The 90's US One-Hit Wonders Rate: WINNER REVEALED - Goodbye, farewell and amen
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Now this is truly horrifying.
It was just Kenan as far as I recall (unless Kel was a lesser role). I had a very strange obsession with that series in the late 90s.
Ironheade, tell us a story!
Alright, but I gotta warn you, it's a bit pointless.
63. MMM MMM MMM MMM
Average score: 5.092
Highest scores: 2 x 10 (@DominoDancing , @chanex )
Lowest scores: 1 x 0 (@yuuurei )
Chart positions: #4 Hot 100, #15 Radio Songs, #6 Mainstream Top 40, #1 Modern Rock, #25 Mainstream Rock
Year-End Hot 100: #35 (1994)
Who? Oh yeah, them...
So, who's up for a journey to the Great White North? I've mentioned this in my previous #1's rate, but it bears re-iterating: in this decade, the amount of Canadian content that Canada's radio stations were required to play was upped from 25% to 30%. The result was an explosion of Canadian alternative rock bands ruling the airwaves like they never had before. Unfortunately for them, as big as they might have been domestically, the majority found American success to be an insurmountable hurdle (a shame – most of these bands were just as good as their American counterparts, if not better; the Tea Party's The Edges of Twilight just so happens to be one of my favourite 90's rock albums). Of course, there are exceptions. The Barenaked Ladies soared all the way to #1 for one week (dohohohoho), Our Lady Peace found a good home among the rest of the post-grunge pack... and then there's these guys, perhaps the strangest of the lot.
Like their rate compatriot Tal Bachman, the Crash Test Dummies originate from Winnipeg. They began as a bar band called Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs, eventually changing their name to the Crash Test Dummies in 1988. After getting to be a popular local draw, they signed with BMG, and released their first album The Ghosts That Haunt Me – still their highest-selling domestically – in 1991. It displayed the two qualities that would come to define the Dummies' sound: Brad Roberts' one-of-a-kind bass voice, and his affinity for bizarre and humorous lyrics. Their breakthrough hit was actually uncharacteristically serious, though. That was “Superman's Song”, which went to #4 at home, and actually did chart in the US, going as high as #56 on the Hot 100. Here it is - and I actually like it a lot better than the song we're rating here, as it happens:
Yeah, I do like me a good old-fashioned folk dirge. It's got some pretty cool lyrics too, referring to the death of Superman and using that to as a springboard for talking about embracing humanity. A lot of Brad's lyrics are like that, ruminating on philosophical and religious concerns in a rather whimsical fashion. The album eventually sold over 400,000 copies in Canada, and won the Dummies a Juno Award for Group of the Year in 1992. But bigger things yet were to come for them, as they were about to try their luck in the States. And they managed it in fine style with “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”; it became an adult-alternative staple, and its parent album God Shuffled His Feet went double platinum in the US. We all love our random alternative hits round these parts!
So what do I think?
5. Well, I'll give the Crash Test Dummies this: they were a unique band. Unfortunately for them, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is a flavour of “unique” that I don't particularly like, and it's far more in the lyrics than in the music anyway. Because, at the end of the day, it's really nothing more than the basic rootsy alternative rock that would provide much of the grist for adult alternative's mill in the 90's, well-done but rather lacking in character instrumentally. Brad tries to make up for it, burping away behind the microphone for all he's worth, but it's too bad for him that I can't really take more than 90 seconds of his voice at once. (It's probably a love-it-or-hate-it thing, and while I don't exactly come down in the “hate it” camp, I'm pretty sure he's just not for me.) Especially with that chorus – the verses sound somewhat interesting, like they're actually going to tell a story, but then it deflates your expectations by just hitting you with a load of “mmm mmm mmm mmm”! As a result, we have three boring shaggy dog stories, and I really have no idea what to make of it all. The whole thing feels like an inside joke I'm not being let in on.
Where Are They Now?™
Would you believe that “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” only made #14 in Canada? Yeah, better chart positions were to come there. The Crash Test Dummies are the second instance we see of this, after Rednex: an artist who was far bigger in their home country, but could only get one American hit. Their only other subsequent charting hit on Billboard was “Afternoons and Coffeespoons” (yes, that title does come from Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, I know you were all dying to know that), which got to #66 on the Hot 100 and #13 on Modern Rock, but didn't become much of a crossover hit outside some minor adult-alternative play. But thank God for CanCon laws! Back home, both it and “Swimming in Your Ocean”, the third single from God Shuffled His Feet, became top ten hits, and the album's title track went to #14. Another #4 swiftly followed with their cover of XTC's “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead”, from the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. (Brad's named XTC as an influence on him, and I can sort of see it in the quirky lyrics, actually... guess who I'm going to say did them better?) And in 1996, “He Liked To Feel It”, the lead single for their third album A Worm's Life, became their highest-charting song in Canada, going all the way to #2. Here's the video for it, and I'm linking it for a reason, because it's pretty... interesting.
