Famous 'dos of the 80s

Sadly, given our advancing ages, most of us are well beyond having to worry about frosted highlights, extra-strength hairgel and other hirsute adventures.

But that doesn't mean we can't drag our hairy heroes through the mud again. I mean, come on, Limahl. Are there fishing lines holding those hairstrands up?

Today's challenge: Name were the best celebrity/musician hairdos of the 80s.

I'm just jealous, because I was born with Pete Rose hair -- completely straight, fly-away hair that refuses to conform to any modern style. Unless I use tons of gel, but then I look like Crispin Glover.

Feel free to consider actors, celebrities and musicians for the list. Here are some obvious inclusions:

MIKE SCORE (A Flock of Seagulls): Perhaps the poster man-child for interesting hair. Sadly, he's bald now. (And he says he hates playing "I Ran" -- go figure.)

HOWARD JONES: His hair is sorta halfway between Mike Score's and that MTV Veejay Alan Hunter. Sadly, these days he looks more like Christopher Lloyd in "Back to the Future."

THE B-52s: Just Kate and Cindy. Fred looks just fine.

AIMEE MANN ('Til Tuesday): Once sported the infamous "rat tail," which really should be the official hair accessory of the '80s.

ANNABELLA LWIN (Bow Wow Wow): She went mohawk -- and au natural -- for an album cover. One problem. She wasn't 18 yet.

Add your nominations to the list. We'll unveil the final ranking on a later date. In the meantime, go visit a stylist and ask for the featured look. Time to bring back a classic!

Comments

[Marissa]

Terri Nunn had some bitchin' two tone hair.

[Carla]

Does Boy George count if it wasn't his real hair?

[Marissa]

Howard Jones also had that oofy poofy thing.
Alanna Curry from Thompson Twins.

[Spears]

Boy George would count. Though these days, he has no hair at all.

[Marissa]

Ooh, the guys from Living Colour~

[Marissa]

Sinead O'Connor went bald. That was unheard of for chicks.

[jane]

Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. Those 'hives were the epitome of fab. Love.

My personal go-to hair imitatee: Slash. When my hair's a little longer than it is now, I can totally do his in-the-face style. All I need is a hat.

Back in the day, I sported a Benetar crop. And the early Madonna bed-head as well, complete with big bow.

[Carla]

Are we going for outrageous hair styles, really nice hair styles or does anything go?

[Spears]

Anything goes, baby!

[Marissa]

Richard Marx had a delightful man-do. It made his head seem like it outweighed him 3 to 1.

[Carla]

Well then, it should be NO surprise to anyone when I say... that Steve Perry had some GREAT locks on the Escape tour! Had a fit when he cut them short for Frontiers!

[Tonianne]

Aimee Mann, 'Til Tuesday.

The girl knew how to rock a fade.

[Marissa]

lol Billy Ray's mullet.

[Spears]

Aimee had the rat-tail too, right?

I'm surprised nobody has begged for a Sean update yet.

[Carla]

Tommy Lee and Vince Neil for the Theatre of Pain cd. And while we're going for big hair... Jon Bon Jovi had some nice hair too!

[Marissa]

And how about Billy Idol's bleached spikes?

[Marissa]

Oh yeah, did Sean make it without crapping himself?

[Spears]

And Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin with the mohawk.

[Spears]

Sean called twice during his trip. Turns out they stuck in the penthouse! Luckiest guy on the planet.

[Marissa]

Michael Jackson's drippy Jeri curl.

[Marissa]

STUCK in the penthouse? Jeez. He suffers daily, doesn't he?

[jane]

Jeri curl! Good one, Miss Riss... let your sooooooul gloooo!

[Marissa]

Cyndi Lauper

[Spears]

Don't forget "Soul Glo" from "Coming to America."

I still sing along to that on the drop of a hat.

[Spears]

Supposedly, I get to hang out backstage with Cyndi and the B-52s when she's here for the True Colors tour.

