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Ben Bernanke

2023-09-08T16:43:08Z

Garlicozzy: /* Lyrics */

{{Infobox_song
|title = Ben Bernanke
|artist = Lemon Demon
|year = 2008
|albumart = Viewmonster.jpg
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[View-Monster]], [[Almanac 2009]]
|duration = 4:29
|tempo = 105
|genre = Rock
|externalLinks = [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/ben-bernanke Needlejuice Bandcamp] [https://youtu.be/axq_g4gouac?si=kd8FTk6_Vq_cfwyU Youtube] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2LvOXNekWrBsyhL4ARAMOZ?si=fbd34ad7f89b4f79 Spotify]
}}

Ben Bernanke is the 2nd bonus track on [[View-Monster]]. The song is a word for word recreation of a video created by Neil's friends. The video was later removed from YouTube, but re-uploaded in 2011 under the channel "kenfury23."

As told by Neil:

<blockquote>"One day my friend and fellow filmmaker Ryan Murphy showed up at my house with a MiniDV tape containing over half an hour of footage he had shot with another friend, Jake Quilty-Dunn. Ryan asked me if I could capture the footage to my hard drive so he could edit it and put it on YouTube. As I watched the footage, Ryan expressed some doubt that I would be amused– he assumed it was one of those things where you just had to be there. But he was wrong, and I found the footage hilarious. I told him I wanted to edit it myself. He was fine with that. The footage was of Jake, sitting in a chair, saying very strange things in a strange voice to “Spencer”, a silent man played by Ryan. Jake’s rantings are a mishmash of private jokes, improv, overheard dialog, and menacing homoeroticism. The real Ben Bernanke is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He has very little to do with how he’s portrayed by Jake. There have been no reports of him seeking ownership of anybody’s teeth."<ref>https://genius.com/Lemon-demon-ben-bernanke-lyrics</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/lTvW2IyhwZw?si=i6I3mQpE2y-OBzvH</ref></blockquote>

==Lyrics==
Hello there, Spencer
I see you, you boy, boy
I see you, Spencer
With my eyes

You're the architect of my dreams, Spencer
You plan them, and build them on blue paper
And hand them to me

And then I dream them, Spencer
That's what you do for me
Thank you for that, Spencer
You prick

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh
Avada kedavra, Spencer, to you, Spencer
Avada kedavra to you, Spencer

You think you're something special, Spencer?
You think you're something brand new?
But you're old oats, Spencer
You're old, dry, stale oats, Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're a tall glass of water, aren't you, Spencer?
You boy, precious boy
I'm Ben Bernanke, Spencer, and I want your teeth
For the Federal Reserve
I'm cutting interest rates in half, Spencer
And I need your teeth

I'll admit, Spencer, you're handsome
But what have you done with it?
You think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you?

Do you think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you think you can capture my essence
And throw it back at me with
Humour and rhetorical devices?

Well, you can't, Spencer
You don't know what I'm capable of
I need your teeth
For my Lonely Hearts Club Band, Spencer
I'm Ben Bernanke

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo
Are you proud of your country?
Are you proud of your country?

I'll bet you are, pretty little boy
Sitting up there in your high chair
Demanding more applesauce
Well you've already got enough applesauce, Spencer!
There's plenty of applesauce on your plate

I'm going to kiss you, Spencer, on the lips
You sexy little rattlesnake, you naughty little baby boy
You rambunctious little infant
My mother tries to get me to go on dates, Spencer
You know what that's like?
You know how humiliating that is, Spencer?

You boy, Spencer
Spencer... (Spencer... ) (Spencer)
(OH MY GOD!)
You tall drink of water
Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Magician
Magician...

I love you, Spencer; I'm gonna spank you silly...

== Original Video ==

<youtube>lTvW2IyhwZw&ab</youtube>

== Trivia ==

* A Ben Bernanke remix by Alora can be found [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/View-Monster/Alora%20-%20BenBernakeRemix.mp3 here].

Soft Fuzzy Man

2023-09-07T13:33:44Z

Garlicozzy: created page, added infobox, description, lyrics, and trivia

{{Infobox_song
|title = Soft Fuzzy Man
|artist = Lemon Demon
|year = 2016
|albumart = Spirit Phone.jpg
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[Spirit Phone]]
|duration = 2:54
|tempo = 145
|genre = Electropop, Synth-Pop
|language = English
|externalLinks = [https://lemondemon.bandcamp.com/track/soft-fuzzy-man Bandcamp]<br>[https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/soft-fuzzy-man Needlejuice Bandcamp]<br>[https://youtu.be/pjeF8aiQgLU YouTube]<br>[https://open.spotify.com/track/6gh78DdZtoLjnMs9I1Jkam?si=db3382196e4f46d9 Spotify]
}}
Soft Fuzzy Man is the ninth track on [[Spirit Phone]].
According to Neil, the song has been through numerous lyrical changes, the most notable of which being an early version of the track containing the "Don't worry, Bill Murray" rhyming couplet later used in [[123456 Pokemon]], indicating the instrumental to this track has existed since at least 2008. In terms of lyrical meaning, Neil has stated in the [[Spirit Phone Commentary]]<ref>https://youtu.be/yYTP-5Yds6k</ref> that:<blockquote>"This song is about a cloud man, or a ghost or maybe just a metaphor for someone who thinks that being a total mystery makes him attractive[...]There's something about male unrelatability in there, but mostly its just a cloud man song. "</blockquote>Unlike most songs from the album, no demos of Soft Fuzzy Man surfaced during the albums production or have been made publicly available.
== Lyrics ==
<nowiki>Cold and windy
Dark and stormy
Let me float your way
Please don't ignore me

