Bill talks about songs that people secretly like 9/4/23 Bill Burrs' Official UA-cam Channel: / billburrofficial Contact Bill: mondaymorningpodcast@gmail.com #billburr #mmpc
I can relate to exactly what Bill is saying at the end. When I was 14, my friends and I would mock Ice Ice Baby. We would constantly point to Vanilla Ice as everything wrong with everything. When Jim Carrey lampooned him on In Living Color, we thought it was the funniest thing ever. Yes, at 14 years old, I considered Vanilla Ice to be a symbol of fake corporate bullshit. At 47 years old, that song just reminds me of being 14. It comes on the radio, and I crank it up, and I smile while I rap along to the 1/3 of the lyrics I know.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP & WHEN I WAS PERFORMING IN FOR BANDS IN THE 80S, I WOULD NEVER ADMIT THAT I LIKED DURAN DURAN AND OTHER SONGS QUESTIONABLE TO A METALHEAD. BUT DURAN DURAN ORDINARY LIFE SLAVES ME EVERYTIME I HEAR IT. I LOVE DURAN DURAN
Growing up in the 90’s that was always the prevailing attitude, "that song’s gay, it’s only cool if it’s loud, angry, and the bands don’t care about fashion." Realized that kind of music just made me depressed. It was the best decision in my life to stop caring about what other’s thought about the music I listen to. That music can be fun, and even make you want to dance. These days I get down to all of that Soft Rock, Disco, Funk and New Wave. What matters is how the music makes you feel. So much of life is depressing, don’t need that in my music, it can actually help you get through the tough times if you let it.
Bill is so right at the end. There are ao many songs i hated hearing 3 dozen times a day between 10-20 years ago and now when i hear them on the radio i not only keep listening but I'll sing along the 1/4 of the lyrics that i still memorized via proxy lol.
Poor Wilmer Valderrama. My wife watches NCIS, the guy plays a tough cop with a tough back story, but I come into the room and all I can think is FEZ!!!
@stratdx I was never that into Duran Duran then when they reformed years later my sister’s friend bailed on going with her so I had to take her to Manchester arena and they were ANAZING. Superb proper instruments band. Awesome.
Steve Perry was a casting call hire. The band's management insisted on a different sound. Journey's founding members were in Santana's band and they were about jamming, and they weren't selling records.They said they were not happy with it until they noticed thousands of people started lighting their Bics during a slow song that was getting heavy radio play. Money kicked in, and they were then fine with their new corporate sound.
Along with Duran Duran! John Taylor was an awesome Bass player! The Power Station record with John, Andy and Robert Palmer showed they could really kickass!
@@bigjohnson7415 John Taylor is literally my favorite bass player. Didn't care for Duran Duran as a young kid in the 80s. But once I started playing, and then paid attention to Rio he was my dude.
Tommy Tutone and Greg Kihn along with The Knack and The Romantics , and early Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and a thousand other guitar driven skinny tie bands would fall together loosely under the category of Power Pop. It was an important part of the post punk / new wave movement in the UK in the late 70s early 80s . Bram Tchaikovsky and early Nick Lowe would be fine examples. Loud , chimey guitars, hooks and memorable , singable choruses. Early Beatles and British invasion influences in the songwriting, along Spector girl group pop affectations in the melodies and vocal harmonies .
1:35 right around here you can hear a perfect example of modern day censorship's effect on comedy. At first he was comfortable saying what he wanted to say, the rocky horror picture show comment, then you can hear him nip it in the bud immediately after realizing he mightve "offended" some people with the comment, you can hear the realization in his voice.
Or maybe Bill realized he'd never seen the movie and didn't want to make a comment that would offend fans of it. This is your brain on The Culture War BS.
I've also had a similar sudden realization like that; one day I was doing dishes and Enjoy the Silence just *clicked*. I'd to dry my hands and search it up on UA-cam, knowing that somehow it was now one of my favorite songs.
