Rodney Carrington

Albums

King Of The Mountains

CAUTION: EXPLICIT CONTENT

Release Date: April 3, 2007
Label: Capitol

Over an hour of hilarious standup comedy and music from Rodney's studio album, King of the Mountains. Also features the gut-busting songs that launched him to the forefront of the comedy world.

Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Tee OffListen
3. Massage
4. TV Show
5. Shopping On Rodeo Street
6. Real Fancy PlaceListen

This track and more on Rodney's Live at the Majestic DVD - available in the online store
7. Give It a Try
8. Zoo
9. Yoga Class
10. BoxingListen
11. Christmas With the Kids
12. Home Movie
13. Short Arms

Video clip from Live at the Majestic DVD
14. Wheel of FortuneListen
15. Travel Pillow
16. The AppleListen
17. Fun
18. Changes
19. Baby Back (live)
20. Fat Girl
21. Put Your Clothes Back On (live)
22. Rap Star (live)
23. Rhymes With Truck (live)Listen
24. Show Them To Me (live)
25. Baby Back

Baby Back is a cry-out from a married man to his wife not to let herself go. He reaches around and feels flabby breasts on her back and says: "I want my baby back!" The song didn't come from personal experience. My wife keeps herself in good shape. If anything, the idea came from looking at myself naked in the mirror. I used to have a six pack, now I've got a keg.
26. Rhymes With Truck

I actually asked my wife one day, "Do you want to do something that rhymes with truck?" � As soon as I said it, a lightbulb popped up in my head: this is a funny idea for a song. I don't even know my wife's answer, because I was already gone writing. I hope the word I'm referring to is self-explanatory, by the way, because I don't want to have to say it and I never do in the song.
27. Rap Star

This song is just a funny idea I came up with while watching MTV cribs. Rap stars are very flashy and flamboyant artists, and they use their own lingo, so it's making a little fun of that. The song is about being the son of a rap star, but it's really country. It puts rap culture and lingo on the farm. It's obviously for fun, and I state that really loudly because I don't want anyone to come around and shoot me.
28. Show Them To Me

This song was written by my good friend Mark Gross. I wasn't sure it would work, but I did it on stage and people really responded. The song takes a simple idea 'show me your boobs' and makes the argument that it's really, really important to the world. 'No one thinks of fighting, when they see a topless girl/And maybe if you'd show yours too, then we can save the world.' That's the idea. The song is big and dramatic; it's an anthem. It really is a show-stopper'- especially when a woman in the audience decides to show them to me, which happens more than you'd think.
29. Tribute to Barry Martin
30. Angel Friend

Barry Martin was the comedian who opened my shows for many years, and my best friend. One night, a few years back, I shared a new melody with him. Barry was sitting at the end of a long picnic table with his boot cocked up, and he said, "That's real pretty. What are you going to do with it?" � I told him I didn't know. He said, "You'll think of something,"� and that night Barry died in his sleep at a hotel in Baton Rouge. I used that melody to write a song about Barry, and about what a good friend means to you. I never, ever planned to use it on stage, but one night in Columbia, Missouri I shared it with the audience. People came up afterward and told me how important the song was to them, and how much it related to their life. Eventually, it became so popular I decided to put it on the record. I lead in with a few stories about Barry to give it context. It's not a funny song; it's deeply personal, that's why I chose to put it at the end. It's a real change of pace. The rest of the album is pure comedy, but I hope this one song is as meaningful to at least a few people out there as it is to me.