the world... AGAIN!

The other day a good friend of mine posted a video of a version of "The Cup Song"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UL3VEiR9rg

It got my attention at least partly because it's just the kind of music I like singing, but also because the cup clap beat thing was something I'd not seen before.

I'm not a big fan of the current rash of teen movies an so "Pitch Perfect" had completely passed me by, but when the same friend posted this a few days later...

http://www.wimp.com/irishcups/

It got me looking up the how and the where of it.

The initial origin is from the movie "Pitch Perfect" and is performed by Anna Kendrick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aSCUZ25OjY

But there's a lot more to this than just a neat bit of fluff from a teen movie.

The song it'self is much older...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXSOPDe5-Y

and I have no doubt that the "Cup Game" is just a variety of "Claping Game" of the sort that appears in playgrounds and school yards around the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDpzzl1uqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMooKiYKi0

It's probably older than the song though my very quick and rough research hasn't turned up anything about it before this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLXYRGSTKIk

There are other versions too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ3oVGs3br8

and a lot of tutorials available but this is possibly the best one that I've found so far...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhJUAGWQHUU

Incase you wanted the lyrics...

Here's a start, but it's not QUITE the same as the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ye_OtuV6Xw