Barenaked ABCs (Alphabetical Barenaked [Ladies] Catalog

Episode 40: Call and Answer   You say it’s getting to the point where we are hitting our stride?  Well, I say that BNL hit its stride with this song.  Do the rest of group agree with me? You will just have to listen to see what they say.     Alanis Morrissette, on the Au Naturale Tour, singing this song with BNL.   https://youtu.be/m9whEf5fRj4     Steven Page’s last time singing this song with BNL...

Episode 38: Bull In A China Shop   Have you ever felt like everything you touch just rusts, corrodes, decays? We don’t feel that way, but this week we explore a song where the narrator feels like he has the anti-Midas touch.  But is this song solid gold itself?  You’ll have to tune in to find out.       Barenaked Ladies singing live Bull in a China Shop Ships and Dip 3 January 2008   https://youtu...

Episode 38: “Heal Thyself Part II Discipline” review   We are showing we have no discipline as we take time away from our lineup to review Steven Page’s new album “Heal Thyself Part II: Discipline”, which came out Sept. 14. Should we trust Steven’s instincts or should we should discipline at the music shop?  Listen in to find out.   Next week, we will return to our line up with “Bull In A China Sh...

Episode 37: Bringing It Home   It sounds almost like a goodbye song title.  We hope that it isn’t.  This week we discuss the boys celebration anthem. In the middle, I post a clip of the song, with Ed’s vocals minimized to accentuate the new instrument.  That is not how the bridge actually sounds.   Video   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTNLC-iHxI 

Episode 36: Brian Wilson   Are you reeling from the good vibrations from last week’s interview?  I still am.  Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one song where we all agreed on its merits?  Maybe it’s this song.  God only knows as we review Brian Wilson with returning co-host, Bobby.  We are missing Michelle, but I still guarantee, this long episode is fun, fun, fun!     BNL playing, what may be the...

Pinch me!  Tonight we don’t review a song. Tonight, I interview STEVEN PAGE himself!!! That’s right! We’ve had our questions and we had the chance to ask them. Thank you’s to Rey Roldan (@reybee), who gave me this opportunity; and to BNL ABCs cast for helping me develop the questions. Please go out next week and buy Steven’s new album, Heal Thyself Part II: Discipline...

Episode 34: Break Your Heart (with Blake Reilly)   I’m a little late on today’s song due to an upcoming event that I hope you all enjoy (should be next week).  I hope that it didn’t “Break Your Heart”.  But we have Blake Reilly from “Clerks Minute” joining us today for a really fun episode that should rise your spirits.   Rock Spectacle version  (are you saying “Rock Spectac” in your head now as y...

Tonight we discuss “Box Set” with some Canadians, the men from Monster Squad Minute. So, this isn’t my best intro.  Are you wanting me to go back and do my greatest intro?  Is that all you want?  I can’t be my best all the time.  Some of these are just going to be mediocre.  Hopefully, some day another label will buy us and then our intros will be written by them.  In a few weeks, we’ll only be di...

Episode 32: Born Human   Aren’t we all born human?  I suppose?  Am I making a false assumption here?  We are all born human, right?  I don’t think we have any wolves listening tonight.  But we do have a special guest, Saker from the “it’s All Been Done” podcast.  How many possible theories about this song can we come up with?  We examine both versions of the song and, yes, get a little of topic at...

You came BACK!  You seem to keep doing that.  And for that we thank you.  This week we discuss an object that, if thrown right, keeps coming back.  Welcome to “Boomerang” week.  This week, during our Summer of Bs (#SummerofBs), we have another guest: Victor from Unofficial: Barenaked Ladies.  We discuss “Where was Ed?” during our Summer of ’88 section.     Official Ly...

Episode 30: Blame It On Me We have reached our 30th episode, and if you think that is a bad thing or if you think this episode is not good, you can blame it on me. After all, Bobby isn’t around right now and we don’t have any Milli Vinilli, and tonight it isn’t raining, so if you have to blame it on someone, blame it on me. Or Aaron. Matter of fact, he’s not here this week,...

Episode 29: Blacking Out   I’ve been a little stressed lately.  Okay, very. Some people compensate with Alcohol (not this week’s song).  Sometimes they compensate too much and Black Out.  But we don’t do that anymore. So instead we’ll discuss BNL’s song “Blacking Out”. We are missing Aaron, who is busy doing Time Travel.  He stole the TARDIS, but we get a little feed from him.  But we start off ou...

