Archive for the ‘FND’ Category
Friday Night Dance: Eat It
Posted in FND on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friday Night Dance: Girl, You Know It’s True
Posted in FND, Musicology on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a confession to make. I actually purchased Milli Vanilli’s Girl You Know It’s True album AFTER it was revealed that the two dreadlocked males we’d come to believe were singing, were actually lip synching frauds. Much of the music on the album had been everpresent in the late ‘80s but as I hit [...]
Friday Night Dance: Straight Up
Posted in FND, Musicology on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I loathe American Idol and everything it stands for which puts me in the tiniest minority among friends, family and the world’s population. Part of the disappointment of it is seeing an old crush reduced to a doting nutcase. But in the ‘80s, Paula Abdul struck my fancy. She was one of the best combinations [...]
Friday Night Dance: Centerfold
Posted in FND, Musicology on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s Friday Night Dance helps celebrate the start of the new school season. The J. Geils Band hit gold with “Centerfold,” both the song and the video. The song has a sort of bar band feel to it and lyrics that I happily sung along to in the ’80s despite not necessarily comprehending the [...]
Friday Night Dance: I Think We’re Alone Now
Posted in FND, Musicology on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna go to the Mall? Growing up in mall-infested Northern New Jersey, Tiffany’s mall tour was particularly relevant to me. It was also profound being an 8th grader and watching this cute 16-year-old redhead making me wonder what we’d do if there didn’t seem to be anyone around. I still melt a little when [...]
Friday Night Dance: Tarzan Boy
Posted in FND, Musicology on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I don’t even remember seeing this video when I was younger but the song is incredibly prevalent. My mind is actually so twisted that when I hear this song and ELO’s “Calling America,” I know the exact chopped up Casey Kasem outro and intro that connected the songs on my mix tape. I’m in the midst [...]
Friday Night Dance
Posted in FND, Musicology on August 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I never danced. Ever. My first memory of a school dance was the 8th grade dance during our Stokes Forest trip. I distinctly recall the view of the empty dance floor, from the seats with my friends. This was right around the time the entire Dirty Dancing soundtrack was ever-present on the charts and in [...]
