WEBVTT 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:13.960 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.960 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.640 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:22.539 Joining me once again as guest curator is my 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:25.320 former Toon Styles co -host, Jay Sweet. Jay, 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:27.399 welcome back, my friend. Well, thanks for having 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.820 me, man. I'm looking so forward to this because 00:00:29.820 --> 00:00:33.159 I really needed a little dose of happiness. I 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.079 was going to say, my first question then is, 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:38.439 how are you feeling tonight? I'm feeling pretty 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.359 happy. I'm glad that's your answer because it 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:43.219 probably would have been hella awkward if you 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:46.039 were like Mopey leading into tonight's feel good 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:48.380 songs, kind of like Mr. Snuffleupagus, like, 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:54.600 I'm okay, bird. I'm Eeyore. Yeah. So what were 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:56.880 you looking for in the songs that you brought 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.780 to the table tonight besides the obvious fact 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:03.859 that they make you feel good? I went with purely 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:07.439 by the letter of the law here. I tried to stick 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:11.760 to the. happiness theme and i tried to stay with 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.780 you know in your face happiness and these are 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:19.060 songs so a lot of them are songs that make me 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:21.379 think of happy times which of course you you 00:01:21.379 --> 00:01:23.640 have to do that but you know they're associated 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:27.159 with you know my kids or my parents or stuff 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.900 that we did when when i was a kid and for me 00:01:29.900 --> 00:01:33.280 it was all about a vibe because a feel -good 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:37.180 song could pretty much mean Anything to anybody. 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.780 Look, if you have a happy memory that's tied 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:44.400 to Redneck by Lamb of God, then that's a feel 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.980 good song for you. And that works perfectly. 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:51.359 That's totally fine. Sure. For me, I call these 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:56.180 my quote unquote, you can't help but smile songs. 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.969 Songs that immediately invoke that. feel good 00:02:00.969 --> 00:02:03.250 vibe even though that's right on the nose with 00:02:03.250 --> 00:02:05.989 the name of the episode but there's a definite 00:02:05.989 --> 00:02:09.629 theme to the songs i've chosen tonight i'm just 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:13.069 not sure how to describe that theme so i'm gonna 00:02:13.069 --> 00:02:17.669 leave it up to the mixtapers to decide what that 00:02:17.669 --> 00:02:21.960 theme is all right So let's get down to business. 00:02:22.020 --> 00:02:25.259 Tonight, as I mentioned, Jay and I will be curating 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:28.539 the ultimate feel -good songs mixtape, and we'll 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:31.419 use, as usual, the old cassette deck approach. 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:34.840 Jay, as my special guest, will begin side A with 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:37.659 his first song choice, and then I'll add a song 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:40.780 that I feel best follows up that choice. We'll 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:43.039 then flip -flop choosing songs until we've mapped 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.789 out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give our 00:02:46.789 --> 00:02:49.590 mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map out side 00:02:49.590 --> 00:02:52.150 B. Only this time, I'll kick things off with 00:02:52.150 --> 00:02:55.129 Jay choosing second. Our overall goal for this 00:02:55.129 --> 00:02:57.949 episode is to craft the best feel -good songs 00:02:57.949 --> 00:03:02.330 mixtape possible through only 20 songs. At the 00:03:02.330 --> 00:03:04.030 end of the show, you can take our conversation 00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:06.990 to the next level by visiting the episode page 00:03:06.990 --> 00:03:10.629 at myweeklymixtape .com to give our final mixtape 00:03:10.629 --> 00:03:13.960 a listen via the embedded playlist. 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Philip Bergman 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:52.219 chimed in with two, starting with his go -to 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:56.159 genre, the Four Seasons Opus 17, Don't You Worry 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.319 About Me, and then outside of his go -to genre, 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:03.360 Devo's March On. Sean Goff is going with some 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:05.740 80s hair metal and poisons, nothing but a good 00:04:05.740 --> 00:04:08.800 time, which he says is such a fun song. And I'm 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:10.800 not going to argue that in any way, shape or 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.219 form, nor will I. Good, good. Seeker chimed in 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:17.180 with REM's shiny, happy people saying that that 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:20.060 song could lead into almost anything by the B 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:24.699 -52s. Tom Hutchinson chimed in with Muse's Starlight 00:04:24.699 --> 00:04:28.500 saying it's one song he always smiles at. Chad 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:31.240 LaMassa chimed in with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.439 Fresh Prince's Parents Just Don't Understand. 00:04:34.420 --> 00:04:36.920 Brandon from Virginia chimed in with Gorillaz 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.699 Feel Good Inc., hoping it wasn't too much on 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:43.019 the nose. And then with that, the Monkees' Randy 00:04:43.019 --> 00:04:46.680 Scouse git. And Mike Daly chimed in with Paul 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.600 Simon's You Can Call Me Al, shouting out the 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.740 song along with the video, starring Chevy Chase 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:56.740 as two. Feel good vibes. Once again, if you'd 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:58.899 like to chime in for future, my weekly mixtape 00:04:58.899 --> 00:05:02.220 episodes, come join the fellow mixtapers at patrion 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:07.100 .com forward slash my weekly mixtape. Jay, with 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:09.160 those picks out in the feel good atmosphere, 00:05:09.339 --> 00:05:12.199 the sun is shining and I'm officially pressing 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:14.920 the record button on our mixtape and passing 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.040 the mic over to you. What song are you kicking 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.899 off the feel good vibes with tonight? Well, let 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:24.680 me jump right into that by saying, hello boys 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.160 and girls this is a song about being happy oh 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:31.939 god we're going with ren and stimpy's happy happy 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:35.660 joy joy this is your old pal stinky whistle teats 00:05:35.660 --> 00:05:41.759 this is a song about a whale no i did not expect 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.360 you to go there i really yeah you gotta kick 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.399 it off with some ren and stimpy so for me that 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:52.930 song is that was a a television show That came 00:05:52.930 --> 00:05:56.089 out just about the time where I realized, oh, 00:05:56.110 --> 00:05:58.670 I'm allowed to watch this stuff. It's a little 00:05:58.670 --> 00:06:02.550 bit naughty, a little bit dirty, a little bit 00:06:02.550 --> 00:06:06.050 gross. And of course, featuring the fantastic 00:06:06.050 --> 00:06:09.930 vocal talents of Billy West, a vocal talent who 00:06:09.930 --> 00:06:13.129 went on to do great shows. I mean, just numbers 00:06:13.129 --> 00:06:15.949 of numbers of cartoons that I love to watch, 00:06:16.149 --> 00:06:19.009 including my favorite Futurama. So a lot of people 00:06:19.009 --> 00:06:22.089 like Simpsons and. I enjoyed The Simpsons, but 00:06:22.089 --> 00:06:24.430 I liked Futurama a lot better because I'm a space 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:27.490 nerd too. So, you know, I kind of built off of 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:30.889 my Star Wars and love and I went all in on Futurama. 00:06:31.129 --> 00:06:34.750 But this happy, happy, joy, joy song where he 00:06:34.750 --> 00:06:39.550 gets possessed by a helmet that makes him be 00:06:39.550 --> 00:06:43.170 happy and they do this weird dance. And if you 00:06:43.170 --> 00:06:46.730 can find it and embed it in the list, that would 00:06:46.730 --> 00:06:48.370 be hysterical. If you haven't seen it before. 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:51.819 I strongly encourage you to go to YouTube and 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:56.339 check that out or find the full video for Happy 00:06:56.339 --> 00:06:59.959 Happy Joy Joy. I will make sure to embed it on 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:03.339 the episode page at myweeklymixtape .com. Stimpy, 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:08.139 what are you up to? I absolutely love this show. 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:10.699 I'm actually surprised now you didn't go with 00:07:10.699 --> 00:07:13.779 the log song. Log rolls downstairs, a loner in 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.100 pairs rolls over your neighbor's dog. What's 00:07:16.100 --> 00:07:17.839 great for a snack. It fits on your back. It's 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:21.279 log, log. Anyway, my old punk band used to cover 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.079 this song back in the early 2000s. It always 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.139 put a smile on people's faces. I just didn't 00:07:27.139 --> 00:07:31.939 expect you to go there. So to follow that up, 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:35.300 believe it or not, I actually know where I'm 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.970 going to go from this song. And it's going to 00:07:38.970 --> 00:07:43.910 bring us from kind of the novelty song into the 00:07:43.910 --> 00:07:47.550 rock world. But I'm going to keep the exact same 00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:53.509 vibe. And I am going to go with Fish and Sparkle 00:07:53.509 --> 00:07:59.110 from 1993's Rift. Laugh and Laughing Fall Apart. 