’80s

It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 13

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Nahleen

Bring on the ’80s!  I need some fun!

1. Hungry Like the Wolf  By: Duran Duran

I had no idea there was a giggling gal in the beginning of the song till just now!  Where have I been?!  Who doesn’t know this song?  I mean, seriously.  If you were alive in the ’80s you probably know this song even if you don’t want to.  To me, this is not their best song.  They have some really great ones.  But it’s fun right?  So first we see lots of what look like hungry people and then this really stark white guy running through the busy street with a white blazer and no shirt on.  Hmm.  Seems a bit awkward to me.  And nope, doesn’t stand out one bit in that restaurant while he wears a fedora hat, the blazer and those wacky sunglasses.  Flip that table over!  That’s right.  It’ll show them!  And yes we get it, it’s hot there.  Oh yeah.  There’s a big search going on.  Yep.  Oh my goodness.  Cracking up over the fake elephant that looks like the Jungle Ride at Disneyland.  Hysterical!  And somehow his hair is still pretty darn perfect.  You know, I’m finding this video pretty degrading.  Hmm.  What the heck?!  And now he’s wearing paint on his face and in some sort of mating dance????

 

2. Sledgehammer  By: Peter Gabriel

Hey, isn’t that sperm in the beginning?  Wait, who’s reading this?  Did I know that’s what that was when I was a kid?  I LOVE Peter Gabriel.  This is so not his best song, BUT this video is pretty darn cool.  And can we say catchy song?  Great crazy close up eye shot.  Move those ears.  Cool!  Look at that model train!  So much to look at.  Nice use of props in this.  How long do you think it took to make this?  Even his hair is in different styles.  Those bumper cars are so cute!  Awesome.  Don’t remember his head being beaten by the sledgehammer.  Oh funny.  Now the fruit’s talking!  Great claymation.  This video is so creative and brilliant!  OH no.  There’s the egg that grows into a headless chicken.  I remember that freaked me out as a kid.  Actually, I think the chicken is pretty much all I remember.

 

3. Take My Breath Away (Top Gun Soundtrack)  By: Berlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOem7U2LPE

I so love this song.  Haven’t heard it in awhile.  And “Top Gun”…well how could you not LOVE Tom Cruise in this.  Yummy!  Even way back when I thought so.  It’s cool to see all the shots from the movie again.  Who remembers this song playing at school dances?  I sure do and I don’t know that I ever danced with anyone during this song but I bet I sure longed to.  I wanted someone to say, “take my breath away” to me and sweep me off my feet but the funny thing is that I wouldn’t believe that person was sincere now…Hmm.  Who thought they were a weird couple together in this?  She always seemed like she didn’t really like him or something.  Perhaps I was supposed to be her instead.  She has a cool car.  Hee hee.  As a young gal I thought I was really getting away with watching something I wasn’t supposed to during that very sexy love scene.  SADDEST SCENE EVER when his best friend died.

 

4. Love Shack  By: B52’s

Now this is a fun song!  Those crazy B52’s I tell ya!  I remember singing this song with another group of gals in college at karaoke and scaring the rest of the audience away.  We were singing just wonderfully of course and the next thing we knew we were the only ones in the room.  I wanna ride in an old convertible and sit on top of the seats in the back and scream out songs down a dirt road in the middle of the woods!  That looks like fun!  Wow.  They’re awful lip syncers.  Oh how funny is it that we are looking up through just a steering wheel and there’s a green screen behind him and we’re supposed to think he’s driving in the car.  That doesn’t look like a funky ole shack to me.  And you know, that shack doesn’t look little to me either.  I’m starting to think these people knew how to party!  Come on, let’s all sing it, “Bang Bang Bang on the door baby!”.  Best shot: random goat shown during her singing, “Tin Roof, rusted”.

 

5. Rock Me Amadeus  By: Falco

I have not been able to get this song out of my head.  I know.  Quality.  So hopefully putting it on this list will help it go away.  What is with the corny stuff in the beginning?  And of course we’re going back in time.  It would be too predictable otherwise.  He sure does think he’s all that.  And what is he saying?????  Funny funny.  The only word I even know or understand in this song is of course, “Amadeus”.  Ha ha ha!  What’s with the wig he’s wearing???  Look at that rockin’ microphone!  And now we’re with a bunch of bikers???  So random!  This really is so funny!  Was he serious???  OK.  I can honestly say that I have no idea what just happened at all in this video and I can’t get those few minutes back…

 

Well now that I’ve rocked your ’80s world….till next time!

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 12

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Nahleen

OMG!  It has been over a week since my last Blog post.  I guess I needed that break.  And I’m jumpin’ back in with the ’80s because I need more fun in my life!

 

1. Heart of Rock n’ Roll  By: Huey Lewis and the News

He is one of my all time favorites!  I currently play his CD quite a bit.  He helps get me going to face my day.  He was one of my favorites as a kid and I learned all the words to his albums right away.  They’re fun and quirky!  And you gotta admit he’s a bit goofy.  For the longest time when I was little I didn’t realize the first drum beats are supposed to be heartbeats, hence the first name of the song being “Heart”.  Duh.  Hey, I was a kid.  Give me a break.  He and his guys were so funny.  Looks like they had lots of fun together.  And there were so many words in this song and locations that I always was messing them up.  Not even sure I know them all these days.  Cool!  The clubbers have the rockingest hair!  Too silly to see them all looking stunned and out of place.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen this video before.  So does he think his music connects with the first rock and roll music like Elvis?  HMMM….  Not so sure about that.  OK they all have the same hair and it’s funny.  What the heck?  Old audience footage of crazy screaming girls.  Hmm.  Still not seeing the connection in regards to Huey and his group.  Just sayin’.  Love the hokey orangey/red blinking light inside his jacket.  Ha!  Scary eyes!