What you girls really need's a soft, fuzzy man (An ambient man)
A trick of the light to love you tonight
You don't understand, there's nothing quite like a soft, fuzzy man

Can't you see me?
Why can't you see me?
I'm all around
All cold and dreamy

What you girls really need's a soft, fuzzy man (A wisp of smoke man)
To waft over you and cloud up your view
So show me your hands and wave them right through a soft, fuzzy man

Although I have no arms to hold you in
A human passion burns within me
I need to feel like I exist
So please, baby, please, baby step into the mist

Don't be nervous
No, don't be nervous
I'm not like other guys
Who have a surface

What you girls really need's a soft, fuzzy man (An atmospheric man)
A shimmering puff of indistinct love
What's better than the vague embrace of a soft, fuzzy man?

Who seeps through your thoughts
Who makes you see spots
Who blows through the air
Who plays with your hair
I know it sounds crazy
But once you go hazy, you'll understand
I'm your soft, fuzzy man</nowiki>

== Trivia ==
* "Soft Fuzzy Man" was a nickname later given to Maui, Neil and Ming's cat who was featured on the spirit phone album cover.
* This is one of the many tracks from Lemon Demon's discography that have gained a large following years after the songs initial release due to Aimkid's fan animation of the song<ref>https://youtu.be/hsKV_jdd5PM?si=VLhdxc6MgEYglC1L</ref>

==References==
<references />

Ben Bernanke

2023-09-04T13:16:17Z

Garlicozzy:

{{Infobox_song
|title = Ben Bernanke
|artist = Lemon Demon
|year = 2008
|albumart = Viewmonster.jpg
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[View-Monster]], [[Almanac 2009]]
|duration = 4:29
|tempo = 105
|genre = Rock
|externalLinks = [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/ben-bernanke Needlejuice Bandcamp] [https://youtu.be/axq_g4gouac?si=kd8FTk6_Vq_cfwyU Youtube] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2LvOXNekWrBsyhL4ARAMOZ?si=fbd34ad7f89b4f79 Spotify]
}}

Ben Bernanke is the 2nd bonus track on [[View-Monster]]. The song is a word for word recreation of a video created by Neil's friends. The video was later removed from youtube, but re-uploaded in 2011 under the channel "kenfury23."

As told by Neil:

<blockquote>"One day my friend and fellow filmmaker Ryan Murphy showed up at my house with a MiniDV tape containing over half an hour of footage he had shot with another friend, Jake Quilty-Dunn. Ryan asked me if I could capture the footage to my hard drive so he could edit it and put it on YouTube. As I watched the footage, Ryan expressed some doubt that I would be amused– he assumed it was one of those things where you just had to be there. But he was wrong, and I found the footage hilarious. I told him I wanted to edit it myself. He was fine with that. The footage was of Jake, sitting in a chair, saying very strange things in a strange voice to “Spencer”, a silent man played by Ryan. Jake’s rantings are a mishmash of private jokes, improv, overheard dialog, and menacing homoeroticism. The real Ben Bernanke is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He has very little to do with how he’s portrayed by Jake. There have been no reports of him seeking ownership of anybody’s teeth."<ref>https://genius.com/Lemon-demon-ben-bernanke-lyrics</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/lTvW2IyhwZw?si=i6I3mQpE2y-OBzvH</ref></blockquote>

==Lyrics==
<nowiki>Hello there, Spencer
I see you, you boy, boy
I see you, Spencer
With my eyes

You're the architect of my dreams, Spencer
You plan them, and build them on blue paper
And hand them to me

And then I dream them, Spencer
That's what you do for me
Thank you for that, Spencer
You prick

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh
Avada kedavra, Spencer, to you, Spencer
Avada kedavra to you, Spencer
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
stuck through your eyelids, you
New wave of pirates

You think you're something special, Spencer?
You think you're something brand new?
But you're old oats, Spencer
You're old, dry, stale oats, Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're a tall glass of water, aren't you, Spencer?
You boy, precious boy
I'm Ben Bernanke, Spencer, and I want your teeth
For the Federal Reserve
I'm cutting interest rates in half, Spencer
And I need your teeth

I'll admit, Spencer, you're handsome
But what have you done with it?
You think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you?

Do you think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you think you can capture my essence
And throw it back at me with
Humour and rhetorical devices?

Well, you can't, Spencer
You don't know what I'm capable of
I need your teeth
For my Lonely Hearts Club Band, Spencer
I'm Ben Bernanke

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo
Are you proud of your country?
Are you proud of your country?

