James Brown: Star Time (1991)
[0:00]In 2020 four friends decided to listen to every one of the greatest 500 albums as decided by Rolling stone magazine this resulted in a tech chain that celebrated the music excoriated the Order and led us to making this podcast we are far from experts and we promise to do almost no Research all opinions are our own unless you disagree please sit back and enjoy beck did it Better this is album 54 and it's a four disc 71 song compilation called star time featuring the Godfather of soul mr james brown i hope you guys don't have much else to do tonight okay i know Russ you're going on a date later tonight but i would cancel that if i were you but guys did You know there's there's actually a bonus track on this album and a lot of people don't know this I didn't see a reference anywhere that actually is james brown talking about snacks on a plane What snacks on a plane yeah i know for this podcast i'm sick of all these Motherfucking snacks on these motherfucking planes but the thing is I'm sick of all these motherfucking snacks on these motherfucking planes but the thing is I'm sick of all these motherfucking snacks on these motherfucking planes but the thing is I'm sick of all these motherfucking snacks on these motherfucking planes but the thing is I'm sick of all these motherfucking snacks on these motherfucking planes but the thing is The thing is he did have some strong views about snacks on a plane so let's listen to what
[1:00]Mr dynamite had to say about snacks on a plane i came across another food and it's not hot but it Should not be allowed on a plane i want to know what you guys think of this cheddar flavor popcorn Getting on the plane Uh-oh the person next to me has a snack I don't think he ever actually says When i'm on the flight and i'm next to subdued i always wince when he pulls out some food It can't be hot and this part is a must when they are done their hands can be covered in the cheese It does cheese popcorn don't have it on me cheddar flavor popcorn Oh popcorn has a distinct smell and you gotta have it It doesn't have a taste Cheddar flavored popcorn on the plane i think it's bullshit what do you think
[2:00]When we're on the plane we're sitting so close if the food gets all over it is super gross And now i'm thinking wondering if you might maybe you don't have to eat it's only a two-hour flight Cheese popcorn yeah don't have it on you next to me Don't have it on you next to me Don't have it on you next to me Don't have it on you next to me Don't do this people don't do cheddar popcorn it's not okay if it's not just Don't have it on you next to me What did he do how did he clean off his hands afterwards is that stuff is he just licking his Hands would he like wipe it on his sock like a normal human being when you want to hear about The greatest of all time But you're just too lazy to look it up online If you want to hear about the greatest of all time I've got the perfect podcast for you jack
[3:00]Beck did it better say everybody this is beck did it better we are going through the rolling stones Top 500 albums of all time and we are all the way up to 54 this is a big boy but i've got three guys Here to help me out they're kind of my own rws i've got my soul bother number one it's russ Russ how are you doing i'm doing great rob thank you for having me i'm doing great i'm doing great Think about the good things I've done to you. Think about the bad things I've tried not to do. I've also got my Mr. Stay Quiet Tonight. I think that's supposed to be Mr. Dynamite. Matt in Minneapolis. Matt, how are you doing? Yeah, nailed it there. Good work, Ryan. Glad to be here. Thanks. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I've got the least hardworking man in show business. Aaron, how are you doing in California? I feel so good. I want to kiss myself. Let's talk about some James Brown. All right, let's get into everybody's favorite segment. How is everybody doing?
[4:00]It's rolling going. It's, it's, it's, it's time to see what everybody's up to. It's time for Rolling Going. Oh, yeah. I thought Matt's was the best, so we'd save it for last. Well, I didn't want to say it out loud that Matt texted us. It was the best. Matt, what's your rolling going? Well, there's a very big. I think this episode's coming out August 20-something like that, So I did a little research and was looking back at some things, And there's a very big anniversary that's coming up that week. And so 30 years ago today, when this album's coming out, Or when this episode's coming out, One of the greatest albums of all times was released 30 years ago this week. A little group. Led by Stone Gosser, Jeff Amet. They lost their lead singer in about 1989.
[5:00]Drug overdose. Horrible situation, guys. Horrible situation. They didn't know what to do. They broke up for a couple of months. Got back together. Got a guy named Mike McCready, who was friends with Jeff Amet in college, To come and play, but they had no singer. So they made four or five demo tracks, Sent them out to a couple of places, Sent them to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sent them to some of their other contacts, The Jack Irons of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the time. Knew of a little lead singer down in San Diego. Rob is a spud offspring. San Diego, who's doing nothing. He's lost in life. He's just out there surfing, trying to figure it out. He got this tape. He listened to it, went out surfing, And immediately flew up to Seattle. And what was born was... Sonic Youth? I like this. Oh, we got a song. We got a song. Oh, yeah.
[6:00]Pearl Jam 10 was released 30 years ago this week. Wow. Can you believe that Pearl Jam 10 is 30 years old? Is it a top 500 album? It is a top 500 album. It's 161 on the list. How do you feel about that? I think it's pretty fair For all the other albums that were going out. I mean, Nirvana's nine. If you will. You know, some of you, there's probably a little bit, They could probably squish that gap a little bit, But this album has sold over 33 million records, So it's 33 times platinum. It was number two. It got up to number two on the U.S. Billboard's top 200 list. It got number one in New Zealand, number one in Canada. I've always been a big New Zealand music guy, So they've got it right. Yeah. So, I don't know. Big things in my life. It's that this album is 30 years old, So that's my role I'm going for this week. Rob, I did a little research.
[7:00]I looked ahead to see when this thing was going to be released. Oh, this is, I love it. So, I was never a huge Pearl Jam guy, But the one song that I really love is, Matt, you're a baseball guy. Have you seen the live performance of Pearl Jam At Wrigley Field a few years back When the Cubs won the World Series? I did not hear it. I was there, Russ. You were there for that concert? Yes. I didn't know that. What a flex. Yeah, they've played three, Three times now, 13, 16, and 18. I did not go in 13, But my friend Matt from Woodbury and I Have gone, went in 16 and 18 and saw them. So, they came out with a movie. I'm trying to think. I've got the album here. Let's Play 2. So, Pearl Jam Let's Play 2. And so, yeah. So, I was there. I've got a picture up here from Danny Clinch Where Eddie Vedder's jumping off the amps and everything. And I was up in the upper deck there. As a member of Pearl Jam fan club,
[8:00]You get early access to this stuff. And so, I was able to go. I'm not a huge Pearl Jam fan. I am a baseball fan, though. Any baseball fan out there, You have to go check out this concert movie That they put together. It is fantastic. It kind of goes like song for game. Like, it kind of mashes the whole, The World Series and the concert. It is good. It's fantastic. Everyone has to check that out. I didn't know the Pearl Jam origin story. And the origin story feels like There's that sort of parable about The fisherman who Went fishing every day And then eventually hit it big And made a million dollars. And what did he do after he made a million dollars? He went fishing every day. And so, it's sort of like, What was Eddie Vedder doing before he hit it big? He was surfing in San Diego trying to find himself. And he probably goes surfing now trying to find himself Even after he's Eddie Vedder. But he's in a different place. But it sort of makes me feel that way. Well, that just goes... It just goes to show you can't spell parable without terrible. So man, I've listened to that album
[9:00]And you know what I'd give it? An 8.5. I should rename it. Matt, give me one reason. I don't really listen to a lot of Pearl Jam. What's one reason you love Pearl Jam? Like, what's the one reason some guy like me Would pick up Pearl Jam and just love it? Can't find a better man. I don't know. I think Eddie Vedder as a singer is probably like a top, I'd call him top 10 kind of rock. Singer of all time. I think Chris Cornell is clearly number one. So just for that. But I personally really think they are a great live band. If you go just watch some of their early live stuff, Rob, On YouTube, like I was watching 1992's Pink Pop today When I was putting together that quick list Just to see some of that stuff. They are a very good live band. And so, I don't know. That'd be the one reason potentially to go see them live. Now, here's the ultimate question I ask parents. Do your kids like Pearl Jam? Do your kids... Do your kids like what they like or like what you like Or do they hate what you like? They don't hate it.
[10:00]But I always joke I say, well, what are we going to put on? You know, let's put something on for dinner Or something like that. Is it Pearl Jam? Pearl Jam? You know, let's put And they say, no so no. Okay, so them screaming no makes me think Maybe they do hate it, man. I think you might understand what that means. No, no. I think they're just sick of me trying to force it on them. But they're holding out strong. So, yeah, holding out strong. So for them, Pearl Jam and Broccoli is about in the same place. I would just say, my son, We heard some Tony Bennett on the radio. I forgot to mention it was Tony Bennett Day in New York Three days ago. I think he turned 95. 95? Yeah, I think he turned 95. Holy shit, that sounds about right. Tony Bennett on the radio and my son was like, I like this song. So I felt pretty stoked about that. That was very cool. He's a very cool guy. Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett's got some good stuff together. That's true. So does Lady Gaga. Yeah. Oh, yeah, they were doing a concert together In New York and we weren't able to go see it. We were kind of bummed. Somebody invited us and was going to give us tickets. We couldn't go.
[11:00]Russell, rolling going. How's it going with you? Rolling going. Things are going good. As you guys know, I don't even know if I talked about this last time, But we'll go for it anyways. When I was in St. Louis a few weeks ago And I went to a game and stuff And I went to a cool restaurant, But I also went to a cool barbecue place. And then the other night I was at another restaurant That was another barbecue place. So I got to know, I was curious, What is your guy's style when you go To a barbecue? Are you a brisket guy? Are you a chicken? What is your style when you go to Like a really good barbecue place? I know everybody loves brisket. I don't get it. I don't think I've ever had brisket rice. I've been like, oh, that was really good And really worth it. It always seems like it's kind of dry. What I love though is with a barbecue place, If you can get a vinegar, like barbecue sauce. Oh, I love like a North Carolina style Vinegar barbecue sauce. I think getting pulled pork, It's always a safe bet. What you really are tasting anyway Is the sauce, right? Isn't that what a good barbecue sauce is? I don't know if a barbecue place Is really pulling off as a good sauce. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Rob, you're in your dry brisket.
[12:00]Go back to eating your bowls of ice cream. Your dry brisket means you're not going To a good barbecue place. Yes. Yeah. Guys, you don't think my New York City Barbecue place that I'm going to is any good? That's crazy. There's this guy super famous in New York. His name's Dave. He's got restaurants all over there. I wish they had a famous Dave's. They don't even have that. They got nothing. It's sad. I don't even try. Yeah, you're looking for what you're trying To figure out what the specialty Of the house is, right? And if they're If they're doing everything well, Then yeah, I think pulled pork. If it's like we've got everything, We've got turkey, we've got brisket, We've got chicken, we've got hot links, We got pulled pork. Then I think pulled pork is a good bet. But still, Rob, it should taste good Even without sauce. Good barbecue should always taste good Without the sauce. Because it's about the magic Of the low and slow. Yeah, I go usually. Usually you can get like One, two, three You can get as much as you want, right? You can just keep adding that stuff on.
