I am not sure what is the worst part of being away at 3:07 a.m. It could be, well, being awake. It could be having Wham’s “Last Christmas” stuck in your head on repeat. Or it could be that you have just realized that until Friday if someone had asked you who sang “All The Young Dudes” you’d have said David Bowie and looked like jackass (though apparently not the biggest jackass ever. I think I have a savant-like ability to piece together arcane rock and roll trivia).
P.S. It’s so foggy outside right now that when I first came into the Fortress of Solitude and looked out the window I thought maybe Supergenius HQ was on fire and it was really smoky in here.
(Visited 34 times, 1 visits today)
I wouldn’t have thought you a jackass. Bowie wrote it and he’s recorded it. He just ‘gave’ it to MtH to record. No. I wouldn’t think you a JA for that, but i MIGHT think you a total lamer for knowing a Wham song well enough to have it stuck in your head at 3:00 in the morning. That’s just SICK! Next time that happens, just start humming “You get the ankles, I’ll get the wrists” and that’ll kill any residual Wham maybe :o)
Where were you five hours ago when I wasn’t sleeping? Down to This is totally the cure for what ails ya.
Also, in defense of Wham! I was 13 in 1985 and you had to know at least one Wham! song by heart to pass seventh grade.
calculating my own age in ’85…. sh!t, i forget how totally ancient i am. Okay then, i take back the total lamer part and give you a “YOU RAHK!” for even KNOWING the song ‘All The Young Dudes.’
all the young dudes was recorded on Ziggy Stardust. When Wham was out in 1985 i thought that NOBODY could ever be a bigger ladies man than George Michael except maybe Michael Jackson.
You and me both Paulie. By my 1985 calculations I should be married to Michael Jackson and mother to a passel of his children. But that’s only because I had to divorce Fonzie first.
i think i had that sweater george has on my to my left..? right? left?
sorry i’m not a ambiturner…. – zoolander
You’re not a jack@ss – you’re just not infallible when it comes to rock trivia, although I did expect you to know that one.
I’m actually a little disappointed in myself. I think I need to start an independent study of Mott the Hoople immediately. I am not sure who I thought they were, but I am pretty sure I decided they were like Toad the Wet the Sprocket.
mott the hoople and the game of life yeah yeah yeah
jodi have you heard about this one…..
Okay Supergenius. You aren’t the only one with David Bowie on yer mind. I can hear the little Spacesaver radio in my kitchen faintly from where I’m sitting with my laptop, and twenty minutes ago I heard Mary Lucia ( Bowie obsessed Like me) goin’ on about that Lad Insane, and she spins Golden Years. Then I do two things ( e-mail and Myspace) and she plays All The Young Dudes ( the Mott The Hoople smash hit). I do two more things and it’s Su George doing one of his great Bowie renditions (awesome!) then Under Pressure (who me? also obsessed with Freddy Mercury?) Anyway great radio this… So the upshot is this; you need to help me find out if Mary Lucia (Westerberg) is actually Pauls sister…
Here’s how retarded I am — I had no clue Bowie wrote it. My aunt used to listen to it all the time and even had “Mott The Hoople / NYC” written all over her schoolbooks. (I found them when we were cleaning out my grandparent’s house. I’m not quite that old.)
When I heard Bowie’s version, I thought for sure it was a cover.
walker, I think in that ‘Mats book she’s identified as Westerberg’s sister. I remember hearing Mary on the radio back in the Zone 105 days talking about how she changed her name because it wasn’t so much fun living in the shadow of a famous sibling and she wanted to distance herself from his fame.