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Heptember 2024 - The Reel Big Skirm-ish Round 2 (w/ Devon Kay)
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The quest to determine the greatest Reel Big Fish cover song continues with fan favorite guest, Devon Kay! The CP/SC crew kicks off with a quick pick it up before finding out what's new in the world of Devon Kay and is Ska-djacent project The Solutions. Then, Rob, Celine, Joey and Devon all dig in on the next 8 matchups of songs whittling down to the quarterfinals. Its filled with hot takes, upsets and no shortage of ties!
Follow along with the Heptember Bracket all September long at www.challonge.com/heptember2024
Hosts: Celine, Joey and Rob
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Cutman
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International
Reel Big Skirm-ish Theme Song: Keelan
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Transcript
Introduction to Checker Past Podcast
00:00:00
Speaker
We're potting away. We have things we shouldn't say, but we'll say it anyway. Today is a good day to enrage you with our bracket. Oh, we don't need your love, okay? Vote with me. It'll be done in a week or two. It's September, 2024. The real big Skirm-ish.
Meet the Hosts: Rob and Selene
00:00:51
Speaker
what up checkerheads welcome to checker past this podcast with Selene and Rob the show where I went in sublime with Rome and ah Byron Lita Ford and the Runawaygan airs explore the history and impact of a different band each episode hope to bring in new fans along the way I'm Saxel Rob and this is my sister and co-host the smoky ass bitch Selene hi hey so maybe that'll stick Maybe that'll stick. What was your joke-ies? Went in Sublime with Rome. Right. That's pretty easy. Byron Lee to Ford and the Runaways and Airs. That's a fun one. That's what I don't know. That's a fun one. Well, I know Lee to Ford and like the Runaways. Right. And Byron Lee and the Dragon Airs is a really old timey ska band. Okay. Yeah, they're great.
00:01:35
Speaker
ah yeah yeah So what were the two jokes? Those are bands covered by a real big fish in the bracket. You're doing that every single time. Yeah, yeah mostly to for you. I'll keep asking. And here's our co-host with the most toast, Little Joey Christmas. Ho, ho, ho. Welcome. How are you doing? Good. ah we' ah We got a really jam-packed schedule today, so let's pick it up where we left off before we introduce our guest.
Selene's Anecdotes and Weekend Adventures
00:02:09
Speaker
What's going on, Selene? Why me? You guys didn't even prep me. What? OK. What? literally what? I'm aware of. OK, so so you're going. I'm aware of. You've got a thing that you're seeing. Oh, yeah, I'm going to a queer cabaret. Queer cabaret. A queer cabaret. What differentiates a queer cabaret from a normal cabaret side? Probably, you know, gay, iconic to to queer culture so songs that are celebrated in queer culture by queer artists, mostly a queer crowd at a gay bar.
00:02:39
Speaker
Oh, is that Evo? So when you said you're going downtown, you meant you're going to Evo. Yeah. It'll be fine. you have your like on Honestly, most of my life is just work and everything's work. And I had to put together this party yesterday and then go to a...
00:02:55
Speaker
Pretty intense wedding right after. How was that wedding? It was actually amazing. there was drag There was a drag show. Oh, that's awesome. yeah Yeah. And one of them was my friends. Yeah. And it was perfect, actually. very Beautiful wedding. I cried a lot. The ceremony was at like Twilight and then just everything. And then everything just happened. And then it was just a party till midnight. Yeah.
00:03:12
Speaker
there was like no kajin a distillery in stony plain which is 40 minutes outside where we yeah that's yeah and then you did not get your flat tire there that was somewhere thank god no i got a fat tire today i've been and green mom got uh rear ended like three days ago mom got yeah really oh It's been a while. I'm so tired. And the stupid party was a pop-up event that that was my staff's idea. But then she got this new boyfriend who's this dirtbag I know. And so she's spending all her time. My staff doesn't listen to this. So she's spending all her time with him. And then I do everything. I did everything. All she did was market, which she did a really good job marketing. But we did it last minute. And the other option was to cancel the stupid event or me do everything. Then it was me do everything and do clients full time while my co-owner's out of town and then do this fucking all this social
Guest Spotlight: Devin Kay and His Band
00:04:01
Speaker
bullshit. So you're really fucking shit. You're really earning Italy at this point. Yeah. Yeah. Countdown. I'm really excited for you to come back from Italy. j told Me too. Me too. Yeah. I'm excited to just eat pasta. But I've been eating a lot. I'm really hungry lately. That's kind of nice. That's good. yeah That's good. do you Are you not normally hungry? No. Oh, interesting.
00:04:22
Speaker
That's my problem. I have the opposite problem. She subsists on a smoothie and dinner. I don't know how that's... But I usually like snack from dinner until I sleep. Right. Nice. Yeah. Nice. It's called accidental intermittent fasting. Not on purpose. Anyways. All right. We're so excited to introduce our guest. See if he's got thoughts on this. Hold on. I want to hear more about Salinsday.
00:04:49
Speaker
I don't know how much work you've done. He is the band leader of the self-same Devin Kay and the Solutions, whose new seven-inch Devin Kay and the Solutions and Knuckles, the name I never get tired of saying, is out right now with Scott Punk International.
Real Big Fish and the Art of Covers
00:05:06
Speaker
Welcome back to the pod, Devin Kay.
00:05:08
Speaker
Hello, how are you? It's good to be here. I've already asked you that, but now we're on air, so I get to ask it again. I'm great. How are you doing? um I'm good. I'm also tired from work, but I'm stoked to be talking about Real Big Fish again yeah with my peer in a room full of peers. In a room full of peers. I'm happy to be talking to you. You and I have the same opinions on Real Big Fish.
00:05:34
Speaker
i think we're gonna I think we're going to see you eye to eye on this one ah for sure. Oils, right? I mean, this one is so different because they didn't write the songs. So like we have no one else to really be mad at. We just have to listen to the to the songs. You haven't heard the other episodes. Also, new we also weeded out a lot of the ones that were like obvious clunkers.
00:06:00
Speaker
Well, we'll see. Then I disagree with wholeheartedly. We'll circle back on that, because I'd be curious, Devin. once we Let's do a little interview-y thing, and then I want to hear your opinion about the songs we eliminated. I have the words, do you have the dumbest listener base ever? Get fucked written down.
00:06:17
Speaker
But I found out later that you are the ones doing the voting, but I was ready to drag your audience through a decision you made that is killing me. This is us. We just... But also, I had three glasses of wine. it was It was mine and my partner's nine-year anniversary yesterday. I was i got a fucking focus on this. Congratulations. Hey, thank you. Congratulations. That's a nice thing. Yeah, it was very nice. And then I went and talked about Ruby Fish some more, so... so I gotta to go do something fucking important. and
00:06:46
Speaker
ah So walk us through it's been in two years since you were last on the pod. It's been a minute um So what has been going on in the world of Devin came the solutions? I? i So i I checked back into our episode before I came here and it was around when grieving expectation came out so since then we have Taken over the sky world. We pretty much proven that we are the The best, we did an EP with ah Bad Time Records, and then we did an EP with Scott Punk International, and now we're done. We beat Scott and we're on to the next thing. so yeah if You're on both labels. Yeah, yeah, we just decided to do both. We were like, hey, but we're just going to do really good stuff on both, and and we did, and now and and now we're working on the next thing, which has some Scott, but you know,
00:07:37
Speaker
We're just, we're just doing our thing. We're just doing our thing. What's the next genre you're taking over? It's got a lot of, it's, it's emo-y. It's a little more like 2000s, more of that 2000s ska we talked about where it's not ska, it's like emo with horns, but not like cliff diver, emo with horns, maybe. tiing Yeah. So, and not that cliff diver is bad. They just have their own, they're in that one sector of the 2000s pop-punk emo. We're going to the other side of it.
00:08:06
Speaker
So you you dropped the seven inch, it has two video game covers on it. You did Portal, you did Sonic Adventure
Real Big Fish: History and Evolution
00:08:12
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2. Where do you stand on the Sonic Adventure 2 discourse? Are these fools who say it's a bad game, liars? Because I think they're liars.
00:08:20
Speaker
no I think it's a pretty shitty one I think I think the first one is way better and the second one is like you really like what every teenager would like because it's like whoa you're snowboarding down a road and there's a truck that has the word gun written on it chasing you yeah but that doesn't that doesn't mean that you don't have to do the big the cat missions or the fucking you have to do the horrible knuckles and Rouge missions which take like three hours like just you you forgot the bad stuff it's there and it's it's it's prominent
00:08:54
Speaker
All I remember from the first Sonic Adventure was fishing. And it makes sense. Oh, yeah. I mean, just don't do that stuff. Because in Sonic Adventure, you can just not do it. And then you still get the best of the game. Whereas in Sonic Adventure 2, you have to do a lot of bad.
