Disco Dancer - The Bollywood Film

Ahh Bollywood and how they break out in dance and song that makes musical breaks in American musicals look realistic. If you've never seen one it can be quite an amazing explosion and in many cases wonderfully random. E.g. Starting as a small picnic ending as a royal size wedding in a single scene.

This is definitely one of those things where each is his own. I personally don't care for it and it had to be purely dreadful in the early 80's. A Disco themed Bollywood flick? I'd almost watch Mamma Mia........ almost.

D.I.S.C.O. - Ottawan

I wasn't planning on posting anything this morning but I have so much Disco built up, might as well let this one go.

This one really is a real treat. Not only is it just ridiculous to make a Disco song called Disco and to spell disco throughout the entire song but what makes this one special is they're French. I don't know what about them being French makes this worse but somehow it just does.

See you all this afternoon with another Disco hit or two!

Big Trouble in Little China - John Carpenter's Coup de Villes

I like to refer to this as "dad rock". Not rock music my dad would listen to (that was stuff like Chicago, The Beatles and even Steppenwolf), but rather how my dad would have looked/sounded like if he played in a rock band back when I was a kid with my friends' dads.

Hell, even the name of this band sounds like something a father would come up with. F.Y.I. to all fathers out there: I'm not very long from becoming a father myself and no the irony in foresite isn't lost on me.

Yo' Little Brother - Nolan Thomas

This is one of those examples where the video made for the song adds another dimension to offend the senses.

I don't remember much from 1984, I was quite young, but apparently what instituted as "bad" was dressing up like a little Billy Idol, smoke 'Sig' brand cigarettes, drink 'Beer' brand beer, lunge out to grab mini hoop skirts, spend time in a house with a rocky roof and failing foundation and hang out with other children who dress up as Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, and - as far as I can tell - Belly Joel.

To be a good teenager, you'll have to wear a cheesy sweater, khakis, lime green socks, wear makeup and a hair style not unlike Max Headroom. I'm glad I was still playing with Lincoln Logs in 1984.

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