Category: Generation X

Say Something by Kylie Minogue – Music Suggestion for Gen X

Say Something by Kylie Minogue – Music Suggestion for Gen X

If you’re Gen X (and American in particular), you may remember Kylie Minogue for her 1987 remake of a 1960s Little Eva song “The Locomotion” (personally, I prefer Little Eva’s version).

Of course, Kylie Minogue went on to release many more good songs, such as Come Into My World and Can’t Get You Out of My Head (released in 2001).

But Minogue has a new album coming out, entitled “Disco,” to be released in November 2020.

I so far have only listened to two songs off this album, “Say Something” and “Magic” (because those are the only songs to be released so far, at least as far as I am aware). 

I didn’t care for “Magic” (you can listen to that on You Tube here). “Magic” is  not a bad song, but it didn’t knock me out, either.

However, I did really enjoy “Say Something” and thought other Gen Xers may like it, too.

So, if you are Gen X and still love your 1980s pop, dance and rock songs, but would occasionally like a new (good) song to work out to or listen to in the car, you may want to give this 2020 Kylie Minogue song a try:

“Say Something” by Kylie Minogue – the original version

There is also an acoustic version of Say Something by Kylie Minogue which you can check out here:

Kylie Minogue – Say Something (Acoustic)

The original, disco-fied version of Say Something:

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World’s Smallest Rubik’s Cube Goes On Sale In Japan

World’s Smallest Rubik’s Cube Goes On Sale In Japan (2020)

World’s smallest official Rubik’s Cube developed by Japanese companies

Tiny but playable Rubik’s Cube, so little it fits on your fingertip, goes on sale in Japan for 198,000 yen, or about $1,900.

World’s smallest Rubik’s Cube goes on sale, with a puzzling price tag 

Small Rubik's Cube
The small Rubik’s Cube, on sale in 2020

September 2020, Tokyo — A Japanese company has created what it’s billing as the world’s  smallest working Rubik’s Cube.

Measuring a mere 0.39 inches and weighing less than a tenth of an ounce, the “ultra-precision” aluminum toy, which comes with its own pedestal, is tiny enough to fit on a penny or a postage stamp.

World’s smallest Rubik’s Cube measuring just 9.9mm and weighing 2g goes on sale in Japan for £1,480

September 2020

The world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube has gone on sale to mark the 40th anniversary of the original 3D puzzle.

The tiny but playable cube, made of ‘ultra-precision metal’, measures just 9.9 millimetres across and weighs two grams.

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Box Office: ‘Empire Strikes Back’ (originally released in 1980) Tops ‘Jurassic Park’ To Become 2020’s Biggest-Grossing Rerelease (September 2020)

Box Office: ‘Empire Strikes Back’ (originally released in 1980) Tops ‘Jurassic Park’ To Become 2020’s Biggest-Grossing Rerelease (September 2020)

September 28, 2020

Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Movie PosterI feel like it’s 1980 all over again!

These news headlines about a movie – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – that was first released in 1980 were published in September 2020:

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Re-Release Rakes In $900,000 At Box Office 

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Earns $900,000 in First Weekend Return to Theaters

Excerpts:

While 2020 may be an unprecedented year on a lot of fronts, but even as the world deals with a number of challenges there are also things to celebrate — including the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

The beloved Star Wars film hit theaters in May 1980 and while celebrating the milestone anniversary of the film back in May wasn’t possible due to COVID-19 related movie theater closures, The Empire Strikes Back returned to select theaters on September 25th — and brought in a pretty impressive box office haul with over $900,000.

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Dua Lipa Song Suggestions for Gen X (September 2020)

Dua Lipa Song Suggestions for Gen X (September 2020)

Dua Lip - Future Nostalgia album cover
Dua Lipa – from her “Future Nostalgia” album cover

In 2020, pop singer Dua Lipa released an album called “Future Nostalgia.”

She later released a second album of re-mixes based off that first album called “Club Future Nostalgia.”

It is my opinion that the original versions of the songs (from Future Nostalgia) are much better than the remixes (from Club Future Nostalgia – which you can listen to on You Tube here).

(Side note: Madonna – yes Madonna from the 1980s who sang hit songs such as “Material Girl” and “Like A Prayer” back in the 1980s – sang on the “Levitating” remix off “Club Future Nostalgia,” which you can listen to here on You Tube, though I think the original version of the song is ten times better; you can listen to the original version below.)

According to the Wiki page for this album:

Future Nostalgia is the second studio album by English singer Dua Lipa, released on 27 March 2020 by Warner Records.

…She wanted to create a record with the nostalgic memories of her childhood and the music her parents listened to and put a modern spin on it with futuristic elements, which is why she ultimately went with the title.

It is meant to describe “a future of infinite possibilities while tapping into the sound and mood of some older music.”

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Say So by Doja Cat – Music Suggestion for Gen X

Say So by Doja Cat – Music Suggestion for Gen X

September 28, 2020

This song was released to radio in January of 2020.

