Okay, we did it. After a gaggle of hours in the studio (Dan’s house) we finally crafted the gayest song ever made. Actually, it’s really just the shittiest song we could make but it doesn’t come close to the greats like Tommy Lee, Dave Matthews, Deep Blue Something and Counting Crows who inspired the project. Making fun of shit is easy. Doing something “better” is a lot harder than we thought.
The song was written and performed by Dan Morrissey (photo above) and engineered by Tony Maestrone (at desk in video below).
INTO THE LIGHT
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I’m tired of travelin’ where the road don’t lead
Jiggiti-boppa-jonesin’ for a chance to breathe
And my satchel is filled up with dreams
Burstin’ at the seams
Give me faith, my lover, give me the news
Down by the river where I play my blues
On my grandaddy’s beat-up guitar
Hey, papa, I’m a star
So put me on a train
And let the whistle blow
I’m-a take it wherever it goes –everybody knows
So bring your good friends around
Let’s sit around the fire til the sun goes down
And say n’na n’na n’na
And follow me into the night
So bring your good friends around
Let’s say goodbye to this goddamn town
And say n’na n’na n’na
And follow me into the night
Follow me into the light.
I was walking down the street the other day – old black man askin’ people for change. I went up to him I said, “Hey man, I got a question for you. What’s it all about?” He looked up at me and he said, “Three words my brother FOLLOW – YOUR – BLISS.”
I’ve got this feelin that I can’t control
Like zippidi dop a doo wop of a jazzman’s soul
I’m livin my life like a song
A million miles long
So put me on a train
And let the whistle blow
I’m-a take it wherever it goes –everybody knows
So bring your good friends around
Let’s sit around the fire til the sun goes down
And say n’na n’na n’na
And follow me into the night
So bring your good friends around
Let’s say goodbye to this goddamn town
And say n’na n’na n’na
And follow me into the night
Follow me into the light.
Don’t think about all the crazy little things
Cuz you never really know what tomorrow bri-i-ings
There’s thinking goin’ down not happenin’ together
While there’s people goin round not thinkin’ bout the weather
Don’t forget your mind and your money and the dark
You can lose it if you choose it
Don’t forget to make your mark
Cuz once is once but it’s not the only time
If you blow it on a nickel you can spend it on a dime
Say sha n’na na n’na na na
Say sha n’na na n’na na na
Say sha n’na na n’na na na
Say sha n’na na n’na na na
Say sha n’na na n’na na na
(fade out)
Here’s some more highlights from the studio sessions…
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My new mission is to help make “Jiggity-Boppa-Jonesin” the newest internet meme.
This shit scores.
07.31.09 at 12:24 pm
You are a star indeed.
Gavin, i kind of feel sorry for your friends. Why do you make them hang out with you when you’re naked?
07.31.09 at 12:25 pm
This could be a David Brent comeback single.
07.31.09 at 12:26 pm
perfect
07.31.09 at 12:27 pm
Jiggity-Boppa-Jonesin!
07.31.09 at 12:34 pm
Check out “my” website to hear the original.
http://www.myspace.com/14u2hear
07.31.09 at 12:38 pm
feel good hit of the summer just in time for the long weekend
07.31.09 at 12:42 pm
I have a feeling this will be Smashmouth’s “comeback” song. I put comeback in quotes because they never really left: the singer has that show on food network, and their music is so timeless.
07.31.09 at 12:44 pm
nailed it. the lyrics are great
07.31.09 at 12:54 pm
i’m not old enough to relate to this. how about one of those daughtry or nickelback or hoobastank acts? or some stupid dr. dog college shit? ur an old man gavin get with the times.
07.31.09 at 1:02 pm
this was actually really, really funny.Im gonna send it to my lil sis at ohioU and have her make it into the next good-time- jam-session-midwest-hackey-sack anthem. It may even usurp Dispatch.But yes, do a nickelback version next.
07.31.09 at 1:08 pm
I’m with Kim Mitchell on this one. This is the New Carling Black Label Summer Anthem!
07.31.09 at 1:08 pm
Sorry, I beat you to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMi7oV-CmE
07.31.09 at 1:15 pm
this is pretty good because i totally get what you guys are getting at. the only thing i can complain about is the singer……..dude is not hitting those high notes when he should be. like thats the only missing element the power-douche vocal. otherwise 10/10 and its beyond fucking great amazing!
07.31.09 at 1:18 pm
I kinda like it actually.
07.31.09 at 1:24 pm
the laughing parts are funny
07.31.09 at 1:30 pm
you should have overdubed some slide blues guitar during the parts you were talking about the blues
07.31.09 at 1:35 pm
you have a weird dick
07.31.09 at 1:37 pm
Awesome! I love the Pogues!
07.31.09 at 1:39 pm
So I just had a really nice lunch at this Mediterranean place up in Yorkville while I was running an errand for my boss and then I get back to work, listen to this piece of shit baboon’s arse of a song, and promptly spew my delicious lunch all over my desk. Fuck you. You owe me a new keyboard.
07.31.09 at 2:27 pm
That riff sounds kind of like “Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop.
07.31.09 at 2:37 pm
i would like to see the video of you talking that guy into letting you give him a foot high-five while you are naked.
07.31.09 at 2:40 pm
Christian Contemporary. But better.
07.31.09 at 2:41 pm
douchetastic.
07.31.09 at 3:08 pm
Yes, “Jiggiti-boppa-jonesin” is important, and I also concur that the little giggle parts at the end of those verses are brilliant! Good job.
07.31.09 at 3:09 pm
feel good hit of the summer!
07.31.09 at 3:16 pm
It kinda made me think of the Pogues too. Oh and you overdid it with the tats.
