Episode 91 – Lascivious and Deliberately Mistaken
The strange title for this episode is just the tip of the iceberg! This week, I feature a wonderful Jazz Trio, whose name is implied in the title. And speaking of music, I’ve come up with my Top 10 List of Stupidest Pop Song Lyrics. Then, on the main segment, the Kabbalistic concept of Hod, and how that relates to making deliberate mistakes. Why would anyone want to? For this week’s good news segment, I talk about #TheDress. No, seriously. There CAN be something good to come out of a silly meme. And finally, I introduce a new fitness series in Let’s Get Physical, and explain why you should never get your advice from a magazine rack.
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Show Notes:
My Top 10 List of Stupidest Pop Song Lyrics.
10. Black Eyed Peas – I Got A Feeling. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday.
9. Iron Butterfly – In a Gadda Da Vida. In a gadda da vida baby, in a gadda da vida honey, don’t you know that I’m lovin’ you. Oh, won’t you come with me, and take my hand. Oh won’t you come with me and walk this land.
8. Little Richard – Tutti Fruity. Tutti fruity, oh Rudy. A whop bop a lu lop, a whop bam boo.
7. Was (Not Was) – Walk the Dinosaur. Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom boom. Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody walk the dinosaur.
6. Inner Circle – Bad Boys. Bad boys, bad boys. Whacha gonna do? Whacha gonna do when they come for you?
5. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Pon Pon Pon. Every day is pon. Every time is pon. Merry go round noritai no. Tabun sinna ja dame desho.
4. Toby Keith – Red Solo Cup. Red solo cup, I fill you up. Let’s have a party. I love you red solo cup. I lift you up. Proceed to party.
3. Aqua – Barbie Girl. I’m a Barbie Girl. In a Barbie World. Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.
2. Ke$ha – Tik Tok. Wake up in the mornin’ feelin’ like P. Diddy. Grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit the city. Before I brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack. Cause when I leave for the night I ain’t comin’ back. I’m talking pedicure on our toes toes. Trying on all our clothes clothes. Boys blowin’ up our phones phones.
1. LMFAO – Sexy and I know It. Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah! Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah! Yeah!
Honourable mentions: Summer Girl by LFO, pretty much ANY song by Lil’ Kim, and Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann.
And two special bonus vids: The Axis of Awesome tell us how easy it is to write a hit song:
And standup comedian Rob Paravonian shares how pop songs have pretty much stayed the same since the 1690s.
Just like last week, there really weren’t any noteworthy resources on Hod for this week’s notes that were particularly worth sharing, so here is the Wikipedia article on it, which at least provides a starting point for further exploration.
This week I cross-referenced another show I did a while back, Episode 36, in case you wanted to get the full story on the topic of deliberate mistakes.
The original article that started it all, was written by Paul Shoemaker, which you can still read online.
Here is some great advice for those who find themselves teaching students who are older than they are. It’s kinda specific to tennis, but can be applied far more broadly.
While most Internet memes tend to be pretty silly (this one is no exception), #TheDress seems to be doing a bit of good work for some worthy causes.
Credits:
Music beds courtesy of Music Alley from Mevio and the Free Music Archive. Thanks to artists: ZeroV, Duane Carter Band, Gepel. Special shout out to The Lascivious Biddies.