Announcer: "...And now, a musical mashup interlude."
-X-
[Suggested music: "Bad Mother" by Donzig-search YouTube for more details.]
The scene opened on a set resembling that of a certain legendary 70's music program. On the backdrop was a large logo that said "Light of Your Soul Train", while the opening riffs of "Bad Girls" started to play. Dancers were all on the floor getting their groove on, as the camera focused on the central stage. The spotlight then shone onto the performer standing there, revealed to be a decently-ripped Freakazoid...dressed as (and with his hair styled like) Glenn Danzig, with red pants instead of black and red finger-less gloves. He even had Danzig's trademark Jim Morrison-esque scowl. He then launched into the lyrics for a song that couldn't be more different from the current environment-the tonal dissonance was THAT apparent, and yet somehow it worked.
Freakazig:
Mother...
Tell your children not to walk my way...
Tell your children not to hear my words...
What they mean,
What they say...
Mother...
Mother!
Can you keep them in the dark for life?
Can you hide them from the waiting world?
Ooooooooh, mother!
Father!
Gonna take your daughter out tonight...
Gonna show her, MY WOOOORRRLD!
Ooooh, fatheeeeeeerrrrr!
Not about to see your light!
And if you wanna find heck with me...
I can show you what it's...
Surprisingly, the dancers didn't bat an eye over the clashing tones of the lyrics and music as they kept boogieing.
Freakazig:
Mother...
Tell your children not to hold my hand.
Tell your children not to understand.
Oooooh, motheeeeeeER!
Father!
Do you wanna bang heads with me?
Do you wanna feel everything?
Ooooooh, fatheeeeer-uh!
Not about to see your light!
And if you wanna find heck with me...
I can show you what it's...
[Seems to scream into the mic.]
WHAT IT'S LIIIIIIIIKE!
As different pairs of dancers strutted their stuff through the 'Soul Train Line', a surprised Ritsuko found herself joining Freakazig onstage. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses almost shaped like cat eyes (with the pointed portions colored neon orange), a purple-sequined bustier and short skirt, purple tights, and high-heeled sandals.
Ritsuko:
Hey, mister!
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Have you got a dime?
[Points to a jukebox that's just appeared onstage.]
Freakazig [practically bellowing into the mic]:
YAAAAAAAAAAY-UH!
Ritsuko [pointing to the jukebox]:
Hey, mister!
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Do you want to spend some time?
Freakazig [practically bellowing into the mic]:
YAAAAAAAAAAY-UH!
Freakazig:
Mother...
Mother!
MOTHEEEERRR!
[Percussion solo.]
Freakazig:
Not about to see your light!
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep)
I can show you what it's like...
(Toot toot, hey, beep beep)
Till you're eating...!
-X-
Announcer: "This concludes our musical mashup interlude. We now return to our story."
**Author's Note(s)**
The musical interlude this time takes its cue from a YouTube phenomenon that I've become quite a fan of. Of course I refer to "McClintock Mashups", a series of videos by Bill McClintock that takes two songs that couldn't be more different from one another and yet somehow results in something glorious. "Bad Mother" is his most recent one, and already one of my favorites-and I've never even listened to Danzig anything in my life till now. My other favorites of the mashups so far also include "Rime of the Good Times" by 'Iron Chic', "Girls, Girls, Girls! (Your Mamma Too)" by 'Crümeo', "War Puppets Rise to Heaven", and "Rock the Space Freak".
For those fashion-curious, Ritsuko's outfit is the same as Donna Summer's for her music video of "Bad Girls".