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Speaker 1:
[00:00] Cheatin dirty dogs, terrible addictions, depression, poverty, abuse, suicidal ideation. These are just some of the thematic building blocks of the blues, which of course evolved into rhythm and blues. But Dungeons of Despair are shoddily built boys, riddled with cracks that let slivers of sunlight through. There is a brighter, more worldly, and more hopeful face of R&B, and I call that rhythm and joy. Welcome to Beyond Yacht Rock 2000, greatest music podcast on the internet. We create new musical genres, we count down the best genres, the best songs in that genre from 10 to 1. My name is JD Ryznar.
Speaker 2:
[00:48] I'm Hollywood Steve.
Speaker 3:
[00:49] Hunter.
Speaker 2:
[00:50] Dave.
Speaker 1:
[00:51] We're good at this. We do a good job making genres. We do. Suck our own dicks, so to speak. By throwing a boner, I'm going to change it to the boner throw. Executive Decision.
Speaker 3:
[01:02] You're going to mute forever?
Speaker 1:
[01:03] The boner throw now. Well, maybe just for today.
Speaker 4:
[01:06] Will we vote on that?
Speaker 2:
[01:09] Well, this song is going to get you rock hard anyway.
Speaker 1:
[01:12] Steve's got a-
Speaker 4:
[01:12] I'm already rock hard.
Speaker 1:
[01:14] An old genre that we came up to talk about. Steve?
Speaker 2:
[01:16] Hi, this is Nazareth with Expect No Mercy. I saw one of the fellow music nerds, a fellow on Blue Sky Post this with the caption, Here's Nazareth inventing disco metal. I knew immediately before I even clicked play that this was going to be my latest disco dips bone throw from Dave's classic genre. This is the title track of their 1977 album, which was their ninth since their debut in 71. Prolific release schedule for Nazareth. Apparently, after they had a big breakthrough hit with Love Hurts, their next two follow-up albums were softer, and people didn't like that as much overall. So this album is their partial return to hard rock. To let people know that, they got cover art by fantasy legend, Frank Frazetta, who's best known in the rock world for his Molly Hatchet album covers. He's good. The first of which arrived a year after this one, so Nazareth, the head of the curve once again. This cover has an armored warrior sword fighting with some kind of horned demon monster in front of this psychedelic brain looking backdrop thing, and it's not clear which of the sword fighters will be refusing to show mercy, which should definitely not be expected. I think it's probably both of them.
Speaker 1:
[02:34] Yeah, it looks like some kind of world that's a brain.
Speaker 2:
[02:38] Yeah, it's a brain world. Yeah, and it's fucking trippy as fuck, dude.
Speaker 1:
[02:43] Yeah, it is. Was that the whole thing? No, that's not full song.
Speaker 2:
[02:46] They're just doing it. No, they're not done rocking. They're not done disco rocking. It's got that kind of metronomic, like almost Giorgio Moroder-esque pulse to it, except they're playing it live, man.
Speaker 1:
[03:00] All right, so this is the title track of the album.
Speaker 2:
[03:02] Yeah, Expect No Mercy.
Speaker 1:
[03:04] Which you just said, okay. Cool, was it a hit on heavy metal charts?
Speaker 2:
[03:09] No, it was not even released as a single, which is why there's not a whole lot of information about it out there.
Speaker 3:
[03:15] Did they have these singles off this album?
Speaker 2:
[03:17] Yes, they had three singles off this album, none of which were this disco metal classic.
Speaker 1:
[03:23] Was this popular in Studio 54?
Speaker 2:
[03:26] It should have been.
Speaker 1:
[03:28] It kind of feels like-
Speaker 2:
[03:29] It was popular in Studio 666, man.
Speaker 1:
[03:34] It sounds like a Kiss song, like I was made for loving you.
Speaker 4:
[03:39] Classic disco, dude. It's that drum line that really sells the disco to me.
Speaker 2:
[03:45] Yes, that hi-hat work especially. He's like, oh, yeah, I could hear this in the club.
Speaker 4:
[03:53] When we finally get our podcasting fan, I think we should consider some Frank Fersetto artwork for the side of it.
Speaker 1:
[04:00] Think he's still alive? I think he could do it for us.
Speaker 4:
[04:02] Oh, no. Hunter, I'll do it.
Speaker 3:
[04:04] OK. OK.
Speaker 4:
[04:07] Remember the episode of Detroiters where the guy paints their faces on the side of the van?
Speaker 1:
[04:12] I don't, but I watched that show too fast. I got to watch it again.
Speaker 2:
[04:16] Yeah, same. We just, my brother-in-law and I just binged it.
Speaker 1:
[04:21] Was Nazareth ever a Christian band?
Speaker 2:
[04:25] Not that I am aware. Oh, you're thinking of Jesus of Nazareth.
Speaker 1:
[04:30] Yeah, that's where he's from. It's a very, it's a town very closely connected to Christianity. Very evocative of the religion.
Speaker 3:
[04:39] You ever been there?
Speaker 1:
[04:40] Never have.
Speaker 2:
[04:41] Oh. Me either.
Speaker 4:
[04:42] Nazareth, Pennsylvania?
Speaker 1:
[04:46] Yes. Andy, we're moving on.
Speaker 2:
[04:49] I just want to get this in real quick. This Disco Dip is actually sort of a preview of my very next episode, so stay tuned.
Speaker 3:
[04:59] Disco Dips.
Speaker 1:
[05:01] The Metal Years.
Speaker 2:
[05:03] It's actually not the Metal Years, but I wish it was.
Speaker 3:
[05:08] The Disco Years.
Speaker 1:
[05:09] I'm tingling too much, Steve. You guys stop teasing us.
Speaker 2:
[05:13] You said this was the boner throw.
Speaker 1:
[05:15] Yeah, true, true.
Speaker 2:
[05:17] Now stroke me.
Speaker 3:
[05:17] Yeah, you see what you did, JD?
Speaker 1:
[05:20] Stroke me. Okay, let me talk about my genre now. But David, thank you for putting the picture of the Detroiters' faces on the van there. That's a very good job. I'd be proud to drive a van around and look like that. Okay. Rhythm and Joy. It's a sub-genre of R&B. It's fun R&B and funk songs with messages of hope, self-confidence, community, and of course, joy. This is musical therapy that when taken with actual therapy, medication, and or exercise, I believe can make a real difference in your mood. Is it idealistic? Sure. But also, I don't think this music is unrealistic at all. It's all about perspective, pointing out the joy that's already within us and around us. That's just really, really hard to see when we're depressed. Rhythm and Joy shines a light on, the genre shines a light on that hidden happiness within us. What is going on over there, you two?
Speaker 3:
[06:18] What do you think JD?
Speaker 1:
[06:19] Did Dave fart? Well, I'm talking about joy and music and how beautiful it is. It's terrible.
Speaker 4:
[06:24] It wasn't that bad.
Speaker 3:
[06:25] There's a reason why I can't see the joy and beauty around me is because of him.
Speaker 1:
[06:31] My thesis message about joy, and you guys aren't even paying attention because Dave makes a stinky fart.
Speaker 3:
[06:36] It's bad.
Speaker 4:
[06:38] It's not great.
Speaker 3:
[06:39] I'll give you some.
Speaker 4:
[06:42] Yeah, I lit a candle to try to help. I was kind of testing though. I apologize, JD.
Speaker 3:
[06:46] I didn't do it. Don't yell at me.
Speaker 1:
[06:48] That's fine.
Speaker 3:
[06:50] I was trying to be calm.
Speaker 1:
[06:52] That's fine. You can't be calm. I understand that. Your hand has to wave dramatically. I get it. I get it. Okay. All right. Back to the genre. Now, this genre, I'm so grumpy now. I need to listen. I need to get to the countdown quick. This genre has descended more from gospel than from blues. Blues is a fucking downer. It's all about people who pursue lives of pleasure and the dark consequences they receive. Talking about the great blues man and justified murderer Son House last week, I talked about how many saw the blues as the devil's music. Gospel is the other side of the coin. Gospel is a celebration of goodness about worshiping the Jesus, the struggle for a stronger community, and the hope for all the joy that that may bring. Now, this is one of the more cheery blues songs that I found. You guys tell me if this is even blues. This is called I Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night by Lewis Jordan and his Timpani 5.
Speaker 2:
[07:57] I love Lewis Jordan. He's fun.
Speaker 1:
[07:59] He's fun. This is seemingly a nice song about a nice time at a party, but there's a dark consequence. See, the lyrics are, Sure had a wonderful time last night. Least wise they tell me I did. So you got too drunk to remember it. You go through his catalog, there's a lot of funny songs like this. He's like Steve said, he's fun. He's a funny guy. This feels like big band though.
Speaker 3:
[08:22] It sounds like swing.
Speaker 2:
[08:23] So it's a particular genre called Jump Blues.
Speaker 1:
[08:27] Maybe this is Jump Blues.
Speaker 2:
[08:28] Which is, it's got the swing of jazz. It's got more the more basic structure of blues, but it's really the forerunner to rhythm and blues. Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[08:40] When I played the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, that was a Jump Blues song.
Speaker 1:
[08:47] There was a more.
Speaker 2:
[08:49] In fact, a lot of the swing revival of the 90s was actually more of a Jump Blues revival. This version is where they found all the good time party songs.
Speaker 4:
[08:58] Go ahead.
Speaker 1:
[08:58] This is a little more bluesy. This was recorded by Coco Taylor in 1981 though. It was kind of like a revival, but she was doing some old school blues. Still kind of jumping though, isn't it? Anyway, that's about the cheeriest blues song I could find. Then I went to find a nice feeling gospel song and found this. It's called Smile It Through by Sister Rosetta Tharp. Oh, sure. This is where we get the thematic vibe for today's countdown. Smiling is something we can all do instantly to improve our mood. Try it, guys. Hunter, don't frown. Give us a smile. Steve, you're not smiling.
