I sang that for an audition to sing at the Apollo (and got through to the first round.
I sang that for an audition to sing at the Apollo (and got through to the first round.
We used to call Wanya The Ham when he would get all histrionic.
Just like the Calgon commercial!
"Its." And it's not a bad little song.
Please don't conflate Pearl Jam with Collective Motherfucking Soul.
"Azalea." Like the bush.
Um..
Why do people from that era insist on using the term "90s kid'? It's irritating as fuck. All I can think of is terrible Nickelodeon shows.
"Rio." No 's'.
Except it's not really "trivia" when you're talking about the number one song of 1994.
It's "Chumbawamba."
I like how every one of them says everything "sounds really familiar" and then they know fucking nothing.
Leo Sayer's "Just A Boy" album is a lost classic. Nothing like his later soft-rock hits, more of a Van Morrison/Elton John/Rod Stewart soulful singer-songwriter deal.
I think the exact opposite. I care much more about the melody, and the improvisation doesn't convey or connote emotion for me at all.
I know all the songs that were big hits in 1972. Why don't you know the ones from 1992?
But you're making my point for me, because I'm not talking about me and my peers just "knowing of" these artists, I'm saying we knew their songs, what they were about, what they looked like, what era they were associated with, etc. I listened to Classic Rock radio growing up in the late 70s and knew 5-10 songs…
How old are you?
How old are you?
Which songs became actual Billboard hits at that point was a skewed thing; "Cannonball" was ALL OVER MTV, which was arguably more of a barometer of youth culture at that time. It was an enormous crossover alternative rock hit, to the extent that when Veruca Salt's "Seether" came out (maybe you know that one?) the…
Why do you figure that is?