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So, I'm just sitting at home, innocently watching VH1 Classics and this video for the song "I'm Burning for You", by The Blue Oyster Cult comes on.
I don't remember ever seeing this video in the day, but what the hell? It is this really weird crossover of Rock n' Roll band with 80's New Wave Images.
I kid you not, the lead singer is decked out from head to toe in gold lame'. The shirt zips down the front on one side to make that really goofy triangle fold overs, tight shiny gold pants and yes, gold shoes. The guitarist and bassist are wearing black shirts, black leather pants and white pointy toed shoes. The drummer has on a shiny, purple lycra top and black and white zebra striped spandex pants. More than one of the guys has that weird Gibb Brothers beard/moustache combo. It really looked like they raided the closets of David Lee Roth and Gary Numan.
Was there a bunch of this going on in the 80's and I just didn't notice it? Or, was it so hideous that I just blocked it out?
I don't remember ever seeing this video in the day, but what the hell? It is this really weird crossover of Rock n' Roll band with 80's New Wave Images.
I kid you not, the lead singer is decked out from head to toe in gold lame'. The shirt zips down the front on one side to make that really goofy triangle fold overs, tight shiny gold pants and yes, gold shoes. The guitarist and bassist are wearing black shirts, black leather pants and white pointy toed shoes. The drummer has on a shiny, purple lycra top and black and white zebra striped spandex pants. More than one of the guys has that weird Gibb Brothers beard/moustache combo. It really looked like they raided the closets of David Lee Roth and Gary Numan.
Was there a bunch of this going on in the 80's and I just didn't notice it? Or, was it so hideous that I just blocked it out?
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Re: Really Weird Crossovers
Mon, September 12, 2005 - 9:51 PMIt was all over the place!
I'd take option two Candy m'dear....I know I've blocked much of that stuff..especially the Bay City Rollers wardrobe!
Course I was a Prince and Adam Ant fan so what the hell do I know? ;-) -
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 8:02 AMThe 80's....
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Let me give you an example of what I mean:
Best of Times
1982 - Met my wife & fell in love
Worst of Times
1982 - DJ John gets his very first tattoo. Located on his inner thigh, the inscription "Takin' Care of Business" was his salute to his favorite band of the time, Bachman Turner Overdrive. -
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 8:38 AMHey you weren't suppose to tell anyone about that!
I thought that was our little secret. ;)
Well, I guess it's better than your tattoo though.
The one on your backside that says "Sugar Walls"
Oh and your "best of times, worst of times" reminds me of
Styx - Paradise Theatre. Which if I am not mistaken did come out in 1982. -
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 8:51 AMThere's a tragic footnote to DJ John's tattoo story that not many people know about.
A few years ago, at great personal expense and under intense pain, John had the tattoo altered to read, "TAKIN' CARE OF BAUHAUS".
Sadly, the work was done by a musically clueless tattoo artist, and because John wasn't paying closer attention, the finished tattoo read, "TAKIN' CARE OF BOW HOUSE".
Let this be a reminder to all you Tribesters out there that tattoos are permanent! -
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:55 AMYou are just wrong P'lito. Funny but wrong. ;)
Do you lay awake at night and think up this stuff? -
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:57 AMActually, it came to me almost instantaneously.
Call it a gift.
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 3:34 PMHAHAHAHAHAHAH P'Lito you are cracking me UP!
I hope John's Tattoo reads "TCB" with a lightning bolt running thru it, a la ELVIS! -
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 7:22 AMyeah only the tattooist had dyslexsia and it says
EVILS instead of ELVIS. ;) -
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 9:05 AMOy... this reminds me of an old joke... woman wants a tatoo of Elvis on her inner thigh. Goes to the tatoo parlor, has one done, and isn't really happy with it. So she has a second Elvis put on her other inner thigh. When that's done, she's still not too sure. So she decides to get a second opinion. Goes into an alley and finds a homeless man. Then she hikes up her skirt, spreads her legs, and says "Does this look like Elvis Presley to you?"
And the homeless guy says "Dunno about the two guys on either side, but the one in the middle looks just like Willie Nelson." -
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 9:10 AMAh man Tomas that's just wrong.....
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 10:29 AMDoes Candy mind that we got completely off her subject?
Getting back to the clothing of the 80's, most of it was hideous. I recall strange 50's-style dresses on the ladies when the rockabilly revival was in full swing. I recall the big hair and striped mini-skirts too.
As for me, I ditched my collection of thin ties and went for the grunge look WAY before it became fashionable. I've spent the last 20 years tryiing to convince Skip that I was a trend-setter who was well ahead of the times.
He merely scoffs and mocks me at every turn, but mark my word, when my cellophane thong idea takes off, t'will be me doing the scoffing.
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 10:35 AMWould that be scoffing or chaffing? -
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 10:36 AMGood one, Candy! S'bout time you sunk down to our level. -
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Wed, September 14, 2005 - 10:38 AMI'll call you when I get there. We'll do lunch!
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Fri, September 16, 2005 - 10:32 AMYes lunch sounds great! I'll have the soup of the day, and you can have have the bite-me sandwich. -
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Fri, September 16, 2005 - 5:08 PMP'lito's getting cranky...er in his old age! His birthday was Tuesday, so if he shows up at DECADE or NWC, wish him a Happy Birthday before you kick him in the pants. -
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Mon, September 19, 2005 - 1:24 PMWill I get the senior discount if I show up?
You can kick me in the pants all you want. I wouldn't feel a thing. Gave up ownership of my cojones on my wedding night.
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Tue, September 13, 2005 - 9:50 AM"Oh and your "best of times, worst of times" reminds me of
Styx - Paradise Theatre. Which if I am not mistaken did come out in 1982. "
Woohooo STYX.....opps did I say that out loud?
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Thu, October 27, 2005 - 1:53 PMI remember the B.O.C. video when it was new, and at the time I hated the song & the band (that's changed in my old age). It wasn't uncommon for the old rockers to try and 'update' their look to what I (a punk- new waver at the time) perceived as exclusively new wave.
It was bad enough when Steve Tyler or Journey spiked his har, but what really irritated me was the video where the blond girl from Heart wore a giant safety-pin! Sid would have turned over in his grave.
-Damon
