Dissect DJs - The '85 Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle

Episode Date: February 3, 2021

In honor of Super Bowl week, we dissect the most notorious display of Super Bowl swag put on from any team in NFL history with the '85 Chicago Bears' infamous "Super Bowl Shuffle". This is a bonus edition of Dissect DJs taken from last year's '3 Things We Gotta Talk About' podcast's Super Bowl Spectacular, in which Castle was joined by Juan Hernandez to break down all the shufflin' and swagger from the '85 Super Bowl champs. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

D-da-set D-D-D-D-D-D What is up? It is that time of year, y'all, where, you know what, we're not here to start no trouble. But we are here to do the Super Bowl shuffle. And do you know why? Because it's Super Bowl Sunday, y'all.

No, no, it's not. It's like a few days before. Depending on when you're listening to this. Maybe you are listening this on Super Bowl Sunday. The point is, it is Super Bowl Week, and I am Ryan Castle, and it is the DECD. And seeing as it is Super Bowl Week, I thought it was about time. We rolled out another little Brucey bonus episode for y'all and dig back into my collection from The Three Things We Got to Talk About podcast, because last year we did a spectacular Super Bowl Sunday edition of three things we got to talk about.

And unfortunately, it did not feature DJ Jag. I know. I know. I'm with you, animatronic audience. I always want to hear Justino on the track as well. However, if you're not, I was not alone in my discussion of all things football fun and super shuffling madness. I was joined by another one of my every ever-present co-hosts from the Three Things podcast, the very witty, very well-read, very opinionated, Juan Hernandez, who of course goes way back with me to my days at Fox Sports when we used to co-hoccurts. when we used to cohabitate the news desk at the Fox slot in Los Angeles,

going all the way back to 2009. So we got a great rapport, very good back and forth, very good banter. In fact, I would recommend you go check that episode out right now. Go ahead and search your podcast app, whatever it is you're listening to. Find the three things we ought to talk about, podcasts. It was episode 13. Go ahead and hit subscribe on that. And you know what?

Hit subscribe on Dicek DJs too. You're not going to regret you did, I'm just saying. Episode 13, go check it. it out. I just listened to it back for the first time since we first put it out there a year ago. It was a good hang. We got to get sportsy with it, which is something I rarely get to do on my podcast, and I'm a big sports guy, so it was a fun time. It's a very evergreen sports discussion. I made sure of that, that it was something that you can listen to at any time. We go into a lot of unpopular, savage opinions about legendary Super Bowl moments in past years, some hot takes,

if you will, and we did a whole segment of overrated, underrated, and properly rated of all the nuances that come with Super Bowl Week. And all the pop culture items that come with it, parties to the history of the games, to the moments and all that good stuff, to squares, jello shots, hot wings, even the hot girls at the party that

doesn't know anything about football. Where do we rate all those things? I think you should get it to listen. And thing number three is where I find ourselves today. Because we did another edition of Breakdown this song and you better believe that we broke down the most legendary Super Bowl song that I've ever heard. I guess if you get into it, you know, some of those

network football themes are also pretty legendary, but those aren't really break downable. The 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl shuffle. Now there's a lot to break down there. And we not only broke down the song, but we also flipped on the video because if you haven't seen that music video, it is absolutely worth dissecting. So let's go ahead and hop right into thing number three from last year's Super Bowl special. And once again, y'all have a great Super Bowl Sunday. Be safe. Wear your mask if you're in public. Gamble responsibly.

Don't chase that halftime parlay if you're already down a bill or two. Might be talking to myself with that one. And don't take any candy from strangers. That's more of a Halloween advice usually than Super Bowl, but I mean, I think it's advice we could always adhere to. Because you don't know those people. Who is a stranger? Why is he offering candy? You don't want that.

You know, we're still in a bit of a pandemic. Maybe you need to not be hanging out with strangers that are doling out random pieces of unwrapped candy. That's all I'm saying. But I digress. Now, shuffling time. Let's get in to Fing number three. Number three.

