WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.720 Hey, everyone, this is Ryan Rainwater and I'm here to 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:05.280 introduce you to the guys that will totally kick your 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:09.080 ass at anything eighties knowledge. Welcome to the latest episode 4 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:12.439 of the Surely You Can't Be Serious podcasts. This week, 5 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:14.919 Jason and Dee are discussing the top five songs of 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.519 nineteen seventy six, a year of disco, funk and classic rock. 7 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:20.800 So fire up your eight track player. 8 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.679 Dust off your bell bottoms, and let's get ready to 9 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:33.759 rock and roll. 10 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:44.840 All right, d let's talk about something I'm gonna play. 11 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:49.320 What does this have in common? Okay? Okay, pet Rocks ye, 12 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.920 Dorothy Hammill's haircut, the founding of Apple Computer Company huh, 13 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:58.560 and Jerry Lee Lewis waving a gun around outside Graceland. 14 00:00:58.719 --> 00:00:59.840 What are all those things having? 15 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:05.599 Things I dreamed last night in my fever dream in 16 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:06.799 nineteen seventy six. 17 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:09.799 Those are all things that happened in nineteen seventy six, 18 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.439 And today we're talking about things that happened in nineteen 19 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:16.040 seventy six, including the US bi centennial. 20 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:18.120 That's a big one, and we're coming up with our 21 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.719 biosexques Centennial or I can't remember what the name of 22 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.519 it is. I think it's Yeah, well, two hundred and fifty, 23 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.239 two fifty. We do things the American way over here. 24 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.079 We just say the dad gum number instead of some 25 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:28.879 Latin phrase. 26 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.719 That's right, that's right. I've got some cool nineteen seventy 27 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:34.439 six stuff I was going to share with you. Okay, 28 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.879 So think back with me to nineteen seventy six. 29 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.519 Can you give me details about Dorothy Hamill's hair. 30 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.000 You don't remember her little mushroom cut, A little Melissa. 31 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:46.599 I was zero to one year nineteen seventy six. 32 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:49.400 Think back to nineteen seventy six where you were zero 33 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.920 years old. We have the beginnings of happy Days and 34 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.000 Laverne Shirley love them. Charlie's Angels is going strong. Yeah, 35 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.200 the Bionic Woman. Do you remember the last time we 36 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.079 talked about Lindsay and the Bionic Woman? 37 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.560 I do. We were talking about how angry she was 38 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.280 that Eddie van Halen had a recording studio right next 39 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.719 to our house. That's sorry to sleep when guys are 40 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:10.000 playing at three am. 41 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:13.960 Yes, that's right. Nineteen seventy six also gives us Rocky 42 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:19.400 Taxi Driver, Carrie and all the President's Men great movies. 43 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.560 This is a pre Star Wars universe we're talking about here. 44 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.840 In nineteen seventy six, you have the beginning of you 45 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.680 two the Toronto Blue Jays and Phil Collins as Genesis 46 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:30.199 is Senior. 47 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:34.039 Wow. Yeah, go back and check out our Invisible Touch album. 48 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:36.280 All right, Before we get going, I want to say 49 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:40.199 thank you. We have a slew of new Patreon members. 50 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.159 We are so grateful for you guys. Thank you guys 51 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:42.479 so much. 52 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:44.120 Yeah, thank you guys so much. So. We have new 53 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.479 executive producers for this episode. A list of folks. And 54 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.240 if we've mentioned you as an executive producer before and 55 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:51.520 we're mentioning you again. 56 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:52.240 Thank you to y. 57 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.319 It's just an extra thank you. There you go, and 58 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.039 it's us not being able to keep up with what 59 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:57.080 we've said in the past. 60 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.280 That's right, all right, So here are the people that 61 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.719 we really need to thank. These are our executive producers 62 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:06.479 for this particular episode. Thank you so much. Krista Elliott, 63 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:14.080 Phil Siler, Dave Dolphin, Alex Croblin, Jason Derth, Brad Sorenson 64 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:17.599 at Pop Culture Yearbook, Jim Butler at Children of the Eighties, 65 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:22.479 Ryan at Scuba Addictions, Sean Tindall, who has got a 66 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.199 new podcast out coming called Dibbs Cool watch for that. Yeah, 67 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:30.280 Kyle Ashley and Matthew Brent at Accidental Legends. 68 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.560 Oh yeah, thanks Matthew, Thank you all of the rest 69 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:34.759 of you guys. Can't tell you how much we appreciate it. 70 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.919 Dear listener, If you're not a Patreon member already, what 71 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.599 are you waiting for? It's so easy. You can join 72 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.960 for free and take part in the conversation. 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If you don't like the commercials on 79 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:03.560 our podcast and you're like, man, I'd pay five bucks 80 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.479 not to listen to commercials, We've got that deal for you. 81 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.039 All you have to do is pay five bucks a month. 