Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - 266. GGACP LIVE Singalong and Trivia Show

Episode Date: July 1, 2019

Gilbert and Frank return to Sid Gold's Request Room in New York City for a LIVE singalong episode, accompanied by pianist extraordinaire Joe McGinty and a roomful of passionate (and knowledgeable!) listeners. Also, Helen Reddy gets the jump on Bette Midler, Herve Villechaize covers the Captain & Tennille, Gilbert picks a bone with Kenny Rogers and Dustin Hoffman shares the screen with Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. PLUS: Ace of Base! The songs of Shel Silverstein! "The Blind Man in the Bleachers"! "The Wreck of the Barry Fitzgerald! " And the boys salute GGACP guests Ron Dante, Neil Sedaka and Paul Williams! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Alcohol in select markets. Product availability may vary by Regency app for details. Hi, I'm Beverly D go to the bathroom. All right, welcome to a special episode of the Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. Make some noise, we're live at Sid Gold's request room, Chelsea, New York City I'm Joe McGinty, your pianist for the evening And please welcome your host, Frank Santopadre And the golden voice himself, Gilbert Gottfried Gil, you're the golden voice Welcome, welcome everybody Gilly, you're the golden voice. Yeah. Welcome.

Welcome, everybody. Wow. What a turnout. We haven't been here in a while. Shall we talk about what happened the last time we were here, Gilbert? We did, I think, three shows here in one night. We did. And at the end of the night, we said, you know, these are great. These are terrific.

Sometimes you get that fit, you know. Each one's a hit. And Frank Furtarosa raced over. No, it wasn't him. Stop sticking up for him. Frank wasn't even working with us then. That doesn't excuse us. So we're here with Joe McGinty Frank wasn't even working with us then. That doesn't excuse us.

So we're here with Joe McGinty. At fabulous Sid Gold's, I'll be updating the listening audience as we go. Sid Gold's request for him. Gilbert turned to me about five minutes ago and said, What's the name of this place? How many times have you been here? Shameful. And to show you what a guinea Frank is. He turns, I don't even know what he was referring to,

but he turned to me and whispered, rabbis bless people, right? And so, yeah, so it's going to be a smooth night. There's a rabbi in the house. David Komarovsky is here. Which we're thrilled that a rabbi listens to this podcast. That sounds like

a show that appeals to Jews and blacks. Rabbi in the house. So we're going to do something different than the Lost episodes. Oh, yes. We thought that we'd

bring those back, but for the people who were here for that, we thought we'd do something new. We did one-hit wonders of the 1970s the last time.

It was a great show. It was a great show. I wish you would have heard it. It was. It was special. We're going wish you would have heard it. It was. It was special. We're going to do something different from the podcast.

You guys who listen to the show, we're going to do story songs. Yes. Gilbert and I lament the loss of the story song.

Well, you've got to sit there for like three hours to hear the entire song. Songs like Harry Chapin's Taxi and Ode to Billy Joe,

which is one you like, right? Oh, yes, or the classic, the one that's like a miniseries, Alison's Restaurant. That's a miniseries, yeah. Yeah. I'm partial to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Oh, yes. I once, yes, one time on the show, I called it the wreck of the Barry Fitzgerald. Totally different. If you know who Barry Fitzgerald is, you should be here. So we're going to do story songs. Joe is going to have some fun facts, some song facts that he's going to offer.

This is fun, too. Gilbert does not know what we're going to sing. I purposely stayed away. I didn't ask, I'm going to see what happens. In the first three shows, I was guessing. Aren't you pretty much guessing every week on this podcast? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, it's all preparation on my part. We also have some trivia questions that we're going to ask, and my wife, the lovely Genevieve, will be handing out prizes. But we don't have lights or buzzers, so please don't shout out the answer if you know it.

Just shoot your hand up, and the first hand I see, the first winning answer or correct answer, will get the invaluable, priceless $5 orange wedge pin. Shall we start? Sure. Uh-oh. I'm going to give a little bit of an intro to this one. This is a song written by Nashville songwriter named Don Schlitz. We're going to tell a little bit of the stories behind the story songs. Don Schlitz did not play poker. You can probably guess

what song it is. Also, you have lyric sheets on your tables, and that should be giving it away. It's not really a song about a card game. It's a metaphorical song about... It's my Yiddish mama. That's it. Yes. What I found impressive,

did you find this in your notes? He was all of 23 when he wrote this song. Yeah, pretty amazing. It's a heady song, a philosophical song to be written by a 23-year-old. He shopped it at the urging of Shel Silverstein, the writer Shel Silverstein, who will come up again later. Oh, yes, a bunch of times. Johnny Cash recorded it, but he did not have a hit with it. Mr. Kenny Rogers had a mega hit with it.

I think you guys can figure out what we're talking about. And we will do the trivia right after the song. But I thought this was fun. It was a number one country hit. It crossed into the Billboard charts, which a lot of country songs don't usually do. And this guy, the writer, was working as a computer programmer. So when the song went big and spawned five, what, five TV movies, five gambler movies, the guy was actually able to quit his day job and become a full-time songwriter. So I kind of like that story. We're going to give this a shot. Shel Silverstein's dead, isn't he?

He's dead. Yeah. Yes. Or we would have had him. He was the time of, like, when Playboy Club was really the Playboy Mansion. Yeah, and also wrote a very famous story song that we're not going to do, A Boy Named Sue. Yes, yes. And one of my favorites.

Well, we'll get to that. Let's start with this one and see how we do. Shall we? You guys have your lyric sheets. Want to give it a shot? Okay. Joe's been practicing. All right, so I'm going

to count you guys in because I know we don't have a bouncing ball or anything. This is old school piano bars. Count Gilbert in. Here we go.

One, two, three. On a warm summer's evening On a train bound to nowhere I met up with a gambler We both took time to sleep So we took turns just staring Out the window at the darkness The board of all the jokes

And we began to speak He said, John, I made a life Out of reading people's faces And knowing what the cards are by the way they hold their eyes. So if you don't mind my taste, I did. For a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice. So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow. Then he pumped a cigarette and asked me for a light.

