As the bratty kids in the green speedboat in "Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown" said, "WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! YAY!!!" Immense thanks and uber-anal-retentive details are below...
- "SNOOPY THE DOGG" #1 ON DR. DEMENTO'S FUNNY 25 OF 2011!!!
Also, "WALKINGSILLY" was #13, and "ELEVATOR" by Cirque du So What? was #22!
Listen to the show here: http://drdemento.com/online.html . I posted my annual color-coded overanalyzation of Dr. Demento's Funny 25 at my livejournal here: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/707419.html . I'm not posting everything from that breakdown here, just the most pertinent stuff...
So, this year I had 2 tracks on the list (#1 and #13), and Cirque du So What? had 1 (at #22, congrats ShoEboX on writing the best track on our 2nd album), and the FuMP overall had 10 tracks on the list. Also, I'm very happy to see Insane Ian hit #7, and Flat 29 hit #6 (they also appear in #13 and #22).
And in case you think I was just glossing over and burying the lead here, I'll say it again: "SNOOPY THE DOGG" BY THE GREAT LUKE SKI IS #1 ON DR. DEMENTO'S FUNNY 25 OF 2011!!! You have no idea how happy this makes me. Born from an idea I found from my first list of song parody ideas in an old notebook from 1993, this song proves that good ideas don’t die, they are diamonds in the rough waiting to be found again. Thank God I saved all of my "too much stuff". Hoarding FTW! 😀
Thank you Dr. Demento. Thank you to my fans. Thank you to Jared Ringold, Bob Emmet, Carrie Dahlby, Chris Mezzolesta, Insane Ian, and the Stacey for contributing your extreme talents to "Snoopy The Dogg". Thank you Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus. And thank you Charles Schulz, my first idol who inspired me to create things.
Also, thank you to Dan from Flat 29 and Bob Emmet for making "WalkingSilly" as awesome as it is. Thank you to ShoEboX, Devo Spice, and Chris Mezzolesta for Cirque du So What?, one of the most artistically satisfying things I have ever done. And thanks to my lovely, beautiful, and tolerant wife Sara Trice, who puts up with me and all of the dementia music, podcasting, convention-hopping, puppet-making, etcetera everything that I do. I love you.
Along with "Peter Parker" (2002) and "Stealing Like A Hobbit" (2003), I have written and performed 3 songs that have been #1 on Dr. Demento's Funny 25 Countdown. The only artist who has more than me is "Weird Al" (he has 4, or 5 if you count the differing L.A. local Dr. D shows). That makes me feel pretty damn good about myself. 🙂 If you're going to go out, go out on top...
"But it was along side these other musicians that Luke realized he had a purpose in life – to be better than them." ~ Devo Spice, 2010, from the liner notes of "the great Luke Ski: Greatest Hits Volume 1: 1996-2003"
...Yes, I'm stroking my ego here. Cut me some slack. This is the last time I will have a #1 song of the year on "The Dr. Demento Show". Probably.
Thanks again, everybody. My heart is filled with warmth and love today.
"Happiness is a warm puppy." – Charles Schulz
~ Luke Ski, 12/31/11
- "SNOOPY THE DOGG" ALSO #1 ON MAD MUSIC TOP 100 OF 2011!!!
DJ Particle hosts the official countdown show of MadMusic.com, and Luke Ski was all over their best of 2011 list!
#1 - Snoopy The Dogg - the great Luke Ski
#7 - Cosplaying Fangurls - Insane Ian, featuring the great Luke Ski
#9 - Sneaking Snacks Into the Cinema - Flat 29, the great Luke Ski, & Carrie Dahlby
#11 - We Are The FuMP - The FuMP (featuring & written by the great Luke Ski)
#13 - WalkingSilly - the great Luke Ski, featuring Dan from Flat 29
#15 - Elevator - Cirque du So What?
#18 - Group Dynamic Meeting (One More Stupid Day) - Cirque du So What?
#20 - 200 Minutes of Free Prayer Time - Cirque du So What?
#28 - Red Bank, NJ - the great Luke Ski
#36 - Sheldon's Delight - the great Luke Ski
#50 - It's Good to Be the King - the great Luke Ski, featuring Devo Spice, Insane Ian, & Jared Ringold
#66 - My Baby's In Love with Jon Bermuda - the great Luke Ski
#93 - I'm That Type Of Spy - the great Luke Ski
#94 - Serenity - the great Luke Ski
Listen to the top 50 from the list get counted down here: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=MMDT20_11-FY
- "SNOOPY THE DOGG" also #3 on A-Logg's Wacked Out 40 of 2011!
"A-Logg On The Airwaves" continues his countdown tradition as well, which you can listen to here: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=AOTA-111231 "Snoopy The Dogg" was #3 for the year, and "WalkingSilly" featuring Dan from Flat 29 was #7! Also, back on November 12th, A-Logg posted an episode which features an interview with me we recorded, and I completely forgot to tell all of you about it. My bad. So, go give it a listen here: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?show=AOTA-111112