It's 1998. Sonny Bono dies. Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro. Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky and is impeached. Microsoft becomes biggest Company in the World. A low flying US military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death ... and Cher releases a new #1 in a new genre for a new millennium.
What are the messages, the attitudes, the life and times of this song? Explore with us and the assistance of our new friend, YaYa from BEHIND THE LYRICS podcast. Our wide-ranging investigation includes
(00:00) Introduction and special guest from New York!
(01:17) Song details and so many writers
(01:56) YaYa in da house with the straight talk
(03:07) Who's believing what now?
(03:31) Feeding Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Bribery and imprisonment
(04:20) More time for denial, real estate matters, the Taylor Swift solution
(06:15) Yet another writer toughening the whiny lyrics
(07:47) Needing time to process but it's time to act
(09:02) Lie to yourself to move on, drunk texting
(11:22) Ask yourself, Cher! Wavering between helpful and unhelpful thoughts
(12:20) Self-affirmation and the positive Candyman
(14:24) Love after love? Serial monogamy and Princess Buttercup
(16:15) Life after death. The afterdeath, the afterbirth, the afterlove.
(19:05) Michael Bolton versus Cher, how babies are made, gaslighting
(21:36) There's no love after the AI apocalypse. Cher versus Tina Turner
(31:33) The music video: a ghost story? Bigger than Jesus?
(39:17) Internet theories
(43:18) Misheard Lyrics
(48:29) Notable Trivia
(54:13) Thanks to YaYa and The Philippines
Would you like to appear (well, vocally) on the show? Do you have a pop song or ear-worm from the SMOOTH FM genre that’s infested your mind and needs to be investigated? Visit this page https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your specific smooth song of suckiness. You could be on a future episode! (you can always email sound files or text your thoughts to poidadavis@gmail.com if that's easier). Cheers!
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