Disclaimer: Yes, random, meaningless sex is not what God intended. So please know that I understand this while describing the movies below. To enjoy many movies that are released today, you have to essentially realize that people in movies aren't going to do what God intended, be it through physical hook-ups, language, violence or any number of things. Now, whether we as Christians should be watching movies with such things is an entire discussion that is for another day. So if you feel that you cannot watch nor enjoy any movie with such things in them, I'd suggest you skip this post... no hard feelings. =)
So, I almost feel like I watched the same movie three times... all three movies have to do with a guy and a girl who decide its a good idea to use each other for sex, and what happens when emotions get involved--because naturally they all do. They all include a chick who has baggage and just can't commit, and a guy who has issues with his feelings for her, and they all three include what happens when one (or both) of the couples decide to venture out and date/do someone else.
The movies in question are: "Love & Other Drugs", released November, 2010... "No Strings Attached", released January 2011... and "Friends With Benefits", released July 2011...
And here's how I rank 'em...
My Least Favorite of the Three:
Here's the thing... you have to like Natalie Portman, and you really have to like Ashton Kutcher to enjoy this film fully
"No Strings Attached" Directed by:Ivan Reitman("Ghost Busters", "Twins", "Six Days Seven Nights") Domestic Gross: $70,662,220 Rotten Tomotoes Rating:49% on the Tomato Meter The Guy:Ashton Kutcher, playing Adam, a TV production assistant The Chick:Natalie Portman, playing Emma, a resident at a local hospital with commitment issues Disease Involved: None Wacky Friend/Parent: Adam's dad (Kevin Kline) and all of Emma's roommates Rating: R for language and sex. Plot: Two people who have busy, complicated lives meet up, have sex and agree that they should only do that, to the point where they make up rules to keep out emotion. But of course, one of them develops feelings for the other, only to find out the other has feelings to but is scared because of their past issues. My Thoughts: This wasn't a bad movie, really, but there was nothing special about it. There doesn't seem to be much chemistry at all between Natalie and Ashton, and although all of these movies are predictable, this one is moreso.
My Second Favorite of the Three:
Jake and Anne, in one of her rare moments with a shirt on
"Love and Other Drugs" Directed by:Edward Zwick("Glory", "The Last Samarai", "Legends of the Fall") Domestic Gross: $32,367005 Rotten Tomotoes Rating: 48% on the Tomato Meter The Guy:Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Jamie Randell, a drug rep who sells Viagra as soon as its available The Chick:Anne Hathaway, who plays Maggie Murdock, a senior citizen worker Disease Involved: Parkinson's Disease Wacky Family Member/Friend: Josh, Jamie's boorish and lazy brother Rating: R, for lots and lots of Anne's boobies, plus language. And sex. Plot: Two people who have busy, complicated lives meet up, have sex and agree that they should only do that, to the point where they make up rules to keep out emotion. But of course, one of them develops feelings for the other, only to find out the other has feelings to but is scared because of their past issues. My Thoughts: The problem to me is that I truly like Anne Hathaway, but I'm not a huge Jake Gyllenhaal fan. So while I could give Anne a 7 out of 10, I could only give Jake a 3 out of 10, averaging a 5. The film does, however, have Judy Greer, who I'm a huge fan of, and she's a 8 out of 10, so that bumps it up to about 6. The script is fun, and her dealing with Parkinson's Disease was something I didn't know about, and certainly didn't expect it to play a big of a role as it did. There are way too many boob shots in this movie--almost like Anne Hathaway wanted to show off as much as possible.
And Finally, My Favorite of the Three:
Its hard not to like Justin Timberlake, and Mila Kunis has really grown on me, especially since "The Book of Eli"
"Friends With Benefits" Directed by:Will Gluck("Easy A") Domestic Gross: $38,200,000 (still in theaters) Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68% on the Tomato Meter The Guy:Justin Timberlake, who plays Dylan Harper, an internet art director The Chick:Mila Kunis, who plays Jamie Rexler, an executive recruiter in NYC Disease Involved: Alzheimers Wacky Family Member/Friend:Patricia Clarkson as Jamie's kooky mom; Woody Harrelson as Dylan's gay, wacky sports director Rating: R, for language. No nudity except for butt shots. Oh, and sex. Plot: Two people who have busy, complicated lives meet up, have sex and agree that they should only do that, to the point where they make up rules to keep out emotion. But of course, one of them develops feelings for the other, only to find out the other has feelings to but is scared because of their past issues. My Thoughts: In my own (un)humble opinion, the far superior of the three films. The script is funny and light, and more real than the rest (the hilarity of the first hook up is a great example), the jokes are funny, and there is great on-screen chemistry between Mila and JT. You end up liking both characters a lot, and by the time you find out Dylan's story--father with the beginning stages of Alzheimers--it doesn't feel like a ploy to get you to like him because you already do. Jenna Elfman shows up as Dylan's sister and plays the part great (and cameos from Emma Stone, Andy Sandburg, Rashida Jones and Jason Segel are great too) and the whole romance is entirely believable this time around. I liked this film alot, and will probably be the only one of the three to appear on The 100 Coolest Things of 2011... I asked The Lovely Steph Leann which of the three she would watch again, and she agreed that this one would be it.
So there you have it... skip "No Strings Attached"... catch "Love and Other Drugs" if its around, but know the boobies are there... rent "Friends With Benefits"
For the month of August, Mila and Justin will be featured on Elle USA magazine. Now, I didn't see the movie "Friends with benefits" but these two have a good chemestry between them, don't you think?
For the month of August, Mila and Justin will be featured on Elle USA magazine. Now, I didn't see the movie "Friends with benefits" but these two have a good chemestry between them, don't you think?
Pop sensation Justin Bieber paid his girlfriend Selena Gomez a visit yesterday for her birthday.
The 17-year-old Bieber made a surprise visit on stage during Selena’s concert in Orange County last night to help celebrate her 19th birthday.
The Bieb’s took the stage during her acoustic set and belted out Justin Timberlake’s famous breakup song “Cry Me a River”.
Selena looked totally surprised but we suspect she had a good idea that something was going to happen during the show.
Watch Justin Sing "Cry Me A River" During Gomez's Birthday Concert
The only issue we would take on the surprise visit is that “Cry Me a River” is a song about breaking up a relationship – not celebrating one.
