Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977)

[00:00]Do you think the 12-year-olds really, really wanted you at the escape house or whatever? Did they need you to get out? So let me just tell you. Yes, first of all, they did need me. They spent most of the time communicating with the person who was in charge of the escape room. Asking if they like certain kinds of music and stuff. And I was like, guys, we're supposed to be like this. You want me in that room. You need me in that room. Who's going to get them out? You, Russell. You, Rosie. Deep down in sparts, we don't talk about it in parties. Or complicated bath formula.

[00:30]You need me on that limerick. There wasn't, I can guarantee you, there wasn't part of the escape room where they're like, hey, match the K-pop band with their hit singles. Like that would have been the only thing where they could have hopped in and like done something. But at the end, it may not surprise you that at the end of the escape room, the kids find the last clue. They figure it out. Jenny immediately grabs what you need to put in the thing at the end to end the whole thing and pop open the door. She grabs it, sprints over the door. And I go, Jenny, no. And she was. She was just about to win the escape room like on her own at a kid's birthday party.

[01:03]I was like, no, no, no, no. I was like, I know you did it. Good job. You have to let the kids open the room. And she was like. Rob, I'm surprised you know someone that that's competitive. I've never been around someone that competitive before. Yeah, no, it's. It's not familiar to Russell at all. No, it's very pleasant. He can't relate to that in any way. Listen, what are we doing? Okay, here we go. In 2020, by the way, these kids are out having a sleepover right now. And so there's no door. They're just out watching a movie.

[01:30]So if you hear the conjuring in the background with a bunch of kids screaming about something else, I guarantee it's not about the movie. That's nobody cares about audio fidelity these days. In 2020, four friends decided to listen to every one of the greatest 500 albums is decided by Rolling Stone magazine. This resulted in a text chain that celebrated the music, excoriated the order that led us to making this podcast. We are far from experts. We promise to do almost no research. All opinions are my own. Oh, God, guys. I'm such a number in such a direction right now.

[02:00]This is rough. Almost no research. All opinions are our own unless you disagree. And you know what? Sometimes, though, when you fall into the crevasse, what's the only way out? Further down. Keep going. You got to keep going. Keep going. Got to keep going. Going through hell. Keep on moving. Please sit back and enjoy. Beck did it better. And we are all the way up to album 163. And in 1977, we have an album that is to disco what Aaron is to tattoos of women's feet. This is the still keep that going.

[02:30]That Aaron has a tattoo of a foot. This is the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. You know, I got Saturday Night Fever once from a Friday night Peloton ride. It turns around that fast. I didn't know. It was so hard to buy antibiotics in that country. Oh, my God. All right. Kidney transplant. No problem. Antibiotics. That's the top. I was talking to some guy at work. It was like. He's like, oh, yeah, I went to Thailand. And I was just like. Sex tourist.

[03:02]I know you're a sex tourist. I'm not going to say it at work, but I know you are. It's no. It's worse when like a when a woman tells you like, oh, yeah, my husband goes to Thailand like three times a year. He loves Asia. And you're just like. Yeah. Are you sure? Have you checked everything? Is everything cool over there? Yeah. I know he loves Asia because I keep seeing him watching that Steven Tyler video where he has a mask. He's the way into that. Those cultures. Rob, what would be the worst city to ever go? Would it be like a sex tourist like Fargo or like Bismarck or where it would be like

[03:31]what is the lowest sex tourist population? Listen, I don't want to. I don't like to. I know you asked Rob the question, but I'm going to go ahead and preempt Rob because once in a while that's what happens. I don't like to talk about these things on the podcast, but I have been to a strip club in Fort Peer, South Dakota. So this is on the other side of the river from Peer because they closed down earlier in Peer than in Fort Peer. And that's for me. I think. That's got to be the worst that I've. You found it. I think that's down there.

[04:01]I mean, maybe Rob's got a better one, but it was questionable. Aaron. Oh, wait a minute. Fort Peer? Fort Peer. Stupid. Stupid. Fort Peer. Guys, we've we've got to try to have some short episodes tonight. OK, I'm begging you. First of all, isn't it Peer? Isn't that how you say it? No. No, the people who live there call it Peer. I've been saying Peer's out the cold of my whole life. Me too, but the people who live there call it Peer. Rob, that's because you grew up on a country club, Silver Spoon.

[04:30]So you guys all down there do say Peer. Peer was probably bringing you your morning coffee, wasn't he? And your milk. I have to admit something. I didn't just take tennis lessons. I also took platform tennis lessons, which is like a separate kind of tennis. It's kind of a tennis court that's like up high. It's actually just at the country club I was at. It does make me sound. Anyway, so you were in a strip club in Fort Peer. Fort Peer. Now, I will say this. You know Gilbert, where I used to work. The strip club there, of course, famously was named The Gladiator.

[05:03]This was less of a strip club and more just a bar with one pole in it. It was just a bar that had a pole that after a certain time of night, a person would come out there and strip. That's like The Gladiator. You would go in and the woman working there would just be eating chicken wings next to the pole. Then she'd see you come in and kind of take a napkin. I mean, I was going to say wet wipes. I was going to say wet wipe, but I'm not. I don't want to lead out of it.

[05:30]It's like if the lady at Russell's Super America was taking her bag, her hand out of the pistachios and just dripping right behind. I had another run in at that gas station the other day. I forgot about that one. I got stuck behind two people at different lines waiting for scratch-offs, like five, ten-minute waits with people pulling in and scratching scratch-offs at the checkout. They're like, hey, $5 a scratch-off. They're like, no, no, no. The $5 scratch-off. I was like, oh, shit. Those are the ones that take forever.

[06:01]They're doing the crossword or whatever. I will say, do you know what the strip club in Eveleth was? No, that was in Gilbert. That was the sister city. But do you know what the strip club in Eveleth was called? What's that? Tuna's. And that's not a joke. I'm not making that up. It's literally called Tuna's. Okay, guess what? Guess what? Here we go. And I'm doing this on my computer. Tuna's Strip Club. Eveleth. At least. Okay. Okay. You could go Tuna's Bar. Thank you. Right here. Tuna's Bar. They don't even have a website.

[06:30]They've got a four-square site. Whatever that is. Well, who's the number one check-in? Hold on. They got a Yelp page. Let's go. Uh-oh. Guys, only two ratings. And I'm going to tell you right now, they're averaging two stars. That's not good. It's called Tuna's. You guys do know that my uncle, I've told you this before, my uncle Bob Yelp came up with Yelp. My other uncle. You know, the bad uncle, Randy Yelp, actually came up with the star system for strip clubs

[07:02]in small town. Yeah. I thought you were going to say your cousin, your uncle, Donald Tuna's. Started Tuna's. Anyway. What is the first? Two stars, two strippers. So this is from Trevor S. F. from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Actually, Aaron, do you know what Cedar... Stand up. Do you know what Trevor F.? I've never met Trevor. Now, I will say this guy is an Iowa State Cyclones as a profile picture as well. Not great. Not great. From Cedar Rapids. Two stars, two strippers. The bartender didn't know how to make any drinks.

[07:30]It's beer and something simple like Captain and Coke. And that's it, folks. I felt like I was walking into an old school house. Then I walked into a dirty, dark bar that had women that were topless. Well, what? I mean, what does he expect from a place called Tuna's? What is going on here? Yeah. There are some people like when they go into a dive bar and they ask for like some drink. It's clear the bartender doesn't know it and they keep coming back over the top with it. Like they refuse to just give it and get something easy. They can't help themselves. No. I will say again that I was out with my father-in-law when he was on a blowjob shot kick where he would order it.

[08:05]I went to multiple restaurants where he would order a blowjob shot. Oh, yeah. For real? Yes. He enjoyed the taste of blowjobs, so he would order the shots. But wait, aren't those? No. Like he would say like, can I get a blowjob shot? Yeah. And then what is that? That's like what? Do you want one? Do you want one? I was like, yeah, I do want one. I mean, sure. Oh, no. That's really rough. I would, but I'm always up late with the podcast.

[08:30]All right. So here's the deal. We're up to album 163. Oh, wait. No. Yeah. Okay. So let's get in. You know what? Let's turn on the radio. That's what it is. You know, if we're driving through, if we're driving through Eveleth, if I went to the Hockey Hall of Fame and I was like, oh, man, that was so great seeing the Hockey Hall of Fame, seeing all the stuff from Lake Placid. I wish there was somewhere. The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The U.S. The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Go get a tuna melt from Tuna's and then you're on your way home. Well, I was going to say, I wish there was a place I could go relax after seeing all those

[09:01]nets and goals. So where could I go? Ah, here's this place called Tuna's. I bet they have a nice sandwich. I'll go in there and sit down. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, huh? I bet you're wondering how I got here. Record scratch. Yeah, exactly. I'm 1225 in and I came out late and Rob's blaming me for the lailing out to someone. Annabelle! Annabelle! Annabelle! So this stays in there. We got to keep talking. Meatloaf! Mom! Mom! Meatloaf!

[09:30]Fuck! I don't know what she's doing, but they're screaming their fucking brains out over there. In Evelyn. Just come here. This would be the worst parenting move ever. If she's got like friends over and Rob's like, you got to keep it down because I'm doing a podcast like that. No, I don't want her to wake up Jenny. I don't care about the podcast. I don't want her to wake up Jenny. Oh, she's got. She's got to deal with it. You know what they're screaming about out there? What's that? Strip clubs in Evelyn. It was so weird. I was like, you better not be starting a competing podcast.

[10:03]That'd be so strange. I don't know. I'm going to edit that out. I'm going to edit it out. I'll be yelling at my kids. So sorry, podcast world. You don't get to hear me be a bad dad. We had, we had some really funny things. Yeah, you can't. While you were doing that. No. The joke of the week is right there. And now you got to keep it. All right. You should have heard it. So I think to understand this radio, you have to think, you know, all the stuff we've talked about over the last couple of weeks, what is it that would stick in Rob's brain more than anything else, right? What is it that Rob would just get in his head and spin around and really go to any

[10:32]length to make a parody song about? Well, there really can only be one thing. What's up, everybody? Welcome to K-Rob. K-R-O-B. You know, Matt went on a little road trip the other weekend. He's finding out things about himself. Oh, yeah. Matt came back from a road trip. Said that he could be Amish. Said that he could be Amish. Said that he could live that way. He didn't even need the radio to play. Then he turned to all us guys. He said something to our surprise.

[11:01]He was speaking for a long time. He asked us a question that blew our mind. He said, I always wanted to ask if y'all had ever seen something beautiful. When I was at a farm, I was blown away. A cow looked at me in the eye. He began to piss. I was so happy that I cried. Matt loves the moment.

[11:32]Matt loves the moment. Cowspeed. Oh, my God. Matt loves the moment. Cowspeed song. Finally. Matt loves the moment. Cowspeed. When you want to hear about the greatest moments of all time. So good. So, I'll tell you, that song was rolling around in my head while I was both at dinner and at the escape room with a bunch of 13-year-olds. I'm like, Matt loves the moment.

[12:03]That's a really clever one. Oh, here. Right here. Just wait. Just wait here. Right here. Beck did it better. Maybe it's just because I live in the city and I've just never been around cows, but have you guys ever seen a cow pee? I don't think so. Of course not. Of course I have. All right. So, I have to say, I put that at the beginning of this song, and it kind of ruined the surprise, so I had to throw it out there at the end. I am here with three guys on Saturday night, and we've got, let me check my temperature.

