DISQUS

Popdose: Lost in the ’80s: When New Wave Happens to Old Artists - Barbra Streisand

  • WHarrisBullzEye · 1 year ago
    I almost hate to say this, but...I actually kinda like the look of punk-rock Babs. Okay, actually, it's more of a New Wave Babs, but whatever the case, if you didn't know she was BARBRA STREISAND, you'd probably think she was pretty hip. (At the very least, the pink hair deflects attention away from her nose.)
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    What...what kind of fool...would wear those leggings?
  • JonCummings · 1 year ago
    Wow. That video's awful. Every single image is just wrong. I'm pretty sure I saw it once or twice, and then repressed it. Now I'm racked with visions of Don Johnson, "The Mirror Has Two Faces" and...Callanwolde! Is Popdose going to pay my therapy bills? Lowenstein...Lowenstein...Lowenstein!!!!!
  • 1Py_Korry1 · 1 year ago
    The punk rock Babs IS harmless. But when she's singing in the club, for some reason I had a flashback of Neil Diamond singing in blackface in "The Jazz Singer."

    I also like how the video is an "MTV Exclusive." That was supposed to be a big deal (if my memory serves), but clearly their standards had slipped by '85.
  • Pete · 1 year ago
    This ranks in the same "I'm trying for cute & fun but failing" file as Babs' version of "Splish Splash" from the 'Wet' concept album.... "wooo!...it's gettin' hot...."
  • Mike · 1 year ago
    I just can't believe MTV ever showed a Babs video.
  • DwDunphy · 1 year ago
    I like new wave. This particular song, however, is like new wave got thrown in jail and was repeatedly sodomized by the Great American Songbook. Oh, the way we were...
  • twostepcub · 1 year ago
    Wow. I soooo don't remember this video.

    It's like Amy Winehouse being produced by Narada Michael Walden.
  • deltablues2 · 1 year ago
    Oh, how I love this song. She can make anything sound good. Well, almost anything. That Bryan Adams duet made my balls retract.
  • Jeremy · 1 year ago
    If I am not mistaken, the first single from this album was the track "Left In The Dark," which peaked in the 40s, and the second was "Make No Mistake, He's Mine," a duet with Kim Carnes.
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    You're not mistaken, Jeremy, you're absolutely right! Thanks for the correction.
  • Ray · 1 year ago
    Speaking of Barry Gibb, how about a Mellow Gold installment for his 1984 single "Shine Shine"?