Word has it my dressing room backstage has already been approved. Wowsers.

[Marissa]

Hell, aside from the length of that shindig, Steve, I'd be stoked!

[William]

Robert Smith of the Cure. He had a hairdo similar to a large frightened spider on his head.....actually, he's still sporting that look. And it doesn't go well on someone who is over 45 as he is.

[Marissa]

Ah, good one, William. Poorly applied eye liner and lipstick doesn't do anyone justice, but a man over 45? Egads.

[Spears]

William -- that's a great addition. I keep forgetting about Robert Smith.

[Spears]

Yeah, the True Colors will be a marathon, but I go back and get massage treatments between bands, I'm sure.

[Marissa]

OH, surely you'll be given the Grand Emcee treatment. Will there be a spread of food awaiting you?

[jane]

Apropos of nothing, I give you this, which my brother sent me many moons ago. It gives me great joy:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh55/citizenjane1234/blesstheirhearts.jpg

[Marissa]

ha! reminds me of Joe Dirt

[Spears]

Ruth Eckerd usually has a fantastic spread of food. The bands all love this venue because they're treated great and fed well.

That being said, I've never tried the food. I'm too nervous already being backstage and the idea of having a mouth full of linguine when Cyndi pops in for a visit just freaks me out.

[jane]

I'm now digging through the jane archives and with another cocktail under my belt, i might start sharing the delight that was my hairstyles of the '80s. I seriously think i changed my style every six months.

[Marissa]

I had a very boxy feathered 'do in the early 80s. It wasn't until after high school that I discovered the magic of Aussie Sprunch Spray. For a short period I chopped of my longer locks and got a little spikey.

[Spears]

Did we nominate the guys from General Public yet?

[jane]

The look sported by Michael Douglas in Wall Street is iconic to the late '80s -- the slicked back hair, along with the trouser braces... so indicative of the corporate side of the decade.

[Marissa]

Holy Moley! Oh yeah. They have to be on the list

[Spears]

Don't forget Charlie Sheen as "Rick Vaughn" in Major League. "Who cut your hair, Veg-a-matic?"

[Marissa]

Ideas! We need more suggestions! Input! I N P U T!

[Spears]

BTW, uber-fan Matt Katz just e-mailed me with a great suggestion: Send Sean Daly on the road to review a New Kids on the Block show. Preferably some place painful -- like Detroit. Or anyplace in Tennessee.

[Tonianne]

I'd choose a Tennessee venue over a Detroit venue any day.

Tennessee has Stuckeys. And pecan logs can make any experience a little less painful.

[Matt Katz]

I have got to add the Hip Hop Hair. I am remembering Salt and Pepa specifically.

[Sherrie]

My favorite 80's haircut: Mike Peters from The Alarm, circa the Declaration album. I used to be able to make my hair almost do it, but it required more than traditional hair products- I seem to recall an experiment with corn syrup that worked really well. It potentially could have attracted flies, but my hair sure stood up well!

[Spears]

Pecan logs? Oh god, there's not enough Pepcid AC or Immodium AD for that experience.

[Spears]

Hey Matt -- Salt and Pepa was on VH1 Classic this morning, and it was too painful to watch, yet too bizarre to turn away.

Their stage setup was akin to something the prisoners in Stalag 13 could have built.

[Marissa]

::snort:: The vision of Sean passed out in a Stuckey's parking lot with a pecan log in one hand, a bag of Funyuns in the other. Mumbling, "right stuff..you got the right stuff.."

[Marissa]

One of THE most famous hair styles of the 80s for straight haired girls: Princess Diana (yes, I tried to sport it).

[Marissa]

And when did Fergie, Duchess of York come along with those oversized hair bows?

[Marissa]

OH! Steve! I wanted to tell you that while watching the credits for IRON MAN yesterday, a name caught my eye under Executive Producer: Peter Billingsley.

