Comments on: CAPTAIN VIDEO!: Loverboy, “Notorious”

By: James

James — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:25:05 +0000

First off, I always enjoy these Captain Video entries!

Secondly… Wow. Haven't seen this slice of 80s cheese in awhile! I definitely remember it from back in the day though. As for the song and its production, while the big synthesizers, gang vocals, and goofy lyrics definitely date it, one thing that really sets it off as 80s cheese is the vocoder backing vocals!

By: James

James — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:25:05 +0000

First off, I always enjoy these Captain Video entries!

By: Old_Davy

Old_Davy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:02:06 +0000

I remember hearing "Turn Me Loose" on the radio in the car with the 'rents and in the middle of the song, my dad says "Well, that's enough of that" and switches the station. I was pissed off, but not because it was Loverboy, but because it was American Top 40, and nothing was more sacred to me at the time than Kasey Casem's weekly countdown of the nation's biggest hits.

Well, here it almost 30 years later, and now I'm the same age as my dad was then. And I must admit that I have pretty much the same reaction as he did whenever I hear "Turn Me Loose" (or any other Loverboy song) on the radio.

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." -Mark Twain

By: matthew

matthew — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:02:49 +0000

John BonJovi spent his post-Slippery clout on attempting to ressurect the careers of a slew of useless old soft-rockers such and these people and Aldo Nova, who was unfortunate enough to even be in Jons label. God I hate that I can remember that.

By: MarlboroTestMonkey7

MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:33:38 +0000

I don't have the album at hand but I'm pretty sure Notorious by Duran Duran
has the same na na na.

By: Miss_Lisa

Miss_Lisa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:11:26 +0000

Loverboy = so very gross. I'm trying to imagine Fincher's direction here: OK sweetheart, lift the skirt higher, yes, keep going…Oh!–too high–this isn't the Playboy channel, honey. Walk and smile. Walk and smile–CUT! Brilliant! OK, Girl #7, you're up!

Just a Bon Jovi side note: When I was living in Mexico for a few months during Bon Jovi's reign of chart-topping terror, the alternative radio DJ in Guadalajara always announced them thusly: Y ahora, “MEDICINA MALA” por Juan Bon Jovi!

Somehow that song sounded better that way.

By: Kurt's Krap

Kurt's Krap — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:25:17 +0000

He hung out with Desmond Child way too long.

By: Old_Davy

Old_Davy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:23:34 +0000

I'd like to know who came up with “Cause you're na na na na na na na na notorious”.

(I bet it was Jon Bon Jovi.)

By: MarlboroTestMonkey7

MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:37:56 +0000

Yeah, why not “Every mother's karmic return….every schoolboy hormonal fantasy?”
Well, back to the cubicle.

By: Eric S.

Eric S. — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:27:10 +0000

Although this was not my favorite Loverboy song, I certainly rate their overall output a lot higher than Captain Video. To me, these guys helped define the 80s, for better or worse. If Bon Jovi hadn't made their late 90s comeback, they would have had a similar legacy to Loverboy. I saw Loverboy near their peak in '82 and again about 20 years later. Although they didn't have any new material the second time around, they also didn't have that nostalgia act feel. Let's hate the video, not the playas.