STRANGE Voice MADE This #1 Hit UNDENIABLY CREEPY, Yet it's WEIRDLY Comforting! | Professor of Rock

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"God Shuffled His Feet" was a great album, but I'll never understand why "How Does a Duck Know" didn't gain more traction. Solid, fun, weird track, the vocals definitely made it.

The Crash Test Dummies are such a fun Canadian band. Their live shows are awesome. Such an underrated band.

Loved Weird All's parody of this song called Headline News featuing lyrics about Tonya Harding Harding & Lorana Bobbit ...

I’m from Winnipeg and we used to see the Crash Test Dummies play at the Blue Note Cafe after they had finished their shifts as Bartenders at the Spectrum. The Superman Song is so great. It was a big hit in Canada. The first album The Ghost That Haunts Me is one of my favourites of all time.

"God Shuffled His Feet" is one of those rare albums where I'm not even tempted to skip a track. IMHO, there are VERY few albums like that (of course I'm picky). This album feels like a comfortable chair, a warm blanket, a crackling fireplace, and a hot drink on a cold stormy evening. COZY AF :) The title track is my personal favorite, but they're all great.

Met Brad in Montreal when he came into the bar I worked at. The band mingling with the patrons, him and I stood at the door and talked about life. Cool and intelligent man.

As a Canadian(55) I can say that CTD had a big impact and Superman was such a huge hit that the second album had little chance of repeating it. Personally feel that Superman is a far better song but Mmmmh does hold a special place as a catchy cant get it out of your head song. Also know I wasn't the only kid who felt better about my deepening voice after CTD showed it could be popular, I had thought I was going to sound like Bing Crosby for the rest of my life.....uuuugh

I always imagined the chorus is all about how most people can't find words to react to unfortunate or uncomfortable stories. When you're sad and disappointed, but you know enough about the world that it doesn't surprise you anymore. You kind of just nod and say "hmm".

I always loved Weird Al's part about John Bobbit "He couldn't quite explain it, it'd always just beeeeeeeeen therrrrrrrrrrrre".

Hello Adam. I'd like to say thank you, not just about the music that you bring back to life, but also for your easy-going personality. You have created a program that makes me feel so much better about life in these turbulent and polarized times. It's a bit of sanity out on the Internet that reminds me of my youth. Thanks for relieving the stress. Keep up the good work.

The first time I heard Crash Test Dummies I was hooked. Brad's distinct voice, the story telling lyrics, beautiful melodies, and the vocal harmony with with Ellen Reid. I saw this band in Seattle in 1996. The opening act was Tiny Tim. I listened respectfully. The audience was not polite to Tim. I enjoyed the concert, and then 2 months later Tiny Tim passed away. I felt sad to hear about this. This is my strange experience seeing the Crash Test Dummies.

Brad’s voice is actually closer to a bass than a baritone, and I’ve heard his voice described as a “bass-baritone” (which is usually used to describe a singer who’s got a slightly higher range compared to a typical bass). He’s at times jokingly attributed it to having a “…third testicle” (his words, not mine; he might have said it on “I Love the ‘90s”). But that bass quality to his voice is why the “Mmm”s resonate so strongly in the chorus.

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I heard "Mmm-Mmm" when it was new in '94. Because my brother subsequently bought a copy of CTD's first record, The Ghosts that Haunt Me, it did not occur to me that they didn't score any hits past this one. (The coolest consolation is that CTD hasn't stopped making records.) There were a few reasons for me to relate to the subject matter of this tune's lyrics and Brad as a singer. Nothing dramatic like what he narrated happened to me, but I always felt ostracized by the people I grew up with, something which has not changed for me as an adult. To this day, it doesn't feel as if I can do anything without having to pay a price. Additionally, my voice was changing at the same time CTD came out with God Shuffled His Feet, and everybody in my family thought that I should approach my own singing in a fashion similar to Brad, even though the chances were stronger that they would refer to Mark Knopfler for a reference. To put it mildly, I was not interested in obeying them.

We talk about albums that are perfect, start to finish - for me, their album 'God Shuffled His Feet' is one such album - amazingly perfect !

I love the Crash Test Dummies. "Afternoons & Coffeespoons" is my favorite by them. I love that whole album.

I find that song strangely comforting. Being bullied all my life, and being in a couple of traffic accidents, I can understand it.

OMG! I can’t believe you just did this. I literally just heard this song yesterday on Sirius XM and I wondered if you had ever done this song on your channel. 🤯 I loved this song. I still knew every word!

As always thank you professor for this 90's classic! Even as a punk rock metal head, this song got me to slow down and hum mmm mmm mmm mmm