 

2. I Wanna Dance With Somebody  By: Whitney Houston

Such a sad story and may she rest in peace.  However, she sure did show some joy at least in the beginning of her career.  Her energy oozed out of her music and made me want to dance with somebody too.  I really liked her as a kid.  I had her first album and she looked so pretty on the cover.  Such a beautiful voice.  And this song sure does make me wanna dance with somebody too.  Got any ideas of who?  Hello shoulder pads!  Hello tons of makeup!  So could SHE dance?  Not seeing her do much of that in this video.  What’s with all the different guys dancing?  Is she auditioning them to see who she wants to dance with??  You know she’s not the best lip syncer in this video to her own song.  Kinda funny to watch.  Help!  There are dressing room legs dancing!  I remember I was so confused about how her hair kept changing.  How could that happen?  OK.  Excuse me while I start dancing with somebody.  Starting to bebop in my chair as I type this.

 

3. Separate Ways  By: Journey

YES!  Love this song.  So powerful.  I remember I thought it was so deep (still kinda do, ssshhhh, be nice).  LOVED Journey when I was younger.  So perfect for a confusing time as a teenager.  ROCK IT!  Such a great song to belt out.  You gotta try it sometime.  Look at those white heels walk fast.  “Two, two, two”–so two?  Such a weird camera angle.  Why are we looking up at them?  Anyone else with me here?  So we’re supposed to think they’re better than us?  Hmm.  Not such a great style idea in my opinion.  I’m sure they thought they were cool but still.  Doesn’t work out right.  And oh his hair.  Do you think he really means all this?  Should someone give him a hug?  The guys singing behind him are cracking me up.  The one on the right keeps singing off.  Too funny.  Such a big voice for such a little guy.  He sure does like to sing words three times in a row a lot.  And what is with the setting?  Who designed this??  Whoa.  She has big hair!  Can we say Aquanet?!

 

4. Bette Davis Eyes  By: Kim Carnes

So what else did she sing?  Good question.  BEST RASPY SINGING VOICE EVER!  My memory of this song as a kid was “Who the heck is Bette Davis and why do I care?”.  I chuckle to think about it.  Hooray for Bette Davis!  How many fans do you think it took to blow those curtains in that blank room?  She’s wearing sunglasses.  Ha!  Oh and look at that shadow on the wall.  Clever.  But so boring with the black, white and grey and yet I’m sure it’s obviously connecting us to the black and white movies right?  Didn’t we all go there right away?  Still boring if you ask me.  Horrible reflections of lights in her dark sunglasses.  Ooops.  Oh there are her eyes.  Is it me or does she look AWKWARD and uncomfortable?  Fling that blonde hair around!  Weird reenactments.  Can’t help it.  She makes me want to clear my throat.  What on earth is the drummer wearing?  Such a loooong song.  Goodness.

 

5. Still Standing  By: Elton John

OK.  I think we can all agree that this is so not his best song.  However, you have to admit it’s VERY catchy and you can’t help but sing it a little bit.  And I like to sing it and belt it out because hey, I’m still standing and it’s nice to note considering I have MS and lupus and it can be quite hard to stand.  So there’s a current personal connection to this that I wanted to share.  And of course he’s driving down the road in his flashy attire and there are groups of people dancing.  Isn’t that what we all see all the time?  It would be kinda cool if we did don’tcha think?  Now that’s a lot of body paint.  Cool human domino effect!  Well done!  Hey, that looks like Santa Monica!  I want to have a piano on the sand by the ocean!  Sure are lots of antics in this video.  Ha!  Love all the different sunglasses at the end!

 

Well that was tons of fun!  Any ’80s memories you’d like to share?  Would love to hear from ya!

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It’s an ’80s Kind of Day Part 11

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Nahleen

And another week has flown by!  It is so time for some ’80s silliness!

1. Beat It By: Michael Jackson

This week marks 3 years since the passing of this King of Pop.  He was something else back in the day wasn’t he?  He played a huge part in my childhood and his music just sticks with me.  I used to love to dance to his songs.  I bet I was really great!  Ha ha!  This one is such an MJ classic.  Yeah they’re cool.  Look at that ’80s wardrobe!  That white jacket with the big collar rocks!  Yeah man!  Nice piano shirt Michael.  I don’t think I had any idea he sang in his bed for so much of this video!  How strange.  “Just Beat It!” and then the manly groan afterwards.  Awesome!  Yay!  The classic red jacket, black short pants, white socks and black shoes!  Go Michael!  He’s gonna tell them how it really is!  He has really white teeth.  Alrighty.  Hey!  He changed his shirt!  Where’d the piano go?  Love his dancing!  I so wish I had even an inkling of his moves.  I had a friend who could impersonate him pretty well.  Uh oh!  Looks like there’s gonna be a rumble!  Why do these guys look like they’re doing some sort of mating dance?  Oh Michael was such a peacemaker.  Well that was easy.  I think we should all break into dance instead of fighting!

