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'Hit Me Baby' Brings Back 80s 1-Hit Wonders
NBC10 ^ | 6/04/05 | NBC10

Posted on 06/03/2005 11:12:36 PM PDT by freedom44

Did you ever wonder what happened to some of those one-hit wonders like Vanilla Ice, Tommy Tutone and Flock of Seagulls?

NBC did too, so they are bringing them back in "Hit Me Baby One More Time." What do they look like? What do they sound like?

We tracked down hitmakers from the past to take the stage to perform one more time and you can be the judge.

For three weeks, the former Top Ten artists will perform their trademark hit song along with one of today's current hits. At the end of the night, the live audience votes for their favorites! Watch "Hit Me Baby One More Time," Thursday nights at 9 on NBC 10.

Here is a list of the performers so you don't miss your favorite!

Episode 1: Thursday June 2, 9 p.m.

Arrested Development Tiffany Flock of Seagulls Loverboy Cece Peniston

Episode 2: Thursday June 9

Sophie B. Hawkins Wang Chung Irene Cara Cameo Night Ranger

Episode 3: Thursday June 16

The Motels The Knack Tommy Tutone Vanilla Ice One Band To Be Determined


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 80s; americanfalseidols; better2watchpaintdry; bigcountry; bighair; cockrock; fatdudesinspandex; genx; music
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To: This Just In

Vanilla Ice stole it, said he didn't, and refused to give credit (i.e., license cash) to Mercury and Queen.
He was sued, he presented his riff as being slightly different, and that was his defense.

He was made a money-grubbing fool, lost his lawsuit, and had to credit Queen and Bowie. Nothing honorable about it, actually.


241 posted on 06/04/2005 5:33:55 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: NewLand
As a former MTV junkie (when they first hit the scene and actually played videos), Take on Me was and is my #1 favorite music video.

Duran Duran videos got on my nerves.

242 posted on 06/04/2005 5:39:07 AM PDT by Siouxz ( Freepers are the best!!!)
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To: Red Sea Swimmer

Hubby and I are big Pixies fans. We saw them at Pat's in the Flats in Cleveland in the 80s.


243 posted on 06/04/2005 5:41:57 AM PDT by Siouxz ( Freepers are the best!!!)
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To: mabelkitty

How did the lead singer for the Waitresses die? That's a bummer--I really liked their album.


244 posted on 06/04/2005 5:46:47 AM PDT by Siouxz ( Freepers are the best!!!)
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To: NewLand
Ace - How Long (has this been going on)

That was 70s, I believe.

BTW what's great about that song is what's great about "Tempted" by the Squeeze, and "Silent Running" by Mike and the Mechanics. Do you know what it is?

245 posted on 06/04/2005 6:05:51 AM PDT by JCEccles (Andrea Dworkin--the Ward Churchill of gender politics.)
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To: NewLand
BTW what's great about that song is what's great about "Tempted" by the Squeeze, and "Silent Running" by Mike and the Mechanics. Do you know what it is?

Paul Carrack. The greatest least known singer in the history of rock.

246 posted on 06/04/2005 6:13:21 AM PDT by JCEccles (Andrea Dworkin--the Ward Churchill of gender politics.)
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To: Pro-Bush
..Also, favorite Metallica release is "Ride the Lightning".

Careful there, you realize that you're advertising anti-death penalty song in Free Republic? ;-)
247 posted on 06/04/2005 6:50:30 AM PDT by MirrorField (Just an opinion from atheist, minarchist and small-l libertarian.)
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To: freedom44

A dog returning to its vomit.


248 posted on 06/04/2005 7:15:16 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: Tall_Texan
Where's Animotion? They had nothing after "Obsession" right?

No hits that I can think of. I do have another song of theirs, "Room to Move," which I thought was good, though it doesn't equal "Obession."
249 posted on 06/04/2005 7:52:42 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief (Any Freepers who enjoy fantasy, I welcome to look at my FR homepage to take a look at my new book)
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To: freedom44
How can we forget Paul Hardcastle and “19” ...
n n n n nineteen, nineteen, n n n n nineteen, nineteen ...
250 posted on 06/04/2005 7:58:23 AM PDT by evilC ([573]Tag Server Error, Tag not found)
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To: Petronski

Greatest video in the history of music!


251 posted on 06/04/2005 8:02:16 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: Petronski

haha wow, I remember that video.. this thread has brought back some memories.


252 posted on 06/04/2005 8:02:22 AM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: NewLand
"*The Outfield Your Love"

Josie's on a vacation far away...

253 posted on 06/04/2005 8:10:25 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: freedom44

254 posted on 06/04/2005 8:13:43 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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To: freedom44
Lest we forget:

•Diesel's "Sausalito Summer Nights

•"Switching To Glide" by the Kings

•"Tired of Toein' the Line" from Rocky Burnett

•"Heat of the Moment" by Asia

•Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

BTW, Ace's "How Long" was first released in 1974 on Polydor.

255 posted on 06/04/2005 8:16:31 AM PDT by rond
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To: Siouxz
As a former MTV junkie (when they first hit the scene and actually played videos), Take on Me was and is my #1 favorite music video.

Same here - a really cool video and ground-breaking for its time.

The mid-eighties were a wonderful time for me - I'd just gotten married, had my own place and used to watch MTV constantly (they were actually worth watching then.)

Oh yeah, and the best thing about that time - Reagan was President!
256 posted on 06/04/2005 8:17:02 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (The theory of evolution is the great cosmogenic myth of the twentieth century - Michael Denton)
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To: Serb5150

80s ping


257 posted on 06/04/2005 9:37:46 AM PDT by jwfiv
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To: Darkwolf377

I agree, I've got it on DVD. Funny seeing Grissom from CSI looking so young. Not mention the 'moment' towards the end. Willem Defoe was awesome as well.


258 posted on 06/04/2005 9:41:35 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: A CA Guy
He got black listed by rappers for not being from the ghetto and of course for being a white guy doing rap.

plus he wasn't honest about his background... he tried to say he was ghetto... but really, with a name like Van Winkle, how ghetto can you be? and he lied about the track to Ice, Ice Baby... everyone knew it was "Under Pressure" (great song) but Vanilla said it wasn't "exactly" the same... that was just silly...

i loved Jim Carey's impersonation of him on "In Living Color."

259 posted on 06/04/2005 9:59:21 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: Petronski; A CA Guy
But Vanilla Ice did it (almost) first, and did it very badly.

he wasn't almost first... heck, ten years before The Sugar Hill Gang did with Chic's "Good Times" in "Rapper's Delight." it wasn't that Vanilla did it badly, it was that he tried to say he didn't use "Under Pressure," when, of course, he did...

260 posted on 06/04/2005 10:04:56 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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