horstman
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 13:01 | |
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Cake - Sheep go to heaven
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If you want to get to heaven
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
These songs are all whimsical, silly, downright stupid. Goes with the territory. |
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Ericac
(Lakeville, MN) | | Posted: Oct 28, 2008 - 13:01 | |
Pretty cool. First a little heaven from the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and now some hell by the Squirrel Nut Zippers. (love that name)
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NickDanger
(Athens - not that one, the music one) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 17:06 | |
jahroots wrote:man i love this song, has a real vintage calypso sound. probably hard to get into if you're not familiar with or don't appreciate their influences.
You are so right. SNZ have captured the calypso beat better than most who've tried - and failed. |
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KitKat
(Chicago & Kenosha) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 17:02 | |
OMG, from the sublime to the ridiculous. The Cake "Mahna Mahna" following this doesn't help either.
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Dave_Mack
(Two bus, zoo bus!) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 17:00 | |
Did he say something about "Hell Toupee"?  |
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RadioDoc
(Chicagoland) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 15:53 | |
fede550 wrote:This sounds like part of the "Jungle Book" soundtrack, which by the way is amazing
Ha! I was just thinking the same thing!  |
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 15:48 | |
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Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina) | | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 09:35 | |
"With all this talk of heaven & hell, it looks like I'm the only one that remains unaffiliated." 
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vivakitty
| | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 08:01 | |
Had to walk away from the computer during this song and in my head it mutated into "I Wanna Be Like You" from The Jungle Book.
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Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 11:59 | |
mandolin wrote:...what's a GDI?..
The I stands for independent. I.e. independent of the Greek (er, fraternity, that is) system. |
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jahroots
(Barbados) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 11:55 | |
man i love this song, has a real vintage calypso sound. probably hard to get into if you're not familiar with or don't appreciate their influences.
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lwilkinson
(North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 11:55 | |
realsleep wrote:
I don't remember this being popular in the realm of the frat boys and dive bars.... It was popular among the late 90s swing set. Dave Matthews and Bob Marley, they are for the frat boys.
Thank you. Folks who don't like this are likely too young to remember Cab Calloway and others of the jive/jazz folks much of which was in pre and immediate post WWII Harlem. I view this song in the same vein and get pictures of sultry women wearing too much perfume and dresses with padded shoulders and smoking cig's between wild dances. Sounds like fun to me. |
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Kokoloco53
(Safford, AZ) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 09:44 | |
Don't know why RP thinks this should follow classic Johnny Cash, not to mention that this song sucks raw rotten eggs.
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 09:43 | |
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Hell
Johnny Cash, I'm Leaving Now
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Life By The Drop
Beatles, A Day In The Life
Isaac Hayes, Walk On By
Nice set...
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DELTA__9__FOOLS
(Dirtona, FL) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 09:42 | |
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BettyB
(Charlotte, NC) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2008 - 09:41 | |
Please play a different Zips song! There are so many great ones — this just isn't among them.
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realsleep
| | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 11:44 | |
AphidA wrote:
Drunk frat boys bouncing around a dive bar. This pseudo-cool stuff just plain sucks.
I don't remember this being popular in the realm of the frat boys and dive bars.... It was popular among the late 90s swing set. Dave Matthews and Bob Marley, they are for the frat boys. |
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BettyB
(Charlotte, NC) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 11:41 | |
I love the SNZs. This isn't one of their better tunes, though.
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:47 | |
steve_san_carlos wrote:
Yet again I find myself at odds with the majority of RP listeners on this one. I simply don't get it, like it, or appreciate it. For me, this isn't fun at all. Sorry!
Steve! I am with you on this one. I think this song is aptly named. If I am a bad, bad girl and go to hell, they'll be playing this for all eternity. (Chris Isaak's " Bad, Bad Thing" is another thing entirely, but I digress .... ) |
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casey1024
(Connecticut) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:47 | |
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stevo_b
(Rock Ridge) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:44 | |
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steve_san_carlos
(Ummm...San Carlos, California!) | | Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 15:31 | |
Yet again I find myself at odds with the majority of RP listeners on this one. I simply don't get it, like it, or appreciate it. For me, this isn't fun at all. Sorry!
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quesarah
(Minneapolis, MN) | | Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 15:30 | |
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SmackDaddy
(San Diego) | | Posted: Jul 10, 2008 - 18:48 | |
Danimal174 wrote:
The name comes from a type of peanut candy (I used to always get them every Halloween).
Don't think so. Named after firecrackers. Just look at the cover. |
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 08:16 | |
GChevy410 wrote:You must be a GDI. Shut up, your dad works for my dad. ...what's a GDI?.. |
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Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2008 - 06:39 | |
tlbritton wrote:their name is excellent in and of itself!
The name comes from a type of peanut candy (I used to always get them every Halloween). |
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fede550
(Paris) | | Posted: Jun 09, 2008 - 06:30 | |
This sounds like part of the "Jungle Book" soundtrack, which by the way is amazing
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MM_Prague
(Prague) | | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:13 | |
the D
and the A
and the M
and the N
and the A
and the T
and the ION... :-)
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Krispian
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:11 | |
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GChevy410
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: May 23, 2008 - 16:19 | |
AphidA wrote:Drunk frat boys bouncing around a dive bar. This pseudo-cool stuff just plain sucks.
You must be a GDI. Shut up, your dad works for my dad. |
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