Welcome to the fourth episode of The Theme Show, “Utter Nonsense.“
The Utter Nonsense episode features songs that, for the most part, wouldn’t ever be covered in most other categories.
The titles of all the songs in the setlist are comprised mainly of nonsense and made-up words.
I had to cut a few that I wanted to put in for time constraints due to the presence of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly. I couldn’t bring myself to put in the radio edit, it made no sense to me to put a version of a song famous for all those solos, and then use a version that doesn’t even have them, so hopefully you all like this song; as I have put in the unedited 17 minute version.
Look for the songs I decided to leave out someday in a future cast, Son Of Utter Nonsense… maybe.
Recreated versions of the original podcast setlists are now available below. Due to changes in streaming music catalogs over time, some tracks from the early episodes may be unavailable.
Check them out at:
Setlist:
| Color Key | Not Available on Spotify | Not Available on YTMusic | Not Available on Either |
| Song | Artist |
|---|---|
| Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp) | Barry Mann |
| Hoodlehoo | Space Ghost, Brak, and Zorak |
| Chick A Boom Boom Boom | Mocean Worker |
| Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Space Ghost, Brak, and Zorak |
| Sussudio | Phil Collins |
| My Ding-A-Ling | Chuck Berry |
| Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent |
| Da Da Da (I Don’t Love You You Don’t Love Me Aha Aha Aha) | Trio |
| Da Doo Ron Ron | The Crystals |
| De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da | The Police |
| Supercalifragilisticeexpialidocious | Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke |
| Sha La La | Manfred Mann |
| Gimme Dat Ding | The Pipkins |
| Do Wah Diddy Diddy | Manfred Mann |
| Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jus’ Love It) | Daddy Dewdrop |
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | Iron Butterfly |
| Diddy Wah Diddie | Leon Redbone |
| Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | The Beatles |
| Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) | Violent Femmes |
| MMMBop | Hanson |
| Da-Doo | Rick Moranis (Little Shop Of Horrors MPST) |
| Boom Bang-A-Bang | Lulu |
| Mah Na Mah Na | Mahna Mahna And The Two Snowths (The Muppet Show) |
Stay tuned for “Son of Utter Nonsense” coming Fall 2025
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