2. Walk Like an Egyptian By: The Bangles

You know, The Bangles were pretty cool.  I mean, who didn’t like “Manic Monday”…BUT what was this one all about?  Seriously.  They were cooler than this.  Yeah, big time catchy but come on now!  Love love love all their big hair!  And is one of them wearing a body suit?  I’ll admit, I fell for the whole idea of “walking like an Egyptian” but talk about silly.  And then to see them all in costume and doing a dance.  Help!  Are there hands in the audience doing the moves?  Oh dear!  Of course a favorite of the ’80s era music video, to catch “real people” on the street doing the “moves”.  Yeah, that’s real.  Uh huh!  What the heck?!  I forgot about Princess Diana!  That is messed up!  Wow, the lead singer is wearing a very short dress!   Goodness!  I mean, I know there’s more of a point to this but they could’ve done so much better with it.  So silly!

3. Faith By: George Michael

Who can go wrong with this song?  I love the point, “You just gotta have faith”!  I thought he was cute when I was younger but now as I get older, he’s pretty darn hot in this!  Can’t deny it!  And let’s all admit, he was so much better on his own and not with that Andrew guy in cheesy Wham! (don’t get me wrong, I love them but they’re cheese all the way–well mostly…)!  Ha!  I forgot the video starts with music from “I Want Your Sex”.  That’s kinda funny.  A jukebox…with records.  What are those again?  Can’t help but love how the blue/purple color stands out in the black and white.  I bet they thought they were cool.  Oh the sexy sunglasses and unshaven-ness.  OH and look at that hair-sprayed hair bouncing around with him!  Such a basic video.  No real theatrics.  Amazing.  “You gotta have faith-uh faith-uh faith-uh”…”dooo dooo doo doo doo”…Awesome.  Yep.  This woman has long bare legs and high-heeled shoes on.

And that’s it for this week’s edition of ’80s goodness!  Have fun!

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 10!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Nahleen

10 whole lists of ’80s and they just keep on comin’!

I’m relieved that today is ’80s day because I need some fun, laughs and rest for my arms.  They are feeling very tight today (and for that reason the list will be a bit shorter again).  Hmmm….and on the first day of summer.  A coincidence when it comes to multiple sclerosis, lupus, heat and the sun?  I think not.

Sooooo, what can I find to distract me from my symptomatic woes?:

 

1. Cruel Summer By: Bananarama

And so to start off the summer right, how about a summer-themed song?  I sure hope the summer isn’t cruel to me (when it comes to my MS and lupus).  And oh my goodness did I love Bananarama back in the day?  Listening to them still gets me going a bit.  Oh yeah.  Their dancing is oh so cool as they walk together.  I gotta admit–I wanted to walk down the street the same way with some gal pals of mine back in the day (and now too) just like they are and they aren’t the first ones to do that strut either.  Did I just see a gas price of $1.48???  Wow, this really is old huh?  Do you think they had as much fun as they look like they’re having?  It’s true.  It was really hard to do any physical work outside in the heat with such big hair.  Wow.  Lucky Mack Truck driver huh?  Bet he thinks he’s gonna get lucky.  Yep.  That’s the Empire State Building in case we forgot.  How many shots of that do we have to see?

 

2. Ghostbusters By: Ray Parker Jr.

Thanks to a friend online for bringing up this song/movie the other day and saying that she always thought when he sings, “Bustin’ makes me feel good” she thought he said, “Boston makes me feel good” because that’s what I thought too and I haven’t been able to stop chuckling about it ever since.   Fun times!  How could you forget such silliness EVER?!  Ha ha ha!  Hilarious special effects!  Love the people that pop up out of nowhere to yell “Ghostbusters!”.  Tee hee.  Is he supposed to be a ghost?  Get it?!  Love seeing the clips from the movie.  Makes me want to see it again.  It’s been forever.  OK.  Why does he feel more like a stalker than a ghost?  I’m sensing an overall ’80s theme here in my lists of lots of stalkers.  What the heck?  I can’t stop cracking up over this.  Too hokey!  I just have to wonder, is he afraid of ghosts?  I just can’t figure it out.  (Corey–is that Carly Simon in there?–What the?)…So if we don’t know who to call about ghosts then I think we have a problem at this point.

 

3. She Blinded Me With Science By: Thomas Dolby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

Such a unique song.  Awesome.  Had no idea the video had a silent movie feel to it.  Nice.  Oh sure.  She blinded him with science of the “showing some leg kind”.  Funny.  She’s quite the vixen.  I still love to go around and say in the high pitched voice, “Blinded me with science”!  It’s fun.  You should try it.  Oh the randomness is too entertaining.  Loving this!  I tell ya.  It’s pure blasphemy and trouble to be wooed by a woman.  We are trouble.  Oh and I love his eye makeup and glasses.  She’s the violin.  Nice.  Very creative.  Worth the watch for sure!  The doctor gets his “come-uppance!”  I love it!

 

And thank you to the ’80s for more distracting fun!  My hands and arms are now yelling at me.  Time to rest them!

