Great Moments in Timely Pop Culture References
I know I throw a lot of old references out there, but I’d like to think they read better than this one about the Cubs’ impotent offense from Gordon Wittennyer of the Chicago Sun-Times:
Chumbawamba and Vanilla Ice have more hit singles than these guys had the last week.
You’re better, but you can’t beat this reference for conveying absolute suckiness. Although I will be totally honest and cop to *still* owning the Vanilla Ice cassette. Hey, I was in college! In West By God! What else was I supposed to listen to?!
I saw Vanilla Ice in concert in Huntington, WV as a part of Marshall’s homecoming festivities in 1990 or 1991.
What comparison did you expect – Daniel Powter and Danity Kane?
And it could have been worse – they could have used the Baha Men.
rather missing the point of chumbawumba i feel.
elmussol [resident anarcho]
Hasn’t enough time passed to consider Vanilla Ice and Chumbawumba one-hit wonders?
I’ll not apologize for my love of Tubthumping, though.
Hasn’t enough time passed to consider Vanilla Ice and Chumbawumba one-hit wonders?
Oh, I agree. I guess my point was directed at the criticism of using dated examples of one-hit wonders. By their nature, it seems, one-hit wonders are going to be dated. If a band is relatively new and still making “relevant” music, well, no one’s going to be calling it a one-hit wonder.
Nothing like dated pop culture references…
Isn’t a certain amount of time required to pass before a singer or band is considered a “one hit wonder”?