I’m going to throw this out there, and it’s likely an opinion not shared by many. Rocky III was my favorite movie of the 1980s. Yes, in a decade that featured Brat Pack cult classics Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club as well as memorable giants Back to the … Read More
One of the biggest questions from the 1980’s music diehards always wanted to know was—exactly who is Jessie’s Girl? Sadly it’s a mystery Rick Springfield fanatics like myself may never see solved, but thanks to my recent revelation that Songfacts.com is the greatest website on the internet, we were allowed some perspective. In a 2009 … Read More
If you ever needed evidence Michael Jackson had the ability to make everything better, look no further than Rockwell’s Somebody Watching Me, which except for Jackson slaying the chorus is otherwise at best a novelty song—and that’s a generous assessment. I really don’t care about Rockwell when it comes to music, although the story behind … Read More
Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Electric word life. It means forever and that’s a mighty long time but I’m here to tell you there’s something else. The afterworld. A world of never ending happiness, you can always see the sun, day or night. So when you … Read More
I never realized I was that big a Wham fan until now, as a second of their songs (kind of theirs) have landed inside the Top 20 of my countdown. Oh well, shit happens. If you want to be technical, Careless Whisper actually in United States was credited as “Wham featuring George Michael”, but we’re not … Read More
The New York Yankees swung for the fences on today’s MLB trade deadline, acquiring Sonny Gray from the Oakland A’s in exchange for prospects Jorge Mateo, Dustin Fowler and James Kaprielian. It wasn’t so much defining the Yanks as buyers or sellers, they’re quite obviously the former, but this was a long term actual baseball trade. … Read More
Musically, my life changed in 1984 when Prince released his Purple Rain album. Not long before, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was my undisputed favorite album of all-time—and by that I mean the first 12-13 years of my inconsequential existence. Man, that album of Prince’s in ’84—–between his unrivaled guitar rifting, singing and implausible compositions that accompanied … Read More
Before proceeding, there’s two myths surrounding this song and its artist I need of being dispelled, and I must give credit to Songfacts.com for pointing them out. I’m sure some fans already knew but I’d bet mostdidn’t. Firstly, neither Jenny nor the famous phone number accompanying her name were actually real. The tune, co-written by … Read More
(WARNING: This review contains spoilers. If you haven’t watched and/or don’t want to know anything that happened, don’t bother reading this post. I’m not talented enough to review a show without giving away spoilers–deal with it.) Typically I don’t post reviews of television shows I watch, mainly as it would literally engulf all my time, … Read More
Whether you wanted it that way or not, few things in the mid-80s were bigger than Phil Collins. Between his work with Genesis and a solo career beginning to flourish, Collins was at the forefront of pop/rock music during this era. Collins’ legend grew in 1984 when he was asked to produce Philip Bailey’s (of … Read More
