Tuesday, March 18, 2008

OK, I WAS sort of embarrassed about liking “Safety Dance”

Is the worst embarrassment the type when you should be embarrassed but you aren’t cuz you don’t realize what you are doing is embarrassing?

Just checking the “news” on Yahoo a bit ago, I came across this impossible-to-resist breaking news headline: ‘80s playlist you’re ashamed to like.

So I eagerly clicked on it, expecting to see Cruel Summer by Bananarama, Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean, Point of No Return by Expose, the one-hit-wonder We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off to Have Fun by Jermaine Stewart.

Instead, I found my iPod’s playlist. And a recap of most of the concerts I went to in high school. And nostalgic images of most of the cassettes I bought at Tower and Warehouse Records with the money I made from tutoring.

Most confusing was seeing my all-time favorite ‘80s song on the list: Talk Talk’s It’s My Life. I also didn’t understand why OMD or Scritti Politti or Roxy Music or Depeche Mode are embarrassing. Embarrassing? No, I’m quite sure I was WAY cool for openly liking that music then. Absolutely certain of it. In fact, I think I’m cool for liking it now. Further, I think I will be downright edgy in 50 years when I’m listening to Yaz in the nursing home once I get my hearing aids in. (This is especially hysterical if you know their song Bad Connection. See how cool I am??)

And fine, yes, I have every one of those songs in the third paragraph on my iPod, too.

3 comments:

Rhodri said...

You're cool for liking Scritti. No question. :)

Eileen, Garden Coach said...

And what about Aztec Camera?! Also up there in the coolness factor in my opinion.

Toni at Woodhaven said...

Oh, Aztec Camera was awesome!! I also was a huge fan of Squeeze, English Beat, Bronksi Beat, New Order, and Erasure. OK, so I may have to concede some embarrassment factor on Erasure...