- (singing along) ♪ Let's rock ♪
♪ Everybody, let's rock ♪
- ♪ What you want... ♪
- This is my karaoke song.
♪ (ragtime music) ♪
(movie reel clicking)
- (FBE) So today, we are going to do a challenge with you guys
that we have done with other generations,
but people have been asking us when are we gonna do it
with the elders. - Oh no.
(laughing) Okay.
- Music?
It has something to do with music?
- (FBE) This will be a try not to sing while watching challenge.
- Try not to sing?
- (groaning) Okay.
Yeah, that's gonna be hard for me.
- (FBE) So here are the rules. - Oh no.
- There's no singing, no dancing, or head moving...
- (groaning) - (FBE) ...and no lip syncing.
- What?!
- That's gonna be awful hard.
- ♪ Come fly with me... ♪ - Oh, Frank.
- It's one of my favorite singers.
- You know how to get us, huh?
- ♪ In llama land... ♪ - (laughing)
- ♪ In llama land... ♪
- I think that's before my time.
- I can handle this one of his.
- ♪ ...flute for you ♪
♪ Come on, fly with me ♪
- Not lip syncing, but I am thinking it.
- Oh, it never floated my boat.
- ♪ Once I get you up there ♪ - I'm okay with this one.
- ♪ I'll be holding you so very near ♪
♪ You might even hear a gang of angels cheer ♪
- I'm not gonna snap my fingers.
- ♪ Come on, fly with me ♪
♪ We'll fly, we'll fly ♪
- I'm in control of the emotions here.
- ♪ Back up, let's fly away ♪
- No better pop vocalist ever.
- My mother was in love with him.
- I already lost. (laughing)
That doesn't matter. It's fun.
- I did a little head bopping, but maybe it's age.
You know, sometimes your muscles-- you kinda can't control it.
- It was hard because it's an old-time, long-time hit.
The song resonates, you know, my generation.
♪ (Elvis Presley, "Jail House Rock") ♪
- (excitedly) Oh!
- Oh, Elvis!
Oh, this one, forget it.
- ♪ The warden threw a party in the county jail ♪
- (giggling)
- You gotta move this. (laughing)
- ♪ The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing ♪
♪ You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing ♪
♪ Let's rock... ♪ - I can't help it.
- (singing along) ♪ Let's rock ♪
♪ Everybody, let's rock ♪
- I wish I could move that way.
- ♪ Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock ♪
- Look at the hips.
- You could really rock out and move with Elvis to this one.
If you're not in a contest.
- ♪ ...don't you be no square ♪
♪ If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair ♪
- I know this song so well!
- ♪ Everybody, let's rock ♪
- This is not easy.
- ♪ Everybody in the whole cell block ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock ♪
Now people were afraid of that guy.
The parents were all scared of him.
They thought he was his hips, he was so wild, sexual.
Oh my god!
- As soon as the music start, I mean, the first couple notes,
you're already into it.
- It was really hard.
You want to do... ♪ Let's rock ♪
Yeah! Yeah!
And, hey, I'm a Rock? You know?
Hey, let's rock!
- ♪ We'd like to know a little bit about you... ♪
- Simon and Garfunkel.
- Oh! I love them.
- ♪ We'd like to help you learn to help yourself ♪
- Oh boy.
- "Mrs. Robinson."
- ♪ Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home ♪
- (singing along) ♪ And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...Mrs. Robinson ♪
♪ Jesus loves you more than you will know ♪
♪ Wo, wo, wo ♪
- ♪ God bless you please... ♪
- I want to tap my feet really bad.
- ♪ God bless you please... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...Robinson ♪ (laughing)
- ♪ God bless you please... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...Mrs. Robinson ♪
- ♪ Heaven holds... ♪ - Oh, come on.
This is like shades of my youth!
- ♪ Heaven holds a place for those who pray ♪
- I could sing you every note of this one.
- (singing along) ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
I like that.
I'm singing it.
That's Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate, Mrs. Robinson!
Come on.
- I could be quiet on all of them, but this is more fun.
It's more fun to just sing along.
- How many more do I have?
- (FBE) Four. - I have four more?!
Oh, I'm gonna totally break. (laughing)
♪ (Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Sweet Home Alabama") ♪
- Oh yeah, here we go.
- (grumbling)
♪ (guitar playing) ♪
♪ (drums and bass join in) ♪
(pounding table)
- Does anybody want to dance? Want to dance?
- ♪ Big wheels keep on turning ♪
- You do want to just jump into that beat.
- You can have a room with dead people.
They would all get and dance if you played this song.
- (singing along) ♪ Singing songs... ♪
Am I moving too much?
