That’s literally what I thought it was when Todd was playing the keyboard
@TAPKAC6 жыл бұрын
This song uses samples from Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", which used samples of Horn Section Blasts from James Brown. Samples of samples.
@christopherminutolo93844 жыл бұрын
That's giving me "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida vibes.
@CharizardMaster694 жыл бұрын
Christopher Minutolo more like GDFR by Flo Rida
@CaptOrbit3 жыл бұрын
Yo dawg! I heard you like samples, so I put a sample in yo sample so you can...
@tombstonejones95813 жыл бұрын
@@CharizardMaster69 yessir! Flo Rida sampled Lookas who originally sampled roughly 40% of Lowrider
@nate5679873 жыл бұрын
@@tombstonejones9581 that or warwoves of lounden
@zinith45244 жыл бұрын
Gotye: Samples an obscure song to make something timeless Kyper: Samples a timeless song to make something obscure
@KarmasAB123 Жыл бұрын
What did Gotye sample? I don't remember offhand.
@zinith4524 Жыл бұрын
@@KarmasAB123 Seville by Luiz Bonfa. It's that guitar riff repeated on loop throughout the song
@KarmasAB123 Жыл бұрын
@@zinith4524 Oh, nice. Thx :D
@QuadMochaMatti Жыл бұрын
What's a gotye? Is that similar to having a goiter the size of a football, like the woman who shagged Mahatma Gandhi on Seinfeld?
@kidwaryodproduction5 ай бұрын
Funny that, I remember some Yes fans tried to make "Owner of the Lonely Heart" as a something obscure in their memory 😆
@grimcity2 жыл бұрын
Sir, this is AMAZING! I know Kyper is obscure to most, but as a younger lad, I grew up in harder part of Baton Rouge that he was from (we even had a girlfriend in common). Here in the club scene in Louisiana, XTC was a banger of a hit! He had love from all of us, but like you mention, he wasn't really in any kind of "rap" cliques. I used to be able to do an uncanny impersonation of Randall, and sometimes we'd prank call his house and I'd talk to either him or his dad while maintaining character, and I'd only use lines from his songs to make statements or answer questions. It was hilarious. This was great, man. Your read on him (and the scene) is more spot on than you realize! Also, I CAN'T BELIEVE you covered his last album!!! When it came out, the handful of us down here were like "WTF is K doing?" His whole shtick with that album was that his previous one had predicted a bunch of political/social events. It was utterly insane. This made my day. I can't believe this exists, lol. Cheers man. How'd you get into my head? lmao
@jockohomosexual Жыл бұрын
i really hope i wasn't the only one who thought that song's name was a reference to the british new wave art rock band. it's not it just sounds like 'ecstasy" but. jesus
@grimcity Жыл бұрын
@@jockohomosexual - haha, I can assure you... around these parts he was definitely talking about happy-fun-time tablets, lol! Cheers!
@futuristic.handgun Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this comment. So awesome. 😊
@Posiman Жыл бұрын
This comment definitely deserves to be on top for Todd to see
@dixiechippers4 ай бұрын
Nobody from Baton Rouge says cheers.
@TheMellowFilmmaker6 жыл бұрын
"Kyper no Kyping! Kyper no Kyping! Kyper no Kyping!" Kyper: Oh man!
@MetalSandman9995 жыл бұрын
Our hands have fingers, but what does it mean to fing?
@galleryofrogues2 ай бұрын
Seriously tho: why is their name “Swiper” if they’re not allowed to swipe
@PuffsofVenekor6 жыл бұрын
Randall Kiper is a Territorial Sales Manager in the Baton Rouge area for O'Reilly Auto Parts. I worked with him for a couple years. He's been there a while and he's still there today.
@thema19986 жыл бұрын
Puffs of Venekor How was it like working with him?
@representationmetaphorique6 жыл бұрын
Puffs of Venekor icon
@michaelturner50506 жыл бұрын
Was he a good manager?
@kypermusicTVonVEVO6 жыл бұрын
Of course he is!
@kazamafraz6 жыл бұрын
KYPER MUSIC what are you the actual Kyper?