00:07:59.850 --> 00:08:03.810 According to Fish .net's song history, the song, 00:08:03.810 --> 00:08:08.240 musically, is meant to mimic a... soon to be 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:12.459 former bachelor's pulse rate as he's on his knee, 00:08:12.620 --> 00:08:17.060 ready to propose. And this song just continues. 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.519 It starts off at a regular, but boom, boom, boom, 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:25.120 boom, boom, boom. And by the end of the song, 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:29.480 it is at that happy, happy, joy, joy, frantic 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:33.840 pace where it becomes almost this dizzying metal 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.539 bluegrass tune. And for pretty much three quarters 00:08:39.539 --> 00:08:43.139 of the song, the only lyrics, just like happy, 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:45.799 happy, joy, joy are laughing, laughing, fall 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.360 apart, and then repeat it over and over and over 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:51.340 and over again. And when my kids were younger. 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:54.679 They would just bounce in the car seat as that 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.139 song played. And as the song got faster and faster, 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:01.080 they would just bounce in the seats faster and 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:03.639 faster and faster. And by the end of the song, 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.440 they were just going nuts in the car. So for 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.539 me, every time I hear this song, even though 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:12.500 it's got nothing to do with anything personally 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:15.600 for me, as in like when I proposed, my heart 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.159 rate didn't get that bad. But just every time 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:20.519 I hear the song, I immediately picture the girls 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.940 in the back seat. Going absolutely bonkers to 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:27.820 this song. And somehow I've been able to manage 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:31.320 to capture the vibe of happy, happy, joy, joy 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.960 in a rock song. That's fantastic. I can actually 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:38.500 hear the girls saying, do it again, dad. Because 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:43.340 that's how my kids would react. So full disclosure, 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.960 never really got into Phish the way a lot of 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:51.500 people who follow jam bands do. I think the closest 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:54.100 I kind of got into that universe was Dave Matthews 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:57.840 Band. Don't at me. I know. I know. But when I 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:01.419 was working in college, I was working as a camp 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:04.240 counselor at one of the local camps at Upstate 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.559 New York. And two of my friends who were also 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:12.100 co -counselors had taken an entire year off to 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:15.379 follow fish around the country, which was super 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:18.139 cool. And I thought to myself, I couldn't do 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:20.860 that. First, I couldn't afford it. You know, 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:23.779 how do you live? And then as we moved forward, 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:25.860 and I kind of was explaining that to some of 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:28.139 my friends who weren't working at the camp, who 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:30.779 worked at the radio station with me, it turns 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:33.980 out that one of my closest friends from Syracuse, 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:38.899 his dentist was Michael Fishman's father. So 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:43.639 that's pretty cool. So the song, I'm not as familiar 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.220 with it. When you were singing the Laughing Laughing 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.940 Fall Apart part. Like that, yes, rang a bell 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:51.720 for me. But wow, what a, you know, and it does 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:53.799 have that frenetic energy. And like I said, at 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:55.919 the end of it, just capped with the, with the 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:59.559 giggling cacophony of children going, do it again. 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:03.879 You know, that's what I love repetition to quote 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.159 Stewie Griffin. Well, you've got happy, happy, 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:11.340 joy, joy, and sparkle. Where do we go from here 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:15.990 on this feel good playlist? All right. Well, 00:11:16.090 --> 00:11:18.370 the door's open. I think we got all the silliness 00:11:18.370 --> 00:11:23.669 out of the way. Maybe not. Maybe not. Let's take 00:11:23.669 --> 00:11:27.370 a walk back in time to probably the greatest 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:31.330 use of theremin in popular music ever. And I'm 00:11:31.330 --> 00:11:33.570 going to go with Good Vibrations by the Beach 00:11:33.570 --> 00:11:38.549 Boys. Nice. Yeah. That's a great tune. One of 00:11:38.549 --> 00:11:41.750 the first, I believe the first Beach Boys song 00:11:41.750 --> 00:11:44.759 that I was, that I. learned was you know that 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:48.120 i had known um after that it was help me ronda 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:53.480 and then my class performed to surfing usa which 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.659 of course was used in team wolf my class performed 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:59.720 sloop john b for some reason for one of our choruses 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.080 in grammar school that's an interesting choice 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:06.960 yeah right but no my earliest memories of good 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.600 vibrations was hearing that on the radio when 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:12.909 i was real little and my you know my mom doing 00:12:12.909 --> 00:12:15.309 laundry or bustling around the house during the 00:12:15.309 --> 00:12:18.470 day while we were home and hearing that I'm picking 00:12:18.470 --> 00:12:22.610 up operations and the theremin going over it, 00:12:22.669 --> 00:12:24.649 which at the top of the show, you and I were 00:12:24.649 --> 00:12:26.629 talking a little bit about Big Bang Theory and 00:12:26.629 --> 00:12:29.289 how I was rewatching Young Sheldon and hearing 00:12:29.289 --> 00:12:31.750 Jim Parsons talking about playing his theremin. 00:12:32.090 --> 00:12:36.330 Nobody knows the trouble I've seen. Theremin's 00:12:36.330 --> 00:12:38.889 so great. But that is such a happy memory for 00:12:38.889 --> 00:12:41.169 me and it's a great song. Can't go wrong with 00:12:41.169 --> 00:12:44.009 that. Reached number one on the Billboard US 00:12:44.009 --> 00:12:47.710 Hot 100, as well as nabbing the top spot in Malaysia, 00:12:48.210 --> 00:12:52.389 New Zealand, Spain, and the UK. It was also a 00:12:52.389 --> 00:12:56.409 top 10 hit in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, 00:12:56.789 --> 00:13:01.149 Ireland, Finland, Austria, South Africa, Norway, 00:13:01.470 --> 00:13:05.710 and Singapore. A worldwide hit. The good vibrations 00:13:05.710 --> 00:13:09.519 are all over the world for this one. To me, Good 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:14.419 Vibrations signals what the Beach Boys are as 00:13:14.419 --> 00:13:17.679 a band. They've had compilations named after 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.220 it. It's not only a song title. It's kind of 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:26.179 their vibe as a group. That's fair. It's their 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:29.440 mindset. It's their atmosphere. And when I think 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:33.659 of feel -good songs, this definitely comes to 00:13:33.659 --> 00:13:38.139 mind. And to follow it up. You actually mentioned 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:40.980 another Beach Boys song that I'm actually going 00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:44.820 to pull something from. You mentioned Help Me, 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:49.740 Rhonda. And in Help Me, Rhonda, there is a seven 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:54.320 note orchestral phrase that Shorty Rogers wrote 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:58.899 for the song to lead into the chorus. And it's 00:13:58.899 --> 00:14:04.700 the exact same seven note phrase he used. In 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:09.419 the Monkees' 1967 single, Daydream Believer. 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:13.120 I just got chills. Written by Jon Stewart of 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.879 the Kingston Trio and appeared on 1968's The 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.600 Birds, the Bees, and the Monkees. Like Good Vibrations, 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.940 it reached number one on the Billboard US Hot 00:14:22.940 --> 00:14:26.299 100, as well as number one in Canada, Ireland, 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:29.960 New Zealand, and South Africa. To me, coming 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.529 out of Good Vibrations, Daydream Believer, just 00:14:33.529 --> 00:14:38.110 that opening piano, that happy sound that comes 00:14:38.110 --> 00:14:40.889 out of the keyboard, the chorus, just the sing 00:14:40.889 --> 00:14:46.750 along feel. It just oozes 60s sunshine and flowers 00:14:46.750 --> 00:14:51.210 and happiness and that whole era. But there's 00:14:51.210 --> 00:14:54.169 something that's so timeless about this song. 00:14:54.309 --> 00:14:58.409 And apparently the vocals on it are slightly 00:14:58.409 --> 00:15:02.200 gravelly. Because they recorded it so many times, 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:07.100 apparently the band was getting pissed off by 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:09.899 the time they got the good take. So that's why 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:13.679 there's a little bit of a rasp to the recording, 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:17.799 which is ironic given the happy, feel -good nature 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.240 of the song. But there's just something about 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:23.620 good vibrations and Daydream Believer back -to 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:26.820 -back. You can't not feel good listening to these 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:30.289 songs together. Absolutely. And it also that 00:15:30.289 --> 00:15:32.870 that story, Brian, also explains the preamble 00:15:32.870 --> 00:15:35.870 talkback in the studio where Davey says, where 00:15:35.870 --> 00:15:38.429 are we? What number are we on? And they all yell 00:15:38.429 --> 00:15:42.330 at him. But that's great. That's another happy 00:15:42.330 --> 00:15:47.629 memory for me when I was in. So my parents split 00:15:47.629 --> 00:15:51.389 up when I was 10. And that's not happy memory. 