They Call Me Baba Booey (37 page)

Still together after all these years.
(photo credit i.4)

Doing karaoke at one of our Vegas shows in 2004. Train was the backing band. I was so drunk I almost fell off the stage.
(photo credit i.5)

On the set in Vegas. These are my guys, my radio family.

REJECTED BOOK TITLES

Monkey Boy:
The Tale of a Horse-Toothed Creature from the Jungle

Ass Camping:
How to Make It Last for Eighty Years

How to Do Everything Wrong and Still Succeed in Business

Hello, Hello

Too Fat to Pitch

The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth

Lord of the Chimps

Mein Caps

Dark Side of the Tooth

Green Teeth and Ham

War and Teeth

Memoirs of a Dumb Fuck

The Connecticut Ape:
How an Italian from Long Island Erased His Past to Become a WASP

A Farewell to Teeth

How Green Were My Choppers

The Apes of Wrath

BABA BOOEY’S DESERT ISLAND DISCS

Born to Run
, Bruce Springsteen

Aja
, Steely Dan

London Calling
, Clash

Hotel California
, Eagles

Thriller
, Michael Jackson

Marshall Mathers Show
, Eminem

Revolver
, Beatles

Rubber Soul
, Beatles

Live at the Fillmore
, Allman Brothers Band

Sinatra’s Greatest Hits
, Frank Sinatra

Led Zeppelin IV
, Led Zeppelin

BABA BOOEY’S
MUST-HAVE JUKEBOX SONGS

1. “Suspicious Minds,”
   Elvis Presley
   
2. “My Way,”
   Frank Sinatra
   
3. “Mack the Knife,”
   Bobby Darin
   
4. “Be My Baby,”
   Ronettes
   
5. “Only the Lonely,”
   Roy Orbison
   
6. “Don’t Stop Believing,”
   Journey
   
7. “I Shot the Sheriff,”
   Eric Clapton
   
8. “Alone Again (Naturally),”
   Gilbert O’Sullivan
   
9. “Rock and Roll Heaven,”
   Righteous Brothers
   
10. “Radar Love,”
    Golden Earring
    

STUMP THE BOOEY:
THE HOME VERSION

1. He helped write “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina” before scoring his own Top 10 hit. Name the artist and the song.
   
2. Ray Parker, Jr., had a huge hit with the song “Ghostbusters” from the blockbuster movie of the same name. He was sued by one of the bigger artists of the ’80s, who claimed the song was a case of copyright infringement. Name the rocker and the song.
   
3. Everyone knows the name of the first video ever broadcast on MTV. It was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. What was the second video played?
   
4. One of the biggest hits of the ’80s features backing vocals from the New Jersey Mass Choir,
   Dreamgirls
   star Jennifer Holliday, and the Thompson Twins. Name the song and the band.
   
5. Roy Orbison had a resurgence in popularity in the ’80s as a member of the Traveling Wilburys, along with Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Jeff Lynne. Sadly, Orbison died soon after the release of the first Wilburys album. How is the late Orbison represented in the video for “End of the Line”?
   
6. Tom Tom Club featured half of one of the defining art rock bands of the ’80s. Name the two members and the band they came from.
   
7. This song was originally written by David Foster for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who at the time
   was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the “Man in Motion Tour.” It was also the title track to one of the defining movies of the ’80s. What was the hit single and who performed it?
   
8. He had four hits with three different bands. The first was with a one-hit-wonder band in the ’70s. The next was with an English New Wave band in the early ’80s. The last two were as the lead singer of a band founded by the guitarist for one of the ’80s’ biggest bands. Name the singer, the bands, and the four songs.
   
9. Guitarist David Howell Evans is better known by what name?
   
10. This ’80s New Wave band’s debut album is based almost exclusively on the writings of
    Primal Scream
    author and psychologist Arthur Janov. Name the band, the debut album, and the two members of the group.
    
11. This performer was sitting around his house late one night watching a slasher movie when he decided to write a goof song about a homicidal killer. A few weeks later he heard about a movie that needed some songs for the soundtrack. He asked his wife to send three songs. She sent the three songs, but accidentally sent the song about the homicidal killer as well. It became one of the biggest hits of the ’80s and a defining moment in the film. Name the song, the artist, and the movie.
    
12. The director of the Talking Heads videos “Once in a Lifetime” and “Crosseyed and Painless” had a one-hit
    wonder all to herself in the ’80s. Name the artist and her hit. Hint: She also choreographed the videos.
    
13. This ’80s heavy metal hair band featured a Hollywood legend in their videos. He was the uncle of the band’s manager. He was also rumored to have the biggest schlong in Hollywood. Name the band, the legend, and the video.
    
14. Of all the popular TV theme songs in the ’80s, only one was able to reach the top spot on the
    Billboard
    chart. What was it?
    

ANSWERS

1. Young MC and “Bust a Move.”
   
2. Huey Lewis and “I Want a New Drug.” Lewis and Parker settled out of court and the terms of the deal were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1’s
   Behind the Music
   . Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.
   
3. “You Better Run” by Pat Benatar.
   
4. “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner.
   
5. All the Wilburys are playing on a train and when it’s Orbison’s turn to sing, the train goes through a tunnel. All you see is a rocking chair with his guitar in it and a picture of him on the wall of the train.
   
6. Husband and wife Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads.
   
7. The song is “St. Elmo’s Fire,” performed by John Parr.
   
8. Paul Carrack hit as the lead singer of Ace with “How Long” in 1975. He hit again with Squeeze on “Tempted” in 1981. Then he did it two more times with Mike + the Mechanics: once in 1985 on “Silent Running” and again in 1989 on “The Living Years.” Mike is Mike Rutherford, the lead guitarist of Genesis.
   
9. The Edge, of U2.
   
10. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith are the two members of Tears for Fears. The album is called
    The Hurting
    .
    
11. Michael Sembello had to change the lyrics to the song “Maniac” for the 1983 movie
    Flashdance
    from “He’s a maniac, maniac that’s for sure / He will kill your cat and nail him to the door” to “She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she’s dancing like she’s never danced before.” I’m sure he’s glad he did since the song was No. 1 for two weeks in September 1983 and is one of the highest-grossing songs ever written for a film.
    
12. “Mickey” by Toni Basil.
    
13. Ratt’s video for “Round and Round” features Mr. Television himself, comedian Milton Berle.
    
14. Theme from
    Miami Vice
    , by Jan Hammer.