Middle-aged Dummies are back and bursting at the "themes" to get going! Full theme ahead! (4 Viewers)

[Pip's Invitation]

MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Whale & Wasp - Alice In Chains

Shaun Cassidy's Wasp album does have a title track, and it was also written by Todd Rundgren.

Wasp

Shaun Cassidy · Wasp · Song · 1980

open.spotify.com

 

[Tau837]

Finally was able to listen to one of these playlists and started with the #28 playlist. Other than my own song selection:

• Favorites already known to me:
  • AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill
  • B-52s - Love Shack -- in my fraternity circa 1989-1991, we used to have DJ parties, and this song was a huge favorite... good memories (the ones I remember...)
  • Living Colour - Cult of Personality -- my #2 selection in the MAD non-US/UK countdown
  • Talk Talk - It's My Life
• Favorites new to me:
  • Aloe Blacc - Brooklyn in the Summer
  • Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
  • Chris Cornell - Can't Change Me

Honestly, I wasn't moved by many songs not already known to me and found this playlist a bit disappointing compared to my usual experience with MAD playlists. I'm sure others will be better!

 

[rockaction]

Time to put the kids to bed! No offense if anyone skips my death metal inclusions

These are from '88 to '92, right?

Any chance you'd take a DM where I do the same thing that KP and RW are doing? Trying to guess which band by which letter. I think I've got "E" and two candidates for "F".

Yup 89-92, fire away rock, look forward to the guesses.

Doh!! I totally went into '93 I did the math right first, but just started thinking of it as Middle School through High School.

My official guesses are in!!!

Just sent mine in.

 

[Mt. Man]

#, Please # 28
Song: 19-2000
Artist: Gorillaz
Year: 2001

(Official Music Video) Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Official Video)
(remix) Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) (Official Video) HD
(Live version ) Gorillaz - 19-2000 - Live

4 Lines:
And if time's elimination
Then we got nothing to lose
Please repeat the message
It's the music that we choose

Number Theory:
From bassist Murdoc Niccols, “I wrote this around the end of the last millennium, as the clocks were changing and the 21st century was dawning. A new age was upon us. It would be ridiculous for the occasion to go unmarked by a band as forward thinking and iconic as Gorillaz.” Enough said, right? Though really, Damon Albarn has said it’s partially about getting accustomed to change, just in time for the new millennium. Though of course that wasn’t technically until 2001.

Anyway, do check out that video. There’s an obvious advantage to get crazy in a video when you’re using animation, and they went for it here. There’s thought that the video was in celebration of Gorillaz’s first Live tour, especially the North America portion (which started in Toronto, thus the moose?), but I couldn’t find anything definitive there. I also include a remix above, though I have a (slight) preference for the original.

Significant Digits:
Off album#: 1
Track #: 11
Around #45 for the Damon Albarn playlist
Hit #1 in New Zealand & #3 in Belgium (Also #23 in the U.S. Alternative Airplay chart)

Artist crossover with other playlists: 4 (Once of whom you know is Wilson Pickett)

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Next on the countdown, we drop to 5 digits, though hit another M-AD artist.

 

[shuke]

Known favorites:
kupcho1 – Rain - The Beatles
Mt. Man – 19-2000 - Gorillaz
titusbramble – Cult of Personality - Living Colour
higgins – Third Stone From The Sun – Jimi Hendrix
Zegras11 – It's My Life - Talk Talk - shuke list appearance! Wow I love this song.

New to me favorites:
falguy –Diggin' A Hole - Big Sugar - know of them but not this song
scorchy – In The Meantime - The Railway Children
Mister CIA – Somewhere in South Austin - Julieann Banks
landrys hat - I've Seen a U.F.O. - Minami Deutsch
Chaos34 - Magneto - Messer Chups - that part that stars at 0:39 sounds really familiar. Is this used in a recent pop song?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Honestly, I wasn't moved by many songs not already known to me and found this playlist a bit disappointing compared to my usual experience with MAD playlists. I'm sure others will be better!

Be of good cheer. I found Round 28 to be less keen than the first three.

 

[shuke]

shuke – Saxytime

It Makes No Difference (Spotify) - The Band

Sax by band member Garth Hudson.
Not sure why the youtube link didn't show up in the post, here it is. This is one of those songs where the sax doesn't show up until late, but when it does it's an unmistakable force.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

shuke – Saxytime

It Makes No Difference (Spotify) - The Band

Sax by band member Garth Hudson.
Not sure why the youtube link didn't show up in the post, here it is. This is one of those songs where the sax doesn't show up until late, but when it does it's an unmistakable force.

