Full Transcript for Jukebox Jams

00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:57.680 It's captivating. 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:58.000 Yeah. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:59.039 What do you did? 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.840 You have like these experiences a lot as a child? 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:12.000 You know, I actually don't remember ever putting money in the jukebox to put songs on, but I definitely remember tabbing through all of the, you know, when you're pressing the button to get it. 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:12.800 You can hear the noise. 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:13.919 Yes, exactly. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.639 And it's slipping, slapping over and just seeing what they had. 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.160 And then sometimes probably being a little shit and like just doing it as fast as possible. 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:24.319 So get them to go. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.759 My dad had a record player at home that we he used pretty regularly. 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:41.600 So like the novelty of the records wasn't a thing for me, but seeing those ones that I don't I haven't seen one in so long, but where they'd pick up the record and you'd see it get dropped onto the turntable. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:49.120 And like those were so special that because normally the mechanics are hidden, right? 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:49.920 Yeah, exactly. 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:57.680 That's the only time I've actually, that's the only type I've actually seen, although Happy Days had that in that opening credits. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:04:58.319 Right. 00:04:58.480 --> 00:04:58.639 Yeah. 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.399 Oh my gosh, that's such a good memory. 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:02.639 We're gonna have to link to the opening credits. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:12.639 But I don't know, there is something really exciting and fun about a jukebox, and especially as a music lover, if you're excited to put your your song on. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:23.600 And I just thought it might be fun to dive into the history of the jukebox a little bit so we can share a little bit about the origin of its name, since it's also kind of odd. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:28.480 And the good news is there is no shortage of history about the jukebox online. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.120 I literally Googled like jukebox history, and so many articles came up. 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:33.759 Uh-oh. 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.920 Maybe I'm not the only one who's sentimental about the jukebox. 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:42.800 But I did find this great article, which I'll link to from Smithsonian magazine. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:51.839 And they say in 1889, the first type of jukebox debuted in a San Francisco tavern called the Palais Royal. 00:05:52.160 --> 00:06:01.040 And it was actually an a modified Edison phonograph that played music from a single wax cylinder that you put in a nickel. 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:15.759 The customer would put the tube up to their ear, and then they'd have to listen to it, just one person listening to the song on their own, since there was no

amplification of sound at that point. 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:21.360 So hopefully, you know, people weren't getting earwax and and and whatnot on it. 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:23.199 I don't think they cared in those days. 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:27.759 You think they were just smelly, they were smoking all the time, they weren't taking showers regularly. 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.680 It was a smelly time, I'm sure. 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:30.879 And I'm glad that I didn't. 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:36.879 But also think about it like San Francisco, there were probably like horses and you know, I don't know. 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.279 I'm not wistful for that time period. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:58.079 But then to jump forward a lot, in 1927, the Automatic Musical Instrument Company unveiled the first amplified multi-record coin phonograph, and then jukeboxes were the nickname in the 1930s for these machines in reference to African American juke joints in the South. 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:10.240 So this was the beginning of the introduction to music on demand, which was a lot more affordable than buying a record, and it was being played on much better equipment than most people had at home. 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:28.560 So one thing I loved learning is that at one time jukebox owners accounted for the majority of record sales because they frequently had to change out the selections of records to keep their customers paying, yeah, you know, and coming back to their establishment to hear new music. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:36.399 And then jukeboxes, of course, prompted bar fights over music selections and complaints about the noise. 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:37.360 I could see that. 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:38.399 How fun. 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.519 Have you ever no, but I'd love to. 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.519 I could see you getting in a fight. 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:58.000 I do feel like there was a uh a meme of some sort, somebody on Twitter a long time ago, back when it was still Twitter, talking about how he went to one bar and put on Monster Mash just like eight times in a row, unlike the touch tunes or whatever. 00:07:58.240 --> 00:07:58.800 Yeah, wow. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:04.160 And and speaking of that, because now there are many types of jukeboxes. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.399 I am not a fan of touch tunes. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:11.920 You know, that one, it's like it's basically you just find any song in the world and you can play it. 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:13.839 Almost like karaoke at this point. 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:20.560 Like I think a lot of karaoke places But have we not been to a karaoke place that had a very limited selection? 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.920 Yes, with the old time, old timey booklet. 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.519 Yeah, more things in a foreign language than in English. 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:28.480 Yeah. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.959 But I want a limited selection. 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:31.360 Yeah. 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:37.519 Like I actually think it's more fun to have to like really think like, oh, okay. 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:42.240 So based on these 20 albums or whatever, what am I gonna pick? 