[12:35]Oh, I'm deathly cold. Oh, my God. I'm so worried about it. And we are going to talk about, I mean, essentially the Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and I've got Russ in Minneapolis. No, we're not just, we're going to talk about so much more than that. I got a lot to say. Russ, how are you doing? Rob, I have to know, how deep is your love? Like, is it deep enough to shove an entire iPhone 14 Max up in there? Oh, God. Jesus Christ. I'm trying to, I'm just praying nobody knows.

[13:01]I'm praying. I actually got a couple texts about last week's episode. It's never happened before. I had some questions. Some people were asking me about the grapefruit video. Okay, so that's the kind of sickos. These sickos that listen, they love that shit. All right. I've got Matt in Minneapolis. Matt, how are you doing? Good, Rob. Thanks for having me, you know, here in your arms. I found my paradise. Happy to be here. Well, hey, here's a dice. You can have, now you have three, not just a pair. Now, here's a die.

[13:31]I should have said, okay, I'm going to correct myself. What am I, German? Die, die? Now, that means the die in Germany. I don't understand. No. Well, you wouldn't because you don't understand German, mein fron. And I've got Aaron, who apparently said it's not just the Bee Gees. Apparently, he's a big Walter Murphy fan. I've got Aaron out in California. Now, Aaron, Aaron was just telling me about his favorite bias that he just heard about. It's recency bias. Not like when you're against a hotel.

[14:05]That's a recency bias. Aaron in California, how are you doing, Aaron? Aaron loves that joke. I'm sorry. Those are good jokes. Those are actual good jokes. I can't compete with that. Your voice is so high, Rose. I don't say any of that. Those were good jokes. I don't know. There's some line about the women warm. Let's talk about it. The Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever and all of the reasons why this is problematic, that this is black queer music, and why does a white band from Australia have the first

[14:30]five tracks on a soundtrack to a movie that is wildly racist and homophobic and misogynist that I couldn't even get through because why isn't this thing canceled yet? Let's talk about Saturday Night Fever. I was going to talk more about my call piss song, but Aaron kind of took the wind out of my sails on that one. You know what? Let's take that and go right into the voicemail. Every week, Aaron reminds me why I have to do this. I've wasted my Friday and Saturday nights doing this podcast. Thank you, Aaron. Shit listeners. Oh, and I had somebody text me. Why would you make fun of Diane Feinstein?

[15:01]My response was it would have been funnier if I had echo on it. I forgot to put the echo on. Maybe you should apologize for it. What song do you think you are in the top 1% of listeners of? Not what song have you personally listened to most? More like what song do you think you've listened to the most? Not many other people have listened to more than you. No, I think so. I think that this may have been little Rosie who texted this because I've talked to him

[15:30]about this. And I know that for him, it's the song Sydney by Brent Dennett. So we've had this discussion for me. It's either Go West, King of Wishful Thinking, which we already talked about last week, or Al Green's cover of. Yeah, exactly. Russell or Aaron. Aaron's definitely listened to Pretty Woman soundtrack song way more than so many. Yeah, that's the thing. It can't be. It can't be that. Wait, wait, wait. Go West, King of Wishful Thinking, and then you just want to pass it like there's nothing? You've listened to this song more than anybody else, you think?

[16:01]Yeah, I've listened to this song on playlists all the time. I love this song. But it probably doesn't count because it's on the Pretty Woman soundtrack. So like plenty of people have heard this, right? No, no, no. But Aaron, I've listened to this song maybe twice. Oh, this song is real. So you think you've listened to more plays. You think you'd have more plays of this song? You think you'd have more plays of this song than 99% of the population? Possibly, yeah. I put it on every playlist I make. I would say I'm in probably the 5,000 to 10,000 range of this.

[16:30]We used to listen to this soundtrack all the time in the car. Yeah. What? Guys, this video, by the way, that can't help. I like when it gets really high. Hold on, right here. Yeah. This video is so weird. This video is so much ballet. Oh, Pretty Woman, the knockoff. Oh, it's a knockoff. There's a Pretty Woman knockoff. This is going on the Instagram.

[17:00]Okay. Last week, we had some. Kevin Costner. Now, last week, I put some cock locks on the Instagram. I did not tag it. I did not tag it, cock locks. Hashtag cock. So I was like, I do not want those interactions on our page. I don't want Russell mad at me. I know he's going to be mad at me if I do it. But this is, I'm putting up a picture right now on Instagram of the Wishful Thinking video. That is a Pretty Woman knockoff. I mean, it's so obvious. Oh, my God. All right. Russell, what were we talking about there? Oh, Aaron, what was your other song? Al Green's cover of I Want to Hold Your Hand.

[17:32]You know what, guys? Am I surprised that these are both songs I never would have picked in a million years? Like Aaron's 1% songs. Weren't you ready for some crazy shit? I should have asked him last. Shouldn't that be everyone's song? Isn't that kind of the question? Yeah, it should be off the wall, right? That's the whole point of the question, isn't it, Rob? Yeah, but Russell, he's got more off the wall. Stop. Me or Aaron. Just think about it. I'm surprised Aaron's are this mainstream. I'm right. These aren't that weird. I'm shocked they're this mainstream. Like, he has to be the top 1% of whatever, Give Me Back My Dog or whatever that song was from episode 3.

[18:08]That's a good song. I like this one. It's reverent. Now, Matt, what would you say? What's your top 1%? I don't know. You know, like, I listen to... I listen to Cherub Rock by Smashing Pumpkins every morning. So, you know, I don't think I'm in the top 100% of anything.

[18:30]This is like a ritual? Yeah, yeah. I need to know more about it. Same song every morning. Getting to the day, just right here, the drums get you going. I mean, that's cool. Matt, can I just tell you? Yeah. You are definitely in the 1% of people that listen to this song. If you listen to it once a day, you're old as hell, my dude. I mean, is it every day? No, but it's very often, kind of a thing. Here it comes. Ready? Yep. Get you going for the day. Man, don't get confused. You got to go to bed soon. You're not waking up. You know, so, I don't know, maybe this one.

[19:03]I read it wrong. I thought that it was like, what are your 1% songs and the texture set. But still, it's what if you listen to more than other people? And, like, if you listen to this every day, you still got to be up there. I have listened to Ophelia by the Lumineers. I mean, that's a very popular song. Yeah. I have listened to that. It's a good one. It's a good one. So many times. It's, you know, I don't know. I love that song. I got to say. I got to say. I might be with you on that one. But it's, again, people probably listen to it over and over.

[19:30]You know what I mean? Now, Matt, can you just explain to me, what is your ritual to listen to Cherub Rock? Is it like you're getting in the car? No, when I get to work, I just put on music right away. Okay, give me details. First, you wake up. Who's in the bed with you? What are they wearing? I got a little dog. And then way over on the other side. Is Russell. What's that mean? Because I'm falling off the side of my bed because somebody won't let me have my own share of the bed. No, that's fine. That's normal.

[20:00]We can't do this bed conversation anymore. I'm running out of edges over on my side. You're not going to like the next week's song then. So, Matt, what do you do? You get up and you make, what do you make? Coffee? Put down Cherub Rock? No, I get up and I've got everything set out from the night before. So that I can get up, put on my workout clothes, go to the gym. Oh my God, you're one of those guys. You know? Yeah.

[20:30]And then I go to work. And so then when I get to work, I usually sit down and turn the computer on and I just put on some music in the background. And usually the first song is Cherub Rock by Smasher Pumpkins. Wow. That's a good, I love that. Russell, what about you? What's your, what are you the top 1% listener of Songless? You know, this is tough. The things that I would say over the last 25 years or so. That I've listened to the most would definitely be Johnny Cash or Metallica. So the two that would jump out is everyone knows Enter Sandman. Everyone knows a lot of them would be either Creeping Death by Metallica.

[21:00]Oh, I don't even know that one. That was the first dance at my wedding. Well, it's because I was going to sing it at your wedding and then I couldn't really, couldn't find a guitarist to do it with me. I would say this is one of my favorite Metallica songs. That's, that's not as mainstream as some of the other ones. Like Metallica fans know it, but if you're not a Metallica fan, this isn't one that just pops up at the gym all the time, right? That's a good one. The other one I was going to say, and I think we've talked about this before,

[21:31]is I have definitely listened to Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Johnny Cash thousands of times. That is a great song. Which is crazy. Like, was that on the greatest hits or how did you even come across that? It's on one of the American, it's on one of the later American songs. Ah, yes, yes, yes. Okay. Oh yeah. That is, that is, that's one of my great regrets. I got rid of that CD. I got rid of that CD. What the fuck was I thinking? You know what, Aaron? I downloaded it all to my Plex. If you want to listen to it. Because I was like, I was going through this, getting ready for the next week.

[22:00]And I was like, I got to download all these American albums again. They're so good. Wait, is Neil Young playing guitar in this? Who's playing guitar? No, it's not Neil Young. They don't say, but you know who composed this song, Russell? You know who wrote it? Pearl Perkins? No. I'll give you a hint. He's got a Mediocre 28 out there. Oh, I can think of 28 songs I'd like to listen to from this guy. He's got the new thing, right? This is Johnny B. This is a Chuck Berry song, of course.

[22:30]And you know what's weird, Russell? Is that when he was singing about a brown-eyed man, it was a totally different. It was a, it was a woman, involved a woman in a glass coffee table, but I can't go into any more details than that. The other, the other one I was going to point out is I, I really get into songs like for like a short period of time where I'll listen to it like 500 times in like a week. Yeah, me too. And so I wanted to share the one I've got into recently. I've been rewatching the show Silicon Valley and this show, the song popped up. I Shazammed it. I think Shazam might be the greatest app ever where it's going to tell you that song immediately.

[23:02]The song is John Popper, Sham Pipple. Popper? Oh, wow. So wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I've never heard of this song. Okay. Now, wait a minute. This isn't Blues Traveler. This is just John Popper. I think it's John Popper. Solo John Popper. John Popper and the Dust Grade Troubadours. Check this song out. Shazam Pipple. It's just a catchy tune. I Shazammed it and I can't stop listening to it. Let's drink some Sham Pipple, baby, because it's almost free.

[23:30]Sham Pipple, baby. Oh, is this a live version, Russell? Is this what you want? You can just go for it a little bit. We'll get this group going a little bit. I don't know. I like it. It's a good song. I don't think John Popper recorded anything. It's a bad song, sadly. Like, I think he's probably canceled or whatever, but everything he did was catchy, right? Why is he canceled? Why is he canceled? Too many harmonicas?

[24:00]I don't know. Maybe we don't need to go into it. Maybe it's fine. All of his songs are catchy, I feel. Like, Blues Traveler, I'd listen to that any day of the week. For sure. Check it out. So we're supposed to Google John Popper because he did something. I don't want to. What if he is and this is going to bum Russell out? I can't do this to Russell. No, I'm probably wrong. I'm probably wrong. I think he got arrested. He got arrested for illegal firearms or something like that. Oh, John Popper. Don't harsh anybody's mellow. It's probably just like run of the mill. John Popper. Okay, we're going to write.

