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UWontAgreeWithMe t1_iwl460l wrote

Gotta admit, that was a pretty cool stunt by Volvo.

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WonderWmn212 t1_iwl662j wrote

Pretty incredible that Van Damme was able to do this, let alone at age 53.

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DragoonXNucleon t1_iwllfzt wrote

Ok... thats fucking bonkers. The sheer amount of ways that can go wrong. The insane strength and stability of a 53 year old to do that effortlessly. The precision of the drivers. The crazy sob that came up with this.

Humanities wild sometimes.

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dv666 t1_iwmdxge wrote

If you watch the making of, JCVD was attached to a harness just in case. Still insane they pulled it off safely.

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Stopher t1_iwlsmre wrote

Damn. I just assumed it was fake. I know there's harnesses and stuff but I figured they composited him in.

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PreatorShepard t1_iwo8q2o wrote

Sounds like a WP humanity unleashes our marketing abilities into the universe ar large and no one is ready for the it...

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msur t1_iwo9oif wrote

Gat damn! I didn't realize they did that driving trailers in reverse! That stability in reverse really is more impressive than the splits (mainly because I watched like every Van Damme movie and saw it a bunch).

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwl7jhx wrote

A friend of mine is a photographer and he says this is THE SONG to add to a slideshow if you want people to start crying. He used it as the finale for his annual slideshow he made for his daughter's End of Year celebration at her school and said the entire hall would be weeping by the end of the track, every year.

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SkullyXFile t1_iwlgoy1 wrote

Wow I just remembered how a TA at my kids old school did this and it was diabolical. It was one song in a bigger year end show. All the 5th graders sat at the edge of the stage. They sang Green Day’s Time of Your Life.

Halfway through the song the kids revealed their kindergarten portraits!

The kids, 5th graders, holding their kinder portraits looking dead ass in their parents faces while they sang “I hope you had the tiiime of your liiiife”

I was so grateful my kid was only in 2nd grade at the time cause those 5th grade parents were sobbing

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwlh3p8 wrote

Funny enough, that song is actually called Good Riddance. :)

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SkullyXFile t1_iwlpm3m wrote

Oh wow I didn’t realize. I wish I still had an old program to see that printed on it!

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gwaydms t1_iwlx9uf wrote

It's often used in contexts like this. It works well if you don't listen to the lyrics too carefully

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwlyznl wrote

Back in my day... (old man rant inbound)

That song was "Silent Lucidity", and then later it was RHCP's "Under the Bridge". My Senior Class voted for "Under the Bridge" as our class song, and it was like... y'all clearly don't know what this song is about but OK.

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CeeCeeAndDee t1_iwmcke0 wrote

If you listen to the lyrics, it's about savoring the time and the memories. Even when it was hard, it was worth it and you should cherish those times. Well, that's my take. The songwriter said it was about enjoying the times he had with an ex-girlfriend who moved away, and angry that life caused them to separate.

>"It's about trying to be cool, accepting that, in life, people go in different directions," Armstrong told Rolling Stone. "People come into your life and it's wonderful, but they seem to go out of your life as quickly as they came in."

No offense if you were, but were you just basing your statement on the title of the song?

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res30stupid t1_iwo6xaf wrote

Enya has made some pretty emotional music, both as a solo artist and when she was a member of the band Clannad, to which she was backing vocals and keyboardist - first band to get into the UK Top 40 with a song in Gaelic. In fact, the other members of the band were her siblings and uncles.

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kimbykimb t1_iwo8y1v wrote

TIL Enya was the name of one person and not a whole band....

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res30stupid t1_iwo9pag wrote

Her full name is Enya Patricia Brennan. Also, she lives in a castle in Ireland with her cats.

Not a joke, by the way.

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwocje4 wrote

I was taking a LOT of acid when she released Return to Innocence and that video fucked me up for a solid week. Every time it came on, it was like the world stopped for a few minutes.

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res30stupid t1_iwodejq wrote

That... wasn't Enya. It was Enigma.

To be fair, I've seen some compilation albums which have both their songs included due to being mellow and focused on tranquility and meditation.

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwodzzn wrote

Haaaa! You're right, and my memory has been false for decades. Wow...

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res30stupid t1_iwoefdq wrote

I mean, I've heard some of Enya's music throughout the years but never knew the artist, then really dived into it when I learned her name from the Lord Of The Rings song she sung, "May It Be". And Enigma? I only heard of that band through Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Araki has a killer taste in music). So, no shame.

Edit: Look up Sadeness/The Principles of Lust.

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Darth_Corleone t1_iwoesr4 wrote

>Sadeness

That song was super popular and hard to avoid back in the day. It still "slaps" (as the young people say)

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res30stupid t1_iwoigws wrote

You can hear it during the massage scene in Charlie's Angels, when Alex renders Tim Curry unconscious.

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robotzor t1_iwlz9dj wrote

This was also the anthem remixed over people epic failing, prior to that resulting in copyright strikes ruining the internet forever

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amorphoussoupcake t1_iwli9mo wrote

I honestly wonder why you would want your audience to cry.