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:47.039 And then considering the different types of jukeboxes, one of my favorites is the Warlitzer. 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:48.399 Can you picture it? 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:55.919 I mean, I could imagine just knowing the name I don't know at all, but knowing how you think. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:04.799 And and and kind of imagining like that iconic, the iconic jukebox with the colors and yes, like the colors and the bubble tubes. 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:05.440 Yeah, yeah. 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:06.240 Yeah, bubble tubes. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:08.799 Bubble tubes, like what a good idea. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:12.080 You're like a moth to a flame, just like walking through the biggest. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.240 What a I mean, so clever, like such a cool thing. 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.440 And you know what? 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.480 I looked online. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:21.200 Uh-huh. 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:25.279 Some of those jukeboxes are only like$12,000 or$13,000. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:27.759 I'm not saying I can afford that. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:29.679 One day, but I'm saving. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:36.399 If I were rich, I I would just drop that cash and say this is a worthwhile investment. 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:38.240 Like that is fun. 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:39.120 That's a flex. 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:39.600 I know. 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.080 That's definitely a flex for your romp room. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:42.639 Yeah. 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.960 For your romp room. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.039 Isn't that what the goose room romp is? 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:47.679 I'm sorry. 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.120 I like romp too. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:49.600 A romp. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.159 I mean somebody's just in there like romping. 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:54.080 I'm thinking romperoom. 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:57.440 That's a good one. 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:02.000 Anyway, I don't want to spend my whole time talking about jukeboxes. 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:06.320 So let me share with you the song I'd like to play on the jukebox. 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:12.720 And truth be told, I don't know if I've actually ever played this song on the jukebox before. 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:16.639 I've seen it on plenty of jukeboxes in my day. 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:25.679 But before I dive in, here's Spirit in the Night by Bruce Springsteen and the East Street band from their 1973 album, Greetings from Asbury Park. 00:10:32.727 --> 00:10:45.440 Crazy JD and a mission man We're back in the Lading House Long came wild and weather square team man all loaded up with that. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.840 Okay, absolutely love that opening. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.000 It this is it's really good. 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.200 It's

thank you. 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:57.759 And this is one of my favorite Bruce Springsteen songs out there. 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.120 And Christine, I was shocked that you thought of the boss as simply born in the USA, guys. 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.840 So I wanna I want to hear about your Bruce aversion. 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:11.519 Okay, so you gotta remember Born in the USA comes out in 1984. 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.120 And I'm a kid, but I'm also like like watching MTV. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.120 This is on MTV all the time. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:17.759 Wow. 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:26.240 So like that's kind of the memory I have stuck in my brain, my my 11-year-old brain, that ew, that's like parent music. 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:27.600 Yeah, boring. 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:32.399 And then the most vivid memory is dancing in the dark. 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:34.080 Yeah. 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:49.679 And he's so earnest and he's so bright-eyed, and he's doing that 80s dancing, and and then Courtney Cox is in the audience and he points at her, I think, and she pops up, and then they're doing the cutesy dance together. 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:50.799 It's embarrassing. 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:56.720 Like even at that age, if I had known the word cringe, I would have said that is cringe. 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:58.080 That's cringe for sure. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.360 I don't disagree. 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.080 But so that is in my mind. 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:05.519 Like it's really it's it's dancing in the dark. 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.600 Um, it's what's what are the other songs of his around that time? 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.360 I mean, born in the USA. 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:11.840 Yeah. 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:16.320 I I I Oh wait, what about your little girl is a dad? 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:16.639 No. 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:17.440 Exactly. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.320 I hate that. 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:19.200 I hate it. 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:20.639 But then you play this. 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.440 I actually, I'm gonna be completely honest here. 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:25.440 I thought it was Van Morrison. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:26.639 Oh, interesting. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.080 I heard Van Morrison. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:32.000 I heard like the, you know, it sounded a little bit like Moondance, a little bit like Domino. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:32.879 It's so weird. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.440 There's a little nod to like King Harvest in there. 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:37.440 Okay, but you know who else? 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:39.039 I'm hearing Bob Dylan. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.320 Oh, interesting. 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.799 I'm hearing like lyrically Bob Dylan. 