@michellev84756 жыл бұрын
"Im gonna do the worm...against racism!" 😂😂
@bradcraig76114 жыл бұрын
This has to be the most obscure one hit wonder you’ve covered. I was a huge chart nerd at the time, even had a subscription to Billboard from ‘89 to about ‘93, and yet your video is the first time I’ve ever heard or even heard of this song. My compliments on your archaeological skills. Unearthing this fossil is on par with discovering the tomb of King Tut.
@TMC1982Part22 жыл бұрын
I am not exaggerating when I say that Todd's "OHW" video on Kyper's "Tic Tac Toe" actually has more viewers than the actual "Tic Tac Toe" video on KZbin.
@juliusnepos6013 Жыл бұрын
@@TMC1982Part2 yeah
@dixiechippers4 ай бұрын
It was a huge hit in the South, along with other of his songs.
@optimiss2 ай бұрын
@@dixiechippers yeah I grew up in Florida and knew the song. I was reminded of the song recently because C + C Music Factory references it on their song "Things that make ya go hmm".
@MnMsandOreos6 жыл бұрын
I died at “I’m gonna do the worm.... against racism”
@old4mat4 жыл бұрын
I did too.
@MattCraftDotDerp6 жыл бұрын
This song is to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as "Ice Ice Baby" is to "Under Pressure"
@EpicB5 жыл бұрын
While both Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure remain remembered, this song has largely faded into obscurity it seems, unlike the Yes song it samples.
@slamwall9057 Жыл бұрын
And I unironically enjoy both Ice Ice Baby and Tic Tac Toe
@KoopySandwiches6 жыл бұрын
This dude has the most sparse Wikipedia page I’ve ever seen, and his hit song doesn’t even have a page.
@murciadoxial80566 жыл бұрын
you know... I once wondered if there is even possible to have a black vanilla ice... This isn't it, but is as close as I think we will ever get to having a black vanilla ice
@thema19986 жыл бұрын
Murcia doxial We don't need a black Vanilla Ice. A white Vanilla Ice was bad enough. Although, Vanilla Ice is doing well with his DIY Network show nowadays!
@davek126 жыл бұрын
No he truly is Chocolate Ice. Just like copying Prince, he'll just copy your stuff.
@EpicB6 жыл бұрын
Tic Tac Toe looks more like bootleg MC Hammer.
@troodon10966 жыл бұрын
I don't think we even needed a white one to be honest. One was one too many.
@murciadoxial80563 жыл бұрын
@@EpicB Yeah, but you could say the same thing about vanilla ice
@averagebritishguy70825 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Not only was Owner of a Lonely Heart sampled in the song Tic Tac Toe, but it was also sampled by the band Tic Tac Toe.
@typhoidtyphoon6 ай бұрын
Wait, I know those. "Warum"?
@kidwaryodproduction4 ай бұрын
I read their wikipedia page, Then heard their music and think these girl group actually have an interesting story that nobody ever talk about it in KZbin. One of their song Ich Find Dich Scheisse ("I think you're ****") was very funny as hell. Oh, In 90s era we also have Thai Boy Band name "Tic Tac Toe" too 😆
@danstiver91356 жыл бұрын
If the ONLY memorable part of your song is the sample, you've failed utterly.
@andrebrynkus20556 жыл бұрын
I'd compare it to the rule about your first hit being a cover. .... But then I remember Puff Daddy built a career on lazy sampling.
@maxsmart91166 жыл бұрын
You pop music fans don't know shit about anything.
@patavinity12626 жыл бұрын
You haven't 'failed utterly' if your song has a memorable sampled hook, no. You have succeeded by that much. Lots of songs are totally unmemorable from start to finish. That would be utter failure.
@ProfesserLuigi6 жыл бұрын
Thanks daft punk.
@chuckbatmangaming6 жыл бұрын
Owner Of A Lonely Heart is too good for this guy lmao
@WaffeHo6 жыл бұрын
I remember spinning Kyper when I was a Strip Club DJ in the 90s
@Flowtail3 жыл бұрын
i wonder why "Strip Club DJ" is capitalized
@markv12742 ай бұрын
@@Flowtail It's a title held in high regard, like The President of The United States.
