Comments on: Why You Should Like… Frankie Goes to Hollywood

By: Bullseye

Bullseye — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:34:02 +0000

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

Bullseye — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:34:02 +0000

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?

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

-Bullseye

By: Bullseye

Bullseye — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:34:02 +0000

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?

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

-Bullseye

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:25:39 +0000

Thanks for this and Wham! posts,

Ed, 17 Seconds

By: Philomath

Philomath — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:27:37 +0000

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

JohnHughes — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:44:29 +0000

And the actual VH1 clip:

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

By: JohnHughes

JohnHughes — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:42:24 +0000

Yup - possibly NSFW, depending on your office's view on cheek-revealing pants:

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

By: :::theroux

:::theroux — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:03:59 +0000

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

DaveInTO — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:33:21 +0000

Hey John – Brilliant 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 JosÃ©”
Horrifying stuff!

By: Malchus

Malchus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:11:39 +0000

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.