[13:00]I usually go with ribs and brisket If I can, because usually the ribs Are pretty darn good, Better than anything we get up here. I never get the cornbread. It's the filler. You don't need it. But I do get the baked beans. You got to get the baked beans. Especially if they get some pork And the baked beans. If it's like, get some burnt ends in there. So you guys are slamming on me About saying, oh, it's about the sauce. And then you guys are like, I get the pork, the cornbread And the beans. I mean, come on. The cornbread and beans give me A man said he doesn't get the cornbread. Are you listening? Not really. Open your ears, man. I know you're sitting in that car Recording tonight, but come on. So Aaron, well, the cabin Has like 20 people in it And there's kids sleeping in the tent And they can't hear the podcast Because of all the stuff you say on there. Can you tell we've got a podcast to record? We got listeners to please. Get them out of there. It's true. I should, I got to boot them. So how do you do it, Aaron? Do you just go in and say, Excuse me, what's your barbecue special? Well, I think so. If you can find it. I mean, it's been a long time Since I've been to a barbecue place Outside of yeah, I guess I've been to one in California, But also been a long time. But yeah, if you've got time To talk up the person in the register,
[14:00]You know, what's, what's tasting good. What's the, what are you going to eat today? But maybe try to do a little bit Of research ahead of time. What they, how they market themselves, But brisket really You got to go to a place That really wants to cook brisket And do it well. If you're going to get brisket, I think brisket is notoriously The hardest one to do, right? I've always been an anti, Pulled pork at a good barbecue place Because I feel like I could be At someone's backyard For a Sunday afternoon thing Where someone's, someone just put, Put something in a crock pot And made it work. I feel like it's not pulled. Pork is not special enough. If I'm at a nice barbecue spot, I got to agree. Cause I would agree with that. I've made four pork butts this summer And they've all tasted great. And I'm an idiot. So I will say the best, The best barbecue places I've got, Usually Rosie back me up. I've seen this though. They'll have a whiteboard or a chalkboard Where they're writing the special of the day. Yes. You know, like this is the deal of the day Or whatever. And you really can't go wrong
[15:00]With the deal of the day. That's what I think. Yeah. I made this mistake yesterday. I went to get tacos At one of my favorite taco spots. Although it's a taco spot that I love, But I always get my order wrong. And I always know that I should just take That extra 10 seconds to step back From the menu board. Think about it. Really think of what I'm going to order And then make my order. And I ended up, it was delicious. I'm perfectly happy, But I didn't get exactly what I ordered. But yeah, it's always like- How do you mess it up? How do you mess it up? You're messing it up Or they're messing it up? Well, I did. I did. So part of the problem at a taco truck Is that you can't order Too many different kinds of things. So I tried to get two Asada tacos, Vampiro style, Which was basically like grilled cheese On a tortilla with Asada. And then I wanted some pastor, But not with the Vampiro style With no cheese, But I got everything with cheese Because- Because it's just hard to mix and match. So it still was all delicious, But it just wasn't exactly what I ordered. So your point is that You're too big of an idiot
[16:00]To order things correctly At a taco truck that you love And you go to all the time. That's what you're saying the problem is. I'm saying at this taco truck, I never make my order Exactly what I want, But that's how they keep me coming back. It's like, oh, I got to get back there For that perfect order. But all of that was in response To Matt's point about like, Yeah, check out what someone wrote By hand on a specials board. Go with that. And sometimes you got to Look twice Because they might be hiding The specials board a little bit. Wait, what? Speaking of ordering the wrong thing, We've talked before about Whether you're a walker Or you're a talker, If you get the wrong thing, Do you say anything or not? I got to ask you guys, This is kind of a dating related thing. This is weeks ago. I was out with a lady And we each ordered some drinks And they brought me The completely wrong, It was the wrong drink, Not what I asked for. And they left. And so I kind of went through This whole thing in my head like, Well, now if I admit to my date, This is the wrong drink And I don't go say anything, I'm a walker And maybe that makes me like a beta. You know, do you say anything If it's going to expose you as like,
[17:00]Hey, he won't even speak up for himself, But I just, I don't want to admit I'm a walker. Do you think you admit to the person You're with that they gave you The wrong one Or do you just be quiet And drink what you don't want to drink? Don't you think you could spin that Into like you're a fun guy Who like spontaneous, You know, like you get a drink You don't want, But you're going to drink it anyways Because it's like a fun new experience. You know, it's kind of like speed dating. I think so. Also, you're too scared To go talk to the waiter And get yelled at. Or a super respectful person Who can If you can like very, It's a fine line to walk, But if you can very respectfully Tell the server Hey, this isn't what I ordered. Could you potentially Bring me another one? I don't mind paying for it. Maybe I made a mistake. You know, that can go a long way too. And then the bartender Takes your date into the bathroom And starts making out with him. You're like, oh, well, Oh, no, that's totally backfired. Yeah, I don't think I would have been able to go back in After I smashed the glass on the ground And then ran away. Well, that one's tough. That's not a talker. How wrong was it? Was it like you ordered vodka And they gave you bourbon? Like that would be super wrong.
[18:00]Or was it the wrong mixer? Like what happened? Way wrong. Like it was a specialty cocktail And then it came out With a distinctly different, It was not even close To what I'd asked for. Yeah then, yeah. And it was interesting Because I even asked For their suggestions. They gave me suggestions And I took one of them And then they gave me a different one. I think, I don't think They remembered even what they told me And then what I asked for. I think you got to say something then Because then you could spin it As like, oh, I was so excited To have what you suggested. But I'm totally with you. I'm terrified of like telling people That they did something wrong. I don't know. It's such a Midwestern thing. Matt, what do you think? We should move it along. Yeah, we got 70. Well two things. One, yes. It's absolutely a Midwestern thing. But like if it's completely wrong, Right, like the server Is going to be like, Oh, yeah, my bad, right? I mean, it's not like That big of a deal. They clearly got it wrong. Any of you guys ever work In food service? No, no, I worked in. I worked in shoes. I worked at Famous Footwear for a year. Oh, you got Aaron's interest.
[19:00]What did you do in shoes? What was that? How was it? What was that like? Did you actually go to the back? Is there actually shoes in the back? Are you just going back there To waste time? Like I think people are. And I don't. Guess what? If you work in a shoe place, Don't email me and text me And get all pissed at me. And then when you see me In the cabin and I apologize, Don't say it's not a real apology, Please. Yeah, I worked at. That was my first real Job other one when I was A terrible soccer ref That would never start the watch. My first real job was Working at Famous Footwear. So did you like how many people Come in with no socks on Like just bare feet? I mean, I think I've just Burned that out of my brain. I don't even really recall. I do remember having to like Get out the measuring, The measuring stick Or whatever that's called. The measuring metal deal. OK, it's time to get The measuring metal deal. It's like, wait, how long Have you worked in the shoe store? I knew I was a terrible Shoe salesman, though, Because they would always Judge you on these things Called sundries. And it was like, How many socks do you sell Or how many shoelaces? You would always have to Have these goals. And I was like, no,
[20:00]I'm not going to try to. I'm not going to try to do that. And then so every month There would be like, Well, your points were zero For sale of all these Other things. And I was like, yep, I've got other plans For my career. I worked at Starbucks And I and it was great Because if you ever Screwed up a drink Or something, if they complained, We just had a whole pack Of free drink tickets. You just say, oh, I'm sorry. You give them that and they Would be happy as clams. But then I remember one month They did like a coffee machine sale And they were like, We're going to sell as many Of these machines as we can. Let's see who can sell the most. And I sold the most by a mile. I crushed it. I was like selling The machines like crazy. You know what I got for it? Jack shit. And I was like, oh, Oh, that's cool that I pressured All these people who like I have a relationship with And kind of trust me To buy this machine. And I got jack shit out of it. So then they asked me To work in June and I was like, Oh, no, I don't work at this. I quit. Goodbye. Aaron rolling going. How's it going with you? Oh, it's going great. I want to let you guys know. And it's maybe a bit late Into the podcast to put out.
[21:00]Hold on. Anytime I have a conversation That starts with, I need to let you know. It's always really bad. Yeah. I'm putting you guys, I'm putting you guys on notice, Putting you on notice. The second half of, And I know we don't like To talk about what day It actually is. What's what's actually Happening in the world When we're recording. But the second half Of the gold medal basketball Game is starting shortly. Right now, the USA is leading 40, 44 to 39 and a half. Kevin Durant. You know, for the USA, What are you talking about? Why would Rosie, Rosie, You've got just the biggest Problem in the world with this. What if somebody, I.e. One of the three of us Were like recording this. And so maybe they Like they really wanted To watch this, But instead they got a schedule To do this podcast On Friday night. And so they didn't want To know what was going On in the game. Maybe just a quick heads up. We call that person a dick. I'm only telling you The halftime score. I'm just letting you guys know That you need to bring Your a game for the rest Of this podcast, Because if I lose interest, I'm switching over
[22:00]To the game, Going to the game. Yep. That's it. Turn it over to the game. I got to be honest. Sometimes I do not cheer For the American team. Like if there's like These huge favorites, Like it would mean way more To the French team To win that game. Like what does it matter To Kevin Durant If he wins this game? Oh, he gets another medal To go along with his Hundreds of millions of dollars And all his other championships. Like if France, If France wins that, That would be like a thing They would remember There forever. No one's going to remember If Javel McGee wins A gold medal here. So Viva La France. Oh, wow. All right. Well, we'll have to check back Next week without spoilers To see who came out On top of that one. But Russ is always Cheering for the village. Is that the French, The cheer Viva La France? I think so. Are you going to say Like Allez Les Bleus probably? Yeah, you nailed it. The other thing On a positive note That I'm super stoked about Is that I finally learned How to cook dandelion greens And make them Tasty. So I've had two in a row. You're telling us That we got to talk about shit And this is your next thing That you bring up. You have the balls To say that to us. Jesus.
[23:00]Are you going with like Hostas next? Are you going to mix Some hostas in there? I'm taking grass clippings And just grilling it up now. I don't care anymore. Fuck my life. Who cares? So what are you doing With these dandelion greens? Because you know, You're not like alone. You're not like living out In the woods by yourself, Like having to get sustenance. You can go to a store And buy lots of things That are green That actually taste good, Like jelly beans. They got all sorts of colors. Jelly beans. You know what I did today? I bought some dandelion greens At the store actually. But these I bought From the farmer's market. I went to a store And I bought candy Just to melt into diapers For a game at a baby shower. Okay. That's the fucking society We live in. I am not out picking Fucking dandelion greens. Okay. To eat in my fucking house. That's something I cut With a lawnmower. I am going to the store And buying food And guess what I'm going To do with that food? I'm not even going To fucking eat it. I'm going to put It in a fucking diaper. Okay. I'm going to melt That shit down And people are going to guess And you know how much fun They're going to have? Not that much Because it's a fucking baby shower.
[24:00]They're not even going To have that much fun. They're going to wish They were doing something else. But guess what? That's what I fucking do. I go to, I took my huge car With a giant engine, Burned gas all the way Up to the grocery store, Bought that shit, Threw the wrappers Out the window. I don't give a shit anymore. How many did you eat On the way home? Well, I did stop. There was some, There was a park That had some dandelions Growing in it So we stopped To eat the leaves. Were you texting And driving? Your brother's super bitter. You got to do Something different with that. Yeah, exactly. They're super fucking bitter. You don't eat that shit. Laura's Ingalls Wilder Would be like, Do not eat that shit. You can go to the grocery store And get a hard tack Or whatever the fuck she ate. We are not fucking Eating dandelion greens. Jesus fucking Christ. I think it's 100% time For Rob to leave the cabin And head back to New York. Don't you think? I do too. Who said that? I do too. I think I scheduled this About a week and a half Too long. What? That's so weird. Motherfucker. That's the guy Recording in his car. That's the difference Between all of us. We have strong views
[25:00]On like barbecue And then Aaron's like, I eat the green parts Of a dandelion, Which I do. So tell me, Aaron. Okay. And I'm not going to Apologize for the idea Because I'm right. But what, What did you do With these dandelion greens And what possessed you To do this? And wait a minute. Well, they're plentiful. So here's the thing. Did you buy The dandelion greens Or did you go pick them? So three questions. Did you pick them? What did you do with them? And why are you doing This to yourself? All right. So if you will, Let me finish. Dandelion greens Are plentiful here. They always had them At the farmer's market And the grocery store. And they're super good for you. They have many nutrients. Side of the hill. Many vitamins. They're a very healthy green. And I've tried to cook them In the past And they're too bitter. And I finally decided I'm going to bite the bullet. I'm going to. So I bought them At the farmer's market. Okay. So first of all, There's somebody out there Farming. They're farming dandelions. Something that I have been Trying to get rid of In a yard for years. I think that's true. Can you? When I lived in Rochester, My neighbors would look At my yard and be like, You son of a bitch. You have so many dandelions.
[26:00]I should have been like, Excuse me, I'm a dandelion farmer. It would have been like, You fucking moron. But okay. So you bought them At the farmer's market. This person at the farmer's market Is the biggest genius In the history of the world. They're like, I'm going to take these weeds And I'm going to go Sit them out there And people like Eric Are going to be like, Oh, this is amazing. I need to participate. You just see them With their tractor bag. They're just dumping it out. Aaron's buying it for dollars. They're like, Oh, okay, sure. Why not? Meanwhile, His son pulls one Out of the grass Near his house. He's like, Put that thing down. Yeah, he wouldn't eat it. He actually put one In his mouth, But he wouldn't eat him. Yeah, he wouldn't eat him. I love eating this Mulch ice cream that you bought. Oh, this is so good. But so you bought them. What do you do with them, Aaron? So in the past, I've just tried to braise them With like a little bit Of olive oil And salt and pepper And some water And that doesn't work. So to really temper The bitterness, You need to boil them first. And I didn't want to do that Because I don't know What that does To the nutritional content. But I decided finally That's what I'm going to do. So you sort of blanch them
[27:00]For two or three minutes In salted water, Drain them. And then if you saute them In some olive oil, A good amount of salt, They would be better With some anchovy, But I didn't have it. That's what I went with. And they're delicious. And so we ate them With some cheese tortellini And everything was all good. There we go. Now we're back To normal. Yeah. There we go. That's That was it. That was my dinner. Does your family hate you, Aaron? Like, do they really? Whoa. I would be so pissed If Jenny was like, We're going to eat dandelion greens, But they're so bitter. I had to boil them For a long time. Aaron what else You could do? You know, animals dealt With dandelion greens. They have like six stomachs. Like that's the shit You're eating Is that you need more stomachs. Yeah, you should eat that And then barf it out And eat it again. And then you'd see How most animals Eat dandelion greens. Gross. I love how fired up Rob is about this. This is great. So that makes me curious. He had to go to a baby shower today. He sounds like he had To organize the baby shower. It makes me curious How it's rolling going with Rob. That's what I would like to know. How's it rolling going, Rob? How's it going? I did not organize the baby shower. I'm not going to take credit for that, But we did do a baby shower. I do have like two.
