Last year, one of my early Qs focused on a moment in popular music history, the Death of Disco. Supported by a disco-themed playlist that revealed T-cell’s hidden love of the genre, it seemed to be enjoyed by the PAX. So today, “Lessons in Popular Music, Volume 2” was unleashed on 14 HIM as they braved the mildly moist yet perfect gloom to get better.
PAX: Vector (QIC), Hi-Viz, Harvey Updyke, Cub Cadet, Crablegs, Pumpkin Spice (as has become the norm this summer, Chippendale right out the gate), River Dawg, Toothless, Firefox, Dewey, T-cell, Crawlspace, Porcelain, Duplex.
Conditions: Moist with a slice of early 80s cheese.
F3 Mission stated. Disclaimer given. Mosey to cul-de-sac for the
Warm-o-rama: LBAC x 15, Seal Claps x 12, RLBAC x 15, WMH x 12, Good Mornings x 10, SSH x 15.
Mosey to Parking Lot to start the lesson:
August 1, 1981, MTV launched. Before that time, music videos were not seen on TV. As was the format, every hour on the hour, a short clip of the moon landing with an edited MTV flag was played along with the MTV theme song:
Round 1:
As the theme song played, all PAX not born when MTV launched had to buy-in with 5 burpees (noted by some as the “old man’s revenge”).
Round 2:
As Hi-Viz correctly noted, the first video ever played on MTV was the appropriately named “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. To honor that song, the PAX performed squats as it played (all 3:21 of the radio edit — could have been longer, boys, but I am nice). When the title words were sung, drop to a burpee.
ROUND 2:
“I Want My MTV” — once MTV launched, many cable providers didn’t include it. So the network launched ads with famous rock stars screaming “I want my MTV!”
PAX counted off 1-2. Partners each got their “MTV” with one performing exercise while other runs around Rec Center:
M: Mountain Climbers x 200 (each PAX)
T: Toe Taps x 200
V: V-ups x 50
Playlist: Songs from classic music videos, many of which were much bigger hits because of the new music channel:
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
I Ran – A Flock of Seagulls
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Dancing with Myself – Billy Idol
Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel [Fun Fact: Most Played Video in MTV History]
Take On Me – a-ha
Round 3:
M: Monkey Humpers x 200 [modified to 150 as Q realized he was insane]
T: The Merkin x 100
V: Vertical Pull-Ups x 50
Mosey to Start.
Mary: Cobra x 20, Flutter Kicks x 15, Hello Dolly x 15, LBC x 20.
COT:
- Prayers for our injured and recovering PAX (Boone’s Farm, Lunch Lady, TK, Bad Boy) and friends with illness.
- F3 Nashville 5th Year Anniversary Convergence: 9/14/2019 — Make plans to be there — goal is 100 PAX
Was an honor as always to lead you men this morning. Next Up, Lessons in Popular Music, Vol 3 – ? Grunge, ? Early Hip Hop, ? Cringeworthy Rap Songs (a la Vanilla Ice). You’ll have to wait and see . . .
SYITG,
Vector