Speaker 2:
[09:41] Oh, you think you keep telling me I'm cuter if I smile, huh?
Speaker 1:
[09:44] No, that's not going to help me. You're going to feel happier. It gets the endorphins going.
Speaker 3:
[09:48] You are cuter when you smile, Steve.
Speaker 2:
[09:50] Oh, I see how it is. Yeah. I see how it is.
Speaker 3:
[09:53] It is.
Speaker 1:
[09:53] You're not going to smile. It's going to be a grump. I'm already over the fart incident because I'm smiling. I'm having a good time.
Speaker 4:
[09:58] I'm a little worried that if I have one in the chamber, I'm going to have to run in the back.
Speaker 1:
[10:03] That's fine.
Speaker 3:
[10:03] Yeah. Please do.
Speaker 1:
[10:06] So in gospel music, here's the difference between gospel and rhythm and joy. In gospel, God picks up the slack at some point. Sister Tharp's joy requires a lot of heavy lifting from the old God guy. In rhythm and joy, we don't need God. Most of the songs in today's countdown find the joy in the things around us and within us that we can touch or utilize. Today's songs also aren't old time like this one. Don't worry, these are all cool pop songs. I think they're all from the 70s, which is the golden age of rhythm and joy. The Bumpers today, any questions before we get started?
Speaker 3:
[10:43] I didn't know what it was when I first saw it, but then your intro really cleared it up.
Speaker 1:
[10:48] Yeah, it helps to go beyond just the title. Just never know. I didn't know what it was really either until I really dug into it and found that I can back this up with something that sounds legit. See, Bumpers Today are from Bumper Meister Matthew Rose. When you want Bumpers that fill your hose, hump your Bumpers from Matthew Rose. He sent these back in August, we're finally getting to them. He sends a lot, so we're like, I often shove him to the back of the line, let some other people have a turn.
Speaker 3:
[11:18] You know what? Our Bumpers are getting a lot of buzz online.
Speaker 1:
[11:21] Yeah, I know.
Speaker 3:
[11:22] People don't even give two shits about our episodes. They love the Bumpers. They're here for the Bumpers.
Speaker 2:
[11:29] Well, a lot of times the person who made the Bumpers is posting on the Reddit.
Speaker 3:
[11:32] Yeah, they interact with their fans.
Speaker 1:
[11:34] Yeah, I do too. Anyway, send it back on. These Bumpers feature a prominent American family who have been famous since the late 80s.
Speaker 5:
[11:46] You even got a hip rock and roll combo.
Speaker 6:
[11:49] Okay, everybody, who likes the Doobie Brothers? Because we got one of them.
Speaker 1:
[11:58] The Simpsons guys and Simpsons Bumpers today.
Speaker 4:
[12:01] Who?
Speaker 1:
[12:02] Simpsons.
Speaker 4:
[12:03] Who?
Speaker 1:
[12:03] Simpsons.
Speaker 4:
[12:06] Oh no, I'm thinking of Roy Cohn.
Speaker 1:
[12:08] Never mind, I'm good.
Speaker 5:
[12:09] What?
Speaker 1:
[12:12] Song number 10.
Speaker 2:
[12:13] How do you get Roy Cohn confused with the Simpsons?
Speaker 4:
[12:15] Let's keep going. Let's not hit him.
Speaker 1:
[12:18] This is Happy by Brick. This is from Brick's self-titled 1977 album. Clearly the purest, happiest of Brick's many Rhythm and Joy songs. Dig through their discography, you'll find a bunch. The joy in this song is self evident. And it's personal to me. It's a song introduced to me by my late wife, Leah. And the music that reminds me of her always makes me happy. Which shows you the power of rhythm and joy and that it makes you happy despite the fact that my wife died.
Speaker 4:
[12:48] I remember that.
Speaker 1:
[12:49] You remember that?
Speaker 4:
[12:50] Yeah, I was so sad.
Speaker 1:
[12:51] Yeah. But you listen to the song, you feel bothered. Lyrics go thusly. We'd like to make you feel happy. We'd like to see your smiling face. And when we see that you're happy, then everything will be in place. The downsides of this song, there's this wacky circus-like segment that keeps coming back and kind of sucks out the soul of the song. In fact, if this wasn't made up and performed by a bunch of cool black dudes out of Atlanta, I would have guessed it was originally performed by Sesame Street Muppets. But there's the genre, not the Muppets.
Speaker 4:
[13:20] Yeah. That's a good genre. Yeah. Yeah, I can see the Muppets singing this.
Speaker 1:
[13:25] In the interview in 1978, brick member Ray Ransom said, whatever's troubling you, maybe our music can relax you. Happy is a word we try to relate to our music, whether it's slow or fast. They have a bunch of tracks about finding joy in dancing, like Good High, Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody, and their big number three hit Dazz. The chorus is simply jazz, Dazz, disco jazz, repeated over and over.
Speaker 2:
[13:51] Yeah, it's a really good song.
Speaker 1:
[13:52] Yeah. They love making up genres too, just like us, good old Brick. They have another song called Doozic. They're a band after our own Porkmantz Hearts.
Speaker 3:
[14:04] What does that stand for?
Speaker 1:
[14:06] Porkmantz Toe Hearts. Oh, doozic?
Speaker 3:
[14:10] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[14:10] Disco music.
Speaker 3:
[14:11] Is it disco music?
Speaker 1:
[14:12] I guess so.
Speaker 2:
[14:14] Let me look up the lyrics. I don't think I've ever heard doozic.
Speaker 4:
[14:17] Sounds like your Polish friend, old man Doozic from down the way.
Speaker 1:
[14:21] I looked at the lyrics of Doozic and they're not clear about what it means.
Speaker 3:
[14:25] It could be any word that starts with a D.
Speaker 2:
[14:26] Dazz, they explain that it's disco jazz.
Speaker 1:
[14:29] Very clearly over and over again.
Speaker 2:
[14:31] Oh, it's dance music. Ah, see. Get on down to the funky dance music. Say yeah, Doozic. Say yeah, Doozic.
Speaker 3:
[14:39] Could be dog music.
Speaker 1:
[14:43] The best artist's objective.
Speaker 4:
[14:45] Death music.
Speaker 3:
[14:46] Those are the best portmanteaus where you just put one of these just to swap out the first letter.
Speaker 1:
[14:53] Could be anything. So Brick is an underappreciated group that always brings fun and positivity, and they may even have a Yacht Rock song on their track, and the seaside vibes of their 1981 album Summer Heat. Wink, wink, hint, hint. Brick kept making albums until 1988 and continues to perform, although most of their original members are dead.
Speaker 4:
[15:16] How'd they die?
Speaker 1:
[15:17] This and that. One was bitten by a dog. It was a Beth. One was, he was listening to Duzik.
Speaker 7:
[15:28] The dog started coming from all over the place.
Speaker 1:
[15:32] One was murdered by a gun. He was gunnerd.
Speaker 3:
[15:37] Gunnerd.
Speaker 4:
[15:38] Gunnerd is a good one.
Speaker 1:
[15:40] You know, this and that.
Speaker 4:
[15:43] Yeah, the gunnerd doesn't really shorten it at all. That's my favorite kind of poor men.
Speaker 1:
[15:48] When it takes it longer. But, no, it's not even longer than gun murder, is it? Gun murder?
Speaker 4:
[15:54] Gunnerder?
Speaker 1:
[15:56] I mean, you say it a little faster. It kind of gallops along. It's a gun murder, which is kind of like a...
Speaker 4:
[16:03] As opposed to the quick, Gunnerder!
Speaker 1:
[16:05] Yeah, gunnerder. Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[16:07] Gunnerder to you, sir.
Speaker 1:
[16:09] Thank you so much.
Speaker 3:
[16:11] Yeah. Sounds like German Yiddish.
Speaker 7:
[16:20] Can I borrow a feeling? Can I borrow a feeling? That's your picture on the...
Speaker 8:
[16:30] Go ahead, Homer. Laugh at me.
Speaker 7:
[16:32] I already did. Nine.
Speaker 4:
[16:35] I wonder if these are all from the same episode. This is Millhouse's dad's divorce.
Speaker 2:
[16:39] Oh, yeah, it's the one I'm always comparing Bill to Bounty to. All right.
Speaker 1:
[16:45] Where were you guys when you learned Rare Earth was a bunch of white guys from Detroit?
Speaker 4:
[16:49] Oh, I knew that.
Speaker 2:
[16:50] Right here, sitting in my living room, staring at my computer screen, trying to research Detroit music, probably Motown or something.
Speaker 4:
[16:59] I feel like a live version of this came on. I was like, oh, they're white guys.
Speaker 1:
[17:04] Rare Earth, they were not the first white act signed by Motown, but they were their only successful white act. Motown signed Rare Earth to a new subsidiary rock label that needed a name. So they just called the label Rare Earth after the first group is...
Speaker 4:
[17:20] Yeah, I feel like we talked about that at one point on this. This sounds very familiar to me.
Speaker 1:
[17:23] This is all new to me. So I don't remember.
Speaker 4:
[17:25] We have a terrible memory.
Speaker 1:
[17:26] I do. So I just want to celebrate my... I should have known they were white because my high school band covered it, like me and my friends, that kind of band. And we would do bar gigs and we would cover this song. And I did an okay job, which means probably white guys. So I just want to celebrate with this. We have a song about joy in the face of discouragement. I put my faith in the people, but the people let me down, so I turn the other way and I carry on anyhow. But certainly being poor would bring this guy down. Nope. Had my hand in a dollar bill, the dollar bill flew away, but the sun is shining down on me, and it's here to stay. This is just solid advice for finding joy in life. Look around, things are good. Life is a lucky thing, but certainly the feelings he experiences within himself must just devastate this fellow. Wrong. Well, I can't be barred with sorrow, and I can't be barred with hate. No, no. I'm using up my time by feeling fine every day. See how easy it is to experience joy fellows?
