ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora
New episode! Hope it came out well.
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Yes! It’s #33 on Trending! Worldwide Baltimora Dance Party!
Yes this episode was on my wish-list! So happy to see it on here. I first heard this song in the third live-action TMNT movie.
Glad to see the dog is well!
Just wanted to share that Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris is one of my favorite songs ever, and I squealed with excitement when it was mentioned
There's a documentary called the Dons of Disco on an Italo Disco controversy that's not a million miles away from some of the rumours discussed in this video, def worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc2GTGLk0Ss
Laura Brannigan's cover of Gloria peaked at #2 summer '82. That's probably the peak of the genre's success in the US
I know that song cause it was in one of the GTA games but I didn't know it was considered Itala Disco.
1. If they get on it, they should get Grant O'Brian from Dropout to play Jimmy. ABSOLUTELY the same vibe. 2. Thank goodness the ad read was a fakeout. BetterHelp BLOWS from all I've heard...
My butt clenched very hard when you started that ad read, Todd…
You gotta give a shout-out to Jack Perry and Jurassic Express, they introduced me to this song, I was born in '96 and missed the boat. My cousins showed me every Turtles movie *except* the third. Also, one of the wrestlers from Jurassic Express, Luchasaurus, is currently pretty sick, so if anyone else is here in Todd's comments trying to push for Jurassic Express, pray for him. Todd, you'd love Luchasaurus, his gimmick is that he's a dinosaur, he's insanely acrobatic for a 6'10'' juggernaut, and in real life he's got a Master's Degree. He was also on Big Brother for one season, and got drummed out of the WWE for blowing the whistle on an abusive trainer.
The third movie was actually the first one I saw cause it was the only one available for rental at my local library, that should've been a red flag right there. Even as a kid I recognized it's badness, AVGN was definitely right about that film.
I had no idea what song this was until Todd started playing the piano in the intro, and was like, 'oh, that one...'
"Key Key Karimba" is an unfortunate title, isn't it
how so?
Todd, I hate to say it, but the Weissmuller Tarzan Yell in this video is WAY too loud.
Yay, a OHW I don't know. First one since Turn Up The Radio
haha same here
I breathed a sigh of relief when Todd was plugging Nebula and not Better Help.
No mention of Jack Perry?
Wasn't Giorgio Moroder the guy from that Daft Punk song?
I mostly know him for doing the Scarface soundtrack.
I first found this song from it getting referenced in a webcomic I read when I was like 10. I don’t even remember the name of the comic now, but god bless you whoever wrote that throwaway joke in 2007 for bringing this song into my life!
God. I love the continuing of Baltimore joke from SR-71 OHW.
Dude, that "Living in the Background" song is a *bop* - hadn't heard it until now, and I've listened to it six or seven times in a row now
Glorious! Worth every penny! As a rich Gen Xer this is how I like to blow my money trying to recapture my youth! I also bought a couple of original seats from the theatre I used to work at where I used to dance to this during the credits of TMNT 3.
Thank you for picking this song, it was actually one of the one-hit wonder hit songs on my wish-list(still holding out hope that one of the other five requests is "Into the Night" by Benny Mardones).
Before I found out how expensive they were going to be, I was considering paying for one of these. My first choice was (and still is) "Life in a Northern Town" by Dream Academy, but this would've cracked my top 5. Glad I got to see it for free.
oooh I heard that song on an episode of King of the Hill, though The Dream Academy actually had more then one top 40 hit in the U.S. as their follow-up single "The Love Parade" managed to get to #36. I'm still crossing my fingers that one of the upcoming requests is "The Promise" by "When in Rome".
JFC the ad read nearly gave me a heart attack
Same!
Yyyyep. This is one of those songs where, intellectually, obviously I knew there had to be an actual artist (or at least, a producer) behind it, but it never once occurred to me to wonder who that was or whether they'd ever done anything else. I enjoy the hell out of this song when it comes on, and then I just move on with my life afterward. Sorry to hear about Jimmy' passing, though, damn.
Wait, Todd, pardon if this isn't the right place to ask but like. Not a request just a question (I'm not crazy enough too spend that much money), are they're any late 2000s / early 2010s request, I'm a zoomer and that's basically my era so that's why I wanna ask.
I recall there being episodes in the past about some late 00s songs. Or maybe those were just reviews? 'Paper Planes', 'Like A G6' ... maybe its time for a Gotye one?
Something I don't think has been mentioned, this and The Time's "Jungle Love" are pointed to as some of the earliest uses of the 'Millennial Whoop'.
The rare entry in this series I have absolutely zero knowledge of.
Whoever subbed this is a god damn king. I love this song. And the album it was on was surprisingly great too. (Edit: Queen. I meant Queen. Didn't get to start the video until after work, my bad).
I can be both!
So I have been wondering since Todd has made a few wrestling references in his videos. I am guessing he doesn't still watch. Get better soon Luchasaurus!
New One Hit Wonderland AND a Jeffry Combs reference? And it's by one of my all time favorite "keeps getting rediscovered" Songs? Awww yeah. Yes - for the record, Listerine got me into it, but I had to learn the name of the band because I was buying music Pre-Napster.
