Randy's Brain » Videos http://www.randysbrain.com 8 out of 10 people wonder how the hell they ended up here. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Forever Young – Part 1 – Stuck on the Hair http://www.randysbrain.com/observations/forever-young-part-1-stuck-on-the-hair/ http://www.randysbrain.com/observations/forever-young-part-1-stuck-on-the-hair/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:21:47 +0000 randy http://www.randysbrain.com/?p=156 I have been giving a lot of thought lately to the meaning of the song “Forever Young” originally recorded by the German pop group Alphaville. So I decided today that I would actually spend sometime reading what other people had to say about the song and take a look at the original video to see if there was some wisdom there.

I found two versions of the video and I watched both and I took away one thing. Why the hell did that hair cut seem like a good idea? Yes, I know I am 25 years too late to be making any criticism, but this wasn’t exactly on my radar in 1984. (Trivia: Nor was it on anybody else’s radar. Despite the song being a current standard, it never made it on to the US top 40). Anyway, I am hoping to find some direction to what the song meant to the band, but I can’t get past Marian Gold’s big head. One of the reason’s I found him (it) disturbing, is that people are posting that he was “hot”. What the hell people? Were you stoned through the 80’s? He’s got Mozart’s wig on and he looks like a cross between Frankenstein and a constipated David Hasslehoff.

I have included a pic and the second video to illustrate my point.

Mairian Gold and his amzingly large hair

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I regularly get songs stuck in my head and they stay there for weeks. I came across this song when I heard the Tori Amos cover on last.fm . I constantly keep music going while I am programming and I heard this several times before I really HEARD it.
This song has a very interesting story. It is about a girl named Brenda Ann Spencer who went on a shooting  spree in an elementary school playground across the street from her home in California.  Brenda was 16 in 1979 when the shootings occurred.  
She killed the principal and custodian of the school and wounded 8 children and a police officer.   When asked to explain her actions she replied, “I don’t like Monday’s.  This livens up the day.” She is currently serving a 25 year to life sentence and is eligible for parole in 2009.
The song was written by Bob Geldof and recorded by the Boomtown Rats.
]]> http://www.randysbrain.com/left_brain/i-dont-like-mondays/feed/ 0 Ah-Ha. That’s where you have been. http://www.randysbrain.com/right_brain/musings/a-ha-thats-where-you-have-been/ http://www.randysbrain.com/right_brain/musings/a-ha-thats-where-you-have-been/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 15:13:36 +0000 randy http://www.randysbrain.com/2008/05/16/a-ha-thats-where-you-have-been/ Although it doesn’t show up until 1:53 seconds in, this is just classic Family Guy.

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