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Entertainment / Post Random Music Facts
Last post by claws - July 03, 2026, 09:53:22 PM
Some facts about Bananarama's signature song Cruel Summer
1. Released on 27 June 1983 as a stand‑alone single before later being added to Bananarama's second album.
2. Written by all three Bananarama members (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward) along with producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain.
3. Reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983.
4. Reached #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 after being featured in The Karate Kid (1984).
5. The group refused to include the song on The Karate Kid soundtrack album, despite its success from the film.
6. The song's theme reflects the "darker side" of summer, focusing on oppressive heat and loneliness.
7. Inspired by the band's inability to take their usual summer holiday due to heavy promotional commitments.
8. The music video was filmed in New York City, chosen simply because the group had never been there.
9. Shot in two days, Bananarama filmed the Cruel Summer video in July 1983 in the middle of a brutal heatwave. Temperatures hit 98°F.
10. The video features the band escaping in a truck and throwing banana peels at police, a playful nod to their name.
11. During the video shoot, the band encountered dockworkers who introduced them to cocaine, according to Siobhan Fahey.
12. The song peaked at #1 in Luxembourg, its highest chart position anywhere.
13. VH1 ranked it #44 on their "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s."
14. Billboard ranked it #13 on their "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time."
15. Mike Tyson is a fan of the song and once surprised the band by singing it to them in a hotel.
#2
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by bob - July 03, 2026, 08:58:16 PM #3
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by Trevor - July 03, 2026, 08:52:12 PM #4
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - July 03, 2026, 08:48:43 PMso you could do
Why did you participate in the poop-off?
Why did you participate in the poop-off?
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - July 03, 2026, 08:28:25 PM"I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not" (2025)
CNN produced this documentary about the long and sometimes bumpy career of the actor and comedian, who shot to fame as one of the original "SNL" cast and rode that to Hollywood stardom, despite struggles with addiction, depression and a reputation that he's sometimes hard to work with. I've always been a Chase fan so this was a cool trip down memory lane.
CNN produced this documentary about the long and sometimes bumpy career of the actor and comedian, who shot to fame as one of the original "SNL" cast and rode that to Hollywood stardom, despite struggles with addiction, depression and a reputation that he's sometimes hard to work with. I've always been a Chase fan so this was a cool trip down memory lane.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by chainsaw midget - July 03, 2026, 07:58:07 PMUnmasked Part 25. (Also known as Hand of Death Part 25: Jackson's Back or just The Hand of Death)
Highly recommended for 1980s slasher fans and people that enjoy meta-horror like The Rise of Leslie Vernon or Scream. The movie is basically What if Jason Voorhees was self away and lonely. "Jackson" (or Jason stand-in) encounters a blind woman that mistakes him for her blind-date and they fall for each other. It's got some very nice deaths. This feels like a movie that should be a lot better know than it is.
Highly recommended for 1980s slasher fans and people that enjoy meta-horror like The Rise of Leslie Vernon or Scream. The movie is basically What if Jason Voorhees was self away and lonely. "Jackson" (or Jason stand-in) encounters a blind woman that mistakes him for her blind-date and they fall for each other. It's got some very nice deaths. This feels like a movie that should be a lot better know than it is.
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - July 03, 2026, 06:00:57 PM
Just the Ravel trio
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Good Movies / Re: Jackass Best and Last (202...
Last post by zombie no.one - July 03, 2026, 03:08:32 PMQuote from: Trevor on July 03, 2026, 10:50:28 AMespecially the new footage which seems to just show the Jackass bros wanting to inflict pain on each other.
radical new direction then?!
I enjoyed some of the jackass stuff first time around. the skits where johnny knoxville pretends to be a guy who needs help pulling his trousers up in public was funny...
(re)watched the first movie a few months ago and good grief it seemed like it was a zillion years old.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by LilCerberus - July 03, 2026, 01:54:49 PM
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Good Movies / Re: Jackass Best and Last (202...
Last post by Trevor - July 03, 2026, 01:46:45 PMQuote from: claws on July 03, 2026, 11:19:41 AMNever seen any of those Jackass movies. I don't feel like I have been missing out.
Some of their pranks and stunts are funny but the Jackass crew are an acquired taste for most. The TV series and the first two movies are funny, the rest not so much.