Speaker 4:
[18:32] Yeah, I'm having a great time.
Speaker 2:
[18:34] I remember this song from commercials.
Speaker 1:
[18:36] Yeah, it's very big in commercials. I did not write down the commercials it was, but.
Speaker 2:
[18:39] I had to Google it. It's been used by Ford Motor Company, AT&T, and Nicoderm.
Speaker 7:
[18:47] Nicoderm, you said.
Speaker 2:
[18:47] Remember Nicoderm?
Speaker 4:
[18:48] Yeah, that was a patch, right?
Speaker 7:
[18:49] The patch.
Speaker 2:
[18:50] You stick this patch on your skin to wean yourself off the nicotine gun. You get down at the costco.
Speaker 3:
[18:56] Then put this one on because you have low T.
Speaker 1:
[19:00] Low T patch.
Speaker 2:
[19:04] That's Nicoderm.
Speaker 3:
[19:06] I think it's Baloderm. I think you have to put it on your balls.
Speaker 4:
[19:09] Yeah, you got to put it on your balls. Actually, I knew a guy that was dealing with low T, and it was a deodorant that he put in his armpits. You would know about that.
Speaker 1:
[19:19] Was that the problem? Was that the cause of it or was that the cure?
Speaker 4:
[19:21] That was the prescription deodorant.
Speaker 1:
[19:25] It was probably just a placebo. It probably just smelled good and his wife wanted to fucking finally, gave him a boner.
Speaker 4:
[19:30] His wife was an ass.
Speaker 2:
[19:31] Yeah. So it is.
Speaker 1:
[19:33] This will give you joy, Dave. The original singer-guitarist of this band was Rod Richards. That's funny, right?
Speaker 4:
[19:41] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[19:41] You break that down and you have dicks. Rod dick, right? Yeah. Well, guess what he changed his name from?
Speaker 4:
[19:47] Rodney?
Speaker 1:
[19:48] He was born Rod Cox. Whoa. That's a good name.
Speaker 2:
[19:54] That's like one-stop shopping right there.
Speaker 4:
[19:57] That's a little too much of a good time. If you know what I mean, Hunter.
Speaker 7:
[20:02] What?
Speaker 4:
[20:03] Yeah, he gets it.
Speaker 1:
[20:04] He gets it. Rare Earth recently reformed on the Rock Cruise in 2024 but with no original members.
Speaker 3:
[20:10] On purpose?
Speaker 7:
[20:13] Hey, guys.
Speaker 1:
[20:16] They had one guy who was a member from 1987 to 1994, and a guy who joined in 1998, and that was the members that represented Rare Earth. Remember, all their hits came in 70 to 71, not a real faithful recreation of the band. But at some point, you just got to take on the mantle of Rare Earth and keep this song alive, and a cruise ship is a great way to do it because you're just spreading joy from port to port like a syphilitic sailor.
Speaker 2:
[20:43] Number eight. Number eight. Number eight. Number eight.
Speaker 3:
[20:53] That was the B-sharp episode, so we've switched.
Speaker 1:
[20:55] We've switched, yeah. Probably the music related episodes. This is a move on up, Curtis Mayfield, from Curtis's 1970 solo debut album called Curtis. And what a statement. Dave, would you say that this song is saying, hey, look at me, I'm black? Of course, that's a reference to Dave's bits on our podcast, Yacht or Yacht, the other podcast, where he's often annoyed with ostentatious sonic declarations of racial identity by white artists.
Speaker 4:
[21:22] I am?
Speaker 3:
[21:24] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[21:25] We had several episodes where there's a horn blast in a song, you're like, I hate this song.
Speaker 3:
[21:29] It's like they're going, look at me, I'm white.
Speaker 1:
[21:30] Look at me, I'm white.
Speaker 4:
[21:31] Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah. That sounds fun. See, I think this song always reminded me of the Jefferson's theme song, Moving On Up.
Speaker 1:
[21:39] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[21:40] Yeah, it's about the-
Speaker 2:
[21:41] Is it because the titles are extremely similar?
Speaker 4:
[21:43] It is, but it's like the betterment of somebody in a low income black society that is taking their chance to get a leg up. You know, like the John Cougar Melon Camp album? Get a leg up?
Speaker 1:
[21:56] Well, there's a long history-
Speaker 4:
[21:57] Hunter knows what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3:
[21:59] I don't know what the hell he's talking about. Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:
[22:01] He gets it. There's a long tradition of Move On Up in gospel music. This is maybe not directly inspired by Move On Up A Little Higher by Mahalia Jackson, the great gospel singer. It's also a follow up to another Curtis Mayfield, Rhythm and Joy song from when he was in the Impressions, a song called We're a Winner, which repeats the phrase We're Moving On Up. The lyrics also repeat, keep on pushing, that is keep fighting for the best. I mean, that song used that phrase so much to the point that I feel like the song Pusher Man from Superfly may be as much about finding joy in this difficult world as it is about drug dealing.
Speaker 4:
[22:40] Well, if you're a junkie, that's how you find joy.
Speaker 1:
[22:42] It's true. If you break it down, Pusher Man has all the gospel like joy, albeit it's of drug dealing, but there's none of the dark consequences you get from the devil's music, the blues. Pusher Man is all positivity.
Speaker 2:
[22:56] All right, you gotta wait till Freddie's dead to get to the...
Speaker 1:
[22:58] Yeah, you gotta listen to the whole album.
Speaker 3:
[23:00] I was gonna say, what about the...
Speaker 1:
[23:01] Well, you stick it right to Pusher Man, and that's a nice, fun song about how fun it is to deal drugs.
Speaker 2:
[23:08] Yeah, just like Tom Lehrer is the old dope peddler.
Speaker 1:
[23:12] That old diddy. Curtis' message of black empowerment, to push for change, to move on up, to reach for a better world like the Jefferson's, speaks to a more universal audience than ever. In this time of late stage capitalism, Curtis Mayfield music suggests that miserable is a life of sitting mouth agape and accepting the oppressor's diarrhea. So let's keep pushing. The joy comes from the action you take in a struggle, when you're doing something. Joy comes before, if ever, the victory does. And as long as we have joy, the man is losing.
Speaker 7:
[23:54] Kill me, you'll have to get through an army of jazz, rock aficionados, age 50, and attention lovers of studio perfectionism, I've drugged all the concessions so you'll do what I say.
Speaker 5:
[24:05] Drugs at a Steely Dan concert?
Speaker 4:
[24:08] I never thought I'd see the day.
Speaker 7:
[24:09] Steely Dan played Deacon Blues. No, Royal Scam. No, Babylon Sisters.
Speaker 4:
[24:16] I don't know that episode.
Speaker 3:
[24:17] That seems later.
Speaker 1:
[24:19] That's Donald Fagan guest starring.
Speaker 4:
[24:21] Really?
Speaker 1:
[24:21] That was his voice, yeah.
Speaker 3:
[24:22] I say later, but it's probably 15 years old.
Speaker 1:
[24:25] It's probably from like 98.
Speaker 4:
[24:26] Yeah, that's about the time I stopped watching.
Speaker 1:
[24:30] This is Love Is by Bill Withers. In 1984, the rock band Foreigner had a big hit when they asked, do you want to know what love is? Well, you stupid ding dong, seven years earlier, Bill Withers had to answer that question with this song, Love Is. And that's what this song is, a list of things that love is. Bill Withers, he was a stutterer as a kid. Did you guys know this? He stuttered. No, and as frustrating as it could be to have to fight to get what's in your head out into the world, Bill found a way through music. And in that music, you can hear how much Bill Withers looked at the world from a place of love and joy, despite how much people made fun of him. This is classic Grandma's Hands, a straight up gospel song, where the hands of a Christian woman and the things they do are a metaphor for the work Jesus and good Christians do, which is essentially leading with love and letting love motivate your actions, the kind of actions that provide the kind of safety that lets joy flourish. And Lovely Day, of course, one of my favorites, has over a billion listens on Spotify. So it's a song people need and use when they need it. But Lovely Day has no edge, you know? I like my rhythm and joy music to be a little bit dangerous. Right. And also, two people love songs. And I prefer when the genre breaks out of the you and I love bubble into the larger world. So I picked this song. It's a little funky. And the message of joy is more universal than just love between two people. This is love is found within us and outside of us and on a larger scale than just your intimates. That doesn't mean underpants. It means the people around you that are closer to love. Love is caring and love is needing. Love is sharing. Love is feeling. Love is just taking some time. Love is sharing a smile every once in a while. Love is lending a hand and helping your fellow man. See, just like how we learn and move on up, the act of struggle itself could bring joy. An act of charity can as well. Preachers say love, love is sharing. Preachers prove that love, love is feeling. Yeah, as one gets a little religious, well, I can forgive this, as Bill Withers seems to believe, at least in my interpretation of his music, that love is God instead of God is love. Gentlemen, understand what I'm saying here?
Speaker 7:
[26:45] Yeah, yeah, yeah, Colin.
Speaker 1:
[26:47] A force bigger than us exists because we love one another, not that there's a magical sky man who creates the love and sends it out into the world.
Speaker 4:
[26:54] Right, like we create our own God, which is love.
Speaker 1:
[27:00] Exactly, I think that's where Bill Withers is coming from.
Speaker 3:
[27:05] I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about.
Speaker 2:
[27:07] That was so deep. That was super deep.
Speaker 1:
[27:09] It's super deep. Listen, I've been thinking a lot about this stuff ever since I was 14 years old and then I stopped. I just looked at my journals. Oh, wow.
Speaker 4:
[27:22] Maybe we should talk. Maybe you could do a journal reading in the after show.