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 9

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Nahleen

Yay!  Time for some ’80s Flashback Fun!  Gonna go short this week and post 2 that I’ve thought of…So let’s see:

 

1. Hello By: Lionel Richie

Oh Lionel…can we say stalker??????  Funny, when I was a young gal I didn’t realize how creepy he is in this as an acting teacher (what the?) and thought it was such a heartfelt sincere song.  He truly loved this blind gal.  How sweet.  Except…if you keep watching you’ll see he gets a little too into it and becomes quite the stalker.  Scary!  And what is with him starting to sing during their acting in the class?  Rude!  And is she the most artistic soul ever or what?  Acting, flute playing, sculptur(ist?), dancer, …And how is it that she can’t hear him singing right to her and at her?  WORST PART: When he calls her, pauses and then sings “HELLO” to her, continues singing and then hangs up.  Too much!  But then we find out she’s been kinda stalking him too with her sculpture of him???  WHAT’S HAPPENING??

 

2. Straight Up By: Paula Abdul

Who knew that Janet Jackson’s choreographer would become a singing sensation herself?!  Such a catchy song.  I think it was to the point.  Are you gonna love me forever or am I caught in a hit and run?  So now we’re in a car crash?  Actually, as a pre-teen I thought this was a pretty darn cool song and it helped me have a voice with these boys who were just trouble.  Wow, look at that tapping.  She’s quite the dancer.  No doubt about it.  And when you heard it over and over and over you really couldn’t get it out of your head even if you wanted to.  Kinda cool black and white design to the whole thing.  She did seem kinda tough at the time.  “Oh Oh Oh”…  Can’t help it.  I’m still beboppin’ to this song.

 

And there ya have it!  Hope you got a chance to get a little ’80s break today and had some fun!!

 

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 8

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Nahleen

And I’m back with more fun ’80s memories!!!!  I find this time of week to be the most fun for me.  Yay ’80s!

1. Stand By: R.E.M.

Oh this is a fun one!  Middle School dances come to mind.  I had to make sure to get this dance right.  I had no idea that there might be meaning to this song.  I just thought we had to stand and be-bop around and for some reason it was really easy to mess up one of the moves.  This was their first hit right?  Funny to think that this is their song since so many of their songs after this one were so much deeper.  OK watching this for the first time in forever I realize there are different groups of 4 people dancing.  What the??  I had no idea.  Shows you how observant I was.  Ha!

 

2. Jump (For My Love) By: Pointer Sisters

And the memories keep on comin’ today.  This song will probably forever be stuck in my head because we had to jump rope in elementary school Phys. Ed. class and the teacher was BIG BIG BIG into this song and she would BLAST it in the gym.  She thought it was just a perfect song to get us jumping–and she was really weird.  Holy moly she pushed jumping rope AND THIS SONG on us!  I may have to see a hypnotherapist if I ever want to forget this song.  Seriously.  Watching this I just gotta love the “sexy” looks these ladies think they’re giving the camera.  OK these ladies are cracking me up with their jigs.  I think the middle singer sister is gonna pull her dress all the way up for goodness sakes.

 

3. Summer of ’69 By: Bryan Adams

Gotta love Bryan Adams!  I know my sister did.  My first memory of this song is that I was really young when I first heard this song and I was able to do the math and figure out he couldn’t be having this memory of the Summer of ’69 because he wasn’t old enough–looking it up now, turns out he would’ve been 10.  I sure thought I was smart.  You know watching this makes me think it’s best for him not to act so I think it was a good idea to just keep singing.  He sure was a trouble maker back then huh?  I’m sure he’d like to think so.  Kinda reminds me of the bad boys in my life back in the day…And what is with the end scene?  THE “girl” picks the lamest jerk EVER to be with??

 

4. Mercedes Boy By: Pebbles

I know.  WHO?  She had maybe 2 hits and for a very brief time.  Don’t mind the first part of this video with the other voices introducing it.  It’s the only one I could find.  And the old memories just keep on coming for me today with this song.  I was a part of a group of gals in a 5th Grade Lip Sync.  I mean, I was cool.  And this was the song we sang.  We were so rad.  I think 5th Grade was my favorite year in school.  OK so from these images we see a woman stalker and a guy who likes to dance on his own in front of a camera and outside against a wall of a building BUT we never see them in the same shot until right at the end…Convincing…Sure…Hilarious!  The camera has to give her tons of head room just to fit her big hair!

 

5. Addicted To Love By: Robert Palmer

The first time I ever saw him sing I was like, “What the heck is with this guy?  He thinks he’s so cool and yet he’s wearing a business suit when he sings and the ladies in the background are SO BORING”…BUT he sure did make a style signature for himself and I admit, this song is one of the most catchy songs EVER!  Watching him now I’m struck by how much he has no personality on the stage.  Wow.  Somebody get that guy moving!  Oh and of course those pretty ladies are part of his band and actually really playing their instruments.  Riiiiight.  Ha!  Don’t think I even realized there was a woman playing drums in the background.  Poor thing.  She hardly got any face time.

 

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 7

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Nahleen

It’s that time of week again!  Bring on the ’80s!!