82 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:12.039 We released these episodes commercial free on Patreon in advance 83 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.520 before we release them to the general public, and to 84 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:16.920 all of the people who have signed up. 85 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.040 Thank you, Thank you truly. 86 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.480 Okay, so we are here today to talk about the 87 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:26.600 top five songs of nineteen seventy six, and ladies and gentlemen, 88 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.519 if you haven't been with us before when we've don't 89 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:31.600 do one of our top five episodes, here's what you 90 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.519 need to know. Number One, we don't include any songs 91 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:38.519 that we have either covered already off of the many, 92 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.439 many albums that we've covered. We also don't include songs 93 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.120 on albums that we're gonna cover. I don't know that 94 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.839 we've done that much from nineteen seventy six, but we definitely, 95 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:50.959 I mean Hotel California is a big one. 96 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.199 I mean that's probably taken out my number one overall 97 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:53.639 draft pick. 98 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:55.560 Yeah, I mean you could do, Yeah, you could do 99 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.560 the whole album and the honorable mentions just from that album. Yeah, exactly. 100 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.439 And we don't tell you what our song is right 101 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.000 off the bat. He doesn't know what my list is. 102 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.920 I don't know what his list is. We tease this up, 103 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.600 We tell each other stories, get a little trivia tidbits, 104 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:13.600 and you the listener, and we as co host get 105 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.839 to try to guess what the song is. So that 106 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.759 gives a little bit of fun. Yeah, we like excitement. 107 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:21.399 We're solving a mystery here, and in this particular case, 108 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.600 fourteen mysteries, because we will have our top five, and 109 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.160 we will have two honorable mentions, and we'll give you 110 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.480 a little mysteries on all of them. Are you ready 111 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:31.000 to get going? 112 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:32.480 I am ready to get going. 113 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.040 Okay, I would defer to you to start this show. 114 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:43.160 Let's go with Jason Colvin's pick for number five. Five. 115 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.319 All right, my number five. I've got this great story 116 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:48.439 that goes along with this song. 117 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:48.839 Okay. 118 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.720 This song was released August of nineteen seventy six, and 119 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.839 it peaks out in the US at number seven December fourth, 120 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.839 nineteen seventy six. Now, this song originally had a different 121 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:06.160 title because it had to do with a different person, 122 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:12.800 a different fictional person. Okay, actually one's fictional, one's non 123 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:18.279 fictional anyway. Okay. This is this group's biggest commercial hit, 124 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.519 and it was created out of a band member or 125 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:28.319 two mocking another band member for his girlfriend constantly being 126 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:31.240 on his case while he was at the recording studio. 127 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:37.680 Okay, okay, So we've talked about that story before. This 128 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:38.959 is involved throwing milk. 129 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.839 No, okay, at least not that I remember. 130 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.480 All right, Well, then just keep on going, all. 131 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:48.680 Right, So let's back up. Okay, So This appears on 132 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:53.120 this group's fourth studio album Okay, And there's some controversy 133 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.920 about who actually wrote the song. Yeah, it's credited to 134 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.319 one particular member of the band, although the other three 135 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.600 members of the band say nah, he didn't really do 136 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.560 that much with it. It was really the producer of the 137 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.399 album who wrote all the music and stuff. Okay, all right, now, 138 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:11.560 this producer had a way of keeping them in line 139 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:12.279 in the studio. 140 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:13.000 Okay. 141 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:17.120 He wore a whistle like a football coach and would 142 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.920 whistle at them to get their attention. Okay, and would 143 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:24.399 call them campers, which is so funny to me when 144 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.040 you find out who this is. Okay, Okay, So let 145 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:27.800 me ask this question. 146 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.120 Yes, is this a British band? 147 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:31.480 No? 148 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.079 This is an American band. 149 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.560 Yes, okay, they're an American band. 150 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.000 But is it the American band? 151 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:38.120 No? 152 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:42.480 Okay, no it's not Grand Funk Railroad. Okay. So nineteen 153 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.519 seventy six American four piece band. 154 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.759 Okay, massive, massive band. 155 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:50.839 Massive band. All right, keep on going. 156 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:53.600 This song went on to when the People's Choice Awards 157 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:55.800 for Favorite Song of nineteen seventy seven. 158 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:56.560 Okay. 159 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:00.000 It was featured in a movie in nineteen seventy eight, 160 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:05.000 which is ridiculous, one of the worst movies ever conceived 161 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.879 that I can't really tell I mean, I can't tell 162 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:08.959 you the name of it for sure. Let me tell 163 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:10.519 you the names of the people involved. 