It's that song where the guy turns into a disco duck. What on Earth was happening where the dumbest song in history became a #1 single? Support Todd on Patreon! / toddintheshadows
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@thegeecyproject3 жыл бұрын
1970’s folks: “And then he turned himself into a duck. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen”
@matheusmoreira99513 жыл бұрын
I turned myself into a duck, Morty. I'M DUCK RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!
@AlfredoFilmGeek3 жыл бұрын
I'm Disco Rick!
@ddjsoyenby3 жыл бұрын
toddsco toddsco duck!
@Champiness3 жыл бұрын
“Influencer gets a Top 40 hit off a song he wrote solely because he knew a guy who could do a credible Rick impression to put on it” feels like a 2020s headline I wouldn’t be surprised to wake up to tomorrow
@summerwoodsmusic3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Disco Duck. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of duck physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head.
@Harv72b3 жыл бұрын
So Rick Dees ends up doing "Get Naked", a parody of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters", which plagiarized Huey Lewis & The News' "I Want A New Drug"...which Weird Al Yankovic had turned into the vastly superior duck parody, "I Want A New Duck". This story truly did come full circle.
@afuzzycreature83873 жыл бұрын
I support Ray Parker Jr's view of things
@whenfatkillsfat8033 жыл бұрын
And you wonder why I prefer On Our Own by Bobby Brown. At least he doesn’t steal from Patrick Bateman’s idol.
@jr29043 жыл бұрын
@@afuzzycreature8387 why
@juliagoodwin95103 жыл бұрын
I prefer the Ghostbusters theme to be honest. (Will Todd ever do that song?)
@whenfatkillsfat8033 жыл бұрын
@@jr2904 Girls are more fun.
@Elloreetom3 жыл бұрын
The beauty of "Disco Duck" was that it empowered teenaged boys everywhere to impress their friends with their own Donald Duck voices. Perhaps speaking from experience.
@uneek352 жыл бұрын
The Christopher Walken of it's time.
@autumnphillips1512 жыл бұрын
The only person I know who can do the Donald Duck voice is my grandmother.
@alfredosauce37272 жыл бұрын
@@autumnphillips151 the only person I know who can do it is my grandfather
@Speleomimus Жыл бұрын
Worked out great for Chris Chan...
@yeeyeeasshaircut39299 ай бұрын
im sorry
@perez1hunnid83 жыл бұрын
You failed to mention that the guy who voiced the duck actually sued Rick Dees for $5000
@yserareborn3 жыл бұрын
That sounds like it could be a video in itself.
@grfrjiglstan3 жыл бұрын
He pushed his luck For 5000 bucks
@frnz19433 жыл бұрын
...Do you think Rick Dees told him to put it on his bill?
@tswizzle20202 жыл бұрын
@@frnz1943 nice
@jeremybean-hodges63972 жыл бұрын
@@frnz1943 nah he probably told him to go cluck himself
@peterlodman-slater87983 жыл бұрын
Sir Paul McCartney introducing Disco Duck to America makes far more sense than it should. Man knew exactly what he was doing.
@FFKonoko3 жыл бұрын
"you're not gonna complain about my music once you hear this"
@aidanhickey98453 жыл бұрын
'Silly Love Songs' won't sound quite as silly now!
@yannickjohn69303 жыл бұрын
@@FFKonoko PSY and BTS will reference this with equal sense.
@Launchpad053 жыл бұрын
He was just doing what he had to do.
@grahamkristensen93013 жыл бұрын
This was basically his way of saying "I never want to hear you bloody Yanks complain about Wonderful Christmastime again.""
@cbpoppet12883 жыл бұрын
Somewhat ironically, the storyline of Disco Duck reflects the storyline of Franz Kafka's Metamorphisis. Man turns into bettle and worries about his ability to do his job. Becomes, man turns into duck and worries about his ability to score with disco chicks.
@xcmledder34207 ай бұрын
Discomorphisis
@justvibin14473 ай бұрын
Deep literary analysis of disco duck
@jeanmichellelaurent2 ай бұрын
@@justvibin1447Now we just need a video essay
@KramerKontained943 жыл бұрын
I love how that little girl introducing disco-rilla cannot be bothered to sound interested
@timkramar97293 жыл бұрын
That was her shtick.
@noesunyoutuber76802 жыл бұрын
It's glorious. Even children know: Rick Dees is not worthy of excitement.
@JCOdrjones2 жыл бұрын
@@timkramar9729 interesting gimmick
@RobertJRoman Жыл бұрын
@@JCOdrjones It made more sense in the context of the show. Not the show that she's in on the video. On her sitcom, What's Happening, where she played the little sister.
@TMC1982Part2 Жыл бұрын
That's Danielle Spencer, who played Dee Thomas on What's Happening!!
@cheezemonkeyeater3 жыл бұрын
"The idea of a leisure suit duck hitting on women was just so funny that people loved it." That's news to Howard.
@rhodopisdenile89773 жыл бұрын
What’s funny to me tho is that if Howard actually existed (the comic version not the shitty movie version) he would 100% fucking despise this song.
@andrejg41362 жыл бұрын
@@rhodopisdenile8977 if there wasn't a scene of Howard going into to murderous rage at hearing the 'legally distinct' version of Disco Duck, it was a missed opportunity.
@PeterGriffin112 жыл бұрын
I'm not even a huge Marvel fan but somehow I know who Howard The Duck is.
@GoodSirReginald3 жыл бұрын
The April Fools joke here is that this song was ever made in the first place.
@jirosomer12043 жыл бұрын
Nope it's a real song
@KariIzumi13 жыл бұрын
Yup!
@HomerSimpsonIsCool3 жыл бұрын
My mother has told me on multiple occasions that she loves this song
@nate5679873 жыл бұрын
No the joke is that it hit number 1 in the charts
@2bitnerd3 жыл бұрын
This video was released on April 2nd.
@psykomancer44203 жыл бұрын
Is there a more ominous phrase than "I have so much footage of Disco Duck".
