Ian and I post songs on a website called "The FuMP" (www.theFuMP.com) and artists sign up for their slots ahead of time. Every week, Devo Spice makes sure we're all ready. While in a goofy mood, Devo typed "Ian, are you ready? Kyle, are you Ian?" Ian's been talking about this being a song concept ever since! The song sampled is a lovely Ross Bagdasarian (aka Dave Seville) number called "Gotta Get To Your House". I believe it was intended to be a follow up to "Come On-a My House" which he wrote in the late 30s. This track spawned a MEME of sorts with several of our friends creating parodies of it.
lyrics
I: Folks always know me as Insane Ian
That weird little gamer, nerdy human bein'
I'm kinda funny looking with real big hair
And I'm recognizable by my buggy eye'd stare
I'm quick with a joke and to make you laugh
I'm ok a rapping but terrible at math
I can't really draw, never really could
Just because I can polka, doesn't mean I should
But one day I encountered a terrible obscenity
I had my own case of Mistaken Identity
I had a pic of me taken at a con
But the tag on Facebook got the name wrong
Now folks who do what I do all have goofy names
And because we like "Weird Al" our voices kinda sound the same
But the guy I was mistaken for has his own unique style
He lives in California and his name is TV's Kyle!
Chorus:
I: Kyle, Are You Ian? K: (Ian, Are You Kyle?)
I: Kyle, Are You Ian? K: (Ian, Are You Kyle?)
I: Is this Kyle I'm seein'? I know it's been a while
But Kyle, Are You Ian? K: (And Ian, Are You Kyle?)
K: Ian, Are You Kyle? I: (Kyle, Are You Ian?)
K: Ian, Are You Kyle? I: (Kyle, Are You Ian?)
K: Is it Ian I'm seeing, or some other human bein'?
But Ian are You Kyle? I: (And Kyle Are You Ian?)
K: I'm not saying that there's no similarity
between Ian and I, but there's plenty of disparities
I know that we're both dementia acts,
but Ian does parodies and I would never do that
Ian is known to write video game reviews.
I just play them and I usually lose.
I'm really into Tezuka and Spirou et Fantasio
Possibly he'd like 'em, but I don't think Ian has heard of those
Ian's got a dog and I have two cats.
Ian is relatively thin and I am relatively fat.
Ian's more outgoing, not that I'm a wallflower
But in front of a mic, Ian commands the world's power
Ian is the world's biggest Presidents fan.
I mean, I like 'em too, but holy crap, man!
Ian wears shorts, I never do that.
He can actually rock a backwards hat!
Chorus
I: Now this little quandary has invaded my laundry
Kyle has all my shirts, I remember them fondly
K: I use them as rags to wash my dishes
Cause they fit kinda off by a few dozen inches
I: I'm suddenly drawing Kyle's webcomic now
K: And I'm on the East Coast, tho I don't know how
I: Could it be that we have finally switched places?
K: I am afraid that's what it looks like the case is.
K: Kyle, Are You Ian? I: (Ian, Are You Kyle?)
K: Kyle, Are You Ian? I: (Ian, Are You Kyle?)
K: Is this Kyle I'm seein'? I know it's been a while
But Kyle, Are You Ian? I: (And Ian, Are You Kyle?)
I: Ian, Are You Kyle? K: (Kyle, Are You Ian?)
I: Ian, Are You Kyle? K: (Kyle, Are You Ian?)
I: Is it Ian I'm seeing, or some other human bein'?
But Ian are You Kyle? K: (And Kyle Are You Ian?)
credits
from Headliners,
released May 11, 2012
lyrics by Ian Bonds and Kyle A. Carrozza
Music by Kyle (and Ross Bagdasarian)
the great Luke Ski, Scooter Picnic's #1 fan, who appears on "I'd Buy That For A Dollar", and who occasionally has Ian and Kyle appear on his songs. Scooter Picnic
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Kyle has a gift for creating earworms—catchy tunes that you just cannot get out of your head until they've achieved their purpose. (Which is? That would be telling...) At the moment I'm particularly fond of "I Don't Know Why There's a Bug in Here," which I predict within five years will dominate campfires and school buses. Brother Osric
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This album is pretty much "all good" as they say. I like all the tracks, but somehow, "The Games I Used To Play" was my life in the '80s. Ian, you've done it again! roboknight