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Johnny Hughes, Where are You? My High School Career: a musical essay

Artist Song
Josie Cotton  School is In 
The Buggles  Video Killed the Radio Star 
Level 42  Lessons in Love 
Julie Brown  The Homecoming Queen's got a Gun 
Rolling Stones  Paint it Black 
Schoolhouse rock  No More Kings 
Talking Heads  Pyscho Killer 
The Go-Go's  Our Lips are Sealed 
Duran Duran  Save a Prayer 
Violent Femmes  Add it Up 
They Might be Giants  Don't Let's Start 
XTC  Dear God 
Tones on Tail  Go! 
The Cure  The Lovecats 
Sigue Sigue Sputnik  Love Missile F1-11 
Rocky Horror Picture Show  Time Warp 
Frankie Valli  Beauty School Dropout 
OMD  If You Leave 

Comment:

Both an ode to JH and the teen comedies of the 80's. Also, each of the songs reflect or invoke memories from my high school days; such as a crush who painted my locker black (including the combination dialer), a friend who dressed in drag for a spoof on the Homecoming Queen competition (who is now a cop) and Grease was the play we put on my Senior year. In between the songs are movie clips from (mostly), you guessed it, 80's teen comedies.

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Media Vixen: Radio Sally
Date: 6/24/2005
Although I never liked John Hughes movies, you did an excellent job here. Better than The Breakfast Club!