Beck does it again Chuck Berry: The Great 28

[0:00]What's up, everybody? Welcome to Beck. Did it better? Beck does it again? Does it again? Is that what we're calling these when we don't? We're too lazy to record a new one. Beck did it again, I guess is what we're calling them. Now, listen, I was gone all week. Had some stuff going on. Couldn't record. So I texted the guys. I said, listen, what is going on in music history that we can just re-release one of these episodes? Nobody will be any of the wiser. Or did somebody die? Now, it turns out nobody died, but Russ did send me a text. By the way, my wife is in the background. Listening to the Amy Winehouse movie for like the third time in two weeks on absolute full volume. Nobody cares about fidelity anymore. Now, what was I talking about? Oh, yeah. So I get a text from Russell. Not just a text. He sends a screenshot of all the things that happened on the 15th of October, 2014 at the St. Louis Club. Now, Russell sent me this from songfacts.com. He took a screenshot. First of all, he took a screenshot at 1.26. Didn't send it till 2.26. It's an hour later. You know what? Time changed.

[1:00]That's on me. I should understand that. Russell takes a screenshot in the afternoon at 1.26. His phone is at 18%. Russell, what is going on in your life where your phone is down to 18% at 1.26 in the afternoon? That's sick. Okay? Are you not charging your phone at night? Do you need a new phone? Is your phone dying that fast? What's going on? It's crazy to me. Anyway, Russell sends me information of what happened on the 15th of October from songfacts. And it turns out in 2014, The St. Louis Club Blueberry, Chuck Berry performs for the last time. Okay? The rocker who dies three years later in 2017 played monthly gigs at the venue starting in 1996. That means that Chuck Berry played at Blueberry Hill monthly for 18 years. That's crazy. 18 years. He was there every month playing. Can you imagine? Who's there? Who's going there? 18 years.

[2:00]18 years in a row? Monthly? Oh, my God. He's wearing that little sailor's hat. So here's what we did. We're going to re-release the Chuck Berry episode because in our notes, I haven't listened to it in a long time, But in our notes we said it sounded very good. Okay? I also have put at the end a little bit extra from our T-Rex episode Where according to the email, Rob goes on another bit about Chuck Berry. Now, I'm not going to lie. The response from the guys for the bit, Not great. Okay? I think it was late at night or something. Maybe they can't hear me very well. But I think it's a great bit. So you can decide. This is more of Beck did it better. Oh, no. This is Beck does it again. Okay? Listen up. Okay? We'll be back next week. Actually, we just texted. I'm not sure we're going to be back next week, But we'll figure it out. Okay? We have great Charles. We have a box set. It's going to be a disaster. But we'll see you guys again. And always, we always appreciate anybody listening. Call the Beck line, 802-277-BECK. We love you guys. And let's listen to more stuff about Chuck Berry. Now, there's something about Chuck Berry.

[3:00]God, I just can't think of what it is off the top of my head. Oh, well, talk to you later. Bye. In 2020, four friends decided to listen to every one of the greatest 500 albums As decided by Rolling Stone magazine. This resulted in a text chain that celebrated the music, Excoriated the order, and led us to making this podcast. We are far from experts, and we promise to do almost no research. All opinions are our own unless you disagree. Please sit back and enjoy Beck Did It Better. Folks, this is album 51 from 1982, But really all the music is from the 50s and 60s. This is The Great 28 by Chuck Berry. So, folks it is the summer, And in the summer it is a classic Minnesota tradition to go up to the cabin, Followed only by another classic Minnesota tradition To realize that your family drives you absolutely crazy at the cabin. So let's listen. Confirmed. Let's listen to, and that's why I really do believe That this is going to be the next hit song. Song of the Summer.

[4:00]Up in the morning at 533. Yes. I'm driving up north with my family. Oh, no, this is too real. For decent weather I say a prayer. Yeah. My extended family will all be there. Oh, no, this is too personal. Three hours later we get on the road. My wife tells me again she doesn't want to go. We stop on the way to get some groceries. Yep. It only costs $630. Yep. We finally arrive in late afternoon. The kids want a tube behind the pontoon. Yep. I just need to go and buy some gas. Yes. My wife disappears to take a nap. When you finally come back from town, You add the gas and the boat breaks down. Oh, that's the worst. You paddle back in a real bad mood. Yep. But all the... ♪ Little kids have eaten your food. ♪

[5:00]Oh, no. ♪ The kids are now playing out back. ♪ ♪ And learning from their cousin, the pyromaniac. ♪ ♪ Dinner comes, the last straw. ♪ ♪ They tell you don't cook as well as your brother-in-law. ♪ Oh, boy. ♪ At the end of the day, you try to go to sleep. ♪ ♪ The temp at night is 103. ♪ Yes. ♪ You and the kids sleep in the same room. ♪ ♪ For 17 people. ♪ ♪ For 17 people. ♪ ♪ For 17 people. ♪ ♪ There's one bathroom. ♪ Oh, no. ♪ The kids are cranky because they're tired. ♪ ♪ Except at 10.30 at night, they're totally wired. ♪ They're a pewter. They haven't poured a load. ♪ When you're ready to go. ♪ ♪ That's when the sun decides to show. ♪ That's the biggest bullshit, isn't it? ♪ You use vacation days to come to the lake. ♪ ♪ But going back to work will seem like a break. ♪ Yep. When you want to be a teacher, That's the wrong point. That was only semi-autobiographical.

[6:00]♪ If you're just too lazy to look it up. ♪ The problem is it's not funny because it's all true. I know. The rest of us, anybody who's gone up there is like, Yeah, that's true. That's true. ♪ Day one at the lake, Uncle Russ is very cool. ♪ ♪ Day seven, Uncle Russ is just a cranky old man. ♪ ♪ He wants to get the fuck home. ♪ ♪ Beck did it better. ♪ Welcome, everybody, to Beck Did It Better, The podcast about the Rolling Stone Top 500 list. We are all the way up to 51. Chuck Berry and I've got three guys here Who, eh, they want you to see their ding-a-ling. Guys, I couldn't think of any other joke. I tried so hard. I looked through all the lyrics, But that's just the way it is. I can't believe my ding-a-ling's not on here. 28 songs, not one of them is my ding-a-ling? You might find that on today's podcast There's a bonus 29th track. We'll see what happens. I've got Russell in Minneapolis. Russell, how are you doing? Rob, your mother told you someday you'd be a man, And you wouldn't have to do that with your big old hand. I know you've never learned to read or write so well, But now you play that VR just like you're ringing a bell. Yes. Wait, sorry, Rob.

[7:00]I hope that didn't piss you off. By the way, I was putting on my VR goggles, And I saw my sister coming in, So I did the playing on the big radio joke, But I did it toward her. She goes, what the hell are you doing? I go, oh, it was a joke. I was like, oh, no. What a backfire. What a disaster. I've got Matt in Minneapolis. Matt, how are you doing? Good, Rob. Ready to flush all that negativity from that cabin song And get right into it here. Great. And I've got Aaron, who doesn't look a day over 14. Aaron, how are you doing today? Oh, jeez. That's way worse. So cute. He doesn't look a day over 14. I'm just here drinking from my wooden cup And excited to get this going. So let's talk some rock and roll. He does have a wooden cup. This is a shout out to my dad, who is a listener of the podcast. This is an Oakland A's commemorative wooden cup That is made from a bat And then has the Oakland skyline as well as the names. The players on the team that particular year.

[8:00]I think they got their ass kicked by Tampa in the wild card That particular year. But I'm a big A's fan and I had a wooden cup Which jived with Chuck Berry's lyrics. So I wanted to bust it out for tonight. That's good. I was wondering where I was going to make my first edit of the podcast. Now I know where you talk about how the A's did. Why aren't you worried drinking out of that cup, though? Isn't that how coronavirus started? There's not a it's not a pangolin cup. Oh, it's a bat, though. It's a bat. Oh, all right. So let's get right into it today. We have a text to the Bex line and I'll give you a hint. It's actually from my best friend. OK, so let's let's listen to the whole back. Jenny. Yes, Jenny is my best friend. Why are you laughing so hard to sell? Edit out how hard I laugh when you mention that my wife is my best friend. All right. Voicemail or Bex line. Bex to the Bex line. I know this is. Just going to prove my doubt.

[9:00]She pushing my glasses up my nose, wagging my finger, fact checking self. But Aaron's repeated misunderstanding of Endless Nameless is the last song on Nevermind needs to be corrected. That was always meant as a secret song that came in about 10 minutes after the album proper ends with something in the way. Nirvana meant it as a joke and the rest of Nevermind shouldn't be judged off of it. Magic Mike 69 and a half. And that's what I call my penis. All right. Thank you, Magic Mike 69. Coming in hot with the. Fact check. So finally, we find out that Aaron actually doesn't know jack shit about music. So apparently that last track on Nirvana was a hidden track. Aaron, what do you have to say about that? I have to issue an apology. I was not aware that it was a hidden track. I still think it's unnecessary. But yeah, I guess if you were listening on CD, there would have been several minutes of silence before you heard the rest of that. So I will strike those mentions from my future comments on Nirvana. I still think there are times when maybe number six is too high for Nevermind. As much as I do like, Nevermind, but I was incorrect.

[10:00]You got to be correct on this stuff. The rest of us don't know the difference between Offspring and Oasis. And if you don't know that this is a secret track, we're all going to look bad. So don't apologize to Rob. Don't let him apologize. Can I just say something? Speaking of, of people not knowing the music, I have to point out a great joke that Aaron actually had last week. And I just want to point this out real good. Cause I thought it was so funny. I clipped it. So here's a joke where we are talking about, the doors, how, Jay-Z covered a door song last week. So listen to this. She was looking for her husband and she said, go to the Carlisle. No, shoot. That's the wrong clip. I dig it, Rob. Oh, no, for the people that can't see what's going on the whole time. Aaron was telling his story. Rob was searching through all his clips, looking for the Beck, did it better apology. And so I started talking to fill time so you could find it. And then when you got to it, he's looking for a different joke for a different one. And Rosie. I think you're talking about something in the way as like, not a good last song, right?

[11:00]Not that endless, nameless song. No, I was talking about I don't know that I'd love something in the way. I think I'd have to go back and listen, but I was talking about endless nameless when I've said this before. Something in the way. Sounds like a bad bin of protein powder that I got. And speaking of good jokes, here's another good joke. All right. So now we have the first diss track of the album. The takeover. Oh, I heard this one. We got some doors sample in here. Is this the doors of the Ramones on the sand? That beat just crushes. And then you hear us just talk right over that joke. We just do not go back to that joke. We do not go back to it. Also, Aaron, I do have to say that is a good joke. Make in front of Russ. And I salute you. We don't make fun of me. That's too easy. That's like shooting fish in a barrel. That's not even right. I just wanted you guys to know that I am paying attention to what you say. I just sometimes have to call back to the things that you say, because you all are smart, Funny guys. When people ask me to describe the song. I don't know. I do just say, well, we have a guy who confused the doors and the Ramones, and that gets a

[12:00]Laugh every single time. That's not even close to my worst one, though. I don't think I'll take that as a compliment. And my mom also has made more than one sitting in front with the driver joke since we've Recorded the best up. So she's still burning on you, Russell. It's just so great. Well, thank you. Whatever. She said to be your mom her whole life. She's been through enough, but that'll be whatever I was underweight when I came out. It wasn't that bad. Don't worry. All right. So, Aaron, we officially apologize to magic. I do apologize, but I am going to go back and listen between now and next week. I'm going to re-listen to something in the way, and I might be right. Magic Mike. Absolutely. Nobody better podcast. Oh, yeah. You don't know what you want. Magic Mike. Get the hell out of here. I'm going to check it out. Your stupid facts. I may not be wrong. All right. So let's get into everybody's favorite part of the podcast. The rolling going. Oh, we have a new rolling going intro there, huh? I tried to be excited about it, but then I realized I'm outside where I think my family Can hear me through the window. So I also had to be quiet. So I'd be like.

