Special Section!
With Jubilation Lee!Woah! I think I'm turning japanese, I think I'm turning japanese I really think so! Woo! You know what that song's about right? Grody! Dudes - lets think back to all those songs we loved huh? Music is the best way to look back on a time period. Now, when I think of the 80s, I think of the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Adam and the Ants, Billy Idol, Boy George, Queen, and all those funky glamor-cats! However I wretch at the thought of other bands, so tighten your scrunchies cause we're goin' in to retro mode! The Good, the BAD, and the just plain Weirdo-mundo!
The GOOD The BAD The JUST PLAIN WEIRD! ADAM ANT
Doncha step on an ant - he done nothin' ta you! Dude - this guy rocks the house down! He has a place of honor amongst my retro collection! I mean - look at that mouth! The guy is a babe. Major babe! So, he has a make-up thing going - who cares! And his music is all about freedom and personal expression - something I really relate to!
BEASTIE BOYS
Okay, so they're still around now, but they were around in the 80s and they rule! They were doing the retro seventies thing with Sabotage waaay before the Charlie's Angels remake, and they got a beat that just doesn't quit. They're cool, man. And they eternally piss off parent/guardian-type people.
DAVID BOWIE
The guy is eternal, multi-talented, and just plain groovy. From the 70s, to the 80s, 90s, till now - he's a stayer. What child of the 80s didn't adore Labyrinth? He's probably one of the few artists out there that continuing generations enjoy. I'm serious. Like, I like him, and Mr. Summers really likes him - I found myself singing along to Diamond Dogs with him - FREAKY!BRYAN ADAMS
You gotta wonder how many throat lozenges this man gets sent per year. I know the man still has many fans, but if you chopped up his songs, and stuck them all together, they'd still work as the same song. I'm serious. Try it!
KENNY G
I cannot take seriously a man that actually calls his album 'G-Force'. Grab me a vinyl and let me SLAP him! This is of course not mentioning what I'd like to do with that saxaphone of his (and it ain't pretty). Is it just me or does he look like Weird Al Yankovic there? That'd probably be an offense to poor Weird Al.
WHAM!
Bam, thank you boyfriend! Don't they look in love? I think so. I think "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" has been voted the most annoying song of all time. Whoever he's singin' to, I'm pretty sure they'd be sneakin' out before he gets up. Oh, the little shorts he wore in that filmclip, should be OUTLAWED!DEVO
Devo, God bless 'em, go into the 'Weird but still very cool' category. They're classic 80s bizarro, but their music rocked anyways. I think. I can't really remember much but 'Whip It'. I'm taking Scott and Jean's word for this here. I feel scared.
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
Eh... be afraid, be very afraid. He looks like the Biscuit with a bad toupe. Anyways - this is another Scott Summers recommendation. He's seriously beginning to scare me now.
MARILYN
I saw a music video of this man once. Very very scary. He was singing a song I don't remember very clearly. He and Boy George were like best buddies for a while there, and like, they had this whole movement of musical androgenous shemales going on. Pretty cool, but also rather weird. They had some *great* make-up ideas though - I know my technique has never been the same since paying attention to these guys!
CYNDI LAUPER
Girls just wanna have fun baby! Catch cry of a teased hair, wild make-up wearing generation, and that behaviour wasn't restricted to the female of the species either! Cyndi had attitude, spunk, and an undefineable hair color (canary yellow seemed to be a favourite). She also did a few movies, including 'Vibes' which has a place in my video library (Jeff Goldblum - woo!).DURAN DURAN
Okay, so they're cheesy, but their songs also happen to be incredibly fun to sing to. You never cranked the stereo and bopped to "Hungry Like The Wolf"? You haven't? Okay... I must be really sad then... Mr. Summers thinks this is really funny. Yeah. His name is Rio and he dances on the sand. Ohh, and I nearly scored myself a detention!Of course, one must ask themselves - who did the women adore in the 80s? Who did they drool after? Who did they yearn for in the wee hours of the morning. They had no David Boreanaz, and they hadn't yet discovered the wonder that is David Duchovny. They didn't know Hugh Jackman (there's something majorly freaky about that guy), and half the cast of That 70s Show were still featuring in cereal commercials.
No, there was the Brat Pack, the tv stars. With a lot of help from Jean Grey, I present to you...
(Babe is a term used VERY loosely here!)
Andrew McCarthy
Pretty In Pink, Mannequin.
Scott Baio
Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi (Jean made me put him here! Puke puke puke!)
Emilio Estevez
The Outsiders, Repo Man, Young Guns, St. Elmo's Fire, Men At Work, The Breakfast Club.
Judd Nelson
The Breakfast Club, Suddenly Susan. (Is it just me or is he Nostril Man?).
Computer generated
simulation of what I'd look like
in the 80s. Wow!