[24:30]We'll do what I love to do with some parents of my kids at school. Go right to the Wikipedia article. You always scroll down to the bottom of Wikipedia. I go right to controversy. He's a weapons collector. Okay. Hey, normal. I'm not going to lie. Normal fat white guy stuff, right? A fat white guy is collecting like swords and shit. Makes sense to me. Oh, you got a snake? I bet you do. You know what I mean? Like the biggest. Big whoop. You wear a hat like that. You probably got a snake. Why wouldn't you order brass knuckles on eBay? Okay. Now, Aaron. Aaron might be right. In 2003, Popper was arrested for possession of marijuana.

[25:02]Who would know? Oh, jeez. What the hell? Canceled. The vehicle also had a stash of hidden compartments, which contained four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade, a taser, a set of brass knuckles, and night vision goggles. Hey, who doesn't? You know what I mean? Like that is normal stuff. Getting a little weird. Yep. I am on a road trip through Iowa and Wisconsin. I need that stuff. You know what I mean? And I think that is, I think that's it. I don't think he's canceled, Aaron. So you're wrong. Everything's fine.

[25:30]Yeah. Check it out. Everything's fine. It's fine. I'm going to say this. It is. It is one of the, it's not the most popular. They might be giant song, but I might, this is my favorite. I listened to it every time it comes on. Like if I was on my deathbed and this is the last thing I heard. Perfect. It's just so. They do play it all the time in concerts. So I know it's one of their, and they play it forward. And a lot of corners to them, but you just get to sing in here.

[26:02]The tough thing with this one is you probably are. Cause there's only so many, you know, diehard. They might be giants fans, but there's gotta be other. They might be giants fans that beat you on this type of song. Right, Rob? I think so for sure. I mean, I let this play every time it comes up, but I don't know. I, I, you know what I never do.

[26:30]I never sit down and pick a song to be played. I don't think I've done that in five years. Oh, I do. I'm with, I'm with, I'm the opposite. I'm with Russell on this. I get fixated on a song or two and not play it to death. I'm just driving into the ground. I'm a shuffle guy. That's one of the reasons. That's one of the reasons that's actually this podcast is tough for me to sit down and just listen to. I listen to an album over and over. I really don't even know how to do it. You know what I mean? Yeah. I almost always pick albums. Like I'll pick an album and then put the album on and then put the next album on. See, I also went on my Spotify today.

[27:01]And if you go on your Spotify, you can only do it on your desktop, on your computer. But if you log in, you can see your most played songs of the month. And Matt, you will appreciate this. Mine was Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog. There you go. It was my last song over the last month. Wow. It's a good one. All right. That is enough. Let's get to rolling. Going. It is time. So it turns out Russell had the weirdest 1% song. The Sham Pipple. Russell. That's off. Mine was very mainstream. Oh, well.

[27:32]Sham Pipple was the first song on my wedding. So a lot of people don't realize that. Because you went straight into the Sham Nipple. Aaron. Aaron. Okay, listen. Come on. Who wasn't thinking of Nipple when it's called Sham Pipple? We didn't all wait till after marriage to look at nipples, okay? Yeah. With this ring. All right.

[28:00]We'll allow you to take off your bra in the same room as me. And it's like, oh, you just got the real big ones. Let's get it out. But this is funny. Like if they had just nasty ones, you're like, oh. Oh, no. Guess the heathens had the red nipples. That's a good idea here. And we're all thinking different things when I said big ones. That's the great part of it. We're all thinking about different parts being bigger, whatever a thing is. Okay. Jesus. All right. Okay.

[28:30]Man, Aaron, how's it going with you? I mean, this is what you wanted to talk about. This is your rolling going, you sicko. It's going great. It's going absolutely great. I've had quite a busy day today of drinking beer mostly and going around town. I went down to the Brooklyn Basin and had some lumpia. I had some garlic rice with some shrimp skewers at the lumpia company. That was nice. And then I went over to a friend's place for a barbecue. And then you know how that goes.

[29:00]So anyway, I'm happy to be here talking to you guys. But I have been thinking about. What are we drinking at the barbecue, Aaron? Just beers? Just beers. Well, so here's the thing. The guy hosting the barbecue used to own a bar. He just sold it. So he's got a secret, like he's got like a little secret hideaway room in the basement, which when he sold the bar, not only did he bring a bunch, but he brought a bunch of liquor with him. Just like fucking like. Is it called the tuna room? It's called the tuna room. Yeah. The tuna room sounds grosser. I mean, he's got. Very echoey in there. Yeah. Like, yeah.

[29:30]You can hold up your iPhone 14. I love it here. Everyone can hear it. Like, why is everyone saying things twice down here? I don't get it. So I had to have a couple of reposados down there because he's got some good stuff, but he's got, I mean, he's got Weller 12. He's got Tequila Ocho. He's got a couple of Van Winkle's down there. There's some. Oh, really? Some Mahenta reposado, like beautiful stuff. And. He also has got a little, which he took from the bar, a little Nintendo box that has multiple games on it. So not only, so we went to this, we went to the Lumpia place.

[30:00]So Lumpia are like Filipino, like egg roll style things. Went to the Lumpia place for lunch. They had fully free arcade games. So they had. Oh. Star Wars. The Atari Star Wars. The Simpsons. Yes. Simpsons was not that much fun. No. It's terrible. Did you have to? Did you have to? Did you have to buy a beer to play the pinball? I don't think so. They weren't really policing it that way. So you could just walk in and play. I'm pretty sure they weren't keeping track. It's like a new-ish place.

[30:31]So they're kind of just like, oh, people are here. It's nice. WWF? No, Street Fighter 2. But Street Fighter 2 in, have you guys played this one? Street Fighter 2 inside a WWF style ring? Like Street Fighter 2, but you can throw people off the ropes? That's, no, nobody's ever played that. I've never seen this thing before. That's a good one. Right? Never seen it before. It was like a special edition. Aaron, you dream this. I'm telling you, this happened. And then, yes, Ninja Turtles, which, and it was all free. So you can just keep playing back in.

[31:00]So Wallace and I beat Ninja Turtles. We got to all the way to the end, beat Ninja Turtles. That's crazy. You made it all, you defeated the foot? That must have been tough for you. How about Rocksteady and Bebop? Rocksteady and Bebop? Yep. They were in there, but the final, but I don't know. It's like, it's like when you beat it, then it was like a to be continued type of thing. So it was like, oh, Shredder got away and kind of a thing. I was going to say, is Shredder the final one or is Crane in his little body? It was Shredder. We beat Crane. Yeah, we beat Crane. Crane was actually- Crane's before Shredder? Okay.

[31:30]Shredder wasn't that tough. Shredder had a bunch of like little mini Shredders, like a Shredder mini-me's all around. Listen, we all know what Shredder did in the arcade game. Listen, you should have ended him like they did in the movie, where they simply put him in the back of a garbage truck and crushed him to death. It is, Casey Jones does it like it's no big deal that he just sentenced a man to death in the garbage. In the garbage truck. It's disgusting. In a pretty probably anguishing way, right? Like that's not over in a second or two. That's got to take at least 15 seconds. It's slow. And then when you're done, guess what?

[32:00]You're in garbage. Your corpse is in garbage. The worst place you could be when you're dead. You're garbageified. That's bad. Or people that don't recycle properly. You're next to like aluminum and stuff that should have been in the recycling and it's with you. That's the worst. This is glass number two. That's going to be recycled. Unless, unless, Russell, there's so much cardboard. You know, that it's actually kind of like a cushion. So you don't get crushed to death because they put all their cardboard in the garbage. Oh, somebody threw away all these packing pieces. I'm fine. It's kind of good recycling. But I had these moments where like these old school arcade games are hard.

[32:33]Right. And you're like, I got so mad. Like I'd be in there. It's like in the boss fight. And I'm like, what? No. Like, why can this boss move so much faster than Raphael? Right. Like, I know, like, I know I got, I know I got it. I know I was sticking and moving. I absolutely know I got in there and I hit him and I got back. And I'm still getting hit. I got so mad. And then I had these moments where I was like, okay, I'm the adult here. Like, I can't swear at the arcade game in front of my son as much as I wanted to.

[33:00]Hey, Rob, if you, if the four of us were the four Ninja Turtles, which one of us would be which Ninja Turtle? Oh, I'd be Michelangelo, of course. You think so? But I would also kind of be Leonardo because I'm the leader. Yeah. You got to pick one or the other. Which one's cool but rude? Cool but rude, of course. Oh, yeah. That is cool but rude. I would say I'm. Does that make me, what's the real one? Is that Raphael? I think it's pretty obvious to me. I'm Leonardo. Okay. The lamest, the lamest of the Turtles.

[33:30]I think, I think Russell has to be Michelangelo. He has to be. He's a party guy. I mean, who's more of a party guy? It's Russell. Russell's the party dude. Yeah. No question. And I eat a lot of pizza. And I got to say, is Matt a Raphael or a Donatello? That's a tough one right there. That's really tough. I got to say, I think Aaron's a Raphael. I think Matt's a Donatello. I like that. I like those decisions I've made. Feels good. Let's move on. How's it rolling going with Matt?

[34:00]Good. Well, I got 40 minutes in, so we're cooking along here. Try to move this through, man. Try to move it along. Hug out with some listeners tonight. So we need to say hi to Aaron from Minneapolis. She said, say hi to all my best friends. So Aaron considers you guys her best friend. Good. Well, thank you so much. And you know what? We're here for you every night. We're right in your ear holes. And we're getting real deep in those ear holes, too. Now, let me ask you, Matt.

[34:31]At any point, did they bring up cock locks? Oh, no. Did they want to converse with you about cock locks at all? No, they did not talk about that. They did talk about the line. What was the joke about not a circle jerk, but a line jerk or something? Line segment jerk. Line segment jerk? Yeah. That did make me laugh. And I re-listed that episode. So they talked about a lot of line segment jerking, I guess. And then we've got some new listeners. Ben from Minneapolis.

[35:00]And I don't know if Megan from Minneapolis listens, but Ben, he told me something. And I have to admit, this made me smile. I never thought I'd hear this. What's that? Ben said, Russell inspired us. We went to... Wow. God, what did he see? He saw something in the dark with the candles. Oh, he saw a Fever Up show with... Maybe he saw Amy Winehouse in the dark or something like that, right?

[35:30]Was there music by... Was there like some Mozart in the dark? There was a Beethoven, I think, recently. There's a lot of that stuff. Something by the candles. But, Russell, I just want you to know that somebody is listening to you and taking your recommendations. And did they enjoy it? Yeah, they said they enjoyed it. So that was... Inspired. That was it. I thought that was great. You know, I actually found a recording of that they're listening to, the piano song they're listening to next to the candles. I got a long set of burns in my head. This is nice. That was it. I can see this is romantic.

[36:00]I'm a big Cadillac, I'm just a donkey-tonk man. He's the honky-tonk man. That was worth it. That's awesome. Well, that, you know what? It is funny to get new listeners and just think that they like come in halfway and like, they're like, well, I guess I got to listen to some... Like, are they listening to old episodes or are they just saying they're a listener to be played? You know, I... It was... I did not ask. I was... Yeah, I don't think you wanted to ask. No. I'd rather just not ask. No. That's my rolling going. Rob, rolling going. How's it going with you? Listen, first of all, I have to do something real quick and I hate to do this.