We hope Justin doesn’t know something we don’t yet.
But we think it was a perfectly innocent birthday gesture and taken at face value is actually a very romantic thing to do for his girlfriend.
Selena is currently performing concerts on tour with her band “Selena Gomez and the Scene” and promoting her new album “When the Sun Goes Down” featuring her hit single “Who Says”.
She also is starring in the recently released movie “Monte Carlo”, a comedy about three young women vacationing in Paris who find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
Gomez can also be seen this November in the comedy “The Muppets” starring alongside Mila Kunis, Emily Blunt, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Amy Adams.
Watch Selena Gomez in “The Muppets” Movie Trailer
Justin Bieber has just completed a month long vacation and is now back in the studio working on his new album due out later this year.
Wahlberg says neither him nor Bieber will be singing or dancing in the movie, and it will be a good chance for Justin to bring his dramatic acting skills to the table.
The movie is being produced by Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, and Bieber’s manager Scott “Scooter” Braun.
Ah, to be young and in love – and have friends in high places.
Before Robert Pattinson dropped the F-Bomb while presenting Reese Witherspoon her Generation Award, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis pulled their own little stunt to grab attention - and each other!
Kunis and Timberlake were on stage to present the “Best Male Performance” award when they started talking about how much they liked each other.
While the two celebs are starring in the upcoming “Friends with Benefits”, they proceeded to tell the audience that in real life they are more like brother and sister.
Timberlake said, “That’s why I can do this…”, and proceeded to grab Mila’s breasts.
Not to be outdone by the “Social Network” star, she grabbed Timberlake’s crotch and held on for dear life.
No harm no foul. It was a funny moment and nothing more. There is no need for the Network censor police to start hurling accusations of improper anything.
It was comedy.
Timberlake is currently putting the finishing touches on his latest movie project “Bad Teacher”, starring Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel - a comedy centered on a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to pursue a colleague.
Mila Kunis is also busy filming “Ted”, written and directed by funnyman Seth MacFarlane and starring Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, Patrick Warburton and Jessica Stroup. “Ted” is a story centered on a man and his teddy bear, which comes to life as the result of a childhood wish.
MacFarlane, in addition to his duties with Family Guy and American Dad has also been given the green light to create a new Flintstones series for Fox.
Award winning singer Justin Timberlake has accomplished a lot in his career.
But now he can add Indy 500 winner to his resume.
Kind of…
In a remarkable finish to this year’s race – rookie JR Hildebrand was leading in the last lap but then crashed into the wall with only half a lap to go.
This set the stage for second place Dan Wheldon to cruise to his second Indianapolis 500 career win.
But what made this win special for Justin Timberlake?
Timberlake's William Rast clothing line-sponsored Wheldon’s #10 Target Chip Ganassi car this year.
William Rast clothing is sold through Target so it was a logical move for Timberlake to sponsor the tem.
Timberlake took to twitter moments after the final lap saying,
"What a Memorial Day weekend! The William Rast car just won the Indy 500. Congrats to Dan Wheldon, the WR racing team and everyone else who put in the hard work for this victory! Unreal!"
Watch the historic Indy 500 2011 Final Lap
It is not unusual these days for Hollywood to be part of the big race.
In fact, David Letterman is partners in “Rahal Letterman Racing” with friend Bobby Rahal. Their big catch is driver Danica Patrick who has raced for their team since she started.
Watch Justin Timberlake talk about William Rast
This was an exciting race this year, and some of the drama started before the first car even left the pits.
It seems that our good friend (not) Donald Trump was scheduled to drive this year’s pace car but at the last minute was….. wait for it…. FIRED!
We could not have stood by and watched that douche bag on the track. After getting Trump out of the way, A.J. Foyt was given the honor of driving the pace car this year.
For his part, Timberlake can now go back to making music and poking fun at Justin Bieber on Saturday Night Live.
We all laughed at Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg last week on Saturday Night Live.
But there was one sketch that never saw the light of day.
During a dress rehearsal for a “Mozart” sketch, in front of an audience of 300, Timberlake took a few shots at teen sensation Justin Bieber.
The plot of the skit was that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was going to take a break from his music career to become an actor. His friends scoffed at the idea asking,
“You’re nor one of those musicians who think they can act are you?”
After mentioning that he had already been in a movie about a “Social Network” and appeared on the “Austrian Mouse Club”, his friends told him they would rather go to work for “Wolfgang Amadeus Bieber”.
At this point, Timberlake says,
“Amadeus Bieber? You might as well put a wig on a chipmunk and tell him to act like a black man.”
The audience erupted in laughs.
The jabs seem to be aimed at Bieber’s guest role on the popular “CSI” crime show where the singer was ultimately gunned down, and his concert movie “Never Say Never” that Justin said would not be a concert movie….. but was.
But we think Bieber could have taken the jabs, as he himself has hosted and performed on the show several times.
We suspect the skit was pulled at the last minute in order to stop the media outcry for using the word “black man”.
Reuters reports that the Anaheim Police Department is investigating two threats against the 13-year-old, which were made in March after “Friday” became an internet sensation.
“In essence the threats were related to getting the music off the Internet or they were going to kill her,” said Anaheim Police spokesman Rick Martinez said.
“We can’t validate how serious they are, but we do take it seriously.”
According to Martinez, one of the threats was made by phone, the other by email. Both were made through Black’s production and management companies.
“We’re going to investigate and determine, number one, the source of the comments and then based on the investigation determine what intent was and where we go from here,” he said. “If we believe they were actually intended as threats we will work toward prosecution”
While the investigation takes place, he promised officers would be “keeping an extra eye out” for the middle schooler. Once the perpetrators are identified, they could face criminal charges, he added.
Now, I know “Friday” grates on the nerves, but death threats? Come on, people. She’s 13 for cripes sake!
And you have to give her credit – that insidious video has generated more than 200 million views, according to Visible Measures.
Incidentally, that’s more than her idol Justin Bieber’s “Pray” video AND Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
Which you have to admit is impressive. Deeply, deeply disturbing…but impressive.
Well, let's get it on, shall we! Its time for our annual running diary of the Academy Awards. I'm here in the recliner, laptop open, keyboard in lap, while The Lovely Steph Leann is over on the couch, snuggled up in a Snuggie, ready to go.
