Hit Me Baby One More Time
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:40 pm
Aside from "The Simpsons", there's nothing on network television that I make a point of watching. Sure, the wife likes "24" and "Lost", but there's just something about network TV that rubs me the wrong way. It just lacks that "special something".
So I hear about a new summer show on NBC called "Hit Me Baby One More Time". The premise is that bands who were popular in the 80s but fell out of the public eye come back, sing one of their old hits, then do a rendition of a modern song. The audience then picks the best of the lot, and the winning band has money donated to a charity in their name.
Being a child of the 80s, I feel compelled to see this show. However, I just know it's going to suck.
So the show starts, and the first thing I see is a huge crowd.........of people no older than 25. And no fatties. Or ugly people. So the people "voting" were never around when these bands were big, and heaven forbid NBC show somebody weighing more than 175 pounds enjoying music.
The next thing I see is the host, some 25-ish guy....with an English accent. 'Cause you know, you can't have a music related show on network television these days without an English host. I'm surprised his name wasn't Simon as well.
They had 5 bands on last night, two of which I wanted to see....Loverboy and A Flock of Seagulls. Loverboy was first, and it looks like they had all of the surviving original band members (one died in a boating accident some time back). They looked old, and sounded like shit. Weren't even in the right key. I am saddened.
A Flock of Seagulls was third. The host announces them, and the "band" appears on stage. Of the 5 original band members, ONE is there....the rest are nameless fill-ins hired just for this show. This is not A Flock of Seagulls...it's ONLY THE SINGER. DO NOT TAUNT ME WITH 'A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS' WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS ONE SEAGULL! What a load of crap. In any case, they/he/whatever sounded like shit too. And he went bald...what irony!
We bugged out after about 20 minutes (it's an hour long show). The wife was so taken aback by the horrid music that she wanted to hear the originals, so we listed to that instead.
VH1 had a series on a year or two back called "Bands Reunited" where they reunited WHOLE bands from the 80s for a concert. This is nothing than a cheap discount network version of it. And I'll also wager that NBC was paid by record labels to have the modern songs sung, just to get them some exposure.
Summary: It sucked long, and it sucked hard. My dislike for network television has been reinvigorated to hitherto unimaginable levels.
Rating: 0 out of 5
So I hear about a new summer show on NBC called "Hit Me Baby One More Time". The premise is that bands who were popular in the 80s but fell out of the public eye come back, sing one of their old hits, then do a rendition of a modern song. The audience then picks the best of the lot, and the winning band has money donated to a charity in their name.
Being a child of the 80s, I feel compelled to see this show. However, I just know it's going to suck.
So the show starts, and the first thing I see is a huge crowd.........of people no older than 25. And no fatties. Or ugly people. So the people "voting" were never around when these bands were big, and heaven forbid NBC show somebody weighing more than 175 pounds enjoying music.
The next thing I see is the host, some 25-ish guy....with an English accent. 'Cause you know, you can't have a music related show on network television these days without an English host. I'm surprised his name wasn't Simon as well.
They had 5 bands on last night, two of which I wanted to see....Loverboy and A Flock of Seagulls. Loverboy was first, and it looks like they had all of the surviving original band members (one died in a boating accident some time back). They looked old, and sounded like shit. Weren't even in the right key. I am saddened.
A Flock of Seagulls was third. The host announces them, and the "band" appears on stage. Of the 5 original band members, ONE is there....the rest are nameless fill-ins hired just for this show. This is not A Flock of Seagulls...it's ONLY THE SINGER. DO NOT TAUNT ME WITH 'A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS' WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS ONE SEAGULL! What a load of crap. In any case, they/he/whatever sounded like shit too. And he went bald...what irony!
We bugged out after about 20 minutes (it's an hour long show). The wife was so taken aback by the horrid music that she wanted to hear the originals, so we listed to that instead.
VH1 had a series on a year or two back called "Bands Reunited" where they reunited WHOLE bands from the 80s for a concert. This is nothing than a cheap discount network version of it. And I'll also wager that NBC was paid by record labels to have the modern songs sung, just to get them some exposure.
Summary: It sucked long, and it sucked hard. My dislike for network television has been reinvigorated to hitherto unimaginable levels.
Rating: 0 out of 5