00:09:10
Speaker
Sonic doesn't seem like a side, like not even side mission, but just like side stuff guy other than like eating a chia chili dog. but You know what I mean? It seems like a getting from point A to point B type of dude. I don't want to go slow at any point. What's lower than fishing? Exactly. I'm going to fucking polar opposite.
00:09:29
Speaker
bird watching maybe bird that's true that's up there all right now i'm we na or la you okay let's go like this convo what is yeah this is better let's not talk about realeling fish let's Just hang out <unk> with it's been two years guys, let's chill All right, well, let's do it. Here's, here it is. Here's the intro. All right. This here is, that's my beer. Get out of here. touch that This is, this is heptember. All month long, we are doing a March Madness style bracket to pit 32 cover songs performed by real big fish and head to head battle to determine once and for all the greatest ah RBF cover song of all time. Thanks for everyone who voted their predictions. If you want to follow along, the bracket is at shalange.com slash heptember2024.
00:10:13
Speaker
The matchups are seeded based on chronic chronological order. That's a hard word to say. So the earlier songs have a more favorable placement, then newer songs for no other reason, then that was the easiest way to do it. Here's how it's going to work. We did the pre-show. That was all real big fish side projects, songs we cut from the bracket, other bands, et cetera. Round one was the last two weeks with the CPSC crew. Today it's round two with our guest, Devin. And the next two weeks we'll have some guests to determine the ultimate winner.
00:10:41
Speaker
If you listen to any of our other brackets, you get it. So who is real big fish? I mean, come on, we did three parts on this band already. So what are you waiting for? Go back and listen with our guests, the third rates, Jevon Kay and Gary Mastriano. But if you want a quick recap, here we go.
00:10:58
Speaker
No, I'm the one that had to swallow. They are the monastic meme formed in California in 1991 as a hair metal cover band before adding a horn section, switching to full blown Scott punk. After their debut indie album, everything sucks gained underground traction. They were signed to major label Jive for the blockbuster turn the radio off. And it's ever present single sellout launching the band to the mainstream. After four years of headlining fame, they released the power pop influence cheer up with lead singer Aaron forming the forces of evil thinking his band was about to fold. After being convinced to return, he penned the Angry We're Not Happy album as an anti-music industry concept album before being dropped to go independent once again, reigniting their career as Dark Ages darlings, keeping the scoff-lag alive.
Bracket Challenge: The Best Real Big Fish Covers
00:11:41
Speaker
They had many lineup changes but released a consistent batch of albums including The Cult Classic, Candy Coded Fury, and the divisive cover album Fame, Fortune, and Fornication. Known for their vibrant live act, cheeky lyrics, and horn-based third-wave ska sound, they are still semi-active today, having gone gold, releasing nine albums, multiple best-ofs, an amazing live record, and something like 46 covers that we will talk about all month long. This is the fun part.
00:12:07
Speaker
All right. All right. this This is the fun part. This is. We're there. Joey, do you remember what you're looking for? The three criteria for a real big fish cover song? Big production. Big production. Genre mashy thing going on. Yes. I never remember the third one.
00:12:22
Speaker
Not irritating. Not irritating. Not irritating. That's right. Really good criteria. Celine, you're looking at it, so I think you already got it. No. Okay. I was honestly, yeah, no. What are the three things that you're looking for? I said, I said a song that I don't hate.
00:12:39
Speaker
song that you don't hate originally yeah yeah originally not that a song that i like originally a song that i don't don't hate originally because i feel like that just comes in with a bias it's just like how can you like it if that's where you're going in with yeah because that's the only new and then i said not to summary that's right really a little not not so summary not so summary just right just down a summer notch a little cool yeah a little cool end of summer maybe yeah and then ah the this is the one i always forget yeah where's earworm airworm not tape worm earworm airworm not tape worm yeah think yeah Devin's face processing was very
00:13:20
Speaker
I'm being quieter this time. I'm not yelling at everybody again. and I don't lie. If I yell at people, I just... I'm nice now. I'm nice, Devin. Until you feel like here's something I don't like. Same. Same. So now I'm nice. Write it down. Rob, you were...
00:13:40
Speaker
clean fingernails. I like a solid production. I like Anarchy in the Studio. Sounds like they're having fun. And I prefer an 80s cover to other songs. That's my general preferences. So Devin, what would you say are the three criteria that you look for in an ideal real big fish cover song?
00:14:04
Speaker
ah oo and um I think the the band is exceptional in the covers. We don't need to go over that backstory. The thing that they that they do, it has to complement the original song. I think a good cover is you choose a song to cover because it's already a good song. How do you make it better or how do you compliment it? And I think it has to be complimentary to the original and it has to take a risk. I like um take i like when Real Big Fish takes risks. um I'm already angry about some of the ones that were clearly
00:14:43
Speaker
ah Bumped off of the list because they were a little like gigantic is probably yeah, not in there Yeah, yeah we we we were not happy to do diary all over that one. I mean, I like that one. I think that one's good I love that cover. I have it on vinyl for some reason. It's pretty it's like only on this weird cover record I'm sure you touched on it already. I love the internet yes yes oh no no that one's on a it's on a a pixies cover album that has on the actual where's my mind on the actual like um yeah yeah I found it when we were over in Europe on tour ones it was very weird and cool i but that's my two things and my story about finding that final lock it in
00:15:27
Speaker
Let's go take the risk. takes Okay. Those are good those thoses are good. Those are good. Um, okay. So before we actually get it into the match-ups, you, and you already touched on that. You weren't a fan that Giganta got ah knocked off. What else were you, uh, should we have kept in? All right. I have them all written down here. I have Veronica Sawyer over. We close our eyes. Question mark. Question mark. Question mark.
00:15:51
Speaker
i agree Yeah, I didn't like that. I didn't care for that one bit. I don't think that I think that we close our eyes is complete. It's like imaginative and and it's a pretty song. I know it does the dub thing, but I don't care. It's it's catchy. I don't know. you hundred But even though it made you sad, you understand why we voted that way.
00:16:09
Speaker
Uh, I would think so. It's because he's doing the like, no, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. And I don't think you're allowed to do that. that. Uh, also, also all right I'm a person on this planet. and I noticed these things. I just like the way it sounds sometimes. Also, might I mention Edna's goldfish, right? That's a fellow, uh, 2000s, uh, kind of Scott, but more of a horn punk band. Huh?
00:16:32
Speaker
and I don't know anything about that band. that's i'm gonna just I'm going to put that point flag up. I don't know. might i Might I throw it out there? Listen to Elements of Transition. That is absolutely a Devin K ah album that you will enjoy. Not their star record. Their second one that is like all kind of emo-y post. Okay.
Album Talk: 'Candy Coded Fury' and Sound Evolution
00:16:49
Speaker
Oh, fuck. yeah All right. I'll write that down. i and then unity over don't let me down gently it's fair but it hurts i think that don't let me down gently it's a really good cover uh but that unity one is far better it's not easy that's a better cover but i can see why stray cat strut one because it's stylistically better but it's not easy i have a bias i have a bias i'll admit to that one swin loves stray cat strut
00:17:12
Speaker
That's fair. It's a great song. It's a good cover. it's That one's really close, but I really loved It's Not Easy. I think that one was um made me smile, and the really fish is good at that sometimes. Talking about a revolution is the right choice. Mama, we're all crazy now. Sucks ass.
00:17:27
Speaker
Oh, i ask lost to lion ass bitch. Are you crazy? That was the one where I wrote in all fucking caps. Are you the dumbest people on the planet? Get fucked. Ask cover. yeah Are you even a Real Big Fish fan? It's a Morrissey thing. If they cover Morrissey, you vote Morrissey. That's his thing. He loves that shit.
