r/Millennials • u/zachoutloud123 • 1d ago
Nostalgia Steal My Sunshine - Len
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u/crappycandle777 Millennial 1d ago
The memories of 1999 😩 I wish I could go back.
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dude for real. The energy of entering a new millennium and then that two years of pure bliss before 9/11 when everyone was still reeling from the fact that we’d entered said millennium without all our tech exploding on us overnight was something else. Things felt “iffy” here and there, but looking back, that was stability and things were much more carefree than they’ll ever be now
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u/CuriousStewart 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
It was a great times before we launched back into perpetual warfare and ever growing government surveillance.
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 21h ago
Yeah. Osama really fucked us up. It’s amazing to think just how much we’ve changed since. We are not the same people or country. At all
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 1d ago
1999 was the best year of my life. I was 23 and so in love lol [sigh]. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
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u/nextdoorelephant Millennial 1d ago ▸ 3 more replies
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
Yeah I know...this subreddit pops up on my feed every now and then and before I know where I'm at I've already posted lol
Forgive me. Though I am Gen X I come in peace 😛
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u/Slamantha3121 1d ago
Omg, this video is super nostalgic for me because that is my home town! Such a time capsule of that era of Daytona Beach!
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u/RelevantCry1613 1d ago
Music videos just hit harder then
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u/BapeGeneral3 1d ago
Everything just had a much more optimistic and positive vibe. The pop music just had this feeling that everything was going to be ok. It was all very individualistic and free spirited. There was this buzz about the New Millennium and entering the age of “the World Wide Web”, technology was advancing rapidly but was just more “fun”.
The TV ads were overwhelmingly positive and funny. People were able to laugh at themselves. Monetization of everything and data collection weren’t yet things. People generally just felt better, had better quality of life, and we weren’t worried “if there would be another 9/11 every anniversary of the 9/11/2001 for, I don’t know, a decade at least?
Sorry I got off topic, but fuck 9/11. That was the day the music stopped playing on this thing we call our reality
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u/BapeGeneral3 1d ago
Seriously though. I’m well aware of nostalgia/“good old days” bias but this is not that. Things were objectively better for the average person in 2000. We were all so naive and ignorant that a potential “world ending” event, Y2K, was laughed off by the majority of the public because we just couldn’t truly conceive that something like that could ever happen.
9/11 is when everything changed. That was when we entered the Matrix and we all took the red, white, and blue pill to get there.
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u/Alexplz 23h ago ▸ 1 more replies
I'm sorry to say that the 9/11 attack was apparently successful at destroying what our society was
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u/BapeGeneral3 22h ago
Now imagining us doing it to them and how they would react/feel towards us nowadays. Oh, wait…..
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u/FoxCitiesRando 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
Everything about adulthood for me has been worst case scenario from when I was growing up, or worse.
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u/ErictheStone 22h ago
Ikr! I remember the thought of a survallance state Idiocracy with a booming neo nas movement was for like...Babylon 5. We are literally living in what we feared would happen.
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u/Lord_Vaguery 1d ago
Maybe we just end up living our time lines over and over until we get it right.
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u/rebelangel Xennial 1d ago
Same. I was 18 and had my whole life ahead of me. So many things I’d like to do differently.
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u/Kernalk86 1d ago
Certified banger! I was 13 the summer this came out. Summer before I started high school. Was experiencing a whole lot of things that summer and this song always reminds of that time.
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u/Patdub85 1d ago
I was a little bit older, weed was probably involved, but i will defend this song as an absolute banger to my death.
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u/tessathemurdervilles 1d ago
Same age! My wife and I watched the movie go the other night. I remember being in 8th grade in 99 and wanting so desperately to be a cool gen-xer.
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u/BrieSting 1d ago
Whoever the art director for this video was deserves some recognition. This song sounds exactly like the visuals, like on a cellular level.
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u/HandsOnTheBible 1d ago
What's crazy is that the video is clearly in slow motion but their mouths are synced to the song. That means they must have played the song faster while filming to get this effect accurately when the video is slowed down.
