Yeah, well, Kerouac, you’re at the top of my shelf.
On a more serious note – fuck yes, we all heard about the bird.
Maybe so, maybe not, but as Family Guy points out, the song is from the sixties (1963), and does not belong in a fifties diner.
Beatles, 1960. Please Please Me, 8 months before Surfin’ Bird.
People who say that have obviously never seen this video.
Bird, bird, bo-bird,
Banana-fana fo-fird,
Fee-fi-mo-mird,
Bird!
Sure, he was my favorite pitcher of the 70’s.
ooo ma maow maow, boppa oo ma maow maow.
Make a little bird house in your soul.
Pee-Wee’s heard about the Bird.
The wiki article is woefully incomplete: it doesn’t include Back To The Beach under popular culture. Though I suppose there are arguments to be made against both “popular” and “culture.”
I only know this song because of the fine movie above
I think you’ll find that Bluebird’s the word.
Those of us who grew up with Ghoulardi have a special place in our heart for this song.
Greatest lyrics ever.
#1 I said that ironically, as a joke.
#2 Correct, the song is from the sixties
#3 In 1960 Americans were still years away from hearing about the Beatles.
#4 Surfin’ Bird was released in the spring/summer of 1963; the first Beatles song (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) released in America was released in December of 1963.
The main point though is that Surfin’ Bird was typical of a certain genre (“beach”?) of songs that were popular in the early sixties, without regard to when it was actually released.
Very cool! Thanks for posting that, I hadn’t seen it before.
I wonder if those guys have learned another chord yet?
The W bird:
Am I the only one who thinks this thread sounds like we’ve done it before…?
Who are those people who answered “no”? Don’t they know about the bird?? Everybody’s heard that the bird is the word!
D’oh, silly me, I love Big Mamma but never thought to look her up on You Tube. Thanks!
Ah, yes. One of the few Peter-centered episodes that ws actually funny
Or so we thought. Now we have SCIENTIFIC PROOF that only 88.1% of the people have heard that the bird is the word.
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… 88.1% of the people have heard that the bird is the word.
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That lyric isn’t going to scan very well.