The Honeydrippers
Remember when Robert Plant got stupid and recorded “Sea of love”?. He can still sing. I mean, really sing, and recording that song proved it. I still like that song, and it’s part of the rotation on the desktop. Hell, it’s a fairly contemporary song, right?
Wrong. That song was recorded in 1985. It’s old enough to drink in all 50 states.
Now that you feel ancient, go here and look at all the other songs that seem so recently recorded and are the same age. Top song for 85? “Like a Virgin”. It galls me to agree with Rosie O’Donnell, but I have to agree with her on this point- the only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is have a baby in a stable.
Shit, there are kids voting now who don’t even remember Bush 1 never mind Reagan or Carter.
Really want to make yourself feel old? Chernobyl, Challenger, Haleys Comet, Mir, the Berlin bombing, Jonathan Pollard, Cliff Burton, Bears crush the pats 46-10, Red Sox vs. Mets.
All 20 years ago now.
Want to feel like a dirty old man?
Mischa Barton, Amanda Byrnes, Lindsay Lohan, The Olson twins, all born 20 years ago.
Want to feel like morbid old bastard?
Phil Lynnott, L. Ron Hubbard, Donna Reed, Jimmy Cagney, Benny Goodman, Hyman Rickover, and cary grant all died 20 years ago.
Want to go to 30?
I liked Robert Plant better back when he was strung out on heroin :-)
You young whippersnappers! I remember dancing to Louie Louie in junior high! And it was new! And, by cracky, we LIKED IT!
Harvey, was it the heroin that killed him?
Rachel – sadly, nothing has killed him yet. Still alive at age 57.
Unless you’re talking about his musical career…
If he’d have O.D.’d in the 70’s, he’d have been a legend of mythical proportions.