Nic and Vince talk about Lit My Own Worst Enemy and White Snake Here I go Again, and the history of the songs and how they made us feel plus our experience with them over the years and Karaoke singing. This week we start adding in us singing these songs at the end of the show so stay tuned till the end. Find us on: Instagram : @nostalgicjukeboxpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA04mfG6q-kOj0o7aWvZhIg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1W5xn11CxwCZDG32GCf6II Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nostalgic-jukebox-podcast/id1661588683
Nic and Vince talk about Lit My Own Worst Enemy and White Snake Here I go Again, and the history of the songs and how they made us feel plus our experience with them over the years and Karaoke singing. This week we start adding in us singing these songs at the end of the show so stay tuned till the end.
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Nic (00:04):
Hey everybody. Welcome back Nosalgic Jukebox podcast. It's Nick
Vince (00:08):
And this is
Nic (00:09):
Vince. We're getting into it. We are going to go Harish. We're trying to do something. Hey,
Vince (00:17):
Everybody. Yeah. Hey, sounds good to me. Let's do it.
Nic (00:20):
All right. How about this one? We're all favorites.
Vince (00:26):
We
Nic (00:26):
Forget about it. This is always a fun one. Lit my own worst enemy. Yeah. Like I said, by Lit, released in 1999, and it's that sweet spot for karaoke songs. It's two minutes, 49 seconds. Came off the label R c A label and very iconic. I think you remember the music video. It was just him chaos, and
Vince (00:56):
It was mayhem. It It's a mayhem. Yeah, it is a great video. But Nick was saying it's great song to just get in and out, get everybody going. Want to give a shout out to Steph. She first did this karaoke a while back and killed it. She had the whole place going, and since then, there've been a lot of copycats at She started to trend, so shout out.
Nic (01:22):
Yeah, it's one of those songs, I think when people start first doing it and people realize like, oh, that's like a super fun song. Or other people get into it and then they realize that there's a whole genre of songs that people do, and Lid is one of those. I would consider it to be kind of one hit wonder. They did ever have other songs, but yeah, I mean, just like them playing the guitar in the bowling alley just being complete goofballs and rolling. That felt like the seventies, the vibe that they had going and trying to rock it.
Vince (01:59):
But oh yeah, they had a lot of songs that were great. I mean, this one probably hit the most, or was a hit in the States the most. But yeah this album that it's off of, I believe it is called
Nic (02:12):
A Place in the Sun.
Vince (02:13):
A Place in the Sun, great album, and all the songs are fairly short, but they're a great rock album.
Nic (02:21):
So the number 17 on the Rock charts, 51 in the top 100. It sold really well. But I guess, so the fun part is about the song is that it was, it's pretty much almost a true story, like a documentary, kind of the lead singer and all of his escapades and stuff by out touring and when they're out playing shows. Oh yeah,
Vince (02:43):
You got to read that story, man. When's his book coming out?
Nic (02:46):
Yeah, he's probably got some good stuff, but, so there's stories of him and have having four Ex-Girlfriends show up at the same show, and him trying to juggle all the girls then. So the song was a combination of many, many incidences that kind of came about during touring and being naked in public and having another girl show up when he was with another girl. So he's definitely not somebody you want to model your life after, but somebody you want to watch as they explode and Cause there's going to be some fun times. Oh,
Vince (03:22):
These guys definitely live the, well, at least he did the Rock band or Rock Lead, rock Singer Life, other songs off that album. Ziplock is a great one, and so is Miserable. Both have great videos to 'em too. Yeah, these guys, they took advantage of the M T V video music scene when they were popular, and I think it helped them out a lot.
Nic (03:45):
I don't even think those songs were nearly as popular or as famous, but still very good songs. My Own Worst Enemy, he actually sang it Naked in the studio which for some reason good for, decided to be a good idea for him. But yeah, just one of those Great. Yeah, if you're looking for a song that you don't necessarily have to sing, well, you can pretty much talk through it or just yell and scream. You'll do really well. It's super short. Everybody knows the chorus. It's just really just a fun song all the way around and definitely Crowd Pleaser. Oh
Vince (04:22):
Yeah, yeah, definitely In a Green Day type of sense too. Green Day has a lot of songs that are short, you know, can sing 'em, talk. 'em just got to know the song, and it usually gets the crowd pumped up. And they're another group, say for another day,
Nic (04:39):
Like Blink 180 2, kind of those types of songs
Vince (04:44):
In that realm.
