[Things started with clever Venture Bros references and shifted to questionable 1980’s Duran Duran music that at least tried to be deep. From there my faulty memory dredged up a music video that should have remained lost in time. Everyone at Curmudgeon Compound, including the dog, is still reeling from it.]
I mentioned to Mrs. Curmudgeon that I remembered a Duran Duran song that was played only once on the radio.
“You can’t remember the zip code of the house we’re living in right now but you remember a song on the radio that was played once.”
“I don’t recall much about it.”
“Played once. So long ago it’s when you still had a mullet?””
“Yeah, it’s weird. The radio always sucked but one day, when Duran Duran had hardly started, there was this one song. I don’t remember it but I remember the title. It was a clever title. Also, mullets rocked. No regrets about that!”
“Do tell?”
“It was called ‘I Eat Cannibals’. They played it once and never again. Sometime in the early 1980’s. Isn’t that a catchy title? I wonder why it never went anywhere.”
Mrs. Curmudgeon was already searching on her iDevice.
“A Duran Duran song that never got airplay? Are you sure?”
“I think so. Wouldn’t any band have a few unpopular songs? When’s the last time you heard ‘Happiness is a warm gun‘ on FM? I mean the Beatles are everywhere but that one disappeared.”
Mrs. Curmudgeon was puzzling over inconclusive search results. “I Eat Cannibals” by Duran Duran wasn’t coming up. It turned out to be a 1982 song by a group called Toto Coelo.
“Right year, wrong band.” She concluded.
“What the heck, hit play.” I prompted.
BAD MOVE!
Here’s the video, watch it if you dare:
The aftermath wasn’t good…
Ahhhh!!! My eyes!!!! My ears!!!! No sleep tonight!
The 1980’s was like that. I mean what the hell was going on then?!?
Russian conspiracy.
DING DING DING!
WE HAVE A WINNER!
You’ve hit the nail on the head. There’s no doubt about it. In this day and age that’s the only possible explanation. When something seemingly inexplicable things happen we blame it on Russian Collusion. There’s no other possible answer! It’s not us, it’s the damn Russkies!
Shall we be charitable and say It was “of its time”. And that time is well past, thank God!
Now, if you want your music videos spiced up, you need to search out Marline Philips’ two dance troupes, pans people (relatively tame) and Hot Gossip, particularly when they appeared on the Kenny Everett TV series. I doubt that they’d be asked to perform at a Southern Baptist Sunday service … I could be wrong on that one, though! Try THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU44JZwppBA
See what I mean?
Oh man, that linked video is almost as bad as the one Mrs. Curmudgeon and I discovered. Of its time indeed.
That’s… well… yeah, that could’ve stayed forgotten. I don’t think anyone missed it much.
Well that is the UK Tv “Top of the Pops” show. They played a selection of hits from the top 20 (usually the ones that had just broken into the top 20 but also ones that maintained a high position) which in turn was compiled from record sales over the past week. The ultimate horror was that enough people went out and bought the single to make it popular enough to boost it into the top 20.
There is a shit load of more like that out there than you can imagine. Or would want to imagine, even in your worst nightmares.
Top twenty in the UK? The mind boggles.
Hey I remember that song. Was played more than once this side of the pond.
But yes. The eighties. *shakes head*
Some times I’m glad I can’t play videos…