[13:00]All right. Rolling going. Russell, how's it going with you? Rolling going. We were talking about being back up at the cabin, being up north with the family. I was up north with my family last week. And I was like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I was like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I was maybe going to tell you guys about some of the hardships I had with being with The family for a week. But we don't need to go over that. Rob's covered in the song. But one thing that I did get to do when I was up north is up north has a few small casinos. And you guys know, the three of us have been to Vegas numerous times over the Year. We've probably been seven or eight times over the last seven, eight years. And so I decided I was going to go up to this little casino and play a little bit of blackjack Without you guys. Oh, how did it go? Well. Russell did. Let me ask you this. Here's the only thing you need to know about a successful trip to a northern Minnesota Casino. Yeah. Did you get stabbed? I did not. But I might have. Winner is from sitting on the seat, the third seat at the one blackjack table may have given

[14:00]Me something. You're the winner. If you did not get stabbed at a northern Minnesota casino. Congrats. I might my casino. I'll give you a brief overview of experience and I had a few questions about casino etiquette That I thought I would run by. You guys, it's been a while since we've been there and I'm used to going and gambling with You guys with friends. And when you're not there with friends and when you're there with all strangers, it's A little bit different. But so I went and I won 200 bucks. Oh yeah. I didn't go until the very last day. I was like, I don't want to go and I don't want to start a trend of going and losing A bunch of money up there. So I waited until the last day I went one, 200 bucks and I came home and then I was like, Oh, I need to go back. I need to go back. And I lost my $200. Right. Back to it. So yeah. Yeah. So I eventually broke even, but breaking even is winning, I guess when You're having fun. Right. Yeah. So would you say that was a fun time? Like when you were sitting there, were you ever like, Oh, I'm having fun? Actually not really. I was not having fun. And I, for me, blackjack is a very social game.

[15:00]I want to play with my friends where you can joke back and forth. I don't want to play with people. I don't know. And I, I'll say this. I know I can be allowed an annoying blackjack player when we play, we're always singing songs. We're joking around with the dealers and whatnot. I can't stand. I can't stand playing with loud, annoying blackjack players when I'm not part of the Group. Oh, there were people having fun and you had to be the fun police and step In and say, it was more like, it's not fair to say part of the group, Russell, you're Generally the leader of the pack when it comes to playing blackjack, making friends with The dealer. That's you're not, you're not just part of the group. Exactly. You've talked about this before though, when you see things in other people, it reflects Upon what you see. I mean yourself. Yeah. And so when I saw these younger guys being really loud and really annoying, I was like, Oh God, I hate my, it was just more some hatred, honestly, because I know I'm That guy. I'm not as loud as that guy, but I'm that guy. So I thought what I could do though, is other than the fact that I, I went and didn't have

[16:00]As much fun. Cause I wasn't with you guys. I thought I could bring up some moments that I had at the blackjack table. And I, I think I know how you guys might think about some of these, but it's been more than A year since I've played. And I, it's been a long time since I had. I haven't played with friends. So I wanted to see if you guys thought these types of things were okay at the blackjack Table. Can I run those by you? Let's do it. Wait. Now what is your clever name for this segment, Russell? Oh, okay. I'll edit this out. But what, how about, bust or big bust? Yes. So this segment is called bust or big bus. Oh boy. So here, so the first scenario I got to ask you guys, I've played with all You guys for blackjack for a long time. For the most part, I think we all generally play by the book. We might have a few things we do that are a little bit off, but what do you do when You're playing blackjack with people that literally have no idea what they're doing?

[17:00]They're hitting, they're hitting on 16s against a six, they're splitting tens against a six. They're doing everything wrong. And sometimes dealers will kind of step in and help them, but as a player at the table, Is it your obligation? Or should you just be quiet? Let them play. Do you get annoyed? What's your style? When people don't know what they're doing? What did not, or is this like a $5 table, $10 table was like the minimum $100 table. It was a $10 table, which was the only table at the casino. Oh no. Okay. If it's like a, a $10 like when we're in Vegas, usually like $10 is the little, You know, sometimes 15, something like that. Like that's, that's where you just throw whatever preconceived notions you have about blackjack. If you're going to play at that table, you have to just say whatever and get out of the, Get out of the way. If that makes sense. Eventually those people, hopefully they lose all their money as soon as possible and they Get out. Sometimes it helps you. Right? I mean, we had the famous Iowa double down all of a sudden that just came in and helped

[18:00]The whole table things like that. So people do things like that. Can you explain what the official term Iowa double down means for all our people? I tried, I have tried, this is the only thing I've ever tried to get on Wikipedia and it Didn't work because it's not real. Damn it. It is real. It is real. It is real. So if, if I have it right, we've got a hard 12, which means, oh yeah, a 10 and a two. Yes. It's, it's, it's not an ACE involved. You've got a hard 12. And the dealer's got, that's what I call my penis. That's what I call my penis. I just hate when I get that hard three. It's so embarrassing. I got a hard 12 and the dealer's got a six. Yup. That's what I call my penis. I don't know. I don't have any other jokes. I'm just waiting. You're just, you're just happy today. So I'm just, you gotta have something right with all these buttons. I'm always happy. So the dealer's got a six and you double that shit, right? Yeah. And the way this came up was that somebody from Iowa one time did this, an actual real

[19:00]Life casino play with a group of people. I still am not sure. And then he ended up like getting like a 19 or something and the dealer ended up, no, I think he got like a four. So the dealer had the six and then a 10 would've had a 20. We all would've lost. But because he doubled down, the dealer ended up busting. So the whole table won. And so that instantly that's how, and just to let everybody know, not all heroes wear Capes. That's something that happens probably at two 30 in the morning, about eight years ago. And it's something we talk about every year for hours at a time. We bring it up every time we, we yell about it. We talk about it. It has become lower. Now. Much to Aaron's chagrin. Speaker 1 : To put a little color on this, the, I would double down has always Been a thing in my world. I've always called it doubling on a hard 12. And my favorite part about it is when you do it, it's kind of so dumb that the dealer Has to announce that you're eating it like a hard 12 and everyone's looking around like What the hell's going on.

[20:00]But the reason I think it's called an Iowa double down is our friend Jake. At one point it's seen that we were doing this and he said, the only people that are Dumb enough to do this are people from Iowa. And that is why it's called an Iowa double down. Speaker 2 : Folks. If you are listening to this and you are part of our friend group who knows why we call It an Iowa double down, text in and to the back line, 802, 2, 7, 7 Beck and tell us why Do we call it an Iowa double down? None of us seem to know, but it is the truth and it will be on Wikipedia soon. Probably. Speaker 1 : And if you are one of our loyal listeners From Iowa, please know that I have defended our state's honor on so many occasions. Speaker 2 : I'll tell you what, Russ, if it's not your money, I don't think you Can tell people what to do. The black table. Right. Speaker 1 : Oh, and I, I often look to you guys for advice when we're at the black Check table together, but I feel the same about weird blackjack players as I Do about like weird internet people where you read a weird conspiracy theory and you're Like, well, that's crazy. And then you start thinking like, well, do they know something that I don't Know?

[21:00]Should it make me there? Is this, wait, should I be thinking about this differently? So like when I sit at the table with people acting weird, I started thinking, wait, should I be really rethinking how I'm playing? Yeah. Do they know something? I don't Speaker 2 : After the last podcast, Aaron sent us like 10 texts about chemtrails With question marks afterwards. He was like, maybe they know something we don't know. Speaker 1 : Hey, maybe Beck did do it better than all these bands. Yeah, exactly. Okay. Russell. So what else? How do you avoid getting stabbed? They only have one table open because the other one is covered in blood from somebody Getting stabbed. Speaker 2 : So there's essentially only the one table open. So that does change things a little bit, but the next thing was you're there, you're sitting At a pretty full table. And the new guy shows up and the new guy decides I'm playing two hands. The guy who plays or the lady who plays two hands at a table. What do you think of the person who needs to play two hands at the table? Speaker 1 : I first I'll ask, are they playing how you would expect a two handed Player to play? Like, are they playing like by the book kind of a thing, or at least a table minimum and

[22:00]Not playing by the book? Oh, Speaker 2 : Well, if they play a table, the only solace you get out of that Is just watching this guy crash and burn. And then they get mad at the dealer because somehow it's the dealer's fault that this Guy's a dumb ass. Right? So the ancillary show that's going on with that guy is the entertainment for The, for a little while right there. You kind of forget the cards, just play the minimum, but just watch that guy just crash. Speaker 1 : By the way, I want people to understand, like when Russell is talking About a Northern Minnesota casino, you might be picturing like what you think of as a casino, Especially some of our Nevada listeners out there, what you actually need to picture is Picture. If you gave yourself like a month and you said, I'm going to build a casino out of things I have around the house and I'm going to put it together, that's what this casino looks Like. Speaker 2 : It's going to be in a church basement. Speaker 1 : Yeah, exactly. The one in the one I, when I lived up in world, the one up there was literally Like a blow up, like they would have for like playing tennis in or whatever. And they kept meaning to put in like solid walls and they just never did. So it was like walking into this little Metro dome and people got stabbed there all the

[23:00]Time. Very dangerous because it was a blow up area. So you had to be careful with sharp objects, but Speaker 2 : Wait, you mentioned this. So Matt, you mentioned kind of watching the people next to you go down in flames. I started wondering if this makes me a bad person when you're sitting there and you're Willing to lose just to watch other people lose, like you're happy when the table loses Just because the asshole next to you want him to lose and again, leave like, does That make you a bad person when you're willing to lose hand after hand just to get rid of Someone or not? Speaker 1 : Only if you laugh out loud. So they turn and look at you're enjoying it. Silently. It's fine. You're all in the laughter sometimes. Isn't it? Russell watch. Speaker 2 : I did laugh out loud once or twice. Cause the one guy, like you said, Matt was getting really angry and it's always the dealer's Fault. And then they got mad over whether they were clear on the hitter stay sign. And then they claimed they'd stayed and then they didn't. And then the pit boss had to come over and warn this guy and said, you have to be very Clear about this. And at one point the guy just got so pissed and he goes, just leave me alone.

[24:00]Just get away from me right now. And so I wanted that, like I was willing to lose hand after hand just to watch the eruption. The last thing. Speaker 0 : The last situation I was going to ask you guys about being up at The up north casino. And this will normally happen in Vegas. It happens to us quite a bit because we're not big spenders. Maybe Matt is Matt metal for some of those big chips out there, but how do you guys handle Blackjack when you're playing next to someone for a while, it was just me and one other Guy and he was betting quite a bit of money. So he was betting 200 bucks a hand and then would get into the splits and doubles. And he had a hand where I think he had $1,200 on one hand. How do you handle playing with someone? Who's betting significantly more money where you're worried if you do something wrong, There's going to be a complete destruction of the building. Speaker 2 : Yeah. Matt is loquacious today. Go ahead, man. Speaker 0 : I'm going to step in one more time. Again, you're at the table minimum, right? And if this guy is not at like one of the high roller tables or something, then all bets Are off. He, he knows who he's playing with.

[25:00]I mean, you just keep playing whatever that guy, he might as well be bad and Betting five bucks. I'll tell you what. You don't care. Yeah. When you're at this casino, your chances of getting stabbed, you're at the table maximum For that. So I would definitely turn to that guy if he's got a thousand dollars Out. I think he turned to him and go, what do I do? What do you want me to do on the sand? Speaker 2 : Yeah. Like you could ask him that like if it's a 50, 50 or something to be fair, his chip stack Is like the endowment for the whole city. So if he wins or loses, there's going to be problems. Speaker 0 : Yeah, that's me. The one time it's happened to me in Vegas and it's great. It just takes the pressure off of you. I just become that person's de facto second hand. I just say, yeah. Hey, what are you going to do? What do you get? What do you want me to do? Like I just, and then I'm there for another 10, 15, whatever minutes and I Don't have to make any choices like, oh, Hey, you got a whole bunch of money out there. What would you do here? And then I just do what they say. Speaker 2 : But the real question is, so let's say Aaron, you've got a $20 bet Out there and this guy's got a thousand dollar bet deep down. Do you want to win your hand more than you want him to win or not? Speaker 0 : Oh yeah. Yes. For sure. Speaker 2 : You care about your hand, not his.

