“I’m not Travolta, I’m just a slipped disco man. Bad back, oh oh, bad knees”. They wrote this song about my 52 year old current self back in 1980. HOW DID THEY KNOW?!?!?
I LOVE THIS SONG! I got it in the Mad Magazine with CD-ROM when I was a kid, and I used to request it on Doctor Demento. I wish I still had that CD-ROM/issue.
glad to see a Mad reader post this. My mother threw mine stuff away. It was good stuff. Don't even have to put the penny on the sheet. Thank dog. Bringing back my childhood. Thanks.
I came across this song in the late 1990's when the magazine had "MAD Bytes It". I took the disc out, but I had no computer to play it. Then I tried playing it on a compdisc player, and nothing happened. Later I discovered that the first track is blank for a compdisc, when I finally had a computer to play it. This song comes out on the second track, then "Blind Date", and "It's a Gas".
My mother threw away all my stuff, including my MAD comics from the 50s and 60s, when I went away to college. Guess I didn't write home often enough. Sorry mom...
Here's a correction to the lyrics, some may just be what I hear, some are correct. You can tell by the way I'm failin' in school I'm a disco man, I'm a dancin' fool I Disco all day and I disco all night I've lost my hearin' and I've lost my sight but i don't mind, an' I don't care my mind is blown and so's my hair my brain is loose from too much juice too much smokin', I'm almost croakin' I'm barely alive (barely alive) One time i was healthy, one time I was wealthy now I'm barely alive (barely alive), barely alive oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god barely aliii-iiive (barely alive) Bad back and bad knees, I'm just too much a disco fan Got heebie bee gees, I'm just a slipped disco man, barely alive Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Heebie, ooh ooh, bee gees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Heebie, ooh ooh, bee gees (barely alive) Once I had me a girl and we had a ball before a disco came and put me off the wall now she calls me 'creep', says 'Go take a walk' That fox don't dig my phony jive talk but I don't mind, I don't care my mind is blown and so's my hair feelin' puffed from eatin junk too much dancin' and no romancin' barely alive barely alive One time I was happy, now I'm feelin' crappy yeah, I'm barely alive barely alive Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, barely alive, aaaa-aaaaa, barely alive (barely alive) She said I insult her, that I'm too much a disco fan I"m no Travolta, I'm just a slipped disco man, Barely alive (barely alive) Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees Once I had me a girl and we had a ball before a disco came and put me off the wall now she calls me 'creep', says 'Go take a walk' That fox don't dig my phony jive talk but I don't mind, I don't care my mind is blown and so's my hair feelin' puffed from eatin junk too much dancin' and no romancin' barely alive barely alive (barely alive) One time I was happy, now I'm feelin' crappy yeah, I'm barely alive (barely alive) Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, barely aliii-iive aaaa-aaaa (barely alive) She said I insult her, I'm just too much a disco fan Got Heebie Bee Jees, I'm just a slipped disco man, Barely alive (barely alive) Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey (barely alive) Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey (barely alive) Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey (barely alive) Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey (barely alive) Oy Vey, oy vey *(fades)*
Love what you've published! You don't by chance have a recording of my favorite from a 60s food parody issue; Ground Round sung to the tune of Downtown do you?
@Keith Smith, All the credits for all the songs on the record are here. www.discogs.com/Mad-Disco-Disco-Suicide/release/630539 Disco Suicide Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris* A2 Sorry, No Words Vocals - Steve Leeds (2) A3 This Time, This Night Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris* B1 Barely Alive Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Phyliss Harris*, Steve Leeds (2) B2 The Disco Clap Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris*
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I believe it's "My mind is blown and so is my hair." I listened to this record over and over again when it came out!
100% that's the lyric
I have no idea why this popped into my mind tonight, but I am soo glad it did. Haha. I wish i still had my old stash of MAD magazines.
same
I was in elementary school when I heard this and finally found the damn song in my head 25 years later. Damn you,MAD!
Me too, dude. I wore out this flexi so much playing it over and over.