- ♪ Singing songs about... ♪ - Don't know them.
- I don't relate to this one.
- ♪ I miss Alabamy... ♪
- It's like you want to do a whole head banging thing.
- (singing along) ♪ Sweet home Alabama ♪
- (groaning)
- ♪ Where skies are so blue ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Sweet home Alabama ♪
- These are good.
- ♪ ...coming home to you ♪
- I won on one!
- I wasn't into the '70s stuff for some reason, you know?
I stuck in the '60s and then jumped to the '80s.
- This just isn't fair!
I mean, you can't sit still to these songs.
- I'm feeling a little itchy.
Gonna lose control real soon.
- ♪ I... ♪ - Beach Boys.
This isn't fair.
- (fondly) Brian.
- ♪ She goes with me to a blossom world ♪
- Oh yeah.
- This is fourth, fifth, sixth grade stuff.
- ♪ I'm picking up good... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ ...vibrations ♪
- ♪ I'm picking up good vibrations ♪
- Oh my goodness.
- ♪ She's giving me excitations ♪
♪ Oom bop bop ♪ - You're getting closer here.
- (singing along) ♪ ...good vibrations ♪
Come on, it's the Beach Boys, man.
- ♪ (vocalizing along) ♪
♪ ...vibrations ♪
- ♪ Good vibrations ♪ - Not so much either.
- ♪ I'm pickin' up good vibrations ♪
- This is the music you can really get into.
- You guys picked some good ones.
You gave me a challenge, though.
See, that's the problem.
I'm like, "I'm gonna win this!"
- I love music. I love to listen to it.
I'm just not a singer or dancer kind of guy.
- ♪ What you want ♪
♪ Baby, I got ♪
♪ What you want ♪
- Oh, come on. Aretha!
- ♪ What you want ♪
- This is my karaoke song! (laughing)
- ♪ What you want ♪
- You just lost me. - ♪ Baby, I got ♪
- She's my favorite!
- ♪ Do you know I got it? ♪
♪ All I'm askin' ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Is for a little respect ♪
- ♪ For a little respect... ♪ - I like her,
but I don't have the voice to carry that kind of tune.
- ♪ Ooo, your kisses ♪
♪ Sweeter than honey ♪ - (lip syncing)
- ♪ And guess what? ♪
♪ So is my money ♪ - There I go again. (laughing)
- ♪ All I want you to do for me ♪
♪ Is give it to me ♪
- Is it gonna go on for much longer?
- ♪ Re, re, re, re, re, re ♪ - What a talent.
- ♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪
♪ Find out what it means to me ♪
- How can you sit still when this is on?
Come on! You gotta be dead!
- ♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Find out what it means to me ♪
♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪
♪ Take care, TCB ♪
Wow! Have a little respect.
I broke. I broke. I couldn't help it.
- (shuddering) That was hard!
(laughing) That was hard. That was very hard.
I love that song.
- That's hard because that's got so much going on.
- She's my all-time favorite.
I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl.
It was the best concert I ever saw, hands down.
The woman sang two hours straight!
- ♪ Hey, Jude... ♪ - Oh!
- ♪ Hey, Jude... ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Jude ♪
- Oh, The Beatles. (laughing)
- Awww.
- Once you get the first note, you gotta go with it.
- ♪ Take a... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...sad song and make it better ♪
- ♪ Remember to let her into your heart ♪
- Paul wrote this for Julian in John Lennon's set.
And when it came out, it was giant.
- ♪ Remember to let her under your skin ♪
- (sniffling)
- That was a great song.
- It has so much heart and passion in this.
- (singing along) ♪ ...to make it better ♪
- ♪ Better, better, better, better, better ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Nah-nah nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
- ♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
♪ Hey, Jude ♪
- (sighing) The best.
- That one just calls out to join.
- (singing softly) ♪ Nah-nah, nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
- ♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
- Talk about an iconic song.
Everybody in the world can sing this.
- (singing along) ♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
♪ Hey... ♪
These guys changed music forever.
- Woo! That was the best.
I didn't make it. (laughing)
- (sniffling) Oh.
(laughing)
Crying doesn't count, does it?
- Amazing. Just amazing.
That just-- (humming). The Beatles.
You know, how could you not love The Beatles?
- (FBE) So is this a tough challenge for you?
- Not that tough.
- To ignore music, that's really hard.
- That was hard because you just wanted to rock,
you wanted to lip sync.
- This was great.
Can I play some more? Can I do some more?
Come on, let me pick a couple other ones.
How about some Buddy Holly or Everly Brothers?
- I really loved listening these songs.
I guess I seldom remember to play them anymore,
and it was just memory lane.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Elders React.
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- Thanks for watching. See ya soon.
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