@jamesidk15753 жыл бұрын
my theory is that this song is about being in a club and accidentally being given some hallucinogenic substance that you were told was cocaine and tripping so hard you think you're a duck
@MrSkerpentine3 жыл бұрын
This first draft of I Took A Pill In Ibiza’s weeeiiird, man
@applebonker1413 жыл бұрын
I think this is my new headcanon
@R.Rileys-BION_Patreon-Podcast2 жыл бұрын
We've been spending most our lives living in a house of mouse and mice
@Malkmusianful2 жыл бұрын
No, I think it's actual body horror
@bigredradish Жыл бұрын
Disco Dust
@TMC1982Part2 Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney saying (even if it's meant to be tongue in cheek) that he had wished that he had written "Disco Duck" would almost be like if Steven Spielberg saying on camera that he had wished that he had directed Tommy Wiseau's "The Room".
@kimifw588 ай бұрын
Nah. More like Sharknado.
@farshnukeАй бұрын
Honestly The Room is a pop culture icon so I could see that happenning. It might be a pop culture icon of awfulness but I could see it.
@RamonathoАй бұрын
@@kimifw58sharknado is unironically dope as hell
@KorAnos13 жыл бұрын
Why is no one else discussing the terrifying, long-legged, man-sized duck in that live performance? Someone keep longduck far, far away from me.
@ProgShell3 жыл бұрын
*steps up to the microphone* “Rick Dees Nuts” That’s it.
@brandonjustis3 жыл бұрын
i was looking for this comment exactly.
@kevinwillems87203 жыл бұрын
Got em
@VinceWhitacre3 жыл бұрын
I am actively astonished he hasn't released this song yet.
@dustinpence14193 жыл бұрын
I was looking for it, you were the first person I saw that said it, thus you may have my thumbs up. Enjoy.
@TheCanBakis3 жыл бұрын
@@brandonjustis Me too!
@zorantaylor31903 жыл бұрын
The fact that the phrase "Disco SUCKS!" took off the way it did could legitimately have a little bit to do with how well it rhymes with "Disco Duck". Imagine someone singing it, that probably happened a time or three....
@TheAlexSchmidt2 жыл бұрын
"Sucks" was probably still considered slightly dirty in the 70s too. But I wouldn't be surprised if you're right.
@TheAlexSchmidt Жыл бұрын
Well I asked my dad a while ago and he seemed to think "sucks" wasn't that dirty even back then so maybe it is more Disco Duck.
@gxtmfa3 жыл бұрын
Don’t hide from the fact that you still owe us a deep dive into the history of “Dog Police.” It doesn’t even need to be a One Hit Wonderland episode. It just needs to happen.
@hiimemily2 жыл бұрын
It _couldn't_ be a One Hit Wonderland episode; it didn't even chart. "I Melt With You" might have peaked at #76, well before the arbitrary Top 40 threshold, but "Dog Police" didn't even bubble under the Hot 100. It _did_ however get spun into a TV pilot with Jeremy Piven and Adam Sandler in 1990, nearly a decade after its release. Not sure if there's enough dirt on them to fill a quarter hour, but there's something.
@awordon96312 жыл бұрын
I have a vid on the whole dog police scene if you wanna watch it
@jaycee3302 жыл бұрын
It would have had to have been a HIT to be on here.
@TheAlexSchmidt2 жыл бұрын
There's also the fact that the chorus is just taken from the Spider-Man theme song from the Electric Company.
@gxtmfa Жыл бұрын
As previously stated, it does not need to be a One Hit Wonderland. Todd has a video on best 90s buses.
@michaelkitchin96653 жыл бұрын
Like a warning from history, Disco Duck lived so Crazy Frog could only chart as high as 50 on the Billboard.
@zombiedodge14263 жыл бұрын
By coincidence I just watched Todd's video about Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back," and he mentions Crazy Frog as an example of horrendously bad music that became popular in Britain but not in America. (Also The Cheeky Girls.)
@michaelkitchin96653 жыл бұрын
@@zombiedodge1426 I can't deny, the British public will vote for novelty music in their droves. Mr Blobby, that Opera bloke and his wife, Joe Dolce. It's like an avenue for democratic mischief.
@zombiedodge14263 жыл бұрын
@@michaelkitchin9665 I find that the range of quality for British music, TV shows and movies is much greater than that in the US. The best British stuff is better than anything from America, but Britain’s worst stuff is much, much more horrible than anything from the United States.
@rattyeely3 жыл бұрын
Crazy frog deserved better than disco duck
@redactedredacted66563 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Crazy Frog's cover of We Are The Champions that was released to coincide with the Fifa World Cup and charted in a bunch of countries in Europe (it even reached number 1 in France)
@ponygon7773 жыл бұрын
Rick Dees is like Weird Al Yankovic if he had the sense of humor of Dane Cook.
@KatarnCrusader3 жыл бұрын
Rick Dees is the Rick Dees of unfunny Radio DJs
@maverickREAL3 жыл бұрын
@@KatarnCrusader He's like the Amy Schumer of Rick Dees.
@chrisdoesscience15423 жыл бұрын
Eeeewwwwww\
@pittafat63103 жыл бұрын
>implying that most of the stuff weird al makes is funny to begin with.
@chrisdoesscience15423 жыл бұрын
@@pittafat6310 As a longtime fan of Weird Al from way way back, I can say that most of his stuff is meh at best, just like most musicians. But his good songs are REALLY good.
@Gandaleon3 жыл бұрын
My theory about its success: it's because of kids. The song seems fairly family friendly, so it's a safe bet for TV.
@ECL28E3 жыл бұрын
Disco Duck Hair-Metal Horse New-Wave Narwhal Jazz Jackrabbit Orchestral Orca Punk Platypus Grunge Gorilla Butt-Rock Baboon EDM Eagle Synth-Pop Swan
@samscarfone8104Ай бұрын
Punk Platypus? I've heard that green day song
@jeanmichellelaurent3 күн бұрын
Avant-Garde Anteater
@smjaiteh3 жыл бұрын
Rick Dees is definitely the Lil Dicky of Disco, specifically with regards to the baffling amount of industry connections.
@PhoenixFireZero3 жыл бұрын
He's the Lil Ducky, if you will.
@JCOdrjones2 жыл бұрын
Now that's unfair to Rick Dees. Man never pretended to present himself as a legit disco star while Dave just flip flops between wanting to be taken seriously or not
@davidnissim589 Жыл бұрын
@@JCOdrjones true. Rick always was "that DJ who makes parody songs" and he just so happened to have one of those songs become a hit.
@TheAirBear20008 ай бұрын
Has anybody made a Rick Dees Nuts joke yet?