She has been out a bridal shower in East Podunk, Alabama, so when the sat down, the first thing she saw while watching the Red Carpet special was Robert Downey Jr, and the first thing she said was, "Oh no! He's wearing a navy blue suit? Really? Robert!"
Its time.
732p... a quick recap of the best picture nominees with some of the classic lines from the last year... "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
732p... we open with a classic parody of nominated movies, this time involving Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway, with an appearance by Alec Baldwin, first intersparsing themselves in Inception, then with The Social Network and then The Fighter. They appear on a horse in a clip of True Grit (James Franco tells Jeff Bridges, as Rooster Cogburn, "Hey, I loved you in TRON!").
735p... Morgan Freeman and his voice! More Alec Baldwin! And James and Anne are in the Back to the Future DeLorean! This is a fun little opening...
739p... James and Anne, who looks AB-SO-LUTE-LEE GOR-GEE-US by the way, hit the stage. She even tells James, "You look very appealing... to a younger demographic..." They banter back and forth, even talking to Anne's mom, and James' mom and grandma, who smiles and says, "I... just saw... Marky Mark..."
Its common knowledge that Mark Wahlberg hates the Marky Mark reference, but he seems to go along with it with a smile, if not a smirk.
Tonight, they are going to be looking back at some great Oscar winners from the last century, and they kick this off with Gone with the Wind. The Lovely Steph Leann absolutely loves this movie, all seven hours of it.
742p... Tom Hanks comes out, and discusses Gone With the Wind's awards in 1939. And he also discusses those films who have previously won Art Direction and Cinematography, and says the last movie to win these two, plus Best Picture, was my 9th favorite film of all time, Titanic.
Art Direction prize goes to "Alice in Wonderland". Crap. I'm 0-1 already. I tell The Lovely Steph Leann that I picked "The King's Speech" and she says, "Really? Kings Speech? Hmmm..."
746p... Tom Hanks now introduces Cinematography, and the Oscar goes to, "Inception". And again, I picked "The King's Speech". I'm 0-2. The Lovely Steph Leann just laughs. She didn't pick the winners, she is just laughing at me.
750p... Commercial break. I say, "Well, those goes my attempt at going 24-0. I'm Oh for 2 right now." She laughs, hard.
751p... James and Anne greet us after the break, and introduce Kirk Douglas, who comes out with a cane, and gets an immediate standing ovation. I have been watching Kirk Douglas movies since I was like, 3 years old, no joke. He's struggling to talk, with the effects of a few strokes. He tells James Franco, "You look much better out of the cave... and Anne Hathaway... SHE'S GORGEOUS!! Where were you when I was making pictures?!"
752p... Kirk Douglas is doing the Supporting Actress Award... usually, last year's Supporting Actor gives out this years Supporting Actress, and vice versa, and the same with Actor/Actress. I am wondering if they are letting screen legends do the acting awards? That would be cool.
754p... So, the guy is just standing there with the golden envelope, while Kirk Douglas ribs Colin Firth and Hugh Jackman in the audience, and he opens the envelope and holds the winner in his hands, and just keeps talking. We are cracking up here.
757p... The Oscar goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Now its a race to see how many in a row I can lose. Standing next to Melissa Leo, Kirk Douglas says, "You are much more beautiful than you looked in The Fighter". She starts stammering, and The Lovely Steph Leann whispers, "Get it together, dear, you don't have much time..." She manages to even drop the F-bomb...
Mila on tonight's Red Carpet
8p... Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake come out together, and Mila Kunis might be the hottest dressed one here tonight. They are doing the Best Animated Feature, and Best Animated Short... finally, at least I'll get one right! For Best Animated Short, the winner is The Lost Thing. Yay, 0-4.
805p... And here's the Biggest Lock of the Night. Toy Story 3. When Mila makes the nominee announcement for Toy Story 3, the audience gives a huge applause. Toy Story 3 wins. Finally, I get on the board... 1-4.
812p... Anne meets us from the break, and tells us about the very first Academy Awards in 1929, happening at The Roosevelt Hotel, across from the Oscars current location, the Kodak Theater.
813p... Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem comes out together, to give the Adapted and Original Screenplay awards. They also are dressed almost exactly alike. Not a great look. My picks for Adapted are The Social Network and The Kings Speech for Original.
814p... And the Oscar goes to... Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network! I got 2 right! Aaron comes up and gives a pleasant speech, and its based on a book called "The Accidental Billionaires". I've got 2 credits built up on Audible.com, think I'll use one of them on this. The orchestra starts to play, but doesn't play him off, because he keeps talking.
816p... Now, its Original Screenplay, and I went with The King's Speech. Josh and Javier, the White Tux Twins, gives the Oscar to The Kings Speech. I lost four in a row, but have now won three straight!!
818p... David Seidler, who wrote The King's Speech, is probably in his 70s, and starts his speech with, "My father always said... I'll be a late bloomer..." The audience, and us, laugh heartily. The gave Kirk Douglas as much time as he wanted, because he's Kirk Douglas, but now they are having to play catch-up by rushing winning speeches.
823p... Anne, still smoldering, even though she's in a tux, is back from break. She begins singing a version of "On My Own" (for Les Mis) calling out Hugh Jackman for standing her up for a duet she was supposed to sing. James Franco comes out in a pink dress, blond wig and horrible lipstick, saying, "You wore a tux, I wore this. Weird part is, I just got a message from Charlie Sheen..."
825p... Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, the most attractive 93 year old on Earth, come out together now. Helen speaks French, Russell incorrectly "translates". They are here to give Best Movie By a Dang Fer-ah-ner. The winner is "In a Better World". There goes my winning streak, and I'm 3-5 for the night. The chick director is doing her best English, though I'm wondering how long they will let her talk before you hear the music... and there it is...
829p... And Ashley Judd Club member Reese Witherspoon comes out, looking so classy and awesome. And she's here for the Best Supporting Actor. I'll take Reese over Mo'nique (last years Supporting Actress winner) any day of the week, and fourteen times on Sunday. And Monday. And Wednesday.
Unshaved Christian Bale and his wife
830p... Unshaven Christian Bale is not a pleasant sight.
