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songspeak
A boombox is not a toy
Imagine my joy when SNL featured a Digital Short this past weekend of my favorite track off the Lonely Island CD, Boombox. Julian Casablancas from the Strokes appears, as he provided vocals for the song. The video pretty much tells the story I envisioned in my head, and any song and/or video that references the 1990 hit Do the Bartman is aces in my book.Tags: 00s music, 10s tv, 90s music, andy samberg, digital short, do the bartman, julian casablancas, saturday night live, snl, the lonely island, the simpsons, the strokes
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misheard lyrics
Think I work at CVS? I don’t.
The Jennifer Lopez classic Love Don’t Cost a Thing was on Mix 93.1 earlier today while I was working, and it reminded me of when the song first came out. I’ve always thought she says, “think I work at CVS, I don’t” at one point. I know those aren’t the actual lyrics, though. In fact, I don’t think I know what the actual lyrics are. After a quick google search, I’ve determine they must be, “think you gotta keep me iced, you don’t”.
Regardless, it’s a stupid song. As if J-Lo would work at a Consumer Value Store. And did anyone see her performances on SNL recently? What was THAT all about?
Tags: 00s music, consumer value store, cvs, j-lo, jennifer lopez, love don't cost a thing, mix 93.1, saturday night live, snl, think you gotta keep me iced you don't
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songspeak
Saturday Nylund Live – Betty White to host SNL!
That’s right, The Golden Girls‘ own Rose Nylund… the incomparable Betty White, is slated to host the May 8th “Mother’s Day episode” of SNL! That this didn’t happen sooner is perhaps life’s biggest mystery.Betty’s self-deprecating humor and quick wit is sure to be a great match for Saturday Night Live, and we’re excited to see what is likely going to be one of the more memorable SNL episodes.
According to People, “…the special Mother’s Day episode will also reunite six former female SNL cast members, most of whom happen to be moms: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.” While the 88 year old Betty White is not actually a mom herself, she is perhaps “a mother of great comedy”. That’s good enough for us.
How did this happen? A Facebook fan page titled “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” creeped up soon after a Snickers commercial featuring Betty White getting tackled in a muddy football game aired during the 2010 Super Bowl. A groundswell of support and petitioning of Lorne Michaels made it all happen!
Tags: betty white, facebook, fan page, golden girls, lorne michaels, may 8, mother's day, nbc, rose nylund, saturday night live, snickers, snl, super bowl
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songspeak
Jacob Silj has Voice Immodulation Syndrome
Imagine being at a high school dance, singing along with everybody else…” and a little bit softer now… and a little bit softer now…” Lately it seems like I'm running into more and more people who just can't tone it down a notch and use their inside voices. It reminded me of this awesome Will Ferrell character from SNL. How many people do you know who are like this?
How dare you! I have a voice related medical condition!
Tags: jacob silj, saturday night live, snl, talking loud, tina fey, tumblr, V.I., van horton's syndrome, weekend update, will ferrell
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songspeak
Glengarry Glen Christmas
A.B.C
A. ALWAYS
B. BE
C. COBBLING!
Pretty amazing spoof of Alec Baldwin’s Oscar Winning performance in Glengarry Glen Ross if you ask me. I love how he accidentally slips into the original script for a second when he goes through the ABCs.
Tags: A.B.C., alec baldwin, always be closing, always be cobbling, christmas, glen, glengarry, put that cocoa down, ross, saturday night live, snl, spoof, tools
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songspeak
Sloppy Joe, Slop Sloppy Joe
On the nights my wife works, it’s up to me to make dinner for myself and Quinn. One of my go-to meals, mainly because it’s easy to prepare and doesn’t take much time, is Hamburger Helper. There are enough varieties that having it once a week doesn’t really get too old, and it’s just easier than cooking a big complicated meal for two after working all day (this sounds like a commercial). Anywho, a few weeks ago the one that I was making was a Sloppy Joe flavor. When I told Quinn that’s what we were having, I started singing all loud and crazy, “Sloppy Joe, slop Sloppy Joe!” from Adam Sandler’s Lunchlady Land. She looked at me like I was crazy, but I assured her it was a song. I’m not sure she quite believed me, so I put that very song on one of the CD mixes we made for the big Lancaster trip a couple weeks ago. When it got to that part, she said, “I didn’t think it was a real song, dad!”. She now requests the song on occasion and laughs at how silly it is (even though she’s only in preschool, doesn’t know what a lunchlady is, and has never been subject to public school lunches). When I hear the song, I think of the old Saturday Night Live when Adam Sandler performs it as Chris Farley dances around, playing the part of the lunchlady. And since there seems to be a trend of Chris Farley posts here lately, I figured why not post the video. It’s really poor quality, but I’m surprised I was able to find it at all. I had completely forgotten that Kevin Nealon played the part of Sloppy Joe. And how inappropriate it is that they have Ellen Cleghorne playing the chocolate pudding.
lunch lady land
TheGreatOne | MySpace VideoI’m making dinner tonight for Quinn and myself, and looking in the cupboard, noticed that we again have Sloppy Joe Hamburger Helper in stock. Maybe I’ll songspeak it again tonight if I make it, and perhaps Quinn will join me. Thanks to Sloppy Joe, slop Sloppy Joe.