[Matt Katz]

Yeah, Anything with racing stripes shaved into the hair was awesome.
I think I need to head over to you tube and look at the push it video.
I'm also trying to remember the great Rat Tails of the 80's

Marissa: I'm dying from that comment.

[jane]

HA! Hogan, LeBeau and Newkirk hanging with Salt, Pepa and Spinderella.

Awesome.

[Spears]

We had a chance to interview Peter Billingsley recently, but sorta declined.

It would have been better to do it during our Christmas Story podcast. Talking to "Ralphie" in April didn't make as much sense.

[Tonianne]

If I had to compete with the memory of Koo Stark, I would so not have chosen the bow-in-hair route.

[Marissa]

ARGH! The guy from The Thompson Twins had a killer rat-tail, Matt. UGH! I can't believe I am unable to recall his name. Jeez! I suck.

And I'm sorry I'm killing you.

[Sherrie]

My little brother sported a rat tail for most of the late 80's, and when he finally cut it off my mom put in in a plastic bag and it resided on her bulletin board for years, a perfectly preserved artifact of the 80's. If I can dig up a pic of my brother with his rat tail AND red zippered Michael Jackson jacket, he'd do about anything to keep that from seeing the light of day!

[jane]

PS: While pecan logs are interesting fare, nothing can beat a Stuckey's praline.

[Marissa]

Well, Ralphie is all growed up and his IMDb picture is sorta hot.

[Marissa]

If Sean is going to travel in the heart of the South, he has to report live from a Waffle House. Man, I miss that place. If it's good enough for Kid Rock, it's good enough for Daly.

[Sherrie]

Thanks Marissa, I was afraid I was the only perv who thought Ralphie was a bit hot now. What a load off my mind! :)

[jane]

Koo Stark! Now there's a name I haven't heard in years.

(I had a picture of Randy Andy in my locker at school and elaborate plans on how I was going to become jane, dutchess of york once he got back from the falklands...)

[Matt Katz]

Well some of the guys from New Kids had some great Rat Tails. Also I want to say El Dibarge, but I don't know if that is correct.
It's ok, the image of Sean passed out and mumbling... genius.

[Matt Katz]

I think Detroit or Tenn my be to centralized. I'm thinking Oklahoma. I believe they still have Stucky's

[Marissa]

I don't remember him IN the movie, but he's billed as "william" ~ Quite frankly, Robery Downey, Jr. is so freakin' striking and gorgeous that I hardly remember anyone else being in the movie. Favreau plays his driver. For a man who is up in years, Jeff Bridges looked pretty darn good.

[Marissa]

Ahhhhhhhh I can't believe I'm having a lustful moment over Ralphie!

[Tonianne]

Matt - don't get me started about Oklahoma.

[jane]

Oh, Matt -- having just recently completed my own version of the Griswolds Cover the South, I can say that Tennessee does indeed have some Stuckey's. As does Georgia. Which also has some of the most interesting gas station mini-marts I've ever seen (slot machines and rolling papers and condoms and Mad Dog and porn -- oh my!)... but I digress.

[Melissa]

I loved Missing Persons Dale Bozio's hair.  I used to put pink and blue streaks in my hair.   I also combined Teri Nunn and her black tips with Aimee Mann's rat tail. 

My senior prom, my date and I dyed our hair with red kool-aid.  It looked cool until he started sweating kool-aid.  If I got thirsty I just had to lick his forehead.

[Walter Cox]

Billy Idol definitely wins.

Chrissie Hind's wasn't extreme in any way, but it certainly fit her to a T.

And nobody has mentioned Flock of Seagulls just because yet?

The guys from Duran Duran sported some serious hair at times.

[Spears]

I like Bozio's choice of chest supports.

[Marissa]

Holy crap! How could we over look Flock of Seagulls?

[Matt Katz]

Actually on my coast to cost, my favorite was Missouri, which was dotted with many Strange Truck Stops, Fireworks, Giant Crosses, and Pornography Superstores. Lovely place.

[Marissa]

Then, there are the dapper Dan's of ABC and Spandau Ballet.