@EroticWhale3 жыл бұрын
Wow, Todd is truly a professional. One whole video about a man named Rick Dees and not a single solitary “Dees Nuts” joke. That’s dedication and discipline on display right there!
@sagecolvard96443 жыл бұрын
Todd said in a reply to an earlier comment that the only reason he didn't was because Rick Dees himself already had.
@joesickler58883 жыл бұрын
Rick Dees has been around a long time, I’m sure he has.
@SpikeShooter923 жыл бұрын
You could see the paycheck waving behind the camera as Paul McCartney was introducing the song
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep3 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it was a talk show appearance so he probably just did that for publicity.
@CyrusTheYoshi10 ай бұрын
13:17 “HOW IS THERE VIDEO OF THIS?!” this gets me without fail every time; the sheer mix of awe, frustration, and disappointment is perfect in that delivery
@ThatRandomEncounterGuy3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time ever that I knew it was literally credited as “Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots” and not just Todd being sardonic.
@bradwolf073 жыл бұрын
Same for me
@yannickjohn69303 жыл бұрын
Self-explanatory....
@andrewlivingston15903 жыл бұрын
The same thing happened to me when I came across the song for the first time in Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs. The band name sounded so much like something Barry would make up for a spur-of-the-moment quip that I eventually just Googled it to make sure. No, that’s what they’re called, all right!
@davidmonypeny57343 жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old when this song came out it's the first song I remember actively hating. Thanks Todd for reminding me why.
@SomeRPGFan3 жыл бұрын
First song I ever hated was "Dance Little Bird" by the Electronicas. Now that is a bird-themed one hit wonder that really deserves to be on the list of worst songs of all time.
@fredlandry61703 жыл бұрын
I was 6.
@ksad963 жыл бұрын
Funny. First song I actively hated was Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne, cause I listened to Sk8r Boi and Complicated as a kid and Girlfriend felt like the highlight of her getting progressively worse from those early songs.
@grmpf3 жыл бұрын
@@SomeRPGFan People from English-speaking countries will know this as the Chicken Dance. It was also originally duck-themed by the way. In my country, it spent a whole 51 weeks in the charts. Its eight-week number-one reign was succeeded by a cover version of the same song that stayed there for another four weeks. What I'm trying to say here is that 1981 was a bad year to be alive in Germany for anyone who had ears.
@starwarsman703 жыл бұрын
Mine was The Crazy Frog. Back in 2004 or so, the UK had a ringtone become number 1. Not a song that was turned into a ringtone. Just a ringtone. 9 year old me lost a little bit of faith in humanity
@dontunder20052 жыл бұрын
I like how he wrote two disco songs and earns the title of "Mr. Disco"
@flamingcowjuice4918 Жыл бұрын
I have a theory as to why but i don't think you would like it
@willowbarrelmaker8269 Жыл бұрын
I choose to believe it’s an ironic name
@kevindube70963 жыл бұрын
As a morning DJ in the 70s, he probably made more money than Disney did at that time
@pleasedonotwatchmychannel3 жыл бұрын
I feel like I might have actually died when “Discorilla” came on, like I’m fully deceased now.
@jasongoldman38503 жыл бұрын
I actually want to see "Discorilla" in its entirety.
@VIDSTORAGE3 жыл бұрын
Especially when he made the gorilla chants was when it was over with...It all is too funny ..
@TheReubenKincaid2 жыл бұрын
The Chorus is 2 bars of Disco Ducks chorus, the it goes left. What a rip lol
@TayTayMakesBeats3 жыл бұрын
I was in rehab a few years ago and this 70 year old florist wouldn't stop singing Disco Duck. Just the hook. For 3 months. That was my first exposure to this song.
@psyche58932 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry
@TayTayMakesBeats2 жыл бұрын
@@psyche5893 Can't turn back the clock, gotta take it one day at a time. Why a duck? Why does the duck like disco? I need to keep my mind off this shit or I'll be back in rehab or worse in the next couple months. Fuckin duck... He quacc...
@LeatherCladVegan2 жыл бұрын
Instead of rehab, next time you should just try using only every second day. It seems to work for most drugs. Still get to take the drugs too, which is great. Cheers.
@avosmash21212 жыл бұрын
@@LeatherCladVegan *points* No. Bad dog. Bad bad. You stay away... ....ok you can get away with this if its pot. Nothing else. Stay off the street, and stay in school Jimmy. Drugs only make you cool if you are already rich, talented and famous.
@noesunyoutuber76802 жыл бұрын
I think if I had to choose between the hook from Disco Duck on loop for three months and a bullet in my head, it would be a legitimately tough decision.
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep3 жыл бұрын
I love how Todd calls himself a huge Paul McCartney fan, but every time Paul McCartney comes up on One Hit Wonderland, it's him embarrassing himself.
@billyweed8352 жыл бұрын
Embarrassing himself? No no...Fucker knew what he was doing.
@justanotherrandomcrit81152 жыл бұрын
That was clearly a joke, you think Paul actually wants the blame for Disco Duck?
@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep2 жыл бұрын
@@justanotherrandomcrit8115 No, but him introducing Disco Duck at all is kinda embarrassing.
@neverhowever32312 жыл бұрын
to be fair, and i mean no disrespect to a legend - paul mccartney spent a not insignificant amount of time embarrassing himself
@wintermute83152 жыл бұрын
@@neverhowever3231 Yeah, a huge amount of his life was corny at best, outright embarrassing at worst. But, you know, he's earnt his pass.
@edwardphilibin31513 жыл бұрын
"'Disco Duck' is the worst song I've ever heard." "But you HAVE heard it?"
@miskatonic62103 ай бұрын
I haven't. I bet most of europe hasn't.
@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Disco Duck is the 175th biggest song of all time according to Billboard.
@twistedwizard91002 жыл бұрын
And it sure does exist
@nickrustyson81242 жыл бұрын
It also was more popular than Kiss' Rock and Roll all Night
@niccage63752 жыл бұрын
And it's only the 97th biggest song of 76
@thecollector4332 Жыл бұрын
@@nickrustyson8124 Funnily enough, this song tied with “Beth” from kiss as best song of 1976 in the people’s choice awards.
@miskatonic62103 ай бұрын
Nobody expects the US to do any better.
@AlfredoFilmGeek3 жыл бұрын
That Paul McCartney clip is nuts. I know he is joking but the fact he acknowledged Disco Duck to that degree not even a decade after The Beatles being a thing breaks my brain.
