4 Sept 2009: Holiday Weekend

[mshray]

Quick, how many other self referential songs can we name before "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" ends?

Kool & the Gang, "Hollywood Swingin'"

does Bad Company by Bad Company count?

no, I mean songs that in some way refer to themselves, not songs the bands named themselves after. A fine distinction I admit.

[Gazoo]

WOS to Wang Chung and one of the dumbest songs ever written.   

WOS2 to Todd and one of the dumbest songs ever written.  

[RGMike]

Quick, how many other self referential songs can we name before "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" ends?

Kool & the Gang, "Hollywood Swingin'"

Steely Dan, Showbiz Kids. ("They got the shapely bodies, They got the Steely Dan t-shirts...")

I was just listening to that this week!

Ton of rap songs fit this, as does Fergie's "Fergalicious."

rap and self-referentiality are practically synonymous, yo.

[mshray]

uh-oh -- Todd's bangin' and everybody (except me) is WOS'n

Not me, if only because given the chance I'd be doing a lot worse to my boss' head.  I also think the bass solo is under-appreciated.

[Tinka Cat]

The Sound is playing Bang on the Drum right now, too.

[RGMike]

Quick, how many other self referential songs can we name before "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" ends?

Kool & the Gang, "Hollywood Swingin'"

does Bad Company by Bad Company count?

no, I mean songs that in some way refer to themselves, not songs the bands named themselves after. A fine distinction I admiint.

well, did BadCo name themselves after the song, or name the song after the band?

[RGMike]

WOS to Wang Chung and one of the dumbest songs ever written.   

WOS2 to Todd and one of the dumbest songs ever written.  

at least neither song contains the line "I'm givin' you my bestest"

[Tinka Cat]

Heeeeheheheeehehahahaa!  Wipe Out BOS!!!!

[mshray]

I can't recall the movie, but somewhere out there there's a movie line that goes something like, "my five year old nephew is really smart, he knows all the words to 'Wipeout'."

[Tinka Cat]

Quick, how many other self referential songs can we name before "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" ends?

Kool & the Gang, "Hollywood Swingin'"

does Bad Company by Bad Company count?

no, I mean songs that in some way refer to themselves, not songs the bands named themselves after. A fine distinction I admiint.

well, did BadCo name themselves after the song, or name the song after the band?

how about Jigsaw Puzzle by the Rolling Stones?

Oh the singer, he looks angry
At being thrown to the lions
And the bass player, he looks nervous
About the girls outside
And the drummer, he's so shattered
Trying to keep up time
And the guitar players look damaged
They've been outcasts all thier lives

[Gazoo]

I can't recall the movie, but somewhere out there there's a movie line that goes something like, "my five year old nephew is really smart, he knows all the words to 'Wipeout'."

I heard the Fat Boys + Beach Boys' "Wipeout" last week.  Ugh.   

[RGMike]

best song about California written by non-Californians!

[mshray]

I almost have to give this a WOS just because of the repetitive Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk ads, but instead I'll say BOSFRA.

[mshray]

uber BOS Ramones!!!!!!!

[Tinka Cat]

back in 8th grade, I had a friend who was a drummer. He had those "Music Minus One for Drums" albums to practice with: you put the record on and you hear the song minus your instrument's sounds, which you provide.  pretty neat.  

My favorite track on that LP was Wipeout!