Bedrock Anthem

Track 84 on Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic

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Parody of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (primarily “Give It Away”, with the intro being “Under the Bridge”), repurposed into talking about The Flintstones. YABBA DABBA DOO!

Oct. 5, 19931 viewer9.8K views

Bedrock Anthem Lyrics

[Intro]
Sometimes I feel like I need a vacation
Sometimes I feel like I wanna go
To the city of cavemen, the city of Bedrock
I'd be a Flintstone, now I'll tell you why

[Verse 1]
Well, I got, I got a woman named Wilma
Well, I got, I got a baby named Pebbles
Well, I got, I got a doggy named Dino
We do a little bowling and we drink a little vino
Well, I got a little buddy, Barney Rubble
Got a neighbor by the name of Barney Rubble
He's a midget but he makes a lot of trouble
Doesn't like to shave, he got caveman stubble
Me and Barney, Loyal Order Water Buffalo
Lodge brothers, Loyal Order Water Buffalo
There's a handshake everybody gotta know
How come Grand Poobah always gotta run the whole show?

[Chorus 1]
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
I get by on all my prehistoric knowhow

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[Verse 2]
Betty and Barney got a baby named Bamm-Bamm
Little Pebbles is his number one fan
He's the strongest toddler in the whole land
Tear your arm off, if he's shaking your hand
Got a car, gonna push it with my feet now
Gonna take my family out to eat now
Jumbo ribs at the drive-in can't be beat now
Made from brontosaurus, baby, not moo-cow
Wanna chill with a saber tooth tiger
Wear a loincloth, natural fiber
Be the first Rolling Stone subscriber
Got a pterodactyl for a windshield wiper

[Chorus 2]
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Don't know what it means, but I say it anyhow

{Wilma, I'm home! Start serving dinner
And don't spare the spare ribs
Oh, no no no! Down Dino, down!
Now take it easy, boy!}

[Verse 3]
Lucky me, workin' down in the gravel pit
Movin' rocks, on a big dinosaur I sit
Mr. Slate gets mad and he throws a fit
Pull the birdie's tail, everybody know it's time to quit
I realize I'm living in the Stone Age
No fax, no cellular phone-age
Pick my teeth with a dinosaur bone-age
Liftin' heavy boulders every day for my wage
Barney Rubble, laughin' like a hyena
Barney Rubble, what a little wiener!
Where's Wilma? Anybody seen her?
Got a baby elephant vacuum cleaner

[Chorus 3]
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
Yabba dabba do now
{Alright, alright
Oh, boy!}

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Parody of The Red Hot Chili Peppers (primarily “Give It Away”, with the intro being “Under the Bridge”), repurposed into talking about The Flintstones. YABBA DABBA DOO!

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What did "Weird Al" Yankovic say about "Bedrock Anthem"?

Genius Answer

I knew there was a Flintstones movie coming out, and I figured that for once I’d have my song out before the actual phenomenon. So I got to predate the movie by seven months. I’d always wanted to do a tribute to the Flintstones because I think they’re a big part of pop culture. I did a lot of research, really immersed myself in the Flintstones. I watched over 100 Flintstones episodes, because I had to not only re-familiarize myself with the characters, I had to find actual sound bites and animation from the series to use in the song and the video.

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