Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Van Halen is an American hard rock band. The band's first studio album, Van Halen, released in 1978 is commonly regarded as a milestone in rock music. With this first release, the band established itself as a leader in the emerging and commercially successful U.S. hard rock genre of the 1980s. In particular, the band's guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, quickly gained widespread fame for his technical prowess and musical sensibility. Almost overnight, he was touted as one of the most innovative and influential American rock and roll guitarists
Alanis Morissette - Ironic

* Taylor Hawkins, currently the drummer of the Foo Fighters, was the touring drummer for Alanis' backing band, Sexual Chocolate.
* Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers plays bass on the track "You Oughta Know", along with then-bandmate Dave Navarro on guitar.
* Alanis dated Dave Coulier, "Joey" on the 90s sitcom "Full House" in her teens; the songs "You Oughta Know" "Not the Doctor" and "Hands Clean" are rumored to be written about those tumultuous years.
* In 2005 Alanis was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
* Alanis played God in the 1999 film Dogma.
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson

Cake - Will Survive
Cake (often written CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. It has had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from its five recorded album
Buffy - It Must Be Bunnies!

* Although he is never named in dialog or lyrics, the demonic villain of this episode is called Sweet per the episode's closing credits and the shooting script.
* Many fans believe that the demon is called Sweet because of the closing credits, but it was intended to mean "Really Cool" make up by..., but the name stuck.
* Buffy's line, "Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday", is a reference to UPN, who aired Buffy on Tuesday nights. Buffy also aired on Tuesday nights on the WB for the majority of its run.
* Xander's line, "Respect the cruller. And tame the donut!" is a reference to a line from the film Magnolia.
* Spike's line, "Finish the big group sing. Get your kumbaya-yas out," is a reference to both the song "Kumbaya" and to the Rolling Stones album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert.
* The scene featuring Amber Benson's musical number, "Under Your Spell", featured heavily-implied sex between two females, and was edited out during the episode's first broadcast in conservative countries like the Philippines and China.
* Action figures of Buffy Summers, Anya Jenkins, and Dawn Summers were produced, based on this episode.
* In a press interview Amber Benson admitted to dancing into a pole during the backup dance at the Bronze. The viewer can see her laughing as she steps back (this occurs during the lyric "and every single verse / can make it that much worse" within "Something to Sing About").
Susanna Hoffs - Feel Like Making Love

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