Moonlighting’s two Christmas episodes (“Twas The Episode Before Christmas” and “It’s A Wonderful Job”) are perennial faves of mine. Though, I realize Moonlighting has practically disappeared from the U.S. collective consciousness. Yes, quality went down, but the first two seasons are dynamite. I got the UK box set and…

The Kelly Clarkson erasure, far too much.

Confidence Man - TILT

I’ve seen more sexually explicit material on HBO and streaming than in films slapped with the NC-17 rating (see also Tell Me You Love Me, Looking, Boardwalk Empire, Sense8).

I thought a better choice of theme song would have been “New York, You Got Me Dancing” by Andrea True Connection. It’s from 1977. It’s by a porn star who crossed over into mainstream pop success. More layers than Elvis Costello.

I felt it was simultaneously overstuffed and undercooked. Short shrift to a LOT of ideas, concepts, and characters. I would’ve preferred hour-long episodes exploring each of the major set piece locations, events, and characters.

“That hairstyle you like is going to come back in style.”

I mean...if you’re looking for a sunshiny, Primal Scream vibe, you could do way better.

“Stars” is unimpeachable and can pretty much survive anything. But that US Frankenstein release of Goodbye is a hot mess. Not quite as bad as the abominable US release of Saint Etienne’s Tiger Bay, but it similarly changes the tone and intent of the original. The original versions of Dubstar’s debut Disgraceful and Go…

“Tell Me Why” was on my list (as was “Face To Face” from Out There And Back), but I cut it to avoid being too long of a post (in retrospect, lol).

Yep that was 2000! Sunship were absolutely fantastic as well.

I will never understand why “Disco Down” wasn’t a single. I’d have gone with that for 2nd single, then “Your Disco Needs You” for 3rd single.

Thank you! Good to know I’m not the only one.

I’m actually quite surprised that there was no mention of Belle & Sebastian’s “Legal Man” or Grandaddy’s “The Crystal Lake.” Those seemed like no-brainers for the indie-oriented set.

Definitely! When I was making my list, I had at least 5 songs that he either remixed or produced for himself.

Yeah, but does the “Is my CD skipping?” fake out play as well to a generation who doesn’t know what a CD is? I mean, I guess it could come across now as a corrupted file glitch.

I was preparing for the upcoming Off The Charts article and discovered some of the ones I was going to post then actually charted on the Billboard Top 100 in 2000. (Daft Punk’s “One More Time” was released in 2000, but charted in the US in 2001, so I’m certain that will appear next year in an official capacity.)

Celeste’s “Stop This Flame” needs to happen for whatever series comes next.

This slideshow format...

The level of Jessie Ware erasure...far too much.