I thought I have seen everything and heard everything from the 80's....I was wrong. I have never heard "the touch". It was as if Ken Russell made a fake music video. It is everything from the 80's rolled into one song and one video. Mind you this was the "other" 80's "the gay bar 80's". I was too wrapped up in English Music with its black and white video's of guys with short hair singing in front of old Scottish ruins in black trench coats and a crucifix flapping in the wind to have noticed the song "the touch". I would assume this video and song are part of the high energy pop 80's .I was too young to go out, so I would never have seen this. That being said, I love this too much and I got chills. Its beyond tacky, and by tacky I mean perfection.
Please note the dance moves at the end of the video, I recommend you do it in your spare time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1tzDxGYADg&feature=related
Kim Wilde's look is pure 80's genius. I think it is time we brought this look back, the clothes are already in but the hair needs to make a comeback as well. I, for the most part, do not like 80's hairstyles, but I liked this devil may care-Euro disco look she has going on. I can imagine her smoking a cigarette in a cafe in Brussels, shielded from the rain by a big green awning, while thumbing through a copy of Face or Manipulator, (if the table was big enough) thinking about what shoulder to wear her shirt off of, or what shoe boot to buy next with all the money she is making on her hit songs.
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