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Thread started 02/01/07 3:40am

SoulAlive

80s pop classic of the day: "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn (1983)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...7IPdVIvXEw


headbang who remembers this great song,from early 1983? The video is wild!

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Reply #1 posted 02/01/07 3:57am

damosuzuki

I loved it then, and still do. That time frame was the beginning of the last great era for pop singles, I think.
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Reply #2 posted 02/01/07 4:08am

SoulAlive

damosuzuki said:

I loved it then, and still do. That time frame was the beginning of the last great era for pop singles, I think.


Agreed.1983 was one of the last truly amazing years for pop music.
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Reply #3 posted 02/01/07 5:39am

RipHer2Shreds

I like Weid Al's I Lost on Jeopardy better. biggrin
http://www.youtube.com/wa...J5bFTldxBY
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Reply #4 posted 02/01/07 6:11am

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Great song. They used to play that one on the R&B stations also.
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Reply #5 posted 02/01/07 6:13am

SoulAlive

vainandy said:

Great song. They used to play that one on the R&B stations also.


nod it's funkier than most of his other songs
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Reply #6 posted 02/01/07 6:14am

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SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

Great song. They used to play that one on the R&B stations also.


nod it's funkier than most of his other songs


I've never heard any of his other songs....I think. lol
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Reply #7 posted 02/01/07 6:18am

SoulAlive

vainandy said:



I've never heard any of his other songs....I think. lol



I'm sure you've heard "The Breakup Song" in 1981 lol
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Reply #8 posted 02/01/07 8:33am

Tom

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I always loved the video. That was a pretty far out idea to come up with from that song.
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Reply #9 posted 02/01/07 9:23am

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RipHer2Shreds said:

I like Weid Al's I Lost on Jeopardy better. biggrin
http://www.youtube.com/wa...J5bFTldxBY


I didn't even know I lost on Jeapordy was a remake until very recently. I thougt it was one of his originals. And yeah, it's better.

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Reply #10 posted 02/02/07 12:09am

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SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

Great song. They used to play that one on the R&B stations also.


nod it's funkier than most of his other songs


I use to jam Jeopardy at a R&B Club were i use to dj back in the day.
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Reply #11 posted 02/02/07 12:17am

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StarMon said:

SoulAlive said:



nod it's funkier than most of his other songs


I use to jam Jeopardy at a R&B Club were i use to dj back in the day.


This song got alot of airplay on our local R&B station music
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Reply #12 posted 02/02/07 12:58am

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RipHer2Shreds said:

I like Weid Al's I Lost on Jeopardy better. biggrin
http://www.youtube.com/wa...J5bFTldxBY



This version ruined it for me lol When I hear the original song,I can't help but think of Weird Al's parody song
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Reply #13 posted 02/02/07 12:59am

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Tom said:

I always loved the video. That was a pretty far out idea to come up with from that song.


Indeed lol
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Reply #14 posted 02/02/07 9:39am

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RipHer2Shreds said:

I like Weid Al's I Lost on Jeopardy better. biggrin
http://www.youtube.com/wa...J5bFTldxBY

Good pick, David. I love this song but I gotta go with Rip, Weird Al's is off the hook!
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