I recall in 2001 my wife's gay friend was visiting and we were watching TV and one of those terrible marine commercials came on and i commercials omg this commercials are so GAY! I never seen him over again after that.
Toto-Africa is song i hate from the first time I herd it and I will continue to do so till the day I die with burning passion, just cant stand anything about that song. Also Prince-Purple Rain I hated when it was new cause he was small feminine guy singing it and now i think is one of the bests songs ever and was and still am a fan of him.
Everything he just said rings true for me. I always liked "Africa" though, Leo Moracchioli does a metal cover of it that is awesome. The guy has got a bunch of videos covering pop and rock songs in a metal style. It's cool if you like that kind of stuff.
Never cared for songs like "(I've had)the time of my life" or "Must have been love" because they were played on radio all the time but now you can listen to them and notice that top talent were obviously in charge of composing and playing them in a studio. Even pop music was sophisticated back then
Bill is one of the few of his generation that has the self awareness to realize that what he listened to was corporate manufactured sissy af glam and hair metal garbage that should not even be considered metal. He has stated several times that he has now started to listen to real metal. He has even gone to Meshugah and Iron Maiden concerts. Its never too late. Bill is the GOAT.
Foreigner was rockin' earlier on in their career, then in the 80s, they became a soft rock band. What the Hell, Foreigner!! Did they think we needed more music like what Air Supply was making? No, no we didn't.
"Still Loving You" by Scorpions should not be on the list. It's never been played out like so many others. "Wind Of Change" deserves to be on the list not SLY
that's why I love the U.S. they let anything let as insane as possible because of freedom and liberty and all that shit and nobody can be like "woah you're going off the deep end" and that's what Art needs and even though I don't really love any of these bands the shit that came after it in late 80's and 90's is what I like which was obviously influenced by all this
In the 80's I'd listen to Dio, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Triumph, Cinderella, Ratt, Slayer, Metallica, Accept, Rush, The Cure, OMD, Yaz, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Adam Ant, Ultravox, The Jam, Oingo Boingo, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and others, but Foreigner, Starship, Bruce Springsteen, The Doobie Brothers, Loverboy, and other limp-dick "rock" bands made me want to puke, and I still hate them. One that I used to not even pay attention to, but like now is Steely Dan.
Simply Red was the beginning of the end for good 80's music. It all sucked ass after that. Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Kids on The Block all sucked ass and still do.
I can relate to exactly what Bill is saying at the end. When I was 14, my friends and I would mock Ice Ice Baby. We would constantly point to Vanilla Ice as everything wrong with everything. When Jim Carrey lampooned him on In Living Color, we thought it was the funniest thing ever. Yes, at 14 years old, I considered Vanilla Ice to be a symbol of fake corporate bullshit. At 47 years old, that song just reminds me of being 14. It comes on the radio, and I crank it up, and I smile while I rap along to the 1/3 of the lyrics I know.
Gay 😂
Ok but any fuckin "Achey Breaky ❤'"There will b a wobbly.throw .lll.😢😊😂
@@pena.3302 Achey Breaky Heart doesn't remind me of anything, except how shitty Achey Breaky Heart is.
Vanilla ice was fire 🔥, still is
The joker with Bill's laughter is perfection
It totally was
"Then all of a sudden he was getting out of a bathtub naked and I was like, eeww... wtf is this?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP & WHEN I WAS PERFORMING IN FOR BANDS IN THE 80S, I WOULD NEVER ADMIT THAT I LIKED DURAN DURAN AND OTHER SONGS QUESTIONABLE TO A METALHEAD. BUT DURAN DURAN ORDINARY LIFE SLAVES ME EVERYTIME I HEAR IT. I LOVE DURAN DURAN
Growing up in the 90’s that was always the prevailing attitude, "that song’s gay, it’s only cool if it’s loud, angry, and the bands don’t care about fashion." Realized that kind of music just made me depressed. It was the best decision in my life to stop caring about what other’s thought about the music I listen to. That music can be fun, and even make you want to dance. These days I get down to all of that Soft Rock, Disco, Funk and New Wave. What matters is how the music makes you feel. So much of life is depressing, don’t need that in my music, it can actually help you get through the tough times if you let it.
