Conan Sings A Song From His Childhood | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@GokuFan5000]

thinking of a young Conan O'Brien listening to an old 1930's comedy record in a musky old attic while it rains really does explains a lot

[@pretzelhunt]

*muskie

[@acerjuglans383]

​@@pretzelhunt *musskey

[@GokuFan5000]

@@pretzelhunt go back to hunting pretzels bub. hmm 2 replies while i have 60 likes? looks like ive won this battle grammar nerds.

[@pretzelhunt]

@@acerjuglans383 "Lotta pike and crappie in that there attic, too"

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I actually remember him singing that song lmao I spent a few years watching as many Late Night clips as I could find on youtube, and channels like Bobblehead Conan (who Conan referenced without saying the actual name on his podcast last year) have so much amazing material. Bobble still uploads I think so there's *still* more stuff to watch out there

[@RVered]

7:23 "When I hear a lot of Germans chanting, I get nervous" made me spit my coffee.

[@lyndonarana9408]

Thats was crazy funny quip

[@yvjohns]

@@lyndonarana9408 Crazy funny yet also with some scary historical depth...

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Just re-reading you quoting him is cracking me up so hard I can barely swallow AND I'm drinking coffee too

[@RJHart1214]

Even you referencing it is funny. Genius!

[@abc_xyz_123]

Same!

[@Wabajak13]

7:20 Sona calling him "Matthew" out of anger was full mom-mode

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I was mad too, they 100% didn't get to the main point of the song, and Matt was in full "me me me" mode there. Poor Sona. I hope she recovers

[@criticallol3039]

This partially explains why Conan is the way he is, yet we're left with even more questions.

[@mladent1464]

I still remember Conan doing the "Yay Boo" song on the Late Night show like fifteen years ago, he used to sing it pretty much every time someone in the audience booed. I was sixteen years old or something, I thought it was the funniest thing ever. I also had the impression he made the song up, this is the first time I'm hearing the original version.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Same!! I posted elsewhere, but I remember him singing it. I didn't watch Conan in the 90s (I did see him on TV in 93/94 but was at a friends house and not paying attention). I just binge watch late night clips on youtube every so often and now that I"m catching up on TeamCoco's clips, and with the writer's strike, I'll probably finally be binging on more late night clips soon. But that's where I saw him singing Yay Boo haha

[@classiclife7204]

That story about Conan suddenly breaking into "Yay Boo" to his audience with them freaking out, all I can say is: they didn't know him well enough yet, lol

[@TheKillahKyla]

Right? Sounds perfectly on brand for Coco

[@channeleditor9335]

He was 13 years into his stint at late night at the time

[@joshuawidener8407]

Well it never happened lol

[@iGaveLiaHIV]

@@joshuawidener8407wtf are you talking about

[@PsychoGallagher]

As a German I never ever would have expected to hear Sona utter the name Lukas Podolski - worlds are colliding!

[@h3artands0uLL]

How did you feel about 7:23 as a German? Lol

[@rory4605]

Very weird. I always bought Podolski on FIFA in the 2000s.

[@dominikaorlinska9872]

Perhaps bc he's a Polish footballer lol

[@Cdvahxj]

Her husband is an arsenal fan

[@lewashby8662]

@@dominikaorlinska9872 Fourth most international caps for Germany ever. Grew up in Cologne, one of the biggest cities in Germany. He was born in Poland, yes, but that's about it.

[@Pintheshadows]

Going to be honest, Lukas Podolski was the last man I expected to hear referenced on this podcast. Great player. Scored some bangers in his career.

[@hankdatank09]

Once a gooner always a gooner!!

[@Pintheshadows]

@@hankdatank09 I am a West Ham fan and I remember Podolski scoring a ridiculous goal against us at the Emirates from 30 yards out. It was like a torpedo.

[@Mjwestneat11]

Sona’s a Gooner 🔥

[@IvanGarcia-uy1yc]

Dude had a wicked shot man!

