Fire Water Burn
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| Single by The Bloodhound Gang from the album One Fierce Beer Coaster |
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| Released | April 3, 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD, 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock Acoustic Rock |
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| Length | 4:51 | ||||
| Label | Jimmy Franks Recording Company Republic Records Geffen Records (1998 re-release) |
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| Producer | Jimmy Pop | ||||
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"Fire Water Burn" is the first single from The Bloodhound Gang's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album One Fierce Beer Coaster. The chorus of the song is taken from the song The Roof is on Fire by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, yet sung considerably slower. The song ranked among the top songs on the Billboard Charts in 1997, reaching #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and also #28 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. Fire Water Burn was referenced in EuroTrip, when the Pope's hat catches on fire, and is also in the soundtrack of Fahrenheit 9/11, The Nutty Professor and CKY4.[1]
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[edit] Music video
Fire Water Burn's music video features the band performing on in a retirement home's cafeteria. As the song progresses, Jimmy Pop leaves the stage and begins perform numerous spontaneous actions in front of a group of unresponsive senior citizens, including dancing suggestively on tables and making unusual facial gestures. The video culminates when the elderly notice the band, and are rejuvenated by the band's performance. With the retirement home filled with a rock concert-like atmosphere, the band exits the stage with several senior citizens. The final shot of the video reveals that the retirement home was specially designated for the hearing impaired.
The video was introduced by Pat Minfield (portrayed by Jimmy Pop), a parody of Matt Pinfield the host of MTV's music video show 120 Minutes (which is presented in the video as 120 Midgets).
[edit] Outside references
Fire Water Burn makes references that allude to pop culture actors, television shows, and authors from the past.[2] Examples from the song include:
- Han Solo, a character from the Star Wars series, who was portrayed by Harrison Ford
- Barry White, a disco and soul musician and producer
- Frank Black, an alternative rock musician who led the Pixies
- Monkey Gone to Heaven, a song by said Pixies
- John F. Kennedy, a former United States president
- Marvin Gaye, a soul and Rhythm and blues musician
- Martha Raye, an actress and musician
- Lawrence Welk, a musician and television icon
- Kojak, a popular US television series, starring Telly Savalas.
- Kurt Cobain, a grunge rock musician from the band Nirvana
- Telly Savalas, an actor who played the eponymous lead character in the TV show Kojak
- Mark Twain, an author and satirist from the 1800s and early 1900s
- Jimi Hendrix, a psychedelic and hard rock musician from the 1960s
- Emmanuel Lewis, an actor that gained much fame in the 1980s
- Webster a television show from 1980s that featured Emmanuel Lewis
[edit] References
- ^ IMDB.com, Bloodhound Gang Retrieved on March 17, 2007
- ^ Bloodhoundgang.com, Lyrics Schmyrics — Fire Water Burn Retrieved on March 17, 2007
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