Feeling pretty good, are you?
Yeah?
Amid all of this Gheorghemas good cheer -- and we did enjoy Day 5 and its upswing of Tribe-related positivity -- we have a new song to share from the minds that brought you:
- "Dr. Seuss" in 1991
- "Hey Evan" in 2004
- "Dear Ozzy (Thanks for Nothing)" in 2009
- "Where's Johnny?" in 2022
...and many more.
I highlight those songs beyond the rest of the mess because (a) they're brilliant, but moreso (b) because they are tributes to friends of ours who have tragically fallen by the wayside.
Okay, technically, the third one simply references Ozzy Osbourne in the title, who died this year, and the protagonist in the song is at the end of their life. But it's a fun song and hasn't been dredged up in a while.
And yes, I know, Dr. Seuss was not technically our "friend," but he shared a birthday with Dave, and Dave celebrates with the good doctor every year, and Theodor Geisel's passing sparked one of the true mountaintops of the Random Idiots range when we musically memorialized him... sort of.
And our tribute tunes, in a way, help keep their spirits alive.
But it does beg the question.
A legitimate question, we feel.
Enjoy, and be safe out there.
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new idiots!
ReplyDeletebig day for me yesterday. i learned how to turn the lights on at the high school stadium. locked and loaded.
ReplyDeleteour next song is going to be an upbeat banger! we promise (unless one of us bites the the dust before we get to it . . . then expect something REALLY depressing)
ReplyDeletethat's what everyone would expect. nobody will see a bubblegum pop eulogy coming.
ReplyDeleteDonna saw Random Idiots play on the hall freshman year, and she could tell you that we didn’t use to sing about morbid crap back then. We need to get back to our roots.
ReplyDeleteThe irony, of course, is that back then Dave went by the sobriquet Death. I guess we were doomed from the start…
that’s like seeing the beatles in hamburg
ReplyDeleteI remember Rootsy’s impressive scatological deposit he mentioned in the prior comments. Starner may still have nightmares.
ReplyDeleteEpic evacuations are a gift from the gods.
ReplyDeleteyour tribe didn't shoot it well from deep, but still almost got to triple digits in a 96-83 home win over radford. six wrens in double figures in w&m final non-con game. 9-3 headed into conference play, which starts on 12/29 at home against towson.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many songs have been created/inspired out of the death of someone. Also, y'all are gross.
ReplyDeleteI really like this tune.
ReplyDeleteI apologize for bringing up scatological incidents from my past. I knew Marls would remember and suffered a momentary lack of decorum.