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One of the coolest dance tunes of the 80s is back on the radio! "What I Like About You" was originally recorded by The Romantics, and has been recently covered by Five Seconds Of Summer. Here are both videos along with some trivia about the song!

The Romantics are a Rock / New Wave band from Detroit. They called themselves The Romantics because they started the band on Valentine's Day. Although this song became a staple of dance clubs in the 80's, it was recorded as a single in 1979. The lead singer of this song is the band's drummer, which is quite rare. Although the song is strongly guitar driven with massive power chords, the middle break features a harmonica, much like early Beatles songs like Love Me Do. Although some think the lyrics are "Keep on whispering in my ear" the actual lyrics are "Phone whispering in my ear". Before that, the words are, "Tell me I'm the only one, wanna come over tonight." She is not with him at the time, she is telling him this on the phone, apparently in a whisper. Further evidence appears in a very similar sounding song from the same album - The Romantics self titled first album. This other song is titled, "When I Look In Your Eyes" (video here) in which we find the lyrics, "When I get you alone, its so much different from the telephone" at the 1:34 mark.

Here is the official video for What I Like About You, on TheRomanticsVEVO channel. Get up and dance!

What I Like About You was huge at Rock Dance Clubs but never a big radio hit when it came out in the US. However, it went to #2 on the charts in Australia. Now, the Australian band Five Seconds Of Summer has covered the song What I Like About You, and it is a fairly big hit on the radio. The band, also known as 5SOS, is in competition with One Direction for young fans, especially girls, but they rock a bit harder than One Direction. 5SOS sing the lyric "Keep on whispering in my ear" which is incorrect as stated above. But it is not uncommon to change some lyrics when covering a song.

Check out the new pop rock version of The Romantics classic dance rock hit. Listen for the different lyric and the middle guitar break. Dance dance dance!

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Labels: 5 Seconds Of Summer, 5SOS, 80s, dance, Five Seconds Of Summer, JellyBeanNose, New Wave, pop, Rock, The Romantics, What I Like About You

posted by KennyCrane at 1/22/2015 12:12:00 AM 0 Comments

Back in the 80s, when MTV actually still Was Music TeleVision, the concept of music videos was fairly new. No one knew exactly what to do or what could be done with a music video. Before MTV and the Music Video revolution of the very early 80s, videos were made for a very few songs as promotional material, designed to boost record sales. But on 8/1/81 when MTV went on the air, or over cable actually, it seemed that every sing needed to have an accompanying video to make it a legit song. That meant that many videos were made on low budgets. Bigger budget videos tried to outdo each other for attention. By late 1983, Michael Jackson released a 13-minute music video for "Thriller," directed by famous Hollywood film director John Landis.

Taylor Swift goes back through the years and alludes to styles and cliches used in previous songs and videos. This is what happens in the entertainment world. People "borrow" lyrical ideas and video looks that others have used in the past. If done right, with enough modification and injection of personal style, people accept the allusion to past works and it helps them identify with the current offering. However, if people feel that the artist is blatantly ripping off previous works, they will complain of plagiarism. Both opinions are represented in reviews of Taylor Swift's new song, "Shake It Off".

It is likely that Taylor Swift will Shake Off most criticism of her latest song, "Shake It Off" because the song is actually about ignoring haters. Have a look and decide for yourself. Is this popular new Taylor Swift video, with 3 million views on day one and now 15 million views on day two, a tribute or a rip off or something entirely different?

Yesterday saw the release of the new Nicki Minaj video, Anaconda. This video is also controversial, also features elements from the past, and includes lots of dancing. In this case, the connection to the past is deliberate. The song includes samples from the 1986 hit dance song, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. That song told of Mister Mix's appreciation of women who had a figure that was little in the middle but having much back. His Anaconda didn't want none unless she had buns. He obviously liked big butts and he could not lie about it.

So Nicki Minaj made a video celebrating the effect of her twerking butt on someone's Anaconda. In addition to twerking scenes, the video features banana eating and whipped cream shooting on Nicki's chest. Some say this video promotes porn and strip clubs. Take a look and decide for yourself. If you are a parent with young children, you might be interested to see this very popular video by Nicki Minaj that got 10 million views on day one, and decide if your children should see this or not.

Where do you buy your music? Why not get it at Amazon.com! They sell everything there! Shop at Amazon.com for music, electronics, clothes, even food! Here are some items available at Amazon related to Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj. Have a look, and check out other things for sale at Amazon as well. Happy Shopping!

Labels: 80s, anaconda, baby got back, controversial, controversy, MTV, Nicki Minaj, nickiminajvevo, sex, sexy, Shake it off, Sir Mix-aLot, Taylor swift, taylorswiftvevo

posted by KennyCrane at 8/20/2014 09:34:00 PM 0 Comments

The LonelyGirl15 crew have wrapped up what they are calling "Season One" of their popular video series. LG15 remains the second most subscribed channel on YouTube and is also popular on MySpaceTV, where they showed 12 finale videos a day before they were available on YT. Below, we show the Season One recap video and a News video that covers the Season ending story. We'll also watch a new and talented singer and a fun dance clip from one of the 80's most popular movies.

But first, let's have a look at this week's YouTube Top 100 Chart. There was no change at all in the Top 10 spots. There were three position swaps in the Top 20 - JamesNintendoNerd and Brookers, kevjumba and GayGod, and universalmusic group and linkinparktv. The biggest move this week was by sxephil who moved up 19 to the number 49 position. Spricket24 is back on the chart at #95 and citizenchong (Tommy Chong) is back at number #100. This week's Featured Video is from FairyPixie. I find her videos to be funny and interesting. Check her out!



lonelygirl15 Season 1 Recap

Are you new to YouTube? If you are, you may not yet have come across the most popular video series in the history of YouTube. Watch this Season 1 recap to get an idea of what all the veteran YouTubers, and news media, have been intrigued with for the past year. (See more LonelyGirl15 videos and commentary here.) Even if you've seen many of the LG15 vids, you'll want to watch this to be reminded of highlights from previous episodes.


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


The Word Episode Three

There's a new News Channel in town! TheeNews broadcast Episode One two weeks ago, with a lead story about LisaNova. The newscaster calls himself The Stranger and appears on screen in a hat with a bandana covering his face. But here in Ep 3, we see Walter Cronkite and listen to Mister Stranger's voiceover as he talks about LG15, nalts and the GOP Republican presidential candidates CNN/YouTube debates.


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


Any Man Of Mine - Kitty Brucknell sings Shania Twain

Here's a great cover of a Shania Twain hit, sung by talented and attractive YouTuber kittybrucknell. Kitana lives in London and adores country music. She just joined YT on June 18th and already has over 100 subscribers and 12 videos to check out. Don't miss her a capella version of Amazing Grace. You'll also get to hear her speaking voice as she introduces the song. Best wishes to Kitty, the newest YouTubeStar!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.



Breakfast Club Dance

This is a short fun clip from the popular 80s movie, The Breakfast Club. The kids all dance to a rockin' tune, each in their own style. Check out the dance moves! I know I've done all of them at one time or another, how about you? If you remember the 80s fondly, read this article about the sometimes cheesy music and fashions of the 80s. Enjoy!


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Labels: 80s, Breakfast, Club, kittybrucknell, Lonelygirl15, search, theenews

posted by KennyCrane at 8/06/2007 02:42:00 AM 0 Comments