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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Barenaked Ladies "One Week" - 1998

Today will probably set the record for the post with the least amount of AquaContent: one single mention of the Sea King's name, exactly twenty-four seconds into an almost three-minute song.

But I remember when I first heard this, and name-checking Aquaman in a hit song seemed so unusual and uber-nerdy(on purpose!) that I couldn't get enough(it doesn't hurt that the tune is a perfectly crafted pop song). Someone(s) in the band must be an Aquaman fan--that name drop doesn't come about randomly.

Ok boys, take it away:

4 comments:

Rick L. Phillips said...

Great song and video. I forgot they mentioned Aquaman. Makes me wonder what other songs mention superheroes. The only ones I know are Sunshine Superman by Donovan and a close second,except they mention the bad guys, is Magneto and Titanium Man by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Siskoid said...

The Barenaked Ladies are definitely a bunch of geeks.

Plaidstallions said...

These guys went from being local heroes to superstars in what seemed like a minute.

Diabolu Frank said...

Great song, fun band, and a Sailor Moon reference as a chaser.

Tons of songs reference super-heroes (especially Superman.) This isn't even the only Aquaman one...