 

1. Girl You Know It’s True By: Milli Vanilli (NOT!)–or the REAL singers (Who were known as The Real Milli Vanilli?!): 3 OF THEM?–Charles Shaw, John Davis and Brad Howell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqV3rWM4iQ

OH THE CONTROVERSY!!!!!!!  Remember when we found out these two were not only lip syncing but THEY WEREN’T EVEN SINGING THESE SONGS AT ALL?!  Blasphemy I tell you!  And as I watch this I don’t understand what was so great about these two anyway.  Hilarious since they’re awful lip syncers too.  And what is with the horribly fake conversation in the beginning of the song in this video?  Honestly, the best thing these guys did was swing “their” hair around and around.  I’ll admit I kinda liked ’em a bit back then and the songs were very catchy (in the drive you crazy kinda way).  I still swear the voice we’re hearing is saying, “I’m in love with TWO girls” but what do I know?  Oh she is tellin’ him!!  Look at her go!  Oh and I’m just LOVING the leggings.  What the heck?  Holy huge shoulder pads.

 

2. Love Is a Battlefield By: Pat Benatar

Such a cool woman and so tough!  Love IS a battlefield isn’t it?  That’s what I remember when I was a youth.  Have you seen her lately?  She looks pretty darn good.  Awesome.  She just starts singing on a bus.  I hope they all join in.  Hmm.  Does she look young enough to be their daughter?  I think not.  Uh oh.  Looks like she’s gonna get in some trouble.  Look at those rad outfits she’s wearing.  That’s weird.  I remember this song had a rougher edgey sound to it than it sounds now.  Doesn’t have as much “mmph” as I remember.  I LOVE THE PART WHERE SHE DANCES with what seems like an army of women!  My favorite part big time!  Feels like she is telling him how it is!  Funny.  It reminds me of the dancing in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.

 

3. Enjoy the Silence By: Depeche Mode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diT3FvDHMyo&ob=av2e

You know, I still love this song.  In fact, I think I like it more now.  However, not so sure about the video.  Is he supposed to be a king?  The scenery is so beautiful, though.  It’s really a powerful message.  Only since I’ve grown older have I understood what “silence” might mean to me.  OK now what is he carrying?  So tell me, would a king sit in a chair like that measly thing??  I DOUBT IT!  What’s with all the flashes on the group in black and white?  Kind of annoying and not needed.  I want to walk where he’s walking.  Looks amazing.  Wow he sure does cover a lot of ground in a short time as he sings the song.  Looks like a lot of sitting and walking to me.  Where’s the relaxing part?  Are they frowning at us enough in the band shots?  What I’ve learned from this video: he has got to be really tired from all that walking.  I’m just sayin’.

 

4. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You By: Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7CVrBFC7M

I had her album.  Yep I did.  I really enjoyed it too.  I cracked up when I saw the words they’re chanting in the beginning were something like, “Yah Yay Go”.  OK then.  Whatever that means.  What is with all that tinsel stuff on her?  I can’t help it.  That “sexy” look she’s giving the camera while she hits that big drum is kinda scaring me.  Somebody really needs to clean out her hair or something.  OK Phew.  Enter the big hair.  WHAT THE?!  What is with the weird tribal guy dude in the audience?  Just a bit out of place?  The band sure does look like they’re having fun!  I wonder if the rhythm is gonna get me?

 

5. My Prerogative By: Bobby Brown

Bobby Bobby Bobby.  I guess you sure did think everything was your prerogative huh?  I think I heard this as a teenager and really wanted to tell everyone everything was my prerogative and that that would mean everyone would leave me alone or something.  Ha!  Yeah right.  Wow.  He really did think he was ALL THAT didn’t he?  He broke away from New Edition and was telling everyone he was gonna be IT right?  Hmm.  Everybody get ready for the whopping grand entrance onto the stage…Love the flat top hair or whatever the heck that hairstyle was back then.  What is with all the pelvis gyrations?  My goodness.  OK.  Who thinks this song is too long?  Raise your hand.

 

Woo hoo!  I got it done!  I didn’t think I was going to finish today’s Blog because I’ve been sooooo busy all day.  This is one theme I really look forward to.

Have fun ’80s-ing it up!

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 6

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Nahleen

Yay!  I’m so excited!  I get to look at ’80s videos and listen to the music from my childhood.  I love it!  Ready?  I am!

1. St. Elmo’s Fire: Man In Motion (Theme Song) By: John Parr (Who?)

OK.  Who didn’t love the movie St. Elmo’s Fire?  I wanted to be as cool as these kids (who weren’t kids to me when I was a kid–they were all growed up) and Rob Lowe was just sooooooooooo cute.  What the?  What’s with this guy John Parr’s hair?  Is he supposed to be a part of the movie as he sings this or something?  I mean, Rob Lowe was just so cute.  Heck, he’s cute now still.  Who cares about his little video tape scandal way back when?  He’s cute.  And in the movie he was one of those “Bad Boys”.  “Bad Boys” were such a temptation for us “Good Girls”.  Oh I love that scene where Demi is in the room alone rocking back and forth with all the windows open and the curtains blowing so dramatically and then he bursts on in to save her!  So what ever happened to Judd Nelson?  Or any of those other big ’80s actors for that matter?  OH I get it.  John Parr’s watching them while in the movie.  He’s a stalker.  OK.  Now I’m really freaked out.  He’s singing to the cast in the end.  What’s happening?  Oh and I remember the “Good Girl” got the “Bad Boy” in the end…sort of.

