Comments on: What Exactly Is the Sweetest Taboo (and More 80s Questions)? http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10514 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:21:34 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10514 er... here? <a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=120245" rel="nofollow">http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=120245</a> er… here? http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=120245

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10513 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:20:06 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10513 someone on one of those <a>song meanings websites</a> claims sade said in an interview the song - or maybe the whole album - was about heroin. someone on one of those song meanings websites claims sade said in an interview the song - or maybe the whole album - was about heroin.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10506 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:49:31 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10506 By the way, while the "sweetest taboo" may not be anal sex (the friend who originally posed the question actually theorizes, apparently, that it might be oral-anal sex, which I refuse to believe any sane person writes gentle ballads about), the careful observer will note that Sade ends up with a "gun in the glove compartment" in the video. By the way, while the “sweetest taboo” may not be anal sex (the friend who originally posed the question actually theorizes, apparently, that it might be oral-anal sex, which I refuse to believe any sane person writes gentle ballads about), the careful observer will note that Sade ends up with a “gun in the glove compartment” in the video.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10422 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:30:54 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10422 Well, all right, I suppose the fascism is inseparable from its lock-step aesthetic -- the perfect timing being the amazing part (you'll rarely see a flock of ballerinas better synchronized) -- all reminiscent, not entirely coincidentally, of that early-twentieth-century period in which both Naziism and the Rockettes (who were organized to fit into a highly-mechanized Radio City Music Hall that was never constructed quite as originally envisioned) were born. Looks a little like a couple discipline-emphasizing troops-deployment-like scenes from Spike Lee's _Malcolm X_, too, also not entirely coincidentally. Well, all right, I suppose the fascism is inseparable from its lock-step aesthetic — the perfect timing being the amazing part (you’ll rarely see a flock of ballerinas better synchronized) — all reminiscent, not entirely coincidentally, of that early-twentieth-century period in which both Naziism and the Rockettes (who were organized to fit into a highly-mechanized Radio City Music Hall that was never constructed quite as originally envisioned) were born.

Looks a little like a couple discipline-emphasizing troops-deployment-like scenes from Spike Lee’s _Malcolm X_, too, also not entirely coincidentally.

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10397 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:29:26 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10397 heh. i guessed which one that was before clicking the link. the only thing i've ever liked about that video <i>is</i> its fascist vibe. heh. i guessed which one that was before clicking the link. the only thing i’ve ever liked about that video is its fascist vibe.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10396 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:56:52 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10396 All excellent selections ("Boys of Summer" is so good I was tempted to mention it even though it didn't fit my alt-rock theme), and Janet Jackson reminds me that she is responsible for what I think might be the coolest-ever dancing in a video -- and I say that in spite of its fascist vibe, not because of its fascist vibe, just so that's clear: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hi7BCovgcQk All excellent selections (”Boys of Summer” is so good I was tempted to mention it even though it didn’t fit my alt-rock theme), and Janet Jackson reminds me that she is responsible for what I think might be the coolest-ever dancing in a video — and I say that in spite of its fascist vibe, not because of its fascist vibe, just so that’s clear:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hi7BCovgcQk

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10391 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:12:13 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10391 oh, and i'm going to follow myself with a comment, because watching <i>boys of summer</i> multiple times for the comment above made me think of similar videos, the primary two being janet jackson's <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=g0-ww2pLl_o" rel="nofollow">love will never do</a> (beach video; the anonymous silhouettes of athletic men, and herb ritts, like mondino, started as a photographer) and billy idol's <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=68SkyZHLks4" rel="nofollow">cradle of love</a>, which shares almost nothing with <i>boys of summer</i> other than staging (video running in the background). i suppose i could throw in madonna's <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=gMt5ev7-IZ8" rel="nofollow">cherish</a>, but that's really more like <i>love will never do</i> than <i>boys of summer</i>, which along with chris isaak's <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=XXmlJQN5Pm8" rel="nofollow">wicked game</a> make up ritts' 1989 - 1991 beach triptych. and there you go. i'll shut up now. and watch some more videos. oh, and i’m going to follow myself with a comment, because watching boys of summer multiple times for the comment above made me think of similar videos, the primary two being janet jackson’s love will never do (beach video; the anonymous silhouettes of athletic men, and herb ritts, like mondino, started as a photographer) and billy idol’s cradle of love, which shares almost nothing with boys of summer other than staging (video running in the background). i suppose i could throw in madonna’s cherish, but that’s really more like love will never do than boys of summer, which along with chris isaak’s wicked game make up ritts’ 1989 - 1991 beach triptych.

and there you go. i’ll shut up now. and watch some more videos.

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10390 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:48:03 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/01/27/what-exactly-is-the-sweetest-taboo-and-more-80s-questions/#comment-10390 these posts always take me on youtube tours... this one past iggy pop & david bowie on dinah shore, through nico & the velvet underground, and finally to don henley's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkAKXigXRQ&NR=1" rel="nofollow">boys of summer</a> (same album as <i>all she wants to do is dance</i>), which if you want to talk about video production values, is absolutely stunning and completely out of the music video timestream - Jean-Baptiste Mondino's first music video, and (imo) his best. the woman on the bed bears a stunning resemblance to milla jovovich (face best seen at 2:36 in the video), but she was only 9 or 10 when the video was shot. (i am also fond of how he handled me'shell ndegeocello's <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Lx1FNpICro" rel="nofollow">if that's your boyfriend</a> - with a whole bunch of women i recognize but am at a total loss to name.) anyway. good stuff. these posts always take me on youtube tours… this one past iggy pop & david bowie on dinah shore, through nico & the velvet underground, and finally to don henley’s boys of summer (same album as all she wants to do is dance), which if you want to talk about video production values, is absolutely stunning and completely out of the music video timestream - Jean-Baptiste Mondino’s first music video, and (imo) his best. the woman on the bed bears a stunning resemblance to milla jovovich (face best seen at 2:36 in the video), but she was only 9 or 10 when the video was shot. (i am also fond of how he handled me’shell ndegeocello’s if that’s your boyfriend - with a whole bunch of women i recognize but am at a total loss to name.)

anyway. good stuff.

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