They Should Slap a Warning Label on this Band
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 
"Severe wheezing may ensue, due to excessive funnies. Do not combine this show with alcohol. Unless you don't mind making a complete fool of yourself, so much so that your wife and friends go to this show with you 3 times in the span of 18 months just to see you get a near seizure."
You know when you go to a karaoke bar and some guy gets up and sings "Like a Virgin" and you roll your eyes because it is simply not funny? These guys are not him. They are the opposite of him. Wear your kid's Pull-Ups if the Dan Band ever rolls through your town. You WILL pee your pants, and you WILL thank me profusely for recommending them to you.
The Dan Band does covers of "chick songs" -- songs made famous by the great chanteuses of our time: Bonnie Tyler, Wilson Phillips, Irene Cara, Salt n Pepa, Shakira... snickering yet? Then you get it.
The beauty of the Dan Band is that they don't just sing the songs. They OWN them. They own them hard. When most funny people sing chick songs, they do one of two things. They sing them like a girl, or they sing them way too manly. Both are funny once. But not for an hour. The Dan Band will make you laugh for an hour. Maybe its Dan's deadpan Clark Kent backup singers/dancers Gene and John, or the artfully choreographed dance moves or Dan's use of profanity inserted in just the right places (gratuitous swearing is annoying; skillfully applied fu*kens are an art form). In fact, the Dan Band is known best for their interpretation of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" -- and I need you now tonight, I f$#kn need you more than ever. Does that ring a bell? Yes, you probably saw Dan singing that in the Will Ferrell movie Old School.
Enough talk. I found some clips you'll enjoy. They do most songs in medley format, which keeps the surprises coming at you in rapid succession. Genius. This medley includes Genie in a Bottle, No Scrubs and Slave for You.This clip has beeped out profanity.
This is them doing Flashdance and Fame.This clip has profanity that's not beeped out (in case your kids are around).
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Reader Comments (35)
LOL, I think you might like the chick tunes a little too much. Hurry up and down a New Castle through a bong to restore the testosterone levels. Funny stuff.
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[BusyDad] Well see this makes it ok. He's wearing a gas station jumpsuit!
Oh dear god, I found a new obsession. You rock.
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[BusyDad] I bet you're on YouTube right now. I am too. I knew you would appreciate these guys.
I don't have time to listen to those; I have to go through every one of my blog posts to make sure my swearing is artful as opposed to gratuitous. F@*K!
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[BusyDad] Kori, I consider you a master F%^k artist. No need to revise any of your swearing.
I'm beginning to think that you go for the "deadpan Clark Kent backup singers". That was quite the description. And Clark Kent is QUITE the looker. I totally get it.
Do they cover Dancing Queen? Because that could be another reason all together....
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[BusyDad] I guess d Wife got to you first - see her comment.
They would absolutely wreck my brain after 15 minutes!
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[BusyDad] and isn't that what we all need sometimes?
@ Miss - They DO do ABBA. They do a medley of Dancing Queen, Waterloo and I can't remember the rest. Jim? Care to jump in? Hahaha!
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[BusyDad] Gladly. Fernando.
I totally bought their CD as soon as I got home from seeing Old School at a friends house. Certainly not for work, but GREAT for the ride home!
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[BusyDad] That's awesome - I had no idea they were known at all outside LA.
Thanks for the intro. Hilarious.
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[BusyDad] My pleasure. I feel it is now my mission to pimp them because these guys kill me like no other.
I seriously LOVED this.. thanks for sharing..
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[BusyDad] did I make you snort? I hope so.
Strange how a blue jumpsuit and a few f-bombs can totally change the element of otherwise worthless tunes (except ABBA cuz they TOTALLY have worth) into humorous art.
KEEP BELIEVING
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[BusyDad] Any friend of ABBA is a friend of mine! you rock Angie!
"SNork" I gotta pee "Chortle" The only thig greater would be if they did some Paula Abdul
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[BusyDad] I looked on YouTube, but no luck. They probably have a few in the works. Wouldn't surprise me.
Dude, did he bust out the riverdance? Hilarious! And I'm kinda digging on the suits, if I had backup singers, I'd dress them just like that.
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[BusyDad] Riverdance/Fame/Flashdance. The man is a genius.
That was hilarious and just wanted I need after a long day. Reminds me of the Barenaked Ladies.
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[BusyDad] Funny, I never really appreciated Barenaked Ladies until they started doing kids songs. Their kids stuff is hilarious.
Oh mah holy hells bells Jim.
My hubs is gonna die when I show him this. Thank you so much for the intro to a fun new obsession :-) LOL.
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[BusyDad] You're welcome. I figured after 3 shows it would be a shame to not give them their due plug to my friends!
OMG I sitting here with tears in my eyes. These guys are great.
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[BusyDad] I hope these guys see these comments.
Sounds hilarious...I somehow doubt they'll end up out here though. *sigh*
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[BusyDad] I can't breathe the air here, but at least we have Dan Band!
Hilarious. Have you ever checked out the Amateur Transplants on YouTube? The Anaesthetists's Hymn is particularly good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZl9tRqjoQ
That one kills me. But, maybe you have to have been there. Bygones.
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[BusyDad] Never heard of them before that. Funny stuff! Anyone who can even pronounce anaesthetist gets credit in my book.
