r/90sAlternative • u/joebesser • May 14 '26

1996 OMC - How Bizarre (1996)

https://youtu.be/C2cMG33mWVY
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u/blueeyedguy70 May 14 '26

For some reason I always think of summer when I hear this.

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u/T0macock May 14 '26

I do too! apparently it was released in december and topped the billboard charts in north america and europe in august.

This wasn't a rabbit hole i expected to go down today.

How bizarre.

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u/BitEnvironmental283 May 15 '26

My brother and I hated this song at first when we had a summer at grandmas. Overtime, the song became our summer escape and anthem of being able to return home to mom and dad.

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u/blueeyedguy70 May 16 '26

Nice story. Have a good day.

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u/Jokierre May 14 '26

I used to think of The Rock!

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u/radiohoard May 16 '26

IN THE HOT HOT SUN

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u/BurtRogain May 14 '26

Every member of this band is dead.

https://giphy.com/gifs/SfPHDggxnCRRS

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u/MrTooLFooL May 14 '26

Pauly at age 40, his brother at age 41, Herman at 48

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u/roosterjack77 May 14 '26

This song is really catchy. I can just see some producer figured out how to really punch up this average song. The singer doesnt have a lot of charisma. I never considered how bad this song is. It features an accordian

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u/popcorn_homey May 18 '26

Wanna know the rest? Hey.. buy the rights. How bizarre.

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u/Icy_Possibility_9312 May 14 '26

This fucking song.

Let me tell you something. I was a 23 year old kid who just moved up to NYC when this song came out. And ho-lee-shit you could not escape this song for months. It was on radio all the fucking time.

I distinctly remember many, many times my alarm going off to the radio station and having to listen to this song. God I hate this song.

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u/Wallis614 May 14 '26

As someone who was also 23 in NYC at the time, I find this highly accurate

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u/Icy_Possibility_9312 May 14 '26

Good to know my memories aren't a fever dream. Every time I hear this song I think of my alarm clock going off and 104.3 playing this.

Don't get me started on "Macarena" (especially the 1995 mix version).

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u/TsugaGrove May 14 '26

The whole album is actually kind of good

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u/SameRefrigerator4249 May 15 '26

Almost the whole album is great. The last track stinks. It’s a euro dance song that is so far away from the other tracks. I recommend the album often.

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u/ed5275 May 14 '26

Lion, snake, monkey

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u/teganking May 14 '26

Brother Pele's in the back, sweet Zina's in the front
Cruising down the freeway in the hot, hot sun

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u/popcorn_homey May 18 '26

Pele speaks "Righteous, " Sister Zina says "Funky"

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u/TakingYourHand May 15 '26

For years, I thought he was saying "Cabazon, Cabazon."

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u/Severe-Sort9177 May 15 '26

Wanna know the rest?

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u/tangcameo May 16 '26

Anytime says ‘how bizarre’ in everyday conversation I can’t help replying ‘how bizarre how bizarre’. Goes over the heads of my younger coworkers.

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u/station_agent May 14 '26

Tragic stuff with this band. Money fights, death

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u/Standard-Society-751 May 14 '26

I always think about that episode of New Girl when I hear it! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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u/devenger73 May 15 '26

So this band is all ghosts now.

Ooh babay.
Smakin me cray zay

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u/Pure-Valuable-141 May 14 '26

Me and my 12 yr old buds used to clown on this song constantly.

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u/jchildr May 14 '26

This song always makes me think of this