Jack Black
speaker
270 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Apr 2025
Jack Black’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If I'm in the zone. Yeah.
Kung Fu Panda.
The last Kung Fu Panda, yes.
So our director of Kung Fu Panda 4 said, hey, I really want a Tenacious D song in the movie. Like, could you guys do a cover? I was like, well, it depends. Like, what do you think? And he was like, you know, Pat Benatar hit me with your best shot. And I was like, I love Pat Benatar, but that doesn't feel right.
And then it was actually Sharon, our manager, who was like, you should do Britney Spears.
And then I said, hit me baby one more time is the one. Hit me baby one more time because it's Kung Fu Panda hitting me one more time. And we bounced that off the director, Mike Mitchell. And he was like, yes, do it. And so I called Kyle and we went and we laid down the hot tracks.
And it just so happened that our bass player, who also does all the producing of all the Tenacious D albums, is obsessed with Britney Spears. So I was like, this is falling into place.
Yes.
And he laid down a bed that was a little faster than Britney's version. So it had a little more paprika because you don't want to just come and just do exactly what they did. You want to put a little different spin on it. And I got so into this one part. That's really hard vocally. And I did it probably like a hundred times and I would come back on different days.
Like it's still not there that where she's like, give me a sign. She does this little vocal diggity. It's like a little trill. It's a little up and down, like one of these. And I didn't really have it. And we kept, kept on working. And then I got it one day and that's all you need. You just need to capture the lightning in the bottle one time. And he put it in.
I was like... I was very proud of that Britney Spears cover.
I had a festival, for those of you who don't know, it was a comedy music festival. We did it for four years, and I thought, this is going to be the fucking Coachella of comedy music. And it was not. Every year, less people came. I was like, what is wrong with the world that this is not getting bigger every year? And then finally we quit doing it, but I stand by it. It was the best festival.
And you were so beautiful to say, yeah, I'll do it. Of course. You answered the call. I didn't know if you'd be availed, but you came down and you said, I'll do it, but... I want you to come out and sing with me, Jack. I was like, done. Done. A dream. What are we singing?
That was John Spiker. We rehearsed.
He's a sweetheart.
Should we do a little right now?
I can't remember. But I think. What key is it in? I'm not going to get any of those lyrics right, by the way.
I remembered not one word. I understood it. Or the melody or the harmony.
We're still getting applause, though.
But on the day when we did it at Festival Supreme, it crushed.
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