And the night got deadly quiet. And he swore to all his friends. If you're going to play the game, boy, you've got to learn to play it right. You've got to know when to hold it. Know when to hold them. Know when to hold them. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money.

When you're sitting at the table, there ain't got enough for counting. When the deal is done, key change. Key change kill. One, two, three. Now every gambler knows. The secret to surviving.

Is knowing when to throw away. And knowing what to keep. Cause every hand's a winner. And every hand's a loser. And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep. So when he finished speaking, he turned the window. Crushed down his cigarette and faded off to sleep. And somewhere in the darkness, the gambler was keeping.

But in his final words, I found an ace that I can keep. You gotta know when to hold them. Know when to fold them. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. You never count your money. When you're cheating with the table. Feet down, no pajamas. When you're sitting at the table. Feet down, no protection.

When you're sitting at the table. You got nowhere to hold them. Nowhere to hold them. Nowhere to walk away. Nowhere to run. You never count your money. When you're sitting at the table. Feet down, no protection. When you see that table, you'll be time out of

accounting. When the deal is done. Wow! All right. Gilbert is on a seven second delay. He spent a lot of time working in radio. Wow. Wow wow that was energetic

energy is good what do you got on the gambler Joe well I basically repeat what you said but you know there were several TV movies there is Kenny Rogers as the gambler Kenny Rogers as the gambler the adventure continues Kenny Rogers as the gambler, Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, The Adventure Continues,

Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Part 3, The Legend Continues, The Gambler Returns, Luck of the Draw, and The Gambler 5, Playing for Keeps. Gilbert's seen them all. Now, there was a very strange Kenny Rogers one, that one, that song, another story song where a girl gets raped. Tower of the County.

Yeah. Yeah, we didn't pick that one for that reason. And. Thanks for bringing it up. And they made it into a TV movie. Is my editor here? And that scene, and there's the part in the song where he locks the doors and he's going to get his revenge.

And then it turns into like this fun-filled bar brawl. And it's like, you know, they're cracking the chairs over each other's heads and the bottles cracked. And it's loads of fun. And I'm going, do they know this had to do with a girl being raped? You know, you've got to see this movie. It's handled in a way. They made a movie out of Coward of the County?

They did. They did. And the revenge, it looks like all the most fun Western you've ever watched. Fantastic. Okay, we're going to do our first trivia question. And the lovely Genevieve will hand out a prize. Speaking of the Kenny Rogers Gambler movie, the first one. What actor played Billy Montana, the young gambler who was mentored by Rogers' character, Brady Fox?

Ooh, we got a guy in the back. See, a hand right in the back. Sir. Bruce Boxleitner. You are correct. Jeez. Bruce Boxleitner. You are correct. Jeez. Bruce Boxleitner. Wow.

That man is a ringer. Now, Bruce Boxleitner is not a Jew. Yeah. Identify yourself. Who got that question right Peter Brown nice work

you what's that he had three orange pins already well was Bruce Leitner Bruce Boxleitner was he the Russian price fighter in the Rocky movie? Which was the Russian prizefighter?

No, that was Dolph Lundgren. Dolph Lundgren. Yeah, they're often confused. Yes. Boxleitner was in Tron. In Tron. He was in Tron. And he's Scarecrow and Mrs. King with Kate Jackson.

Oh, okay. Who remembers that? Kate Jackson was offered Kramer versus Kramer. I didn't know that. But they wouldn't let her out of her contract with Charlie's Angels. That's a killer. And then she has to not only see Meryl Streep get the part, but Meryl Streep win the Academy Award.

It hurt. That had to hurt. That's like Tom Selleck not being able to get out of the magazine contract to play Indiana Jones. So I anticipated, I know Gilbert very well, and we've had a lot of musical episodes, and I anticipated he might be a little off tempo,

so we're going to do a slower one. This is a story song. Joe knows this one well because they did at Loser's Lounge. Yes, we just did an ABBA, a whole ABBA Loser's Lounge show. My wife and I are kicking ourselves for missing that. This was originally recorded by ABBA's Friede Lindstad, recorded on her solo album. And Bjorn put English lyrics on it. It was originally called Tango

and Abba's limo driver boy I hope these facts are accurate. Abba's limo driver suggested changing the title of the song to Fernando. And Bjorn also changed the meaning of the song Gilbert. I know you're hanging on every word. Yes.

He made it, he envisioned it, the song being about two freedom fighters you're hanging on every words yes uh he made it he envisioned it the song being about two freedom fighters in the mexican-american war ah which would explain it had nothing to do with the song nothing to do with the song at all but that explains andy garcia showing up in the movie in the second abba movie uh top the charts in 13 countries sold 10 million records one of abBA's biggest songs. We will not talk about the Cher version. Or the Gilbert version to come.

So let's give this one a try. I think you all know it. If you don't, you have your lyric sheets. One, two, can you hear the drums, Fernando? I love it. I remember long ago another starry night like this. And the fire light can go back. You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar I could hear the distant drums

And sounds of bugles Coming from afar One, two, they're closer now Fernando Every hour, every minute Seemed to last eternally I was so afraid, Fernando We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die

And I'm not ashamed to say the roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry Hit it, Gil! There was something in the air that night. The stars were bright. Fernando. They were shining there for you and me. For Liberty. Fernando.

No, we never thought that we could lose There's no regret If I hadn't All the same again I would My friend Fernando And if I hadn't Do the same again

I would My friend Fernando And if I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando. I can hear the flutes. Now we're old and gray, Fernando. Since many years, I haven't seen a rifle in your hand. Can you hear the drums, Fernando? Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande? I can see it in your eyes, how proud of work to fight for freedom in the land.

Here we go. Here we go, Gil. There was something in the air that night that stars were bright. Fernando! There was something there for you and me. Liberty! Fernando!

We never thought that we could lose. There's no regret. Sing it, Seth. Cause if I had to do it all again I would, my friend, Fernando There was something in the air that night The stars were bright, Fernando Let us hear you. If I had to do the same again I would, my friend, Fernando

And if I had to do the same again I would, my friend, Fernando I think when they get to the fifth sequel to Mamma Mia, that will be a nice moment. Oh, I have a tear. That was beautiful. Okay. What do you got on that one, Joe?

