As a child of the 1970's my parents music taste and collection has a lot to answer for, my mum loved the show bands and I think I could Hucklebuck before I could walk and my dad's love of pop music meant I knew all the words to "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", before I started school. But my brother reminds me of Dean Friedman and "Lucky Stars" every time we have a few scoops together, now I was born in 1973, he was born in 1976, but between 1978 and teenagerhood we spent every Sunday morning, after Mass but before the Sunday roast, listening to my parents eclectic music collection. From Nana Mouskouri to the Bee Gees with a fair sprinkle of Elvis and the Beatles, this was the collections of two very different people thrown together when they got married. It had songs from my parents own youth and we loved to listen and dance with mum and dad, or just ourselves as we got older and our parents lost interest!
But one song we always played was the single of "Lucky Stars", we'd duet together, we even had a dance routine and it was very dramatic and hammed up to the nines! As adults we've never (been drunk enough) to do it, but maybe for my 40Th (only 5.45 years to go) we'll do Karaoke and reveal our act to the world......or X Factor, we'd definitely get on the "Oh my God, they are soooo awful" show!
Am I thanking my lucky stars I was never lucky enough to see that!! Do you know Dean Friedman sang a song about being in love with a McDonalds Girl. I spent the 80's listening to boyneside radio and the favourite 5 just before midnight and boy did they have some classics, anybody remember 10 to 8 by David Castle or So What Liverpool Express, Desert Moon by Denis de young??? or am I just the oldest person with the oldest downloaded music.
ReplyDeleteThe video for the Mc Donalds song is on You Tube...sure what's not huh? Well if we are still friends when I'm 40 you might get the wrinkly version....the weird thing is he and I used to swap who'd sing the girl but and who'd sing the guy bit! Desert Moon...now there's a cheesy classic!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a Ross and Monica moment if ever I heard one. I must that duet and dance routine before I die. Would it make me cringe in embarrasment for humankind?
ReplyDeletelucky stars is such a hardcore cheesy song. I want to be there for that.
ReplyDeleteI, and everyone else here, will pay very good money to see this.
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