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Brian Adams!
The 90's Billboard #1s Rate: 1990-1994 - AND WE ARE DONE
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Do you know how to ruin someone's day in eight syllables?
"Doo doo doo. Doo doo-doo doo-doo."
Get it out of your head if you can.
londonrain
Staff member
I feel like Glenn Medeiros has been lucky to make it this far.
Jane Child deserves to go first, but given the gender bias in the eliminations so far, I doubt she will.
Jane Child deserves to go first, but given the gender bias in the eliminations so far, I doubt she will.
she/her
What?! Those are bops!
londonrain
Staff member
Oh, I’d be happy for Glenn to last a bit longer. I just feel the cull of men in this rate is likely to claim him.
The Jane Child song is a bop but the vocals are terrible. (I know some people here don’t like talented vocalists, but really...)
Mind you, given the way the novelty rap songs are leaving, I’m Too Sexy could leave before either of them.
Glen Medeiros is a legend and he can't leave yet.
No....?
she/her
I bet you'd recognize it if you heard it.
I love Third Eye Blind! Admittedly I only really know their big singles, but still...
Ding ding, some of you guessed right!
I'm sorry, the old Ironheade can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause his head exploded from laughter at that "bridge".
70. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Average: 5.631
Highest score: 1 x 10 (@HarryEzra)
Lowest score: 5 x 0 (@Spiral , @Mina , @playboy69 , @soratami , @Robsolete )
Weeks at #1: 3 consecutive Hot 100
Year-End Hot 100: #13 (1992)
Oh, more novelty hits? The early 90's were a particularly frivolous time in pop music, it seems; guess the end of the Cold War got people happy. What amazes me, though – and amazes the Fairbrass brothers, come to that - is how many people didn't get “I'm Too Sexy” and ended up taking it at face value. I mean... it's a comedy song. It's a joke on egotistical male models, how humour-blind do you have to be to not get that? And on that level, it's had some serious legs. But we aren't here to consider the many memes and catchphrases and so on that have come from the song, we're here to talk about the music. And on that level: I don't like “I'm Too Sexy”. Which I know is going to get me labelled as a humourless killjoy by some of you guys, but it is what it is.
As far as the music goes, I dunno. It's pretty much just an ultra-generic, slightly cheap-sounding early 90's dance track, with a piano riff that gets pounded into your head and gets stuck there for good, and some standard-issue house organ. Sure, it's an earworm and a half, but something doesn't have to be good to get into your head - it just has to be so dumb you can't help but remember it. The only thing that really sticks out at all is the electric guitar layered over one of the instrumental sections (borrowed from none other than Jimi Hendrix's “Third Stone from the Sun”), adding a bit of a rock edge that might perhaps have made it a bit more musically distinctive if they'd played it up a little more. And then there's the vocals. At first, I thought Richard Fairbrass was putting on some goofy Eurotrash voice as part of the self-obsessed model persona, but listening to a couple of Right Said Fred's other songs put paid to that idea – that's actually what his voice sounds like and he just can't sing. There is only so long that I'm willing to listen to him lowing like a cow for, and it's about 30 seconds.
And, to be honest: I know there's nothing more personal than one's sense of humour and all that, but to my ears, the joke isn't that funny. OK, in concept it's funny, but you know, you hear “I'm too sexy for my shirt”, and that's about as far as you can really take it – it's a one-joke song, and while “Baby Got Back” was pretty much that too, I felt like it had more wit to it. To be honest, a lot of the other things they're too sexy for either don't make much sense, or aren't really that clever. Although admittedly, I did giggle at the “I'm too sexy for this song” at the end. (I know, I know, I'm overanalyzing things.) But then again, I'm approaching this from the perspective of 2017, where “I'm Too Sexy” has been memed into the ground, and if it was ever a song more than it was a catchphrase (a very fun catchphrase to use, to be fair - as you'll see below...), it certainly isn't now. Perhaps if it had peaked at #35 or so and been forgotten fairly quickly, it might still be fun for fond retro "what the hell is this?!" moments... too bad it ended up so desperately overused.
DJHazey (6) - I got a little excited and was going to throw an automatic high score because this is the kind of fun that the 90s were all about, but objectively it's just not that good of a song really. (Nailed it.)
Filippa (9) - This song is so much fun you just have to love it. (All apologies, but I'm too sexy to love it.)
Ray (9) - Possibly a bit gay. (Oh, wow, no shit?)
ohnoitsnathan (5) - I'm... sick of this one. (You're. Too sexy for this song too, then?)
japanbonustrack (7.5) - Hahahaha.
mung_bean (5) - There’s a time and a place in which this works, and when it does, it’s fine. (Is that time "pissed up"? ...Fair enough if so.)
berserkboi (8.75) - Always loved a bit of tongue in cheek fun and technically he is sexy… (I like the "technically" there.)
iheartpoptarts (9) - It’s so much fun. Shut up. (I'm too sexy to shut up.)