Nic (04:45):
Yeah, yeah. I mean, you could probably even do Eve six Harvey Danger or Eve
Vince (04:50):
Six Inside Out. Right.
Nic (04:52):
And so those bands are all very similar in the style of music and the punk and the, I guess, ease of the lyrics. The lyrics. None of the songs are really even that hard. Like Harvey Dangers. Like what?
Vince (05:05):
Oh, flag pole sitter. Flag
Nic (05:07):
Pole, yeah, flag
Vince (05:08):
Sitter, flag
Nic (05:08):
Pole sitter. Yeah. So anyway, so that's definitely a fun song, and I've sang that song. I would say, I don't know if anybody sings it well, cause I don't know if even the lead singer sings the song well, but it's a song that is fun to sing, and you can kind of just let loose, you don't really have to sing it. There's no really right or wrong way to do it. You kind of just go up there and just belt it out and have a good time.
Vince (05:34):
Just go up there with all the energy you can muster and just sing it to your
Nic (05:39):
And just have a good time. All right. We're ready for the next one.
Vince (05:42):
Sure. Why not? Let's go.
Nic (05:43):
Okay,
Vince (05:58):
Here I go again. White snake,
Nic (06:00):
White snake. Here I go again.
Vince (06:01):
Oh man. This is one of my personal faves, as are a lot of certain songs or different songs, but Oh man, white snake. Here I go again. I mean, how can you not think of the video with the song if you're pushing a certain age like myself? But yeah we'll get to that in a sec.
Nic (06:25):
They came out in
Vince (06:26):
19 82, 19 82. It originally in 82 off one of their earlier albums. Yes. But didn't really make a splash in 82. They rerecorded it on their 1987 self title titled album White Snake. And I, just to throw in one of these, I mean, it blew my mind, I think before, and I don't know, going through this again and doing some research. They're a British band, bi British rock band, and I could have sworn they were an American band. And now that I think about it, I think did see a few interviews with them and hearing him speak, it's one of those times where you're like, he's British, but he sings. But anyway, you know what I'm talking about.
Nic (07:15):
Oh yeah. So originally in 82 off their Saints and Sinners, but then re-recorded and re-released in 1987 on their B side of Guilty of Love Then, so it went from a five minute and nine second song to a three minute and 54 second radio edit. Yeah.
Vince (07:35):
Oh, they needed to cut it down a little bit, but I mean, all the songs were long back then.
Nic (07:40):
So they obviously adjusted it and edited it, and obviously came out with a music video.
Vince (07:50):
Well, really quick, the song was written by the lead singer David Coverdale, and former White Snake guitarist at the time, Bernie Marsden. So it was those two writing the music back then.
Nic (08:02):
And then to go off of that, Paula Abdul choreographed the music video.
Vince (08:09):
Hey, that's pretty cool. Come on back then to have Paula Abdul. I know,
Nic (08:13):
This is the crazy that the, I mean, person that was in that music video.
Vince (08:20):
Well, yeah. Oh, Tawny Kata. Come on. Right. I mean, she was every Schoolboy's dream back then in my time. Anyway.
Nic (08:31):
Not mine. I was five.
Vince (08:33):
Nic (08:37):
By the time I was there. I was kind of out of that era by
Vince (08:40):
The time. But he does remember the video
Nic (08:42):
Well, cause I've seen the video,
Vince (08:44):
But how can you not recall A fine ass, A fine ass lady with eighties hair sprawled out on a car Again, it was the eighties. So
Nic (08:53):
With with Paula Dude's help, she was out there just rocking her thing. Oh yeah.