00:17:47
Speaker
It's so good. it It makes it it makes a song by a curmudgeon man into like a cute cheery nice song What do you want to do? What if you don't like Morrissey and you're not a big real big fish fan? well that's fine but then what you're going lion as bitch ah we i guess There's a there's a there's a long history with fish bone on this there is there's also that's fair history that's fair and you that fishstone i've been deeply cultured I used to think fishbone were white and i genuinely and I didn't like them as much because I thought they were all white. yeah That's fair. that That would definitely make it different. definitely
00:18:33
Speaker
It'd be a different history. I don't know, that one upset me. I don't think the Line S bitch cover is bad. I think it's very good. I just think that S cover, I like play it at but the store that I work at all the time. I love it. a And The Promise is arguably one of the best RBF covers, but as a theater kid, Nothing Like a Dame is just really neat. And it's it's cool that they did it. I know it's not going to win, but you should respect it because it's hard to take a fucking Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and turn it into a Scott Bug song, dude. Come on. i I voted for nothing like it. did Also, don't don't look at the musical it's from. It's not a good rewatch. specific musical South South Pacific. I like musicals, but I'm not familiar with that one. And I guess I won't be. Yeah.
00:19:20
Speaker
Don't bother. Yeah, stick
Live Performances and Lineup Changes
00:19:22
Speaker
away. You won't like it. Any of those like Mikado, the king and I, you should probably just like... Yeah. They're doing a different culture, like you should probably just stay away from that one. They don't nail the nuances. That's the most polite way I'll put it, yeah.
00:19:42
Speaker
Okay, so I appreciate your context not the past but We've made our choices you made like one or two right choices pretty good it Seems like and better than we usually do yeah on usually I So will go back to remember when we knocked out our house in like the first round I don't work
00:20:03
Speaker
i was I mean I have it in here already I've notes about the ones that are here, and I already said that take on me is Overrated let's move on and it's up against a Morrissey cover a real big fish. I'm giving away my vote early I'm just telling you you know what though we've been we've been saying the whole time take on me and hungry like the wolf are the two like They're the two to beat songs right did hungry like the wolf get in but I The, was it Stay Stay Stay? Did Stay Stay Stay not get in? Not Stay Stay Stay, the Madonna cover where Scott sings, or is that not considered a real big fish song?
00:20:41
Speaker
We we did not do that one. No. yeah but but But there was someone right we doing in here. let' Break this whole bracket up. Hungry like the Wolf of Sun by Scott. It was up again. Boys Don't Cry, which I had to give my impassioned explanation as to why I voted against type because the cure is my favorite band. Right. Oh, boys don't cry. Yeah. That's like that was like a I like that just because it was a fucking that was like a Napster misnomer. Right. And it was like they they kept saying that was them. But it was like fucking Spring Heel Jack doing that cover and then eventually they covered it, I think, or is that Brown Eyed Girl? I think that's Brown Eyed girl a browneyd Girl. All right, let's go on with your stuff. You have a plan. All right, well, here we go. Let's do it. The first match up. The Promise. The cover of the One Hit Wonder New Wave song by When in Rome released in 2012 on the Candy Coded Fury album, The Promise.
00:21:37
Speaker
That is a cool horn thing. I forgot that that was it. Yeah, that's cool. It's a great cover. We never got to it on your episode. How do you feel about the album Candy Coded Fury? I think going back, I like it a lot more. I think it made me angry the first time I heard it because I wanted more of the really fish that I wanted. But going back, I think it's good. All the songs would be one.
Challenges of Covering Iconic Songs
00:22:01
Speaker
i think have that think we said that too yeah Yeah, every song is too long and they did edit that shit down other than that it was there's there's a lot of good bones there I always say, when I listen to these songs like this one in particular, you really miss Scott. Oh, I've been on vibrato watch. Oh, yes. Glenn is a big vibrato fan. I'm not a big vibrato fan. It's just that Aaron never fucking does it. It's so rare. I don't like vibrato. I'm not a big vibrato fan. Big vibrato head over there. It shows that spill. I'm a held note guy.
00:22:39
Speaker
Okay, then you must love this. No, he doesn't hold notes. Yeah, nerd. Boom, roasted, the promise. ah this is a fun The argument you're having is really funny to me. All right, it's going up against the aforementioned. Light As Bitch, a cover of the Fishbone song released in 2007 on the EP Duet All Night Long featuring guest vocals by Zoloft, the rock and roll destroyer. Let's listen to it.
00:23:07
Speaker
What the, is that band still cookin'? I don't know. I was talking about how that album, Jalopy Go Far, is really good. Yeah, I remember that one. Yeah, it's super good. Yeah, super poppy and stinty. I liked it.
00:23:21
Speaker
My favorite song. What are the peggs you like to play? It's our song. It's our song. This is better than the other one. Whoa! You're giving away your votes? Alright. What happens if it's a die? I have a plan. You just didn't consider there'd be any time? No, I did. I do have a plan. Okay, I'll keep it away. He's already said it. Yeah, but he has a plan. It's a very cool cover. It sounds really big. The chorus sounds really cool. It's fine. It's fine. Up against the prom is going in. I don't know.
00:24:30
Speaker
we played one of his songs on our pre-show, where he was in America. And it's actually not bad. Yeah, I mean, he's just got to do stone grooves the whole time. That must be fucking, that must be the best job in the world, dude. That's what we were saying, yeah. like fucking Going on tour with Africa has to be like so cushy and great.
Audience Interaction and Podcast Dynamics
00:24:49
Speaker
Just with a bunch of old guys that make a decent amount of money. Fucking never probably has to worry about his gear. He's probably got texts for everything. Oh dude. Every night you're playing like an air conditioned casino. You get the fucking nice. Are you crazy? ah That's the dream man. yeah I would quit any band to do that. why me up All right. I know I'm voting though.
00:25:14
Speaker
yeah i'm already the vote yeah i've ready i've already voted pro wait do things yeah two one
00:25:26
Speaker
like i don't on news show we don immediately disrepect we dont and we don't all please agree with each other this isn't how every song this is hog shit I feel like the entire time it's just good it's it's us versus me or them versus me oh additionally that is not It's Mario party 3v1. Oh, yeah this next like this next matchup is Oh, I know this one's for all those rush jokes last time, isn't it? For me? You know how this one's going to go for me. I think so. I don't know. Canadians do love Rush. You guys love Rush. It's fine. Somebody has to. You know what? Hi. I don't really love Rush. It's objectively extremely talented musicians. I don't really love Rush, but I'm so kidding. I learned how to play closer to the heart from the trailer park boys episode where Rush is in.
00:26:20
Speaker
I also have said real big fish are objectively good musicians. The only thing I said was Aaron's a good singer and a great guitar player. Oh yeah, that's right. Get that vibrato, Aaron. You want to win hard? I'm a kind of an elf this thing sometimes. I never made a comparison, but that's kind of an obvious one.
00:26:45
Speaker
watch Watch out Devin and see if you catch this too because the one thing that we noticed is it sometimes Sounds like Aaron is trying to be the singer of the band. He's covering See if you can see that.
Musical Influences and Genre Preferences
00:26:55
Speaker
I think that's a compliment. I think that's like a subtle way to try and compliment the artists that you're doing, because you're already embarrassed that they might hear it. I think I'm already, though. I think I prefer covers done in the style of the band. I think I'd rather do that. Oh, and you should check out Ann Knuckles, out now on Skype. That's the best fucking plug I've ever heard. Yeah, nailed it.
00:27:21
Speaker
A cover of the Eagles song, not the Eagles, but the Eagles song. It was released in 2009 on the covers album Fame Fortune Fornication. This is the long run. One, two, one, two.
00:27:49
Speaker
My dad listened to a lot of Eagles. Sorry. I'm not mad. I'm not mad at the Eagles. Oh My god, what's the guy's name? Who's the singer? don henley yeah agent You should read about Don henley piece of show I think they kind of all work. Oh, fair. We're all stinkos. Why? I'm too busy watching deep dives of Nickelodeon stars.
00:28:17
Speaker
I'm like hot bunking. See, I don't have time for the old rock guys.
00:28:25
Speaker
That's the best thing I've ever heard. My like childhood was defined by that foot-loving Schneider, so I really loved it. Honestly, it's dope. Yeah, it depressed me you too much. They had a long run, though.
00:28:46
Speaker
we're on getting dark have we I don't I didn't ask you this yet. How do you feel about that covers record fame fortune fornication? We've knocked out like half the songs. Oh It's fine. It's I think any covers record is a is like a labor of love and it's probably going to be more more misses than hits i But I commend bands when they do it.