[@frogambassador]

Sledgehammer for a left boot 💥

[@TheRedGameboy]

I love adult Conan's mortified reaction to the lyrics of that song. God, i wanted to hear more of his reaction to it.

[@Mcorax88]

I was there for a conan yay/boo reference. He was in chicago and mentioned the cubs so of couse halfe the audience cheered while the other half booed cause you know, Chicago. He then responded by going "yay, boo, yay, boo". I still randomly break that out after hearing him do it. No idea it was from an old song! 😂

[@DissyK]

I'm very impressed by Gourley's pronunciation. And yeah. That Pippi Långstrump's tune is pretty much the Swedish anthem.

[@pendragon6207]

Yeah that was definitely better than expected.

[@calebclunie4001]

It's a Calypso.

[@cleverusername9369]

Sweden produced ABBA and you went with a weird Pippi Längstrump song?

[@jongininikim5219]

@@cleverusername9369 don't go around shitting on other peoples childhoods. also i get it because while ABBA was from sweden, all their songs were in english. i think it's rlly sweet that the old pippi longstocking theme song is sort their anthem.

[@mqseven]

Pippi longstocking sucks. ABBA is the real deal homie

[@lillkvirran]

Fun fact: The Pippi Longstocking theme was adopted by German footbal club Eintrach Frankfurt and is often sung live at their games. So it's kind of connecting both of Sona's and Matt's stories in a funny way lol

[@thatkimhope]

I love Conan fans - utterly fab connection. 💚💛🩷

[@shiraraider4295]

That's just wonderful.

[@mattysantini11]

Sona really has an all time great laugh. Truly beautiful.

[@treborretsnom6186]

Yea-boo, must top the charts once again

[@shiraraider4295]

I want Flula to cover this.

[@cp_sphinx]

I've never expected to hear Lukas Podolski's name being mentioned on a podcast hosted by Conan O'Brien lol And he's still playing too!

[@elizabethlion7580]

Right?! Not poldi getting a shout-out on great funnyman Conan's Podcast Worlds collide 😂

[@Pintheshadows]

Beat me to it! Great player. Scored some wonderful goals with that left foot.

[@armadspengler2717]

​@@Pintheshadows He just scored a few weeks ago in a Polish league game with a wonderful shot!

[@Pintheshadows]

@@armadspengler2717 That's good to hear. They do say class is permanent.

[@Javmon9]

I think we know who Tak's favorite player is now.😂

[@ellbennet]

As a swede who loves Conan, seeing him hear the Pippi Långstrump song made me smile from ear to ear 😀

[@EagleFang74]

Pippi was so popular in the states when I was a kid in the 70’s and 80’s. I was obsessed. 😂

[@ellbennet]

@@EagleFang74 I didn't know that! Every childrens book by Astrid Lindgren is such an important part of swedish culture. You have Disney Land and we have Astrid Lindrens Värld (world) where you can meet Pippi 😅

[@pendragon6207]

The samba vibes of that particular Pippi Långstrump is due to the arrangements of composer and all-around musical genius Georg Riedel. While jazz pianist and composer Jan Johansson wrote the song (and passed away suddenly soon after), Riedel took over as the sole musical interpreter and composer for Astrid Lindgren's future endeavours.

[@calebclunie4001]

Calypso, is from Trinidad.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

So what you're saying is Jan Johansson sat back and was like, "Welp, my work here is done."

[@3squ1l0]

The yay-boo song made me realize that it was the inspiration for for "Happy Happy Joy Joy" from Ren & Stimpy. That's a deep cut

[@mediocreman2]

More like yay boo, yay boo. Yae is an affirmative as in yes. Whereas yay is excitement. With your spelling it would indicate yes, then boo, which makes no sense. But yay indicating excitement and then boo indicating disappointment or dissatisfaction makes sense.