07.31.09 at 3:51 pm
Great stuff. Keep it up & you could be the next Spin Doctors.
07.31.09 at 3:56 pm
I finally understand why I hate musicians. God this is amazing.
07.31.09 at 4:14 pm
worst…. songs… ever
07.31.09 at 4:20 pm
A noble effort, but you still haven’t outgayed LFO’s “Summer Girls”. Back to the drawing board.
07.31.09 at 4:34 pm
where is this glorious track avail for d/l… must mix it into the cut @ the club
07.31.09 at 5:01 pm
Does no one feel embarrassed for this 40 year old has been?
07.31.09 at 5:39 pm
quote:
“Making fun of shit is easy. Doing something “better” is a lot harder than we thought.”
No fucking kidding. Our entire generation in two sentences.
Also, this is pretty good.
07.31.09 at 5:42 pm
Uh….. you live in Ottawa
07.31.09 at 5:52 pm
sexy sexy gaavin
swoon city
07.31.09 at 5:54 pm
most I’ve laughed on this website
07.31.09 at 5:55 pm
I fucking love the ending.
07.31.09 at 6:01 pm
i went into the light right at the start.
burnt my eye on the bulb.
http://www.cafepress.com/jesushadsballs
07.31.09 at 6:10 pm
“I’m livin my life like a song”
07.31.09 at 6:16 pm
Just found a band with a similar vibe . . .
http://www.myspace.com/rallyfor1
07.31.09 at 7:07 pm
This was so dead-on, it gave me douche chills.
07.31.09 at 10:18 pm
the rap part. omg. this is amazing,
07.31.09 at 10:24 pm
too long
07.31.09 at 10:34 pm
I commend you. This gets worse with ever listen.
07.31.09 at 10:40 pm
Irony is for Cowards.
“…And make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us. The reason why our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that an ironist is impossible to pin down. All U.S. irony is based on an implicit ‘I don’t really mean what I’m saying.’ So what does irony as a cultural norm mean to say? That it’s impossible to mean what you say? That maybe it’s too bad it’s impossible, but wake up and smell the coffee already? Most likely, I think, today’s irony ends up saying: ‘How totally banal of you to ask what I really mean.’ ” – David Foster Wallace
07.31.09 at 10:50 pm
This sounds like the Hold Steady.
08.01.09 at 12:08 am
this is better than anything the clash ever wrote.
08.01.09 at 12:13 am
Excellent. I’ve heard songs like this one at coffee shop open mics for years.
08.01.09 at 12:54 am
I also laughed my ass off and loved the part about the old black man!
08.01.09 at 1:45 am
as a huge fan of DFW i gotta say… this type of thing gavin just pulled is NOT what DFW is getting at with that quote, or in that essay. you need to go back and read his books man you just sound like an asshole
08.01.09 at 1:46 am
Tony Maestrone is the fucking a number one dude!
08.01.09 at 4:09 am
you could’ve at least sung it yourself.
Who the fuck is this guy?
08.01.09 at 4:58 am
Next time you should start with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExGQB8prYEQ&feature=channel
and then try and work your towards this (the reigning worst song of all time):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkmLEhFq44
if you get lost along the way, walk in this direction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYN74ZW4k_E&feature=related
08.01.09 at 2:38 pm
This guy is a joke. A 40 year old with two kids doing look at my dinkle routines?
I can’t wait til 50. What’s he going to do? Shit his pants?
S
08.01.09 at 4:39 pm
We can only dream.
08.01.09 at 4:44 pm
Can you believe the talent New York produces? It takes your soul on this concrete journey down the jagged path of excess through the burning streetlights into the haven of expression that is a sultry underground jazz club or a seedy punk bar on the Lower East Side. Here’s on of NYC’s finest, they have a smokey Tom Waitsy, Blind Melony vibe that’s totally original.
http://www.myspace.com/electricblackmusic
08.01.09 at 6:07 pm
hahahahaha – really laughing at this.
08.01.09 at 7:04 pm
this is so depressing that Gavin’s is the only cock I’ve seen in months. alas!
08.02.09 at 5:15 am
Yes the song is great, but I think you all missed fizzlebottom’s mention of the guy from Smash Mouth being on Food Network. THAT is the funniest thing on this page.
08.02.09 at 7:08 am
It would have been a lot funnier if Gavin had a boner the whole time.
08.02.09 at 4:36 pm
god, this song is seriously so stuck in my head, omg
08.02.09 at 10:56 pm
garage bandy
08.02.09 at 11:46 pm
that was sooooooo gay
08.03.09 at 1:45 am
this song saved my life
08.03.09 at 1:54 am
This is how you get people to buy shirts.
08.03.09 at 2:20 am
Or me at least.
08.03.09 at 2:20 am
my parents play there music at coffee shops, so thanks for essentially putting my childhood into a song and shitting all over my brain with it.
follow.your.bliss.
08.03.09 at 3:21 am
also, your band should be called mandy’s dreams or something equally as gay.
08.03.09 at 3:23 am
i dont know which is worse
http://ubuweb.com/sound/komar.html
08.03.09 at 9:13 am
you’re right about LFO’s Summer Girls
08.03.09 at 10:00 am
that dfw quote would make a lot more sense in other entries of this site.
08.03.09 at 1:34 pm
this song angered me so much that I kicked Adam Duritz in the balls when I saw him in Soho
08.03.09 at 2:21 pm
good!
08.03.09 at 9:36 pm
Savage Garden still hold the title. Not even Gavin’s penis is that gay.
08.03.09 at 11:50 pm
that penis looks like it fucked John merrick
08.04.09 at 12:36 am
the entourage theme song is up there…
08.08.09 at 6:52 pm