Hey, this is Bobby from the F 'n Cultured Podcast,
and you're listening to My Weekly Mixtape with
Brian Colburn. Hope you brought your appetite,
because you're all invited to the F 'n Cookout,
baby! Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast
that takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Joining me for tonight's collaboration is Bobby
Schultz, host of the FN Cultured podcast, who
some might remember as a frequent guest over
at Playlist Wars. Bobby, thank you so much for
joining me tonight over here on my weekly mixtape
this time. Thanks for having me. Thank you very
much. As I start every episode of the show, I'm
going to throw you the same question I throw
everyone else. What does the word mixtape mean
to you? It's a good question. I'm one of those
weird people that proudly wears the label Xennial.
I was born in that very small frame between like
81 and 85 where we don't want to be called millennials,
but we're not Gen Xers. So mixtapes were... When
I was young, it was just a way to try to catch
singles off of the radio. You just had to be
listening and have a tape ready. I never really
procured a mixtape until I was in high school
and things like Napster and LimeWire came around.
And with connections and stuff being so bad,
I just... mate like random songs that i could
download at decent speeds would go on so i'll
be the first one on your show here to be like
i loved mixtapes because i can put whatever i
want in them but i'm someone who listens to everything
and it doesn't all need to thematically go together
like i can sit there and listen to raining blood
and then all of a sudden want josh groban or
clay aiken in the next track so which may or
may not rear its head in my tendencies this evening.
Well, I will say it is 2023 right now. So if
you used one of those services you spoke of on
dial up, one of the files might be done soon.
So hopefully it might be. I should I should call
my mom and ask her how the other phone line is
doing. All right. Well, tonight, Bobby and I
are curating a mixtape filled with summer cookout
or barbecue songs. But there's a twist. We are
not. curating a mixtape about the songs you should
play at a cookout or barbecue, because that would
be too easy. Yeah, that's boring. Why would we
want to make sense and do something like that?
Yes, we are going to make this ridiculously hard
on the two of us, and we're going to curate a
playlist of songs that highlight the foods you
eat at a summer cookout or barbecue. Let's call
tonight's episode a musical smorgasbord, if you
will. We're menu planning for the evening. Yes.
So, Bobby, how tough was it for you to come up
with a bank of songs to choose from tonight?
And musically speaking, because you said your
styles and genres are kind of all over the map.
How do they sit with your bank of songs? um all
over the map sits very well with my bank of songs
yeah it was uh when you posted this uh prompt
on twitter kind of dropping the bait in the water
and be like who'll bite and i was just like me
and then about 30 seconds after you said okay
let's do it i went what did i sign myself up
for finding these songs like there's you know
there's a group of food themed songs that we
all know And then there's a giant group of food
themed songs that nobody knows. And we're going
to see how it goes. I'm excited because we said,
like, we're not repeating artists. And I think
we said we're not repeating foods. Well, I didn't
announce that to the listeners. But yes, that
is exactly right. Because, look, you've been
on Playlist Wars several times. So I consider
you to be, to keep in line with the show topic
tonight, a, wait for it, seasoned. veteran when
it comes to playlisting. That was awful. It's
okay. It's fine. I'm spicy. So one song per artist
or band and one song per food item. However,
there could be an asterisk somewhere because
certain foods lend themselves to others. So we'll
see if there's minor exceptions as we move forward.
I'm getting very creative. All right, well, let's
get down to business tonight. As I mentioned,
Bobby and I will be curating the foods of the
summer cookout and barbecue mixtape. We are going
to use that cassette deck approach because unfortunately,
the eight track mixtape approach was just too
confusing. So, yeah, we don't want to do that.
Two sides, side A and side B. Bobby, as my special
guest, will begin Side A with his first song
choice, and then I'll add a song that I feel
best follows up his choice. We'll then flip -flop
choosing songs until we've mapped out 10 songs
for Side A. We'll then give our mixtape a proverbial
flip, and we'll map out Side B, only this time
I kick things off with Bobby choosing second.
Our overall goal for tonight's episode is to
craft the best foods of a summer cookout and
barbecue mixtape possible. Through only 20 songs.
Thank God it's only 20. Through only 75 songs.
Oh, no. That's it. We're done. At the end of
the show, you can take our conversation to the
next level by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com to give our final mixtape a listen via the
embedded playlist. And if finally, if you like
what you're hearing on the show, please consider
becoming a Patreon mixtape or a patreon .com
forward slash. my weekly mixtape. Now, before
we finally press the record button on this mixtape,
some of the fellow mixtapers chimed in with songs
they feel would best kick things off with tonight.
And I want to share them now. So Bobby, you and
I have some, it's even more of a pun in this
episode, food for thought going into this. Yeah,
absolutely. I need it. So fire away. Patreon
mixtaper, David Owens chimed in with Ryan Shoup
and the rubber bands, corn dog. Patreon mixtaper
Mally Hart chimed in with on in my conterite
with air bear cooking or strawberry tart in English.
And my sincere apologies if I. Butchered the
pronunciation because speaking of butchered,
this one actually had me laughing out loud. Patreon
mixtaper Kevin Seeker jokingly chimed in with
Alice Cooper's chop, chop, chop for tonight.
So I don't know what kind of cookouts and barbecues
he goes to, but I do appreciate that chime in
nonetheless. And Patreon mixtaper Cactus Pete
chimed in with David Lee Roth's hot dog and a
shake. Kenny Chesney's beer can chicken. Old
Dominion's Easier Said with Rum, and Sammy Hagar's
Mass Tequila. Elsewhere on the socials, people
who follow me at My Weekly Mixtape on Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Spoutable all
had chime -ins as well, and I wanted to highlight
a few of those. Sean Faust chimed in with the
B -52's Rock Lobster. Jen Cohen chimed in with
Don McLean's American Pie and Zac Brown Band's
Chicken Fried. Robin Hollister chimed in with
Van Halen's Pound Cake. Dave Zalatouris from
the Beer in Front podcast, as well as Bart, both
chimed in with Led Zeppelin's Hot Dog. First
name Bob chimed in with Guttermouth's Mr. Barbecue.
