To be perfectly honest, I never really cared for Whitney Houston, I thought she was dull. She reminded me of a lounge singer; a general crowd-pleaser with no personality to speak of.
BUT. This song I liked. And the video is about as 80's as you can get.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
80's Music Monday: The Irish Rovers
Song from 1980, "Wasn't That A Party." Clips from Star Trek Voyager, one of the better fan-made videos I've seen.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wizards and Warriors
For those who missed it, Wizards and Warriors was the proto-Xena. It was fun, exciting and silly, and I loved it. I loved it because I loved everything swords and sorcery, because it was great to see Jeff Conaway filling a nice guy role after rising to fame by playing arrogant jerks like Kenickie and Bobby Reager, and because my sense of humor was, and still is, distinctly Muppetarian.
It ran for eight episodes in 1983, then was uncerimoniously cancelled and forgotten by all but a tiny handful of fans.
Why did it flop? Well, one reason is that most people weren't into the fantasy genre back then, it wasn't cool to be a geek. And the people who were into the fantasy genre took it very, very, seriously. Notice that movies such as Excalibur, Conan the Barbarian and Dragonslayer, along with all their myriad low-budget cousins, were played completely and totally straight. No mugging, no camp, at least not intentionally. That was what made Wizards and Warriors so much fun; they knew it was ridiculous, but the deadpan acting was what made it hilarious.
The world would have to wait another ten years for the oh-so-ironic 90's to give us TV shows such as Hercules and Xena, Warrior Princess. By that time, it was too late, as far as I was concerned the moment had passed. I never liked those shows
It ran for eight episodes in 1983, then was uncerimoniously cancelled and forgotten by all but a tiny handful of fans.
Why did it flop? Well, one reason is that most people weren't into the fantasy genre back then, it wasn't cool to be a geek. And the people who were into the fantasy genre took it very, very, seriously. Notice that movies such as Excalibur, Conan the Barbarian and Dragonslayer, along with all their myriad low-budget cousins, were played completely and totally straight. No mugging, no camp, at least not intentionally. That was what made Wizards and Warriors so much fun; they knew it was ridiculous, but the deadpan acting was what made it hilarious.
The world would have to wait another ten years for the oh-so-ironic 90's to give us TV shows such as Hercules and Xena, Warrior Princess. By that time, it was too late, as far as I was concerned the moment had passed. I never liked those shows
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