Vince (08:57):
Oh yeah. And just really quick that you said that there was an original version, then there was a re-recorded version. Yeah, the original version, apparently they, in the line where it goes like a drifter, I was born to walk alone. It was originally like a hobo. I was born to walk alone. So they changed that on the rerecord
Nic (09:20):
Well, they didn't want to get canceled.
Vince (09:21):
Yeah.
Nic (09:25):
They were trying getting a shot. All
Vince (09:28):
Right. Yeah. I can't use the hobo. We can't use that. But yeah, it did. Well it was number one on the billboard hot chart 100 chart in October of 87. It was the band's only number one on the chart and a couple weeks later it became number one on the Canadian singles chart.
Nic (09:48):
Yeah, definitely did number ones in a few places, but definitely cruised around the world. And most popular, I didn't know this, but there's two cover versions of the song. There's like a dance cover version in 1995 that was, I guess it reached number 69. I, I've never heard it. And then in 2004, there's another Dance pop version by a Polish singer. Oh yeah. Which actually became a hit in Poland. Hey,
Vince (10:18):
There you go. So there you go. Hey, different versions for different folks, man. I mean, I haven't heard that dance version, but I, I'm going to have to look that up. It's
Nic (10:24):
Just very interesting that the remix of it are, or the remixes of it are dance
Vince (10:32):
Are dance versions. Well, yeah.
Nic (10:33):
Cause it's kind of a kind of slow love song. They kicks off really
Vince (10:37):
Slowly. Well,
Nic (10:38):
I guess if you just like a techno beat to it. Oh,
Vince (10:40):
Yeah, I can see that. They do that to a lot of songs.
Nic (10:45):
Oh yeah, they do.
Vince (10:47):
But actually another fun fact, I mean, this song is notable for being the only white snake song to get airplay on the adult contemporary stations despite their other single is this Love Reach number 38 on the Hot 100, but did not chart at all on the AC charts, which is kind of weird.
Nic (11:07):
It's also kind of weird between the radio version and the actual version from the album. There's different people on it. Like John Sykes is the guitar in the background vocals on the actual album, but he's not on the radio version of the song. They just switch him out for Dan on the guitar.
Vince (11:30):
Well, that could be, I'm not too sure, but there might have been some changes in the band, because the original song again, was in 82.
Nic (11:37):
Well, no, he was, yeah, 87. So in 82, that's what I'm saying, from between 82 and 87, there's different people. And then from 87 to 87, there's different people.
Vince (11:46):
Oh, okay. Well, hey, you know what?
Nic (11:48):
So it's just interesting that they recorded it, and then when they rerecorded for the radio edit where they cut even more time off it by another 30 seconds, they just had other people come in and play guitar and stuff. Oh,
Vince (12:01):
Okay. Well, little turmoil in the band. A lot of guys,
Nic (12:05):
Yeah, guitar and background vocals, because that Johnny Boy, John Sykes, he was only in the actual version of it on the album. He was not in the 82 version or the radio mix.
Vince (12:15):
Oh,
Nic (12:16):
Okay. So John, if you're still out there, buddy, are you okay? Yeah.
Vince (12:19):
Nic (12:20):
Know how
Vince (12:20):
Doing, but yeah, rolling Stone has this in their top 10 best hair metal tracks of all time, understandably. I mean, come on. And like I said, this song is a F for myself and one of those that I like to try to mimic the lead singer as much as possible. I try to get that voice. It doesn't work out all the time, but if the sound is good at a karaoke place and they can kind of drown you out just a little bit it and hit that sweet spot, man. Yeah, the song, this song's a hit.
