Random music news for Monday, January 9, 2023
I can’t wait to fly Air India one day. You apparently don’t even have to use the washrooms–if you’re a
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Read moreThe Montana Toilet Man. Be afraid. Calm down with some music news for August 18, 2022. Depeche Mode is back
Read moreI continue to get an insane amount of traffic for these posts. People love their Sunday Lunch performances with Robert
Read moreIt was probably in the spring of 1987 when I first heard the special audience lyrics in the Billy Idol version of the Tommy James classic, “Mony Mony.” I was hosting one of the old CFNY Video Roadshows at a high school somewhere in Southern Ontario. When Martin Streek, the guy in charge of playing the videos, flipped to this clip, the dancers erupted.
At first, I couldn’t make how what they were yelling. “What are they shouting?” I asked Martin. He helpfully translated with the appropriate arm gestures.
Billy: Here she come now singing Mony Mony
Dancers: HEY MOTHERF*CKER GET LAID GET F*CKED!
Billy: Well, shoot ’em down, turn around, come on Mony
Dancers: HEY MOTHERF*CKER GET LAID GET F*CKED!
Billy: Hey she give me love and I feel alright now
Dancers: HEY MOTHERF*CKER GET LAID GET F*CKED!
I looked at him weird. “How do they know what to say?”
A puzzled look came across Martin’s face for a moment; it was apparent that he’d never considered the question before. Then he just shrugged and turned to deal with a very angry principal who was appalled that such obscenities would be chanted by his students in his gym at his school.
The question of the origins of the special audience participation lyrics has been in the back of my mind ever since. Perhaps it’s time to address it once and for all–if that’s even possible.
Read more[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] For the last number of decades, I’ve made a career out
Read moreHere’s why you get frustrated at spellcheck/auto-correct on your phone or computer. Blame a guy named Noah. As a proud
Read moreDamn, these videos are popular with people who come to this site. No idea why–other than they’re awfully fun and
Read moreOld punks never die. They just…grow up. Sometimes. (Via Larry)
Read moreRobert Fripp, the legendary guitar whiz, and his wife, singer Toyah Wilcox, have something called “Tanya’s and Robert’s Sunday Lunch.”
Read moreRoxodus, the first-year festival scheduled for Edenvale, Ontario (NW of Barrie, south of Wasaga Beach) on July 11-13 just announced
Read moreQueen Victoria has been dead since 1901, but we’re eternally grateful for this May holiday. She was actually born on
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