BusyDude,
1. OMG. Thank you for the Dan Band. They are awesome.. I needed to know about them.
2. You've got mad bivalve id skills.
3. Bunco? We've had a Bunco group for 5 years and have only played once. We don't even own the game anymore. It's just an excuse for 12 ladies to have cocktails and hang out.--all under the guise of an innocent game of dice.
4. Did ja see my MILR-time post? One man's milf is another's milr. My husband is so freakin proud . . . he's about to lock me up. Good times. . .
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[BusyDad] Lisa you are crazy. And hilarious. The MILR time post: http://sunnyspringbliss.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-milr-time.html
I LOVED them in Old School. Every time it has me ROFL!! I will watch out for them!!
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[BusyDad] I hadn't seen Old School when I was first introduced to them, but I looked up the clip afterwards and it killed me. Classic.
Jimmmmm! Gotta give a shout out to Lolita for introducing The Dan Band to us! Shannon too!
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[d Hubby] Of course! Ok, so I learned about the Dan Band because Shannon (whom Lolita and I used to work with) does like their special events or something (either way, it's something promo related). Lolita saw them and was like "oh my god you have to see them." And that's what I have been saying to others ever since. And Shannon hooked us up with Slash's table that night. Yes, THE Slash. THANKS Shannon! (he didn't show up, which is why we got to sit there, it's not like I party with him or anything. Cool as that would be.)
Too funny! Loved it!
Yep, that was Riverdance all right, plus some Cabbage Patch...
Dan looks like a cross between Jay Mohr and Drew Carey. That's a good thing.
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[BusyDad] hahaa well, they are both really funny guys at least!
You have no idea how much I needed this today - thanks!!!
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[BusyDad] GLAD you enjoyed it and got a few laughs then!
Next time they're playing in L.A., you have to give me a heads up. This sounds like such a fun night out!
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[BusyDad] I think Oct 10 or 11th? I can't make it out that weekend, but you MUST check it out. They play here a lot. Maybe we can get a big group out?
thanks for giving me some credit, LISA.
and, since i ended up with some free time around lunch today, i spent TWO HOURS watching Dan on YouTube. as if seeing the show 5 times in person isn't enough. that man is a genius.
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[BusyDad] Hey, my props for the Sugar Trough should have covered me for this one right? hahaha
Hahaha, reminds me of how my Uncle Richard sings Shania Twain's "Man I feel like a woman"! My dad is finally writing about his first batch of Super Beer, it is a work in progress but so far is quite hilarious. I don't think he has tried it yet since it needs time to age. I had wanted to have little updates, maybe a few pictures, so I could milk this out into multiple posts but noooooo, he has to do it all in one and take no pictures. Oh and his plan is to make Uncle Richard try it first, wussy!
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[BusyDad] Oh the saga of the super beer! AWESOME. You have to let me know how it turns out. Or if Uncle Richard becomes some mutant superhero because of it. Yeast Man, Captain Brew, etc.
Why couldn't I have read this post while I was at home and not at work. Now I gotta either take my laptop to the car and pirate some internet from the hotel across the parking lot or wait all day to watch those videos.
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[BusyDad] Take it to the car. Totally worth it.
I just died laughing. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
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[BusyDad] Damn I get a new visitor and she dies on me.
Bonnie Tyler was in town the other night... and while singing Total Eclipse of the Heart, fell backwards when her legs got tangled in her mic cord and smacked her head on the stage... poor lady...
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[BusyDad] I apologize to Bonnie Tyler profusely for laughing so hard at that.
OMG they exist! I thought my dad was BS'ing me! Good God I owe him $50 now. My dad's name is Dan BTW, and he's always cracking on pop artists. So I thought he was just making them up.
I'm going to have to be satisfied with the YouTube vids because I seriously doubt they'd ever make their way up to my neck of the coast in Maine.
Thanks for posting this...has been a world better than the antidepressants I've been shoving down my throat lately!
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[BusyDad] Laughter may have been dethroned by penicillin, but it's still damn good medicine.
I'll never be able to watch Flash Dance again without thinking of Dan. Thanks alot BusyDad!!
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[BusyDad] Um you're welcome... I think?
OMG that is HILARIOUS....didn't they do the batmitzva scene in Starsky & Hutch?
"Rock into womanhood, Elizabeth - I know that you will"
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[BusyDad] That was him! In all his blond fro glory.
Oh, Heaven. 80's music and a burly guy in blue collar work clothes doing the running man. I never thought such a specific fantasy could ever come true. *sigh*
Thank you, Busy Dad!
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[BusyDad] Goes to show there's a blog for everything these days. Glad it was my turn today.
Oh hysterical! These are too funny!
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[BusyDad] TOO is right.
They ROCK!! That fact that they do NO SCRUBS kills me. I hope they make it to DC!
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[BusyDad] they've gotta! DC must love them some parody. Lets face it, the city is full of fodder. :)
Oh my god! where have you been all my life! My daughter and I just spent a couple of hours laughing our respective a**es off at these guys. Not at, I should say, we spent a couple of hours giggling like crazy, watching every video we could find of these guys on YouTube. I've always enjoyed the punk covers of these songs, but that was entirely awesome! Thanks so much for the heads up, I'l be watching for these guys to come to town from now on.
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[BusyDad] I really should have put a warning on there NOT to go to YouTube. I have wasted many a few hours laughing my ass off as well that these guys! Well, then again is laughing ever a waste of time?