[a fool in paradise]

THE BIRD IS THE WORDDDDDDD

In a recent statement, the group explained that the campaign represents a concerted effort to strike a blow for real music, and to wrest the U.K. chart spotlight back from the domination of lightweight manufactured pop, as exemplified by Simon Cowell’s wildly successful TV show X Factor. “Our mission,” the group explains, “is to continue the success of last year’s ‘Rage Against The Machine’ Facebook campaign, which snatched the Christmas Number One spot from X Factor. The reason behind this campaign is to further prevent the domination of manufactured music, and to allow something truly great to take the limelight. We are quickly closing the gap on the Number One spot, and we won’t stop until everybody knows that the bird is the word!”

See for yourself...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles

[a fool in paradise]

In the early months of 1964, as America was in the grip of the early stages of Beatlemania, the Bird ascended to the Number Four spot on the Billboard pop singles chart, as well as becoming a smash in such far-flung locales as Australia, Sweden, Mexico and Venezuela.

[a fool in paradise]

To everyone:

Enjoy your earworm for the day!

[WOBBLY BOB]

Silly, everyone knows The Word is the word.Nancy Pelosi said so.

[dfwgator]

One of the first rap songs.

[mgstarr]

Have you not heard, that the bird is the word?

[ReneeLynn]

How is putting this song at the top of the charts a blow for better music? Seriously. Shouldn’t they get a classic rock song and put it at the top of the charts. I mean something good, not a nonsense song.

[Yardstick]

This song is one giant hook but its best moment is the break at 1:10 — actually the end of the break when the drums come back in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

[justlurking]

The Trashmen were already regional heroes on the Minnesota teen scene when they released “Surfin’ Bird” as their debut single in late 1963.

They were also known for showing up at performances in MN in a garbage truck.

I'm not sure if the "Trashmen" name inspired their mode of transportation, or vice versa.