Bill is so right at the end. There are ao many songs i hated hearing 3 dozen times a day between 10-20 years ago and now when i hear them on the radio i not only keep listening but I'll sing along the 1/4 of the lyrics that i still memorized via proxy lol.
“Fuckin” boy George rocks”😂😂
It's just such a flexible word, though.🤣 I use it on everything
Poor Wilmer Valderrama. My wife watches NCIS, the guy plays a tough cop with a tough back story, but I come into the room and all I can think is FEZ!!!
Hilarious, didn't know that was the same guy!
I quit watching NCIS when Ziva left. It was never the same.
I've always liked The Bangles ever since "Walk Like An Egyptian". Before I even knew who Susanna Hoffs was 😍
Dude, she was HOT! Still is in her 50's.
Duran Duran. Now I like them. Especially the bass. Ridiculous.
@stratdx
I was never that into Duran Duran then when they reformed years later my sister’s friend bailed on going with her so I had to take her to Manchester arena and they were ANAZING. Superb proper instruments band. Awesome.
I thought that WAS Bill Burr in Simply Red.
Th joker clip with the laugh is so perfect. He does laugh like Mark Hamill's joker there.
I liked pop in the 80's and I got so much grief for it. They were calling me gay while they blasted Judas Priest. Great times
Bill talking about how great culture club me
Me: what are you a faaaaa#! 😂
"This guy loves culture club,
WHAT R U A FAG? PROBABLY LIKES BANANA PANCAKES TOO"
love that shit 😂
Steve Perry was a casting call hire. The band's management insisted on a different sound. Journey's founding members were in Santana's band and they were about jamming, and they weren't selling records.They said they were not happy with it until they noticed thousands of people started lighting their Bics during a slow song that was getting heavy radio play. Money kicked in, and they were then fine with their new corporate sound.
What sucks is damn near every Culture Club song has badass bass lines.
Along with Duran Duran! John Taylor was an awesome Bass player! The Power Station record with John, Andy and Robert Palmer showed they could really kickass!
@@bigjohnson7415 John Taylor is literally my favorite bass player. Didn't care for Duran Duran as a young kid in the 80s. But once I started playing, and then paid attention to Rio he was my dude.
@@josephwalton487 👍👍👍
2:06 how did you find this!? I saw that ad maybe once growing up....
All the tapes Marge grabbed out of the clearance bin are actually awesome!
Tommy Tutone and Greg Kihn along with The Knack and The Romantics , and early Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and a thousand other guitar driven skinny tie bands would fall together loosely under the category of Power Pop. It was an important part of the post punk / new wave movement in the UK in the late 70s early 80s . Bram Tchaikovsky and early Nick Lowe would be fine examples. Loud , chimey guitars, hooks and memorable , singable choruses. Early Beatles and British invasion influences in the songwriting, along Spector girl group pop affectations in the melodies and vocal harmonies .
Thanks, Bill;
I just added a few more tunes to my ''80s playlist.
It's hard to compose a successful pop song that is not corny. Even as a punk fan, i respect good pop
I used to Hate, HATE, Bon Jovi. I mean, HAAAAAATTTEEE. and now I kinda like them
1:35 right around here you can hear a perfect example of modern day censorship's effect on comedy. At first he was comfortable saying what he wanted to say, the rocky horror picture show comment, then you can hear him nip it in the bud immediately after realizing he mightve "offended" some people with the comment, you can hear the realization in his voice.
Or maybe Bill realized he'd never seen the movie and didn't want to make a comment that would offend fans of it.
This is your brain on The Culture War BS.