And that means it's time to do a classic version of Breakdown this song. And there's really no better song we can possibly do for the Super Bowl special. Then, that very Chicago Bears of 85's Super Bowl shuffle. I don't know, man. You already done it? I'm not sold. You're already not sold? I'm not sold.

Dude, they're chefing it all down and doing it for you. What more could you have? Like you knew we would. Confident as fuck. Yeah. Right off the get-go. Like they knew they would do. We call me sweetness and I like to dance.

Ooh. Sweetness brought Walter Payton? Walter Payton. We had the goal since training camp to give Chicago a Super Bowl champ. And we're not doing this because we're greedy. The bears are doing it to feed the need it. We didn't come here. Look for trouble.

We just go. I feel like that's not really a hot take. We're not here to look for trouble. We just came to do the Super Bowl shuffle. It's a little meek, but it rhymes, though. He said something about feeding them needy. Yeah, because they didn't come to be too greedy. Yeah, I don't know why.

I don't get that. This was a problem with hip-hop music in 1985 was that people just threw in things that rhymed for the sake of... That was the 80s, bro. That's the 80s, that's 80s, right? You got to think about... Literally just... In 19...

What rhymes with purple? Whatever word we can think of Let's just throw it in there So think about this, in 1985, where was rap at? It was literally like a few years old And the rap that we had was not nearly as intricate It was this. It was this.

The rap that we had was this. It was a keyboard backbeat. Like, give me a beep. And a couple of claps. And then you just kind of made things rhyme. It didn't matter what they were saying. I know, but I'm still hung up on that. I don't think any one of these people

were playing the game at this point in their life to feed the needy. It's disingenue. That's all I'm saying. Because they weren't there to cause no trouble. They were just there. Let's do the Super Bowl shuffle. Okay, that's what you're saying.

Willie Gall? Willie Gall. Willie Gall. Oh, Edy Will. I got to get rid of for the Sunday fight. Now, I'm as smooth as a chocolate swirl. I dance a little focus. So watch me, girl.

You know, I feel like all they're doing is just saying things. Yeah, that's going to be the song. About football. Just under just in rhythm. It's important that you. you got that out of the way now. Yeah, that's what this song is. That's what the Super Bowl Shuffle is.

Congratulations, you figured it out. I don't like it. It's Super Bowl season, so we got to listen to it. Super Bowl Shuffle will set you free. What do you think he meant by that? My Super Bowl Shuffle will set you free. I think it meant that this rhymes. So let's put it in there.

The person who wrote the song said, hey. Oh, man. I feel like that might have been a little innuendo. What do you think? He was trying to be flirtatious with the ladies. They're all, all of this is flirtatious. Didn't he not just say, I dance all night? Maybe he did.

Maybe he didn't. Mike Singletary's up. I want to get into Mike Singletaire. I know we're going to let you have your Mike singletary moment. Samurai Mike, bro. We're currently only listening to this and breaking down the lyrics. I feel like we need to watch this. Oh, you're right.

We do. Because I kind of want to know what the Super Bowl shuffle actually. That's right. That was what we were supposed to do. We're going to dance on. There's your boy. You know what I've been jamming for quite a while Doing what's right and a second

Side Give me a chance I'll rock you good Nobody messing in my neighborhood I didn't come here Looking for trouble I just came to do the Super Bowl show You know what I love about all that What I love about all of that

Is that now that in hindsight Knowing who the Mike Singletary Is Yes Because we didn't grow up with Mike Singletary. He was a little bit before our time. No, as a player, yeah. As a player. I grew up with him as a coach. And then we knew what, we, we know him more as, as the guy who was a not very successful

coach. But, yeah, but he was hell of a personality. He was a head coach that you knew was in the league. Like, he made his present fellow. Can't win with him? Can't play with him. Can't do it. Can't do it. Yeah, we all remember Mike Singletary. Right. He was also the guy who in the Niners started out, O and 5 guaranteed a playoff berth, which I will also, also, point out was when the NFC West was by far the worst division in the NFL. And didn't the Seahawks go on the playoffs at 7-9? To make the playoffs for the 7-9 record also historic. So it wasn't that bad of a prediction.