[26:00]Speaker 0 : Yeah. I always want to win my hand. Right? Yeah. If I have a chance, you can play it by the book and get your ass kicked as has happened To me plenty of times. So if I just leave it to fate or some other external force, then I don't have to worry About it. Speaker 2 : It's just like that sign. Aaron has in his garage capitalism. Number one, it's like, if they have more money, they get to tell you what to do. I think that's right. So I agree. I would turn to the guy and be like, what do you want me to do? And then I would do the opposite. I'd be like, nobody controls me before we move on. I have to say, we've been to Vegas many times and sometimes you see people that are down On their luck. They're just sitting there and they're, they're had too much to drink too much of other things. They've lost all their money. They're just sitting there and it looks brutal when you're at a up north casino. And there's like the random guys just sitting like slouched over at the machine Playing the penny slots. It is just not good. It is not a good site. And he went twice. Let's be clear. He went twice.

[27:00]It was so bad. He went back to check it out again. Russell's like, I love it. I love visiting my family. Well, after the most depressing place in the world twice, honestly, I had to go when I've reached my uncle Russ point of like, okay, I'm about to blow up on these kids and They will never let me again. So I'm like, I just need to go to the casino. I can't take these kids fishing one more time. And that it was only like the third time. And I was like, I can't do it again. Russell. My, my reel is all tangled and you just look and it's like an explosion happened on the Reel. They're just lying all over. It's not, it's not fun when you tell your nieces and nephews, it looks way too windy out. There were, there's no wind on the lake. You don't want to go back in that boat. That looks rough out there. Guys. You've never seen perfect storm. Oof. Bad. Need a little wind here. All right, Matt, Roland going, how's it going with you? Good. Good. I got a couple of things on my list today. First, I, I actually watched an NBA basketball game.

[28:00]Wow. I watched game six. Great game. I, I, I do like watching when championships can be one, things like that, but I, I don't Know. Did you guys catch, did you guys watch it? Anybody watch it? Yeah. Nope. I'm out on sports. I'm out. That's good. So at the end of the game, right? You know, Milwaukee wins confetti comes down and everybody's high five and they're looking At Giannis and the rest of the guys and all this stuff. So then they're going to go to the trophy ceremony, right? And the trophy ceremony comes out and Adam silver, the commissioner says that now the World champion. Milwaukee bucks. And who do you think grabs the trophy? It's gotta be John. He's the star of the team. No, it's probably the team. It's the team owner. I bet. It's the dumb shit team owner. Who's got like the t-shirt on over his suit and just looking in the hat just looks horrible. And so there's three team owners, I guess, from Milwaukee and each of them did the old Hoisting of the cup thing. Right. And then they put it down and they didn't give it to any of the players. That is about the worst thing ever. Yeah.

[29:00]It's just terrible. Team. Team. Team. Team. Owners just take their ridiculous profits. Sit back and go sit in the corner. Yeah. Come on. Later. Anyway, like just lay back for a day. Guys. I, for one feel bad for the team owners. Okay. Why? Does it be one thing if you like cheer for a sports team and they suck. Okay. Like I've done that. I'm used to it. It would be another thing if you own that team and you also had to cheer and they still sucked. You'd be like, God, they suck. Oh, it's all my fault. God dang. And I'm terrible. Like it would just be it's like when your kid does something really dumb and You're watching him do it. And you're like. Yup. That's just what I would've done at that age too. Well, my kid's dumb like me. That's too bad. Yup. So good for them. Good for all of our cheese head friends to the east over there. Yeah. Thank goodness. We are going to have, I haven't run this by you guys, but I'm just going to commandeer It anyways. We're going to have our first Beck did it better concert meetup scheduled for October 24th. What concert is it? Rolling stones are coming back to the twin cities.

[30:00]And so yeah. The magazine. Yeah. They're going to do a podcast where they go through all 500 albums. They've got, they've got a couple of people that are going to come out and play one or Two songs each. And then they're going to have like radio DJs in between. It's so good. Yeah. Are you organizing a listening party for our listeners to join us? Matt? Are you buying tickets for everyone or houses? No, I'm not buying for it. I'm just, we'll, we'll, we'll meet at some tickets for all our listeners. Wow. Sure. Yeah. That is impressive. That is so generous. You're going to have to buy five whole tickets. Five tickets. The four. Yeah. And then I'll, then I'll invite Russell and he won't come anyway. So it'll just be like, well technically Matt would probably invite me and I would show Up and he wouldn't be there and he wouldn't show up for like the next two hours. That's how it's generally gone in those situations. I get it. I get it. Okay. So October 24th, all Minnesota people will be going to Rolling Stone. So we'll figure that out when it gets a little closer. Awesome. The last thing I got on my list is I just, I, I didn't know how nostalgic I'd be about What we did today.

[31:00]The boys and I. Yeah. We went to the Richfield public pool. Were you guys public pool kids growing up? Did you go to the. Yeah. And I just, I, it was like we were in the pool. I went to a country club because I also did golf and tennis lessons, alternating days, But the country club pool was also pretty busy. There were a lot of people there and it was sometimes like, sometimes it was so hard because Sometimes you'd forget your account number for having to order lunch at the little Snack bar and you'd have to bring cash. Did you go in the men's restroom? Yeah. Yeah. Was there anyone else in there with you? No. Exactly. That's what I'm talking about at pools. Yeah. Go into that men's restroom. There's never anybody else there. It makes you think. How do they have all those ices and they've got nowhere. There's no one in here, man. Matt, we should start a public pool memories podcast. I could do this all day. We went to a dive in, they did a dive in movie. It was the Goonies. You brought your floaty, floated in the pool and watch the Goonies. How amazing is that? That sounds awesome. So much pee. So much pee in that pool.

[32:00]I do have to admit, I also now belong to a private pool on Roosevelt Island as well in New York. So it's private. My kids don't know. My kids would never be, they'd be like, a pool with other people here? So do you have to reserve time or do you just show up or how does it work, Rob? I used to have to reserve time, but now you can just show up. But now that I've been gone, I've just been giving my name and my wife's name to other People and then they go. So I feel like I'm getting my money's worth by helping other people go to pools. So it's good times. Do you have to show them your wife's W2 to qualify for that type of pool or not? No. We used to though. Oh God. It's not as much as a mattress, but it's up there. Half the mattress? A little more? Yeah. It's not quite half a mattress. Not quite half? So a quarter of a mattress is a little over a quarter? You could buy a couple of waterbeds on Craigslist, okay? And I don't want to get in. I don't want to have to. But we are getting to the waterbed corner. So I'm sorry. Aaron, why'd you request this again? I've got better. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Again, I recorded that in front of my family at the cabin.

[33:00]I saw several jokes about how they installed anti-sex beds at the Olympic Village, right? The Olympic athletes- Anti-sex beds? Yeah. The Olympic athletes have to sleep on cardboard because they're trying to keep them from shacking Up with each other. I was wondering what that package was at my apartment that had all the Japanese written All over it. I asked Jenny what it was, and she's like, "Oh, it's just, don't worry about it." That makes sense though. For when you get back. Would you guys mind doing like a video chat where I show you what it is? A video chat where I show you my bed because something's been wrong with it for quite a While and maybe that's what I bought the wrong type. We look and it's just like, he's been buying stuff you'd put down for a hamster, like wood Shreds and stuff. He's like, "Oh, this is good bedding." It's like, "No, Russell, you need to go to a Bed Bath & Beyond. You've been going to the pet store and buying bedding. This is terrible." That was a good joke. Anyway, the joke is they should have just done water beds because those are anti-sex Beds, but I think you guys, you did it one better. Congratulations. I don't think they're anti-sex beds. I think back in the '80s. I think a water bed was a sex bed. I think that was prime for the time, wasn't it?

[34:00]Prime real estate. I just think with a water bed, like when I'm laying there, I want everything to be as high Above the bed as possible. It needs to look as big as it possibly can. If I'm sunk into the bed and all that's sticking up is one little glans, I don't need that. You know what I mean? One little glans. It's already rough enough. Yeah. That horizon dips down. It doesn't get quite over the horizon. It's not good, is it? Yeah. The rest of it's so big that the glans are so small. I don't know how it works. Lord of the Rings. It's forced perspective. I will say for my role in going this week, I was talking to my friend Kirsten this week And she had a drink. We were out on a boat and she had a drink that was kind of a cool drink. I don't remember what it was. Kirsten? I said, "Where'd you get this drink?" And she said, "Oh, what I do at the liquor store is I just look to see somebody who I Want to be." So she goes and finds like a 25-year-old, somebody who looks cool, somebody who dresses Like cool, and whatever they buy, she just goes and buys it. Right with them. She just goes right behind him and buys it. And she says that every time somebody turns around and goes, "Oh my gosh, that's what I'm getting."

[35:00]And she goes, "Yeah, me too." And she's like, "Yeah, I do that at the liquor store and I do the same thing at Target When I'm shopping for clothes. I just find whatever people are buying that somebody I would want to be and then I just Go buy that same thing for me." Do you guys ever do that or not? No, but I'm going to start doing that. Matt, do you ever do something like that? Now, when I'm following a 25-year-old woman around Target buying the same clothes, I think I'm going to get some looks. Yeah. I still think it's a good idea. Do you guys ever have a moment, let's say you're out with friends or something and someone Orders a beer or drink and they order some sort of fancy beer and you don't really know What to get and you just said, "I'll have what they're having," and then do you ever Feel like you're just kind of a loser because you're just jumping on board with someone Else? They pick a glass wine, you're like, "I'll have the same thing," or they pick a cocktail, "I'll have the same thing." Do you always get your own thing or do you ever jump on board with other people you're With? I'd say 75, 25. I know what I want. Yeah. If it's a fancy place or something and you don't know, it's a compliment, Russell. Hey, I'll just have what they're having. They know what they're talking about. It's a compliment.

[36:00]Yeah, I like it. The worst, Russell, is when I'm going to get something and then my wife says that she's Going to get that same drink and I'm like, "God damn it. Well, we can't both order the same drink. That's terrible." So I have to order a second drink. It's always not as good as the one she gets. I should just order the one I want, but I just can't bring myself to be sitting there On a date and just order the same drink, the two of us. I can't do it. I think the move, Rob, is... I know you've been on a date with me. I'm going to give you some dating advice. Okay. I think the move is to order two and let Jenny try both of them and let her have the one That she likes better. I like that move. So not let her order at all. I like that, Russell. Take charge. Rob, he's telling Jenny. He's putting the hand up. No, hold on. Jenny. Jenny. Jenny. Jenny. Jenny. Jenny. Jenny. I got to grab her upper arm a little bit. I'm like, "Shh, shh." No, don't worry. I got this. I'll order this. Don't worry. You should smile more. She'll have eight eggs. Aaron, how's it going with you? It's going great. Had a date last night with my... Well, I do want to say I want to respond to Rob's mom.

[37:00]Go ahead, Russell. Did she put out? Yeah. Yeah, usually you tell us afterwards, Aaron, but now tell us during the podcast. Sorry, Aaron. I know you usually save that for the end, but... Yeah. It's the secret podcast. You're using all of our good stuff from the secret pod. Is it the same thing as last month that you talked about? Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. I know you usually save that for the end, but... Yeah. It's the secret podcast. You're using all of our good stuff from the secret pod. Is it the same thing as last month that you talked about? Yeah. I got it. Little weenie on the hike. Was it in the tent? Yeah. Tortellini in the tent. I should have known better. What I wanted to say was I wanted to respond to Rob's mom. I checked with my wife about whether it's okay to call her my lady, and she likes that One. She's okay with it. So I think we are married. I want that to be clear. I'm not trying to skirt that issue, but I like to call her my lady, and she's okay with That. So I just want to put that out there in response. My rerolling going is related to... To my lady, so I had to make sure to clear the air on that one, which is that we bought A new credenza, which I didn't know what that was either.

