Barenaked ABCs - Alphabetical Barenaked Ladies Catalog

This week’s song is anything but plain. But does our panel think that life is better by listening to “Jane”? 

Jane official video 

Appearances 

BNL on Conan on second week of show 

“Jane” by Stephen Duffy (late 80s sound to music… similar voice).. Slept with her. Feel like 13 again, safer if we stay friends, No longer lawrence to your vivian., work and school, love sick fool.   

Steven Page on “Behind the Vinyl” about “Jane” 

Literary Analysis of Jane 

Juliana and Evan 

Cover of Jane by Twin Bandit 

Intimate and Interactive 1993 

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That’s right. We are getting ready to put 2020 to bed and as we look back with hindsight, we review our regrets and our resolutions for next year. So join Tracy, Aaron, and Jeff as we discuss G-I (and not our personal GIs).

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Merry Christmas, a late Happy Hanukkah, and an early Happy Kwanzaa to everyone. We will be back next week with our review episode, but for now, enjoy this BNL classic from their live performance in Portland, ME. It was a “never purchase”, so I think I am okay releasing this.

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I have a new title. I was just elected the Wizard of Magicland.  But if you ever wondered before who that is, well, I can tell you now that it’s only me.  I’m the one and only.  But this week, we are not the only podcast talking about this song. Our friends over at “Barenaked Ladies are Us” podcast are joining us to discuss this deep cut. (and somehow we all missed mentioning the grunt at the beginning of the song).

https://youtu.be/3woCrJgJebU

It’s Only Me (live)

PLUG 

You can find JD and Nick over at their amazing podcast “Barenaked Ladies are Us”, wherever you download your podcasts!  I highly recommend them. 

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We’re at episode 150.  Is there anything original for us to say?  Or have we said it all before?  I think we have an original take on this song, so we’ll prove Steven wrong, that it hasn’t all been done.  And who better to join us on such a discussion than the pop culture anthropologist, Allison McBride?  

Appearance 

Title song for Baby Blues TV show 

It’s All Been Done with David Duchovny playing an egg shaker on Leno 

It’s All Been Done on Conan (5 years after their first US appearance on Conan’s second week of the show) 

Steven playing the song after the Junos 

Steven and the Odds and Kevin 

Horseshoe Tavern / April 29, 2015 

BNL on Good Morning America (several songs and interview in the middle) 

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Sorry for that incredibly annoying screeching sound.  I’m sure you were asking “Is a crow being strangled somewhere?”  You really should have asked “Is somebody singing?” because the answer is “yes… it was me”.  Luckily I don’t sing this week, but listen to us discuss BNL singing with Chris Hadfield, as we talk with writer/actor Jimmy Kustes. 

Live performance of ISS 

See Jimmy’s movie at: www.bodyswapmovie.com 

Appearance 

Chris Hadfield talking about how a Canadian guitar ended up at the ISS.  He also talked about wanting to sing with a school but they haven’t figured out how yet.  Also the challenges of playing weightless. 

https://www.space.com/19694-hadfield-song-duet-space.html

Canada Day celebration concert 2013 (just Ed and Chris, but Chris sings in Quebecois) Chris’s voice is haggard, but there is probably a reason 

SelfieCamJam 2020 (excellent version for BNL harmonies) 

How did this never happen? 

https://www.playbill.com/article/toga-party-on-broadway-animal-house-being-made-into-stage-musical-com-188096

Hadfield interviewed by Kirk 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/captain-kirk-calls-chris-hadfield-at-space-station-1.1365620

Hadfield covering “Major Tom” while in space 

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This week we discuss a song that is all about modern canine management.  Don’t agree with me?  Come on the show and show us you aren’t all bark, no bite.  In the meantime, stop growling and listen to us discuss Invisible Fence. 

Acoustic 

Fake Nudes 

Spoken word 

Live on QTV 

17:15 they play a demo of Invisible Fence that the band had sent to QTV. 

Interviews on QTV 

Webisode on “Spoken Word” versions 

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I know that the last couple of weeks our episodes have been spotty.  It has been computer problems…. okay… the truth is that I only like to post intermittently.  Which is good because this week, that is the song we are discussing. 

Appearance 

Intimate and Interactive 1994 

Starts with Intermittently, after an interview 

Last BNL appearance on Ships And Dips Cruise (and you can see Joe in the background)  

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A song about fishing knots.  Does this song bring us all together or do we slip apart with just the right tug?  Find out. 

It can be purchased on some international versions of Maroon and the Australian Pinch Me (2000) single. 

Live in Lansing, MI in 2004 

Appearances 

brand new 2020 band commentary for Pinch Me 

You can listen on Spotify 

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Man, I had to get drunk this week to enjoy this song.  But how did the other guys feel about “In The Drink”.  We also ask Tyler Boudreau what he thought.  This week’s discussion gets bloody.   

Appearance 

Let ‘Em In cover 

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