[Melissa]

Steve, my parents wouldn't let me out of the house with the fishbowls. ha ha!

[ian]

Marissa mentioned Cyndi Lauper.

Does it have to be a 'do' on the head and can we could Capt Lou Albano. Who else had rubber bands in their beard?!

[Matt Katz]

Ok, I'm gonna commit a cardinal sin, But this person is from the beginning of 1990 so the song had to be written in the 80's. I have to nominate Jane Child. The Spikes with the extremely long Cornrows

[jane]

Sounds like there was something for everyone there, Matt -- for sinning and repenting. I do so appreciate full service like that.

[Sherrie]

I never understood the point of Captain Lou's rubber bands, and I'd think that they were painful!

[Marissa]

How about Dee Snider and his curly wig. that was a wig, wasn't it?

[Marissa]

I thought Jane Child was around in the 80s.. or I'm thinking of Tina Marie.

[ian]

Sherrie, was there EVER a point to most of the haridos from the 80's?

[Sherrie]

Ah, point taken Ian.

[Matt Katz]

I'm sure she was, but I just checked Wikipedia and it said "Don't want to fall in love" hit the charts in Spring 1990.

[Melissa]

I always wanted Tina Turner's wild hair...and her legs.

[Marissa]

Annie Lennox and the androgynous, often firey orange cropped do.

[jane]

Wow -- Jane Child. Now that's a name I haven't heard or thought of in forever.

And the point of the hairdos was to balance out the ginormous shoulder pads I so often sported...

[ian]

i never understood the whole shoulder pad fad. Watching reruns of 80's shows makes me cringe. Hairdos can be laughed at now, but shoulder pads just make me shake my head.

another reason I am happy that I was a boy in the 80's!

[Melissa]

I thought leg warmers were supposed to balance out the shoulder pads. ooops.

[Marissa]

Who famously sported the side pony tail? Was Three's Company an 80s show? If so, Chrissy Snow had some crazy shiznit going on with the multiple pony tails.

[jane]

I adhered to the leg warmers balance out the off-the-shoulder sweater rule, with the hair/shoulder pad rule being another in the Fashion Manifesto of jane.

[Tonianne]

wow - jane childs. i actually considered a nose ring after seeing her (i think) perform at the grammys.

[Spears]

Sorry, I got busy there. I'm back.

[Bassnote]

The guy from the Thompson Twins is Tom Bailey.

Ralphie was in Iron Man? I missed him. By the way, that movie rocked.

[Marissa]

Bassnote, I intend on going to see it again. I haven't done that since Lord of The Rings.

Thanks for the Thompson Twins info. My brain temporarily froze up.

[jane]

I wore side ponytails in high school. Thought I was hot stuff. Except for the fact that I had hair more like Rosanne Rosannadanna than Chrissy Snow and it was a big honkin' mess.

[Marissa]

I wouldn't have recognized Ralphie even if I knew he was in it. He's changed considerably.

"I did a piece with Vanity Fair last night." ~ or something like that.

[Marissa]

Jane, I managed to french braid my hair across the top of my head. Then, across the back and intertwine them so it looked like a consecutive braid around my head. It was great for when I went ice skating.

[jane]

Man, I couldn't braid my mop to save my life, though goodness knows I tried. Yay for you!

[Cait]

John Taylor of Duran Duran - how many of us had bleached bangs just because of him?

And Rick Savage of Def Leppard. Huge and gorgeous, and curly, and it wasn't even a perm.

For women, Diana Ross' mane, Madonna's different shades of blonde, Tina Turner's elecktroshocked look, and Princess Diana's short bob.

[jane]

I will say, though, that I never had to have a perm. Believe it or not, some woman was getting one the last time I was at my salon -- damn, did those things smell bad.

[Spears]

Nice job -- 100 posts. Somewhere, in a jet flying high above on its way back to Tampa, a tear just rolled down the cheek of Sean "Shane" Daly.