GimmeWork (9) - Guilty Pleasure for sure! (If DJHazey references Ashley Tisdale after that...)
Empty Shoebox (8) - Legendary track but a bit repetitive. (What? It has a verse AND a bridge! What more do you need?)
Sprockrooster (6) - Tragic. But a bop.
Hudweiser (3.5) - Richard Fairbrass sat in front of me on a bus once and when he got off some guy asked him if he was too sexy for the bus. (Well, of course he was!)
Rooneyboy (4) - Never liked it, it always reminds me of Linda La Hughes practising to be a model (which is a good thing) but that’s all.
Mina (0) - Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeee. (Die like the old Taylor!)
Lost in Japan. (2) - oooh LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO / LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO / LOOK WHAT YOU JUST MADE ME DO… how many points can I deduct for this inspiring that clusterfuck of a “””chorus”””? And tbh how many points can I deduct for them supporting Brexit? (Eh, I can't blame 'em. They were too sexy for the EU, clearly.)
londonrain (6) - Basic bop alert. I don’t know why this is so irresistible but it is. I like that it is so legendary that it is sampled on a UK #2 (Get Sexy) and another US #1 (Look What You Made Me Do). (I'd rather listen to "I'm Too Sexy" than either of those teebs.)
dancingwithmyself (5) - I can just about stomach the Saint Etienne version - the original is best left in the past (Taylor…..!)
WowWowWowWow (7) - I mean if Taylor thought it was worth interpolating….. (...then it's more evidence of her poor judgement that led her into releasing the bloody thing in the first place!)
CorgiCorgiCorgi (7) - Insert Look What You Made Me Do joke here. (I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.)
This is the last elimination ever. I'm too sexy for this rate. Bye!
(Not really, results continue tomorrow xxx)
I'm sorry, the old Ironheade can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause his head exploded from laughter at that "bridge".
70. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Average: 5.631
Highest score: 1 x 10 (@HarryEzra)
Lowest score: 5 x 0 (@Spiral , @Mina , @playboy69 , @soratami , @Robsolete )
Weeks at #1: 3 consecutive Hot 100
Year-End Hot 100: #13 (1992)
Oh, more novelty hits? The early 90's were a particularly frivolous time in pop music, it seems; guess the end of the Cold War got people happy. What amazes me, though – and amazes the Fairbrass brothers, come to that - is how many people didn't get “I'm Too Sexy” and ended up taking it at face value. I mean... it's a comedy song. It's a joke on egotistical male models, how humour-blind do you have to be to not get that? And on that level, it's had some serious legs. But we aren't here to consider the many memes and catchphrases and so on that have come from the song, we're here to talk about the music. And on that level: I don't like “I'm Too Sexy”. Which I know is going to get me labelled as a humourless killjoy by some of you guys, but it is what it is.
As far as the music goes, I dunno. It's pretty much just an ultra-generic, slightly cheap-sounding early 90's dance track, with a piano riff that gets pounded into your head and gets stuck there for good, and some standard-issue house organ. Sure, it's an earworm and a half, but something doesn't have to be good to get into your head - it just has to be so dumb you can't help but remember it. The only thing that really sticks out at all is the electric guitar layered over one of the instrumental sections (borrowed from none other than Jimi Hendrix's “Third Stone from the Sun”), adding a bit of a rock edge that might perhaps have made it a bit more musically distinctive if they'd played it up a little more. And then there's the vocals. At first, I thought Richard Fairbrass was putting on some goofy Eurotrash voice as part of the self-obsessed model persona, but listening to a couple of Right Said Fred's other songs put paid to that idea – that's actually what his voice sounds like and he just can't sing. There is only so long that I'm willing to listen to him lowing like a cow for, and it's about 30 seconds.
And, to be honest: I know there's nothing more personal than one's sense of humour and all that, but to my ears, the joke isn't that funny. OK, in concept it's funny, but you know, you hear “I'm too sexy for my shirt”, and that's about as far as you can really take it – it's a one-joke song, and while “Baby Got Back” was pretty much that too, I felt like it had more wit to it. To be honest, a lot of the other things they're too sexy for either don't make much sense, or aren't really that clever. Although admittedly, I did giggle at the “I'm too sexy for this song” at the end. (I know, I know, I'm overanalyzing things.) But then again, I'm approaching this from the perspective of 2017, where “I'm Too Sexy” has been memed into the ground, and if it was ever a song more than it was a catchphrase (a very fun catchphrase to use, to be fair - as you'll see below...), it certainly isn't now. Perhaps if it had peaked at #35 or so and been forgotten fairly quickly, it might still be fun for fond retro "what the hell is this?!" moments... too bad it ended up so desperately overused.