That joker laughing cut was spot on
2:35. Instantly thought of this clip 😂😂😂
Those 1st 7 chords of Africa on the Piano is hard!! I need to learn that 🔥
I've also had a similar sudden realization like that; one day I was doing dishes and Enjoy the Silence just *clicked*.
I'd to dry my hands and search it up on UA-cam, knowing that somehow it was now one of my favorite songs.
Bill is always fucking interesting.
Those Knock It Off commercials started my crush on Hilary Duff ❤
Hahahaa that was great! When did those come out?
@@napoleonbonerfart278 If I remember correctly around 2009
I recall in 2001 my wife's gay friend was visiting and we were watching TV and one of those terrible marine commercials came on and i commercials omg this commercials are so GAY! I never seen him over again after that.
@@Wallyworld30 in the 90s everything was gay, fag, and so on. I wonder what the kids say these days.
@@AJ-lq3jz Back then my friends and I just called everything we didn't like gay. It was indeed a bad habit I'm glad we grew out of.
I remember the early eighties and the whole NewWave thing 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅! Great time to be a kid.
Prince played basketball in a figure skater outfit.
#1 ELO Don't Bring Me Down
Having worked in AM top 40 in the 80s...we called it pop rock...to feel good about ourselves
I was into rock, and hated love songs when I was a kid. Then a 15 year old girl kissed 14 year old me…. Bam! I understood Air Supply that same night.
Toto-Africa is song i hate from the first time I herd it and I will continue to do so till the day I die with burning passion, just cant stand anything about that song. Also Prince-Purple Rain I hated when it was new cause he was small feminine guy singing it and now i think is one of the bests songs ever and was and still am a fan of him.
Yeah, Toto totally pussed out. Their debut record when they showed off Steve Lukater's, not sure I spelled it right, his guitar playing was awesome!
That Culture Club/Mr T bit 😂
It looked badly dubbed. I wonder what he REALLY said to boy george 😂
groovy vid. Bill nailed it. What are the two animated shows referenced besides the Simpsons?
F is for family
Yup that culture club song brought Dub elements into a pop song. Good stuff
Dude Bill is right . On all of it
Everything he just said rings true for me. I always liked "Africa" though, Leo Moracchioli does a metal cover of it that is awesome. The guy has got a bunch of videos covering pop and rock songs in a metal style. It's cool if you like that kind of stuff.
Billy simply rednuts
we were in Air Supply heck in 81-82 before the electronic and heavy metal music rescued us
Haha nice editing, I love the snooty woman from that TV show
Never cared for songs like "(I've had)the time of my life" or "Must have been love" because they were played on radio all the time but now you can listen to them and notice that top talent were obviously in charge of composing and playing them in a studio. Even pop music was sophisticated back then
Bill is one of the few of his generation that has the self awareness to realize that what he listened to was corporate manufactured sissy af glam and hair metal garbage that should not even be considered metal. He has stated several times that he has now started to listen to real metal. He has even gone to Meshugah and Iron Maiden concerts. Its never too late. Bill is the GOAT.
Why dude get weak after buddy hit them Africa chords lol 😂
Did he just say, “if you would’ve saw some of the music I was listening to”?
I’ve never heard anything with my eyes Bill.
I wanan get bill to give his opinion on Johnny thunders and the New York dolls
'Take It On The Run' by REO Speedwagon is a great song. Would love to hear Foo Fighters cover it.
VH1's entire video broadcast catalog from the '80s.
I love air supply
I said the same thing about the same music 😂
Yeah. A flock of Seagulls still rock!
The lead guitar player was a monster!
Compared to the garbage they passes for rock these days I’ll take Air Supply anyway.
Indeed. Barely!🤣
Bill your taste in music IS TAKING A NOSE DIVE... Save yourself while there's anything left ! ! !
