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I was inside a Target recently, mostly to admire #2\u2019s prevalent presence<\/a> in their baby section, and over the PA system, among the music that usually is tantamount to white noise, I was able to pick out the lyrics to Ricky Martin\u2019s She Bangs<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n The strangest thing to me, was the fact that it was actually Ricky Martin\u2019s version of the song, and just how foreign and alien it sounded, hearing it for the first time in like, maybe 18 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Because in my head, when I think of She Bangs, the only version of the song I ever hear in my head is William Hung\u2019s terrible rendition that he tried to audition on American Idol<\/em> with<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, while at Target, I was kind of awestruck at the simple fact that the lyrics actually continued past \u201clooks like a flower but stings like a bee\u201d because I practically expected there to be an interruption by Simon, Randy and Paula, except there wasn\u2019t one, but instead a whole lot of unfamiliar lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\n It’s no secret that FOX and the internet gobbled all of William Hung up for making an ass out of himself on one of television\u2019s most viewed programs, but in hindsight, Hung took it like a champion, and parlayed his abysmal appearance on Idol into all sorts of appearances and gigs afterward.\u00a0 Given the crash and burn nature of so many Idol alum, I think it\u2019s safe to say that in spite of everything, Hung still came out smelling a lot better than many who were probably a little bit more successful in the show than he was.<\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, as far as I\u2019m concerned, She Bangs belongs to William Hung.\u00a0 Anyone else feel this way too?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was inside a Target recently, mostly to admire #2\u2019s prevalent presence in their baby section, and over the PA system, among the music that usually is tantamount to white noise, I was able to pick out the lyrics to Ricky Martin\u2019s She Bangs. The strangest thing to me, was the fact that it was … Continue reading Anyone else feel this way too?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,100,129,89,69],"class_list":["post-48957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-branding","tag-comparison","tag-nostalgia","tag-racism","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48960,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957\/revisions\/48960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![admire #2\u2019s prevalent presence<\/a> in their baby section, and over the PA system, among the music that usually is tantamount to white noise, I was able to pick out the lyrics to Ricky Martin\u2019s She Bangs<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\nThe strangest thing to me, was the fact that it was actually Ricky Martin\u2019s version of the song, and just how foreign and alien it sounded, hearing it for the first time in like, maybe 18 years.<\/span><\/p>\nBecause in my head, when I think of She Bangs, the only version of the song I ever hear in my head is William Hung\u2019s terrible rendition that he tried to audition on American Idol<\/em> with<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, while at Target, I was kind of awestruck at the simple fact that the lyrics actually continued past \u201clooks like a flower but stings like a bee\u201d because I practically expected there to be an interruption by Simon, Randy and Paula, except there wasn\u2019t one, but instead a whole lot of unfamiliar lyrics.<\/span><\/p>\nIt’s no secret that FOX and the internet gobbled all of William Hung up for making an ass out of himself on one of television\u2019s most viewed programs, but in hindsight, Hung took it like a champion, and parlayed his abysmal appearance on Idol into all sorts of appearances and gigs afterward.\u00a0 Given the crash and burn nature of so many Idol alum, I think it\u2019s safe to say that in spite of everything, Hung still came out smelling a lot better than many who were probably a little bit more successful in the show than he was.<\/span><\/p>\nAnyway, as far as I\u2019m concerned, She Bangs belongs to William Hung.\u00a0 Anyone else feel this way too?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was inside a Target recently, mostly to admire #2\u2019s prevalent presence in their baby section, and over the PA system, among the music that usually is tantamount to white noise, I was able to pick out the lyrics to Ricky Martin\u2019s She Bangs. The strangest thing to me, was the fact that it was … Continue reading Anyone else feel this way too?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,100,129,89,69],"class_list":["post-48957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-branding","tag-comparison","tag-nostalgia","tag-racism","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48960,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48957\/revisions\/48960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09.jpg\"){kind=link}