[28:00]You just saved the candy bars That were supposed to go In the diaper. I think what it is Is I think all I've been drinking Today is White Claws And all I've been eating Is peanut or peanut butter M&Ms And I can never tell which. It kind of upsets me. I like both, But when I don't know TikTok, but you guys get mad Every time I bring up TikTok. So I'm just going to say Baby showers. What's your experience With baby showers? Do you guys ever go to baby showers? Have you ever had to go to any of these? This was actually episode zero, Rob, When we talked about baby showers, But I want to hear about What happened at your baby shower. Well, we set up a couple games Where we asked them Embarrassing questions And one of them would raise their hand And we did the diaper, The candy in the diapers, But then we made a cake With the kid's picture on it. Have you seen these cakes You can do now With like the photorealistic Pictures on it? Yeah. My dad went up and said, I want a piece With the baby's left eye in it. I was like, God damn, that's funny. Slice that baby's face Up on the cake. It's so good. What piece did you eat, Rob? I got the corner one Because it has the most big frosting.
[29:00]I was like, Give me that big frosting. I'm 41 years old. That's the best piece of cake, right? The big frosting or the rose on it. Yeah, you want the high sides. Yeah. The problem is, Guess who's cutting the cake? This is a big mistake. We make it every year. Who? Jenny. Oh my God. What does that mean? Why is that the problem? Tell you what, If you got a cake And you want to feed 80 people, Having Jenny cut it for you Is perfect. She's cutting that shit Where if you sneeze, It's going to go away. It's very thin. It's thinner than the plates That they serve it on. Yeah, that is kind of bullshit When the person cutting the cake Is like, No, they're not going to want a lot. So then they give everyone A little bit Because then if anyone wants more, They're like, Who is this glutton Who won't eat just the normal, Normal side, Like the little piece of cake. They want a bigger piece of cake. I think you got to find Like the biggest person At the party And have them cut the cake And be like, Okay, cut a piece of cake For yourself And then whatever they cut, They'll be like, Okay, now you're cutting the cake. That's what all the pieces Should be like. Or find a math major
[30:00]And just count How many people you got. No. Because then you get Too big of pieces. That's crazy. Plus this cake Did have a picture Of a baby in it. So we were like, Well, we can't cut The picture of the baby up. That actually is like, We can't do that. So we're probably Just going to throw it away, Which I think is even worse, Actually. So no one ate The picture of the baby? Well, my dad had the eye Because it was funny, But that's about it. I mean, honestly, There's 20 people Living in that cabin. That thing's not making it Through the night, right? That baby's going to be gone By tomorrow morning. Yeah, somebody's going to Wake up in the night With the hungries. When I get done With this podcast, I might sneak over And have some of that Baby face cake. Or you know what else I might do? I might go out And pick up some Dandelion greens And then boil them For like three years Or whatever And try to eat those. But so Rob, Did you participate In these games? So I went to, I have a friend Who had a baby shower recently And I went to it And it was his first kid And there was a lot, Probably 30, 40 people there And they had some of these games And one of these games, They gave you this piece of, It wasn't a game, They gave you this piece of paper
[31:00]Where you have to write down like, I hope you're not afraid of X. I hope you enjoy it. Like you have to put like, I don't know if it's quirky things, Nice things. I don't know what it is. And I sat there And someone gave me the paper And was like, I don't really want to do that. And they're like, No, you have to do it. So I took it. I took it And I sat there For like 30 seconds And I wrote one answer. I'm like, nope, This isn't for me And I just went And threw it away. I'm like, I'm not participating In this stuff. That's good. As somebody who just set up And run a baby shower, Russell, I can say thank you so much For taking all the stuff That somebody worked hard to do And just throwing it In the garbage. That's really nice. I pitched it. Pitched it. No, I did not participate. I MC'd the whole thing. It might surprise you, But I did host the whole thing. So kind of, Because the baby Was getting some attention. I was like, Let's bring the attention. Did you say you were The main host? Were you the main host? I was the main host Of the baby shower. Yeah. And so when people Were paying attention to the baby, Then I went over And held the baby And also hosted it. So people would really Pay attention to me. Does a baby shower Need an MC Or were you just like, I need more attention? Oh, every baby, Every baby shower Needs an MC.
[32:00]They need somebody to run it. How many baby showers Have you been to? Well, this is like my third, But this is. How many have you MC'd? Well, this is my first, But it went really well. Listen, people got to know What they're going to do. People got to know, Like now it's time to play games. Now it's time to eat cake. Let's cut up the baby's face Or whatever. And you know what Everybody said there? They're like, When are we going to serve These dandelion greens? All right, let's get into the album. I always want to know When the dandelion greens Are coming. No. What album are we listening to? I hope it's a quick one. Yeah. Well, we'll start With Star Time 1. Just to let you know On this thing, I've set it up Into four different albums. All right. We're legit doing the whole deal. We are doing all 70 songs. And guess what? We've got a list. And I also have maybe A little bonus track For everybody. Four hours and 54 minutes. We are talking about James Brown. This is a disc set That came out in 1991 Called Star Time. And it was put together To kind of show, Once again, It's chronological. It's showing the evolution Of James Brown. I enjoyed this, But I will say by the end,
[33:00]I was like, Okay, I've had enough James Brown. Because I also watched The documentary Mr. Dynamite, Which I highly recommend. Maybe not when you have to listen To also four and a half hours Of James Brown in two days Because we decided To record these podcasts Right next to each other. But James Brown started In the 50s On the Chitlin Circuit, Which is kind of like This series of shows That they would do down south In these places Where black performers Could perform. And at one point, Little Richard was actually, They had the managers Knew each other. They had the same manager. And Little Richard Had to go record, But had to do All these tour dates. So they said, Hey, I know this guy Who can sing, Bring him in. And of course, There was no TV Or anything like that. So James Brown just came in And said he was Little Richard And finished Little Richard's tour. And they say that's where James Brown learned His patented scream Is because he had to do it As Little Richard all the time. His first hit was Try Me. And then two years after that, It took two years To get Please. No singles are hitting. He's having trouble. So in 1962, He's playing at the Apollo In Harlem all the time.
[34:00]And he says, You know what? Fuck it. I love this live sound I'm doing. I'm going to pay for an album. And he comes out With James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1, Which is one of the greatest Live albums ever. And it's a huge album for him. He gets super famous. He goes on this movie Called The Tammy Show, T-A-M-I. He's with the Rolling Stones. He's with the Beach Boys. And all of a sudden, You have those groups. And all of a sudden, You have James Brown On the movie screen Doing this thing. From there, He goes on to Ed Sullivan In 1964. The innovator of funk And what it is, I pulled this little clip From the BBC story of funk. This is them explaining James Brown. He was big on hitting the ones. Bootsy Collins, His bass player, Talks about when he plays With James Brown, James would just say, Hit the one, Which is that Instead of the two, four, Which you're emphasizing, They're emphasizing the first beat. So listen to this real quick. What James Brown did Was to stress the first beat. This became the bedrock Of funk music. Listen to when he yells. The rhythm of the one.
[35:00]There was that emphasis on boom his drum beats. We're going to hear him go from kind of a gospel and then rock singer to really the godfather of soul into the creator of funk. So are we ready to get started with the start time? Yeah, absolutely. And we're starting with his first hit, Please. You can hear the gospel here. Please. This is James Brown. Pretty badass start. Yeah, this is R&B, soul, down south stuff. This is him with the famous flames that got all the way up to number six on the R&B charts in 1956. So good. Yeah, when his voice was young. We were listening to this in the house, and Anna was like, is that Noah's Ratings song?
[36:00]Like, it's all of that time. It's so fun to hear the evolution, which we're definitely going to hear over the next who knows how long. Over the next three hours. All right. Why do you do me? Wait, what? Why do you do me? Why do you do me? Why do you do me? That's my wife's tattoo. So this is with Bobby Bird and the Famous Flames. Now, Bobby Bird's family actually adopted James Brown when he was arrested for stealing. Clothes and given eight years in prison at the time when he was 15. If we're going to talk about James Brown, I don't have the patience to wait for this. I read that in 1988, he was intoxicated on PCP, and he burst into an insurance seminar next to his office in Georgia and then led a police car chase across the South Carolina border. That is badass, and it makes me want to do PCP. I'm not going to lie. The weird thing is what he thought he was taking at the time? Dandelion greens. He thought he was just. He was taking dandelion greens. Yes, Aaron.
[37:00]Turns out his tab's a PCP. Aaron, put some of those in some cookies, bake them up, and send them to Minneapolis. Sell them. I am ready for a high-speed chase. So in a theme we're going to see over and over, after that song, the Famous Flames were listed as backup singers, and they were so pissed that most of them quit the band. Although Bobby Bird, you still hear him throughout his whole career. For example, on Sex Machine, he's the one he's talking to. Here's Try Me. This was his hit, number one on the R&B charts. It's 48 on the pop charts. This is his first Billboard Top 100. It seems like we don't have any of the live versions on this compilation, right? Because I know all these songs from Live at the Apollo, but I don't think we've got the live version. Aren't we listening to Live at the Apollo in like four weeks or something? No, it's 62. It's coming up. Okay. But they're pulling the original recordings whenever they can at least. You're right. Yeah. I know all these from Live at the Apollo, but I hadn't heard the studio versions. They're so tame compared to what comes later. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's always. Everything is polished, but this just is so slick and sweet.
[38:00]You can definitely hear the history of a gospel singer here. Tell me what I did wrong. Now we're kind of getting into it. A little swing. Yeah. And that aggression from the horns is what eventually becomes part of punk too, right? Yep. They move more to like a rhythm. I mean, even here, you can hear he's going from that basic stuff to a little more harder Beat going on. All right. So now, this is a song originally by Tommy Dorsett and his orchestra. This is Bewildered. Oh, jeez. God, he can sing, can't he? It's crazy because he can sing any lyric there every time we were going to go, oh, it's going To catch you. It hits you in the guts, isn't it? Yeah. He makes sounds that nobody else can make. Because I do go through every album and I kind of pick parts of a song where I Think, okay, this would be interesting spot to start the song and to make it kind of get The... There are so many songs on here. We're just the beginning of it. It just is like mind-blowing hearing him just wail to start with.
[39:00]It was easy to do. This is good loving. That's what I'm trying to holler at. Oh, this just feels like... This has to be in every John Candy movie ever, right? I don't even know if it's in any of them, but when I hear this, I feel like John Candy's Like waltzing around his kitchen, like he's in the microwave. Isn't that what you think? Oh, yeah. Everybody's like, wait a minute. This guy who we thought was a big buffoon is actually kind of fun. Okay. That's every movie. Yeah. And then there's like the occasional movie like Uncle Buck where he has the love interest, The Amy Madigan or whatever name. I don't even know who it was, but good for John Candy. Except for the whole dying very young thing. That kind of sucks. Was there ever a movie where John Candy was like a bad guy or like played anything except For the big lovable loser? Did he have any other movie roles that I'm not thinking of? I don't recall offhand. I think he was always kind of the same character. Yeah. Well, hey, listen, if it works, stick with it. Speaking of John Candy, do you guys ever... I've never been accused or asked if people haven't normally told me, hey, you look like
[40:00]A celebrity, but I have had numerous people in my life say, hey who you look Like? And then they say John Candy. And when they do, it always makes me feel like, oh, that's not what I was hoping for. Yeah. No. Do you guys ever get accused of looking like a celebrity or anything or not? Yeah, I did. People always thought that I look like Jonah Hill until he lost all that weight. And now nobody says that anymore. And I'm like, shit, motherfucker. And I got one, but it's embarrassing. Oh, okay. Well, don't say it. Nah, fuck you. Say that shit. I mean, people... I just said people accuse me of looking like John Candy eight seconds after I said he's The lovable loser who, in some movies, finds a girlfriend. Yeah. Well, yeah. I mean, so this is going to sound like a brag, and I don't look super handsome anymore. I was handsome as a young man at my senior high school football banquet, Heidi Soliday. So keep in mind, I had hair at the time. This wasn't the girl that was a homeschooled who'd never seen anyone before, though, right?
