Unsurprisingly, the classic CPR guideline of timing your chest compressions to the beat from The Bee Gees’ “Staying Alive” still applies when performing CPR on Sweetdaddy.
I think ‘Staying Alive’ is better, thematically, for an EMT to be muttering under their breath. Imagine the looks you’d get if you accidentally muttered your choice with a loved one nearby.
And I just read the “I Can Fly, week 10”, where Jeff infers that Shaenon may have been taken over by pod people, so that cultural reference gets put further into my subconscious, too: Maybe Madness is just a way-stop on the return trip to enlightenment?
Well, you guys, to this it’s come
He’s lying there, the core pump’s done.
Gather up the funk that is won.
Let his funk pump beat on!
(beat on, beat on)
They can do this thing, they can take this stance,
Doctor Lee’s bad circumstance.
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
Her wrench will fix what’s wrong,
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
Her wrench will fix what’s wrong!
Skin Horse helping, all in their creed,
Second-nature all in their deed,
Lee and Shelby take the lead,
While funk pump beats on.
(beats on, beats on)
Sweetdaddy’s all apart.
Attacks have taken toll.
Let the funk beat drum its roll.
They’ve got a party,
With robots, and cobras, whatever,
All just to fix what’s wrong!
Yeah, something that charted,
To help get down
The groove undone.
In the New Jersey sound.
From out in the Barrens
To Chesapeake Bay,
Start up a party,
Skin Horse at play!
Oh, yes,
They’ve got to have a party!
After some Googling, I have to agree: All Night Long in its original rendition is decidedly less funky than Lowdown Popcorn. It was a little ahead of its time
Unsurprisingly, the classic CPR guideline of timing your chest compressions to the beat from The Bee Gees’ “Staying Alive” still applies when performing CPR on Sweetdaddy.
…it is way too early in the morning and my mom is playing that song while sitting five feet away from me. I came here to distract myself. Urgh.
Also “Another One Bites The Dust”, I heard.
Nellie the Elephant or Barwick Green (the “The Archers” theme tune) are also recommended.
I used to work on a machine that played out to the beat of the Eagles’s “Heartache Tonight.”
I think ‘Staying Alive’ is better, thematically, for an EMT to be muttering under their breath. Imagine the looks you’d get if you accidentally muttered your choice with a loved one nearby.
Yes, but you really want “Stayin’ Alive” vibes for your CPR, rather than “Another One Bites the Dust” vibes. Positive thinking, and all that.
As long as it doesn’t drift to Michael Bolton, he should be okay.
TOMORROW:
Sweetdaddy’s core pump starts playing “Mr. Bass Man” by Larry Hooper, followed immediately by “Panda” by Desiigner.
TUESDAY:
Sweetdaddy starts projecting anime clips onto the wall as his core pump plays “In The End” by Linkin Park on an endless loop.
At which point Sweetdaddy would be decomposing?
It’s when he (it?) starts doing Japan Pop that I’ll bring out the toe tag.
Put out a call to George Clinton!
Or James Brown. In a pinch, maybe Bruno Mars will do. Does it have to be on 8-track?
Moustachio has James Brown on eight-track, doesn’t he?
This is an emergency session of the Parliament Funkadelic. Let the funk come to order.
Well, this strip sent me off to YouTube for further research.
Lowdown Popcorn is definitely much healthier funk than Woman In Red.
“Dammit Jim! I’m the Doctor,not Wolfman Jack!”
+1 Internet points for a reference nobody younger than 40 will get.
Hey, I made sure my kids watched good educational TV like Star Trek, Gilligan, Brady Bunch, etc, etc.
The format is something of a meme, and then Google helps with the rest.
Oh, dear, I really am that old.
Hey now, don’t be silly! I’m only 38!
Yes, but did you get both references in the comment?
We need a groove transfusion, stat!
A bit off topic, but it just occurred to me that the silly bumper sticker “I REJECT YOUR REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE MY OWN” is what Mads _actually_ do.
Exactly! I wonder if they can do things that look more like magic if they have a different worldview.
I am the bone of my sword
Dit quoi?
Med school? I always thought Virginia was a PhD.
Still a doctor.
It is fairly common for medical researchers to have both. Which does cut down on the time available for parties during school,
Unless they just go twice
Particularly when your job involves using living brains as a plug-in.
Lionel Ritchie left his funky with The Commodores.
Yeah, but Easy? Three Times a Lady? There was always a lot of cheese alongside the funk. And not funky cheese, either.
Being responsible for that *and* for Nicole Ritchie is a lot to answer for.
He is only responsible or her upbringing, not her genetics
Madness… the final frontier…
It always seems to be old STTOS reference time.
And I just read the “I Can Fly, week 10”, where Jeff infers that Shaenon may have been taken over by pod people, so that cultural reference gets put further into my subconscious, too: Maybe Madness is just a way-stop on the return trip to enlightenment?
Ye gods, now I’m hearing Chuck Mangione! Call the paramedics!
Hey, I like Chuck… bbqed and slathered in sauce.
Well, you guys, to this it’s come
He’s lying there, the core pump’s done.
Gather up the funk that is won.
Let his funk pump beat on!
(beat on, beat on)
They can do this thing, they can take this stance,
Doctor Lee’s bad circumstance.
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
Her wrench will fix what’s wrong,
She didn’t party
In high school, or college, whenever.
Her wrench will fix what’s wrong!
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Skin Horse helping, all in their creed,
Second-nature all in their deed,
Lee and Shelby take the lead,
While funk pump beats on.
(beats on, beats on)
Sweetdaddy’s all apart.
Attacks have taken toll.
Let the funk beat drum its roll.
They’ve got a party,
With robots, and cobras, whatever,
All just to fix what’s wrong!
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Yeah, something that charted,
To help get down
The groove undone.
In the New Jersey sound.
From out in the Barrens
To Chesapeake Bay,
Start up a party,
Skin Horse at play!
Oh, yes,
They’ve got to have a party!
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song! (all right)
Funky song!
—from (yeah, what else?) “All Night Long,” Lionel Ritchie.
Great filk, and you can dance to it. It may not be funky, but I love this song.
I take it that “How do You Mend a Broken Heart?” wouldn’t be appropriate…
“How Do You Mend a Funky ‘Bot?”
Unless the problem is that SweetDaddy has lost his funk.
After some Googling, I have to agree: All Night Long in its original rendition is decidedly less funky than Lowdown Popcorn. It was a little ahead of its time
Oh look, it’s me when my friends start making music references.
Hmmm, had only heard of “Lady in Red” (even though apparently they are from the same movie o_O)