@TheEntilza3 жыл бұрын
Must be all the weed smoking.
@UnfortunatelyTheHunger3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this around the time Paul was recording such stone cold classics, like Temporary Secretary and Wonderful Christmas Time?
@FFKonoko3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's a joke. The song was a number one and infamously bad. Him using it as a punchline is not really an odd acknowledgement that it existed. And definitely not a result of weed smoking or extra unusual because he was making good music at the time...that's literally why it's a good joke.
@neugey3 жыл бұрын
No Sir Paul, you don't need Disco Duck. You already have Wings.
@1069KLICFM3 жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney doesn't have the best sense of humor. When Eric Idle did his film "The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash", he was the only Beatle who didn't like it.
@josephjarosch87393 жыл бұрын
"People in the 70's, what was wrong with you?" Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
@ryusantos61453 жыл бұрын
As a 13 year old, I didn't need drugs to enjoy Disco Duck.
@ryusantos61453 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado1994 Not me.
@NutsNBolts-fv9kx3 жыл бұрын
IT'S NOT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE COCAINE, I'M THINKING THAT IT MUST BE DUCKS
@tafua_a3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was an 80's drug
@andrejg41362 жыл бұрын
@@tafua_a Nah, coke got poplar in the 70s amongst the well to do. 80s was a refinement of that, and crack flooding the inner city.
@AlekWheeler3 жыл бұрын
Dis-Gorilla sounds like it should be played at the entrance of every Rainforest Cafe.
@IgnatiusThorogood3 жыл бұрын
The nightclub in Hell: the drinks are warm, the women are cold and the only song they play is Disco Duck on repeat. For eternity.
@cammclean54603 жыл бұрын
Heaven is a disco. Hell is... also a disco. Everything is disco and time is a flat circle.
@wadespencer36233 жыл бұрын
According to The Good Place, demons prefer "She Hates Me" by Puddle of Mudd. It's a tossup which song is worse.
@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde29913 жыл бұрын
Hell doesn't sound to bad
@SparkieGoth3 жыл бұрын
With those dancers in the vaguely unsettling duck costumes, too.
@animationfanatic21332 жыл бұрын
And it's always saint Patrick's day
@rgs89703 жыл бұрын
Rick Dees really does have the vibe of "you've got to meet my roommate, he's so wacky"
@AC-ih7jc3 жыл бұрын
I was a young teenager, the least cool kid in my school, who was also into disco as well as novelty songs when this song came out. Even I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to Disco Duck.
@autumnphillips1512 жыл бұрын
But would you have listened to it at a time that you wouldn’t be caught?
@AC-ih7jc2 жыл бұрын
@@autumnphillips151 No, I wouldn't have. It didn't just sound silly, it sounded so *insultingly* stupid at the time, even to me...and I liked "A Fifth of Beethoven" and "Stars on 45" around that time. "Disco Duck" sounded more fit for the sippy-cup set than for anyone old enough to buy their own records. It's been well over forty years and I *still* haven't listened to "Disco Duck" beginning-to-end.
@youdbettertube7 ай бұрын
@@AC-ih7jc your loss tbh
@AC-ih7jc7 ай бұрын
@@youdbettertube That will be my burden to bear for the rest of my days, I guess.
@yourfamilydocter3 жыл бұрын
“Move your feet” by Junior Senior could be really sick. An eclectic danish duo who’s lead singer sounded like Michael Jackson
@wintermute83152 жыл бұрын
Still such a bop.
@jojoversus1100 Жыл бұрын
Move Your Feet is one of the greatest of all time, seriously
@TransistorBased10 ай бұрын
I always forget about that
@jameshutton71153 жыл бұрын
I love that second of the girl looking at the camera in the music video, you can just see her having a moment of sudden clarity like "Oh God, I'm going to be on the Disco Duck video for the rest of my life"
@lightninstriker103 жыл бұрын
"Your Disco Duck Disco sucks, Disney. How'bout you try hip-hop?" TODD NO
@tinymxnticore3 жыл бұрын
TODD YES
@FM-cp6kc3 жыл бұрын
There's a Mickey and friends themed rap album published by Disney. Search if you dare.
@optiquemusic62043 жыл бұрын
I thinks it's brought up in the OHW on Tag Team.
@LittlePinkMew3 жыл бұрын
@@FM-cp6kc wasn’t Todd the one who posted the audio of this?
@FM-cp6kc3 жыл бұрын
@@LittlePinkMew nah it wasnt. iirc todd did post audio of another obscure song
@Flamquill3 жыл бұрын
This song is the epitome to why I'll never tell kids that music was good back in my day. 1976. In the same year this song hit number 1, Bohemian Rhapsody couldn't get higher than 9. If it wasn't for Wayne's World in 1992, that would be the best respect it would've ever gotten. And yet this... THIS became part of #1 hit history.
@nickrustyson81243 жыл бұрын
Bohemian was actually number 18 on the top 100, Disco Duke was number 97
@Flamquill3 жыл бұрын
@@nickrustyson8124 I cited the US Hot 100. Other countries would naturally have it different.
@essmoon21573 жыл бұрын
I mean bohemian rhapsody still and is a very popular song even though peaking at number 9 it's kind of like roundabout by yes the song only peaked at number 15 in America the song was very popular and still is popular
@anonyarena3 жыл бұрын
@@essmoon2157 Right. But how many people are still flipping out over Midnight At The Oasis by Maria Muldaur? It hit #5 in Cash Box, #6 on Billboard, and was nominated for both song of the year and record of the year at the Grammys for 1974. It's evidence that the truly original, unique, heartfelt, and skillfully made records will frequently endure, while the corny schlock will just be a flash-in-the-pan that people shall forget very quickly. But at the time, you could not escape junk like Afternoon Delight or Midnight At The Oasis, even if you wanted to.
@anonyarena3 жыл бұрын
But if you go back to the earlier decade of the 1960s, it becomes a lot HARDER to say music wasn't better. The 70s was when commercial radio really plummeted in quality. In the 60s, it was like a Golden Age of excellence.
@ormzfamily40743 жыл бұрын
As a young child in the 1970s I remember my teenage aunt playing this song for me thinking that I would somehow enjoy it because I was 6 years old. I was more of a Monster Mash type of person and hearing this song again just brings all the trauma bubbling up to the surface.