Episode 28: Big Bang Theory Theme   My whole universe doesn’t revolve around the Ladies, but they are like the Sun.  And tonight we explore an essential song in their catalogue.  It was inspired by “Big Bang” by Simon Singh ( https://www.amazon.com/Big-Bang-Universe-Simon-Singh/dp/0007162219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531441848&sr=8-1&keywords=big+bang+simon+singh )     Official video   h...

We wish BNL would be our friends, but tonight me and my best friends sit down and talk about Best Friend from “Grinning Streak”.     Live performance of this song   Chicago, IL from July 2013   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmaBq_IQezI     Appearance / Facts:   Elevator Interviews on New York Live, interview for Grinning Streak   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63hiwMa9jpM  

Episode 26: Beautiful   What can I say about this week’s episode?  It is pretty superficial at first but then it gets deep when we really delve into it.  Will you fall in love with us at first listen or will you have to listen a few times before the full magnitude of the discussion becomes evident?  We avoid man-splanning while we explore different interpretations of this song. I think, pers...

Episode 25: Be My Yoko Ono   Welcome back to Barenaked ABCs.  And a big welcome back to always friend, and automatic member of the podcast, Bobby.  This week, we cover one of the most influential songs the band has ever created. And, just as you never knew what Yoko was going to do next, we are very spontaneous in this episode.  But man, did we have fun.     Appearances   Speaker’s Corner  ...

Episode 24: Bank Job   Tonight we mug for the camera on a podcast while we discuss a bank job gone wrong.  What would stop each of us if we committed a bank job?  And like the bank robbers in the song, there is dissention in the ranks as we rank this song.       Bank Job on YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8dMIzfp8HM     Bank Job on Bathroom Sessions   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oK...

Tonight’s song is not a song, but a Ballad.   No, it’s not the Ballad of Plain D by Gordon Lightfoot.  It’s not the Ballad of John and Yoko (but stick around for Beatles galore in two weeks).  Nor is it the Ballad of Gordon and Lily. We are discussing Ballad of Gordon, which is actually a Public Service Announcement for FOX.  We discuss what would we feed an alien and what Public...

Episode 22: Bag of Bones   ARGH!!!!  We are being chase by BIG DOGS.  BARKING DOGS! BITING DOGS!  No time for an episode this week, so here is sound clips of us just running from dogs for an hour.  I hope you enjoy our howls of pain.  Seriously, we recorded an episode about “Bag of Bones” last week, so that will be more enjoyable…. maybe.       YouTube version of “Bag of Bo...

As you may have seen, we have spammers.  This has just been a bad day.  And coincidentally, that is today’s song.  This week, we review “Bad Day” off “Snacktime”.  I know some of us (ahem, not Tracy) have been harsh on this album so far, but maybe this won’t be a bad day for Snacktime.  Tune in to see.     Appearances:   Juno Awards (again) in 2008. This time th...

Welcome “back” to the Barenaked ABCs, where tonight’s song is “Back”, a B-side on the “Brian Wilson 2000” CD. We discuss this rare “B-side” and if it should have been more.     “Back” – YouTube “video” of this song.  Not a real video, but a fan-made one.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSsFbJ4cgHQ     Appearance...

Tonight is a big night.  We move into the Bs!!!! Now that we are out of the A’s, we feel that we are out of the baby phase, maybe into the toddler phase.  It is time for us to get out of the baby seat.  And tonight we discuss Baby Seat. Aaron starts referencing music all over the place.  This song is drum heavy and so is this episode at times.  We name drop so many names, basically everyone...

Episode 18: Auld Lang Syne   It’s the end of the year as we know it.  It’s the end of the year as we know it.  It’s the end of the world as we know it.  And it is MAY!  Ok, so our calendar is a little off.  But I wasn’t about to wait another 8 months to start the podcast just to line up this song.  So instead, we are talking about New Years in May (better than Christmas in...

Bite not your frenulum at me, good sir. We are discussing a whole album this week, as we take on “As You Like It”.  It is a tome of an episode, with five Acts. There is adventure, love, betrayal, and t he horns, the horns, the lusty horns. So, come hither, come hither, come hither. Whole Album   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAjdSJciKIA   The notes underneath, if you select “S...

Tonight we try another spin at another Another song.  It is Another Spin, another song off the 2007 album Barenaked Ladies are Men (BLAME )   Appearance   Kevin can be heard on the Rheostatics live album “Calling Out The Chords Vol 1.”  when he was performing with the band.  he can be heard on “I Am Drumstein ”, “Boxcar Song”, and “Kevin’s Waltz” “Weiners and Beans”  It was only released in digita...