The Creative Process in Cover Bands
00:29:08
Speaker
I feel like every band wants to do it. It's and Playing other people say it's like the backbone of being a musician It's like that's why we have standards and all those songs that everyone has played I feel like it's fun to play other people's songs aye But also, you know Think of 99 songs of a revolution by Streetlight. It's like no damn that's cool about six of them are good and the rest you are happy they're there because they're neat and you know yeah I'm happy if I have three songs on an album yeah exactly If there's three songs that I really fucking like it's good
00:29:41
Speaker
Yeah, I think there's three songs for everybody on fame and fortune and fornication like there's something anybody can like and i have my i think there's a lot of people i would be like no like i and um end up Personally there's so many people who just will check out at any Scott if it's not like trad yeah I feel like it's changing though. Okay again You can just kind of put on any music anywhere now and it doesn't really matter as much. Okay, that's fair I think, again, I'm just talking about my own little bubble. I think it's better than it was five, 10 years ago, for sure. Yeah. I feel like we're-
00:30:20
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off. Oh, you didn't. i Okay, good. that i met and I'll do it again. i but I mean, I feel like the like i feel like every like budding genre has to deal with its early like elitism. And I feel like once you realize no one makes money, even at the top, everyone just kind of goes back down to being
Real Big Fish's Legacy and Impact
00:30:38
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scum. And I think we're back in the scum phase for a lot of genres. And I love this part of it. Nobody made it out.
00:30:45
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We all were hoping somebody was going to break through and get out. Nobody got out and we're just back to being scum, baby. It's a good time. It's kind of in that world again now. And I think that's exciting is that they're back to being an independent kind of band if they get back together. So it does make ah Dan Regan already signed back in. So I know, I know Scott's there too. Until I see them on a stage and I'm opening for them and Aaron Barrett's giving me huge amounts of money, then I will not acknowledge it.
00:31:11
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I'll be there one night. I'll be there fucking night one, dude. I'll be there night one. Are you crazy? When when that happens, when that happens you you have to call him out on you to sell this thing. Yeah, you have to be like... I iron mean i see those sideburns. I've i've gone on tour with them. Direct It went on tour with RealBigFish a couple of times. And i I weirded him out because I was such a fan. I blew it. I fucking blew it, dude. I just...
00:31:37
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spiked the ball into the ground. It was just like, I'm going to ask every question I've ever had. And that was such a bad idea. it Don't do that. Well, dude, that was your shitty band. Now you're talking. and ah Hey, fuck them. They're not the world's best one. That's fair. That's fair. That's fair. Don't worry. Nick's not listening to this. so we're trying It's going up against a cover of the Sublime song released in 2002 on the album, Cheer Up. This is Boss DJ. Everybody's favorite thing that he does. um Everybody loves what he does.
00:32:19
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ah The problem is I'm such a fan of their like dubby tribute song. Me too. like i' i've been I'm a sucker for dub, for sure. I think they do a good job doing their little tribute to it and and their stuff. I agree. They're good. They can stop you in a silly little voice. They can knock that out.
00:32:53
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I remember when this- Sorry, I have to cut in really fast. Yeah. The guy doing the Jamaican thing? Yeah. That's Gordy Johnson. Oh! Another white guy? Another white guy? They could not get a Jamaican man. What year, I guess? 2002. Fair.
00:33:17
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yeah yeah fine i didn't know better either yeah fine douglasa canada are you familiar with big sugar no I you talked about big sugar last time I remember i i said people know because it it was part of another song that we were talking about. He is on another real big fish song doing that same toasty kind of shit. Oh, okay. I'm crazy. I forgot. Does fake sugar do the crazy bitch? No. No, this is the exact same conversation. That's Buck Cherry. And then I said Eagle Eye Buck Cherry and everyone laughed.
00:33:57
Speaker
Oh my God. i listen I listened to it this morning and nobody laughed at that joke. i I'm going to say, are you saying that right now? We're laughing now. Yeah. Are you s saying that now? I'm like, fuck, that's really funny. No wonder people like that episode so much. Why do you think Big Sugar Guy and Aaron are friends?
00:34:17
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Well, they're I don't know like be because they've they've worked together multiple times as we've learned from right now and like go to the same hairstylist and it looks like maybe they're both They both get their hair dyed black and pop doors trim another fan I'm like another thing that has like a good deed day or something. I remember you yeah then i also said You guys have your own stuff over there <unk> go back and watch for Episode
00:34:46
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They're guitar nerd guys together. Oh, yeah, they're because big sugar guys. Oh, double. talk the fuck our air You about the tiny amp going into four big cabs. Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm talking about. We were talking about this song, weren't we? Because we talked about. shera and All right. Yeah. Okay. they must have been well We're doing that thing that sequels do and we where they go over the first time again. Yeah, it's just exposition. Exposition. This is Flick. Okay, so Long Run versus ah Boss DJ. Hold on, I think my anecdote about Boss DJ. So there used to be, like when you were on Kaza, the only way you could listen to the song before Cheer Up came out was a live radio version of it. And I think it ended up on that that CD or whatever. the
Covering Music Icons: Challenges and Reception
00:35:32
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people What is the secret CD they released only on their website?
00:35:36
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Yeah, VivaLA internet. No? Yeah, VivaLA internet. I think it ended up on that. OK, back to this. What's everyone doing? Okay, I think I know. I know how I'm voting. yeah Joey, you said you were crushed on this one, but let's let's hear it. yeah Okay. Three, two, one. Boss DJ. Boss DJ. I it was It does suck when you're the only one. It's not a good feeling, yeah. I know that feeling well.
00:36:09
Speaker
All right, let's go on to the next one, because this is an important one that I'm worried about a little bit, but I understand. I feel like you're worried you're going to take up way too much time. Okay, this is the... I feel like you're trying to keep it. I'm thirsty, I'm going to... We still have like an hour. It's almost like that. We still have like an hour. It's almost like that's my whole job. It's time of the year you're doing three, okay? I still don't have to be anywhere for over an hour. I got some wine, we're pouring some more wine, let's get to Britain.
00:36:36
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um I call this the ah the aha matchup, and I'll explain why in a second.
Experimentation in Music and Covers
00:36:42
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um But this is a cover of the aha song released on the baseball soundtrack from which the band also appears. And as a single that is arguably the band's second biggest single behind sellout, this is Take On Me. You ever heard this one? No, nope. Yeah, I never heard this one. Like this is the like.
00:37:04
Speaker
I don't know. This didn't sell out or the ones that if you're a fan, you're almost like fucking tired of. yeah almost yeah right be like I mean, I appreciate them, but um I don't want to fucking hear him ever again. You wouldn't even notice it's on because it's just so annoying. I get excited when I hear beer again. That's a good sign.
00:37:24
Speaker
You're fine. Why does everybody love that fucking song? Yeah, you know, both of them, both of them, this song and the other. For me, it just made me think of Facebook, which I loved a lot. I think it's like my favorite movie. It's not a bad movie. I'd say it without it. Yeah, I'd probably answer that movie. That scene where he's, where the CPR with the hot dog poppin' in a buddy's mouth. Unbelievably funny. How did you think of something so funny back then? And it's like, could he composite? It looks so good. Everything about it is awesome.
00:37:53
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yeah i was saying movies were folks but whole impact they don't make them like they used to yeah i that's true yeah yeah in a lot of ways am i right and I do think Take On Me is a little bit of like that annoying guy at karaoke, but we did discuss that they might have but they might have been one of the first ones to do it.
00:38:17
Speaker
Yeah. You know, like that and like, I'm just a small town boy. Like those songs where you're just like, I'm out. Like you're not originally, you're not like, everyone's like, I'm being really funny doing this song. Yeah. And the DJs, like someone already saying it, pick another one. You know, I've been told that actually, I've been told that maps. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was, and I was feeling some type of way and I was like, I'm going to do a soulful song. I'm going to like really put it out there. And the DJ was like, someone just did it like five songs a day. That first thing you just masked crying. Yeah. And I was like, Oh, I thought that was.
00:38:45
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I thought I was going to have a moment, but right where you got the idea from. I love that song. Where have I heard that recently? I was crying to it one song ago.
00:38:58
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But yeah, it's not bad at all. There's nothing wrong with the song. It has the worst music video I've ever seen. That music video is bullshit. It's just them going through a corridor. Oh, yeah, that's right. Is that the half drawn one? No. That's the original. That'd be a rule.