Speaker 1:
[27:25] I'm just kidding. I don't keep journals.
Speaker 2:
[27:27] Donald Fagan episode is from 2016. It's a Treehouse of Horror special. Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:
[27:32] That is pretty weird.
Speaker 3:
[27:33] That's what I was looking up while you were, so did I, season 28.
Speaker 2:
[27:37] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[27:42] Good song.
Speaker 1:
[27:43] I recently listened to our episode of Yacht or Yacht, where we talk about Bill Withers' Makeout Cop in the Oh, yeah. And it's such a great video. Such a good video.
Speaker 3:
[27:55] Does this have a video?
Speaker 1:
[27:57] That's a great question.
Speaker 3:
[27:58] Is this before videos?
Speaker 4:
[27:59] This is 84.
Speaker 1:
[28:01] This is 77. This is like his, I think this is 77 or 78. One of his last albums before a big break he took, and then he did that Yachty album in 1985 or 86.
Speaker 3:
[28:12] This is before Make Out Cop.
Speaker 1:
[28:14] This is after Lovely Day, I think, but before Make Out Cop.
Speaker 3:
[28:21] Maybe he's the re... Are you skipping the rest of the song?
Speaker 1:
[28:23] I was, cause I thought everybody was done talking.
Speaker 3:
[28:27] I was gonna say maybe he became Make Out Cop due to his own liberal attitudes about love and being around us and being our god, apparently, or something like that.
Speaker 1:
[28:37] Or his conservative.
Speaker 3:
[28:38] All these kids were starting making out with each other because they were doing free love.
Speaker 1:
[28:43] Well, he was like, hold on a second there, love is caring and sharing, it's not necking.
Speaker 4:
[28:47] Yeah. Yeah, he's trying to keep people from being perverts and experiencing love, not just the physical form of love. Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[28:58] You don't like that though, do you?
Speaker 4:
[29:00] No, I like the physical love.
Speaker 1:
[29:01] You like the freedom to perv.
Speaker 4:
[29:02] Yeah.
Speaker 7:
[29:05] Hello, I'd like the Department of Missing Babies.
Speaker 5:
[29:07] Please hold. Six Bells, time for closing.
Speaker 1:
[29:25] Love Trained by the OJs.
Speaker 4:
[29:27] That's a good song.
Speaker 1:
[29:28] Yeah. It seems like the joy here is pretty self-evident. People over the world join hands and come make love to this one woman. Start a love train. I thought about it. Anytime that I watch erotic short film about a woman allowing a ridiculous number of men to make love to her one after another, aka running a love train, love train, none of the men have any joy in their eyes. They just sadly jerk.
Speaker 3:
[29:54] They got some mouths in their face.
Speaker 4:
[29:59] The first guy is probably pretty happy, but everyone after that is kind of like, oh.
Speaker 1:
[30:02] This is a line from the old look Eastern European. They're just sadly jerking Olympi's.
Speaker 3:
[30:07] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[30:08] Those Eastern European movies are weird because people keep looking at the camera.
Speaker 1:
[30:11] Yeah. He's waiting for the turn to get on board. Yeah. This is weird. Anyway, after watching five or six of these films, I realized this is not what the OJs are talking about. Then I took a nap.
Speaker 4:
[30:21] You're probably tired from coming.
Speaker 1:
[30:23] Exactly. This song was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of the OJs. It's actually about world peace. That's what it is.
Speaker 2:
[30:32] This was on Freedom Rock, man.
Speaker 1:
[30:34] Yeah. From an Entertainment Week, the article where Gamble and Huff talk about writing their most favorite songs. They say that Love Train, during that time, it was like it is today. The world was a mess, says Gamble, and what was going on during their songwriting session for this 1972 staple. We talked about how people can get along with one another. We were talking to the whole world from that little room that we were in, and the beautiful part of that, the song went out all over the world. It was a hit everywhere. It really was.
Speaker 4:
[31:08] Yeah, I can see that.
Speaker 1:
[31:10] And he cites his influences. You remember Curtis Mayfield had a song with the impressions called People Get Ready because there's a train coming, says Gamble, and James Brown was talking about the night train.
Speaker 2:
[31:21] That's two songs about trains.
Speaker 1:
[31:23] It is, but James Brown's song didn't come from any tradition other than the rich tradition of cartography because he just names cities. That's all he does in that song. But there's Kenny Gamble giving a shout out to our old friend Curtis Mayfield, who was pulling from the gospel tradition, inspiring this song. Gamble and Huff wrote...
Speaker 3:
[31:44] You know, Gamble and Huff is basically summarizes my experience every time I go to Vegas. I should have a terrible time, lose my money and then...
Speaker 4:
[31:54] I thought you were going to say it's sitting next to me on a podcast.
Speaker 3:
[32:01] That's what happens when you eat.
Speaker 4:
[32:02] Gamble and Huff.
Speaker 1:
[32:05] Gamble and Huff, from the ass. They wrote another rhythm and joy song for the OJs, the front celebratory song, I Love Music. They also wrote Ain't No Stopping Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead and Enjoy Yourself by the Jacksons. It's kind of rhythm and joy. But all their rhythm and joy in the catalog, Kenny Gamble on NPR's Fresh Air told Terry Gross that Love Train was their favorite. He said, Love Train is like international, very optimistic about life in the world, you know, people living together in harmony, unity, so I think Love Train is something everybody better get on board because if you miss it, I'll feel sorry for you. Which I believe is a lyric in the song, right?
Speaker 4:
[32:47] Yeah, sure.
Speaker 3:
[32:47] Yeah, it's just sounding like a threat.
Speaker 4:
[32:49] Everybody knows that.
Speaker 1:
[32:50] Coping this song in an interview. Uh oh.
Speaker 8:
[33:02] Oh, hi, I'm Fabio. You've caught me committing a very erotic, sensuous murder. In fact, I can't believe it's not Steve's favorite sexy murder, though maybe it is. Or maybe it's the next scintillating song full of romantic romance. Let's find out.
Speaker 3:
[33:33] Hey, do you guys like Jack the Ripper or the Zodiac Killer?
Speaker 4:
[33:37] Do I.
Speaker 3:
[33:38] Does that get your juices flowing? Well, do I have another little stinker for you? The Axeman of New Orleans. So, hey!
Speaker 2:
[33:48] This is a different Axeman than the one, the Michael Schenker, the tag of the Mad Axeman.
Speaker 3:
[33:55] No idea, maybe the same guy, we'll find out. So from 1918 to 1919, a maniac crowd, the muggy New Orleans evenings, breaking into people's homes and axing them to death while they slept. Fun stuff, right? And JD, you'll like this, the victims were primarily first and second generation Italians.
Speaker 1:
[34:14] Hey, oh no, stay away from me!
Speaker 3:
[34:18] This of course led to accusations that it was mob related, but all signs pointed to being a single serial murderer whom criminologists have theorized was a sexual deviant who killed men only because they got in the way of their targeted female victims. JD, you have a question?
Speaker 1:
[34:36] I just want to share that I hate Italians. My wife just texted me, and she has a job at Trader Joe's. She said, I dropped a can of spaghetti sauce in front of a customer, got all over my feet. Now, I smell like spaghetti sauce, and I think she's just hiding in the fair with an Italian guy.
Speaker 4:
[34:52] That's probably it.
Speaker 1:
[34:53] That's what I would say if that were the case.
Speaker 4:
[34:56] It's like Motley Crue wiping egg burritos on their dicks to hide the smell of other women from their girlfriends instead of just bathing.
Speaker 3:
[35:05] So, Steve, officially 12 people were attacked and 7 killed, but it's been estimated that as many as 17 people may have died at the blade of the axman. So, I've given you three theories, sex pervert, mafia connected, or a talifelia. But the best theory kicking around is rabid jazz fan.
Speaker 2:
[35:28] Oh, yeah, that's what the devil's music will do to you.
Speaker 3:
[35:32] So, like the prior serial killers I mentioned, the Axman taunted police and citizens of New Orleans by writing a very eloquent letter that was published in the local newspapers on March 13th, 1919. Highlights include esteemed immortal, they have never caught me, and they never will. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the ether that surrounds your earth. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. I am what you Orlinians and your foolish police call the Axman. It's pretty good. At 12.15 earthly time, next Tuesday, I'm going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I'm going to make a little proposition to you people, and here it is. You people. I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in their nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If anyone has a jazz band going, well, then so much the better for you people. One thing is certain, and that is some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night. If there be any, we'll get the ax. I was going to include some more foppish prose, but because I know you would enjoy that. Like, well, I'm as cold and crave the warmth of my native tartel, tart, tartarus. And it is about time I leave your earthly home. Anyways, needless to say, no one was killed on Tuesday, and the jazz was a flowing, leading many to believe that the Axeman was a struggling club owner or jazz performer fee initially drumming up business. Jazz drumming up business. Regardless, it is inspired today's song, Axeman Jazz, Don't Scare Me Papa. By local composer, Joseph John Davila, who wrote it while waiting on his impending doom that fateful Tuesday night in 1919. But here it is now, or there it was, being interpreted by the Squirrel Nut Zippers from 2018. And I say interpreted because I listened to the original or somebody playing the actual original song. Sounds nothing like the Squirrel Nut Zippers song.
Speaker 4:
[37:48] Yeah, they're gonna make it their own.
Speaker 3:
[37:51] And there ended up being a few suspects, including a man that was killed in Los Angeles by the widow of one of the Axeman's victims. And a man who had a struggling jazz business, in quotes. But in the end, no one was charged and the mystery of the Axeman continues to this day.
Speaker 4:
[38:07] Wow. What is a jazz business?
Speaker 3:
[38:10] Exactly. I think he was a promoter. He may have been a performer.
Speaker 1:
[38:14] It's murdering people with axes and then threatening to kill more people if they don't play more jazz.
