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A 10,000 YouTube Link Post

AtDuskGreg — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:53:00 -0800

Ever wonder what music videos were popular the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis and the Unabomber injured computer scientist David Gelernter at Yale University? Or what about the week The Simpsons first went on air? Grabb.it TV has the answer. It aggregates the top 20 music videos for each week of the 80s and 90s and mashes them up with wikipedia to make the ultimate virtual retro music video station.

By: mr. creosote

mr. creosote — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:08:18 -0800

Ever wonder what music videos were popular the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis Nirvana - Half the Man I Used To Be

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:08:25 -0800

Ever wonder what music videos were popular the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis... - That's The Way Love Goes by Janet Jackson "Nasty boy" would have also been appropriate.

By: Fiasco da Gama

Fiasco da Gama — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:14:08 -0800

>"Come Undone" by Duran Duran >"Girl, I've Been Hurt" by Snow The jokes just write themselves.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:48:01 -0800

Ever wonder what music videos were popular the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis it should have been this (nsfw)

By: Joybooth

Joybooth — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:54:15 -0800

Great site, but there aren't any mashups involved.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:55:16 -0800

Y'all will be proud to know that I, 16 years after last hearing the song, still remember the lyrics to "Pump Up the Jam", by Technotronic. I'm kind of ashamed of it myself, but someone must be proud. Also, some dude got his dick cut off.

By: gum

gum — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:55:26 -0800

But I DIDN'T WONDER THAT!

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:04:09 -0800

OK, the songs that aren't "We're sorry, this video has been pulled" are remixes from 20 years later. Jeez.

By: degoao

degoao — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:40:20 -0800

Nirvana - Half the Man I Used To Be I do not understand what this means.

By: degoao

degoao — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:56:26 -0800

Sorry, that wasn't helpful. I believe mr. creosote was referring to "Creep" by Stone Temple Pilots. It is not Nirvana It seems that the internets are filled with people make this mistake.

By: degoao

degoao — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:57:20 -0800

also the internet is filled with typos.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:13:30 -0800

1. One may judge the worth of the "Top X" music rankings by viewing the number one songs from similar records from the 60s and noting that, for example, the Monkees outdid the Beatles in 1967. 2. Pump up the jam. Pump it up. WHY IS THIS IN MY MEMORY AND HOW CAN I MAKE ROOM FOR USEFUL THINGS? 3. We're sorry, the third subcomment is no longer available.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:04:18 -0800

Aaargh. The pink youtube skin fails to deliver any of the videos I'm looking for. They are no longer available. Great idea, but if Grabb.it TV got the videos (and rights to show them) themselves instead, then I'd color me impressed.

By: DecemberBoy

DecemberBoy — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:01:33 -0800

Wow, a walk down memory lane with some of the timeless classics of the 80s and 90s. Unforgettable songs that defined our lives, such as: Rump Shaker by Wreckx-N-Effect Knockin' Da Boots by H-Town Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly - oh God, remember them? Freak Like Me by Adina Howard And many more, available now from K-Hell records. This is a good way to remind yourself, if nothing else, that the most popular music has always usually been the crappiest.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:02:27 -0800

Ever wonder what music videos were popular the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis I'm pretty sure the week Lorena Bobbit cut off her husband's penis the only thing I was wondering was AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:40:59 -0800

Just for the record, Never Gonna Give You Up hit number one on March 12, 1988, the same day Jesse Jackson won the Alaska and South Carolina Democratic Caucuses. Yes, I did just textually rickroll this thread.

By: Mutant

Mutant — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:58:15 -0800

Wow wow very neat! The US Stock Market collapsed on October 19th 1987; that week the top video according to this web site was Bad, by Michael Jackson. Other notable titles: Causing A Commotion (Madonna), Lost In Emotion (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam), Paper In Fire (John Cougar Mellencamp), It's A Sin (Pet Shop Boys), I've Had The Time Of My Life (Bill Medley). The titles alone are entertaining (not sure about the songs themselves ... ) But still interesting. The that social mood reflects in equity market performance has been discussed in academic circles before, and this link can easily be observed via various channels; for example, some folks have hypothesized a link between stock market performance and music, art, sexual imagery or even horror films (Prechter, 1985) [.pdf] , so this website is very curious. In fact Robert Prechter has been pushing this theory for years and has gone so far as to produce a film - History's Hidden Engine where he talks about the theory in more detail. Too bad this website didn't run up to 2008, as other market events would have been interesting to research. Thanks for posting - good site.

By: sportbucket

sportbucket — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:39:53 -0800

I realize now that my pop music awareness peaked around 1992 (I was 11), as I know pretty much every song by heart. I remember listening to a lot of Z100, the local pop/top40 station, recording songs off the radio, and buying Cassingles of my favorites. Then the whole grunge thing happened and I was no longer in Z100's target demographic. Part of me still misses Richard Marx, though. Okay, maybe not.