Tags: 00s music, 90s music, 90s tv, adam sandler, chris farley, ellen cleghorne, hamburger helper, kevin nealon, lancaster, lunchlady land, mix CD, saturday night live, sloppy joe
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last exit
Nobody danced like Patrick Swayze, except maybe Chris Farley
Patrick Swayze lost his battle with cancer yesterday, and though he will be recalled for his roles in Dirty Dancing, Roadhouse, and Ghost, his appearance on SNL is probably my favorite memory of his career.Set to Working For The Weekend by Loverboy, this amazingly choreographed performance by Mr. Patrick Swayze and the great Chris Farley always brings a smile to our faces here at Songspeak.
We also want to take this time to recall another deceased actor, Jerry Orbach, who might have put baby in a corner if it weren’t for Patrick Swayze’s character in Dirty Dancing.Tags: baby in a corner, chippendale, chippendales, chris farley, dancing, dirty dancing, ghost, jerry orbach, loverboy, patrick swayze, roadhouse, saturday night live, snl, working for the weekend
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The guy who writes the SNL digital short songs
He gave you Dick In A Box, Mother Lover, and Lazy Sunday and is the brother of Jorma Taccone, one of the three Lonely Island dudes. His name is Asa Taccone, and he’s also doing music for the MTV Movie Awards airing May 31st, 2009.Asa Taccone is part of the Black Iris collective, an agency that creates music for advertisements and the entertainment industry. With offices in NYC, Los Angeles, and Richmond, VA, Black Iris has also started their own singles label. The label has been lucrative, selling longer versions of the songs you may hear in something like the newest Cadillac ad for example. Other Black Iris work includes compositions for the ESPN X Games, Gatorade, and Hummer.
Creativity recently posted an interview with Asa…
What’s the process for composing the music for the digital shorts? Is it as hectic as it seems?
Completely. It really is just as hectic as anything you’ve heard. I’ve gone and done some of the work in New York and when I see how SNL is put together, it amazes me that anything is funny on that show. It’s so last minute. For “Mother Lover” Justin was re-recording vocals about an hour and a half before the show started. It’s because we always have to send stuff to NBC’s standards and practices department, and often it’s like, “Uh, no that can’t go on air.” So we have to change things all throughout the process.
It’s so hectic that the network didn’t even know who did the music for “Dick in a Box.” My brother gave me $60 for that track. My name didn’t really come up until the Emmys and someone asked. It’s just so chaotic, but it works.Usually the process is, my brother will call and give us the general joke idea, and that changes about four or five times in a four hour period until they land on an idea that they think is funny. Then we send them a bunch of tracks and they’ll either pick something they like and just start writing to that or, when it’s more organized like in the case of “Dick in a Box” and “Mother Lover,” they give us a more specific outline. For “Dick in a Box” they wanted a cheesy, 90s, Color Me Badd type track. Then we just go from there, and there’s usually so little time to get everything done.
Drew Campbell and I did “Mother Lover” and I got the call on the Monday at about 3:20 a.m., L.A. time, and all those guys were in the studio with Justin Timberlake, just writing and trying to figure things out. It seems like that’s a lot of time, but so much changes right up to when the show goes on the air.
Here’s a partial list of some of the things Asa Taccone has been involved with on SNL (from imDB:
- – Dane Cook/James Blunt (3 December 2005) – composer (additional music)
- Jack Black/Neil Young (17 December 2005) – Soundtrack (writer: “Lazy Sunday”), Composer
- Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes (21 January 2006) – Soundtrack (writer: “Young Chuck Norris”), composer (additional music) (more…)Tags: 2009 mtv movie awards, andy samberg, asa taccone, black iris, digital short, drew campbell, jorma taccone, music composer, saturday night live, snl, writer, wrote
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songspeak
I’m a mother lover, you’re a mother lover, we should love each other’s mothers
Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake offered up an eyebrow raising follow up to Dick In a Box, this time a wonderfully inappropriate Mother’s Day seduction song called Motherlover. Susan Sarandon plays Samberg’s mom and Patricia Clarkson plays Timberlake’s mom. Each of them tries to seduce the other one’s mom as a gift for Mother’s Day. Lyrics after the video.Dick In a Box actually won a fricken Emmy. I wonder if this will follow in its footsteps. Motherlover was directed by The Lonely Island dudes, Akiva Shaffer and Jorma Taccone.