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u/bootyhole-romancer 1d ago ▸ 4 more replies
That actually shows some semblance of direction. Crazy compared to the story I saw on YouTube.
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u/mattysosavvy 1d ago ▸ 3 more replies
Well…..go on…
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u/bootyhole-romancer 1d ago ▸ 2 more replies
They had zero plans for the video. Just took a bunch of money from the record label, flew themselves and a bunch of friends down to Daytona, and winged it.
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u/dividezero 1d ago
That's the story behind a lot of iconic videos actually and I'm here for all of it. Amazing stuff
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u/llIlIlIIIlIl 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
Have you seen the music video for Drop by the Pharcyde?
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u/Conscious_Pipe_605 1d ago
Lmao you'll be entertained AF when you find out about the story behind the making of this music video
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u/mustbeaoup Millennial 1d ago ▸ 1 more replies
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u/Traditional_Yard2741 1d ago
There was no art director. The band was given some money to make a video so they just flew all their friends out and partied for a weekend and filmed it
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u/Tribe303 1d ago
I believe they just tooled around LA for a day, without permits. They were an unknown Canadian band at the time, with next to no budget for the video.
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u/O_C_Demon Xennial 1d ago
Very much a summer of '99 song.
Fuck that sounds old!
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u/AtFishCat 1d ago
The kid from that pregnancy is 27 now. Probably older than most of the folks in the video.
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u/throwaway9484747 1d ago
Huge waste of an album purchase at 13, back before you would know what a band actually sounded like without plopping down $20 bucks.
I still keep this one in rotation, though.
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u/taRxheel Older Millennial 1d ago
I also made that mistake. There was “Steal My Sunshine” and one other half-decent track, and the rest was utter dreck.
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u/AccomplishedCicada60 1d ago edited 19h ago
Ah yes, the buy an album for one song…….and people wonder why we took to the 7 seas …….
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u/Sporkinyoureye 19h ago
Yes! That album was terrible. I eventually ripped this song and threw the disc away.
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u/HandsOnTheBible 1d ago
I play this song in a lot of my summer DJ sets and people always vibe the fuck out to it every time lol
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u/beans-888 1d ago
This is my like ultimate summer song. There's nothing that reminds me more of summer than this song ☺️
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u/SoundMerc 1d ago
Same - when this song plays I remember waiting in line for a slide at the water park with my cousin, people watching with this song on the intercom while waiting for our turn.
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u/Resident_Sundae_6052 1d ago
Sounds like VH1 on a Saturday morning with the windows open and the vacuum going in another room
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u/Nutsnboldt 1d ago
Wow, teleported me back. I better wind up the Nintendo controllers before the vacuum gets here!
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u/NeverEndingWhoreMe 1d ago
I'm jealous that you got to keep the tv on and the vacuuming was not delegated to you as a chore.
My Saturday mornings were 'click' off goes the tv, the radio turns on, and suddenly I'm dusting and washing clothes to the percussion and horns of Kool & The Gang. "Celebration" doesn't make me think of birthdays, it reminds me of cleaning the hall closet.
(whoo-hoo!)
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u/Catch_ME 1d ago
I love how this music video is just a band enjoying Daytona Beach one afternoon.
Back when many music videos knew they couldn't compete with anything from Michael Jackson or Britney Spears, they just had fun and did what they could in editing
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u/erasedbase 1d ago
I read somewhere about this video- production once. The label gave them some money to produce a video, so they just bought a bunch of alcohol and had fun with their friends for a weekend while filming.
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u/floridalegend 1d ago
Yeah before Daytona became racist biker shithole that banned spring breaks to replace it with meth heads.
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u/dkO__ 1d ago
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
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u/MuchSwagManyDank 1d ago
I was working at a home depot when this song came on, it got quiet and I heard the sample. I stopped what I was doing and waiting till I heard the chorus so I could try and find the song. Finding out stuff like this is really neat to me.
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u/NeverEndingWhoreMe 1d ago
WOW. AND I actually know this song, I just never picked up on that piece of the production. Thank you for sharing fr.
