Who else could wear a condom on their face so fashionably?
Who else ends up having caused an accidental house mansion fire from retaliation?
Who else can rap so awesomely about drug problems?
Lisa is all that and then some. If you're not familiar with "Waterfalls", it is a must-listen. And then you must memorize her rap. She may have passed on too soon, but at least she left this behind. You go, girl!
Let me share with you my love for Blues Traveler and their album Four. It's one of those where you're gonna find a tape or cd of it any place that sells used music, much like Hootie & the Blowfish's Cracked Rear View and Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill. But I still love it. It was the first cd I bought.
This is the cover:
And then when you pull out the insert, this is on the back:
I was so excited when I bought it that I opened it right away in the parking lot. Instant regret set in once my mom saw that the cat was smoking a joint and wanted to know what kind of garbage I was listening to. If I ever have a child, I wonder what things they'll be into that I won't understand?
So anyways, after I bought that cd I listened to the song "Hook" over and over again so I could memorize it. Please tell me someone else out there would do this too.. you'd pull out the liner notes to read the lyrics and be so proud when you could recite it by memory alone. Especially the part that begins with "Suck it in suck it in if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn..."
I still have it memorized after all this time. Those math equations I learned in pre-algebra that year? Can't recall a single one.
Gotta love the Paul Shaffer cameo.
Bonus: the episode of Roseanne when they're the band Dan used to be in!
Last summer I dug out a bunch of random VHS tapes from my mom's house to watch while I worked on my PEZ display board (which is awesome by the way). Aside from a bootleg copy of The Little Mermaid and episodes of Dinosaurs recorded from the tv, the absolute best was a tape of the 1990 Grammy awards. The commercials: so good! The music: even better!
I'm not technologically advanced enough to make a digital copy of a VHS tape, but I can share a couple highlights from that magical evening.
1. Who can forget the time when Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist, only to have it revoked when it was revealed they were phonies? Oh yeah, and Garry Shandling was there. But don't let that deter you from watching some sweet Milli Vanilli dance moves:
2. Billy Joel performed "We Didn't Start the Fire". I loooooved that song (still do) and that performance is the only memory I have of watching this awards show live.
3. Michael Bolton and Kenny G appeared together on stage and made awkward jokes about their noses.
4. This Pepsi commercial:
5. The local news for Detroit teased us with a medical breakthrough story coming up after the awards. Apparently doctors had fancy new cameras to use during gynecological exams.. and I will say the video clip shown was far from appealing.
Now that the holiday season is in full swing, it's nice to relax with some soothing music while reading a Chicken Soup for the Soul book. Why not choose "I'm Your Angel", a lovely track where Celine has partnered with R. Kelly, a man with a very nice voice. A man with a penchant for underage girls. A man who has this thing called a "panty gram" that you can send to your friends. Yummy!
This song debuted in 1998. It reached #1 on the U.S. charts, but I had no idea it existed until recently. Thank you Songza, your Worst Songs of All Time station has given me some real gems.
