"Fire Water Burn" is the second single from The Bloodhound Gang's 1996 (re-released in 1998) album One Fierce Beer Coaster. The chorus of the song is taken from the song "The Roof Is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, yet sung considerably slower. The song ranked among the top songs on the Billboard Charts in 1997, reaching #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and also #28 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. It made number 4 on the Dutch Top 40. "Fire Water Burn" was remixed for the CD single by God Lives Underwater. It appeared in the soundtrack of Fahrenheit 9/11, The Nutty Professor and CKY4.[1]
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The song's music video features the band performing in a retirement home's cafeteria. As the song progresses, vocalist Jimmy Pop leaves the stage and begins performing numerous spontaneous actions in front of a group of unresponsive senior citizens, including dancing suggestively on tables and making unusual facial gestures. The video culminates when the elderly notice the band, and are rejuvenated by their performance. With the retirement home filled with a rock concert-like atmosphere, the band exits the stage with several senior citizens. The final shot of the video reveals that the retirement home was specially designated for the deaf.
The video was introduced by Pat Minfield (portrayed by Pop), in a parody of Matt Pinfield, the host of MTV's music video show 120 Minutes (which is presented in the video as 120 Midgets).
[edit] Outside references
"Fire Water Burn" makes references that allude to pop culture actors, television shows, and authors from the past.[2] Examples from the song include, in order of mention:
- Han Solo, a character from the Star Wars series, who was portrayed by Harrison Ford;
- Barry White, a disco and soul musician and producer;
- Frank Black, an alternative rock musician who led the Pixies;
- Pixies Song "Monkey Gone to Heaven", with the lyrics, "if man is five and the devil is six then that must make me seven/ this honky's gone to heaven" rather than "so if man is five/ then the devil is six/ then god is seven/ this monkey's gone to heaven". Additionally, the song is almost musically identical with the latter half of the Pixies song "The Happening".
- John F. Kennedy, a former United States president;
- Marvin Gaye, a soul and Rhythm and blues musician;
- Martha Raye, an actress and musician;
- Lawrence Welk, a musician and television icon;
- Kurt Cobain, a grunge rock musician from the band Nirvana;
- Kojak, a popular US television series, starring Telly Savalas;
- Mark Twain, an author and satirist from the 19th century and early 20th century;
- Jimi Hendrix, a psychedelic and hard rock musician from the 1960s;
- Emmanuel Lewis, an actor that gained much fame in the 1980s, starring on Webster, a television show.
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