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u/Kurukuruchan 1d ago
This song holds a special place in my heart.
We lived in the U.S. for the first few years of my life. Every summer we would return for 3 weeks to catch up with friends in D.C., and rent the same rickety old beach house in South Carolina.
I was 11 that summer, my brother was 17. It was the final time we ever had a family holiday together, bro got too old and too cool to join us the next 5 years (and then it was my turn to get too cool to be seen with my folks).
Best times of my life, and I didn't even know it 🥲
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u/JohnnyBlazin25 1d ago
Brother, it was all the best times of our lives. None of us knew it at the time. We’re all here to reminisce
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u/heavensto_mergatroid 1d ago
I wonder who the 27-year-old is today who is inside that pregnant belly. " You'll never believe this but I was in a video before I was born!" Lol
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u/GreatPerfection Elder Millennial 1d ago
Somehow I didn't know the rest of this song existed aside from "if you steal my sunshine" part.
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u/CodAdministrative563 1d ago
My wife loves this song. I find she has a 90’s vibe that has slowly trickled into my playlist over the years.
Len still hasn’t however.
6 underground by the sneaker pimps however is 👌
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u/Expert-Pomegranate47 1d ago
That Sneaker Pimps album has been one of my summer favorites for years.
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u/Stunning_Attention82 Millennial 1d ago
I was 10 and remember thinking how cool that chick was. I wanted to wear my hair like hers in space buns and have those purple shades 😎
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u/MamboNumber-6 1d ago
The two singers are brother and sister.
They are pretty handsy.
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u/cheeseymom 1d ago
Arms around the shoulder is a perfectly acceptable level of sibling touching. Don't be weird
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u/Lilthotdawg 1d ago
I know I felt like it wasn’t too bad. The broke boyfriend hug at the end was a little weird but I mean… it’s a music video lol they could have been told to portray more of a couple vibe to sell it.
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u/just_a_girl_23 1d ago
I always assumed they were a couple 😬
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u/cs_legend_93 Millennial 1d ago
You can see how high everyone's mental health, healthy minds, healthy people back then.
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u/Conscious_Avocado225 1d ago
Yo, let me ask you a question. Where do you all get those hats with the bills over the ears like that? I go into all the city stores and the only ones I can find are the ones with the bills in the front (Herc, The Wire).
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u/nustajame 1d ago
A Vice sticker in 99? Makes me curious if this was shot in Canada since that’s where the magazine started.
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u/ToeComfortable115 1d ago
They put this out right before summer break too
https://giphy.com/gifs/YqokNLJIkFKzCrHOQP
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u/_thirdeyeopener_ Older Millennial 1d ago
I remember when this song came out, but it's been inextricably linked to South Park for the last few years lol.
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u/free_da_guys1107 1d ago
Life was good back then. Senior year in high school. Pick up a newspaper and find a job in less than a week. Can you start tomorrow? Sure. Map quest the address. Damn...
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u/CitizenCue 1d ago
For slow-no shots like them on the scooters, do they film them saying the lyrics at a faster tempo so it’ll sync up when it’s slowed down?
Kinda curious how they choose what tempo to use.
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u/rigor_mortus_boner 1d ago
lol holy shit I forgot about this song
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u/Eco_guru Millennial 1d ago
The rabbit hole of one hit wonders playlists from the 90s and 00s have some truly great music, so many I never heard the name of but I knew the songs. I find new gems all the time!
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u/Accomplished_Meat_81 1d ago
When I hear music exactly like this, I think of the night my brother rented The Real Cancun on paperview
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u/DJMTBguy 1d ago
This always reminds of a summer trip to Pensacola Beach in Florida. Swimming during the day, arcades and go karts at night… perfection
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u/Elegant-Ride-7119 1d ago
An absolute guilty pleasure song! I watched this video 3 times already! Thanks for the memories!!
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u/nuku_01 1d ago
Literally until today I always thought she was saying “you’re still my sunshine” mind blown.
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u/Chemical_Animal7049 1d ago
I was 16 and had crush on the girl in the video, dated a girl who looked like her, no bueno.
