Ah, 1993 - the year I got my first tattoo, had my first cigarette,
and signed my first multi-million rand empowerment deal.
1993 was also the year Chaka Demus and Pliers released their smash
single "Tease Me", which sold 14 billion records, a record
which was later eclipsed by the enigmatic Kurt Darren. Chaka Demus
was the "rapper guy", who sang in that funny way that
made it difficult to understand what he was saying (like Shaggy
or Shabba Ranks). Pliers was the singer guy.
Chaka Demus (What Is He Saying?) And Pliers
(Singer Guy)
Let's have a look at this cool and slightly late Friday Feel Good
Jam. In fact, let's all jam together right now. Like the Jamaicans
do it.
Wow, what a cool song that was. I'm almost tempted to whip out my
mustard pants and bright green dinner jacket and shake what my mother
gave me.
I think it's fair to say that Chaka Demus and Pliers are pretty
f**king cool. Besides that single, they also released a biggie called
"Murder, She Wrote", which of course
was the inspiration to the cult television show starring Angela
Lansbury, as the super sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Personally I never
get the whole Jessica Fletcher vibe. I mean, everywhere she went,
people just seemed to die.
Jessica Fletcher - Everywhere She Went,
People DIED.
No wonder she didn't have a man, or close friends.
Every time she spoke to someone, they usually ended up either getting
stabbed with an ice pick, shoved down an unused elevator shaft,
or shot with a small silver gun.
I was always baffled by how no one ever seemed to question the fact
that she was in the vicinity of + - 150 deaths?
Didn't anyone think that was a little STRANGE? I'm not sure, but
I think the last episode may have revealed something along the lines
of Jessica actually being a serial killer all along. At least, I
hope that's what happened. I never actually watched the show
because the thought of an elderly woman solving violent
crime seemed pretty far fetched to me.
Anyhoo, I'm scraping the barrel here today, I'm not really in the
mood to write anything. It's just I started a bit of a thing with
this Friday Feel Good Jam and I can't just stop now.
It's Friday and I'm off to drink away my problems for a bit - one
more sleep for the Rugby World Cup final!
I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say, "Springboks,
don't f**k up now."
Till next week.
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