00:39:15
Speaker
That's a wonderful, that's a wonderful video. Family Guy did a play on the video too, right? That's why I think it's in my head, like the Journey song. Family Guy is making you think about it? Family Guy is what connects all of this. Everyone, but Family Guy is what connects those cultural fucking psych guys. Every like guy, white guy who thinks he's funny being original is just fucking parroting something from Family Guy. And sometimes I do it too. yeah Sometimes I do it too. I'm like hiding a notebook that says Devin's jokes from Family Guy. I'm like, that's crazy, dude. We have a Family Guy Friday. You start doing the knee thing. You're like, shh. Yeah. But if I go longer, it's funnier. i yeah no then We have this thing and in the solution is called Family Guy Friday. where When we're on tour, we roll up to a hotel.
Cultural Impact of Real Big Fish and Ska
00:40:01
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It's always on some channel that's on the hotel and all seven of us will go into one room and watch it.
00:40:07
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And we don't like it, but it's fun. So this is the thing that Family Guy has that The Simpsons doesn't. Like if I watch an episode of The Simpsons, um i can yeah i can pretty much yeah I can pretty much kind of gauge when a Simpsons episode kind of came out ah with a Family Guy one. I feel like it's like ah like season three and season 10 are basically the same. I have like no way of telling the difference between ah when an episode came out.
00:40:37
Speaker
That's fair. I thought i was you were going to say something bad about The Simpsons and I was going to get mad. Me? I was going to say something bad about The Simpsons. What's your series? What is your series limit? I only know. I'll go up to 10. I'll go up to 10. Okay. I go up to like 13 or 14. I'll go. yeah All of my references are like the original under 10, maybe under five seasons. So like I'll walk a Tamako, like the Tamako episode. Tamako was good. It was anytime that Gil and then the Westside girl. i When those two started becoming like...
00:41:11
Speaker
but like huge jokes of the episode. It was like over. It felt like they were like resting on the green floor. When the climber's wife died is when the show ended. Oh my God. Yeah, the t-shirt got in there. That's when I was like done killing one. The Brazil episode is good. That's a later season one. I like that one a lot. I don't know. There's still some gems in there, but it is ultimately. Here's a bit from The Simpsons from a later season that I thought was genius and it was a parody of um the longest button, to or the hardest button to button by the white stripes, where in the video, Meg White's playing the drum kit and it moves. right And then in the video, or in the Simpsons episode, Bert's learning to drum and he's moving with it. And then he crashes into the white stripes and then they chase
Nostalgia and Audience Feedback
00:41:52
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him. I do that. That's pretty funny. Really good. Was it like a Benny Hill type of thing? Yeah. okay It was really funny. It's a it's a good show. It's a good show family guys. It's going up big fish or some shit it's going up against the ah Morrissey cover the solo Morrissey cover appearing on the 2005 album We're not happy till you're not happy. We hate it when our friends become successful
00:42:17
Speaker
love your or He's like a band or not a band a guy that's better covered. I feel like yeah, he's an amazing songwriter Yeah, but unfortunately he's incorrigible and annoying. So if you cover a song that's way better yeah He hates Canada. He does he will not tour here what what did you do club seals which also is extremely white veganism and offensive to the enough people from yeah and it's like there's i know i don't give a fuck actually there's actually fucking if in after people are clubbing baby seals there's nothing fucking wrong with that fuck off fucking dumb ass white vegans this bullshit
00:42:54
Speaker
These dangerous people can do what they fucking want in their own fucking land. Also, I love the fact that the argument all went all the way down to clubbing seals specifically. That's the thing. You can't club them. It's okay if you hunt them. It's okay if you shoot them. You can do it. That's fucking fine, dude. That's fine. Don't be clubbing those big matters. That song is good.
00:43:17
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yeah that's pretty good so this is the aha matchup in the first one that's the band aha and this one he says aha in the court I like the way Aaron does the voice in this. It's really cool. I do. I like that he was told that Morsy heard it and didn't like it. Really? Yeah, I read that somewhere a long time ago. Maybe i make so check number out there in fact check land. But yeah, I remember him saying that. one oh just twenty ah One of three covers on that record and the only one where he doesn't do the strokes voice.
00:43:55
Speaker
Oh yes, we don't like when he does the like echoey strokes, like garage band, like- That's the fully we're not happy record. Definitely those two covers. We got rid of the social distortion song so fast it barely had time to play. Yeah, that's better than the original, but it's not a great foundation. yeah Thank you. that Yes, exactly. You know what? It is better than the original. It's like building a house in the middle of a pond. I'll agree with that. That's another joke we made last time.
00:44:25
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We said that as a rocky foundation like building a house on a swamp yeah This is almost like we should bring you on to talk about a different band next time never dude i over know i let' go be your residentant real big fish expert and are Okay, okay, so here's the matchup its yeah take on me we hit it when our friends become successful I'm ready i on out know because if it doesn't why is tough There's like a right thing to do and then there's the thing I want to do and you know what you want to do Always yeah
00:45:04
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Okay, here we go. Three, two, one. We hate it when our friends become successful. It happened in round two. Take that. that's fucked up If this was an audience poll, that shit would be rocketed to number one. i read if you read If you read this on a paper, you'd be pissed off. Yeah, exactly.
00:45:29
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i think yeah it is But this is what makes the bracket great. This is what makes the bracket great because but for points for who wins the bracket, the the the chosen winner is what gets the most points. So most people chose it as the winner, which means that second, third, fourth choices are going to be the better determinant for who wins. Right. Yeah. So it's going to be a more interesting bracket. They should know. what We basically fucked up everyone's bracket. We fucked everyone's bracket up. to take yeah yeah Thanks for the Patreon subscription. Fuck you. Thank you for support. Thank you for the support. We need that money for a plane to SPI Fest next year.
00:46:11
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Okay, we got one more, but ah one more matchup before we take a break. ah This is a cover of The Maytals classic that appears on the Wild Thornberrys movie soundtrack as well as the 2009 cover album, Fame Fortune and Fornication. This is good you always favorite song of all time as far as I'm concerned. He does like it a lot. Monkey Man.
00:46:28
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Yeah, this isn't even like a question for me. I know which one I'm voting for. This is the winged-on version, not the jive mojo ownership. See, that changes it, because I like the original, right? Oh. But the imports in the corner page group owns this. That's fair. That's fair right there. It'd be weird to eliminate one. What's the worst part of this? Like, where's his vibrato in there? I'm noticing fucking straight ass notes here. This is dog water. I'd dump them all.
00:47:01
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cany than more you're always saying I've gotten all of your newsletters that say that. What are you going to donate to make monkey man have more? We're at 20,000 signatures.
Creating Music and Covers: Insights
00:47:18
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Yeah, monkey man has more signatures. Yeah. Passionate. The vibrato heads are big. R vibrato. R slash wear the vibrato. Huge community.
00:47:35
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This is good. Yeah, I would say that's really cool.
00:47:42
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Who's who's and saying who's doing the like mild fake in Jamaican? I'm a Scott. Really? Was Scott on this cover? Oh yeah, it was Scott. That's definitely Scott. Yeah, yeah. 100% those guys. I don't know why I was like, well, it's better that it's Scott. Like somehow he's left. He's more romantic.
00:48:02
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those where he's more romantic Yeah. you guys's like he's like He's like Tony Hale. I don't know. I just think that him and Tony Hale would like this game. Yeah, yeah.
00:48:13
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A music Tony Hale. Like Tony Hale from Veep or... Yeah, yeah, yeah, that one. That's the one. It's like Buster Bluth, he's got that hook. He's always walking around with that hook. Hey, you gotta watch out for those loose wheels. Just guys you trust. Just two dudes you look at at face value and just trust. That's true. That's Scott Convinced you to Tony Hale. I will say Tony Hale, he loves Jesus, but he hates Republicans. I love that guy. So that's kind of cool. Not everybody's nerfic, dude. That's great. Because you love Republicans? No. I love some that are in my family. I don't align with their ideals. When you're from the horrible state of Pennsylvania, you get this weird ability to look at those people and be like, they're ignorant and stupid.
00:49:10
Speaker
they're you They're doing the best with what they've been given. they're yeah Yeah, I know why they're ignorant and stupid. I'm so happy you said you're from Pennsylvania because I did hear you say water earlier. and Yes, it slipped out. I had a glass of wine and I said water and then fucking, yeah. yeah and I was just like is that ah like, I'm pretty sure that's not a Chicago thing. but No, I've been in Chicago longer than I was in Pennsylvania and the only thing that sticks around is like rough and fucking water and that's about it.
00:49:37
Speaker
Hey, listen to this story. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, story. So so I'm just really sorry. I thought that was you guys. No, that's what we were saying. Yeah. yeah that's i'm I'm making fun of me. I'm locking me. Oh, very good. Very good. We need so mark hear a lot too. I'm jealous that you guys like have better lives and whatnot.
