I was watching TV the other day and the following commercial came on for the upcoming VMA awards:
After watching the commercial, I realized I did not recognize a single name.
I guess that’s a clear sign that I’m not staying up with the times, but if anyone out there wants to tell me of any song by any of these performers that I should listen to, I’d love to give it a listen.
Then when I go into my class, I can ask them “How many of you have seen that video of …?”
That should be good for a bit of street cred with my students 🙂
Thanks for your help in keeping me up to date… 🙂
*image of the VMA statue (The Moonman) from YourEDM
I heard of music once.
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I guess you weren’t impressed…
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It was alright.
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I can’t name anything except NasX’s remake of Old Town Road. But I recognize all of them and know they all make good music. Machine Gun Kelly surprised me the most though, again, I have no idea what song I heard him perform.
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thatnks for the recommendation; I’ll give Old Town Road a listen..
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It’s a little old now. You’d be slightly more current by knowing he split his pants poke dancing on SNL, thus why he was grabbing his crotch for an entire, already sexual, song/dance. And, yes, he’s gay.
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thanks for the background info; now I have to look up poke dancing… 🙂
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Lol… typo… poLe dancing
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ok…. that I’ve heard of… 🙂
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I had fun imagining a poke dance… around a bowl of raw tuna.
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I was wondering if it was like the hokey pokey dance… 🙂
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LOL
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Lil Nas X just signed with Taco Bell:
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/23/lil-nas-x-taco-bell-montero/
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that’s a great story; talking about coming full circle…
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Machine Gun Kelly was a mobster back in the 1930’s, as I recall.
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that’s the Machine Gun Kelly we all grew up knowing and loving…
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He was such a swell guy.
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I mean he had a nickname, so he must have been pretty cool…
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It must have been his hair-trigger temper that got him in trouble.
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so what is that; if someone made fun of his hair he went off the deep end?
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No, I think it was his name, “Kelly” that he was sensitive about. Sounds like a girl’s name, and he was very macho.
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sort of like a Boy Named Sue…
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I think that was his brother’s name.
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and alice cooper was the third brother…
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Yes she was.
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🙂
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Don’t worry, I don’t recognize a lot of artists these days either.. I’m pretty stuck on 90s and 00s music lol eternal 90s gal over here!
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I’m happily stuck in the 70s…
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80s for me!
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I know all of them!! You may have heard Old Town Road by Lil Nas X. It was super popular for a while. I think all of them are very talented and you would enjoy any song by them. I would highly recommend Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo.
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thanks for those two recommendations; you are the second person to mention Old Town Road!
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Yup it’s a very popular son!
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just watched the video, that was enjoyable, quite the production!
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Yup all his songs are really fun to watch and obviously he’s super talented.
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based on that video, I’d agree!
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*song
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Sorry Jim. I wish I could help. I gave up trying to keep up with popular music years ago. You’re the music expert as far as I’m concerned.😄
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if I’m the music expert, then we’re both in trouble…
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I try to stay current with music, so I recognize some of these artists. I have a feeling you might have heard Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo. Great song!
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_5_most_popular_girl_names_in_song_titles-79959
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thanks for letting me know Pete. I’ll give it a listen later today. And thanks for that link – it mentions one of my favorite songs, Jenny, Jenny, also known as 867-5309…
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I read a story once about someone who had that phone number and was forced to change it because of all of the comedians who used to call it. Tommy Tutone and Jenny—the definition of a one-hit-wonder. Great song!
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my oldest son told me that he has gone into many grocery stores and when he is asked to input a phone number so he can get the discount, he has used that number many times, and it has never failed him!
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Ooops, wrong link. That was from a search I did when I started wondering the most popular name in songs. Here is the Olivia Rodrigo song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDBbnmKpqQ
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I was wondering what the connection was, but as I noted, I did find something enjoyable on that list!
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I have heard of Lorde. That’s a surpise. I can’t name any music by her though, so that’s not a surprise. 🙂
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well, that’s a start!
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😂
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Street cred? You will probably alienate them from ever loving the music you recommend!
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that’s true; I better tread carefully…
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My playlist has very few numbers from this century and most of those were discovered at Zumba class.
But it gets the kids all dancing at family parties.
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most of my music is from the 70s, and I don’t think there’s any music that would get me dancing… 🙂
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You, and most male members of my generation 😦
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😊
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I have heard of all of them, but I see you have many great suggestions already. None of which I can argue with. As no one has offered it, I will suggest Lorde’s “Royals”. Easy to find on any streaming site.
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thanks for the suggestion, Brad. I’ll give it a listen later today…
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I’ve heard of all but the only one I can claim to listen to is Lorde – some of her stuff is actually quite good! Royals has already been mentioned and is probably her best known song. It has received the two ultimate accolades already: a parody version by Weird Al (Foil) and a cover by, wait for it, WOTE. Time to hit YouTube, I think 😉
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I’ll probably first check out the WOTE and Weird Al songs – thanks for letting me know!
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You’re welcome. The song, and WOTE’s version, dates back to 2013 so you’ll see Mike and Marshall in there. The original is very good, too: https://youtu.be/nlcIKh6sBtc
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thanks for the link!
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I’ve heard of most of them, but couldn’t name a song by most. lil nas’ ‘old town road’ was huge with the younger crowd , and I heard it played as a song at some sporting events. (on line of course)
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a few people have mentioned that song -will definitely have to give it a listen…
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all the elementary kids were singing and dancing to it, and the pistons were using it as a song during games
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wow, I really am out of touch…
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it’s my grandies that keep me in the loop
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lucky you!
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Don’t know any either – and I have two teenage kids who share their musical knowledge with me 🙂
Dare I say – are these performers even old enough to hold a driver’s license? And I know the answer would be YES…
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I keep getting older, and these performers seem to stay the same age, just like my students…
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Ha ha 🙂
You’re not alone!
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👍
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You’re not the only one!
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that’s good to know!
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🙂
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