My rainy day craft box

Last night VH-1's Top One Hit Wonders of the 80's reminded me of an awesome song I had totally forgotten.

"Buffalo Stance" by Nenneh Cherry... Youtube won't let me embed this one.

This is a song you just have to experience and can't really be described. I only knew that as a kid I really liked it and thought that Ms. Cherry was smokin' hot. This song is rather like "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies: you can't figure out what it's about but it's so much fun that you just don't care. The only thing that's certain is that Ms. Cherry is addressing a "Gigolo Sucka," and that is something she makes very clear that you do not want to be. Sipping beer through a straw also appears to be suspect in her eyes...

I think another thing that makes this song fun is that she's clearly not taking herself too seriously. Because we all know the best way to make the phrase "Don't mess with me!" more intimidating is to have a keytar player go floating by behind you while daisies spin all over the place. And throw a couple of clones of yourself dancing like a jackass up on the screen in the background for good measure! The don't make music videos like this anymore: made out of pure awesome.

I dimly remember an interview with Nenneh Cherry on MTV back in the 80's where she explained "Buffalo Stance" as referring to Buffalo, NY. Nenneh Cherry is Swedish, lives in Great Britain, and raps about Buffalo, New York. How often does that even happen? I mean check this against your Mayan long count calendars in case I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's not something we're due to see again for at least another 18,000 years.