Please Don’t Go – KWS
There are good cover versions of songs. And there are bad ones. I can’t decide if “Please Don’t Go” by KWS is the best cover version ever because it is so true to the melody and vocal stylings of the original by K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Or it’s possibly the worst ever because it so slavisly apes the original. In other words, it brings very little new or interesting to the equation. What do you … Read entire article »
How Do You Talk to an Angel – The Heights
Aaron Spelling is one of the all-time genius TV show producers. You may not love all his programs. You may laugh at their period-piece pop-cultural aesthetics. You may tell your friends you never watched Charlie’s Angels or Melrose Place or Dynasty or Beverly Hills 90210 or The Mod Squad. But the fact is, you probably did. And the rest of America joined you on the sofa as these TV shows became cultural phenomenons and water cooler fodder. But one Aaron … Read entire article »
Jump Around Lyrics – House of Pain
Click to read how “Jump Around” became a one-hit wonder Jump Around lyrics Get up, pack it in, let me begin I came to win, battle me that’s a sin I won’t tear the sack up, punk you’d better back up Try and play the role and the whole crew will act up Get up, stand up, come on, throw your hands up If you’ve got the feelin’ jump across the ceilin’ Muggs is a funk fest, someone’s talkin’ junk Yo, I’ll bust ‘em … Read entire article »
Jump Around – House of Pain
The 1990s were a great era for hip hop one-hit wonders. We enjoyed silly, novelty songs like “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot. We laughed at songs like “No Pigeons” by Sporty Thievz that was written in response to T.L.C.’s multi-million selling “No Scrubs.” But few hip hop songs became as ubiquitous as House of Pain’s “Jump Around.” Released in 1992, “Jump Around” became a massive hit that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot … Read entire article »
Divine Thing Lyrics – Soup Dragons
Click here to read about “Divine Thing” by The Soup Dragons Divine Thing lyrics You are the one supreme being, Just dressed to kill and fulfill just any dream. And you are the one hearts desire All hips and lips made to trick just any fool. I could have sworn that you are an angel Cause you’re a sweet, sweet, sweet divine thing. But I should have known that you are the devil Dressed like a sweet, sweet, sweet divine thing. And you lack the … Read entire article »
Divine Thing – Soup Dragons
Most often, a one-hit wonder is a band’s signature song. But once in a while, the song that reaches the highest point on the Billboard charts isn’t the song that immediately comes to mind when someone mentions a band’s name. Take “Divine Thing” by Soup Dragons. Although the song reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992, we couldn’t even remember it until we played it again today. Oh, yes, now we remember that … Read entire article »
Rump Shaker – Wreckx n’ Effects
As we observed in our erudite analysis of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s 1992 classic “Baby Got Back,” 1992 was the International Year of The Booty. It was an election year, and the beginning of President Bill Clinton’s White House reign – an era fondly recalled for its economic prosperity and booty calls. At least someone must have believed the booty call’s time had come because how else can you explain not one, but two Billboard Top 40 … Read entire article »
Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
It appears that 1992 was the International Year of The Booty. Because 1992 not only introduced the world to “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot. We also grooved to the sounds of “Rump Shaker” by Wreckx n’ Effects. It was an election year, after all, and the beginning of Bill Clinton’s time in the White House. So I like to believe all the rump songs were an homage to all of Clinton’s future romping. … Read entire article »