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Re: They're playing our song?
Posted By: Mel, on host 209.180.200.163
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000, at 16:20:56
In Reply To: Re: They're playing our song? posted by eric sleator on Thursday, July 13, 2000, at 10:20:23:

> > > We were watching TV the other evening, and it seemed like every other commercial was one for a CD song collection--you know, the ones called
> > > "Jammin' or Amazing [insert decade number or music genere here]"--where the song titles scroll across your screen as snippets of music play. Koaladad & I were having a competition of sorts to see who recognized the most tunes (well, it was just one of those boring kind of evenings when this sort of thing actually seemed like some resemblance of fun, what can I say...) Anyway, it got me to thinking, do couples still have "our" songs, as in "Listen, dear, they're playing our song!" Do people still do this? A lot of the song titles we saw on the commercials probably wouldn't qualify for this designation, unless you had a really, um,...unusual...kind of relationship...
> > >
> > > ...which makes me think of another sort of parlor game: think of a famous couple and tell what "their" song would be...
> > > for instance:
> > >
> > > Eva Braun & Adolf Hitler: "Everybody wants to Rule the World"
> > >
> > > Imelda & Ferdinand Marcos" "These Boots are Made for Walking"
> > >
> > > etc. I'm sure you can do better than this?
> > >
> > > koala"needs to get a life"mom
> >
> > Hmmm... Here's one off the top of my head:
> >
> > Ma and Pa Bell: "Just Communication" ^_^
> >
> > Nyperold
>
> Roseanne and John Goodman from "Roseanne": "Big Time" (Peter Gabriel)
>
> -eric "sorry" sleator
> Thu 13 Jul A.D. 2000

Erm...how about:

Al and Tipper Gore: "Hip to be Square"

Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: "Bye Bye Bye"

M"..."el