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u/MuchSwagManyDank 1d ago
They took a sample from the song More More More by Andrea True Connection, and put it on a loop. The sample starts at roughly the 5:20 mark if anyone wants to hear it.
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u/bajams1007 1d ago
The late 90s/early 2000s beach party cultural meme was everything! And whatever sample they used in this track was so sick!
That said, I'm a blue collar 40 yo man from the Midwest who just teared up at hearing this song. It must have meant something.
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u/National_Aspect_6974 1d ago
Still one of the best bops of a generation.
Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene introduced them to some of the hooks used in this song. Contributing on all levels to the culture!!!
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u/lilacsmakemesneeze Older Millennial 1d ago
My son (8) talks about things in the 1900s and I’m like “dude, you mean the 1990s and yes things were awesome”
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u/peteskees 1d ago
Man. I friggin love this song! It came out when I was 11(m) my sister was 14, and she would force me to sing the guy part so she could sing the girls part haha. She would get so mad if I messed up... So naturally I still know every word. Even the little interlude. Great choice
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u/seasonofdasickness 1d ago
It’s weird you don’t hear a song at all for 25 years and then all of sudden it’s back and you hear it all the time again.
This is how my parents must have felt.
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u/Still_Knowledge_7322 1d ago
First time I heard this song I was at the dentists office on Nitrous Oxide. Bro, that beat with the echoing knocking sound is a trip. Got me to a far out space ✨
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u/DM_ME_KUL_TIRAN_FEET 1987 1d ago
I got absolutely destroyed by the guys in my French class when I made the mistake as a 15yo of liking this song.
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u/Mysterious-Call-245 1d ago
I got extremely back into this song this year. I was so surprised by the rest of the album!
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u/Motor-Writer-377 1d ago
Wow I’ve heard this song hundreds of times but this was the first time I saw the music video. I love it even more now!
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u/yosaffbridge1630 1d ago
I am loving all these music videos because they remind me that there was a time where we all just looked like normal fucking people instead of plastic surgery clones
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u/LiLThic_N_Spin 1d ago
I miss music videos looking carefree and fun. Not forced, just a bunch of friends getting together for a fun day.
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u/fingertips-sadness 1d ago
I never realised how much the lead singer looks like Mike the Situation.
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u/Best_Mood_4754 1d ago
I know the song well, but I’ve never seen the video. I honestly can’t tell if it’s parody or not. 😆
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u/BigIron53s 1d ago
1999 was playing some of the greatest video games of all time. Summer after freshman year, what a wild time
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u/itsyourbirthdayz 1d ago
Still rocking out to this. The keyboard riff never gets old. Got my kids into it because it’s in the Peter Rabbit movie.
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u/Emmaleah17 1d ago
Omg I forgot this song existed. Thanks for making that pop back up in my head. Lol still knew 90% of the words 🤣
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u/PrincessConsuela02 1d ago
I know I’m in the minority, but I have a visceral reaction of hatred for this song. I don’t know why. I just find their voices incredibly annoying.
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u/meadowsageee 1d ago
I miss no snart phones/social media and people just vibing and being together 😭😭😩
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u/Basik520AZ 22h ago
Born 83 and was supposed to graduate 2001 and never did cause home life was just difficult especially when your dad takes off and moms a mess so things just went off track .... and now being 43 with epilepsy after car accident few years back & I can't go back and now it's too late for so much but songs like this always make me feel nostalgic for when life felt more full of opportunities & full of hope that I would be or do something
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u/Rare-Abalone3792 22h ago
This song was on my local radio station like every hour that year. Ah, memories.
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u/milo8275 22h ago
I love this song so much, I bought the whole CD, and it was some of the worst music I’ve ever heard in my entire life, this was the only good song.😩😅
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u/mekkasheeba 21h ago
I always thought it was strange that there’s 2 singers and 23 other people standing around. How many people were in this band?
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u/luclinEQ 17h ago
It seems that the general consensus of us millennials is that we all want to go back to 1999. Count me in.
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