[36:32]You guys know I hate this. Now an apology from Beck. I have to do. I have to take this chance to apologize. I have to apologize, Aaron. We're not speaking to you enough. Beck doesn't... Russell, you're right on that today. What the fuck he wants? Your internet connection is fast down in the basement now. So listen, the apology of the week. What was the apology of the week? Oh, I know what the apology of the week was. I realized we talked all last week, okay? I got to look around over my shoulder for this birthday party. About those cock cages, right? We talked all about them and then we looked them up online and we found the one that had

[37:03]the remote control zapper and I totally forgot and I will... That you actually ordered it and you tried it and you are now the spokesperson. I was half thinking about getting one for each of us and sending it out. I was like, this would be a funny thing. This would be so funny if this showed up in the mail, but the problem is my kids get an open... In all the packages. So I'm like, I don't know how to get this without... And be like, oh, it's a joke for the podcast. You know what I mean? Like that's... I'm just going to say this. Don't think about your parents getting a cock cage in the mail and you open it up by accident

[37:33]because it would mess you up just imagining that happening. What if... What if... What if we were... When we're in Vegas, hotel to be determined now. Yeah. January 19th through the 22nd. Magic Mike, we will let you know the truth this time. What if... We are not afraid. Magic Mike sent four... Cock cages. And that's what it was. I mean, that's it. He's already going to do it. It's going to happen for sure. Like that's it. That's an open invitation. And listen, there it is. That's something that Magic Mike would do, I think. He would...

[38:00]He gets the bit. You put them in the dishwasher on sandy rinse. That's good enough for me. Okay. Send them over. That sick fuck would probably keep one of the keys though. Oh, that would be the worst. Please. Please, Magic Mike, unlock me. I made a mistake. Anyway, I forgot that I had this sound effect when we were looking at the electric cock cage. I have a zapping sound effect on my board and I never played it. Okay. We got to rerecord the episode. When I was editing it, I was so tempted to just put this in. Let's do it over.

[38:30]I mean... Start again. It would be such a bad place to get shocked. It would be the absolute worst. So that's my apology of the week. Number two, okay, on my list, which is number one, because I forgot about the apology. The other day, we got pictures. Okay. This is a... Actually... This is an investigation. Beck did a better investigation. Okay. So put on your Sherlock Holmes hats. All right. The hats where it's a baseball cap, but it also goes the other way. What the shit? Rob, this is number two. Let's just not do that.

[39:00]So my question is this. Don't read my notes, please. My question is this. Okay. Russell sent us pictures of his date and said, oh, and then wrote afterwards, Matt, what exactly did he write? He wrote, oops, I sent this to the wrong person. Okay. Russell. Something along that line. Russell. What's going on? Who are you sending pictures to that you're sending to us by accident and it's supposed to be for somebody else? What's going on there? Well, don't you guys ever take a picture of your spouse or your date or the person you're

[39:30]out with and then they want the picture so they can send it out or they can have the picture of themselves at an event? So you sent a picture meant for your upstairs tenant to us? By accident. Yes. Because I was texting you guys. We're so lucky. I mean, that feels like badge of honor, right? Like that's where we are. In the recent texts for Russell, right? Like that's, are we, we're in the favorites. It means we made the fancy thing. Yeah. Are we right next to your upstairs roommate? Or like, is our text chain?

[40:00]Because if it's, if it's the, if it's the twins or the, the movie theater guys, I don't want to know because I got you guys, I got you guys pinned in the top left for me, man. I don't want to know where we were pinned. You have our text chain pinned. That's wild. Us on the podcast. You have us pinned. Yes. Here's, here's mine. I got, I got my wife. First, I got five of them pinned. I got my wife. I just have five text chains pinned. What the fuck is going on? I've got my wordle text chain, which three of the four of us are on the wordle text chain.

[40:33]I got my mom. I got the big text chain. There's 14 people on that one. After we had to reshuffle because somebody's very sensitive. And then I've got the podcast. Then I got the podcast. That's what I got for her. Guys, I don't, should I be pinning my wife? Is this what I'm learning? I'm not pinning my wife. Rob, what if you guys knew someone and they have text chains, but they don't have them labeled and they can't see the names. All's it says is mass text and they have all these texts with numerous people and all's

[41:04]it says is fast text. Oh no. That's a nightmare. That's a nightmare. Just a lifetime of just like never knowing who you're talking to. Oh man. I, I cannot imagine because I cannot name my text. I don't know how you guys do that. I can't name any. I've got one. That's cool. It's called the Wordle team. That's it. That's the only one that I have named. I would love to be able to name the other ones because I get confused because there's like slight variations and like who's paid me money that week or whatever. Rosie's wife at gmail.com named that one.

[41:30]She figured that out for us. Yeah. She did. Oh my God. So smart. Um, so Russell, second of all. Okay. I got karaoke club news. All right. Karaoke club news. This is a big karaoke club news. All right. We had signups. We had club signups. All right. Oh yeah. What, what did you do? What'd you have last year? Now last year, I had two kids. Oh no. Okay. So every day it was me and two kids doing karaoke. I mean, if it was just you in one day, they'd probably like legally have to shut that down.

[42:01]Right. Islands in the street. That feels like a New York Times article. It started in 2022 with the karaoke club that had one kid in it. If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, does it really happen if you are doing a karaoke club? Is it really a karaoke duet with you or the only kid who came to karaoke club that day? Is it really a karaoke club? Islands in the stream. Islands in the stream. You guys know who wrote that song?

[42:30]Dolly Parton. Right. Dolly Parton. Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton. Bee Gees. The Bee Gees wrote that song? They wrote that song? I think they wrote a lot of songs, man. They wrote a lot of songs. Are you serious? Are you serious, Clark? The Bee Gees. Them fucking guys. We'll get to the talk. Hey, if you want to hear it, you can. If you want to hear about the Bee Gees, take that little thing and go about an hour and a half forward. Okay? We'll just be starting to talk about the Bee Gees. It's a song written by the Bee Gees. Wow. I got some shit coming up here that's going to blow your mind. So they wrote Islands in the stream.

[43:01]Really? Did they sing it ever? We probably had a machine to ask. I'm sure they sang it while they were writing it. You know what's really sick is I'm by far, I know I'm the worst typer on this stream. I know you guys can all type me like crazy, and I have to type all this shit instead of saying it's so hard for me. And you know why it's so hard, Russell? Do you know why it's hard for me to type Islands in the stream? Because you drink a lot of Gatorades. I'm only a left shifter. I'm only a left shifter.

[43:30]You guys know that. I never right shift on a T-boy. Ever. Ever. I'll never do it. I'm so confused. I'll never right shift. My right shift, crystal clear. I think I'm only a left shifter. Yes, man. Left shifters unite. What? All these sickos. Yeah, because if I go capital Q, I'm going pinky on the shift, ring finger on the shift, ring finger on the Q, folks. Oh, no. All right. I can see my keyboard right now. I can see the keys that I hit. It looks like I'm only a right hand space bar person, too.

[44:00]My keys are worn. They're kind of worn out. It's H-O-T-S-E-X, period, C-O-M. Huh. That's so weird. A spelling joke. Okay. On an album by the BGs? Spelling? I mean, this is coming together. Deep cuts. Let's go. Baby, when I met you, there was peace. Oh, this is before they went falsetto. Whoa. What? But this is much later.

[44:30]2001. Yeah, it was some kind of comeback album. They wrote it for the other people. They performed away after everything. Right. Wow. We don't have to do this, guys. I don't think it was a cover. I think they wrote it for part in it. Wow. We really don't have to play it. This version sucks my balls, big time. I mean, there's just no other way to say it. It's bad. Now, listen. Okay. So, Karaoke Club now has 30 kids signed up. What? This year, I've got 30. That's almost too many. It is. I know. I'm going to have to set up some sort of system where they can sign up for songs.

[45:00]Nobody's going to get to sing a whole song. It's a disaster. Karaoke Club is now a disaster the other way. Okay. I can't manage 30 kids doing karaoke. I could manage two, maybe three. That was it. 30 is way too many. Oh, my God. Disaster. Can you imagine what 30 middle school kids are going to pick to sing? Are there any songs that are off-limits? Are they off-limits, Rob, or no? Yeah, of course. I got to check the lyrics of every song, because they'll try to put in these songs. Of course. Are you kidding me? I don't know. You don't think that if you were in a middle school karaoke club, you wouldn't try to pick a song that has the word cum in it over and over and over?

[45:31]Here's what I really... Here's what I have to know, and I think I know the answer. Knowing that you have 30 kids, and they're going to each have to wait three weeks to sing, are you still going to sing every week? Oh, yeah. I'm the opener. Yes. And you know what my... You guys know, and I'm serious about this. You know what my opening song is almost every week. It's probably going to be Bad Out of Hell or something, right? Oh, no. It's like the most... You couldn't pick a more annoying song to have as an opener. I don't sing the whole song, because it is seven and a half minutes long.

[46:00]But I can sing the shit out of War Pigs by Black Sabbath. But the problem is, if you notice here, it doesn't start so fast, right? So, Rob, when other kids are singing, are you bumping up the back vocals when they're not good? Or how do you do it? Yeah, I'll sing along sometimes if they need help. Okay, don't look at me like that. I'm helping as a teacher. It's not because I want to be the singer. Okay? But yeah, I'm sitting there adjusting the levels, but I can't...

[46:32]The chord I have is only so long, so I have to sit right in front of the speakers. So, by the end, my head is blown out, because I've been sitting here trying to get the levels right for just me and two other kids. Nobody else cares. It's a waste. It's so stupid. Rob, you're going to be 50 seconds into your first karaoke club meeting this week. And you're going to be from 30 people to 15 after the beginning of this song. Oh, then they're missing out, because this fucking rocks. Generals gathered in their mans... Oh, I missed it.

[47:00]Okay, guys, let's start it over. We're just going to start it over. Okay, let's start it over. I'm going to hit it this time, though, for sure. That was a good bit, but it was worth it. Okay. Now, Russell, before I say this, I want to let you know my editing machine is broken for the podcast, okay? So, let's be cool. I give you permission, Russell, that when you get engaged, you can tell us first on the podcast. You do not have to tell us in person first. It is a normal thing to tell us first. Now, in thinking about this, as much as I've thought about it,

[47:32]I'm just going to say this. This is going to cause some issues, okay? Let's keep it quiet for now. Because the thing is... Somewhere between four to six weeks. She cannot tell anyone until you record a podcast. So, that's going to have to be an initial... I don't want to say non-disclosure. I'm sure there's some other term for it. But you got to let her know. It's like a pre, like just a before, whatever it is. Don't tell your... Preamble. Don't tell your friends and family. Don't put it on Instagram. I got to tell the guys on the podcast.

[48:00]It's going to make for a great episode. Cannot be Facebook official. Now, let's look to see what episode would you want everyone in your life to look back at and say, this is the one where I found out my whatever is getting married. I think Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. O.T. for the Tillerman. That's good. License to Ill. That'd be a good one. I'd take License to Ill for sure. Russell. The other option is this. Okay. Ooh, Unknown Pleasures.

[48:30]Joy to Me. I don't know the album, but I mean, Unknown Pleasures. That's a great title. The B-52s. I got married. Here's the thing. You could also, Russell... Oh, God. We have to do forever changes? Shit. You also could do... And here's what I'm thinking. You could propose... You could... Get the ring. I love Shackle, baby. You could tell us that, hey, guys, just to let you know, I'm going to propose tomorrow. She wouldn't know because I wouldn't release the episode early.

