Psycho stalker music

[mizarchivist]

What is up with 80s pop?

Have you ever really listened to "Jesse's Girl"? It's the heart-warming tale of a guy who's trying to steal his friend's girlfriend and is frustrated and confused that she's not charmed by his pickup lines and smooth talking. What a dick!

Yesterday I was listening to REO Speedwagon. "Can't Fight This Feeling" -a classic power ballad all about true love, and co-dependency. Again with scary stalker overtones when this guy is determined to kick it up a notch with his platonic female friend.

Tip of the iceberg, these. We won't even get into the poster child of dangerous relationships: Sting with his "Every Step You Take." Mind you, all three songs make me smile. They're nostalgic in their own ways. ... and next up Animotion's "Obsession." Classic, I say! What are your favorite stalker songs?

Comments

[catness.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

I'm not sure where anybody ever got the idea that musicians were NICE. Should I even tell you that my biological father dedicated "Don't Stand So Close To Me" to me when I met him, at age 14? He used to always play that for me in his cover band. Talk about a pervert. *snicker*

I was going to say things about Sting but everyone else covered that already. (Friggin' MTV addicts.) I don't know a thing about REO's intentions, but Rick Springfield's song was chock full of irony, not confusion, in, "I've been funny I've been cool with the lines / Ain't that the way love's supposed to be." Rick wasn't stupid, but he knew his audience. ;)

The music business is *still* the last bastion of the truly macho and irresponsible male.

[mizarchivist]

*smooch*

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Rick wasn't stupid, but he knew his audience. ;)

'You got my body dancin' tangoes in 3/4 time..."

Oh, hell yeah.