@logruszed3 жыл бұрын
When this came out my mom was doing temp work and one of her gigs was dressing up as a Disco Duck to promote this album at Sears.
@allisonelizabeth65963 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry.......
@Zero_Ninety2 жыл бұрын
If I'd done that job I'd never tell a soul.
@logruszed2 жыл бұрын
@@Zero_Ninety no daycare on the weekends so guess who got to spend five hours in shopping centers on one weekend watching his mom dance around in a basically modified donald duck outfit.
@logruszed2 жыл бұрын
and I was really little so I probably liked it.
@starmanda88 Жыл бұрын
Best reason I’ve ever seen to dismantle capitalism
@abigailkinney36313 жыл бұрын
Theory: kids loved it. I wasn't around for the 70s, but I know how children love irritating songs. My guess is that it was the "Baby Shark" of its time.
@jadedemotions98913 жыл бұрын
This
@ohmygoditisspider79533 жыл бұрын
Anyone understand why kids love bad annoying songs so much? I don't have kids but I remember liking a lot of really annoying garbage as a smol spider.
@noesunyoutuber76803 жыл бұрын
@@ohmygoditisspider7953 I won't pretend to have a musicology or sociology degree, but I have theories. Kids don't really have fully-formed tastes at that point, so they aren't really going to enjoy things for aesthetic reasons (e.g. Slint's Spiderland is a beautiful and twisting depiction of loneliness in various forms, but it's also 40 minutes of obtuse, mostly-spoken-word lyrics and repetitive, dissonant clean guitar riffs over uncomfortable odd-time beats. If you can't appreciate the atmosphere and emotional effect of Slint's music, you will hate Spiderland so much). That just leaves the basic building blocks of catchy music to work with, which to anyone who cares about aesthetic value seem painfully obvious and obnoxiously simple. Add to it that children tend to really enjoy the same thing over and over (and not in a subtle, atmospheric Krautrock/Motorik kind of way), loud noises, and silly voices. You have a recipe for sheer agony when it gets stuck in the head of any adult. An ideal song for children sounds like a normal song that's taken several lead pipes to the head.
@DrZuluGaming3 жыл бұрын
@@noesunyoutuber7680 So, TL;DR, it's like that episode of South Park where the music you enjoyed as a kid now can sound like crap as an adult, right?
@qty13153 жыл бұрын
@@noesunyoutuber7680 Nah, it's more simple than that. Socrates figured it out, but if you bring it up people will deny it and argue with you about it. Basically, preferences in regards to what kind of art you like and dislike isn't something that you're born with, it's something you develop as you get older and learn more about art. Until you develop your own taste, you'll just say that you like what people in positions of authority (critics, your parents) say that they like. That's why you have kids in comments sections on older songs saying that they love older music that their parents like. It's also why little kids 'like' cutesy novelty songs, because that's what their teachers, caregivers, and parents tell them that they should like at that age instead of the inappropriate rap music and metal music (though, some parents will blast Slayer for their kids and play gangster rap for them, just look at Twitter to see proud parents bragging about how much their young kids love Metallica). It's also why the music you 'liked' when you were younger, before you developed your own taste, sounds bad when you get older, or at least, you don't like it as much. Also, Motorik isn't a genre of music, it's a drumbeat. I wouldn't call Spiderland an album about loneliness, though, since Breadcrumb Trail is about two people on a date in a carnival. Good Morning Captain is really the only song about being lonely on the album.
@charleslipscomb25673 жыл бұрын
"Everybody knows that 'Timothy' was a duck." --- Joel Hodgson
@P00katube2 жыл бұрын
The Buoys "Timothy"
@uVueD2b Жыл бұрын
We survived Monster A Go Go -we can survive this!
@ndSpaz3 жыл бұрын
Imagine him doing this to this day, but with a different animal each time. Like as a curse or something.
@zqueen3871 Жыл бұрын
Disco Dolphin Discobra Dicentepede Disquokka
@bloodfun2585 Жыл бұрын
@@zqueen3871 discat discodog discofox discowolf
@CosmicSponge2004 Жыл бұрын
Someone should turn that into a cartoon
@DarcOfTheShadows Жыл бұрын
Rick Dees, haggard and exhausted, after decades of disco torture: "Uh... disco, discoyote? Is that any good?"
@bemysty3 жыл бұрын
As Rick Dees awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic duck? 🤷♀️
@AlbinoTuxedo3 жыл бұрын
A gigantic DISCO duck, mind you
@user-li5je9fv4j3 жыл бұрын
Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis"
@CandGoods3 жыл бұрын
So it's really a Kafkaesque tale of body horror, hmm, never thought of it that way.
@migangelmart3 жыл бұрын
@@CandGoods An absurdist take on body horror, so let's knock it down to Vonnegutian :p
@potentialsideeffects10853 жыл бұрын
Duckafka
@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic3 жыл бұрын
"Don't be a cluck? What does that mean? Are you seriously telling me you couldn't think of another insult that rhymes with duck? ... Yeah, I guess I can't either..."
@That_AMC_Guy3 жыл бұрын
Might not have been allowed to use the word "schmuck"? Unlike today, you couldn't swear or talk about your genitals on a record - if you wanted it to have a general release.
@devlinburgess24633 жыл бұрын
I'd say truck, but if country songs think a backroad is romantic, than calling someone a truck might as well be a marriage proposal.
@NEEDbacon3 жыл бұрын
Sadly 40 years before we came up with a radio-friendly? way to rhyme that. At least common vernacular, I'm sure it happened back in the 70's.
@StuartLynx3 жыл бұрын
I think Todd erased his random year top 10 videos from his own memory. Bummer, they were gold. Ain't that right *Mr. Sean Faye Wolf?*
@EpicB3 жыл бұрын
@@devlinburgess2463 Someone call up Florida Georgia Line and tell them to make Disco Truck.
@Phoenix_Talion2 жыл бұрын
I'm fascinated by the horrifying variety of these duck puppets/costumes.
@Kaleidoscopikc3 жыл бұрын
i asked my mom about this song and she immediately went "what was up with that damn song?!" so im convinced i was raised right
@brettjohnson5363 жыл бұрын
Boomers: "Ha, you kids with your pop music. We had real music in my day!" Music in their day:
@IanDunbar13 жыл бұрын
Much like when they're waxing nostalgic about cars, when Boomers say that kind of stuff, the time period the really mean is like '66-'72. Most Boomers I've met were not big Disco fans.
