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« on: June 20, 2006, 10:04:28 AM »
Guilty Displeasure: "I wanna Be a Cowboy".  Not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. "His name is Ted" -- that's supposed to be hilarious?
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Re: 20 June 2006: 1986
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2006, 10:05:31 AM »
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Guilty Displeasure: "I wanna Be a Cowboy"

Damn, this is bad.
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2006, 10:06:28 AM »
Boys Don't Cry is both the name of the group & my admonition to you guys.

"Ted, Oh Ted!"  (that part is what's supposed to be hilarious)

VHM Fixx "Secret Separation".
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2006, 10:08:56 AM »
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Boys Don't Cry is both the name of the group & my admonition to you guys.

"Ted, Oh Ted!"


Sorry, but I think it got a pass from a lot of people who saw it as a Reagan/Cowboy political thing.  Which it ain't. It doesn't have a thought in its head.  (of course, neither did Reagan.)
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2006, 10:11:32 AM »
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VHM Fixx "Secret Separation".


ditto -- nice segue from the Reagan.

This Stevie Nicks "Can't Wait" is on its way to becoming a Katrina, no?
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2006, 10:11:59 AM »
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Boys Don't Cry is both the name of the group & my admonition to you guys.

"Ted, Oh Ted!"


Sorry, but I think it got a pass from a lot of people who saw it as a Reagan/Cowboy political thing.  Which it ain't. It doesn't have a thought in its head.  (of course, neither did Reagan.)


Oh it is pure cheese of the most vapid kind, no mistake.  Which is why you can't take it so seriously.  But it is a pure example of the Zeitgeist.  In my book '86 was like that from start to finish.
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2006, 10:12:15 AM »
Sorry, but Stevie is leaving Boys Don't Cry in her dust in today's WOS competition.

Somehow, not being able to vote BOS via YM or email today is going to matter much, I think.
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what were the drugs of choice back then?
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2006, 10:15:32 AM »
when I heard that first song, I thought "what kind  of drugs does one have to be on to like this?"
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2006, 10:16:07 AM »
VHM Mr Ocasek, "Emotion in Motion", magical potion. Pass me the lotion.
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2006, 10:16:08 AM »
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VHM Fixx "Secret Separation".


ditto -- nice segue from the Reagan.

This Stevie Nicks "Can't Wait" is on its way to becoming a Katrina, no?


IIRC, last time Ginger played this she said that Prince is on the keyboards uncredited on this.  She said something like, "he just walked in, knocked out the keyboard part and left again".

ETA: and another nice segue from Reagan saying, "I will do whatever it takes to make it right again" into Stevie singing, "I Can't Wait".
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2006, 10:16:54 AM »
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Sorry, but Stevie is leaving Boys Don't Cry in her dust in today's WOS competition.

Somehow, not being able to vote BOS via YM or email today is going to matter much, I think.

Ditto on the unfotunate "I Can't Wait", though the segue after Ronnie saying he was going to set everything right was priceless.
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Re: what were the drugs of choice back then?
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2006, 10:17:06 AM »
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when I heard that first song, I thought "what kind  of drugs does one have to be on to like this?"


Just say no to crack!
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2006, 10:22:00 AM »
and now Mr Palmer with one of his lesser tunes.
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2006, 10:22:55 AM »
This is almost turning into a Hits From Hell session, which, I'll repeat, is pretty much how I remember this year.

Now all we need is some Starship.
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2006, 10:23:34 AM »
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one of his lesser tunes.


if not least...
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

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