“Forever Babcock” by Babcock University. This is the real theme song of a real university in Nigeria. See if you can hear the choir in the background repeatedly chanting “Babcock… Babcock.” I still can’t believe this is real.

SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER #43

“Say Yes” by Elliot Smith. I listened to this song on repeat after this one girl I liked broke my heart. I’d drive around, listen to this and basically feel sorry for myself. When you want to take a long bath in self pity, you put on a little Elliot Smith. During that time a friend told me that Elliot Smith committed suicide by stabbing himself in the chest, twice. Being spurned by a girl didn’t seem to bother me as much once I found that out.

SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER #42

“Kentucky Rain” by Elvis Presley. Sing it Elvis.

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R. Kelly “Bump ‘N Grind”

When I lived in Phoenix, I used to walk around the house and yell “My mind’s telling me NOOO, but my titties telling me yeah” over and over. My roommate Ryan and I had a fascination with the word “titties” back then. It all stems from this comedy video I made about a first date, which starred a girl I was dating at the time. If you want to see every girl I have ever dated, just watch my old comedy videos. Looking back they must have really liked me to put up with me going, “C’mon it’s just a few lines, please?” In the video, she wore this really low cut shirt. After that whenever she came around, Ryan would just scream ”TITTIES!” To be fair, she would make fun of his “Harry Potter haircut” every ten seconds so this was Ryan’s chance to finally get back. When we moved to LA, we took our love for the word “titties.” We quickly found out getting drunk and screaming “TITTIES!” at Garage Comedy at the top of our lungs was not appreciated.

SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER #41

“Reasons” by Built to Spill.

SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER #40

“Lost in the Supermarket” by The Clash. “I wasn’t born so much as I fell out” is such a great lyric. It’s going to be weird when I’m 80-years-old clipping coupons at the kitchen table and listening to this song.

SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER #39

“I’m Not Down” by The Clash.

“A Change Is Gonna Come” by Otis Redding. Sing it Otis.

“Try a Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding. The non-Duckie version.

“Rotating Head” by The English Beat. An instrumental version of this song (entitled ”March of the Swivelheads”) was used in the climatic chase scene of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I can’t watch that movie and not be happy.