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Uptight is indeed an appropriate word for the grim faced middle aged hippies that have taken over the city.
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One Response to "We've already trademarked the phrase Uptight Purist Janeites, so back off, Zombie Boy"
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We've already trademarked the phrase Uptight Purist Janeites, so back off, Zombie Boy
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Stevie Wonder then delivered Bob Dylan's "Blowin 'in the Wind," "Uptight," "I Was Made to Love Her" and more.
Harvey Wasserman: Rock Hall Rocks to a $4 Million-Plus Haul 2009
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"Uptight" normally springs to mind - dour-faced models strutting down the catwalks, ice-cold Anna Wintour-types looking reproachfully from behind sunglasses and hush-hush weight issues.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Same company yeah, but who knows what the reception he would have been met with if he released this thing next to singles like "Uptight" or "Fingertips"?
Flea Market Funk 2009
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If you want to talk mash-ups, his mix of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" and "Sweet Child of Mine" is a reminder why everyone (even you and The New Yorker) was all about these things in the first place - they were somehow a breath of fresh air that you already knew every word to, and you liked them (and loved dancing to them).
Austinist 2008
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If you want to talk mash-ups, his mix of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" and "Sweet Child of Mine" is a reminder why everyone (even you and The New Yorker) was all about these things in the first place - they were somehow a breath of fresh air that you already knew every word to, and you liked them (and loved dancing to them).
Austinist Bryan Mochizuki 2008
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Uptight couple Jason and Cynthia (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell) have hit a rough spot in their marriage, stemming largely from their inability to have a child.
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Uptight couple Jason and Cynthia (Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell) have hit a rough spot in their marriage, largely from their inability to have a child.
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