The crowd's reaction when Garth breaks out the sax for this in The Last Waltz is awesome.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

#28: Brooklyn In the Summer
Artist: Aloe Blacc

Artist connection to New York (1-5 scale): 1, really. He grew up in California and lives there, though he's recorded in New York.
Song connection to New York (1-10 scale): 4 at best. The song's vibe - it's about a breakup - is smooth and has the feeling of a warm day in Brooklyn, and the connection comes from the wistfulness of remembering one's time in that place. But it's a mite tenuous.
Total: 5

This song is better than Chicago at Night. We're tied again, 2-2.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Songs from #28 that my ears had never heard before and got their attention:

simey – train songs

Engine Number 9 - Wilson Pickett

I knew the phone number Pickett song, but not this one.

Yo Mama – World’s Worst Superheroes

The Exploding Boy - The Cure

Some of the people at my high school were probably familiar with The Cure's B-sides, but I wasn't.

KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

Paper Mountain Man - Linda Perhacs

She sounds like Grace Slick.

Don Quixote – Afrobeat

Love’s a Real Thing (Spotify) - The Super Eagles (Gambia)

In the States we were trying to figure out how to combine psychedelia and soul around this time. And so were people in Gambia, apparently.

Raging weasel – name-checking Beatles or their songs

& – Tally Hall

The melody sounds like something Paul would have come up with around the Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour era.

Ilov80s - One song from each of the 31 best albums of 1984

Tomorrow Started - Talk Talk

Sounds like Roxy Music crossed with The Style Council.

El Floppo – Mallet Rock

O.N.E. - King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard

This is REALLY different from their saxophone song. I like bands with a lot of breadth and I like what I've heard from them in other threads on this board. Need to dive deeper at some point.

landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

I've Seen a U.F.O. - Minami Deutsch - With Dim Light (2018)

A modern Japanese band playing krautrock? Wild. And they've got the sound down, this would totally fit on a Can album with Damo Suzuki.

rockaction - Songs that state the genre they’re in

Dangerookipawaa Freestyle – Ab Soul

A really well-constructed track, with lyrics that are very ... free.

DrIanMalcolm – Songs about New York

Brooklyn in the Summer - Aloe Blacc

Great chorus.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar

Song titles that are commands

First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together

Songs about resilience in the face of adversity

Songs about the importance of progress

Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist

31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting

Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren

Artists without umlauts

Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie

Songs credited to more than one songwriter.

That's literally the only commonality I can discern at this point.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar

Song titles that are commands

First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together

Songs about resilience in the face of adversity

Songs about the importance of progress

Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist

31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting

Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren

Artists without umlauts

Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie

Songs credited to more than one songwriter.

That's literally the only commonality I can discern at this point.

Its nothing chart related thats obvious.
Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

 

[zamboni]

Zegras11 – It's My Life - Talk Talk - shuke list appearance! Wow I love this song.

Great song indeed, but it also shows the lasting power of MTV in our lives. When I hear it, I immediately think of a bunch of pink flamingos on the beach at the beginning of the video.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

28. (By the Waters of) Babylon - David Carbonara


Mourning is just extended self-pity. -Don Draper, season 1, Episode 6, Babylon


The Hebrew Bible translation of Psalm 137 begins with the verse "By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion." This version of the song appears to have been inspired by an arrangement first written in 1786 by English composer Lee Hayes and revived in 1955 by the folk music band The Weavers; Don McLean also recorded this song, but after the time period of the episode it appears in. This version was created for Mad Men by David Carbonara, who is known primarily for his work in composing music for TV and movies. He appears in the scene when the song is performed, playing the autoharp. Carbona created the bulk of the background music that appears throughout the entire series. There is a brief moment at the beginning of the scene where the focus is on Don's reaction to the song and while it's nearly unnoticeable, there is the subtlest of changes; his expression freezes as if trying to cover a wave of emotion, possibly implying the song was resonating with him.

The song ties into the episode in multiple ways, as the 'Zion' being wept for is not only the 'utopia' he imagines having with the client he has fallen in love with, it's also the missing piece to both Roger and Joan's lives that their affair isn't actually filling, and it's even Betty's imagined life as a model that she missed out on by marrying Don.

While the song is simple in format, it's hauntingly beautiful and poignant. I'm glad this version appears on Spotify.

FWIW, this episode is one of my favorites of the entire series.

 

[Raging weasel]

28) &-Tally Hall
Key Lyrics
High and low
And new and old
And stop and go
And hot and cold
And John and Yoko

 

[KarmaPolice]

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar

Song titles that are commands

First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together

Songs about resilience in the face of adversity

Songs about the importance of progress

Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist

31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting

Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren

Artists without umlauts

Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie

Songs credited to more than one songwriter.

