Old Enough to Forget

Back in '82 it was either "Come on Eileen" or "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" that were poisoning the radio, and making youth group dances insufferable. Although if I was to be honest Dexys Midnight Runners were pretty cool, but it wasn't rock. Over the decades I've softened to the point where I will give Culture Club a pass. They ended up being a lot more than a one hit wonder. On the other hand, Dexys were relegated to the one hit pile. But man, what a hit.  Here I am over forty years later with the album blaring in the background. I wanted to hear the entire album, but I picked it up for one song. When it was released an awful lot of people only bought the single and eschewed the album, apparently as it went gold in a number of markets. Oddly for a song that went #1 in the US the album and the single didn't sell enough to make the RIAA database. That must suck. "What single?" you ask ... really, you're going to make me say it? I actu...

Back in 1984 I knew this band from the video for "Tenderness" that seemed to be on whenever I turned on the television to watch MuchMusic. Admittedly it was a catchy song, but that was as far as it went. I mean really that year Van Halen crushed it with 1984 and Toto dropped Isolation an album that was met with silence, but was to me amazing and they were in heavy rotation most of the year. There were so many great albums that me taking a foray into English new wave laced with ska wasn't really on my radar. Still, I never forgot that one song. So last week I was diving in the bins and there between a couple of Neil Diamond albums was All the Rage . Well, for a buck I was at least going to get one good song. The album was in iffy shape, but the jacket was okay, but the liner notes were gone.  Now, having recently spent time with Haircut One Hundred I was pretty much in the same neighbourhood as General Public. Curious I looked the band up and there were a number of little ...