Post by Julie on May 6, 2005 17:33:54 GMT -5
glory of the 80's
I took a taxi from LA to Venus
>>>>>> in 1985 I was
electromagnetically sucked
>>>>>> back into a party going on
that night >>>>> It was the glory
of the 80's >>>>>> with karma
drawn up in lines >>>>>> and two
bugle boy models saying
'baby, >>>>>> it's freebee you
sure look deprived' >>>>>> I had
the Story of O in my bucket
seat >>>>>> in my wanna be
Mustang >>>>>> auditioning for
reptiles in their >>>>>> Raquel
Welsh campaign >>>>>> in the
glories of the 80's >>>>>> you
said "I'm not afraid to die" >>>>>>
I said I don't find that remotely
>>>>>> funny even on this space
cake high >>>>>> and then when
it all seemed clear >>>>>> just
then you go and disappear >>>>>>
silicone party barbies to the
left and >>>>>> Joan of Arcs to
the right >>>>>> no one feeling
insecure we were >>>>>> all
gorge and famous in our last
lives >>>>>> in the glories of the
80's you said >>>>>> 'the end is
nothing to fear' I said >>>>>> -
blow the end - nowbaby >>>>>>
who do I gotta shag to get
outta here >>>>> and then when
it all seemed clear >>>>>> just
then you go and disappear
>>>>>> sure you're out there
orbiting around >>>>>> wish I had
you back now >>>>>> I met a drag
king call venus >>>>>> she had a
velvet hologram she said >>>>>>
'my husband ran off with my
>>>>>> shaman but they love me
as I am' >>>>>> in the glories of
the 80's >>>>>> I may not have to
die >>>>>> I'll clone myself >>>>>>
like that blonde chick >>>>>> that
sings Bette Davis Eyes >>>>>>
and then when it all seemed
clear >>>>>> just then you go >>>>>>
and >>>>>> disappear
I think this song is a basic ode to the 80s.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Mainly the honesty of the decadence of that decade. There's the line and then, just when it all seemed clear you go and disappear. I knew a lot of great people in the eighties but at the time I didn't always understand them. Now, there's such a void in the art world, people with vision have physically passed on. It's also a stab at political correctness - you can't say this, you can't say that; now everybody has to be called a Spanish American, an African American and I mean... Oh bloody, fucking hell!!! I understand the abuses that have happened and I absolutely think recompense should be paid, but you don't do it just on a surface level. Everybody thinks that the debt has been paid to the 'quote unquote' Indians who had their land taken away from them because we call them Native Americans. It's hard when everything is so eggshell, eggshell, eggshell. I do miss the eighties. It was great, knowing that friends were on one hand dialing a charity and on the other hand doing a line of blow -- but not lying about it, being honest. None of us are this light and dark fantasy. What's dark to you may be light to me and vice versa."
“The harpsichord is very much in Glory of the 80s. She’s part of the bed; I cut it live, with the piano. You might not notice it, but she’s there. I love that, because Glory of the 80s could be the 1780s [laughs].” [All Music zine (www) - October 1999]
Glory of the Eighties is a great evocation of a particular place and time.
“The decadence of the ‘80s in L.A. brings out a smile. I wasn’t into the L.A. [hard] rock scene even though I had big hair and I had thigh-high plastic boots. I think I was more into the gothic witch thing. Pirates. It was that whole dressing-up moment, Adam Ant with tits, but not really - his were much cuter than mine or my friends’. We used to wake up and go to Retail Slut and pick up a few pieces for the week. There was a balance of thigh-high plastic boots and going to see your shaman. I liked that. It was all happening at the same time. Everything was so much on the outside, pleasing things on the outside, but there was a lot of camaraderie that I really adored. A lot of us were friends, going to see different bands. It wasn’t competitive in the way it became in the nineties.
