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May 2008
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Lazy Sunday
Ever since Andy Samberg and the fine fellows at Lonely Island made Lazy Sunday, SNL has embraced the idea ‘Digital Short’ fully. Thank god, because there have been some real gems since. There have been a bunch of parodies and many many homages (with a particularly good one being Lazy Scranton), but the original is still king.
Who has seen this and hasn’t songspoken it?
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, andy samberg, chris parnell, double true, lazy sunday, snl, the lonely island
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Slide to the left, slide to the right… slide to McDonald’s?
Everybody clap your hands! I love how McDonald’s decided to use The Cha Cha Slide in one of its Happy Meal commercials. I think it’s great. In fact, I’m lovin’ it.
Originally developed and recorded by DJ Casper in 1996 for Bally’s Total Fitness,The Cha Cha Slide Part 2 by Mr. C The Slide Man (aka DJ Casper) Featuring The Platinum Band was recorded later. Because in part 2, they felt the desire to get funky. You can practically taste the funk as this kid eats his apple slices in the aforementioned Happy Meal commercial:
The Cha Cha Slide Part 2 itself has provided some serious line-dancing action in clubs, at weddings, proms, and parties across the U.S. and beyond. Better watch the video now, or you’ll look like a jackass at your niece’s Super Sweet 16 party.
Tags: 00s music, 90s music, bally's total fitness, cha cha slide, DJ casper, mcdonald's, mr. c the slide man, super sweet 16
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I’m Bob Saget bitch, you betta axe someone
In the short lived, but hilarious comedy/realty tv show, Jamie Kennedy’s Blowin Up, Jamie Kennedy tries to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a rapper. He and his sidekick, Stu Stone film a great music video for their song, Rollin’ With Saget.There are just so many songspeak-worthy lines in this song about the illest motherfucker in a cardigan sweater.
‘night Michelle.
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, blowin' up, bob saget, cardigan sweater, jamie kennedy, rollin' with saget, stu stone
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Motor Inn
When Matt and I worked together at Silver Screen, we would often carpool (especially when we were living in the same apartment building). Every day on the way home, we would pass the Motor Inn in Greenfield. One day, one of us (I can’t remember who started it) started singing “Motor Inn” to the tune of Sister Christian by Night Ranger, and the other immediately followed up with, “What’s your price per night?” We thought we were pretty clever. In fact, I still do.
Tags: 80s music, greenfield, motor inn, night ranger, sister christian, what's your price for flight
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It’s the final countdown
The Final Countdown is classic songspeak thanks to 80s hair-metal band, Europe. Between Grand Theft Auto video games, Arrested Development, and stores with great names, it’s hard to know where to begin…
1. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the game takes place in the 80s, and there’s a mall you can enter and wreak havoc in. The music store in that mall is called “The Vinyl Countdown”.
2. Every day, I drive by a store in Springfield, MA called The Final Markdown and will occasionally started singing this in tune to The Final Countdown to Kristen, since she is the lucky one who gets to carpool with me these days.3. Jamie and I songspeak this all the time whenever the final anything happens. With food (It’s the final hot dog, the final taco, the final donut), with highway signs (It’s the final exit, the final rest stop), with television series (it’s the final episode, the final installment, the final-ee).
4. On Arrested Development, Gob Bluth (a magician… sorry, illusionist) makes his entrance with a fog machine and magical dance moves while blasting The Final Countdown by Europe. Brilliant.Tags: 00s tv, 00s video games, 80s music, arrested development, europe, final countdown, gob bluth, illusion, magic
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