Farrelly Brothers // Electric Light Orchestra “Showdown” (1973); Smashmouth “Do It Again” (2000); Billy Stewart “Summertime” (1966)
Look, with a 2-minute graphic diarrhea scene, you either find it funny or you don’t. In other words, you probably either love Farrelly Brothers movies or hate them. Unimaginably gross, dreadfully inappropriate, off-puttingly dark, hopelessly juvenile? Check, check, check and check. Yes, I love them. I’d guess that the Farrelly’s are probably best known for...... Read More
Jefferson Starship “Jane” (1979)
The incredible singing of Mickey Thomas makes Jefferson Starship's "Jane" a pleasure worth being guilty over.... Read More
Cake “Short Skirt / Long Jacket” (2001)
No popular music incorporates the highly complex percussion instrument the vibraslap more so than the band Cake. But what's a vibraslap, you ask..... Read More
Led Zeppelin “Fool In The Rain”
For one Led Zeppelin song, the sound of rock's most recognizable drummer, John Bonham, was quite unfamiliar... Read More
Creedence Clearwater Revival “Tombstone Shadow”
Creedence Clearwater Revival: among so many incredible things, they're the only hugely successful rock band ever with absolutely no bad songs. Here's one of them, note for note.... Read More