@Elmo90016 жыл бұрын
Owner of a Lonely Heart got stuck in my head one day so I asked my friend to play it in their car. "Sure. Do you know the name of the band it's by?" "Yes." "Great. Who is it?" "Yes." "Yes?" "Exactly." "Oh, ok. 'Exactly'." "No, not 'exactly'. Yes!' "Not exactly yes?" "No! Yes!" This went on for several days.
@wolverineminer6 жыл бұрын
Elmo9001 Cool story Shel Silverstein.
@Harv72b6 жыл бұрын
You could really have some fun with The The.
@Dragonatrix6 жыл бұрын
So, whose line WAS it anyway?
@andrebrynkus20556 жыл бұрын
So you did the Who's On First derived sketch from Animaniacs. It's okay to admit where you got your jokes from.
@stefanowohsdioghasdhisdg48066 жыл бұрын
My dad did the exact same joke when I first heard Yes.
@ThereMayBeLions6 жыл бұрын
Not only did they sample Yes, but if you listen closely at around the 5:35 mark, you can hear a bit of "Tour De France" by Krafrwerk in there too. Kyper really liked his Electro Dance Pop
@JomasterTheSecond Жыл бұрын
Big props to Kyper. He _still_ makes music (at least as of 10 months ago).
@serenityjoy18726 жыл бұрын
Great review! The longer I listen to this review, the more I'm convinced Kyper was meant to be a Yu-Gi-Oh villian except he came too soon.
@waffleless6 жыл бұрын
So Kyper the Sky Dragon?
@kai615k6 жыл бұрын
In America!
@mattdominick16793 жыл бұрын
@@kai615k Screw the rules, I have money!
@RenaldyCalixte2 жыл бұрын
@@mattdominick1679 Screw the Rules, I have a hit song.
@otaking3582 Жыл бұрын
@@waffleless Kyper the -Executive- Musical Producer!
@Plutoburns6 жыл бұрын
Wow. those videos really made me think of whenever Bill Nye would do some fake rap stuff.
@BfDelano6 жыл бұрын
O is yes and X is no in Japan. It's why the O button is often used in Japanese games on Sony's system, and why X is used for canceling or backing out of a menu.
@silvermoons75394 жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@natedash114 жыл бұрын
Finally, after all these years, I understand MGS's main menus.
@assiqtaq4 жыл бұрын
Crossing things out is often a no. Surrounding them is a gesture of acceptance or trying to keep and protect something. But X is also showing where something is, or a target for an aim. So I can kind of get either, honestly.
@BusinessZeus3 жыл бұрын
X is a death symbol in japan and the black color is also the color of death. The Xbox barely sold or got advertised in japan for more reasons than just it's size. Tic Tac Toe would be a do or die.
@BusinessZeus3 жыл бұрын
@@natedash11 *knowledge*
@mikaelizabeth6 жыл бұрын
Todd is kind of like a dorky uncle and I love that
@rockisheaven6 жыл бұрын
If nothing else, hopefully Yes gained a few more fans from people who heard this and got curious about the sample.
@isabellamorris79024 жыл бұрын
I am one of them!
@BoojieBaker6 жыл бұрын
Dave Rubin is literally the last person in the universe who I expect to see in an OHW video.
@19paperclip895 жыл бұрын
that was like the funniest joke he's ever given, and it was a pun
@VinnieBoombatz3746 жыл бұрын
The fact that you had so many one hit wonders and "obscure" genres during that time period (1989-1993) is actually indicative of the creativity of that time, right before the big record companies totally seized back control.
@SotheX6 жыл бұрын
"Once you've heard it, youve never forgotten it" Yes indeed. I heard this on a plane ride once. Had one of those off audio jacks on my armrest that i could use to browse a selection of music they provided. This song was the very first one i heard. Never listened to it before then, and never heard it again since this moment. Always stuck with me because it seemed rather catchy, yet dated.
@HallowqueenCrafting6 жыл бұрын
Not sure "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is the sample you want on a song about sex. I don't think that being lonely is the vibe you're going for.
@kylehegedus54986 жыл бұрын
MrsRCharlton It’s much better than being broken.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
I mean, you'd think that, but it does sound really good.
@larissabrglum38562 жыл бұрын
One of my musical pet peeves is when samples are used in a way that doesn't make much sense or doesn't seem purposeful.