[jane]

Oh -- going late '80s. Meg Ryan's shag, famously sported in When Harry Met Sally. I still see variations of that today -- and surprisingly, they look pretty good.

[Marissa]

Aww Shane's the best.

[Spears]

Meg Ryan's hair in When Harry Met Sally is a national treasure.

[jane]

PS: I would be remiss if I didn't mention my vote for best music dude hair: why, the blond, tossled locks of the Police of course. Especially Stewart.

[Bassnote]

I had a Michael Hutchence doo in the mid to late 80s. Very long and gelled to one side so that my right eye was partially covered.

[Spears]

Who had "10:32" in the "Jane mentions Stewart" pool tonight? The kitty was up to $3,000.

[Tonianne]

Kind of a foredrawn conclusion, no Steve?

[jane]

Lalalala -- can't hear you. Klark Kent is blasting through the speakers...

[Marissa]

Crapazoids! I was off 15 mins. I was being generous.

[Spears]

Ugh, ignore my comments from here on out. I think I'm getting punchy in the still of the night.

[ian]

Wow! A mention of the Police! The bleached 3 of the 80's. I am especially surprised that you preferred Stewart. I guess that proves you were a fan of the group not just a Sting groupie.

I missed their tour. Dates didn't match up and tickets were way $$$.

[ian]

Spears, tipping the bottle since 5pm caught up with you? I thought I heard you one open in the stall next to me!

[jane]

Oh, Ian... don't even get me started. I refer to the band as Stewart and The Other Guys.

And I'll stop now.

[Spears]

No drinking for me tonight until I get off work sometime after midnight.

In the meantime, I'm treating myself to an 80s playlist I found on IMEEM.com.

Right now, "Send Me An Angel" is playing, which of course only reminds of the "love scene" in the painfully awful "Teen Wolf Too."

[Spears]

God help all of you if I continue chatting online once the bottle emptying begins about 12:15 a.m.

It will NOT be pretty.

Hopefully VH1 Classic will have something on in the wee hours to entertain me.

[Jeff]

I think that Sinead Oconnor had the best hair of the 80s. Everyone wanted to see if she was hot with hair. And she was. Dressed like a freak too.

[Tonianne]

Do stop, Jane.

Despite the fact that (almost) everything loses its appeal after 17 hours straight, it is clearly not "Stewart and the Other Guys."

[Spears]

It's hard to think of Sinead as being an 80s person. Try as I might.

And then I start confusing her with Demi Moore in "GI Jane."

And by no means should I even admit that I've seen -- must less own -- that movie.

[Marissa]

I watched Earth Girls Are Easy yesterday. Great soundtrack.

[Spears]

Jane, did you ever read my rambling diatribe where I feebly try to make the point that the Police are overrated and only Sting was worth listening to?

Not my greatest moment, but I did have some nice Photoshopped art on the blog item.

[jane]

Honesly, I don't think I have 17 hours worth of material on said subject... must remedy that.

[Jeff]

If your gonna have a demi moore movie it would have to be the one with rob lowe. or I hate to say it. the one where she hit the pole. with the bandit himself. Burt Renyolds

[Matt Katz]

...Cause I'm a blonde, B.L.O.N.D...cause i'm a blonde, don't you wish you were me. ..

[jane]

Them's fightin' words, Mr. Spears.

I don't believe I've had the pleasure (and I use that term with tongue firmly in cheek) to read that diatribe.

Although I might have to check out the art, just to test my mettle.

[Jeff]

If you take the songs written by Andy Summers right off your IPOD the police are a great band. Sting went really really soft but there was fire there in the beginning. Now sting is woostastic. You can play any sting song sandwiched between Michael Bolten and Phil Collins and it makes a sad and smooth easy listening bowel movement

[Spears]

You're talking "About Last Night," Jeff, which is an absolute classic and needs to be a podcast subject very, very soon.

It made me want to buy a beanbag and get stereo headphones back in '86.

