The Dickies: The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)
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Would you believe I knew the original version of this song before I caught the cover?
I used to watch Boomerang back when, you know, it was fulfilling its actual purpose of reintroducing old cartoons to younger generations. They liked to play old cartoon songs during commercial breaks and they liked to play the Banana Splits song a lot. First thing I noticed: "Wow, those outfits are weird." Second thing I noticed: "Damn, this song is catchy." So I was more than pleasantly surprised to find a punk but mostly straight cover of this song by the surely upstanding young men The Dickies. As deliberately chaotic they were being, I find it wholesome when guys like this pay unironic tribute to something from their childhood. Oh, what did I think about The Banana Splits movie? Well, you'll have to wait and find out...
the adicts. One of my favorite punk bands growing up.
The first and last time I saw them play live, Peabodys isn’t open anymore:( The last picture is a selfie I took wearing the shirt from the 2006 tour that they went on with the UK subs