You can argue whether it’s archaic to worry about ending a sentence with a preposition. Personally, that is something up with which I shall not put! I hope it is safe to at least say it’s weird to use the same preposition to both open and close a phrase. Here’s a great example from 1985 — “I cannot forget from where it is that I come from.”
Londonbeat’s “I’ve Been Thinking About You” was everywhere in 1990, hitting #1 in the US, Canada, Australia, Germany and more. Weirdly, the massive tune only made it to #2 in the UK … where the “London beat” presumably was. It’s fitting in a way since only one of the four band members was actually born in London. Two are from the US and one, Trinidad.
Eventually, there were two versions of the “I’ve Been Thinking About You” music video – the cheapo green-screen version and the one where the record company spent money on a set, more than one dancer, and a fan to blow around clothes.
Bruce Hornsby won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1987 after hitting the Top 40 with “The Way It Is” and “Mandolin Rain” and “Every Little Kiss” and, eventually, “The Valley Road.” So why did I put a picture of Sheena Easton up there? In 1984, Bruce was in Easton’s touring band and pretended to play keyboards in the music video for her Top 10 hit, “Strut.” (As near as I can tell, he’s not actually playing on the recording.) You get the best look at Bruce around 2:27.
If you you’re reading this because I mentioned my blog on The Daily Flash, “hi” and welcome! Here’s another round of Down the Rabbit Hole, where I start with a bit of pop culture and see where it takes me.
I recently had the song below pop up on a streamer and was surprised how many of the lyrics I knew – even though I have heard it for a good thirty years. If you think “Country Boy (You’ve Got Your Feet in LA)” sounds a lot like Glen Campbell’s hit right before this one, the super smash “Rhinestone Cowboy,” you’re right.
Hey – I was just on A Corporate Time with Tom and Dan on 104.1 FM Real Radio WTKS – and we talked about some of my favorite underplayed Christmas songs – along with a few for Hanukkah. Thanks to the guys for letting me share some good music you rarely hear on the radio! Here’s my full list, including a bunch that we didn’t get to play. I’d also suggest going over to the search bar here and typing in “Christmas” for a bunch of songs that I’ve written about in the past.
Merry merry!