Round 72 - Fact or Crap

 This week the girls take aim at Fact or Crap... 

This week is a little different. We decided we would test our mental strengths in playing the game Fact or Crap. This episode is in the format of a quiz show that got quickly out of hand thanks to the scoring method adopted (and disputed). 

But first, what were we drinking?

Amy was drinking Hickinbotham of Dromana Tempranillo

Available from Hickinbotham Winery

Sarah was drinking nothing because the fun police got her

Bianca was drinking Brian Fletcher Shiraz

Available from Naked wines

Amy introduced tonight's game being Fact or Crap. The rules are simple, one co-host makes a statement and the other co-hosts guess if it's fact or crap.

The intention was not to keep score but of course, Bianca did anyway. After two rounds we realised we had a few extra questions and decided to keep the good times rolling.

However, this quickly turned into shenanigans when Bianca decided to take herself out of the running for the winning position and decided to play quizmaster instead.

With Sarah quite a few points behind Amy, Bianca devised a scoring system which would lead one triumphant and the other....... well let's say disappointed with the result. 

*Spoiler alert - here is Bianca's scorecard

No one, including Bianca herself, knows why the scorecard contains O's or a K. Sometimes it's best not to question these things.  

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Round 60 - Movie music

This week the girls take aim at Movie Music... 

This week we decided to combine two of our favourite topics being music and movies. In full disclosure, Bianca came up with this topic but didn't give us a lot in terms of parameters for the topic, however, we could all agree that music in movies has the power to take us back to the movie it's from and is essential for a good movie. 

But first, what were we drinking?

Amy was drinking Boy meets Girl Pinot Grigio

Available from Naked wines

Bianca was drinking The Victorian Shiraz

Available from Naked wines

Sarah was drinking 

Available from Anywhere that sells it

Amy kicked us off tonight explaining that despite combining our two favourite topics we all ran in different directions on this one. Amy then discussed the role music plays in setting the scene in a movie and can be used to intensify, dramatise or even bring a sense of relief to parts of a movie.

Amy then went on to discuss one of her favourite film franchises, James Bond and the role music has had since the first James Bond movie was released in 1962. 

The first James film, Dr No, opened with theme music which is now played all over the world. After the first film, a theme song sung by a well-known music artist of the time was also played in the opening credits of the film with the James Bond theme. 

Well-known music artists and bands who have taken a turn at singing a James bond theme song are:

Shirley Bassey (who sang three in total) 

Tom Jones

Nancy Sinatra

Louis Armstrong

Paul McCartney and the Wings

Lulu

Duran Duran

A-ha

Gladys Knight

Tina Turner

Sheryl Crow

Garbage

Madonna

Chris Cornell

Jack White and Alicia Keys

Adele

Sam Smith

Billie Eilish

After listening to James Bond songs whilst researching this topic she did discover some of her favourite James Bond songs came from films within the franchise that she didn't love.

Amy concluded her segment by saying that her favourite James Bond theme song is Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey, and she absolutely loved this movie. 

Bianca went with her concept which was songs that transport you to a movie when you hear them. This would have been super helpful for the other two bitches, if she had actually outlined the brief...

and here is her magical list of songs and the movies they correlate to:

Won't back down = Barnyard

My Sharona = reality Bites

Bad to the bone = terminator 2

Don't you forget about me = 2 movies; breakfast club and pitch-perfect 

I want you to want me = 10 things I hate about you

Tiny dancer = almost famous 

Party in the USA = pitch perfect

Betty and the jets = 27 dresses

Fortunate son = Forrest Gump

I will survive = 2 movies; Priscilla and the replacements 

Sarah went in a different way than Bianca had intended. She ended the night's topic with Disney songs that she finds get stuck in her head or she just wakes up singing for some reason. These songs are:

  

• Sleeping Beauty - once upon a dream 

• The little mermaid - part of your world

• Hercules - go the distance / zero to hero

• The lion king - all the songs

• Mulan - make a man out of you

• Darby O’Gill and the little people - Pretty Irish Girl

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Round 54 - Better than the original

This week the girls take aim at things that are better than the original... 