[49:01]And then we could kind of a follow-up. I mean, I'm thinking of some parody songs in my head. Russell, what do you think of all this? Rolling, go on. Things are going well with me. Love it. So I've started really getting into my record area of... I've got two new chairs. I've got... Masterful. Masterful. What's that called? An ottoman where you put your feet on the thing? Is that what that's called? It can be a poof.

[49:30]Mine? What's that called? Does it have legs? Does it have legs? It has legs. And it rocks with my rocking chair, man. It rocks with... Oh, yeah. It rocks with the chair back and forth. Nice. Oh, that's nice, yeah. So I now love sitting in my record area. And I have... And you started smoking cigars yet. Are you smoking cigars? Yeah. While you listen to your... Only when the upstairs tenant isn't around, Matt. Gotcha. Yeah, they never notice that stuff. That's what I find. It's got to be coming from the neighboring townhouse. It's not ours, right?

[50:00]There's that vent there. You know what? I am going to call the landlord again. Boop, boop, boop. Hello? Uh-huh. But I had one of my first down moments in my record area yesterday. I was maybe going to ask Matt and Aaron, you guys have record players. How do you handle this? I'm playing one of my new records, Huey Lewis and the News 4. And it keeps skipping. It can't... It won't stop skipping. So let me tell you what I did with it and see what you guys think of this. All right. I flipped it to Bluetooth, pulled up the album on Spotify,

[50:30]and just streamed it through the Bluetooth speaker in my record player. Wow. I think that's your only answer. Yeah. Skipping is a problem that probably can't be solved. I mean, you should clean it first just to be sure. And I got a couple of cleaning solutions I can send to you. I use a couple of different... I use the ones that I like. I got a brush that I like. But skipping, man, if it's skipping, it's probably scratched. So you just got to only play one side of that thing. The other experience I had, I was going to bring this up for Rob. Rob's a big... He loves going to comic shows, stand-up.

[51:01]Matt, you've been to some stand-up shows, I know, when you've been out in New York. So I went to Acme Comedy Club the other night when I had way too many Big Gingers, the carafts, you know, when I thought they were just glasses. Whoa. This was prior to Big Ginger? Yes. This is prior to the voicemails? That's what led to the voicemail. But we never got to talk about my experience at the comedy show. Part of the problem that night was I ordered two Big Gingers because I'm like, you're in a comedy show, you don't know how long they're going to take. They might make one trip to your table

[51:31]and not come back for two hours, right? You don't know. Yeah, it's true. Yep, load up. And why would I think that they're going to make them in carafts? They bring out like two big things of them. So, I mean, then I maybe ordered some more, but... Well, the first one probably goes down really, easy, right? You order two, they come on a caraft and you're like, oh my God, oh my God, I didn't know they're going to bring this much. This is crazy. Okay, two more. Another round of big carafts. Well, I tried to order one more and then I think they just said,

[52:00]hey, another round meant two more, like double it down. Wow. That was the reason I called you guys really late. But the thing I was going to ask you is one of the, the headliner was Frank Caliendo. He's the guy who does all the voices and he was really good. He was really funny. He did a great job. But I wanted to ask you, Rob, you probably know about this. So the first comic who went was kind of the guy who, he's down on himself. Like his bit is, I don't think my jokes are funny. I'm going to acknowledge that I suck. And I got to say,

[52:30]I don't like the comic who is down on himself, like breathing heavily into the mic. Even when they, when they bomb and it's kind of funny, it's like, you've got to believe in yourself as a comic, right? Like you can't go up there and think you suck and then expect people to enjoy your show. What do you think of those comics, Rob? I got to say, Russell, first of all, I am so proud of you. I am so proud of you because I remember when we started this podcast, every time you had to list, you're just like, I don't know if this is very good. Or you'd say something like, I don't know. I was like, Russell, you have to believe in yourself.

[53:00]You have to think that you're the best. How else are we going to get through life? And now we're spreading that gospel to everyone saying, no, hey, putting yourself down, even if it's for comedic effect as part of a bit, I don't like it. It's not good, is it? Don't do it. I was going to say, I think the first half of this episode has sucked, but I don't think it's I think it's been awesome. I think this is a music podcast. We should talk about some music. Russell, that sounds good. And I'm excited to talk about this album because I think it's going to be really fun. I do enjoy this album. I got to say,

[53:31]I'm just going to preface this by saying, I tried to put this on when my wife and I were together in the living room. And she said, what is this disco shit? And I almost was, I almost left. I was like, how can you say that about disco? I love this. Right. It's so fun. It's so upbeat. I love disco. Russ, what do you think? What's your opinion? Regardless of this album, what's your opinion of just disco music in general? I don't think that I've got a huge affinity for disco music, but I did it a little differently than you did the other night, Rob. I did the double take or the double feature.

[54:01]I did the movie and the album in one night. I'd never seen the movie before. And I've got the album on vinyl. I got it from my mom's house years ago. So I did the double feature last night. Can I just tell you, I, I, a long time ago, I remember watching this movie. I remember getting it, renting it and watching it. And I don't, I didn't remember anything about the movie. All I remembered about Saturday Night Fever was this insane dip between the beginning of the movie and like the last half. And I couldn't even have told you

[54:30]what happened. So I was like, I don't get what's going on. So then I look up on Wikipedia, a plot summary for today. And I was like, whoa, I was like, whoa, this is a terrible movie. It is. I couldn't finish it. I'd literally never seen it before. I turned it on and the first half is just kind of really corny. There's some, there's some misogynistic racist stuff that's bad. But the second half of this movie turns really dark. There's like sexual assault. There's death. This is a dark fucking movie.

[55:02]I didn't get that far. Yes. It's a horrible movie. It's really bad. There's, but there are some stuff that isn't as dark that I thought was bad. And there was a handful of things I wanted to run by you guys first. Yes. The idea that he's going to have a spaghetti dinner before going out to the disco club sounds like the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. That was always wild. And he's drinking like milk with it. Like I was like, I was like a milk and a spaghetti dinner. Right. And get the bib on around his shirt because he can't get his shirt dirty. Yeah. Don't touch my hair.

[55:30]I mean, it's the whole thing, but eating a bunch of spaghetti guys, you're not running a marathon tomorrow. You cannot be eating spaghetti than going out to the club. No way. Too fatty. It was also, also a scene where he's like in his underwear and they've got like a crotch up shot from the camera. Like it's at his crotch up. And then in the same scene, they do like, he's got like a, a poster on his wall of a model and they do like a super zoom in of the woman's nipple. Like on purpose. Like what is this movie? Really weird. I am very strange. And like no editor was like,

[56:00]you know what? Maybe we should cut that scene. That's very weird. Now, let me ask you guys this. Yeah. What would you think if I sent you a crotch up photo of me like later tonight? Would that be a funny joke? There's a disco ball in the background. I would think of your dad and it would creep me out. It wouldn't be surprising in the least. Now the question is, how do you take that picture? Cause I'd have to like lean down to get the camera below my nutsack and then I'm like all folded over. Selfie sticks. Oh, it would look like when you're like making taffy. I don't know. That would look terrible.

[56:30]Why are you pulling on it? It would look like, no, well, no, it just might like stomach and chest. It would all like mush together and it would look, you know, it looked like a Bob, a Bob Ross painting. You know what I mean? Like we're in the back. It's just like bright white and then the front is like darkish brown and you're like, what is this? What's going on? There are a few other things about the movie that I'd like. I couldn't help but laugh at one going on the third date. This guy, John Travolta takes this lady on a third date with four of his buddies to a white castle. That's date three is white castle. Why didn't I get that far?

[57:00]Wow, man. I, well, she's going to stick with him through that. Then is there probably, is there still a white castle on Lake street? I think that one's gone. Oh, I might be there. I haven't, I haven't been like right by. So right, just, west of 35, right? And then like, before you get to Nicollet, so probably like first or second. Kmart's going away. I don't know if you know that. I've heard of that again. So that white castle, cause that white castle was open late. And so it was either that

[57:30]or pop 24 hours. Yeah. I used to get off work at 11 and be like, well, there is one. There is one that's still open on about 97th in Lindale. Okay. It's a, you know, east of 35 west of Lindale. Is that Bloomington then? Or is it? I gotta say. Yeah. I've never eaten at a white castle and been disappointed. Not once. Why? You know what it is. Yeah. You know what it is. And you know what you're getting into. You know what I mean? Like, it's just like. You're getting into some. Yeah.

[58:00]Steamed, steamed burgers. It's kind of like if you, it's like, it's like if you jacked off, you know, and then like three days later, be like, Hey, did you jack off three days ago? And you're like, I don't remember. Like, it was just a plain normal, like every day, Jack, like just right in the same place. You know, same normal stuff, like nothing that we're later. You're like, Oh, that's kind of weird. Do you think, do you think you could normally, like, could you calendar that if you had to? Like, could you say today promptly? Well, like when would the last time you had to take care of that was or not? Go to today. I got to sleep, Russell. I will say this movie,

[58:31]whether you like disco or not, the movie is so bad. It almost is tweaking the way I'm listening. I like a lot of the songs on this. After watching the movie, it's kind of hard to separate the two. I got, I agree. I liked, I liked the music more before watching the movie. Yes. Let me tell you all the BGs got for this. These, all the BGs are post-production. They had originally selected Stevie wonder and boss gags as the music that they were going to have during the movie. And after the movie,

[59:00]they were like, well, they sent something to the BG saying, Hey, can you come up with a couple of songs? Here's a brief outline of what it is. You know, it's a guy in the city and he's a Saturday night. Can you come up with something? They literally wrote almost every song on this album in a weekend. Now there's a couple that were off earlier singles, but this is like a weekend album for the BGs. That's how crazy it is. Not the non BG songs though, right? No, not the, like the cool and the gang song or the Tavares. They weren't all writing cool. And the gang was not writing open sesame at the same weekend. That would be crazy.

[59:30]That would be the BGs did not write those songs too. Did they? Cause I know there were songs for other people as we write some of them on here, but, but all the, but the main songs you think about the BGs with the staying alive more than a woman, those are all written on one weekend. And they're like, and the, and the guys from the movie come and they go, holy shit, this music is so good. The BG is like, yeah, they were really excited. I was like, yeah, I bet they would. None of us would know about this movie. If it wasn't for these songs, we would, you would never see this movie. You would never hear about this movie. No, we should talk about this movie. If it wasn't for these songs.

[60:01]And cause when you see, when you think about disco, this is the movie you think of, this is the album you think of. This is the bestselling album until thriller is released. I got it right here in vinyl. Yeah. Look at that. Russell is part of, I mean, it still is. It was the, it was the second best. It's the second bestselling soundtrack album ever. Wow. Except for the bodyguard, which of course came out way later. This was top of the charts for 24 weeks, almost half a year.

[60:30]It's number one on the billboard chart. It was in the billboard top 100 for 120 weeks. Okay. That's at least five years by my calculations. All right. It's got four number one singles on it. It's crazy. So this also won Grammy for album of the year. The only disco album to ever do so. Right. And it's only one of the four soundtrack albums that have ever won Grammy for album of the year. One of four. That's like 10%. According to my math. What?