Real Big Fish's Unique Style and Fan Dynamics
00:49:58
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but quiet do you ah yeah It's going up against the cover of the Tracy Chapman song with that strokes thing happening in it. It appears on the 2005 album. We're not happy till you're not happy.
00:50:09
Speaker
so I hope I one day get to the point of not stardom where people pick me apart. It's by no means like a super famous dude. And we're still biting at all of his art. Like, as if, as if this is the worst. You know what? When we did no effects, I feel like we were brutal because we knew if they listen for any reason, they get into themselves by stinking so long.
00:50:42
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yeah Fat recto. Thanks for recto. We're no-effects fans in this house. I am too. I think everybody is. I just also think that a no-effects fan hates no-effects. It's a rare fandom. It's a weird fandom.
00:50:59
Speaker
It's like being a Star Wars fan in the 90s, right? Like you you loved it, but like you watched it and made fun of it with your friends. That was the whole point. Right. And watch it get worse right and worse and more delusional every day. I don't think Aaron is that much of a lollar about his music. I don't think that's a bad thing. I don't think that's a bad thing at all. But I don't like what's a lollar. What do you laugh at their own laugh? Don't laugh.
00:51:27
Speaker
That made me feel a thousand. It's not it's not even a thing, really. I think it's a me thing that I've just I've I think there's two categories of people in the world. It's those who law and those who don't law. Some people are lawless and some people aren't. And I'm I know I know their tongue in cheek and they write it. But is he a lawler? I don't think so. I think like that's a bad thing. I think he takes it seriously. yeah I agree. And I think that there are people out there who write a certain way that comes off as funny. And then when people hear it and they laugh, the writer is like, why are you laughing? And this is my sincerity. And it's like, well, no, I'm just kind of a funny person, but this isn't meant to be funny. And I feel like that's plagued them their entire career. Oh, yeah. Totally. Yeah. Right? Okay. That's what I feel. And more than one member of the band, because I feel like that would kind of describe a lot of us. Scott has a lot of feelings and he was very experimental in R&D. Totally. And I think Aaron is too.
00:52:25
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I think he's a real like artsy guy, but I think people are just like, you're the monastic silly guy. like I'm sure he doesn't love that. Yeah, we saw we saw Littlest Man Band at first SBI Fest and Salim was converted.
00:52:38
Speaker
I was not, like it's pretty good line of it. It's yeah good a very good of it. He's a very talented musician. Better bookends is unbelievable. The man taught me how to harmonize. I don't know. I was moved. I was moved. And just watching, like he's just, he's such a, shit we've said it a few times, but he's just such a showman. When you get out, when he gets up on stage and he's playing those songs because they're not kind of like AB, b ABC,
00:53:02
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B songs, you know what I mean? they write right right They're really kind of theatrical and he kind of really goes for it with his songwriting. It's really cool to watch. It's like a showman, a true showman. Totally. This is a relatively Scott-free bracket is one thing I've noticed because this is a big Aaron bracket. I think Aaron's... Oh, sorry. No. What do you think Aaron? Oh, I just think Aaron's very good at it. I think Aaron appreciates the cover. I feel like he's always been the cover guy. It's like on every record. They're always kind of his thing. I think he's really good at it. He's leading it. Hey, I think it's his ideas and maybe the songs he is attached to for the most part.
The Evolution of Ska Music
00:53:40
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um I, just seeing this, we'll vote right away, but seeing the title talk, about I'm like, what if Real Big Fish covered the refused? ah it take your way outside yeah they can do it for this overdo it i think that they're the i think They could do it. yeah I think they could do it too. I think they could do liberation frequency. What? Okay. Did you address the Main Street electrical parade cover? Yes, we played it on the pre-show and I eliminated it from the bracket.
00:54:11
Speaker
I said I said it will not be on the main bracket. ridiculous okay dolly bear i said I said it's barely qualifies as a cover. that's So cool. though See, we went on for a bit about the fact that we it doesn't have any doesn't hold any nostalgic value for a bunch of Canadians.
Podcasting Challenges and Engagement
00:54:32
Speaker
That's where like not on the West Coast. essential Exactly. Like for someone for someone who grew up or and had like a pass and has been to Disneyland a bunch of times or whatever. For sure. I absolutely get it. But for us, we're not not Disney heads. We're not a Disney adult either. Thank you. Ready to vote. Yeah, let's do it. Are we supposed to vote? um I know I'm voting. Yeah. ah Three, two, one. on The monkey man. Monkey man. I forgot. Yeah. like yeah that yeah that so yeah probably my whatever the other one wants so like goge
00:55:03
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so So far we haven't needed to do a tiebreaker and i do one god damn it yeah I'm always eat my words here.
Real Big Fish's Fan Community
00:55:10
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All right, let's take a break and then we got four more matchups
00:55:21
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Welcome back to Checkered Pass. We're here with Devin K and we're rolling through round two of the real big Skirm-ish. And the next cover we have is a cover of the Operation Ivy Classic appearing on the Take Warning Comp, as well as the Keep Your Receipt EP. This is Unity. I know, I was a little cranky last time. I was a little cranky. No, I don't like it. You walked that back before you finished it. Immediately, within minutes.
00:55:52
Speaker
This is a hard bracket. Yeah, for sure. For others, yes. For others. I love the original. I love the original and that's why I struggle with this one. See, I say the same joke every time. I mean, I also think Operation Ivy is a band that's better covered. I mean, that shit sounds like it was recorded by a bunch of kids. I don't know. I don't love it. Well, that's what I like. There it is, buddy. Punk Rock, bro. Punk Rock, isn't that dead milk?
00:56:21
Speaker
I don't know. I like this cover a lot. I like this cover too. It feels like a zebra head song. Which yeah, accurate it really does. Well, I think they have a thing. Zebra head did the wraps on though. Which one was it? I think it was version that on the second line. he That's on the line we get with this last time I don't mind this part.
00:56:46
Speaker
This part, I don't mind. I'll give them a call and see if they can just drag this part out. If you could. Aaron, I got that sound you're looking for. That's cool. I met a girl with some really wacky ideas. She has some things to say about your songs.
00:57:05
Speaker
ah I have an episode you should listen to. If beats start opening up for like opening slots, I'm gonna be like tear down the fucking real big fish episodes. I don't want them to hear it. That's fine. I don't understand. I like tear down like they're like an institution. Tear down. Tear down. Can you just fucking erase it from the internet, guys? It's a possibility, right? I stood up for you. I stood up for you. It's going behind the paywall. We're making that money. Listen to how many times I stood up for you. That's what you'll say.
00:57:34
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but Remember, I was so good to you guys. It's going up on cover of the rockabilly classic by the stray cats appearing on the 2006 psychobilly tribute. Go cat go. This is stray cat strut. I love back to the rockabilly jokes we did on the first episode. I hate modern rockabilly, but this fucking slaps. I love like an old school rock and roll kind of. I also think the insides are very talented.
00:58:04
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Wow. Holy shit. I didn't know we were going to lighten it up today. Brian said it out. That was too much. Tear it down down. Erase it from the internet please.
00:58:24
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um This cover, the way it's produced is fucking awesome. It sounds really good. It's cool. thing I don't want to vote in this line because it's one. This is now this came him out around we're not happy. Yeah. What was this? Oh, it's not a comp force. Stray cat. Is that what it was for? Yeah. so Here's who's on that Stray cat comp. The phenomenon, off-cat elliptic host, resurrect, Batmobile, coffin cats,
00:58:53
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The Hellbillies, Phantom Rockers, all Specklebilly bands, and then real big fish. I mean, it makes sense. I mean, Phenomenauts were cool. I love that band. I love Ozcat, Ellipticosis, Sweetie. I love Ozcat, Ellipticosis, Sweetie. I mean, it was like the Phenomenauts took the idea of having old clothes.
00:59:13
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And then just instead having future clothes in there. That is cool. but but also like Space space ability. You know, that's fun. Space ability records. It's been a while. I forgot about that band.
00:59:26
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They're a little Ramones Corey for you, Joey. I think that part's the part you're not going to enjoy. Aesthetically, you might think they look cool. yeah ah yeah like i love I love a band that ah plays music that sounds old, but envisions them themselves as if they're in the future.
00:59:45
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You know what it's like to lose a love for like, what kind of astral man or something like that? So you love doing this as a nostalgic. Sure. Yeah. um I think space fifties is common. Yeah. Because it's just start practicing, right? Future fifties. Yeah. Easy. Easy. Done. Done. Fucking done. Get Get down. Get out. This is shit. This is future fifties.
