Brownsville Station

Uh, that's the Oreo Speedway [laughs]

Browns- Brownsville Station or, or, yeah, uh, what's-his-face from Oreo Speedway.

Kevin Cronin.

Yeah, Kevin Cronin.

Uh-

Brownsville Station, that's who did it.

Okay.

Uh, Ta- by the way, just-

We j- uh, this is our third annual, uh, so I'm hoping you guys are enjoying it, and speaking of, the three amigos will be coming up.

That includes Mr. Britain himself, the General Paul Britain, and it's Britain's Battalion coming up, but first, how about some more Motley Crue, covering Brownsville Station, Flint, Michigan's own, Smokin' in the Boy's Room, right here on Monsterpiece Theater.

Woo! You ever seem to have one of those days where everyone's on your case From the teacher all the way down to your best girlfriend? Well, you know, I used to have this about all the time But I found a way to get out of it Let me tell you about I'm sittin' in a classroom thinkin' it's a drag Listenin' to the teacher rap just ain't my bag By the two bells ring, you know it's my cue I'm gonna meet the boys on floor number two Smokin' in the boys room Smokin' in the boys room Now, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rule 'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school Checkin' out the hall, makin' sure the coast is clear Lookin' in the stalls, no, there ain't nobody here My buddies sit, Mick and Tom To get caught would surely be the death of us all Smokin' in the boys room I was smokin' in the boys room Now, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rule 'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school And you have been excused [guitar riff] Well, do a little work in my school bookstore Check out counter and I've gotten bored Teacher went lookin' for me all around Two hours later, you know where I was found Smokin' in the boys room I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys room Now, now, now, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rule Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school Everybody Smokin' in the boys room Smokin' in the boys room I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys room Hey, smokin' in the boys room Hey, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rule 'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school One more Smokin' in the boys room Smokin' in the boys room Now, teacher, I ain't foolin' around with your rule Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school [guitar riff]

Welcome, recruits, to Britain's Battalion on Monsterpiece Theater.

"Man, you ever have one of them days?"

Is that Brownsville Station?

Yes.

Yeah.

... we'll move forward here.

I, I believe we'd, uh-

How about Brownsville Station?

[laughs]

Well, my next one was popular way back when I was in school.

Smoking in the Boys' Room by Brownsville Station Brings Back Some Memories.

As you can probably tell by the title, the song is about sneaking a smoke in the high school bathroom.

Truthfully, my high school was pretty lax.

And that's where you could see the popular bands of the time.

This was before MTV or videos were really popular.

Anyway, Brownsville Station was ready for their big moment with their big song.

Cub Coda, who's the name of the lead singer, he just looked over-the-top goofy.

Alice Cooper, School's Out, Chuck Berry, School Days, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Teenage Depression, Devo, Come Back Johnny, and PJ Soul's doing Rock 'n' Roll High School.

Of course, I left out, uh, Brownsville Station, Smokin' in the Boys Room, uh, Todd Rundgren's A Dream Goes On Forever, and, uh, Energy Fools the Magician by Eno.

I was definitely leaving that one out, 'cause it's kinda like, eh.

Anyway, um, now it's, it's beer time.

I had one of those brain freezes.

Yeah, it's Brownsville Station.

I totally had a brain freeze.

Like, I know this, but why can't I think of it? Yeah, Brownsville