That's a good name. Stephen Lenhart chimed in
with Andrew Williams' Rib Tips. DT at Space Castle
and Jay Hall from the Okie Bookcast both chimed
in with Jimmy Buffett's Cheeseburger in Paradise.
Hutch chimed in with Ale Storm's Flipped with
a Sausage. Anthony at the Patio Slave podcast
chimed in with Blink -182's Happy Holidays, You
Bastard. Jay and Kay at the F My Work Life podcast
chimed in with the Blackfoot Gypsy's Potatoes
and Whiskey. Tim McCarthy chimed in with Beastie
Boy's Eggman. Jason Whistle from the It's Not
That Bad and There Can Only Be One casts chimed
in with Kim Mitchell's Patio Lanterns. Jason
Skull chimed in with Presidents of the United
States of America's Peaches. Brian Gifford from
the Pop Culture Yearbook chimed in with DJ Jazzy
Jeff and the Fresh Prince's Summertime. Doug
Miller chimed in with Deaf Leopards Pour Some
Sugar on Me using the reasoning that sugar is
in lemonade, iced tea, and pretty much every
dessert. And a creme brulee, baby. There you
go. And my friends at the Nostalgia Test Podcast
chimed in with Sublime's Bad Fish because as
he quotes, You can't have a cookout without the
booze. Now, with that being said, Bobby, I am
going to officially hit the record button on
this mixtape, and I would like to know which
Weird Al Yankovic song you are going to use to
kick off our summer cookouts and barbecue mixtape
with. Not how it's working. We've been talking
a lot about food, but whenever I have a cookout,
equally as important is the drink. And this will
be the first time, not the last time this evening,
where I'm going to bend the rules just a smidgen.
Just a smidgen, huh? I just want to go back for
a second. Every episode when you say, let's get
down to business, I am in my car going, to defeat
the Huns. So, okay. I am going to start this
barbecue playlist off with a song that I fell
in love with in the summer of, it's one of the
mid -aughts. If you're drinking beer or a mixed
drink at one of my picnics, There's only one
receptacle that you can use to drink it out of.
And that would be a red solo cup by Toby Keith.
All right. So we're starting off with a little
country. It's a very big summer jam. It feels
like a picnic song. So it's like a fake out.
We're going to start off with our drinks first
and go on through there. But I thought that was
a good, strong way to start the playlist off.
I love that song. I'm not going to lie. There
was something about it the first time you heard
it. It was stupid. And then you loved it. Yeah,
you're like, this song sucks the first time you
heard it. I was like, how the hell is this popular?
100%. And then an hour later, you're sitting
there singing along with it, going, we need to
play that song again. It has this hook that just
captures you. And yeah, it's definitely one of
those songs that - It's so dumb, it's fun. Yes.
It's one of those dumb, fun songs, and I love
it. Wow. So you're starting off with drinks.
So we need to fill that cup up. Correct. All
right. And what better thing to fill up that
cup with? And I'm going to, hmm, there's two
different things we could fill the cup up with.
Oh, there's so many things you could fill the
cup up with. Exactly. So let's go with, hmm,
sticking with country here, because I'm going
to keep this musically themed as well as food
themed. You have Red Solo Cup. And what do you
put into that Red Solo Cup from 2005's time well
wasted, Brad Paisley, Alcohol. I absolutely love
that song. It's funny. It's got a kind of a bluesy
country guitar riff going on. And Brad Paisley
is, while a very humorous songwriter, he writes
a lot of tongue in cheek stuff, very similar
to the Red Solo Cup. I'd almost want to call
it almost novelty -esque in lyrics. His guitar
playing is some of the best country guitar work
I have ever seen. He does some solos, even in
alcohol, that if you really listen to it, he
is on another level with the guitar. He's talented.
So on top of the food themes, musically, these
two songs actually work well together. So that's
interesting. But I'm going to follow up Red Solo
Cup. With Brad Paisley's alcohol. Man, you kept
it country. Why'd you do that to me? Oh, where
am I going? Do I just throw it all away and do
something completely random? Yes, that's what
I do. I'm glad you didn't say water, by the way.
Another Brad Paisley song. I hate that song.
All right. We don't want to be negative on this
podcast, Bobby. All right. My brain, I knew this
was going to happen to me, and it's already starting
now, and we're only on track three. But my brain
has a way of thinking about barbecues and cookouts.
And I'm sorry I keep saying cookout and barbecue,
but when Brian said barbecue, I thought low and
slow, smoker, people from the South might get
a little upset. So we got to say cookout as well,
because I'm in New England slash tri -state,
and we do cookouts. We call them barbecues because
we're wrong. Exactly. They're not true barbecues.
So when you come to my house, you grab a drink.
The next thing you're going to see is an assortment
of foods on the table to help yourself while
I stressfully cook things and get drunk. One
of those things you're going to see, and it's
probably multiple, but you're going to see about
three or four different bowls full of chips.
You got to have the chips. And what do you eat
with chips, Brian? Salsa. Dip. We're going freak
nasty to dip. for track number three. We're taking
a right turn, baby. Track three, crashing into
the wall. Freak Nasty's the tip. Something tells
me that's not the dip that Mr. Nasty had in mind.
Listen, buddy. Doesn't matter. I told you. I'm
bending the rules tonight. This song is about
chips and dip for this playlist. All right. Well,
I am going to feed right into that dip and stick
with the appetizers then. OK, so right next to
the dip, depending on where you are. Yeah, I'm
just going to go there because no one's played
the weird out card yet. I'm playing the weird
out card right now. Love it. And I come from
a very Italian family and one of the very Italian
appetizer dishes. We were actually just talking
about this this weekend when I got together with
my family because. Every Thanksgiving, while
not a cookout, it was a holiday. But every Thanksgiving,
my uncle would make lasagnas all morning and
everybody would have lasagna at one o 'clock
and then you'd have Thanksgiving dinner at five
o 'clock. And I, to this day, do not remember
eating turkey on Thanksgiving because I was so
full from the lasagna. So I am going to go from
1988's even worse with Weird Al Yankovic and
lasagna, even though we're talking appetizers
here. I don't know if you're Italian, Bobby.