Well, you know, I do have some of the original lyrics. Tidbits, tidbits. It's, you know, before, the lyrics were originally written by Stig Anderson. Yes, Stig anderson who is actually a songwriter as well but uh the lyrics were the sorrow can be hard to bear but the fact that friends let us down is something we all have to cope with very good and uh then the chorus is long live love our best friend fernando raise your glass propose a toast to love fernando

play the melody and sing a song of happiness. Long live love Fernando. You know, ABBA was getting together to record two songs. You guys know about this? Two new songs coming in December? For the hologram tour. Yeah, for the hologram tour. They are not reuniting but they did go into the studio

to record two songs. Another tidbit is they got their start writing music for a porn movie called The Seduction of Inga. I knew that. It's worth checking out for the music. That's some Gilbert-specific trivia right there. Did you hear that, Gil? Now, Abba's illegitimate children, I guess, is Ace to Base.

and they found out that one of Ace to Base was like a Nazi he wasn't old enough to be a real Nazi it was one of these more modern day Nazi groups but he said he's ashamed of it

so it's okay okay Rabbi he's ashamed of it. Rabbi, stay there. Ace to base is ashamed of their Nazi past. Oh my God.

Two songs in, we've had a sexual assault reference and a Nazi reference. It's a party. Okay, trivia. Which two... We're going to look for hands. Gil, be eagle-eyed. Okay.

Which two 90s films, both Australian comedies, featured this song? I'll need two. I need a hand. Only raise your hand if you know both. This lady in the middle. Give that lady a hand. Only raise your hand if you know both. This lady in the middle. Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Muriel's Wedding.

Give that lady a pin. Jeez! The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a movie I like a lot, and Muriel's Wedding, which is one of my wife's favorites. Did you know those, Gil? I was just about to say. You were?

Before she said it. She jumped you. Oh my gosh. So now we're going to do something fun. Ms. Gottfried, what do you think? I got your lyric sheet. There's a story

attached to this that I heard when I got here that I didn't know about. You want to tell it? Yeah, this is kind of how we all got to know each other. Tara came in one time, and her friend signed her up with her last name. And I said, oh, are you related to Gilbert? And she said, oh, yeah, I'm his wife. And it just so happened that my friend Mike McPadden was coming into town.

Shout out to Mike. He does all the social media and website stuff. And you guys came back the next night, so it was like an instant small world connection. It was very fun. And this is the song that started it all. Can I do a little warning first? I really can't sing, and I'm almost as bad as Gilbert.

You've got 60 other people singing to drown you out. Please sing loud. But this is the one song that I love singing karaoke. I'm just going to give them a little bit of history about it before we start. It was a top 10 country hit in 1972 for Tanya Tucker. You guys know where we're going with this.

Written by the, one of the songwriters was Alex Harvey and the song was about his mother. Which is interesting. It's a song about a woman obsessed with an old suitor, and his mother was in fact a hairdresser from Brownsville. So it's autobiographical.

Helen Reddy went to number one with it in 1973. Gilbert, his mother, the songwriter's mother eventually committed suicide. That would be of interest to you. Yeah. of the songwriter's mother eventually committed suicide. That would be of interest to you.

Yeah. Dara, you will love this. It was almost released as a single by Bette Midler. And she was the first to record it. There you go. And what happened? Capitol Records, Reddy's version on Capitol Records beat Bette Midler's version on Atlantic Records

by two days. They put it out. They jumped her and put it out two days earlier. Well, you know, that's actually how I think I got to know the song. Was it from the Divine Miss M? Yes, it's on that record. Very good. So here we go. Dara Gottfried on lead.

I have to stand. Okay. However you have to work. I have to stand. All right. Let me know how your instrument works. Okay, here we go. One, two, three.

Delta dawn, what's that flower you have on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today to take you to his mansion in the sky? Sing along. She's 41 and her daddy still calls her baby. All the folks around Brownsville said she's crazy because she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand

Looking for a mysterious star-head man In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on And a man of low degrees stood by her side Promised her he'd take her for his bride That was all choruses. Tell, tell, tell

what that flower you have on couldn't be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he wants me to hear today to take you to his mansion in the sky?

Tell us, God, what's that flower you have on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? and did I hear you say he was meeting you here today to take you to his mansion in the sky Devin Godfrey Delta Dawn

it's a family affair. I loved when you did that Sonny and Cher thing there. You were both on the same mic. Okay. Now we're going to pick a different person than the people who won previously. But here's the trivia question about Delta Dawn. What character, what character on the show Friends,

the show Friends sang this in a karaoke bar, in a piano bar? Any hands? You got six chances. Oh, someone. One right there in the back. That is incorrect. It is not Phoebe. Do we have another guess?

Who sang Delta Dawn? Ross. Wrong! Very incorrect. Oh, and there's a bunch of people now. Who's this gentleman? Okay. Isn't that Chad Kutcher?

Huh? Not Chandler. We're down to three. This gentleman in the chicken shirt. Chandler. Huh? Not Chandler. We're down to three. This gentleman in the glasses. Courtney Cox. Correct. Monica Sagan. Give that man an orange wedge pin.

Some are hard, some are easy. Granted, when you guessed it, we had named the entire cast. We were down to ugly naked guy. We went naming people from Seinfeld. Derek, great job on Delta Dawn. There we go. Derek Gottfried. How about that?

Okay, we're going to let Gilbert run the show on this one. Okay. Heaven help us. This is one of your favorites, Gilbert, and it's come up on the podcast. And we did discuss the great Shel Silverstein. Everybody in here know who Shel Silverstein was? Yeah, you should. One of my favorites.

And he wrote a song I adore for dr hook and a medicine show called cover the rolling stone but not a story oh wait wait where where we're not gonna do that one go back right okay no back forward this is very well prepared they're in order. I don't know how you got lost. Three comes after two. Then four. This is a Gottfried favorite from the podcast. I have Fernando. Okay. Delta Dawn.

I have The Gambler. Okay. Here we go. Written by Shel Silverstein, the genius Shel Silverstein, who had two hits for Dr. Hook in 1972. One of them was the aforementioned cover of The Rolling Stone. This one somehow sold a million copies. I don't know how.