Look for the purple banana till they put us in the truck
Bill, dance to “ do you really want to hurt me “ by culture club. I dare you
My most hated ones are don’t stop believing, every rose has its thorn, jukebox hero, a lot of good 80s bands had at least one awful song lol
For myself, Steve Perry & Freddie sound like they are auditioning for the Vienna Boys Choir.
How can he know what Rocky Horror Picture Show is like if he hasn't seen it?
Because its become part of the cultural zeitgeist. Lots of people know little bits of movies, sports, music, etc. that are just a part of our culture.
I'm Bill's age and loved me som Barry Manilow and the Carpenters.
Careless Whisper
1984: so gay.
Now: still so gay…but also, class!
Foreigner was rockin' earlier on in their career, then in the 80s, they became a soft rock band. What the Hell, Foreigner!! Did they think we needed more music like what Air Supply was making? No, no we didn't.
Judas priests eat me alive is a pretty gay... but much more literally.
God, I hate Africa by Toto. Probably one of the most overplayed songs of all time and sick of hearing it.
Same as Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and Bon Jovi's "Living On A Prayer".
Nope, that would be Sweet Home Alabama, Hotel California or Living on a Prayer.
I GUESS THAT's WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES
I've thought Africa was a shitty song since its release. The fact that Weezer covered it made it even more annoying.
"Still Loving You" by Scorpions should not be on the list. It's never been played out like so many others. "Wind Of Change" deserves to be on the list not SLY
We built this city on rockandroll, has to be top tier gay
Flock of seagulls rules
Thats not "Metal" thats Hair Rock, lol.
Dennis Deyoung taking over Styx with his shit music was kind of like when Alan Alda got too much control over MASH.
Bill Burr is simply red lol
that's why I love the U.S.
they let anything let as insane as possible because of freedom and liberty and all that shit
and nobody can be like "woah you're going off the deep end" and that's what Art needs
and even though I don't really love any of these bands the shit that came after it in late 80's and 90's is what I like which was obviously influenced by all this
You're reminding me of how much I hated 80's mainstream pop. Nauseatingly cheesy!
Interesting to know that back in the 1960's The Beatles fan's were 90% teenage girls. In 2023 now 90% of their fans are middle aged men. Weird.
We all got old!🤣
I Can't Fight this Feeling by REO Speedwagon, is the gayest song ever recorded...and I mean that in a South Park kinda way 🙂
Simply red. Ooff.
I remember thinking journey was the gayest band of all time... Then I heard separate ways and I was right
The R.A.D. movement being backed by the biggest bunch of druggies in rock and roll lmao Stephen Tyler telling kids to stay off drugs.
Funny now old dudes complain about men being soft and dressing as women grew up with musicians who dressed like women.
Got to disagree with Bill on Simply Red. Any reference to that group should be eliminated from history
I maybe speaking blasphemous here but I actually like Weezer's cover of Africa over Toto's original Africa.
And I
In the 80's I'd listen to Dio, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Triumph, Cinderella, Ratt, Slayer, Metallica, Accept, Rush, The Cure, OMD, Yaz, Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Adam Ant, Ultravox, The Jam, Oingo Boingo, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and others, but Foreigner, Starship, Bruce Springsteen, The Doobie Brothers, Loverboy, and other limp-dick "rock" bands made me want to puke, and I still hate them.
One that I used to not even pay attention to, but like now is Steely Dan.
best sounding laughter in history is Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos and Bill Burr
How can anyone think Africa by ToTo is gay goes beyond me.
Lame, boring, dull.... not gay though
Simply Red was the beginning of the end for good 80's music. It all sucked ass after that. Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, New Kids on The Block all sucked ass and still do.
Anything from Abba. Love Dancing Queen.
David Bowie and Keith Richard's version of Dancin in the Street. Gayest.
The 70's show was overrated
I have to agree. Except the slutty sister of the main guy.😍
Bill I love your work but wtf am I watching this? I'm out.
Air Supply lol