[Marissa]

I am not a Demi Moore fan, but due to the co-stars in "... About Last night" I enjoyed the movie.

[Jeff]

Steve, you should get them now. the ladies really dig them. You would be real fly with that gear

[Tonianne]

I so love the headphones scene, Steve.

And Jeff - "Sister Moon", so not a BM kinda groove.

[jane]

hahahaha! I found the Police artwork. Most excellent. And yes, Stewart fared the best -- I assume you were going for the debil, but it was reminiscent of Inigo Montoya.

Reminds me of what I used to do to the photos in my American history textbook in high school.

[Jeff]

heaven help me...

[Spears]

Do they still sell bean bags? And do they come in size XXL?

In related news, I am buying a beer-dispensing helmet soon. That should be a fun "prop" -- yeah, just a prop.

[Tonianne]

Members Only jackets? Same effect as beer-dispensing helmets.

Just saying.

[Jeff]

You could get a love sack and throw a Breakfast club commerative thow over it. It will do the trick. Awesome on the drink hat. please post pics and wear in public

[Marissa]

I prefer the Papasan chair over a bean bag chair. I had a double sized one that I often zoned out in.

[Jeff]

Papasanchair.com...and target carries 449 different beanbag chairs

[Spears]

Papasanchairs are the tool of the devil. They break like a pair of chopsticks.

[Marissa]

lol I never had any issues in them, Steve. I guess you won't be invited to chillax with me.

Isn't abouttime for you to go home?

[Jeff]

Ill leave you two alone now...take care g nite

[Emily]

What about River Phoenix and his floppy hair. I watched Running on Empty on the weekend and his hair was a beautiful thing to see.

For the Aussies, you can't go past John Farnham's long mullet-like locks from the Whispering Jack days.

[Ian from Down Under]

I know I'm late into this, but how about Daryl Hannah in Splash. That darn hair just wouldn't blow in the wind.

[Ian from Down Under]

i think every band/artist from the 80's tried to have their own look. At least with so many different styles, it forced us to invent ones ourselves. Although most of my inventions never did take off. But it wouldn't be a post from me without adding an Aussie influence. Although baldies have been mentioned in earlier postings, still can't beat the over all package of 6 foot 100 inch funny dancing bald man, Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil. You remember those "one hit wonders" don't you Steve.

[Ian from Down Under]

My 2 last offerings.

Grace Jones - There's something about a crew cut on a woman.

And last but not least, Nena. Although she has learnt how to shave under her arms.

[Marissa]

Two Words: DON KING
Who can forget that Troll Doll do? He wasn't exactly an entertainer, but he was entertaining. In 1984 he managed the Jackson's Victory tour, but more infamously managed Mike Tyson.

[Marissa]

I mentioned these rockin' gents last night, but I fully believe a visual aid will further demonstrate my point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5SVDYBNrY

Living Colour: Cult of Personality. Lead singer Corey Glover's 'do took on a life of its own. Long braids on top; shaved back and sides.

[Douglas Arthur]

just my 2 cents late in the game...long weekend at Niagara Falls! Love the Maid Of The Mist! Anyway, are we strictly speaking about real life folk? Since, for me, a definitive hairstyle of the 80's was Wolverine/Logan's from the X-Men...especially the John Byrne/Terry Austin issues.

Point 2. Sinead was definitely a product of the 80's. The Lion And The Cobra was '87. And she pretty much flamed out after ripping up a picture of the Pope in '91 or so.

Point 3. Another 80's moment in Iron Man...while he is in his workshop, Tony Stark is listening to one of your favorite songs from Repo Man, Spearsy...though they never quite let it get to the "All I wanted was a Pepsi" chorus.

More later, after I finish wringing out my clothes...all that mist from the Falls dontchaknow.

[Tonianne]

Tony Stark's NOT real-life folk?

Doug, you're a dream-killer, my friend.

Next you'll be telling me Jason Statham/The Transporter is fictional as well.

