Mundane Misadventures

For some reason, around this time last year I started watching Oingo Boingo videos on YouTube.  I grew up in the 80's, so I of course had heard of Oingo Boingo and saw at least the "Weird Science" video on MTV.  I vaguely remembered "Hey," a song they put out during the height of grunge when I was in high school.  I also knew that Danny Elfman had done some film scores.  That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge.  Then I watched the videos.

( The beginnings of an obsession. )

For the longest time I've been trying to figure out the title of a Tool song.  All I could remember was the line, "If you choose to pull the trigger."  Last night MidBro was putting some music on iTunes and updating his iPod.  I scrolled through his music library and checked it against a website of Tool lyrics.  Nothing.  Finally I had a startling idea.

What if it wasn't a Tool song at all?  What if I was thrown off by the lead singer and it was really A Perfect Circle?

A quick search of Google and I had it.  "Outsider" by A Perfect Circle.  A similar thing happened not too long ago on Facebook.  Back in my Humboldt days I discovered a video of Pikachu that had been dubbed with a song.  Again, I only had one line in my head.  I spent the last several weeks inputting all permutations into Google that I could.  Through Facebook I asked Gabeen for help.  Within hours I had the name of the song and a link to the video.

O listen, Tender Lumplings, let me take you by the hand.  I'll lead you from this hellhole to the promised land.  But don't blame me, O children, if those promises don't keep.  But promises like knives, can be oh so very cheap.

Tender Lumplings everywhere, life's no fun without a good scare.



*Apologies to Danny Elfman for the blatant theft of his words.