Nic (12:52):
All right. So John did, John Sykes did leave the band Slightly A right after their successful mainstream hit, and he left to go to another band. Okay. That's why. So he's okay. He's still alive. He's still
Vince (13:08):
Alive. He's still
Nic (13:08):
Around. Yeah. Nobody good to know. Nobody took him down. So
Vince (13:11):
Good to know. Good to know. Yeah. But yeah, I love White Snake. I mean, I only know really their hits. I know a few of their other songs, but is this Love, which I was just talking about, the Slower Power Ballad that they have, I'm, I'm still working on that one And Still of The Night is a great rock song that seems like it might be a little tough. So I'm still working on those. But
Nic (13:34):
Yeah, they had definitely a good Once. Here I go again. Once that kind of took off, then after that is This love. But those are not, I wouldn't say those are, here I go again is an anthem, and it's on Just Journey so people can get into it only when the core is hits. Other than that, everybody's sipping their drink and going to the bathroom. And then is this Love is the same kind of idea that Good point. Nobody's really going to get. No one's going to be super jazzed when the song first kicks off, the first melody picks up. No one's going to be like, oh my God, this is my song. Everybody's going to be like, what the fuck song is this?
Vince (14:14):
It's popular enough as to when that song starts it, it gets people up and going. It starts off slow and then just kind of picks up
Nic (14:25):
Speed. That's what I'm saying. The first little bit. And then it's jazzed about it. Most of the songs, events does that when it first starts out. Nobody's really jazzed
Vince (14:33):
About it. I get jazzed about it. And when I'm Okie, man, it's what I want to do.
Nic (14:38):
And it's from the seventies. This is seventies
Vince (14:42):
Only.
Nic (14:42):
Well, yeah, this one, but I don't think, I don't remember the last time you did this song.
Vince (14:47):
That's a good question. I don't remember the last time I did this
Nic (14:49):
Song. I usually do nineties and two thousands. Vince does sixties and seventies.
Vince (14:55):
Sixties and seventies, eighties, nineties. Ohs tens. Don't listen to this guy.
Nic (15:00):
No, no, no. If I'm talking about the amount, the percentage, you're like 80% sixties and seventies, and then like 10%
Vince (15:13):
Eighties, 80%. Yeah.
Nic (15:14):
And then 5%, two thousands. And current,
Vince (15:17):
I beg to differ. I think more 60%. I like the older hits. I like the classics between even fifties. I'll go Fiftys, sixties, seventies, I give me a genre.
Nic (15:29):
Well, we know we're just not excited about it.
Vince (15:33):
Whatever.
Nic (15:45):
Guess. Is this, love it. Hit number two on the billboard Talk 100 s.
Vince (15:53):
I hit number one.
Nic (15:54):
Is this Love?
Vince (15:55):
Yeah. Oh, is This Love or You?
Nic (15:56):
Yeah, is this Love? Because the top spot is George. Michael's hit Faith.
Vince (16:02):
Oh, faith was number one. Yeah.
Nic (16:03):
Was making, it
Vince (16:05):
Was probably there for a while. It
Nic (16:07):
Was there. Yeah. Here I go. Here I go again. And it's great. And then this love is great, but can you imagine trying to bump off George Michael's faith?
Vince (16:15):
That's tough. Yeah, that's rough. That's a tough hurdle right there for White Snake. But hey, they had their heyday and during the MTV days, man, this was one of the videos that I really look forward to. But no,
Nic (16:32):
Was it Tawny contained in this one too? Oh yeah, because she was dating.
Vince (16:36):
She
Nic (16:36):
Was dating. She was dating the Cloverdale, right?
Vince (16:39):
The lead, yeah, yeah. Lead singer. And she was also in a great comedy back then called a Bachelor party, one of Tom Hanks' first movies. Great comedy couldn't be made nowadays because they'll cancellation stuff. But check that one out if you can find it. It's just one of those raunchy eighties comedies. And yeah, Tom Hanks back in his Blim Buddies days. Yeah, good movie. And Tony Contain was his girlfriend in that one, so check it out.
Nic (17:12):
Yep. All right, everybody. Well, we appreciate you being here as we just destroyed these songs. And
Vince (17:18):
Nic (17:22):
And yeah, just hang around and we'll have a little karaoke experience waiting for everybody. But like I said, enjoy the rest of your afternoon. We'll see you guys next time. See
Vince (17:32):
You.
Nic (17:38):
Thanks for tuning in. And as always, new episodes every Monday. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, hit the likes with all the buttons that all the follows, do all the things you need to do, and we'll see you next week.