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[yendi]

According to Wikipedia, "You Give Love a Bad Name" was originally written for Loverboy.

Granted, Wikipedia is not exactly known for accuracy, but it's believable. Bon Jovi did write another Loverboy hit : "Notorious," featuring one of the greatest videos ever from the subgenre of "videos with women who lift up their skirts just because there is a helicopter pilot who probably wants a peek." And as that rare fan of both '80s bands, I'm not appalled at the idea. I am, however, unable to imagine Loverboy performing the song.

Somewhere out there, there's a music store equivalent of the video store Tim Pratt writes about in Impossible Dreams. And I'd love to buy some of the singles from there.

Comments

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, when I heard that Don't You Forget About Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_You_%28Forget_About_Me%29) was originally written for Billy Idol, I had absolutely no difficulty at all hearing Billy singing it in my head.

[excursively.livejournal.com]

Are there other videos in that subgenre?

Strangely, it reminded me of this story about the helicopter pilot trying to "communicate" with a sunbathing au-pair (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2690172.ece). Go figure.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

"Shot through the heart and you're too lame, you give love a band-aid (band-aid)." - as translated by a 3-year old

[thegreatjohnzo.livejournal.com]

well, you know the boss was the original singer of "blinded by the light"

completely different version of the song. better too, but i'm biased