Joe laughed at me when I suggested it. It's autobiographical. It's about... It's sad. Yeah. It's a sad song to listen to. It's a sad song. Shel Silverstein, the writer, was in love with a woman named...

This was deep research now, folks. A woman named Sylvia Pandolfi. And he realized, he found out she was engaged to another man, actually a bullfighter slash painter. And his name was Fernando. There you go. There's a callback. Beautiful.

So he made a phone call, desperate to reunite with this woman, this ex-flame. He called her mother, Luisa. You can find this information on the interwebs. And she told him the relationship was over. He did, in fact, call from a pay phone. So this is a song that is no longer topical or timely. This is a song that is instantly dated. And she told him that the relationship was over and that she had moved on with the bullfighter.

The song was covered by Bobby Bear, the country singer, and also Bon Jovi. Did you know that? I did not know that. I did not know that either. It sounds like BS. Gil, this is a favorite of yours, so we're going to do it. Okay. Some of you may know this.

One, two, three. Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's busy says Sylvia's busy Too busy to come to the phone Sylvia's mother says Sylvia's trying To start a new life on her own Sylvia's mother says

Sylvia's happy so why don't you leave her alone? And the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes.

Please Mrs. Avery. I gotta talk to her. I'll only keep her a while. Please, Mrs. Avery. I just wanna tell her goodbye. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's packing. She's going to be leaving today. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's marrying a fella down Galveston Way.

Bullfighter. Sylvia's mother says, please don't say nothing to me, cause I'd cry in his day. And the operator says 40 cents more for the next three minutes. Please, Mrs. Avery, I gotta talk to her. I'll only keep her a while. Please, Mrs. Avery, I want to tell her goodbye.

Goodbye. Sylvia's mother says, Sylvia's hurrying to catch the nine o'clock train. Sylvia's mother says, take your umbrella, cause Sylvia's starting to rain. And Sylvia's mother says, thank you for calling, and sir, won't you call back again and the operator

says 40 cents more by the next three minutes please Mrs. Avery I gotta talk to her I'll only

keep her a while Please, Mrs. Avery I just want to tell her goodbye Tell her goodbye Sylvia's mother. So sad. So sad. Yeah, I find this to be a very sad song. Shel Silverstein always wrote fun stuff.

Although, A Boy Named Sue gets a little dark. Yeah, oh, that's right. So weird. I also love Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball. Yeah, that's a classic. Another great one by Shel Silverstein. Lee Hazelwood told me a good Shel Silverstein story. Lay it on me, bro.

Well, you know, they used to hang out at the Playboy Club, like you guys were saying. And Shel Silverstein was only a writer at that time. And he came up to Lee Hazelwood. He's like, I want to write songs. And he said, I'll teach you four chords and two keys. And that's all you need to write songs. Wow. And I'll teach you four chords and two keys, and that's all you need to write songs. His songs are kind of like that. Usually just two or three chords.

I love Cover of the Rolling Stone. Don't you? There's some great YouTube clips. And the rabbi will be interested to know that Silverstein was a Jew. Really? I'm guessing Sylvia was a Jew as well. Yeah, yes.

Why did she want him to call back again? I know, it doesn't quite make sense. Sir, please, sir, won't you call back again? I think he got all the information he needed. Yeah, it seems like stop calling. Yeah. He don't like change in his pocket, too, for all this extra 40 cents. Yeah, it's like, if you call again, don't want to change in his pocket too for all those extra 40 cents. Yeah, it's like

if you call again, I'm going to notify the police. Should have been all right. We like songs of heartbreak on the podcast.

We did an episode called Death Songs of the 1970s and you got into that. Yes, there was that great song with the blind man and the bleachers. The blind man and the bleachers. The blind man and the bleachers.

If you guys don't know this one, go home and Google the blind man and the bleachers. And kill yourself afterwards. Because it's that scary and depressing. I like those scary, depressing, sad songs. I'm a sucker for things like Seasons in the Sun. So what do I know? Oh, that, sad songs. I'm a sucker for things like Seasons in the Sun. So what do I know? Oh, that was written, not written. It was beloved by a serial killer.

Correct. Correct. That's true. Okay, so the trivia ranges from easy to hard. The friend's question was rather on the easy side. This one is super tough. Gilbert, I know you know the answer to this, so don't shout it out. Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show.

They later just became Dr. Hook. There's a whole interesting story about how the band got its name, which we won't go into. But they appeared in an obscure 1971 Dustin Hoffman movie with a rather unwieldy title. Oh, boy, I know this one. Do I have somebody right here? Chris. Who is Harry Coleman and why is he saying terrible things about me? Yes!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Now that's a guy that earned an orange wedge pin. He did. Now, now. Christopher Bly. Who was that other actor in it?

I don't know if he was. Barbara Harris was in it. I think Jack. Barbara Harris. I think Jack Warden turned up. Yeah, but there was another actor in it who played his friend. Well, if we weren't doing a live show, I'd look it up. Oh, fuck.

Could anyone look on their phone to see the cast of who is Harry Kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things how many people have seen that movie no one

nobody oh that person over there this gentleman two people saw it two people saw who is Harry Kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things

about me I think that person who played his friend may have been a Bowery boy at one point oh it was it was. It was Gabe Dell.

Yes, Gabe Dell. Gabe Dell. Oh, fuck. Me and Mrs. Dell are the two people who know the answer to that. We did an episode about movies with goofy long titles. Do you remember that? Yes, yes. It's like, who?

No. long titles. Do you remember that? Yes, yes, like who, no, the one with Anthony Perkin, not with, yeah, not with Anthony, Anthony Newley and Joan Collins. Joan Collins, which is the one with, who is,

will Heronius Merkin marry Mercy Humpey and find true happiness? Right. We also did Oh Dad, Oh Dad, Mamas Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad. Yes, yes. Which was an actual movie title. We did an episode. Let's see if you can find it.

Mini episode on that silly shit. Okay. Oh, and Anthony Newley. Yes. Jew. Rabbi, are you keeping score? Yes. What's that?