That's right, this band wrote a song about a boy who enjoys having his teeth pulled out and experiments with different ways of doing so, and then depicted that graphically in the music video. Only Brad Roberts. This was actually pretty controversial, with the video getting banned from play on YTV, and it had to be heavily edited before it could be shown on MTV... not that it was very much, with the controversy hindering promo efforts abroad, so it only charted in the Dummies' home country. You'll notice from the music, too, that they decided to rock it up a bit at this point, but A Worm's Life got very mixed reviews, a lot of which said it just sounded like generic alternative rock – say what you will about their earlier sound, at least it was different. That may be why, even though it went platinum in less than a month, it didn't have nearly the longevity of God Shuffled His Feet; the other two singles both charted in Canada, they were hardly very big hits. And then, in 1999, this album... I was going to say “was released”, but come to think of it, it's probably more like “occurred”.
...What is it with this band and unintentionally horrifying imagery???
It's a tough ask to create one of the weirdest albums from any artist in a rate when Mike Patton is involved in it, but with Give Yourself a Hand, I'd say the Crash Test Dummies managed it. Apparently, Brad was inspired by living in Harlem to create an album influenced by the area's hip-hop and funk music, also including elements of late 90's chillout, R&B, and even jazz. He uncorks the surprise falsetto that was apparently locked away behind that bass the whole time, as well as letting keyboardist and backing vocalist Ellen Reid take lead vocals on a few songs. And the lyrics are more bizarre than ever, to the point of being totally juvenile at times, which is something I don't particularly desire when a lot of the songs are about sex. Yes, this is the album with a song called “I Love Your Goo”. Yeah, when I listened to this album for writeup purposes, I was utterly blindsided by how much this doesn't remotely sound like the same band. I can't really say it's good, precisely, but it is at least compelling in its sheer “what the fuck?!” factor. Anyway, the lead single “Keep a Lid On Things” went to #13 in Canada, but that is pretty much where the story of the Crash Test Dummies, CanCon hitmakers, comes to an abrupt halt. With Give Yourself a Hand getting even more mixed reviews, and failing to reach certification, the Dummies got dropped and started their own independent label.
At that point, they went on a break to work on their own projects; unfortunately, Brad suffered near-fatal injuries in a car accident (how ironic), and while he was recuperating in Nova Scotia, he started recording I Don't Care That You Don't Mind, intended to be his solo debut, with some local lobster fishermen. But when Ellen Reid ended up recording with him and two out of the three other Dummies agreed to tour for the record, the Dummies name was put on it. From then on, the Dummies became a virtual solo project for Brad, with various session members coming and going (Ellen has appeared on all of their albums, but she was on hiatus from the band between 2012 and 2017). According to him, he got sick of the work and responsibilities of being a professional musician, took up meditation, yoga and spiritual soul-searching, and ultimately decided to just play for fun whenever the fancy took him. As a result, the albums have a bit of a “whatever random experiments he feels like doing” vibe, like 2010's Oooh La La!, which was mostly composed on a late 60's toy keyboard called the Optigan. They haven't released an album since then, and were only intermittently active for most of the last decade. But last year, four out of five original members of the Dummies reunited and went on tour in Canada; the only one not there is harmonica/mandolin/guitar man Benjamin Darvill, who has been somewhat estranged from Brad ever since I Don't Care got rebadged as a Dummies album against his will, and has since emigrated to Britain and forged a new career as neo-bluesman Son of Dave. No forthcoming music has been mentioned, but I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time.
OVER TO THE PEANUT GALLERY
Car crash
yuuurei (0): - So drab and lacklustre. Never did understand why this was a hit.
2014 (1.5): Dreadful.
4Roses (2): What in the fresh hell of Creed is this. (CRASH TEST DUMMIES, SWEETIES, I'M SO SORRY)
Empty Shoebox (2): This bores me. I can't even think of anything genuinely nasty to say about it. (W... what?! How?!)
