Hey folks — sorry, I didn’t keep up on my end of the bargain with the 90s vids. I have recently experienced the most violent illness I’ve ever experienced in my life. It was so bad my husb was considering taking me to the hospital in the wee hours of Saturday night/Sunday morning. 90s vids will be back in full force tomorrow.
In the meantime, husb and I are thinking of taking a weekend trip some weekend in November. Ideally, we’d like to be able to leave after work on a Friday, get there and check into a hotel so we can spend all day Sunday and most of Sunday in the destination. But we don’t know where to go! DC is out of the question – hello, we just spent two years living there – as are places we’ve been like New York or Philly or places I was raised to loathe like Cleveland. We’re looking for something under the radar, a place people wouldn’t normally think to visit.
Maybe Detroit? Or Toronto? Any ideas or suggestions, faithful readers?
I know things are a little YouTube-heavy around these parts lately, but the headline of this article, “Greenspan ’shocked’ that free markets are flawed,” really made me think of this:
When I was a kid, I was an avid fan of Nick At Nite. Summer nights, I would baby-sit my myriad cousins and siblings and after putting them to bed, I’d settle into my aunt’s blue recliner with a tall glass of Pepsi, a Swiss Cake Roll twin pack, and endless episodes of “Newhart,” “Happy Days,” “Taxi,” and “Mary Tyler Moore.” So I was pretty much psyched out of my mind when I heard this really funny song and saw that the video was filmed on the Happy Days set. It was just so hilarious and perfect to me.
The guy with the dark, full of head of hair makes me think of Peter Gallagher. Most people know him from his stint on The O.C. I will always think of him as the guy Sandra Bullock said she was engaged to when she wasn’t and then she fell in love with Bill Pullman. While You Were Sleeping, people! That was always a fave of mine on those Friday nights at Iggle Video when everything else had been rented. For me, it always came down to WYWS, Wayne’s World, or Fried Green Tomatoes. I usually picked one of the first two to rent for the zillionth time.
Yowza, Fonzie. Nice dancing! Reminds me of that scene in Fiddler on the Roof when those dudes dance with the bottles on their heads.
Who’s the famous guy from Weezer? (checks Wikipedia) Ah, yes, Rivers Cuomo. Total 90s alternative heartthrob.
So, why did those homies have to front? What did they ever do to those guys that made them so vi-o-lunt?
This is a song I associate more with the radio than MTV, but I’ll do my best.
Wow, kind of a melancholy video. Appropriate, I guess, but, jeez. The guy with the mohawk is so morose he can’t even pick himself up off the floor. These people all need some Prozac. (Remember when people would be like, “God, did you take your Prozac today?” when you said something even marginally mean? No? Just me and my hip posse? ‘Kay.)
Hey, this Goo Goo Doll guy is kinda hot in the black and white shots. Why was I not aware of this? Mmm, long 90s guy hair. Although I’m thinking that the hotness factor decreases a bit based on the fact that he is a Goo Goo Doll. Goo Goo? Really? Also, cleft chins just make me think of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, so really, I guess it could never work out. Gaston was a huge dick.
Never knew until this second that he says “Reruns all become our history.” How … deep.
So, this is a pretty depressing song, right? Slow tempo, acoustic guitar, longing for a lost love, “saw the dreams you never thought you lose tossed along the way,” etc. However, the thing I remember most about this song is that one day my mom and I were driving in the car and this song came on and she said “You know, this song just makes me so happy.” I was like, “Really? It’s kind of depressing.” She shrugged and said, “I know. But it just makes me feel really good and happy when it comes on.” So now, whenever I hear this song, or any other by the Goo Goo Dolls (which is kind of a lot, as I’m usually listening to Bob FM or 98.9 or 92.9), I think of my mom and hope she’s happy.
Okay, enough sappiness. Wanna know something funny? My husb often cannot tell the difference between the Goo Goo Dolls and the Gin Blossoms. I thought this was hilarious – DUH! The Goo Goo Dolls’ songs are usually slower and acoustic, and the Gin Blossoms are forever associated with Liv Tyler and Empire Records! – but then I realized that they do kind of sound alike. So now every time this song or “Allison Road” or “Iris” or “Til I Hear it From You” comes on, I’m like, “QUICK! Goo Goo Dolls or Gin Blossoms?!” He’s getting much better. I think he’s right like 75% of the time now. I have taught him well.
Oh, wow. The Spice Girls. My friends and I used to act out this video, karate kicks and fake laser finger guns and all. I was usually Baby Spice because I had long blonde hair, my really wiry friend was Sporty Spice, and our other friend was, I think, Posh Spice. I wish I could say that I was five when this song came out, but I was well into my junior high days. That just shows you what kind of preteen I was. Yikes.
I kind of like the name Trixie Firecracker.
Hey, guess what the collective nickname for the Spice Girls will be in like 30 years — OLD SPICE! HA! GET IT?! I like to throw a little 90s humor in when I can.
Will this deja vu never end? Ugh, I ask myself that everyday. The curse of being a Pisces. Sigh.
So, people were always saying Sporty Spice had the best voice, but she always sounded to me like she was singing while gargling. Kind of like Barbra Streisand. Don’t get me wrong, I love Babs. But you have to admit that she sort of has a weird voice.
Oooh, Adidas sport pants! When they came out with the tear-off kind, I remember thinking what a horrible idea it would be to wear them to gym class. And lo and behold, soon afterward, some kid wore them in my gym class and he was depantsed in front of everyone.
Wait, why was Mel B scary? I don’t remember the meaning behind her Spice name.
Uh, why is that dude tied to the desert? Can you even TIE SOMEONE TO A DESERT? And that other dude is tied to the roof of their car? What?! Spice Girls, I need more narrative and less exaggerated dancing.
The phrase “throwing far too much emotions at me” makes this English major quite stabby.
Dorky confession time: I went to see Spice World in the theater the weekend it came out. I remember being totally psyched about it even though it really did suck.
So, who was your favorite Spice Girl? Even though I always had to play Baby Spice since I looked most like her, I would probably choose either Ginger or Scary. They always seemed like they were having the most fun.
Hey. It’s been awhile, huh? Sorry about that! Turns out that one (or at least, I) cannot successfully buy a house, strip and refinish the hardwood floors, move into said house, morph into an amateur plumber, plan a wedding, execute a wedding, refinish a deck, get rid of a weirdly placed strip of plants in a huge backyard, grow grass, dig up a patch of backyard where the garden will be in the spring, kick ass at a new job, and get involved in a neighborhood organization while still blogging regularly.
(So, that’s my pathetic attempt at saying sorry for leaving you hanging for months on end.)
I missed blogging, I really did. Some days I would go back and read through the entries on this site and remember what I was feeling when I wrote them and feel the urge to start up again. I didn’t, because there was always a house thing to do, or a job thing to do, or a wedding thing to do.
Well, guess what – the wedding is over, the house is pretty much all settled, and the job is going great. So, I’m BACK, kids. And in honor of the occasion, I am going to do a 90s VOTW every DAY until the end of October. That is my solemn vow to you. Because we all need a little 90s music in our lives when the seasons start to change and you know winter is coming. We at least need it so we can rock out with our bad selves in chilly houses.
We just finished putting together the office this weekend, so I have a nice place to focus on writing my blog, writing my book, and working on various other projects that require my attention outside of work. So, I’ll see you tomorrow.