But that was how he was. He was a bold, headstrong coach. Born out of this hard-knocked Chicago Bears 85 style, that burst right there points out one of the very interesting things about what this team was. It was a combination of this old-school Chicago football style that Mike Stunel and Buddy Ryan brought to the table as the defensive coordinator combined. with this magnificent swag that grabbed everybody's attention

and that is completely on display here with the Super Bowl shuffle. I just think it's funny that we saw to start off this song, we saw Walter Payton and we saw Sweetness. We saw Speedy Will. Willie Goll. And both of them were two-step

and the whole time they were doing their thing. They were standing in the front of the mic. Yeah, you really need to watch. They're two-step. You need to be as stiff as Mike Singletary's words are, his presence is he tries to use his arms and with every single bit and like

single terry gets on the mic and guaranteed he did not move his feet one time and then you know what you know what else I guarantee that that was take 58 I guarantee as many times as he was willing to do and he wore his trademark and he wore his trademark glasses

and he has his glasses on and as many times as he was willing to do until he finally said I'm done I'm done fuck this won't do it that's the last one Can't do it. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Are you going to make a cowbell reference? We have to make a cowbell reference, right?

There's a few cowbells in there. How, how... But there's actually a good amount of cowbell in the song. But how low on the totem pole do you have to be, as far as the team dynamic goes, to be the guy that when it's like, hey, it's early December, we're calling our shot. Because when this was released... We just looked at up. This was put out December 3rd, 1985. Which actually means they recorded it.

Early, at least a few weeks before that. So think about that. This was put out midway through the season. It was recorded midway through the season. The game is not played until at that point, end of January, early February, right? Yeah, that's the astonishing. The fact that the cockiness, like, if they had not won this year, this would have been the most. The fact that they're calling it the Super Bowl shuffle before they even got this level.

I don't think it would have been the most ridiculous thing. because I'm sure we could probably dig up. No, no, no. Other things that teams have done. This was the 80s. The 80s, there's several examples of teams doing music videos like this. This isn't the only one. But what I'm saying is that it's called the Super Bowl shuffle.

So they're calling their shot that they're going to be in the Super Bowl at least. And they were doing it in mid-November. Like, think about the NFL landscape now. What team ever. Maybe mid-November. They might have been doing it. They might have filmed this in September. Nah, because the team built the same.

swagger that season. If you watch like a document on a team like by the end of refrigerator Perry was a rookie going into the season and by the time it was like late October he was like a celebrity. So it had to be around that time when they were really picking up because that was when everybody was like oh shit the bears they got something like okay. Yes. Move those dance moves. Okay Jim McMahon is 100% green screened into this shot. Jim McMahon did not show up. Did Jim McMahon slept in for the shoot?

Jim McMahon did not make call time. Does he rap wait? I feel like we gotta be getting to his rap. I don't, real quick, do you just call him some other orders? Yeah, yeah. I don't know about the play call with Jim McMahon wearing the sunglasses. The sunglasses. The sunglasses.

Jim McMahon has some eye issues though. He has to wear sunglasses. Oh, I didn't know that. If you haven't noticed in the past like 20 years, you won't find it without sunglasses. So that's why it's his, it like signature look but it works with a Super Bowl shuffle though because you know I know

but just looking at it I think it's more that him clearly green screened in is more the issue but that's it man the airs are living for my body and my mind I'm sick on the floor as I can't beat when ain't no something gonna get past me

some guys are jealous of a scowling class that's why I'm up oh yeah oh man the air sex is he really playing that nobody is actually playing any real instruments are you sure yes I don't think refrigerator Perry knows how to play the second what if that was really what was going on here all this time if this team actually performed all of the I don't know where you go the musical score

they definitely did not provide the music what if they did they did what if they did what if that was the charm all along was that these guys were really they're actually a low-key jazz band and the Underground Shytown Jazz Club Exactly, 16 bar saxophone Maybe that's what was really going on here They were running train In the Chaitown night scene

