Episode 133 – Rock N Roll vs pro wrestling
Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
English - February 15, 2023 03:58 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsMusic History Music Comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The guys get giddy and examine the roots of the unlikely partnership that forms in the early-1980’s between professional wrestling buffoons and rock n roll misfits – and changes a corner of pop culture forever.
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SHOW NOTES
Songs used in this episode: Husker Du “Makes No Sense at All”; Bob Mould “The Silence Between Us”; Blue Angel “Maybe He’ll Know”; Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
ELO/Rock and Roll Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9KAX5I9cU
Jake the Snake and Nord the Barbarian/RATT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vczmz-dOYUs
McMahan and Lord Alfred Hayes’s late night talk show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3zZyOAo8FU (warning: Roddy Pipper slaps the crap out of Lord Alfred Hayes)
Husker Du on the Today Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmk_Fw1GrMk
https://www.biography.com/athletes/cyndi-lauper-wwe
https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper
https://ew.com/article/2005/07/22/professional-wrestling-bob-mould/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRBQ
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/18/arts/pop-nrb-band-at-ritz.html
NRBQ – Captain Lou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNa3nW1w7vw
Lou and the Q album: https://www.discogs.com/master/423304-NRBQ-And-Captain-Lou-Albano-Lou-And-The-Q
Classical music commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9u_7eSlTQ
The NRBQ – Tiddlywinks album promo ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGeACei7-4E