As I was driving yesterday, this song, for some reason, popped into my head.
I had to look up the band because I had forgotten about the existence of Daisy Chainsaw, who existed between 1989 and 1994. I don't know how I did - KatieJane Garside was such a unique force of nature that when she disappeared from the music scene in 1993, people thought she had been committed.
She had not. She just went into seclusion for a few years.
We get it, though. Her stage presence was something otherworldly and quite manic.
The Vengaboys are from the Netherlands. Dutch bands don't usually have worldwide hits, but in 1998 and 1999, it did. It was a top 10 hit in most of Europe, and a top 30 hit in the US.
There's nothing particularly special about the song. It's a typical dance song, with a great beat - 136 bpm, for those who pay attention to such things. You could probably work out to it, or ride a rollercoaster to this tune.
Wait....
Why did I mention rollercoasters?
Because in 2004, the song had a bit of a resurgence in the US, when Six Flags used it in a pretty popular set of commercials.
They were.... weird.
There absolutely was more than one, yes. Why do you ask?
Of course, if you don't like the song, The Vengaboys later released a "silent" version of the video, without the music, but with some sound effects and speaking parts. It's..... weird. But it's satisfying.
But you aren't here because you don't like the song.
You're here because you want to know if they are still togehter and if they actually perform the song live.
They are. And they do. And THE CROWD KNOWS THE WORDS.
So. we are bookending this week of covers and revisiting with another repost, from Month 3 of the blog.
The other major change we're making is why we're doing this repost. Well, that, and because it's a great song that we didn't get its full due in 2023, and we're going to correct that.
This next change, though, isn't coming yet - we don't know how to do it. We may end up with another blog. But we know that wicked guilty pleasures go way beyond music. With Paris Hilton, you have her music, plus her reality television show The Simple Life, that cinematic masterpiece The Hottie and The Nottie, and so much more. You've also got her YouTube documentary, which shows a completely different side of her (and GO WATCH THAT NOW)
We're going to start exploring that. We just don't know what it's going to look like yet.
But now, revisit this great and sweet song.
If you watched This Is Paris, you know that she is actually a sought-after DJ now. Seriously. She's also a champion of LGBTQ+ rights, and she performed this song during one of her DJ gigs at LA Pride in 2022.
It's great that she's embracing this part of her career, because it was more solid that we thought it would be.
And if you need proof, here she is performing with two Grammy nominees (Sia has NEVER won a Grammy, oddly) with famously huge voices, Miley Cyrus and Sia.
Oh, and yeah, she's here with Kim Petras at NYC Pride 2023.
Måneskin made their big debut on the Italian version of the comeptition show X Factor in 2017.
They came in second to Lorenzo Licitra, who 95% of you have never heard of.
They did so well largely because of this Four Seasons cover, which I would not turf over to Totally Covered because a lot of people don't know that it's a cover.
Gosh, this week did not go the way I expected.
When I wanted to post this song, I ended up posting their Eurovision winning song, which is inarguably a better song. But this song is also amazing, and it needed to be highlighted. It was, in fact, the success of "Zitti e Buoni" that led directly to the 2021 attention on this song, and it ended up being a worldwide hit...
....which is why they were nominated for an American Music Award four years after the song's release.