This is for Nolan . . .

Because if you can’t do totally ridiculous and silly things with your blog for your kids, what’s the point of even having one?

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58 thoughts on “This is for Nolan . . .”

  1. Yes, kids. There was a time when nobody in the world could tell Eddie Murphy “No, that’s not a good idea.”

  4. I had forgotten that Eddie Murphy sang. Now it will take years to wipe that image from my brain. Thanks, Wil! :o)

  5. I’m still going to take this over “Norbit”, though. And, gosh, now I really want to know what conversation went on that led to this, of all things.
    Now that song is going to be in my head for the rest of the evening and probably for most of tomorrow, too. Awesome? Y/N. Probably not.
    Personally I think the “Best Worst Video Involving an 80s Song” award is still probably going to go to that video Scalzi posted of the guy who can play “Take On Me” only using hand farts. Oh, yes.
    Oh, yes, and your PVP strip was awesome. I need to read more PVP. It’s good stuff.

  6. Because if you can’t do totally ridiculous and silly things with your blog for your kids, what’s the point of even having one?
    I believe that kids are universally considered to provide their own justification.

  9. I never knew that was an Eddie Murphy song. I was fairly sheltered during the 80’s.
    This may be the first time I’ve ever heard the whole song, really.

  11. Has Nolan heard his fabulous “Boogie In Your Butt”? It’s too bad – I did a quick search but I can’t find an official video for it. Definitely another one that was not a good idea.

  13. What’s truly sad is that I recognized this video in the first two seconds….sigh, the 80’s were a wonderful time, but there are some moments of that are simply craptastic…thanks for reminding me of that!!

  16. Very strange. I was just thinking about this song on Sunday. Out of the blue and for no good reason, it just popped into my head. Hmmmmmm.

  18. I remember Mark Goodman talking about that song on MTV. He said that Eddie Murphy said if the song did well, that would be great, and if the song sucked, he’d just make jokes about it. Then Mark said, “So, I guess we’ll be seeing lots of new jokes from Eddie very soon…”

  19. Oh, the awesome horror…
    It’s funny, I mentioned this song to my hubby just last night. He never about the song. Now, when he wakes up, I must make him watch.

  21. I feel so old! When this came out, I was young and naive enough to think that “party all the time” meant she liked to party at Chuck E. Cheese or something.

  22. The grand piano in the background gives this group a lot of street cred. And there are a lot of people hanging out at the studio. Sycophants.
    I can hear them now, “I thought you said this was a Stevie session?”

  25. Hahahahaha! That was _awesome_! Thanks for that =) Sadly, I own that song on vinyl… I’m not sure if that makes me cool, or just another victim of the 80’s.

  26. “Because if you can’t do totally ridiculous and silly things with your blog for your kids, what’s the point of even having one?”
    Incorrect sir!
    This content is rated E for EVERYONE!

  27. That was fun to watch- it brought back so many 80’s memories! But there are just so many things wrong with that video… LOL The first thing being Eddie singing. Also, any time I see a video where the singer & the band are all in one room together, I start hoping that other people don’t think it really happens that way. Besides the fact that tracks are laid down one by one (with the exception of scratch tracks which are discarded), the microphones in the room would pick up *everything*. So for instance, if Eddie hit a bad note, he wouldn’t just be able to punch in a correction because his mic would have picked up the drums. And no way, in the middle of recording a song, would another person waltz in & pick up a guitar & start singing- *without* earphones! I’m just sayin’.
    BTW, Wil- I tried some Green Tea soy ice cream. You owe me $2.49. 😉
    -Alicia
    [email protected]
    http://www.thewagband.com

  30. I love when Rick hit the talk button and tells Eddie to put on his phones. Uhm, yeah, in most cases (if not all) he probably wouldn’t hear that request unless he already had his phones on….ha!
    Also, no worries about the other band members tracks being overheard on Eddie’s vocals, really…they’re all just posers…ha! Those guys aren’t playing a single note on that tune. I mean check out the *two* guitarists…how much guitar do you hear in that song…yep, none.
    That whole tune is synths and drum machines…which can certainly be cool when done right. But seriously to try to pull off the idea that all those dudes are laying down tracks on this song is hilarious.
    And yeah, I recognized it before it even got started too. 80’s nut here (both good and bad), I must admit. ;^]