That's literally the only commonality I can discern at this point.

Its nothing chart related thats obvious.
Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

That is too funny, because I was just going to come in and guess: UK top 10 singles.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar

Song titles that are commands

First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together

Songs about resilience in the face of adversity

Songs about the importance of progress

Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist

31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting

Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren

Artists without umlauts

Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie

Songs credited to more than one songwriter.

That's literally the only commonality I can discern at this point.

Its nothing chart related thats obvious.
Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

That is too funny, because I was just going to come in and guess: UK top 10 singles.

So far thats all they have in common, but thats an extremely long list.
There has to be a second part because the first part is unremarkable or coincidental.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Zegras11 – It's My Life - Talk Talk - shuke list appearance! Wow I love this song.

Great song indeed, but it also shows the lasting power of MTV in our lives. When I hear it, I immediately think of a bunch of pink flamingos on the beach at the beginning of the video.

It was actually the second video shot for the song because the label hated the first one, in which Mark Hollis acted grumpy and refused to lip sync. Which is why there’s animated debris covering his mouth in this one.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

simey – train songs

Engine Number 9 - Wilson Pickett

I knew the phone number Pickett song, but not this one.

Wilson Pickett was the vocal equivalent of a runaway jackhammer. He had one gear, man, and it wasn't anywhere near the word "finesse". Otis Redding - himself no slouch at a vocal stomp or two - sounds like a member of the Vienna Boys Choir compared to Pickett. I mean, he could turn a wimp-serenade like Fogelberg's "Longer" into a party anthem. If you look up the word "sweat" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Wilson Pickett next to it. Didn't hurt that he worked with one of the greatest bands of all time, either.

 

[simey]

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai

Singles released by UK artist/bands.

 

[simey]

I must say, I was not expecting to see Shaun Cassidy in this countdown. The first concert I ever attended was Cassidy in 1978... in fairness to me, I was 9.

I was older than you when I saw him. I still have a rose that I caught from him. It's pressed in a book.

Are you the one that is a fan of Kepley's BBQ in High Point? For some reason I attach you to that place. If you are, they are closing Feb. 8th after being open for more than 75 years.

 

[Yambag]

28's

Known
The Beatles: Rain
The Cure: Exploding Boy
AC/DC: Shoot to Thrill
B-52's: Love Shack
Living Colour: Cult of Personality
Alice In Chains: Whale & Wasp
Talk Talk: It's My Life
Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity

Caught My Attention
Wilson Pickett: Engine Number 9
Evanescence: Everybody's Fool
The Railway Children: In The Meantime
Talk Talk: Tomorrow Started
Aloe Blacc: Brooklyn In The Summer
Messer Chups: Magneto
Chris Cornell: Can't Change Me

 

[MAC_32]

MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Can't Change Me (acoustic live) - Chris Cornell

Chris says it best in the lead-in to this song

This is a song where anyone, it could be man / woman / whatever, at some point you try to be a better person and change your ways, to make everyone happy. That goes on for a little while and you get to a point where's it's like **** IT, I'M ME. Then you write a song called can't change me.

I think we've all grappled with this in our own ways at various times throughout our lives. Unfortunately, I think some people never emerge out of that state, but thankfully I did. It wasn't instant, it was a process, there were peaks, there were valleys, but I'm now at a point in which I'm comfortable in my own skin, understanding it also isn't for everyone. I hope I get a few snickers from the crowd as this plays at my post-funeral event, and I hope it impacts someone listening as well.

 

[Tau837]

I must say, I was not expecting to see Shaun Cassidy in this countdown. The first concert I ever attended was Cassidy in 1978... in fairness to me, I was 9.

I was older than you when I saw him. I still have a rose that I caught from him. It's pressed in a book.

Are you the one that is a fan of Kepley's BBQ in High Point? For some reason I attach you to that place. If you are, they are closing Feb. 8th after being open for more than 75 years.

Yes, Kepleys has been my favorite barbecue for my entire life. My grandparents’ house was 3 blocks from there, and we got it often throughout my childhood. My Mom lives in Greensboro, and it has been our habit to go there for lunch every time I visit. I am deeply saddened that I have visited there for the last time.

 

[zamboni]

@zamboni I started watching old Andy clips, and I'm tagging you since you did the Bee Gees recently. Check out Andy Gibb singing "Words" by his brothers. He is sporting a beard and mustache, and he looks and sounds so much like Barry. Barry always called him his twin.

Just watched that clip - very impressive performance. And yes, Andy looks and sounds a lot like Barry there. Wish he had performed more with his older brothers - would have added another layer to their sound.

