Paul Anka - "...the way it is."

Paul Anka's famous post-gig tirade as visualized by someone who still thinks he's "the most important one up on that stage." Paul Anka slices like a hammer! The guys get shirts!

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[waltandrus]

VERY well-done RE-ENACTMENT! I was almost fooled for a second! You could have pulled it off better if you used more adults and NOBODY plays "marching mellophone/french horn" (as you have sitting on the counter) with Anka! Still, GREAT!

[ebmolloy]

Thanks. Yeah, I was just grabbing props on the way to the shoot. No one knew what we were going to do until we did it. Also, my Anka that you see passing back and forth? He's like three times Paul Anka's height. But thanks for paying attention.

[Darryl Monroe]

Who is the cute blond? His daughter? I have no doubt this is real, recorded secretly by someone no longer with him, I would imagine that Mr .Anka hit the roof when he saw this but after he calmed down he loved it, he did it his way.He is a product, you check into a penthouse suite at the Hilton LV the toilet should be clean. I don't like his teen heart throb stuff {Or "Having My Baby"} but he is rich because he wrote it all. His current career fucking swings! That's just the way it is.

[ebmolloy]

Full disclosure (most of my explanations are way down in the comments list): This SOUND recording is very real. Anka has had to respond to it many times over the years. But the video is fake. It's just part of a series (hopefully) of silly enactments of what I see when I listen to certain interviews and candid recordings. And I like Anka. The cute blond? My girlfriend. She thanks you for the flattery. The phallus trick is something my sister taught me when was a kid.

Thanks for watching.

[nes7827]

I'm going to buy a ticket to one of his shows just so I can yell out "Joe's over here!"

[ebmolloy]

So many comments....and that's my favorite so far. I "green light" that sentiment.

[tristianity4u]

I'm from Ottawa and we actually have a street named after this douchebag here. This guy has been making musical attrocities since the fifties and he's now a multimillionaire. What a hypocritical bastard. Watch an interview and he talks about how he wants to make "positive music" and doesn't agree with 90s groups like Nirvana. Scratch a bit behind the surface and you find an egotistical asshole who's been inflicting schlock on the masses since 1955.

[goodoldazed]

What people don't realize is that his band and stage show crew might have played bad or slacked off as lousy backing to mess up on purpose if they thought that he was a tool or didn't like him to begin with. And that may be why musically they made him look bad during performance and set him up with the end result being this infamous audio tape.

[Kevin Branigan]

"And one more thing! No wife-beaters on the olive carriers!! I want shirts on the olive carriers!!!"

[choosing2lookeast]

My Lionel Hampton story? back in the early 1990s, I worked at a TV station. Of course I was all excited to meet a legend like Hampton. Ok, I acted a bit starstruck. He acted cool to my face, but behind my back he went to my then-boss and complained I was "unprofessional." Needless to say my feelings were hurt...but I learned a valuable lesson. Be a professional. Always. No matter how bad you want that autograph. Act like a fan, they treat you like one. Act like a professional, get respect.

[choosing2lookeast]

Anka called whomever made the original audio recording a "snake" and he got canned. See the Wikipedia entry.

[beatlettese]

I don't think this video is true... There's something that doesn't convince me...

[rdangelo]

Classic recording. Lesson: don't fuck with musicians with tape recorders.

[Richard Fanning]

Paul Anka, Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Illinois Jacquet, all ass holes.

[777Whatsgoingon]

I'm not fucking watching this one more time till someone finds Joe.

[unsanitized]

We're not going to be as strong as our weakest link.

The guys get shirts!