Jun
24
2008

80's Pop Culture

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 11:02:29 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music)
So tonight on the train, a phone rings with 80's saxamaphone song. A conversion precedes as follows:

"Who is this? Is this like...Glenn Medieros?"

"Whose Glenn Medieros?"

"He was in a big band, and then had a solo career. Wasn't he the other guy in Wham?"

"No, that was....hmmmm, who was that?"

A long discussion then insures about remembering who the other guy in Wham! was. With no resolution other than 'Andrew' (with much confusion on my part with Peter Blakley) we resided that we'd have to check with Google once home. Hence, the topic turned to what song the actual ring tone was. I got as far as knowing it was 'Never Going To Dance Again', but who knows by who - Simply Red? Air Supply?

On getting home and attempting to find out who the Wham! guy was by typing 'Andrew+Wham' into Google, it immediately came to me - 'Andrew Ridgeley'. Worked that out my own. But, still, who does the actual song we heard? Googling it was quite spooky - since, of course, it's George Micheal - from Wham!. Wieeeeeeeerd! [smile] Particularly spooky since I didn't consciously (and I'm sure otherwise) know it was George Micheal, so how did we end up in a huge discussion about Wham! in the first place? Oh, yeah, Glen Mederious! So what the fuck was his claim to fame before his solo career anyway? (The answer being nothing - thank you Wikipedia).

And for anyone interested, my association / continue confusion with Andrew Ridgeley and Peter Blakely was that Crying In The Chapel and Andrew's single Shake were in the top 40 at the same time. Ahhhh.

What an impressive tangled web of 80's pop culture for a conversion!
Now Playing: Scott Johnson - Think I'm In

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