[41:00]Yeah. Well, that was my girlfriend at the time. Yeah. But Heidi Soliday, who was the sports anchor on KCCI Des Moines, was the emcee for our Senior high school football banquet. And she said I looked like Brad Pitt. No. I wanted to get the fuck out of here. She did. She fucking did. She totally did. Turn the podcast off. This is over. Now that he lost his hair, he looks like Brad Pitt's penis. I mean, give me a break. Yeah. Jesus. Well, right. I mean... I mean, that's what you get. Like, you start feeling good about yourself, and then your fucking hair falls out. Yeah, exactly. You know, Rosie, I can see it. I can see it. Thanks, man. I appreciate that. Yeah. I can see it. Fuck off. I agree with Heidi whatever. Get back to this stupid long album. I can't hear your voice, man. We're going with this. I'll go crazy. 1960. This is... Got fourth on the R&B charts. David Letterman had this on his Who Said It segment. Can you guys listen to this song? You know, they're like, hey, if you leave me, I'm going to go crazy.
[42:00]And it's like, well, work on yourself. Is it like a back and forth, or what's going on? It's like a mixed message. That's true. It is a bit... I hadn't thought about that, Russell. I just thought about this as the sort of genre of, like, desperate, don't break up with me songs. But I hadn't thought about the mixed messages. His ass is doing a lot of... Like, I could... That's the one thing I could relate with James Brown. His ass is doing a lot of begging of, like, please don't break up with me. I mean... He's like, ow! I'm going to drive home fast. Do, do, do, do, do. Please don't make me listen to this podcast. Just... Please don't make me wear this sweater vest. Oh, it's... My whole dating career was just begging girls to be like, okay, just one more. Just, like, one more week. You're going to see I'm a great guy. I've watched a lot of romantic comedies. I know how this turns out. It's going to be perfect. This will work out for sure. And by the way, I know it's true. I can't tell... Can you tell if this is Chuck Berry, we're starting to get repetitive and I've hurt this part or not?
[43:00]That's still a great song. I know. They're all great. This beginning part is a little of the same. So now, one of my favorite things, this was a, there was a dance craze going around called The Mashed Potatoes, which is something that a celebrity, a lot of people think I look like, actually. And so, James Brown's record company was like, shit, Mashed Potatoes is a big dance. We got to put out an album that's about The Mashed Potatoes. So this is called Do The Mashed Potatoes. But it's put out by Desi Roser, which is his pseudonym. It's just a... It's just a... Oh. It's not James Brown. But who's singing there, is it? I think it's James Brown, but it's under a fake name. But it's just to capitalize on a dance craze, which I love. There is a lot of references to potatoes and mashed potatoes on these 75 tracks or whatever. But he's talking about different types of preparations for potatoes. What's your guys go to? Are you like a French fry? Are you mashed? What's your style?
[44:00]I love French fries. I do. I feel like I'm a French fry connoisseur. Like, I love... I love them. Like, a good waffle fry, I think you just can't beat it. You just can't. Yeah. Like the ones at Maynard's in Waseda? Oh, forget about it. I learned a new... Something called smashed potatoes. So they're mashed. Oh, yeah. And you essentially, you boil them for a while. You bring them out. You put them on a big cookie sheet. Put some... Tinfoil down. And then you smash the boiled potatoes so the skins are on still. You know, then you put some butter on there. Put some garlic salt. Put a little olive oil. And then put that in the oven for about 14, 15 minutes. And it comes out. And it's a little bit crispy on the edges and stuff like that. So smashed potatoes. That's my newest potato way of preparation. You know what my mom used to do all the time that I loved was twice baked potatoes. Where you basically mash potatoes, scoop out the skins, and then put the mashed potatoes back in. And then bake it again. It's like, do you like baked potatoes, but you don't think there's enough butter?
[45:00]Try twice baked potatoes. Or sour cream or cream cheese. Yeah, bacon. You know what I think kind of potato sucks? Curly fries. I think curly fries are the most overrated fry or potato thing there is. It's worse than any sort of potato chip. It's worse than any type of preparation. Even at Arby's? Yeah, terrible. Oh, no. The flavor's bad. It's not good. What about undercooked hash browns? I think undercooked hash browns are bad. That's up there. I mean, just when they're still kind of watery, it's like, ugh, no thanks. Yeah, that's a tough one. So now this is Think. This is one of his first songs that they found where he was really hitting the ones. So you can kind of count one, two, three, four after this. Oh, yeah. This was Brown and the Famous Flames' first recording to enter the pop top 40. It's like a detective movie song. That's what I thought. And when we hear this in the live version, it's about double time of this.
[46:00]And that's when you really start to hear the change in sound. This is back still when he was doing a lot of lyrics. He wasn't just saying one phrase over and then kind of going in between with like just saying, or getting down with your bad self. Baby, you're right. This is me at the baby shower today. Jeez. Well, baby, you're right. Is that like the go-to famous? Blues riffs? Or is that different? You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, I think it's a blues. I think this is the blues. Lost Someone got all the way up to number two on the R&B charts in 1961. When you hear all of these songs where he's just killing the vocals, you understand why eventually he moved away from this kind of music and started longer instrumental riffs, which we're obviously going to hear and just doing like squeals and screams. It's like he had done. He had done. There was nothing else for him to do between his mouth and a microphone by what 1960 like he had sung all the songs and sung them better than anybody.
[47:00]So it's time for him to like get into the funny coming up with new rhythms almost. It's kind of cool. Yeah. Night Train is a cover that he did. I love this song because at the end of this, he started just yelling. This is a cover, but he started yelling out cities on the East Coast. Do you want to guess what these cities all had in common? It's where his or something. It's where his tour was going. So he thought that DJs at the radio stations would be more likely to play the song if the city was mentioned. So here, listen to this. He was a businessman. Yeah. It's not even subtle. Yeah. It's badass. Actually, I looked up my favorite book. Booze and Vinyl actually has James Brown in the book. Yeah. And they suggest. That you do a cocktail called a Night Train for Night Train. Have you guys ever had a Night Train before?
[48:00]Absolutely not. I've never had a Night Train. I would not want to even order that. Well, can I give you an explanation? And then you'll want to order. Okay. Check this out. It says, don't die. No, really. Don't say we didn't warn you. This is the drink that will have you waking up in another city with no pants on and your wallet gone. But one or two, and you'll be dancing those pants off. Talk about energy. All aboard. So, it calls for two ounces of espresso, an ounce and a half of vodka, and an ounce of Frangelico. Okay. So, I was going to say, you don't have any of those things. Or Frangelico. So, I'm drinking straight vodka. No, as you guys remember, many months ago, I bought this bottle of Bailey's Scrumptious Salted Caramel. Oh, no. That sounds good. No. This train is derailed. I decided to replace the espresso with Bailey's Salted Caramel. Oh, no. And then, I didn't have Frangelico, so I just went and found a bottle of syrup and dropped a little maple syrup in there.
[49:00]And I'm doing the Russ version of the night train tonight. So, if I end up in a different city with no pants on, you're going to know what went wrong. Oh, that's the diabetic night train. There's a lot of sugar in there. Look out. That is one train. Drink it with no pants on. It sounds like Chad from Lakeville. That is one train that nobody is getting on. Well, here's the other funny thing. I think they're referencing a different album here, but they did warn you. Before you drop the needle, pour drinks and get ready to spend the best half hour of your life channeling one of the greatest dancers of all time. They don't tell you're going to have to channel the next, like, eight hours of your life because there's so many songs on this stupid album. I've got money. Big time. Do I have to really drink this or can I just... No, you've got to drink it. I wouldn't recommend it. It seems like a bad idea. No, it doesn't. You can start to hear the drumming change here, and I wish I had... Looked up who the drummer was in all these because you can start to hear there's... I can tell you the Wikipedia entry for all these songs is very strong.
[50:00]They have the musicians for almost all of them. Oh, that's good. Yeah. I mean, because when we get to Clyde Stubblefield, that's the stuff I love. Exactly. You can hear there's more complex stuff happening. Well for a lot of times, he had two or three drummers on stage at a time. Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo. I'm telling you, watch that Mr. Dynamite. It's so good. It's on Prime right now. I've got to check it out. I was trying to get through all the songs. Did you guys... Did you guys make it through all the songs or not? I think I did. I think I got close, but then I was doing this on the fourth disc, and I was like, Oh, I don't think I remember heard any of these, so... Matt, did you get through any songs? No. No? This is the first time around, yes. All right. Yeah, that's... There's a new documentary about the 1999 Woodstock. Yes. Oh, right. I've got to see it. That's great. It is unbelievable. Is that something I can watch with my parents, Matt, or is it going into a lot of sexual Assault stuff? There's a lot of that, a lot of boobs, things like that.
[51:00]Yeah, it gets a little dicey for humanity. It's not a good look for college-aged white males in 1999, so... Yeah, I don't know. But it was a good watch, how it kind of went from, this is going to be so great, to just Absolute shit show. Late-stage capitalism and whatnot. Right. You just had a sip of your night train, the Russell night train. Yeah. Would you say, would you rather have that or dandelion greens? What do you think? Sorry, Rob. I couldn't hear you. I had to take my headphones off while I was taking my pants off. Because you have to shit so bad because you've mixed, like, different liquors. Russell, when you come to the Bay Area, I will make you some dandelion greens, and I Think I might change your mind. I'll cook some for you. You come visit. Honest question, Rosie, because I'm not a vegetarian, and I don't like eating leafy Greens, but where does it stop? Where does like, I've heard of people eating, like, hostas before and
[52:00]Stuff, but, like, where does, is it, like, grass? Like, straight-up grass? Is that where it stops? Or, like, I mean. If you can identify it in your stool, is, are you done eating that then? Like, if you can just see whole cloth, like, there are dandelion greens, full Dandelion greens in your stool, you cannot eat anymore, right? I mean, so I will say this. Dandelion greens are historically a part of American cooking and heaven for a Lot of people. Dandelion greens themselves, not actually that weird. They're not even native to America, are they? I don't know if they're native to America or not. That would be a great question. I think that's the problem, is that they're a weed because there's no, nothing, nobody That eats them, I guess, but humans know. But for me, it stops at things that I can buy at the store or the farmer's market. Like, I'm not going out and picking my own grass and trying to eat it. Like, that would be, I don't forage for food. That's not, I'm not, I'm not quite there. But that's a good question, Matt. I, I can see Russ didn't say anything about coming out to Oakland. He's not taking me up on my offer yet. Russ, come out to New York and I'll get you a big steak and we'll go get some Ice cream somewhere.
[53:00]I don't know. I just feel like between my taste for Bailey's scrumptious salted caramel and Aaron's taste for leafy dandelion weeds, I just don't know if we showed up and We went and had a meal if it would get very far. I swear to God, you're going to make me go to the bathroom just describing that Drink. I mean, between that and the dandelion greens, I'm having trouble. It is scrumptious, though. I don't mind. And this is a live one, which I think is great. It's great for James Brown to hear him live. Yeah. This is the one from La Verde Apollo. But it's just so odd that they didn't include other tracks from that one. This collection of songs is fucked. They put on the list, right? Like this is much more egregious than Legend, for example. What do you mean by that? I thought so, except when I went all the way through it, it took me multiple attempts Over multiple days. When I went all the way through it, I felt like every music fan should do this. Everyone should actually listen to all of these songs in this fashion. So I don't know. I'm, I'm torn on it.
[54:00]Well, I guess maybe we'll get to the end of it. Almost every song is just an absolute crusher. Yeah. If this thing belonged on the list, it would be number one. Don't you think? Yeah. Russell, now I know how you feel, where he kind of sets you up of like, oh, compilations Are bad. And then when you try to agree with him, he fucks you. That's exactly what he just did there. I mean, no, obviously it shouldn't be on the list, but it's weird that it's on The list. Fuck me. It shouldn't be on the list. But when you listen to it, it's weird. Listen, like you could put this on and just let it go for hours. And it's fantastic. I can tell you this. I love it. This four CD set, driving kids, tubing in a boat. Excellent soundtrack for driving kids, tubing in a boat. I put this around my neck and went sailing for a couple hours. It's great. It's, it's fun to listen to. Did you just put, go to like Mr. Hero in every song and just put that on repeat or not? I was teaching the kids a lesson. They're finally like, who's this? Mr. James Brown. I was like, oh guys, he's the godfather of soul. Prisoner of love. This was on the Tammy show. Movie. And he played this on Ed Sullivan. Probably a good name for a B movie in the eighties too.