[38:00]It's like a chest of drawers kind of thing. Yeah, chest of drawers. We all know what that is, Aaron. We're not idiots. New credenza to put our entertainment... Like a media center, but it's not a media center. But I'm considering streamlining my record playing apparatus. So I've got this big chunky receiver and two speakers, which I've spoken about on the podcast Before. Wait a minute. We're talking about a record? Do you hear that? You hear that? It's time to talk about... Aaron. Oh, the record player quarter. It's been a while since we've got this one. Yeah. I do need a bit of advice on this. So it turns out that with the new credenza, the setup that I have is just too much. And in general, at this point now, the big chunky receiver and the two speakers are devoted Only to the turntable. There's nothing else, and it's a bit overkill. So I'm considering moving on, getting a single powered speaker that's sort of more minimalist,

[39:00]And then I wouldn't need the receiver and the speakers anymore. It is an emotional decision for me, because as I've discussed on the podcast, it's a part Of my story and my lady's story. So when I decide to part with the receiver and the speakers, here's what I'm considering, And I need your help. I will sell the setup, but it's going to be on a sliding scale, right? Mm-. I think the whole thing when I bought it would've been like 400 bucks, but this was 15 years Ago. So I think if you are a person with zero records, zero tapes, zero CDs in your collection, you Just want to get started, that's $100. If you're a person with, and you guys can help me adjust the scale, if you're a person With 10 CDs, records, or tapes, all 10 of them are greatest hits, $400. It's like a progressive tax system. Right. If you're a person who owns a copy of Funkadelic's Hardcore Jollies, I will give you the whole Setup for that copy of Hardcore Jollies. That's all.

[40:00]That's it. If you're out there listening and you need an Ankiya receiver. What if you're someone who your favorite record is, without question, the Kokomo soundtrack? Yes. That's fine. That's totally cool. Yeah. I like how Russell calls the cocktail soundtrack the Kokomo soundtrack. That is the main difference. Russell's like, "Hey, you want to watch Kokomo, that movie with Tom Cruise where he serves Cocktails?" I don't want to be a music snob about this. I really want to sell it to either someone who's gung-ho about getting started on collecting Music and this is their fresh start, or just someone who... I feel the same way about Listening to music as I do about someone making food at a restaurant. I just want them to care about it. I just want them, even if it's someone who owns 50 Limp Bizkit CDs and they've got bootlegs Of bootlegs and imports and all of that. That's great. If that's your thing, that's great. I just want someone to care about music. What if you gave it away for free and you interviewed potential buyers? You had a day where when you weren't cooking linguine for those seven hours you're supposed To be working, you literally just said, "I'm going to give this away for free.

[41:00]I just want a 15-minute conversation about music," and at the end of the day, you gave It to the person that you thought it would benefit the most. I like this idea. How about this? Facebook Marketplace, put it for free, but say, "You need to send me a message with what CDs, records you own." Top five. Yeah. Top five albums of all time. Come on, do that and let's see what you get for responses. I would love to see what you get for responses. That would be badass. Rob will supplement the loss of income with revenues from the podcast to support your Effort in that area. Yeah, you can have 120% of the revenue that we've made since we started. Honestly, what you could do is auction it off and if anyone downloads one episode of Our podcast, that would probably be worth it, right? That would totally be worth it. That's it. One more download would do it. So Rosie, if somebody, let's just say you're trying to sell this thing for $100, you've Got... The person who's got the best taste in music around, what you're looking for ideally, is Going to pay you $100, but then some just average Joe who will probably just throw it In their back counter is going to pay you $150 for it.

[42:00]What would you do? Well, I don't want to... I mean, I wanted to go to a good home and get good use, so I'd give it to the person With great taste for $100. But if the average Joe tells me they're going to put it on their back counter and play records On it every day and love it and enjoy it... No. It's going to be on their shelf, and it'll never see the light of day ever again. Oh, well, then I'm not going to... Yeah, I don't want the extra $50. I wanted to go to a good home. Aaron's like the guy who's giving his dog away because he doesn't want to take care Of the dog anymore. He's like, "Well, I want someone to at least feed the dog." I don't care if he's got a pen to run in or anything, but they at least need to feed the Dog. I wanted to go to a good home. Mm-hmm. And then at the end of your Facebook marketplace post, be like, "What do you think about waterbeds?" And please note, I have small plans. Yeah. If you can just do a straight up swap, Aaron, that would be great for the content of this Pod going forward. Well, I will try to report back. It is going to be a bit of a process because I'm not prepared to part with it yet, so I'm Going to get the new speaker, try it out for 45 days, see what I think, and then maybe I'll be ready to go through this process. I will report back. I think the way to do it is to give it away to whoever writes the best 100-word essay

[43:00]On why they love music. Oh, yes. I think that's the way to do it. I love this Russell. And then we'll read those. And Aaron, I think we speak for everyone listening when they say, "What the fuck is your problem?" I just don't get it. Oh, yeah. I don't know. I could not be happier to get rid of some old-ass speakers. I would sell my wedding album at this point for $3. Who cares? Give me less stuff. I want less stuff in my life. The idea that I'm going to trust all these speakers for 45 days "Why 45 days? That's so long." The 44th day, you're like, "Actually, I hate this." Yeah. I'm with you, Rob. I'm trying to go more minimalistic, but this is of particular sentimental value to me, So I've got to be careful about who I give it to. Guys, it is time to get into the album. It's time for nobody's favorite part of the show. Let's talk about the album. Oh, yeah. I think we should just go back to the waterbed opening for the album. What? I like the waterbed opening for the album. I made that in five minutes while I was watching the Olympics today, like next to my family.

[44:00]It was humiliating. I had to do it again. All right. So let's talk about, we were talking about Chuck Berry's "Great 28." Like I said, this Came out in 1982. But this song is, this album is actually chronological. So it's kind of, I was going to say it's fun to listen to. I'm not going to go that far. But it is interesting to hear like how he advanced throughout the age with the first Song being the oldest and the last song being the newest. You guys know what chronological means. I don't have to explain it to you. Maybe some of our dumb shit listeners I do. But it's interesting to think this, he started coming out with songs in '55. Chuck Berry was born in 1926, right? So when he was writing these songs about teenagers and like cars and fast cars, he was 29 years Old. And for a lot of this, he was in his 50s. When you listen to this album and you think about that, it takes on a whole new thing When it's like, "Hey, here's my uncle Chuck Berry singing me these songs about teenagers And fast cars and all that." He was barely 17. Oh my God. And the thing is, is that a lot of these songs, we're going to see they sound very similar.

[45:00]But it also is like, I think we have to put his perspective a little bit. When this album, when he wrote his first song, Chuck Berry, when he came out with "Mabelene" In 1955, the number one song in the country, the top single of 1955. Yeah. In 2005 is Perez Prado, "Cherry Pink and Blossom White." And here it is. What is that? Ooh, this is a nice song. Ah, what is that? What is that? This is like Big Band or something. Yeah, very smooth. I mean, this is no Herb Albert. It's not "he." It's Herb Albert, Aaron. Herb Albert. Herb Albert. If you bought a waterbed and this song was playing when they delivered it, I think that'd Be perfect. This is a perfect waterbed song. Yeah. I mean, I think it's a perfect waterbed song. I think it's a perfect waterbed song. I think it's a perfect waterbed song. I think it's a perfect waterbed song. I think it's a perfect waterbed song. I could listen to this all day. So part of it is listening to this album, you have to kind of keep in perspective what he Was, what the music was like at the time. Chuck Berry was plagued with legal problems his entire career. We talked in the last episode a little bit, probably most famously got arrested for installing Toilet cameras in his restaurant.

[46:00]But Chuck Berry became so famous as one of the early rock and rollers, and a lot of people Think it's because, honestly, if you listen to the music, he's got kind of the start of Rock and roll where it's this blues, country guitar. You can hear what he's saying, the diction is really clear. And honestly, he sounds white, right? So we're talking about, with all this music, we're talking about a black guy trying to Break through music in the '50s, like, that would be such an impossible challenge. But the fact back then that nobody knew what he looked like, I think probably really, probably Really helped him. He went into Chess Records to do an audition, and Chess Records already had- Rob about auditions. I've seen the purple links you click on. You know about auditions, right? Casting? Now we're getting into Russells. Now we're getting into- It's a casting thing, right, Rob? We're pulling some layers back. Aaron's nodding so big. Oh my God, Aaron is like- Is that one guy? What I don't get about that guy, right, because you can tell it's the same guy for all those Auditions. He must be so tired.

[47:00]Like, every day, he's like, "Oh, God, I got to do another audition." Like, what do they tell him "Okay, I'll do an audition every 12 hours"? Like, I don't- It could never work for me. There's no way. It's a great 28 hours. Yeah. I don't think auditions would not work for me. I've probably only got a great 24 auditions. Trust me. Every time I go into a job interview, I pray to see that black leather couch. Please. Yeah, Aaron laughed at that. I know what's going on. So he went in, and he played a couple blues songs, and the Chess Brothers already had Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and the legend is that his audition went so bad, they said, "What's the worst song that you have?" And so he played a song that he had called, and he ended up calling it Maybelline, put It out, and it became, like, pretty much an instant classic. And Chuck Berry then would tour the country, but he never toured with a band because he Would have to pay him so much. So there's a ton of videos online, if you watch Chuck Berry play live, where he's playing, Like, in Europe with a band that's never heard the music, and they're just following him Like they would in a jazz. Interesting. And it led to so many bad live shows of Chuck Berry that so many people were mad at him.

[48:00]Counterpoint. There is now one fantastic live recording that he did in Detroit with the Funk Brothers, Which was later in his career, I think '63, maybe, and it rips. The Funk Brothers, the backing band for The Temptations. And you can hear just the way the audience knows every word. It's one of these just, like, great documents to rock and roll and the impact that he had On the culture. It's fantastic. But I think it was a rare, you're right, Rob, I think it was a rare event. And finally, I think that this is one of the few albums because Erin's always Talking about In Her Space, but this is one of the few albums that's actually been spent Out to outer space. Because both of these, Johnny B. Goode is on both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 satellites, Which are currently outside of the solar system heading off into space. So, if you want to know what kind of music is on space, it's a guy who has gotten arrested For setting up toilet cams to film people watching go to the bathroom. So, hey, there's hope for everybody out there. You mentioned that, and I was reading a little bit about that Voyager album.

[49:00]They essentially made this album of music from all these different cultures throughout The world. And there's really only one pop song or rock song on it at the time, right? It's just the Chuck Berry song, and then it's all these classical, it's Beethoven's Fifth and other stuff like that. Is that right? Oh, I didn't do any other research. I have no idea. No, you dumb shit. I did a lot of time looking at his toilet cam case, actually. Mostly, it's what I looked up. A lot. We should get to the first step. The music does speak for itself. We should probably discuss it. All right. Let's get into Maybelline. Got up to number five on the billboard. This is a pretty bad ass start to the album. Don't you guys think? Oh, Absolutely. Yeah they take this sort of like Tennessee two steps that is Sun popular and sun record and then they get louder. And then motivating over the hill. I mean, all this stuff you can hear just in that brief clip. It's like, that's the Beatles. That's Dylan. That's the Rolling Stones. There would be none of those people without Chuck Berry.