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LevelStudent t1_iwnpzaf wrote

Dude it would be weird if I was licking their face and there weren't even any tears there for me to consume.

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KimJongFunk t1_iwleod8 wrote

If you’ve never listened to the whole album, I seriously recommend it. It’s called “A Day Without Rain” and is one of those 10/10 albums where every song is good.

Middle school art class wouldn’t have been the same without Enya playing on repeat in the background. It never got old.

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Manatee3232 t1_iwm62v8 wrote

This is one of the albums my dad would always play when we deep cleaned the house when I was growing up. I have such deep sense memories of Christmassy-scented candles, sitting on the couch kinda sweaty from furiously mopping, and Enya.

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blokeyone t1_iwm3ec5 wrote

Completely agree. Fantastic album. The entire thing.

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Inexperiencedblaster t1_iwpo9cv wrote

Actually yeah. Enya on repeat never got boring or annoying. I remember it from school too lol.

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489guy12 t1_iwlhwy9 wrote

Also thanks to the fact that Enya fucking rocks.

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proggR t1_iwrm8gy wrote

I don't know much Enya, but I do know she features on Sinead O'Connor's Never Get Old which is an absolutely fantastic song.

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249ba36000029bbe9749 t1_iwlg23l wrote

Bohemian Rhapsody charted in three different decades.

  • 70s Original release
  • 90s Thanks to its use in the Wayne's World movie
  • 10s Due to the Queen biopic of the same name
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johnnymetoo t1_iwlgqkk wrote

Same happened with "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen, a song from 1963. It reentered the UK single charts in 2009/2010 (peak position: 3) because it was prominently featured in a Family Guy episode.

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America_the_Horrific t1_iwlsypj wrote

And thanks to family guy I absolutely DESPISE the song now. I'll actively go out of my way to never hear it again

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VoiceOfLunacy t1_iwmeu5n wrote

Same thing with me, Wayne’s World and Queen. Totally destroyed, and I used to like Queen.

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StoopidFlanders234 t1_iwy5lcq wrote

I’m sorry, I didn’t understand your post. It destroyed you that a new generation discovered Queen?

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VoiceOfLunacy t1_iwywnx1 wrote

I used to enjoy listening to Queen. After Waynes World, the local radio stations played a queen song every 3rd of 4th. After hearing Bohemian Rhapsody, Under Pressure or any other Queen song for the 5th time that hour and for months on end, I got kinda burnt on hearing it. Its been what, 30 years? and I still turn the radio off every time I hear Queen come on.

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StoopidFlanders234 t1_iwz29q0 wrote

I was one of those kids listening to BR on the radio after Wayne’s World.

Do you wanna know something? I (and basically all of my friends) had NEVER heard Bohemian Rhapsody before. We thought it was hysterical that Wayne, Garth and their friends were lip syncing this weird opera and we loved it. I assume the same thing happened to kids watching the Queen movie. Maybe they recognized a few songs, but my guess is that throughout the movie, they probably thought “oh Queen made this song too???”

So basically you have 2 choices. Either you don’t have the WW or 2019 movie - a world where /u/Voiceoflunacy never has to be annoyed by Queen on any station other than classic rock, but no one under 60 has heard of them other than some weird 70s band… or /u/VoiceOfLunacy lives in the world we are now, where every generation rediscovers how timeless and awesome Queen’s music can be.

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VoiceOfLunacy t1_iwzii06 wrote

Didn’t destroy anything, and I don’t force choices on people, except for the ones trying to listen to my radio when I turn off Queen.

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StoopidFlanders234 t1_iwzndtq wrote

You… specifically said you used to enjoy Queen and now, specifically because of the resurgence in popularity and airplay, you stated you now turn the radio off when you hear their songs (these are the words you chose).

So, um… it seems it did destroy your appreciation for Queen. Instead of that, you replied that “I don’t force my opinions on anyone.”

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VoiceOfLunacy t1_iwzsla5 wrote

I specifically said because it was overplayed, I don’t enjoy it anymore. I said nothing about others listening or being able to enjoy, just that I don’t.

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daddychainmail t1_iwlfisl wrote

The only time I remember this song having a comeback was after 9/11. Dang, that song was everywhere after that happened. I still can’t listen to it because of this.

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res30stupid t1_iwo8075 wrote

You're not wrong. Per the Wikipedia article for A Day Without Rain, the album the song was lead single for;

> Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, sales of the album and its lead single, "Only Time", skyrocketed after it was used by several radio and television networks in their coverage and aftermath of the attacks.

And that was just from the article header. It's got an entire section about the 9/11 bump;

> Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, "Only Time" was used in radio and television coverage of the disaster, which led to increased sales and radio airplay of the single and A Day Without Rain, to the point of both records surpassing their initial peak on the US charts. CNN and ABC News, among other networks, played the song with "Fallen Embers" as backdrops of footage of the victims. Its position on the Billboard 200 climbed from No. 20 prior to the attacks to its all-time peak of No. 2, driven by the increased audience exposure of "Only Time". In the same month, "Only Time" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart after it already spent 33 weeks on the chart, breaking a seven-year-old record for the longest climb to the top position in the chart's history. In November 2001, the single climbed to its peak of No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Enya's highest-charting single in the US. From October 2001 to January 2002, over 3 million RIAA-certified units of A Day Without Rain were sold in the US alone, which included a peak of one million copies sold in 19 days.

