1987 Hans & Franz | Pump Up the Volume | M|A|R|R|S

Music: 1987 Pump Up the Volume | M|A|R|R|S Video: 1987 Hans & Franz | 1936 Flash Gordon | 1960s - 80s NASA | 1987 Market Crash 1980s playlist: https://t.ly/w1C9 "'Pumping Up with Hans & Franz' was a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live. Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon play a pair of muscle-bound Austrian jocks in the mold of Arnold Schwarzenegger, using padding for fake muscles, drab gray sweatsuits, weight belts, and speaking with Austrian accents. The background of the set includes several life-sized cutouts of Schwarzenegger during his competition years. The sketch primarily consists of Hans (Carvey) and Franz (Nealon) denigrating others for not being strong and as physically fit as they appear to be, striking bodybuilder poses to show off their 'muscled' bodies, complete with strained facial expressions. Schwarzenegger made one guest appearance in the sketch (to much applause) in which he ridicules 'his cousins' for being 'girlie' and weak." (Wikipedia) * * "'Pump Up the Volume' is the only single by British recording act M|A|R|R|S. Recorded and released in 1987, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British acid house music and music sampling. The song derives its title directly from a lyrical sample from 'I Know You Got Soul', a hit single by labelmates Eric B. & Rakim, released months prior in that same year. The single was the product of an uneasy collaboration between electronic group Colourbox and alternative rock band A.R. Kane, two groups signed to the independent label 4AD. The link-up was suggested by label founder Ivo Watts-Russell after the two groups had independently sounded him out about the possibility of releasing a commercially oriented dance record, inspired by the American house music that was starting to make an impact on the UK chart. When the M|A|R|R|S project was first released early in 1987, the popularity of the style of the song had already started to grow." (Wikipedia) * * "'Pump Up the Volume' by M|A|R|R|S was featured on Just Dance 2 as a downloadable track but became unavailable for purchase following the shutdown of the Wii Shop Channel on January 30, 2019. The song remains playable on Just Dance: Summer Party and Just Dance Unlimited. The original dancer is a male astronaut with light blue hair. His suit is red and orange with light purple and white connections and a white and purple robot face on a light blue square. The inside of the suit is purple. He also has a light blue glove. In the remake, he is in a darker shade of red and orange, his connections are now brown and red, his hair and glove are purple, and his robot face is now white, purple, and orange on a purple square. He also appears more realistic and has an orange outline." (https://justdance.fandom.com/wiki/Pum...) * * "Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction serial. Presented in 13 chapters, it is the first screen adventure for Flash Gordon, the comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. It presents the story of Gordon's visit to the planet Mongo and his encounters with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon portray the film's central characters. In chapter 1, Planet of Peril, the planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth. Dr. Alexis Zarkov takes off in a rocket ship to Mongo with Flash Gordon and Dale Arden as his assistants. They find that the planet is ruled by the cruel Emperor Ming, who lusts after Dale and sends Flash to fight in the arena. Ming's daughter, Princess Aura, tries to spare Flash's life." (Wikipedia) * * "'Black Monday' refers to the catastrophic stock market crash that occurred on Monday, October 19, 1987. The crash occurred worldwide, starting in Hong Kong and spreading throughout Asia and Europe before reaching the United States. Two of the major contributing factors to the severity of the Black Monday crash were computerized trading and portfolio insurance trading strategies that hedged stock market portfolios by selling short S&P 500 Index futures contracts." (https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com...)