I'll bet you are, pretty little boy
Sitting up there in your high chair
Demanding more applesauce
Well you've already got enough applesauce, Spencer!
There's plenty of applesauce on your plate

I'm going to kiss you, Spencer, on the lips
You sexy little rattlesnake, you naughty little baby boy
You rambunctious little infant
My mother tries to get me to go on dates, Spencer
You know what that's like?
You know how humiliating that is, Spencer?

You boy, Spencer
Spencer... (Spencer... ) (Spencer)
(OH MY GOD!)
You tall drink of water
Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Magician
Magician...

I love you, Spencer; I'm gonna spank you silly...</nowiki>

== Original Video ==

<youtube>lTvW2IyhwZw&ab</youtube>

== Trivia ==

* A Ben Bernanke remix by Alora can be found [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/View-Monster/Alora%20-%20BenBernakeRemix.mp3 here].

Ben Bernanke

2023-09-04T13:13:18Z

Garlicozzy: created page, added description, lyrics, infobox, video and trivia

{{Infobox_song
|title = Ben Bernanke
|artist = Lemon Demon
|year = 2008
|albumart = Viewmonster.jpg
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[View-Monster]]
|duration = 4:29
|tempo = 105
|genre = Rock
|externalLinks = [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/ben-bernanke Needlejuice Bandcamp] [https://youtu.be/axq_g4gouac?si=kd8FTk6_Vq_cfwyU Youtube] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2LvOXNekWrBsyhL4ARAMOZ?si=fbd34ad7f89b4f79 Spotify]
}}

Ben Bernanke is the 2nd bonus track on [[View-Monster]]. The song is a word for word recreation of a video created by Neil's friends. The video was later removed from youtube, but re-uploaded in 2011 under the channel "kenfury23."

As told by Neil:

<blockquote>"One day my friend and fellow filmmaker Ryan Murphy showed up at my house with a MiniDV tape containing over half an hour of footage he had shot with another friend, Jake Quilty-Dunn. Ryan asked me if I could capture the footage to my hard drive so he could edit it and put it on YouTube. As I watched the footage, Ryan expressed some doubt that I would be amused– he assumed it was one of those things where you just had to be there. But he was wrong, and I found the footage hilarious. I told him I wanted to edit it myself. He was fine with that. The footage was of Jake, sitting in a chair, saying very strange things in a strange voice to “Spencer”, a silent man played by Ryan. Jake’s rantings are a mishmash of private jokes, improv, overheard dialog, and menacing homoeroticism. The real Ben Bernanke is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He has very little to do with how he’s portrayed by Jake. There have been no reports of him seeking ownership of anybody’s teeth."<ref>https://genius.com/Lemon-demon-ben-bernanke-lyrics</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/lTvW2IyhwZw?si=i6I3mQpE2y-OBzvH</ref></blockquote>

==Lyrics==
<nowiki>Hello there, Spencer
I see you, you boy, boy
I see you, Spencer
With my eyes

You're the architect of my dreams, Spencer
You plan them, and build them on blue paper
And hand them to me

And then I dream them, Spencer
That's what you do for me
Thank you for that, Spencer
You prick

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh
Avada kedavra, Spencer, to you, Spencer
Avada kedavra to you, Spencer
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
stuck through your eyelids, you
New wave of pirates

You think you're something special, Spencer?
You think you're something brand new?
But you're old oats, Spencer
You're old, dry, stale oats, Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're a tall glass of water, aren't you, Spencer?
You boy, precious boy
I'm Ben Bernanke, Spencer, and I want your teeth
For the Federal Reserve
I'm cutting interest rates in half, Spencer
And I need your teeth

I'll admit, Spencer, you're handsome
But what have you done with it?
You think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you?

Do you think you can mock me, Spencer?
Do you think you can capture my essence
And throw it back at me with
Humour and rhetorical devices?

Well, you can't, Spencer
You don't know what I'm capable of
I need your teeth
For my Lonely Hearts Club Band, Spencer
I'm Ben Bernanke

I'm a magician, Spencer
A furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo
Are you proud of your country?
Are you proud of your country?

I'll bet you are, pretty little boy
Sitting up there in your high chair
Demanding more applesauce
Well you've already got enough applesauce, Spencer!
There's plenty of applesauce on your plate

I'm going to kiss you, Spencer, on the lips
You sexy little rattlesnake, you naughty little baby boy
You rambunctious little infant
My mother tries to get me to go on dates, Spencer
You know what that's like?
You know how humiliating that is, Spencer?

You boy, Spencer
Spencer... (Spencer... ) (Spencer)
(OH MY GOD!)
You tall drink of water
Spencer

I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Ohh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm a magician, Spencer, a furious magician
Magician
Magician...

I love you, Spencer; I'm gonna spank you silly...</nowiki>

== Original Video ==

<youtube>lTvW2IyhwZw&ab</youtube>

== Trivia ==

* A Ben Bernanke remix by Alora can be found [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/View-Monster/Alora%20-%20BenBernakeRemix.mp3 here].