Via Shakesville, I spent last night doing one of those "YouTube eighties music video searches" that we all do now and then. It's amusing to see how much of my MTV past is readily available for viewing.
In her FYI series, Melissa includes Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" - a warhorse of a dance track that's become the signature song to remember them by (especially, pardon my French, for straight people); though the song is, still, one of the most perfectly remixed 12 inch dance records of all time (it was the #1 dance single of 1988, by far, all over the world), it is not, realy how I remember them.
No, that would be the song below, the song that - still - I believe, will get gay men of a certain age onto the dance floor. Since my twenties, it is the song that somehow seemed to sum up our experience: free, unbound by convention, not interested in being tied down. It is, to my mind, one of the most perfect breakup songs, the upbeat kiss-off that really leaves nothing unanswered: What I really need to do, is find myself a brand new lover.
Share and enjoy.
woo-hoo! you betcha on the dancing thing; as for the lyrics:
"My other loves will tell you that I'm nothing but a pleasure seeker and for once I really must agree..."
delicious!
Posted by: jinbaltimore | March 22, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Great song. Love it. Is there room for Red on the dance floor?
Posted by: Redstar | March 22, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Well, yes, of course. :)
Posted by: weboy | March 22, 2008 at 11:53 PM