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>>> TIME NOW FOR THE RIDICULIST.
AND TONIGHT I WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO THE SONG STYLINGS OF A
BAND CALLED MAN MAN.
THEY JUST RELEASED A SONG, AND
ONE SONG IN PARTICULAR THAT
CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION IT'S CALLED
"END BOSS."
LET'S ALL TAKE A LISTEN AND I'LL
BE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
♪ WOLF CRISSCROSS DYING LAWNS
SNIFFS *** GARBAGE CAN ♪
♪ WATCH BABY SLEEPING LONG
THROUGH THE WINDOW ♪
♪ THROUGH THE MOONBLOW
WOLF SQUEEZE THROUGH CELLAR
DOORS
PAWS PAD ON OPEN FLOORS ♪
♪ CLAWS SLIDE UP CARPET STAIRS
WATCH BABY ♪
>> SO YOU'RE GETTING THE LYRICAL
THEME HERE, RIGHT?
A WOLF IS SNEAKING UP ON A
SLEEPING BABY AT NIGHT.
YOU MIGHT THINK IS TYPICAL INDY
ROCK IMAGERY, BUT OH, NO, YOU'RE
WRONG.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ANY WOLF, IT
IS SO MUCH OF THE ART THAT
SURROUNDS US INSPIRED BY NONE
OTHER THAN WOLF BLITZER.
OH, YES, LET'S HEAR SOME MORE,
SHALL WE.
♪ WOLF CUTS LOOSE IN THE BARRIO
LEMON *** MIXED WITH CHURROS ♪
♪ SCRATCHED THE 8 BALL WATCHING
GIRLS
THROUGH THE WINDOW ♪
♪ BABY DANCE INSIDE THE BELLY
GROOVING TO THE CUMBIA BEAT ♪
♪ TEETHES OUT A SOOTHING
MELODY ♪
>> HANG ON, DID WOLF BLITZER
JUST DRINK *** AND EAT THE
BABY?
SOUNDS LIKE WOLF ATE THE BABY
AND A CHURRO, AS WELL.
BUT WE DON'T ASSUME.
SO WE ASKED RYAN, THE FRONT MAN
OF MAN MAN FOR THE REAL STORY.
HE CONFIRMED THAT WHEN HE BEGAN
WRITING THE SONG THE BASIC STORY
LINE WAS ABOUT A WOLF THAT EATS
A BABY BUT THAT PREMISE SEEMED A
BIT PASSE.
SO, QUOTE, I THOUGHT IT'D BE
MORE INTERESTING TO REIMAGINE
THE WOLF BEING WOLF BLITZER
SNEAKING INTO HOUSES AND
DEVOURING CHILDREN.
THE KIND EYES, SMILING GRAY
BEARD WITH A BABY DANCING IN HIS
BELLY WHILE DRINKING LEMON
FLAVORED ***.
STILL GETS TO ME.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED
IN THAT PICTURE THERE, BUT THE
LEAD SINGER OF MAN MAN IS
WEARING A CUSTOM MADE TUNIC THAT
IS EMBLAZONED WITH MULTIPLE WOLF
BLITZER HEADS.
HOW DO I GET THAT WAS MY FIRST
QUESTION?
AS RYAN NOTES, IT TURNED OUT
GORGEOUS AND WOLF LOOKS VERY
HANDSOME AND DEVILISH AND MIGHT
I SAY HUNGRY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I KNOW
THREE THINGS.
ONE, IF I WAS IN CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA, TONIGHT, I WOULD
BE GOING TO THE CHOP SHOP TO SEE
MAN MAN ON TOUR.
TWO, I WOULD STEAL THAT TUNIC
DURING A SOUND CHECK.
THREE, WE FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER
TO A QUESTION THAT A YOUNG
BALLOON BOY POISED MANY, MANY
YEARS AGO AS HE AWAITED HIS
INTERVIEW WITH WOLF BLITZER.
>> SAY HI TO WOLF.
>> HI.
>> HI, GUYS.