2. Physical By: Olivia Newton-John

OH boy.  Those were the days.  I’m pretty sure I had to put on my leotard and leg warmers and get physical–you know–do exercise.  That is what I innocently thought this song was about way back when.  Oh the untainted minds of youth.  WHAT?  It is about doing exercises or isn’t it?  You decide.  WHOA.  That guy is like wearing nothing or something on that bicycle.  There sure are a lot of muscley sweaty glistening guys OM without faces in this video.  Help!  Those shaking buttocks are scaring me!  What was that?  I think I’m tainted for life.  I am so loving her head-sweat-band thingie.  Why does she have a strange halo over her?  OK.  Now I’m really scared.  What just happened?  Now there are all these not-so-fit guys (or wait a minute–is that the same guy?  Poor guy).  I know I work out in gyms all the time that are shiny black squares everywhere and that’s it.  Oh they’re not the same guy.  Alrighty then.  This video is truly insulting.  Hmm.  Love her color choices.  Bright teal blue and bright pink.  Nice.  So yeah.  I really did get physical and exercise with this song on when I was very young.  Scary.  OK.  Now what is with the shower?????

3. Karma Chameleon By: Culture Club

Interesting.  So we’ve traveled back in time with this one to Mississippi.  And of course it was a normal everyday thing to see Boy George singing in his very colorful creative garb on a rock back then.  Of course.  And now everyone of all races and classes and outfits are his audience and joining in and having fun.  Sure.  It was a party back then in 1870 in Mississippi of all places.  Yep.  He has a pretty good point in this song if you really listen to the words (which I’ll admit I didn’t really do so until right now) but it gets lost in the craziness of the song and all the theatrics of him and the video.  It’s kinda too bad.  Hearing this song brings me back to the times of yore as a youngster trying to call my dog Jenny inside from her outside adventures and it was sometimes hard to pull her away from the excitement so I’d sing, “Come-a Come-a Come-a Come-a Come-a Come-Jenny-un…” to get her to come in.  You know, she did come in sometimes to that.  I think she was tired of hearing me sing the nonsense and wanted me to shush but I needed to do something to entertain myself while I did it.  Loving the harmonica in this!  Oh and now enter the Steamboat…of course.  Hey I didn’t know he said, “Red Gold and Green” there in that part.  Hmm.  Who knew?  You know this is all totally accurate for what happened back then.  I bet it would’ve been fun to party with Boy George.

4. Pour Some Sugar On Me By: Def Leppard

An ’80s music video list is just not complete without some Def Leppard.  I mean, come on!  One of THE original Big Hair Bands of the ’80s.  And this song is just classic and by far their best of course.  Why?  Well because we all want sugar poured on us.  You know.  And of course because Big Hair Bands are just so cool we only really seem to see them in videos behind the scenes, rehearsing and then performing in front of the audience.  I’ll admit.  I enjoy this song more now then I did when I was a young gal.  It was just like, “Yeah.  Pour some sugar on me.  What’s the point?”.  And now I still don’t know what the point is but hey, I’ll enjoy it anyway.  Let’s all waves our hands in the air in the audience or wherever we are.  The big line of the song is coming!  Oh and it’s the one-armed drummer.  Now he is pretty darn cool.  How on earth did he do that?  Ahhhh yes.  The incredibly ripped jeans that were so IN and the white tank top he’s wearing.  They sure did look like they were having fun.  Oh and in case we didn’t know who they were he’s wearing a “Def Leppard” shirt.  Oh yeah.  I forgot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4xwmZ6zi4

5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) By: Eurythmics

Up until about six months ago I always thought the title was “Sweet Dreams Are Made of These”–OH.  I didn’t know it was “This” instead.  Oops.  Corey will tell you that he doesn’t know why I’m putting this song on my list at all because I clearly don’t like them because I didn’t like ONE yes ONE of Annie Lennox’s (lead singer) songs when she went on her own.  I just can’t stand, “No More I Love Yous” or whatever the heck it is mainly because the radio stations played it into the ground and out the other side.  I thought she could do better than that.  BUT back to the matter at hand, I really like the Eurythmics and I LOVED her in the group.  She is too cool with her mega short red hair.  Who wouldn’t think she was cool?  I just love how she looks robotically human in this.  Ha!  Look at the video equipment they’re using.  Ancient.  Could they at least have gotten someone who knows how to type if that’s what they’re gonna focus on?  Awesome.  Look at all their records.  Nice.  Yep.  That’s a red dot.  I always wanted to just sing and point whenever I heard their songs and especially this one.  Now I know it’s because of that pointer she uses.  Cool.  The red dot becomes a video.  Nice effect.  Wait, where are they going?  What the?  Is that a cow?  Yes because we all play cellos in the middle of nowhere with cows around.  Random.  Love it.  She lays on the conference room table and a cow circles the room.  Hilarious considering I’ve been in the business world now.  As a kid I doubt I’d get it.  Let’s all herd together!  Is that guy really trying to type while a cow chews with her head right over his typing hands?  Too much!  Well at least she has pretty eyes–Annie Lennox I mean.

