When I was a kid, 1980 was the future, it was bright and scary and hard to understand. On the other hand, it was the only decade of the genuine slow dance, and god bless rap and grunge and ska and hip hop, but the art of the power ballad has been lost.
Most weekends I am unproductive but the last three days I can honestly say I have come close to fulfilling my potential. I have been studying 80s ballads enough to BLEED TEARS and SWEAT BLOOD in search of the perfect 1980s prom song.
http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=FBC0F966E641DFA1
I am sure that someone will think that the perfect prom slow dance is not to be found among these entries. I am even more sure that that someone is in desperate need of a sweet caress.
4 comments:
You relieve my sadness.
however, you bring mine on.
Lady in Red. Perennial favorite, even if the girl with whom you're dancing is wearing a green dress with an enormous bow situated above her butt.
music from the golden age tends to both bring out and relieve sad. it is both the sad in sadistic and the sad in, um, saddlebags? ambassador? i give up.
sir, that song, and i can't explain why, just doesn't hit me in the profound way of say something by kajagoogoo or ray parker, jr.
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