@zazelby3 жыл бұрын
Really more of a Gen X song...
@jasongoldman38503 жыл бұрын
@@zazelby The song came out the year I was born. It's not a Gen-X song.
@takerdust3 жыл бұрын
@@IanDunbar1 Disco wasn't really even a huge genre when it was at it's peak. It was just a number of artists among the other soft-rock and pop albums.
@md_vandenberg3 жыл бұрын
@@IanDunbar1 Agreed on Boomers and cars. From post-War to the First Oil Crisis, there were plenty of _awful_ cars put on the market. I'm a huge fan of cars of that era but I also know that about 2 dozen of them are worth a damn. (Context: I'm talking exclusively about American iron.)
@drazile17203 жыл бұрын
love that the gorilla song is full of the sounds of kookaburras, birds native to australia
@LordArikado3 жыл бұрын
It was a common stock sound effect used for jungle scenes in cheaply-made TV shows and movies for a while because it vaguely sounds like the "ooh ooh ahh ahh" sound people think monkeys make.
@Squishyboyseth3 жыл бұрын
that’s always been a trope in movies etc that’s kinda confused me
@thirteenfury3 жыл бұрын
In movie sound effects, eagles are dubbed by red-tailed hawks and most big cats are dubbed by cougars.
@mastermarkus53073 жыл бұрын
@@thirteenfury I find that most big cats are dubbed by tigers. Cougars have a really recognizable sound that pretty much everyone identifies with them, but like... almost all the lions in movies that I've heard have tiger roars because lion roars are very guttural and not what most people think of as "epic sounding".
@thirteenfury3 жыл бұрын
@@mastermarkus5307 Yeah, you're totally right. I wasn't thinking so much of lions or tigers as I was the smaller big cats. Cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, etc. It's probably more evident in Tarzan films and other older films that take place in Africa. I doubled checked a SFX site with big cat sounds and tigers are absolutely dubbed in for lions. Not many people realize lions don't roar as much or as deeply as tigers.
@rogerdodger60253 жыл бұрын
I read an interview with Rick Dees where "Disco Duck" was offered a spot on the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever which became one of the bestselling albums of all time. He said he deeply regretted that move.
@freakfoxvevo7915Ай бұрын
"Who invited my man Blud" energy adding Disco Duck alongside disco standards like Staying Alive
@SavoxYT3 жыл бұрын
I honestly love this song. It's so stupid but endearing at the same time.
@paulienuti80313 жыл бұрын
I love this song too It’s Hilarious Todd’s reaction is also Hilarious
@divaprincess983 жыл бұрын
Kinda like the opening theme to the anime Kill Me Baby
@dalehoward37043 жыл бұрын
I Love it too! It ranks with the songs by Weird Al Yakovic and Ray Stevens. I loved novelty and parody songs. And it fit right into the Disco era!
@ishfarahmed36849 ай бұрын
Holy shit I never knew u watched Todd in the Shadows!! Hopefully in ur next video for most evil musicians, u have Todd make a cameo in the video. I would love to see that collaboration!!
@SavoxYT9 ай бұрын
@@ishfarahmed3684 That... wouldn't work at all.
@mattk1016003 жыл бұрын
I saw you post a tweet about this and thought it was an aprils fools joke, Glad to see it is real
@captainayaaya283 жыл бұрын
The April fool song is that some idiot (or a cast of them) made this song in the first place lol
@ppp30933 жыл бұрын
'Delayed april fools joke' was my first thought when I saw the video pop up in my feed until I opened it and saw that is actually 19 mins of this, wtf
@sagecolvard96443 жыл бұрын
He announced this video yesterday. He wanted us to think it was an April Fools joke.
@maxheight223 жыл бұрын
1:57 my god Scott Ian really is in every music documentary ever made
@erin80693 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve heard someone mention disco duck that wasn’t just my dad. He loves the song so much. Also didn’t know there was any form of video to this song.
@IronManx703 жыл бұрын
I just found out about this song through that HBO Bee Gees documentary. They used it to show why disco became so despised.
@adamkushner67933 жыл бұрын
Ironically, Disco Duck was given its wide release by RSO, Robert Stigwood’s label, as in the Robert Stigwood who managed The Bee Gees and produced Saturday Night Fever. Not that Stigwood was immune to poor taste, he also produced the Sgt. Pepper movie. So he holds (partial) responsibility for both disco’s arguably highest and lowest moments.
@zombiedodge14263 жыл бұрын
@@adamkushner6793 The Sgt. Pepper's movie soundtrack is a Trainwreckord on steroids.
@lightsideendings58153 жыл бұрын
"Dis-gorilla" could have been a classic Simpsons joke.
@johnnycalvino74903 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Rick Dees' song "Eat my Shorts" predates The Simpsons by five years!
@therealsmalk2 жыл бұрын
His piano rendition at the beginning... sounds really good.
@nelsonhamilton82623 жыл бұрын
When that jaws parody played I also genuinely laughed lol. I guess when you shotgun blast out a joke album at least one song will land if you have any kind of talent.
@christopherjones54463 жыл бұрын
When you’ve have Greg Brady and the cast of What’s Happenin’ introducing Rick Dees, you know it’s an overdose of the 1970’s.
@HumbleBovine3 жыл бұрын
"Call Me Maybe" turns 10 years old in September. I hope that makes Carly Rae Jepsen eligible for a One Hit Wonderland episode because Carly absolutely deserved better.
@Tesseract_King3 жыл бұрын
That'd be an interesting turn, given that a) he already did a video review when the song came out, but he was pretty down on it, and b) he's apparently become quite a fan of her since.
@grahamkristensen93013 жыл бұрын
I think Carly Rae Jepsen is in the same camp as Devo: Technically a one hit wonder, but has a legacy and following that far surpasses that label.
@matijamaksan43443 жыл бұрын
Good time with Owl city was a hit so she can't be OHW.
@angbald3 жыл бұрын
Ya know I'm not huge on pop music but i quite enjoy call me maybe.
@tjg1213893 жыл бұрын
Carly has 3 top 40 songs, so I don't think she'd qualify, but I get why people would think she deserves better, especially with the reception her albums following her hit got.
@synchronizedelbow57023 жыл бұрын
The fact that Donald Duck has a #1 hit before Mickey Mouse astounds me. Guess he had to wait for "Whoop! There it is" ...
