How My Life Would Be Better If I Had Backup Singers

SHOPPING
“Do you have this in black?”
– Man wants it in black, ooh yeah!

AT THE OFFICE
“I’m really not sure this lede works.”
– Lede don’t work, baby!

TELEPHONE SOLICITATION
“No, I’m not interested, and please take me off your list immediately.”
– Can you dig it?

ROADSIDE
“You’re absolutely right, officer, I did lose track of how fast I was driving.”
– Smell the bacon, uh huh!

QUIET DESPERATION
“What’s the point of anything? We’ll all be rotting in the ground soon enough.”
– Can’t go on, must go on, you’ll go on. Ooh baby.

THE CAT
“OK, OK, I’m feeding you now.”
– Dig on it, sweet kitty!

CARNAL RELATIONS
“I just wish you’d be a little more open-minded.”
– Gotta be more – oh, come on.
– That’s just gross.
– Seriously.


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On that note, here’s a great multi-singer soul classic, one of my all-time faves, I swear. If you listen to only one song on this site – well, don’t listen to only one song, but anyway listen to this one for sure.

• The Undisputed Truth, “Smiling Faces Sometimes”

(Buy some Undisputed Truth here. And a nod to this top-notch McSweeney’s bit, which has a backup-singer gag of its own.)