00:15:51.490 --> 00:15:53.970 But that's what ended up coming from that was 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.190 I used to get to go after school. I used to get 00:15:56.190 --> 00:15:58.590 to go over to the community youth center and 00:15:58.590 --> 00:16:00.929 town I grew up in. And there was a little arcade 00:16:00.929 --> 00:16:03.710 room that had a television that we had cable 00:16:03.710 --> 00:16:06.950 there. So we got to watch Nickelodeon and throughout 00:16:06.950 --> 00:16:08.750 the day, they would kind of in the afternoon, 00:16:08.809 --> 00:16:12.029 they would run reruns of the monkeys. And that's 00:16:12.029 --> 00:16:14.049 where I kind of got introduced to that sound. 00:16:14.090 --> 00:16:17.039 Well, that and my, my buddy Joe. who was a big 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.620 fan of the Monkees as well. So I really, really 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:22.320 love Daydream Believer, which, by the way, is 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.519 also, I believe, my wife's favorite Monkees tune, 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:30.480 which is pretty cool. And from there, well... 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:35.299 Well, we've got two frantic, manic, happy songs, 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:39.360 and then we've got two airy oldies classics that 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.639 I'm sure our friend Jimmy Mitchell would be applauding. 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:45.590 Yes. So where do we go from here? We're at the 00:16:45.590 --> 00:16:49.250 midway point. Let's smack the people square on 00:16:49.250 --> 00:16:52.649 the nose. There was a period of time where I 00:16:52.649 --> 00:16:55.669 think actually we're still kind of in, where 00:16:55.669 --> 00:16:58.649 you cannot escape this song. And a movie came 00:16:58.649 --> 00:17:01.710 out about this artist's life story, in fact, 00:17:01.710 --> 00:17:05.049 and I am talking about Lego Pharrell Williams 00:17:05.049 --> 00:17:10.829 and the song Happy. Of course, you can't go wrong 00:17:10.829 --> 00:17:13.470 with the song that was written for a movie called 00:17:13.470 --> 00:17:16.299 Despicable Me. and used prolifically throughout 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:19.740 that franchise. And then for him to release that 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:22.779 Lego movie was, I mean, that's hysterical. I 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:24.960 haven't seen the movie, but I did see the trailers 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:27.259 for it when I went to go see Transformers. And 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:30.480 I thought to myself, that's funny. Like he's 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.259 just, as the English say, taking the piss out 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:35.619 of documentary movies. It's very, very good. 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:38.960 So really, really enjoy that song. Particularly 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:44.210 happy is a square on the nose kind of bop. that's 00:17:44.210 --> 00:17:48.569 where i'm at yeah despicable me too i i couldn't 00:17:48.569 --> 00:17:50.950 escape this song the kids were at the age when 00:17:50.950 --> 00:17:54.109 this movie came out that was in 2013 then it 00:17:54.109 --> 00:17:57.970 also appeared on 2014's girl reached number one 00:17:57.970 --> 00:18:01.769 on the u .s billboard hot 100 as well as topping 00:18:01.769 --> 00:18:05.329 the charts in if i did the math correctly here 00:18:05.329 --> 00:18:09.609 i had to actually go through and count 29 other 00:18:09.609 --> 00:18:13.190 countries And I apologize if that number's off 00:18:13.190 --> 00:18:17.109 by one or two, because the song also hit number 00:18:17.109 --> 00:18:21.589 one on multiple charts in those multiple countries. 00:18:21.750 --> 00:18:24.930 So to put that into perspective, in the U .S. 00:18:24.930 --> 00:18:28.970 alone, Happy was number one on the adult contemporary, 00:18:29.470 --> 00:18:35.230 adult R &B, adult pop, hot R &B, hip hop songs, 00:18:35.650 --> 00:18:39.880 pop airplay, and rhythmic charts alone. That's 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:43.519 on top of the Billboard Hot 100. That's insane. 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:48.200 That is crazy. And then in 2014, the song got 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.160 even more put on a pedestal, I guess you'd say, 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.299 as Weird Al parodied it as tacky for his mandatory 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:59.880 fun album, his, for now at least, final studio 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:03.240 album. This is the kind of song that I think 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.059 we're a little over 10 years removed from this 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:09.960 song being released. And I could tell you that 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:13.799 in the last decade and change, I have not been 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.440 to a wedding where this song hasn't been played. 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:21.460 It's the modern version of September or Celebration 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:26.420 or Hot, Hot, Hot. It's a wedding anthem. And 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:29.640 I have a feeling 20 years from now, it still 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.099 will be. This song has staying power because 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:36.740 this is a song that the kids get into. But grandma's 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:39.980 also dancing to it as well. That's right. I'm 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:43.339 not surprised at all that this is that hit so 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:46.900 hard in so many other countries, because right 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:49.200 around that time, about a decade and change ago, 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:52.059 the world kind of needed some happy, right? It 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:55.220 kind of needed a little bit of levity. And it 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:59.059 was the leading up into the into the mess that 00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:02.640 became covid and all that other nonsense. It's 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.970 no surprise that Pharrell Williams had a. skyrocketing 00:20:05.970 --> 00:20:09.230 hit with this song and piggybacking off of that 00:20:09.230 --> 00:20:11.509 i am going to go with another song that i think 00:20:11.509 --> 00:20:15.589 falls right into the exact same category right 00:20:15.589 --> 00:20:18.730 around the same time frame within a year or two 00:20:18.730 --> 00:20:23.710 this is from 2015's uptown special and i'm going 00:20:23.710 --> 00:20:28.029 to go with mark ronson featuring bruno mars uptown 00:20:28.029 --> 00:20:32.410 funk again every wedding i've been to Since the 00:20:32.410 --> 00:20:35.190 song was released, it's been played at. And you 00:20:35.190 --> 00:20:39.150 know what? Still not sick of it. Like Happy, 00:20:39.309 --> 00:20:41.509 it reached number one on the U .S. Billboard 00:20:41.509 --> 00:20:45.829 Hot 100, as well as topping the charts in approximately, 00:20:46.130 --> 00:20:49.309 again, give or take here, 15 other countries. 00:20:49.650 --> 00:20:52.910 And it hit number one on multiple charts in multiple 00:20:52.910 --> 00:20:56.730 countries. Again, like in the U .S., the song 00:20:56.730 --> 00:21:00.150 was number one on the Adult Pop Airplay, Dance 00:21:00.150 --> 00:21:04.990 Club Songs, Dance, mix, show airplay, pop airplay, 00:21:05.150 --> 00:21:08.390 and rhythmic charts. This song was everywhere. 00:21:08.910 --> 00:21:12.369 And you know what? It never frigging gets old. 00:21:12.509 --> 00:21:15.789 I actually went to a local carnival where they 00:21:15.789 --> 00:21:18.299 have the School of Rock kids playing. And these 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:20.940 kids got up there and they rocked out a version 00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:24.140 of Uptown Funk. And everybody was up dancing 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:27.619 as if Bruno Mars was up on stage. There's something 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:30.640 about the song, the baseline, the groove. It 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:34.400 has that Casey and the Sunshine Band, Kool and 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:37.500 the Gang. And I'll just say a James Brown appeal. 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:41.779 It's got a timeless energy to it. And it's something 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:45.819 that I think, like Happy, has a staying power. 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:49.740 Because kids love it. People our age love it. 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:53.759 And because of the throwback sound, our parents 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:57.440 love it. So it's a generational song. It has 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:00.799 no boundaries. And I think you can't not feel 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.619 good listening to this song. Definitely not. 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:07.119 Mark Ronson has been at this for a real long 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:12.069 time. He knows the right formula to put. together 00:22:12.069 --> 00:22:14.650 and i think uh you can't have a conversation 00:22:14.650 --> 00:22:16.930 that includes bruno mars without the comparison 00:22:16.930 --> 00:22:21.049 to prince and you know how he's more of the new 00:22:21.049 --> 00:22:24.430 generation of prince and again i you know we 00:22:24.430 --> 00:22:26.589 can go back and forth on on whether or not the 00:22:26.589 --> 00:22:28.829 purple one is you know the greatest of all time 00:22:28.829 --> 00:22:31.450 which he is but yeah i was gonna say we're not 00:22:31.450 --> 00:22:33.049 gonna go back and forth on that we're just gonna 00:22:33.049 --> 00:22:37.289 go we're going right to it but bruno mars a multi 00:22:37.289 --> 00:22:39.470 -instrumentalist he could sing he could dance 00:22:39.470 --> 00:22:43.259 he can He can rap. He's just, he plays everything. 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:46.160 And he's just, you nailed it. The longevity of 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.099 the staying power of a song like this with the 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:50.779 throwback sound that appeals to multiple generations. 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.599 We're going to be whistling that or humming it 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:57.140 in our heads for a long time to come. All right. 00:22:57.299 --> 00:23:01.880 Where do we go from here? Well, I'm going to 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:03.680 back it up a little bit. I'm going to go back 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:07.380 to 1983. And I'm going to introduce some females 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:12.440 into the equation here. This is one of my all 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:16.819 time favorite songs from when I was a kid. This 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:19.400 is Katrina and the waves walking on sunshine. 