ModeRed (2): Oh god this is aggravating and those lyrics… and such a fine chorus… Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Oh oh Atrocious.
iheartpoptarts (3): I might rate the toy higher. (I think I came along a bit too late for those, so I can't comment.)
Blond (1): Those vocals are heinous.
Untouchable Ace (1.3): Sounds like that monkey puppet comedian. (Hear that, Nina Conti? Brad's after your job!)
əʊæ (5): is this parody? (No, but I know what is, and we meet it next commentary!)
Seventeen_Days (3.5): Ugh… this song always has irritated me. Weird Al’s parody of this is eons better - especially the video. (He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.)
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unnameable (9): Canada, I forgive you for Nickelback because sometimes you bring us things like this. (And keep the Broken Social Scene coming too, guys!)
berserkboi (8.4): Cool enough, and aged okay!
DJHazey (8.5): Me and my best friend in middle school both stanned for this song. Time hasn't been as kind to it as other favorites though.
CasuallyCrazed (8): What an iconic wordless chorus to be honest. Except those verses, woof.
WowWowWowWow (6): “Worst song on the jukebox” from The Spy Who Dumped Me anyone? Well, this band chose its name well, because this song is a total car crash, and yet I can’t turn away. Also, how do you think they decided that Mmmm had 4 M’s? Was that just the songwriter or was a committee involved? (...Why am I now imagining Brad Roberts singing your name to the tune of this song?)
Hudweiser (5): Part genius idea, part fever-ridden nightmare. This song used to end up being sung during late-night study groups when people were clearly losing the will.
Auntie Beryl (6.5): This is…different, at least. If we’re talking Baritones In Pop, give me Michael McDonald any day of the week. (This tenor supremacy must end! I need pop songs in a range I can actually sing in, dammit!)
Filippa (8): I just love Brad Roberts voice.
Andy French (8): Such stupid fucking lyrics but god do I love this song. The whole album's great, actually.
Ganache (8): I don't expect this to do very well (Correct! - Ed.) but I've always liked his voice and the story the song tells.
pop3blow2 (8): Such an absurdly odd, but interesting little song. I remember cheering for this as I watched climb the charts. I think was went to number one in Airplay in the US. (Too bad it didn't. The commentary in the #1's rate would have been... interesting.) Only in the 90’s, people. It even got the ‘Weird Al’ treatment, that’s how huge it was.
DominoDancing (10): Love the weirdness of the lyrics, love the melody, love the dramatic middle-8, love the video. (These guys actually have a pretty good line in videos, thinking about it.)
chanex (10): I cry uncontrollably whenever I hear it and love it so much and am so embarrassed to be admitting this. (Nah, it's cool. There is no such thing as an embarrassing love in this rate! Wait till you see some of my 7's and 8's...)
Alright, but I gotta warn you, it's a bit pointless.
63. MMM MMM MMM MMM
Average score: 5.092
Highest scores: 2 x 10 (@DominoDancing , @chanex )
Lowest scores: 1 x 0 (@yuuurei )
Chart positions: #4 Hot 100, #15 Radio Songs, #6 Mainstream Top 40, #1 Modern Rock, #25 Mainstream Rock
Year-End Hot 100: #35 (1994)
Who? Oh yeah, them...
So, who's up for a journey to the Great White North? I've mentioned this in my previous #1's rate, but it bears re-iterating: in this decade, the amount of Canadian content that Canada's radio stations were required to play was upped from 25% to 30%. The result was an explosion of Canadian alternative rock bands ruling the airwaves like they never had before. Unfortunately for them, as big as they might have been domestically, the majority found American success to be an insurmountable hurdle (a shame – most of these bands were just as good as their American counterparts, if not better; the Tea Party's The Edges of Twilight just so happens to be one of my favourite 90's rock albums). Of course, there are exceptions. The Barenaked Ladies soared all the way to #1 for one week (dohohohoho), Our Lady Peace found a good home among the rest of the post-grunge pack... and then there's these guys, perhaps the strangest of the lot.