164 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.319 Okay, okay. 165 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.720 So the guy's girlfriend who they were mocking him for 166 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.480 her constantly calling in and bugging him about what. 167 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:19.000 He was doing. 168 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:22.800 Her name was Becky, Becky, Becky, all right. So the 169 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:29.480 name of the song was originally titled beck Okay, nothing, 170 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.759 I got nothing, no, all right, let me play this 171 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:35.440 song for you. I know this is not really. 172 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.080 Yeah, I mean, the clues that you've given as far 173 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:40.159 as the songs are concerned, are very limited. So I'm struggling. 174 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.919 I mean, I'm tiptoeing around because if anything I say 175 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:44.840 is going to tip it right off, well give it away. 176 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:47.039 A little bit. Then. What's the name of the movie. 177 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.639 The name of the movie is Kiss Meets the Phantom 178 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:50.200 of the Park. 179 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:55.360 Okay, so the band is Kiss, Yes, and it's not 180 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:57.399 I want to rock and roll all the item party 181 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:58.879 every day? Is it Beth? 182 00:08:59.159 --> 00:08:59.759 It's Beth? 183 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:06.159 Okayd hear you call in? 184 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.200 But I can't come home. 185 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:10.600 And now. 186 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:13.639 Me and the boars. 187 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.200 And we just can't fin side. 188 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.080 Okay, I might get ridiculed because I know Kiss fans 189 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:24.639 hate that song. I don't care. 190 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:27.399 I love it well if I don't like Kiss in general, 191 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.639 but that song is actually kind of Okay. 192 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.120 Now, wait a minute. What you have said many times 193 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:34.720 you don't like Kiss? True, I wouldn't call myself a 194 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:36.559 Kiss fan. Yeah, but what are we doing if we 195 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:37.879 don't cover Kiss at some point? 196 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:39.759 Yeah? We probably should. I guess. 197 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:46.720 This was the B side to Detroit Rock City. Okay, yeah, okay, 198 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:49.639 and it was originally just a B side song, but 199 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.399 it got so much radio play that it became an 200 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:52.919 A side. 201 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:54.080 Okay, very good. 202 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.279 That was my number five. Okay, you're a number. 203 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:57.759 Five, so all right, here we go. This is D's 204 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:03.519 number five. All right. Now. Middle of this song, you 205 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:10.159 have a guest musician named Paul Prestopino. Okay, Paul Prestopino. 206 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:10.519 Okay. 207 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:14.080 He was one of the backup guys session musicians for Peter, 208 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.240 Paul and Mary for about fifteen years. Okay, Now, what's 209 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:21.000 gonna surprise you once you know what the song is. Is 210 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:23.440 that the instrument that he's playing and this song is 211 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:26.720 the banjo. Okay, Okay, I. 212 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:31.000 Think, okay, nineteen seventy six banjo, all right, yes. 213 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:35.759 It's not Bernie Bernie En, not Bernie Leeden. Yep. This album, 214 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.960 I would say, is one of the albums cited as 215 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:42.759 influential albums for most of the bands that we've covered. 216 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.360 I mean, if you got to pick one, like, which 217 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:50.919 album did these bands site as super influential in their upbringing? Specifically, 218 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:53.399 I can remember Nikki six talking about it and the 219 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.720 Heroin Diaries and it was a favorite. It was on 220 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.519 what Kurt Cobain wrote in a little notebook in top 221 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.720 fifty Nirvana albums, and there was all the albums that 222 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.759 influenced him, and this was one of those albums. Okay. Now, 223 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.440 when you hear this song come on, for about the 224 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.799 first twenty seconds, you're thinking, oh, this is gonna be 225 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:14.919 a slow song and you might be tempted to skip 226 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:16.559 it because you're in the mood to rock. Well, just 227 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.960 wait till twenty two seconds, because at twenty two seconds 228 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.159 it starts to rock. Now, this band is known for 229 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.440 its lead guitarist and its lead singer, obviously, but it's 230 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.919 one of those bands that, like everybody knows, it's like 231 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:33.159 Richie Sambora and bon Jovi. Like everybody knows who the 232 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:35.559 lead guitarist is. It's unmistakable, right. 233 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.200 I know who the band is, and I know the 234 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.000 album you're referring to, but I don't know the song yet. 235 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:46.080 Okay, So the song is by the rhythm guitarist. Now, 236 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.919 I say that he's played lead on plenty of songs before, 237 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.639 but he's kind of the background guy as far as 238 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.559 the guitar goes. You've got guitar God and this other 239 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.960 guy who writes this really incredible song and deserves complete 240 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:00.440 credit for it. And I know, I know that you 241 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.600 figured out the band, but that was the band where 242 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.559 the milk was thrown. 