TV: Hit Me Baby 1 More Time: Week 2

The older kids are in bed, so Kerri and I are indulging in a trip down memory lane. We’re unashamed children of the 80′s. We missed it last week, so this is a nice treat.

Tonight’s Performers: Original Hit Performed: Cover Performed (iTMS links embedded when available)

The Knack icon: My Sharona icon: Are You Gonna Be My Girl? by Jet icon

Haddaway icon:What Is Love? icon: Toxic by Britney Spears icon

Tommy Tutone: 867-5309/Jenny: All the Small Things by Blink 182 icon

The Motels: Only the Lonely icon: Don’t Know Why by Norah Jones icon

Vanilla Ice icon: Ice Ice Baby icon: Survivor by Destiny’s Child icon

While the studio audience it voting I’ll weigh in with this thought: I’m pretty sure the majority of the audience and the host only know the original hits from VH1 flashback shows.

Tonight’s Winner: Vanilla Ice (by a mile) $20K will be donated to Make a Wish Foundation

He’s a lot harder and edgier than back in the day, and his reprisal of Survivor was entirely his own. (The other covers all seemed pretty faithful to the originals, though I am not familiar enough with Toxic and Don’t Know Why to be certain.) I certainly enjoyed his performances and am not ashamed to admit I was a fan back in the day.

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