[50:00]They were all trying to do what he did. So again, we're talking like 1955, right? That song was based on a song by Bob Willis or not by, But it's an old country song called Ida Red. Here's Ida Red. Bob Willis and the Playboys. Jesus Christ. Erin, leave with those magazines. Yeah. Wait, isn't that what they were called? You're correct. It's Texas Playboys. I don't know what the band is called, But you don't have to pull the magazines up. Yeah. Erin's like, actually, I'm more into hustler. This also rips. I mean, no doubt, like no disrespect to Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys. Can you imagine if we get like a cease and desist from Bob Willis And the Texas Playboys for besmirching them on this podcast tonight? Bring it on, Bob. I just want to circle back, talking about those hustlers a little bit, Because you'd open them up and you'd be like, It is time to look at pornography. And then there's like, it was keen in there and you're like, what is going on? It blew my mind. Oh, yeah. Oh, 100 percent.

[51:00]100 percent, I swear to God. I'm not trying to play like I have seen a Playboy in my life, But I've definitely never seen a hustler. That's that's real smart. Yeah, it's it was like to the point where you're like, I don't I think I'm a bad person. Like, it really made the question like what kind of person you are. Guys, listen, enough about people peeing and taking pictures of it. Let's talk more about Chuck Berry. This is 30 days. Now, I'm going to I'm going to. You hear something similar between Maybelline and 30 days. No. Wait a minute. Is it that? Is it everything? Is it the only one? Well, maybelline. Maybelline. I do love the background singers here, though. He said this is a tribute to Hank Williams. I'm going to see. I'm going to talk to you later. There's a pretty bad ass guitar solo on this later on in the song. So this does hammer from a guitar perspective. I don't know where Chuck Berry. I think he's in the top five or six all time guitar players. But there are some pretty bad ass solos on here.

[52:00]Yeah, it is. I mean, obviously, like you again, You have to think about this is not being released as an album. These are released as singles. So like you're not hearing Maybelline right after And then hearing 30 days on the same album. So it would be kind of fun to be like, oh, here's a new Chuck Berry single. I'm going to put it on. But man, a lot of these sound that I picked a lot of these songs Starting from the very beginning and you're going to hear that opening Bar a lot in a lot of times. This is just like when I used to throw a knuckleball. You can't catch me. Huh? Yeah. There's no spin on it, right, man? There's no spin on the knuckle. Liam Hendricks in the All-Star Game Through an 84-mile-an-hour knuckleball. Look at that. OK, so let's talk about things we care about. This is actually the part that John Lennon stole for Come Together That we talked about on the Beatles episode. It got sued for that John Lennon had to write songs for the record company Because he didn't think the term coming up slowly on flat or what was it? Here come old flat top. He come grooving up slowly. That's yeah, he come together, but he was like, Nobody will know I stole those lyrics. All right, too much monkey business.

[53:00]He just did this one, too much monkey business for me to be here. Here's a little guitar solo for a solo. You guys were mentioning the Beatles and all the bands that took from this. Like the beginning of this sounds like a Beach Boys song. There's five or six Beach Boys surfing songs That are direct ripoffs of Chuck Berry's songs. Am I right? Yeah, Surfing USA is a ripoff of one of these coming up here, Like 100 percent, not even trying to hide it. I if you look up the Wikipedia for this album, 99 percent of the Wikipedia is who covered these songs. Because these songs really, like if you like the Rolling Stones, Their first single was a Chuck Berry song, right? Like you talked to so many rock and roll people and they're like, Yeah, Chuck Berry was an absolute giant influence. I mean, and if you listen to some of these, I put in a couple of guitar solos just to try to switch things up with these songs. And he can you're right, Russell, he can jam on the guitar. There's no doubt about it. One, especially when you listen to it compared to whatever that Paisley Park or whatever that band you were playing that had the other hit In 1955 or whatever.

[54:00]It's so beyond whatever else was being played at the time, right? But what you don't like? You don't think this is a you don't think that this is a rip and guitar solo? Oh, but that sounds good. I wonder if it's a flugelhorn and not a trumpet. Aaron was a 50 year old woman in 1955. He's bad. All right. So let's get to a Brown Eyed Handsome Man. This is a I love this song. This is one of my favorite songs ever. There's a Johnny Cash version of the song that absolutely crushes. I never knew where it came from, but this is one of my favorite songs on the album. I love listening to it. All the lyrics are awesome. It's a gem. It really is a it's a super clever song. I didn't know Chuck Berry wrote this song in their million dollar quartet. Elvis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. You can hear Elvis talk about what he toured with Chuck Berry. I hear some of this stuff sitting around.

[55:00]I just come off a tour with this guy, Chuck Berry, man, He sat down behind the stage and just I didn't know. I mean, it's so funny that it's like there's Elvis just basically admitting Like, yeah, he played a bunch of stuff and I think I'm going to what I should do? I should probably steal that stuff and play it to make it more Famous. Well, right. And that's interesting. Elvis is a good lead into the racial implications. I mean, so you mentioned, Rob, that Chuck Berry was very clear In his intention in crossing over and worked at that. But this song, if you think about kind of what he's saying about The judge's wife rescuing the brown eyed handsome man, That's potentially when you think that this isn't that far removed From some of the things that had happened in the 40s and 50s. That's a it's an intense statement to make. And he did it in a poetic way, but it certainly calls out Something that would have been really controversial. Like imagine if this really happened, like if the judge's wife Went down to the courtroom and a brown eyed man Doesn't necessarily have to be black, but he could be.

[56:00]And if the judge's wife, who was probably white, went to the courtroom And said, you got to let that guy go to keep your job, people would, You know, eyebrows will be raised and lives were lost for less. So he's he's playing at something while making great tunes. Well, that's like that. You know, he came out with it. You know, he came out with a sequel to Johnny Be Good. He also came out of the sequel to this song. And it's called a brown eye I see in my cam. And that was later. And I see in my cam. You want to get that? It's funny, but I left it. The dollar was very funny. Brown Eyed Handsome Man. Here is Elvis singing it. Oh, fun. Brown eyed. It is a bang. It's it's so good. If you are like me, OK, and you keep thinking to yourself, Why can't somebody go tell Beethoven to fuck themselves? This is the song for you. Roll over, Beethoven. Get out of here.

[57:00]And there's a Beatles cover of this one. Is that right? Yeah, I think so. All these every one is a Beach Boys. Yeah the Beatles, I think they just played. Like when the Beatles are playing in Hamburg, I think they're basically playing Chuck Berry covers. And I got to ask you're a classical music guy. You study classical music for most of America. Do you think who is at a better run? Beethoven, the composer or Beethoven? The big Saint Bernard in the movie series. I mean, for most of America, it's got to be the movies, right? I think so. I'll be honest, I haven't listened to any Beethoven for a long time myself. So I think the Saint Bernard is at a better run Than that composer. It's hard to argue with that. The box office receipts. That's a great movie. Charles Grotin, he was great in that movie. The dog, Matt, your kids ever watch Beethoven? No. That's watching the Olympics on a different TV right now. I think there's I think there's some stat out there, like that Beethoven

[58:00]Still is like the number one selling artist out there or something like that. Kind of like the Bibles, the number one book sale or something like that. So I was just trying to look that up. Can you look up Hustler? Where does Hustler sit at? How do you spell that? I'll give you a password. That song is actually 97 on the list of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time. He claims that he wrote that song because his sister was always playing piano And he wanted to get on there and play some rhythm and blues. But I'm convinced that 99 percent of Chuck Berry's stories are stories That he's made up after the fact. It's a good story, but that was 1956, by the way. Here we have the out the song that I would skip every single time When I listened to this album, Havana Moon. Yeah, problematic. Yeah. Why do you say problematic, Aaron? Well, this I don't know. I mean, this sort of. Dialect that he's affecting here is questionable. Misappropriating a culture is what you're saying. Yeah, I think so.

[59:00]I agree with Rob. I just thought the song sucked. It was my least favorite song. Honestly, I didn't make I didn't make it through the whole album. We've talked about this beforehand. I made it through about the first 10 songs every time, And then I would give up. But that was my least favorite song on the part of it that I could get through. I can just tell you when you're taking kids tubing on a boat, Chuck Berry, great 28 is not a great soundtrack to listen to, Because you're never quite sure what song he's playing. I always thought the Havana Moon was when you pulled down your pants And they saw the ham, the cheese and the pickle. Because it was like a Cuban sandwich. A little mustard on there. All right, school days. This is such a famous song, right? This is like this comes on exactly what it is, Unless you think it's But this isn't the famous song. The famous song is the one at the end of this that's called What is it called a particular place to go, a particular place to go. And so I read like essentially just copied the same song. And a lot of critics have said like,

[1:00:00]What other artists could get away of literally just playing The exact same song and changing the lyrics and it works for him. But it works for him. The second to last song on this is the one That we all know from like all the commercials. Let's go to that right now. Screw this. Let's go to the end. Yeah, that order doesn't matter. No particular place to go. It's the same song. So we parked way out on the Kokomo. Oh, it is. He shot some Kokomo in this one, too. The night was young and the moon was old. I love the Kokomo soundtrack. And this one also, like, it's it's questionable. You know, like, I guess like the seatbelt was stuck. But he starts talking about he can't get her belt to lose. It's just it's it's all problematic to me, As much as I absolutely love these songs. If you think school days, though, Is this the first song in history where people started making fun of teachers? Like this song would never been written. Do you think more rock and roll songs would be supportive of teachers? No. Oh, for sure. Yeah. This is the downfall Beginning of making that genre, making fun of teachers, for sure. Teachers are actually really cool.

[1:01:00]All right, let's get into rock and roll music. This is a top ten for Barry. It's top ten for the Beatles and for the Beach Boys. I didn't realize I didn't realize going into this. I know that the Chuck Berry is like a great guitar player, But I love the piano on this album. The there's so many cool piano songs. Didn't you guys enjoy that? Yeah, I agree. I was just one. I was trying to figure out. I wonder who the pianist is in here. I wonder if they're credited anywhere because it's great stuff. Johnny Johnson was the piano player on most of the songs. He sued him, didn't he? He sued him, yeah. He did. Matt, he did sue him. Tell us more about that. He sued him, didn't. Yeah, I was in his restaurant. I had eaten some Barbie. And that's the thing about his restaurant, too, right? With these toilet cams, because that's what you really have to understand. I looked at the menu for this restaurant. I looked at the menu. There is so much fried food at this restaurant. It's like fried food and barbecue. It would be an incredible camera. I mean, you would just be you'd be like, this is a disaster.

[1:02:00]You could not pick a worse place to have a camera in the bathroom. And stop laughing. Also in the court, the judge, They mentioned that he would slow down and pause it at some parts. OK, keep going. People confuse mine and Aaron's laugh. And I just want to make it clear. It's Aaron that's laughing at Rob's jokes tonight, not Russ. Yeah. Aaron, what do you think about to the camp? Oh, come on. What are you doing? It's true. You got too much on me. Oh, it's so funny to me. All right, let's go to Oh, Baby Doll. Little guitar solo here for you, Russell. That's pretty bad ass, isn't it? Way before it's time. I think maybe there were other guys out there doing this. I don't know. But if you listen to those old country songs, I mean, the kind of the rockabilly stuff, They're sounding a lot like this, But this is definitely bringing that blues into it. They were probably doing it on the fiddle and he's doing the guitar.

