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Deni's avatar

Completely unrelated to this post, but relevant to the 80s, Simple Minds just announced a North America tour. With openers Soft Cell and Modern English.

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Whoa! Gotta check for Cleveland dates!! Thanks for letting us know! --Keith

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It appears they have decided to avoid Ohio.

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Not a terrible choice for people to avoid Ohio, in general... 😂

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Alejandro Saya's avatar

Simple Minds will also be playing Rio and Buenos Aires this May. No Cleveland, though!

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Peace and understanding have finally found their way into the Saya household! Both Mónica and me are voting for Martika and Taylor (Leslie). May the biggest diva win!

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So happy to hear that you have made it to a point of unity! Cancel the marriage counseling sessions! 😂

--Keith

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This is the best thing at all related to Debbie Gibson:

https://youtu.be/cXLuSHx1fR0?si=YL3CXGCR0m8vqaOq

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The 80s-est's avatar

Whoa! Now THAT is an interesting performance that seems vaguely familiar, but that I definitely had not actually seem before. 😂

--Keith

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Well, MTV banned the video back when it was originally out. Debbie was their teen darling so they wouldn't put this on the air.

Mojo was the best, funniest songwriter. We just lost him about a year ago. I saw him the same year this song was out (he opened with it) when he opened for The Pogues and Violent Femmes.

He had a song called Don Henley Must Die. Henley showed up at a Mojo show once and sang it with him.

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