Also of the Jewish persuasion. Yeah. Very good. Look at this guy, fast on his feet. Anthony Newley used to always come on those variety shows. There's always a joker in the pack. There's always a cardboard clown. The poor painted fool falls on his back

and everyone laughs when he's down. There's always a funny man in the game but he's only funny by mistake. Everyone laughs at him just the same They don't see his lonely heart break

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Will you be going out and buying the K-Tel collection? We're going to do something upbeat And we want to hear everybody on this one From 1973 One of the One of the most popular songwriters of story songs Is the late, great Jim Croce Rapid Roy, that stock car boy.

Don't mess around with Jim. Yeah, don't mess around with Jim. I always thought what would happen if Bad Bad Leroy Brown ran into Jim. That would have been a good sequel. It would be. It would be. Now, both the stories. Italian, don't say it.

Italian Jim Cochie. Both the stories story song guys Both died in car crashes Who would those be? Well, wouldn't that be Harry Chapin? He died in a car crash Jim Croce Thanks for bringing the show up again

Jim Croce died in a plane crash A plane, sorry That's okay Sorry, see, so it wasn't so sad. Moving right along. It's a story about a character from Chicago's South Side. Any Chicagoans in the room? Any Midwesterners? None.

Good. What were the chances out of 57 people? Yeah, it was actually followed. It followed a song with a similar story, which was You Don't Mess Around With Jim, which you pointed out. This song was inspired by a guy that Croce served with at Fort Dix. Did you know any of this, Seth I've heard some of this stuff. This is good stuff here pal. It's the best.

There were rumors though that it was about a guy named Don Dedrick Roby who was a muscle guy who worked for the ABC label who used to commit violence to control musicians who were on the label. Okay. So, unconfirmed, the true story behind Bad Bad Leroy Brown. And Leroy Brown, here's a little fun trivia. Leroy Brown himself was credited as a background vocalist on a Croce hit called I Got a Name. And I'm bringing that up.

Jim Croce, Jewish? Yes, absolutely. I'll be damned. I can't win that. Jim Croce, Jewish? I'll be damned. I can't win one. Yeah! Can we get a big round of applause? That Jim Croce is a Jew! Can't win one. Rabbi, stand up and take a bow.

He converted. It doesn't count. It's like Sammy Davis. And Marilyn Monroe. Yes. Not really. It's like Sammy Davis. And Marilyn Monroe. Yes. Not really. Rod Peru. Thank you. Panamanian guy. Not a Jew. Not a Jew by birth.

I bring up I Got a Name because it was written by Charlie Fox. It was on a recent episode. Great Charles Fox. You will be hearing from him soon as we put that episode up. So we're going to take a shot at this one. And then I got a fun trivia question. So shall we?

Everybody knows this. Here we go. Here we go. One, two, three. Well, the South Side of Chicago, in the baddest part of town. And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man named Leroy Brown Now Leroy's more than charmed

But you see he stands about six foot four And all the downtown ladies Are going to treat that lover And the men just call him sir And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown Baddest man in the whole damn town Better than old Pete Cobb Meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Leroy, he's a gambler And he likes his fancy clothes And he likes to wave his diamond ring in front of everybody's nose. He's got a custom Continental. He's got an Eldorado, too. He's got a.32 gun in his pocket. He's got a razor in his shoe. And he's mad, mad, Leroy Brown.

Mad as man in the whole damn town Mad as an old king cow Mean as that junkyard dog Well, Friday, about a week ago Leroy's shooting dice At the edge of the bars Had a girl named Taurus Who that girl looked like.

Well, it has been times upon her. And the troubles soon began. Cause Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson. What a jealous man. It's bad, bad, Leroy Brown. Baddest man in the whole damn town. Bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damn town. Well, the two men took to fighting when they pulled him off the floor.

Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone. And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown Baddest man in the whole damn town Badder than old King Kong Meaner than a junkyard dog Yeah, he was badder than old King Kong Meaner than's junkyard dog. Beautiful.

You know what I just thought of now? I wonder if the guys who wrote Trading Day with Denzel Washington were listening to this song when Denzel Washington were listening to this song when Denzel Washington has the line, King Kong ain't got shit on me. Interesting. A trenchant insight, Gilbert.

See? That could be true. Anybody know? No. Nobody's from Chicago. If McBadden were here. Because there was another Denzel Washington movie in Malcolm X where he says that we didn't land on Pilgrim Rock. Pilgrim Rock landed on us.

But years before that, Cole Porter had that as the leading into, you know, anything goes. He sings that, you know, Pilgrim Rock landed on us. I remember the movie. We go off on tangents sometimes. Perhaps you've noticed. Want to do a little trivia? Who wants an orange wedge pin? This song was covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra.

Not well, I might add. Dolly Parton. Jerry Lee Lewis, the killer. I'd love to hear that version. But what comedian, what comedic actor, frequently discussed on this very podcast, I already see a hand going up, performed this song on a Sandy Duncan TV special in 1974? Gentleman in the white shirt.

Paul Lynde. Correct! Paul Lynde. Wow! 1974. Gentleman in the white shirt. Paul Lynn. Correct. Paul Lynn. Circle gets the square. Circle gets the square. Very good, Joe. And Rabbi Paul Lynn hated the Jews. Yeah.

He used to get drunk and go, how those fucking chills. They're the reason I don't have a career. I think that's one of your greatest hits. Yes. He didn't hear it.

Do it again. My friend didn't hear it. Oh, my friend didn't hear it. An encore performance. He didn't hear it. Do it again. My friend didn't hear it. Oh, my friend didn't hear it. An encore performance. He didn't hear it. Oh, I have those fucking jibs. They're the reason I don't have a career. I wish your daughter wasn't recording that for the internet.

He substituted the line a water pistol in his shoe. Apparently the NBC censors at the time were not thrilled with the idea of water pistol in his shoe. Apparently the NBC censors at the time were not thrilled with the idea of a razor in his shoe. I wonder if they made Croce change it when he sang it live. What do you think Bad, Bad Leroy Brown's

Paul Lynn's version sounded like, Gil? Yeah. Well, he's Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. I know he's better than the Jew Oh lordy Floyd the Barber Floyd the Barber singing

singing Bad Bad Leroy Brown He's bad, bad Leroy Brown. He's the baddest guy in the whole damn town. Groucho on Duck, Dick, Cabot. Here's a bonus. Gilbert, they're yelling out requests. Well, it is Sid Gold's request room.