> "Only Time" gained further exposure following its use as a sound bed for promos of the comedy series Friends on the first five episodes of the eighth season. Following the media response and increased sales of Enya's records, "Only Time" was reissued as a maxi-CD on 20 November 2001 containing the S.A.F remix and original version, with earnings from its sales donated to the Uniform Firefighters Association's Widows' and Children's Fund in aid of families of fire fighters involved in the attack rescue operations.

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kellycaleche t1_iwpd174 wrote

I was going to say the same. I can’t listen either.

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sephstorm t1_iwllpfu wrote

Its a good fuckin song.

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gitismatt t1_iwm3a56 wrote

this also happened with "running up that hill" by Kate bush. originally charted in the 80's, made a quick reappearance in 2012 at the olympics, and then again this year when it was on Stranger Things. it charted higher this year than it did when it first came out

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DavoTB t1_iwm6e8z wrote

The UK charts had this at #3 in 1985 (original release), then #6 in 2012 (remix version), then #51 in 2014, followed by the 2022 re-release, which hit #1. In the US, the 1985 release hit #30, and the re-release in 2022 hit #3. The re-release made Top Ten in more than 30 countries worldwide.

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zryder2 t1_iwn6wyb wrote

>it charted higher this year than it did when it first came out

If I'm not mistaken, this is what happened with "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey as well. It came out in the 90s, but didn't actually hit number one until a couple years ago.

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karlywarly73 t1_iwmsd7r wrote

Enya never leaves the house and rarely approaches the windows. Even has a panic room. Stalkers. Lives in a castle next door to Bono in Killiney in Dublin who hid Salman Rushdie in a granny flat in his back garden during the Fatwa. Enya makes stupid amounts of money because she produces all her own music in her home studio and negotiated a record deal that gives her complete creative control. Fair balls to Enya. I also went on a date with a girl who said she sells her fake designer handbags which is hilarious if true.

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im_on_the_case t1_iwmv2gp wrote

In school we watched a documentary on Rushdie living in secret seclusion, this was long before the whole Bono's Gazebo thing came to light. One eagle eyed lad in the class blurted out "PAUSE! I know where he is!" Sure enough he had a Dublin 01 Golden Pages phone book on his coffee table. Obviously didn't identify his exact location but we found it very amusing that he was somewhere in Dublin.

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LosWitchos t1_iwl9255 wrote

Gosh I remember this advert. Was pretty fun.

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Cookie955 t1_iwljw9o wrote

I used to use that song to tune my custom car audio builds. I had a friend who claimed there was no reason to build a big sound system in a car, because you can never recreate the quality of a home audio system. He wasn't wrong, but I got close! Made the man cry the first time he sat in my ride.

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JuanSmittjr t1_iwm3y46 wrote

Thanks for bringing this up!

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dconstruck t1_iwmtx08 wrote

Not sure why Volvo's truck division feels that they need to market so hard but I'm 100% okay with it. They have slicker marketing for their semi trucks (lorries for you Brits) than many car manufacturers.

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Economy-Somewhere271 t1_iwnfoti wrote

For some reason I associate this song with 9/11. I wasn't even 3 when it happened, but in the following months I remember seeing my mom sobbing while watching a recap of the footage set to this song. Weird little core memory.

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TheDrGoo t1_iwpdfhj wrote

The Rust video of the dude betraying the kids with the AK

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SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_iwllnla wrote

What a record! Hard to believe this was the Only Time

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tomistruth t1_iwlzhbw wrote

It was a time of turmoil. A time of conflict, until a man's sacrifice changed how we see trucks forever.

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r0botdevil t1_iwmld1q wrote

Licensing your old music for just the right use can completely reinvigorate your career years or even decades later.

Just ask Kate Bush.

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Malena_my_quuen t1_iwn87v0 wrote

Volvo has had amazing choice of music for their advertisements as they long as I can remember.

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emilyyancey t1_iwobh5g wrote

That song will always take me back to the hoopla surrounding the end of Friends. During the Friends final season, an ad featuring “Only Time” was played incessantly as we counted down to THE END. Cheers to Enya & JCVD.

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kyle_750 t1_iwoz5r9 wrote

Question how did people rebuy the single back then when you had to purchase a CD surely the singles wouldn't have still been in the shop?

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dont_mess_with_tx OP t1_iwp1smt wrote

> Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

You don't necessarily have to physically buy the single.

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dont_mess_with_tx OP t1_iwlqkif wrote

The reason why I looked this up on Wikipedia is because I was notified by recovermy.video that this video (which was among my liked videos) was listed as private suddenly. No idea why since the stunt was quite some time ago already.

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