Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The Number of the Beast

Here's a vintage 80s video-- of a song I dearly love, no irony intended -- that demonstrates why I shouldn't make fun of contemporary shlockmistresses Skye Sweetnam and Fefe Dobson.

Make sure you stick it through to the very end and the unmasking scene. Spoiler alert: The part of Satan (you actually see him buying somebody's soul) is played by
John Waite, which may or may not be typecasting.

5 comments:

TMink said...

Well, we all have guilty pleasures. To me this is like Todd on a bad day. I think this is another case of where the cheesy video perhaps hampers the slight appreciation I might have for this piece of pop fluff. But his video "Missing You" was so exorable, it might have ruined him for me completely.

Wow, I certainly woke up on the harsh side of the bed this morning!

Trey

steve simels said...

I want to find out who that actress is -- she's the quintessential 80s rock bimbo fatale.

I wonder if Waite was boinking her in real life....

billy b said...

Speaking of John Waite, I did like the Babys.

As a matter of fact, I just bought the Babys greatest hits CD at the local supermarket for $7.

Band had a lot of syrupy stuff, but also had some real good straight ahead rock and roll, English style, also.

steve simels said...

Actually, I don't mean to malign Waites, who's actually a pretty good singer.

He just did a remake of "Missing You" with the divine -- truly -- Allison Krause.

I think I'll post that later....

TMink said...

I read that the Babys were a power pop group, and bought the greatest hits cd, but so far am quite underwhelmed.

What am I missing, what tracks do y'all recommend.

Trey