# I Want You to Want Me
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 19, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135 "2000-07-19T19:04:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/41 "2000-07-24T23:01:16Z")
Ahhh, sweet nostalgia. Thanks baglady, you’re awesome.
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### Author:  [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/42 "2000-07-24T23:14:09Z")
_rushing to Napster to see what the hype about this song is all about_
_sits around waiting for it to download_
_listens_
Heeeey…not bad! _taps foot_
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### Author:  [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/43 "2000-07-25T07:21:51Z")
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> \*Originally posted by ChrisCTP \*
> \*\*I watch them on purpose. Yeah, you heard me. ON PURPOSE. Over and over again, even, especially Clueless.
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> Hmph. \*\*
I’m with Chris! (Except for _She’s All That_) I just bought _10 Things I Hate About You_. I paid $19 for it (DVD)–not on the $1 rack. I have a thing for Heath Ledger. (And Julia Stiles, too!) So there.
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### Author:  [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/44 "2000-07-25T13:30:35Z")
Glad I could help broaden your musical tastes, Welfy.
And while we’re at it, let’s just get this all out in the open. At the risk of opening myself up to endless ridicule from Swim, I’ve also seen _Can’t Hardly Wait_, _Adventures in Babysitting_, _Clueless_, _She’s All That_, _American Pie_, _Sixteen Candles_, _The Breakfast Club_, _Trojan War_, _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_, _Weird Science_, and all 3 _Porky’s_ movies.
Ahhhhhhh…cleansing.
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### Author:  [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/45 "2000-07-25T13:41:40Z")
Yeah **Flyp!** , you go!
I’m with you all the way. Seen the porky’s movies way too many times. John Hughes flicks and me are like Apple and Pie. And I definitely think Julia Stiles is hot.
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> That Swim. You can always count on her to come through in the crunch
Crunch this baby! (You know I love ya!) So, **swiddles** , dear, when we’re married, you can sit with me on the couch and watch John Hughes films while eating bon bons all day long.
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### Author:  [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/46 "2000-07-25T13:47:32Z")
Well, Flyp, I can’t fault you for the 80s John Hughes flicks. Those are classics. Especially The Breakfast Club. And American Pie was funny. However, given the nature of this board, I CAN fault you on \* Can’t Hardly Wait,\* as Jennifer Love Hewitt annoys the hell out of me. Therefore:
heh. Flyp watched \* Can’t Hardly Wait.\* Heh.
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### Author:  [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-want-me/26135/47 "2000-07-25T14:26:40Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Baglady \*
> \*\*The single, which was released out of the band’s “Live at the Budokan” live recording from Tokyo’s famous arena, this version has screaming cheering Japanese fans singing along to every word in the chorus.
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> Letters to Cleo might be nice, but I don’t know that it’s better than Cheap Trick’s original live version.
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> …but then again, I went around proudly wearing my Cheap Trick concert t-shirt, faded Levi’s and leather boots back in high school, back when half the school was too busy listening to disco. \*\*
Baglady, you call yourself a Cheap Trick fan? Budokan was NOT the original version of “I Want You To Want Me”. The original was on an album of which I can’t remember the name. But on the cover Robin Zander looks like he’s 12 years old. However, that version was never a hit and the Budokan version was so I’ll forgive you for your mistake. 😉
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