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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on June 02, 2005, 11:16:00 pm
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Though they're more than one hit wonders, but apparently it's like an American Idol type competition and the bands are voted on, each singing their big hit from days of yore and a cover song. It was on tonight....haven't seen it yet, but the lineup of bands is a stunner...
"Veteran hitmakers perform and compete! Based on the popular UK show of the same name, "Hit Me Baby One More Time" tracks down hitmakers from the past and they take the stage in a new competition in which you're the judge! Former Top Ten artists return to perform their trademark hit song along with one of today's current hits. At the end of the night, the live audience votes for their favorites!
Coming Soon...
Tiffany , CeCe Peniston , A Flock of Seagulls , Arrested Development, Loverboy, Wang Chung, The Knack, Irene Cara, Sophie B. Hawkins, Cameo, Tommy Tutone, Vanilla Ice, The Motels and more! "
As an aside, "History of the World, Part 1" is on Fox Movie Network. Mel Brooks is singing "The Inquisition" to me, what a show!!!! Sublime....(The next big Broadway show?)
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Originally posted by Bags:
"Veteran hitmakers perform and compete! Based on the popular UK show of the same name, "Hit Me Baby One More Time"
more proof that europe dominates the whole reality show thing ...
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Looks like one Idol's already cashin in.He mad a point of giving his band site out on Jon Stewart last night.Horrible,just horrible.He's gonna make a killin though! One cool thing is he seemed to bite the hand that feeds.He was subtly dissin A.I. the whole segment.Jon usually has good guests.Don't know what that was all about.Good for a few chuckles though as always. http://www.sugarmoney.net/ (http://www.sugarmoney.net/)
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the show was mildly entertaining. flock of seagulls was just the lead singer and no one else from the original line up. nothing like bands reunited. tonight featured loverboy, cece peniston, flock of seagulls, arrested development, and tiffany.
brief synopsis...
loverboy was awful. lead singer mike reno looks like he should be training for sumo wrestling. and wearing all black didn't help him at all. his voice seemed strangely higher pitched than 20 years ago.
cece peniston i didn't feel was that bad. i think she can sing as well now if not better than current r&b artists catching fame right now. interesting fact, never knew she performed for clinton's innauguration.
flock of seagulls, or lead singer of, i thought weren't that great at all. especially when they did the cover of some shit ryan cabrera song. it's about time to hang it up.
arrested development were quite good i thought. they really haven't lost anything in the way of performance or talent. they've just lost some of the people from the posse that was in the "tennesee" video. dionne ferris wasn't with them, and it seems like they had three original members, plus an old guy i seem to remember from the video. but he never did anything but dance or really rock back and forth in a rocking chair. he's about as useless as the dancing fool in mighty bosstones. and they had some new chick who was rather attractive. best performance of the night.
tiffany wasn't bad, but really could sustain a long note. she should hang it up too. however, she has a dance music cd about to come out. woo hoo! she seemed to be pregnant, or just had a child or something. either way, she weighs more now, that the playboy spread of a while back. chest still huge though. at one point she bent over, and i seriously thought we were about to have a janet jackson/fcc moment.
the audience voted for arrested development. so they won $20k donated to their chosen charity, unicef.
next week apparenly is tommy tutone, vanilla ice, and some others i forgot.
interesting about ice, he was on the today show this morning hawking the show. he was asked if he was going to do anything different to his song. he answered no, that the song was timeless so why mess with it. which is interesting given his rants and raves when he was on vh1's remaking not too long ago. then he wanted nothing to do with his past, and was a dick about most everything else.
just my $.02...i'm sure others will comment.
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Originally posted by hitman:
chest still huge though. at one point she bent over, and i seriously thought we were about to have a janet jackson/fcc moment.
next week apparenly is tommy tutone, vanilla ice, and some others i forgot.
The breasts were definitely ready to flop.that being said,not surprising that AD won,as they haven't been gone as long as most of the others.Motels next week should be interesting.I love how jacked Vanilla Ice gets when he doesn't get what he thinks are his deserved props.His facial expression when he loses should be good.
