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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That would rather be the equivalent to "Bravo Hits 18" (or whatever they were called in other countries)
To be fair, I discovered a lot of my favorite artists through compilations like Bravo Hits and later Crossing All Over and Punk-O-Rama... and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 of course.
For me it was the weekly telephone song votings on the radio.
They often deliberatly put niche stuff in there up for vote that then stuck with me :-)
Back in the heyday of TV I found so many good artists from watching Later... with Jools Holland. He'd book a couple of big-name bands to draw viewers, alongside a bunch of unknowns he wanted to give exposure to.
It also taught me that there is no type of music that can't be dramatically improved by a boogie-woogie piano solo if the artists are into it.
You mean where they used cheap studio bands to recreate big hits? I bought one once, in the 80s. What a letdown. But iirc Bravo Hits always used the original music.
I remember in high school one of my friends bought one of these, not knowing what it was. He was so pissed and called it a knock-off.
That's exactly what they were.
I've been googling for the last half hour and can't seem to find any, do you know keywords that might help me find some please? I have a couple of ~~victims~~ good friends I want to inflict this on.
I don't think I've seen this particular grift since the 80s. OTOH Spotify is recently doing similar shit with underpaid musicians and/or AI.