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Cutouts Gone Wild!: So Long, and Thanks for All That Jazz
And so, like Boyz II Men, we have reached the end of the Cutouts Gone Wild! road. This series started out innocently, with a few ridiculous paragraphs about St. Paul’s Down to the Wire
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Jimmy Harnen, “Can’t Fight the Midnight”
Jimmy Harnen – Can’t Fight the Midnight (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) That’s right, cutout lovers! It’s Jimmy Harnen! Why do you all have that look on your faces? What, you don’t remember Jimmy
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Rick Astley, “Hold Me in Your Arms”
Rick Astley – Hold Me in Your Arms (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big, fat hit — it was ghastly He said “I’m never gonna
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: The Grays, “Ro Sham Bo”
The Grays – Ro Sham Bo (1994) purchase this album (Amazon) You’ve known this was coming since last week, when I promised an album from the great lost power-pop group of the ’90s. (Well,
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Nu Shooz, “Told U So”
Nu Shooz – Told U So (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Yes, yes, I know. Some of you were hoping for Boy Meets Girl — but as far as I can tell, all of
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Judson Spence, “Judson Spence”
Judson Spence – Judson Spence (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Ladies and gentlemen, meet Robbie Nevil’s undescended testicle. Never heard of Judson Spence? Congratulations — you’ve been spared (until now) the horror of listening
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Gardner Cole, “∆’s”
Gardner Cole – ∆’s (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Do you have irrationally fond memories of the year 1988? Do you often find yourself sitting around where all the “good times” of the late
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Julian Lennon, “The Secret Value of Daydreaming”
Julian Lennon – The Secret Value of Daydreaming (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) “The son of John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia, Julian Lennon parlayed a remarkable vocal similarity to his father into
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Big Noise, “Bang!”
Big Noise – Bang! (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) If you’re a music fan with the good fortune to have been born before the late ’80s, chances are you remember the thrill of spending
Read More »Cutouts Gone Wild!: Katrina & the Waves, “Waves”
Katrina & the Waves – Waves (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) Last week, we looked at poor Gregory Abbott’s second album, and the way R&B stardom can evaporate in the blink of an eye.
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