[61:04]Listen. Okay. Math jokes. This is sick. Okay. This is not a math jokes podcast. I refuse. Can you guys name another album to get a best album of the year? That was a soundtrack. That was a soundtrack. Beauty and the Beast. No. Purple Rain. Oh, that's a good guess. I don't think so. I don't know. The number one, of course, who can forget the Peter Gunn soundtrack. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

[61:31]One album of the year. West Side Story is probably up there then too. 1959. Guys, in 1959, this song. Okay. I just want you to hear this. This was the album, the song that won best album of the year. This was the song that won best album of the year. Okay. I want you to think about this. Okay. Wait, this is the Blues Brothers recording. I know. I can't find the other guys. Leave me alone. The Henry Mance sequel, it was right there. It was just below it. Like, how hard are you looking? What? I'm not playing the other version.

[62:01]This is the version I'm playing. I'll be quiet. Guys, this is why old people are so boring. This is the music that they put out. They're like, holy shit, this song is awesome. Good song of the year. This is the album of the year. Get over here and listen to this Peter Gunn song. You're just like, oh, was it like two years later? Bob Newhart was the, oh, for sure. Oh yeah. Album of the year. Let me tell you about this game called baseball. There's two balls. Oh, there's three balls. There's dirt and they wet it down.

[62:31]Let me tell you a little something called the rubber biscuit. That's a good Blues Brothers bit. The other albums, of course, the bodyguard. Shame you guys didn't pick that. You're morons. Well, you already said it. I wasn't going to say it again. Oh, brother, where art thou? 2002. That is a fantastic, that is a fantastic album. Yeah, it's a great one then. So let's get into the album. Saturday night soundtrack starting, of course, with probably one of the greatest opening songs ever.

[63:02]Staying alive. I was going to ask Matt right off the bat. Matt's got his like perfect songs. I don't know if that's a disco guy, but I could see how this, this would be on Matt's list of 100 perfect songs. I mean, like I could see how it'd be on a list, right? Like this is a great start or all that. It would not be on my top 100. And it's just like when you've watched the movie and this is in the opening credits, you're like, okay, this is going to be fun.

[63:30]Like, I'm excited. This is kind of a great time. And then it's all downhill from there. Yeah. And then a man is wearing a napkin as a bib. Disgusting. Okay. Shouldn't be doing that. They named, so they took, they couldn't find a drum. Their drummer called out sick this day. So they took a two beat loop from Night Fever. And then the album, they said that the drummer was Bernard Lupe. Instead of Bernard Purdy, they put Bernard Lupe, L-U-P-E.

[64:01]So then after the song, all these people were looking for, who's this Bernard loop? Who's this Bernard loop? We want to figure out who it is. And they were like, no, we looped the drum track. That's why we put Bernard Lupe, you dummies. I will say Wyclef ruined that song for me. Cause now all I can hear is, oh, look, oh, look, oh, look, oh, look, oh, look, oh, here. Look, I'm sure he got back. I'm going to ask him for a dance. Hold on. It's too many in the wolf pack. It's too many in the wolf pack. Always. And I, what I don't get is, I donated all of our shirt profits to Wyclef. Okay. And so I know that it's going to be fine. Okay. He's definitely not going to run a scam

[64:30]and take all that money. There's no way you would do it twice. I actually, I actually donated all the profits to Lauren Hill and she never paid taxes on it. So we might have a problem. Oh no. Oh, that's like my Wesley Snipes charity I had. The only problem is, so this was number one for four weeks. They had six consecutive number one hits during this time. I want you to think about that. Number one, Bee Gees. Number one, the Bee Gees. Number one, the Bee Gees. Number one, the Bee Gees. Number one, the Bee Gees. Number one, the Bee Gees. Tying the Beatles record and beaten only later by one person

[65:00]who had seven consecutive number one singles in the US, Whitney Houston. Yes. I mean, I love it. I love it. Whitney comes up on the podcast. Part of the problem with this whole album is that the Bee Gees after this, of course, were labeled disco, which they did not care for. They're like, we've actually done a lot more that's not disco. We did this as kind of a one-off thing and it's, I don't know, changed everything. I got to say this. I was trying to do a list of best songs written by the Bee Gees, you know, and all these, you know, non-disco ones and I started listening to them. I know they've given a lot of credit for it.

[65:31]I didn't really like a lot of those songs that they wrote for other people. I'm just going to say it. I'm pointed out there. What about that one that was about the mining disaster? What? Oh, you guys don't know about that song where they hold a whole song about a mining disaster? Let's see. Bee Gees, Mining Disaster. Okay, now, for those new listeners that were just meeting Matt the other day, listen, stick with me a little bit. Is this another one of those cherries president died from drinking cherries or eating cherries and milk? Look at it. This song is called New York Mining Disaster.

[66:00]1941. You don't like this, Russell? It sounds like they might be giants. That's fucked because you're right. What's the really long song about the boat that went down? Oh, Edmund Fitzgerald? Yeah, this just feels like you're rid of the Edmund Fitzgerald. No. Okay, so it's upbeat. Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? Do you know what it's like on the outside? This is literally a miner talking to people

[66:30]when he's dying on the inside of a mine. Oh, what a bummer. Can't believe I brought this up on a comedy podcast. Who would do that? How deep is your... I thought this was a music podcast. How deep is your love? It is a music podcast. I guess Kevin was in here and I don't know what you guys are talking about. This song rules. And as I've discussed, I really like PJ Morton's cover. Is this considered disco or is this like yacht rock? This sounds like yacht rock. You say close to the yacht rock, yeah. I mean, I think of disco with that high hat in the back, right?

[67:00]Or like the guitar doing rhythm. That's what I think of disco is a lot of that. I know it's tough to classify music but I don't know. I don't hear that high hat. I don't think it's disco. Somebody once said this is the most beautiful love song of all time and it's all I can hear now. It really is. It's got me up there, man. This is a great song. This is one of the best Grammy for best pop performance. Number one hit in the top 10 for 17 weeks. It is a... God, they can sing. Eight weeks at number one

[67:33]is what they said about Night Fever in the notes before they played it. Oh, this is a jam. I mean, this is where I wish I would have never watched the movie. Yeah, it's true. I don't know. This... Sometimes I feel like this could be a song that came out in 1996. I don't know. It doesn't seem that old to me. There's part of it... Do you guys remember like being... When you're a kid, it was hard to like this because of the falsetto, right? Like when you're like

[68:00]a 13-year-old boy, you can't run around and be like, hey, did you guys... Are you into the Bee Gees, right? There's something that's... We're coded as... As young men to not like this type of thing. Or we were, I would say, right? And plus, wasn't disco always the punchline? Like when you're growing up, wasn't disco always just a huge punchline of like... Yeah, because racism. This is bad music. I mean, it's like this isn't even... Like we don't have to do this. Like, yes, it's like Disco Demolition Night, all that stuff. It was all like, oh, disco sucks and you shouldn't like it and whatever. And yes, it was commercial,

[68:30]but yeah. It happens to be black queer music. That's so weird that that's what everybody was rebelling against. Of course, right? Yeah. Yeah. More Than a Woman. So this is the first time we're going to hear this song on the album. A brave choice by the guys putting together this album, I have to say. It's a good song, though. And you know what? What if this song instead was about coping? Some people would think

[69:00]that's actually pretty funny to put a lot of time into. Yvonne Illiman, If I Can't Have You. She's another one who she recorded a disco hit and then said, yeah, I'm not really into disco. Got all the way up to number one. Did the Bee Gees write this one? Yes. The Bee Gees did write this one. I mean, it was Bee Gees who wrote it. It was also the guitar lick is from this guy named Bob Boogie Bowles. Have you guys ever heard of him? Bob Boogie Bowles?

[69:31]I don't think so. Oh, that sounds like something that would happen if you ate spaghetti and drank some milk before going to the club. I've got a bad case. I'm Boogie Bowles. He played on a ton of like huge disco hits and one of them he played with was one of our favorites from Peaches and Herbs, Shake Your Groove Thing from a few weeks ago. Shake Your Groove Thing. It's so good. Yeah, yeah. I mean, listen to that. God. That's fat. Aaron, you were saying like, you know, people ripped on disco,

[70:00]there's reasons why or whatever, but I wanted to celebrate disco. Like, I don't know how many disco albums are on the list, Matt. Is there any that jump out to you after this or not? I don't think there are that many. There's got to be a few more. So I thought we could do a quick list of best disco songs ever that are not on this soundtrack. Oh, I love it. Yeah, I don't actually know. I mean, disco wasn't really an album art form, right? Because it was meant for dance clubs. It's kind of like a modern day electronic dance music a little bit. Right. But at the time,

[70:30]all they had was vinyl, so they'd make a whole side that was one song if they could, right? Oh, no. I was just going to say when we were talking about like when, I don't know when disco started, but one of the songs that gets a lot of credit for it is 1972. It's the OJ's Love Train. This song. Great song. Now, Russell. Yeah. If I asked you to start a love train, what do you think about that? Would we join hands? Oh, there's

[71:02]Russell. You know what Russell would say if he and I were doing a love train together? This looks like a Bob Ross painting. What the heck? Only if you were photographing it from the floor up. Yeah. Next song on the list of best disco songs ever, 1979. This is Chic Good Times. This is a rapper's delight bass line. It is, Aaron. I was actually reading that the rapper Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers never knew that they got covered or sampled here

[71:30]and they heard it in a club and they were like, what the fuck? Yeah. And so they ended up settling the lawsuit. And so then that didn't go to court and it didn't start like shutting down all the samples at that point and then it was years later there was the lawsuit against Biz Markie which was kind of like the milestone lawsuit where you started having to pay for samples, right? Yeah. Yeah, I heard an interview with, actually, I heard him on Fresh Air and Nile Rodgers on Fresh Air talk about it. It's a good thing they're not suing for that stuff anymore. I'll just push Fade Out

[72:01]just in case. Next song on the list from 1979. This was written by the same guys Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. This song is We Are Family by Sister Sledge. Another good groove, right? Yeah, this is so good. Yeah. Now, is Sister Sledge, are they related to Percy Sledge? I've never heard, I don't know. They should be, right? I was reading, though, that if you guys remember, that was the song,

[72:30]this was before our time, but it was the 1979 Pirates that won the World Series, right? And they were called the We Are Family team because they listed, this was like the theme song for their team. And I was going to say, like, that's a pretty good song for like the end of a baseball game. Your team wins and the fans are getting into it, right? Like, that's way better than that Oasis song that the Loons did, right? Oh, Russell. The Loons coach got fired, I think, today or yesterday. Oh. And I did, and you know what, I asked a couple fans and apparently they are going to keep the song.

[73:00]The song does not also go with it. Thank goodness. So they will continue to sing She's So Sad. Uh, Champagne Supernova. Next up is from 1978. This is, according to Rolling Stone, the 65th greatest song of all time. It's Earth, Wind & Fire, September. 65th, huh? What do you think? Too high on the list or not? I'm going to go higher or lower number. It's a great song. It's confusing, isn't it, Aaron? It's confusing. Now, Russell, I need to interrupt you real quick

[73:30]and we can talk about Earth, Wind & Fire later, but Aaron is doing something exactly, I don't know exactly what he's doing right now. I can see him in his little video screen He is letting a cat both in and out and the cat is not deciding where it wants to go. I got such fucking cat problems right now. I can't even try not to distract. I'm so sorry. I had to leave the door open because it's so damn hot. And now Alice is in here and she's all restless. Oh, no. With her in the house. I can't, we can't. I'm sorry, guys. Don't let me interrupt Russell's list. Listen, this is like my dog thing. Put a leash on Alice. Keep her there against her will.

