Monday, October 30, 2006
80's Pop Fans in Mourning synchronicity
News over the weekend told us that one of the Taylors in the 80's pop group, Duran Duran has quit the band.
Two little bits of trivia:
1) There were three guys with the surname Taylor at Duran Duran's peak popularity in the early 80's and neither was related.
2) Duran Duran is still a band.
So here's the synchronicity part. After I read of (Andy?) Taylor's leaving the band, I decided to search wikipedia for DD to find out the name of that song they had in the early 90's that brought them back to the fore of pop music. I remembered it because I thought it was unusual for a pop band to drop off the radar and then come back roughly 10 years later with some really good stuff. The song is 'Ordinary World', by the way. As I am reading the wiki entry, my daughter peeks over my shoulder and asks, "Who's that?" I explained that it was a band that was popular in the 80's and for a short time in the 90's. She feigned interest and went back to her TV show.
Now, here's the eery part. The very next morning, I'm taking my daughter to Newton for a soccer game. As I round the corner and leave our neighborhood, I switched on the radio and 'Ordinary World' is playing.
Two little bits of trivia:
1) There were three guys with the surname Taylor at Duran Duran's peak popularity in the early 80's and neither was related.
2) Duran Duran is still a band.
So here's the synchronicity part. After I read of (Andy?) Taylor's leaving the band, I decided to search wikipedia for DD to find out the name of that song they had in the early 90's that brought them back to the fore of pop music. I remembered it because I thought it was unusual for a pop band to drop off the radar and then come back roughly 10 years later with some really good stuff. The song is 'Ordinary World', by the way. As I am reading the wiki entry, my daughter peeks over my shoulder and asks, "Who's that?" I explained that it was a band that was popular in the 80's and for a short time in the 90's. She feigned interest and went back to her TV show.
Now, here's the eery part. The very next morning, I'm taking my daughter to Newton for a soccer game. As I round the corner and leave our neighborhood, I switched on the radio and 'Ordinary World' is playing.
