Comments on: Lost in the ’80s: Real Life http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/ your daily dose of pop culture Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-51462 rwcass Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:43:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-51462 Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, "fan" probably isn't the right word.) "22B3" was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked "Hanging on a Heart Attack" in the summer of '86. I thought, "This is so ... so ... atmospheric!" It's not, but it sounded cool at the time. Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, “fan” probably isn't the right word.) “22B3″ was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked “Hanging on a Heart Attack” in the summer of '86. I thought, “This is so … so … atmospheric!” It's not, but it sounded cool at the time.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-42406 rwcass Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:43:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-42406 Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, "fan" probably isn't the right word.) "22B3" was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked "Hanging on a Heart Attack" in the summer of '86. I thought, "This is so ... so ... atmospheric!" It's not, but it sounded cool at the time. Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, “fan” probably isn't the right word.) “22B3″ was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked “Hanging on a Heart Attack” in the summer of '86. I thought, “This is so … so … atmospheric!” It's not, but it sounded cool at the time.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16997 rwcass Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16997 Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, "fan" probably isn't the right word.) "22B3" was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked "Hanging on a Heart Attack" in the summer of '86. I thought, "This is so ... so ... atmospheric!" It's not, but it sounded cool at the time. Are you a Device fan, John? (Okay, “fan” probably isn't the right word.) “22B3″ was one of the first cassettes I ever owned. I really liked “Hanging on a Heart Attack” in the summer of '86. I thought, “This is so … so … atmospheric!” It's not, but it sounded cool at the time.

]]> By: Breadalbanehttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16996 Breadalbane Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:36:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16996 C'mon, Des Barres was very funny on WKRP playing the lead singer of Scum of The Earth. <br><br>As for the New WKRP in Cincinnati...I'm sorry, but you've fallen for an urban legend. It didn't really exist. Oh, I know that you can find websites that claim it did, and you can talk to people who claim to have seen it , and it's on DesBarres' resume, and it was listed in TV Guides of the period and so forth. But it's all a conspiracy, because no such show ever aired. I know this, because if it had aired, I surely would have watched it -- and just as surely, a WKRP revival couldn't be so uttterly disappointing that my brain, in a desperate act of self-preservation, would completely and instantaneously wipe out all memories of the show even as I was watching it.<br><br>Could it? C'mon, Des Barres was very funny on WKRP playing the lead singer of Scum of The Earth.

As for the New WKRP in Cincinnati…I'm sorry, but you've fallen for an urban legend. It didn't really exist. Oh, I know that you can find websites that claim it did, and you can talk to people who claim to have seen it , and it's on DesBarres' resume, and it was listed in TV Guides of the period and so forth. But it's all a conspiracy, because no such show ever aired. I know this, because if it had aired, I surely would have watched it — and just as surely, a WKRP revival couldn't be so uttterly disappointing that my brain, in a desperate act of self-preservation, would completely and instantaneously wipe out all memories of the show even as I was watching it.

Could it?

]]> By: Darrenhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16992 Darren Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:01:05 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16992 That Chequered Past record...peeyew!<br>And that was a record I wanted to like so badly...just imagine...a band with Clem and Nigel from Blondie, Steve Jones, Tony Sales and, sigh, DES BARRES. I see it has just recently been re-issued. Obviously, there is some re-issue label out there with more money than taste. That Chequered Past record…peeyew!
And that was a record I wanted to like so badly…just imagine…a band with Clem and Nigel from Blondie, Steve Jones, Tony Sales and, sigh, DES BARRES. I see it has just recently been re-issued. Obviously, there is some re-issue label out there with more money than taste.

]]> By: rckethttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16995 rcket Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:43:14 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16995 Yeah, true. But he does gain some props from me as part of the cast of "To Sir, With Love." Yeah, true. But he does gain some props from me as part of the cast of “To Sir, With Love.”

]]> By: JohnHugheshttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16994 JohnHughes Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:07:36 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16994 Oh yeah, I've heard that...BRUTAL!<br><br>I BLAME DES BARRES. Oh yeah, I've heard that…BRUTAL!

I BLAME DES BARRES.

]]> By: :::therouxhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16993 :::theroux Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:01:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16993 John, here's something else to blame Des Barres for: He and Holly Knight actually recorded a version of "Obsession" that preceded Animotion's version. You can hear it in this trailer for "A Night In Heaven", you know, the 1980's Chris Atkins wiggle-fest. Check it out...awesome & awful!<br><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=IEd6LIMvo9g" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=IEd6LIMvo9g</a> John, here's something else to blame Des Barres for: He and Holly Knight actually recorded a version of “Obsession” that preceded Animotion's version. You can hear it in this trailer for “A Night In Heaven”, you know, the 1980's Chris Atkins wiggle-fest. Check it out…awesome & awful!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IEd6LIMvo9g

]]> By: CarlosRamirezhttp://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/comment-page-1/#comment-16991 CarlosRamirez Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/lost-in-the-80s-real-life/#comment-16991 Say what you want about Des Barres but Silverhead had some killer stuff! Check out the song "More Than Your Mouth Can Hold" for some stellar glammed up rock! Say what you want about Des Barres but Silverhead had some killer stuff! Check out the song “More Than Your Mouth Can Hold” for some stellar glammed up rock!

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