[@RyanKellar-q8l]

​@@mediocreman2 living up to the name

[@dbzwarrer]

Whats crazy was that yay boo song kinda reminded me of how the joker talks in the batman animated series. That “silly” voice and even that song was kinda dark with the teacher burning. Interesting

[@MayraAraujo01]

🎶🎶Yea-Boo Yea-Boo🎵🎵

[@luns486]

It’s lots of fun to do

[@JudgeDredd_]

@@luns486if you like, you holler “Yea!”

[@khrawcooper8908]

​@Persuasive Barrier n if u dont holler boo

[@cleverusername9369]

It sounded like Stewie Griffin

[@jaredrubino1889]

@@khrawcooper8908 i hear the public school burned down

[@PoeticallyTwizted]

I swear "music from my grandfather's attic" sounds like a lofi playlist. lmao

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Billy Joel has a (rather excellent) live compilation album called Songs from the Attic, so I wonder if it was a phrase that people used to say.

[@emilvinod]

It's been a day and I can gladly confirm that the Yay Boo song is gonna be engrained in my mind for life

[@jeremyc9593]

Yay!

[@emilvinod]

@@jeremyc9593 Oh wow it's Clarkson

[@jeremyc9593]

@@emilvinod Uh, what?

[@emilvinod]

@@jeremyc9593 Have you never heard of Jeremy Clarkson the bloke from Top Gear the most popular show not long back, your name coincides with him

[@mediocreman2]

Thank you for spelling yay correctly.

[@kylevorbach]

Insane how much Yay Boo sounds like Minty the Candy Cane's song.

[@leonardt1995]

As a swede I never thought I'd hear anything about pippi långstrump on Conan especially not in swedish.

[@user-uy8xf9tm5h]

That song explains so much about Conan.

[@Rattenhoofd]

Adding "Yea-Boo" to the catalog of old-timey songs I know from watching Conan, along with "40 days" and "Carl Yastrzemski".

[@shiryu22]

wow this was one of favorite ones in quite awhile... there should be more "Conan needs a friend" reviews obscure music

[@jaimiehex9420]

Still pressed they didn´t get to the good part of the Lukas Podolski song. 2006 world cup is one of my earliest memories of football, you couldn´t go anywhere without hearing that song!

[@odradekk]

Do you remember ”Numero 1 (Luca Toni)”? That song has rotten my brain.

[@jaimiehex9420]

@@odradekk Mozzarella, Mortadella, Mit Nutella (something something) NUMERO UNO! all those Euro-Style-early 2000s are stored deep inside all of us, just waiting to be unlocked again! Like the weird eurobeat version of Country Roads

[@odradekk]

@@jaimiehex9420 That's horrific. But sadly true.

[@credenzamostro]

@@jaimiehex9420 that song was also huge in Italy lol

[@SidPhoenix2211]

Goddamn it, now the Yea Boo song is stuck in my head.

[@ponimacaroni]

it's lots of fun to do

[@aerodroo]

Booo

[@SidPhoenix2211]

@@ponimacaroni If you like it holler, "yea!"

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I've been scrolling the comments section and others have said the same thing. The funny thing is, I'll forget about the song because I'll be reading about something else, and then see another "yea boo stuck in my head" comment, and now it's like the fourth time so maybe I'm destined to have the song stuck in my head too

[@mediocreman2]

More like yay boo, yay boo. Yae is an affirmative as in yes. Whereas yay is excitement. With your spelling it would indicate yes, then boo, which makes no sense. But yay indicating excitement and then boo indicating disappointment or dissatisfaction makes sense.

[@Aa-hs4fc]

I'm in love with sona's laugh😅❤😂

[@elizabethlarson9655]

"Yay, Boo" explains so much about Conan.

