Your Only Friends Are Make Believe
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"Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" is the sixth and final single off the Bloodhound Gang
's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album, One Fierce Beer Coaster
. There is some dispute as to whether the song "Boom" was a single, which would have made that the sixth and final single. The song makes numerous references to Mr. Rogers and his postman, Mr. McFeely. The song contains a replayed interploration
and references "Hungry Like the Wolf
" by Duran Duran. In essence, the song is a view of Mr. Rogers's life as if it were real.
, who seems oblivious to the strange activities going on around him. Among the oddities are DJ Q-Ball dressed like Satan
, doing a little dance routine behind Jimmy Pop, previous drummer Spanky G cheerleading, John Taylor
of Duran Duran
playing rock-paper-scissors with himself, Diff'rent Stokes Star Todd Bridges talking to a Snowman (a play on his cocaine addition) and former guitarist Lüpüs Thünder in a dress.
Bloodhound Gang
Bloodhound Gang is a Collegeville, Pennsylvania-based American comedy band, although it began as a rap group and gradually changed its genre throughout the years...
's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album, One Fierce Beer Coaster
One Fierce Beer Coaster
One Fierce Beer Coaster is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on December 3, 1996. Produced by Jimmy Pop, it was the band's first release on Geffen Records, and the first to feature Michael "Spanky G" Guthier on drums, "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff on...
. There is some dispute as to whether the song "Boom" was a single, which would have made that the sixth and final single. The song makes numerous references to Mr. Rogers and his postman, Mr. McFeely. The song contains a replayed interploration
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
and references "Hungry Like the Wolf
Hungry Like the Wolf
"Hungry Like the Wolf" is a song by the British New Wave band Duran Duran. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Colin Thurston for the group's second studio album Rio . The song was released in May 1982 as the band's fifth single in the United Kingdom...
" by Duran Duran. In essence, the song is a view of Mr. Rogers's life as if it were real.
Music video
The music video shows various members of the band doing odd things in a field, all around Jimmy PopJimmy Pop
Jimmy Pop is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter, and founding member of the band Bloodhound Gang.-Biography:After graduating from Perkiomen Valley High School in 1990, he studied mass communication and history at Temple...
, who seems oblivious to the strange activities going on around him. Among the oddities are DJ Q-Ball dressed like Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
, doing a little dance routine behind Jimmy Pop, previous drummer Spanky G cheerleading, John Taylor
Nigel John Taylor
John Taylor is an English musician who is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of pop rock band Duran Duran....
of Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
playing rock-paper-scissors with himself, Diff'rent Stokes Star Todd Bridges talking to a Snowman (a play on his cocaine addition) and former guitarist Lüpüs Thünder in a dress.