Going to the Chapel of Love, being your duchess of earl, not minding other guys dancing with my girl (after all, I know them all pretty well), lazing on a sunny afternoon, AND....shining up my old brown shoes...putting on a brand new shirt...coming home early from work...if you say - that you love me.
Also, I love the part in the fade-out when the singer starts getting hysterical and the drummer brings on the chaotic madness.
A well-to-do, older me from the future - who would loan the current, strapped-for-cash me some money.
THE NEW AND IMPROVED LIST
Sexual Chocolate, Zack Attack, Wyld Stallyns (as always)....the Beatles, R. Stones, Kinks, Who, the Hollies, Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, Sandie Shaw, Jackie DeShannon, the Raindrops, the Beach Boys, ABBA, the Move, Lesley Gore, (Joe Meek productions): the Honeycombs, Glenda Collins, the Tornados...Joy D., Wire, Gang of Four, New Order, the Birthday Party, Liliput/Kleenex, the Slits, the Raincoats,
DOLLY MIXTURE
the Adverts, Advertising, the Go-Betweens, Nick Lowe, the Undertones, Brinsley Schwarz, the dBs, the Freshies (I'm tired), VU, Stooges...you get the idea.
Sparks, Love, Buffalo Springfield, the United States of America (the band, not the country, HA ;) SY, the AVENGERS, L.A. punk (y'know...), N.Y. punk (shout-outs to Television, Blondie, Ramones and Talking Heads, esp.), Ohio punk, the Wipers, Skinny Puppy, Ministry...
Let's see...Black Tambourine, the Aislers Set, Talulah Gosh/Heavenly/Marine Research, Young Marble Giants, the Siddeleys, the Smiths, Prefab Sprout, the Flatmates, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Magnetic Fields, the Clean, the Bats, the Chills, Look Blue Go Purple, David Bowie, East River Pipe, GIRLS AT OUR BEST, St. Etienne, STEREO TOTAL, the Vaselines, the Pixies, Broadcast...
Some rap flava' in my mix...
Justin Hinds and the Dominoes, the Ethiopians, the Congos, the Gaylads, Lee "Scratch" Perry productions, Duke Reid productions, 'Coxsone' Dodd productions (R.I.P.), CARLTON & THE SHOES (incredible), Desmond Dekker......Slade, the British Girl-Group sound (and the American), Os Mutantes, Serge Gainsbourg, Francoise Hardy, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot...
Judee Sill, the Cowsills, the Boswell Sisters, Simon & Garfunkel, Skeeter Davis, Loretta Lynn, Dvorak, the Andrews Sisters, Henry Mancini, Berlioz' "Fantastic Symphony", Teenage Symphony, Wanda Jackson, Heinz, Belaire.
Stuff that is lush and organized.
Stuff that makes me sway back and forth, and/or tap my foot.
GUILT: Bobby Brown, Aerosmith's "What It Takes", Madd Cobra's "Flex to Have Sex", the Doobie Bros' "What A Fool Believes", New Jack Swing....yeah...
Disney's Robin Hood, Beatles First U.S. Visit, the T.A.M.I./TNT Show, the Ed Sullivan Video Collection, New Order's first U.S. show, The Kids Are Alright, The World At War, The Harder They Come, ABBA: The Movie (I remember that shit being rather surreal), Coming To America, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Follow That Bird, Singin' In the Rain, Krush Groove.
Baller Blockin', Black Spring Break (Rob knows about DJ Spanx!), Jack Frost, Cool As Ice ("ditch the zero, and get with the hero")
Early 90's Fox Channel sitcoms (Herman's Head, Get A Life, Married with Children, the Simpsons, etc.), Chapelle's Show, Law and Order original (holla' at Briscoe and Green) and L&W SVU (notice my lack of love for 'Criminal Intent', D'Onofrio is too ridiculous), VH1 Behind the Music (for good acts), Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, All In the Family, the Jeffersons, Good Times, Sunday morning Comic Strip (see below), Dance 360, some other nerdy shit.
Back in the day:
Karate Kat, Camp Mini-monsters, Thundercats, Street Frogs = the Comic Strip
Small Wonder, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Naked City (only saw it once, but it's the reason why I'm so nocturnal - as a kid, I pushed myself to stay up and watch it, because, despite coming on at 4 am, it's name was so ludicrous...NAKED CITY!? Needless to say, I was disappointed to discover it was a 50s, B&W crime series!),
...my parents watching '60 Minutes'.
Rand McNally's World Atlas, Compton's Encyclopedia 1985, the SPIN Guide to Alternative Music, Unknown Legends of Rock by Richie Unterberger, The Harmony of Watersports by Walter Piston-Mymouth, um, some other stuff.
My parents, my sis, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Gordon Delamont, Nelson Riddle, some other people.