I got this with a magazine in the mid 90s. 🤯
Me too
Me too. It was the best thing ever 😂
My friend had this cd. “Bad back, bad knees” had us rollin whilst playing NBA Live 96 on sega and pounding some Surge.
“I’m not Travolta, I’m just a slipped disco man. Bad back, oh oh, bad knees”.
They wrote this song about my 52 year old current self back in 1980. HOW DID THEY KNOW?!?!?
Me too, dude.
I LOVE THIS SONG! I got it in the Mad Magazine with CD-ROM when I was a kid, and I used to request it on Doctor Demento. I wish I still had that CD-ROM/issue.
They didn't have CD ROMS when this came out. It was a vinyl floppy album played on a turntable.
It was re-released on the "Mad Bytes It!" CD-ROM/CD-Audio disc, along with a Green Jelly cover of "Blind Date" and "It's a Gas!".
My mom got me a subscription circa 93-94 and the first issue came with a CD that had this on it.
Me too the CD-ROM had Alfred E. Neuman's face on it, it was awesome!!
I still have one
Oy vey!!!
I've been looking for this song since 95!
I remember, back in 1980, thinking that this issue was expensive, but I had to talk my parents that every penny was worth it. (I was right.)
glad to see a Mad reader post this. My mother threw mine stuff away. It was good stuff.
Don't even have to put the penny on the sheet.
Thank dog.
Bringing back my childhood. Thanks.
I came across this song in the late 1990's when the magazine had "MAD Bytes It". I took the disc out, but I had no computer to play it. Then I tried playing it on a compdisc player, and nothing happened. Later I discovered that the first track is blank for a compdisc, when I finally had a computer to play it. This song comes out on the second track, then "Blind Date", and "It's a Gas".
Got this in 1996 with the mad bytes it cd that came with that issue. I probably listened to it 200 times.
It's sad that you don't have a computer but I never seen those music before. So that's why I got here.
For some reason, just thought of this song, and - voila - there it is.
Amazing that I remember this from so long ago...
Really spot on impersonation of Barry Gibb
I bought this issue too and lost my copy of the cd. I miss it. Way too cool for how old I was.
I had a subscription to Mad Magazine. I remember when this CD came in the mail. This was my shit.
Good grief! I bought this when I was a kid - LOVE IT!
Thank you sooooooooooo much "Barely Alive". I had this issue AND the flexi disc. It was great to hear again. Where else but TH-cam?!
love this song
Wow. I used to sing this when I was 9.
Lol. Crazy that I found this. Thanks.
It's 2022 and I remember getting this song on CD-Rom and listening to it over and over! Dang it I love TH-cam for having this!
Hahaha, thanks for filling the request. Always thought this song was great.
The guy singing was my hero growing up, ha!
This was so funny..really brings me back!
My mother threw away all my stuff, including my MAD comics from the 50s and 60s, when I went away to college. Guess I didn't write home often enough. Sorry mom...
Here's a correction to the lyrics, some may just be what I hear, some are correct.
