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Pat's Peeps Podcast
Ep. 182 Today's Peep Unveils Comet Melodies and Musical Roads, Ponders the Implications of Technology on Humanity's Future by Revisiting a Timeless Haunting One-Hit Wonder
This episode reflects on the connections between music and cosmic events, highlighting the singing comet of 2024 and the timelessness of the one-hit wonder "In the Year 2525." Through humor, nostalgia, and insightful commentary, Patrick invites listeners to ponder the implications of technology on humanity's future while celebrating the rich tapestry of cultural history.
• Expressing gratitude for listeners and the podcast journey
• Discussing the singing comet and its astronomical significance
• Introducing the concept of musical roads and their creativity
• Analyzing the one-hit wonder "In the Year 2525"
• Revisiting the cultural landscape of 1969 through music and events
• Engaging listeners with thoughts on the future and human existence
happy tuesday, my friends, happy tuesday, how you Hope you're doing great. My name is Patrick and you've tuned into the Pat's Peeps podcast number 182. I remember, I remember we were back on 180. I mean, excuse me, on 100. And I thought, man, we did a hundred of these. Now we're at 182. I'm like, hey, coming up on 200. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1:Trying to do this as often as I can. I've been doing this every day, pretty much every day, every day, except the weekends. See, I don't work weekends or holidays, it's kind of the way it is. I've done that enough in my life, with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas and then the weekends. I try to be here because I love doing this. I love the opportunity to build the audience and to talk to more people and just to have a good time, and this is something I just love doing.
Speaker 1:And today, being a Tuesday, this is the last day of the year, december 31st, and as I look out my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, the sun is out, maybe a thin layer of clouds, but blue sky. I even have my front door open, my French doors open. It's not exactly warm, but it's not cold, so it's a lovely day no fire going today here on the last day of 2024. I hope that 2024 was a blessing for you and your family. That's what I hope. I am grateful for so many things Ad nauseum. I tell you how grateful I am for the audience here, for both my radio show. I host the Pat Walsh Show on KFBK in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, and of course, I heard everywhere nationally, internationally, on your free iHeart app and on all your streaming platforms, just like this podcast is. But I hope you had a blessed 2024. Certainly had a great time doing my show. It was a supercharged year, of course, politically. No politics today. No NFL either.
Speaker 1:I'm refraining from football talk. I refrain, my friends, it's enough with the football talk. Some people just aren't football fans. You know, we're sports fans. So I wanted to get immersed. But I'll tell you okay, see, now I'm lying. So this isn't exactly football talk. It's not football talk, other than to say you know, it's crazy that I do a podcast and a radio show some people would say on a daily basis, although I'm on vacation right now. But it's true, it's part of my life. Can you imagine what I would if I thought about maybe doing a fourth I mean a third, excuse me, a third podcast, because I'm thinking about it.
Speaker 1:You know, when I knew the Rams were going to move to LA years ago they're going to move there in 2016 I just knew it ahead of time. I predicted it. I told Jack Youngblood, 10 years prior to that, that this would happen and he said ah well, patrick, I hope you're right there, man, but I doubt that'll happen. But you know. But anyhow, see, now I'm talking about football, my point being, I posted one little picture. See, as soon as I knew the Rams were going to come back to LA, I went on Facebook and I said I'm going to set up a page. It's going to be called Los Angeles Rams fans. So if you're a fan, how can you avoid that? Los Angeles Rams fans? And I got it the owner and proprietor of Los Angeles Rams fans.
Speaker 1:But the point being, I don't. I haven't done really much with it. I was going to do a podcast with it and I'm thinking, geez, I'm already broadcasting so much. So I put one photo that I created of the Rams winning the NFC West. Okay, oh my God, I cannot believe the reaction. Hundreds, at least a hundred last time I saw it shares. You know it's just doing so. Well, I couldn't believe it. So I may add that other component. I figure it this way I'm going to talk and rant and rave about the game one way or the other when my team plays, whether it's the Rams Dodgers, whoever, I'm going to rant and rave about it. So I might as well rant and rave about it into a microphone. I just can't stop broadcasting.