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It’s An ’80s Kind of Day Part 5

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Nahleen

Woo hoo!  This will be my 5th post about the awesome music of the ’80s!  I’m needing some fun today so let’s get on with it!

1. Alone By: Heart

OK.  Seriously.  Who doesn’t love Heart?  They are awesome!  I absolutely love this song!  I remember our cool bus driver putting a Heart cassette tape (yes, cassette tape–great quality of course) in the bus radio (someone must’ve requested she play it) and singing, no BELTING out the songs with other gals on the bus.  Not sure what the boys were up to but we gals thought we were pretty darn cool.  Video: Already loving the puffy curly blonde hair in the first shot.  The dark-haired singer is so pretty.  Also love her puffy curly dark hair.  They are sisters right?  And still going strong I believe.  OK, first of all I can’t help but chuckle at her standing on a balcony or something singing but to then see her with the black netting stuff over her face is too much.  What?  And now she’s on the big screen?  Where’d she go?  Uh oh.  Did the piano explode?  Oh my.  Listen to that great harmony (speaking sincerely).  Somebody needs to clean that room with all the curtains.  Looks like the whole band has big hair.  Of course they do.  Tee hee.  The three with their big puffy blonde hair show up in the darkness at the end.  Those gals were pretty darn tough huh?  And will somebody please tell them FINALLY “How do I get you alone?”

2. Tell Her About It By: Billy Joel

OH this song still haunts me.  You know how you have those memories you can’t shake?  I remember being 15 and at a Birthday party with a boy who supposedly LIKED me and all my friends were there.  This song came on and the boy still hadn’t “ASKED ME OUT” yet and my friends kept hinting and singing the song at us to try to give him the hint.  Hmm.  Well he did tell me about it later that night.  He was my first serious boyfriend.  The funny thing is that this party was in the ’90s and that song was playing.  Awesome.  Video: OK so we apparently have gone back in time?  And Billy comes out wearing a white suit jacket with white shoes to match and dark glasses.  Except to be ’80s style he’s wearing a red tie.  And then we see behind the scenes and it looks like that guy’s gonna make the moves on that gal in the control room.  Get it?  And I can’t help it but is that food on the equipment?  My old employer would’ve had our heads!  Anyway, wow, that audience is in sync with their swaying.  OK even the band is swaying.  Gotta love the back up singers.  And look at all the stars in this video!  And then we see a whole montage of people reacting to the music.  What’s with the kids swaying too?  I think I’m gonna get seasick watching the audience.  ACK!  Wait what?  Did Billy Joel leave the stage and go out into the real world?  He just left his band on the stage?  And now he’s breaking into people’s homes and singing to them?  Love the newspaper headline.  And then he delivers pizza to the gals slumber party?  He sure does get around.  OK.  This song is long.  Good thing it’s catchy.  And will you just “tell her about it”?  PLEASE!  What the?  The astronaut and the big scary bear thing.  What on earth?

3. Toy Soldiers By: Martika

She was basically a One Hit Wonder huh?  Really loved this song back then.  I think I sang it on the beach a couple of times.  Must’ve been thinking I was making my own video I guess.  She really cared right?  I thought it was so deep and listening to it now I still think it kinda is.  Video: VERY DRAMATIC.  So this was in 1989–on the cusp of the ’90s when big hair WAS SO NOT IN.  HAIR IN THE FACE AND EYES WAS IN–ESPECIALLY ON ONE SIDE COVERING ONE EYE.  The kids singing are pretty haunting.  Boy was she singing melodramatically to the camera in a lot of this when it’s not showing her with that guy.   OK.  That video effect: are we supposed to be seeing her sing through the rain?  Strange.  Anyone know if she really did lose someone to drugs or was she just making a hip anti-drug statement?  Or both?  Hmm.  Another long song.  A little too embellishing I think.  Actually, the video is too long but I never thought the song was.  Interesting.  So was he supposed to be the bad guy she got involved with?  And what is with that horrible wig she’s wearing when she’s I’m guess in high school?

4. White Wedding By: Billy Idol

Another Billy for my list today huh?  “It’s a nice day for a white wedding” he sings that line quite a bit in this song.  That might be all I remember from it.  He was pretty cool with his spiky bleach blonde hair don’tcha think?  Video: 3 wiggling butts is one of the first things we see.  Nice.  Looks like this video’s gonna tell another story.  What the heck?  What is he wearing around his head?  Hmm.  Quite the trippy video.  And he’s still singing with that thing on his head?  I keep laughing every time I see it.  Did he think that was cool?  And what’s with those women wearing black latex suits?  Are there enough crosses in that church?  Is he getting his point across well enough?  And you gotta have some smashing glass everywhere right?  A video just isn’t cool without it.  OK.  And then when she enters the church again they just put the whole previous montage on repeat?  Really?  What the heck?  ACK!  Is the rest of it now on repeat?  OK good.  It’s not.  It’s true what he’s singing here.  There’s nothing like things going wrong in the kitchen: you know, the toaster explodes…

5. Venus By: Bananarama

LOVED this song.  LOVED them way back when.  I wore out my cassette tape of their music.  They were cool and deep.  I just couldn’t believe this was a remake at the time.  So for the sake of this commentary, we’ll act like this is an original.  Video: Nice red room with a crooked painting in the wall.  And then the three of them dance in front of the camera.  Of course.  What else would there be to do?  Of course they’re doing the move with swishing their hand in front of their face over and over again.  Love what the goddess is wearing.  That’s the goddess right?  Whats with the psycho-eyed vampire lady in the coffin?  And of course there’s a fire video effect.  Duh.  And now we see lots of scantily clad men.  Alrighty then.  So she’s the devil?  She’s a sorceress?  I’m so confused.  And of course we need to see them in different outfits dancing in front of the camera in flashing lights this time.  Help!  That big bow on her head is gonna swallow me up.  So the message I’m getting is that women are trouble.  And this version is sung by women.  OK.  Thanks.