They were not practicing their saxophone Wait a second Who is this? Who's number four? Who is that? He's got to be either a kicker or a backup quarterback. He 1,000% looks like a kicker. No, because he said if Jimbo can't get it

I sure can, I'm pretty sure that's a backup quarterback. Yeah, no, that's definitely a backup quarterback. Buster. Number four. Number four. You know what? No, that was before Harbaugh's time. I'm really intrigued by this right now.

No, they just gave the backup quarterback a verse, I think, is what just happened. I mean, he's not too much. There he is. Number four, Steve Fuller, quarterback, yeah. Steve Fuller, it was the backup quarterback from Clemson. He was 28 years old at the time. Nothing else matters at this point. No, no, no.

It was the backup quarterback. He played in five games that year? They gave the backup quarterback. No, no, no, hold on. Did he really play in five games that year? Game started. Yeah, I guess he did. Game started five.

All right. So he wasn't really the backup quarterback. Well, no, he was. I assume that means Jim McMahon was heard for a few games. Which gives him cred to be able to say if Jimbo can't do it, I should can't. But at least he knows his place. No, no, no, no, wait, you know what? Stop it.

I'm super offended. You don't like a shout-out to Hallis? No, no, no, no, that wasn't it. It just occurred to me how fucked up it is. I don't care that he played a few games. You're doing a rap in the 80s. You got like three white guys in the roster and you give an entire verse to the backup QB. The refrigerator Perry, he couldn't get in there.

Didn't he have a verse? He hasn't yet. I feel like he did. You couldn't even give Manga McMichael? No, no, no, no. You couldn't give Leslie Frager. Let's look for me. I'm L.A. Mike and I play it cool.

They don't sneak by it because I'm no food. I can break them and shake them in a time of day. I do like that stage, though. Please don't try. I will say this, that was my favorite lead-in to the rhyme of Super Bowl Shuffle. So these don't try to beat my hustle? There's Mike. There's my here.

There's fridge. There's fridge. Yeah, so you know, it seems like they're just kind of like running out of steam a little bit. But this actually goes to show you something right here. I made a comment about just potentially being recorded as early. recorded as early as September. As you pointed out, refrigerator Perry was starting to gain some steam.

Yeah, by the end... He was a rookie at the beginning of the season. By this point, he was like the star of the team. By this point in December, he was the start of the team. But by this point, when they recorded this song... Oh, maybe he wasn't like this... He's not even getting any credit. They stiffed him for the backup quarterback.

Exactly. Who at that point probably hadn't started five games. Exactly. So... I'm still mad that they give Steve Fuller a folders. I think that they recorded this. Fresh had a training camp. Which, dude, it's fucking swag as a hell.

Brish Carrey's got to first. They call me hit me hit me. Don't know what they mean. They grow it long and watch me run. I'm on my man. One unlaw. Buddy's guys cover it down to the bone. That's why they call us the 46 zone.

Come on everybody. All right. Did he just talk about 46 zone and a rap song in 1985? Yeah, because it's a football team rapping about football. That's what's happening. Also, his verse, was eight bars too long.

I don't know why he got so much time. Too many white guys on the track, bears. There he is. There's fridge. Okay, maybe he's building it up. There we go. Okay, wait. I think I see what the problem is.

He's actually very bad at rapping. The other words. There we go. And there. Shuffling crew. Oh, dude, working the rambas. Alright, so many opinions about this. I don't know what to think about it.

I gotta see. I don't really have any strong feelings. I just... If you could wrap the 80s up in a tiny music video nutshell, I feel like that would be one of the nutshell that you could wrap it into. All of it. The cheesy music video aspect, the poor green screening. The keyboard hip-hop dance mix with very un-clever rhymes on top of it. rhymes on top of it just passed off as a rap. The dance moves, the fact that it's the 85 bears.