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:23.660 Yes. How do you not feel good about hearing a 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:26.039 story about a young lady who goes to the mailbox 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:29.039 and she's so excited to get a letter or a note 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:31.819 from her, from her love. And it just makes her 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:34.500 giddy to be walking on sunshine. It's it's perfection. 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:38.200 Reach number nine on the Billboard US Hot 100. 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.940 Number three on the Canada Top Singles Chart. 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:43.599 Number four in Australia. Number two in Ireland. 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:47.240 And number eight on the UK Singles Chart. To 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:50.420 me, those numbers all seem low. I know they're 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:53.440 all top ten, but they just seem low. Except Ireland. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.700 I mean, you can only go one step higher in Ireland. 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.839 Right. There's something about the horns in the 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:02.619 song. You just can't help but want to get up 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:05.460 and dance to it. And you know me with my cover 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:07.500 songs, Jay. If you want to hear something really 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:11.480 different, Ice Nine Kills, the horror metal band, 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:15.740 teamed up with Real Big Fish to cover the song 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:19.640 for the American Psycho comic series soundtrack. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:23.380 Okay. So if you want to hear something heavy, 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:26.460 but with horns and still with the same vibe, 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:30.039 something really kind of off the beaten path, 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.710 make sure to check that one out. There's no denying 00:24:33.710 --> 00:24:37.990 the joy that this song brings. Oh, yeah. About 00:24:37.990 --> 00:24:40.910 to check that out. And I think I'll stick with 00:24:40.910 --> 00:24:44.490 your 80s vibe here. I'll see your 80s and I'll 00:24:44.490 --> 00:24:46.930 I don't even want to say raise your 80s because 00:24:46.930 --> 00:24:48.970 I love both of these songs kind of equally the 00:24:48.970 --> 00:24:52.329 same. So I'll just say I'll continue running 00:24:52.329 --> 00:24:54.829 with the 80s baton that you're passing me, if 00:24:54.829 --> 00:24:57.190 you will. And I'm going to go off their 1980 00:24:57.190 --> 00:25:00.920 album Voices. Let's get some Hall and Oates in 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:04.220 this. You Make My Dreams. Oh, such a great song. 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:07.319 Reached number five on the Billboard US Hot 100, 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:10.940 number 17 on Canada's top singles chart, and 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:14.839 number 40 in Australia. This song also sold over 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:17.859 a million copies in the UK, despite the fact 00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:21.740 that it never charted there. Melee, they're a 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:24.200 band that I saw open for Bowling for Soup at 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:27.920 the Starland Ballroom, do a fantastic cover of 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:30.279 it. There's just something about this song coming 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:35.400 out of Walking on Sunshine that I feel like I'm 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:37.619 beating a dead horse here, which is the total 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:41.240 opposite of feeling good. But you just can't 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:44.799 help but catch that vibe. Your head just starts 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.619 bopping. It gives you that almost Night at the 00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:52.079 Roxbury. Only in the 80s thing going. Right. 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:56.480 It's 80s happiness here. Absolutely. What a great 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:59.059 pick. I had some hollow notes on my list as well. 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:02.140 Your kiss on my list specifically. So you scoop 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:05.079 me with the band. But this song is another one 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:07.039 of those. Again, you know, we're probably going 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.980 to repeat this phrase repeatedly throughout the 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.480 mixtape here. But this is one of those inescapable 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:16.799 songs. It's been used in how many countless commercials 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:21.089 in the past? decade. And every time it just gets 00:26:21.089 --> 00:26:24.450 stuck in my head. What I want, you got in my 00:26:24.450 --> 00:26:28.970 behind handle. I love Daryl Hall's voice. It's 00:26:28.970 --> 00:26:32.029 unfortunate what's become of Hall & Oates, you 00:26:32.029 --> 00:26:36.609 know, as time marches on, you know, the invariable 00:26:36.609 --> 00:26:39.930 80s bands suing each other out of existence kind 00:26:39.930 --> 00:26:42.970 of thing. But you're not going to find a better 00:26:42.970 --> 00:26:46.750 80s and 70s too, right? Oh, yeah. Songwriting 00:26:46.750 --> 00:26:49.640 singing team. I think you got Simon and Garfunkel. 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.940 You got Hall and Oates. And then, of course, 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:54.720 Lieberstoller and Dozer Hall and Dozer. Yeah. 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:57.160 I mean, look, you've got multiple versions at 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.000 one point of Queensryche out there, L .A. Guns. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:04.099 Maybe you'll have Hall and not Oates and Oates 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:08.539 and not Hall running around. I don't know. So 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:11.180 we got a pair of 80s jams here. Where are we 00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:16.359 going from here? I'm going to go to the movies. 00:27:17.049 --> 00:27:20.589 I'm going to go to, I'm going to go to one, I 00:27:20.589 --> 00:27:23.809 will tell this story until the end of time. When 00:27:23.809 --> 00:27:27.509 Marvel Cinematic Universe started releasing their 00:27:27.509 --> 00:27:31.789 movies with Iron Man in 2008, and then Hulk was 00:27:31.789 --> 00:27:34.769 released shortly thereafter, I would never have 00:27:34.769 --> 00:27:37.950 thought that Guardians of the Galaxy would have 00:27:37.950 --> 00:27:41.529 been probably my favorite Marvel movie. And I 00:27:41.529 --> 00:27:44.670 don't say that lightly because Captain America 00:27:44.670 --> 00:27:47.730 is amazing. All of the ensemble pieces, the Civil 00:27:47.730 --> 00:27:50.930 War piece, all of that, all of those characters 00:27:50.930 --> 00:27:53.690 are great. But Guardians of the Galaxy brought 00:27:53.690 --> 00:27:56.490 something to, a couple of things, to the party, 00:27:56.569 --> 00:28:00.109 if you will. And one of them was the humor and 00:28:00.109 --> 00:28:03.049 the color that we kind of had been missing for 00:28:03.049 --> 00:28:05.910 a little while. It was this Marvel Cinematic 00:28:05.910 --> 00:28:09.170 Universe kind of ramped up with a bit of a heavier 00:28:09.170 --> 00:28:13.289 walk through the comic books. But then entered 00:28:13.289 --> 00:28:17.029 James Gunn and the Guardians of the Galaxy, where 00:28:17.029 --> 00:28:20.289 this movie was just bright and colorful and funny. 00:28:20.390 --> 00:28:26.789 And then had a soundtrack that contained ELO's 00:28:26.789 --> 00:28:30.289 Mr. Blue Sky, number nine on My Weekly Mixtape. 00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:35.930 Which, I mean, James Gunn does with music soundtracks 00:28:35.930 --> 00:28:40.140 and his movies is unbelievable. how they match 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:43.380 up, how every scene that had music in it, the 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:46.619 music had a purpose or a subtext. And it was 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:50.440 great. Like, for example, the escape scene from 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:53.779 the prison ed, the alien prison world, they're 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:56.259 playing Rupert Holmes' Pina Colada, the escape 00:28:56.259 --> 00:29:00.359 song. So that's my pick. Mr. Blue Sky, ELO. I 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.559 love that song anyway. ELO is fantastic. You've 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:06.839 got to love Jeff Lynne. And even now, continuing 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:11.329 on as Jeff Lynne's ELO, It's inescapable. From 00:29:11.329 --> 00:29:14.569 1977's Out of the Blue, the fourth and final 00:29:14.569 --> 00:29:18.150 track of the concerto for a rainy day suite or 00:29:18.150 --> 00:29:20.289 a side three of the double vinyl, for those of 00:29:20.289 --> 00:29:22.750 us who owned it growing up, reached number 35 00:29:22.750 --> 00:29:26.890 on the Billboard US Hot 100, number 26 on the 00:29:26.890 --> 00:29:30.269 Canada Top Singles Chart, number 87 in Australia, 00:29:30.329 --> 00:29:34.109 and number six on the UK Singles Chart. I'm just 00:29:34.109 --> 00:29:36.849 going to say this. The UK is the only ones who 00:29:36.849 --> 00:29:39.200 got the charting right for this song. I mean, 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:41.440 I'm shocked it didn't chart higher given its 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:44.460 longevity, the movies it's been in like you talked 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:49.839 about, and the undeniable fact that in 2021, 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:54.700 Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem put their stamp 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:58.660 of approval on the song by covering it for the 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:02.160 Dear Earth special on YouTube. Nice. How can 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:07.299 you not love a song that is approved by Dr. Teeth? 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:10.200 How did I not know about this until right now? 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:12.599 Oh, I'm going to have to embed that on the episode 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:15.759 page as well. Yes, please do. That's fantastic. 