Can you believe I have been searching for this song for years from a faint memory of seeing the video as a kid? Can you imagine how my mind exploded when I Come to find out that the dude's in the video aren't the singers of the song! I know hand me the late pass.
Is there any other example in history of white artist passing off as Black? To the extent of having black singers in the video?!?
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11. "nah, I'm revealing the breadth of my pop culture knowledge." In response to Reply # 10
Because Patty Duke is an actual person that I know things about... so when you write "Patty Duke," I think about HER first and foremost. If you write "Patti Dooke," I think about De La....
5. "Yeah, I realize that now." In response to Reply # 4 Mon Feb-17-14 01:54 PM by AFKAP_of_Darkness
I didn't quite pay attention to stuff like that when I was a kid, though… I really did think them cats were singing.
(Of course, I initially saw the video independent of the movie and I didn't even realize it was part of a movie… until I noticed one of the cats was Stoney Jackson lol (and Grand L. Bush too)
and then when Hollywood Shuffle came out, I recognized Robert Townsend from that video too (it was YEARS before I saw Streets of Fire)
EDIT: I really, really love Streets of Fire, by the way. Not because I think it's a great movie, but because it's just so quintessentially 80s that when I watch it, I can't help but feel nostalgic--even though I actually watched it in the 90s.
6. "Stop it! It IS a great movie." In response to Reply # 5
>I really, really love Streets of Fire, by the way. Not >because I think it's a great movie, but because it's just so >quintessentially 80s that when I watch it, I can't help but >feel nostalgic
I don't care what anyone says. Hill made such a lush flick, it's like 50s pulp with a comic book lens. And that soundtrack is fantastic. The Steinman cuts alone are fucking brilliant. And the Blasters!? That HArtman track!? COME ON!!!
7. "never seen the whole thing from start to finish" In response to Reply # 5
i'll dl or netflix it this weekend. >EDIT: I really, really love Streets of Fire, by the way. Not >because I think it's a great movie, but because it's just so >quintessentially 80s that when I watch it, I can't help but >feel nostalgic--even though I actually watched it in the 90s. i feel nostalgia for shit that happened even before i was even before. like the 60s and early 70s is my shit...lol
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