Kevin & Perry were two teenagers depicted by Harry Enfield and Cathy Burke respectively. The whole thing began on the midnight of Kevin’s 13th birthday where he transformed, werewolf-like, into a sullen, lazy and badly-dressed teenager who frequently reminded his parents that he hated them. Middle England went wild for this sketch and all its […]
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Posted in 1990s, Music on May 29th, 2008
The best Fresh Prince - stylee big hair do’s and MCHammer style dancing ever. How does their hair stand up so tall? Will we ever dance like that again? The universe holds many mysteries, but The Power is certainly a brilliant track and quintessential 90’s hit. German duo Snap! had their first big hit with […]
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A 1992 hit with all the prerequisite uniform: perm, big earrings and a lot of PVC. I love the setting for this video - how exactly do you book a missile launch platform? The German duo Snap! were responsible for this club hit and UK number 1 as well as The Power which was another […]
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Posted in 1980s, Music on May 14th, 2008
Absolutely awesome song. “Money for nothing and chicks for free” - what a slogan. I love calling people “yo-yos”. Sting’s vocals on the track are really memorable and stamp the era all over the thing.
I remember my Dad getting the album Brothers In Arms and listening to it in the car all the time. Sing […]
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I can push a Push Pop, can you push a Push Pop?
I remember these Push Pops being advertised at us very cynically during children’s TV shows so much that my mates and I all rushed out to the shops to buy them.
We soon learned that Push Pops tasted pretty horrible and also, probably owing to […]
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Posted in 1990s, Music on May 9th, 2008
Didn’t this song drive you up the wall? The upside that everyone could sing it “ab a dee ab a dii” etc… The guy’s accent was Italian and his europop trio took 1999 by storm. Here are the lyrics so you can sing along to this bizarre little number:
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Posted in 1990s, Music on May 8th, 2008
Straight from the Heart is a blast from the past - unfortunately youtube have disabled the embedding of the original mix which I recognized so readily, but here’s an extremely funky remix with an even better bassline - perfect boyracer material if you ask me. 1xtra played it this afternoon and it reminded me of […]
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Posted in 1990s, Movies on May 7th, 2008
Several hundred thousand boys have spent several hundred thousand hours rewinding this scene to check whether you actually see anything. Stupid, really, considering they could just go out and get a girlfriend, but this scandalous moment made Basic Instinct and Sharon Stone’s career (and confirmed my suspicion that Michael Douglas is creepy).
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