At any rate, my husband long ago confided that if he were allowed to travel back in time his choice is clear: 1987. Or, the year of the stake dance. Not HIS stake dances mind you, but MY stake dances. As a teenager my youth group sponsored these dances just about every weekend, and I hardly ever missed. I have expounded before on my love of dancing, but I may not have been quite as forthcoming about the fact that while I love the dance, the dance does not necessarily love me. Cory has heard stories and as such would very much like to witness for himself the social disaster that was Vern in 1987. I was a dancing fool back in the day, emphasis on the "fool" part, and the one song that got me more excited above all the rest was "Oh L'Amour" by the band Erasure. I. Loved. Erasure. I tried desperately back in the day to get our basketball team to use them as our warm up music but our star point guard had leanings toward Chaka Khan, so Chaka Khan it was. I guess no one cares what the star bench warmer wants.
So yes, I loved them.
Yes, I danced like Gumby getting the electric chair when their music played.
Yes, I went to their concert in the 80's and yes, we looked like Sister Wives on Date Night: (me, my sis, Nicole, and Mike)
Erasure is coming in concert to Denver next week.
No, I'm not going. I can't give Cory the satisfaction and make it that easy on him, he's going to have to wait for time travel. Better get crackin' on that flex capacitor babe! In the meantime, how about those tights?
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I'm seeing Erasure tonight in Austin. I'll clap extra hard for Oh L'Amour just for you. But I won't dance.
Vern Vern Vern... but I thought MC Hammer's Can't Touch This was the song of choice for the dancing' fool that you are. And apparently, Drew has inherited the dancing' fool thing from your side of the family although, perhaps that's not correct, since I've seen your parents dance numerous times and they definitely have the moves down. By the way, I think Drew is the king of awesomeness!
On a different note, that fall thing... I love it. I know it won't last long enough. And I most likely will be shoveling snow starting in about 2-3 weeks and lasting until next July, so don't go talking to me about the beach!! LOL
Would have also made a great Halloween post.
I loved them too! Pretty sure they were the first Gay band... unless I am thinking of the wrong one, but boy were they cute!!!
Ha ha....can we talk about how much hairspray was used in the 80's....and what did the hairspray companies do once the hairspray craze passed??
Dude. We had the exact same boyfriend. I'm not even kidding--the no kissing, the flowers, the no-calling after HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME AFTER TWO WEEKS. I'm not kidding, what was his name?
I LOVE Erasure too! I saw them in San Francisco in about 1987 (talk about the heart of the nest, yikes). She's taken a hiatus for club-style music, but I got my middle daughter hooked on Erasure for a while. They really are EPIC!
My hubby (more of a 70's man) does a great impression of someone dancing to Erasure. He's gone this morning I might bust out the old CD's and dance while I'm cleaning house today.
(PS. I'm pretty sure my photos, if we had taken any, would have looked just like yours)
You were the best bird hand dancer there ever was! You could work those hands like no one else.
I think Cory would have fit right into our dance circles.
Makes me smile.
And that picture?
I would love the see the hand gestures for "Heart Break Beat" or "I think I love you from head to toe"
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