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Tenacious D – Friendship Test
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The skit leading into the track “Friendship.”
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Tenacious D – Friendship
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On the aptly named “Friendship,” JB and KG talk about their relationship with each other.
The duo performed the song on the first episode of the MTV show Crank Yankers.
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Tenacious D – Karate Schnitzel
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Coming off of a skit and song on friendship, Jack and Kyle’s friendship is about to be tested, when Jack finds that his schnitzel is gone. This skit also leads into the track “
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Tenacious D – Wonderboy
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“Wonderboy” was released as the second and last single off of Tenacious D. On “Wonderboy” Jack Black (as Wonderboy) is talking about his arch rival “Young Nastyman” (Kyle Gass
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Tenacious D – Hard Fucking
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A skit providing the introduction to the famous Tenacious D track “Fuck Her Gently.”
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Tenacious D – One Note Song
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The first skit on the album follows the intro to the album opener. Jack and Kyle are trying to think of awesome riffs! Jack’s got an idea…
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Tenacious D – Fuck Her Gently
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“Fuck Her Gently” is one of Tenacious D’s most famous and beloved songs. In it, the D give advice on how to give your special lady the D.
It was released as a single to radio with
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Tenacious D – Pat Riley
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[Intro] / You know a lot of times when me and Kage sit down to write a song / The ideas blast forth bleeding together like wine / Now only once every hundred years or so / Does
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Tenacious D – City Hall
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“City Hall” is part song, part skit and makes for an epic album closer. The song includes the hidden track “Malibu Nights.”
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Tenacious D – Inward Singing
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“Inward Singing” is a comedy sketch where Jack announces to Kyle that he wants to shows off a thing called inward singing. He demonstrates how you can use it to sing while
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Tenacious D – Karate
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This song first appeared on Tenacious D’s show on HBO (Which ran from November 28, 1997 – March 15, 2000) when Jack Black (Jables) met a girl called Flarna who works in a tattoo
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Tenacious D – Double Team
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On “Double Team,” Jack describes a sexual encounter with a woman that he and KG share.
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Tenacious D – Dio
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“Dio” is an homage to Ronnie James Dio.
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Tenacious D – Cock Pushups
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The idea of “Cock pushups” became a plot point in the movie Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny.
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Tenacious D – Rock Your Socks
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four, five / 6-6-6 / [Verse 1] / It doesn't matter if it is good, it only matters if it rocks / The main thing that we do is to rock your socks off
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Tenacious D – Drive-Thru
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JB: Kage. / KG: Yeah? / JB: Let's go to the drive-thru. / KG: Oh good, I'm starvin'. / *vroom noise* / EMPLOYEE: May I help you? / JB: Yeah, um, uh... / EMP: Can I have your order
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Rock/Metal band suggestions for a newbie?
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I’ve been diving into the genre for a bit now. I’ve gone through all the more popular metal bands (SOAD, Slipknot, KoRn, etc), and some of the classic rock/metal bands as well (Radiohead, Metallica) as well. Besides that, though, I’m kind of clueless as who to try out next. I’d like some suggestions as to who to try next from some more seasoned rock listeners.
I like everything, from hard thrash to some of the more slower, melodic stuff.
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Frank Ocean (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) – Super Rich Kids
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Continuing a major theme on the album, Frank evokes the lux and glamorous like no other (see “Sweet Life” and “Lost”). Only “Super Rich Kids” is a bit more harrowing—there’s
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The Who – Go to the Mirror!
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The Doctor discusses how Tommy is medically sound, there just seems to be a psychological block in his consciousness (from the events of “1921”).
