The Bloodhound Gang mp3
Known for their humorous, obscene, and often offensive, perhaps even Zappaesque lyrics, the Bloodhound Gang is not afraid to make quips about taboo subjects such as ethnicities, child abductions and incest in bizarre, stream-of-consciousness, hip-hop influenced lyrics. A common theme in the band’s lyrics are elaborate pop culture references, metaphors, similes, and puns such as:
“You came twice last year like a Sears catalog”
“Times New Roman, you know the type”
“Like the Jim Jones cult, I’ll take you out with one punch”
“You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals so let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel”
“Put your hands down my pants, and I’ll bet you’ll feel nuts”
“If I wanted to be repeatedly shit on I’d go make Dutch porn”
Perhaps the group’s best known hit is “The Bad Touch”, which shows the band members parading in monkey costumes; it became a staple on MTV’s Total Request Live and propelled the album Hooray for Boobies to platinum sales status. The band is also known for the single “Fire Water Burn” off of One Fierce Beer Coaster which contains the chorus of “The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don’t need no water/Let the motherfucker burn/Burn motherfucker burn.” (This lyric was borrowed from the 1985 hit “The Roof is On Fire” by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three.) In 2004, it was featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11 being played by an American soldier in Iraq.
The band has also made several appearances on the MTV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam, because of their close relations to some of the cast members.
Bass player and nude enthusiast Evil Jared Hasselhoff recently stripped nude on a live German television appearance on the show TV Total on Pro7. Some in Germany have compared the appearance to the Janet Jackson Super Bowl controversy.