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:43.919 Yeah, lyrically. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:49.279 And then more musically voice Van Morrison, but I don't want to get ahead here. 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.960 I listened to the entire album. 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:51.919 Oh, good. 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.799 And I like your pick the most. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:55.440 Okay. 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:01.519 And same here, because not every song on this album is a winner for me. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.279 Like Mary Queen of Arkansas. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:03.840 Oh no. 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.279 I'm like, shut it down. 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:08.559 Also, just this Bob bus stop at whatever street. 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:12.080 I'm like, uh some of it is a little too bleeding heart. 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:17.600 I didn't mind that one as much because that was very Bob Dylan, but yeah, a little too maudlin at times for me. 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:19.759 Like he's crying almost. 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.399 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:20.879 I don't like that. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:21.440 100%. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.159 I know. 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:27.440 I have never thought of the Bob Dylan thing, but lyrically, I think I can totally agree. 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.919 And I will spill the beans. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:32.799 I'm not the world's biggest Bruce fan either. 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.080 And it's not because I don't like him, because I do love him. 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.480 I just haven't listened to all of his albums. 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:46.639 He has 21 studio albums, and like I'm not gonna lie, like most artists, I like his earlier stuff. 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.039 Huh. 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:47.440 Yeah. 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:52.480 So Greetings from Asrey Park is Bruce and the E Street band's first album. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:59.120 And Spirit in the Night and Blinded by the Light were both released as singles, but both failed to chart. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:03.440 But those, in my opinion, are the best songs on the album. 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:16.559 And I want to talk about this for a second because I got so pissed when I found out that Manfred Mann, when he covered Blinded by the Light, it became number one in 1977. 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:20.080 So yeah, that's the version I know. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.759 I only know that version. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.120 Oh, you haven't listened to the before. 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:24.399 I mean, I did I've I've listened to the album. 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.519 Yeah, because because of you. 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:30.639 But I really just thought it was a Manfred Man song. 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.559 But what do you think of that Manfred Mann? 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.519 I didn't like it. 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.720 No, but it's annoying. 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:42.480 To me, that's like peak bad 80s music or 70s that you would hear at a in a jukebox at the time. 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:43.120 Yeah. 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:45.120 Along with 867-5309. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.399 Oh, good call. 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:46.720 Yeah. 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.399 It's very on brand with that one, too.

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.919 Manfred Mann also covered Spirit in the Night. 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.720 Oh, really? 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.279 Yeah. 00:14:55.519 --> 00:15:00.799 I didn't listen to it because I was like, I refuse to have my memory sullied by this. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.320 What I feel like I talked about Manfred Mann one more time on this. 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:09.039 You definitely think it was connected to the Burrito Brothers, maybe at some point. 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.759 Okay, let's stop before I get too angry. 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.879 Okay, sorry. 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:22.080 But this is this is all like to point out, like I listened to a lot of Bruce's earlier stuff in my early 20s, like a lot. 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:36.000 And then there's no doubt that I've put on like Thunder Road or Born to Run or other songs by Bruce on the jukebox because he was also a shared favorite of some of my other drinking buddies from back then, you know. 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:37.919 And that's what a jukebox is for. 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:47.919 It's for your drinking buddies, unless you're Christina's a child, in which case you're, you know, lording it over the adults that you picked out some fun songs, which I love. 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:55.759 Well, this song, speaking of like the lyrics, it's so good because it tells the story of this chaotic night. 00:15:55.919 --> 00:16:06.159 And if you're like me, I can see it all playing out in my head, like from the beginning when they're all kind of linking up and driving out to the lake. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:10.799 And it's just it is lyrically very interesting. 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:19.279 And Crazy Janey is essentially known to be a nod to WB Yates's Crazy Jane poems. 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.639 Do you know anything about this? 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.360 I don't know. 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:26.320 I mean, I I've never read one, but I guess I will have to just to get a sense of it. 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:43.759 But the thing that stinks is that you know what I was looking on Wikipedia to learn more about this album, Clive Davis, who was the president of Columbia Records back then, he was worried that the songs that Bruce and his producer Mike Apple had already submitted wouldn't have commercial appeal. 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:50.320 So Bruce really quickly penned Spirit in the Night and Blinded by the Light, hence them being released as singles. 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:55.200 And then those songs had to be recorded apart from the rest of the songs on the album. 00:16:55.440 --> 00:17:05.759 And as such, the lineup for Spirit in the Night was limited to Vinnie Lopez on drums and Springsteen playing all other instruments, save for Clarence Clemens on the saxophone. 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:30.400 And she kissed me just right like only a lawyer can She fell so nice Just as soft as a spirit Helen Elena don't know what she do to you like a spirit hell and I all night stand

