For no better reason than that I can now do it again, I just watched an episode of BBC
quiz show "Pointless". In the first round contestants were given
fourteen titles of hit songs from 2000 to 2009 and had to name the
artists. Of the fourteen I knew that "Oops... I did it again" was
Britney Spears BUT only because I think the heavy metal Children of Bodom version is
hilarious. Not only did I not know ANY of the others but when the
answers were revealed I had only heard of five the artists and STILL
didn't recognize any of the songs. Once again, I feel so proud.
William Labov, RIP.
5 hours ago