Speaker 6:
[38:19] Boy, this is great.
Speaker 4:
[38:20] Like maybe we could start a killing spree and we'll spare people that listen to our podcast.
Speaker 1:
[38:25] Oh, that's a great idea, Steve. I want to play some musical saw from courtesy of Benjamin Schuess to help Steve think.
Speaker 3:
[38:33] I hope you quietly read his dark, foppish writings.
Speaker 2:
[38:37] I do enjoy some foppery.
Speaker 4:
[38:40] Tartarus. I looked it up.
Speaker 2:
[38:43] It's from Greek mythology.
Speaker 4:
[38:44] Yeah, it's the deep gloomy abyss beneath the underworld used as a dungeon of torment for the wicked and a prison for the titans. Just like the studio. Just like the old fart dungeon.
Speaker 1:
[38:55] The Tartarus Fartarus.
Speaker 2:
[39:03] Having lived for six years in Louisiana as a kid, and not in New Orleans, but in a more rural area, the heart of Cajun country.
Speaker 3:
[39:12] You ever heard of the Axeman?
Speaker 2:
[39:14] No, and I think the reason why is that if you're called the Axeman in Louisiana, nobody thinks that's sinister because they just wonder what question he's going to ask them. Bingo.
Speaker 3:
[39:30] I thought this one was right up your alley.
Speaker 2:
[39:32] Yeah. There's a lot of mythology going on.
Speaker 3:
[39:36] Louisiana.
Speaker 2:
[39:37] Yeah.
Speaker 3:
[39:39] Jazz.
Speaker 2:
[39:40] Yeah. Jazz music. Tartarus.
Speaker 3:
[39:44] Italians.
Speaker 1:
[39:45] Foppish.
Speaker 4:
[39:46] Foppish pros.
Speaker 1:
[39:47] Pros from an old-time newspaper.
Speaker 2:
[39:49] The purple pros that just gives him away. Man, I'm looking for any reason to not give it five stars and I'm not finding one.
Speaker 1:
[40:02] Stars? What the hell?
Speaker 2:
[40:03] Sorry. Musical saws. Wobbly saws. Wobbly saws.
Speaker 3:
[40:08] Woo woo woo woo woo. You have to do that five times.
Speaker 7:
[40:13] Too late. Woo woo woo woo woo.
Speaker 4:
[40:15] That's one.
Speaker 1:
[40:17] Because it wobbles. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[40:21] I'm going to give this five wobbly saws. Yeah. There's a lot of interesting murder business going on on this one. It's a great set of murders.
Speaker 1:
[40:33] Okay.
Speaker 3:
[40:33] We need some sort of magical thing. I'll press this button.
Speaker 1:
[40:39] Maybe we can make some Fabio bumpers that go like, that's five saws. That's four saws.
Speaker 3:
[40:46] I'll ask them.
Speaker 4:
[40:47] Yeah. And you got to do like 4.1, 4.2.
Speaker 1:
[40:50] No, I think it's pretty straightforward. I don't think Steve should be able to do decimal points. What do you guys think?
Speaker 2:
[40:55] No, don't give me that power. I'll just abuse it.
Speaker 1:
[40:59] Oh, one thing I want to say, somebody asked on Reddit, I think, no, in the Patreon comments, hey, can we suggest murder songs? I said, please.
Speaker 4:
[41:08] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[41:11] I don't want to spend all day looking for songs and murders and stuff.
Speaker 4:
[41:14] Murders that happen to be musically.
Speaker 1:
[41:16] I'm happy to do a ton of research, but I just don't want to have to look for it. Once I know one to look into, I'll look into it. Please, if you know one, just send it to us at our email, yachtrockpodcast.gmail.com. Put murder in the subject header. You don't have to do a ton of research. Just say, hey, look into Ding Dong Sally by Philly Poop and Pants.
Speaker 2:
[41:41] He's good.
Speaker 1:
[41:41] There's a murder there somewhere, and we'll do our investigation and figure it out. Don't do a lot of work just like point us in the direction of something.
Speaker 2:
[41:49] All right. Until next time on Steve's Favorite Murder, stay sexual and don't ask too many questions.
Speaker 1:
[42:00] I'll be back after the commercial.
Speaker 7:
[42:08] I ain't gonna do my dirty work no more. Gonna leave my socks and dirty shirt on the floor.
Speaker 1:
[42:18] Five.
Speaker 2:
[42:20] Most of these bumpers have been kind of tangentially yacht related in one way or another, except for number eight, just the burping.
Speaker 1:
[42:27] Matthew Rose did a great job picking out the yacht rock stuff.
Speaker 4:
[42:30] I think we burped into the mics enough on this podcast that it came out.
Speaker 2:
[42:33] That's a really good point, Dave. Thank you. I think there is a connection.
Speaker 4:
[42:36] I'm very smart.
Speaker 1:
[42:38] Let's get into something by the Isley Brothers. You listen to this song, you might think it's being sung from the perspective of Jesus or a cult leader or a podcaster. Follow me and I'll solve all your problems. But I don't think you have to dig past the surface here, because what can foment more joy in someone's life than following the Isley Brothers wherever they want to take you? This is Get Into Something from their 1970 album by the same name, the last album where they're a trio before they figured more Isleys means more joy. So this song suggests joy comes from getting into something. Having a hobby or an interest, whether it's being a fan of the Isley Brothers, collecting vinyl, riding bikes, or looking forward to the next internet story about two fictional characters who would never have sex together, or having sex together, or whenever Tony Zerrett was telling us about the after show a few weeks ago. You just gotta be into something. Shipping. Shipping. This podcast, for example, is not a great example of shipping. We do fuck each other, so it's not fictional. But this podcast is a great thing to get into.
Speaker 4:
[43:47] Hunter me over by taking my water, I'll tell you that much.
Speaker 1:
[43:51] The four of us were pretty good podcast hosts, and we put out two podcasts a week. So clearly, you're already with us, people. Great. But you gotta make sure you're listening to our other one too, and you gotta get more friends into us. You're gonna all meet weekly online or in person, maybe with donuts, to have a podcast listening party or discussion. We'll provide you with some hymns, a book full of truths. Grow the community.
Speaker 4:
[44:20] I was thinking hymns like H I M S, which is the hair loss and the boner pill.
Speaker 3:
[44:26] We're trying to get that sponsored.
Speaker 1:
[44:27] Yeah. Well, we'll give you those too, for sure. Because we want you to grow the community, and then like the Isley Brothers suggest, you'll be into something and you'll have more joy than you know what to do with. So mash that subscribe button on your friend's phones when they're in the bathroom, and give your life savings to our Patreon. Joy will follow.
Speaker 3:
[44:50] It's not that expensive if you don't...
Speaker 4:
[44:53] Well, we don't know what their life savings are, but if your life savings is three bucks a month, well, you're in luck, because that's our tier.
Speaker 1:
[45:00] We can take it. We don't have a three buck a month tier.
Speaker 4:
[45:02] Two buck?
Speaker 1:
[45:03] We don't have a two anymore. Four is the lowest. Four is the lowest. You can be grandfathering two if you already have two.
Speaker 4:
[45:08] For less than the price of a cup of coffee.
Speaker 3:
[45:11] Do we still have the Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins tier?
Speaker 1:
[45:14] We do. It hasn't been taken.
Speaker 4:
[45:18] What about the date with Hollywood Steve tier? Is that still available?
Speaker 1:
[45:21] No, that was worthless. Steve completely made that absolute.
Speaker 7:
[45:25] He kept giving away for free.
Speaker 2:
[45:26] I'm too for a slut.
Speaker 1:
[45:28] It's a huge slut.
Speaker 2:
[45:28] I'm the Blanche of the group. Sorry.
Speaker 1:
[45:32] You're the Samantha.
Speaker 2:
[45:35] I'm Blanche and Samantha all wrapped up in one.
Speaker 1:
[45:38] Having sex. Thank you. Samantha from Sex and the City.
Speaker 3:
[45:42] It's not just like her.
Speaker 4:
[45:44] It's like she was here because you were really annoying.
Speaker 3:
[45:47] You know, and you said more Isleys. I want to make some Star Wars joke there.
Speaker 4:
[45:54] Oh, Moss Isleys?
Speaker 1:
[45:57] Yeah, this is where you find more Spanish Isleys brothers. Right?
Speaker 3:
[46:01] Moss. Moss Isleys.
Speaker 1:
[46:02] That would be Spanish, right?
Speaker 4:
[46:03] Like Moss Tequila?
Speaker 1:
[46:04] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[46:05] That's Moss Tequila. Yeah, that's what I said.
Speaker 7:
[46:08] Moss Tequila.
Speaker 1:
[46:09] Is Moss, is that a Spanish word, though? Is that? That's not more of a masculine noun?
Speaker 7:
[46:15] No.
Speaker 1:
[46:18] Damn it. It's got to be more in some language.
Speaker 3:
[46:20] It was his fault for introducing that idea.
Speaker 7:
[46:22] Yeah.
Speaker 3:
[46:24] Also, god damn it, the stuff that's coming out of him right now.
Speaker 1:
[46:28] What?
Speaker 4:
[46:28] I haven't done a thing.
Speaker 3:
[46:29] Yeah, you just burped right in my face.
Speaker 4:
[46:31] Did I? My face is in the microphone. I've been talking.
Speaker 3:
[46:36] It's coming out of all heads. We really are a fartless or whatever.
Speaker 1:
[46:42] Well, happily, he just opened a hard kombucha, so that's going to make his tummy nice and neutral.
Speaker 4:
[46:47] Yeah, that'll calm things down.
Speaker 3:
[46:49] God. This is what happens when we do it. We record these so late.
Speaker 4:
[46:55] Yeah, after I put them on.
Speaker 3:
[46:56] Grandpa gets all gassy after six.
Speaker 4:
[46:58] I went to a Jitlada for lunch today.