243 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:08.879 Oh yeah, yeah, that's right. I forgot about that. Yeah. 244 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:12.759 Okay, okay, Now that's all the clues that I have 245 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.159 for this song. Okay, you tell me who you think 246 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:15.679 the band is. 247 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.240 So I'm ninety nine point nine percent. 248 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.320 I mean it's Aerosmith, that is correct. 249 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:25.600 The album is Gems No, but close rocks, yes, Rocks rocks, yes, 250 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:31.039 my gyms rocks. Is it back in the saddle again? 251 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:34.519 No? Great? Guess this one. Let me play it for you. 252 00:12:53.759 --> 00:13:03.559 This is Last Child? Excellent? 253 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:03.879 Eh? 254 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.480 All right? 255 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:07.080 Good good, good, great tune love. It might be the 256 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:10.840 shortest song on my list. Nineteen seventy six was full 257 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.279 of extended play songs. 258 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.919 Interesting, yeah, okay, all right, we might hear something related 259 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.919 to this later on. 260 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.279 Okay, very great, very good. All right, I'm deferring to 261 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:25.720 you for your number four. Four. 262 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:29.320 So we have a rule when we do these best 263 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:33.080 of lists, we don't include songs that we've covered, right, 264 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:37.120 I'm gonna say that we technically haven't covered this song, 265 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:38.440 although we talked about it. 266 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:39.279 Okay. 267 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.879 We talked about it because it was in the history 268 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:45.279 of a band that we covered within the past year 269 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:45.840 or so. 270 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.679 Okay, all right, yep. 271 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:53.039 Now, this song was a change of pace for this band, Okay. 272 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:57.440 And because of the success of this particular song, huh, 273 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.440 it literally fractured the band, change the course of their life, 274 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.519 set their tone moving forward for eternity. 275 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:07.039 Okay, got an idea. 276 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.200 It was like they swallowed a poison pill in nineteen 277 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:13.159 seventy six that didn't kill them until nineteen eighty five. 278 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.639 Okay, all right, Now, this won't give it away for 279 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.080 our listeners and even our viewers, but is one of 280 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.320 their albums right above my head up there, yes, okay, 281 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.360 all right, so I got the band. 282 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:25.759 In fact, I think maybe. 283 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.519 That might be the album. 284 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:30.399 It could be on that album right there. Yes, you've 285 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.559 got it, You've got it. So this song hits number 286 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.639 one October twenty third, nineteen seventy six, where it stays 287 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:40.799 for two weeks. It's one of only five non disco 288 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.440 number ones in nineteen seventy six. Yep, it's their first 289 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:46.600 number one hit, and it won a Grammy for Best 290 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.799 Vocal Performance for a Group. 291 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:53.679 Yes, and this group had an incredible guitarist who came 292 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:57.159 to an incredibly tragic end. And it was the bass 293 00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:59.919 player that came up with this song and sang it, 294 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.200 and that's what fractured the band's So the bass player's 295 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:08.039 name was Peter Saterra. Yes, the band's name is Chicago. Yes, 296 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:34.159 and this is if you leave me now. 297 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.080 You'll take away the bar. 298 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.679 We talked about how this led them on the road 299 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:46.279 to Balladtown and forever changed and morphed the band for eternity. 300 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.799 This knocked Disco Duck out of the number one spot. 301 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.039 Disco Duck was on my radar for being on this list. 302 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:58.080 I will tell you that. 303 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.559 That's like the worst song I really hope it does 304 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.919 not show up. Crazily. 305 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.799 Disco Duck came up in conversation the same day that 306 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:04.919 I listened to it at work. Disco Duck popped out. 307 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.000 I was like, I don't know what's going about, Like 308 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.360 this is a sign or something. 309 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.799 Hey, I've got one little, one more little story on 310 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.960 this one, which seems completely implausible to me. 311 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.480 Okay. 312 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.799 We talked about how Peter Starr was kind of on 313 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.000 the outside looking in with the original guys who created 314 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.440 this band. 315 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:23.480 Yeah, a little bit, and including you know. 316 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:25.120 You've got a guitar player, you got the drummer, you 317 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:26.840 got the horn guys. 318 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.240 Right. 319 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.080 So Walter Perizaider, who was the sax player, one of 320 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.679 the horns guys. Yes, when he first heard it on 321 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.840 the radio, he thought, huh, this song sounds a lot 322 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:41.080 like Paul McCartney. Didn't recognize it his own song. 323 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.600 That's great. 