I married one. There you go. I don't want to
stereotype in any way, shape or form. But so
I will say this in my Italian family, when you
go over there, the appetizers could feed a small
army and you really have to pace yourself because
you could legitimately get the meat sweats prior
to any actual meal getting served. So using that
logic, I'm going to make everybody ridiculously
full very early in the day and send you back
with a interesting song to bounce off of. I'm
off -roading, sir. You don't need to worry about
me. You don't need to worry about me. This is
going to be the weirdest playlist ever created,
and I love it. But about the actual music, obviously,
the song is a parody of Los Lobos' cover of La
Bamba because that came out in 88 around the
time that Weird Al was working on the album.
Obviously, it's also a cover of the original
Richie Valens song, but it's actually like a
second generation parody at play here, which
is pretty cool. So I am going to follow up Freak
Nasty's dip with Weird Al Yankovic's Lasagna.
I love that Brian is sitting here like, oh God,
Bobby did the dip. What are we doing? Where are
we heading? Anywhere I want. I love Weird Al.
I actually, I was able to see him in concert
for the first time ever. I think it was right
before COVID. And it was an absolute pleasure
to see him. But we had to get him in here somewhere.
You know what I mean? He has an album called
The Food Album. I felt like if we didn't, we'd
be doing all food music a disservice at that
point. Right. Okay. All right. You know what?
I like where you went here. And normally someone
would be like, hmm, how can my song match that
song? But I'm not doing that. I'm matching foods
with you. Every summer picnic, my father -in
-law owns a pizza restaurant here in Connecticut
called Bobby's A Beats. which is hysterical because
no one in the family is named Bobby except for
the guy who married his daughter. And there's
a reason I put a ring on it. The pizza is so
dang good. But every summer picnic he goes to,
he brings grillable pizzas. Oh, and it's like
the best. It's the best because, you know, you
go and you got your burgers and dogs and whatnot.
But like grillable pizzas are such a cool idea.
And it's a good bridge from like appetizer to
almost get into like the main. Especially when
you've got a cup full of booze. So I didn't pick
a typical pizza song. I picked a song that has
pizza throughout all of its lyrics. I don't remember
what year it's from, but it's from System of
a Down, Steal This Album, and it's Chicken Stew.
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olives,
chives. That song always gets me bopping, and
for some reason it gets me hungry. It's all about
pizza. So that's going to be our pizza song for
my grilled pizza. Which takes the Aquabats pizza
day off my list. Sorry. No, it's okay. I totally
get it. I totally get it. Love, obviously, grillable
pizzas. That's a new thing. When I play venues
now, I play a lot of wineries when I do my live
music, and they always bring the food trucks
in. And one of the biggest crazes, especially
around New Jersey, are these pizza trucks that
go around. And some of them are done. On the
grill and they're like totally different vibe
going on there. So love that song. Hmm. Scrolling
through my list here. All right. I see your chicken
stew and raise you. Yeah, I take it now. We're
kind of headed towards the main meal at this
point. We're getting there. We're getting there.
So depending on the amount of money you spend.
For this cookout, this might be something you
would put on the grillable pizzas. This might
be something you have on the side of the grillable
pizzas. But regardless, there is no better song
to come out of System of a Down's Chicken Stew
than with the opening guitar riff of B -52's
Rock Lobster. Yeah. Obviously, it's not a metal
slug in any way, shape or form. We are going
purely on a food level here, but I've seen lobster
on top of pizzas. I've seen lobsters on the side,
depending on what type of cookout you're at.
So I feel like that follows up the pizza very
well from a menu perspective. Yeah. And I mean,
I know it's weird to hear, but like at the picnics
I've been to. If you have shellfish, if you're
lucky enough to go... Every year when I grew
up, my neighbors up the street worked for one
of the biggest Northeastern lobster companies
in the region. Okay. So, like, steamers and lobsters
every Fourth of July picnic. And they always
came out before the burgers. It made no sense,
but... You know what? Chronologically, we're
getting it. Yes, certainly. And for the actual
song perspective here, Rock Lobster was originally
released as a single in 1978 and then re -recorded
a year later for the band's self -titled album.
So if you go back and listen to the original
single recording, it's a lot more raw than the
version you're used to hearing, but it still
holds that, I guess you would call it iconic
B -52. They have a sound all of their own. And
I think that's amazing that they were able to,
again, using the food reference here, carve out
their niche musically. So, yeah, this is definitely
a musical skewer going all over the map here.
That wasn't the theme. Exactly. From a food perspective,
these songs pair well together. Yes. And you
know what? I like using Rock Lobster because
it has almost like a surf rock vibe to it. So
it feels like a summer jam. You know what I mean?
It fits to what we're doing. Yeah. I love that.
Take that off my list. See, I have some of these
songs on here. Yeah. All right. Where do I want
to go? Do I want to refill our drink? Or do I
want to get my really wonky song out of the way
because I'm an idiot and I can't wait? Let's
do that. All right. I'm an idiot. And this is
100 % proof. Brian, I'm sorry if people start
commenting on how much of an idiot I am and how
I'm ruining this playlist. Every summer picnic
I go to, my favorite dish, and this is weird
coming from a fat kid, but my favorite dish is
the fresh fruit. Nothing beats a good fruit salad.
I like a fruit salad better than fruit platter.
