You may have heard the bizarre yet intriguing rumor that Britney Spears' "Oops! I Did It Again" was inspired by Byung-Hyun Kim's infamous back-to-back meltdowns in Games 4 and 5 of the 2001 World Series. True or not, this begs the question: what other bizarre hidden sports references are contained within our favorite songs?
That's the theme of our 80's music puzzle. Here's the deal: On the left, in random order, are brief descriptions of five sports moments from the 80's, both memorable and obscure. On the right, in chronological order, are clues to five of your favorite 80's songs, including the cover art of the album on which the song is included (with artist and album names seamlessly removed).
Your challenge is as follows:
Match each sports moment on the left to the song on the right that the sports moment may have inspired. A few notes:
- In addition to the cover of the song's album, the song's release year and peak chart position is given.
- Yes, the title of this post is a hint regarding one of the album covers.
- The date of the song release relative to the date of the sports incident is irrelevant. I.e., for the purposes of this game, the song may have been released before the sports moment occurred.
I hope this makes sense. Either way, here we go:
*Contrary to popular belief, the "80's" refers to the period from 1981 to 1990. So yes, this song was technically part of the 70's.
UPDATE: See answers here
22 comments:
#4: "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart, from the album "Frantic Romantic."
Nice job, EK! Love it.
Well done Sax, I assume you recognize the cover from one of your Jermaine Stewart Concert Tour T-shirts. But which event on the left column does it match to?
Moment D! Moment D!
That CNN "link" is awesome. It's like you've been studying my surfing habits—hook, line & sinker! You've taken Rickrolling to a new level.
Can I put my clothes back on now?
I'm actually surprised you didn't use this for Moment B (but I haven't done the rest of the puzzle yet, so maybe I'm speaking too quickly).
#2 matches with Moment E, Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy" from the album of the same name. Brilliant!
Except, I think that's the picture of the single; isn't the album this? I'm nerding out.
Is Bow Wow Wow related to Lil' Bow Wow of Like Mike fame?
You guys are good. Sax you're right about Bow Wow Wow cover...I thought since it's the most obscure song I'd make the artwork ID a little easier. not needed.
On December 11, 1985, the Dodgers said to the Giants "Give us Alex Trevino," to which Giants GM Al Rosen may have replied "Ok, but we don't have to take our clothes off."
Haha Orel. Hey, it was the 80's. Who knows how deals really got done back then.
I'm trying to figure out #3 but I don't recall a song or album called "Holding the Primary Colored Funnel Cake In the Upper Left Corner".
You don't? You missed a great album. It's still available on iTunes.
Seriously, the guy is supposed to be in the water and the funnel cake is a beach.
It's the Fixx, but I'm unsure which moment it applies to. Still trying to figure out the Grateful Dead-looking one.
Hey, something changed!
Thanks sons of. It's indeed the Fixx, "Reach the Beach," with "Saved by Zero" (#3) coalescing with Moment A.
Your new album cover for #5 is hilarious--Nothin' more to say.
Correct Sax! And yes I changed song 5 to show the cover for the single instead of the album in part because I think the original album cover had multiple versions. Sax if you want to verify via your world-renowned hair-band record collection, I'd appreciate.
I think Moment C matches with Song 1 - Dolly Parton singing 9 to 5
Of course, I thought "I Want Candy" would have been appropriate for Fielder in moment B since he was so big and "Talk Dirty To Me" would have matched moment E because...well just because.
Or I could have all the songs wrong anyway...
Ek, I'm just proud that, with your new cover for #5, I finally got my picture in on this blog. Man, my hair was LONG back then!
Chad, you're correct with Dolly but you have the wrong Poison song
Although 'wrong Poison song' is sort of an oxymoron
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