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:20.299 All right. So closing outside A, you're in the 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:23.859 70s. And while this song was a staple throughout 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:28.440 the 70s and 80s and 90s and 2000s and 2010s and 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:34.000 still to this day, came out in 1969 from Brother 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:37.720 Love's Traveling Salvation Show. I'm going to 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:41.900 go very, very obvious and close this out with 00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:46.460 hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:49.759 me and touching you. Neil Diamond, Sweet Caroline 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:52.500 reached number four on the Billboard U .S. Hot 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:55.859 100 and number three on the Canada Top Singles 00:30:55.859 --> 00:31:00.390 Chart, as well as charting in Australia. In 2019, 00:31:00.609 --> 00:31:03.289 it was selected by the Library of Congress for 00:31:03.289 --> 00:31:05.950 preservation in the National Recording Registry 00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:10.289 for being, quote, culturally, historically, or 00:31:10.289 --> 00:31:13.970 aesthetically significant. And that it is. And 00:31:13.970 --> 00:31:16.250 in 2020, the song was inducted into the Grammy 00:31:16.250 --> 00:31:19.009 Hall of Fame. And of course, I'm going to mention 00:31:19.009 --> 00:31:22.630 the amazing Me First and the Gimme Gimme's 1997 00:31:22.630 --> 00:31:26.630 cover. of Sweet Caroline from their Have a Ball 00:31:26.630 --> 00:31:29.490 CD. Can't go without talking about that one. 00:31:29.730 --> 00:31:32.809 And even though I am a ride -or -die New York 00:31:32.809 --> 00:31:39.549 Yankees fan, I have to tip my hat to my New England 00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:42.349 family and friends as the Boston Red Sox have 00:31:42.349 --> 00:31:44.829 played this song during the eighth inning of 00:31:44.829 --> 00:31:48.809 every home game at Fenway Park since 2002, and 00:31:48.809 --> 00:31:52.150 that's pretty cool. So closing out Side A, Neil 00:31:52.150 --> 00:31:55.009 Diamond, Sweet Caroline. And let's not forget 00:31:55.009 --> 00:31:57.869 his wonderful appearance in Saving Silverman. 00:31:57.970 --> 00:32:01.769 Oh, there you go. What a great song. I mean, 00:32:01.829 --> 00:32:04.710 Neil Diamond's one of my favorites of that era. 00:32:04.789 --> 00:32:08.349 And well, of all time, I, you know, I kind of 00:32:08.349 --> 00:32:11.750 got into him and Barry Manilow and there, you 00:32:11.750 --> 00:32:14.950 know, I kind of got that from my aunt and I enjoy 00:32:14.950 --> 00:32:19.009 every, I celebrate the whole catalog. So that's 00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:21.319 a great way to end a side. And there you have 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:24.440 it, Mixtapers. Side A of the Ultimate Feel Good 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:28.220 Songs playlist, which consists of Ren and Stimpy's 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:31.980 Happy Happy Joy Joy, Fish's Sparkle, The Beach 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.940 Boys' Good Vibrations, The Monkees' Daydream 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:38.480 Believer, Pharrell Williams' Happy, Mark Ronson 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:41.799 featuring Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk, Katrina and 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:45.269 the Waves, Walking on Sunshine. Hall & Oates' 00:32:45.390 --> 00:32:48.309 You Make My Dreams, Electric Light Orchestra's 00:32:48.309 --> 00:32:51.910 Mr. Blue Sky, and Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. 00:32:52.410 --> 00:32:55.369 Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all 00:32:55.369 --> 00:32:57.930 the songs we've discussed in this mix through 00:32:57.930 --> 00:33:02.089 the playlist embedded on the episode page. And 00:33:02.089 --> 00:33:05.549 now I get to kick things off for Side B. And 00:33:05.549 --> 00:33:09.609 Jay, I'm going to take a page from you and start 00:33:09.609 --> 00:33:13.089 with a song on Side B that screams happiness. 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:18.819 literally and figuratively, and also has a bit 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:21.819 of a novelty aspect to it. Just like happy, happy, 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.180 joy, joy did. And I'm going to go with off the 00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:28.779 soundtrack to 1981 is the great Muppet caper, 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:35.069 the Muppets happiness hotel. Very nice. OK, the 00:33:35.069 --> 00:33:37.269 lobby's looking shabby and it's got the wrong 00:33:37.269 --> 00:33:39.750 address. And the whole darn thing has been condemned 00:33:39.750 --> 00:33:42.930 by American Express. Still, the management is 00:33:42.930 --> 00:33:45.430 cheerful, though the whole joint's gone to hell. 00:33:45.529 --> 00:33:49.339 Well, welcome home to Happiness Hotel. This is 00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.940 a song where everything is horrible in it, but 00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:55.140 the music is just so upbeat and infectious. You 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:58.799 can't help but sing along to it. It is the best 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:02.619 part of the Great Muppet Caper soundtrack. It's 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:04.680 the best part of the Great Muppet Caper movie. 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.820 The song to me is a top Muppet anthem. You know 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:11.840 my love of the Muppets and all of that manic. 00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:16.010 The mayhem that they're known for is on full 00:34:16.010 --> 00:34:19.750 display in this song. So kicking off side B, 00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:24.809 Happiness Hotel. Yeah. You know, I'm not surprised 00:34:24.809 --> 00:34:26.449 you chose the Muppet song. I would have been 00:34:26.449 --> 00:34:28.710 very disappointed if you hadn't. And you have 00:34:28.710 --> 00:34:31.349 so many to choose from. The Great Muppet Caper, 00:34:31.510 --> 00:34:34.510 a bit of a deep dive. The second movie wasn't 00:34:34.510 --> 00:34:36.690 as, was that the second or the third? No, it 00:34:36.690 --> 00:34:38.809 was the second. Because the second one was the 00:34:38.809 --> 00:34:40.809 Great Muppet Caper. Take Manhattan, right? Take 00:34:40.809 --> 00:34:44.309 Manhattan was three. Yeah. So the second one, 00:34:44.409 --> 00:34:47.289 the sophomore attempt didn't get as well received 00:34:47.289 --> 00:34:49.750 as, of course, the Muppet movie. And then the 00:34:49.750 --> 00:34:51.889 Muppets take Manhattan where Kermit loses his 00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:54.590 memory and gets married to Miss Piggy. But I 00:34:54.590 --> 00:34:57.130 do remember. Way to spoil the ending for everybody, 00:34:57.329 --> 00:35:01.730 dude. If you haven't seen the Muppets take Manhattan 00:35:01.730 --> 00:35:06.329 at this point in time, I do remember that when 00:35:06.329 --> 00:35:10.510 I was little, my sister and I, my younger sister. 00:35:11.150 --> 00:35:13.650 I have two. I'm the oldest and then my younger 00:35:13.650 --> 00:35:17.710 sister got this game. It was a board game with 00:35:17.710 --> 00:35:20.070 a great Muppet keeper. And you kind of had to 00:35:20.070 --> 00:35:23.769 build it and solve the mystery. And it was a 00:35:23.769 --> 00:35:26.469 lot of fun. And I remember the soundtrack very 00:35:26.469 --> 00:35:29.309 well. And I remember, you know, listening to 00:35:29.309 --> 00:35:32.050 that while we played the game and losing the 00:35:32.050 --> 00:35:35.670 game very badly because I'm not a detective. 00:35:36.650 --> 00:35:38.929 It was a lot of, it was a lot of fun and made 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:41.090 me, and it made me very happy to just think about 00:35:41.090 --> 00:35:43.489 that right now. So thank you for that. You are 00:35:43.489 --> 00:35:46.349 most welcome. So what are you going to follow 00:35:46.349 --> 00:35:50.550 up the Muppets happiness hotel with? Well, we 00:35:50.550 --> 00:35:54.550 talked about, let's stay in the kids, kids universe 00:35:54.550 --> 00:35:57.309 for a little bit. We talked about the longevity 00:35:57.309 --> 00:36:00.630 of Bruno Mars and the comparison to the purple 00:36:00.630 --> 00:36:03.809 one. And I think we would be remiss if I didn't 00:36:03.809 --> 00:36:08.179 also discuss Justin Timberlake. And if we talk 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:13.840 about JT, we also talk about my next future ex 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:17.179 -wife, Anna Kendrick, and a movie that they made 00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:20.360 about trolls. And if you remember your child, 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:24.719 the 80s or 70s, I think, too, and even maybe 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:27.480 the 60s, they had these troll dolls and the trolls 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.699 were very popular. So a few years ago, they made 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:34.440 a franchise of movies out of these characters. 00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:39.260 can't stop the feeling was the song that jt and 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:41.920 anna kendrick sing at the end of that movie and 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:46.880 it is fan tastic nothing but love for the trolls 00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:49.760 movies because again this is hitting right as 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:54.059 my kids were at that age where i saw this movie 00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:58.440 12 billion times oh yeah and there's something 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:02.079 about this song that for me just never got old 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:04.949 because every time it came on Their faces would 00:37:04.949 --> 00:37:08.869 just light up with just that magical childlike 00:37:08.869 --> 00:37:13.210 wonder. And even if the song is a little fluffy 00:37:13.210 --> 00:37:17.090 and poppy, every time that opening hits, I see 00:37:17.090 --> 00:37:20.670 their faces and my heart gets warmed up. And 00:37:20.670 --> 00:37:23.250 just like Happy and Uptown Funk, again, we're 00:37:23.250 --> 00:37:27.550 in that mid -2010s here. This song was all over 00:37:27.550 --> 00:37:30.090 the charts. It reached number one on the U .S. 00:37:30.090 --> 00:37:33.329 Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the charts. 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:37.579 in 19 other countries, and for the third time 00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:41.440 tonight, a song that hit number one on multiple 00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:45.159 charts in multiple countries. So in the U .S., 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:48.219 it was number one on the adult contemporary, 00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:52.840 adult pop airplay, dance club songs, and pop 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:56.760 airplay charts. So... This song was everywhere. 00:37:56.860 --> 00:38:00.039 It's still played in weddings every time you 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.800 go. I feel like if you and I were putting together 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.900 a wedding playlist tonight, three of the songs 00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:07.599 have already been knocked out of the park here. 00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:10.940 For sure. And the way that the song ends, too, 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:14.440 it's just a nonstop party. It's a nonstop feel 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:18.940 -good party. Got that feeling in my body. It's 00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:21.139 so great. And it just sums up the movie perfectly. 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.699 I've watched every movie Anna Kendrick has ever 00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:26.639 made, anything she's ever been in, because, again, 00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:29.239 she's my next future ex -wife. Just don't tell 00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:35.360 my current wife. Or her. So, yeah, I just love 00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:39.139 that song. All right. This is going to maybe 00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:42.519 feel like a slight pivot, but in a way it's not. 