Some of the fossils from the 80s are better left forgotten and buried under the remains of failed musical experiments. Leave it to me to dredge them back up.
Max Headroom. If you remember the name you will hate me for reminding you.
Max Headroom was a commercial icon for Coca-Cola. He was a computer generated entity (actually he was a guy in a plastic mask whose image was highlighted by computer graphics) who stuttered and wise-cracked from his computer screen. Max became a popular sensation and was even granted his own short-lived TV show.
Synth band, Art Of Noise, thought it would be a good idea to use Max Headroom in a song. I'm sure it sounded like a good idea at the time, just like the time someone said, "Let's make Mr. T cereal!" Hence, "Paranoimia" was born.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Two Nights In Bangkok
Who's into musicals? I do like some musicals. Some are rich in original music from beginning to end. Others, however, tend to have one great song and a bunch of filler songs that unremarkablly sound the same.
Chess tends to fall into the latter category. I have never seen Chess but a friend once lent me the soundtrack on cassette. Other than the famous "One Night In Bangkok" I was given no inspiration to watch the story that went with the music.
The first time I heard "One Night In Bangkok" was a version sung by Robey:
Shortly after Robey graced the airwaves with this hit, Murray Head's version was released and Robey, sadly, was forgotten by many listeners.
Both versions are catchy and fun. Too bad that song is the only awe-inspiring piece in the soundtrack but neither versions can hold up an entire musical. Otherwise, many of you would not be wondering now, "Really? There's a musical called Chess?"
Chess tends to fall into the latter category. I have never seen Chess but a friend once lent me the soundtrack on cassette. Other than the famous "One Night In Bangkok" I was given no inspiration to watch the story that went with the music.
The first time I heard "One Night In Bangkok" was a version sung by Robey:
Shortly after Robey graced the airwaves with this hit, Murray Head's version was released and Robey, sadly, was forgotten by many listeners.
Both versions are catchy and fun. Too bad that song is the only awe-inspiring piece in the soundtrack but neither versions can hold up an entire musical. Otherwise, many of you would not be wondering now, "Really? There's a musical called Chess?"
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Autumn Chills
I love this time of year. I love autumn and the American Halloween decorations. As far as decorations go, though, I'm not so much into the gory-bloody stuff, like plastic corpses and severed hands. I prefer the spooky and semi-cute stuff like glow-in-the-dark ghosts and battery-operated light-up haunted houses.
But as for videos, I love the creepy-gory every bit as much as the spooky-cute, and you can bet your last shoulder pad that some totally rad creepy videos came from the 80s. Here's a couple of my favorites:
Naturally, this is a very short list of the wonderful and spooky videos from the 1908s. I invite my tubular readers to list your own.
But as for videos, I love the creepy-gory every bit as much as the spooky-cute, and you can bet your last shoulder pad that some totally rad creepy videos came from the 80s. Here's a couple of my favorites:
Naturally, this is a very short list of the wonderful and spooky videos from the 1908s. I invite my tubular readers to list your own.
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