[55:00]I would say, right? Prisoner of love. Yeah. Yeah. Don't you think that's like a good, kind of like a, it sounds like a movie you'd find Over at a friend's house, like in the dad's collection, like way up high. It's like, oh, prisoner of love. It's also a classic. Wait guys, a bug just flew, a bug flew in my mouth. Tattoo design, the prisoner of love. Sorry, a bug. Is this real? Yes. Is this real? Yeah. A man flew in my mouth. All right. Well, let me give you a couple seconds here, Rob, and just say that the dandelion That we know is not native to North America. It came, European settlers brought it over. The dandelion has countless health benefits and palatable applications. Europeans use the plant to treat fever, boils, eye problems, diarrhea, fluid retention, liver Congestion, heartburn, and skin ailment. So basically the dandelion is not native to North America. So basically they just used it for everything and just said, oh, here, tape a dandelion To it and we'll cure you. Matt, would you mind tracing the ancestry of Bailey's scrumptious salted caramel and
[56:00]See how far that goes back? Oh, that came over on the negative one out of 10 doctors. I like how a bug flew in my mouth. You guys don't even bother with it. You're talking about your own shit over there. We got a cover for you, man. We're here for you, Rob. We said we would just keep going. Oh my God. You said we would keep going. I think that's what it's like to eat a dandelion green. It's what I just had with a bug devil's den. So James Brown does play organ on a lot of these songs. And it's funny because I saw an interview with the JBS where they were like, yeah, he Used to play organ and he's not very good, but we had to let him do it because he was In charge of the fire recipe. This sounds like the pink Panther song on drugs to me. That's what I was thinking. It's like the pink Panther. I don't even remember what the pink Panther song is, but it sounds like that on drugs. The song is on drugs and drugs are bad or you're on drugs listening to it. Don't do drugs. Actually, what I was thinking, though, I didn't think this was one of the best on here.
[57:00]Devil's den. But there's another person who's done songs about devils. And it's Beck has done a song. You guys remember devil's haircut? I remember that one. If you drop this song in the middle of this James Brown album, you'd be like, holy shit. So I got to say. When it comes to songs about devils, who does it better? Beck did it better. Actually, that's cool. There's a switch from the one to the two and the four. Yeah, it's mostly on the one that goes to the two and the four. Yeah, listen to this. Here. That does go. See, Aaron and I are doing smart shit over here. Hey, I put that in there for a reason. I knew you guys would pick up. Yeah. We're not just eating bugs and dandelion greens. Okay. Okay.
[58:00]Well, guys, we're almost a fourth of the way through this set. All right. Out of the. All right. It's not bad. That's actually bad. Out of the blue. It's a little more piano heavy, right? Yeah. This seems more. I mean, it's interesting to hear this after night train and some of these others. Like, this seems more hearkening back to the styles he was doing. Earlier out of sight in 1964. This is the first where he has Maceo Parker as a saxophone player and a lot of people. Oh, Jesus Christ. Scared the shit out of me. I'm sitting in the car in the dark. Jesus Christ. I thought that was like a bear excited. I'm reading about the root of the dandelion and how it's improved file. I've been waiting all night to do that. He does that all the time. Damn Bailey scrumptious. Carmel is what you're supposed to be looking for. Where does the scrumptious is that go back to what country? Scrumptious. Apparently, if you've got gallstones or you're jaundice, you should be eating the root of A dandelion. Oh, yeah.
[59:00]The root, you idiot. You eat the leaves like a sucker. I'm not jaundice. My Billy ribbons are great. I think. I mean, I haven't tested. I'm going to say this again. And I say this a number of times. A lot of people say this is the first true funk song. I think you're going to hear that about 64 times. Aaron, what do you think? You're you're into punk music. Is this the first true punk song? I don't know enough about the history that I can tell. I don't know enough about the history that I can tell. I don't know enough about the history that I can tell. I don't know enough about the history of the academic side, but yeah, this sounds like Fun. Right. It's precise. All right. You have horns kind of doing these repetitive rhythmic licks. I think the song had a reference to the lyrics. You got a shapely figure. I thought that was a kind of a cool turn of phrase. But I hope no one ever uses it if they refer to me as John Candy and say, well, you've Got a shapely figure. Kind of like Mr. Candy had. You know, an egg shaped is still shaped, Russell, like it's still a shape. Is that worse to be egg shape or sphere? Which one would have been meaner for me to say? I think egg shape is way meaner for me to say, right? I don't know. Sphere doesn't sound very good either.
[1:00:00]Is this him on the organ or is he on somebody else's organ? I can't tell you for sure. I know later. No, it's James Brown on the organ. I actually looked it up because I was going to try to find if Beck did the organ better, But that is James Brown playing the organ, I believe. This album is pretty good. This was on Atlantic or something, right? It was like an offshoot sort of instrumental jazz album. The whole album is actually pretty good. Aaron, do you like grits? Do you like eating grits? Yeah, I love grits. They would go great with greens. It's just G's. I do like grits. Just GRs. I don't make them, though. Grits, greens, and... It's grumptious caramel. Grumptious caramel. I mean, I would eat it like some... I would eat some gizzards with some grits. Oh my God. Maybe the last time. No, he's just overly ignoring me. I love the songs where James Brown just wails right off the bat and comes in and just hammers Right opening. Yeah. This is his last studio recording with the Famous Flames. And it was funny because I saw so many of these songs were written by a guy named Ted
[1:01:00]Wright. Well, it turns out Ted Wright is just James Brown under a different name. So he would get paid for writing the songs differently. He did it a bunch of times to avoid things like paying taxes, which he had been arrested For. Yeah. Okay. Aaron's giving me a big thumbs up. Not paying your taxes. Aaron, come on. Yep. Yep. It's a man's... Ted Wright, Aaron. Ted Wright, Aaron. So this is a man's world. Not to be confused with... It's a man's man's world, which is the later version. This is an early version of it. And this is not the first, not the last time we're going to hear multiple versions of the Same track, right? Yeah. For example, instead of I Feel Good, have you ever heard... This is kind of like when you wanted a transformer and your parents instead would buy you a new One. When your parents instead would buy you an Autobot. I Got You. Oh, I feel good. And you're like, yeah, it's so close to what I wanted, but it's not quite there. It's like when your grandma buys you a gift and you're like, oh, yeah, it's just not...
[1:02:00]It's the Hydrox. This also is like another '80s movie song where someone's getting ready in the bathroom And combing their hair over and getting ready to go out or something. That's another great '80s movie song, isn't it? Well, I Feel Good is a great '80s movie song. I Got You is like maybe you're a podcast who doesn't want to pay for publishing rights To songs you have to pick. I Got You instead. Wait, it's a different... I just thought it was the same thing. No. It's a different song? No, that song is... I'll play it for you here in a second. This is Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. This is an early version as well. Sounds good, though. He yells out, "This is a hit." Sounds very good. Preaching, man. This is a hit. It is. Oh. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. Those horns. Those horns. Yeah. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. What you think of with James Brown, now we go to the second CD, and now he's got Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. For the release of the single, they took that song. They took that song. This is the song that got him his first Grammy for Best R&B Song. They took that song that we were just listening to.
[1:03:00]They upped the tempo. They upped the pitch, right? So now listen to Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, and listen to the ones here. Just count one, two, three, four. Ain't no drag. Oh, I don't know. Matt, what do you think? If you're on the greatest album list of All time and you're just running the same song back and back, I'm calling it. It's a different version though. We're seeing the evolution of it. No, come on. This is the same song. Well, sure. It's the same song. I mean, if you're going to have an album with 71 songs on it, you're going to have A little bit of crossover, aren't you? We can at least mix them up a little bit. Yeah. It's going to be exhausting. Yeah. So now, Russell, here is, I've got you parentheses. I feel good. Another repeat. This is his highest rank song of all time at number three. Although that's not True. You got number one later. At the time. This is the other one.
[1:04:00]No, it's not. Okay. So listen to this, Russell. Listen. This is like James Brown, Strong Horns. Great chorus where you only place two notes in the chorus right now. That was, I feel good. This is, I got you. The rhythm's different. No, it's different. It's totally different. The track is different. Yeah. It's not even, it's not even close. I mean, it is close. I think we've got a, I think we've got a clean and ice-ice-baby situation. They're different. They're clearly different. Ain't that a groove? Yeah, this is back to the blues, right? Yeah. One of my favorite things about this album is every time there would be a Song that was kind of slower or a little bit, all of a sudden a bunch of Horns would jump in and blow you away or he'd start howling like
[1:05:00]Prince. Like it, there was always something that would turn these, These songs up when they got a little bit slow. I'd love this. I was lifting weights to these songs and like in between You're just, you can't help but dance around a little bit. Like it's just, it's great. This is, it's a man's man's man's world, Russell. All the way to number one on the R&B charts, eight on the pop charts. Didn't we just listen to this one? No, no. Yeah, this is much more, this is the strings on it. Definitely pumped up the production on this one. Yeah. I mean, this was for sure going for a radio crossover success. That's, I love that song. I'll sing that song all the time. It's so great. Money won't change you. This is the one where I just texted you guys and go, This song is pretty trombone heavy. Listen to the trombone in this one.
[1:06:00]That is trombone? Yeah. Yeah, right there. I'm sure you got Grant, whatever his name is on for this Area. Grant Dickens. Special episode. Grant, I hope you're listening. He would have made a better sound on that than I, I never, Never got back to his level. What's he up to now? I wonder, don't be a dropout. This is a song you wrote. Well, not being a dropout. And he actually got to meet Hubert Humphrey when he was running for president In the Dorsetown. And there's a great clip where he's talking with Hubert Humphrey. You've never seen a guy look more square than Hubert Humphrey Talking after James Brown does. Like it just, you could not, James Brown's like He's like, I want to give it up for my man Hubert. And it's like, OK, well, this is not going to go well. Bring it up. Hipster's Avenue. This got all the way up to 29 of the pop charts. I thought this kind of sounded a little Cuban, little Latin American. I can do that. I don't know if this is the percussion or what.
[1:07:00]And this was the initial point where I really borders On the Motown sound, too, which I think Probably James is trying to stay away from. Still much more rhythmic. But would you write down, Russell? This is where I just wrote down. This is where I stopped paying attention and all the song. I know this song sounded different, but once you've hit Like the 32nd song mark, it's it's over. Well, we're not halfway done yet. So here we go. Let yourself go. Is that a trombone or a tuba? I don't think you get a tuba. I don't think anybody in the J.B.'s are playing a tuba. Right. I think it's probably a baritone sax. Yeah. I always felt bad for the guys. The people had to pay to play the baritone sax. There was always like eight alto sax players in our school And then one or two baritone sax and no one wanted to be those players. It's heavy, man. You got to carry that thing all around. Yeah. But then Lisa Simpson was playing it, right? Didn't it make it like way more popular to? She played the baritone sax.
[1:08:00]I thought so. I don't know. All right. Now we've got Cold Sweat. This was written by his band leader, Pee Wee Ellis. This got all the way up to number one on the R&B charts, Number seven on the pop charts. Only one chord change in this whole song. I think this was the song where he calls for the drum solo, too. He's like, give me the drums, right? Then there's the drum solo. Yeah. Oh, it's a ton of these songs. Yeah. A lot of people think this might be the first funk song ever. Are you... I thought you just said that eight songs ago. Yeah, but listen to this. What the fuck? Yeah, listen right here. And yeah, as he gets into funk, You don't know how much of what he's saying Is lyrics to the song, how much of it is him ad-living And how much of it is him communicating with the band. I mean, maybe in the studio, it was different. There's only two chords. Listen to the chorus here, because it changes. Here it comes. Here it comes, Russell.
[1:09:00]That's it. That's the whole song right there. Those two different chords played. And it still sounds so good. Here's another two note chorus for you. Get it together. Listen to this chorus. Just two notes. I love that. As this album goes on, he just speeds up and up. I like the more songs you get into, The more you get to hear him ad-libbing during the song, Because this is the one where he's like, Now, horns, lay out. He's telling people when to come in, when to come out. I'm telling you got to watch his documentary Because they would show you clips Where he would turn to the band and he would go like this, Russell. And every time he did that to you, He was finding you $5 for making a mistake. Oh, yeah. So he turns to somebody and do it four times And be like, OK, you owe me $20 Because you just fucked up and played the wrong note. I was thinking about doing that to you guys. That's like when you find man, $5 for every time he talks. That's right. Yeah. It was your $10.