830p... And the Oscar goes to Unshaven Christian Bale. And his hair doesn't match his beard. We might be 2 for 2 on F-Bombs from The Fighter tonight!
831p... How weird is it to hear Christian Bale speak in his native British tongue? No joke.
834p... So Christian looks over and acknowledges his wife, then stammers without saying her name. The Lovely Steph Leann thinks Bale got choked up, but I think that Christian Bale just forgot his wife's name. Seriously?
837p... Okay, so he just got choked up. He teared up when talking about his daughter, choked up when discussing his wife, and plugged Dicky's website (the guy the his character was based on) Fine, it was a good speech.
Bathroom break needed for both of us. Show is on pause via DVR. We are about 4.5 minutes behind... we'll catch up at the commercial break
843p... Here comes... well, I don't recognize them, but does it matter? I dunno. Its a little speech recognizing the marriage between ABC and The Academy Awards. Shameless self promotions.
844p... Anne is out again, looking like... well, that dress is awkward. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman come out to award the award for Score. We get a Sound history lesson, and an orchestra appears to play some of the more memorable scores from film. I went with "The Social Network" on this.
847p... The winner is... Trent Reznor for "The Social Network". Who da thunk five years ago that Nine Inch Nails would win an Oscar? I loved Inception's score more, but I can deal with "Network". I'm 5-5 for the night! I'm coming back!
849p... Here comes the award for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, with me picking Inception for both. Seems like they would go hand in hand. Here comes the very attractive Scarlett Johansson and the not so attractive Matthew McConaughey to give the awards... the winner of Mixing? Inception. The winner of Editing? Inception? Ha! Seven wins for me!
852p... I think to over/under for Christopher Nolan being thanked tonight is somewhere around 4,300.
856p... Back from break, Anne and James are introducing Marisa Tomei. James Franco has a squinting problem.
856p... Marisa Tomei is in my All Time Most Beautiful Actresses Like, Ever Hall of Fame. I love love love love love love Marisa Tomei. She's telling us the tech awards that aren't shown on this broadcast. James Franco says, "Congrats, nerds!"
858p... Every time I think Cate Blanchett is beautiful, she shows up not being so. Tonight? She's beautiful. She tells us about Lord of the Rings, winner of the makeup award. For makeup, its Rick Baker who has like, 87 Oscars. Make it 88, and I got an 8th win tonight. Daddy's on a roll, baby cakes!
859p... The Lovely Steph Leann likes to pick and choose the catagories she wants to predict, and out of the three she has picked, she's 3-0. Of course, she picked Toy Story 3, which was as big of a lock as any award in history. Which means she picked Alice in Wonderland for Costume Design, and that means its going to win.
901p... And the Oscar goes to? Not True Grit, my pick, now making me 8-6 on the night. Its Alice.
902p... The chick who won is reading her speech. When was the last time anyone actually read their speech? She gets to the bottom of the page as the orchestra plays her offstage.
903p... Favorite movie song? Wow... "I've Had the Time Of My Life"... "Beauty and the Beast"... "How Do You Know" from Enchanted... "Against All Odds"... and He Who Must Not Be Re-Elected is onscreen, telling us "Time Goes By"? What? Random.
905p... Kevin Spacey is out to introduce the songs that are nominated... first is Randy Newman, who has his 20th nomination this year. He's doing "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. Next is Mandy Moore and Zach Levi to do "I See The Light" from Tangled... Zach Levi is a Christ Follower, by the way?
907p... Mandy Moore is stunning, but Anne has her beat tonight. (in fairness, Reese tops them both, Mila Kunis in that dress beats all three, and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, tops them all). Zach Levi looks like a welfare Ben Affleck.
909p... Commercial break! Want to see an incredible Oscar song performance? Click here.
911p... James Franco introduce Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, and the are out to award Documentary Short Film. Jake says it best in saying, "Shorts are also the hardest things to pick on your Oscar ballot... so see the shorts, and you might be a winner." The Lovely Steph Leann isn't picking this catagory, by the way. I chose "Killing in the Name", and the winner is "Strangers No More". I'm 8-7 so far.
912p... And now Best Live Action Short Film. My pick was "God of Love" and WOO-HOO! I picked that one! Yeah! I'm back!
Luke Matheny and his fro in a pre-Oscar photo op
916p... Luke Matheny is giving the speech for the win, looks about 7 feet tall and has a fro the size of Red Robin. Awesome. He races through the thank-yous, including his mom, who did craft services for the film. Awesome speech.
917p... James and Anne are back, and there's a sight gag on movies that aren't musicals that they parody into musicals... including "Harry Potter", "Toy Story 3" and Timberlake on "The Social Network". This little montage should win Best Editing. The Twilight spot is called "He Doesn't Own a Shirt", featuring Taylor Lautner. That was funny.
919p... The next presenter? Oprah. Who's network is really struggling, by the way. The Lovely Steph Leann says, "Oprah looks like she's putting on weight", and I respond, "Doesn't she always?"
920p... Oprah is giving out The Best Documentary of the Year award. No news on whether Algore has given back the one he won for An Inconvenient Truth, which turned out be A Big Fat Piece of Crap. The Oscar goes to? Inside Job. I picked Restrepo. Apparently, Inside Job is about the banking and housing collapse, so had I known that, I would have gone with it. These are the same people who won for the anti-Iraqi doc "No End in Sight". And the speech bascially starts out with, "Rich people suck."
926p... Anne is back, looking all awesome and good looking, and she introduces former Oscar host--someone who did it best for years--Billy Crystal. He even gets a standing ovation. "The producers asked me to tell you that we are running long... so here's the nominees for Best Picture..."
928p... Its a look back at the first televised Oscars, with Bob Hope hosting it 18 times. Billy Crystal has been out for 30 seconds, and he's the funniest thing tonight not named Kirk Douglas. So now, we take a look back at the 25th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Bob Hope. Bob says, "The Academy Awards, or as its known at my house, Passover." Its a hologram of Bob on the real Oscar podium, introducing what else...
931p... Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law come out to do Visual Effects. Token shot at RDJ's ho filled past by Jude Law, mildly funny banter, and to the nominees we go! I went with Inception... and the winner is... Inception. During the clip, they showed the hallway fight scene, and the big tunnel made to do that scene--you can't show that and then not give Inception the award. Its a techie sweep! And I get my 10th win! And... I still have 8 losses. Boo.