@davidhanson49094 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this was anything bigger than a regional hit in Louisiana back then. Heard it a lot back then around New Orleans. Good to know he's still around and doing well.
@keithroberts9869 Жыл бұрын
I actually heard this, on the radio multiple times, in Montana when this track was out. I think I even had the cassette single
@rashb399411 ай бұрын
Heard it upstate New York on a pop radio station. Always loved it!
@royalcrumble23843 жыл бұрын
This video has almost four times the views of the song it's about. What a hit.
@BlakeGeometrio6 жыл бұрын
I wonder why I've never heard of this Kyper guy before. Also, nice shout-out to XTC.
@thema19986 жыл бұрын
Blake Geometrio I had never heard of XTC until now.
@seymourglass266 жыл бұрын
Well, get to it. They're amazing.
@maggie59905 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me what the XTC song he used in the clip is? I swear I've heard it before
@davispo75505 жыл бұрын
@@maggie5990 Senses Working Overtime in the first clip, Dear God in the second. Personally I find covers of XTC better than XTC themselves...
@pawnhearts87853 жыл бұрын
@@davispo7550 Why though?
@bradydicarlo91436 жыл бұрын
Kyper’s music before the hit sounds great. It reminds me of Miami Bass.
@elektrosoundwave4 жыл бұрын
I think there's a Dynamix II sample in there
@elektrosoundwave4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Dynamix II's Ignition. I missed cause I was caught on that ESG sample
@Unotuchable Жыл бұрын
Yeah they seem like tracks that I would have really enjoyed if I were alive back then and my tastes were similar.
@TMC1982Part2 Жыл бұрын
The only other time that I'm aware of Todd talking about Miami Bass was in his One Hit Wonderland video on Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)".
@Joemama551222 ай бұрын
Its defo better than his hit
@DanielleSouthcott6 жыл бұрын
This was on one of my my BFF's old mixtapes. I think he was both confused and hurt when he found "Owner of a Lonely Heart" on one of mine.
@futuristic.handgun Жыл бұрын
Idk why, but I just absolutely fucking love that I can hear you counting the time for your piano into at the beginning. I'm so, so glad you didn't retake it or edit that out. It's just charming. 🥰
@BenCol6 жыл бұрын
7:32 X is for yes? Isn't X the universal symbol for no? Did Kyper get all Xs on a test and think he aced it?
@edmundbarker23116 жыл бұрын
PixelBro64 Unless he's talking about Playstation controllers?
@ToastyMozart6 жыл бұрын
Edmund Barker Even then it was originally the other way around. The original Japanese versions of most Playstation games use O as confirm and X as back (which carried over in a few cases, like MGS3). Presumably it got changed in other countries because the O in question is red.
@orlock206 жыл бұрын
X and O did mean hugs and kisses which was found on notes and letters of the time. A message would look like: "Call me honey XOXOXOXO."
@xDarkTrinityx6 жыл бұрын
But then it wouldn't rhyyyyme! Legitimately, probably the only reason x is for yes...
@Drogon71025 жыл бұрын
Its just because x rhymes of yes.... kinda
@ShawnTewes6 жыл бұрын
11:02 There were a few if not many examples of house music acts going on about social and political issues back then, such as drug use and safe sex. There was that group from the UK known as THE KLF, known for "3AM Eternal", which famously punked the music industry and set 1 million pounds ablaze. Underground Resistance is another group that comes to mind. In fact, techno/house was even rooted in the struggling urban communities in Detroit, and was used to overcome oppression. Sometimes the music left an impact, but other times artists tried too hard to sound meaningful, and ended up just being full of it.
@NJGuy19736 жыл бұрын
"People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour was a counter to the whole safe-sex thing.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
@@NJGuy1973 I don't think you are correct. I remember it being backlash against teaching ABSTINENCE, because despite parents and teachers teaching abstinence, people were still having sex.
@medes55974 жыл бұрын
@@roguishpaladin I actually think that's what they mean, they've just worded it poorly.
@jennyl3093 жыл бұрын
Orbital as well, with albums like Snivilisation and In Sides
@kennycamaro23612 жыл бұрын
When I DJed in the 80’sand 90’s, we played it all the time and it filled the dance floor every time!
@gummy64896 жыл бұрын
this is... a new one.