[1:10:00]I'm so rich. I get every six minutes. I've got, we've got this ticker that you can see And every six minutes, I get to say one comment. If I get two comments in that six minutes, Oh, man, I hear it from Rob. Rob Docks Your Revenue. Yep. OK, that's five for both of you. All right, I can't stand myself. He actually played this with the Daps, Which is an all-white band. Up to 28 on the billboard. Sounds like CCR born on the Mayut to me. Wow. He's a group. This is where the drumming really starts to grab me. This was a song that when the Jackson Five went to Motown To audition, this is what they played. I got the feeling. Listen to this intro. I suppose Michael Jackson goes and fills that.
[1:11:00]They're going to get signed. You're going to get signed. You can hear Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five in this. You can hear Prince, right? You can hear you can just hear everything In the future of like fun music in this. It's Steve Wunder. Oh, yeah, tons. Oh, yeah. This was Aaron's nickname in high school. No, I don't like that. Lick and stick. Oh, no. Say it out loud. I'm black and I'm proud. Yeah, I just I love the change in the groove from this one To this two. I guess it is. I think also yes, you hear what's what to come. But I hear and I don't know which way who influenced who. But I hear so much afrobeat and drumming in these grooves
[1:12:00]That like what we heard the talking heads try to do in Following after select duty. I think this all started here or it was borrowed. Well, I think that on the ones is a very kind of Afrocentric rhythm for sure. Absolutely. That was one of his biggest hits. He spent number six weeks on the R&B at number one On the R&B charts. And that was the first song where he had Fred Weasley On what trombone, right? There was a time. Wesley and the Horny Horns. Go from year two to three. Live at the Apollo here. This is the first life. More than a third or not. No, we've heard a couple. This is the first like thing you think of a game. Give it up and turn it loose. 1969. No, I couldn't. There's so much more space when it gets different In terms of space within the music.
[1:13:00]Now all of a sudden instruments aren't playing On top of one another. One thing is laying down the groove. It just feels more spacious in a way. Well, and the lyrics almost becoming consequential, right? Like you can just say the same thing over and over And it still sounds cool as hell. Everything's an instrument, right? I didn't think this song was one of the best in the album. But then when I was thinking about it, I was like, If you put this song on almost every other album We've listened to, it would be a top three song On everything, don't you think? Yeah, it's it's crazy. No, yes. You don't think so, man. A top three song on every other album we've listened to. I'd say about half the albums we've listened to. If you put that song on it, it would be in the top. It would be one of the best songs On most of the albums we've listened to. Can you imagine if that was on the Ramon CD? Blow your mind. It would be the best song. Just drops in the middle of the Ramon. And there's like three albums, the Ramon's, The Whatever and Nico. Who is that with Nico? Velvet Underground. Velvet Underground and Nico. And then whatever your other punk band was That you liked, Russell. That's not even the top three song on this set, though.
[1:14:00]No, I know that. I'm saying if you put it on other albums We've listened to, it would crush. It's funky. And just wait, this is the end of the second disc. It's just going to get. I think the third disc of this Is so incredibly good. But before we get to that, we've got I don't want nobody To give me nothing. This was James Brown. He kind of went to his politics Are actually quite conservative Because he his big thing was he wanted people To kind of do everything for themselves. For example, he had a restaurant business Where he actually wanted them to open up The Golden Platter, which is James Brown's Golden Platter restaurant in the ghetto To try to give people a chance to own their own business. He actually had a James Brown food stamp And this got all the way up to three On the R&B and 20 on the Billboard charts. Like they said in the documentary, they said, Well, it's really easy for James Brown to say Don't give me nothing when he's easily One of the most talented musicians of all time. Like, yeah, he can go get it. Yeah. At this point, he was doing fine probably.
[1:15:00]Yeah, and if you notice That he has had multiple band members quit Because he just doesn't pay him. There's a lot of times where he's like, Guys, I just can't pay it. It happens over and over. Didn't Jimmy play? Did Jimmy ever play with him or him? He did, right? Or did Booty Collins play with Jimmy? So this is Mother Popcorn, Number all the way up to 11 on the charts. Which once again, he does to your opening song, Rob. Oh, yeah. This was based on a famous dance Called the Popcorn at the time. But he was referring to Mother Popcorn, Which he said was just a woman with a big ass That he liked that. Jimmy Hendricks played with the famous Flames. About two years with James Brown to 63 and 65. I like it. So then that was my point that I wanted to make Was it's fun to have this back to back With Electric Ladyland because you can hear how Jimmy was just Like, yeah, I'm not going to do this super regimented shit. Like I got to live my life. Can you imagine him going like five, 10 to James
[1:16:00]Jimmy's Hendricks and be like, what? He's like, fuck that. I'm going to do a start my album with a sonic painting. Something you're not going to do. Now we have, and this is the run right here is incredible. Funky Drummer. Okay. This song has James Brown on the organ. It's sampled by Fuck the Police. Mama said, knock you out. Let me ride. Save me by Nicki Minaj Runs House. When I look at who sampled this, This was sampled by 1,722 other songs. Funky Drummer. Here's the drummer. It's famous. Listen to this. I want to talk to you about those famous breaks of all time. One, two, three, four, get it. I think the story is that at some point in the early or mid 80s,
[1:17:00]This ended up on They would make like beat cassettes or break cassettes. And I think this ended up in one of those compilations. And then just everyone went crazy for it. And it's ended up in so many songs for good reason. I saw a great interview with Clyde Sebelfield. He's like, yeah, I hate that song. He's like, he brought us in earlier than morning to record. It's the one single for James Brown That never did very well. And now it's like a hip hop pillar. Like maybe James Brown made him listen to 73 songs Before he got to listen to it. And that's why he hated it. Cause I would get that. So now James Brown band members come up to them. They say, hey, listen, you're fucking us on pay. You're not giving us any of these recording. We're not getting any money. So he says, oh, I'm so sorry, let me pay you more. Nope, wrong. He fires all of them and hires a whole new band, Including Catfish and Bootsy Collins. This is get up. This is feel like being like a sex machine. You're going to hear less horns Because the horn players weren't as good yet. But you're going to hear this Bootsy Collins On bass, which is incredible. This song got all the way up to 15 on the billboards. Doing it can I count it off? One, two, three, four.
[1:18:00]Oh, yes. So listen to his bass. Get on up, get up, get on up, Stay on the scene, get on up, I like a sex machine, get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, Get on up, The one I thought about right away I think I may have you covered yep all Right the first one on the list we've covered a few Prince albums but we've Never covered the song raspberry beret yes is my favorite Prince song this is a Great intro to first song right I knew it's your favorite Prince song that's a
[1:19:00]Cool countdown for an intro right yeah and every Minnesota kid a little crazy That weird I'll never did raspberry Sorbet to this it's right there maybe I mean Big Papa Rob could do it next week if we want right yeah whenever we get to oh No this is not this not really on an album because it was the B-side from oh No shit next song on the list is woolly bully by Sam and the sham and the Bear oh yeah check this one out I was singing this to just yesterday because We had a bunch of tabooly out and so I kept singing over and nobody Thought I was funny so I kept doing it for 10 minutes I was reading a Little bit about that song woolly bully and so there's a disagreement some People think that woolly bully is an expression to congratulate other people
[1:20:00]So I'd be like hey Rob you've got a great podcast that no one listens to woolly Bully other people and other people think it's just the name of the singers cat What do you guys think it means I like that you did something great woolly Bully you know where Russell woolly bully you for telling me that woolly Bully sir woolly bully guys woolly bully on this effort tonight yeah this is Fun I love it woolly bully are we gonna just let it slide that Rob said he Had a bunch of tabooly out number one I know he was trying to make a joke but You got to pick on me about dandelion greens and not gonna get on Rob's case About having a bunch of two what do you do with a bunch of tabooly yeah I'm not Fucking eating dandelion greens okay and guess what I only had some of that The pool the boolean I threw that shit away I got extra stuff I'm not going To the fucking store buying dandelion greens get out of here that shit put The rest of it in that diaper when he ate all the candy bars didn't have Any left for the games guys no joke I've been eating so much meat up here Oh my god it's crazy like when I take a shit it's gonna be so big oh my god it's
[1:21:00]Crazy by the way I like when Russell went to that woolly bully webpage the The counter for visitors click-to-one finally somebody wants to hear about Woolly bully Russell woolly bully for that next band on the list also did a Little homage to woolly bully they also went with a similar intro check This one out this is you to vertigo you think that's it yes it actually is According to song facts dot com you think Bob one two three fourteen well actually Matt maybe you know you're a you're a you two guy right no some people say That I do inside I can't you don't like them yeah is it because you think they Get more attention than Pearl Jam and that man no because they're so pompous That their guitar player calls himself the edge yeah like how pompous an asshole
[1:22:00]They have to be to call yourself I would love to be the edge I I think that's Great you more for man it's more like you not to god damn it I stopped the Podcast for that joke no woolly bully for me thank you sir well if we're gonna Do one band Matt hates we gotta do one band that Matt loves and this is Outcast hey y'all remember this one this was huge quick it's quick So is that a shout out to woolly bully as well this is much more of a shout out To James Brown if you watch the video you know they kind of have the live TV kind of thing going on so I don't know that video is in just dance you Know where you hold a controller and you have to do the dance they have the Actual dance from the video I smoked my kid in that she didn't know what was Going on I was like hell yeah I know this whole day I got this easy that is the Song where they're singing about shake it like a Polaroid picture right Absolutely Lucy lose yeah it turns out that Polaroid actually put out a
[1:23:00]Warning after that song came out saying if you shake a Polaroid picture it Could damage the picture you're not supposed to shake the Polaroid picture Don't do it that's all three people that still use Polaroid we're like Okay that's good to know like well this was back when iTunes came out this is When hey I came out Rob it's not now last song on the list wait this is one of my Favorite songs I'm sure like you I would you all believe a judge for this but I Remember at the time loving this is the new radicals you get what you give Do you guys remember this song yeah this is a cool song that's a pretty good Right they got the mandolin going on the background and if you guys remember at The end of that song he starts ripping celebrities he calls out Marilyn Monroe Back Courtney Love and Hanson remember does he Marilyn Manson too right
[1:24:00]Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson you're all fakes run to your mansion you don't Know they're gonna kick their ass in yeah gonna kick their ass in man so crazy I Read that Marilyn Manson got really pissed and threatened to kick the shit Kick the crap out of this singer for this new radicals band and he wasn't Pissed that he was gonna that he threatened him or whatever on the song he Was pissed that he put him in the same vein as Courtney Love and he was Insulted that he put him in the same vein as Courtney Love he's like don't Put me and her in this in your in the same not Hanson he was fine with Hanson But he didn't want to be next to Courtney Love turns out she's way cooler than he Is so I don't know when you know what that band was is a bunch of Yaks with Mohawks because they were new radicals the new radicals well I Have a great way to end this list now now that Matt I know that Matt Hates the edge I also read about this song by the new radicals in an
[1:25:00]Interview in Time Magazine the edge from you two said that was the song he was Most jealous of Matt the new radicals song sounds about all right Russell woolly bully for that list Woolly bully guys I like it but I do a woolly bully Russell telling the song you cut out of that list I also cut out a song by everyone's favorite band it's Oasis they played Pretty fly for a white guy Oasis pretty fly for a white guy you guys remember This one yeah I remember that song Oasis what not Oasis Russell dumb shits you Can't play along for anything can you Off Fly for a white guy You're gonna have to catch me I was literally thinking you were gonna tell me Oasis covered play with Pretty fly for a white guy
[1:26:00]There's actually two countdowns and pretty fly for a white guy Woolly bully do you Russell do we mix up Oasis and offspring one time Is that the joke you're making If you guys dumb shit co-hosts You should have got a dental Russell these guys don't listen to the podcast and I barely listen I listen In a fog I know All right talking loud and saying nothing well we're almost halfway Talking a lot Here we go Do a title of our do of our podcast so we change that at least for this Episode this is this breakdown here Says keep on singing Keep on singing So that's still that Bobby Byrd whose family adopted him it was in the famous Flames and was with him the whole way through it's crazy He's a great hype man Well he was not the same guys as cape man
[1:27:00]Because on the Ed Sullivan show if you watch his performance on the old Sullivan show he did his great cape act that he does which I love What's a great cape and singing a song and he breaks down and he goes down To his knees and there's one guy all he does this guy is he comes out and He puts a cape on him And he ushers him off the stage and then James Brown is walking off He goes oh and then James Brown throws off the cape and he runs back And he sings more and then he breaks down and goes down to his Knees and the cape guy comes back out with a different colored cape And puts it on his back and James Brown walks off And then he comes back and he sings more Again when he's exactly it's like you can't and watch him do it is so great Because you're just like oh no he's so beat up but he's got to come back And sing he can't help himself it's his bones he can't it's so great Would you guys be willing to reimburse me for three of my next Dates if I do this on each of them or like I run out of energy And then like fall over and then someone comes out and puts a cape On me and I come back to life yes I yep I'd be I'd be willing to Reimburse you I'll pay I'll pay for both those number fours at McDonald's Russell I think that's a great idea get up get into it and get involved