 

[kupcho1]

OK, I'm confused. The theme states umlauts, and yet not an umlaut to be seen. Nada (which is also in Spanish which, unless I'm mistaken, doesn't use a lot of umlauts).
Spanish ballads aren't usually my thing, but this was a nice change, particularly on a random walk: KG&LW before and this one next ...

Nobody reads my posts.

Round 28 - Dias de Escuela - Magma

Magma is a French prog rock band formed in 1969. You might be wondering where the little dots are. You might also be wondering why you don't quite understand the lyrics. Magma record most of their songs in a constructed language. It's called Kobaïan. LOOK! There they are, the little cuties. Kobaïan is the language of the fictional planet Kobaïa, where the songs are set. This might be the proggiest thing ever.

I read 'em, but I'm not committing them to memory. I get that these themes are pretty elastic, but man that seems like a stretch. Might be a bit of a spoiler, but there aren't any songs yet to come on my rain playlist that were sung by farmers that need rain for their crops to grow.

 

[Raging weasel]

The 28's

Known and liked songs
Rain
The Punk and the Godfather
Shoot To Thrill
Love Shack
Cult of Personality
Whale and Wasp
Save Your Love
Third Stone From the Sun
It's My Life
Can't Change Me- #20 on my Cornell MAD31

New to me likes
Engine Number 9
Pull the Plug
Exploding Boy
Paper Mountain Man
Everybody's Fool
Diggin' A Hole
Tomorrow Started
O.N.E.
I've Seen a UFO
Magneto
Virtual Insanity

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

 

[Ilov80s]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

 

[falguy]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

There are many, many songs in these playlists that I have never heard, that most of y'all know well. My music depth is quite limited, as I've learned these last few years, however, I do know this song well. I recall seeing a sort of "how it's made" on the video. it was pretty unique.

 

[Ilov80s]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

There are many, many songs in these playlists that I have never heard, that most of y'all know well. My music depth is quite limited, as I've learned these last few years, however, I do know this song well. I recall seeing a sort of "how it's made" on the video. it was pretty unique.

And I don’t mean to insult anyone when I say “how have you never heard ____”. It’s just surprise and it’s kind of interesting to get someone’s fresh take on something like that.

 

[MAC_32]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

There are many, many songs in these playlists that I have never heard, that most of y'all know well. My music depth is quite limited, as I've learned these last few years, however, I do know this song well. I recall seeing a sort of "how it's made" on the video. it was pretty unique.

And I don’t mean to insult anyone when I say “how have you never heard ____”. It’s just surprise and it’s kind of interesting to get someone’s fresh take on something like that.

I wonder if there is a correlation between a particular MAD age and their blind spots. Pip's prior commentary about his got me to thinking about my own. Almost no new music entered my orbit aged 26-33. Friends poked fun at me constantly for it since I used to be the source of their new sounds. It wasn't until I intentionally started seeking them out again did new music start getting back into my ears. And even still, I have many gaps with current music, as demonstrated by scroll through Twitter last night during the Grammy's.

A cover of California Dreamin'? Awesome! Beyonce won an award for a country album? Da fuq.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#28 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Pull the Plug – Death

Time to put the kids to bed! No offense if anyone skips my death metal inclusions

Summary: Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1983 by guitarist Chuck Schuldiner (who later became the band's sole vocalist). Formed out of what would become the Florida death metal scene, Death is considered to be among the most influential bands in heavy metal music and a pioneering force in death metal. The band's 1987 debut album, Scream Bloody Gore, has been widely regarded as one of the first death metal records, alongside the first records from Possessed and Necrophagia.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 0

Personal Connection: My introduction to Death was 1989’s Spiritual Healing, which was considered a departure from their original sound, most likely due to the inclusion of Obituary’s guitarist James Murphy. Death would change direction again with 1991’s Human, moving into a more progressive sound and gaining more notoriety. However, I chose what I consider their signature song and a killer riff with Pull the Plug from 1988’s Leprosy.

Other songs to consider: Zombie Ritual, Lack of Comprehension

I loved this one, thanks. Death is one that I am a very late convert to. I think they were slightly too heavy for me then, but I also think I only tried the debut back then. I had a kid at the video store who was a bassist and into metal and he was the person who told me to listen to Death - specifically Human. I listened to and love the albums from Human on, but never went back and listened to Leprosy or Spiritual Healing. That changed in the last couple days and I have to say that Spiritual Healing might be one of the best metal albums I've heard lately. I love how the prog is creeping in but it's still blended with the earlier true death metal. Best of both worlds, and the solos are outrageous. I listened to this album 3x this morning - Within the Mind and Low Life really stood out. Death is my metal deep dive this week.