Speaker 6:
[47:00] Oh.
Speaker 2:
[47:02] What did you get?
Speaker 3:
[47:02] This is after show stuff.
Speaker 2:
[47:04] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[47:04] Doesn't matter. I mean, there's three minutes left for this Isley Brothers song.
Speaker 4:
[47:08] I had the garlic tiger prawns.
Speaker 1:
[47:11] Ooh.
Speaker 4:
[47:12] And a little mango sticky rice. And I had a little bit of cod. And I got the pad see-hoo with crab to go.
Speaker 1:
[47:21] It's really like I'm podcasting tonight. How many things can I shove? What is the stinkiest things I can shove into my hole?
Speaker 3:
[47:26] I got all that garlic.
Speaker 1:
[47:28] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[47:29] And then for dinner, I made some pork chops and sautéed some squash.
Speaker 1:
[47:34] Okay, that's pretty monotone.
Speaker 4:
[47:35] Pork chops were coated in a rub that has a lot of garlic in it.
Speaker 1:
[47:39] Okay. How was the mango?
Speaker 2:
[47:41] Are the mangoes in season now?
Speaker 4:
[47:42] The mangoes were surprisingly perfect.
Speaker 2:
[47:46] Okay. It's coming up on Thai New Year time as of this recording.
Speaker 4:
[47:51] The power went off while we were there and the lady had to come out and apologized to everybody like, hey, it wasn't her fault. No, it wasn't. But somebody was like, well, can I pay my bill? She was like, nope, the credit card machine is down. Then after about 10 minutes, it came back on and everybody started applauding and I was sitting there thinking like, everything is fine. Power went out. Now, we are merely back where we were.
Speaker 1:
[48:13] Except a huge lineup to pay your bills now.
Speaker 4:
[48:16] And people were applauding for it.
Speaker 2:
[48:17] Sort of like how the war is going.
Speaker 4:
[48:19] Right. Exactly back to where we were. Now, it's like, yeah, we're here.
Speaker 2:
[48:26] And it costs more.
Speaker 4:
[48:27] Good lunch. Three of us got out of there for 150 bucks and that's so much money.
Speaker 2:
[48:32] But I mean, they also got like eight things.
Speaker 4:
[48:34] Yeah. The quality of food.
Speaker 1:
[48:36] I don't care. Fifty dollars a person for lunch. That's insane. People are crazy these days with their spending.
Speaker 4:
[48:41] What's a company lunch?
Speaker 3:
[48:42] JD's Rhythm and Joy. Rhythm and Joy.
Speaker 2:
[48:45] It's too late.
Speaker 1:
[48:46] We got I got to wait till the next song. I was going to be mad.
Speaker 3:
[48:49] David is trying to ruin this for everybody.
Speaker 1:
[48:51] These Isley brothers have gone on too long. They tested my joy.
Speaker 3:
[48:56] They're starting to jam a little bit.
Speaker 4:
[48:57] The Isley brothers are like a Saturday Night Live sketch. They just don't know when to get out of it.
Speaker 1:
[49:01] What's really funny is once more Isley's joined the band, they really started to spread out. As far as looking through their albums and almost every song through the 70s once the band expanded, it's like have a fun time tonight, parts one and two.
Speaker 4:
[49:17] Yeah, everybody needs to take a fucking turn.
Speaker 1:
[49:19] Yeah, parts one and two.
Speaker 4:
[49:21] Jesus, guys, get over yourself.
Speaker 1:
[49:21] We talked about Summer Breeze parts one and two a couple weeks ago, but that's the Isley's for you. All right, just 20 seconds left for the song. I'll move on and try to get happy again.
Speaker 2:
[49:34] Good.
Speaker 5:
[49:35] Dave Blyons tells us to watch for the seven signs of evil.
Speaker 6:
[49:40] Mate, sign of evil number four. We are doing our sign of evil countdown. Here's Vanessa Williams, number four.
Speaker 2:
[49:52] Say, get up.
Speaker 1:
[49:52] Sign of the Family Stone. Really good at rhythm and joy.
Speaker 2:
[49:56] Up to a certain point and then it all drops off.
Speaker 1:
[50:00] Everyday people, I want to take you higher. You can make it if you try. Thank you for letting me be myself again. It's all empowerment, gratitude, togetherness, and fun. And here they have one of those Dance Boss Rhythm and Joy songs, where they build a song up instrument by instrument. That is fun.
Speaker 3:
[50:20] What do you say like that and point at us?
Speaker 1:
[50:23] You guys better fucking have fun.
Speaker 3:
[50:24] That is fun.
Speaker 4:
[50:25] Yeah. Real good time.
Speaker 3:
[50:27] We're having fun.
Speaker 2:
[50:30] According to the Dance Boss.
Speaker 1:
[50:32] Yeah, the drums, the guitar, it's just the drums. You got the organ, the bass, the horns. Slime takes its time calling out each instrument, letting us sit in each layer for several measures. You kind of hear the sausages made, and then you smell how it comes out of there. It's fun, but it serves another purpose. By adding one element at a time, before you get the orgasmic end, the song is showing you the building of a community. A community is joy, folks, a community is joy.
Speaker 2:
[51:05] Got it.
Speaker 1:
[51:06] Different instruments coming together to make a song is not so different from different people with different perspectives coming together to live, work, and play together. I was going to choose Everyday People for this segment, a song about how we're all disparate in our backgrounds and duties in the society, but we come together and we can still make this a great place to live if we want. But this song conveys the exact same message in a much more subtle and fun way. Like I see why Dave loves the Tribute Band night so much.
Speaker 4:
[51:35] Oh, it's great.
Speaker 1:
[51:36] There's nothing permanent, nothing stressful, but hey, you can play, I can play, let's play.
Speaker 7:
[51:41] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[51:42] It encourages people to pick up an instrument.
Speaker 1:
[51:44] Yeah. We have the balls to get people together and play. No matter what that means, you can build yourself a very joyful experience layer by layer.
Speaker 4:
[51:53] You ever been to one of my Tribute Band shows?
Speaker 1:
[51:54] Yeah. Kind of boring. It'd be more fun to participate.
Speaker 4:
[51:58] Well, you're welcome to.
Speaker 1:
[51:59] I know.
Speaker 4:
[52:00] You know the guy in charge of it.
Speaker 1:
[52:01] I know.
Speaker 4:
[52:02] I do.
Speaker 1:
[52:04] Even a drum circle is kind of fun. Being with a group of people, making some sort of noise that makes sense in some way is pure joy. I don't even get me started on dancing. How much fun that can be.
Speaker 3:
[52:17] It's a good song to dance to.
Speaker 4:
[52:18] Yeah. Sure. Yeah. You get some music going. You can dance to it.
Speaker 1:
[52:22] Sly's being a dance boss. He's one of the, you know, Sly's career seemed to stop for me in like 1971, 72, once all the big hits dried up. But then I found out he kept making albums like into the 80s. There's one in the 70s with a song called like Flabby Booty or something like that. And it's the sample that the Beastie Boys use to go, Shadracka Meshacka, Bed in the Go.
Speaker 2:
[52:51] Oh, really?
Speaker 1:
[52:51] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[52:52] I didn't know that.
Speaker 1:
[52:52] Yeah, I played at the after show.
Speaker 3:
[52:54] I also want to say that I was going to, for super psychofunked up nonsense, I was going to mention, thank you, Follettin B Mice Elf again. And somebody called me out online, but I was too tired at the end of that and I just didn't mention it. I was going to mention at the end of the show. I was exhausted because that was a really long stop.
Speaker 1:
[53:15] There's a lot to pronounce. Yeah. A long song is that you refuse it.
Speaker 3:
[53:19] I just wanted to get out.
Speaker 1:
[53:20] Yeah. Oh, no.
Speaker 6:
[53:33] Why is it exactly three?
Speaker 1:
[53:38] Ah, good time, Sheik.
Speaker 4:
[53:40] Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 1:
[53:42] I don't think the strongest rhythm and joy songs are the ones that go, hey, let's have a party. We are at a party. Let's go dance. We are at a dancing party. Those songs are a dime a dozen. This song isn't about one party. The thing I love about this song besides the fact that it rocks, it's iconic, it never gets old, is that it does not refer to any specific time or place. These are the good times. Anytime you want to put this song on, you're reminded that these are the good times. It's kind of funny. I wrote that introductory paragraph, and I started researching in the very first article that I opened up. The author called this the most present tense song ever. His author, Rich Wilhelm, contrast it with one of Cool the Gang's rhythm and joy song, Celebrate, where Cool wants you to celebrate good times. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of Chic are pointing out that these are the good times. There's nothing to celebrate. You were celebrating all the time. These are always the good times, especially when Dave leaves the room to fart instead of farting right now.
Speaker 3:
[54:43] I hope you walk that out when you're back there.
Speaker 1:
[54:45] You could have stayed back there longer to make sure it dissipated.
Speaker 4:
[54:47] That's a false alarm.
Speaker 3:
[54:49] Jesus.
Speaker 1:
[54:51] This is really going to come out.
Speaker 3:
[54:53] I know it's bad.
Speaker 1:
[54:54] The entire Dave might explode like in that, what is that, that movie by the funny guys?
Speaker 4:
[55:00] The Funny Guy movie.
Speaker 1:
[55:01] Monty Python movie?
Speaker 3:
[55:03] Meeting of Life.
Speaker 6:
[55:03] Meeting of Life, yeah.
Speaker 1:
[55:07] So anyway, there's always an argument to be made that the world is going to shit.
Speaker 3:
[55:13] Well, they wrote this song before the Internet.
Speaker 1:
[55:15] That's true. That is true. You know, we're listening to Rhythm and Joy. This is a genre about perspective.
Speaker 3:
[55:22] You know, I want to add after listening to these, I'm starting to feel it a little bit.