324 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.879 All right to your number four, sir, All right, here 325 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.679 we go, my number four. 326 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.960 I'm not going to give you history on this one. 327 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.960 I mean it is history because it happened I guess 328 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.360 twenty five years ago. But this is much later on 329 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.679 after the life of this song. So in two thousand 330 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:02.879 and one. This became the first song that this artist 331 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.839 approved a rap group to sample. 332 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.039 Okay, two thousand and one. 333 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.240 Two thousand and one. Now, I know that in the 334 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:13.960 last couple of years, I know that Eminem has kind 335 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.400 of sampled one of his songs, and I remember seeing 336 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:18.799 him talk about that, But this was the first one. 337 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.000 He approved it to be covered by run DMC. Shout 338 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.799 out Deaf Dave. And by the way, by the way, 339 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.880 we got some stuff coming up here. We got the 340 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.480 re release of run DMC versus Beastie Boys, so you 341 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.519 guys be sure to hit that subscribe button. We got 342 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:34.359 Deaf Dave as our guest host on that one, and 343 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.119 it's going to be fantastic. Yeah. But anyway, he had 344 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.720 run DMC and Everlast covered the song, Okay, or used 345 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.400 it for a sample. 346 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:46.079 Right, Okay, we're not talking eighty six, We're talking seventy six. 347 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.920 We're talking seventy six, yes, but the cover captains in 348 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:53.960 two thousand and one. Even more recent than that. Now, 349 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:58.440 there is a movie from before this song, nineteen sixty 350 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:02.480 nine movie by Woody that shares this the name of 351 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:07.119 this song, but they are unrelated. Okay, all right, all right, 352 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:11.880 all right, The song was inspired by the lead singer 353 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:14.839 and songwriters trips that he used to take when he 354 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.599 was a kid with his family. They would be on 355 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:20.160 the road and he'd be listening to the radio, and 356 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:24.079 this was just like his road trip song. Now, what's 357 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:26.519 interesting is that it's not like a family going on 358 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.119 a road trip. It's like a couple going on a 359 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:34.319 road trip. And the song is almost a movie in itself, 360 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:40.039 and a movie where the criminals get away. At the end, man, okay, 361 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:45.799 they headed down to Mexico. I mean, all right, it 362 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.920 sounds familiar. I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you 363 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.920 a little bit more of h before I give you this, 364 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:52.039 all right, and this this song reached number eleven in 365 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.200 nineteen seventy six. And the song is about a couple 366 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.119 who either get away with murder or get away with 367 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:01.960 attempted murder. They both have two. 368 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.759 Names, Billy Joe and Bobby Sue, and. 369 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:10.200 The sheriff who's after them also has two names. Ah, okay, 370 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.200 Billy Jack. 371 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.440 Billy Jack. There we go this Okay, I got it, 372 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.279 I got it, Okay, Okay, so go ahead, Well, okay, 373 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:18.920 so this is Steve Miller Band, which I have been 374 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.359 saying we need to cuver Steve Miller band for the 375 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.079 longest time, and. 376 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.440 We have we don't have him on the schedule yet. 377 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:27.799 So this is take the money and run, you got it? 378 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:53.359 Adopting the Joe and Bobby so house good. I'm watching too. 379 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:58.720 That's a good Those are good clues, man, those are good. Yeah, 380 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:04.400 I'm disappointed myself an catch on quicker. All right, ready, yeah, 381 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.640 so number three for me? 382 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:09.000 Number three three. 383 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.759 This is tricky because how do I how do I 384 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:14.079 tell you about this without telling you too much? 385 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.000 Okay? Okay. 386 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:20.279 So this was a song that was originally they weren't 387 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:23.119 sure whether it was going to be a duet or not. Okay, 388 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.359 And in fact, when they went to the studio and 389 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:28.920 they divvied up the lines that it was like ninety 390 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:31.920 percent one singer and ten percent the other singer. And 391 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.640 the producer's like, well, wait a minute, is this a 392 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:37.640 duet or like a guest appearance? He goes, no, no, duet, 393 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.039 and he's like, well, well you got to divide up 394 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.079 the lines better. Okay. 395 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.559 Uh huh. 396 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.640 So the the original part, you know, the guy who 397 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:47.960 wrote it, he sings it. The duet part of it 398 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:50.319 was originally offered to Dusty Springfield. 399 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:54.759 Okay, Dusty Springfield, son of a preacher, Many Springfield. 400 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.039 That's right. 401 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.680