81: "Stacy's Mom" vs. "1985"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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There was a catchy little song in 2003 about a hot mom, and a catchy little song in 2004 about a once-hot mom. They're so similar that one song's band covered the other song because they got confused so much. But which one is better, Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" or Bowling for Soup's "1985"?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:03.7	And I'm Lena Morgan.
0:05.0	This is Song versus Song.
0:07.0	And this week, Song versus Song has got it going on.
0:10.6	You ready, Lena?
0:12.4	Never.
0:13.3	Literally never.
0:15.1	No, we do not prepare for this at all.
0:17.6	Anyway, this week we are doing Bowling for Soups, 1985 versus Fountains of Wayne, Stacy's
0:25.3	mom. Two songs that are very near and dear to my heart. You better have strong feelings about
0:30.8	this, Lena. Me? Yes. What about, wait, my understanding is that there is
0:38.3	another
0:39.7	yes okay
0:41.5	we we called in an expert
0:43.5	welcome back to the show everyone
0:45.8	my baby brother victor say hi victor
0:48.0	hi you stop calling me experts about things that I just have like
0:51.6	passing interest in
0:52.9	you are our bowling for soup expert this week yeah I told you experts about things that I just have like passing interests in.
0:57.2	You are our bowling for soup expert this week.
1:01.8	Yeah, I told you I knew three songs by them and you called me an expert. Yeah, we did it.
1:07.0	All right, I did listen to a little more bowling or bowling for soup than I have in the past.
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