If your life were a movie, what would be your theme song?
Who hasn’t considered this question before? And if you haven’t, this episode is your chance to be a music supervisor for your own life’s hypothetical movie.
Christine is not trying to be funny or dark, or darkly funny. Just honest. From the opening bassline to the lyrics, even the French ones, Christine feels seen:
Balancing the psychopathy with buoyancy and heavy summer vibes, Christina’s theme song is Brenton Wood’s 1967 hit, “The Oogum Boogum Song.”
As Christine mentioned, “Oogum Boogum” has been featured in many TV shows and movies!
Wood passed away at 83 shortly after we recorded this episode. Here’s a tribute from NPR.
For extra music love, check out this version of Psycho Killer with Arthur Russell on Cello. And Wet Leg’s Psycho Killer cover is a banger! If you’ve gotten this far, you’ll probably want to visit David Byrne’s Radio, where he’s been sharing thematic playlists since 2013! Finally, you might as well give a listen to the Byrne’s Interview with Terry Gross.
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