Speaker 1:By the way, here on the last day of December this is such a random thought the last day of 2024. I love random thoughts and that's what this is. This is what occurred to me. As of tomorrow, we will be officially 500 years away from this. What is it? Think about it. We'll be officially 500 years from this.
Speaker 1:But before we get to that, a couple things that I meant to get to in 2024, but unfortunately I didn't. I ran out of time, whatever the case may be, so I didn't really get to do a couple of things I thought I would do that, one of those being, I don't know if you remember the singing comet. Remember the singing comet? The singing comet was a thing this year, if you go back to let's see, when was this? I think it was July, maybe no September, september, no, july, whatever, don't matter, it was 2024. I'm just trying to remember when it was July, I don't know Whatever.
Speaker 1:There was the singing comet, c-2024. Comet C-2024. What a name. S-1 Atlas. It was a sungrazer comet Passed close to the sun in 2024. It was very faint, only visible through long exposure photography. It passed within 1% of the Earth's distance from the sun, was completely vaporized. Sun grazers often vaporize, they say, due to the intense heat of the sun's atmosphere. Now, these comets are obviously difficult to predict. These sun grazers even more unpredictable, as they say. At the time of the discovery, astronomers were divided on whether this particular comet would survive, but one thing that they weren't divided on is whether or not it sang. It was the singing comet, you see. So here it is, from 2024. This is the actual comet doing this. Thank you.
Speaker 1:The singing comment, ladies and gentlemen, right here on Bats Beeps 182, which got me to thinking about the singing, about the musical roads. I started thinking about that after I heard the singing comment. Have you heard the musical roads? I started thinking about that after I heard the singing comment. Have you heard the musical Roads? So these are roads that were, I don't know constructed the right way to say it. These roads were laid with, the idea being that if you went the speed limit, you would hear the road make a song. So, for instance, they have one in Lancaster. I'll give you an example. They've got one in Hungary. They're around the world. So here is the singing road, the musical road, excuse me, from Lancaster, california. I'm going to go ahead and get out of here.
Speaker 1:Ha, ha, ha ha. That's pretty cool. I always thought they also have one in Hungary. Here you go Musical Road in Hungary there it is there, it is also from 2024. This cracked me. So there's this comedian. This is Joe I don't know if I say his name correctly, joe Mattares Mattarese. I apologize, I wasn't really familiar really with a lot of his stand-up but I did, being from a certain generation particularly appreciate this.
Speaker 3:I bought this guitar and I just sit it on stage and everybody watches the show and they're like he's going to play no, not, I don't know. It looks so great, doesn't it? This gets you so many more girls than being funny. Just walk around with it. You could be in the pouring rain.
Speaker 3:You guys know, where Sansom Street is? Yeah, just me and my axe. You guys know where Sansom Street is? Yeah, just me and my axe. Just do one of those. I only play one song. I learned it on YouTube. They have all these guitar lessons. You guys are my age.
Speaker 3:You remember the Brady Bunch episode where they go to Hawaii, yeah, and they find that tiki? Yeah, and they wear it and whoever wears it gets bad luck. Remember, Greg? Greg crashed on his surfboard during the surf competition and his dad had to save his life. What a pathetic beach. No lifeguards, just his own dad on his surfboard during the surf competition and his dad had to save his life. What a pathetic beach. No lifeguards, just his own dad. He's like Greg, Greg Running with the Speedo and the perm. Greg, he's wearing the tiki. Remember, in that same episode, Alice had the tiki on and she took like a hula lesson. Remember she just all of a sudden hula. She threw out her hip. Remember, Threw out her hip and they saw a tarantula. Every time something bad happened there was a sound effect. This is all I've learned on the guitar. Pretty proud to play this right now for you guys here tonight, my live album. This is it. Bad luck Hawaii episode.