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:45.300 And I'm going to go back to the 80s here. It's 00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:50.010 not as poppy as Justin Timberlake. But for this 00:38:50.010 --> 00:38:53.110 artist, it's maybe about as poppy as you'll get. 00:38:54.010 --> 00:38:56.670 And I'm going to agree with one of the Patreon 00:38:56.670 --> 00:39:00.900 mixtapers here and go with. Paul Simon's You 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:04.840 Can Call Me Al from 1986's Graceland. Mike Daly 00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.739 chimed in with it, shouting out the song along 00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:10.980 with the video. The song reached number 23 on 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:14.119 the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 on the Canada 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:17.179 Top Singles Chart, number two in Australia, and 00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:20.900 number four on the UK Singles Chart. This video 00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:23.599 was like my white whale as a kid because I used 00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.190 to have a VHS tape. that I would try to record 00:39:26.190 --> 00:39:30.269 music videos on MTV. And for some reason, I always 00:39:30.269 --> 00:39:33.449 missed this one, or I always caught it like halfway 00:39:33.449 --> 00:39:37.030 through. And I know Chevy Chase is no longer 00:39:37.030 --> 00:39:40.809 seen as the funny man bashing a comedy as he 00:39:40.809 --> 00:39:44.630 was in the 80s, but back in the 80s, he was everybody's 00:39:44.630 --> 00:39:47.949 funny man. And every time that Paul Simon tried 00:39:47.949 --> 00:39:50.010 to start singing in the video and Chevy Chase 00:39:50.010 --> 00:39:52.769 picked it up, oh my God, I just thought it was 00:39:52.769 --> 00:39:55.380 the funniest thing on the planet. This was one 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:58.639 of those one take videos that just had to be 00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:02.340 done perfectly in order to pull it off. And then 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.519 just musicianship on the original song. It's 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:09.239 got a bass solo in it. I mean, come on. How can 00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:11.599 that song not make you feel good? The horn section. 00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:14.599 Every time it comes on, it puts a smile on my 00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:18.340 face. I love Paul's delivery in the lyrics. It's 00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:21.840 just such a feel good song. And this is a feel 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:25.159 good episode. So damn it. You can call me out. 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:28.420 Let's feel good together. I love this song. I 00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:30.980 love Paul Simon. Again, another, we talked about 00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:33.119 him earlier in the show where we talked about 00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:37.059 the singer songwriter and it's hard to beat Paul 00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:40.260 Simon when it comes to that. And his ability 00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:44.079 to kind of invent himself, not only throughout 00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:47.380 the years, but also like from record to record, 00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:51.079 like. Even on, you know, on the same side of 00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:52.719 the record would be different from what you're 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:55.159 getting. Graceland's a great example of that. 00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:56.840 This, like you pointed out, is probably one of 00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.239 the poppiest songs he's ever written. And then 00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:03.860 you've got the rest of his catalog and just it's 00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:07.739 all great. So I always feel good when I'm listening 00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:10.539 to Paul Simon. In fact, I had the boxer running 00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:12.260 through my head earlier today, which is wild. 00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:16.960 But this is, I think that what helps is the comedic 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:19.239 timing and the slick production of the video, 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:22.679 the reverse engineered bass solo where it sounds 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.840 like it's played backwards. And that's pretty 00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:29.099 cool. When it's 1986 and you're 12 years old, 00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:32.039 you hear things like that and you don't know 00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:34.260 about the magic of recording and all that fun 00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:37.099 stuff. And it just blew my mind. And I turned 00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:39.820 to my mom and I said, no, I want to learn how 00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:43.159 to do that. I got close. I know how to do it. 00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:47.639 I can't do it, but I know how. All right, where 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:53.219 do I want to go? Let's see. Let's come up a few 00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:58.559 years. This is a song that I think you would 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:02.619 not expect a song like this from this band and 00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:05.480 the collaboration that came from it, considering 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:10.559 the majority of this band's catalog. And I think 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:13.659 one of your Patreon mixtapers shouted out this 00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:16.860 song, and I want to thank Seeker for saying this. 00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:20.679 R .E .M.'s Shiny Happy People, featuring Kate 00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:23.719 Pearson of the B -52s. They did a couple of songs 00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:26.480 together, which was a lot of fun. Yeah, Me and 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:29.119 Honey and Fretless, I think. Yeah, you're right. 00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:31.719 But again, if you listen to the rest of R .E 00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:34.500 .M.'s catalog, you're not finding these kinds 00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:37.820 of songs. Not at all, but this is definitely 00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:42.340 one that... Stuck out as a massive hit, and it 00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:47.039 was a divisive hit because hardcore R .E .M. 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:51.280 fans were not necessarily fond of this one. But 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:55.360 people that weren't R .E .M. fans were. This 00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:58.219 song actually also became a hit on Sesame Street 00:42:58.219 --> 00:43:01.119 because they did. I think it's Happy Furry Monsters. 00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:04.880 Yes. Yes, there was definitely because I remember 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.619 when my kids were watching. Sesame Street growing 00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:10.940 up, I remember that one. From 1991's At A Time, 00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:13.219 it reached number 10 on the Billboard US Hot 00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:17.099 100, number 3 on the Canada Top Singles Chart, 00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:20.420 number 19 on the Australian ARIA Chart, and number 00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:25.699 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Television, for the 00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:29.559 Friends fans out there, Shiny Happy People was 00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:33.699 the original theme of the unaired Friends pilot. 00:43:34.429 --> 00:43:36.590 Before the Rembrandt's I'll Be There For You 00:43:36.590 --> 00:43:38.889 was chosen. So a little fun fact there if you're 00:43:38.889 --> 00:43:42.070 a Friends fan. Once again, shout out to Patreon 00:43:42.070 --> 00:43:44.750 Mixtape or Seeker who chimed in with this one. 00:43:45.409 --> 00:43:48.690 And you know what, Jay? He said something in 00:43:48.690 --> 00:43:51.929 his chime in, and I think I'm going to agree 00:43:51.929 --> 00:43:54.630 with it. He said it would be followed up well 00:43:54.630 --> 00:44:00.210 with a B -52 song. And he's right. Except I'm 00:44:00.210 --> 00:44:03.210 not going to go with Love Shack or Rome or Rock 00:44:03.210 --> 00:44:05.800 Lobster. I'm going to go a little bit deep here. 00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:09.039 And I'm going to go with the lead and title track 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:14.500 from their 1989 album, Cosmic Thing. Yes. It 00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:18.219 was also the promotional single for the movie 00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:22.380 Earth Girls Are Easy. And it reached number seven 00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:25.320 on the U .S. alternative airplay charts, even 00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:29.460 though it was never released as a single. And 00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:34.139 low key, this is my favorite B -52 song. Agreed. 00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:37.440 There's something so incredibly fun about this 00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:41.920 song. It almost feels like a beach anthem. It 00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:45.360 should be in that Back to the Beach movie where 00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.940 people are dancing on the beach, but it's in 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.559 B -52 style. It's different. It's just got its 00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:54.880 own vibe. It obviously works perfect in Earth, 00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:58.039 Girls Are Easy, but it's my favorite all -time 00:44:58.039 --> 00:45:02.119 B -52 song. It might be a deep cut for some fans 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:04.380 out there that don't know this song. But if you 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:08.000 don't, if you're a fan of Love Shack, Rome or 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:10.920 Rock Lobster, you've got to give this one a listen. 