#the greg kihn band

[aboutoriginality]

The Breakup Song

[versus-weird-al]

Please listen to both songs before you vote!

"Jeopardy"

"I Lost on Jeopardy"

Fun fact: Not only does Weird Al's video feature the real Art Fleming and Don Pardo (the host and announcer of the original Jeopardy TV show), but it also features Greg Kihn (from the original song that Al's song is a parody of!) driving away in a car, referencing the end of his own music video.

[myimaginaryradio]

Jeopardy - The Greg Kihn Band

[spilladabalia]

The Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

The greg kihn band／ The break up song 🕺🎶

lyrics：

writings / compose：Gary Phillips / Gregory Kihn / Steve Wright

We had broken up for good just an hour before

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

Now I'm staring at the bodies as there's dancin' 'cross the floor

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

And then the band slowed the tempo and the music gets me down

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

It was the same old song with the melancholy sound

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore

They just don't write 'em like that anymore

We'd been living together for a million years

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

But now it feel so strange (out in the atmospheres?)

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

And then the jukebox plays a song I used to know

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

Now I'm staring at the bodies as they dancin' so slow

Uh uh uh. uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore

They just don't write 'em like that anymore

Now I wind up staring at an empty glass

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

Cause its so easy to say that you'll forget your past

Uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh

They don't write 'em like that anymore, no!

They just don't write 'em like that anymore

They don't write 'em like that anymore

They just don't write 'em like that anymore

[jelicaalynn]

i may be 25 (26 next month ✨) but some of these oldies be hitting hard 😫

[le-souriant]

RIP Greg Kihn :(

@osornios

[greensparty]

Remembering Greg Kihn 1949-2024

Singer/songwriter Greg Kihn has died at 75. His band The Greg Kihn Band (he was the singer/guitarist/founder) had tons of power pop hits in the 80s. They loved naming their albums with pun-filled use of Kihn (too many corny titles to mention).

the "Jeopardy" single

Their 1981 song "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" was one of the great break up songs of all time. Hands down! It was also featured in a ton of soundtracks including Ted Demme's Beautiful Girls and an episode of The Sopranos. They followed up that hit with a cover of Tommy Roe's "Sheila", made famous by The Beatles version in 1962. In 1983, their biggest hit was released "Jeopardy". The music video was an MTV hit with his zombie movie influence. It spawned a parody from Weird Al Yankovic with "I Lost on Jeopardy". Not only did Kihn have a good sense of humor and greenlight the Weird Al parody, he actually made a cameo appearance in the parody video too. The band had another minor hit with "Lucky".

Kihn himself became a DJ on a CA classic rock station. Around 2011, I noticed he was following my documentary Life on the V: The Story of V66 on Twitter/X. I always thought that was so cool since I remembered seeing their videos on V66.

The link above is the obit from Ultimate Classic Rock.

[punkrockmixtapes]

Listen/purchase: The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) by Huntingtons

[melodychocolat]

inspiring new wave quotes to live by:

"ahyayayayaya ahyayayayayayaya" - love plus one by haircut 100

"ha ha ha ha ha hi" - true by spandau ballet

"fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa" - psycho killer by talking heads

"way oh way oh ooh way oh way oh" - walk like an egyptian by the bangles

"la la la la la la la la" - don't you (forget about me) by simple minds

"de do do do de da da da" - de do do do de da da da by the police

"uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh" - the breakup song by the greg kihn band

"whoa whoa whoa oh oh whoa whoa whoa oh oh" - things can only get better by howard jones

"whyayayaya" - the reflex by duran duran

"hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey" - and she was by talking heads

[versus-weird-al]

Winner #23!

The results are in and the winner of our twenty-third poll - "Jeopardy" (The Greg Kihn Band) vs. "I Lost on Jeopardy" (Weird Al) - is...

"I Lost on Jeopardy"!

"I Lost on Jeopardy" got 97.2% of 36 votes, while its opponent "Jeopardy" got 0%. 2.8% of voters elected to see results.

This is the first time that an original song got no votes at all. If no one had chosen to see results, "I Lost on Jeopardy" would have won this poll with 100% of votes. Congratulations to Weird Al for this amazing achievement!

So far the score is...

Originals: 4, Weird Al: 9

Bonus Medley Score:

Originals: 6, Weird Al: 4

[myimaginaryradio]

Jeopardy - The Greg Kihn Band - 1983

[bayareabadboy]

Bay Area music fans are mourning the death of 80s rock star and longtime DJ Greg Kihn. He was 75. https://abc7ne.ws/3WPLOw4

[80smusicgifs]

Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy - 1983