@maximillianlylat15893 жыл бұрын
Actually in Scandinavia donald is more popular than mickey
@EternalYorkieMom2 жыл бұрын
@@maximillianlylat1589 I was about to comment that he is more popular in Europe!
@TheAlexSchmidt2 жыл бұрын
@@EternalYorkieMom I think that's because the Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks were highly localized in Europe, although I could be wrong I guess.
@wintermute83152 жыл бұрын
Donald is way more popular than Mickey in general, I'd wager. Ducktales was huge.
@AGoat19712 жыл бұрын
Donald is the better character.
@murrfeeling2 жыл бұрын
You have to feel a lot of sympathy for Rick Dees. Every time he told someone his name there was a 50% chance they'd reply "RICK DEEEEEES NUTS!!!" then act like they came up with a super original joke.
@LordArikado3 жыл бұрын
My mom actually knew Rick Dees back in college, and he walked her down the aisle at her wedding.
@jeanmichellelaurent2 ай бұрын
Did he sing Disco Duck for her wedding
@LevelUpLeo3 жыл бұрын
Internet culture has corrupted me to the point where I was expecting a "Rick Dees NUTS" joke.
@kevinwillems87203 жыл бұрын
Got em
@ddjsoyenby3 жыл бұрын
same.
@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks3 жыл бұрын
my favorite disco artist is Jon Ligma
@kevinwillems87203 жыл бұрын
@@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks I prefer Steve Boffa
@theblocksays3 жыл бұрын
"Dees Ducks!" Also lets be thankful he never capitalized on the popularity in the late 90s and made a "Who let the DUCKS out!?" song.
@danderson84313 жыл бұрын
My Dad absolutely LOVES this song. I’ve walked in on him dancing his ass off to it.
@joelake7986 Жыл бұрын
I guess I always thought of "Disco Duck" as anti-disco, one of the first shots across the bow of the disco juggernaut. It was meant to ridicule the whole disco phenomenon, but it became such a big hit that it actually became part of the phenomenon. Of course, Dees loved the attention, so he just went with it.
@timmy8412129 ай бұрын
You got a strong case for it but of course disco haters then probably disagreed.
@ghostofabulletproducciones57483 жыл бұрын
Since your Worst of 1976 video, I always thought that "Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots" was something you had made up, not that it was the actual name.
@munjee23 жыл бұрын
I'm still not convinced he didn't make it up...
@rachel_sj3 жыл бұрын
I came here looking for anyone else who watched Todd’s Worst of 1976 and remembers Disco Duck
@nomobobby3 жыл бұрын
@@rachel_sj I think Todd just fabricated those audio clips so his offhand addition of "and His cast of Idiots" on the worst list remains hidden. 'Cause that is WAY too convenient of a joke to be true. I mean who else is gonna preform this OTHER than packs of idiots? The next Einstein? Gimme a break. /Sarcasm
@louiscallahan37203 жыл бұрын
"What Does The Fox Say" drops in 2013 Rick Dees: Finally. A WORTHY OPPONENT
@Marinealver3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that needs a video.
@Minam03 жыл бұрын
God that song was irritating. Shame cause a lot of other songs from that guy are actually funny and clever and his worst one is what became big.
@rayelgatubelo3 жыл бұрын
Ylvis wins. Without a doubt. The Fox song is stupid, but that contrasts with the dance sound.
@guitarman641003 жыл бұрын
this is a BLAST of nostalgia for anyone who has watched todd since the blip days
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Жыл бұрын
7:52 those poor dancers...I hope they healed from their experience & went on to lead long beautiful lives after enduring this trauma.
@DougjcFerguson3 жыл бұрын
If you want that fully realized duck comedy song that we all know we deserve, it would come out years later as "I Want a New Duck" by Weird Al.
@gustavohernandeza.8903 жыл бұрын
SOMEONE: I wish important pieces of lost media are found again MONKEY'S PAW: (a new dozen 70's TV performances of Rick Dees appear)
@samfeldstein44983 жыл бұрын
I remember this being on the worst of 1976 list. I really want to see another of those Worst Hit Songs retro lists especially since the last one was 6 years ago
@ferociousgumby2 жыл бұрын
This "hit" led to an entire album of Disney characters doing disco songs, such as "Watch out, watch out for Goofy - he's a disco demolition!" My kids had it and played it a few million times.
@tyrannosaurusburke3 жыл бұрын
Novelty songs can either do one of two things: they can either make you laugh, or annoy the crap out of you. "Disco Duck" fell into the latter category.
@Momo-qe2zk3 жыл бұрын
19 mins and not one deez nuts joke. Now that's maturity 👌
@vaelethun3 жыл бұрын
I know! I was expecting one too. I think he assumed the comments would have that covered.
@andthelastshallbefirsttoim27953 жыл бұрын
Todd might just be old
@ToddintheShadows3 жыл бұрын
Gotta be honest: It's because Rick himself beat me to it. Look it up
@FFKonoko3 жыл бұрын
@@andthelastshallbefirsttoim2795 Rick Deez just outed you as a fool, for thinking that deez nuts jokes are somehow only for young people and not so old that he made the joke himself....
@SuperJNG183 жыл бұрын
@@ToddintheShadows I simultaneously can’t believe it and totally believe it
@FrenkTheJoy3 жыл бұрын
I always pull this song out when people are like "music today sucks, it was so much better back in the day."
@mr.bluesky41303 жыл бұрын
I love the woman at 2:22 who just looks at the camera and is like “I’m supposed to be on TV dancing and having fun to *this* ? *THIS* ?!?”
@gabingston34303 жыл бұрын
Now that you've revisted Disco Duck from your Worst of 1976, it's time to do a One-Hit Wonderland for Starland Vocal Band and Afternoon Delight.
@devlinburgess24633 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see deeper dives into some of those songs from those videos. Some of them were... bizarre.
@pronkb0003 жыл бұрын
Starland Vocal Band?! They SUCK!
@zombiedodge14263 жыл бұрын
@@pronkb000 Death!!!!!!!
@bethanymcmurtrey95423 жыл бұрын
"Did he deserve a 40 year career based on stupid novelty?" Um, Todd, Weird Al started his decades career on an accordion solo about bologna.
@NJGuy19733 жыл бұрын
Comparing Rick Dees to Weird Al. That's like comparing, well, like comparing a one-note hack to an iconic genius.