[Marissa]

"Niagra Falls! Step by step. Inch by inch ...slowly I turn .."

IRON MAN rocks! Seriously, great tunage in that bad boy. Opens with "Back in Black" ~ you can't help but feel the dynamic energy with that sort of welcome.

[Douglas Arthur]

Oh, yeah, Marissa,
I got a chance to see Living Colour up close and personal at a small club here in Albany back in '88. (Vernon Reid was close enough to touch...though he probably would have kicked my a s s ). Corey's hair was like another performer. Like the mythical Medusa, with a head of churning snakes. If he whipped his head around enough, I thought for sure he would achieve liftoff.

Sidenote fun...opening act that night was a little known band from Seattle named Soundgarden, and I thought they sucked...shows how much I know.

I told the story of the concert experience on the scuttled Penn And Teller podcast, which is too bad...but now I get to tell it again someday. :)

Oh, hey thought of another person with distinctive hair from the 80's....Weird Al Yankovic! Not outrageous by any means, but very unique head of ringlets and curls...when he straightened it for the "Oh Ricky" video, I didn't recognize him at all.

[jane]

I saw Living Colour open for the Stones on the Steel Wheels tour... pretty frickin' amazing.

Although being that up close and personal to Vernon and Corey -- plus Chris Cornell... oh my.

[Douglas Arthur]

Yeah Jane, the club was a converted White Tower hamburger joint so not very large at all. Cult of Personality hadn't quite hit the big time yet. I was a month shy of my 21st birthday, and the bouncer stared at my license for a long time trying to figure out the math, and finally decided to let me in...otherwise i would have missed out on the experience...still one of my faves of all time. I saw them on the Steel Wheels tour also at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. When I told the story, Sean mentioned he was at that show too! Small world.

Tonianne, sorry, didn't mean to be a dream killer. I was only inquiring if it was okay to reference a comic book character, and not a real person. BTW, Jason Statham rocks! Not 80's but still effing cool.

[jane]

I love those small world stories... how cool that y'all were both at that Stones gig.

I myself was at the Sting/Dream of the Blue Turtles show in Gainesville that Mr. Spears references on some podcast whose theme escapes me at the moment. Although my experience was not nearly as interesting as his...

[Spearsy]

I think that was our Police podcast, wasn't it? The rum bags in my pants story. Followed by the barfing date. Then finding the other female friend from high school wandering the halls of my dorm.

Surreal night for sure. There are details I had to leave out too. So imagine how much more interesting it got.

[Rosie]

The dapper dandies of ABC and Spandau Ballet still look good, too. Frontmen Tony Hadley and Martin Fry. They did have some fine hair, both of them.

[Tina]

What about Toyah? I remember seeing one of her videos (can't remember the song) with her careening down what looked like a runway, in a chariot, sporting the wildest bright red mohawk.

[John]

Just rockers? Ted Koppel had crazy hair in the 80s.

[Douglas Arthur]

Yes, Toyah! Watch her in action in Urgh! a Music War! She has Wolverine-ish hair there. She still performs concerts, but is more a theater actress these days. In 1986 she married my favorite guitarist and close personal friend...ok not that close...Robert Fripp of King Crimson fame. (Fripp is also most famous for playing with the likes of Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Blondie, Daryl Hall, and many more)

[Anna]

Did anyone mention Grace Jones? She was extreme all over! I believe I still have my rat tail somewhere. I had mine on the right to balance out the double piercing on the left ear. I let my bangs grow long and curly to cover one eye for the sole purpose of annoying my mother. I never wore leg warmers (or multiple socks) and I ripped the shoulder pads out of everything so I wouldn't look like a linebacker. I also chose to wear my shirts one at a time.

[ian]

Spears, which podcast was the Police one? I just took a look and can't seem to find it.

...should I be asking Jane this question?

Thanks.

[Spearsy]

I thought it was this episode:

http://pod.sptimes.com/stuckinthe80s065.mp3

I could be wrong.