Like their rate compatriot Tal Bachman, the Crash Test Dummies originate from Winnipeg. They began as a bar band called Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs, eventually changing their name to the Crash Test Dummies in 1988. After getting to be a popular local draw, they signed with BMG, and released their first album The Ghosts That Haunt Me – still their highest-selling domestically – in 1991. It displayed the two qualities that would come to define the Dummies' sound: Brad Roberts' one-of-a-kind bass voice, and his affinity for bizarre and humorous lyrics. Their breakthrough hit was actually uncharacteristically serious, though. That was “Superman's Song”, which went to #4 at home, and actually did chart in the US, going as high as #56 on the Hot 100. Here it is - and I actually like it a lot better than the song we're rating here, as it happens:
Yeah, I do like me a good old-fashioned folk dirge. It's got some pretty cool lyrics too, referring to the death of Superman and using that to as a springboard for talking about embracing humanity. A lot of Brad's lyrics are like that, ruminating on philosophical and religious concerns in a rather whimsical fashion. The album eventually sold over 400,000 copies in Canada, and won the Dummies a Juno Award for Group of the Year in 1992. But bigger things yet were to come for them, as they were about to try their luck in the States. And they managed it in fine style with “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”; it became an adult-alternative staple, and its parent album God Shuffled His Feet went double platinum in the US. We all love our random alternative hits round these parts!
So what do I think?
5. Well, I'll give the Crash Test Dummies this: they were a unique band. Unfortunately for them, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is a flavour of “unique” that I don't particularly like, and it's far more in the lyrics than in the music anyway. Because, at the end of the day, it's really nothing more than the basic rootsy alternative rock that would provide much of the grist for adult alternative's mill in the 90's, well-done but rather lacking in character instrumentally. Brad tries to make up for it, burping away behind the microphone for all he's worth, but it's too bad for him that I can't really take more than 90 seconds of his voice at once. (It's probably a love-it-or-hate-it thing, and while I don't exactly come down in the “hate it” camp, I'm pretty sure he's just not for me.) Especially with that chorus – the verses sound somewhat interesting, like they're actually going to tell a story, but then it deflates your expectations by just hitting you with a load of “mmm mmm mmm mmm”! As a result, we have three boring shaggy dog stories, and I really have no idea what to make of it all. The whole thing feels like an inside joke I'm not being let in on.
Where Are They Now?™
Would you believe that “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” only made #14 in Canada? Yeah, better chart positions were to come there. The Crash Test Dummies are the second instance we see of this, after Rednex: an artist who was far bigger in their home country, but could only get one American hit. Their only other subsequent charting hit on Billboard was “Afternoons and Coffeespoons” (yes, that title does come from Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, I know you were all dying to know that), which got to #66 on the Hot 100 and #13 on Modern Rock, but didn't become much of a crossover hit outside some minor adult-alternative play. But thank God for CanCon laws! Back home, both it and “Swimming in Your Ocean”, the third single from God Shuffled His Feet, became top ten hits, and the album's title track went to #14. Another #4 swiftly followed with their cover of XTC's “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead”, from the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. (Brad's named XTC as an influence on him, and I can sort of see it in the quirky lyrics, actually... guess who I'm going to say did them better?) And in 1996, “He Liked To Feel It”, the lead single for their third album A Worm's Life, became their highest-charting song in Canada, going all the way to #2. Here's the video for it, and I'm linking it for a reason, because it's pretty... interesting.
That's right, this band wrote a song about a boy who enjoys having his teeth pulled out and experiments with different ways of doing so, and then depicted that graphically in the music video. Only Brad Roberts. This was actually pretty controversial, with the video getting banned from play on YTV, and it had to be heavily edited before it could be shown on MTV... not that it was very much, with the controversy hindering promo efforts abroad, so it only charted in the Dummies' home country. You'll notice from the music, too, that they decided to rock it up a bit at this point, but A Worm's Life got very mixed reviews, a lot of which said it just sounded like generic alternative rock – say what you will about their earlier sound, at least it was different. That may be why, even though it went platinum in less than a month, it didn't have nearly the longevity of God Shuffled His Feet; the other two singles both charted in Canada, they were hardly very big hits. And then, in 1999, this album... I was going to say “was released”, but come to think of it, it's probably more like “occurred”.
...What is it with this band and unintentionally horrifying imagery???
