Old Enough to Forget

There was a period of time when Corey Hart was unassailable. It was fun to take pot shots and call him names because he popular with the teenage girls. Heck, when he covered Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love" on Fields of Fire it was open season. But, honestly it was pretty awesome. To say Corey Hart and the '80s are synonymous isn't a stretch. With Boy in the Box it was do or die. After all the success of "Sunglasses at Night" there's was no way he'd be able to top his debut. Right? The then 23 year old Mister Hart dropped a remarkably mature effort that managed to capture everything that was cool about the early '80s. He had the look and swagger, and he could deliver the songs to back it up. I guess because I was growing up at the same time, and am a year younger I totally forgot that Corey Hart was basically my age. To say the album was a phenomenon here in Canada is a bit of an understatement. Sort of like saying Canadians like beer...