Sing Like Michael McDonald, the Guy From the Doobie Brothers
| "Sing Like Michael McDonald, the Guy From the Doobie Brothers" | |||||
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| Song by Ween | |||||
| from the album Unknown 1988 Tape | |||||
| Recorded | Late 1988[citation needed] | ||||
| Length | 2:50 | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Ween, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald | ||||
| Unknown 1988 Tape track listing | |||||
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"Sing Like Michael McDonald, the Guy From the Doobie Brothers" is a song by Ween that appears on an unknown 1988 tape.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
"Sing Like Michael McDonald, the Guy From the Doobie Brothers" is not a song proper; rather, it is a recording of Gene Ween doing a joking impression of Michael McDonald (keyboardist and singer of the yacht rock band the Doobie Brothers) after being prompted by someone. Gener does a vocal cover of "What a Fool Believes," and then a joking impression of blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Hey Aaron!
What?
Sing like Michael McDonald
Sing like Michael McDonald, y'know the guy from the Doobie Brothers
Hey Aaron, sing like the guy Michael McDonald from the Doobie Brothers
Sing it!
Sing it for me Aaron, sing it!
Alright, here we go man, thank you I'm Aaron Freeman
Hey, sing like Michael McDonald, y'know the guy from the Doobie Brothers
Hey!
Hey!
Hey, hey Aaron--
Michael McDonald from the Doobie Brothers
She came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool don't see
Tryin' hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her life (Hey Aaron, Aaron, Aaron!)
She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale (Hey Aaron!)
Never coming near--
Thanks for doing some of that!
Hey Aaron!
What a fool believes, he sees (Hey Aaron!) No wise man has the power to reason away (Hey Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron Ween, Gener, Gener, Gener, Gener, Gener!) What?
Just wait a second!
Hey, man, make guitar sounds with your voice like uh, like uh, uh, like uh John Lee Hooker, man!
Do it, do it, man!
Yeah!
Sing like John Lee Hooker, you know the blues guy?
Oh, God.
Oh, man
[scatting?]
This is John Lee Hooker, the blues guy
[scatting?]
Got a bottle of rum[1]
Song Themes[edit | edit source]
Band Members Named in the Song, Covers, Sung by Gene Ween
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Transcribed by Tapiocattundra