Old Enough to Forget

Avoid Freud  was released in the fall of 1980, but it wasn't until the following spring that "High School Confidential" seemed to be playing everywhere. We'd giggle when Carole sang, "It makes me cream my jeans when she comes my way." On the radio it would be bleeped, but it didn't matter. Most of us, or at least me, had no idea that it was a lesbian love song. It didn't matter - the song was infectious. There was of course the inevitable backlash when something becomes too popular. For me, there was always something about Carole Pope's voice that was nails on a blackboard. I will admit that I liked "High School Confidential" right up until I didn't ... but with time I like it again. I had never heard anything other than what I heard on the radio. I had no desire to pick up an album, and when the Payolas released "Never Said I Loved You" in 1983 with Carole singing the duet with Paul, I would have a visceral reaction to th...