The Soundtrack of My Life – The 80s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
Friday Forgotten Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears
Reason why the British group so wonderfully named for the era, Tears for Fears, and their best album and song still registers with me. Everybody Wants to Rule the World, written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes, remains their biggest hit of the period. Even if it wasn’t the headlined single from the Songs From The Big Chair album. Producers thought it a bit bland and not important at the time.
Wrong they were as such is how pop hits are born, especially in this decade.
Friday Forgotten Film: High Risk (1981)
Clint: “You guys got a name?” Stone: “No.” Clint: “Got a cause?” Stone: “Yeah. Inflation.” As I’ve continually mentioned, whatever doldrums and cynicism the decade of…
Reprise » “Fer Shur”… It’s an ’80 Thing
A few years ago, the film blogger over at Colonel Mortimer Will Have His Revenge wrapped up his 1980 Project. A personal proposal begun a few years back, my…
Friday Forgotten Song: Kyrie by Mr. Mister
Recently, author Joseph Maddrey concluded a wonderful set of articles with his final entry of a quite splendid southwestern trip he undertook and cataloged. His Four Corners Tour series looked, both pictorially and historically, at some decidedly beautiful locations in that region (a number of which were utilized in some classic and iconic films). It a worthy piece of writing and I highly recommend it to my readers. What was almost as interesting was his inclusion at article’s end of a memorable music video from the distinct period of big hair and padded shoulders that was the 80s. Mike and the Mechanics’ Silent Running being that song…