[1:03:00]Yeah other blues guitarists, I feel like howling wolf or muddy waters Might have been doing similar stuff, but not this fast, necessarily. Oh, yeah, we should dive into some of those other Guitarists and see. This, well, no, we're not going to because next Because we can't we're trapped in this hellish. We've only got 18 songs to go. Yeah. So we're all the way up to song number 11. We have gone two years to 1957. So here's reeling and a rocket. Now, this is like me. This is like Russ fishing with his nieces and nephews. The reels are getting tangled up. The hooks are getting caught in rocks and Russ is singing. Reeling in a rocket. While we're playing this song, We can just talk about when I was up north this week Instead of the song, if that's all right. Of course. When I was up there, I realized like, do you guys ever have a thing Where you realize like you don't you're not up to snuff With your peers when it comes to certain things? And I realized the thing I'm not up to snuff to Is like captaining a boat with multiple people in it. Oh, no, I'm terrible. I've always been terrible at like backing a boat in. I'm not good at docking the boat well

[1:04:00]And landing it on the dock without ramming it right into the corner of the dock. I'm just like terrible if I were to ever take a date out And like on the lake and she would never go out with me again. It would be a complete disaster. So is there anything that you guys are really terrible at That you don't want people to see you trying to do? Man, I learned this week that I'm terrible at using the damn Vitamix. I spend so much time. Russ is like, oh, I'm OK in the kitchen. I make food. I cook plenty of meals. I have plenty of disasters to which don't need to be discussed. But I cannot use the damn Vitamix. I tried to make. Pesto. I got to stop. Sometimes I try to make my son smoothie. I'm terrible at the Vitamix. How do you fuck up using a blender? I don't know, Rob. This is the problem. Do you not put the top on? Do you not like? No, what happened? I was like, I end up not getting the consistency right And the blades go and then stuff gets chopped And then it sits underneath the blades so it can't get chopped up anymore. That's why I can't make my son smoothie.

[1:05:00]I can't do a lot of things with the Vitamix. I'm terrible at it. He's going to keep your dough hook out of there. That ruins the dough hook out of there, Aaron. You might have it. Our minds are broken, by the way, that we all laughed at the word dough hook there. You might. Did you buy your Vitamix, like off Facebook Marketplace, Having to write a hundred word essay about favorite things to blend? Because it sounds like you might have gotten a knockoff model If it doesn't blend everything that's in the blender. Like that's the one job. Oh, when my wife does it, it's perfect. She's great at it. I just I can't. I don't know. I'm really bad at the Vitamix. That sounds. You know what I'm really bad at? Leaning the kitchen floors. Oh, oh, my gosh. Oh, please. Oh, I'm so bad at this. Oh, my gosh. Did I just shove all the dirt right to the middle of the floor And then want to forget about it? Yeah, I better not do that anymore. Oh, I'm so bad at it. Matt and Rob, you guys would be terrible life partners. Could you imagine Matt losing his shit If Rob just swept everything in the middle of it And didn't sweep it all up? Left it there. Yeah, that you guys would. You wouldn't even last two months. We would have to have. Well, yeah, we would have to have a sit down talk.

[1:06:00]All right, Rob, look at me in that, Rob, Rob, look at me in the eyes. Yeah. Now I've noticed I've noticed that Hey, you're doing great. You're sweeping everything up into a pile. That's great. You know, I appreciate that. Hey, should we jack off together? Rob, this is serious. I'm trying to have a serious conversation. It's also just what she's Jenny says to me, too. I'm trying to have a serious conversation. OK, I'm so sorry. But ignore what I'm doing here. Yeah, ignore this dough hook. All right, let's get into these two minutes In this song. Aaron wanted to talk about Sweet Little Sixteen. All right. Yeah, this stuff is problematic. But yeah, this is the one that Certainly means they worked off, right? So, yeah, Aaron, you mentioned that they got sued. Beach Boys wrote this song in 62.

[1:07:00]So five years later, they just came out with this song. Same song. They're like. Same damn song. Same song. You'll notice. Did they have to pay for this, you think? Or did they just do it? Chuck Berry, actually, or the record company sued them And Chuck Berry got a songwriting credit on that. So now every time that song is played, Chuck Berry is listed as the songwriter, Which I think is what you want out of that. Yeah. So one of the coolest things That I enjoyed about this song Is I heard there's that part where do you guys remember Ever as kids where you would rip your finger Up and down the piano? It's like the most basic thing That anyone can do in a piano, right? Did you guys hear that in the song? Yeah, but it hurts to do it right. And it hurts to make an upset. It does. There's actually YouTube videos About how to do it right. Check it out, Rob. Oh, you can hear him. Oh, oh, yes. They're just ripping up and down. And Aaron, I don't know if you know anything about this. You probably had to take piano when you were in In music or choir in college, right? Shut up, Professor. I believe that is called a glissando.

[1:08:00]Is that correct? Where you rip up and down is called a glissando. Is that correct? Yes, indeed. It's hard to do. You're going to have tough fingernails for that shit. What I thought we could do is a list of the greatest Songs ever, the greatest pop songs ever That feature a glissando on the piano as part of the song. It was confusing, though, Because there's also something called a part of Mento, Which is similar, but it's not a portmento. Kind of the same, but different. Oh, right. Yeah. Portmento and a portmento are different, Although similar idea because you're aligning Between a portmento. Well, hold on. There's a toad. There's a toad's joke coming. Hold on. No, I was going to move. I was going to move to Madrid And I was looking for an appartamento, too. So we can get into it. They're the same idea. You're aligning between tones. No, I keep going. The first song on the list is one of the favorites. And for me, this is not famous for Jerry Lee Lewis. It's really famous from Top Gun.

[1:09:00]But this is Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis. Check out the list saying We're the way home, honey. Yes. Goose jammed on this one. Take me to bed and lose me forever. What was your guys' favorite Top Gun song back in the day? Was it that song, Great Balls of Fire? Was it Highway to the Danger Zone? Or was it when Cruz and Goose Do you lost that love and feeling? What about Take My Breath Away? Take My Breath Away, yeah. The scene, right? Tom Cruise is licking her nose or whatever. Yeah, it's a weird sex scene, man. Seen it a thousand times. Rob, who would you rather perform a sex scene with In a movie, Prince or Tom Cruise? Oh, Prince. He's so short. Actually, both those guys would be so short on me. It would be like Lord of the Rings If Gandalf decided to make out with the Hobbits. A lot of Lord of the Rings. Yeah. You shall not pass. I like playing with the boys, too. Wait, wait. Can I retake that?

[1:10:00]There should be really quiet, because my... You, this is Gandalf making out with the Hobbit. You shall eat us. You made us listen again for that. Plus, I heard it a good joke that got stomped. Why do you think they call him Gandalf the Gray? Because this thing is grayer than it should be. Yeah, gray here. No, actually being gray is normal in a lot of places. It's not a big deal. Thank you. Next up on the list is Come on, Eileen, One of the greatest one-hit wonders ever. This song starts off with one of these glissandos here. Check this out. This reminds me of something I did myself, Marguerita. Oh. Rob. Jeez. Oh, there it is. Did you hear that, Aaron? Aaron, you're a glissando guy. Could you rip it up to about now in the beginning of that one? I could hear it. Yeah, it's beautiful. Great voice on this guy, too. I have no idea who the singer is on that one.

[1:11:00]That song was actually listed as the number two one-hit wonder Ever by Rolling Stone magazine. Do you guys have a guess at what the number one-hit wonder By Rolling Stone was? Myserona. It's a good guess, but incorrect. Is it Thriller? Nope, Matt. You got a guess? I don't have a guess. Oh, I know who it was. Is it the big bopper when he crashed that plane? He said two hits in his life, right, Rob? Oh, that's right. Shantilly Lason with the plane crashed. The actual one that the greatest one-hit wonder Was Take On Me by A-Ha. Is this the greatest one-hit wonder ever? Agreed. Is that better than Come On Eileen? No way. Yes, no, it is. It's a much better song. So Come On Eileen actually, you guys mentioned Michael Jackson. Come On Eileen knocked off Billie Jean As the number one song in the country in 1982. Billie Jean got knocked off by Come On Eileen. Oh, my God.

[1:12:00]People were idiots in 1982. But there was also a glissando on a famous Jackson song. This is the Jackson Friday first hit ever. I want you back. So check this one out. Yes, that was a great start to the song, right? Starts off the song too, right? Yes. And then that bass hits at the same time. That must have been tough to do. That's the Funk Brothers too, right? That's hard to do. That band is so good. And I believe, if I remember right, Wasn't that song sampled by Jay-Z for Izzo in the last podcast We did? Slowed way down too, which is really cool. Very cool. So I thought that was a great start with the glissando. But I think there's another one that's better. Check this start to a song out. This is Abba Dancing Queen. That one is badass. That was an aggressive one. That was aggressive and quick. Yeah, can we do that one more time? I want to hear that one once more. OK, but there's this pause in it that like makes you wait. So you really, the tension build. What's the doggress of it? Yeah.

[1:13:00]It's a great song too. All the background singers are looking at the piano player Like, OK, we got to say, oh. Man, it's Abba coming up on this list at all. I know they were on the previous list. And they get knocked down at all. I always loved the first time we listened to it. But I don't know if it was the greatest dance or what it was. Probably Abba Gold, right? It was Saturday Night Fever. They were on Saturday Night Fever, Which everybody considers Abba, but it's not. No, the last song on the list was by a band That was originally called Tyrannosaurus Rex. And they shortened it to T Rex. This is Bang the Gong, or otherwise known as Get It On. Check out the glissando at the beginning of this one. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes. And that's some Chuck Berry style rhythm guitar. They're two to the bone. I mean, I guess it's just the blueness, But it reminds me of Chuck Berry. Can I just say that if they were called Tyrannosaurus Rex, they would be the biggest band Of all time. There's no doubt about it. What if all their guitar players had really short arms

[1:14:00]That they couldn't reach the strings? No, it'd be so good. They could play with you. Rob, you were making one thing That's really cool about that song. And it brings you back to Chuck Berry. There's a part at the very end of the song. We don't need to play, but at the very end of the song, Essentially they say something along. Meanwhile, I'm thinking, which is a ripoff or an ode To Chuck Berry for one of the later songs We're going to talk about where he says Meanwhile, I've been thinking, so I thought That was a pretty cool way to get it back To your guy, Chuck Berry. I thought they're going to give credit to him By starting every song with Dunna, Dunna, Dunna, Dunna. Sounds like a video game. By the way, Abba is coming in at 303, The definitive collection. That seems way too low, doesn't it? Yes. Well, don't agree with his conversation. Just test it. I mean, we're going to have this over and over Now for the next 400. Erin, just to let you know, just to let you know, We will be covering Abba in 2026.

[1:15:00]So your child will be like a middle school By the time we cover that. Just to let you know. Oh, they'll be so proud of us. Not to make you super sad, but there you go. That's to destroy your night. But oh my God, my kid will move out of the house that year. Oh my God, I'm going to cry. OK. But so next time anyone goes to their grandma's house And that piano sitting there and you rip up and down And you hurt that fingernail, just know There's been a lot of great songs That have started with that. Oh my God, people would be so mad if I did that because my Grandma died like 10 years ago and we sold that house. All right, that was it for the list. I have my grandma's piano in my house. I'm going to try it tomorrow morning. Nice. Please record it and I'll put it up on the Instagram. All right. I'm going to try it. It's going to hurt, man. That hurts your fingernails by Russell. That was easily a top five list. Oh, yeah. You always say it, but I figured I'd put it in the sting. Anyway, it's like a lick will be fantastic. Oh, all right.

[1:16:00]Let's get back to the album where we're going to hear Another song. Start with, oh, Johnny be good, but this might be the best one. This might be the best one that does that. This is a bad ass. I mean, there's a reason if like if you're going to Communicate with aliens, this is the one you do. Seventh on the list of the hundred or the 500 greatest Rock and roll songs is actually about his piano Player and then he just kind of made it about Himself as well. That would never be a top 10 song ever if it weren't on The back to the future movie, right? No, I don't. I think that changes the song's trajectory. I think the only other song to be changed like a Movie that big was Queen Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne's World. Yes, there's no other song that got huge because Of a movie compared to that. But like in that Queen movies, you see that Where they're like, yeah, we're going to make Bohemian Rhapsody. I was like, how is Wayne's World not in this Queen movie? I mean, Mike Myers is right there. He's on set. You could have hired him. Play Wayne World. Play Wayne World actually. This is his real name.