right up and I'll let her shoot through me. 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:43.279 Okay, so Clarence really deserves a lot more attention than I'm able to provide on this episode, but he's one of those saxophone players that'll make someone who thinks they don't like saxophone eat their words. 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.960 And sadly, he passed away in 2011 at the age of 69. 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:57.680 And because I'm like the age that I am, I imagine that there was like a lot of lore with like the E Street band, and Clarence was kind of like that band leader. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.440 I even remember that. 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:09.119 Like him being the thing, like almost more of a draw, not a draw, like not like I saw them in concert or anything, but like I remember the saxophone being a thing. 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:14.160 Like when you'd see them on TV or something, like they'd play live at an event or like some TV thing. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:22.960 I'm gonna link to a video of them performing this song, Spirit and the Night, at the Almondson Theater in 73. 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:30.160 And it's very cool to watch because like they're all young and like they're very swaggy and like cool. 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.839 But yeah, Clarence had a big presence because he was like, I think he was like 6'4. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.319 Yeah. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.880 So he was a big guy playing the sacks. 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:42.319 But I saw Bruce Springsteen perform at Jazz Fest in 2012. 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:46.079 So it's one year after um Clarence had passed away. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:51.599 But apparently, his later years touring, he was in a he had a lot of health issues, so he was already in a lot of pain. 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.920 But anyway, back to the jukebox. 00:18:54.079 --> 00:19:00.160 So here's the scene I'm with my friends, and we're at that time of the night where nothing can go wrong. 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:04.640 You're happily buzzed, ready to put on some music that we know and love. 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.200 So I pick something by Selena. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:14.000 Okay, Fleetwood Mac, maybe some Patsy Klein or George Jones, and Spirit in the Night. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:18.880 And we sing along to the best parts, but not the whole song, because that would be annoying. 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.559 And no one starts a fistbite over our musical selection. 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:29.119 And that's why I couldn't pick Thunder Road because I would scream sing every word to that song. 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.079 Oh my god. 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.359 So amen. 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:37.359 That's that's my jukebox story, and I can't wait to hear what song you're putting on the jukebox, Christine. 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.920 I love your story, and I hope to be there one day with you. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:53.200 I I doubt I'll be singing, although I have been listening to the song a lot, so maybe I will eventually learn the lyrics to it and be able to participate in like a semi sing-along. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:57.759 Um but I do think that is a very important component, which I'll get to in just a sec. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.480 Nice. 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:10.079 So for me, choosing a song for the jukebox is a little like choosing a song for karaoke, which is to say lots of overthinking and problem solving goals are involved. 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.359 Do you have goals? 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:17.200 Like when you plan out the what to choose, are you like, you know, working towards something? 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:19.519 I don't want to regret my song choice. 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:19.759 Okay. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.279 That's pretty much it. 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:29.279 And like the only thing that would make me regret a song choice is if I knew there were a better song on the album that I should have picked. 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:29.759 Okay. 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.960 But yeah, no, I just want to live, laugh, love. 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:37.599 Yeah, well, I wish I could be like that too. 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.079 This is our yin and yang coming out. 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:45.680 Instead, this is probably something I if I find out I'm going to a place that has a jukebox. 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:50.240 First I'm studying the menu to see, like the food menu, just to see what I can order. 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.839 Because, like, what do you order at a place that has a jukebox? 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.039 Probably a patty mill. 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.400 Yeah, exactly. 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:04.880 So I study the menu, and then you you can't necessarily study the song picks, but like there are several things you're solving for. 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:07.839 I I do think you want the element of surprise. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.440 Um that's fun. 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:11.519 Not from the food, but from the music. 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:18.079 You want people to say, like, oh, I totally forgot about that song, or I didn't know that was. 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.960 And then I shout out to our episode on I didn't know that was. 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.000 Let's link to that. 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.480 Uh-huh. 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:28.640 And um, I also want as many people as possible to enjoy it. 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:35.599 Like, truly, I know you you don't think that about me, but the ultimate goal is a communal experience. 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:43.519 Like, I'm actually shooting for the entire bar to break out into a sing-along a la deer hunter. 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.480 Wow. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.079 That's big pressure. 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.799 Oh, yeah. 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:49.279 No, but this is this is where I'm going. 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:51.920 This is why I I shouldn't overthink. 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:56.880 Because then anything that doesn't get to that point is going to be a

