Reformed naughty girl here (lol, just kidding, we never reform). Samantha Fox sucks and her song is awful. It might be more 80's, but I can't bring myself to vote for it. I love Never Gonna Give You Up! It might not be the best song, but it's just SO. DAMN. FUN. And sweet, actually.
Keith, if you're gonna throw Samantha Fox into this (like Joe, I have to seriusly question your taste here!), the least you can do is share with us the video for your "Never give you up" cover!
That is fair. Let me see what I can do...it's sitting on an old hard drive somewhere! The music file was on my Google Drive, but the video file was deleted from there to make space several years back.
BAHAHAHAHA, I'm so glad the late aughts version of Never Gonna Give You Up was revived for this! I was picturing Marcia and Stef twirling in the background. Truly a gift that keeps on giving. (And I think that was my first NTP, not to mention I got to Photoshop my brother in a dumpster on a Green bender...ah, special times!)
It's very hard to know whether Rick Rolling (where/why did that start?) sort of retcons the original 80s-ness of NGGYU. I'd never heard of Samantha Fox before, but there's no doubt this is wildly 80s and like...kinda catchy? I'm not going to sit here and listen to it on repeat, but it does give me some pause about my decision. I think I gotta go Astley here, but I could see this going to Sa-sa-sa-sa-Samantha Fox.
I don't remember either of these songs from the 80s, but certainly Rick-Rolled Keith multiple times decades later. :-) Astley for the win here, but I don't see it going far.
You sure did Rick Roll me! In fact, I should have mentioned this--you may have been the first person to do so, Chris! 😂 Always so cutting edge! --Keith
I think Rick's fatal flaw in the context of our show is that his synth sounds mostly like strings and horns, instead of just sounding like "Axel F" keyboard synth? --K
God I hate both of these singers. If you've heard one awful Rick Astley song you've heard them all. They are all literally the same tune. And all are awful.
Samantha Fox, I really only remember the song I Wanna Have Some Fun, not all of those other equally shitty ones. The main thing I remember about her is the topless photo of her. I'm not really sure who got a copy in high school or how I saw it, in those pre-internet days someone had to either get it from the UK or maybe an older brother got it at an adult bookstore. So I mostly remember her boobs. (which I now know to be her 16-year-old boobs. Icky)
I wish both of these songs could lose. Both are vile. But Astley did have a pretty big cultural impact, considering how this song JUST. WON'T. DIE.
I mentioned it in the bracket preview, but my favorite memory of Never Gonna Give You Up is when the DJ for some unfathomable reason decided to play it at the (very new wave-based) teen club and we all sat down on the floor until he stopped it.
But even with having to sit through an episode with these drecks of songs, having this podcast a few times a week brings me joy in these dark, dark, dark, dark times.
I'm looking forward to the Foreigners region, which should be full of my kind of songs from this era. Unless you both fucked it up. Which is certainly possible.
The intros to two of Rick's hits were comically identical!
I absolutely love the sitting down on the dance floor story! So great!
Joe and I are happy that we can do a little something ridiculous to distract people from this current political climate. And we are glad to have your experiences and insights along for the ride! 🤗
Now, did we fuck up the Foreigners (STILL Without Foreigner) Region? Perhaps. You will find out Monday, but I can say with confidence that it's my favorite region so far, including Side A! Now, I am biased, because this next region ended up being where many of my songs that I had highly ranked ended up going, so of course, I think it's AWESOME! 🤩 If your tastes align more with mine, you may think it's at least OK.
It's an overwhelmingly "Keith" region, which, when you consider that I brought The Jets and Samantha Fox to your door, may not be that good of a thing! 😂
I am excited to see how you guys feel about it! (And I will survive if you hate it, I think) 😁 --K
Reformed naughty girl here (lol, just kidding, we never reform). Samantha Fox sucks and her song is awful. It might be more 80's, but I can't bring myself to vote for it. I love Never Gonna Give You Up! It might not be the best song, but it's just SO. DAMN. FUN. And sweet, actually.
Keith! Where is your video? Can you post it?
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. FUCK TRUMP.
