Hense your dismissive wording, eh?
I’m not really sure what this means. I don’t drink coffee.
Chill, Winston!!
Coldie is right to post the link to the other thread, which, if I do say so myself, very entertaining.
Opal is right to post the thread, as the site now has the option to check both the US and UK charts.
Now dont make me bitchslap the two of you into duetting “Its not easy being green”.
Oh dear.
On my birthday, the UK Number one was Bachelor Boy by Cliff Richard and the Shadows.
And, in the US, Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence.
Does this display of rampant misogyny explain (or at least foreshadow) my subsequent dismal love life?
Dismissive wording? “It’s been done before”? Sure, whatever you say.
Providing links to relevant threads is part of my job as a moderator here, OpalCat. I’m sure it’s possible to find offense in a simple remark like mine, although for the life of me I can’t figure out how.
Whatever the case may be, comments and complaints about the Straight Dope Message Board Administration belong in The BBQ Pit. If you think it’s worth it, go ahead and start a thread there. But there will be no more bickering from you towards any moderator outside of that designated forum.
I trust I make myself understood. If you can’t refrain from further comments here, this thread will be locked. At the very least.
The U.K. number 1 on the 16th January 1977 was ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’ by David Soul.
The U.S. number 1 on the 16th January 1977 was ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’ by Leo Sayer.
And my supposed ‘Life Theme’:
The U.S. number 1 on the 16th January 1995 was ‘Here Comes the Hotstepper’ by Ini Kamoze.
The U.K. number 1 on the 16th January 1995 was ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ by Rednex.
I’ve heard 2 of those songs (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and Cotton Eye Joe). I dislike them both. I haven’t even heard of ‘Here Comes the Hotstepper’ and only heard of ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’ because I asked about it in the other tread…
Really, really sad…
The Rue-ster: Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Little Woman: The Letter by The Box Tops
Soupo: Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton
Katcha: Maria Maria by Santana
AND KATCHA WINS!!!
I so lucked out.
US: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night
UK: “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry.
My friend in jail hates me forever because I helpfully informed him that #1 the day he was born was “Dancing Queen” by Abba. Hee hee hee hee hee…
the U.S. No.1 on the 3rd September 1966 was… Sunshine Superman by Donovan
the U.K. No.1 on the 3rd September 1966 was… Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
Hmm… sunshine… yellow… gotta be something here.
In Europe it was Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants
In the US it was Betty Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Just frickin’ shoot me now
February 8, 1982: Centrefold by The J. Geils Band
My birthday song (April 23, '64) is “Can’t Buy Me Love” by The Beatles, and my life’s theme song (18th birthday) is “I Love Rock & Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Hmmm, I feel no connection with either song.
Hey, cool.
Mine, January 16, 1962, was Chubby Checker, The Twist.
Jr. Ranger I: December 7, 1986: Peter Cetera and Amy Grant, The Next Time I Fall.
Jr. Ranger II: September 18, 1993: Dreamlover by Mariah Carey.
Hmm… I think my kids have been cursed from the get-go.
April 22 1962 US - Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley
UK - Wonderful Land The Shadows
A…mixed bag.
Birthday song:
US: I Hear a Symphony by The Supremes…not a bad song, not their best, but not bad at all. Sadly, it’s all downhill from here.
UK: <urk>The Carnival is Over by…<gag, retch, choke>The Seekers. Good lord. It might as well have been The New Christy Minstrels or Up With People.<barf>
18th Birthday song…apparently dooming my ENTIRE life:
UK: Uptown Girl by Billy (I’ve sold out, but I’m boinking Christy Brinkly so WHO CARES!?") Joel
US: even worse: All Night Long by Lionel Ritchie. <blecch>
<sigh>
Fenris
The U.S. No.1 on the 9th August 1970 was… (They Long to Be) Close to You by
The Carpenters
Not exactly what I wanted to see.
2 March 1970:
US: Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
UK: Love Grows - Edison Lighthouse
Wow - I have the exact same results as Francesca! Rod Stewart in the US and Blondie in the UK. Sadly, I wasn’t born in the UK… I hope that at least my parents didn’t listen to Rod Stewart.
18th Birthday song in the US, just for kicks, was “Un-Break My Heart” by Toni Braxton. UK was “Discotheque” by U2.
I think I need to move to the UK.
USA: ‘Dancing Queen’ by ABBA.
UK: ‘Knowing Me Knowing You’ by ABBA.
Eugh.
Dec. 25, 1970
US: The Tears of a Clown- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
UK: I Hear You Knockin’- Dave Edmunds