During my brief stint at Clear Channel, My 92.9 played over the loudspeaker in the hallway adjacent to my office, so I’d hear the fifteen or so songs in regular rotation over and over and over again, nine hours a day, five days a week. Other than Katy Perry’s “Part of Me,” no other song filled me with more dread than the Lumineers’ “Ho Hey.” Sort of banal and campfire-sing-a-longish at first, then after hearing it at least four times a day, I began to believe there were secret encoded violent messages hidden somewhere beneath the banjo and acoustic guitar. It was a bad situation.
Thankfully, I can largely avoid the song these days, but I was willing to go back into the dark place, albeit briefly, for this mashup of Will Ferrell’s Harry Carey impression and the soundtrack to my torment. Also, I now want a hot dog.
This article appears in Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2013.
The Lumineer’s have a great album, such a shame the radio will only play Ho-Hey, even I can’t stand it anymore!
Didn’t you see Jimmy Fallon do it dressed as a chicken? That was tolerable.
yeah the chickeneers were amazing. I heard they broke up though and blake has gone solo doing shows at Chick a Fil