Taking Sides - Sisqo 'Thong Song' vs Nelly 'Hot In herre'

sort of amazing how many big 2002 hits that i'd enjoyed at the time i never ever wanna hear again now. 'hot in herre' chief among them.

I can listen to "Thong Song" without getting cramps and screaming "PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE!" so it has to be "Thong Song" then.

I can listen to "Thong Song" without getting cramps...

Oh, the mysteries of Geir continue

time to reevaluate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOblJOl2LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixRvDkNzYc
i think i'm siding with thong song these days to my considerable surprise.

I always loved the strings on “Thong Song” pic.twitter.com/JkgkMFdhqb

— Toshinori Yagi (@PilotCristobal) February 18, 2021

The original beat had the Wes Montgomery cover of Eleanor Rigby as the strings sample:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne8p7k/and-then-there-was-thong-song-sisqo-explains-the-revelation-that-inspired-his-masterpiece

Can’t find a demo of it but I guess this mash-up gives a gral idea of how it could have sounded lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Cb9wx9DsQ

in Record sleeves that didn’t age well:

https://img.discogs.com/Bj3FWhc5kgM3bQwmL480mSmoBr8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4303413-1416229094-8707.jpeg.jpg

I thought it was actually sampled...a friend of mine has been doing a cover medley of Thong Song + Eleanor Rigby for years.

Yeah, when I first heard Thong Song, I laughed because it sounded like Eleanor Rigby and was a po-faced intense tune about something that goes up yr butt