Everything about it, I think, is just as 80s against. The fact that it was dead center in the middle of the 80s. And the fact that it was a time when an NFL team could put this out, midway through the season, and not get killed for it. Do you even know, can you even imagine if a team dared put this out, even if they recorded it and put it out Super Bowl week now? If the Niners put that video out this week, I would be more. I'd be like holy fuck We just dug an epic grave that we might never that's curse shit. That's the kind of shit if the nanus put that out right now I'd be like we just cursed ourselves for life very easy

Explanation for that it was the 80s you do anything now when you do anything that's recorded It's worldwide right that means everything is fair game as far as news goes there's no such thing as a local market anymore Whereas when the Bears made this I guarantee some like marketing person had the idea to make that and it was all about getting Chicago pumped up for the season and that was their objective. So it was the 80s. And yeah it was the 80s. I mean it was a different time right. This shit flew back then. I guarantee that song went out in early December of 1980. It probably hit top 10 in the billboards. They were probably playing that show on the radio at the time. Just by virtue of the way that news was spread, it did not become a national phenomenon on December 3rd of 1985

in the way that it would today. Things happen now that become instant national and global headlines. Yeah, no, it's definitely... Back then, that did not happen. Either way, it took an insane amount of confidence swag to put that out and know that everybody was going to see it, including your opponents, and not give a fuck, I'm just be like, yeah, we're going to win the Super Bowl. Who is the shit?

You already know it. If they hadn't pulled that off, we would look at that 85 bears. To your last point, completely different light. They could be looked at as one of the most ridiculously underperforming, teams of all time with that as their hallmark. Also, bring back full circle having one ring. That team only won one ring. And that's all it took to validate that. But if they hadn't won that one ring, not only would the 85 bears be looked at as one of the teams that were all time didn't get it done, but they'd be one of the biggest laughing stocks in NFL history because they

put that shit out. Yeah. So, I think that caps up. Instead, the bears are the laughing stock at the NFL now. For a few years. I actually would argue because of what the 85 bears did. They have given that team a decent amount of clout still to this day. Still somehow by the day. Somehow to this day. They still know. And Mike Ditka still remembered as a great coach even though

his defensive coordinator was really the motor that made an engine go. Personally I think it was a sweater vest but you could say what you want. Well that was part of why we love Ditka for many reasons and his ability to coach I think is often overlooked because we love the sweater rest, the voice, the demeanor. The glasses. Yeah, all this shit he brought to the table.

Anyways, I got to say, you know what? Listen back to it, I can jamper that. As bad as the rap is, as cheesy as it is, I just love me some good old-fashioned 80s cheese, and I love myself some good old-fashioned football history. So the combination of the two, seeing the guys like Mike Singletary, Walter Payton, refrigerator Perry, get down on the rep, Samurai Mike, whoever the fuck that backup quarterback was that got a whole verse.

Steve Fuller, I'm still going to fight them on that. I don't know. You didn't have another linebacker that was back there doing a shuffle that couldn't get a line in, come on. Yeah, he probably could have used that. Another defensive end. He could have used the rub. Anyways, that alone actually just validated their whole, that's all I need to see as the argument as to why the 85 bears are not overrated myself. So they are absolutely overrated. I just combated your last one with that whole route. Absolutely overrated. That's a beauty thing about 80s rap. Everybody sees it differently. That being said, we are all out of time

on the Super Bowl special. Thank you for hanging with us. I don't know exactly with the full running time with this, but I'm sure it is way too long. You're listening to this. And by now it's Super Bowl Monday. I hope you appreciated this edition of 39 things. We got to talk about. Super Bowl edition. 39 things. With that being said, I hope you all. Thank you. Enjoy yourself this Super Bowl Sunday. Go Niners. We are out of here.