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well it certainly wasn't as interesting as "bands reunited".... the host was obviously picked for his ability to deliver drivel with excitement.
the covers were a total embarassment which were skipped by thanks to the tivolite... although i did call tiffany doing a kelly clarkson song. both loverboy and the flock of buddies just need to give it up. the lead singer of flock of hair challendged is such a twat, he was the least interesting member of the band in "bands reunited". Did you notice the loverboy and flock of windbags were the only "artists" carrying on about their material goods? and the county fair crowd must dig it when loverboy rolls into town...
and yes Arrested Development were the clear winners talent wise...
Next week it's three bands with actual talent The Knack who are still releasing great new material, The Motels and Tommy "will i ever shake jenny" TuTone
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what's the time and channel?
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NBC on Thursdays at 9pm.
kosmo...
Of course it wasn't as interesting as Bands Reunited. And I don't know why they picked this host for "Hit Me..." I thought he was horrible. Half of the time his Queen's english and accent were so thick, you could barely understand him. And he had the charisma of roadkill.
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Originally posted by hitman:
And I don't know why they picked this host for "Hit Me..." I thought he was horrible. Half of the time his Queen's english and accent were so thick, you could barely understand him. And he had the charisma of roadkill.
Markie is hosting a TV show...???
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by hitman:
Half of the time his Queen's english and accent were so thick, you could barely understand him. And he had the charisma of roadkill.
Markie is hosting a TV show...??? [/b]
HAAAAA ha ha ha....
I agree with all above. I watched a bit last night and the rest this morning. Awful. The host makes you want to kill him. Ugh. And once I saw that Flock only had the lead guy, I knew it was not going to be good. But, in the end, the other band members should be thankful.
The cover song choices were atrocious -- Loverboy doing Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," Flock did some Ryan Carrabas (?) song, CeCe did Faith Hill, Tiffany did Kelly Clarkson "Breakaway" and Arrested Development did Los Lonely Boys' "Heaven."
Arrested Development was the best by far, thank god they won....
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the host was imported from the uk version of the show... my first thought wasn't they couldn't find an american willing to do it
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Cover Song predictions
The Knack - "Veritgo"
Haddawy - "Yeah!"
Vanilla Ice - "Hey Ya" done numetal stylee
The Motels - "White Flag"
Tommy Tutone - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Cover Song predictions
Vanilla Ice - "Hey Ya" done numetal stylee
Ice already said on the Today show yesterday morning that he was going to do "Survivor" by Destiny's Child. He even alluded to that being some sort of anthem for him. :o
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Did anyone catch Beckham on the today show? What a wuss.
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Originally posted by hitman:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Cover Song predictions
Vanilla Ice - "Hey Ya" done numetal stylee
Ice already said on the Today show yesterday morning that he was going to do "Survivor" by Destiny's Child. He even alluded to that being some sort of anthem for him. :o [/b]
He's gonna due Survivor! It'll suck big time!
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due [/b]
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tune in tonight!!!
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well this weeks show was way better until the total suckfest of an ending... I actually watch most of it without skipping
Performance much better The Knack and Haddaway good like Haddaway's out of the box cover. Tommy Tutone and The Motels hit good and cover so-so...
and if you want to see a trainwreck of a message board go to shows site on nbc.com where mike reno's chubbiness is explained a result of his metabolism slowing down... funny The Knack's metabolism must be still running...
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I couldn't believe Vanilla Ice won. Jesus Christ! I would have thought for sure that the Motels were going to get it. But I said to my wife at the beginning of the show, that I had a sneaking suspicion that Ice was going to win.
I couldn't see how his cover, was really a cover at all. It surely didn't sound like the same lyrics to me. They only thing that seemed to sound the same was "I'm a survivor" and that's it. Everything else was different.
What I absolutely love is how he is such a fucking sell-out. He does the Surreal Life and Remaking on VH1, and all he says is that the his image was contrived and was never really what he was. That he was always hardcore, and that's why he was attempting the foray into that genre, etc. Especially on Remaking when all he kept talking about was being himself, and that when he was famous he never was himself, and all of this other bullshit. Then what does he do tonight...whips out the same damn dance moves and everything else. According to everything he's pontificated about, he shouldn't have even been on this show, because the only version of that song he performs now is the "hardcore" version.