[1:28:00]Everybody over there everybody right there get into it everybody right there Get involved have we heard this song three times now no It's the same song just twice this is the song going out to all those people who are Not calling their voicemail this is the one we heard a lot on public Enemy. Oh really is it? Risk. Yeah. A what part. One more time. I think you don't get confused because there is a song called public Enemy about 12 12 songs from now point it to it about an hour now I'm saying public enemy sample that guitar. You think public and me sampled a song called Public Enemy like They Really know I'm saying they sampled get up get intoق get You're talking publicly stole their name from James Brown, and they should be paying him a royalty for it Russell thinks all these songs are the same. So I don't know what's going on
[1:29:00]Speaking of Russell working at the shoe store soul power Listen to this face by Bootsy Can you explain to Russell who Bootsy Collins is? Well, he was a great bassist. I think he got his start No, he's like seven then he was eventually The Sort of key bassist for Parliament and Funkadelic and He adopted his stage in public persona after Jimi Hendrix To his whole voice as George Clinton was told him to like try to sound like Jimi Hendrix. It's so good Also starting some great Nike commercials and then so power that makes sense This is a song brother rap where he's telling people Hey, you got a rap and ain't it funky and this they switch in the middle of the song. Listen to the switch here Yes
[1:30:00]It's like when I switch in the middle of my date and I go from the chicken Russell you're not taking your dates to barbecue places. Are you I'm gonna say that's mistake number one Why is that? Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no, you cuz you cannot eat barbecue without getting it all over the place I mean, I know I'm like a giant maybe you just go like, oh, let's go jump in the tub together People left. What the fuck? That's the smartest thing you've ever said, Aaron The life of a skinny guy, let's go jump in a tub together. I mean come on I've got these jeans. I got a shrink Doesn't work you just you fall over and they come up with the cape on you in your back It's like a reset button on Nintendo use hit reset you start over the cape is covered in barbecue sauce You're like, oh, it's a terrible idea. I should not have brought a date to a barbecue place. No, I think you avoid spaghetti
[1:31:00]I think you avoid pasta. You avoid barbecue on the first date. I think you go for things like what don't you spill? It's a good question because maybe dandelion greens. I mean, I don't know Pizza's very spilly. Yeah, I was with Matt. We had pizza the other day of spilling all over the place, but I married so who cares You didn't get the tub together guys. I'm pretty sure That Matt and Rob can't fit in a tub together Certain of it what I'll take that chance. I'll take that challenge We'll be in Vegas Cross-legged it would be an interesting science experiment anything more disappointing than the first time you have sex in water You're always like this is gonna rock It's like it's gonna be like we're floating around and just having sex like crazy and then you do it And it's like fucking cardboard. It's just terrible
[1:32:00]Anyway, I think James Brown beat Cisco He did the original thong song with hot pants in 1971. They went to Europe on tour and saw these pants of these women wearing hot pants They're like Goddamn these hot pants are so great. We got to sing a song about them Pick this song If I keep drinking these night trains cocktails and have to take my pants off I'm gonna say these are hot pants They're gonna be hot pants if you drink in those drinks. It's gonna be hot with your blood. I Think when we're in Vegas, we got to just sit on a park bench and just Observe something and just start writing some songs. I was gonna say is there an article of clothing that you would write a song about I know I would do this for bodysuits when I was in middle school What's a bodysuit like women in my middle school and wear these bodysuits where it's like snaps at the bottom
[1:33:00]Like it goes all the way and it's tight Like a swimsuit almost and then they would wear it Russell type in bodysuit into Google Okay I was so down with bodysuits oof I never knew it was at the bottom of those. I'm impressed that you know that I never understood how they put those on you think they just like crawled in somehow like through the side Of course, how else would they get a bodysuit isn't that an amazing mystery as a middle school kid? You just wash some of these magical creatures walking around that perfect. It's true My song would be about your bow jeans when I was a kid. I never got your bow jeans I was always envious of the cooler kids that were allowed to have the jeans with a little tag Russell this is episode three Like I had colored jeans They're just white jeans with my white jeans and my white jean jackets But my I went up my mom made front of me the classic story How many fucking how much sugar I've had from this fucking Bailey's
[1:34:00]Your voice has gone up an octave I'm a greedy man I mean this CD so good Like when there's a greedy man when he doesn't want to pay those taxes a greedy man. I'm keeping that money I want to see where they're sending it first. Yeah, you're living in California classically low-tax area Make it right funky part one. We heard this the live version This is the first funk song
[1:35:00]Yeah, I don't know if it slowed down or whatever it is, but the it that song is amazing compared to the other stuff That's kind of like the first one. It feels like he's changed a little bit You know once Bootsie comes in but you know that song in particular feels like he slows it down a little bit to try To get just a little bit more flavor in the song. I don't know. Yeah, I agree. I love it It's a kind of song where the other ones make you want to tap your feet That one just kind of makes you want to wobble your knees be like the guys in front of the car dealerships kind of wobbling around And if it wasn't for these knobby knees, I would have been a table dancer This is Listen to this intro for us If he's looking for work, I would hire him Can you imagine if I walk in to a date and got this introduction, it would be amazing
[1:36:00]Yes Ladies and gentlemen the star of the show You might remember such dates as sending all their food back Got his computer stolen in the backseat of his car and had to go back in if you asked if you brought it in in the first And three months pregnant Doesn't speak any English. Just left with two dudes in the same day I Mom off lady who tipped over the umbrella at the bar in Hopkins
[1:37:00]Here's one for Aaron I've got ants in my pants The same day Interpreter that I have no idea My name is Aaron I forgot about the woman who slept with two dudes in the same day Hey, I just slept with the two dudes the same day I think my drinks not right, but I'm not gonna say anything. I'm too scared Remember the lady who sent all my the food back today. That was terrible, too
[1:38:00]Russell you'll have to when we get to another album that's got Bootsy Collins if you go to his website He sells two bottles. He's got a Chardonnay, and he's got a Cabernet He's got funk ship one Chardonnay, and he's got bootzilla Cabernet. Yes. Oh, I'm on this stuff Episode 62 get it by then we're gonna be all the way up there I'll show up to the my dates with those two bottles of wine where my cape You know miss Tina Turner saying about we don't need another hero But only James Brown was singing about heroine King heroin He's reading a poem This would be the grandma gift Here's is this what you were playing when you guys were Yeah, what do you do when this one comes up to you? They were like, oh my god, you'll make a schoolboy forget his books
[1:39:00]Whatever you want to call it. I don't know It's like I remember texting when we started this quest I remember texting you guys when I heard that song. It's crazy cinematic, right? He's he's trying to do a service to to people so Pretty fascinating There it is. So now we're getting into kind of later stage. This is 70s James Brown guys. We're on disc four now This is later stage James Brown godfather of soul the godfather of soul This is where we're gonna hear him kind of transition here and kind of still grabbing onto the funk But losing a little bit and then getting into disco Me Guitar Yeah, I mean it for some reason that the quality of that one was weird So this is the one that public enemy sampled that Aaron was telling us about this is public enemy number one Maybe it was maybe you were editing that probably our last eight episodes where
[1:40:00]That can't possibly love people Because people don't know there's this referee podcast that I've heard is out there And I've listened to it audio quality sounds fantastic All in the editing and I should edit this has been successful So this is a similar song to King heroine, right? Yeah He just run it. He runs it right back kid. Okay But he's talking about that lice because it's called pubic enemy that might be a joke we've heard before as well You big shit. That's from episode Oh Get on the good foot This is what Aaron has issues with his gout I'm an eating too many fish
[1:41:00]Beer and sardines you have sardines with the dandelion greens you fucking idiot you're gonna get gout again I didn't have any sardines. I should they would have been better if I had oh shit What were you do was just saying something about sardines weren't you did I drink guys? I'm in a car. Do I have the engine running I? [101:19] Don't know. They're not in the garage. Are you I said something about anchovies. I'm sorry. Why dandelion? Oh, I got a bag of my own 72 Three on the r&b 44 in the good word Listen what you just said this is from 72 This is where our power came from Sort of the next big bang yeah I feel like [101:55] I got a bag of my own is when erin goes to buy groceries and they're gonna give him a plastic bag It's like no, I've got this felt bag of my own
[1:42:00]That does happen. We have several reusable bags in the house. How do you remember to bring the bags in erin? [102:07] What's your tip for remembering the reusable bags? [102:11] I don't have a tip because I forgot them many times Now it's part of the you got the plastic ones drove by the ocean Fuck you turtles throws them in there Oh erin don't worry. There's no way your wife's making it to the end of this one. You can tell us You can tell us erin where those plastic bags go either forget the bags in the house Or I forget them like in the car You know what I mean like I never put them from the car back to the car like there's always a problem with that Yeah, I've had that I've had that but I don't have I don't have a tip It's just eventually enough for a petition it finally took well You know what happens that eventually you need to buy enough reusable bags there Where you just have thousands of them and they're all over like some in your car and some of your residents And you're like shit man too many bags Doing it to death. So this recording is actually credited to fred weasley and the jb's
[1:43:00]The jb's actually kind of came back to him during this and this got to number one on the r&b charts 22 on the billboard But maceo had come back here after attempting to be a band Oh, this is different. Yeah You want to listen to a couple great CDs if you like this sound You remember when my jeep got stolen two of the cds are in there with the jb's just the cd called the jb's And it was a bunch of these songs together so good Kind of late jb stuff. It's grooving All right, now you might be thinking to yourself What song did invoke sample? Okay, or kinkunta by [103:53] Shit, I knew I was under yeah by kendrick lemar the payback
[1:44:00]Oh, yeah, I can hear that. Do you hear it? [104:03] Yeah the bass is for kinkunta And the guitar sound is I think from never gonna get it by invoke, right? Yep. It's so funky. I love it I just want to listen All right Papa don't big papa rob. Don't big papa rob takes a lot of mess because he doesn't want to deal with it right now Big papa rob has to put a lot of mess in those diapers with the candy bar I swear to god When are these kids going to go back to school summer is too long as a teacher? [104:42] I don't think summer is long enough as a parent. I think summer is way way too long papa don't take no mess This was his final number one hit on the r&b charts Matt what mess do you not take? What does papa matt take no mess over like physical mess? [105:01] I don't know erin or you're you're you guys are all dead when you guys take no mess over when
[1:45:00]When is the family or the kids mess with stuff and you're like papa don't take no mess? Well, I would say Kind of to rob's point about you know school time to be done like usually at night Kids take showers or something get ready for bed But brush your teeth and put on pajamas stuff like that like there's times when they just start messing around And they're just playing they're just kids stuff like that, right? But We just got to get those things done guys. So we start going to bed. So papa matt take Yeah, so bed time routines man. It's like let's just we got three things to get done We can read books. Let's just get them done That's what I don't take no mess with Aaron papa erin. When do you take no mess? Yeah, I'm trying to think if it's a consistent thing or if it [105:47] I think maybe getting in the car seat lately. No, that's been better. It's just like thing Hey, erin, just make some shit up. We're on the podcast just make something. I'm talking about yourself getting in the car seat
[1:46:00]That's right. He's got to get locked in the back seat honey. I'm not I can't buckle. It's too tight I would say I try to like not take no mess over like if he's if he's disrespectful or unkind to his mom at all And then she's like dude. I got it. Like I don't need your Mama don't take no mess when it comes to that, right? [106:19] Hey, mama don't take no mess when papa's trying to mess and mama taking no mess Take get your ass back in the back seat. I got this shit Rob, when do you take no mess? When does papa rob take no mess? We're checking out my internet browser history. Don't do that Stone to the bone part one She's got a good thing going here Is that a little wawa going on? Oh, yeah, absolutely It sounds like some of the guitar and the bob marley records You're gonna hear a ton of wawa coming up because we're all the way up to 1973 my thing One on the r&b chart. This is an amazing compilation. I know it's way too long. It shouldn't be on the list, but this is fantastic
[1:47:00]I never got tired of it. I just felt like I felt and I because I would have to stop and Go somewhere else. I like have it on in the house And they get the car put on the car like come on on the bike and it just felt like I just felt like I was grooving all day long like and the groove was Evolving a little bit. I like James ruin brown is like Serenading my day Your day is easier when you're kind of walking with this funky beat. I love it if we were thinking of the funkiest president, who would you pick? [107:36] Miller filmar It's gonna go a taft taft. Yeah big man. Yep How about jerald ford funky president this song by the way sampled by Fuck the police eric b for president fight the power summertime by will smith Hip hop array by opp