If you go out to a store and grab a fruit platter
like Bravo, like good on you. But they put some
stuff in the fruit or rinse it with stuff that
makes it last longer, which kind of messes with
the taste. There's nothing better than a homemade
fruit salad. And the first song, I don't know
why, but maybe because of our first playlist
wars together. But the first song that popped
into my head was a crossover between The Wiggles
and Slipknot. And it's called Psycho Salad. It's
The Wiggles fruit salad and Slipknot's psychosocial.
and it's one of my favorite crossovers ever and
uh it belongs in this playlist because i'm here
and having a good time and drinking 99 black
cherry with you so Psycho Salad by The Wiggles
featuring Slipknot is our next chorus here on
this podcast. I'm going to go out on a wild limb
here and assume that this song is not on Spotify.
That is the one song I picked that is not on
Spotify, correct. And I will have to pivot and
put the video from YouTube. Psycho. I haven't
heard this, but having children, I know both
songs, and I honestly... When we're done recording,
I want to watch you listen to this song. I cannot
wait. That is absolutely amazing. I love mashups,
especially when they're like the more ridiculous,
the better. Yeah. And there was one recently
that was so well done. I was Metallica and men
at work down under. It was just unbelievably
well done. So you had me at mashup. I love it.
But the fact that you went with the wiggles,
I couldn't help myself. This is fantastic. Hmm.
And I love throwing curveballs at you, Brian.
Yeah, yeah. This isn't only an exercise in trying
to complete a playlist that's not music heavy.
Well, I mean, it's all music, but it's not based
on music. It's also an exercise in you trying
to get out of my way and then bring me back.
I am going to steer right into your psycho salad,
however. Yes. All right. Because. I know the
perfect song to follow it up with. And you're
going to think when I say the name of this song
that I'm taking a ton of food off of our playlist.
But here's where the asterisk comes in. Because
this song is specifically about one type of food.
But when you hear it, you're going to think,
oh, it's about a lot of different types of food
depending on the part of the country you're in.
If you're in the South, this means one type of
food. If you're in the North, this means the
event that's happening. And the song is called
Barbecue. You're going to take my closing song
away from me, aren't you? I am going with Paul
Williams. No! From Evan Otter's Jug Band Christmas.
Why would you do that to me? Because that's the
main course. The sauce Mama makes just stays
there forever if you dare to get it under your
nails. And coming out of the Wiggles, what am
I supposed to do? I had the lyrics up and everything.
I was going to close the playlist with that song.
I'm like, Brian's going to love me. He loves
this movie. Now I'm screwed. All kidding aside,
Paul Williams, such an amazing songwriter, wrote
my favorite song of all time, which is Rainbow
Connection. Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas
is my favorite Christmas special. We watch it
every year with the kids on Christmas Eve. I
have the soundtrack. And this song, besides it
being created for the Muppets, is still a fantastic
song, irregardless of who's singing it. It is
a fantastic. And I'll tell you this story. When
I first moved to North Carolina for college back
in the 90s, two of my good friends said to me,
Brian, we're going to take you out for barbecue.
Okay. And in my brain, being from New Jersey,
I'm thinking hamburgers and hot dogs. So we pull
in. Now in North Carolina, anyone who's from
the South listening knows exactly where we're
going with this. I look at the menu and I look
at them and I say, where are the hamburgers and
the hot dogs? And they said. We're taking you
for barbecue. I said, that's where the hamburgers
and hot dogs are, right? That's the barbecue.
No, Brian, we're talking about real barbecue.
And I had my first ever taste of real Southern
barbecue. And it changed my world. It rocked
my world, man. I'd never had that before. Straight
where it's made with love. Low and slow, baby.
Yeah. They serve. Barbecue and coleslaw and cheer
wine. And that was about it. And it was so perfect
to me. It went from becoming the event to a food.
So unfortunately, I stole your closer. It's OK.
But Paul Williams barbecue. Same wavelength.
It's just a fabulous song. I love that show.
Well, I'm sorry. Movie. I saw the live show and
it blew my mind. And I can't believe it didn't
end up on Broadway because that's how good it
was. It was just. They had some of the original
puppets, like what's the circus? I can't remember.
Was it the squirrels that do the circus? The
squirrels, yes. Yeah. Those were puppets. And
like when Ma, Otter, and Emmett were in the boat,
it was the puppets from the movie. Wow. And then
when they came out on stage in like full makeup
and costume, and it was gorgeous. That's so funny.
Right when you said it's an event or a food,
I was like, he's going to take my clothes off.
It's all right. I got like 12 more songs to figure
out what I'll close up with. It's an awesome
pick, though. Listening to you and listening
to how much love you have for this movie makes
me happy because not a lot of people are on the
Emmett Otter bandwagon. Every year I go on a
crusade to try to get more people to understand
the brilliance that Jim Henson brought to that.
It's the gift of the Magi. It's a classic retelling.
All right. Where are we? Eight, nine? We're at
nine right now. So this is your last track for
Side A. Okay, I mean, you brought out the barbecue,
so I guess we're safe to come start getting some
main sides and main dishes in here. So I'm going
to go with one of my favorite songs by a band
that I really do love. And I will be one of the
first ones to say that I think that the Red album
might be their best album. I'm going with Pork
and Beans by Weezer. Awesome. I love this song.
I love this album. It's a bop. And as a side,
you got to go with the beans with the bacon in
it. I know they're singing about the candy. No
one cares about the candy. I'm going with the
barbecue side dish. So pork and beans, Weezer.
Absolutely love it. But that kills me because
I had that song on my list for one, but it double
kills me because I also had Southern Culture
on the skids. too much pork for just one fork
on my list. Yeah. So that might be a gray area,
but I won't, I won't, I won't. So I love that
song so much. The red album is fantastic. Yeah.
Troublemaker is a great opening. Definitely one
of their more underrated color albums. Cause
when you think about the color albums, most people
automatically say blue is the first one. Yep.
