This song was prominently featured in an early episode of How I Met Your Mother, so that's what I think of whenever I hear this song:
Also, Drunk Ted is a lot like Drunk HipHopp
Hit #1 May 11,1991
Stayed on charts for 19 weeks
Don’t hear it too much anymore
-Posting from a break at Jack Johnson concert in Austin
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 19, 1989.
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 19, 1989.
Probably a tie with "Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now"
Don't forget Canadian sensation Robin Sparkles.
Don't forget Canadian sensation Robin Sparkles.
Yes! Or he could just bugged her on Facebook. (Unless she un-friended him, of course).
In the telephone-tech obsolenscence realm, Sylvia's Mother reminds me of "Operator" by Jim Croce. Geez, Jim, just ask Siri how to get her number!![]()
Another idea I had the other day is best original soundtracks or individual original songs from a movie.Maybe the topic for the next off the record. Songs that have not aged well. Ironically I was listening to Operator in the car the other day and was thinking about how my kids barely know what a phone booth is (Tartis) , and have no idea what an operator is or does.
Here's one that I remember from the early '80s...I liked it because it had a brass section during a time when that didn't happen much.
Here's one that I remember from the early '80s...I liked it because it had a brass section during a time when that didn't happen much.
Since we wandered into fiction/satire territory with Robin Sparkles, here's another example.
I can’t locate this song’s chart position (don’t look for it, it’s not there anymore). Regardless, a solid tune that got lost in the mix(er) .... from a band currently residing in the “Where Are They Now?” file.
Looking at Joe Jackson songs and got major flashbacks on this one! Talk about a cool tune that you don't hear much anymore. A much more pop-centric tune than the tune just referenced. I remember if from one of the Grand Theft Auto (Vice City I think) soundtracks from when you would steal a car and have this on the car radio! I'd steal cars just to hear the awesome songs.
Seems like Joe Jackson is just a forgotten artist all together. Here's a third hit from him in an almost completely different style that I forgot about and didn't know it was from the same guy as Steppin Out. More of a rock tune than that pop synth classic.
Holy crap Joe Jackson was a great song writer. How hard would it be to write three huge and awesome hits in basically three different genres?
Since we wandered into fiction/satire territory with Robin Sparkles, here's another example.
I can’t locate this song’s chart position (don’t look for it, it’s not there anymore). Regardless, a solid tune that got lost in the mix(er) .... from a band currently residing in the “Where Are They Now?” file.
Hell, this song is a great Cars-esque rock tune as well. I totally forgot about it as well.
I think I'm a big Joe Jackson fan now!