Speaker 1:
[55:25] Good. Yeah.
Speaker 3:
[55:26] These are songs about touching grass.
Speaker 1:
[55:29] Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
Speaker 3:
[55:30] When you said you don't want songs about being in the club, yeah. You want about being out and touching grass and feeling the joy of whatever's around. Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[55:40] Touching grass and grabbing ass in the club.
Speaker 3:
[55:43] Settle down, Perv.
Speaker 6:
[55:44] Yeah, tasty.
Speaker 1:
[55:46] We have air in our lungs, nearly free access to any music we can think of. We have the Internet is a good thing, Hunter. We have penicillin to cure infections that would have killed us, and toilets to take our nasty poopoos far, far away before they could make us sick. But if you can't get to the toilet and you're deciding farting is acceptable, then you can make us all extremely sick, David.
Speaker 3:
[56:07] Yeah, we're going to all walk out of here with pink eyes.
Speaker 4:
[56:13] How do I know you didn't already have pink eyes?
Speaker 3:
[56:17] Good, my eyes are pink.
Speaker 1:
[56:20] Everybody take pictures of your eyes right now.
Speaker 8:
[56:22] That's a good point.
Speaker 1:
[56:23] Sue our company.
Speaker 8:
[56:25] No.
Speaker 1:
[56:26] It seems hard to believe, but on average, we are as a people healthier, wealthier and happier, more peaceful than at any other point in history.
Speaker 2:
[56:33] Maybe until this year.
Speaker 1:
[56:35] Well, no, but for every apparent step back, life, you know.
Speaker 3:
[56:38] Steve, you'd still be the world's richest hobo comparatively.
Speaker 1:
[56:44] Life is not always clams on the half shell in roller skate, Steve. I'll admit that. But good shit is still moving forward, and that's what makes this song so true. These are the good times. This is always a true statement, and the more you believe it, Steve, the better chance you have to feel some joy.
Speaker 2:
[57:05] What was that about clams on roller skates?
Speaker 1:
[57:07] Clams on a half shell in roller skates. Life isn't always that. That's the lyric in the song.
Speaker 2:
[57:12] But why are the clams skating?
Speaker 3:
[57:14] No, you're skating while you're eating the clams.
Speaker 1:
[57:16] The clams on a half shell and roller skates. The things you're enjoying.
Speaker 2:
[57:20] I thought it was clams on the half shell and clams on roller skates.
Speaker 3:
[57:23] Listen, it's two great things that go good together.
Speaker 4:
[57:27] Roller skating and clams.
Speaker 3:
[57:31] That's a good time.
Speaker 1:
[57:32] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[57:33] Oh yeah, it's like that De La Soul song, A Roller Skating Clam Named Saturdays. Yeah, and you know, honestly... Anybody?
Speaker 1:
[57:41] These guys could mean clams on roller skates. Because the lyric is, clams on the half shell and roller skates. You could take a lot away from this. It's great art. It's subjective.
Speaker 3:
[57:50] I think that clam might be dying if it's only on half of its shell.
Speaker 1:
[57:54] Now, do you think that they really want to sing about oysters on the half shell, but it sounded bad. Has anybody ever had clams on the half shell?
Speaker 3:
[58:01] No, I don't think you mentioned it.
Speaker 4:
[58:03] Absolutely. I'm looking it up right now. It's a very common thing.
Speaker 1:
[58:05] Okay.
Speaker 3:
[58:06] Actually, I think I just had some.
Speaker 1:
[58:08] Clams on the half shell?
Speaker 3:
[58:10] Yeah. I think just a few months ago.
Speaker 4:
[58:12] Yeah. Here's a full image search I just did.
Speaker 1:
[58:16] So it's like oysters, you eat them raw?
Speaker 4:
[58:19] You can, or lightly braised, or lightly broiled, or full on cooked.
Speaker 1:
[58:25] Okay.
Speaker 4:
[58:26] But you can do like clams. I don't know, I'm going to make some up. Clams Manchester.
Speaker 1:
[58:30] Yeah, sure.
Speaker 4:
[58:31] Yeah. Like oysters Rockefeller.
Speaker 3:
[58:33] Clams Tarzana.
Speaker 4:
[58:35] Clams Encino. Clams Oxnard.
Speaker 3:
[58:39] Clams Van Nuys.
Speaker 1:
[58:42] Clams Tarzana. What would Clams Tarzana be? Some cream, definitely cream.
Speaker 4:
[58:49] Some old cream. Probably a little cerveza.
Speaker 1:
[58:53] Yeah, a little cerveza in there.
Speaker 3:
[58:56] Some facial hair.
Speaker 1:
[58:58] Yeah. That's an eight-minute song.
Speaker 4:
[59:02] Clams Glendale.
Speaker 3:
[59:04] You can do it. Come on, we can do it.
Speaker 1:
[59:06] You can do it.
Speaker 3:
[59:07] We can do it.
Speaker 7:
[59:08] All right.
Speaker 3:
[59:09] I'll throw two things out.
Speaker 7:
[59:11] Let's see if we can put them together.
Speaker 1:
[59:13] Let's do an exercise. Let's do a little exercise.
Speaker 4:
[59:15] Clams and rollerblading. Rollerblading. Well, that's kind of like-
Speaker 3:
[59:21] Oysters and rollerblading.
Speaker 4:
[59:22] All right.
Speaker 3:
[59:23] There you go.
Speaker 4:
[59:23] It's kind of the same as roller skating with clamps.
Speaker 1:
[59:29] How are these the good times? Any context right now. We're talking together on microphones. That's good times.
Speaker 4:
[59:36] Yeah. We're able to afford basically a professional level studio to build in the basement because technology has gotten there.
Speaker 1:
[59:45] These are good times.
Speaker 4:
[59:46] We can do this.
Speaker 1:
[59:47] These are the good times.
Speaker 4:
[59:47] We got these whole like arm, these mic arms that like come from up above. We got a good table.
Speaker 1:
[59:53] I'm sitting on a golden chair.
Speaker 4:
[59:55] Yeah.
Speaker 3:
[59:56] I thought that would do it.
Speaker 1:
[59:58] These are good times.
Speaker 3:
[59:58] I don't know.
Speaker 4:
[60:00] Golden chair laced with brown corduroy.
Speaker 1:
[60:03] I got a tummy full of spaghetti.
Speaker 4:
[60:05] Oh, you had spaghetti for dinner.
Speaker 6:
[60:07] Yeah. I hope that's why.
Speaker 2:
[60:08] I had some delicious lamb barbacoa from the taco joint down the street.
Speaker 6:
[60:13] These are the good times.
Speaker 3:
[60:15] Yeah. I had to skip dinner.
Speaker 4:
[60:17] Oh, yeah?
Speaker 3:
[60:17] Yeah.
Speaker 4:
[60:19] Couldn't afford it.
Speaker 3:
[60:20] I was busy and didn't ran out of time.
Speaker 1:
[60:23] Were you busy doing something that's going to foment joy?
Speaker 8:
[60:26] Well, yeah.
Speaker 3:
[60:27] I had to walk my dog with my wife.
Speaker 4:
[60:31] You know what you do?
Speaker 3:
[60:32] That was nice.
Speaker 4:
[60:33] You know what? Here's what you do.
Speaker 3:
[60:33] My aging dog has lived more years than I thought she would, and she's still with me. I take some joy in that.
Speaker 4:
[60:40] Yeah. Here's what you do. You strap on the roller skates, get yourself a handful of clams.
Speaker 3:
[60:45] Not in my neighborhood.
Speaker 4:
[60:46] Handful of clams.
Speaker 3:
[60:48] Not in my neighborhood.
Speaker 4:
[60:49] Are you going to get beat up?
Speaker 3:
[60:52] Probably.
Speaker 4:
[60:53] The roller blade gang doesn't akin to that sort of thing.
Speaker 1:
[60:56] You don't make too many friends is the problem.
Speaker 2:
[60:58] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[60:59] Kind of an introvert.
Speaker 4:
[60:59] It's like women start running out on their balconies, throwing their underwear at them.
Speaker 1:
[61:03] People be knocking on his door, got any more of them clams left? Roller skateboard?
Speaker 2:
[61:07] The roller blade gang is out hunting for clams.
Speaker 3:
[61:09] I don't belong in my neighborhood anymore because it's turned over since the time that I've lived there. And so.
Speaker 4:
[61:16] You're worried that people are going to be snatching your clams. Got a neighborhood full of clam snatchers.
Speaker 3:
[61:22] Got a neighborhood full of Dave's pervs?
Speaker 1:
[61:27] No, just every day he opens his window to smell the fresh air and he hears brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr. It blows right into his window.
Speaker 4:
[61:37] I guess I woke somebody up with a rather wretched fart the other night. And I got, I heard about it.
Speaker 1:
[61:42] Yeah, it was me. Ten miles away.
Speaker 6:
[61:47] And now, Amos Renegar is proud to present the second best band in America. Will you welcome Garfunkel, Messina, Oaks and Lisa singing their number two hit, Born to Run Her Up.
Speaker 5:
[62:05] Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?
Speaker 3:
[62:08] That's a good question. That's like a lot of our live shows.
Speaker 4:
[62:13] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[62:14] What were you saying, Dave? Sorry, you got cut off by the bumper.
Speaker 4:
[62:18] I was told that if that happened again, I would be sleeping in the guest room. Real paint peeler, I guess.
Speaker 7:
[62:25] I bet.
Speaker 1:
[62:29] The title track of Thelma Houston's outstanding direct-to-disc achievement, I've got the music in me. I covered this album in my episode on the genre Hustle Bustles where I talked about the track Pressure Cooker. The direct-to-disc process basically is a live in studio recording. Yeah, Hunter.
Speaker 3:
[62:45] Now, I remember. I want to know what a direct-to-disc was, but then you just-
Speaker 4:
[62:49] Yeah.
