After the kids went to bed, my wife and I spent some time looking up videos from the ’80s on YouTube and reminiscing about where we were when each song was popular. You laugh, but we actually had a lot of fun. That’s what happens after you have three kids. I know, it’s sad, really, now that I think about it. Pathetic, even. I can’t believe I’m sharing it, upon further reflection.
Oh well, what the heck. Remember this one?
Classic video. I like this version better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqwUF7ez_XU
check out the “literal” version– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ
CJ if my linkfu doesn’t work coud you fix please?
Wow, you have selected the quintessential song representing ’80s banal, lilting music. I graduated from college in the ’80s but music and pop culture were so insufferable I retreated to graduate school, stuffed my head inside of books, wore only vintage clothing from the ’50s. Sported a beret. Wrote poetry. But then I realized that, indeed, “everybody wants to rule the world.” So I didn’t know what to do!
One very sad story that I remember was a fellow student speeding down the highway listening to “Wham.” When he wrecked, the tape got stuck on “Wake me up before you go-go” and he had to listen to it for the three hours before someone noticed him and he was extracted. Bad break that one.