Yeah, like John MacGyver doing Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. What is bad, bad Leroy Brown? Bad Scott. This is a whole damn town. Bad, bad Leroy Brown. Bad as cut. This is a whole damn town. He's bad as an old king kong. And he's meaner. Meaner, I tell you. Than a junkyard dog.

Okay, last one. Old Groucho doing Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Well, well, he spares Bad Leroy. And Leroy was a name that started with L. And that was a name.

If someone was named Leroy, you'd start their name with an L. And then there'd be an E and an R. F words. And this would spell out Leroy. If you added an O and a Y to it. Extra bonus content. This show is its own special edition DVD.

Okay, we're going to bring one back. We're coming down the homestretch. How many people are drunk? Who's still with us? This is a callback to the fateful night, the last time we were here. What shall we refer to that night as? The night the episode died.

There's a clue to the song. We were doing one hit wonders of the 70s, as I said last time. We had a malfunction. Not Frank Verderosa. Let's keep Frank's professional reputation intact. We had a malfunction. Not Frank Verderosa. Let's keep Frank's professional reputation intact. We had a malfunction. We lost all three

episodes. We decided to bring one back because it covers three categories that we like to do on the podcast, Gil. One is it's a story song, obviously. It is a one-hit wonder because there are other hits charted in the UK so it doesn't count

and it's a death song of the 1970s it's got everything so we're gonna bring it back you guys have your lyric sheets some of you were here for the last time we did it and here we go it starts talking right three, four. Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago back in the USA back in the bad old days in the heat of the summer night in the land of the dollar bill when the town in Chicago died

and they talk about it still when a man named Al Capone tried to make that town his own when he called his gang to war and enforced his dog the law I heard my mama cry

I heard a phrase that Chicago died. Bring it up, Seth. Brother, what a night it really was. Brother, what a fight it really was. Glory be. I heard Mama cry. I heard a prayer that Chicago died.

Brother, what a night the people saw. Brother, what a night the people saw. Yes, indeed. And the sound of the battle ride through the streets of the old east side to the lights of the hoodlum gang. Go Gil! I ended up and died.

There was shouting in the street. And the sound of running feet. And I had someone who said. About a hundred cups a day. I heard my mama cry. I heard her pray the night Chicago died. Brother, what a night it really was. Brother, what a night it really was.

Glory be. I heard my mama cry. I heard her pray the night Chicago died. Brother, what a night, Chicago night. Brother, what a night it really was. Brother, what a fight the people saw. Yes, indeed. And there was no sound at all. But the clock upon the wall.

Then the door birds opened wide. And my daddy stepped inside. And he kissed my mama's face. And I watched her tears away. And Chicago died. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. And Chicago died. Brother, what a night the people saw. Brother, what a night The people saw

Brother, what a fight The people saw Yes, indeed Wow. The Night Chicago Died. Yes, the unforgettable band Paper Lace. Right.

Who could forget them? That's right. They also had a hit with Billy Don't Be a Hero in England. In the UK, buddy. Yeah, it didn't count. And Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods had a hit. Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods. We did them on Death Songs of the 70s.

I'll just keep plugging old episodes of the podcast. We did it. The Night Chicago Died. Now, a trivia question. And this one should be pretty easy. You guys listening? Bodeatus every year. Every year, buddy. What is factually inaccurate about this song? I see a hand way in the back, but this person, did you win already? No, I didn't. Are you sure? Let's hear it.

East side of Chicago. There is no east side of Chicago. That is correct. Give that man a pin. Excellent. Lake Michigan. Oh, that's excellent. Second Chicago reference tonight.

Yes. Yes, I thought we'd have Chicago in the house. Good job. Boy, these people, you can't stump them. We're going to move on to something else. We're going to do a couple of encores. We're going to change themes slightly. We're going to move away from story songs here. And we're going to do three songs that are dedicated to previous podcast guests. Because I'm shameless

in plugging this show over and over again. So you've got your lyric sheets. This may puzzle you because this gentleman has not been on the podcast as of yet.

Ah! And who is it, Dara? Who's coming? You want to tell them? Neil Sedaka. Yes! Yes! Who's coming? You want to tell them? Neil Sedaka. Yes. Yes. He'll be with us next week on the 25th.

Live. With a... Jew? Jew? Jew! Jew! Let's chant and bash the place up. Jew!

Jew! Jew! Jew! Jew! Jew! You're such a rowdy bunch. So who knows when we'll post this one and what the actual chronology or timeline is, and Neil will probably have run by then, yes, but we're thrilled to have him. And I'm going to geek out during that show. So, this

is a song he wrote, did not have a hit with. Obviously, that was the Captain and Tennille. But everybody knows this one. So, no excuses. We want to hear from everybody in the room. Nancy, you're into this one, I know. Let's let it rip. Nancy you're into this one I know Let's let it rip Mr.

One two three four Love Love will keep us together Think of me babe whenever Some sweet talking girl comes along singing his song don't mess around you just gotta be strong

stop cause I really love you stop I've been thinking of you look at my heart and let love keep us together that comes later Look at my heart and let love keep us together. That comes later.

You. Marilyn. You belong to me now. Ain't gonna set you free now. When those guys start hanging around Talking me down Hearing your heart And you won't hear a sound Oh stop

Cause I really love you Stop I've been thinking of you Look in my heart and let love Keep us together Whatever Here comes the bridge Keep us together Whatever Here comes the bridge Young and beautiful

Someday your looks will be gone When the others turn you off Who'll be turning you on? I will, I will, I will be there to share forever. Love will keep us together. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'll need you now and I'll need you then Just stop, cause I really love you

Stop, I've been thinking of you Look at my heart and I love Keep us together Whatever I will, I will, I will, I will I will I will I will Where are the lyrics?

Good song for the piano Excellent Here we go chorus One more You better stop Cause I really love you Stop I've been thinking of you

Look in my heart and let love Keep us together Whatever I will, I will, I will, I will Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Da-da-da-da-da Zedekke is back

Da-da-da-da-da Beautiful. All right, I'm very excited for that one. Bye, Captain. Beautiful. All right. Very excited for that one. Neil Sedaka. You play that beautifully. I'm a big fan of the Captain. Captain.