  32. Yoyorobbo- I *know*! 🙂 Of course he wouldn’t have heard Rick unless his phones were on. Also, I know the other band members weren’t actually playing- that was my point; that a song wouldn’t *really* be recorded that way. I don’t know why I care, LOL, but I just don’t want people to think that’s how it’s done.
    -Alicia
    [email protected]
    http://www.thewagband.com

  33. I can’t believe that song made it to #2 on the billboard 100. It makes me afraid to look at what else charted in 1985.

  34. Alicia: Yep, sorry I wasn’t trying to refute your post…it is a hilarious observation, that made me look closer at the ‘players’…hehe.
    BTW, I guess we should call him “One-Take Eddie”…man, he freakin’ nailed it on the first go! (hehe)

  35. Yoyorobbo- no, I know you weren’t refuting my post! 🙂 My “I *know*!” was my emphatic agreement with you. You & I are making the same point. I feel as if now we should stand here shaking our heads in disbelief at that video… 🙂 None of which, Wil, is intended as anything against you for putting it on your blog. It’s a fun piece of the 80’s- thanks for sharing! What does Nolan think of it?
    -Alicia
    [email protected]
    http://www.thewagband.com

  37. We used to sing this to my Mom…except it was potty all the time. She used to go in there and sit and read. We also would tease her about “ring around the bum”.
    On my blog I just warn my son’s to not touch girls ever. It’s bad. It’ll rob them of their souls.
    See…Eddie’s girl likes to party all the time and poof, there went his soul. (OMG I had forgotton boogie in your butt…put a radiator,up,yer,butt!)

  38. Why this song isn’t in my itunes library, I do not know. That’s something I’m going to have to remedy, stat.

  43. You know, I’ve been trying to get that blasted earworm OUT of my head for what seems like decades. I must now hate you in massive quantities.

  44. scarily enough Eddie Murphy sang much better in the Dreamgirls movie or when he was doing his James Brown impression on SNL. Have you ever shown that to Nolan?
    I mean “Gettin’ in the hot tub, whoo!” very funny and hard to beat.

  45. I’m slightly embarassed that within the first 5 seconds I thought… hey that sounds like “Party All the Time” Thanks for the laugh!

  46. Nice!! I was a terrible mood when I got here but this made me literally lol. I love everyone dancing along and pretending it’s a great song…good times.

  47. Oh gaaaaahd. I knew what the video was from frame one.
    Nolan, the world really was like that. Shirts and jackets were indistinguishable, always puffy, and always pulled up to the elbows. That guy that walks in with Eddie at the beginning? I had that sweater.
    It was like Buckaroo Banzai, only without the guns or aliens. Which I guess would make it Desperately Seeking Susan or something. You begin to understand why many of us retreated into Hip Hop.

  48. Thanks a LOT!
    Ever since April 1st and the RickRoll at YouTube, I couldn’t get Astley outta my head. Just today, he was replaced with Madonna’s “Cherish”, and now it’s gonna be Eddie Frikkin Murphy! Why does such bad music have to be so catchy? And why can’t you just leave me ALONE!?!
    [hums Bohemian Rhapsody defiantly and ineffectually]

  49. I have to admit it. I’ve always loved this song and video. I had it taped off of MTV, probably sandwiched between Squeeze’s “Tempted” and the Stones’ “Emotional Rescue”. Yes, it’s inconsequential celebrity-whoring schlock, but I don’t care. Rick James could make anything sound fun.

  50. When you watch the video it looks like the guys at the mixer are having fun and enjoying what they are hearing. I think in reality the guys who mixed that were thinking “Jesus. I need more coke to get through this shit.”

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