So I googled "Stomp Clap Hey"
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...and then I kept clicking on songs I've never heard of and as soon as I started listening I was like "I know every one of these lyrics and can sing along."
As the jokes in the comments of the songs go, I must have heard them while eating burgers in a place started by two guys that just had a crazy idea. They do things a little differently there, where every ingredient has a story. Yes, I will take the side of truffle fries in a metal can. No, $8 is a fine price to pay for those, thank you.
I used to go to parties where we'd just drink and sing. We had songsheets. I used to go to sea shanty sings in bars. I love participatory singing and outside of a religious context Americans almost never get a chance to just get together and sing in groups (and my shul is never going to play "Ho Hey" during services).
Nostalgia is a trap, but there are times I really do miss 2013. But I don't think it's the actual era that I miss at all, but just...being young with the world spread out before me. Especially now that I'm older and it can take me more than one day to bounce back from intensive exercise. Ouch.
Here's one playlist I found. One thing I really do appreciate is that the comments in the songs are half the same dumb joke I made about expensive burgers and half heartfelt memorials to spouses who have passed on or unrequited love.
As the jokes in the comments of the songs go, I must have heard them while eating burgers in a place started by two guys that just had a crazy idea. They do things a little differently there, where every ingredient has a story. Yes, I will take the side of truffle fries in a metal can. No, $8 is a fine price to pay for those, thank you.
I used to go to parties where we'd just drink and sing. We had songsheets. I used to go to sea shanty sings in bars. I love participatory singing and outside of a religious context Americans almost never get a chance to just get together and sing in groups (and my shul is never going to play "Ho Hey" during services).
Nostalgia is a trap, but there are times I really do miss 2013. But I don't think it's the actual era that I miss at all, but just...being young with the world spread out before me. Especially now that I'm older and it can take me more than one day to bounce back from intensive exercise. Ouch.
Here's one playlist I found. One thing I really do appreciate is that the comments in the songs are half the same dumb joke I made about expensive burgers and half heartfelt memorials to spouses who have passed on or unrequited love.
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Date: 2026-Apr-07, Tuesday 21:41 (UTC)Lately I've been listening to AJR a lot and especially this song because, "cheers to the front/ and cheers to the back/ and cheers to the 2010s" is kind of ironic but also kind of… yeah. I think I miss being younger (I was 24 in 2013 and I'd just started my first librarian job) but, also, I do miss when Obama was president and Bernie was in the running and it looked like Hillary would for sure win against the other guy because he was a talentless hack and a clown.
YouTube comments used to be, like, the fifth or sixth level of hell (4chan, et al, being the seventh) but lately I've noticed it's a lot of what you say: silly/ironic jokes, heartfelt memories, and "who's still jamming to this in 2026?" It's kind of sweet.
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Date: 2026-Apr-07, Tuesday 22:03 (UTC)I listened to that song and it's pretty good! Was not expecting the drop at the end though. And then Youtube decided to serve me up... Faun's "Diese kalte Nacht" afterwards? I love that song but I don't understand your algorithm, Youtube.
(Hilariously "Yes I'm a Mess" opened with an ad...and the ad opened with "Hey!" and then people stomping and clapping. Extremely targeted.)