@superduperisaac6 жыл бұрын
Bob Your profile pick is so fitting
@masterof4elements8266 жыл бұрын
When I heard you playing in the opening I thought "oh, I've heard this". Then you mentioned it was sampled from Owner of a Lonely Heart and I was like "Oh. No. I've heard that."
@KingHiki6 жыл бұрын
It's always weird to hear long forgotten one hit wonders from before my time because it makes me wonder what OHWs from my day are so lost to time that kids nowadays won't know about (the first one that always comes to mind is Oops (Oh My) by Tweet)
@Tirgo696 жыл бұрын
i was there and i still have absolutely no recollection of that song
@zqueen3871 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been trying to get Todd to put that song against “Hit Em’ Up Style (Oops)” by Blu Cantrell on his Song vs. Song podcast lol. I remember
@RogueError617 Жыл бұрын
Or The Things You Do - Gina Thompson
@heave-ho68647 ай бұрын
Since this comment, Oops (Oh My) was used in an episode of Euphoria. So it's not totally forgotten I guess
@lovenotegestapo16 күн бұрын
Wait by Huffamoose immediately comes to mind
@JayHitcher5 жыл бұрын
The relative lateness of Kyper's "electro" sound makes sense if you remember he's from the South, where big 808's never really went out of style, getting revived with the Miami bass movement that came around in the mid-80's / broke through around 1988/89 with Skyywalker Records and whatnot. "What Gets Your Body Hyped (XTC)" feels like a response to both that and the party drug laden house/techno sound coming out of Chicago/Detroit/NY. Combine Miami bass with the darkness of techno and you get... basically electro again! Electronic music genres tend to cycle around like that. I'd still say The Beat Club's "Security" is the perfect version of that sound, predating "(XTC)" by about a year.
@danflan052 жыл бұрын
Kyper seemed to be involved in the electro break sound that was popular in south Florida, Orlando and Tampa. Looks like he worked with DJ X, and that style of dance music had some mild popularity in the late 90's and early 2000's but was always a niche sub genre of dance music. Similar artists were DJ Icey, Huda Hudia and Jackal and Hyde. Louisiana also later had some additional representation with acts like DJ Trashy.
@jasonninja556 жыл бұрын
The intro really fucking confused me.
@calikilo18956 жыл бұрын
He’s from Baton Rouge , Louisiana . Really awesome guy . He’s good friends with my dad .
@SabrinaRina6 жыл бұрын
Ha! I was so stuck on the sample during the opening I was confused by the title. I thought I was seriously misremembering the Yes song. Stupid sampling throwing my pop culture recall out of wack.
@jaysea59396 жыл бұрын
Same tbh
@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly6 жыл бұрын
Sabrina it's not that it samples, it samples poorly
@SabrinaRina6 жыл бұрын
Howtostudies Yeah, I wasn't trying to leave it opened to all sampling. I was referring to this sampling in particular.
@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly6 жыл бұрын
Sabrina fair enough
@ethanjennings72356 жыл бұрын
Dude I feel you. I hate, for example, when you’re listening to Sweet Home Alabama on the radio and some idiot says, “Aw man I love this Kid Rock song.”
@blackcat16426 жыл бұрын
Do more obscure things like this, like most act i can read about in wikipedia but this stuff is priceless
@DokkaChapman6 жыл бұрын
The siren sample was EVERYWHERE back then! I'm sure I even heard it on some remixes of U2 from back then XD
@victorchapa63076 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's "UFO" by ESG; one of the most sampled songs of all time.
@benitopulatso66376 жыл бұрын
PM Dawn used it too, I think. There's a group Todd needs to cover.
@DokkaChapman6 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure it does. I've been listening to that track for years, and it sounds more like the siren sample that Chemical Brothers used in 'Song To Siren'. I also checked on 'Who Sampled' and it seems Norman's track isn't on the list of just under 400 entries.
@MasterL96 жыл бұрын
Always great to hear an XTC shout out. And yes, Skylarking is an amazing album.
@jonothanthrace15306 жыл бұрын
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is such an obvious hip-hop sample I'm surprised it hasn't been in more.
@thema19986 жыл бұрын
I had never "Tic Tac Toe" in my life until now. This was an interesting episode despite how little we know about Kyper.
