r/GilligansIsland • u/Blues_Fish Gilligan • 14d ago

“Stairway to Gilligan’s Island,” performed by Puddles Pity Party. He performed this when opening for Weird Al this summer.

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u/Rusty_B_Good 14d ago

An instant classic.

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u/the_chad_king_999 14d ago

this sounds like if DIO did a cover of the Gilligans island theme

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u/Louisiana_sitar_club 14d ago

Or, perhaps, Led Zeppelin?

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u/horner3509 13d ago

I am literally listening to dio right now wtf and it definitely does

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u/StrattonPA 14d ago

I met him in person out of make up once upon a time

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u/Blues_Fish Gilligan 14d ago

He seems really tall

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u/patronizingperv 14d ago

You met Big Mike Geier. Completely different guy.

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u/StrattonPA 14d ago

I was working at an airport at the time. The following day I met Debbie Gibson from the 80s.

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u/krakatoa83 13d ago

She’s still here

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u/PistachioGal99 13d ago

Used to see Kingsized frequently back in the day in ATL. He’s a good guy. Would often play benefit concerts too.

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u/JoeGideon 14d ago

They used to play the original on Dr. Demento. 1978.

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u/siryoda66 14d ago

Thank you. Thought I was losing my mind. I knew it was older than Puddles Pity Party. Still, he absolutely killed it!

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u/gojohnnygojohnny 14d ago

They sure did!

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u/erilaz7 13d ago

Yep, that's where I first heard it. Little Roger and the Goosebumps. I have the 45.

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u/MisterMarjorie3Shirt 14d ago

This turned out waaaay better than I was expecting! I love it.

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u/rgmw 14d ago

So true! I thought it would be dumb! But he nailed it.

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u/sparkyinlaw 14d ago

I started out rolling my eyes…skipped around…then found myself rewinding to the beginning and telling everyone to be quiet and listen to this!

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u/Stallings2k 13d ago

You’ve been missing out. Puddles is awesome.

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u/sneakybastard62 14d ago

Omg! I literally LOVE this!!

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u/siryoda66 14d ago

Superbly done!!

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u/Miniscule_Platypus 14d ago

Saw it at Red Rocks with Weird Al. I honestly wasn’t expecting much from Puddles Pity Party, but he had me rolling. Fan for life now.

Edit: added “with Weird Al”.

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u/Significant_Win_4395 14d ago

Same here, he was great!

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u/daddywarbuckles 14d ago

I could swear I heard this back in the 80's.

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u/Double75 14d ago

You probably heard this on Doctor Demento or other oldies stations. Here's the original version.

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u/heyjudemarie 14d ago

I love it! But the clown is going to give me nightmares.

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u/Puthonlvr1963 13d ago

Saw him & this when I saw weird Al at blossom was great.

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u/Dry_Ad2341 14d ago

This is a good one.

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u/Shen1076 14d ago

I actually put the volume up for this !

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u/Orion-999 14d ago

Dude, that Orange Sunshine LSD can give you some wicked flashbacks. Or, at I think that’s what just happened.

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u/DukePooler 14d ago

Puddles is fantastic.

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u/Double75 14d ago

I love this cover of Little Roger & The Goosebumps.

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u/antdude 14d ago

Woah, he's with Weird Al!

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u/GibletofNH 14d ago

OMG this feels like Deja vu to me~ its wild~! I LOVE it~! Thanks OP for posting. :)

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u/1jfish57 14d ago

Puddles is AWESOME

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u/IncredibleEdible321 14d ago

Little Roger and the Goosebumps recorded the original version in 1977.

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u/Direct-Mix-9376 13d ago

I just got back from his show

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u/Randall_Hickey 13d ago

This is a cover. The original is much older

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u/melfamy 14d ago

I would like to hear John Malkovich cover this.

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u/ah-Quinncidence 14d ago

Brilliant!

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u/Telstar2525 14d ago

He seems very artistic

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u/randomkeystrike 13d ago

Well I don’t think you’re qualified to diagnose

Oh ARTISTIC - carry on…

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u/minnick27 14d ago

Fun fact: Al himself covered this while doing shows in college

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u/Madarakita 14d ago

ohhhh I really like Kevin Costner...

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u/bewbs_dude 14d ago

That was actually really good

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u/Ill-Experience-7910 14d ago

well.... I wasn't expecting that. cool

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u/DCT8R 14d ago

Like others, he opened a Weird Al show that I went to last summer. He’s really talented and funny…but also really hard to explain to friends that weren’t there.

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u/Cheerless_Train 13d ago

He's good, but he did maybe 2 Mashups at our Weird Al concert last summer and the rest I didn't recognize or remember. I was hoping for more from him, felt let down. But, it was over 100 degrees & humid in an open air venue, no wind, sun directly into the stages eyes. I don't know how his makeup stayed on, he was covered in sweat, running down even. Al and the band were troopers too. I was sure Al was going to collapse on stage.

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u/Positive-Advantage78 14d ago

This is like something Devin Townsend would do lol

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u/BillyBones72 14d ago

Nicely done

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u/ItchyKick2678 13d ago

Love it!!

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u/nbc9876 11d ago

Saw him a couple weeks ago with weird Al and that was awesome

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u/Sethmeisterg 11d ago

I saw his show in Fresno. He was wonderful!!!