00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:15.340 It's so damn good. Yeah, this I I kind of tend. 00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:18.239 We talked a little earlier before we started 00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:22.119 recording the show about how I'm a big fan of 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:24.599 novelty records. And I was raised on Dr. Demento 00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:27.699 and, you know, those kind of things. These kinds 00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:30.480 of songs I'm drawn to, songs like Rock Lobster, 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:34.360 where you're talking about a party and the biggest 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:36.840 point of focus is a lobster that lives under 00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:40.119 the dock. It's great. I love the B -52s. I think 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:43.579 they're the perfect balance of quirky and pop, 00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:47.400 and it works. It works to the fact that my old 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:50.219 cover band used to cover Love Shack. And that 00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:52.500 was most requested, probably the most requested 00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:55.840 song we did. And we just had a fun time with 00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:58.880 it. But Cosmic Thing is on a whole nother level. 00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:02.619 It just blends everything in. The beach sound, 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:06.800 the happy vibes, the cosmic vibes. It's just, 00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:09.980 it's perfection. How the hell wasn't this single? 00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:13.380 Listen, I think I was listening to your deep 00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:18.380 dive with ZZ Top. And I believe you guys, the... 00:46:18.570 --> 00:46:22.010 both mentioned a few times the record label got 00:46:22.010 --> 00:46:27.329 it wrong yeah so yeah common often repeated phrase 00:46:27.329 --> 00:46:30.809 on on a show like this but where i think the 00:46:30.809 --> 00:46:33.489 record company got it wrong but i think to be 00:46:33.489 --> 00:46:36.869 fair the record company didn't know how to handle 00:46:36.869 --> 00:46:40.469 the b -52s and and it was like no no you're not 00:46:40.469 --> 00:46:43.789 a novelty act but you're not a exactly like mainstream 00:46:43.789 --> 00:46:48.059 pop act it's somewhere in the middle and They 00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:51.039 just carved their own path. And they were doing 00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:53.500 something with Kate Pearson in the beginning 00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:56.079 of the 90s because she had shiny, happy people. 00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:59.940 But then she also did one of my favorite songs 00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:04.199 of the 90s, Candy with Iggy Pop. Yes. And she 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:06.800 also recorded with the Ramones, Matthew Sweet 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:09.679 and other groups as well outside of the B -52s. 00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:12.880 Love her voice. Yeah, she did a few collaborations 00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:17.349 and the two females of the B -52s. Without Fred, 00:47:17.530 --> 00:47:22.170 the prominent release of Rome, which was another, 00:47:22.269 --> 00:47:24.730 it kind of fell more in line with a shiny happy 00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:28.610 people type of song. Yeah, exactly. So where 00:47:28.610 --> 00:47:32.150 do we go from these cosmic beach vibes, I guess 00:47:32.150 --> 00:47:35.010 we'll call it? I want to throw the train in reverse. 00:47:35.570 --> 00:47:41.409 Oh. Ready? We talked about fun videos with star 00:47:41.409 --> 00:47:45.210 power, and I want to talk about a one hit wonder. 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.840 That we all love. Again, this is another one 00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:51.219 of those songs that you could not get away from 00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:54.400 for a certain amount of period of time. And we're 00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:56.920 going to talk about the multi -vocal stylings 00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:59.820 of Mr. Bobby McFerrin. Don't worry, be happy. 00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:04.059 Featuring Robin Williams and Bill Irwin in the 00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:08.460 video. Absolutely love this song from 1988 Simple 00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:11.019 Pleasures. And it was also on the Cocktail soundtrack, 00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:13.980 if I remember correctly. That's correct. Reached 00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:16.760 number one on the Billboard US Hot 100, the Canada 00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:19.800 Top Singles Chart, the Australia ARIA Chart, 00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:23.900 and topped the charts in Iceland. Like Sweet 00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:27.179 Caroline, the song was selected for preservation 00:48:27.179 --> 00:48:30.840 in the United States National Recording Registry 00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:34.159 by the Library of Congress as, once again, being, 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:37.760 quote, culturally, historically, or aesthetically 00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:42.139 significant. This is also a phrase. that my mom 00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:45.699 says to me anytime i complain about anything 00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:50.420 and she's done it since 1988 so this one and 00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:53.139 she'll sing it too so and you know hear my mom 00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:57.019 sing it she does a good job bravo and i also 00:48:57.019 --> 00:49:00.079 remember growing up around this time listening 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:03.079 to the radio always just loving the z morning 00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:05.300 zoo in the morning in new york scott shannon 00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:09.139 on the radio they always played a version Don't 00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:11.139 worry, life's crappy. I don't know if you remember 00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:15.340 that one. I do. It's funny because radio's in 00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:19.320 my blood. So I grew up on Scott and Todd. Even 00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:22.079 while I lived in Syracuse, they used to put out 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:25.519 the CDs at the phone scams and all their funny 00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:28.239 bits. And that was on one of those discs that 00:49:28.239 --> 00:49:30.059 I heard. So that was pretty cool. I had the vinyl. 00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:32.340 It was like the Z -Morning Zoo's Greatest Hits 00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:34.960 Volume 3. And it had this on the vinyl of it. 00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:40.309 Again, that's like those novelty, that just you 00:49:40.309 --> 00:49:42.030 waited to hear them on the morning because you 00:49:42.030 --> 00:49:43.730 didn't know, is this the real one? Oh, it's the 00:49:43.730 --> 00:49:47.670 parody. It's the parody. Anyway, way to give 00:49:47.670 --> 00:49:49.989 me something that's nearly impossible to come 00:49:49.989 --> 00:49:53.369 out of. Because, I mean, this is all acapella. 00:49:54.090 --> 00:49:57.309 So how can I come out of that and capture that 00:49:57.309 --> 00:50:00.869 same vibe? Do you remember before, while you 00:50:00.869 --> 00:50:04.349 think on that, did you ever hear a rumor that 00:50:04.349 --> 00:50:08.570 Bobby McFerrin sang the way he did? Because he 00:50:08.570 --> 00:50:11.469 had split vocal cords. And that's how he could 00:50:11.469 --> 00:50:14.489 make all those sounds at once. I did not hear 00:50:14.489 --> 00:50:18.829 that. 12, 13 years old. And my friend's group 00:50:18.829 --> 00:50:21.130 was like, oh, yeah, he can sing like that because 00:50:21.130 --> 00:50:23.510 he had split vocal cords. And that's how he does 00:50:23.510 --> 00:50:27.489 all the voices at once. no 12 or 13 year old 00:50:27.489 --> 00:50:30.690 knows anything about overdubbing or multi -vocal 00:50:30.690 --> 00:50:34.130 processes like we were just like oh yeah that 00:50:34.130 --> 00:50:38.489 sounds wow that what an interesting birth thing 00:50:38.489 --> 00:50:41.789 that like causes him to sound so amazingly awesome 00:50:41.789 --> 00:50:45.230 i think that was anything anything when we were 00:50:45.230 --> 00:50:47.269 growing up at one point when i was in college 00:50:47.269 --> 00:50:52.010 the big rumor was that if you drank zima it wouldn't 00:50:52.010 --> 00:50:54.650 show up on a breathalyzer test because it didn't 00:50:54.650 --> 00:50:57.050 smell like beer. This is before you could look 00:50:57.050 --> 00:50:59.929 things up. And these rumors would just happen. 00:51:00.230 --> 00:51:05.429 Kids, we used to not have Google. Okay, well, 00:51:05.510 --> 00:51:08.469 you've given me enough time. I actually have 00:51:08.469 --> 00:51:11.309 a song that'll work coming out of Don't Worry, 00:51:11.349 --> 00:51:13.789 Be Happy. I just don't know where the hell you'll 00:51:13.789 --> 00:51:17.690 go from it. Oh, boy. But let's go back to 1979. 00:51:18.949 --> 00:51:22.130 All right. And the life of Brian soundtrack. 00:51:22.349 --> 00:51:26.349 No, not me. And we're going to go with Monty 00:51:26.349 --> 00:51:29.929 Python. Always look on the bright side of life. 00:51:30.670 --> 00:51:33.449 It's not acapella, but you got the whistles. 00:51:33.710 --> 00:51:37.210 It's got every it's got the same vibe. And hell, 00:51:37.230 --> 00:51:41.389 it charted in 1980 and 1981. It hit number nine 00:51:41.389 --> 00:51:44.630 in Australia, number 30 in Belgium. and number 00:51:44.630 --> 00:51:48.289 32 in the Netherlands. And then in the 90s, it 00:51:48.289 --> 00:51:51.989 charted again, hitting number one in Ireland, 00:51:52.230 --> 00:51:55.750 number three in the UK and in Switzerland, number 00:51:55.750 --> 00:51:59.570 five in Norway, number three in Germany, number 00:51:59.570 --> 00:52:04.349 six in Europe, and number 119 in Australia. So 00:52:04.349 --> 00:52:08.489 worldwide hit, plus Iron Maiden closes every 00:52:08.489 --> 00:52:13.300 single concert with it. So I'm sorry. Coming 00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:15.500 out of Don't Worry, Be Happy, this is a perfect 00:52:15.500 --> 00:52:19.460 fit. That is a hard reboot. I like that. That's 00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:22.420 great. And now for something completely different, 00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:26.579 as John Cleese would say. Or Terry Gilliam. Or 00:52:26.579 --> 00:52:29.059 any of them, really. Eric Idle has said it at 00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:33.159 one time. Terry Graham. So, how do we come out 00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:37.739 of that? Hmm. Let's go back to my clubbing days. 00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:41.000 I want to bring some more females in here. Because 00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:44.150 we don't have enough. This song has a breakdown 00:52:44.150 --> 00:52:47.829 in it that I absolutely freaking love and still 00:52:47.829 --> 00:52:52.250 to this day can recite. And I love the part specifically 00:52:52.250 --> 00:52:56.489 where she says, it's not vicious or malicious, 00:52:56.630 --> 00:53:00.750 just lovely and delicious. I say that all the 00:53:00.750 --> 00:53:04.030 time, quoting D. Light with Groove is in the 00:53:04.030 --> 00:53:08.440 Heart. 1990s world click. You could not escape 00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:10.420 this song. Reached number four on the Billboard 00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:14.619 US Hot 100. Number 15 on the Canada Singles Chart. 00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:18.119 Number one on the Australia Aria Chart. And number 00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:21.559 one on the UK Singles Chart. Australia and the 00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:24.940 UK got it right. The US and Canada got it wrong. 