letdown for me. 00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.480 Oh man. 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.759 But as you know, I think. 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:02.720 I famously don't love mainstream music. 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:05.119 And a lot of times that's within these jukeboxes. 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:09.519 But I do think my compulsion to be a people pleaser does take over. 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:12.480 So I'll pick something mainstream but with an edge. 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:21.119 The other thing you need from a jukebox jam is something powerful enough to break through the din of a conversation without disturbing it too much. 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:26.400 Like you still want people that like have their conversations and fun together. 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:36.960 But I do want people to put down their beer, tilt their heads toward the speaker, and try to decipher together what the song is. 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:43.759 I remember it all very well. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:46.880 Looking back, it was the summer I turned eighteen. 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:51.839 We lived in a one-room rundown shack on the outskirts of New Orleans. 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:54.319 We didn't have money for food or rent. 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.559 Say the least, we were hard-pressed. 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.640 Then Mong spent ever last penny. 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:01.279 We had to buy me a dancing dress. 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:06.079 Mama washed and gone and curled my hair and she painted my eyes and lips. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:12.880 And this is Fancy, Bobby Gentry's lead single from her 1970 album of the same name. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:16.160 You seemed to think my pick was funny. 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:18.319 You L O L did, I remember. 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.480 Tell us more about that. 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:31.359 It's just that I have been at karaoke, I want to say at least three times, where one of my friends has put this on and done it at karaoke. 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:38.240 And if I'm being totally honest, I don't think I knew the song before I heard one of them do it at karaoke. 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.720 Uh-huh. 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.039 Good. 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:47.599 And I was like, like, because the fact that everyone was singing along to it and like, you know, like somebody's putting the mic out into the audience together. 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.119 I'm like, I don't know this song. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.599 Yeah. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.559 Okay, wow. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:50.960 Yeah. 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.400 That's that's great. 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.400 And I sort of wonder what version it was. 00:23:56.880 --> 00:24:06.240 Because some people, I once played the record for somebody, and the person I played it for was knew it as a Reba McIntyre song. 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.720 Yes. 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:12.160 That's where I think my friends know the Reba version because that came out in 91. 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.200 Yes, it did. 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.839 Yeah. 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:17.759 And I I I mean, hate to say this out loud. 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.160 Yeah. 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:25.200 Didn't I knew the name Bobby Gentry, but didn't know anything about her before you shared this version. 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.400 Okay. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.799 That's that's I feel good about that. 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:31.759 I mean, it's a hard song to do at karaoke. 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.440 Okay, it is so hard. 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:41.680 It's like, well, first when you told me that your you and your friends have done this, I'm like, oh my god, total karaoke envy. 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.519 Or not karaoke envy. 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:45.599 But like I I can't have stolen dollar. 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.839 But wait, so you've never done this one again. 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.680 So no, I've never done this at karaoke. 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.400 Are you kidding? 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:52.079 Me at karaoke doing this song. 00:24:52.240 --> 00:25:00.640 I mean, this is not quite fantasy karaoke level, but it's definitely like, oh, this would be an amazing song to do. 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.240 I just don't have the talent for it. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.920 Plus, it's four minutes. 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.480 Yeah. 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:10.720 And I do think unless you really know what you're doing, a four minute song is too long for karaoke. 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:17.920 It's kind of fast too, like the singing, like you kind of you really have to know all the words to get it right. 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:20.240 No, you can't be reading off the screen. 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:27.440 I mean, because some people will do a song they don't know very well in karaoke and you see them stumbling over the timing and you're like, don't do that. 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:29.279 And this one could really like mess up. 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:45.279 But I do think, like, if you're in a bar and like it would be fun to just sing along with people, like it doesn't matter how you sound, like, just all together, it's not karaoke, there's no microphones, you're just like drunk and messing up the lyrics together. 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:55.440 So yeah, I'm I'm I'm really like, I have not done this because again, I'm not going to places with jukeboxes, but maybe when you're in LA, we can find one. 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.720 Okay, let's do it. 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.559 But okay, sorry, I know no more karaoke talk. 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:05.039 We're talking jukebox jams, and truly they are their own art. 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:16.000 The only thing is, because it's so lyrically compelling, it could take people too much out of their conversations, and then you have a bunch of drunks in a bar enthralled by the story. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:20.319 It sounded like somebody else that was talking, asking mama, what do I do? 00:26:20.799 -->