Speaker 1:I remember that. Now I'll say that Joe Mattarese Mattarese. I apologize if I butchered that name and that bit isn't brand new, it's not from 2024. But I heard it in 2024. So that was kind of one of my highlights. I thought that was hilarious because I'd forgotten about that little guitar sting they did on the Brady Punch until he did that. You know, I mentioned we're 500 years away, 500 years. What could he be talking about? If you know me, that's always something very strange and random and like okay, well, I never thought about that, but that's where my mind goes. That's why I have to have a podcast, because I'm weird.
Speaker 1:I guess when I was a kid, there was a song and it was very popular. Parents would be driving the station wagon, you know we'd be all the kids in the car. Song would come on, or I'd be listening to the radio late at night, tuned into the AM radio, and this song would come on and it's very haunting to me. I can imagine that it was haunting to a lot of people, but I was only nine when this came out and it made me think of the future. Do you know what I'm talking about? Made you think of the future. This is the only artist. As I found out let's see if I get this right this is the only artist to have a smash number one hit in the United States. The same, and that also was a smash number one hit in the UK, but that never, ever again charted anywhere. I mean, you talk about a true one hit wonder. That was this artist, or perhaps you could say these artists, but it's an artist and so that's a remarkable feat in itself.
Speaker 1:This song was a hit by an American rock pop duo. I don't even know if you'd call it pop or it certainly isn't rock. I don't like when they describe it as rock. It's not rock. At least in my opinion it's not really rock. I mean, maybe it is, it doesn't matter. But it reached number one Billboard Hot 100. Six weeks, commencing on July 12th of 69, went to number one on the UK single chart for three weeks in August and September of that year, 1969.
Speaker 1:Very important to this the song was composed by Rick Evans in 1964, released on Truth Records in 1968. It was picked up by RCA Records and the duo disbanded. Three years later they had a minor hit. It was Mr Turnkey. It was just a minor hit. It was Mr Turnkey. It was just a minor hit. It wasn't really a top hit or anything in Canada.
Speaker 1:Now, as soon as I start talking about this song, you'll know. If you've been around a while, you'll know what it is immediately. I'll give you a couple of descriptions. You'll give it away. It's a song about the journey of mankind over a 10,000 year span. It predicts man's thoughts. It predicts man's relationships and body will be negatively and body will be negatively. Think about this. These people were predicting the future. If you really go back and think about it, man's thoughts, relationships and body will be negatively impacted by technological advances and ends not to be ominous on the last day of the year with man's extinction. You know what it is A song recorded in one take, one take. They did this song In 1968 at a studio in a cow pasture Sure In Odessa, texas. From now on, when you think of this song, if you hear it again, remember this is one take in a cow pasture in Odessa, texas, in 1968. It's on the orange RCA label.
Speaker 1:This bleak, futuristic tale is a very unusual song.
Speaker 1:But 1969 was a very unusual year if you think about it. I mean you had think about the songs. Well, that was the year of Woodstock. Well, that was the year of Woodstock, but there was so much more, as I remind you of hippie anthems like Aquarius, aquarius, aquarius. Remember the fifth dimension. Let the sunshine in man. Remember that one-two punch in that song, let the sunshine it would go from Aquarius to let the sunshine Went to number one. Guess what else went to number one that year? Bubblegum song like Sugar by the Archies. Sugar Sugar. Beatles went to number one that year. Elvis man hey man, I'm at number one again. Baby Went to number one.
