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WAYNE'S WORLD!
WAYNE'S WORLD!
PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!
Wassup, I'm your excellent host, Wayne Campbell,
and this is my co-host and best friend, Garth Algar.
Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth! Okay!
Before we start the show, I have a news flash...
a bummer bulletin: I still live with my parents
...and it sucks.
...and it sucks.
Yeah, it sucks big time.
It bites! It hurls, man!
Be that as it may, Garth and I have learned to
survive on heavy metal and the foxes of babedom.
Babes RULE!
Especially ROBO babes!
Robobabes are the
Grey Poupon of the
female species.
S C H W I N G !
Okay, so metal is king, on that we can all agree,
but Garth and I recently discovered an old dude
who is a lot cooler than previously thought.
We'd like to introduce him.
Game on!
His name is Wayne Newton aka Mr. Las Vegas...
aka The Midnight Idol...aka Mr. Entertainment.
Okay, most definitely cool so far.
Wayne is originally from Roanoke, Virginia,
which is almost as cool as Aurora, Illinois.
Yeah, and he's best known as the
dude who sang "Danke Schoen."
"Danke Schoen" - Wayne Newton
(Aug. 1963, highest chart pos.
#12 Cash Box/#13 Hot 100)
#12 Cash Box/#13 Hot 100)
I don't speak German
...but I'm pretty sure
"Danke Schoen" translates to
"wham bam thank you ma'am."
No way! Uh-hway!
"Danke Schoen" is an okay song if you happen to
be over the age of 99, but Wayne recorded some
buzzworthy tuneage in his day and we'd like you
to check it out, starting with the excellent B side
of that single, "Better Now Than Later."
"Better Now Than Later" - Wayne Newton
(Aug. 1963, B side of "Danke Schoen")
The next featured Newton number
is a song co-written by another
most excellent dude... Bobby Darin.
You can tell because it sounds
like Bobby's hit "Dream Lover."
like Bobby's hit "Dream Lover."
Check it out. Here's the velvet
voice of Wayne Newton singing
"Dream Baby."
"Dream Baby" - Wayne Newton
(Feb. 1964, B side of "I'm Looking
Over a Four Leaf Clover", from
1989 Collectors Series)
Over a Four Leaf Clover", from
1989 Collectors Series)
That song belongs in
a David Lynch movie.
Just sayin'...
Okay, the cavalcade of cool tuneage
continues with a track from the Waynester's
1965 album Red Roses For a Blue Lady.
This one's called "They'll Never Know."
"They'll Never Know" - Wayne Newton
(from 1965 album Red Roses For a Blue Lady)
The pride of Vegas pegged the excellence meter
with this next platter. Co-written by Beach Boy
Bruce Johnston, "Someone's Ahead of You"
got lost as the B side of the Bobby Darin
penned song "Shirl Girl".
"Someone's Ahead of You" - Wayne Newton
(Nov. 1963, B side of "Shirl Girl")
Whoa!...is Wayne Newton the American
ambassador to Cooldonia, or what?
ambassador to Cooldonia, or what?
I'm not worthy
to listen to such
coolness!
I'm not worthy to take out
Wayne's trash after he
partied all night long
with a bus load of
robobabe groupie foxes.
I'm not even worthy
to breathe the air on
the same planet!
Okay, so just when you thought
you heard it all, the Vegas legend
takes coolness to a whole new level.
In 1965 Wayne surprised fans
by making a rare shift
in style to a Beach Boys inspired sound. His single,
in style to a Beach Boys inspired sound. His single,
"Coming On Too Strong," co-written by SoCal
surf/car scene stalwart Gary Usher, will remind
you of the Beach Boys song "Don't Worry Baby."
The recording relies heavily on support vocals by
Beach Boy Bruce Johnston and producer-arranger
Terry Melcher, son of actress Doris Day. Only a
minor hit at the time, "Coming On Too Strong"
is today regarded as a lost gem of the genre.
"Coming On Too Strong" aka "Comin' On Too Strong"
- Wayne Newton (Feb. 1965, highest chart pos. #65)
- Wayne Newton (Feb. 1965, highest chart pos. #65)
Totally bitchin, agreed?
Thanks, Bruce and Terry!
Thanks, Gary!
Danke Schoen, Wayne!
And there you have it, the story of how
Vegas crooner Wayne Newton turned
into the poster boy for coolosity.
Like, who knew? As if! No way!
Uh-hway!
So for now this is Wayne Campbell along with
Garth Algar saying goodnight and party on!
Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth!
IT'S WAYNE'S WORLD!
WAYNE'S WORLD!
PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!