[1:48:00]There's some parliament here or what? [108:08] Right I can hear the hip hop array You can hear it man. Yeah It's like they said in the documentary they said A break for james brown might be just a couple seconds, but on a hip hop song we can extend that up to five minutes It's just so funky Hot I need to be loved Yeah Same riff as fame Wow Oh, yeah Oh, whoa, you're right because the guitar player in his band was the same guy that hit fame with david boy So he's like, hey, I got this guitar riff for you. It's just literally exactly to save Yeah And again, you kind of can sense this is kind of the decline of james brown here because now we're all the way up to 76 although this got up to 45 on the billboard get up off of that thing
[1:49:00]however You know who wrote this song technically rustle His wife and kids you want to know why? [109:12] Because they didn't he didn't take he took too much mess. Yeah, he did not He did not he took too much. Yeah, he did not papa took a bunch of mess on who's going to write the lyrics He did not feel good after not paying his taxes. So he decided that his wife and kids were writing the song Which I think is the most greatest It's a greatest could you imagine if if rob started taking a bunch of mess from his wife and kids And they started writing the parodies every week It'd be in an english accent, wouldn't they? Oh, yeah With pieces of cake that are way too small This is so funky right here whistles, I believe this is the origination of He did this in two takes no multi-track. No, nothing's all live
[1:50:00]But we've heard this song 10 times today, haven't we? No, this is not a new song. We've heard this multiple times. No They're all slightly different Wait till you hear this organ. Have you heard the organ in this rustle? [110:16] I feel like you guys are gaslighting me right now. We've heard this song numerous times and you act like it's different Listen to this thing crawling down low listen to that rustle I'm not saying it's not badass, but there's not a slight difference But no other album we've listened to could they pull off paid We're going to give you the same song and have it be a little bit different Yeah, it could every band it we realized now every band does that Ramones did that well the Ramones But that's it. Yeah, that album was rolling groan hurt weight broke Please I can't think about that. My mind is actually shot right now. Believe it or not It was too high on the list. So that means the number was too small You wanted to be a higher number. So it'd be lower on the list body heat This was his absolute last top 100 until a very special song coming up in 1985. This is 76
[1:51:00]Didn't have another top 100 until 1985 You can hear the disco coming in though here big time Here you go in the good dark All these things where he's yelling payback. Were they from the movie soundtrack for payback? [111:21] Yeah, some of these do it definitely sound like black exploitation You know cinema there was one song that he was supposed to do for a black exploitation film and they said oh No, that's just the same old James Brown. And so he said well fuck this I'm going to release as an album and it did well and he was like, yeah, see I still fucking got it They were kind of the Russell running the movie of like this is the same shit over and over So the first song started in 56 The last song I'm going to play for you is 85 although the last real hit on this cd is a 76 Actually 84 is the last song on this cd. So I mean this is pretty crazy, right? What is that 19 year? [112:00] over this oh
[1:52:00]And just like this car when I've been sitting in for two hours now. It's too funky in here great song yeah I like Chris Jones And then if you take payback and you make it into a disco song, it's rap payback interesting I kind of like this disco James Brown I mean, I think James Brown was always a guy who relied on having some of the best musicians in his band, right? [112:41] And I think when they stop working for him, you can kind of hear there's a decline But I don't know. Is this a decline because I don't know the song or is it a pivot like matzah? [112:54] That's a great that's a great point. Yeah, I think it's a pivot I think disco gets a bad rap in a lot of ways, but a lot of it's good danceable music
[1:53:00]And it made probably made business sense for him to pivot toward that sound Here we have finally on the album. We have unity part one with african bombata 84 Right, which would have been a big deal for him to sort of post-sign hip hop at the time. Yeah, absolutely Or maybe there's a big deal for both of them because It's wild to hear him with the drum machine though, isn't it? Yeah You think back an hour ago and we were listening like doo-wop songs or whatever. What's the beginning? [113:35] Ow Yeah, are they I think they're interpolating some of his songs. Are they sampling it? Hey, what does that mean? [113:50] What is I see that a genius a lot erin? I don't know what it means. What is interpolating versus sampling? [113:54] I think there's actually like a legal definition of it But interpolating would mean you had a live band playing
[1:54:00]Or you know, you yourself recorded the song Sampling is you've taken a recording of that song and popped it in your it's your version You're now which one can you not get sued for if you do it out like on a podcast? Maybe like 62 times? [114:16] We're about to find out interpolating That is star time. That was 72 songs. I am absolutely exhausted I think but we're still gonna chat for a couple hours after this But let me get you into everybody's favorite part. It is the rating system [114:33] If you're still listening to this by the way text 802 277 back I will send you a dollar. I'll pay I'll venmo you They gotta if they're gonna text they gotta give a code word, right? Yeah The code is erin's pubic lice erin's pubic lice hashtag erin's pubic lice. I will venmo you a dollar if you're listening That's not a good idea. What I don't like Maybe you said issues before you don't know It's not real sometimes on this podcast. I would love to have been with so many people that I got pubic lice
[1:55:00]Like I think that's a real mark of like Hey, you're not only are you slapping it? You're getting it done, but You're getting it done with somebody with some hair down there. You know what I mean? You're velcoring up There's some hooks. There's some loops things are transferring back and forth. That's what I'm talking about Respect yourself erin. Okay Listen, this is the rating system. It's everybody's favorite popular and patented. Okay, and I could sue you if you actually talk about it So let's get into our rating system is this album. This is a 60 Oh my god, this is 54. Okay. Is this rolling well tone? That means it's perfectly 54. Oh, we love it It's great. Is this a rolling groan now what a rolling groan means is this album is not very good It should not been a 54. It should be lower on the list. I know what you're thinking lower on the list Oh a lower number. No, it's a bigger number a greater number if you will go up Unless you're on the website, then it is going down. Oh, no, actually, it's going up if it would be worse That's a rolling groan or is this a rolling piece of shit bone
[1:56:00]Rolling bone. I'm out of breath. This car is so hot. I think there's seriously a problem here Rolling bone means that this should be higher. We should have done this already Maybe even as the top five. Can you imagine if one of our top five podcasts? [116:13] We're just listening to 72 songs. We've been like, fuck this shit We quit not as good as we are now and we're so funny. Oh my god. We're so funny now. It's crazy So is this a rolling well toned rolling bone or a rolling groan? [116:27] Russell, I'll start with you. What do you think? [116:30] This is the final ranking we're doing. Oh my god serious I'm just hoping you pass out that car. Oh, okay We're supposed to rank the album like on the system Yes, the joke was funny the first time Oh, all right you know what I really enjoyed bully for say to the second time I got to give it up for somebody who goes back to the joke over and over. It's the James Browner jokes You just repackage it you're set Hey rob woolly bully my friend
[1:57:00]Guys I I love the music on this. I thought it was fantastic. There were so many good songs. I said this earlier I think you could take a lot of songs from these this compilation Put them on the other albums we've listened to and I think they'd be very good songs and almost everything we've listened to But it's just This has no business being on the list You can't you can't compare an album that Some a band bob dillon made in a couple days or someone made it in a few months and compare it to This guy's whole career. So this is rolling Bone No, this is rolling grown rolling bone means it's rolling grown It's too high on the list. It shouldn't be on the list This is bullshit. It shouldn't be on the list. It pisses me off that I've had to listen to these 75 songs twice Rolling stone owns us an apology. I don't know who the idiot over there that's working there Must have been a dental school dropout or something. Oh my god But they screwed this up. This should not be on the list
[1:58:00]They got to find another way to honor james brown. It shouldn't be on this list rolling grown person did say to me Oh, this is the last episode. I didn't hear an apology and I was like Oh, yeah, no, it's gonna be on the next one and then I was like, it's not really that grave of apology It's actually a two hour long of just one person making fun of dentists. So that's great Matt, what do you think rolling bone rolling well toned or rolling grown? [118:22] I'm gonna go with rustle and say it's rolling grown. I think James brown was made for LPs singles radio going there. He's not made for Albums if you will And again, the whole thing is it's a 30 year span of his music kind of a deal But I don't I just the music itself it all feels like james brown is this great front man. He's probably great live But everything it just feels like it was made and produced to sell records and
[1:59:00]Again, that's kind of the point of it all but without any heart and mind. I don't know It was just it felt very fakie To just try to get stuff out whatever was popular at the time and try to capture that as opposed to being what Was kind of coming from his soul if you will Isn't he the godfather of soul? Yeah, that was the shoe store He was a businessman. I mean he grew up with nothing, but that's the thing and I'm not I'm not faulting him But I don't want to fault him for that, but it was like he doesn't have to move you though. Yeah Yeah, he was a businessman and he did great at it and you know, he adapted to whatever Was popular at the times. Let's be very clear. We're not mad at james brown. These songs kick ass They rock even his later ones. Yes rock the guys who made the list at rolling stone are fucking morons, right? That's what you're saying Yeah, let's say it. No, I just yeah to russell's point just to wrap it up having a career An album that spans a whole career and then putting it up against the other albums that we're listening to it's
[2:00:00]Rolling groan. All right, Aaron. What do you think rolling well toned rolling bone or rolling groan? [120:09] Aaron are you higher frozen? [120:14] Robo was interupting me so I was waiting that I was trying to No, you got to talk at any of it. Yeah, and you just got to keep talking over Don't just don't stop The area going they're all talking at the same time and it just sounds great at the end of this album The edge of my vision is turning black. I can't think of anything funny to do. Just please go I'm dieting here Perhaps literally there are two ways to think about the list in my mind. They are ranking what Are what we would consider the greatest album So for me as russell said you can't even think about comparing this to an album that someone went into the studio to make on purpose As opposed to something it was put together by executives 50 years later So in that context no way it should be on the list I would say rolling groan just for its inclusion, but I will say if you think about the list as
[2:01:00]Recommendations for how to listen to music This is the right place to spend four hours five hours listening to this music So I would say as as a recommendation It's rolling well toned, but it's inclusion on the list rolling groan Guys, this actually gets a rolling missing wone Okay, that looked missing one look better when I wrote it out guys This is he is missing just said missing one. He is no it has to rhyme with stone That's the bit this is this was song that is missing off this list was in the top 40 For weeks it got all the way up to number four. He won a Grammy for this song for best r&b performance How could we forget? [121:41] We missed a song He won a Grammy for this This one a Grammy. Oh, this is from rock 85. Absolutely Ah, this is rocky four. He comes out. This is before apollo creed gets all the funniest scene where he dies Oh
[2:02:00]See this gets back to like the usa basketball france basketball i'm a i'm cheered for iven drago bad Like he's a bad ass. You got to cheer for the bad guy. You think rudiko bear is like I will break you like it's not as scary as the french accent Say one of me I will break you if he dies Yes, I must block his shot and then go eat crepes all night. You are what the french call les compétents Je suis un black your shot guys. I'm the man of a thousand voices It's crazy how good I am at all this but the bottom line is is that we should have heard that song I can't believe he was missing and for that reason it's probably the worst album of all time Next up we've got a band that once russell once famously asked me Would this band exist if it wasn't for drugs? We've got pink floyd dark side of the moon
[2:03:00]Oh, that's an experience and guys real bummer. There's only like eight songs on that album Is this one you'll listen to backwards with wizard of Oz or not? [123:11] Yeah, I think it is right Yeah, I think it is. Well, I mean someone better know we got to do this and we're supposed to do it I did that once we did it It lines up I've got the perfect podcast for you jack Beck did it better if I pass out during my next barbecue restaurant date Should I call the police for help and should I let them know I've consumed a large amount of bailey's scrubs? [123:39] Or just wait for matt to put my cape back on Can you hold up your glass russell? Let's see what's left Well, no, I'm drinking wine. No. Oh, no, I have this glass too. I got this one. I'm trying to think of what's in there That's that's the one I told you guys it was the The night train that I had to adapt because I didn't have the proper ingredients
[2:04:00]Russell, you hate yourself. I mean, what's going on? I would you know what song I would pick to best describe You dream that like you after drinking that drink. Let's all pick a song off this Night train. Let's all pick a song off this album to best describe russell after drinking this drink I think it's maybe cold. I was gonna say cold sweat I think I got the feeling would be a good one. I think he's gonna have his own bag He's got his own bag. Yeah glass to be bag. Hopefully my next date will try it out and it'll be licking stick That will be the one that ends it, right
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