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Tedious Moments To Remember #4 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_] This is the fourth in our weekly look back at classic Tedious Link moments from the past four years. These “memories” will be posted here each weekend after the weeks’ set of Tedious Links have been updated. This week we're going way way back, to Wednesday 27th November 2002 - when Dave linked to MC Hammer as Tedious Link. Cue the team rapping along afterwards. Pre Bottom theme mix in these days too...  Friday 29th September 2006 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_]  Skunk Anansie Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) - “Hedonism “is what people like to do when they go to Ibiza - Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands, along with Formentera, Majorca and Minorca, and they’re all situated in the Mediterranean Sea - The Mediterranean Sea is what separates the continents of Europe and Africa - Africa is where Safari Parks import all of their lions and elephants and stuff - Elephants have tusks, and it’s these that poachers are after to sell to bad people who carve them into ivory - The Ivory Coast is where Didier Drogba is from, who plays for Chelsea - Chelsea are managed by Jose Mourinho, who likes to wear a long coat - The word “coat” rhymes with “moat”, which is the word for the water filled trench designed to keep out marauding and invading baddies, that would be dug around the castle - Castles were a big thing in the olden days, and many places in the UK still have names that derive from the fact that they were traditional castle locations, such as “Castle Bromwich”, ”Castle Donington” and of course ”Newcastle Upon Tyne” - and Newcastle Upon Tyne is where me, Rachel, Carrie and Longman will be on Sunday for The Great North Run, which begins in Newcastle and ends in South Shields - So if you’re gonna be in South Shields or anywhere along the thirteen mile course, we will during the course of the morning “run to you” - Which links us cleverly to Bryan Adams and Run To You. Highest UK Chart Position - #11 (MC) Thursday 28th September 2006 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_]  Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus’s only other decent chart entry came with their cover of ”A Little Respect” by Erasure - “Erasure” sounds a lot like “eraser”, which is what the Americans call a rubber - Rubber naturally comes from rubber trees, and one of the biggest producers of rubber is Malaysia - The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, and is known for short as “KL” - “KL” are the initials of Ken Livingstone, who’s the Mayor of London - London is the capital of England - If you swap the A of England for a U you get “Englund”, as in Robert Englund, who starred in the ”Nightmare On Elm Street” films as Freddy Krueger - ”Kruger” is also the name of a national park in South Africa - South Africa is where Nelson Mandela is from, and was incarcerated - Nelson Mandela has met loads of singers and stuff over the years, including Bono, Jim Kerr from Simple Minds and Tom Jones - Tom Jones is from South Wales, as is Grant from Feeder - and Feeder’s drummer Mark, who’s from Leeds I think (or certainly supports Leeds) used to be the drummer with Skunk Anansie - Which links us to Skunk Anansie and Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good). Highest UK Chart Position - #13 (MC) Wednesday 27th September 2006 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_]  Ian Brown F.E.A.R - Ian Brown shares the same surname as Gordon Brown, who is the Deputy PM and a strong possibility to take over the leadership at some point from Tony Blair - “Blair” rhymes with “care”, as in The Care Bears, which were popular with Joel from JK and Joel during his childhood - Childhood is apparently the happiest time of your life - ”(I've Had) The Time Of My Life” was a big hit for Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, and was taken from the soundtrack to the movie ”Dirty Dancing”, starring Patrick Swayze - Patrick Swayze was also in the film ”Ghost” with Demi Moore, who goes out with Ashton Kutcher from ”MTV Punk’d”, and also used to be married to Bruce Willis - Bruce Willis starred in the Die Hard films and also in ”Moonlighting” with Cybill Shepherd - A shepherd is someone involved in the business of sheep, as is a shearer - Shearer, first name Alan, used to play for Newcastle United and before that for Blackburn Rovers and Southampton - Southampton is famous for Craig David, who had a top 8 hit with ”Rendezvous” in 2001 - and 2001 was also the year that the almost one hit wonders that were, or are rather, Wheatus, scored their biggest hit with ”Teenage Dirtbag’ - Which links us to Wheatus and of course Teenage Dirtbag. Yeah, er, but, er NOOOO. Gordon Brown is The Chancellor Of The Exchequer, not the Deputy PM. Schoolboy error there by A-Level Politics student Comedy Dave. Also, Demi Moore married Ashton Kutcher on September 24th 2005, so isn’t just “going out” with him anymore. Highest UK Chart Position - #2 (MC) Tuesday 26th September 2006 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_]  Placebo Nancy Boy - A “placebo” is actually a medical term for something which doesn’t have any medicinal qualities but makes you feel better because you think it does, so it’s all in your head - Your head is the part of the body that connects your brain and your eyes and your mouth and your cheeks to your main body or torso, via the neck - The word “neck” in cockney rhyming slang is known as a ”Gregory”, as in Gregory Peck, who was an actor from years ago who is now sadly dead, just like Fred Astaire - ”Just Like Fred Astaire” was a hit for James in 1999, while ”1999” was a hit for Prince, who likes the colour purple, which was the title of a film starring Whoopi Goldberg, who was also in ”Jumpin' Jack Flash”, which was a hit for The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones are still going strong, and still feature the frail and fragile Keith Richards, who’s making a cameo in the new Pirates Of The Caribbean film alongside Johnny Depp - Johnny Depp shares the same initials as Coronation Street star Jane Danson - Jane Danson is from Manchester, as are many, many famous people, including Steve Coogan, Ryan Giggs, Morrissey, Brian Kidd, Melanie Sykes and of course Ian Brown - Which links us to Ian Brown and F.E.A.R. With Ian Wright in, the pub quiz half way through and the text machines off, Dave declared “I don’t know” when asked whether the link was seamless. The answer? Well, sorta. Ryan Giggs was born in Cardiff let’s not forget. Highest UK Chart Position - #13 (MC) Monday 25th September 2006 [Posted Friday, October 6 2006 by MC_]  EMF Unbelievable - EMF were fronted by their lead singer called “James” - James is also the name of a famous English King, and in that respect shares something in common with Henry, George, Charles and Edward - Charles and Edward were the proper first names of Charles and Eddie, who scored a number one hit in 1992 with ”Would I Lie To You?” - ”Would I Lie To You?” is also a song title that would appear on the contrasting discographies of Whitesnake and The Eurythmics - The Eurythmics were made up of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, who used to be married to (or certainly went out with) Siobhan Fahey, who was originally in Bananarama, and then went on to form Shakespeare’s Sister with Marcella Detroit - Detroit is a place in America and is also where Eminem is from - Eminem starred in the film ”8 Mile” - 8 mile plus another five miles is thirteen miles, which is the approximate length of the Great North Run, which scarily takes place this coming Sunday and takes place in Newcastle Upon Tyne, which is the home of Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec are both big mates of Brian Connelly - Brian Connelly shares the same first name as Brian Molko - and Brian Molko is the lead singer of the band Placebo - Which links us to (the superb) Placebo and Nancy Boy. Well, James was born at Edinburgh Castle, which technically makes him a famous Scottish King and not an English one. The Jocks 1 McVitty 0. Anyway, superb choice of track. Pity daytime Radio 1 don’t give a sh*t about them anymore. “Meds” should be on the playlist without a doubt. I’m sick of genuinely great records being ignored for dance pap. Anyway, roll on December 7th for Placebo at Notts Arena. Highest UK Chart Position - #4 (MC) |
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