00:26:25.039 And just be nice to the gentleman fancy, and they'll be nice to you. 00:26:25.637 --> 00:26:28.518 Here's your one chance, fancy, don't let me down. 00:26:30.198 --> 00:26:32.917 Here's your one chance, fancy, don't let me down. 00:26:34.357 --> 00:26:36.117 Long forgive me for what I do. 00:26:36.758 --> 00:26:38.998 But if you want out, well, it's up to you. 00:26:39.077 --> 00:26:40.438 Now get on now, girl. 00:26:40.518 --> 00:26:42.278 You better stop moving up town. 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:46.640 I imagine someone saying, You know what the song is about, right? 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.559 And it turns into a whole conversation. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:52.240 Has this happened to you with this song? 00:26:52.480 --> 00:27:02.480 Not in the moment, but it is one of those songs that when you're listening to it, like I said, like hearing it for the first time at karaoke, I'm like, what the F are they talking about? 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:04.240 Like this is nasty. 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:04.960 Yeah. 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.759 No, right? 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.960 Exactly. 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.640 I mean, I was worried. 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:12.559 I'm like, we're just talking about like Yeah, no, exactly. 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:29.519 So, okay, the the song takes you through Fran Fancy's transformation from poor white trash, it's quoted um to a high society sex worker, and it was her mom that pushed her into it, but for her own good, her mom was sick and had a baby, which the welfare people took away, and then her mom died. 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:34.880 But Fancy ends up with a Georgia mansion and a Manhattan townhouse 15 years later, so it all paid off. 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.279 Wow. 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:38.880 I feel like this is more of a success story than a cautionary tale. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.759 Thoughts? 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:43.680 I mean, I love your silver lining take on this. 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:49.680 In an interview in 1974, Gentry said, Fancy's my strongest statement for women's lib. 00:27:49.759 --> 00:28:00.480 If you really listen to it, I agree wholeheartedly with that movement and all the serious issues they stand for: equality, equal pay, daycare centers, and abortion rights. 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.480 So, yeah, there you have it. 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:02.880 All right. 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.839 Yeah, yeah, girl. 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:10.880 But okay, so you might not remember this, but I shared the song with you way back in 2022. 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.319 I don't remember. 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.880 Okay. 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:21.519 And and actually, I also shared, I also suggested you do it for karaoke at our Christmas party several months later. 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:25.839 But I think you kind of like just brushed it off because you I don't know. 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.880 I I think at that moment. 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.680 Can you imagine? 00:28:27.920

--> 00:28:28.559 You were being coy. 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.559 No, that would have been funny. 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.359 I you know how I I I don't care about that sort of thing. 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.880 I know, but I already get enough. 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:41.839 I already get enough shit for being from Texas. 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.920 So we're like, oh, she's trying to. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.759 Yeah, no, exactly. 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.519 Maybe that's what I was thinking. 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:51.920 But anyway, I had seen this in the season finale of Minx. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.039 Do you know that TV show? 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.400 It sounds familiar. 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.799 Yeah. 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.319 Okay. 00:28:56.640 --> 00:29:04.640 So young feminist writer joins forces with porn publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women. 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:10.880 Jake Johnson is the, yeah, he's he's the porn publisher. 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:14.880 It's very funny, but this is in the season finale. 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.680 It's in the final scene. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.359 Perfect closer. 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.559 So good. 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:23.440 But okay, so you don't remember me sharing the song at all. 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.000 Not at all. 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.640 Okay, good. 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:29.440 Because the funny thing is, I think we were still sort of new in our friendship. 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.680 And I'm like, fuck, did I offend her? 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:37.759 Like, maybe, like, I don't know, you were taking the lyrics a little too serious. 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.720 Maybe I just thought you were trolling me. 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.759 And I was like, whatever. 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.519 I'm the troll in this relationship. 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.960 I'm glad to know you just never received it, or you never like it. 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.599 Yeah, there were no hard feelings of the good. 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.160 Yeah. 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:54.559 And I tried it's funny, I tried to find the text. 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.920 It must have been a teams message. 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.440 Oh, I was thinking that too. 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:00.079 It could have gotten lost in the team's flood. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.279 Exactly. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:08.319 But for me, when I heard it on the show, it was like one of those moments where I'm like, I know this, I think. 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.400 And you're like, oh, it's so familiar. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:13.039 But you're like, damn, this is such a good song. 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:17.759 And it's weird because when I was a kid, gentry was kind of a thing. 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:25.680 Like, I do recall her singing Bert Bacarak's um covers like Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head and I'll Never Fall in Love Again. 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.400 Oh, yeah. 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.480 But this, I don't know. 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:33.119 It just like when it popped up on that show, I was like, wow, this is this is such a great song. 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:48.160 But it's fancy is the only track she's credited with writing on that album, which in addition to the two back rat songs, it credits Rudy Clark, James Taylor, and Pod favorite Harry Nielsen. 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.880 Wow. 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.440 Yep. 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:49.759 Okay. 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.720 And yeah. 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.160 Did you know though? 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:57.680 And I guess it's funny because I'm assuming you know so much about Bobby Gentry, but you clearly don't. 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:02.880 So you don't know that she's been living in seclusion since the early 80s. 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.000 Oh, dang. 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.559 Yeah. 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:17.279 In 2016, a Washington Post reporter tried to track her down to a gated community near Memphis and reach someone by phone who they believe to be Gentry, but she never confirmed. 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:20.319 They never confirmed it, and that was that. 00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:31.519 And I'm actually only going to share a little bit about her here because if anyone is really interested in learning more about her life and legacy, I've got an amazing podcast rec for you. 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.160 Dang. 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.039 So, yes. 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:36.640 Do you know about cocaine and rhinestones? 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:41.759 Um, it sounds like a Las Vegas Saturday night, but no. 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.960 What is that? 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.240 Most definitely. 00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:50.640 Um, but it's this podcast that I just found in researching this episode for this episode. 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:53.759 It's about the history of 20th century country music. 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:57.200 And the host is Taylor Mahan Coe. 00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:01.759 He's the son of outlaw country singer David Allan Coe. 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:05.440 Thank you, because you told me about the whole outlaw thing, I think. 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.720 A couple out, right? 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.039 Yeah. 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.480 I feel like you mentioned Outlaw. 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:13.119 Because I think I was talking about Hank the Thur and Exactly being an outlaw country guy. 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.599 Yeah. 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:18.799 So I felt cool to when I read that, I'm like, oh, it's not just that he was an outlaw. 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:25.519 But so, so Tyler deep dives into the life and music of gentry in the fourth episode. 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:28.960 But to tide you over, I'll share a few details. 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:34.640 Bobby was born Roberta Lee Streeter in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, in 1942. 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:39.519 And she lived with her grandparents on their farm

after her parents divorced. 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:42.720 And that's where she developed her early love of music. 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:48.079 The grandparents even traded a cow for a piano so she could write songs. 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.960 Oh yeah. 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:56.000 Her mom remarried a couple of times, and Bobby moved with her and the new husband to Palm Springs when she was 13. 00:32:56.240 --> 00:33:01.839 And weirdly, she and her mom like did some performing at country clubs around. 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.640 This is where she got the idea for fancy. 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.079 Maybe. 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:09.759 So, but but Gentry actually moves to LA. 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:20.000 She uh goes to UCLA as a philosophy major, but then she transfers to the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to study music composition and theory. 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:24.880 And she supported herself throughout those years modeling and performing at nightclubs. 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:33.680 But like seriously, she just wanted to be a songwriter and eventually recorded a demo thinking she'd be selling songs. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:47.759 But then the record company loved it so much, and they actually loved her voice doing these songs, especially the six-minute-long Southern Gothic tale, Ode to Billy Joe, about a man who killed himself by jumping off a bridge. 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.480 You know this one? 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.440 I don't think I do. 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.799 And that's what's so funny. 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:56.960 When I looked up her Wikipedia page, I saw that this was her most famous song, and I was like, What? 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.160 I don't know it. 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.799 Yeah. 00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:01.599 And this one, it's funny because it's really good. 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:04.160 It's I mean, it was her biggest hit. 00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:06.079 It came out in 1967. 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:14.559 She knocked the Beatles out of the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and um, it's been covered more than 50 times. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:20.800 My favorite is the French version called Marie Jeanne, and that's Joe de Saint. 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.320 We've talked about Joe de Seine. 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:25.760 We have, but yes, you know, problematic song. 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.000 Is this one problematic too? 