DJHazey (6) - I got a little excited and was going to throw an automatic high score because this is the kind of fun that the 90s were all about, but objectively it's just not that good of a song really. (Nailed it.)
Filippa (9) - This song is so much fun you just have to love it. (All apologies, but I'm too sexy to love it.)
Ray (9) - Possibly a bit gay. (Oh, wow, no shit?)
ohnoitsnathan (5) - I'm... sick of this one. (You're. Too sexy for this song too, then?)
japanbonustrack (7.5) - Hahahaha.
mung_bean (5) - There’s a time and a place in which this works, and when it does, it’s fine. (Is that time "pissed up"? ...Fair enough if so.)
berserkboi (8.75) - Always loved a bit of tongue in cheek fun and technically he is sexy… (I like the "technically" there.)
iheartpoptarts (9) - It’s so much fun. Shut up. (I'm too sexy to shut up.)
GimmeWork (9) - Guilty Pleasure for sure! (If DJHazey references Ashley Tisdale after that...)
Empty Shoebox (8) - Legendary track but a bit repetitive. (What? It has a verse AND a bridge! What more do you need?)
Sprockrooster (6) - Tragic. But a bop.
Hudweiser (3.5) - Richard Fairbrass sat in front of me on a bus once and when he got off some guy asked him if he was too sexy for the bus. (Well, of course he was!)
Rooneyboy (4) - Never liked it, it always reminds me of Linda La Hughes practising to be a model (which is a good thing) but that’s all.
Mina (0) - Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeee. (Die like the old Taylor!)
Lost in Japan. (2) - oooh LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO / LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO / LOOK WHAT YOU JUST MADE ME DO… how many points can I deduct for this inspiring that clusterfuck of a “””chorus”””? And tbh how many points can I deduct for them supporting Brexit? (Eh, I can't blame 'em. They were too sexy for the EU, clearly.)
londonrain (6) - Basic bop alert. I don’t know why this is so irresistible but it is. I like that it is so legendary that it is sampled on a UK #2 (Get Sexy) and another US #1 (Look What You Made Me Do). (I'd rather listen to "I'm Too Sexy" than either of those teebs.)
dancingwithmyself (5) - I can just about stomach the Saint Etienne version - the original is best left in the past (Taylor…..!)
WowWowWowWow (7) - I mean if Taylor thought it was worth interpolating….. (...then it's more evidence of her poor judgement that led her into releasing the bloody thing in the first place!)
CorgiCorgiCorgi (7) - Insert Look What You Made Me Do joke here. (I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.)
This is the last elimination ever. I'm too sexy for this rate. Bye!
(Not really, results continue tomorrow xxx)
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she/her
This is the best thing I've ever read in my life.
Like Baby Got Back, here's another one that went from risible novelty to tongue-in-cheek stone cold classic.
My favourite RSF tune? Wonderman.
PS: It was not until recently that I found out that Fred Fairbrass is actually named Christopher and he's six years younger than Richard. I knew that they weren't twins but I thought they had lower age difference.
My favourite RSF tune? Wonderman.
PS: It was not until recently that I found out that Fred Fairbrass is actually named Christopher and he's six years younger than Richard. I knew that they weren't twins but I thought they had lower age difference.
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First of all, I'd like to thank the song for inspiring such an amazing 2017 bop. (I know this opinion is underrated)
Second, I always tend to lump "I'm Too Sexy" in with Gerardo's "Rico Suave" in a very similar category of 90s cheese.
Third of all.
You're damn right I am!
I think the song probably was ranked a little too highly and I might have scored it a little too high with my 6/10, so it's..
Time for some rate promo, you'll be able to rate "Overrated", "Acting Out", "It's Alright, It's OK", and " Crank it Up" from the album in the upcoming Disney/Nick Queens rate in early 2018.
Second, I always tend to lump "I'm Too Sexy" in with Gerardo's "Rico Suave" in a very similar category of 90s cheese.
Third of all.
You're damn right I am!
I think the song probably was ranked a little too highly and I might have scored it a little too high with my 6/10, so it's..
Time for some rate promo, you'll be able to rate "Overrated", "Acting Out", "It's Alright, It's OK", and " Crank it Up" from the album in the upcoming Disney/Nick Queens rate in early 2018.
Right Said Fred, you say?
He/Him
This thread deserves a certified Too Sexy hunk:
From Dressmaker, very underrated movie, go watch it!
From Dressmaker, very underrated movie, go watch it!
It should be a 90s hunk, so here we goThis thread deserves a certified Too Sexy hunk:
From Dressmaker, very underrated movie, go watch it!
("Celebrating" the fact he hasn't been eliminated yet. Cheers)