I've decided to start something new on this blog. Every Friday (hopefully), I will be posting a favorite thing of the week. Not very specific, I know. But it's exactly what it sounds like. Every week I'll be talking about something that I have really liked or enjoyed that week. Not that anyone really cares, but this is my blog and I'll do what I want to with it!
This week:
The video for "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" by Jermaine Stewart
I've loved this song pretty much my whole life, ever since hearing it on the radio when I was five (kinda wrong huh?). I remember thinking it was kinda silly at the time, 'cause who in their right mind thought they had to be naked in order to have fun? I couldn't think of a single fun activity I could do naked. It only took me 2o years to understand what Jermaine was talking about... Just kidding, sort of.
As I'm sure you can guess, the song and video came out in the 80s, supposedly in response to the AIDS crisis. It became a top ten hit in the US in 1986 and has been covered by Clea and Lil' Chris, as well as having been sampled Mase and Gym Class Heroes.
Why do I love this video? Isn't it obvious? Timely dancing, embarrassing innuendos, amazing 80s fashion, and let's not forget Jermaine's overall sassy attitude. It's hard to watch the video and not cheer him when he turns down that evil temptress! One thing I've always wondered... At the end of the video when the woman pulls him off stage, do you think he finally gives it up? Or do you think they just drink some of that cherry wine he keeps going on about?
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