01:00:12
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yeah I'm saying, Devin. I do. I think this is funnier because last time I didn't drink and now everyone is and it's good. It's better. It's better. I know how I'm voting. Joey. I don't. I'm going to wait till my heart leads me there. you know you're Okay. I know where you're voting. Three, so two, one.
01:00:32
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unity. yeah oh um okay okay but could This is a tough one for me. this so so yeah in order to So now the way that we ah decide the that we do it again, we do a vote again, but it's based on the original Oh. Based on unity. So it's, which do you prefer? Stray cat strut by the stray cats or unity by operation. Okay. That's smart. yeah Let's go. Okay. Three, two, one. Stray cat strut. Stray cat strut.
01:01:10
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What? Yeah. drive We got another time. now Oh, you got to play for this. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Let's go to the it's go to the disco. OK, we'll go to the disco. And then we come back, I suppose. ah Yeah, because we got some more stuff to do. So yeah, yeah, that's fine. We'll do a couple more brackets. We'll check what the discord says in a few minutes. Heard, heard. OK. I'm in this discord, right? I think so. Yeah, you are. Yeah. Yeah. Get in there. Adam.
01:01:37
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All right, so the next one is a cover of the lead of Ford hair metal classic appearing on the 2000 compilation, Metalliska. This is Kiss Me Deadly. I love this cover. It's so good. It's just really good. let me tell you what i did but What happened to Give It To Me? Did that get to go to the next round? Is that on this? It's going up against it. hu Shit, fuck! yeah This is tough.
01:02:00
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stick This is a strong cover. Yeah. This fucking song is just so goddamn good. like that song And I love the little like adding real big fishes and into it. Yeah. And we're still in like their early lineup. So it still has that kind of like a little bit of anarchy in the studio. Yeah.
01:02:24
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Yeah, and they still had the team vibe where there's like, when you open up, turn the radio off, it was a giant folder of all their names and everything. Everybody was like featured. It kind of became Aaron and Scott as as things started getting wavy. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I could buy particles.
01:02:46
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But again, we said it's just like they started as a hair metal cover band. So there's a reason why they can like rip those hair metal he's best at.
01:03:02
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Yeah, and and it it's ripe for having guitar or synth lines that can be replaced by horns yeah to make it real big fishy. Like the production of, the way the songs are written play well for the way they do covers, you know? And this is also in his double neck guitar phase too, so it's like perfect, right? Right. In the late 90s. That's funny. Yeah, and after after their second record, yeah, it was all double neck guitars.
01:03:31
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All right, it's going up against the aforementioned. Give it to me, a cover of the J. Guile song that's a bonus track on the 2002 album, Cheer Up. Let's do it. Fucking love J. Guile. I hate it. It's so lame. It's so good.
01:03:46
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I agree. it' like like It's inherently lame. But it's like awesome in the way that like if my dad and I were listening to it in the car, we'd be rocking out. you All the songs the songs that are bangers are unbelievable. Also, did anyone watch Waterman, the online uh cartoon during the 2000s they used this song as their theme yeah cover fucking well that organ is so solid dude
01:04:25
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But whenever they have an organ in there, it really levels it up. Yeah. like they Anytime they have organ in whatever they're doing, I don't think the vocal sounds good. That's tough. That's tough. Not enough flipperato. No, it's just not good on the ears.
01:04:40
Speaker
dang um if someone told me my singing was not good on the ears i would probably hear that recoil in shock i'd be like holy fuck you and ah That's wild. I said that one part. I said that if someone said that one part. I think it's isolated into one part. He's a human being.
01:05:09
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We made a bad choice and now we suck at one part. We all are human beings and make mistakes. The votes are in. Oh, the votes are in. Like a shitload. Yeah, that's okay. Okay, so we got one for Stray Cat.
01:05:25
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We got one. So Aaron from power up said, because you said straight caddy saying unity. fuck that What the fuck? Johnny, Johnny said straight cat, less offensive. He said straight cat is less bad. Kyle said straight cat. And then, um, yeah, so it's mostly straight yeah's about the child song that they're singing.
01:05:51
Speaker
So Straight Dad Struts makes it through. Maybe offensive on the ears. That's dog shit. Has anyone one of those like kid's melody, album but like ah like kid's Sleepy Time albums of like just like energy? Those Rock-a-bye babies or whatever they're called. Yeah, yeah, of of Op Ivy's energy. Someone should do that. Sleepy Time. Yeah, for kids. I'm furious. I'm furious. What tab is this in?
01:06:19
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It's in the BRAC show. Oh, the BRAC show. Got it. Okay. Do you get it? I'm funny. No, it is funny. I do love the BRAC. Oh my God. I'm pissed. I'm pissed at all of you. I'm typing that right now. The song wanted, except for Aaron. and it's and scott bunkin now Okay. Shit. I guess I didn't pay attention to what everyone was saying. I'm more mad at Power Up now.
01:06:43
Speaker
yeah i don't They don't know what they've just done. I'm so petty. I'm going to just put a beef. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. but a beef and And they were all last heptember. Yeah. And they're going to be on the pod very soon in the next month or so. label mas right Yeah. Okay. we'll fuck yeah All right. How are we going to vote on this bracket? So we got kiss me deadly. We got to give it to me. I know how I'm voting.
01:07:11
Speaker
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01:07:23
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kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, Yeah. Honestly, I would have Vogue give it to me if it didn't have that one part where it sounded bad. That atrocious vocal part. That vocal part that defines what bad singing is. All right. You said it. We got two match ups left. That's the whole quote. All right. This is a cover of the Duran Duran song appearing on the 1997 tribute album, the Duran Duran tribute album. This is Hungry Like the Wolf. And I cut out that little beginning part.
01:07:53
Speaker
because it's too too long so long it's so long get to the start that almost makes me mad but i can't listen to do it without having to skip forward you know it's like showing your co-worker that song it doesn't work yeah yeah it does feel hard this is the great entry song if you're trying to get someone to appreciate The musicians can't put real big fans. Yeah, everyone's shredding on this song.
01:08:47
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yeah cut that out but they alerts at the laugh i wanted cut it out we can cut it in Okay, it's going up against a cover of the Phil Collins solo song that appears on the 2007 album Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free. This is Another Day in Paradise.
01:09:07
Speaker
Okay, my first concert was Phil Collins. So, Phil Collins, everything about Phil Collins. That's what, see, that's what I said.
Phil Collins Cover and Humorous Anecdotes
01:09:15
Speaker
I love Phil Collins so much, right? And it's the only cover on this record. Like, ah unless you count covering your own Monkeys for Nothin'. This is Monkeys, okay. This is just a good song. I mean, Monkeys is good. It's a good record. Enough.
01:09:37
Speaker
you know and that's a bit of some whiffs girl swings and whiffs yeah and that i mean they had to like kick the song the like the fuck you song and all that shit would play yeah yeah it's comfortable at the time but if i was if i was 13 that'd be fire for you It was really a sequel to Angry Anthem, the Force of the Evil song. Which is a song they should just put into the repertoire and never play any of the other ones without that album.
01:10:04
Speaker
maybe basically yeah hit off i do like how he does good just like about it Just like about it. This is a little vibrato at the end. You busted it out. You busted it out for Phil. He said, hey Phil, my boy, I know you got the vibrato. I'll bring it back. Dear Aaron, you did it. The vibrato was great. No context, just that note sent to his house.
01:10:30
Speaker
He's like, you know what? I needed this today. Yeah, he had a bad day until he got that one. He runs a single comb through his pompadour and puts it in his Hawaiian shirt front pocket and goes, ah yeah. I'm ready. But I know how I'm voting. Yeah. Yeah, I do too. Three, two, one. another Another day in paradise.
01:10:54
Speaker
Wait, did we do another cover? We did. Hungry Like the Wolf. yeah That's what I said. That's what I said too. That sucks, dude. Another tie. Another tie. Okay, so we go to the original. Yeah, that's easy. Duran Duran, Hungry Like the Wolf. Another Day in Paradise. Another Day in Paradise, baseball calls.