Green being second. Yeah. And then I almost feel
like. Red would probably be third. And then obviously
we're not talking about the other albums because
Pinkerton people would be throwing in either
one or two, depending on where. Or the bottom,
depending on who they are. Exactly, exactly.
But then you have the black album, the white
album. And no one counts the teal album. I have
the teal on CD. No, I have it. It's a covers
album, so it's its own special thing. Yeah. When
they put out the teal album. They kind of missed
an opportunity here. They should have called
it the plaid album and had just a bunch of colors
behind them because it was cover songs. Right.
I thought maybe like having all the different
colors in kind of showing a mix of everything
because that's kind of where thematically the
teal album went. But we're not even talking about
Weezer here. We're talking about pork and beans.
Pork and beans. All right. Closing out side A.
I know I'm probably stealing one from you here.
And this is something we have talked about before
because you were on the Zach Brown Band episode
of Playlist Wars closing out a side because this
is the one time I get to close out a side. I'm
trying to think of both food for our playlist
and then musically what really closes out a side
well. And Chicken Fried to me is the perfect
song to do both because when you see Zach Brown
Band live, they always close with this song.
We started on kind of a country niche. And we
kind of went off into all these different directions.
And I feel like we're bringing it back to country.
So it kind of keeps that circle going. So maybe
everything in the middle, we went from A to Z,
but somehow we got numbers involved in there.
But we still got there. And that's the important
part. And regardless of that, musically, 2008's
Foundation is one of the best country albums
of the 2000s, of the aughts, if you want to call
it that. And Chicken Fried is a... Country anthem.
So great way to close the side. Great song. And
honestly, fried chicken at a cookout. That's
a staple. Sign me up. I like it. And I love that
song. We've talked about it on the playlist wars,
but it's a fabulous song. Zach Brown band is
they stand out amongst new country artists. And
that's another one, even though we're not going
for it. we keep finding ourselves sitting here
and going, that's a really good summer song.
And it is. It's a fabulous summer song. Exactly.
It fits in in so many different ways. Good choice.
I agree. With that, mixtapers, we conclude side
A of our foods of a summer cookout or barbecue
mixtape, which consists of Toby Keith's Red Solo
Cup, Brad Paisley's Alcohol, Freak Nasty's Dip,
Weird Al Yankovic's Lasagna, System of a Down's
Chicken Stew, B -52's Rock Lobster, the Wiggles
and Slipknot's Psycho Salad, Paul Williams' Barbecue,
Weezer's Pork and Beans, and Zach Brown Band's
Chicken Fried. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com
to hear all the songs we've discussed in this
mix through the playlist embedded on the episode
page. Now, Bobby, I don't know about you, but
besides being slightly hungry right now. I think
if nothing else, we're at least putting together
a great menu for people to work off of. That
was the point, people. Don't get mad at me. That
was the point. How are you feeling at the halfway
mark of this mixtape? I feel great. I got a Wiggle
Slipknot song in here. We're doing great. I'm
excited. Well, before we flip things over and
head over to Side B, why don't you tell people
a little bit about the FN Cultured podcast? FN
Cultured. We started a couple of years ago. We
have 160 plus episodes out there. It's a conversational
pop culture comedy podcast, I guess is the best
way to put it. There's four of us. We have guest
hosts on often from different shows. We talk
about current events, pop culture, movies, video
games. Very not safe for work. Don't listen to
it on your speakers at work. Have your earphones
in. It's a lot of fun. We have special episodes
twice a year. We do roasts where we do like the
Comedy Central roasts, but we throw usually fictional
characters up there. So the last one we did was
Mario to have fun with the Super Mario movie.
Once a month, we do an episode called Fermented
Fruit where we get drunk and review movies that
are rated as rotten on Rotten Tomatoes. The last
one to come out was Good Burger because they
announced the second one being made for Paramount+.
Spoilers, that movie is terrible. Nostalgia is
a heck of a drug, folks. Other than that, we
play games and have a good time. We've been doing
it for just over two years now. We just celebrated
our two -year anniversary. Yeah, so it's been
a good time. It's a hysterical show. I highly
recommend listening to it, but I will agree it
is definitely a not -safe -for -work listen,
so make sure you have those earbuds in when you
tune in to FM Cultured. We are now about to kick
things off for side B. And on this side, I get
to start things off. But we are still moving
through our barbecue right now. And I feel like
we ended with chicken fried for side A. And I
want to start side B off with a staple. But I
also want to start off side B with a good song.
Something that covers both ends of the spectrum
here. And I think I could do that. By visiting
1979's In Through the Outdoor and the mighty
Led Zeppelin, what barbecue can you have without
a hot dog? And that is one of them. And while
this is truly a Led Zeppelin song. It's not your
typical Zeppelin blues rock. This is a bar room
country rock stomper with some unbelievable honky
tonk piano playing from John Paul Jones. So musically
for Led Zeppelin, it is a little bit of a left
turn. But as a song, it's still absolutely incredible.
I also had Limp Bizkit's Hot Dog on my list.
But when I thought about which song truly was
better, I mean. Led Zeppelin or the song that
proudly states that they say the F word 50 some
odd times. I think Zeppelin is the right choice.
Yeah, I know there's some people out there that
are going to be very angry that I didn't go with
Limp Bizkit's Hot Dog. But to me, Led Zeppelin
starting off the side, even though Limp Bizkit's
Hot Dog kicked off the chocolate starfish and
hot dog flavored water album. So no disrespect
there. I just feel like Led Zeppelin is fits
a little bit more with where we're heading tonight.
But I do want to say hot dogs are not the same
as pork and beans. Right. This is the asterisk
here. They're kind of the same food. In my pork
and beans, you're getting bacon or belly. You're
not getting hot dogs. Okay. This is a classy
cookout. I've seen people do it with hot dogs,
but I felt the asterisk was the bacon and the
pork belly. Because when I think of what a hot
dog is made of, I think of the great outdoors.
