Thursday, December 20, 2007

An Early Clue to the New Direction

From 1980, here's magnificently coiffed former teen idol Rex Smith and his thrash metal classic "Woman."



A coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the reader who first divines the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Listomania (which, incidentally, will be going up a tad later than usual, as I'm off to Gomorrah on the Hudson for a pre-holiday assignation).

11 comments:

  1. Songs that make you want to thrash yourself?

    Just kidding, of course ...

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  2. Feathered hair?

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  3. Wow. That was brutal. Thankfully, until just this moment, I had never heard or seen this opus. Swell, now it's probably stuck in my skull.

    I'll get you yet Steve Simels!! (shakes fist at sky).

    So, I got nuthin' on a guess.

    I'll have to say...pop artists who made a clumsy transition to bad stagings of Gilbert & Sullivan operettas starring Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt.

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  4. Songs that make you almost miss Dan Fogelberg?

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  5. Ay-yi-yi!

    Worst breakup song ever reco?

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  6. That should have been "recorded" at the end there. (I was so moved I couldn't type.)

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  7. I don't know how many guesses we're allowed, but I have two:

    Best Pop/Rock Hairstyles

    Most Odious Pop Teen Idols

    I do like Dave's guess, though.

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  8. Songs that you know suck from just the title.

    Dave, you were brutal.

    I laughed, but I felt a little guilty doing it.

    Outstanding.

    Trey

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  9. No, no, no, no, no and no.

    Have I missed anybody?

    (BG, filling in for steve, who's out fighting crime)

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  10. Steve's old hairdos.

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