And let’s be fair: ”They don’t write em like that any more, no / They just don’t write em like that any more” isn’t exactly Cole Porter, either.Ĭummings - No, but ”Jeopardy” also allowed them to think about Alex Trebek, even before Weird Al took the song over. That’s our audience you’re talking about, too. Jon Cummings - Considering that ”The Breakup Song” is, I think most people agree, a slightly (at least) better song than this one - and considering that the general quality of songs on the radio was rather higher in the spring of ’83 (when ”Jeopardy” was a hit) than it had been during the summer of ’81 - why did this go to #2 when the earlier song had peaked at #15?Ĭummings - Or that the meatheads out in radioland are only capable of maintaining a fist-pump-and-caterwaul routine when a chorus is as simple as “Our love’s in jeopardy, baby, oooooooo.”įeerick - Careful, man. Jack Feerick - Well, it’s hard for me to be objective on this’n - for reasons I hope should be obvious - but I do believe I prefer the Weird Al. It doesn’t really grab me, and I have to believe more people would be familiar with the Weird Al parody over the original. Dunphy - I like ”The Breakup Song” better - even though it is essentially the chords of ”(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” repositioned into a different tune - but Jeopardy” is okay. Let’s waste no time - grab your shovels and let’s go!ĭave Lifton - An average song made palatable because of the clavinet. Here’s where we start digging into Disc 4 of the seven-disc box set Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally).
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