 

[krista4]

Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

I don't think you'll kick yourselves, but I do think it will click in place at some point. Maybe not for a while, though!

 

[kupcho1]

List submitted. I restricted my list to shows I've actually watched in their entirety.

 

[Ilov80s]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

There are many, many songs in these playlists that I have never heard, that most of y'all know well. My music depth is quite limited, as I've learned these last few years, however, I do know this song well. I recall seeing a sort of "how it's made" on the video. it was pretty unique.

And I don’t mean to insult anyone when I say “how have you never heard ____”. It’s just surprise and it’s kind of interesting to get someone’s fresh take on something like that.

I wonder if there is a correlation between a particular MAD age and their blind spots. Pip's prior commentary about his got me to thinking about my own. Almost no new music entered my orbit aged 26-33. Friends poked fun at me constantly for it since I used to be the source of their new sounds. It wasn't until I intentionally started seeking them out again did new music start getting back into my ears. And even still, I have many gaps with current music, as demonstrated by scroll through Twitter last night during the Grammy's.

A cover of California Dreamin'? Awesome! Beyonce won an award for a country album? Da fuq.

I bet there are gaps for sure. For some it will just be I stopped getting into new music when I turned X and anything after that escaped me. Others might have got kids and found themselves missing out on 15 years of music and movies then they got back into it once the kids became more self sufficient. I’ve always sort of stayed up with music but heavily I’m into anything new ebbs and flows. There’s so much great older music i still discover that sometimes it eats away at my time for listening to new music.

 

[krista4]

List submitted. I restricted my list to shows I've actually watched in their entirety.

TV thread is down the hall to the right.

 

[Raging weasel]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

You've never seen Napoleon Dynamite???

 

[Don Quixote]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

That music video got played nonstop too

Doechii’s performance at the Grammy’s last night felt like a bit of a nod with the moving walkways.

ETA: I was just Googling and confirmed. Here she is talking about how she got the concept from the Virtual Insanity video.

https://www.threads.net/@instagram/post/DFmEVGXyUp8?xmt=AQGzFNMeFKYKWkxRdGTRhdQWQDYzLvsgJxKQUmXWKf2_Uw

 

[Raging weasel]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

You've never seen Napoleon Dynamite???

I have but couldn't name a song from it. Is Virtual Insanity the song he does the crazy dancing to?

 

[Don Quixote]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

You've never seen Napoleon Dynamite???

I have but couldn't name a song from it. Is Virtual Insanity the song he does the crazy dancing to?

Another one by them… Canned Heat.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

You've never seen Napoleon Dynamite???

I have but couldn't name a song from it. Is Virtual Insanity the song he does the crazy dancing to?

No, but that is the artist. I think its Canned Heat that he busts a move to.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Virtual Insanity was all over the radio in the 90s. It’s wild to me that some middle-aged dummies have never heard it before.

Not only have I never heard the song,never heard of Jamiroquia either.

You've never seen Napoleon Dynamite???

I haven't but I know the song.

 

[krista4]

Just listened to the #28s, and they were my favorites yet. Tons of new-to-me goodness, so I'm just going to give a special shout-out to one of my favorites, Wilson Pickett's "Engine Number 9," and give kudos to simey for selecting it even though it must have scared her. We know how she feels about the number 9.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

I don't think you'll kick yourselves, but I do think it will click in place at some point. Maybe not for a while, though!

I'm stumped. I can't even make a wrong guess right now

 

[El Floppo]

My Spotify discover weekly threw this time out there for me today... From last year. Mightve made my 31.

Lie In the Gutter

Peel Dream Magazine · Rose Main Reading Room · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Im wondering if anything will click into place at all.
We will probably kick ourselves in hindsight

I don't think you'll kick yourselves, but I do think it will click in place at some point. Maybe not for a while, though!

I'm stumped. I can't even make a wrong guess right now

same

 

[Don Quixote]

Thought I had a bead on it with MAD songs rejected by the dictator, but I guess not…. I’ll guess “31 British Isles Songs That Did Not Appear in the MAD British Isles Countdown” (maybe just a more specific guess related to the UK singles guess earlier).

 

[titusbramble]

Thought I had a bead on it with MAD songs rejected by the dictator, but I guess not…. I’ll guess “31 British Isles Songs That Did Not Appear in the MAD British Isles Countdown” (maybe just a more specific guess related to the UK singles guess earlier).

I seem to recall originally going to pick something from Jamiroquai on that, only to learn that the bassist is Nigerian or something like that and so they were ineligible