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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2007, 06:44:21 am »
You people are not getting it.

Pure sexy good times.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2007, 06:53:00 am »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on June 27, 2007, 06:43:25 am
QFT!

"Rock and roll friends, turn each others books back in"

In a weird synchronicity, that line was playing as this page loaded.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2007, 04:47:30 pm »
Quote from: Nabubrush drinks (a lot) on June 27, 2007, 06:44:21 am
You people are not getting it.

Pure sexy good times.

Most excellent, thank you for that my good sir.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2007, 08:01:51 pm »
um. no.

LOVEFOOL.

My greatest moment on my radio show was playing that song. My banter was so on, and the song was so happy and wonderful.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2007, 08:11:36 pm »
Toy Soldiers.  I usually can't stand lovey-pop crap, but this one did stick in my 'banks as a genuine one-hit-wonder, and guilty pleasure.  I also liked 99 Luftballons.  I think Nena may have had some other legitimate english language hits though, so I'm not sure it counts.  Reading the lyrics is a trip back to cold war anxiety.  I don't miss that at all.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2007, 09:40:59 pm »
Quote from: theinevitable on June 27, 2007, 08:01:51 pm
um. no.

LOVEFOOL.

My greatest moment on my radio show was playing that song. My banter was so on, and the song was so happy and wonderful.

Also an excellent choice. Dag.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #21 on: June 28, 2007, 12:01:42 am »
Like four songs from the first Presidents of the United States of America album.


Stuck in the Middle with You by whoever sings it.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #22 on: June 28, 2007, 03:46:02 am »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on June 28, 2007, 12:01:42 am

Stuck in the Middle with You by whoever sings it.

Stealer's Wheel -- half of which is Gerry Rafferty, who had another hit with Baker Street.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #23 on: June 28, 2007, 04:14:10 am »
So does it still count?
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2007, 05:11:59 am »
Quote from: KeithHernandez on June 28, 2007, 12:01:42 am
Like four songs from the first Presidents of the United States of America album.


Stuck in the Middle with You by whoever sings it.

They had four singles from that album? I only remember "Peaches".
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #25 on: June 28, 2007, 05:33:20 am »
There was also "Lump" which I only remember because Weird Al did a parody of it and...

Uhm.

Yeah. "Peaches" and "Lump".
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #26 on: June 28, 2007, 06:04:47 am »
Basically that whole album was a one hit wonder for people probably a year above and below me.  I still remember being like 11 or 12 and listening to that cd while my dad got in his last few smokes before he had to coach my baseball team.  Listening to that album was my ritual, and the only reason my dad let it in the car was because of his respect for baseball rituals.

Lump, Peaches, Feather Pluckin and Dune Buggy all got at least moderate air time I thought, but could be wrong.  Those were the four I was referring to anyhow.  Peaches and Lump for sure.

Edit:  Plus, come on, the Drew Carey song.  But seriously, you have to give them credit for designing those guitars with two and three strings that they could play power chords with by just holding down all strings on any fret.  They were a million times better than the power chord bands that got real popular a couple years after them, you have to give them that, at least.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #27 on: June 28, 2007, 06:36:25 am »
Naked and Famous is beautiful, but I never heard it on the radio.  It's just a great song.
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #28 on: June 28, 2007, 09:04:45 am »
Blur - Song 2
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Re: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
« Reply #29 on: June 28, 2007, 09:10:24 am »
Parklife tracks got loads of play where I was at.  Plus, the strength of Blur's records and their U.K. popularity, I don't know.



Also, the Presidents of the... also had the single Kitty.  So Lump, Peaches and Kitty all got in the top 15.  And now that I think about it, I am downloading this record tonight.
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