Old Enough to Forget

Idle Eyes released their debut in 1985, and there were two songs that got a fair bit of airplay back in the day. "Tokyo Rose" was pure '80s awesomeness, and "All Day," a song that at the time I didn't really think was all that special. However, those songs helped earn the band a Most Promising Group Juno Award in 1985, beating out Rational Youth, The Arrows and others. The award is a bit of a curse as much as anything, as generally it was like getting a kiss from Judas. I bought the album for "Tokyo Rose" and gave the album a couple of cursory spins, then filed it. My general recollection when thinking about this album was that it was one killer and the rest filler. Yeah, I was pretty merciless back in the day. I used to have a pretty long commute and I often taped entire albums for the car ride, but most of the time it was mix tapes. I don't think I ever taped the album. Once I passed judgment, I moved on pretty quickly to the next shiny thing...