And I'll just leave it at that. If you've seen
the movie. You know the definition. Yeah, that's
a fabulous pick. And lucky for you people, because
if I chose hot dog, it would have been they might
be giants from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Oh,
I forgot about that one. My kids are a little
older. That kind of hot dog. Yeah. Oh, my God.
You have no idea how many times I've done the
hot dog dance. Yeah, yeah. My two year old is
obsessed. Of course. If you haven't heard it
for this episode, I was looking Nathaniel Rateliff
in the night sweats. They released a special
album for Record Store Day, and it had a track
on there called Hot Dog, and it's an instrumental,
and it's just the Night Sweats jamming for like
nine minutes, and it's awesome. I absolutely
love Nathaniel Ray living the Night Sweats. I
saw him live at Farm Aid, and he was amazing.
Yeah, that band is just unbelievable. All right.
Hot Dog. Hot Dog, Hot Dog, Hot Dog. All right.
Speaking of instrumental, I'm going to do it
because you just went with a band that has a
mighty famous guitarist and licks up some great
riffs. And I am also going to go with a guitarist
that has famously created some fabulous stuff.
And I'm picking an instrumental because why not?
It's a jam. It's a really cool metal song. It's
called Want Some Slaw by Buckethead. Nice. who
famously joined Guns N' Roses for a hot second
there when Slash wasn't with him. But Buckethead,
he's kind of an incredible guitarist, and his
sound is super original in his. And this instrumental,
which is, again, like a nine -minute song, is
just a really cool song, and I feel like... going
off of that Led Zeppelin feel. It'll just transition
through. See, now I'm talking music when I should
be talking. Coleslaw's a delicious summer side
dish, and it's really good when you put it on
top of your hot dog. So Coleslaw by Buckethead
is going to be my track. You are free, sir, to
talk about the song as well, because at the end
of the day, we are a music podcast here. Mm hmm.
Yeah. So but yeah, it's a cool song. It's something
different than what we've had so far on the playlist.
And it reminds me like, you know, when you're
playing yard games or cooking, you know, and
you're not paying attention to the music, something
like this can really like pique your interest
and be like, I haven't heard words in a while.
And this song is really cool. And I wouldn't
have known about it if I wasn't looking for summer
dishes on Spotify. So let me tell you this. If
you go out with a name like Buckethead. And you
suck on guitar. It would be like the scene in
Wayne's World with the shitty Beatles. So it's
not just a clever name. How are they? They suck.
But the thing about Buckethead is he is otherworldly
on the guitar. He is incredible, a virtuoso on
the instrument. Very underrated because he's
not a household name. People remember that Guns
N' Roses when they were on the 2001 or 2002 MTV
Music Awards when Guns N' Roses came back and
Buckethead was on stage and everyone's like,
who's this guy with a KFC bucket on his head?
But, you know, that's not Guns N' Roses music
is complex in some areas. But Buckethead's complexity
is levels higher musically. It's just a different
world he's in. And that's no disrespect to Guns
N' Roses, who I love as a band. Right. But coming
out of that, my main dish menu doesn't have anything
musically that's going to fit well. So I'm going
to go with food here. And look, it's a grade
A meal when I'm in the mood. I am going off of
1990s. Smoke them if you got them. The Reverend
Horton Heats Eat Steak. Oh, man, that song is
so weird, but I love it. It is ridiculously weird.
It is so cool. It's just a fun song. So if you
haven't heard it, it's Pun City. When was the
song out? 1990. It feels like it came out like
20 years before that. It doesn't feel like it's
something that's, well, 30 years old. Jesus.
But like, you know what I mean? Like, it feels
like it could be from that classic. It's a cool
song, though. I've listened to it like four times
since I've started looking up stuff for this
playlist. This is a good cookout. We got some
good food. Got some great food. And I'll tell
you what, believe it or not, musically, it might
not be the most cohesive playlist we've ever
put together on the show, but there hasn't been
one song where I'm like, meh, that song sucks.
So I'm pretty stoked about that part of it. Bobby,
what are you doing? Having a good time? What
do I want to do now? This is, hmm. All right.
Okay. Just because of the way that the backing
band in Eat Steak feels very similar to the band
I'm going to choose now. And we're going to go
with, I think, a staple dish, especially with
barbecue. Going back to, I mean, we're jumping
back and forth. But this song, my dad played
for me. And because of this song, I wanted to
watch the movie because I had never seen it.
So I'm going with... Rubber Biscuit by the Blues
Brothers. Ooh, okay. It's a cover of, I think,
a 1957 song by the Chips. And it's incredible
because Elwood, or Dan Aykroyd, who is usually
the bass and doesn't do a lot of the front manning.
It's usually Belushi's job. Belushi decides he
wants a drink and says, how about we hear from
Elwood? And Dan Aykroyd goes front and center.
And almost the entire song is him scatting, which
is incredibly difficult, especially when you're
like a baritone down there. And to make it sound
like you're not saying the same thing over and
over again when you're just mumbling nonsense.
And, you know, people like Etta James were famous
for doing it, but it's Dan frickin' Aykroyd.
And the whole song is basically just a poor guy
complaining about how little food he has. And
the jokes are perfect. I'm upset because the
version I like the most is from the best of the
Blues Brothers, which isn't on Spotify. But there
are two other versions on Spotify that are almost
as good. And the whole point is that backing
band is very close to the Reverend Horton. It's
got that same like driving funky kind of feel
to it. And we haven't had a bread item yet. So
we got to throw some biscuits in there. So Rub
-A -Biscuit by Blues Brothers is my next pick.
I absolutely love the Blues Brothers. We talked
about them a lot during the mini movie month
that I had. Those were a lot of fun. And we talk
about the Blues Brothers and the Blues Brothers
2000. So it's not that bad. The music is great.
Yes, it is. So go back and check those out. But
I know what I'm going to. You went with biscuits.
I had Casey Musgraves biscuits from a few years
ago in my list, which was a little bit more country.
