Comments on: Why You Should Like… Frankie Goes to Hollywood http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:05:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bullseye http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-41554 Bullseye Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:34:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-41554 I had several Frankie buttons on my jacket.<br><br>BTW - It was 1984 - but did you see them the year before at the Aragon with the cross dressing opening act? ;)<br><br>I was in the pit when it started going. Being on HS Stage crew at the time, I thought they had rigged risers to drop, and allow better viewing... however, I remembered that we hadn't stepped UP onto anything. I grabbed my buddy and we moved back about the time folks started realizing there was a problem.<br><br>I had heard that the crowd jumping up and down had actually cracked one of the supporting beams of the floor, and we were all relieved that the only "casualty" was a girl's shoe. lost to the basement below.<br><br>It was surreal, re-entering the area an hour later with police banner tape across the front of the auditorium.<br><br>-Bullseye I had several Frankie buttons on my jacket.

BTW – It was 1984 – but did you see them the year before at the Aragon with the cross dressing opening act? ;)

I was in the pit when it started going. Being on HS Stage crew at the time, I thought they had rigged risers to drop, and allow better viewing… however, I remembered that we hadn't stepped UP onto anything. I grabbed my buddy and we moved back about the time folks started realizing there was a problem.

I had heard that the crowd jumping up and down had actually cracked one of the supporting beams of the floor, and we were all relieved that the only “casualty” was a girl's shoe. lost to the basement below.

It was surreal, re-entering the area an hour later with police banner tape across the front of the auditorium.

-Bullseye

]]> By: Bullseye http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14957 Bullseye Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:34:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14957 I had several Frankie buttons on my jacket.<br><br>BTW - It was 1984 - but did you see them the year before at the Aragon with the cross dressing opening act? ;)<br><br>I was in the pit when it started going. Being on HS Stage crew at the time, I thought they had rigged risers to drop, and allow better viewing... however, I remembered that we hadn't stepped UP onto anything. I grabbed my buddy and we moved back about the time folks started realizing there was a problem.<br><br>I had heard that the crowd jumping up and down had actually cracked one of the supporting beams of the floor, and we were all relieved that the only "casualty" was a girl's shoe. lost to the basement below.<br><br>It was surreal, re-entering the area an hour later with police banner tape across the front of the auditorium.<br><br>-Bullseye I had several Frankie buttons on my jacket.

BTW – It was 1984 – but did you see them the year before at the Aragon with the cross dressing opening act? ;)

I was in the pit when it started going. Being on HS Stage crew at the time, I thought they had rigged risers to drop, and allow better viewing… however, I remembered that we hadn't stepped UP onto anything. I grabbed my buddy and we moved back about the time folks started realizing there was a problem.

I had heard that the crowd jumping up and down had actually cracked one of the supporting beams of the floor, and we were all relieved that the only “casualty” was a girl's shoe. lost to the basement below.

It was surreal, re-entering the area an hour later with police banner tape across the front of the auditorium.

-Bullseye

]]> By: Ed http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14966 Ed Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:25:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14966 Thanks for this and Wham! posts, <br><br>Ed, 17 Seconds Thanks for this and Wham! posts,

Ed, 17 Seconds

]]> By: Philomath http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14965 Philomath Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:27:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14965 My feeling was always that Welcome To The Pleasuredome was overrated and Liverpool was underrated.<br><br>One of the most bizarre tracks I've ever heard is "Don't Lose What's Left Of Your Little Mind," which was a B-side to the Rage Hard single, along with a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City." Wild, wacky stuff... My feeling was always that Welcome To The Pleasuredome was overrated and Liverpool was underrated.

One of the most bizarre tracks I've ever heard is “Don't Lose What's Left Of Your Little Mind,” which was a B-side to the Rage Hard single, along with a cover of David Bowie's “Suffragette City.” Wild, wacky stuff…

]]> By: JohnHughes http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 JohnHughes Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:44:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14964 And the actual VH1 clip:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VU3Z89a6g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VU3Z89a6g</a> And the actual VH1 clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VU3Z89a6g

]]> By: JohnHughes http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14963 JohnHughes Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:42:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14963 Yup - possibly NSFW, depending on your office's view on cheek-revealing pants:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18eQIrBT0UI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18eQIrBT0UI</a> Yup – possibly NSFW, depending on your office's view on cheek-revealing pants:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18eQIrBT0UI

]]> By: :::theroux http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14962 :::theroux Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:03:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14962 I was introduced to FGTH , specifically "Relax", through the wretched "Body Double" (baaaad flick, although Craig Wasson filled out those leather pants quite nicely.) Caught the "Two Tribes" video on MTV a few times, but that was as much as I knew from them. Around '89 a friend made a mix tape for me, and my new favorite song became "Power of Love" ("I'll keep the vampires from your door" , love that lyric.) I bought the greatest hits CD a few years later and thought the songs that I hadn't heard were painful to endure. I do love all of the cover art that was done for "Relax" though, so queer. "Bands Reunited" showed a real old clip of FGTH doing an early kinda-rockish version of "Relax", with Holly in a speedo. Is that clip online? Anyone? I was introduced to FGTH , specifically “Relax”, through the wretched “Body Double” (baaaad flick, although Craig Wasson filled out those leather pants quite nicely.) Caught the “Two Tribes” video on MTV a few times, but that was as much as I knew from them. Around '89 a friend made a mix tape for me, and my new favorite song became “Power of Love” (”I'll keep the vampires from your door” , love that lyric.) I bought the greatest hits CD a few years later and thought the songs that I hadn't heard were painful to endure. I do love all of the cover art that was done for “Relax” though, so queer. “Bands Reunited” showed a real old clip of FGTH doing an early kinda-rockish version of “Relax”, with Holly in a speedo. Is that clip online? Anyone?

]]> By: DaveInTO http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14949 DaveInTO Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14949 Hey John - Brilliant post! <br>Quite the trip down memory lane...<br>With all this talk of their cover of "Born To Run", I got a flashback to the shock and awe that I experienced when I first heard the FGTH version of "Do You Know the Way to San Jos̩"<br>Horrifying stuff! Hey John РBrilliant post!
Quite the trip down memory lane…
With all this talk of their cover of “Born To Run”, I got a flashback to the shock and awe that I experienced when I first heard the FGTH version of “Do You Know the Way to San José”
Horrifying stuff!

]]> By: Malchus http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14961 Malchus Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:11:39 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14961 As many of you know, I'm a bit of a Springsteen freak, and I ADORE Frankie's version of "Born to Run". Since the Boss gets to approve any cover version of his songs, he must have liked it, too.<br><br>I don't think anyone can sing that song, though, without feeling the emotions of the lyrics, especially the last verse. As many of you know, I'm a bit of a Springsteen freak, and I ADORE Frankie's version of “Born to Run”. Since the Boss gets to approve any cover version of his songs, he must have liked it, too.

I don't think anyone can sing that song, though, without feeling the emotions of the lyrics, especially the last verse.

]]> By: JohnHughes http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-14960 JohnHughes Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:49:07 +0000 http://popdose.com/why-you-should-likefrankie-goes-to-hollywood/#comment-14960 "The Power of Love" video:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShN8UIk5-mw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShN8UIk5-mw</a> “The Power of Love” video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShN8UIk5-mw

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