@monopoman3 жыл бұрын
That may be the case but Weird Al then went on to parody countless songs, and become the most popular song parody artist to ever live by a large margin.
@SomeDumbKid13 жыл бұрын
Yeah but Weird Al is a genius.
@ktownshutdown213 жыл бұрын
Um, Weird Al has talent. An underrated songwriter that knows how to cleverly twist songs into his own. Even a comedy song about bologna needs effort put into it to work. Rick Dees did a shitty Donald Duck impression and called it a day.
@TECH0973 жыл бұрын
Yeah but imagine a world where ALL Al did was make songs about lunchmeat, shoving it as the main focus for EVERY parody and never straying for that...
@WaffleBat3 жыл бұрын
Wow, was not expecting my favorite album when I was 3 years old “Mickey Mouse Disco” to get disrespected by Todd, heartbreaking.
@Horus43023 жыл бұрын
Same! Listened to the tape a billion times as child, especially Macho Duck.
@arithefierysecretary6411 Жыл бұрын
I genuinely love me some really good disco. I love the full orchestration that most of them have, the sweet melodies, the amazing singers. Rick Dees hurts me.
@M-1996A13 жыл бұрын
I worked as a board op at a radio station that had a license for weekly top 40, and there’s a DJ there that still breaks out disco duck on occasion during the morning show to this day. This is a very special episode for me.
@bluraynation51883 жыл бұрын
That sounds like it was so much fun, I love radio. I listen to Opie and Anthony religiously.
@GigaWhitArtandStuff3 жыл бұрын
One of the radio stations I listened to back in the 90's would have a "Disco Night " once a week and they usually played this song. It annoyed my parents that I loved it as like a 5 year old lol
@cremetangerine823 жыл бұрын
Beavis and Butthead watched the “Get Naked” video on their show. “Well, this sucks!”
@PotrzebieConolly2 жыл бұрын
I think one reason it got so popular is that the bass and drum parts are pretty good. I can imagine that it would get people moving on the dance floor.
@galleryofroguesАй бұрын
To me it sounds like any generic disco beat, which I’ll say as a drummer, is not overly complicated to play. Any good studio musician could knock it out in a few takes. Same goes for the generic disco bass lines. It’s almost like stock music.
@PotrzebieConollyАй бұрын
@@galleryofrogues Something doesn't have to be hard to play to sound good. And something can be very complicated and not sound good. I'm talking about the for majority, non-musician, audience.
@peytoncabral71493 жыл бұрын
I want to see a list of all the one-hit wonders that Todd can’t find footage for, just so I won’t get my hopes up for them
@wakeangel20013 жыл бұрын
The duck voice in the song isn't Daffy, or even Donald, it sounds almost exactly like that duckling character from a few episodes of Tom and Jerry
@FM-cp6kc3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit...
@andrejg41362 жыл бұрын
... You know you're onto something
@EVzipper482 жыл бұрын
Wrong, it's supposed to be Yakky Doodle the cute little cartoon duck who was always searching for a "mama." Hence the line in the song, "got to have me a mama!"
@wakeangel20012 жыл бұрын
@@EVzipper48 yeah, that's the character I was talking about, how was I wrong?
@brandonstarr9833 жыл бұрын
Todd, your "Disco Duck Dynasty" joke by itself is funnier than everything ever said or done by Dees. I appreciate you doing this episode, even if going back to some of these songs (I actually remember "Eat My Shorts") was painful.
@goredongoredon3 жыл бұрын
As a heavy metal listening teenager in the 70s I remember Disco Duck along with the disco hate that came with it; not only was disco taking over the radio but it seemed like many of the songs were silly joke songs also. Where as rock was seen as serious, majestic - classic(al). It's ironic that in the 80s metal ended up being as campy as disco was in the 70s.
@goredongoredon3 жыл бұрын
For some reason I always associated Rick Dees as the same DJ who orchestrated the infamous disco demolition night at the baseball game (it was a different DJ) but I guess it made sense to me because a song like Disco Duck had to be created by someone who actually hated disco right? Thanks TiS for helping to set my memories straight!
@RegebroRepairs3 жыл бұрын
You are certainly right about the 90's having infinite supply of one hit wonders. You totally should do "Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe" by Whale. That one was all over MTV, and got to 24 on the US alternative chart. And the story is good. And maybe "Crucified" by Army of Lovers, although to be fair "Obsession" was almost as big, but nobody remembers that anymore.
@NJGuy19733 жыл бұрын
"Dream" by Forest for the Trees.
@ikept_the_jethryk24213 жыл бұрын
That Whale album(We Care) is really good. It’s one of my favorite albums. The lyrics are awesome
@KO-eu6jv3 жыл бұрын
My god, I live for the existence of follow-up songs as blatant as ‘The Monster Swim’ and ‘Discorilla’
@cheeze4brains9483 жыл бұрын
I wanted this to be an April Fool's joke and he talks about Duck Sauce.
@audiosurfarchive3 жыл бұрын
Duckroll all over the place.
@thrownstair3 жыл бұрын
Duck Sauce doesn’t get the critical evaluation I think they should. Todd’s covered a few “one hit wonder in America, huge stars in Europe” songs, Barbara Streisand (the song) would be the one hit wonder in Europe and barely anything in the US.
@unstoppableExodia3 жыл бұрын
Covering duck sauce would have been completely acceptable
@Champiness3 жыл бұрын
Duck Sauce is what “Disco Duck” got instead of a critical reevaluation
@BZABuddy3 жыл бұрын
"NRG" is a great song. "But first, welcome to Horizon!"
@jameslocopo47423 жыл бұрын
Back in 1976 as an 11 year old, I loved the song....so much so, I bought the single. And I also remember that most of my Junior High liked it as well. And musically, other than it being a novelty hit, it’s not as if it was so much worse than a lot of the disco hits from the era. Ya had to be there....and it helped if you were a kid. And the seventies did have its share of Novelty hit songs with Ray Steven’s’ The Streak, C.W. McCall’s Convoy....oh and Carl Douglas’ Everybody Was Kung Foo Fighting. That’s three more off the top of my head. Back then we also had the novelty song adjacent story telling song that Todd covered such as Billy Don’t Be a Hero and The Night Chicago Died.
@PogieJoe3 жыл бұрын
I friggin’ love this series. Endlessly delightful.