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April 5, 2007
Everybody Wang Chung Tonight
Whenever I think of music videos the one that always comes to mind is Don't You Want Me by The Human League. I don't know why, it isn't like it's the first video I ever saw on MTV and it isn't my favorite song from the era. But it is the video that usually comes to mind.
During the week VH1 Classics runs something called The Morning Video Block. It may run on the weekend too, I'm not sure. I just know it's on at 7 a.m. when I get up on school days and I'll turn it on if I'm able to get to the TV before Sponge Bob fills the room.
As I watched VH1 Classics today a video started with two guys sitting on a park bench. In about two seconds I said aloud, as I knew it would impress my kids, "AEIOU and Sometimes Y." A few seconds later the title popped up proving I was correct. My kids were not as impressed as I thought they'd be and seemed to be almost ignoring my super-ability of being able to identify videos I hadn't seen in more than 20 years — so I asked if anybody wanted to go to McDonald's for breakfast before they totally zoned on me. That got their attention.
The song was by EBN OZN, and when I read the band's(?) name I thought of my buddy Roy as I could actually recall him at one time mentioning the band (his super-ability was knowing band names regardless of the obscurity of the band or how unband-like two guys sort of singing might be).
The next video that played was Don't You Want Me. I was in heaven.
I was certain the only thing that could make the morning any better would be an Egg McMuffin.
[One of the videos that came on was something called Buffalo Gals by Marshall McLaren. What a piece of trash. I could have appreciated an 80's spin on the traditional Buffalo Gals song but this was just a guy in a goofy hat repeating variations of the same line over and over. Maybe Marshall went on to record hit after ass-kicking hit. I'll bet Roy would know.]
Posted by delmer at April 5, 2007 8:37 PM
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That reminds me of Golden Earring and Twilight zone. Me and a buddy were going to a parts store and that was on. He shut off the car and and I wanted to listen to the rest, he said "don't worry it'll still be on when we come back out" and sure enough it was.
Posted by: Mikeo at April 6, 2007 9:53 AM
