Tag 90’s music

Nerdvana: Street Spirit (Fade Out) by Radiohead

silverstar Leave a comment

Yes, this is another musical Nerdvana; this time it’s one of my favorite 90’s songs, “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” by the band Radiohead. Despite being described by band member/songwriter Thom Yorke as “one of the saddest songs ever written….about a dark tunnel with no light at the end”, I guess I sort of tune out the lyrics, since I never associate this song with bleakness and darkness; rather I focus of the song’s overall beauty and the dreamlike quality of the video, so my memories and imagery of this song are actually pleasant and whimsical.

Interestingly, and probably because I was first exposed to both around the same time, in my mind “Street Spirit” is inexorably tied to the Oh, Yeah! Cartoons short The Twins Crimson and Those Amazing Robots by Carlos Ramos. In fact, if played together the 2 almost sync up. Try it sometime.

Nerdvana: "World Clique" by Deee Lite

silverstar Leave a comment

Welcome to a new segment here on Twinsanity: Nerdvana. These segments will be very loosely structured and will be in no way informative. Here, we’re just going to talk about nerdy, geeky stuff that we like. It can be anything; a character. A show. A trope. A song. It doesn’t matter. Just as long as we like it and want to write about it. Even we need to take a break from snarkiness occasionally.

Let’s start with one of my jams. The song “World Clique” by the group Deee Lite. I first heard this song when Deee Lite performed as the musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The host that week was Rosanne Barr. Deee Lite performed their big hit song “Groove Is In the Heart” as their first number, and this on, the title track from their first album, as the second number. This song just sounds like a ‘B’, ya know.

Anyways, here’s “World Clique”. Enjoy.