934p... Film Editing is the next award. I chose The Social Network, and the winner is... Facebook! 11-8!
937p... S'Ray just texted me the following: The dress that the escort taking people off stage was designed by Borris Powell... my high school drum major from the little town of Piedmont, Alabama.
940p... I asked "Is he a fashionista now?" and he replies, "He was on the red carpet tonight and reported that Valentino loved his design." So, there ya go.
940p... James and Anne are back... Anne is ravishing in red. James makes some innuendo jokes on movie titles (Winter's Bone?) and they introduce Jennifer Hudson, who then introduces the final two songs nominated for Best Song. First is "If I Rise" from "127 Hours".
942p... I am now going to sing the first part of "If I Rise"... "fa la wa wa la wa wa... fla wa lo lo la la..."
943p... Here's Gwynth Paltrow to sing her song from "Country Strong", the one I picked to win the award. And the winner is? The one I didn't think would get it, Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. I'm 11-9 on the night, and The Lovely Steph Leann is irritated that the Tangled song didn't win.
948p... Twenty noms, only his 2nd win. That's kinda wrong.
949p... The Lovely Steph Leann is still railing against Tangled's loss.
951p... Just saw on Facebook... Discussing the chick who sang the song from "127 Hours", Amarylis By Morning (up from san antone) says, "I want Florence from Florence and the Machine to go to Melissa Clark and get a new hairstyle.."
952p... Celine Dion brings us back from break, and its the In Memorium montage. Celine Dion looks like she's 54, trying desperately to look 34. So far, no applause for anyone yet, even though they showed Tony Curtis already.
Corey Haim. December 23, 1971 to March 10th, 2010. Rest in Peace, Lost Boy, Rest in Peace.
953p... With no applause for Leslie Nielsen, I am now guessing they have the Applause-o-Meter turned off. There's no way Leslie doesn't get a round of clapping. Don't know who Susanna York is, but she had bad teeth. Hope that didn't contribute to her death...
955p... My guess would be that Dennis Hopper and Blake Edwards would get the biggest round of applause for the night, but no clapping until the very end. Out comes Halle Berry to tell us about Lena Horne, who died this past year. She gets a good tribute, and we fade to commercial...
958p... No Corey Haim. That's tragic.
1001p... The show is officially running long. Anne Hathaway is in a deep blue silky looking gown. She introduces Hillary Swank, who is a... gulp... two time (!) Academy Award winner!
1002p... Last year's Best Director, Kathyrn Bigalow, who won for "The Hurt Locker", is out to give away Best Director. The Oscar goes to... Tom Hooper, for "The King's Speech". This now seals Speech as Best Picture, if you ask me. I picked Fincher for "The Social Network", so now I'm 11 wins, 10 losses. Forget beating my all time record, I'll be lucky to finish above 500...
1005p... James looks like he's on drugs. He brings out Annette Bening. She tells us about The Governor's Awards, which is a Lifetime Achievement ceremony for legendary Hollywoodians. Eli Wallach is one shown given an award, as is Frances Ford Coppola. I personally like doing a special tribute to someone on the actual show itself, though they do bring out Eli, Frances and another honoree to the stage. They get standing ovations, of course.
1011p... James and Anne introduce Jeff Bridges to give Best Actress. The show is in full "We are behind!" mode, so things are speeding up. He mentions Annette Bening's nomination... as much as I hated "The Kids are All Right", I think Julianne Moore was ten times better than Annette.
1014p... I like how Jeff Bridges is talking to each nominee, not just saying their name and their movie, but discussing how good each of them were. I'm sure the Oscars' producers are like "hurry it up, Jeff!" because he's taking forever, but its cool.
1016p... And the Oscar goes to... Princess Padme Amidala. I picked Annette Bening to win, and I'm absolutely fine that she didn't. I know, I know, "Black Swan" is sort of a gay ballet movie too, but its got to be better than "The Kids are All Right". 11-11
1018p... So, right in the middle of Natalie Portman's speech... not only does my internet go down, but my Dish Network goes down as well.
1021p... Apparently, someone introduced Sandra Bullock during the outage, because here she is. She mentions Javier Bardem, then turns to Jeff Bridges and says, "Dude, you already won this. Let someone else win this for a change." True Grit was a great film, by the way. She tells Jesse Eisenberg in saying, "You've inspired lonely young men hunched over keyboards around the world."
1025p... And the Oscar goes to... The President and Founding Member in Good Standing of The Colin Firth Club. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers loudly, claps and waves her hands as Colin Firth accepts the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The King's Speech." So I'm pretty confident I'll get the Best Picture win, making me 13-11 for the night.
1027p... Colin Firth gives a classy, eloquent, funny and well spoken acceptance. The Lovely Steph Leann is giggling like a 4th grader. Well done, Colin, well done.
1029p... The Best Motion Picture Oscar is up next, after these messages.
1032p... James and Anne shout, "Steven Spielberg!" He comes out, and has in his hand an envelope that contains three words: "The" "Kings" "Speech". Ten best picture nominees. While seeing Colin Firth do his King's Speech in the King's Speech, we see clips from all the Best Picture nominees.
1034p... Who, besides K-Dub, would have ever expected to hear the words "Best Picture Nominee" and "Justin Timberlake" in the same sentence? Said with a straight face?
1035p... "The King's Speech" takes the Oscar. I finish the night 13-11, a horrible showing. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers on the picture win.
So there is the Oscars. James Franco and Anne Hathaway say goodnight... James seems like he was a little bothered by the whole hosting thing, but Anne sounded like she was having the time of her life the entire show.
We finish the show by having a kids choir sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the Oscar winners for the night come out all together, making a pretty cool visual, many of them holding up their Oscars.
And that's a wrap. Thanks for reading, see you this week...
And we are back... I'll fire up this DVR and discuss the rest of the Top 100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s, as ranked by Vh1! Along the way I'll share some memories, some stories and maybe you have some of your own...
Keep in mind, I don't know who is on this list... everytime you read about a new song, I have just found out what that song was, and don't know what the next one is... Read The Greatest Songs of 90s, Part I with Songs 100 to 48
47. "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch I guess I heard somewhere that Mark Wahlberg doesn't like to discuss his "Marky Mark" days... and part of me can understand why. I mean, he's a white guy rapper, something that until Eminem, would get you lumped in with Vanilla Ice, Snow and the like.