That was fun!  See you next week for more I’m sure!

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It’s an ’80s Kind of Day Part 4

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Nahleen

It’s time to par-tay like the ’80s!

1. Hold Me Now By: Thompson Twins

This was absolutely one of my favorite songs back in the ’80s and I can’t help but really like it now.  It’s one of those DEEP ’80s songs.  His big puffy hair at the front of his face is awesome.  And that tail!  Brings back memories.  Were there really only 3 of them?  Who are the Twins?  Are there Twins?  And is that Boy George doing all the cool percussion?  Cracks me up that they are against a blue screen but are making it look like they’re against a sky with those clouds (they probably decided to add at the end)!  They really do use cool percussion and other instruments to make the funky sounds in the song and you can see it all being done in the video.  Ooooh, that’s who sings the back up of “Babe your lovin’ heart” towards the end of the song.  Alrighty then.  Look at that!  They branch out to some red/orange-y-ness at the end.  Way to keep up a tight budget.

2. Nasty By: Janet Jackson

I think I discovered this song in the 2nd grade at a friend’s house and we had the best time dancing to it!  I loved it because I could have A-TTI-TUDE!  To me, this is when Janet Jackson was cool and didn’t get weird yet like all the Jacksons seem to get.  Hey, is that Paula Abdul walking in behind her?  When a boy takes advantage of me I want to be able to stand up in front of the screen at a movie theatre and start a music video don’t you?  That would be awesome!  Or how about just any time?  You know?  I think it was empowering for me to see her be so tough when I was so young.  And then to have boys dancing with me along the street as I walk would be pretty cool.  “Nasty nasty boys…don’t mean a thing…” ha ha!  It’s funny how the boys she might like are wearing black and red.  And I love this line, “I’m not a fool.  I just want some respect.  So close the door if you want me to respond”, as she’s getting in the cool car (of course).  Oh and this is the best, “No my first name ain’t baby it’s Janet Miss Jackson if you’re Nasty!”–so wait, does she want boys to be nasty or not???  I’m so confused!  HEY!  There’s Paula Abdul again and what is she still doing in the movie theatre?  “Who’s that thinkin’ nasty thoughts?”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgDlRZ5H78&feature=fvwrel

3. Livin’ On a Prayer By: Bon Jovi

Time for another big hear band hit!  We’re all livin’ on a prayer right?  At least that’s what Bon Jovi says.  Couldn’t help but love him back in the day.  I remember one of the “cool” DJs on the cool radio station at the time would come back on the air after airing this song and say, “Whoa!  I’m a millionaire!  Whoa!  Livin’ on my hair!” and he thought he was so cool.  Of course, I still can’t get that out of my head after all these years.  Somebody help me.  The video gets so dramatic right in the beginning as the band walks into the shot with big bright lights behind them and with them in silhouette.  Well isn’t that weird?  We just happened to catch them rehearsing for a concert.  And we continue the DRAMATIC effect in black and white.  Tommy and Gina really had it tough didn’t they?  Oh look at them having so much fun.  Not planned for the camera at all.  Nope.  It’s cool to look at the camera a lot too I guess.  Well look at that!  Now we see them in concert and it’s in color!  Get it?

4. Total Eclipse of the Heart By: Bonnie Tyler

When I was a young gal I wanted a boy to say, “Turn around” and then I wanted to be able to sing, “Every now and then I get a little bit lonely…” and go on and on like the song does.  What a pleading emotional song.  I still love it for that nostalgic effect but could she have been more emotionally sensational?  I can remember in high school my friend and I couldn’t understand “powder keg” and it took us FOREVER to figure out what she was singing.  We were so obsessed over figuring that out.  It was serious.  I think I thought she said “polly gag” or something.  You know.  The words we make up in our heads for songs we hear.  Whoa.  This video is soooo dramatic and I have no idea what’s happening.  Sooooo much randomness.  There sure is a lot of wind blowing where she is.  Those beings with light eyes are scary!  I am still laughing from the end of the video.  You gotta see it.  Help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9IekssrYAY

5. Footloose By: Kenny Loggins

This song was and is still so much fun!  Everybody cut footloose!  And ya gotta love the movie too.  I mean, it had Kevin Bacon.  You know we’re all connected to him at this point.  And his character sure did show them to lighten up and loosen up I tell ya.  Why not dance?  You gotta cut loose!  I don’t think we’d get the point if they didn’t show so many pairs of different shoes and people dancing in them.  Is that Ione Sky?  Is that her name?  Where’d she go?  Anyone seen her lately?

Hope you’re ready to par-tay through the rest of the week now!  Have fun!

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