[@hackapump]

Regarding the Pippi Longstocking song: In fairness, many of those original songs written for Astrid Lindgren movies and tv shows in the 60s and 70s, were composed by some of the finest jazz composers in Sweden. (Maybe not the Pippi song specifically, I'm not sure, but in general). They’re an intrinsic part of every Swedish childhood.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Another commenter above yours wrote, "jazz pianist and composer Jan Johansson" composed the song

[@cody95]

I laughed way too hard at the song title "Slap Her Down Again Paw"

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I get knocked down, but I get up again - needs to be edited into that song

[@Fantasmister]

That record being in Conan's formative years explains much.

[@jennyrodewald7300]

As a Swede I never expected Pippi Långstrump to be sung in Swedish on Conan 😂

[@sew75962]

“When I hear a lot of Germans chanting I get nervous” 😂😂😂 epic

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I almost missed that comment, it was said almost under the radar lmao also, I love your name

[@sew75962]

@@EmpyreanLightASMR haha thanks!

[@deanstanley2125]

Tom Lehrers' Be Prepared was my favorite when I was a kid. Be prepared to hide that pack of cigarettes, don't make book if you can not cover bets

[@GustafGouda]

First Cheburashka, now Lukas Podolski. Conan is slowly introduced to European culture.

[@IvanGarcia-uy1yc]

I'm a huge soccer/football fan and I was hooked into hearing Sona's Podolski's song. What heck Gourley! I wanted some euro vibes! (Insert Conan's weird song here that also has to do with his love of fire lol) so I'm going to holler BOO! Also, Podolski was born in Poland but was able to play with Germany since his family has German citizenship.

[@victorbjorklund]

I'm swedish: Damn Matts pronunciation is very good 😆

[@AnnaNorberg-m1h]

"Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolahopp tjolahej tjolahoppsansa. Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, ja här kommer faktiskt jag :) "

[@KennebecRedneck]

Yea Boo, by Arthur Godfrey

[@englishlit0171]

You gotta love Sona!

[@cjlewis79]

Love that Sona gave a shout out to the Prodigy, which Liam actually sampled from Give the Drummer Some by the Ultramagnetic MCs. One of the best music videos ever!

[@oakwalkermusic2593]

This explains Conan's voice so much

[@dragon7590]

Sometimes, your encyclopedia of funny can really come in handy. I work for a doctor who loves to sing jingles like Yea Boo and will then go onto to elaborate how it was recorded in 1950 by Arthur Godfrey on Colombia records. Then his comedy ADD will start singing a Colombian coffee jingle and so on. It cracks us up till we're rolling.

[@nwilhelmy]

I have been singing "yea-boo-yea-boo/it's lots of fun to do!" to my very confused dog all morning.

[@spyderarcade4946]

“When I hear a lot of Germans chanting, I get nervous.” Comedic perfection

[@Paul_Waller]

Spike Jones and his Wild Wacky Wakakians was one of my favs

[@CarloCastillo]

Wasn't that Bittersweet Symphony that started Sona's song?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Yep yep

[@Floedekage]

As a Dane, that Pippi song brings back memories. Some of the best children's television. 👍💜

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I watch the US version of "Ghosts" and you're the first reference to the word "Dane" I've seen since I've been binging it and I got a good chuckle. The Viking character hates y'all 😂 (but it plays out nicely)

[@atenachos6282]

This is the best podcast ever.

[@thomasm.8859]

Sona, I love you. I would have never thought, that americans know Lukas Podolski (Nickname Poldi). You have great kids 😂 Greetings from Germany!

[@SaintMartins]

Oh great now i got that "ol timey" song stuck in my head. Yay, Boo....Yay, Boo !

[@DaSauceful]

Holy hell i found the song "1950 Arthur Godfrey - Yea--Boo" its on youtube. its definitely got conan on it

[@abigholeinspacetime4974]

I bet Sona's kids would love "We All Dream of a Team of Gary Breens"

[@eoinleen1]

We still do all dream of a team of Gary Breens.

[@TheCJD89]

Absolutely! :)

[@missoctober8859]

OMG, my grandparents had Slap Her Down Again Pa, too. I heard it like 40 years ago when I was little.

