Personal tools
The TMBG Knowledge Base

The Devil Went Down To Newport

From This Might Be A Wiki
Music video for The Devil Went Down To Newport
Screenshot
Screenshot
Tony Millionaire's artwork for the song. (From monopuff.org)
Tony Millionaire's artwork for the song. (From monopuff.org)
song nameThe Devil Went Down to Newport (Totally Rocking)
artistMono Puff
albumUnsupervised, The Devil Went Down To Newport (EP), TMBG Clock Radio
year1996
run time3:46
sung byJohn Flansburgh

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • Flansburgh says, "This two chord wonder was originally recorded in demo form by the legendary, now-defunct New England combo the Clamdiggers. Members of that band were in the group Mente, who performed a locally notorious song called "Bobby Orr" ("greatest hockey player in the world- bahhhh-none!"). Mike was channeling Eddie Van Halen during this take. That's my best/worst John Entwistle impersonation on the fuzz bass at the end."
  • Written By: Nat Freedberg (Lord Bendover) and Ted Widmer (Lord Rockingham) of the Clamdiggers.
  • The Newport in the song most likely refers to Newport Beach, CA, where the curls are heinous.

[edit] Song Themes

Body Parts, Gleeful Irreverence, Music, Religion, Supernatural, Sports, Two Chord Songs

[edit] Videos

 
Current Rating
The Devil Went Down To Newport is currently ranked #402 out of 803. (39 wikians have given it an average rating of 8.33)
  • Cast your rating:
      
Retrieved from "http://tmbw.net/wiki/The_Devil_Went_Down_To_Newport"