DISQUS

Popdose: Lost in the ’80s: Curiosity Killed the Cat

  • Rich · 1 year ago
    "My name is JULIAN and I'm THE ONE WHO'S TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL."

    Dylan and Brenda could've made out to this tape. Retch.
  • Joe · 1 year ago
    "Free" and "Down To Earth" from their debut were huge in the UK in winter 1987, and as a result, are stuck in my brain. Thanks for reactivating them. No, thank YOU.
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    Muah, ha, HA.
  • MatthewBolin · 1 year ago
    I had forgotten about this song. Personally, it sounds like "Music from the Edge of Heaven" Wham! with the guy from Level 42 singing over it. Not that that's a bad thing. But I still prefer "Mary's Prayer" by a significant margin.

    And if you think the lead singer's name is great, the guitarist and bassist are named Julian Godrey Brookhouse and Nicholas Bernard Throp.
  • 360sound · 1 year ago
    Biggest memory of this record: a customer shoplifted a copy of this cassette from the store that I worked in at the time. Somehow, I think that there were better releases in 1987 to go to jail over....
  • rwcass · 1 year ago
    "Mary's Prayer" and "Shattered Dreams" are much, much better than "Misfit." You are just plain WRONG, Mr. Hughes. Good day, sir. I SAID GOOD DAY!
  • warhol research paper · 11 months ago
    apparently Warhol just thought they were really "cute kids." They followed him around enough and impressed them with their cuteness so he and his other lackeys were into making their video. Not to mention it being 1986 and everything being completely bananas. meh.
  • mart · 8 months ago
    i was just telling my kids that for a time in the 80's Ben and his hat were everywhewre in the U.K. press.
    talk about obcession! then they found out he had no new songs and ditched them. 80's personified!