'Come on Eileen' by Dexys Midnight Runners (w/ Griffin Newman)

Punch Up The Jam

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Music, Comedy, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Actor/comedian Griffin Newman (The Tick, Blank Check Podcast - @GriffLightning) comes all the way from New York JUST to discuss the tempo-less, key-change ridden pub anthem that is Dexys Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen." Special GUEST PUNCH-UP by Henri Bardot!

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0:00.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:02.8	Can I say that I'm jazzed?
0:06.0	Am I allowed to talk at this point?
0:08.0	Yes.
0:09.0	Okay, I'm jazzed to talk about this song.
0:11.0	Because I feel like I'm constantly trying to start conversations about this song and no
0:14.8	one else wants to engage with it as deeply as I do.
0:17.0	Oh my God, you came to the right place.
0:19.0	I was really excited.
0:20.0	Because I'll say, like, you folks sent me the list of like, here are all the ones that
0:24.8	you would put on your shirt list.
0:26.0	Here are all the ones that have been requested by listeners a lot.
0:29.0	And I saw a lot of songs that I've dug too deeply into.
0:32.8	Yeah.
0:33.8	Where I've done like close textual readings and have takes that I have never had an outlet
0:37.8	for until now.
0:38.8	Woohoo!
0:39.8	Welcome to the perfect zone for that.
0:40.8	Welcome to the Thunderdome.
0:41.8	Welcome to the Thunderdome.
0:42.8	Should we start?
0:43.8	Mel Gibson's not in this one.
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