I've coincidentally heard a couple of songs in my iTunes rotation lately that have used typewriters as percussion, which made me wonder what other such songs there were.<\/p>\r\n
Internets to the rescue! It turns out that there's a TV Tropes page about this: Rhythm Typewriter<\/a>. (Reminder: Major time sink. Following TV Tropes links is hazardous to one's ability to get anything done.)<\/p>\r\n There's also an ilxor.com thread<\/a> on this topic; link is to the Google cache of the page, 'cause I can't load the regular version of the page.<\/p>\r\n The two typewriter-percussion songs that I had encountered recently are “Embassy Lament” from Chess<\/cite> (the typewriter bits are in the middle and at the end; presumably weren't done with an actual typewriter, but clearly meant to sound like one), and Dolly Parton's “9 to 5<\/a>,” the theme song of the movie by the same name. TV Tropes says Parton made the typewriter clicks by tapping her nails together; interesting if true.<\/p>\r\n