[1:17:00]All right. A round and a round. And this is officially where I would check out. Right round, baby. Right round. Like a record, baby. Right round, round. Wouldn't it be great if Chuck Berry came out And he had like the eye patch on and the hat? All I know was that to me. You look like you're lots of fun. When I flush the toilet, it goes right round, Baby. Right. Right round, like a toilet, baby. Right round, round. All right, Carol. This was the first time on the album where I realized A quarter of its songs also sound like Run Rudolph. Yes. They're all just the same as Run, Run Rudolph. Brother. Yeah. I mean, he had a style. He went with it. He knew. But yeah, this is where that guitar sounds just like T-Rex Or T-Rex is doing that same rhythm thing. They just slowed it down. Yeah, you're right. You're right. I used to do that song. As a Christmas Carol and nobody got the joke. I'm deleting you, Aaron, when you talk there,

[1:18:00]Because that joke was really good, But I don't think they heard it. All right, Beautiful Delilah. Here's the piano again. You're right, Russell. I think the songs with the honky tonk piano Are some of the best ones, except for Johnny Be Good, Maybe. How many times do you listen to this album in here? I would say at least four all the way through. I don't think I ever quite made it All the way in one sitting, But I definitely played it throughout the day, Multiple times. You can do a lot worse than listening. Did any of you guys make it through Memphis, This song in one sitting, Or did you have to quit by the time you got this far? Like the people are going to have to quit this podcast. I made it through Memphis in one sitting. This is a sad song, man. I'm going to tell you right now, people, At the end of this podcast, Matt and I are going to do another bit Where we're married. So if you want to hear that, stick around And don't fast forward to the end. That's cheating. All right, we've got Memphis. Johnny Rivers recorded a much more famous version That hit number two on the charts, but...

[1:19:00]We covered this song once on a list Of the greatest songs ever about Memphis. We did a list on the greatest songs about Memphis. Yeah, it was the top five for us. God, I cannot read. One thing I like about his playing in this song And that struck me about listening to this compilation Is he's obviously aggressive. He's willing to get into the really beefy, Chunky blues chords, but there's something so... I mean, Jimmy, I think, has the same quality. Is there something so delicate about his playing On Memphis and in other places? He's so capable of being precious and delicate And then just really ripping on stuff. And I think Jimmy came up in the same kind of rhythm And blues school and would have listened to Chuck Berry And that's something that strikes me when I listen to him. Little Queenie. And another song that would sound like Run, Rudolph. This is like... I always like to think of his home alone When I hear these songs. That's all I think of.

[1:20:00]I'm going to eat your finger. I'm going to eat your fingers. That's all I can think of now when I think of home alone Is Joe Pesci at the end how he talked about it. If he actually ate his fingers, how terrifying that would be. What a different movie that would be. Yeah. All right, almost grown. Just who's singing in the background here, Erin. Somebody you've probably never heard of named Etta James. Why are we trying to do that? Is this the song where he goes, I ride the taca, taca? Is that the song? What does he do? Yeah, we ride the taca, taca. Oh, I feel like I'm here with Shakira. Man, that's Rob. I'm disappointed in myself. I should have known her voice. She is special. That's wonderful. I get it because she was on Chess Records, right? That makes sense now. So what you're saying was Magic Mike Was wrong to call you out for being a dumb shitter. Yeah, I'm going to have to go back. I got to study. I got to study. I'm sorry, Music Mike. Okay. Put in more time in this podcast, Erin. We've been meaning to have a conversation. Your effort lately. Can I just, your effort is not up to par.

[1:21:00]I got to talk to you guys about something. I sometimes on this podcast, I try to put in an act and stuff, But sometimes I want to get real. For the last two minutes, I haven't heard a word you've been saying Because I'm working on a joke in my head And it goes something like this. Are you ready? Did you hear about her sister who sold crackers? Cheta James. And there's something there. And there's just something like Cheta James. Okay, I'm going to edit out all your laughing. Instead of Cheta James, it's Cheta James. She is quite possibly the daughter of Minnesota Fats, The famous bull player who was immortalized in The Hustler, The movie, The Hustler, right? Minnesota Fats who may or may not have been from Ames, Iowa. If I have to look that up, I'm going to have to check that out. That explains that scene in the movie Where he doubles down on a hard 12. You get it. Also known as an Iowa double down. Cheta sounds like Cheddar. Cheta sounds like Cheddar. And I do want to point out I was vulnerable with you guys And you changed the subject very hurtful.

[1:22:00]Matt, we're going to have a conversation about this at the end of the podcast. All right, this is not in front of everybody else. All right. Not in front of the kids. Back in the USA. I did reference this song once before on the show, But it did get cut out because it was weird. I know this is probably the best song in the second half. Yes. When I can actually get to the second half, This is my favorite song in the second half. USA. I think there should be more songs where they say USA like that. It's a true feeling of longing for home. It's fun. Yeah. It's like, because he actually wrote that coming back from Australia And he was landing down and he wrote that song. Some people think that also applies. Maybe if you're like at a cabin with your family for about two months And maybe you realize you're scheduled for about, You know, three or four weeks too long and. Yeah. My family didn't like- How much you got left? When I spent the last two days before I went to the casino Just singing about other cities I would rather be in than with my family. They didn't like that so much.

[1:23:00]They thought it was insulting. That was the only way you were like, Hey, can I write the parody song this year? It's called I Hate My Family. I Want to Get Out Of Here. Yeah. We can use it next time I go up there, I suppose. All right. Speaking of water beds, let it rock. That doesn't quite work, but it's close again. It's really close. It's really close. Working on a railroad with a steel driving hammer. I gotta get some money buy some brand new shoes. Oh, every song is run, Rudolph. It's the same damn song. This is stuff that you could definitely tell Dylan was listening to though. Like he's doing this kind of working man thing. And you could tell that's what Dylan was eventually expanding upon. I gotta tell you, I love a song that tells the story. I do. I love a song about, Hey, I'm waking up in the morning. I'm swinging a hammer. I go home and I got 17 kids. I'm like, yeah, I'm into that song. I love it. I think it's great. Those are called run, Rudolph. Not on this damn album. There's songs that sound like it. And not one of them is the song people know. I know Matt doesn't like Christmas songs, But it should be on here. It's a joke if it's not on here.

[1:24:00]We couldn't have done the great 29. That would have worked just fine. I'm still waiting on my thing. After you got arrested for that toy thing, He actually came up with a sequel to that. Yeah. What was it called? It's called runs, Rudolph. Erin, don't laugh at that. Erin, did you hear me? Yeah. I said runs, Rudolph. That's true. All right. That's true. I probably could get sued for doing that. Okay. Deep fake. Next up, we have which I think is the saddest song on the list, Which is Bye Johnny, Which is such a blatant sequel to Johnny Be Good, Where he's like, I better go back to the well. Let's see. It's worse than Johnny Be Good in every way. Recorded worse. The openings worse. The lyrics are worse. At this point, it should be changed from the great 28 To the mediocre 28. This song's not good enough to be on the great 20. Yeah, what year was this when you recorded, Rob? I don't know.

[1:25:00]I think it's somewhere before 61, But it's not recorded well. Maybe kind of a money grab. I'm talking. It's like me when I'm talking about Miami football. I'm talking about you. The you. The you. That's a deep joke. This one is quite different in style than some of the other ones we've heard. Erin, for real, you got this far? You listen to this song? Dude, yeah, of course I did. I listened to all the songs. Matt, give us one thought on the Song like 24. Tell us something you liked or didn't like. I think you clearly hear the influence that he has on Other bands that we've listened to, Rolling Stones and The Beatles. But again, I'm with you guys. This is boring. I can't take one more song. I just want to shut the album off and be done with it. The boring is shit 28. We should rename it. Release it of the new name. Did I ever tell you guys about my sophomore year of college?

[1:26:00]Yeah, a number of times. What happened? Is that when they called you thick dick? The next song is Come On. Oh, Rob. See, way different guitar style in this one. I was like, boy, I love this song. I remember loving this song and I realized why. It's because it's the Rolling Stones first single ever. This is. Wow. I didn't know that. And I had this is I had the collection of their singles. And you should love this song. 64, Nadine. Oh, that's an interesting start. Yeah. Oh, now we're back. We're back. And you might wonder why he was not making any songs from 61 to 64. And it's because he was in jail for that time. Right. All right. Now, no particular place to go. This is a banger. I don't care where it comes in the great media for 28. It's still a banger song. So wait a minute. If there's no island named Kokomo,

[1:27:00]What's he talking about with the Kokomos? I don't know what he's talking about. Yeah. We says we parked away on the Kokomo. I thought for a while it was Poconos because he loves talking about, You know, US geography, But I don't know what the hell he's talking about with the Kokomo. Have you guys, When's the last time you guys made out in a car? So they have to be with one of you that are in the podcast Or could be someone else? 2007, probably. I did it two nights ago. Yeah. Way to go, Rob. Got to a dinner reservation early and I was like, Hey, we should make out. Not great. It was not great. Making out in a car is not easy to do, You know, especially when you're older than so. I applaud you for trying, man. That's great. Keeping romance alive. Well, the question is, Rob, Did you have to do the lean over who leaned over? Well, it got awkward because I was at the airport pickup And halfway through, Jenny walked in to the car. And it turned out you met that guy who was flashing His bright side here. You guys made up. Yeah. No, it was just me by myself. Blushing my bright side. But it just was not.

[1:28:00]It was kind of like, okay, Let's go in and maybe they'll give us a table. Like that's what Jenny said. We did it for a while. Jenny was like, maybe they'll give us a table early. I was like, okay, reviews are in. But there was a fair amount of making out in cars In the early part of my now marriage, But it's been a while since we tried it. So I don't know now. And from the passenger seat, I'm not sure how it would go. I'd give it a shot though. Folks, tell us what you think about making out in cars. Text into the Bexline 802-277-232-4-232-5 And tell us, is making out with cars thumbs up, Thumbs down? What do we think about making out in cars? No, Rob, no, it's what was the game? What was the game called? Buster. We had a game. Buster wasn't a buster, a big bust. I think buster, big bust turned out to be a big bust. And that's good. I like that. That bit was rolling bow. Wait, is bowing higher or lower? That might mean it's good. All I know is that Jenny says, oh yeah, You like this. And the blinker was going left and right.

[1:29:00]So I was happy with that. I was like, oh, the size of a blinker, I'll take it. What if we just change the rating at the end And we can just rate making out in cars And do our ranking on that instead of this album? Well, I could tell you it was a rolling, Let's get going with the restaurant. And let's get going on the rest of this pot. I want to be your driver. You know who's playing guitar on this? Matt, guitar Murphy. This one. Oh, this is like a Beatles song. Yes. This is John Lennon full on ripped off. I have so many vocals here. This is the last song on the album 65. This is off his live in London album, Which I don't know if it's in the front of a live audience Or what, but he's also got Matt guitar Murphy On guitar back. Oh, the Blues Brothers. Absolutely. Wow. So is the Beatles ripping this off? Or who came first with this song With Chuck Barrier, The Beatles? And you're thinking of like Drive My Car? Drive My Car would have come out in 64. So maybe that did come out before this one. I'm going to edit out where I was wrong. Yes, I was just about to say that. Beatles came out within 64.

[1:30:00]I'm going to edit that before. That song was very different than almost everything on the album. It's a pretty solid ending for the album of The Mediocre 28. Unless you're like me and you put in a secret track To play at the end in Chuck Barrier's career, He only had one number one song That hit number one on the Billboard charts. Did I tell you guys about my sophomore year? This is my ding. Yeah. This was another one here. Absolutely. This is only number one hit. This is it. That's sad. Oh, what? It's so duty. Also the longest song on the four minute song. People love it. But listen to this. The guitar work is still fantastic. Can I be honest with you guys again? I want to bear my soul. Yeah. Last time it worked great. My toilet ring light.

