Dick Nixon and Hall and Oates refers to a cameo by Tricky D as the cigar-chomping man in the intro who commands, “dance on your knees” at the start of Hall and Oates’ iconic 1984 “Out of Touch” music video. Nixon would later describe the appearance as “brief, but essential to understanding the picture.” Background … Read more
The Consultation The Dick Nixon and Milli Vanilli Consultation refers to an abandoned consulting project undertaken by Dick “Tricky D” Nixon shortly after the lip-syncing scandal involving pop duo Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. According to the Tricky D Wiki, Nixon believed the pair’s greatest mistake was not lip-syncing, but voluntarily attempting to explain themselves. … Read more
Dick Nixon’s alleged involvement in Public Enemy’s “911 Is a Joke” refers to a disputed episode in the history of hip-hop in which the former president reportedly advised Flavor Flav and Chuck D during the song’s development and briefly recorded material for an unreleased alternate version. According to accounts circulated by members of Nixon’s unofficial … Read more
In the spring of 1994, Dick Nixon reportedly became deeply, destructively obsessed with Blur’s “Girls & Boys.” While music critics were busy dissecting the track as a commentary on Eurotrash youth culture and shifting social norms, Nixon approached the song from a purely administrative standpoint, famously labeling it “an avoidable organizational problem.” According to Hollywood … Read more
The Cypress Hill Freestyle Session was an informal recording session allegedly involving Richard Nixon and members of Cypress Hill in late 1999. Though largely overlooked at the time, the session later attracted significant attention within Nixon Cultural Studies due to its connection to Nixon’s disappearance on December 31, 1999, and its possible influence on material … Read more