[74:01]I'm trying to sell my house and I went back to clean some stuff out from the garage today and do some other stuff and the neighbor, the older guy, started talking with me and he's one of those guys. I like him, great guy, but he will, he can go for a while. He can talk for a while, right? Let you go. You guys ever get like trapped in a conversation and I mean, this happens, I think, it'll happen to me one day, I'm sure, like where older people generally all they talk about is health issues, right? Yeah. And so I listened to him and his wife's health issues for like 35 minutes. How do you get out

[74:30]of a conversation like that? Tell me, go let your cat out. You have to, you have to act like you're getting a phone call. That's the only way to get out of it. You have to say, oh, you know what? Good to see you, so sorry. And it has to be your mom too. Yeah, it has to be. Like, oh, just a phone call. 100%. I had a guy, I had a guy on my team who used to keep me for a long time and a friend of mine told me that this was a management trick, which is that if you start walking toward a person, if you just start walking toward them, they will want to go away. Oh, wow. Wow.

[75:00]Sick. That's a management trick until you get too close then it's an unemployed trick. Yeah. That's a meeting with HR trick. I didn't tell you guys why I brought this up, but one of the reasons I brought it up was he was telling me that his wife has been going through some health issues and that's, I feel bad about that and everything, but one of the health issues, she got bit by a cat and has had this huge infection in her arm where they've had to do like surgery and all this stuff and all these treatments for a fucking cat bite, Aaron. They're not. If Russell got into his car

[75:30]and he was like, hey, listen, good to talk to you, but I got to go and he turns on his car and this is on the stereo. He'd be like, oh, yikes. You know what I mean? It'd be like if you're talking to your neighbor and she had a huge ass and you got it and you're playing Sir Mix-a-Lot. Oh, huh. Coincidence. All right, last song on the list was from 1978. This is Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive. This has got to be number one, right? It's so good. I think it's probably the greatest disco song ever, right?

[76:00]This would be the one that like, if you were going to play disco for aliens, this would be the one. This is it. You know who else loved it? Matt, the 1998 French soccer team in the World Cup. This was their song. Another soccer team song that oases for a soccer team, right? Oh, there you go. The Nadine Zidane scored two goals in the final in that one, right? Did it beat Brazil? One of the reasons I think this song rocks is because the guy playing guitar on this one is Bob Boogie Bowles, the same guy who played guitar

[76:30]on I Can't Have You by Yvonne Elman. I had a alcoholic milkshake today for dinner. That's all I had for dinner was an alcoholic milkshake. I think I really do have Boogie Bowles. So if you guys see me get up, I am not letting a cat out. Kind of a little wiggle on there. Yeah, I'm not letting a cat out to give me, to bite me here. Yeah, that's obviously, it's so good, Russell. Russell, that was a great list. I did do a quick little

[77:00]search on the list. ABBA, most people consider ABBA to be disco. I was pretty sure I was reading about that too, Matt. Some people call that a pop song though. I thought it was too on the border of being called a pop song. So I kept it out. Yep. And then Earth, Wind & Fire is definitely on the list. I forget what number they're on, but then I haven't checked Gloria Gaynor into any of the other ones, but a couple of them will come up later in the list. All right. Next up. Okay. We know Aaron's a big Walter Murphy fan. Here it is.

[77:30]A fifth of Beethoven. Rob, it's your moment. This is it. With the last show, I said this song fucking rocks and I stand. I stand by it. This is badass. It's very clever. It's a very clever song. This, this song is based on the idea. This got up to number one on the charts, by the way. So I just want to point that out. At some point, some radio station was like, hey, just to let you know, this is, okay, Rob, okay, Rob, we're going to play a fifth of Beethoven for you. Like people are calling and requesting it, but it's a great bit to take an already good song

[78:00]that you know you can get free and just add some disco to it. It's great. Maybe we could have a Beethoven version of the Beck Did It Better song next week, Rob. I don't think so. There must be other knockoffs of this genre, right? Like once this hit, people must have done other similar tracks that didn't, yeah. The William Tell Overture, but it's like disco. Right. I'm sure it's that. Listen to this clavinet. I think later on we have Night on the Disco and I think that's a, wasn't that a pull from like a Russian composer

[78:31]back in the day? It was, absolutely. Oh, right. It was from, it was from, it was from a song that I know Aaron knows because he's a music major is Night on Bald Mountain. That was what that song is from. So, you're a music major, Aaron. You'd know that song. I don't know that one. David Shire, Manhattan Skyline. So, this is the B-side of the first record and it's all instrumentals. So, that's enough of that one. That actually, I went to my book this week who was in vinyl

[79:00]and they actually recommended a couple drinks on this, this album. Wow. When do you guys think you want to listen to this? When do you drop the needle on this album? I mean, if you're having a party or doing some coke. When you're, you and your wife are in the living room and then she tells you to turn that shit off. When you, when you got some people over you don't want them over anymore, just turn this on. Maybe they'll start walking out. What? Just turn it on and walk right toward them. Hey, we're big Walter Murphy fans. Yeah, start walking towards them. So, Rob,

[79:30]you said it is okay to say turn that shit off, right? That's okay? Oh my God. You just, you just, oh, yes. Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking about walking toward people in my house that I wanted to leave. This is a Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I think that's what that would look like. Well, they say before you drop the needle here, you should hit your closest thrift store and invest in some polyester. Do you guys own any polyester clothes? No. I can't. I've been phasing it out, man. I'm too sweaty. I can't imagine I do. I think I had polyester socks

[80:00]and those are the ones that just smell like death. Like the first time wearing them, I was like, I have to throw this whole bag away. Yeah, man. The older I get, it's just cotton. Like I can't deal with anything else. So on side B of the album, they recommend a Tom Collins near to our area. It popped up in the 70s as a disco favorite. Light and refreshing. It's the ideal dance drink for those sweating it out in leisure suits and in synthetic fabrics. Tom Collins. Okay. What are we putting in there, Russell? We got gin, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup,

[80:31]three ounces of club soda, yeah, he's got that. And three hours in an orange slice. Okay. So it's just a soda with a splash of gin. Yeah, it's pretty damn good. Now, Russell, what did you have of those ingredients? I had to walk down to the liquor store to get simple syrup at the end of our trip to the bars and all the other stuff today. So that was kind of walking it off. So let me get this straight.

[81:00]You went to the liquor store. You went into the liquor store and all you bought was simple syrup? No, I got simple syrup, bitters, orange. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Simple syrup, bitters, and orange. And one other non-alcoholic thing. I forgot what it was. Four non-alcoholic things. A Snickers bar, probably. That's what I would have gotten. Snickerdoodle. Pampled Moodle. Whatever the song he likes is. Russell, that sounds good.

[81:32]You know what, Tom Collins, I could see that with this album, I think. You know what? I didn't know that. I didn't know that. I didn't know that. I didn't know how to do, though, Rob. So you shake everything up, but then you've got this club soda. Do you just pour the club soda on top of my fancy glass here, or how do I get that all mixed in there? You need one of those frother things to get the froth. I think the point is you do put it on top, and then when you drink it, it starts very club soda-y, and by the end, you get to the alcohol when you're ready for that alcoholic taste. I think that's the way it goes. It weans you into it a little bit, right?

[82:00]It's a nice slow burn. Well, I did graduate from the Minnesota School of Bartending. I like to remind everybody of that. Every once in a while. Next up, this was an album, and I was surprised this guy wrote this. I only know him from playing quarterback for the Vikings, but this is Tavares with More Than a Woman. Now, guys, guess who wrote More Than a Woman? The Bee Gees? Yeah, because we heard it earlier on this album. Yeah. This is the one where it's meta, though.

[82:30]In the movie, he actually takes the record on and puts it on. Oh, my God. What if he put it on and it was an episode of Beck Did It Better about the record by a movie? It'd be so good. He's like, I gotta spin this record for you. It's Beck Did It Better. Let's do it now. Here's the crazy thing with Calypso Breakdown. Listen to this drum beat. Right? Yeah. Now, I'm gonna go into the random part of the song. Listen to the drums. All right? I'll go a little bit forward. Listen to the drums. Literally, you know who's playing them?

[83:01]It's crazy. If it's Boogie Bowles, I swear to God, Russell, it's even better. Is this a guy named Ralph McDonald? Do you guys know him? No. No. Old McDonald? Ralph McDonald. And he actually played the drums on Push Push by Herbie Band. Oh, wow. Russell, what a pull. Hey, Matt, Matt, Old McDonald was my dad. You can call me Ralph. David Shire, Night on Disco Mountain. This is a disco song based on a classical music piece.

[83:31]Oh, this is so good. Called Night on Bald Mountain I think this has to be added to my liked Spotify list. If I could add it. Wow. Yeah, this one's fun. Russell, by you adding it, you're automatically a 1% listener of this song. I can guarantee it. I think we all are, actually, now. Cool and the Gang, Open Sesame. Now, I did text you guys. I do love this song. Yes. But I love I love Cool and the Gang songs where they have a character talking to you. Jungle Boogie. Right. Open Sesame.

[84:00]I love it. I like this one because it gives you the line. The line between funk and disco because they're straddling it and it shows you where disco kind of came from. I like that. Imagine if this song played every time instead of Celebrate Good Times. You know what I mean? If they kept I don't know. In my head, that sounded really funny. Now, we go back to the BGs. Okay, they're doing so well. I'd say they're the B plus Gs. This is Jive Talkin'. It got up to number one

[84:31]on the charts. Originally, the song's rhythm section was like, is a car driving over a bridge in Florida. So, originally, the song was called Drive Talkin'. I'm not making that up. It sounds like a parody song. I don't know what I'm doing. It's Drive Talkin'. And they literally was a song about driving. Because if you're ever wondering why the BGs are singing about Jive Talkin'. And there was a certain band that heard this and the same year, 77,

[85:00]they released a song that sounded a lot like it. Listen to this. And they've said that the rhythm for this secondhand news is taken directly from Jive Talkin'. It was totally inspired by that. That was kind of off. And then after recording this, they were fucking and sucking each other. Or during. The BGs. You should be dancing. Number one hit. A little more tempo.

[85:31]How can the BGs have six consecutive number one hits? And then you're like, oh, I forgot about this song. It's so good. Also funny that they would say they didn't want to do disco. Like they wrote perfect disco songs. They were like, yeah, perfect. There's a pretty good documentary. I think it's on Apple TV. I don't know if any of you saw it. But, you know, talking about their career, about how good they were before all this stuff came out.

[86:00]And then all of a sudden, just Barry decided to go falsetto. And found this groove and everybody kind of got he got kind of pigeonholed and man got kind of pigeonholed into this old disco thing. And I, if you watch it, you understand they really didn't want to do this album, but it's just, it was so popular. That's what they're known for. You know, to kind of overshadows all of their other songs that they've written, you know, and all the stuff that they did for like the 10 years leading up to this. That's not really well known at all anymore.

