After a two-week holiday hiatus, the forgotten classic video makes its triumphant return!
And I've got a good one for all you good girls and boys who have been so patient. (Look, just let me pretend that you've all been practicing "patience" instead of "not caring.") It's good because it's another of those truly forgotten songs...at least for me. My bro, J-Fred, played this for me while I was home for Christmas and I nearly shat in his computer chair when the music started. Because neither the band name The Refreshments nor the song title "Banditos" meant anything to me, yet I recognized the song IMMEDIATELY.
I'm really amazed that this one-hit wonder was completely purged from my memory, for several reasons. 1) I always liked it and it was on MTV and the radio ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME. 2) The album it comes from had one of the best titles of the '90s: Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy. 3) The lead singer (Roger Clyne, who has built up quite a following with his new band The Peacemakers) is pretty cute in a "silly frat boy-meets-John Corbett-meets-the more attractive/less douchey third cousin (on his mother's side) of Scott Stapp" sort of way.
And just so you don't forget another Pop Eye classic, some other refreshments have a message for you:
Let's all enter the contest, Let's all enter the contest, Let's all enter the contest, 'cause captioning is neat!
And I've got a good one for all you good girls and boys who have been so patient. (Look, just let me pretend that you've all been practicing "patience" instead of "not caring.") It's good because it's another of those truly forgotten songs...at least for me. My bro, J-Fred, played this for me while I was home for Christmas and I nearly shat in his computer chair when the music started. Because neither the band name The Refreshments nor the song title "Banditos" meant anything to me, yet I recognized the song IMMEDIATELY.
I'm really amazed that this one-hit wonder was completely purged from my memory, for several reasons. 1) I always liked it and it was on MTV and the radio ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME. 2) The album it comes from had one of the best titles of the '90s: Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy. 3) The lead singer (Roger Clyne, who has built up quite a following with his new band The Peacemakers) is pretty cute in a "silly frat boy-meets-John Corbett-meets-the more attractive/less douchey third cousin (on his mother's side) of Scott Stapp" sort of way.
And just so you don't forget another Pop Eye classic, some other refreshments have a message for you:
Let's all enter the contest, Let's all enter the contest, Let's all enter the contest, 'cause captioning is neat!
Comments
Either that or I've forgotten it, too! :D