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My score card had The Knack in front, quality performance all around! Those bums need to do some touring. They have been slowly putting out quality new material over the pass few years. They have a knack for picking good covers and I actually thought their version "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" was better than Jet's. Hmm wonder is Jet actually wrote that song... In my heart I wanted them to do a Franz Ferdinand song but the gut had to go with a hit.
Haddaway was a close second liked his choice of Toxicity, although the backing sounded very much like the orginial. Thought he might win based on the cover.
Martha Davis's voice sounds great but the cover didn't do it for me at all. Plus it looked like the Motelets behind her with all the youngish looking band members. Are there any orginial members working with her at this point?
Tommy Tutone again great job on the hit, but a little shaky on the cover. Sounded like he was trying to turn the Blink 182 into a real sibg. But considering the source material kinda tough. He should have done Green Day or even tackled "Float On", a song which is bound to turn up as a cover at some point.
Vanilla Ice is a no talent ass clown who keeps busting out tired moves kinda like Jacko and his moonwalk. The reason he won is because all the females near the stage looked as though they wanted do him on the spot. That whole "bad" boy image.
So crass beats class and I'm off to post a all caps post on the shows bbs about how the Knack were robbed. And no more predictions for me seeing as I don't have any idea what constitutes a hit these days..
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ugh major suckage prediction for next week... the cover will blow as evidenced by the fact the best song picked is Dido's "White Flag" and Howard Jones will be performing it.
Wang Chung, Irene Cara, Sophie B. Hawkins, Cameo, and Howard Jones.
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i agree the knack should have got it.
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Cameo should be interesting. Wonder if the guy will come out with his red metal cock shield? Wonder if "Word Up" will really sound like shit.
I think Irene Cara should sing "Fame" instead of "Flashdance."
Always liked Howard Jones, never was really into Wang Chung.
Sophie B. Hawkins will put the audience to sleep. Interesting story about Sophie. I had a student during my first year of teaching about 7 years ago, that was wheelchair bound, and not expected to live out of middle school if that. He received a Make-A-Wish to meet Arnold Schwarznegger. So he met Arnold at one of the Disney parks, and so happened to bump into Sophie on the beach. Last I heard of this student a few years ago, Sophie was still keeping in touch with him via penpal letters. That's something to be appreciated.
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DAMN, I wish Sophie B. Hawkins would stand up straight. She's in a constant pose with her ass out....
Also, "Damn I wish I was your lover" is INCORRECT GRAMMAR. The title of the friggin' song. It should be "Damn, I wish I were your lover" -- you use the subjunctive within hypothetical phrases (If I were, I wish I were...)
Geesh.
And Wang Chung sounded like a cover band doing their own song.
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Worst episode yet IMHO
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sophie looks like shes taking a dump, did you notice the different camera shot when she struggled to get her shirt off over her hand, also nice pit stains.
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I thought either Cameo or Wang Chung (good cover) should have won. Fucking Irene Cara? Give me a break. She had other chicks singing the high noted on her cover.
What episode are the La's going to be on?
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
What episode are the La's going to be on?
the episode where they'll lose to corpse of Old Dirty Bastard...
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Damn...missed the most recent episode for staying late at work. I will watch this Sunday on Bravo for the repeat.
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Yes...Cameo did break out the cock shield. Didn't think much of this episode. I thought Irene Cara was actually pretty good, as far as her singing chops go. But really thought Cameo should have won. Sophie B. Hawkins was horrible; half of the time you couldn't hear her at all. The limey didn't mention who would be on this week. Anyone know?
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Originally posted by hitman:
the show was mildly entertaining. flock of seagulls was just the lead singer and no one else from the original line up. nothing like bands reunited. tonight featured loverboy, cece peniston, flock of seagulls, arrested development, and tiffany.
brief synopsis...
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flock of seagulls, or lead singer of, i thought weren't that great at all. it's about time to hang it up.
Yeah,it should of been the Lips doing Flock covers http://www.125hz.com/05%20-%20Space%20Age%20Love%20Song.mp3 (http://www.125hz.com/05%20-%20Space%20Age%20Love%20Song.mp3) Those fearless freaks... http://www.125hz.com/ (http://www.125hz.com/)