Case in point: the measurement of irony levels in Alanis Morrissette's "Ironic" (which actually seems to chart a series of events that are mostly just bummers, not examples of irony - how exactly is a black fly in one's chardonnay ironic? And for that matter, what other color do flies usually come in?).
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Here we can see exactly who is and who isn't Wacko Jacko's lover:
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A simple breakdown of what Meatloaf would (and wouldn't) do for love:
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Here's one dedicated to Melissa in honor of the karaoke recording we did in the early 90's of Vanilla Ice's crowning achievement, "Ice Ice Baby":
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In another 90's golden gem, the international phenomenon Right Said Fred chronicled a list of categories in which their sexiness may have gone over traditionally prescribed limitations in the deceptively simply titled "I'm Too Sexy." Finally, a visual inventory has been created:
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In a brutally honest comparison chart, Kelis compares and contrasts whose milkshake actually brings the boys to the yard. Unfortunately, you did not fare so well!
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Finally, Blur tries to make sense of their sexual confusion, and what exactly they are looking for, chronicled in their mid-90's hit "Girls and Boys."
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