But another part of me wants him to be doggone proud of this ditty. "Good Vibrations" isn't bad, its not even so-bad-its-good, its just a good, good song. And most girls I knew loved them some Marky Mark when he did underwear ads and did this video. He didn't actually wear a shirt from 1994 to 1998, I believe.
I came across this video in iTunes, and let me tell ya, I didn't think--I bought. Immediately.
I've made this point before, but really? If you've ever seen Mutt Lange, you'll know that Shania, left, is the best he'll ever do and the chick on the right is more his type.
46. "Your Still the One" by Shania Twain.
Oh mah gawsh... this song was everywhere. You couldn't get away from this song. But for every bit of eye candy that Marky Mark was to the ladies, Shania is the boys.
Its funny, though, to hear Shania talk about this song and her hubby Mutt Lange, as this show was done in 2007-ish. This was, of course, Mutt so stupidly traded in his Ferrari for a used 70s Pinto.
45. "Only Wanna Be With You" by Hootie & the Blowfish HOOOOOOOOTTTIIIIEEEE ROOOOOOCCCKKKKSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But when Darius Rucker says, "Ain't Bobby so cool?", who is Bobby? Never got that.
44. "Killing Me Softy" by The Fugees Pras, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill... The Fugees. And for everything the original was, this song is not. The original, while classic, is so freakin' slow... the update by The Fugees made it cool. Made it relevant. Made if fun.
Sang this song in karaoke back in the early 2000s or something. Actually, I didn't sing it, Alexandra Milner did. We were at Common Ground back in the day, doing a karaoke night, and Alex and I hopped on this stage... and she sang it beautiful. I did the "one time time"... and then the "two time time" part. Cause I wanted to help.
43. "My Lovin' (your never gonna get it)" by En Vogue Who just started singing "oh your never gonna get it, no your never gonna get it" as soon as this song came on the television? The Lovely Steph Leann, that's who, not even looking up from her laptop.
This was pre-Destiny's Child, and early-to-mid 90s. There was an abundance of chick groups that came out about the same time, including En Vogue, but also Jade (don't walk away boy, my love won't hurt you, no no!) and my favorite, Sisters With Voices, aka, SWV (can't explain why your loving makes me weak...)
42. "Shine" by Collective Soul From the album "Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid", an album that I couldn't afford to buy in 1994, but I ended buying in like, 2004, because I felt like I should own it.
This song is also awesome, with a great chorus, and lots and lots of "YEAH!"s. Da da da dada YEAH! Da dada dada da da YEAH!"
It is a great song, but my favorite Collective Soul song? "Heavy". Man oh man is that song great to drive with.
41. "Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors My memory of this song will forever and ever be linked to that karaoke bar on the fifth deck of that cruise ship during my senior cruise... there were like, six of us up there, and that group probably included Chris McCall and Tonya Windham, but I know for a fact that Tammy Thomas was up there.
(L-R) Tonya, Chad, Tammy, Yours Truly and Chris. This would be a good guess as to who was singing that night.
By the way, don't hate on the Spin Doctors. Trippy sound, goofy hat of that lead singer guy, he had an awesome voice... and how much fun is this song to sing? Even now! The Lovely Steph Leann stopped singing En Vogue and immediately picked up this song.
Favorite Spin Doctors songs? 4) "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"... what a great "get out my face, woman" song. 3) "You Let Your Heart Go To Fast"... lead cut from their second album 2) "Two Princes"... Carnival cruises! 1) "Jimmy Olsen's Blues". Man I love that tune.
Just just just go ahead now.
40. "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd Okay, so this song came from the film "New Jack City", not on The Dave100, but probably could be listed in The Dave200, if there was such a thing. There were actually two versions to this song, the album version and the radio version.
Usually, I'm an album-version guy... the album typically has the extra verse, or the bridge or the extra whatever, whereas the radio version is typically edited for content and length. However, in this case, its almost as if they are two different tunes who have the same riffs and rhythm... and I prefer the "come inside take of your coat I'll make you feel at home" radio edit much better.
Two more quick observations: first, lead singer Brian Abrams got really big, and second. this song is, no matter the edit, not Emmy Turnbow Safe. No joke.
39. "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls So, I've never seen the movie "City of Angels" that this song came from. This song is good, though, every once in a while, but not all the time. Give me "Slide" or "Black Balloon".... but I will tell you "Dizzy Up the Girl" is an awesome CD. Go get it.
38. "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera So, when you are 24 years old, and this 17 year old is singing, and rolling around like she does in this video, you feel kind of skeevy. And I did. Cause she was pretty hot.
Steph Nipp, back in the day, asked me about the lyrics "gotta rub the right way", and I told her "oh, its like, you know, when you rub someone the right way, or wrong way? Like, she wants the guy to be good to her, and treat her right." Steph Nipp says, "Oh, that makes sense." And everytime I heard her tell someone that particular nugget, I would laugh internally, and sometimes quietly, externally. I love Snipp.
37. "Good Riddance (time of your life)" by Green Day So, Green Day, one of the most overrated band in the history of the world.
36. "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory Totally did this song in high school band, and that crazy part on the sax was sooooooo much fun to play.
And I know every stinkin' word to this song. I mean, this video is like a workout, cause people are dancing and jumping all over the place, you had the chick singing the "Sweat! Sweeeaaaat! Let the music take control, let the rhythm move you..." (though the skinny chick was a front--the real singer of that was one of the big sistas from The Weather Girls, and she sued), you had that awesome sax in the middle and Freedom Williams singing the rhymes that told you he was a just a squirrel trying to get a nut to move yo' butt to the dance floor so yo' whats up, hands in the air, e'rbody over here e'rbody over there..."
35. "Wonderwall" by Oasis Talk about a song I love to sing... Today is gonna be the day that their gonna throw it back to you... I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now...
Its like a good Beatles song. This, with "Champagne Supernova", but especially this, is just about as close to a perfect rock song as you can get.
Chick named Reanna in children's theater Pied Pipers used to walk aroung singing "Wonder Bra". Kind of annoying, but at the same time amusing.