You can tell by the way I'm failin' in school
I'm a disco man, I'm a dancin' fool
I Disco all day and I disco all night
I've lost my hearin' and I've lost my sight
but i don't mind, an' I don't care
my mind is blown and so's my hair
my brain is loose from too much juice
too much smokin', I'm almost croakin'
I'm barely alive (barely alive)
One time i was healthy, one time I was wealthy
now I'm barely alive (barely alive), barely alive
oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god
barely aliii-iiive (barely alive)
Bad back and bad knees, I'm just too much a disco fan
Got heebie bee gees, I'm just a slipped disco man,
barely alive
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Heebie, ooh ooh, bee gees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Heebie, ooh ooh, bee gees
(barely alive)
Once I had me a girl and we had a ball
before a disco came and put me off the wall
now she calls me 'creep', says 'Go take a walk'
That fox don't dig my phony jive talk
but I don't mind, I don't care
my mind is blown and so's my hair
feelin' puffed from eatin junk
too much dancin' and no romancin'
barely alive barely alive
One time I was happy, now I'm feelin' crappy
yeah, I'm barely alive barely alive
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey,
barely alive, aaaa-aaaaa, barely alive (barely alive)
She said I insult her, that I'm too much a disco fan
I"m no Travolta, I'm just a slipped disco man,
Barely alive (barely alive)
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Bad back, ooh ooh, Bad knees
Once I had me a girl and we had a ball
before a disco came and put me off the wall
now she calls me 'creep', says 'Go take a walk'
That fox don't dig my phony jive talk
but I don't mind, I don't care
my mind is blown and so's my hair
feelin' puffed from eatin junk
too much dancin' and no romancin'
barely alive barely alive (barely alive)
One time I was happy, now I'm feelin' crappy
yeah, I'm barely alive (barely alive)
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey,
barely aliii-iive aaaa-aaaa
(barely alive)
She said I insult her, I'm just too much a disco fan
Got Heebie Bee Jees, I'm just a slipped disco man,
Barely alive (barely alive)
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey
(barely alive)
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey
(barely alive)
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey
(barely alive)
Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey, oy vey
(barely alive)
Oy Vey, oy vey
*(fades)*
BEFORE WEIRD AL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yup
chandler clemons Don't forget Allan Sherman.
@@ulyssesnorth6843 Nope. Weird Al was already making parodies in 1980. "My Bologna" aired on Dr. Demento in 1979
BEFORE FRANK ZAPPA, TOO ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAD Disco's "Barely Alive" = Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive"
Yep, they totally sound alike and I like it a lot. :)
…but NOT recommended for CPR!
My mind is blown and so is my hair.
AWESOME! I had this, it was inside my MAD magazine from ..1978?
Mind is blown and so's my hair.
Awesome 👌
Thanks Again For Posting These " Mad Magazine " retros.
I'm gonna miss Mad Magazine!
Good news,MAD is back!
Same. Mine was from issue 350, the CD-ROM with only 3 songs on it. I'm assuming the same for you. I still have both the CD-ROM and magazine though.
the line is "my mind is blown and so's my hair"
I want to hear Mad Magazine's " Watchdog in the night". sung to the tune of "Strangers in the night".
thanks please share all mad mag music
Yup, this guy's got it.
Love what you've published! You don't by chance have a recording of my favorite from a 60s food parody issue; Ground Round sung to the tune of Downtown do you?
Barely aliiii iii iiii iiiiive!
Yup! I dunno what happened to mine though.
Got heebee bgs
This is how you'd kill somebody with CPR!
Easy enough parody especially since Stayin Alive was originally going to be called Buried Alive....true fact!
I think this might be High Pitch Eric from the Howard Stern show on vocals ...
Correction: Kelly Clarkson.
He sings "Oy vey" once, I know right away this is a MAD song.
@LENTICULARPLASTIC Herbert is his name yeah lol it does
How did you know? I stole electicity from the neighbors using a buried extension cord.
also....i think its
"that fox dont dig my phony jive talk"
and
"my mind is blown and so's my hair"
Nice! I dunno what happened to mine, but that's why God invented eBay.
Who sung on these tracks, anyways?
good question!
@Keith Smith, All the credits for all the songs on the record are here. www.discogs.com/Mad-Disco-Disco-Suicide/release/630539
Disco Suicide
Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris*
A2 Sorry, No Words
Vocals - Steve Leeds (2)
A3 This Time, This Night
Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris*
B1 Barely Alive
Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Phyliss Harris*, Steve Leeds (2)
B2 The Disco Clap
Vocals - Angela Harris (2), Karl Harris*, Phyliss Harris*
Haven’t laughed this hard in a while ,after hearing this again after 40 years 😂
Hahahahahhaahhahaa
Better than Disco Duck I'm sure...
TheArmoredPanther - Your channel is more dead than disco is.
A Goofy Great!