"POD" (also known as "The Pick of Destiny") is a song by American

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band

Tenacious D Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo formed in Los Angeles in 1994 by the actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Their music showcases Black's theatrical vocal delivery and Gass' acoustic guitar playing. Critics have described their fusion of ...

, featured on their 2006 second album '' The Pick of Destiny''. Written by

Jack Black Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy ...

and

Kyle Gass Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American musician and actor, best known for being a member of Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band. Early life Kyle Richard Gass was ...

, the song was released as the

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from the album on October 30, 2006.

Music video

The music video for "POD" was directed by Liam Lynch, produced by Grant Jue, of the Oil Factory production company and edited by David Rennie and Liam Lynch. Robert Brinkmann was the director of photography. In the video, Jack and Kyle go to a movie theatre to watch '' Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'', but wind up disturbing the audience with their antics to the point where they are forcibly thrown out of their own movie. The version seen on TV is slightly different from the one found on the DVD. Instead of "fuckin' insane", the lyric is changed to "freakin' insane" and "flippin' insane" and "completely profane". When Jack Black is kicked out of the movie theater, he tells a man to "sniff on my booty"; on the DVD Jack Black asks a man to "suck on my boney".

Formats and track listing

CD single (Epic Records #88697029612) #"POD" – 2:32 #"Master Exploder" – 2:24 #"Training Medley" – 1:11 #"Pick of Destiny" (video) 7" single (Epic Records #88697030227) #"POD" #"Kong" Promotional CD (Epic Records #88697007462) #"POD" (clean version) – 2:40 #"POD" (album version) – 2:32

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

– backing vocals, acoustic guitar *

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– electric guitar * John Spiker – bass *

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– drums * John King – production *

Ken Andrews Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18, 1967) is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter. He was born in Seattle and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record deal from Slash Records. Ca ...

– mixer

Charts

References

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