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Martindale, who received a gold record for the recording, performed the piece on Ed Sullivan’s popular Sunday-night variety show.

“Freaky Tales” gets its title from Too Short’s nine-minute song of sexual braggadocio from his 1987 gold record, here foreshadowing a gender-war comeuppance he deserves.

He started recording in 1962, then earned his first gold record in 1969 with the single “Little Woman.”

The group has been defiant and prolific, producing 15 full-length albums — one gold record, “Punk in Drublic,” among them — 17 EPs and countless seven-inch records.

If TikTok is eventually banned in the U.S., at least Pavement will have a gold record to show for it.