Episode 3: On Being an Outsider

The OBSAS crew takes a bird’s-eye view of a recurring theme in Oingo Boingo - alienation and being on the outside. We offer a selection of amuse-bouches for your listening pleasure: a set of song analyses in miniature; meeting Steve Bartek under a lamppost; speculation about who was the real skeleton in the closet; and much more.

Song Clips:

• “On The Outside” - Oingo Boingo, Only A Lad (1981)
• “Islands” - Oingo Boingo, Nothing To Fear (1982)
• “Private Life” - Oingo Boingo, Nothing To Fear (1982)
• “Go Away” - Oingo Boingo (Danny Elfman), So-Lo (1984)
• “Everybody Needs” - Oingo Boingo (Danny Elfman), So-Lo (1984)
• “We Close Our Eyes” - Oingo Boingo, Boi-Ngo (1987)
• “Cinderella Undercover” - Oingo Boingo, Boingo Alive (1988)
• “Gratitude” - Oingo Boingo, Boingo Alive (1988)
• “Run Away (The Escape Song)” - Oingo Boingo, Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990)
• “When The Lights Go Out” - Oingo Boingo, Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990)
• “Mary” - Oingo Boingo, Boingo (1994)
• “Lost Like This” - Oingo Boingo, Boingo (1994)
• “Helpless” - Oingo Boingo, Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheater (1996)
• “Grey Matter” - Oingo Boingo, Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheater (1996)

Fan-Supplied Content:

• “Private Life” - Oingo Boingo, MIDI file
• “Teenage Monster” - Oingo Boingo, bootleg rough mix
• “On The Outside” - Oingo Boingo, bootleg rough mix
• “Lost Like This” - Oingo Boingo, bootleg demo
• “Goodbye-Goodbye” - The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, bootleg demo

Film and Music Video Clips:

• Stay (music video), Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet (1989)
• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Oingo Boingo Secret Appreciation Society Podcast is hosted/co-produced by Robynne Winchester & co-produced/engineered by Matt Ellsworth.

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