34. "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind So this song is actually about hard core drugs and gettin' it on. The lyrics are so dirty. But its proof that people don't pay much attention to the lyrics, because its so catchy and this song was pretty big for about eight months. But I usually turn it when it comes on. Not a huge fan.
33. "Wannabe" by Spice Girls This exchange just happened: Me: Oh wow The Lovely Steph Leann: You knew this had to be on here Me: Oh, I like the Spice Girls. I dig this song. The Lovely Steph Leann: OMG, I LOOOOOVE the Spice Girls
Ten, twelve years later, its kinda funny seeing where they all ended up, but back in the late 90s, you couldn't get away from Spice Girl. I was always a Baby Spice guy myself.
We just spent the next five minutes coming up with the titles of the other two Spice hits.... "Two Become One" and my favorite, "Say You'll Be There" (she sang along to both when I dug 'em up on my iTunes)
32. "No Diggity" by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre Dude. No Diggity was dope. Back when Dre and rap was fun and cool, when Hip Hop was going from innocent to a little edgy, this song is just awesome.
Not sure what "diggity" means. It might mean "no doubt", as in "no diggity, no doubt".
Play on, play out.
31. "Creep" by Radiohead There were two versions of this song, the "so very special" and "so effin' special" version. As in, "I wish I was special. So very/effin special". Because I'm an album purist, I like the second one. I have this cassingle upstairs.
I won a tape from a radio station once, called "Kid A." And after listening to it a few times, I can honestly say, Radiohead is a band I never got.
30. "Tearin' Up My Heart" by N*Sync So, the boy bands returned in 98, after a seven year hiatus with the loss of New Kids on the Block.
Remember when Justin Timberlake was this frosted tipped little kid? And out of like, all the boy banders in all the boy bands, something like 19 of them, JT is the only who made it out. Its not cool to like any of them... except JT. Its cool to like JT.
And I'm sure JC Chasez is sitting at home, playing "Blowing Me Up (with her love)", wondering what went wrong and why not him.
No, of course I don't have "Ice Ice Baby" on Cassette Single. Why would I need the cassingle when I have this entire album on tape?
29. "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice I could spend an entire column, like 4,000 words on this song. I don't even know where to begin with this song, other than, I love it and am not ashamed.
28. "Livin' la Vida Loco" by Ricky Martin I got nothing. That sound you hear is the Unintentional Comedy Scale exploding into small, loco pieces.
27. "Mr. Jones" by The Counting Crows First, lets be clear... Adam Duritz. Ladies, is he hot? Seriously? Cause he got with like, fourteen different 90s hot chicks from Jennifer Aniston to Courtney Cox.
Secondly, who is Mr. Jones?
26. "My Name Is" by Eminem I remember hearing this song for the first time as I was coming to my apartment in 1999. It was odd, it was laughable, and it was creative. Some years later, he busted out with my favorite Eminem tune, "Without Me" which is absolutely brilliant.
Love him, hate him, he is so talented. What he can rap, the words he spits out are amazing... not the content, but just his tone.
25. "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden This was a cool song, but this video was just creepy with the stretchy smiley face thing going on. Everyone's smiles get all weird and distorted and strange.
24. "Jump Around" by House of Pain Dude... from the very first note, this song rocks. Like, this song is awesome. Everyone jumps to this song. And my favorite lyric, though its terrible, is "I'll serve yo' --- like John McEnroe, if yo' girl steps up, I'm smackin' da ho'"... This makes me want to go and hear this song right now. This would be in my Top Ten songs of the 90s.
23. "Whatta Man" by Salt n Pepa featuring En Vogue What a great song. Seriously. Why is it that there are so many songs out there that are all about how bad your man is, and he cheated and he's a jerk and all that... but here's a song that celebrates how much she loves her man.
I'd like to think that The Lovely Steph Leann, were she a R&B rap artist, would sing this song to me. "d$, you so crazy... I think I wanna have yo' baby..."
22. "Loser" by Beck Does anyone even know what this song means? No you don't. Don't try. Don't even try to explain. I made it a point to learn every word to this song at one time, and loved to sing it... and would hear it often on cassingle.
If there was a way to do playcounts with cassettes, surely this would have a huge count from back in the day.
21. "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion Oh, there go the flutes. From one of my favorite movies of all time, 9th on The Dave100, near, far, wherever you are, you couldn't NOT hear this song. And seriously, were it not for the fact that I have heard this song about 8,000,003 times, I would still love it. However, its still a great song. And before Celine married Rob Reiner and decided to lose 188 pounds, she was so awesome. I mean, really. I would put her next to pre-crack Whitney and pre-skank Mariah, easily.
The Lovely Steph Leann: Oh, I cried at this song.
20. "Mmm Bop" by Hanson You laugh right now, but dont even joke. You freakin' loved this song. You sang this song. You bought it, you own it, and when it came on, you turn it up, even if you only can sing the "Mmm Bop" part.
Hanson is a band that got the shaft--they make great pop rock music, played their own instruments, wrote their own songs, and were defined by that one single song.
19. "Sabotage" by The Beastie Boys There are fewer songs that, combined with the video, are as cool as this song. This song is loud, this song is boisterous, this song had this funky, hard edge, goofy sound... and it ROCKS. Put this is your cars CD player, preluded by "B.O.B." by OutKast and followed by "Machinehead" by Bush, and you can make it from Birmingham to the beach in about 90 minutes.
18. "Enter Sandman" by Metallica "The national anthem of headbangers" was what one guy said on the show, and I agree. And when lead singer Triple H James Hetfield, its a song that really... kinda punishes you.
Hush little baby don't say a word, and don't mind that noise you heard.
Indeed.
17. "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child Back when it wasn't just Beyonce, but Beyonce and three, yes three, other chicks. Hey, say my name you love me in front of other people. And somehow, they sang 73 words in the span of 4 seconds, so much so that Eminem would be proud.
And for the record, I love me some Kelly Rowland--she's my favorite D'Child.
16. "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer That phrase, "U Can't Touch This", tossed in with "2 Legit 2 Quit" will forever be a part of our lexicon. Lorelei Addison and Campbell Isaiah will be saying these phrases and not even knowing what they mean...
...oh no, forget that... they'll be hearing them some MC Hammer.