It's a tough ask to create one of the weirdest albums from any artist in a rate when Mike Patton is involved in it, but with Give Yourself a Hand, I'd say the Crash Test Dummies managed it. Apparently, Brad was inspired by living in Harlem to create an album influenced by the area's hip-hop and funk music, also including elements of late 90's chillout, R&B, and even jazz. He uncorks the surprise falsetto that was apparently locked away behind that bass the whole time, as well as letting keyboardist and backing vocalist Ellen Reid take lead vocals on a few songs. And the lyrics are more bizarre than ever, to the point of being totally juvenile at times, which is something I don't particularly desire when a lot of the songs are about sex. Yes, this is the album with a song called “I Love Your Goo”. Yeah, when I listened to this album for writeup purposes, I was utterly blindsided by how much this doesn't remotely sound like the same band. I can't really say it's good, precisely, but it is at least compelling in its sheer “what the fuck?!” factor. Anyway, the lead single “Keep a Lid On Things” went to #13 in Canada, but that is pretty much where the story of the Crash Test Dummies, CanCon hitmakers, comes to an abrupt halt. With Give Yourself a Hand getting even more mixed reviews, and failing to reach certification, the Dummies got dropped and started their own independent label.
At that point, they went on a break to work on their own projects; unfortunately, Brad suffered near-fatal injuries in a car accident (how ironic), and while he was recuperating in Nova Scotia, he started recording I Don't Care That You Don't Mind, intended to be his solo debut, with some local lobster fishermen. But when Ellen Reid ended up recording with him and two out of the three other Dummies agreed to tour for the record, the Dummies name was put on it. From then on, the Dummies became a virtual solo project for Brad, with various session members coming and going (Ellen has appeared on all of their albums, but she was on hiatus from the band between 2012 and 2017). According to him, he got sick of the work and responsibilities of being a professional musician, took up meditation, yoga and spiritual soul-searching, and ultimately decided to just play for fun whenever the fancy took him. As a result, the albums have a bit of a “whatever random experiments he feels like doing” vibe, like 2010's Oooh La La!, which was mostly composed on a late 60's toy keyboard called the Optigan. They haven't released an album since then, and were only intermittently active for most of the last decade. But last year, four out of five original members of the Dummies reunited and went on tour in Canada; the only one not there is harmonica/mandolin/guitar man Benjamin Darvill, who has been somewhat estranged from Brad ever since I Don't Care got rebadged as a Dummies album against his will, and has since emigrated to Britain and forged a new career as neo-bluesman Son of Dave. No forthcoming music has been mentioned, but I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time.
OVER TO THE PEANUT GALLERY
Car crash
yuuurei (0): - So drab and lacklustre. Never did understand why this was a hit.
2014 (1.5): Dreadful.
4Roses (2): What in the fresh hell of Creed is this. (CRASH TEST DUMMIES, SWEETIES, I'M SO SORRY)
Empty Shoebox (2): This bores me. I can't even think of anything genuinely nasty to say about it. (W... what?! How?!)
ModeRed (2): Oh god this is aggravating and those lyrics… and such a fine chorus… Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Oh oh Atrocious.
iheartpoptarts (3): I might rate the toy higher. (I think I came along a bit too late for those, so I can't comment.)
Blond (1): Those vocals are heinous.
Untouchable Ace (1.3): Sounds like that monkey puppet comedian. (Hear that, Nina Conti? Brad's after your job!)
əʊæ (5): is this parody? (No, but I know what is, and we meet it next commentary!)
Seventeen_Days (3.5): Ugh… this song always has irritated me. Weird Al’s parody of this is eons better - especially the video. (He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.)
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unnameable (9): Canada, I forgive you for Nickelback because sometimes you bring us things like this. (And keep the Broken Social Scene coming too, guys!)
berserkboi (8.4): Cool enough, and aged okay!
DJHazey (8.5): Me and my best friend in middle school both stanned for this song. Time hasn't been as kind to it as other favorites though.
CasuallyCrazed (8): What an iconic wordless chorus to be honest. Except those verses, woof.
WowWowWowWow (6): “Worst song on the jukebox” from The Spy Who Dumped Me anyone? Well, this band chose its name well, because this song is a total car crash, and yet I can’t turn away. Also, how do you think they decided that Mmmm had 4 M’s? Was that just the songwriter or was a committee involved? (...Why am I now imagining Brad Roberts singing your name to the tune of this song?)
Hudweiser (5): Part genius idea, part fever-ridden nightmare. This song used to end up being sung during late-night study groups when people were clearly losing the will.
Auntie Beryl (6.5): This is…different, at least. If we’re talking Baritones In Pop, give me Michael McDonald any day of the week. (This tenor supremacy must end! I need pop songs in a range I can actually sing in, dammit!)
Filippa (8): I just love Brad Roberts voice.