@dublinjake6 жыл бұрын
Kyle, Todd, Lindsay, Doug and Rap Critic in the same week. Wow.
@Cludensyo6 жыл бұрын
The planets have aligned...
@guillermodebaskerville71176 жыл бұрын
And Allison.
@thema19986 жыл бұрын
Dublin Jake Who is Kyle again? I forgot.
@Malkmusianful6 жыл бұрын
Kyle Kallgren. Brows Held High. Or, if you're going really far into the past, Oancitizen
@jaysea59396 жыл бұрын
And The Dom
@afterdinnercreations936 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea of this song, but it TOTALLY sounds like something that would've been a one-hit wonder in the midpoint between the fall of pop-rap and the rise of boom-bap.
@IndigoRose136 жыл бұрын
A combination of spin the bottle and truth or dare (whoever the bottle lands on has to tell a truth or do a dare) is a pretty common variation on the game, and that could easily involve stripping, so that line of the spin the bottle song makes sense to me.
@deamoncohln95066 жыл бұрын
The only time I ever heard this song was when the local Top 40 station in Detroit was switching their drive time radio DJ to a guy named Tic Tac and the day before they played this song for like 8 hours straight. People were calling in to the station super pissed. It was hilarious.
@brobrochanel6 жыл бұрын
4:20 wow, david bowie's career really went downhill in the 90s
@missnotsocool966 жыл бұрын
I was wondering when someone was going to point that out...
@junebunchanumbers6 жыл бұрын
I got extra confused by this cos I'm also an XTC fan. Thought it was gonna be some weird collaboration between XTC, Bowie and...Kyper...that I'd somehow never about.
@jeanmichellelaurent27 күн бұрын
That’s actually the decade with his best albums next to 70s Bowie
@wgm45416 жыл бұрын
Sounds like owner of a lonely heart combined with come as you are
@Morbos10006 жыл бұрын
I was 16 in 1990 and pretty aware of popular music of the time. Even I've never heard of this one!
@ladydontekno6 жыл бұрын
Morbos1000 maybe it was a really big regional hit? I remember this song getting played at every bar/bat mitzvah. So I'll let you guess where I'm from 🤣
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
@@ladydontekno ...Israel? New York? You've gotta give us more than that. FWIW I don't remember it getting airplay in the Boston area.
@ladydontekno4 жыл бұрын
roguishpaladin Long Island
@jeangentry66566 жыл бұрын
If you heaven't already, woulf you consider doing a One Hit Wonderland on Alannah Myles, known for the song "Black Velvet"?
@roguishpaladin6 жыл бұрын
Technically she's not a one-hit wonder - her song "Love Is" went to #36. That being said, this might be one of those cases where Todd might bite, since it sounds like "Love Is" would have been more famous except that "Black Velvet" was so omnipresent that it got driven out of the charts. Hop onto Patreon and toss him some money when he opens up again. It might be an interesting story.
@jamesmcmahan12366 жыл бұрын
Very first thought was “This sounds like Tone Loc” really similar to “Wild thing”. Enjoyed this video. Obscure one hit wonders are definitely worth doing an occasional video on!
@thejadegecko2 жыл бұрын
A lot of roller rinks still play this song today. It's a good jam skate song and often played during adult skates.
@Harv72b6 жыл бұрын
I remember the hell out of this song! This was the anthem of my first freshman year of college!!
@ladydontekno6 жыл бұрын
Harv72b 😂 I thought I was the oldest person in this comment section. This was a junior high bop!
@bennyhayesss5 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU !! KYPER IS PLAYING IN NEW ORLEANS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IM GOING!
@MyssBlewm6 жыл бұрын
No matter what else has been going on if I see a new One Hit Wonderland my day becomes a million times better.
@BusinessZeus Жыл бұрын
What if you become deaf and blind in a plane crash? Maybe too "going on" too far.
@JennaLeigh6 жыл бұрын
Omg I remember this! I spent the night at a friend's house when I was in like 7th grade, and riding with her "cool" older sister, she had the Kyper Tic Tac Toe cassette in her camaro. This was 1994. Yep.
@Harv72b6 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember reading that Kyper was pretty heavily into the whole Illuminati thing before it really became a thing.
