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Have you ever done this?
Some people believe our lives are profoundly influenced by whatever pop song was #1 on the day we were born.
My number #1's are:
'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US
'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK
'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia
See which songs you get
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
US - I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
AUS - A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski (You know you want to click it cause you know you have no fucking clue and neither did I till tonight - *shudder*)
UK - Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Sounds like a tortured gothic musical. Perfect!
US: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
UK: Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
AUS: Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
US: Father Figure - George Michael?
UK: I should be so Lucky - Kylie Minogue
AU: (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
US: Night Fever - Bee Gees
UK: Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
AU: Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
yey for being born in the disco era >.>
sweet 16:
US: Bump N Grind - R Kelly
UK: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Prince
AU: It's Alright - East 17 (who???)
ok, i honestly thought the 90's would be better. i was wrong....
u.s. All night long- Lionel Richie
u.k Uptown girl- Billy Joel
Aus. Karma Chameleon- Culture club
U.S. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Aus. Fernando - Abba
U.K. Fernando - Abba
I freakin' love ABBA.
US - Stuck with You - Huey Lewis and the News (fuck yes!)
UK - Don't Leave me This Way - Communards
Aus - Venus - Bananarama
US- Get Back-The Beatles( Nice!)
UK- Dizzy- Tommy Roe
Aus- The Real Thing- Russell Morris( Ummm....Who?)
US-When Doves Cry (Prince)
UK-Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Aus-It's Just Not Cricket (The Twelfth Man)
What the fuck is "It's Just Not Cricket"? Perhaps YOUTUBE will clear this up ...
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Originally Posted by Nos
Okay some strange sports thing is all that came up :rolleyes:
Yeah...That would be the game of Cricket. Kind of like English Baseball in a way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos
the last waltz...englebert humperdink
to sir with love......lulu
massetuchets..beegees
and on my eighteenth birthday.........part time lover.stevie wonder
good god...........does anyone even remember the first three?
US: "Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night
UK: "Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansil Collins
AUS: "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin
That expression means "It's just not ok/fair". Being wronged, basically. Here, it's being used as a dumb pun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos
The odd sports thing is the "song":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth_Man
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Originally Posted by DJ Bat
listening to that made me wonder if that's a receding hairline mohawk on your avatar:D
I remember the Lulu one and the Bee gees one anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr Karl
c'mon - this is a classic!Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ Bat
another classicQuote:
Originally Posted by Ajax Knucklebones
sure is - it's a spoof which relies on you knowing about well known (in Australia) sports commentators and identities. Probably doesn't translate well anywhere else and leaves me fairly cold even though I do get it. Maybe Mike Patton gets it? In any case when the Fantomas played here a couple of weeks ago they all wore cricket gear and got the audience to throw stuff at them which they attempted to hit back with cricket bats.Quote:
Originally Posted by inox
My songs:
UK: I'm A Believer - The Monkees
US: I'm A Believer - The Monkees
AU: Snopy vs The Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen (that clearly should be "Snoopy" not "Snopy")
Life is becoming a constant reminder of my age :mad: - I do note that at least there are a very few on this thread who are beating me in that statistic though :D
My Birthday -
US : David Bowie - Lets Dance
UK : Spandex Ballet (???) - True
AUS: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
wtf is a Spandex Ballet?
The day I married my ex the No.1 song in the US was "gold digger" by Kanye West.
~K
... I looked them up. apparently a Spandau Ballet was quite the 80's band in the UK.
i just had to know. Wiki Link
~K
MTV played their videos alot in the early 80's. I always thought they sucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by keiko
US: A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
UK: Frankie - Sister Sledge
AUS: Angel / Into The Groove - Madonna
I think I have all of those on MP3 in my 7+ hrs of 80's collection haha
I lived it. If it's popular "good" 80's music, I have no idea how you actually compiled 7 hrs. of it. I would say 2 hrs. of popular "good" music is stretching it.Quote:
Originally Posted by athenahollow
Although my wife always did dig Duran Duran.
Eep...turns out that you and I have the same results. Those are some odds.Quote:
Originally Posted by mystoo
LOL. I never said it was "good"... I just said 80's. I may have been young, but my parents were teens in the 80s, so I grew up with it myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajax Knucklebones
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Originally Posted by keiko
severe new wave............a strange time when people were selling thier metal albums for a buck or two because they liked new wave better.........good times:rolleyes:
Why the hell did I always think Spandau Ballet was a Canadian band?
Must have been the suck factor.
Surprised that Spandau Ballet seem to be a bit unknown by some folk... they are one of the more famous of the breed. I guess I grew up with them myself. Because I know everyone cares... the "highlights" of their songs ;) for me are:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Karl
1980 - To Cut a Long Story Short - this quite a good syntho new-ro one imo
1983 - Communication - pretty good
- Gold - used to lampoon this one in later years by casting gold and silver sprinklies into the audience with a poetically flourishing guitar strum like on their film clip
- True - A few memories of this as it was typically used as the slow last song at the suburban nightclubs I was sneaking into when I was 15 or so
1984 - Only when you leave - a bit too adult and mature but a nice jazzy type song although I don't really get into jazz particularly. it's probably not jazzy at all but I wouldn't know
I adore "To Sir With Love". Great song and movie!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Karl
Lucky! When Doves cry is one of my favorite songs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos
Billie Jean: Another one of my favorites.Quote:
Originally Posted by keiko
uk-A Little Time - The Beautiful South
us-Black Cat - Janet Jackson
aus-Blaze Of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi
and the day I turned 18:
us-Womanizer – Britney Spears
Pink - So What
Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
Of course the only ones I might have heard are Womanizer (only on the radio, if that), and maybe So What, though I'd have to hear it to be sure. I was born in the wrong era.
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Originally Posted by mystoo
well Canada did have.......platinum blonde and Toronto................and glass tiger
Ok, Platinum Blonde fucking rocked! And uh, how could you forget Loverboy?
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Originally Posted by mystoo
gettin old and I needed the space for other things:rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by mystoo
Perhaps after being turned loose?
They had Frozen Ghost, don't forget. And Kick Axe. And Helix. HONEYMOON SUITE....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Karl
And SKINNY PUPPY.
US: Gypsy’s Tramps & Thieves - Cher
UK: Cos I Luv You - Slade
AUS: The Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton-John
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Originally Posted by Bikerpunk