Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Because I think of myself as not very aware of pop culture, and I know this song and most of the lyrics, but I have a bunch of friends who are like, "Never heard of it." Which makes me think I was sucked into an alternate dimension or something? Is this not common knowledge? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scarlett Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Terabith said: Because I think of myself as not very aware of pop culture, and I know this song and most of the lyrics, but I have a bunch of friends who are like, "Never heard of it." Which makes me think I was sucked into an alternate dimension or something? Is this not common knowledge? Yes it is common. In my alternate dimension anyway. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'm 53 and definitely remember the song - it was so popular! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I know the song well. It came out when I was 15 or 16 and went to #1 on the pop charts. I wonder where your friends were hiding in those days? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'm 40. I've totally heard it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippymamato3 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I do not know how anyone on this planet could not know that song! (JK but it's really common knowledge IMO!) 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 You are right. Your friends are wrong. I wasn't allowed much exposure to pop culture to pop culture as a kid. I was 9 yo when this song came out, according to Google and I know it. If I know it, it must have been widely known! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Yes I know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Louise Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Common knowledge, plus the parody version. Even my kids know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 See, even my 15 year old who has seen exactly eleven movies in her life knows this song..... One of my friends who doesn't know it is a professional musician. I'm so confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kassia said: I'm 53 and definitely remember the song - it was so popular! Me, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Yes, I know this song. Although, to be fair, it might be because I worked data entry one summer during college and they played the radio in the office. The radio station was "the greatest hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s". I called it, "We play the same 100 songs every day, just in a different order." 3 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, Melissa Louise said: Common knowledge, plus the parody version. Even my kids know it. Wait, WHAT parody version? I need this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I know it from when it was first released (I may be of a certain age). Parts of it are also in a current song but I'm not sure which one or by who, I just hear it on the radio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, hippymamato3 said: I do not know how anyone on this planet could not know that song! (JK but it's really common knowledge IMO!) Cloistered nuns perhaps? Newborns? People who have been in comas since 1982? Otherwise, I'm with you. Those are the categories I can come up with. 5 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 It got briefly so popular during the eclipse. I figured it'll get popular again during the next full solar eclipse. That's... soon, right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 It's so interesting that you have friends from another galaxy! 5 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Yes, it first came out while I was in college. I assume your friends are much younger than I am! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Know it and was singing it at work today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 It’s on the radio so my kids have heard the song multiple times on their car ride to tennis lessons. The song came out when my husband and I were in 5th grade so it’s common knowledge among our schoolmates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'm not a huge music fan, but it's one of my favorite songs ever. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Ugh yes. My high school boyfriend loved this song and I learned to play it on the piano for him back in the day. 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Definitely know it I'm in my 30's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Seasider too said: Pretty sure it’s Weird Al. eta or maybe not. I do think there’s a more recent lockdown version, isn’t there? I found this amazing one from my favorite lockdown family. 8 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Well, they only have to hear it once and it will stay with them forever! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Thanks for the earworm! I am the most pop culturally ignorant person thanks to my childhood and even I know that one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I know it. And I asked my 22-year-old if those words meant anything to her. "Of course Mom, duh! It's that song by Bonnie somebody." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) nm Edited March 3, 2021 by Lecka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 It's from my time so yes, I heard of it. I sang along with it on the radio more times than I can count. I probably have the Bonnie Tyler CD around somewhere with that and other songs your friends might not have hear of. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 53 minutes ago, Junie said: The radio station was "the greatest hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s". I called it, "We play the same 100 songs every day, just in a different order." Those stations always annoy me. They have 30 years worth of pop and rock and hip hop to choose from. Can't they play more than that same set over and over? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I’m not a big music fan and have a relatively small number of songs on my phone, but this is one of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I'm sure I could still sing a good portion of that song. I wouldn't expect anyone who wasn't a teen during the 80's to remember it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Yes, I know it. It was a pretty popular song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Of course I know it. I can't imagine anyone who doesn't. It was even introduced to younger generations in the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) I do. One thing I have noticed, though, is that there is much less a common body of songs for contemporary kids, with the exception of pieces from really popular movies and Hamilton. I remember a kid party years back where my tween was the one person under the age of 35 who knew all the words of "Eye of the Tiger"-which was amazing to me, because we're in Memphis-that's one of the unofficial fight songs for the UM football team, for crying out loud (I think my kid knew it due to sharing a gym with the UM cheer and dance teams for practice). Edited March 3, 2021 by Dmmetler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) Do I know it?? It's on my phone. Great for belting out in the car and also a classic track for couples' roller skating. 🙂 Bonnie Tyler on her trademark husky voice: "I had my first hit record in 1976, then all of a sudden, I had all these nodules on my vocal cords - I thought my career was over. They got quite big so I had to have an operation to remove them. You're not supposed to talk for six weeks after the operation but I found it very difficult because I'm a bit of a chatterbox. I tried not speaking, but when you can't speak, you can't go out. After you've had a hit record, if you go out and don't talk to anyone, people are going to be like, 'Oh my G--, who does she think she is?' They would have thought I had a big head. One day I just screamed out of frustration, then went back to the specialist and he said I had done damage to my voice and it would take six months for me to recover... But after I got my voice back, I went into the studio for the first time and started singing. The band said, 'Woah, your voice sounds great.' My voice was huskier than before, and had more of an edge. It turned out losing my voice was not too treacherous for me - I had my first hit in America with my new husky voice on It's a Heartache." Edited March 4, 2021 by MercyA 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Literal video: 😜😜😜 1 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Great Total Eclipse of the Heart-inspired tee. 7 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 @happi duck, that's just about the best thing I've seen this year. 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 29 minutes ago, Dmmetler said: I do. One thing I have noticed, though, is that there is much less a common body of songs for contemporary kids, with the exception of pieces from really popular movies and Hamilton. I remember a kid party years back where my tween was the one person under the age of 35 who knew all the words of "Eye of the Tiger"-which was amazing to me, because we're in Memphis-that's one of the unofficial fight songs for the UM football team, for crying out loud (I think my kid knew it due to sharing a gym with the UM cheer and dance teams for practice). Yes, but at least one of these friends who had not heard of it is 57 and a professional folk musician. I mean, he has no excuse! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezyone Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Terabith said: Because I think of myself as not very aware of pop culture, and I know this song and most of the lyrics, but I have a bunch of friends who are like, "Never heard of it." Which makes me think I was sucked into an alternate dimension or something? Is this not common knowledge? Were they living under a rock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Terabith said: Yes, but at least one of these friends who had not heard of it is 57 and a professional folk musician. I mean, he has no excuse! I knew a few people in university music programs who almost seemed to take pride in not knowing contemporary pop, etc. Like it somehow made them more "pure". (what it definitely made them was unable to take those little pop up gigs where you needed to be able to pretty much play any song that anyone came up with out of the blue.) It kind of reminds me of moms who talk about not letting their kids read/watch/listen to X, when all it does is make their kids out of sync on the playground. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Sneezyone said: Were they living under a rock? Well, one was in a cult for most of the 80's, but not since then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Want to know a fun fact? It is about vampires. https://rare.us/entertainment-and-culture/total-eclipse-of-the-heart/ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, MercyA said: @happi duck, that's just about the best thing I've seen this year. 😆 @happi duck I agree. I laughed so much. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Well, sure. But it’s old, and so am I, so... Drat it Terebith, I don’t love that song and now it’s earworming me. Trying to stick with the astronomy theme and replace it, I am totally planning to sing Another Star during my upcoming solo car ride as many times as it takes to switch my brain to that channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Yes, I know it. So does my 13yo who listens to the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Terabith said: I found this amazing one from my favorite lockdown family. The Marsh family is so, so good! Definitely listen to some of their other stuff. Their lockdown parodies make me laugh, and their version of Amazing Grace (with inverted lyrics about racism) makes me cry. Lots of talent, and the kids seem to enjoy it. Edited to add that they also have some straightforward adaptions. Edited March 3, 2021 by katilac 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 36 minutes ago, katilac said: The Marsh family is so, so good! Definitely listen to some of their other stuff. Their lockdown parodies make me laugh, and their version of Amazing Grace (with inverted lyrics about racism) makes me cry. Lots of talent, and the kids seem to enjoy it. Edited to add that they also have some straightforward adaptions. They are quite a talented crew. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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