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

in the song by The Prodigy, The phrase "Smack my bitch up" translates to: "Request another to inject you with Heroin or get you high. The phrase does not mean to hit your girlfriend, nor does it advocate violence toward women as it literally implies. "Bitch" being slang for the main vein running down your arm in which heroin is usually injected.

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

The lyric is sampled from the Ultramagnetic MC's song "Give The Drummer Some". Pretty sure that's not what they were referring to. "Switch up, Change my pitch up, Smack my bitch up like a pimp, For any rapper who attempt to wear Troop's"

[@GELongoria]

I was so lame, I always misheard the lyric as “snap my picture.” It was an embarrassing night in the club when I made a polaroid camera motion and a friend busted up laughing at me.

[@TheGreatAtario]

Buddy of mine thought the lyric was "smack my bishop" and it was a song about masturbation

[@thisisit2082]

I thought it was pretty obvious from the video. The entire video was a young woman out on a bender.

[@XanderEwald]

"When I hear a lot of Germans chanting, I get nervous" - As a German, I'll say that's probably a good call.

[@Mastoloni1]

Not going to lie. My friends and I turned the Lukas Podolski song into a drinking game in high school over 10 years ago. Still a banger to this day!

[@CloudObsolete]

Wow, I didn’t think I could like Sona more. She mentions the Prodigy 😮

[@jimbojones8978]

Right up there with American Pie and That'll be the Day. Classics.

[@jimbojones8978]

Actually I have a couple that come to mind. Old Grogan's goat and "oh they built the ship titanic..." That's the first line. Don't know if it's just called Titanic or what the title is.

[@525Lines]

I can't hear pippi longstocking without thinking about the 70s shows with the crazy dubbing. "LOOK HOW STRONG I AM! HA!"

[@darnbricks]

'Smack my Bitch Up' was actually about injecting drugs - as in: your arm is your 'bitch', and 'smack' is slang for heroin. No idea if that's any better, though - but that's also the reason the messed-up protagonist in Jonas Akerlund's magnificently offensive video turns out to be a woman at the end - it's deliberately controversial, but they still wanted to be clear it wasn't misogynistic.

[@siobhan5486]

I love that video so much, fav music video ever probably

[@jeremyc9593]

I remember reading about a guy who used to do the stadium music for the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. There was a pitcher leaving the game that had recently been arrested for domestic battery, so the guy played Smack My Bitch Up as the pitcher was leaving. Hilarious, but the guy got fired for it.

[@mediocreman2]

Drug use and physical abuse have been in many popular songs. It's hilarious that people think they understand what all songs mean and the only way they might be offended is if someone tells them to be.

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

This immediately made me think of the Artie Kendall The Ghost Crooner character from Late Night. I get that it was Brian Stack (who, side note... can we get HIM as a guest?) who made the character and it was more based on Bing Crosby, but... wow, I got Artie Kendall vibes from that Yea-Boo song. And that Slap Her Down Again Pa song (which I did look up after this podcast, and... yikes).

[@iwantmytvnow]

I remember that YAY BOO episode of late night and that song has been stuck in my head ever since.

[@luozvia4032]

Best trio in entertainment

[@sueb5312]

I played yea boo to my kids twice and it has become their latest parody medley. Thanks for the recommendation. Our legacy for silly fun times will live on in infamy!

[@janwar7]

Confirming, i do sing those songs on the daily about Conan.

[@VideoHeadMan]

I remember Conan doing this on the show and it was hilarious.

[@BetoAzamar]

It was nice to hear Pippi Långstrump´s song Cheers from Uppsala, Sweden.

[@danielsoutherland3985]

My Mother-In-Law performed Slap Her Down Again Pa in her elementary school talent show in the early 60s! It’s a couple brothers telling Dad to beat the ne’er-do-well sister because they think she’s up to no good! 😮

[@luckyDancer100]

That “yay-boo” song reminded me of the hide & seek music from Ready or Not. That old timey singing voice.