According to Wikipedia’s page about the song,

The song additionally draws inspiration from 1970s funk and especially “Good Times” by Chic.
~~ (end Wiki page excerpts) ~~

Singer Doja Cat
Singer Doja Cat

I’ve noticed that songs released in the last few years that sound half-way decent sample or try to emulate songs from the 1970s and 1980s – back when music was still good – not like the trash we have today.

You can listen to the song on You Tube:

Doja Cat – Say So (Audio)

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Midnight Sun by Miley Cyrus – Music Suggestion for Gen X

Brooke Candy – Music Suggestion for Gen X 

Vicious by Tate McRae – Music Suggestion for Gen X

Billie Eilish Song Suggestions for Gen X (May 2020)

Hold My Hand by Jess Glynn – Music Suggestion for Gen X

These Stanford Engineers Taught a Self-Driving DeLorean to Drift Like a Professional

These Stanford Engineers Taught a Self-Driving DeLorean to Drift Like a Professional

These Stanford Engineers Taught a Self-Driving DeLorean to Drift Like a Professional 

Stanford engineers teach self-driving DeLorean to drift

deLorean carEngineers taught this driverless DeLorean to drift and it could make future autonomous vehicles safer

Introducing MARTY, Stanford’s self-driving, electric, drifting DeLorean

Watch a Self-Driving DeLorean Burn Rubber on a Stunt Course 

Excerpts:

December 2019
by VICTOR TANGERMANN

“Back to the Future” meets “Tokyo Drift.”

Great Scott! Engineers at Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab have taught a self-driving DeLorean — the iconic early 80s sports car of “Back to the Future” fame — how to drift around a complex, kilometer-long track that even human drivers would struggle with.

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Taylor Swift Breaks Whitney Houston’s 33-year-old Billboard Record​

Taylor Swift Breaks Whitney Houston’s 33-year-old Billboard Record​

Well, this is a shame. I believe most of Houston’s music surpasses that of Swift’s, quality-wise.

That’s true of music over-all, I believe though; music that’s been released by  Photos of Taylor Swift (top) and Whitney Houston (bottom)any band or singer since around 2010 has been awful.

Very few post- 2009 songs by anyone have been any good, and certainly none of it stands up to the majority of 1970s and 1980s era music.

(Note: I am not a Taylor Swift “hater.” She does have a few songs that are very good.)

 Taylor Swift Breaks Whitney Houston’s 33-year-old Billboard Record​

by James Hibberd
Sept 28, 2020

Taylor Swift just topped a record set by Whitney Houston that’s stood for more than three decades: The singer has surpassed Houston for the most weeks at No. 1 by a woman in the Billboard 200 chart.

According to Billboard, Swift’s surprise quarantine album Folklore has now clocked seven non-consecutive weeks at the top, which gives Swift a career total of 47 weeks ruling the chart. Houston had 46 weeks. In third place is Adele with 34 weeks.

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London Borough to Get George Michael Mural

London Borough to Get George Michael Mural (2020)

London Borough to Get George Michael Mural

No, it’s not a careless whisper: a nine-metre-high image of the singer, by artist Dawn Mellor, is set to adorn Brent

by Tim Jonze
August 2020

Turn a different corner in the London borough of Brent from September and you’ll be confronted with the strangest thing: a nine-metre mural of local hero George Michael.

George Michael SketchesNo this isn’t just a careless whisper. British artist Dawn Mellor has been commissioned to paint a permanent public artwork in Kingsbury, celebrating the life of the singer, who grew up in the area.

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Rick Astley is Now A Singing Lego “Brick Astley” in Video

Rick Astley is Now A Singing Lego “Brick Astley” in Video

Singer Rick Astley, who gave us hits such as “Never Gonna Give You Up” and “Together Forever” has been immortalized as a Lego in a video.

 Rick Astley in LEGO Form Refuses to Give You Up

photo of Brick AstleyBrick Roll: LEGO Version of Rick Astley Is Never Gonna Give You Up in New Video

by Ellen Gutoskey
July 2020

…As Game Rant reports, YouTube user Domy13 has created a version of Rick Astley’s classic music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” that depicts the singer as an animated LEGO action figure. At about 1.5 minutes long, it’s a good two minutes shorter than the original video; but for those blessed 90 seconds, it matches its source material frame for frame.

Never Gonna Give You Up, but it’s LEGO | Brick Roll 

Side By Side Comparison | Never Gonna Give You Up, but it’s LEGO

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Never-Before-Seen ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Photos From the Days of ‘Eat It’ and ‘I Love Rocky Road’

Never-Before-Seen ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Photos From the Days of ‘Eat It’ and ‘I Love Rocky Road’ (2020)

Never-Before-Seen ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Photos From the Days of ‘Eat It’ and ‘I Love Rocky Road’

by Andy Greene / August 2020
The new book ‘Black & White & Weird All

September 14th, 1980 was a landmark day in “Weird Al” Yankovic history. Not only was it the day the world first heard his Queen parody “Another One Rides the Bus” when he debuted it on the Dr. Demento Radio Show, but it was also the day he first came into contact with Jon Schwartz, a young drummer who happened to be hanging out at the station.

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