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Okay…someone asked me yesterday who sang the song Eye Of The Tiger (which in itself is a weird and random question)…but imagine my surprise when I couldn’t remember. What did pop into my head though? A long buried rendition of the song by 80s kid sensation group, the MiniPops! Holy crap…does anyone else remember them?

So I immediately Googled them to see what they were all about…and to see if I was retroactively imagining them. I was pleased to find that I was not a) crazy or b) making things up…they did exist from 1982-89. Apparently they started in England as a TV show and then hit it big in Canada only (sometimes I question our national taste) with a number of compilation albums. I myself had two shiny cassette tapes that I used to play in my stylin’ Fisher Price ghettoblaster.

Things took a turn though when I came across a video of the TV show itself on YouTube and good lord – I am totally scared for life.

Is anyone else a little freaked out? I mean the whole thing is wrong on soooo many levels. I feel dirty just watching it! This has tainted my whole joyful childhood…

Does anyone else remember the MiniPops or am I alone in this?

And are you as disturbed as I am by the whole “Jon-Benet” vibe the show gives?

Ick.

Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Emma and is filed under Celebrities & Pop Culture.

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