Also, too, Toddstradamos just solved another mystery plaguing me for literally 20 years - He identified the sample used in Messiah's 1994 techno 'hit' Thunderdome that I always thought was original lyrics for the song. CIMX 89x played the fuck out of that song, and I do love it so. Legit thanks Todd.
I think a young MC Hammer saw those pants and thought, "Hmm..."
Not sure if it's quite fair to say Italo-Disco did "nothing" in America. Certainly nothing compared to Europe, but it had a presence in the clubs for awhile. The only other pop hit I can think of is Laura Branigan's Self-Control (which is an Italo-Disco cover), but you could hear the influence on mainstream hits from the Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, Rick Astley, etc.
saw the Betterhelp punchline coming from a mile away, still loved it
Part of me was sad that you sped past the YTMND chapter but also I fully understand not wanting people to look up how the internet reacted to something called "Gay Fuel" during the Bush years.
Tarzan Boy also made a pretty great entrance theme for the tag team of Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus, AEW’s Jurassic Express. https://youtu.be/ZKXquGVXhac?si=I2YCiRrLV6dFSH31
I vaguely remember that Listerine commercial and I have some fondness for 80s synth-pop, but I never watched TMNT3 and only know this song exists because of "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry in AEW. Even then, I never saw any of the AEW shows where he used that intro music, so until this video I've never actually heard the song.
it was also in Beverly Hills Ninja.
anti-baltimore rant redeemed by "lamar for MVP"
As soon as I saw this guy dancing I yelled to my partner, "that is a gay little guy."
This is one of my favorite 80s songs ever! It's my Africa.
Amazing Nebula leadup. I was so worried 😅
That Listerene ad looks too good for 1993!
Pixar were busy honing their craft before Toy Story.
Oh thank god, that Betterhelp fakeout had me on edge.
This was a fun one. I thought I didn't know this one but then the hook played and I recognized it immediately. I loved seeing Jimmy dance, he looked like the lost third Proclaimers brother 😆 sad that he passed away so young.
I just hope someone requested the Crash Test Dummies honestly lol good episode :)
The error I noticed is that you passed up on a prime opportunity to mention Move Your Dead Bones.
I was really not prepared for that Woody Boogie reveal
Bout to find out how many wrestling marks are on your patreon
The funny thing about a lot of euro pop is that, for how 'sophisticated' Europeans are, their big hit songs, especially their crossover hits, tend to be super dumb guilty pleasures.
'Twitter is wild because the dumbest people are like "Mayhaps you have slandered me with that ad hominem" and the smartest people are like "my dog is a chonky boi"'
I hope this episode has an explanation of why this song was on the local pop radio a ton when I started junior high in 1992-93. ...TMNT 3, you say? Okay. Also, this is an all-time classic Youtube preview image.
Loved it! Never heard of this song and you taught me a lot about Italian disco Also your swerve in the sponsor segment was hilarious
Very comforting to return to what is my quintessential OHW experience: seeing the title, thinking "I don't know this one," and then immediately recognizing it when Todd starts playing.
Todd, what do you not love about Greystoke, a move in which hot, young Christopher Lambert jumps around the bed on all fours and makes monkey noises to seduce hot, young Andie MacDowell.
RIP Jimmy you would have hated Jack Perry
The fact that I was listening to this JUST this morning and was thinking “man when is Todd gonna do a OHW episode on this” AND SURE ENOUGH
The day he said he would be taking requests the soccer players in the park were playing it and I took it as a sign I would get my request.
HOW WAS "JUNGLE BOY" JACK PERRY NOT BROUGHT UP ONCE
The Listerine commercial was in heavy rotation. The early use of full CG presumably made it a big investment. I remember when I saw the commercial getting the feeling that the song, which was something I was aware of, now felt like something very familiar. It might have done more than anything to make the song evergreen. Based on when the commercial aired, it seems likely that lined up with TMNT 3's production. Given that, I would assume that's what inspired them to use it in the dance scene. I don't know for sure about why it eventually charted. The timing seemed to be connected to the movie. I suspect it was pushed to radio stations since the TMNT 3 soundtrack give a record company the incentive to push it to the local stations.
I was too young to care much about pop music in 1986 and too old for the Ninja Turtles in 1993, so I mostly associate it with the Listerine commercial.
I'm lowkey psyched to hear Todd's take on Italo disco, one of my all-time favorite genres
I unironically love this song ❤️
Since we're talking about Tarzan songs... https://youtu.be/IlDjEd8gAkI?si=urez0o8kNkLeb5ta
Oh boy. Of all the Aqua knockoffs in the late-90s... that was certainly one of them.
Could you please do a Trainwreckords episode on "Return of Dragon" by Sisqo?
Holy hell.
No goddamn way, I wanted this since 2018
I double checked twice before requesting it that he hadn’t done it already. It’s so perfect.
Yes! I had been secretly hoping for this one for years!
Same here!!
YYYYYEEESSSSSSS