@ostint9126 жыл бұрын
Harv72b delete this
@DoctorPretorious6165 жыл бұрын
I remember this song being at junior high school dances (Chrissakes, that makes me feel OLD...), but I never remembered hearing it on the radio or MTV.
@stoicsophist22746 жыл бұрын
You forgot his biggest accomplishment, discovering the region full of comets and asteroids beyond the orbit of Neptune.
@Unsilence4093 жыл бұрын
i've never heard this song before. the production and sound design here is actually insane. holy shit, those record scratches. i think it deserves that if nothing else.
@DataJager6 жыл бұрын
Mayfly hits like this are why I watch One Hit Wonderland. Keep it up Todd
@theartistformallyknownas26774 жыл бұрын
i like when todd plays the song on piano, and for the gitar riff he just runs his hand across the entire keyboard
@lostinthemasses6 жыл бұрын
Dude those XTC non-references are mindblowing!
@WordUnheard6 жыл бұрын
I remember the hell out of this song and Kyper. Then again, I was 17 in 1990 and I don't think TITS was even born, the young lad. And yeah, I only liked it because it sampled Owner of a Lonely Heart.
@zahrahkhalid63336 жыл бұрын
Word Unheard I think Todd is in his thirties
@WordUnheard6 жыл бұрын
Hmm. I thought he was in his late 20's. He has a young looking shadow.
@cypher5156 жыл бұрын
Todd has alluded to being born in the mid 80's. His IMDB says 1984... and that his name isn't even Todd, so take that how you will. Pretty sure that when this was a relevant thing, it was said that he's older than Lindsay is (and she was born in '86).
@canadmexi6 жыл бұрын
Word Unheard 2015 Todd: I'm 31.
@WordUnheard6 жыл бұрын
So he be 33 now and would have been 6 when this song came out. Sounds legit. I wasn't exactly listening to Top 40 when I was 6. Thanks for the info, you guys. Todd's fans are the TITS!
@haruruben6 жыл бұрын
14:40 holy crap that robot song , throw it down,is amazing
@beeztrapp16123 жыл бұрын
For some reason, my mom let me have this cassette single as a kid. I have never forgotten it.
@helios58686 жыл бұрын
Well, that at least explains why Todd requested THIS monstrosity on Radio Dead Air.
@roguishpaladin6 жыл бұрын
Maybe so.
@saturninemartial6 жыл бұрын
Oh god... I had totally forgotten about A Bay Bay. I choked on my food when it played. A blast from the past for sure. It was something like a meme among my friends in middle school, at the time it came out.
@TSFboi4 жыл бұрын
3:22 Throw Down literally has the beat & flow from the DK Rap from DK64
@moon9936 жыл бұрын
Speaking of which, I'd like to see Todd do "Hurricane Chris- Ay Bay Bay" or more songs from the 2000s for OHW
@jaye45216 жыл бұрын
Ah, Electro. Still my favorite genre of music.
@christinecrawford3 жыл бұрын
I used to work at a roller skating rink (2000-2005) and this was a huge favorite there. Its great to skate to! I think it's my daughter's favorite from that era.
@nicksauer9376 жыл бұрын
If he wants another obscure band to do he should check out Baby Judy by the Hawaiian Pups. The only problem is that while it was super popular in it's day, I can't say for certain that it actually charted.
@medes559710 ай бұрын
According to the oral history of new wave, it was a local New York hit but never caught on beyond that.
@flyabusa3 жыл бұрын
I had a cassette single of this song back in 1990. Good times! I actually do remember it. I had a cassette single of "B-Girls" by Young & Restless too. Early 90s hip hop one hit wonders
@richarddorazi85656 жыл бұрын
Good review as always! Coming off the Grammys, you should do another One Hit Wonderland from a Best New Artist winner like Boogie Oogie Oogie, Afternoon Delight and Don’t Know Why. Other one hit wonders I have include Smokin in the Boys Room, Funkytown, Stuck in the Middle With You, Steal My Sunshine and the song it samples from More More More, Come and Get Your Love, The Hustle, Macarena, Werewolves of London, Build Me Up Buttercup, My Baby, Stacy’s Mom among many others.
