stevie nice
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Post by stevie nice on Jul 24, 2004 22:04:44 GMT -5
This is exactly the type of song that makes me like this part of the boards more than any other. A quirky song like this needs a topic dedicated to it! And why not?? Possibly one of the most memorable of the 80s New Wave meets Alternative Rock tracks and with good reason! Great rock club dance beat, silly lyrics, and a top 20 placing on the pop charts, very hard at that time for a totally independent record label, let alone one that specialized in club music (Profile Records)
Sample lyrics:
(damsel in distress) : Riding in the chuckwagon, following my man... his name is Ted, can you believe that?
(choir that sounds like a 50's country tune) : Ted, whoa Ted, fighting off dangerrrrrrrrr!)
Oh Eighties music, where would we be without you??
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Post by snoman on Jul 24, 2004 23:16:07 GMT -5
It's a strange song, but I've always liked it.
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Jeff
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Post by Jeff on Jul 25, 2004 10:48:15 GMT -5
I love the song, too.
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Post by reception on Jul 25, 2004 11:10:49 GMT -5
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on Jul 25, 2004 16:46:19 GMT -5
Goofy ass song, I like it.
Hot 100: #12
R&R CHR: #13
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jul 25, 2004 19:58:49 GMT -5
It's a strange song, but I've always liked it. |
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John77
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Post by John77 on Dec 30, 2005 4:27:20 GMT -5
In my opinion, perhaps the best "novelty" record of all time... I still hear this on the radio here in L.A... and of course I spike it every other week or so...
... indians on the warpath... white man speaking in foreign tongues isn't it.. or nothin'....
My name is Ted... and one day, I'll be dead... yo yo yo....
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620 Soul Train
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Dec 30, 2005 23:53:43 GMT -5
Funny song and nice to jam to here and there!
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Post by Ezekiel 23:20–21 on Dec 31, 2005 0:18:37 GMT -5
Love this song! This is my jam right now!
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johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Apr 14, 2006 21:41:40 GMT -5
It was OK. I have it taped off of Backtrax USA
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 21, 2007 12:38:43 GMT -5
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BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jun 25, 2007 18:36:01 GMT -5
"Chewin' my tobacca..."
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johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Apr 3, 2010 17:59:11 GMT -5
Kinda novelty-ish. Haven't heard it in a long long time.
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disman00911
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Post by disman00911 on Sept 10, 2021 10:22:40 GMT -5
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