Andy French (8): Such stupid fucking lyrics but god do I love this song. The whole album's great, actually.
Ganache (8): I don't expect this to do very well (Correct! - Ed.) but I've always liked his voice and the story the song tells.
pop3blow2 (8): Such an absurdly odd, but interesting little song. I remember cheering for this as I watched climb the charts. I think was went to number one in Airplay in the US. (Too bad it didn't. The commentary in the #1's rate would have been... interesting.) Only in the 90’s, people. It even got the ‘Weird Al’ treatment, that’s how huge it was.
DominoDancing (10): Love the weirdness of the lyrics, love the melody, love the dramatic middle-8, love the video. (These guys actually have a pretty good line in videos, thinking about it.)
chanex (10): I cry uncontrollably whenever I hear it and love it so much and am so embarrassed to be admitting this. (Nah, it's cool. There is no such thing as an embarrassing love in this rate! Wait till you see some of my 7's and 8's...)
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I was too generous.
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she/her
Poor my life, etc.
This is where I shuffle in, mumble something about how I'd have given it a 10, and shuffle out again.
(Who knew the band had such a........history).
(Who knew the band had such a........history).
My curiosity is beginning to turn to fear. That last write up certainly was...candid of me!
So thankful that at least I wasn’t the only 10 and that someone defended it more eloquently! I love the middle-8 and video so much as well.
(That's quite enough of that - Ed.)
she/her
I didn't know he was a Canuck too! Neat.
Yes. And good riddance, CTD. Never was a fan. Y'all think you've heard the Proclaimers too often, but try listening to any Canadian rock radio station or tv channel and escaping this fucking song, even now. Plus the way what's-his-face sings that opening line haunts me and not in a good way. "WAWNNNSS ..." /shudder
I don't think it was that unintentional, off-putting imagery was pretty standard with rock bands back then as far as I can remember (I feel like I was once mildly scarred by a Tool video). Only tangentially related, but one of my favorite Canadian bands from the 2000s, Jakalope, had a few really great creepy videos and a spooky website too, my goth teen self lived for it.
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First off, as stated in my commentary I instantly think of my best friend Chris in middle school. The one I was always sleeping over at each other's houses, playing his Sega Genesis all day, etc. Actually my first ever crush was a girl named Kristen Hill and one night he called her with my urging and said "this is Greg, I love you" and hung up and then I was embarrassed as hell when she came up to me the next day and asked if I had called her last night and I froze and said no. I regret that, because she could've been my first real girlfriend who knows, okay enough sad straightzey stuff, anyhow Chris and I for some reason drifted apart by 8th grade. I still don't know why. Then he got a new friend, this little blonde kid named Clifford and they used to start whispering about me and laugh and then this Clifford kid used to think he was going to try to bully me and even got in front me when I was trying to go the bus one day after school and we started fighting, but I grabbed a hold of his arm and like swung him around into a lamp post and he fell down hurt and I ran to the bus. They never bothered me again. In the spirit of the song, might as well tell long pointless stories.
The Weird Al song is money by the way. I had forgotten about it too. He's a genius. I love the Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding verse especially and the way he sings it: "some of other girl who was better" and then the string of three guys 'hired' to injure Nancy so Tanya would try to distance herself from the crime. R.I.P. me.
Oh and saw "The Spy Who Dumped Me" mentioned. I usually just go over to my parents and watch a bunch of movies on New Year's (I never liked partying or drinking much, etc.) and that's one of the ones we plan to see. I'll watch literally anything with Mila Kunis on the screen. *heart emoji*
The Weird Al song is money by the way. I had forgotten about it too. He's a genius. I love the Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding verse especially and the way he sings it: "some of other girl who was better" and then the string of three guys 'hired' to injure Nancy so Tanya would try to distance herself from the crime. R.I.P. me.
Oh and saw "The Spy Who Dumped Me" mentioned. I usually just go over to my parents and watch a bunch of movies on New Year's (I never liked partying or drinking much, etc.) and that's one of the ones we plan to see. I'll watch literally anything with Mila Kunis on the screen. *heart emoji*
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@Ironheade Your writeups for this have been amazing. Thank you for subjecting yourself to Give Yourself A Hand for the sake of all of us
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londonrain
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Oh, I kind of like this one! It was one of those songs that got played a lot by people I knew in uni but never on the radio, which probably accounts for why I haven't got any listener's fatigue. Also, pop definitely needs more bass voices.