[86:30]I'm at the concert with a sign. I want the number 1941 New York, Miner's Tragedy. And they're like, Miner's Tragedy. I'm like, no, play the one about the let's repeat the joke. Hey, can I tell you something? Okay. I'm going to play a song by the Casey and the Sunshine Band. I'm going to tell you, do you know why it's called Casey and the Sunshine Band? The guy, lead singer was named Casey, C-A-S-E-Y, like the pizza chain slash gas station.

[87:00]Not Casey. Isn't that, doesn't that make you furious that they didn't call it Casey and the Sunshine Band? Yeah, it's K-C, like K-C, but his name is Casey. Like Kansas City, but not. You get to pick one. You don't get to do both. You're not both Cases. I don't know, man. When you, when you write a groove like this, you can be called whatever you want. I can't wait till I see you This is so good. This might be the best song on the album. That's crazy. That's an insane statement,

[87:30]but it's a great song. And it's going to be especially so far toward the end of the album to have these great songs. Now this song's on here too? I think this might, album might have one of the best ending songs of any album we've done. And I'll get back to that because now we're doing Salsation. It's a salsa song. Aaron, we're going to the store we're buying salsa. What are we looking for? What are we getting? I like the

[88:04]Papalote I think is the name of the place here in San Francisco. But I like the salsa to be more, I like it to have been through an immersion blender. I don't like the chunky stuff. I like it to have to be a little smoother and just like pour it out. It's easier to eat. That's my preference though. Other people, but I like mine to have been through the blender a bit. That's crazy. I like Tostitos mild. Fair. Big glass jar. Doesn't burn my tongue. Just tomatoes with some onions in there

[88:31]and some salt. Who knows? Who knows what it is? Who knows what it is? Could be anything. I'm sure it's only the best finest peppers and onions going into Tostitos mild. It's like the SpaghettiOs of pasta. I got to say though guys, the other day I came back from work and I was at Duane Reade and I just saw the biggest can of Campbell's chunky clam chowder and I was like, there's my dinner boys. I just ate a bowl of chunky clam chowder soup and I was like, now this is either a new low

[89:00]or the start of the rest of my life. I'm not sure what this is. It was just like you're eating it and like you take that bite and there's no clam in the bite but it tastes like clams and you're like, well, it's chunky. I mean, oh, how long has these clams been in this jar? This thing? Who knows? Nobody knows. It could have been there eight, 10 years. You don't know. Those clams should last. Yeah. Those clams existed during like the Reagan presidency and I'm just eating them like just a dumb shit in my house eating them

[89:30]because I don't want to cook anything. And have you ever tried to sell kids? Chunky white clam chowder? They look at you like they're going to put you somewhere. They look at you like they're going to call somebody. Kay Lee by MFSB. Boy, a lot of letters there. This feels like a TV theme song or something, right? Skipped a lot of the musical ones after a while. But I think if this album was made where it was one record was the songs with the words, I think it would be one of the greatest albums of all time. Really, I think that.

[90:01]And then if you put this album with just the, the musical ones, it would be a fun album to listen to still. It'd be great. Finally, to end it, we have The Tramps. Okay. Tramps. The Tramps. Disco Inferno. Burn. Literally inspired by a scene in the movie Towering Inferno. Which is wild to watch a disaster movie and then make a disco song about it. Also, the inspiration

[90:31]for WCW wrestling legend, John from Edina, his name was Disco Inferno. Wow. You think this was the inspiration? You might be right. It is impressive. I mean, Rob, you mentioned, you talked during the Calypso song about how that drum beat was going for the whole song. We forget now. All these things were played by humans where someone had, somebody had to play that bass line for five minutes or whatever. Somebody had to play those drums for five, ten minutes. I mean, this is, this was hard work.

[91:00]Like, if I came out and I made a song, and I made a disco song about that submarine disaster, you know what I mean? I was like, getting in the submarine. I am going very deep. This, all this pressure would be a bitch. But I won't get hurt because I am so rich. I mean, what? I get out on the dance floor. Now, Aaron, normally I would never put a song in after the last song on the album because I know this crushes man's soul.

[91:30]But you know, there's one person that if I see they come out and they covered a song, I have to play it. And of course, that person? Ike and Tina Turner. Well, not Ike. Love to hear that voice. I mean, she's just singing every song. Let's just cancel the rest of the list and just never sing all the rest of the song. You know, posthumously from Heaven or whatever. No, and don't make me call

[92:00]Tina Turner talking about the submarine incident, Aaron. I'm not going to do it. You tried to make me take that bait. I will not do it. Maybe next week. Maybe it should be called next week. But if I did, I would put Echo on it because I realize it sounds mean when you don't put Echo on somebody's voice when they're dead. When they sound like they're still on the same plane as the rest of us. Now, listen. Okay? Listen, we've talked about Greatest Hits albums. We hate them on the list. Okay? This is, isn't this that much different?

[92:30]They got to pick the songs, right? It's like, yeah, it's a compilation. It's not an artist. Nobody even really, nobody even really put this album together. This is literally just somebody who made a movie and we, that movie sucks my balls. All right? So, what do we think? Does this belong? Is this like the Jackoff car? Like if a, like is this like if you're watching a movie, if you made a movie that could actually suck your balls? Aaron, would you, okay, well, let me just ask you because again, this is my theory. Okay? That people would pay

[93:00]much more. There's a movie theater. Okay? I'll give you three choices. One has old seats, not even recliners. One you go in, recliners, okay? And then when you go in, there's a recliner, but when you sit down, okay, there's a little divot there. Okay? And there's a button next to you that goes, you know, up, down, and one that just says sucks your balls. Do they have to like clean those chairs out in between showings or no? I'd be like, mine's full of Junior Mints.

[93:30]Somebody put a bunch of Junior Mints in there as a joke. If it was the car sucking your balls, where would you have to put them? Like in the nozzle where you put the gas or where would they go? Russell, those would be such small balls. The nozzle that does the gas is not that big. Russell, where's it going to go? A cup holder. Probably two cup holders at this point. I'm dying over here. But I'll tell you what, if my cup holder sucked my balls, I would be having a mirror and driving like this. Like, I'd be reaching behind me for the wheel. I'd be over the cup holders.

[94:01]Like, I'd be like, oh, this is worth it. This is great. Hey, how was the movie? I loved it, but I got my buttons confused. Oh. I moved the seat up when I was trying to get my balls sucked, you know. And that's on me. I think you can get down low enough to get them in the exhaust pipe or no? I was a sleepover going anyway. All right. Russell, could I get them low enough to get them in the exhaust pipe? Yeah. Absolutely not. No. Actually, you know. You know what, though?

[94:31]I can't get down to death on Squash. If I did that, then just like put them against the glass to the back. I bet I could. I've been told via YouTube that you got to get down where the crease is below your knee. Yes. The hip crease. Yeah. Below your knee. Yeah. You were looking at how to get my car to suck my balls and that's what they said is to get the hips below your knees. That makes sense. That makes sense to me. All right. Oh, good. It's one of these ones with a double exhaust. All right. So, Matt, what do you think? Rolling well-toned,

[95:00]rolling boner, rolling grown? I didn't explain what it means, but basically it's nothing. Who cares? I think that, you know, when you hear one of these songs mixed in with a bunch of other stuff or like on the radio or at a dance or something like that, I think they're great. Putting them all together drives me bonkers and I just, I can't listen to it all together. It's just not for me. And so, while I think there's great songs on here, having this as an album, the top 500 albums list for me

[95:30]is Rolling, Grown, I don't even know, I don't even know it should be on the list kind of a thing, but obviously they got some great songs, some well-written songs that are timeless. So, I'll just say it should be lower on the list. Matt, if you ever want to marry somebody who has your similar musical tastes, I know somebody. Okay. Shut that shit off and they would be happy to have you. Yeah, or Russell, or you go to Russell's house. Hey, I'm home from work. Turn that shit off. Turn the TV off. Oh, I'm reading my

[96:01]Hulk Hogan magazine. Oh, we got a Dice Clay signing. I have to say, I'm going to bring this up right now. Yesterday, or this morning, or this afternoon at some point, I went into the living room. Russ is doing his jack off now. And you guys know my Hulk Hogan magazine is propped up on the bookshelf so anyone who would walk in would see it, right? Right. On the top ropes as it is. Oh, it's over by the record player area that I told you guys about. I look, magazine's not there. Magazine is sitting on the coffee table up by the TV. Turns out,

[96:30]the upstairs landlord had grabbed the Hulk Hogan magazine and was reading part of it. What do you think of that? Sounds to me, sounds to me like somebody is trying to meet somebody else halfway to see if they can understand their interests and maybe just a little bit, no, just a little bit more about them. Can I just tell you this? Reading your spouse's Hulk Hogan magazine is not meeting them halfway. You're going all the way. That's, that's too far. You shouldn't have to read the Hulk Hogan magazine. All the way is too far? All the way is too far.

[97:01]No. Guys, being in a long-term relationship living together is a constant battle and you can never show weakness. Ever. Must protect your ground. Aaron's giving me a big nod, so I'll go to him next. Yeah, super enjoy this album. I actually really, I think I love disco music. I love dance music. I don't approve of compilation albums on the list, so I don't really want to give this a rating, but I think it's important music and some great songs, so I'm going to give it a rolling well-toned. Russell, rolling going, how's it going with you is what I said. Again, bad.

[97:30]What do you think? Rolling well-toned, rolling bone, or rolling groan? I like what you guys said earlier. I'll echo it. I'm going to put that iPhone 14X up in that crevice so there's an echo, so I'm going to echo right now. I'm going to say this doesn't belong on the list because it's a compilation. I don't see why it should be considered apples to apples with the other things we're listening to, but I will say where it does belong is in my record stand. This is a great record. I'm glad I have it. I will probably listen to it again. I think the music is fantastic. There's maybe one or two duds in here, but otherwise,

[98:00]this is like 16, 17, great songs, so I'm going to say it's rolling groan, but I really enjoy it. I'm glad I listened to it. I think the movie is a fucking atrocity. Way to go. Unfortunately, you guys are incorrect. No way. This gets a rolling tone. E. Monero. All right. Hey, here's a fun movie, dance movie to watch with my parents, I said when I was like 16. We all sat down. Uh-oh. Next up, an album that's always made me wonder

[98:30]who, who the hell would go to reception at the middle of a Johnny Cash concert. Sound of all, sound of all. We've got Bell at Folsom Prison with Johnny Cash. Yes. When you want to hear about the greatest albums of all time. You think they forgot? We used to have Johnny Cash. But you're just too lazy to look it up online. Steve Jobs. If you want to hear pro guys who chatted Tina Turner. Get off track. I've got the best

[99:01]perfect podcast. Is there somebody named Larry Pornhub? Is that a joke we made earlier? I can't remember. Don't laugh at that, please. Maybe something about Fort Pierre. Fort Pierre. The tuna land or whatever it was called. Oh, can you imagine? Now, Aaron, what made you go to a strip club in Fort Pierre? That doesn't seem like a thing Aaron would do. I was there for a wedding and they

[99:30]spend your money on that. And like, yeah, the guys who were also there for the wedding, like that's what they were doing the night before the wedding. So I was like, I guess I'll go. Did you take Aaron? Did you did you take a boxed lunch? All right. That's it. We're done. Like, no, we're done. We're forever done. You'll never hear the song I wrote. A couple's not still married. I don't know if that's an interesting tidbit or not. All right. All right.