Daryl Dragon. He was a beach boy. Did you know that? Yes. I understand that Captain coined this. Maybe bullshit, too. Coined the term yacht rock. Could be.

He had the hat. So do you know the movie Sextet? I'm afraid I do. Because, you know, Mae West, they changed the lyric in the bridge. He says, your looks will never be gone instead of someday your looks will be gone, which is kind of a cruel line, I think. Oh, yeah. Interesting. You wouldn't want to say that to Mae West. Now, was Tom Selleck one of the boys in there?

You're thinking of... Is he in Sextet? Timothy Dalton is the one that sings to her. He sings to her. I think you're thinking of Myra Breckenridge. Oh, maybe it's that. I know he's in one of them. I can't be sure now either.

As like the young guy. Written by who? Who wrote the screenplay for that? Oh, Gore it's that. I know he's in one of them. I can't be sure now either. As like the young guy. Written by who? Who wrote the screenplay for that? Oh, Gore Vidal? No, he wrote the book. No. Okay. Yeah.

Herve Villachez. Herve Villachez is correct. What? No, it's not. What? How do you speak? Love will keep us together. Think of me babe whenever

Some sweet talking guy comes along Singing his song Don't mess around You got to be strong Go stop Cause I really love you Stop I've been thinking of you.

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Oh, yes. I bet she's got scores. I bet she'd be a wonderful interview. Yes. As Frank points out, she's available. What Joe was referencing, Sadaka is back. If you go home and you listen to that song as they're doing the I guess it's the

the outro the outro you can hear her say Sadaka is back which was the name of his album his comeback album Sadaka is back

very sneaky little tribute and theirs was the third version of it the second version was Mac and Katie Kassoon do you know that? oh well yes chirpy chirpy cheap cheap is one of my standards great song version of it. The second version was Mac and Katie Kassoon. Oh, well, yes.

Chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap is one of my standards. Great song. Let me tell you something, pal. This is the only podcast in the world that talked about chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap. That's where we found each other. It's kismet, Joe. It's kismet. If you know that reference, God help you.

Moving along. We're going to let Gilbert go a little bit. We're going to let him run this one. Oh, yeah. And we tried, or actually Frank tried, to get the actual songwriter here to sing this. I sure did. But he knew enough to stay away.

Yes, maybe. The Shirley Temple show. Yes, maybe. He was in town. We took a stab. We'll have him back on the show for sure. I think you guys all know this one. Again, this is a tribute to not a story song, but a tribute to a previous podcast guest, I should say.

One of our favorite guests, the great Paul Williams, was also a friend of Seth's. And we love him to death. So we're going to do this one. It's been covered by Judy Collins. It's been covered by, oh, it's from a 40-year-old movie. A movie turned 40 this year, The Muppet Movie, by the way. Holy God.

40 years. We want to feel old. Covered by Judy Collins, by Kenny Loggins, by Willie Nelson, by the Dixie Chicks. And tonight, most importantly, by Gilbert Gottfried. Gilbert Gottfried as Paul Williams. Here we go. What's the next best thing to having Paul. One, two, three.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions but only illusions

And rainbows have nothing to hide So we've been told and some choose to believe it I know they're wrong, wait and see Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers and me Who said that every witch would be heard and answered If wished on a morning star Somebody thought of that and someone believed it

Look what it's done so far. And how amazing that keeps us stargazing. And what do we think we might see? Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me. All of us under its spell, we know that it's probably magic. magic have you been half asleep and have you heard voices

I've heard them calling my name is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors the voice may be one in the same. Heard it too many times to ignore it, it's something I'm supposed to be.

Someday we'll find it The rainbow connection The lovers, the dreamers and me Now just Gilbert. All of us under each bed We know that it's probably magic Paul Williams and Kenny Asher. Paul, we love you. If anybody sends this video to you,

we adore you and we wish you were here. We wish we were here. We really do. Also nod to the great Kenny Asher who did some wonderful work. Gilbert, that was touching. Yeah. One more.

What do you say? Sure, yeah, let's do it. We good on time? Yep. You want to hear the good ship lollipop? Frankie, we good? Is the only temple ever meet Paul Williams? Ouch.

Moving on. Don't listen to that one. Don't listen to that one, Gilbert. This is a song that is 50 years old. And this is really going to make people feel old, especially me. And I mean it's 50 years old like two weeks ago. And this is a podcast guest. Before I do that, I'm going to do one quick trivia question. We got any pins left, honey?

Yeah. One quick trivia question about the Muppet movie. Paul Williams is in it. He has a cameo, a quick scene. What other Gilbert Gottfried amazing colossal podcast, I forgot the name of our show, amazing colossal podcast guest appears in the Muppet movie for an orange pin. Genevieve knows. You can't guess.

Anybody? Whoa. Hand right there, Michael Goldsmith. Dick Cavett? Not Dick Cavett. He should have been. Way, way in the... You won one already. I know. It is not Alan Alda.

Any other guesses? This gentleman in the beard. Austin Pendleton. Wow. Excellent. Excellent. Give that man a pin. I have to say this is a pretty impressive group.

So this song, as I say, is 50 years old. It was the number one song of 1969. And it was sung, you know where I'm going with this? Yes. Have you cheated and looked ahead in your packet? No, no. It was sung, well, by an animated character, Archie Andrews, but voiced, actually sung, by our friend Ron Dante. The great Ron Dante, who was on one of my favorite episodes.

And I think that Ron Dante, didn't they use his voice for like Betty and Veronica also? I don't know that. That was Tony Wine. She sang Betty and Veronica also? I don't know that. That was Tony Wine. She sang Betty and Veronica. But Ron Dante had a simultaneous hit around that time with Tracy by the Cufflings. And then he went to produce Barry Manilow

after that. Ron Dante made a small fortune producing Barry Manilow records. One hit after the other. I mean, if you look at them, from Mandy to New York City Rhythm and Ready to Take a Chance Again and Even Now and Weekend in New England, all produced by Ron Dante. Can't smile without you.

