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Hey ho lets go! 

A chant used by the audience at a Ramones concert. It comes from their tune "Blitzkrieg Bop". According to some source, Joey Ramone wanted a chant styled similar to the one used in the chorus of "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers (S A T-U-R T-U-R Day!).
At every Ramones concert the lights are dimmed, dry ice obscures the stage, a recording of the classic spaghetti Western movie theme "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is playing, audience members are chanting "Hey ho lets go!", you see men wearing leather jackets and blue jeans bustling around. Then you hear a guitar note, and the bassist shouts "1-2-3-4!". Then the band erupts into "Durango 95" and in the mosh pit all hell breaks loose. An evening of rock'n'roll fun, chaos and excitement begins.

Does a brown bear shit in the woods? 

a more vulgar way to say "Does a chicken have lips?". A sarcastic way to answer a question with a question. You could say "Does a brown bear crap in the woods?" instead. Either way, the other person is supposed to say "yes".
Ricky: Was that Economics 200 exam difficult?

George: Does a brown bear shit in the woods?

Hey Jude 

A mighty big hit for the Beatles, it went to #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. It spent a record number of weeks on top of America's Billboard, a record that was equaled by "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. A classic.
1. When I was in military recruit training ("boot camp") I was assigned to Junior Officer Of the Deck (JOOD) watchstanding security duty. I wore a yellow armband on my left shirt sleeve that said "JOOD". Every hour I'd tour the building to ensure that all was "secure". I entered my company's barrack room and one of my fellow company mates was standing next to a bunk singing "Hey JOOD. Don't be afraid. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember...". When I got to a compartment on the third floor a recruit shouted, "Hey look, fellas! It's the JOOD!" The whole company broke into singing "Hey Jude" (Hey JOOD, get it?). When I was back on the Quarterdeck on the first floor, you could hear the singing continuing on: ... bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, bettah, yeaaaaah! Da da da da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, hey, Jude!...". Recruit training isn't much fun for anyone, but this was pretty amusing.

2. I saw Sir Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live on TV perform "Hey Jude". People in the audience screamed their heads off. One time when Paul was singing the vocals for this song in the studio (or maybe during a Beatles TV performance) he screamed so intensely he passed out. He didn't konk out when performing on SNL that night.
Hey Jude by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 8, 2008

Justin Tinkerbell 

so he was a member of a robotic boy band too dumb and untalented to have the discipline and maturity to learn how to sing, write, or play instruments, that were assembled by a greedy fat cat that cares nothing about the quality of music that scored hits and won girlies' hearts with their droid "dancing", shitty harmonies and "good looks" (that's questionable)? And so after this American Menudo split up, he went on a solo career? So he caused a "wardrobe malfunction" on live TV with Janet Jackson, who hasn't had a hit that was worth a shit for years? So he has sown his wild oats here and there? So he has bragged about doing that with Britney Spears, who is another corporate airhead bimbo, and he shacked up with her as well? So he dueted with Mick Jagger at the Rolling Stones gig for the SARS benefit in Toronto a few years ago? That wuss is not even worthy to kiss the ground beneath the Stones' feet. So he thinks he's really manly and macho? Magazine critics are now kissing his ass, calling him an "R&B" singer? A man he'll never be. He's a total lunkhead, a zero, a pansy.
Justin Tinkerbell, you ain't SHIT!

Godzilla 

1. A famous movie monster from Japan that stars in a series of cult movies that were started in the 1950s. Godzilla rests in the Pacific Ocean and is aroused by a nuclear bomb test held underwater. He has a distinct yell as he wades to the Japanese shore and trashes Tokyo. He also breathes radioactive "fire". In an authentic Godzilla flick you can see the actors speak Japanese but the English dubbing makes it so that what you hear is not what they say. In 1998 an "American" version came out with a computer generated monster (as opposed to the classic man in a costume) that didn't resemble the original beast at all. This bastardized movie had Godzilla tearing up New York City (how the hell did he get over THERE?) and the story is absolutely horrible. Avoid this movie like the plague. Stay FAR away.

2. a hit for the American heavy metal band Blue Oyster Cult.

3. an adjective that describes anything domineering and that takes up space, leaving little room for anything else.
1. to corremorate the new millenium, Japanese film producers released "Godzilla 2000".

2. ... oh no! They say he's got to go, go go Godzilla! Woo hoo hooo...
... History shows again and again how nature wakes up the folly of man. GODZILLA!

3. Jim's Godzilla machine of a pickup truck took up so much space I had to park my Ford right next to the hedges.
Godzilla by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 7, 2008

Funky Town 

1. a 1980 number one hit for the R&B/funk/post-discogroup Lipps,Inc. (pronounced "lip synch" - yes, that's how U say it). They were basically a one hit wonder.

2. a Top 10 hit in 1987 for the Australian New Wave group Pseudo Echo. It has a harder-edged sound than the original seven years before. A genuine butt kicker. Pseudo Echo also scored a hit with their own "Living in a Dream" earlier in 1987.

3. because of their playing the Pseudo Echo hit, San Francisco radio stations gave the nickname "Funky Town" to their city itself.
1. ... won't you take me to
Funky Town!

2. "Funky Town" was riding high on the charts in the summer of 1987.

3.
Carl: Let's go to Funky Town and see the Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown! Then we can eat some Peking duck at the Golden Dragon restaurant.

Phil: Alright!
Funky Town by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 3, 2008

C is for Cookie 

The personal anthem of the famous Cookie Monster on the wonderful PBS educational kids show Sesame Street. The song also gives kids a few pointers on the letter "C". We all love the Cookie Monster.
Here's the lyrics to the song.

C is for Cookie,
That's good enough for me!
C is for Cookie,
That's good enough for me!
C is for Cookie,
That's good enough for me!
Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!

Cookie Monster, you're rad! We dig you! You ROCK!