With biscuits, there's different things you might
want to put on top of them. Like cheese. Sure.
And some people, the kiddos, the kiddos might
want to put jelly on their biscuits. Maybe. So
from 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite
Heart, I am going to go with the Flaming Lips,
She Don't Use Jelly. Oh my goodness. As a condiment
song. However, don't put Vaseline on the biscuits.
Doesn't taste very good. I'm just going to go
on a guess there. We talk about this song on
episode 17, 90s indie alternative rock with JT
from The Uninvited. So I absolutely love this
song. The Flaming Lips. This came out. In 1993,
and when I was living in North Carolina between
95 and 97, this song was pretty much played on
the hour on a station 1065 The End, alternative
rock station. For some reason, the song just
had a very big shelf life down there. It's a
great song. It's typical Flaming Lips weirdness.
And there's a lot of different things mentioned
in the song. Some of them I think are food related.
Some are not. So the jelly and the cheese was
where I'm heading with this. But I guess you
can also use butter or tangerines, which wouldn't
be a condiment, but I digress. Hopefully, though,
this gives you some ways you could go after my
next pick, The Flaming Lips, She Don't Use Jelly.
That's one of those songs. I never knew that
that was The Flaming Lips or that was the name
of the song. Really? But when I hear that...
I'm the kind of guy that knows music just for
music. I'll be that jerk that goes to the, well,
what music stores are left. And I'll be like,
hey, you know that song that goes like this?
Or you know that song from that movie at that
one point where that's, there's a song from Matilda
that I used to know the title of, but now from
Rusted Root. Send Me On My Way. Yep. It was on
Beavis and Butthead. They did a whole segment
on this song. Yeah, it's funny, but that's one
of those songs. I definitely know it. I listen
to music all the time, but yeah, it's She Don't
Use Jelly. I love that. I was like, is he going
to put Lady Marmalade on this list? Where am
I going now? Where am I going? We're pretty thirsty,
I think. We've only had one drink. This is a
failure of a party that we're having right now.
All right, I'm going to bring the tempo up. We're
going to put a bop in here. Because I feel like
we need to. So I am going to put in Lizzo's juice.
We all know she's not talking about juice. And
I went in between Snoop's gin and juice and Lizzo's
juice. But I feel like with She Don't Use Jelly,
it's funky. It's got that rock. And I didn't
want to slow it down with gin and juice. I kind
of want to get the energy back up again. And
Lizzo's juice is just a good summer bop. pop
song and yeah so we're gonna go with that lizzo's
juice all right that's a great song it's got
a little bit of that r &b vibe going there oh
and we almost every single episode at this point
we go we need to put a female in here somewhere
so lizzo good point is coming through good point
good point oh god looking at my list this is
tough i could continue down the alcohol road
or i could pivot towards desserts Because we're
nearing the end here. So I'm going to do one
that does a little bit of both. A little bit
of both. Depending on where you go with this.
And I am going to go off of a 2018 album of the
same name. This song was originally recorded
by the band Humble Pie for their 1973 album Eat
It. No, that's not a Weird Al Yankovic album.
I kid you not. But this is a cover of the song
Black Coffee by Beth Hart. And Joe Bonamassa,
an amazing singer, amazing. And you put Joe Bonamassa's
killer guitar work on it. Every single cookout
and barbecue I've ever been to before the desserts
come out, the coffee comes a flowing because
people are already nursing midday hangovers.
And then the other people might want to make
their black coffee, Irish coffee. and throws
some little extra in it to kind of keep the party
going. So it serves a two -way purpose here.
It keeps the drinks flowing, but also pivots
Bobby into some sort of dessert theme. Mm -hmm.
What song are we at? We are now at track eight.
Oh, my goodness. I've got two left. Oh, my God.
Where are we going? Oh, man. I'm so excited.
I don't need to put the ketchup song on here.
Do I want to throw another random rap song in?
No, no, let's not do that. All right, where do
I want to go here? I'm going to save us all from
69 Boy's Tootsie Roll, even though it would definitely
tie in with... It's a great song. It is a fun
song. It's one of the few dances I know how to
do because they tell me what to do. Yeah, you
know what? It's true. Okay, we used Led Zeppelin,
so that's out. Hmm. Okay. Let's have some fun.
Let's get a little punky. We're going to go with
Dropkick Murphy's Mick Jones nicked my pudding.
If I'm going to finish this up, we're going to
finish strong. And I don't know any cookout that
would have a bowl of pudding out there for people
to partake in. But out of all of my dessert themed
songs, I think this one's got the most drive
to it. I think it keeps the party going as opposed
to. You know, I've still got song 10 to kind
of put like a like a little flag in the end to
be like, there it is. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, no spoilers.
So, yeah, we're going to start our desserts with
Mick Jones nicked my pudding by the Dropkick
Murphys. Love that song. Love it. I remember
when they debuted it on one of their covid. live
streams and i'm like this song is absolutely
awesome and it's got a good sense of humor to
it dropkick murphy's have a great sense of humor
about a lot of their songs those covet shows
were amazing unbelievable the one that they did
in fenway park yeah so good i don't want to say
there's a lot of great memories of the lockdown
time But watching that with my kids and having
them dancing around and kind of seeing them spread
across Fenway, I'm a Yankee fan. And I'm like,
that's frigging cool, man. That is so frigging
cool. And I loved every minute of that. And it's
a great song. Now, coming out of that, though,
I have two songs I could go. And they're both
they're they're both deserty. Actually, I have
a lot of different dessert songs. Yeah. There's
a lot of songs about pie and cake. Yeah. That's
literally where I'm at right now. I'm choosing
between cake and pie. Did you say cakes and pies?
Yeah. Oh, God. You know what? Because the pie
song that I have is so obscure, I'm not going
to go with it. But I am going to say what it
is, because if there is anybody out there that
remembers this song, I would love to hear from
you. So message me at myweeklymixtape at gmail
.com. The song I was debating going with came
out in 1991. It was by a band called White Trash.