The whole list. What else about this song, really quickly? It was written by Jeff Barry, great Jeff Barry. Tons of hits. Leader of the pack, for one, and others. Baby, They Kissed Me, River Deep Mountain High, Barry, great Jeff Barry. Tons of hits. Leader of the Pack for one, and others. Baby, They Kissed Me, River Deep Mountain High, and the theme from the Harlem Globetrotters animated Saturday morning.

Absolutely, good call. And somebody we want to get on the show. Also Andy Kim co-wrote this song, who had a hit with Rock Me Gently. Anybody remember that one? From the 70s. And he did a remake of Baby, I Love You that was also a hit. Really good.

Both of them are alive, and we should track them down. And the song, I saw the song performed in this very room by you and Tony Wine. And the great Tony Wine. So we'll go out on it. Produced by the legendary Don Kirshner.

Oh! Yes. So you want to take a whack at this one? Sure. Everybody knows this. Starts with the chorus. Good song to kick off summer. One, two, three.

Sugar apple. Oh, honey, honey. You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you. Honey, sugar, sugar, you are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you Is that salsa? I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you I just can't believe it's true I just can't believe the love this face feels too I just can't believe it's true

Oh, sugar. Oh, honey, honey. You are my candy girl. And you are me, wasn't you? Oh, honey. Oh, sugar, sugar. You are my candy girl. And you got me wanting you.

When I kiss you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be. I knew how sweet a kiss could be. Let's hear you people. Come on. Life is summer sunshine. Orange leaves, it's over me. All your hear you people. Come on. Life is on the time to pour and treat the soul for me. Pour your sweetness over me. Everybody.

I'll pour your sugar on it, honey. Come on, Rabbi. Pour your sugar on me, baby. I'm gonna make your life complete. That's Tony's part. Pour your sugar on it, honey. Oh, yeah.

Pour the sugar on it, oh yeah. Put a little sugar on it, honey. Oh, put a little sugar on it, baby. Yeah. I'm going to make your life so sweet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Put a little sugar on it, honey. Ah, sugar. Ah, honey, honey.

You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you. Keep it going, Joe. One more time. Sugar, honey, honey, you are my candy girl, And you got me wanting you Thank you, Joseph. I was thinking of Meshuggah to Meshuggah when I was standing next to the rabbi. Thank you, Joseph. Now, was this... I was thinking of Meshugganah Meshugganah when I was standing next to the rabbi. Why didn't Weird Al do that one?

Now, was this the song that they had lined up for the monkeys? I don't know that. There was a song that was lined up for the monkeys... Well, get it and get back to you. ...right before they quit. Right before they gave up. And the song became a monster hit.

Let me thank everybody who was involved with this show. Frank Verderosa, our engineer. Our photographer, David Simon, right here. Seth Saltzman, a musician who contributes to the show the Mario Cantone show John Fodiatis wrote many themes for the show Paul Rayburn

is in the house, where are you Rayburn? there he is we gotta thank the four Johns who contribute to this show our webmaster John Seals John F Fodiatis, I said, John Beach, and John Murray, who also does music for the show, our web people, Mike McPadden and Greg Pair, who are great, Krista Rose, who's helped with research,

Shandy Slater at Earwolf, everybody at Earwolf and Stitcher. Oh, who am I forgetting? We want to thank the staff here at Sid Gold's. Thank you all so much. Thanks to everybody else who came out. Mike Bonfiglio, Mike Weber for moral support. Of course, the great Gino Salamone, whose name is like Voldemort to Gilbert. And, of course, the lovely Genevieve, my wife,

my long-suffering wife. And our gift girl for the evening. And Dara, of course. We have to thank Dara. Last but not least, the fabulous Joe McGinty.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And what did you want to say? There are actually two birthdays. One recent and the other last month. There's on May 18th, my son, Max. Max, where are you? Where's Max? Happy birthday.

Thank you, Max. He's shy. And he was Max is my father's name he was born on my father's birthday perfect and one other person if I remember

it's on June 12th and I remember this because June is the 6th month and she it's John MacGyver's birthday too she was 6 because June is the sixth month. And she, and... It's John MacGyver's birthday too. Yeah.

She was six. She was spawned six pounds and 12 ounces. So on June 12th, Lily Gottfried. Lily, happy birthday to Lily. Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Lily

Hey Max Happy birthday to you dear Lily and Max happy birthday to you anything else you want to say Mr. G now we can't get sued for happy birthday cause it used to every movie used to be for he's a jolly good fellow suit for Happy Birthday now. Every movie

used to be, he's a jolly good fellow. And that always took me right out of the movie. That's it. Thank you guys so much. Thank you. So much to us that you came out. Let me know what you want me to do next.

Okay, any minute now. All right, Gil. Thank you. All right, thanks for coming out. You guys are all welcome to stick around. We have, if you want to do some more singing, live piano karaoke. And this has been Gilbert Gottfried's

Amazing Colossal Podcast with my co-host, Frank Santopatra. If you didn't know that. Thank you all. Well, we're big rock singers. We got golden fingers. And we're loved everywhere we go. That sounds like us. We sing about beauty and we sing about truth at $10,000 a show.

Right. We take all kind of pills to give us all kind of thrills, but the thrill we never know is the thrill that'll get you when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Wanna see my picture on the cover. Rolling Stone. Wanna buy five copies for my mother. Rolling Stone.

Wanna see my smiling face on the cover of the Rolling Stone. That's a very, very good idea. I got a freaky old lady named a cocaine kitty who embroiders on my jeans. I got my poor old gray-haired daddy driving

my limousine. Now it's all designed to blow our minds, but our minds won't really be blown. Like the blow that'll get you when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Wanna see our pictures on the cover. Stone.

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We got a genuine Indian guru who's teaching us a better way. We got all the friends that money can buy, so we never have to be alone. And we keep getting richer, but we can't get our picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Wanna see my picture on the cover. Stone. Wanna buy five copies for my mother. Stone.

Wanna see my smiling face on the cover of the Rolling Stone. On the cover of the Rolling Stone. Wanna see my picture on the cover Oh yeah, you gotta cover me Five, five, five copies for my brothers I ain't changing, I ain't smiling On the cover of the rolling stone Start up front, man, I can see it now

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