I never thought that a cover song from a daughter-in-law of a former president facing multiple indictments would be something I spent anytime talking about. And yet, here we are.
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It is rare that something that is culturally dominant somehow slips by me. However, apparently this was the summer of Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night”, and I didn’t even know. I’ve never even heard the song. I’m clearly in the minority.
Six days ago, “Last Night” was the #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the sixteenth week in a row. In doing so, it set the record for the longest running song at #1 for a non-collaboration in the 65-year history of the chart. If Wallen’s song can keep it’s streak going for number one, it will set the record for the longest time on top of this chart for all songs. And since the Hot 100 measures streaming, sales, and radio plays, to have this record would make the country tune, in my opinion, the most popular song of all time.
I would like to point out again that I have never heard this song. But that is about to change.
Continue reading “Grappling with the most popular song of 2023 in 16 listens”
It was May 27th of the year of our Lord 1986. Cameo would finally give all pretty ladies around the world a song.
Continue reading “Do your dance quick: The official ranking of the covers of Cameo’s “Word Up””
The day that Fancy Boys Club went live, Taylor Swift released Lover. Since then, I have reviewed every album she has released since then. Unlike Jordan Holmes. whose series known as “The Swiftening” was an aggressive evisceration of her entire catalog, I have been able to find positive highlights in all of the music from pop’s reigning queen. However, today, when thinking about the song “Cruel Summer”, finally released as a single, I slowly realized something: I had forgotten to review Midnights, Swift’s tenth studio album which came out nine months ago.
Whoopsidoodles.
Continue reading “Hours past “Midnights”: a (very late) review of Taylor Swift’s newest album”
I cannot believe I’m going to say this, but cancel culture has gone too far.
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(Author’s note: Per usual, I have kept to my principal of having this review be as spoiler-free as possible. For the most part, if it isn’t in the trailer, I won’t talk about any specifics in the review.)
With the 11th film in The Fast & Furious franchise (ten stand-alone films plus Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), it would be easy for director Louis Leterrier’s debut in this series to be very paint by numbers. All he would have to do is let Vin Diesel be the ultimate driving and fighting machine (and family man) that he is and let the other supporting players support him. But Leterrier, replacing Justin Lin (who left the film citing creative differences) shows us that he has a few tricks up his sleeve. His Fast X features four Oscar-winning actors, a ton of new characters (for better or worse), and the most fun and exciting new addition that Fast & Furious have given us since their best film (more on that later).
But perhaps the most impressive thing Leterrier has done was to realize that the last film, F9, was severely flawed. And you can see him making the effort in Fast X to fix those problems. Which is not to say that this film doesn’t have issues: it’s bloated (while, somehow, not giving most characters enough to do), too absurd, and has some moments that are laughable, and not in a good way.
It’s also a whole ton of fucking fun.
Continue reading “Fancy Boys Go To The Movies: Fast X”
OOB, as in “Out of Bounds.”
First off, just to be completely transparent about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fuck them. They have done a tremendous job at completely botching up the process of nominations as well as their own perception of what truly comprises Rock and Roll. Subtle hint for you RRHOF – it’s not just white guys from the south.
What started at 64 songs from four writers talking about the songs that got them through early high school has now come down to two songs. With the Grace (2001-2003) and Drummond (2006-2008) Regions eliminated, it all comes down to this: the #3 seed from the Drufke (1993-1995) Region and the underdog #14 seed from the Andreasen (1998-2000) Region. A reminder you can also vote on our facebook and twitter. Let’s get to it.
Four Fancy Boys Club writers- Matt Drufke, Brandon Andreasen, Michael Grace and Jake Drummond- each chose 16 songs from their first two years of high school that had a profound impact on them. From there, the March Music Madness bracket was born.
We wrap this week with the Final Four Monday and Tuesday and the Championship Match on Wednesday. You can vote at our Facebook or our Twitter or at the polls at the bottom of this page.
We wish the best of luck to all the challengers.
Continue reading “Fancy Boys Club March Music Madness 2023: FINAL FOUR, PART 2 (Andreasen Region v Grace Region)”
Four Fancy Boys Club writers- Matt Drufke, Brandon Andreasen, Michael Grace and Jake Drummond- each chose 16 songs from their first two years of high school that had a profound impact on them. From there, the March Music Madness bracket was born.
We wrap this week with the Final Four Monday and Tuesday and the Championship Match on Wednesday. You can vote at our Facebook or our Twitter or at the polls at the bottom of this page.
We wish the best of luck to all the challengers.
Continue reading “Fancy Boys March Music Madness, Round 5: FINAL FOUR, PART 1 (Drufke Region v Drummond Region)”
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