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Posts Tagged ‘1988’
R.E.M.: Orange Crush
range Crush. That’s right, the Orange are going to crush Pitt today in their Big East College Hoops match-up, and I will be at the game to witness this. And with the Orangemen ranked 5th in the country and off to a perfect start to the season, would anybody dare disagree with [...]
Cliff Richard: Mistletoe and Wine
ere’s my attempt this Holiday season to give you a song that will annoyingly stay in your head for the remainder of the week. Sir Cliff Richard, born 1940, dominated the British music charts in the late 50’s and early 60’s, and then two things happened. The first was The Beatles. The [...]
Enya: Oíche Chiúin
Here’s Enya, singing the Gaelic version of Silent Night, dated from a BBC program in the late 1980’s.
Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé,
Cách ‘na suan, dís araon,
Dís is dílse ag faire le spéis,
Naí beag gnaoi-gheal ceanán tais caomh
Críost ina chodladh go séimh,
Críost ina chodladh go séimh.
Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé,
Aoirí ar dtús chuala an scéal,
“Aililiuia” aingil [...]
Weird Al Yankovic: Fat
This parody of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” was released by Weird Al in 1988. I wasn’t able to embed the video on my blog but there is a link to it above – I highly recommend watching the grammy-winning video.
Happy Turkey Day everybody! If you are not already stuffed beyond the innards of [...]
Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
This song reminds me of a wedding I went to a few years ago. The reception was awesome, up until the point where song requests started reaching the DJ. One of the wedding guests, who we will refer to only as Mr 80’s guy (we don’t actually know his name or even [...]