01:11:11
Speaker
but i also yeah yeah that was really fast ah yeah i just so i just yeah another day paradise i'll fuck you guys i sorry oh we everyone's gonna be everyone's goingnna be everyone's goingnna be mad and so mad if you so hungry like the wolf was out why would i be mad about that how it's out this We eliminated both taylor posting on instagram we did it Just hungry like the wolf is out Oh That's fine. Oh, sad. That's crazy. This song is better. This song is better. It's blown up. It's bracket exploded. I knew Devin would explode the bracket. Like, I knew it. Good, because really, French fans need to be put in their place. They need to be reminded about what's good about this band, and it's not the stuff that you think.
01:11:57
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10 really big fish songs that are good. Number seven will shock you. That's my new article. You have a YouTube thing, don't you? Do that. Next up is a cover of the Desmond Decker Rocksteady classic appearing on 2009 album, Fame Fortune Fornication. This is Keep a Cool Head. It's a good fucking cover. Oh, yeah.
01:12:16
Speaker
What did I think of this? It's good, because it does a little... It's not that summer, you said. Okay. Yeah. You said it's just a little summer. I'm worried I'm gonna really hard contradict myself. I mean, I've done this. Right, because he's edging the bacon Jamaican food. Edging it. He's like waiting for me to eat, and he doesn't. He's doing it, dude. He's a cool head. Not like the one from the bonus track on Cheer Up, whatever that one's called. He bacon Jamaicans the crap out of that one.
01:12:43
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bananas he's a rocket with eye I want rock an i talk with talk about how we influenced millennial homestead blues on another podcast if you want to hear this is great I love this
01:13:07
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good it kind of reminds me of that uh slow down off of the monkey for nothing they do they do they do the mid tempo good i like their stuff i like the sco be fish we should check them out in the future yeah All right, going up against Veronica Sawyer, which is a cover of the Edna's Goldfish song that appears on the 2009 album cover, covers album fame fortune and fornication. ah it It was selected because people would confuse the two bands together all the time. yeah
01:13:41
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the classic song. Everyone writes, but everyone knows it. It truly is a classic. If you're on the eyewire. I thought this was like a hair metal cover. I'm not going to lie. I didn't know that this was like a small, it's not bad. I thought this was some like rat or something. I didn't know about it. That'd be amazing. Edna's goldfish. Edna's goldfish. I only know this song because you played it all the time. We had Edna's goldfish in the Midwest. It was called I voted for Kota. We definitely talked about them a lot. We did, we did. We talked about them on our episode too. Oh yeah, we did this post third wave primer recently where we talked about bands from 2000 to 2005 and I voted for Kodo so we figured he's the epitome of that whole era. Whoa! I think this is cool and edgy in punk rock. I like this.
01:14:32
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I also like this cover. I think this is rad.
01:14:38
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time yeah It's a good cover. I'm worried about this. I'm ready. I'm worried about this. I know which one I like better. Yeah, I know which one you like better too. All right, which one? Three. Might be a tie again. Three, two, one. Veronik. Yes, a tie again.
01:14:58
Speaker
yeah So so okay the original i don't I don't know the original so both in both cases Like I feel like that's a little bit more of yeah frankly. I don't I don't know the original of either. I'm not gonna lie i'm ready Yeah, me too Yeah, I'll say three, two, one. Veronica, keep it cool. Keep it cool. That's not crazy. that We have to do this twice. on a chuck fuck fuck fuck I got to get there first. ah yeah I think that you should say you're voting for the one that that you're not voting for and then see what it is. That's a smart strategy. OK. I got it. While we do this, I got to I got to update where the bracket stands for. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we'll go through the what's.
01:15:41
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So we got lion ass bitch versus boss DJ. We hate it when our friends become successful versus monkey man. yeah Stray cat strut versus kiss me deadly. And then another day in paradise is going up against the winner here. um So that, yes. so So some songs I thought were gonna go farther, but got eliminated. So take on me.
01:16:02
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Unity that is wild, but that that was kind of you're doing by having a like here yeah yeah um partial guys you are im proud i am proud this Is bananas this is a bananas round three and especially since like bad Mary is like friends with Edna's No, then I'm saying round three like coming up next week is gonna be a crazy. This is crazy. That's what's going on. I
01:16:36
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and why power down that dude is what i want to focus keep this yeah app apart
01:16:46
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All right, while they do this, I'll have to i'll do this thing that's important. Devin K, thanks for coming on the podcast. but or shows like yeah We're gonna do plugs. We'll do plugs, yeah. what do you What have you got to plug? You're sprinkling them in. what Yeah, yeah. i I don't know. You all know. I put my name in it. There's the Scott Punk International Release.
01:17:07
Speaker
of Ann Knuckles, Devin Kane, The Solutions Ann Knuckles, the two covers. There's a really cool ah split seven inch, no not split, just a normal seven inch we put out that's getting pressed now and it's really cool. I poured a lot of love into it. I wanted to do a really fun ah project that I was passionate about before I dove into another record because writing a record is hard and you put your whole life into something and then people go, it's pretty good.
01:17:30
Speaker
So I wanted to do something fun and I'm really glad that Scott Punk International let us do that. Finest Guy EP is also extremely good on bad time records. Go buy that from me and give us money. Watch our Twitch, Twitch.tv slash DevinKTwitches. We're going on tour with Big D and The Kids Table and we are the union in November and look out for a crazy tour in February and a couple more shows are sprinkling.
Tour Dates Announcement and Podcast Promotion
01:17:54
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We're going back on the road soon. So you'll see us soon.
01:17:56
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That's amazing. If you're wondering what kind of stuff they do on the Twitch, I think the last little promo thing I seen was a fart piano. Yes, we we've been going. So as we're writing our new record, we are actually doing it live on Twitch, which is really fun. We've recorded on Twitch before, and now we're writing and doing demos on Twitch. And it's really fun. We go to our practice space. There's fucking seven people, six people, four people, whatever, yelling and playing instruments. And if you ever wondered how your favorite bands write records, it's not like this, but it's still fun to watch.
01:18:29
Speaker
Hell yeah. You wanna talk about that, you wanna talk about that video that you did? My criminally-underviewed masterpiece? Yeah. Oh my god, it's so good. Fucking blood. You know how long that took? Well, no, no, the video is good. Thank you. It took forever. I didn't use any After Effects. I drew on all of it. I keyframed everything. It's, yeah, it's really good. Just search.
01:18:59
Speaker
What the fuck is the song escape from the city a the city on YouTube? and That's the reason why people can't find it. You don't know what it's called. Right? I don't know anything about what I'm doing I just I make the stuff and then they're like, can you be a marketer too? And I'm like, yeah, I guess so what else do you want me to fucking do? For no money. So yeah please watch yeah it's not even at a thousand views and the amount of hours that it took to make it That is criminal. I got to say. That video is incredible. It's brutal. And then we're doing a still alive video coming out ah ah fairly soon. I have to film my cats. I had to make costumes for them. They're going to be in it again. I'd film my cats a lot if you watch our music videos. And I got another cat who is a kitten. Her name's Sprout. She's the best. She is really hard to work with. She's a diva. Does not like being in costume, likes to scream and bite. So you'll see her. She'll look really unhappy. That'll be coming out. Her debut.
01:19:51
Speaker
Yeah, it'll be your debut. My cat, Ramsey, has been on t-shirts and in lots of videos. He's the boss, he's the king. All right, they were less helpful. Everyone is having stupid jokes. So as far as I'm concerned, because no one is being helpful, Chris said, Veronica Sawyer, so I'm going with that. Dog shit. All right, so that's good. This is a questionable bracket system. I have to say.
01:20:17
Speaker
If I was officiating this, I wouldn't be happy. i would'td be You know what? I make the bracket, so me fuck you. That's very fun. We have a good time. um All right. Oh, where'd that pencil go?
01:20:34
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01:20:56
Speaker
this If this episode upset you, get this shirt because it's for people who like bits and to be upset. Yeah, there's a friend Johnny on it. Yeah, it says that. That's what it says on the shirt. ah This episode, pretty sure I buy that. Yeah. No, it says I'm here for the bits and to be upset. And it's a bit's a drawing of our for friend Johnny. saying ah This episode is engineered by Joey, edited by Ariane, I assume, or possibly cut man.
01:21:26
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ah To follow along with the bracket, head over to shalonge.com hello slash Hetember 2024 to see how the match-ups are progressing. Next week, we continue with round three and our guests, Bad Mary. And until next time, I'm Saxel Rob. Smokey ass bitch, Salim. Oh wait, just smokey ass bitch. Salim? Yeah. Okay.
01:21:47
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little joey christmas can i'm also a part of this in the immortal words of a band real big fish covered you had your plug in the immortal words of a band real big in the immortal words of a band real big fish covered stop this pod