Its Hammer go Hammer MC Hammer yo Hammer and the rest can go and play, Can't Touch This!
15. "Under the Bridge" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers When this song popped up, The Lovely Steph Leann looked up and said, "ah!" I asked her if she liked this song, and she nodded feverishly, "I Love this song."
And why not? Its a great song. I remember this video where Anthony Keidis, in black and white, long hair flying, running as fast as he could towards the camera, looking all buff and intense. It was cool.
14. "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey
Totally had this poster on my college dorm room wall
Sigh.
I miss pre-skank Mariah.
Anyone under 21, stop what you are doing, go to iTunes and download three songs: Emotion, Dreamlover and this song. And listen to them for an education. THIS is how you sing. THIS is how you entice. THIS is how you are FREAKIN AWESOME.
I would love love love love to see her in concert. I mean, one of my top five most desired concert experiences.
13. "Nuthin' But a G Thang" by Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg In the late 80s, rap was killin, ghetto, hood, shooting, the plight of black people, the plight of poor people, the man holding us down...
When G Thang came out, it all changed. Rap suddenly didn't have to be a social commentary, it could be just something fun, laid back, smokin' a blunt, drankin' a fo'ty, ridin' in yo' bouncing hyrdrolic low rider,
12. "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette How fantastic is this song? How fantastic is this whole "Jagged Little Pill" album? I remember hearing this song for the first time, I hopped in my car, drove around the corner from Willow Terrace to across the street to On Cue Records and Tapes, and paid $15.98 for it. Didn't have it, probably bounced the check, but it was worth it.
She's a little mellow now, and released an acoustic version of this whole album a few years back--and it was good, but it wasnt great. It wasn't great because she wasn't angry anymore. I love Angry Alanis.
11. "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam Remember me telling you about sitting at home, listening to Open House Party on Saturday nights? This is where I learned about Pearl Jam and heard "Jeremy" for the first time. And I owned the tape and would play it in my car at school I daresay before anyone knew who was Eddie Vedder even was.
I remember doing some painting work for my boss at The Wright Place restaurant at his home, painting some metal beams for a barn that he was building. And with my jambox, I had this tape blaring loud and proud. Back then, kiddies, you got about five songs, then you had to flip the tape over.
10. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor I cannot tell you how awesome this song is. I mean, seriously. This will be another song that Lorelei Addison will hear as a very young little girl.
The video is so amazing, as she's starting at the camera, tears streaming down her eyes. Its on my list of the Saddest Songs Ever. That countdown is due for a re-do, and "Nothing Compares 2 U" might rank a little higher.
And this is on my current rotation of songs that I sing while I'm making drinks at Starbucks.
9. "Losing My Religion" by REM I've never been a huge REM fan, but this song was captivating. That's me in the corner. That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion. I do believe that not too long ago, Michael Stipe surprised no one when admitting he was gay, he admitted that this song was his struggle with being an Other.
We used to make fun of REM, saying that REM stood for Rear End Men. Turns out I wasn't too far from being right.
8. "Waterfalls" by TLC For all the songs that The Lovely Steph Leann liked on this countdown, I daresay there aren't many songs she hates more than this one. I like the song itself, but usually only hear it when I'm listening to a playlist that includes my favorite music from that Troy State era.
7. "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears Let's be honest. Back in 1998, you liked this song. Don't tell me you didn't. You had no idea that K-Fed, bald heads, kissing Madonna, that VMA snake, Chaotic, slutsville, rehab, two children, bad music, that Vegas marriage was coming. All you knew at that time was that this song was awesome, it was catchy, the album was fun, and speaking as a guy, we loved it.
6. "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mixalot I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE is a line that forever will go down in the "First Lines to a Song" Hall of Fame. I mean, you can't even say the words "Oh My Gah Becky, look at her butt" without someone laughing, or continuing the line or quoting the song. Seriously.
This is song is so engrained in our pop culture, it will be one of the songs on this list that will last for decades, maybe a generation. I don't know if Campbell Isaiah will be exposed to Mixalot at an early age, but it seems to be a good song to sing to babies. On Friends, Rachel sang it to her kid to calm her down, and when I was visiting my best mate Wookiee, I was holding their daughter Abby Grace and when AG got a little grumpy, I started to whisper "I like big butts and I cannot lie. You other brothers can't deny..." and like magic, AG quieted.
5. "Vogue" by Madonna Eh.
4. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston From a favorite film, 51st on The Dave100, its pre-crack Whitney at the top of her career. As this song started, I just put my head back on the recliner, looked at The Lovely Steph Leann and just sighed, "This song... is just so great."
A few drug hits and a Bobby Brown later, she can't hit those notes like she used to. But while you are on iTunes downloading those Mariah songs, make sure you get "How Will I Know", "Saving All My Love For You", "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (radio edit) and this song. Go now.
3. "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys The Lovely Steph Leann just piped up "This is the BEST!!!"
So one night, Mikey Nipp and I were going to a party somewhere. We walked to the door and he turned to me, said "I'm going to have the entire room singing Backstreet in ten minutes. Just watch this."
He walked in, quietly singing to himself, "you are... my fire... my one... desire..." and sure enough, within ten minutes every girl, and some guys, in the room were singing to themselves "I want it that way" and "you are... my fire..." and so on. It was hilarious.
2. "One" by U2 When "Achtung Baby" came out, I really dug "Mysterious Ways", which turned out to be my favorite U2 song of all time.
But I'll just be honest with ya here... this is my absolute least favorite U2 song out there. When this comes on the radio, I end up just turning it. There. I said it.
1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana When we were about three songs from the end, I said, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is probably number one." And I was right.
I was the first kid in my high school to own "Nevermind" with the naked baby on the front cover of the tape. And this song was played a whole heckuva lot in my car. Kurt Cobain is perhaps not as amazing as people remember him to be (who is, really) but he deserves alot of credit for, along with Pearl Jam, bringing the new grunge alternative sound to the forefront, inspiring rock music like never before, and making all those kids around me who felt Metallica and Alice in Chains were a little too loud have some hope in rock.
And then, when Weird Al Yankovic came out with "Smells Like Nirvana", I was laughing so hard I literally ran off of the road while driving down the highway in Enterprise, Alabama.