@gwendolynstata37756 жыл бұрын
He talks about "Afternoon Delight" in his "Worst hit songs of 197(something)" video.
@sergentharker71822 жыл бұрын
I come back to this episode every so often, because of the incredible sentence 'I'm going to do the worm, against racism'
@disneyfan856 жыл бұрын
First, MC Hammer used "Super Freak" as the basis for "U Can't Touch This", and now there's this...
@Doormin5 жыл бұрын
The instrumental to this sounds like a song from the Japanese Sonic cd soundtrack
@jisooseyelashes2666 жыл бұрын
Thank you lord for blessing us with your content
@NicolasSequeira Жыл бұрын
You can sample any famous song from a big name and make it into a different song. Amazing!
@EastyyBlogspot6 жыл бұрын
And after watching this.....i searched for that XTC song Dear God
@henryglennon38646 жыл бұрын
Eastyy Enjoy in good health!
@Wired4Life26 жыл бұрын
Wasn't "Dear God" the song that played during the break into act 3 portion of It (2017)?
@bisexualmajima6 жыл бұрын
....I looked for the sex robot song needless to say I'm mildly disturbed
@ThomasWilson46 жыл бұрын
As a kid from louisiana, I definitely know that robot song 😂
@mulraymanners6 жыл бұрын
You should do Gotye's somebody I used to know as a one hit wonder
@michaelhall54295 жыл бұрын
Too early. He's still producing music, and is a solid enough songwriter to maybe score another hit in the us.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelhall5429 Plus it'd probably break Todd to have to do a OHW on someone he put in his top ten end of year video once and had high hopes for.
@WitchyWhale4 жыл бұрын
He already did a review of that song.
@barttcounts84562 жыл бұрын
I still know this song by heart 😆 Great one, Todd... hadn't thought of this song for years
@romanmacharoni5 жыл бұрын
This guy was clearly trying to be Afrika Bambaataa too.
@TheParappa6 жыл бұрын
What's most notable for me about this video is how the sound editing was a lot better than usual. Sometimes the music is to loud in comparison to the parts when Todd talks, so I always have to adjust the volume all the time. But in this one it was perfectly done. Good Job Mr. Shadows.
@NashaWriter855 жыл бұрын
Hey.....you know Todd, technically, XTC is a one hit wonder as their song "Dear God" was the only hit they had in the US. XTC is a great band, that would be an awesome episode of One Hit Wonderland.
@NashaWriter853 жыл бұрын
@Mike S Oh yeah, I know they had (still have) a solid following. I was just speaking of their accomplishments 'hit' wise. We all know sales and 'hits' truly doesn't say anything about how 'good' a band is.
@BarkingForBroccoliBG3 ай бұрын
My mom had the whole album from Kyper on cassette but there were songs on it. "TIC tac Toe" "XTC" "I want a Freak" the songs were very popular at Richmond Virginia rollerskating rinks as people woul d do synchronized dancing on skates in groups almost like line dancing but on skates very popular 1991 to 1999 they called it jive skating"
@Champiness6 жыл бұрын
I’ve gotta say, if obvious samples are your thing, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, “Planet Rock”, and “UFO” are three pretty good obvious samples to put together.
@bruixeria6 жыл бұрын
When break dancing had that weird mini resurgence in the 90's I heard that XTC song a lot. It was some good shit. It was one of those songs that everybody was all "hell yeah I gotta dance to this one" about. Good times. Damn I'm old.
@CMDarkAngel6 жыл бұрын
don't know why you didn't mention "ex's and oh's" which i feel like actually sorta got the metaphor right lol
@n3v3rg01ngback5 жыл бұрын
Jordan Chaney It’s a pair of puns.
@ladydontekno6 жыл бұрын
I'm taking this video as a sign to become a patreon supporter, because I could provide Todd with all sorts of obscure bops from my junior high school years. Yes, I remember this from the first time around getting played on the radio and at bar mitzvahs.
@elektrosoundwave6 жыл бұрын
Me and you both
@acekoala4576 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Ice's best piece of music was Go Ninja from TMNT 2:Secret of the Ooze.
@vpdiscoАй бұрын
This might be more of a southern thing. This was right up our alley in Florida. My sister liked this track. Those later singles were totally the thing clubs would spin. Quite the deep cut.