I need to find the video, and then secure permission from all those in it to make it public. So maybe next week? :D --K
Keith, if you're gonna throw Samantha Fox into this (like Joe, I have to seriusly question your taste here!), the least you can do is share with us the video for your "Never give you up" cover!
That's a great point.
That is fair. Let me see what I can do...it's sitting on an old hard drive somewhere! The music file was on my Google Drive, but the video file was deleted from there to make space several years back.
So wait, who did you vote for? 😂
--Keith
¡El que busca, encuentra! I guess I voted or the red head person!
BAHAHAHAHA, I'm so glad the late aughts version of Never Gonna Give You Up was revived for this! I was picturing Marcia and Stef twirling in the background. Truly a gift that keeps on giving. (And I think that was my first NTP, not to mention I got to Photoshop my brother in a dumpster on a Green bender...ah, special times!)
It's very hard to know whether Rick Rolling (where/why did that start?) sort of retcons the original 80s-ness of NGGYU. I'd never heard of Samantha Fox before, but there's no doubt this is wildly 80s and like...kinda catchy? I'm not going to sit here and listen to it on repeat, but it does give me some pause about my decision. I think I gotta go Astley here, but I could see this going to Sa-sa-sa-sa-Samantha Fox.
It started in '07, I think, just before we executed this video for Paul's 30th birthday in April '08. WHY it started, I don't know.
Samantha Fox's sound (brought to you by Full Force™️ ) is so completely 80s, I had to go with it!
I don't remember either of these songs from the 80s, but certainly Rick-Rolled Keith multiple times decades later. :-) Astley for the win here, but I don't see it going far.
You sure did Rick Roll me! In fact, I should have mentioned this--you may have been the first person to do so, Chris! 😂 Always so cutting edge! --Keith
Maybe it would be more convincingly 80s with more cowbell. Or synth.
I think Rick's fatal flaw in the context of our show is that his synth sounds mostly like strings and horns, instead of just sounding like "Axel F" keyboard synth? --K
God I hate both of these singers. If you've heard one awful Rick Astley song you've heard them all. They are all literally the same tune. And all are awful.
Samantha Fox, I really only remember the song I Wanna Have Some Fun, not all of those other equally shitty ones. The main thing I remember about her is the topless photo of her. I'm not really sure who got a copy in high school or how I saw it, in those pre-internet days someone had to either get it from the UK or maybe an older brother got it at an adult bookstore. So I mostly remember her boobs. (which I now know to be her 16-year-old boobs. Icky)
I wish both of these songs could lose. Both are vile. But Astley did have a pretty big cultural impact, considering how this song JUST. WON'T. DIE.
I mentioned it in the bracket preview, but my favorite memory of Never Gonna Give You Up is when the DJ for some unfathomable reason decided to play it at the (very new wave-based) teen club and we all sat down on the floor until he stopped it.
But even with having to sit through an episode with these drecks of songs, having this podcast a few times a week brings me joy in these dark, dark, dark, dark times.
I'm looking forward to the Foreigners region, which should be full of my kind of songs from this era. Unless you both fucked it up. Which is certainly possible.
The intros to two of Rick's hits were comically identical!
I absolutely love the sitting down on the dance floor story! So great!
Joe and I are happy that we can do a little something ridiculous to distract people from this current political climate. And we are glad to have your experiences and insights along for the ride! 🤗
Now, did we fuck up the Foreigners (STILL Without Foreigner) Region? Perhaps. You will find out Monday, but I can say with confidence that it's my favorite region so far, including Side A! Now, I am biased, because this next region ended up being where many of my songs that I had highly ranked ended up going, so of course, I think it's AWESOME! 🤩 If your tastes align more with mine, you may think it's at least OK.
--Keith
I think it’s the best region, by far.
Let's hope they didn´t fuck it up! I also agree it will be the strongest region of this side B.
It's an overwhelmingly "Keith" region, which, when you consider that I brought The Jets and Samantha Fox to your door, may not be that good of a thing! 😂
I am excited to see how you guys feel about it! (And I will survive if you hate it, I think) 😁 --K
We might hate some artists, but we love you, my friend! You should consider adding a couple of songs by popular vote in the legends!
awwww 🥰 🤗
Currently evaluating software to do exactly that!!