The lyrics to Motherlover:
Andy Samberg: Oh dang…
Justin Timberlake: What is it dawg?
AS: I forgot it’s Mother’s Day
JT: Didn’t get a gift for her
AS: Other plans got in the way
She’ll be so disappointed
JT: Damn I forgot it too
AS: This could have been avoided
Both: What the hell are we gonna do?JT: My mom’s been so forlorn ever since my daddy left.
AS: COLD
JT: No one to hold her tight, life has put her to the test.
AS: I know just what you mean, my mom’s been so sad and gray
JT: Word
AS: My dad can’t satisfy her in the bedroom ever since he passed awayBoth: Hold up
AS: You thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’?
JT: I’m thinkin’ I’m thinkin’ too
Both: Slow up
AS: What time is it dawg?
JT: It’s time for a switcharoo
Both: We both love our moms, women with grown women needs
I say we break ‘em off and show ‘em how much they really meanCHORUS:
’cause I’m a mother lover, you’re a mother lover
We should fuck each other’s mothers
Fuck each other’s moms
I’m pushin’ that lady where you came out as a baby
ain’t no doubt that shit is crazy
Fuckin’ each others moms
’cause every Mother’s Day needs a Mother’s Night
If doing it is wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m callin’ on you ’cause I can’t do it myself
to me your like a brother, so be my MotherloverAS: I’m layin’ in the cut waitin’ for your mom clutchin’ on this lube and roses
JT: I got my digital camera, I’m gonna make your momma do a million poses
AS: They will be so surprised
JT: We are so cool and thoughtful
AS: Can’t wait to pork your mom
JT: I’m gonna be the syrup, she can be my waffle
Both: Sho’ Nuff
JT: My mother loves bubble bath with chamomile
Both: Straight up
AS: Give it to my mom d- d- d- d- d- d- doggie-style
Both: This the perfect plan
For a perfect Mother’s Day
They have to rename this one
All up under the covers dayCHORUS:
’cause I’m a mother lover, you’re a mother lover
We should fuck each other’s mothers
Fuck each other’s moms
I’m pushin’ that lady where you came out as a baby
ain’t no doubt that shit is crazy
Fuckin’ each others moms
AS: Break it down
It would be my honor to be your new stepfather
JT: It would be my honor to be your new stepfather
AS: I’ll let you do my mother, make me another brother
and I’m gonna do your mother
I’ll never use a rubber
JT: OH’cause every Mother’s Day needs a Mother’s Night
If doing it is wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m callin’ on you ’cause I can’t do it myself
to me you’re like a brother, so be my mother lover
They blessed us both with the gift of life
She brought you in this world so I’m a sex her right
This is the second best idea that we’ve ever had
The choice can be no other
Be my mother loverHappy Mother’s Day
Tags: akiva shaffe, andy samberg, digital short, fuck each other's moms, it would be my honor to be your new stepfather, jorma taccone, justin timberlake, mother lover, mother's day, motherlover, saturday night live, snl, the lonely island, where you came out as a baby
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songspeak
Where do you where do you go, my lovely? Uhhhh, McDonald’s, I guess?
I had lunch at McDonald’s today.
And let’s see, I didn’t drive my Delorean there. I didn’t turn a giant frozen donkey wheel prior to leaving the office. I didn’t even get in a phone booth or anything. So why was I transported back to 1996 when I set foot in the restaurant?
As I sat down and got ready to sink my teeth into my double-quarter pounder with cheese meal and its two sear-sizzled grade-A beef patties of goodness, what do I hear playing over the speakers? Why, Where Do You Go? by No Mercy of course. You’d know the song if you heard it. It was one of those dance hits, the style of which was uber-popular in the mid to late 90’s. In fact, until just now, I thought No Mercy was responsible for the following, but it was really Haddaway:
All those friggin’ dance techno groups sounded the same, didn’t they? And who hasn’t bopped their head along to this kind of music like Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan? I’m not sure if that falls under the category of songspeak or dancespeak, but it’s definitely been ingrained in our culture thanks to Saturday Night Live.
And while we’re of the subject of techno dance music, let’s have a (much belated) moment of silence for Melanie Thornton, former lead singer of La Bouche. We never had a chance to be her lover. Be her lover.
Tags: 90s music, A Night at the Roxbury, ABC, baby don't hurt me, back to the future, be my lover, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Chris Kattan, delorean, double quarter pounder with cheese, frozen donkey wheel, haddaway, La Bouche, lost, mcdonald's, Melanie Thornton, no mercy, phone booth, plane crash, saturday night live, sear sizzled, snl, what is love, where do you go, will ferrell
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