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On the Wings of Love
There was a pretty awesome songspeak on the Soup Awards this past weekend. Jeffrey Osborne’s classic 80’s ballad On the Wings of Love was nominated for his perfomance of the song on the season finale of ABC’s The Bachelor. Although Heidi Montag’s abominable performance from the Miss Universe Pageant won the award, Jeffrey Osborne made a surprise appearance and announced to Joel McHale and the rest of the world the existence of his new wing restaurant, Jeffrey Osborne’s Wings of Love. It appears to be along the lines of the Toasted Owl that we here at songspeak like to frequent, and Jeffrey sang a great new version of his famous hit that promoted the restaurant. You can see the performance here (warning – it will make you hungry for wings):Tags: 10s tv, 80s music, ABC, heidi montag, jeffrey osborne, joel mchale, miss universe pageant, on the wings of love, soup awards, the bachelor, the soup, toasted owl
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Where do you where do you go, my lovely? Uhhhh, McDonald’s, I guess?
I had lunch at McDonald’s today.
And let’s see, I didn’t drive my Delorean there. I didn’t turn a giant frozen donkey wheel prior to leaving the office. I didn’t even get in a phone booth or anything. So why was I transported back to 1996 when I set foot in the restaurant?
As I sat down and got ready to sink my teeth into my double-quarter pounder with cheese meal and its two sear-sizzled grade-A beef patties of goodness, what do I hear playing over the speakers? Why, Where Do You Go? by No Mercy of course. You’d know the song if you heard it. It was one of those dance hits, the style of which was uber-popular in the mid to late 90’s. In fact, until just now, I thought No Mercy was responsible for the following, but it was really Haddaway:
All those friggin’ dance techno groups sounded the same, didn’t they? And who hasn’t bopped their head along to this kind of music like Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan? I’m not sure if that falls under the category of songspeak or dancespeak, but it’s definitely been ingrained in our culture thanks to Saturday Night Live.
And while we’re of the subject of techno dance music, let’s have a (much belated) moment of silence for Melanie Thornton, former lead singer of La Bouche. We never had a chance to be her lover. Be her lover.
Tags: 90s music, A Night at the Roxbury, ABC, baby don't hurt me, back to the future, be my lover, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Chris Kattan, delorean, double quarter pounder with cheese, frozen donkey wheel, haddaway, La Bouche, lost, mcdonald's, Melanie Thornton, no mercy, phone booth, plane crash, saturday night live, sear sizzled, snl, what is love, where do you go, will ferrell
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Lost finds The Fray
I never thought I’d find myself remotely interested in The Fray, but then they had to go and release a Lost music video.
As a fervent Lostaholic, I’m counting down the days until the season 5 premiere on January 21st. In preparation for the premiere, ABC has been running promos constantly and building anticipation. One of the promos is a video for The Fray’s new single You Found Me.
The video incorporates clips from the previous 4 seasons of Lost, as well as some juicy new scenes that die-hard fans are already voraciously picking apart (see Ajira Airways, for instance).
And even though The Fray sounds like every other current pop/alt/rock band, I’ll be damned if any song doesn’t sound good when put to a montage of Lost scenes.
Tags: 00s music, 00s tv, ABC, ajira airways, january 21st, lost, lost music video, lost promos, lost season 5, lost season 5 promos, lost video clip, lostaholics, montage, season 5 premiere, the fray, you found me
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Believe it or not, George isn’t at home
I'm walking on air!
This is one of my favorite songspeaks from Seinfeld. It’s George Costanza singing the outgoing message on his answering machine to the tune of the theme song to The Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarbury.
The Greatest American Hero was a short-lived show that ran for 3 seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC starring William Katt. I remember watching it (and liking it!) when I was kid, though I was only about 7 at the time. Everyone knows the theme song, so the reference on Seinfeld (which aired on NBC….hmmmmm) wasn’t really lost on anyone.
Matt and I liked this clip so much, we included the Seinfeld soundclip, followed by the actual song by Joey Scarbury, on volume 13 of the original Songspeak’s Greatest Hits.
Tags: 80s tv, 90s tv, ABC, answering machine, believe it or not george isn't at home, believe it or not i'm walking on air, george costanza, george costanza's answering machine, george's answering machine, greatest american hero, jason alexander, joey scarbury, nbc, seinfeld, william katt
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NooOOooOO BINGO!!!
National Bingo Night is a game show that ran on ABC in 2007 for only 5 episodes, but Kristen and I managed to catch an episode or two. We totally LOL’d whenever they would pan to the audience and ‘The Commissioner’ would exclaim “NOooOOooOO BINGO!”This has evolved into a running joke between us, usually relating to checking if something is in the fridge. If we’re making salad for example, I’ll say something like “we haaaaave…… NO cucumber!”
Sunil Narkar, dressed in a referee’s uniform, plays the part of the commissioner.
No bingo!!!
Tags: 00s game shows, ABC, national bingo night, no bingo, sunil narkar, the commissioner
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Where is Lost’s Mind?
Anyone who knows me knows I’m obsessed with Lost. Yes, yes, it’s true. I listen to many of the podcasts, watch the show religiously, own all the DVD’s, and pretty much pick it apart at any given opportunity.
I also like the Pixies. Not obsessively so, but I have been opened up to the goodness that is their music by my wife, Jo. We even went to see them a few years ago when they played the Mullins Center at UMass.
How do these two things relate? Well, if one pokes around youtube, one can find many fan-made music videos set to clips of their favorite shows. Some are decent, and some are just downright awful. A couple years ago, the Jay and Jack Lost video podcast showed a Lost music video set to Where is My Mind by the Pixies, and I really liked it. It’s a good song, and the clips and beats flow really well together.
So, for those of you Lost fans who are also suffering withdrawals during this extended hiatus, enjoy:
Tags: 00s podcasts, 00s tv, ABC, dharma, fan-made music videos, jay and jack, lost, lost music video, lost podcasting network, lost podcasts, lost video podcast, mullins center, pixies, the lost podcast with jay and jack, umass, university of massachusetts, where is my mind
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