One More Reason To Get Cable

"Currently Residing In The Where Are They Now File...."

The quote is from Spinal Tap and VH1 has opened the "Where Are They Now File" on 80s bands like Flock of Seagulls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. They have a show called Bands Reunited where bands like these get together for one more concert. It sounds like pure genius.

Click here to read a story about the show. If you grew listening to 80s pop (or were subjected to it), the story is worth reading.

Incidentally, the very first concert I went to was Flock of Seagulls, but this was two or three years after "I Ran" was a hit. My sister took me because she knew one of the guys in the warm-up band. I remember feeling sad for the band, trying to rock out at an all-ages show in some shitty San Antonio bar. It was kind of pathetic, the way the lead singer still had his ridiculous hair-cut, trying to hold onto the past.

I have one small "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" memory. I was at a sleepover at my friend's house in 7th grade when my friend's neighbor came over to hang out with us for awhile. He was our age and said if I wanted to, I could get my hair cut like the lead singer of "Frankie Goes To Hollwood."




Back then I had KICK ASS long hair that I thought made me look like a rock star, even thought it really made me look like a girl. But I didn't know this, and I was insulted he wanted me to go for the Frankie Goes To Hollywood look. So I told him "Yeah I could go for that look, if I was a fag." At which point my friend said, "Dude be cool. That's his favorite band." At the time I felt bad for insulting the guy. Now I feel bad about using the word "fag." I wonder when I last used that term without irony.