I'm Just Saying...
I have a tendency to get hung up on technicalities.
This weekend I watched the movies 13 Going on 30 and The Girl Next Door. I thought they were both cute in a, "abandon all grasp of reality" sorta way. With The Girl Next Door there were a lot of, "yeah right, that would ever happen" twists and turns. But 13 Going On 30 had it's own share of far fetched scenarios.
Ok. So, the year is 1987. 13 year old Jenna is obsessed with the likes of Rick Springfield's "Jesse's Girl", Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Pat Benatar's "Love Is A Battlefield", songs that were popular in 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively. And don't think it's just me as the IMDB points out the same exact thing, only citing them all as 1984 which ironically, is also false. I know, I know. You're thinking it's not THAT impossible she still liked this stuff. I mean my stuck in the 80's self years after the fact being a prime example.
My theory is they wanted to pick definitive songs that hadn't been overused and in doing so, they didn't want to compromise their oh so catchy title, thus being locked into the year 1987.
I felt the same way recently about Bowling For Soup's new song, "1985". I love this song. It's so me. Well, minus the hair band groupie tendencies and the bored housewife saddled with teenage kids thing. But the song is called "1985" because it "plays well with others" lyrically, not because it's particularly factually accurate.
1985
Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husbands a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happened to her plan?
She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of White Snake's car (a reference to the 1987 hit "Here I Go Again")
Her yellow SUV, is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing, has been alright
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
She's seen all the classics
She knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink (released in 1986)
Even St. Elmo's Fire
She rocked out to Wham
Not a big Limp Biscuit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran
Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin
And who's the other guy singing in Van Halen
When did reality, become T.V.
What ever happen to sitcoms, game shows
On the radio was
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
She hates time, make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop!
Stop!
Stop!
And bring back
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 1985
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Either way, the video is still quite entertaining.
This weekend I watched the movies 13 Going on 30 and The Girl Next Door. I thought they were both cute in a, "abandon all grasp of reality" sorta way. With The Girl Next Door there were a lot of, "yeah right, that would ever happen" twists and turns. But 13 Going On 30 had it's own share of far fetched scenarios.
Ok. So, the year is 1987. 13 year old Jenna is obsessed with the likes of Rick Springfield's "Jesse's Girl", Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Pat Benatar's "Love Is A Battlefield", songs that were popular in 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively. And don't think it's just me as the IMDB points out the same exact thing, only citing them all as 1984 which ironically, is also false. I know, I know. You're thinking it's not THAT impossible she still liked this stuff. I mean my stuck in the 80's self years after the fact being a prime example.
My theory is they wanted to pick definitive songs that hadn't been overused and in doing so, they didn't want to compromise their oh so catchy title, thus being locked into the year 1987.
I felt the same way recently about Bowling For Soup's new song, "1985". I love this song. It's so me. Well, minus the hair band groupie tendencies and the bored housewife saddled with teenage kids thing. But the song is called "1985" because it "plays well with others" lyrically, not because it's particularly factually accurate.
1985
Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husbands a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happened to her plan?
She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of White Snake's car (a reference to the 1987 hit "Here I Go Again")
Her yellow SUV, is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing, has been alright
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
She's seen all the classics
She knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink (released in 1986)
Even St. Elmo's Fire
She rocked out to Wham
Not a big Limp Biscuit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran
Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin
And who's the other guy singing in Van Halen
When did reality, become T.V.
What ever happen to sitcoms, game shows
On the radio was
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Woo-hoo-hoo
She hates time, make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop!
Stop!
Stop!
And bring back
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 1985
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids, in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
But she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
Either way, the video is still quite entertaining.
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