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Rather than use the recording, however, he and co-stars Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and David Koechner sing it, nailing the tricky four-part harmonies, employing the comedic technique of having a doofus (or four) be incongruously great at something. Will Ferrell, who knows the power of dorky, included this sweetly naughty 1976 song in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, re-introducing it to unsuspecting audiences. Former bandmate Gram Parsons did not approve, but because he was so cool doing heroin and whatnot, he didn’t live long enough to bitch about it much.Ĥ6. But the sunny chorus, and Lobo’s canny decision not to describe the dog so everyone will imagine their own dog, makes it unkillable. Kent LaVoie, aka soft rocker Lobo, hit number one in 1971 with this insanely catchy, insanely dumb trifle about riding around the countryside with a girlfriend and a dog, stealing eggs, and working, I kid you not, for a farmer named Old MacDonald. Like he was confessing to something truly sinful, he made sure the coast was clear and said with awe, “That hillbilly sings his ass off!” This cheese nugget was a number one for Brooks, one of many, and it heralded the arrival of a brazenly dorky man who will not go quietly.Ĥ7: Me and You and a Dog Named Boo – Lobo Or at least a place on this list.Ī little personal story: When I was an East Village bartender in the 90s, a squat-dwelling punk downed a lot of brown liquor and let slip that he’d worked on a Garth Brooks road crew. We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy JoelĬritics derided the obviousness of Joel writing lyrics with an open encyclopedia and ripping off “It’s the End Of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine).” Still, the churning rhythms, chanted chorus, and helpful rhymed history lesson made this a defiant mega-hit. What, exactly, is this fire that troubles him so? Don’t know, don’t care anyone who can rhyme Pasternak and Kerouac, and Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex, all chronologically correct, deserves props. “We Will Rock You,” meanwhile, is starting to sound tired.Ĥ9. This musical theater-sounding Freddie Mercury tune is a far cry from “We Will Rock You.” Except for a brief solo, there’s no guitar, but, rather, Mercury pounding the piano, comparing himself to Lady Godiva and singing “I’m gonna make a supersonic man outta you!” (Not that there’s anything wrong with any of that.) Prominent placement in Shaun of the Dead, licensing to ads, and Paul Rudd’s lip-synching on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show have aided this dark/dork horse’s recent rise. And it is good.Īnd speaking of singing along, please enjoy the corresponding Spotify playlist below. So you crank it, and sing along in secret. Said person’s opinion matters to you, or you don’t want to upset them. A song comes on that, if you were in the presence of someone “cool, “ you would turn off. My gauge: you are driving, Ipodless, CD-less, and you can only pick up one radio station classic rock, oldies, easy listening, Top 40. Today, you are among friends, and internet-fostered shamelessness, for once, is a good thing. Dorky evokes vulnerability, which, interestingly, often manifests as hostility. To clarify, it does not mean “bad.” How about: obvious, exuberant, unfashionable, twee, un-self-conscious, irritating, even a little desperate? Yet charming.
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Of course, notions of “dorky” are subjective. When I canvassed for this list, friends were surprisingly eager to share, relieved to reveal guilty pleasures, and grateful for the opportunity to unveil their dorkiness. The adjective version, dorky, like its cousinly nouns nerd and geek, is no longer a straight-up insult dorky now conveys a sense of post-Zuckerberg/Gates outlier pride. Originally slang for, you guessed it, a penis, it somehow (duh) turned into a euphemism for “an uncouth person.” But it has come up in the world (sorry). Prepare to do so again.Ī bit about the word: Dork is a term in flux. And no matter your level of cool, you occasionally surrender, with pleasure, to dorky. You, dear reader, know this secret truth. Dorky is transgressive, requiring and inspiring courage. Think tight waistbands, pointy-toed shoes, and a leather jacket worn in the heat. As a label or a style, “cool” can be limiting, even uncomfortable. No one is cool all the time, and amen to that. This article originally appeared on The Weeklings.