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[IdRatherBeSkiing]

When I was getting divorced and had to crash at a friend's place, I adopted his post-workday routine. A Bombay Sapphire martini kicked it off, followed by a beer to accompany the making-dinner process, and then a glass or 2 of wine during dinner, and finally an after-meal scotch. It was quite hardcore for the work-week, but helped me forget my shitty predicament, so...

So you are saying you got knocked down, but you got up again?

 

[sadchild]

You drank a martini drink
You drank a lager drink
You drank a wine drink
You drank a scotch drink

Probably safe assumption you were then pissing the night away...

 

[Channel98]

Here is some amazing trivia for all the trivia fans in the audience: Tubthumping's ending includes a passage from The Prince Of Denmark's March, written in 1699 by St. Paul's Cathedral organist Jeremiah Clarke. The march is often played at weddings – including the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral.

 

[Channel98]

They Might Be Giants recorded Tubthumping for The A.V. Club, an entertainment website originally owned by The Onion and now owned by digital magazine Paste. This includes vocals by the A.V. Club Choir – actually some of the site's writers – and is on They Might Be Giants' compilation CD Album Raises New & Troubling Questions, released October 28, 2011.

 

[HecticArt]

I like to listen to it while I'm having a screwdriver sans vodka

But that doesn't rhyme.........

 

[sadchild]

November 30th, 1991 (SoundScan’s debut date on the Hot 100):

30 29 Jodeci - Forever My Lady
29 28 Gloria Estefan - Live for Loving You
28 17 Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only
27 RE Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch ft. Loleatta Holloway - Good Vibrations
26 09 Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why
25 19 Tony Terry - With You
24 25 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
23 RE Extreme - Hole Hearted
22 22 Genesis - No Son of Mine
21 26 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Wildside
20 12 Nia Peeples - Street of Dreams
19 DE Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit
18 16 Richard Marx - Keep Coming Back
17 30 Mariah Carey - Can’t Let Go
16 06 Roberta Flack duet with Maxi Priest - Set the Night to Music
15 RE Mariah Carey - Emotions
14 15 Karyn White - Romantic
13 13 Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
12 10 Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Cry (Original)
11 07 Amy Grant - That’s What Love Is For
10 05 Bryan Adams - Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
09 24 Natural Selection ft. Niki Haris - Do Anything
08 11 Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
07 21 Color Me Badd - All 4 Love
06 08 Paula Abdul - Blowing Kisses in the Wind
05 02 Prince and the N.P.G. - Cream
04 04 Boyz II Men - It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
03 DE Michael Jackson - Black or White
02 01 Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman
01 03 PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

 

[sadchild]

Great/good/ok 14

*****
27 RE Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch ft. Loleatta Holloway - Good Vibrations
22 22 Genesis - No Son of Mine
13 13 Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
08 11 Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
03 DE Michael Jackson - Black or White
01 03 PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

****
23 RE Extreme - Hole Hearted
21 26 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Wildside
07 21 Color Me Badd - All 4 Love

***
19 DE Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit
12 10 Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Cry (Original)
11 07 Amy Grant - That’s What Love Is For
10 05 Bryan Adams - Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
04 04 Boyz II Men - It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

**
24 25 Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
06 08 Paula Abdul - Blowing Kisses in the Wind
05 02 Prince and the N.P.G. - Cream
02 01 Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman

*
15 RE Mariah Carey - Emotions

? 11

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

3 good/ok from 1991:

12 10 Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Cry (Original)
10 05 Bryan Adams - Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
03 DE Michael Jackson - Black or White

Almost everything else is a channel changer.

 

[HecticArt]

Seven


23 RE Extreme - Hole Hearted
19 DE Hammer - 2 Legit 2 Quit
13 13 Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
12 10 Guns N’ Roses - Don’t Cry (Original)
08 11 Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
05 02 Prince and the N.P.G. - Cream
01 03 PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

 

[Channel98]

I love the video for Black Or White – except for the idiotic director who walks onto the set near the end of the face-morphing scenes and yells, "Cut! That was perfect! How do you do that?" before the song has ended! You dumb schmuck! You ruined it! Now you'll have to film it again!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The last bit of him dancing for 5 minutes with no music was pretty stupid. The rest of the video was good.

 

[scotchandcigar]

2

23 RE Extreme - Hole Hearted
03 DE Michael Jackson - Black or White

 

[sadchild]

the video for Black Or White

I wrote most of the song bio for this one on Genius. It ends with:

Its music video was a highly-controversial 11-minute short film directed by John Landis (Twilight Zone The Movie, Animal House) that made its world premiere on Fox TV immediately after an episode of The Simpsons. Its final four minutes featured Jackson smashing car windows, tossing a garbage can through a storefront and simulating masturbation. When general public and journalistic reaction was outrage, Jackson almost immediately withdrew it and had it re-edited and later issued an apology. Some accused Jackson of using the controversial video as an album pre-release publicity stunt while others simply summed it up with statements like “has he lost his mind or what?”

 

[scotchandcigar]

Those were the good-ol' days, when the biggest controversy was an MTV video.

 

[sadchild]

December 9th, 1995:

30 30 Planet Soul - Set U Free
29 26 All-4-One - I Can Love You Like That
28 DE 3T - Anything
27 23 Blues Traveler - Run-Around
26 DE Joan Osborne - One of Us
25 25 The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
24 22 Selena - Dreaming of You
23 24 Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
22 19 Del Amitri - Roll to Me
21 17 Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
20 21 Natalie Merchant - Carnival
19 18 Xscape - Who Can I Run To
18 12 Seal - Kiss from a Rose
17 14 Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down
16 20 Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
15 16 Monica - Before You Walk Out of My Life
14 13 Meat Loaf - I’d Lie for You (And That’s the Truth)
13 15 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
12 11 Take That - Back for Good
11 10 Groove Theory - Tell Me
10 07 Janet Jackson - Runaway
09 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name
08 DE Madonna - You’ll See
07 06 R. Kelly - You Remind Me of Something
06 08 TLC - Diggin’ On You
05 05 Mariah Carey - Fantasy
04 04 Coolio ft. L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise
03 03 LL Cool J - Hey Lover
02 02 Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
01 01 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

7 good/ok from 1995:

27 23 Blues Traveler - Run-Around
26 DE Joan Osborne - One of Us
25 25 The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
21 17 Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
18 12 Seal - Kiss from a Rose
ETA: 13 15 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
09 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name

 

[HecticArt]

Noine

27 23 Blues Traveler - Run-Around
25 25 The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
23 24 Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
21 17 Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
20 21 Natalie Merchant - Carnival
18 12 Seal - Kiss from a Rose
13 15 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
09 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name
04 04 Coolio ft. L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

13 15 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I always miss this one.

 

[Channel98]

There's a movie for that.

 

[HecticArt]

I always miss this one.

Sort through it?

The sequel, Brunch at Tiffany’s, was a feast for the eyes.