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This record is a parody of the 1975 summer blockbuster film Jaws, with Goodman interviewing the shark (whom he calls "Mr. Jaws"), as well as the film's main characters, Brody, Hooper, and Quint. Goodman makes full use of his practice of "break-in" music sampling, in which all of the interview answers are lyrics from popular songs from that year.
Richard Dorian Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989), [1] was an American music and record producer. He is best known for inventing and using the technique of the "break-in", an early precursor to sampling, that used brief clips of popular records and songs to "answer" comedic questions posed by voice actors on his novelty records.
"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" is a song written by Steve Goodman and John Prine. Prine requested to be uncredited on the song, as he thought it was a "goofy, novelty song" and did not want to "offend the country music community". Goodman released the song on his 1971 debut album Steve Goodman to little acclaim.
"Gee, But You're Swell" was adopted by Australian television performer Graham Kennedy as his theme song for In Melbourne Tonight. The song is used as background music throughout the 1937 Warner Bros. cartoon Porky and Gabby , and the 1938 cartoon Daffy Duck in Hollywood .
Teachers, Don't Try to Be Cool – A teacher named Mr. Goodman tries to fit in with his students and acts as if he doesn't play by the rules. This usually gets him hurt though. Teen Rage – Three teenagers created a band called Teen Rage against Parents and Teachers.
Lyrics aside for a second, it’s the song’s music that, arguably, made it such a smash for The Clash. Unfortunately, the guy who composed it was kicked out of the band before it was released.
Ian Dove of the New York Times wrote, "Mr. Goodman has been allowed to bring all his influences into the album, and as a result we get a fully rounded portrait of the artist. It is a deceptively casual album—'laid back' in the argot—recorded in Nashville and New York, but which has much strength and realism in its simplicity...
The record is a satire of the 1973 energy crisis in the United States, and was moderately successful; it peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first Top 40 hit for Goodman as a solo artist (Goodman's other records throughout the 1960s had mostly fallen just short of the top 40 and his 1950s works were all collaborations). The ...