“In the ‘90s... well, you’re doing your yoga thing, you’re eating the right foods, your friends at PETA aren’t giving you too much shit - and I like my friends at PETA. [In the ‘80s] people were calling in to the Live Aid charity and doing blow at the same time. And I found that very honest. There was a shadow aspect that people weren’t hiding as much.” [VH1.com - 1999]
I took a taxi from LA to Venus
>>>>>> in 1985 I was
electromagnetically sucked
>>>>>> back into a party going on
that night >>>>> It was the glory
of the 80's >>>>>> with karma
drawn up in lines >>>>>> and two
bugle boy models saying
'baby, >>>>>> it's freebee you
sure look deprived' >>>>>> I had
the Story of O in my bucket
seat >>>>>> in my wanna be
Mustang >>>>>> auditioning for
reptiles in their >>>>>> Raquel
Welsh campaign >>>>>> in the
glories of the 80's >>>>>> you
said "I'm not afraid to die" >>>>>>
I said I don't find that remotely
>>>>>> funny even on this space
cake high >>>>>> and then when
it all seemed clear >>>>>> just
then you go and disappear >>>>>>
silicone party barbies to the
left and >>>>>> Joan of Arcs to
the right >>>>>> no one feeling
insecure we were >>>>>> all
gorge and famous in our last
lives >>>>>> in the glories of the
80's you said >>>>>> 'the end is
nothing to fear' I said >>>>>> -
blow the end - nowbaby >>>>>>
who do I gotta shag to get
outta here >>>>> and then when
it all seemed clear >>>>>> just
then you go and disappear
>>>>>> sure you're out there
orbiting around >>>>>> wish I had
you back now >>>>>> I met a drag
king call venus >>>>>> she had a
velvet hologram she said >>>>>>
'my husband ran off with my
>>>>>> shaman but they love me
as I am' >>>>>> in the glories of
the 80's >>>>>> I may not have to
die >>>>>> I'll clone myself >>>>>>
like that blonde chick >>>>>> that
sings Bette Davis Eyes >>>>>>
and then when it all seemed
clear >>>>>> just then you go >>>>>>
and >>>>>> disappear
I think this song is a basic ode to the 80s.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Mainly the honesty of the decadence of that decade. There's the line and then, just when it all seemed clear you go and disappear. I knew a lot of great people in the eighties but at the time I didn't always understand them. Now, there's such a void in the art world, people with vision have physically passed on. It's also a stab at political correctness - you can't say this, you can't say that; now everybody has to be called a Spanish American, an African American and I mean... Oh bloody, fucking hell!!! I understand the abuses that have happened and I absolutely think recompense should be paid, but you don't do it just on a surface level. Everybody thinks that the debt has been paid to the 'quote unquote' Indians who had their land taken away from them because we call them Native Americans. It's hard when everything is so eggshell, eggshell, eggshell. I do miss the eighties. It was great, knowing that friends were on one hand dialing a charity and on the other hand doing a line of blow -- but not lying about it, being honest. None of us are this light and dark fantasy. What's dark to you may be light to me and vice versa."
“The harpsichord is very much in Glory of the 80s. She’s part of the bed; I cut it live, with the piano. You might not notice it, but she’s there. I love that, because Glory of the 80s could be the 1780s [laughs].” [All Music zine (www) - October 1999]
Glory of the Eighties is a great evocation of a particular place and time.
“The decadence of the ‘80s in L.A. brings out a smile. I wasn’t into the L.A. [hard] rock scene even though I had big hair and I had thigh-high plastic boots. I think I was more into the gothic witch thing. Pirates. It was that whole dressing-up moment, Adam Ant with tits, but not really - his were much cuter than mine or my friends’. We used to wake up and go to Retail Slut and pick up a few pieces for the week. There was a balance of thigh-high plastic boots and going to see your shaman. I liked that. It was all happening at the same time. Everything was so much on the outside, pleasing things on the outside, but there was a lot of camaraderie that I really adored. A lot of us were friends, going to see different bands. It wasn’t competitive in the way it became in the nineties.
“In the ‘90s... well, you’re doing your yoga thing, you’re eating the right foods, your friends at PETA aren’t giving you too much shit - and I like my friends at PETA. [In the ‘80s] people were calling in to the Live Aid charity and doing blow at the same time. And I found that very honest. There was a shadow aspect that people weren’t hiding as much.” [VH1.com - 1999]
