Did you ever wonder how all those clock sounds were made in the beginning of Time by Pink Floyd?

Or what was going on when Kurt Cobain wrote Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?

I'm Jan Delane, host of the Behind the Song podcast. Join me for each episode, digging into

classic rock's most interesting songs and the history behind them. You might just find a new revelation in the music

you've heard all your life. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts and on the behind the song

YouTube channel. And if you like it, hit subscribe. All right, we're kicking her into gear here.

Let's do a show. You people game. You must be. You clicked on this. You must be ready to go.

I'm ready to go. I was born ready to go. I came shooting out of that little birth canal, my baby butt blazing.

My name's Mishki. I said to the doc, how many years you get around here generally? He said,

oh, you know, generally a life expectancy for a male here in this country is about 78.7 years.

I said, I'll take it and run like a thief.

He said to me, you could have an accident or some unfortunate disease and you could have a much shorter life.

Or you could just anger someone.

You look like somebody who might tick someone off and someone could take you out.

And I said to him, oh, I'm being taken out all right.

I'm being taken out of the birth canal right now.

Get out of my way, doctor.

You're blocking the sun.

This is kind of our summer Independence Day show, our celebration of summertime.

Why do we so often call it the Fourth of July instead of Independence Day?

Independence Day takes a back seat to people saying Fourth of July holiday.

Hey, did you get some Fourth of July fireworks?

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