00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:29.079 I mean, between Q -Tip's rap verse, Bootsy Collins' 00:53:29.480 --> 00:53:33.199 vocals, Maceo Parker's sax, and Fred Wesley's 00:53:33.199 --> 00:53:37.239 trombone, this song is an all -star cast. and 00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:41.079 a lightning -in -a -bottle musical moment. I 00:53:41.079 --> 00:53:44.460 have to throw back to episode 41, the ultimate 00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:48.219 Blues Traveler playlist. Yes, I know, Blues Traveler. 00:53:48.219 --> 00:53:51.179 However, Tad Kinchel of the band's bassist talks 00:53:51.179 --> 00:53:53.820 about their cover of the song, which appears 00:53:53.820 --> 00:53:57.179 on their 2023 album, Traveler's Soul. If you 00:53:57.179 --> 00:54:00.340 want to hear a cool cover song story, yes, Blues 00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:03.980 Traveler covers Grooves in the Heart. Oh, I'm 00:54:03.980 --> 00:54:09.559 down. Say less, they say. That bass line is, 00:54:09.800 --> 00:54:14.000 it's narcotic. I'm telling you, it does not take 00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:16.679 much for that song to earworm its way right into 00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:22.340 my head. That just melts me. That's the kind 00:54:22.340 --> 00:54:26.719 of thing I love. Well, coming out of that, I'm 00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:28.719 actually going to go with something that's a 00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:32.320 little more breezy. Not as clubby, but definitely 00:54:32.320 --> 00:54:35.119 in the pop realm. But I'm going to bring it up. 00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:37.199 And this is one that I think might surprise a 00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:39.260 lot of people because this is not an artist that 00:54:39.260 --> 00:54:42.139 I would normally talk about on this show quite 00:54:42.139 --> 00:54:46.239 often. I completely respect his voice. I respect 00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:48.260 what he does musically. But there's this one 00:54:48.260 --> 00:54:52.280 song that since the first time I heard it just 00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:55.460 relaxed me and made me feel good and made me 00:54:55.460 --> 00:54:57.820 feel happy. So for my last song of the night 00:54:57.820 --> 00:55:02.630 from 2009's Crazy Love. We're going to go with 00:55:02.630 --> 00:55:06.449 Michael Buble's Haven't Met You Yet. All right. 00:55:06.550 --> 00:55:10.250 Number 24 on the Billboard US Hot 100. Number 00:55:10.250 --> 00:55:13.929 five on the Canadian Hot 100. Number nine on 00:55:13.929 --> 00:55:17.130 the Australia ARIA charts. And number five on 00:55:17.130 --> 00:55:20.730 the UK singles chart. This song to me, it's just 00:55:20.730 --> 00:55:25.550 breezy, light, and refreshing. And no, I'm not 00:55:25.550 --> 00:55:30.010 talking about the seltzer. But there's just something 00:55:30.010 --> 00:55:34.199 about it. That every time I hear it, it just 00:55:34.199 --> 00:55:37.380 puts me at ease. And I think that is something 00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:42.719 that a feel good song does. And it's not my wheelhouse. 00:55:42.780 --> 00:55:45.760 And I get that Michael Bublé does a lot of the 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:49.179 croonery stuff. And there's something about his 00:55:49.179 --> 00:55:53.880 croonery voice over this kind of yacht rocky 00:55:53.880 --> 00:56:00.420 meets pop type sound in the mid 2000s, late 2000s. 00:56:00.780 --> 00:56:04.739 That on paper makes no sense, but in my brain 00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:10.400 just feels so damn good. Oh, it works. For sure 00:56:10.400 --> 00:56:14.880 it works. Michael Buble. So you got your every 00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:16.619 once in a while a Michael Buble comes along. 00:56:16.739 --> 00:56:18.840 It's like a generational thing, right? Because 00:56:18.840 --> 00:56:22.079 we had Harry Connick. We have Frank. We got Dean. 00:56:22.340 --> 00:56:26.820 We've got that kind of style. And Buble is he 00:56:26.820 --> 00:56:31.389 took that song and became. now a host of Christmas 00:56:31.389 --> 00:56:35.869 Eve on ABC for the last 50 years. He's just everywhere. 00:56:36.230 --> 00:56:38.929 His kids are all over the place. They love Snoop 00:56:38.929 --> 00:56:42.010 Dogg. It's the most bananas thing. It's great. 00:56:42.130 --> 00:56:46.690 I love it. He is Frank Sinatra. He has that gravitas 00:56:46.690 --> 00:56:50.190 to him, and he can do everything from the big 00:56:50.190 --> 00:56:52.809 band standards all the way up to this pop tune. 00:56:52.949 --> 00:56:55.869 He has another song called Hollywood is Dead, 00:56:56.050 --> 00:56:59.559 and that is, it's a finger snapping song. And 00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:01.880 I love it. And this just fits right into that 00:57:01.880 --> 00:57:04.199 pocket. And this is definitely one where I think 00:57:04.199 --> 00:57:05.980 people that listen to this show and know me, 00:57:06.019 --> 00:57:07.699 they're going to go, wow, I didn't see that one 00:57:07.699 --> 00:57:10.260 coming to close it out for the night. And I was 00:57:10.260 --> 00:57:12.480 thinking about closing what Monty Python for 00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:14.860 my last pick of the evening. But as soon as you 00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:17.340 did, don't worry, be happy. I had to do some 00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:20.360 shuffling at the last minute. So now I've left 00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:23.679 you kind of on an island here to close out our 00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:26.500 feel good playlist for the evening. Where do 00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:31.059 we go from here? Well, I'll tell you, I'm going 00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:33.420 to leave this mixtape feeling a little guilty 00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:35.659 because we left some of my favorite artists on 00:57:35.659 --> 00:57:39.780 the table here. And I think I'm going to, again, 00:57:40.019 --> 00:57:43.139 at the midway point of side A, we hit people 00:57:43.139 --> 00:57:45.659 square in the jaw. And I think we're going to 00:57:45.659 --> 00:57:47.599 close out by hitting people square in the jaw 00:57:47.599 --> 00:57:51.019 as well. It's a strong finish to a strong open. 00:57:51.400 --> 00:57:55.320 And I think. Initially, way back a couple years 00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:58.639 ago now, when you and I did our, you had me on 00:57:58.639 --> 00:58:01.179 for the first time on my weekly mixtape, you 00:58:01.179 --> 00:58:03.699 asked what mixtapes mean to me. And of course, 00:58:03.760 --> 00:58:05.940 you know, they're girls, at least. You're giving 00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:08.179 this tape to a girl. And I think we're going 00:58:08.179 --> 00:58:10.460 to end this tape by playing right to the girls 00:58:10.460 --> 00:58:12.940 who are listening. And this is Cyndi Lauper's 00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:18.119 Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Ah, Captain Lou 00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:22.739 Albano in the video. 1983. She's so unusual. 00:58:23.099 --> 00:58:26.300 Reach number two on the Billboard US Hot 100 00:58:26.300 --> 00:58:29.980 and the UK singles chart, as well as number one 00:58:29.980 --> 00:58:33.039 on the Canada singles chart, the Australia ARIA 00:58:33.039 --> 00:58:36.500 chart and seven additional countries. And like 00:58:36.500 --> 00:58:39.420 Pharrell's happy, we get to mention Weird Al 00:58:39.420 --> 00:58:42.949 a second time tonight as he did. Girls Just Wanna 00:58:42.949 --> 00:58:46.610 Have Lunch off his Dare to Be Stupid album. I'm 00:58:46.610 --> 00:58:48.909 actually surprised you and I didn't sneak in 00:58:48.909 --> 00:58:53.710 a Weird Al song, but he is here in spirit through 00:58:53.710 --> 00:58:56.170 two of his parodies of two of our songs tonight. 00:58:56.530 --> 00:58:59.989 Yeah, definitely. This song was on one of those 00:58:59.989 --> 00:59:04.730 K -Tel records, right? My parents got me one, 00:59:04.789 --> 00:59:07.110 and I think Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was track 00:59:07.110 --> 00:59:09.989 two, I think, on side A. And it was, I mean, 00:59:10.030 --> 00:59:12.380 these are just... When you grow up through that 00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:15.159 and then go into the roller skating rink and 00:59:15.159 --> 00:59:17.719 it was all over the place. And then it still 00:59:17.719 --> 00:59:21.659 played every party, every junior, senior prom, 00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:24.460 all of these parties, wherever women are present, 00:59:24.619 --> 00:59:28.039 this song will still be one of the anthems. That 00:59:28.039 --> 00:59:30.219 and Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive. I was going 00:59:30.219 --> 00:59:33.219 to say, this is one of those songs that I think 00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:36.800 anybody on this planet, if they were on Name 00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:39.619 That Tune, it would be, they'd be hitting the 00:59:39.619 --> 00:59:43.719 buzzer. Within one second, because as soon as 00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:47.539 you hear the Hammond organ, you're getting Name 00:59:47.539 --> 00:59:50.320 That Tune in one second. Yeah, definitely. And 00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:54.260 again, another song made great, enhanced by the 00:59:54.260 --> 00:59:56.559 video featuring, as you mentioned, Captain Lou 00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:59.360 Albano, who went on to play Mario in the Super 00:59:59.360 --> 01:00:02.679 Mario Brothers live action thing on, I think 01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:06.139 it was on Fox when I was in school. But yeah, 01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:09.320 Captain Lou, one of the greats from WWE, which 01:00:09.320 --> 01:00:13.579 used to be WWF. A lot of things changed since 01:00:13.579 --> 01:00:16.599 that time. Yeah, I actually have a picture with 01:00:16.599 --> 01:00:19.000 Captain Lou Albano. I was probably around like 01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:20.960 seven or eight. I met him at a car show once. 01:00:21.019 --> 01:00:22.579 Really cool. Really, really cool. Did he have 01:00:22.579 --> 01:00:25.579 all the rubber bands? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. If 01:00:25.579 --> 01:00:28.039 I can find the picture, I will post it up over 01:00:28.039 --> 01:00:31.420 at myweeklymixtape .com on the episode page. 01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:34.260 But I mean, absolute legend of the industry. 01:00:34.380 --> 01:00:37.800 And that, mixtapers, concludes side B of our 01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:40.780 ultimate feel -good songs mixtape, which consists 01:00:40.780 --> 01:00:44.199 of The Muppets, Happiness Hotel, Justin Timberlake. 01:00:44.199 --> 01:00:47.119 legs can't stop the feeling paul simons you can 01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:52.099 call me al rems shiny happy people b52s cosmic 01:00:52.099 --> 01:00:56.119 thing bobby mcferrin's don't worry be happy bonnie 01:00:56.119 --> 01:00:58.719 pythons always look on the bright side of life 01:00:58.719 --> 01:01:02.239 delights groove is in the heart michael blaze 01:01:02.239 --> 01:01:05.860 haven't met you yet and cindy laupers girls just 01:01:05.860 --> 01:01:08.780 want to have fun head over to myweeklymixtape 01:01:08.780 --> 01:01:11.119 .com to hear all the songs we've discussed in 01:01:11.119 --> 01:01:14.139 this mix through the playlist embedded on the 01:01:14.139 --> 01:01:17.780 episode page. 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