Speaker 1:Temptations they all had classic number one hits, but one of the top songs in 1969 was this one. It stayed at number one for six weeks. Forget about Elvis and the Beatles. Archie's Fifth Dimension the song reflected the apprehension of the times. Also, the wonder of technology, as I said, started its run at the top of the US chart the week before, pardon me, the Apollo 11 moon landing this duo. They were from Nebraska, one guy by the name of Denny, the other guy by the name of Rick, rick. Now here is a timeline of why this sort of science fiction theme song was number one of 1969. In March of 69, there were two well before that. If you think about 1969, think about 1969. First of all, well, you had like well, apollo 11, the moon mission lifting off from Florida, the astronauts on Apollo 11 making history when they set foot on the moon, neil Armstrong, buzz Aldrin, neil, of course, the first man to set foot on the moon, also July, july of 1969. If you recall, great tune came out that year, very futuristic sound to it, david Bowie.
Speaker 4:Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom.
Speaker 1:Space Oddity, the tale of Major Tom, july 11th of 69, released in the UK, didn't become a chart topper until September. Also, if you think about 1969, 1969, there were two movies, two sci-fi movies, that received Oscars that year. If you can imagine Sci-fi movies receiving the Oscars, one of those was Planet of the Apes, 1969. Imagine that received an Oscar. Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home.
Speaker 4:All the time.
Speaker 1:We finally really did it.
Speaker 2:You maniacs, you blew it up. Ah, damn you God. Damn you all to hell.
Speaker 1:Planet of the Apes, 1969. Again, there was two science fiction movies that year that received Oscars. The other one my dad took us to the drive-in movie to see. This Remember 2001,. A Space Odyssey.
Speaker 3:Hello Hal, do you read me?
Speaker 4:Do you read me, hal? Affirmative, dave, I read you. Open the pod bay doors, Hal. I'm sorry, dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. What's the problem? I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. What are you talking about, hell? This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. I don't know what you're talking about, hal. I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. Where the hell did you get that idea, hal? Hey, although you took very thorough precautions in the part against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Speaker 3:Wow.
Speaker 1:Wow, that, uh. Yeah, I remember they had the song from that, diodato, that actually came out on a 45. It was a pop hit I actually had that. The song didn't come out in 69. The song was 73, as I recall. But how you put these together? This space oddity, the tale of Major Tom by Bowie. You have Apollo 11, as I mentioned. Space Oddity, the Tale of Major Tom by Bowie. You have Apollo 11, as I mentioned, you have futuristic sci-fi movies receiving the Oscars.
Speaker 1:This song that we're going to play for you. It made them the ultimate one-hit wonder. Like I said, just a reminder for many years, the duo from Nebraska were the only artist to hit the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and never had another hit on Billboard's chart, nor in Britain. The Canadian group Magic went to number one in both the US and the UK with a song called Root in 2014., but they haven't had a hit record outside of Canada since, and the song I'm going to play for you has been covered at least 60 times in seven languages, including a Jewish parody. So, without further ado, this one from 1969. And when I listen to it to this day, it still gives me the chills and it really makes me think. Zeger and Evans, 500 years away from 2525, here in 2025, zeger and Evans. If you have not heard this song, check out the lyrics.
Speaker 5:In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they may fly In the year 3535. Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies. Everything you think, do and say Is in the bill you took today. In the year 45, 45, ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes, you won't find a thing to chew. Nobody's gonna look at you. In the year 55, 55, your arms are hanging limp at your side, your legs got nothing to do. Some machine doing that for you. Won't need no wife. You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too, from the bottom of a long glass To grow.
Speaker 5:In the year 7510. If God's a-comin', he oughta make it by then. Maybe he'll look around himself and say Guess it's time for the Judgment Day. In the year 8510. God is gonna shake his mighty head. He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been, or tear it down and start a game In the year 95, 95. I'm kinda wondering if man is gonna be alive. He's taken everything this old earth can give and he ain't put back nothing. Whoa, whoa. Now it's been ten thousand years. Man has cried a billion tears For what he never knew. Now man's reign is through. But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight, so very far away. Maybe it's only yesterday In the year 2525.
Speaker 1:Sager and Evans. Now, remember, I don't have the license to this or the rights to it Educating, critiquing. Thank you for listening. Of course we're still 500 years away, right? Thanks for listening to pat's peeps 182. See you at pat's peeps 183.
