Tag: 80s songs
Pet Shop Boys’ Latest Single Dives Into the Pandemic of Our Age: “Loneliness”
It’s been four years since the Pet Shop Boys released 2020’s presciently-titled Hotspot (which later felt like a nod to the “hot zones” caused by [Read More…]
“Love Is A Battlefield” As Forerunner to “Papa Don’t Preach”
It’s slightly uncanny that, in the early pre-fame days of Madonna’s career, her first manager, Camille Barbone, was grooming her to look and sound more [Read More…]
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Presents a Woman’s Persistent “At War” Nature of Wanting to Be Taken Seriously Versus Wanting to Fuck Around
Because women’s “liberation,” as a rule, is really not all that “old” or “time-honored,” the gender, unlike the male one, has had to deal with [Read More…]
A Re-appreciation of the Cheesy (and Queer) Goodness of Nick Kamen’s “Each Time You Break My Heart”
As one of the many “bohunks” (an offensive term John Hughes was fond of) from the 1980s, Nick Kamen will forever live on in the [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #25: Reverence for Miley Cyrus’ Cover of “Heart of Glass”
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
“Unloveable” As Evergreen Valentine’s Day Anthem
Regardless of whether or not one manages to find themselves “attached” at the time of the Feast of Saint Valentine (or whether one finds The [Read More…]