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:46.880 I mean, it's a very interesting story about not just how this guy kills himself, in this case it's Marie Jean, but it's more about how the family talking about the situation is interacting and being so nonchalant about this person killing themselves. 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:49.599 It's it's super fascinating. 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:55.119 Like both this, and I think when you really listen to the to the lyrics of Fancy, it does feel like a short story. 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:58.320 And I will say, even your song has that short story feel to it. 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:04.880 So but over four years from 67 to 71, Gentry made seven studio albums. 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:12.960 Fancy was her sixth, and the album earned her a Grammy nomination for best contemporary pop vocal performance. 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:18.719 Then in the mid-70s, she moved to Las Vegas and started the Bobby Gentry show. 00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:25.679 And she oversaw every aspect of the production from the lavish sets to male dancers and costumes. 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.320 Wow. 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.119 Yeah. 00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:30.079 And she was very proud of her business prowess. 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:36.480 Like a Guardian profile, even quoted her saying, I'm a woman working for herself in a man's field. 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:39.360 I'm a successful woman record producer. 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:45.440 And fun fact, she was also an original co-owner of the Phoenix Suns. 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.920 Damn. 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.679 So she made a lot of money from that too. 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.159 Okay. 00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:48.960 Yeah. 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:52.719 But then almost as immediately as she came on the scene, she disappeared. 00:35:52.960 --> 00:36:02.239 Her last known performance was in 1981, singing Mama a Rainbow on the all-star salute to Mother's Day TV special. 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:08.000 And her last public appearance was at the 1982 Country Music Awards. 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:21.920 And it's funny because in this podcast, the cocaine and rhinestones, they go into so much detail about her life, her storytelling, but also how she wasn't quite country. 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:32.000 Like he it's an early episode in this series that he has, but he's kind of setting it up because of her influence on so many country artists. 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:40.239 But he's like more he's saying she's more southern soul, crossover, but not like true country music. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.880 But that's like where that Mississippi Delta influence, I think. 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.559 And you said she was from Mississippi, right? 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.280 She is, yep. 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.480 Okay, yeah, yeah, definitely. 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.440 I can see that. 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.159 Yeah. 00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.679 So I don't know. 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:57.519 I feel like our picks really like complement each other with that storytelling aspect. 00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:01.280 And I think Bobby and the boss would be proud to be played together. 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.400 Oh, hell yeah. 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:07.360 I'm excited to go listen to that uh podcast because I want to learn about her. 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:09.519 No, I I think you'll love it. 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:14.480 I now want to go to the first episode and just listen to all of them. 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:21.760 He started in 2017, and then I think after a few years, like during the pandemic, people just like found out about it. 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:28.159 And the New Yorker wrote about it, and he was interviewed in GQ and a bunch of other like outlets did pieces on him. 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.400 Yeah. 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.119 Damn. 00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:30.400 Okay, cool. 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.079 He's not a fail son. 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.079 No, definitely not. 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.280 Well, that was so fun. 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.760 Thanks. 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.320 I can't wait for the moment when we get to play some songs on the jukebox together. 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.119 I know. 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:48.960 And speaking of which, I want to give a little bit of unsolicited advice to our listeners. 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.719 And this should be obvious. 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:55.119 Put a song or six on the jukebox next time you have the chance to. 00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:58.159 Who cares if the other patrons don't like your selections? 00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.559 A jukebox is not democratic. 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:04.400 For those brief and tender moments, you get to choose the music for all to hear. 00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:08.000 And if someone else is brave enough, they can rebut you with their own picks. 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:14.719 It's like requesting a song on the radio, except everyone can see you, and the audience is probably drunk. 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.679 Exactly. 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:19.280 Who care if the vibe was honky tonk when you just walked in? 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:22.000 Put on Britney Spears Toxic if you feel like it. 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:23.760 There are no rules. 00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:26.000 Just don't play the same song more than once. 00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.880 Wait a minute. 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:28.239 We're not allowed to do that. 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.840 Not even with Toxic. 00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.280 Ah, Christine. 00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.639 You have much to learn. 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.840 Advice over. 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.360 See you at the dive bar. 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:38.079 Christine, what's on deck for our next episode? 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