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Entry #6
 
Havin' music at my fingertips was friggin' fun.
 
This was the sequel to the ever so popular "Foot on the Gas" from WTVN and always a hit with the radio crowd because they're almost always sitting in their car thinking exactly what you're singing.
 
I had to sing over Billy Joe in a couple of the spots and it made for some strange lines as I had to either rhyme with what he was saying or say the exact same words. It's ridiculous the amount of work some of these parody songs were. Luckily Green Day liked introducing their songs with heavy repitition.
 
Oh and remember the intern "Julie" the one the Night Owl was undressing with his eyes? She and a writer friend from the Dispatch and the three of us were all backstage at the Green Day show at Newport. She started getting in a fight with Trey Cool about how uncool they were and all this shit and Trey is like - "You guys should be happy we even stopped in Columbus." Of course she's wearing a freakin' 101 shirt and she's pissing him off royally. I finally step between 'cause she was just embarrassing herself. The next day I get to read in the paper about how this brave soul was taking Trey Cool to task until a "radio weasel" stepped and stopped them. What the fuck. He must've been oggling her as well. She did have nice boobs. Radio weasel... (sigh)
 
Anyway, no Big Room with these boys. ;-)
 
LEARN HOW TO DRIVE
PARODY OF GREEN DAY'S "HITCHIN' A RIDE"
 
You're goin' 23, and it's 45,
You need to learn how to drive,
What are you? 64? Why don't you drive your age?
Feel like a rat in a cage,
 
"I bet that book would be better,
If you read it at home!!!"
"Your left turn signal is still on,
Why can't you hear the little clicking sound!!!??"
 
What part of green do you not understand?
I'd love to give you a hand,
Oh no rain on the highway,
You're goin' 35!
You need to learn how to drive
 
"Merge does not mean stop."
"Go, go, GO!"
"Lady! That mirror is not for applying MAKE-UP!"
 
Double lines-you know you cannot ride,
Get on the wagon and learn how to drive,
Learn how to drive...
I didn't know that K-Mart was handing out free licenses,
You must've been first in line...DRIVE!
 
"why are you slowin' down?"
"have you never been to a 4-way stop before"
"if you think everyone is a tail-gater, doesn't that say something?"
"I now understand why people drive with guns"
"Istanbul, not CONSTANTINOPLE!"
 
Double lines-you know you cannot ride,
Get on the wagon and learn how to drive,
 
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...
(GO NOWHERE SLOW)
Learn how to drive...