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AJSC The DJ (Ft. Agony, AJR, AJSC The DJ, Akiva Schaffer, Alexandra Stan, Andrew Underberg, Andy Samberg, AnimationEpic, Baby Kaely, Baha Men, BENJIxScarlett, Billie Eilish, Blue Moon, BoyWithUke, Britney Spears, Bryant Oden, Christell, Cody Simpson, Colbie Caillat, Colleen Ballinger, Counting Crows, Creepy Nuts, CRNKN, Curbi, DaBaby, Dada Life, DaFuq!?Boom!, DAGames, Dante Klein, Dawin, Deerock, Deficio, Dirty Rush, Di Young, Dr. Dre, Drug Head, Eminem, Ephixa, Epic Rap Battles of History, Faul & Wad, FGTeeV, Flo Rida, Fountains of Wayne, Frizk, Funnel Vision, Galantis, Gooseworx, Hazbin Hotel, Inanimate Insanity, Insane Clown Posse, IShowSpeed, Jackal, Jack Harlow, Jack Stauber, Jagwar Twin, Jason Derulo, J. Dash, Jennifer Murphy, Jennifer Murphy Go Girl, Jeonghyeon, Jimmy Fallon, Jorma Taccone, JPB, Kanye West, Lauv, LazyTown, The Legend of Zelda, Lensko, LilDeuceDeuce, The Living Tombstone, The Lonely Island, LOUDPVCK, LunchMoney Lewis, Major Lazer, Maroon 5
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Now Playing: Faul & Wad - Tokyo / Hazbin Hotel: / So things look bad, and your back's against the wall / Your whole existence seems ****in' hopeless / You're feelin' filthy as a
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Walt Whitman – Song of Myself
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Walt Whitman’s masterpiece. A grand tribute to democracy, sex, the body, the soul, and the open road. If there’s such a thing as The Great American Poem, this is it.
“Song of
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XXXTENTACION & wifisfuneral – MANIKIN
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This song serves as the second collaboration between South Florida rappers XXXTENTACION and wifisfuneral, the first being X’s remix of wifi’s “Don’t Test Me”. This track was
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2Pac (Ft. Tha Dogg Pound, Method Man & Redman) – Got My Mind Made Up
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Produced by Daz Dillinger, “Got My Mind Made Up” was originally created for Tha Dogg Pound’s debut album, Dogg Food, and featured The Lady of Rage along with Redman, Method Man
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Elton John – Tiny Dancer
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For pretty much all of Elton John’s greatest songs, the words were written by Bernie Taupin. The result is that sometimes Elton is singing words that are actually intensely
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Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
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This song is often seen as a reference to the Prodigal Son parable in the New Testament of the Bible. But the song’s writer, Kerry Livgren, denies it has any specific religious
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Vladimir Nabokov (Ft. Humbert Humbert & John Ray Jr.) – Lolita, Foreword and Chapter One
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The “Foreword” to Lolita is, of course, in reality, written by Nabokov himself, under the guise of “John Ray, Jr., Ph.D.”
In it we learn many important clues to the intra-textual
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Styles P & Talib Kweli – Last Ones
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[Intro: Talib Kweli & Styles P] / (Yeah) / (What's Happenin'?) / (What's Happenin'?) / (What's up, what's happenin, what's up?) / [Verse 1: Talib Kweli] / All my rap friends went
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Soulja Boy – Crank That (Soulja Boy)
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One of the most notorious songs of all time, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” is the debut and breakout single for Chicago rapper and television personality Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, better
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YamiNoBahamut – 2000-2019 mashup
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / (It’s my life) Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh / I was a king under your control / Does that make me crazy? / Does that make me crazy? / (It’s my life) I throw
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Daredevil – The Path of the Righteous
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Kid watching cartoons, when suited folks - including / [music playing on TV] [thud] / We need a doctor! Now! / Let's get a gurney out here! / - What happened? / - She drank
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ApologetiX – Lived the Day You Died (parody of Love the Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna)
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Parody of "Love the Way You Lie" performed by Eminem featuring Rihanna and written by Marshall Mathers, Alexander Grant & Holly Hafermann / (Matthew 2:11; Mark 15:23; John 11:49-52
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Charles William Russell (Ft. Michael Erard) – The Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti (excerpt 2)
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Charles Russell’s 1858 biography of Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774-1849) is the only English-language work about the 19th century’s most famous polyglot and is the most
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Marvel's The Punisher (Ft. Amber Rose Revah, Daniel Webber, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jason R. Moore & Jon Bernthal) – 3AM Script
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1 [LISA AND FRANK LAUGH] - [FRANK] Ready? - [LISA] Okay. / [PLAYING GUITAR] [LAUGHS] Dad. / [INAUDIBLE] [MAN YELLS] [TIRES SCREECHING] - [ENGINE REVVING] - [MEN GROANING] One batch
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William James – CHAPTER XXIV. [1]INSTINCT
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INSTINCT is usually defined as the faculty of acting in such away as to produce certain ends, without foresight of the ends, and without previous education in the performance. That
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Indigo Bloome – Destined To Play
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Breaking Bad (Ft. Aaron Paul & Bryan Cranston) – Fly
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According to creator Vince Gilligan, this was a “bottle episode.” Because the season was already “hopelessly over budget,” it became necessary to create an episode with minimal
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