They were a funky, horn -based, almost Red Hot
Chili Peppers kind of rock band. And they had
a single on MTV called Apple Pie. So it was lots
of horns. A guy's voice almost had a Sammy Hagar
-esque growl to it. But instead of going with
a Sammy Hagar as growl, I'm going to go with
Sammy Hagar and Van Halen 1991 for unlawful carnal
knowledge and pound cake because Eddie Van Halen
is king. And if this is my last song of the night,
seeing him pull out the power drill and play
a guitar with it is so frigging iconic. The song
rocks and it's a good deserty. type tune. I could
have went with Ice Cream Man from Van Halen 1,
but you already had the pudding out there. So
I figured the pound cake, you could dip into
the pudding if you want to be extra gluttonous,
and I think they work well together. Musically,
not so much, but dipping the pound cake into
the pudding here. We lost musically a long time
ago. We're just having a party now, Brian. Exactly.
We lost music on track two. Yeah, my fault. Sorry.
All good. I love that pick. Are you a Van Halen
guy or a Van Hagar guy, if you had to choose?
Oh God, it's so tough for me because I feel like
they are two different bands. Yeah, it completely
feels like it. Musically, they really sound like
two different bands, except the core of Van Halen
is there, the three guys. Musically, I am more
of a blues rock guy at heart. So I love the David
Lee Roth era, plus he was my first ever concert.
But I think - But musically, the Sammy Hagar
era had more singable, catchy songs. So I'm giving
you the politician's non -answer. Okay, I like
it. I appreciate it. If I had to choose, I would
probably lean David Lee Roth, just because I
love that kind of blues rock swagger that they
have in a lot of the songs. But singing -wise,
especially in 2023, if I had to choose, if Sammy
Hagar was playing on one end of town, and David
Lee Roth was playing on the other, I'd be going
to the Sammy show because he still brings it
live now. Yeah, yeah. As much as I love David
Lee Roth, he was my first ever concert, and I
have that memory. I don't know if I want to change
it. That's all I'll say. The years haven't been
as kind. They've been kinder to him than Vince
Neil, but I don't want to go down that road.
All right. So this is it, right? Yeah, this is
the coup de grace, if you will. There's so many
ways I can go, you know, like you gave me pound
cake so I could throw strawberry fields forever
in there and make it a strawberry shortcake.
You know what I mean? And it would be, you know,
shoving the Beatles down your throat would be
lovely, but I'm not going to do it. You know
what? I'm going to end on a song that we finished
every frat party with when I was in college.
Because I want to end on an exclamation point,
and I've thrown so many curveballs tonight that
I want to finish with a curveball. So we're finishing
with a little song called Beer! by Psycho Stick.
Yes! That's how we are closing this out. I actually
love that song. I like beer. I like beer. And
stuff. It's funny, which I think I've been trying
to go with this entire episode. I feel like it's
just random enough that it feels like the other
picks that I've had tonight. And we didn't pick
Cheeseburger in Paradise, so bravo to both of
us. I was really trying hard not to do that.
I didn't want to do it either. Love the song.
Just didn't want to be so on the nose in this
one. If I was going to pick Buffett, I was going
to do Margaritaville. But then we were having
so much fun with food songs, we forgot about
our refills. Yes. So we're going to refill at
the end of the night. We had our desserts. We
had our main meals. And now we're sitting here
just hanging out around a fire pit, screaming
at Mars about to plan how to roast the solar
system two years ago for FN Cultured. with beer
in our red solo cup. So beer by Psycho Stick
is going to be the closer for this playlist.
I love that one. I actually had beer from Real
Big Fish on my list. I also have that on my list.
And I didn't know where you, because when you
said closing, either one could close a party
really, really well. Right, yeah. But I actually
love Psycho Stick. They have a lot of real, they're
basically like a modern era green jello or green
jelly. depending on what they're legally allowed
to be called. But musically, they're ridiculously
talented, but their songs are hysterical. And
the video is so funny. It's just an animated
nutshell of a video. Definitely worth checking
out. And there you have it, Mixtapers. That concludes
Side B of our foods from a summer cookout or
barbecue mixtape, which consists of Led Zeppelin's
hot dog, Buckethead wants some slaw, the Reverend
Horton Heat eats steak, Blues Brothers Rubber
Biscuit, The Flaming Lips She Don't Use Jelly,
Lizzo's Juice, Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa's
Black Coffee, Dropkick Murphy's Mick Jones Nicked
My Pudding, Van Halen's Pound Cake, and Psycho
Stick's Beer! With an exclamation point. Head
over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the
songs we've discussed in this mix through the
playlist embedded on the episode page, except
for the Wiggles and Slipknot's Psycho Salad.
That'll be underneath the player in an embedded
YouTube video. But I really can't wait to hear
that one. Home run picks, Bobby. Why don't you
tell people where they can learn more about you
and connect with you and FN Cultured on social
media? Absolutely. You can find us on Twitter
at FN Cultured. We're on Facebook, FN Cultured,
the podcast. You can email me, FNCultured at
gmail .com. E -F -F -I -N. And you can find our
podcast typically wherever you get your podcasts.
Well, Bobby Schultz, this has been an absolute
blast. I would love to have a cookout with you
at some point because I feel like we've got our
menu already planned. This is an unbelievable
menu. The only part I feel like food -wise we
should have added a little bit more, pound cake
and pudding that Mick Jones took. So technically
the pudding's not there. He stole it. So we just
have plain pound cake. But by that point, you
just pour the beer over it. I guess it works.
Yeah, there you go. Soak it. That's a dessert.
There you go. Well, Bobby, thank you so much
for joining us, man. I had an absolute blast
tonight. Thanks for having me, man. I'm always
game. Whenever you come up with another weird
music but not music related playlist, let me
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Until next time, enjoy the food. I mean tunes.
Just take care. We'll see you next time.