This week we are taking aim at the world of remakes. Movies, music, TV are all formats that have seen a multitude of remakes. Every now and then you stumble across a remake that is better than the original and tonight we are taking aim at a few....  

But first, what were we drinking?

Amy was drinking R Paulazzo Cabernet Savignon

Available from Naked wines

Sarah was drinking Brown Brothers Moscato Rosè

Available from Dan Murphys

Bianca was drinking brown brown Moscato and sav which she was driving out of her comically large secret life of pets cup!

Available from Liquorland

Amy introduced this week's topic by running through a brief history of remade music and movies. Amy then discussed some fun facts about the most remade movies and some epic flops of remade movies. 

For something different and because she had to leave midway through recording the episode we let Sarah go first this week. 

Sarah chose a couple of songs that she preferred the remake of instead of the originals. These songs included:

Respect by Aretha Franklin 

Nothing Compares 2U By Sinead O'Conner

Killing Me Softly by The Fugees; and 

The Sound Of Silence By Disturbed 

If you like any of these songs please let us know or if you haven't listened to them, give them a listen. Sarah finished her part off with a movie. Sarah declared her love for the movie Titanic made in 1997 and stated in her opinion that this remake was better than the original and other adaptations of the story. Sarah mainly credits the success of this remake to Leonardo Di Caprio. Face it, you cannot beat Di Caprio.     

Amy jumped back in at this point in the show to discuss a movie that she believed was better than the original. Amy's pick was the Stepford wives. The original was made in 1975 then remade in 2004. 

Amy liked the remake better because she thought that the point the movie was trying to make about equality between the genders was better made in the remake. However, Amy accepts that many people (including Bianca) completely disagree with her and she doesn't care.   

2004

1975

Bianca discussed the finer points between the Freaky Friday movies starting way back in the 70s, then to the first remake in the 90s. Coming in next is the 2000s version and bringing up the rear is the 2018 crapulence.

Bianca definitely had a hard time choosing between the 90s and 2000s versions but decided the 90s was her fav and the best remake.

As promised here is Sandra Bernhards best look she has given anyone in any movie ever! The contempt is amazing!

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Round 15 - The best gig's we've been to

This week the girls chat about the best live gigs they have been to...

Most people have seen a live band or artist at some point. Our girls love going to see a band or artist they like (or in some cases not so much) and basking in the magic that is a live gig.  

But first, what were we drinking?

Bianca was drinking on the Grapevine Pinot Grigio

Available from BWS

Sarah was drinking her leftover Brown Brothers dolcetto & Syrah

Available from Liquorland

Amy was drinking Feet on the Ground Pinot Grigio

Available from Naked Wines

Bianca enlightened the girls and you listeners with the fun fact of "skin orgasms", only 50% of the world population experiences them! wild!

Then she cracked on to her segment - 2013 Warped tour Melbourne & Adelaide (road trip!). Bianca was over the moon to follow her favourite band across 2 states, she is not a groupie though, groupies sleep with bands to get closer to them. Bianca appreciates the music.

Warped Tour Poster

Lauren, Bianca, and Dani (left to right)

Amy chatted about the first time she saw Alice Cooper in concert. Alice Cooper was touring Australia promoting his seventeenth studio album Dirty Diamonds in 2005 and Amy was lucky enough to get tickets to the show at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda. Amy was stoked to hear her favourite Alice Cooper song, feed my Frankenstein, live.

*Correction to the recording - Amy thought she saw this tour twice but it was actually the Psycho Drama Tour she saw in 2007 (not 2006). Both gigs were still awesome.

Sarah, much to Amy's and Bianca's disgust, talks about the time she went to see her favourite K-pop group B.A.P (yes sir) on their carnival world tour at Festival hall. She also recalls the feelings of after-concert withdrawals.

Special mention: Amy and Bianca get special claps for keeping their mouths mostly shut through this segment.

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