[1:31:00]Is there something there with that joke? What? Toilet ring light. So it'd be so dark. How would you take pictures? It doesn't make sense to me. Do you have a flash? There's got to be a lot of questions. These are honest questions. These are honest questions. If I sat down and a flash went off, I would be suspicious. Okay. Audio or video only. Do you have to have like one of those Part of the red, yellow, white cables To hook it up somewhere like an old VHS player or not? It could not be audio. There could not be audio. It's just video. That's not a thing. No way. It's just video. There cannot be. That cannot be part of it, the audio of it. I mean, the guys are musical genius. You tell them he didn't have audio. He only had a visual field. I got to tell you a Chuck Berry story From when after the podcast, too. It's unbelievable. All right. Just tell it now. No one's getting this far anyways. Just tell it now. Oh, hell, nobody's listening. They found it. They found a video of him and a woman. Like they can dump something each other. Oh, we could say that for after. No.

[1:32:00]Matt's going to chime in on that one afterwards. That's for the, we'll say it for the secret pod. Yeah, the secret pod. Take a breath. Can you imagine in court, they're playing that video And they're like, is that you? And you have to be like... I should have never got that red and white audio cord. I would have been fine with just the damn video, But now they confirm it's me. Because you know the video would start with like your face, Real close to the camera when you turn it on. Okay, I think I got it. The red light needs to turn on. Okay. Did you hear me now? Plug in that white cord. Yeah. Now could you take a big shit out of this? No, this is going great. Raising that in my life. I love it. Okay. And then at the end, you're like, oh God, gross. Okay, how do I turn this? It feels like that kind of thing would be hard to schedule, Too, right? You can't just like poop on command. Like you'd have to like plan. Okay. Like we both typically do this. So like what 10 a.m. Or whatever it is,

[1:33:00]Like it seems like a lot of work. I would explain all the empty coffee cups in the background. Can you imagine if Aaron had to deal with all these Complications when he was living out in the garage? It would have made life so difficult. You just, the background check phrase is like, oh yeah, We bought so much milk. I can't find the red and white cables. Okay. We've been drinking. I don't know how we're going to record this. We've been drinking buttermilk for two days. I'm ready for this day. I had a problem while we were making out in the car Before our schedule time. This is the end of the podcast, I think. All right. So that's it. Let's get into everybody's favorite and patented, The rating system. I officially have too many things. You're rating us. There you go. I need all this stuff. Everybody's made it better.

[1:34:00]Waiting system. I've spent all this time trying to figure out Whether it would be patented or just copyrighted. Oh no. Do I owe you money now? Shoot. Maybe. I was thinking about filing a patent before you could, but... This is album number 51. If you think it's perfect at 51, We think this album is rolling well toned. Do you think that this album is better than 51? It could be 50, 49. You know what? This album prints better. This album rumors better. Then this album got rolling, Boned being all the way back at 51. Or is this album rolling grown? You don't really like it. You think it should be 52, 53? Maybe back at 303 with ABBA When we cover it, when Erin's kid is in high school. All right. Russell, what do you think? Is this rolling well toned, rolling boned, or rolling grown? To me, it's just too long. If we just had 12 songs on this list And they weren't all the repeats of the same songs, I would have been...

[1:35:00]Yeah, that's not bad. Not bad, man. Just too long. It's just too long. Wait till after this, man. Now you're going to have a look conversation? Yeah. Admittedly, I don't always get that feedback, Which is a bit hurtful, But maybe if someone just said it once, it would be nice. I tried to listen to this multiple times And I could never get through the whole thing. And I think if you can't get through the whole thing, Then there's something wrong with the construction. It shouldn't be that high on the list. And for me, I know it... I don't know if he... He didn't have albums at the time, So I know this is a compilation. So it's a little bit different, But this isn't an album to me. This is a compilation. It shouldn't be on the list. So it is Rolling Grown, or also known as a Big Bust, A Big Bust. All right, Matt. What do you think? Rolling Well-Toned, Rolling Bones, or Rolling Grown? I didn't like listening to this album. I think it's too long. I certainly respect the influence that Chuck Berry's had, But I think to Russell's point, it's not an album.

[1:36:00]They didn't have them back then. It's nothing against not having an album, But it's just it's too long. It's the same thing over and over. So I'm going to say it's Rolling Grown. All right, Aaron. Be just like the guy playing Blackjack next to Russell. Why don't you take a stab and tell us, What do you think of this album? Rolling Well-Toned, Rolling Bones, or Rolling Grown? I'm going to tell you what I think, And hopefully not get stabbed. It just dawned on me that both Chuck Berry And Miles Davis are from St. Louis, And that this stuff was coming out at the same time As kind of Louis. It just blows my mind to think, Like, did they ever meet each other? But I will say I had a lot of grown moments And cringe moments listening to some of these songs And thinking about what we now know About Chuck Berry the person. So that's hard to let go of. But I love listening to it. I think I put it on in the house And just let it run. I think I could do a lot worse In terms of having fun Than just listen to 28th Street Chuck Berry songs. Agree with you guys. I've made my feelings clear On greatest hit songs on the list, But they are on the list.

[1:37:00]We are listening to them, And he is such an important figure in rock and roll. I have to say against my better judgment That it's rolling well toned. You guys are all incorrect. The correct answer, This is a rolling inspiration. Yes, did every single intro to this song Sound the same? And did we all think of Run Rudolph Every time we heard these songs? Yes, but guess what? That's because it's good. We love it is like it rocks. It is so good. It was fun to listen to. And there is no other album That has inspired so many albums That we've listened to on this list than this one. This is like the original inspiration album. It's it's just unbelievable To be able to hear the future in 1955. That was like so long ago. It's crazy. Next up, we've got someone with the same Nickname as Russell's Penis. The thin white Duke. We've got David Bowie station to station. When you want to hear about the greatest albums Of all time. I wasn't listening to mine, But it seemed funny to see Russell. But you're just too lazy to look it up online.

[1:38:00]If you want to hear from guys who chat And then they get off track. I've got the perfect podcast for you, Jack. Back did it better. Yeah. Can I have an honest conversation with you right now? Yep. Did you think that Cheta James Joke was any good? No, not good. It was brutal. That was pretty good. The reach, we call it a stretch. Speaking of a reach, let's let's check each other off. The problem is, Russell, every time you start to get Run, root off, it makes me laugh so hard. Well, it's true. That's all I could think of when I was listening to it. Is it how the fuck are all these songs The same as run, root off? Run, root off. And that's the best one. It's not even on there. It's the best one. You keep saying that the run, root off. Isn't it? Am I wrong?

[1:39:00]Yes. Yes. No, you guys don't know what you're talking about. Johnny be good is a way better. Maybelline is probably the best song on this whole thing. All right. Johnny be good can be better. That's about it. You mentioned Russell had a Chuck Berry concert. Play run, root off. What? It's the same song. It's on there four times, five times. It's the best song. It is. Oh God, oh I'm still recording. Oh, I would just play the podcast. The podcast would just be a 10 second clip of Russell saying, No, no, no, no, this is the best song. And everybody be like, okay. All right. Sound. Oh, I am recording. Yes. Beg a gong, get it on. Russell, listen to this. It is based on a Chuck Berry sound. He said, and that's why on the way out, if you listen to him, he goes, Oh, it's so popular. And he goes, keep file. It's a quote from the Chuck Berry song,

[1:40:00]which is a good thing. [100:02] He didn't find out Chuck Berry didn't find out he did it. [100:04] You can ask John Lennon about that. [100:05] I did all these damn free albums for him. [100:07] But check us out. [100:08] Little Queenie. [100:09] Listen to this. [100:09] Does this sound like bang a gong? [100:11] Listen to the guitar. [100:14] Oh, 100%. [100:16] Yeah. [100:16] Okay. [100:21] It also sounds like the dance scene from the Pulp Fiction. [100:25] Now listen, this took me on a deep dive on Chuck Berry. [100:30] And I just got to tell you guys what I found because I went to it. [100:33] First of all, I had forgotten that what he got in trouble for. [100:35] He had a restaurant where he was taping women going to the bathroom. [100:39] Now I just got to say this. [100:40] Listen, taping women going to the bathroom at your house, bad. [100:44] But can you think of a worse place to want to see people go to the bathroom than a restaurant? [100:49] That has to be the worst. [100:51] It has to be. [100:52] I mean, it would be like if you had it in an airplane. [100:54] Like it's a psychopath. [100:56] What? [100:57] What? [100:57] You would not. [100:58] We're doing more Chuck Berry bathroom content. [101:00] Oh, I think both are bad, right? [101:01] How can we keep? [101:02] No, a restaurant is worse. [101:04] A restaurant is way worse. [101:05] People out there know I'm right. [101:07] Now you got busted because the janitor found these tapes

[1:41:00]and where he and Chuck Berry edited them into compilations. [101:14] And I feel like this is a standup bit that I could do. [101:15] So just bear with me for a little bit. [101:18] Can you imagine it's really funny thinking of Chuck Berry going through these VHS tapes, taking the time with two VCRs. [101:26] He's got two VCRs at home. [101:27] He's pushing record. [101:28] He's pushing stop. [101:28] He's fast forward. [101:29] He's doing all the stuff. [101:29] Rambling them. [101:30] None of them scrambling them. [101:31] He is doing so much work. [101:36] To be able to jack off later to the same stuff. [101:39] Like he is working so hard. [101:41] He's like, putting in the time, man. [101:44] But I got to get this video just right. [101:45] So it makes me really blast off. [101:48] Like it's so crazy. [101:49] He's fast. [101:50] Can you imagine how much stuff you got to fast forward on a bathroom cam? [101:53] No, no. [101:55] He's getting just the parts he wants. [101:58] Okay, then the funniest thing I ever saw

[1:42:00]is what Chuck Berry guys. [102:04] Matt and I are horrified and Aaron is just thinking, I think Aaron might have fallen asleep during this bit. [102:09] Chuck Berry. [102:10] Aaron is not even acknowledging you're doing it. [102:13] Chuck Berry. [102:14] If you look at a picture of Chuck Berry, and this is going to sound weird. [102:17] Okay. [102:17] And I wish you guys wouldn't judge me for what Chuck Berry in his coffin. [102:24] Got to check this out. [102:25] Okay. [102:26] This is wild to me. [102:27] Chuck Berry is, look what he's wearing. [102:30] You guys see what he's wearing? [102:32] It's that it is a sailor hat. [102:36] Chuck Berry was buried in a sailor hat. [102:38] Now I did some digging. [102:39] Was Chuck Berry ever in the military? [102:41] No. [102:44] Berry me in my fake Air Force whites, please. [102:47] I am begging you. [102:48] I want to be buried in my Navy whites. [102:50] Can you guys do that for me? [102:51] I want to have stolen Valor all the way to the grave. [102:54] And then I did some digging and guess what? [102:56] Chuck Berry, he wore the outfit all the time. [102:59] If you look at a Google search of Chuck Berry,

[1:43:00]he is wearing a captain's hat in almost every picture. [103:05] Do you see this? [103:06] Yes. [103:07] It's bizarre. [103:08] Is this the T-Rex research you were talking about? [103:11] Yes. [103:12] This is the greatest research. [103:13] And then- This is the wild stuff about T-Rex. [103:15] There's, he had one episode- This is why we had short rulings going. [103:19] There's one article online about the hat. [103:22] And it's just called Chuck Berry given lifetime achievement award still won't take off stupid hat. [103:27] And that's from punchingkitty.com. [103:30] Well, yeah. [103:31] This is why I can do 21 ingredients on last week's food read draft. [103:36] Guys, look at Chuck Berry's hat. [103:39] Why is he wearing a captain's hat? [103:41] It's crazy. [103:42] We got to look into it. [103:43] Okay. [103:44] But did you guys like the bit about the VCR tape? [103:46] I don't know. [103:47] That hat's not frozen.