[@stevem7192]

I remember when Conan did that! I was baffled!

[@MasterChris666]

lol Conan save me conan

[@jeffreyharris3440]

I found the song! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3qYgn2oqNWfj8k Yea-Boo by Arthur Godfrey, 1950. And . . . it's about as weird as Conan makes it out to be.

[@PhilMachi]

Searched the comments hoping someone would have done the work for me. You did not disappoint! Thank ya', kindly!

[@CatatonicImperfect]

And here's the Lukas Podolski song. I can see the appeal to toddlers and football fans. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Stppujapl8oas

[@Megdbsk]

Omg Conans song😂

[@davidhurtado2725]

All of my worlds collided here: Conan, Football and Swedish legend Pippi Långstrump.

[@filmnobelpreis]

I didn't expect this but now I want Lukas Podolski on the podcast.

[@noellenn2122]

A message for Sona - Eurovision.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I knowwww I wonder if she's unaware of it or just didn't think of it

[@dspiffy]

I HAVE HEARD YAY BOO

[@danbach7748]

New clip from CONAF with the Chill Chums, Yay! Embedded ad-break, Boo! (just kidding, gotta pay the bills somehow)

[@lacefacelia]

This is one of the best clips. Lol

[@nothinghere7391]

I didn't expect to hear about Lukas Podolski here to be honest. He's polish BTW

[@David-tq8ok]

I've lost count of how many times I watched this clip

[@1938superman]

5:40 The extra tragedy of "Smack My Bitch Up" is that there is a really beautiful vocal piece in the middle, that is about 1:30 long, sung by Shahin Badar. It's is really kind of out of step with the rest of song, but they also interlace her vocals into parts of the rest of the song. Her vocal is by far my favorite part. The rest of the song is okay. Except for the title line, which was always kind of cringey and now comes off a lot worse. There are other Prodigy songs I like better. Even on that album.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

Someone should intercut that song with "I get knocked down" and just put it on a loop

[@CandaceChentel]

So we had a similar song to Conan’s in the 90s that was sung to the tune of glory glory hallelujah “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school” and it ends with meeting a teacher “by the door with a loaded .44 now my teacher don’t teach no more”

[@hustlecrowe9440]

6:40 sped up Bittersweet Symphony?

[@nottodayisay]

😂😂😂 mg lululu lukas podolski song was my entire 2006 when Germany hosted the World Cup. Great taste, Sona boys! 😆

[@OdysseusMcNobody]

In his massive ego, Conan just wants to be the funniest... awwww. ❤️

[@acerjuglans383]

This is probably my favorite thing to watch on KZbin. Now then, when can we tune into the Attic Albums podcast??

[@singingpepper]

So Conan creates a song for Dudez-a-Plenti(not Baby I wish) and in the song there is a line that reads "I say YAY not BOO" . His subconsious must have put that lyric in there because of that old song. 🤣🤣

[@charlie-obrien]

A weird song i remember as a kid was the Shaving Cream song; "Shaving cream, See what I mean. Shave every day, and you'll always be clean...." It went on after that for about 5 minutes. I still think of it when I'm shaving 🧔➡️👶

[@MasterChris666]

back in the days 90s we change had a laugh

[@DevOne420]

50's: "Yea-Boo, Yea-boo" 90's: "Mop mop mop, all day long, gonna mop mop mop, while I sing this song" 2023: "Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches"

[@meganh4011]

I'm a Pippi fan & a fan off this show

[@Interrogame]

It's only fair to give us ads on full-length video episodes, Team Coco!

[@calebclunie4001]

Old shed record? I found, many years ago, a 78 of De Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance".

[@FairsleyDifference]

Thought at least one other person would bring up the YayBoo the Bear sketch.

[@Dana-kb5mk]

😂🤣😂🤣 You are crazy Conan. You are too much for the room