Speaker 3:
[62:50] That's why I put my hand back down.
Speaker 4:
[62:51] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[62:52] It's a live in studio recording. You really got to let go of the nerves, let the joy flow through you to get a lively performance like this.
Speaker 3:
[63:00] I thought you were saying it was like a direct-to-video.
Speaker 1:
[63:03] Yeah. No. There's no mixing afterwards. There's nothing. You have to get it all right right away, and you have to get the entire side of the album right. From the beginning. Then you can take a little break, a breather, you can flip it.
Speaker 3:
[63:16] One take Thelma.
Speaker 1:
[63:18] One take Thelma, though there is a lot of instrumental tracks on this record to give her break, so she doesn't have to just sing like this, just like full blast for 40 minutes.
Speaker 3:
[63:29] One take but winded Thelma. That's what they call her.
Speaker 1:
[63:33] The original of this song was by the Kiki D band. It was number 12 hit in the US, but it leans heavily on rock. It's pretty sweet and you check it out. The rhythm and joy bones are there, but this version is just peppier, more soulful and more joyful. It's an interesting song when you read the lyrics because it's not saying so much, I can overcome challenges and have joy because I have the music in me. It says, my ability to overcome challenges and my confidence to do so is the music in me, and listen to how joyful that makes me.
Speaker 3:
[64:09] So, it'd be a lot worse if the name of this song was I got the doosic in me. Just want to point that out. I'm just saying it doesn't work on every level.
Speaker 4:
[64:18] Then it's definitely the Polish guy down the street.
Speaker 1:
[64:20] This is Dave's theme song. He's got the doosic in him.
Speaker 4:
[64:24] Yeah. It's a dookie that's going to make me sick. No, it's just going to make you sick.
Speaker 1:
[64:32] Just poop music.
Speaker 4:
[64:33] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[64:33] It's like 4D. It stimulates all the senses.
Speaker 6:
[64:37] Sure.
Speaker 1:
[64:39] You can smell it, you can hear it, make your vision go blurry. Yeah. It's 4D. What else?
Speaker 6:
[64:49] Okay.
Speaker 1:
[64:49] The ability to overcome is yes, I can attitude is the music and the music is joy. And it sure sounds like it. And like I said with Curtis Mayfield, the struggle, not just the victory, can fill you with pride and joy. Phelma Houston, just a little bit about her, singer and actress in the Ryz. She had just come off a stint as a cast member on the variety show Marty Feldman's Comedy Machine.
Speaker 2:
[65:14] Oh, wow.
Speaker 3:
[65:16] Do you guys remember George Michael's Sports Machine? No. Does anybody? No.
Speaker 2:
[65:20] I remember its existence. I don't remember anything about it.
Speaker 3:
[65:23] I assume that they're very much the same. It was a TV show. Anyways, continue.
Speaker 1:
[65:27] That show only last a few months. But a few years after this, she'd score a hit and a Grammy with Don't Leave Me This Way.
Speaker 6:
[65:38] And our new number one hit, I Do Believe We're Naked by Funky See Funky Do, replaces We're Sending Our Love Down the Well, which plunges all the way down to number 97.
Speaker 4:
[65:53] The Marty Feldman comedy machine, one of the writers on that show, Barry Levinson.
Speaker 1:
[65:59] Sure. Earth, Wind and Fire. It's another group who's really, really good at rhythm and joy. You can find some gospel descended joyful tracks on just about all their albums. Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire grew up singing gospel in the church and was inspired by Mahalia Jackson, who I mentioned, saying that gospel classic move on up a little higher. This is from their mostly live album Gratitude from 1975. It has four new studio songs and three of them, this, the title track Gratitude and the song called Celebrate, are all rhythm and joy. And sing a song is the liveliest of the bunch. Such a simple message here. Feeling down? Sing a song, you'll feel better. And honestly, singing this song does a pretty good job at lifting a bad mood. Singing almost any Earth, Wind and Fire song can lift you up. Now, how awesome would it be to start a secular church filled with secular gospel songs? Just a big old celebration of joy every week that doesn't depend on believing in a magical sky man and his morality wizard of a sun. But if we needed a Jesus, maybe it could be Maurice White. Here he is from his autobiography. It all started in a series of dreams I had in 1969. These dreams, which I believe were given to me from the divine, inspired me to form a band that would uplift the human spirit, whether through celebrating the benefits of developing the inner life, or simply creating joyous musical moments. See, Maurice White is a dang prophet. Yeah. I've given the music of Earth, Wind, and Fire everything I have, mind, body, spirit. He's a martyr like Jesus. He's been crucified by the work of creating Earth, Wind, and Fire music. My odyssey with Earth, Wind, and Fire has taught me that the significant events of our lives become our spiritual story. My Memphis Christian roots which evolved into my belief in the universal truths of the faiths and the wisdom of the stars have guided my path. But it's the lessons of my spiritual story that have made me a survivor and kept my head to the sky. So there you go again. It's been the struggle, the journey that brings him joy, not the victory.
Speaker 3:
[68:17] He's the opposite of Tartarus.
Speaker 1:
[68:19] Yeah, he's writing messages of hope and joy.
Speaker 3:
[68:23] Yeah, and the above, the sky.
Speaker 1:
[68:25] Not the below, and all the smells and sounds that come with that. There you have them. That's it, boys. It's Rhythm and Joy. Songs that make you want to move your body, that make you feel good, that tell you how to feel good, and to remind you that the world is inherently good, and to remind you that you probably already feel good somewhere in that beaten down soul of yours. You just need the key to unlock it. And that key is Rhythm and Joy music.
Speaker 4:
[68:52] Nicely done. Nice work, JD.
Speaker 1:
[68:55] Nice work, Dave.
Speaker 4:
[68:56] Thank you.
Speaker 1:
[68:57] Keeping your farts in for the most part.
Speaker 4:
[68:59] For the most part, yeah.
Speaker 2:
[69:00] Here in the depths of fartarus.
Speaker 1:
[69:05] I did consider, I looked into this, and I hope this will work. I looked into Marvin C's candy liquor.
Speaker 2:
[69:10] As one does.
Speaker 1:
[69:13] Are any of his odes to the shameless, fun, pussy eating tradition?
Speaker 2:
[69:17] I have an entire Spotify playlist of those songs.
Speaker 1:
[69:20] Of course you do. They all, but they're all too much like love songs focused on the liquor and the lickie and the relationship between two people.
Speaker 2:
[69:27] Very specific.
Speaker 1:
[69:28] Yeah, it's not.
Speaker 3:
[69:29] He's not licking grass.
Speaker 1:
[69:30] No, and it's not, not as much as you.
Speaker 3:
[69:32] Go outside and lick grass, Marvin.
Speaker 1:
[69:35] It's not universal calls for joy through Cunnilingus. But candy liquor might have been number 11 on the countdown, given the chance. And considering that this did lead me to the Google search, did Marvin Cease ever act in porn, which incredibly was one of those rare inquiries that only leads to two results, neither relevant. You think more people would ask that.
Speaker 6:
[69:58] Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[69:58] Talk about that. You might have some home videos that we're not aware of.
Speaker 6:
[70:02] I'm sure.
Speaker 2:
[70:03] I mean, only if she consented, because that's the kind of lover that Marvin Cease is.
Speaker 1:
[70:07] Of course.
Speaker 4:
[70:08] Yeah, it's not like you're Bob Cray and plan cameras around the room.
Speaker 1:
[70:10] Yeah. Do you mind if I take a video of this as an instructional thing for future generations of Ceases?
Speaker 4:
[70:17] I've seen some videos like that where they're like, we'll give you a free massage if you let us videotape it and then they end up boning.
Speaker 1:
[70:22] Well, the thing about him, he could do hidden cameras. They can find out about them. They can send them a cease and desist. But then you just be like, well, I guess I can keep going.
Speaker 3:
[70:33] No, cease and desist. Not or.
Speaker 4:
[70:40] Maybe the woman's name was Desist.
Speaker 1:
[70:42] Well, just as long as I stop it, just as long as I did.
Speaker 4:
[70:45] There's your porno.
Speaker 3:
[70:48] That's the name.
Speaker 1:
[70:48] He goes to every city and looks at every phonebook for somebody named Desist.
Speaker 2:
[70:51] It's Desista.
Speaker 1:
[70:53] Oh yeah.
Speaker 2:
[70:54] Seasons Desista.
Speaker 1:
[70:56] Yeah. There you go. He figured it out. He figured out the loophole. Oh, Marvin.
Speaker 2:
[71:02] Marvin's all about the loophole, if you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:
[71:08] Sorry about that. Join our Patreon, patreon.com/yeah.
Speaker 3:
[71:13] Dave, what's going on around that side of the table?
Speaker 4:
[71:15] These guys are terrible at that.
Speaker 3:
[71:20] They sound like muppets. Sounds like those muppet aliens.
Speaker 4:
[71:26] Yeah. They're a little.
Speaker 2:
[71:28] Yep, yep, yep, yep.
Speaker 4:
[71:32] Good Lord.
Speaker 1:
[71:34] We got two guys over there that have never made a lady come with their tongues.
Speaker 2:
[71:37] Hamanahamanahamanahamanah.
Speaker 1:
[71:42] That was Dave.
Speaker 4:
[71:43] That was not me.
Speaker 1:
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Speaker 2:
[72:03] Don't do that.
Speaker 3:
[72:04] Yeah, it's going to, it's, you've already mentioned Marvin Cease. It's going to turn into a cult immediately.
Speaker 1:
[72:09] Oh yeah, that's true. That's true. Not a bad cult to be in, though.
Speaker 3:
[72:14] For one person.
Speaker 1:
[72:16] Subscribe. No, for many.
Speaker 3:
[72:21] It's already turned into a cult.
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