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Tue 30/08/05 at 22:29
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Can anyone think of any songs with references to well known moments in history - ie ABBA singing about Waterloo.
Tue 30/08/05 at 23:31
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Song - Video Killed the Radio Star

Historical relevance - the start of MTV
Tue 30/08/05 at 23:59
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down wrote:
> There'll be a few Vietnam songs, methinks.

REM - Orange Crush

down wrote:
> Song - Video Killed the Radio Star
>
> Historical relevance - the start of MTV

That's why they made it?
I thought the only relevance between teh pair is that it was the first song MTV played.
Wed 31/08/05 at 00:11
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Radiohead- Where I End and You Begin

Relevance: "Dinosaurs roam the earth."


Guns and Roses- Civil War

Relevance: Duh.


Lightning Seeds- Three Lions

Relevance: 1966 etc.
Wed 31/08/05 at 00:12
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U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday?
Wed 31/08/05 at 00:16
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Queen - Flash

"Flash - saviour of the universe!"

That has relevance, no?
Wed 31/08/05 at 00:39
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down wrote:
> "we'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when"

Vera Lynn. And it's an absolute tune.
Wed 31/08/05 at 00:54
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Teletubbies Say Eh Oh harks back to when people grunted at each other and didn't use any intelligable language.
Wed 31/08/05 at 08:12
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[URL]http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp[/URL]

Check it:
[URL]http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/downloads/monkeysong.mp3[/URL]
Wed 31/08/05 at 10:22
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Anything by roger Waters and anything from The Final Cut by Pink Floyd.

Actually, almost anything by Pink Floyd, come to think of it.
Wed 31/08/05 at 10:45
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monkey_man wrote:
> [URL]http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp[/URL]

Of course, the hartlepool locals are a bit ape-like themselves, so it must have been an easy mistake to make.



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