United We Stan! - Bop, Bounce & Boogie as Bosom Buddies Blast Beats & Battle Beasts!

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 "Say It, Say It" - E.G. Daily 

  (May/June 1986, highest chart pos.#1 U.S. Club, 

 #4 U.S. Dance/#70 Hot 100/#71 R&B/#86 Cash Box) 

You just watched a video that was a favorite on MTV and VH1,

a parody of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 psycho-comedy drama

film Lolita starring James Mason and Sue Lyon.

E.G. Daily 

 The song "Say it, Say It" is the debut single by LA-based

pop singer/songwriter Elizabeth Daily, stage name

E.G. Daily. Released in the spring of 1986...

"Say It, Say It" topped the U.S.Club chart. 

E.G. Daily 

E.G. Daily is also a film actress known for her animation voice roles in

Rugrats and Powerpuff Girls. She provided the voice of the title character

in Babe: Pig In The City and was the voice of Bamm-Bamm Rubble in

The Flintstones movie. E.G. also appeared as an actress in Pee-Wee's

Big Adventure, Valley Girl and in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects.

Hi there! We're Mia and Nadine...

leading ladies in the 2009 Canadian-American

horror comedy movie Stan Helsing.

 Released just in time for Halloween that year, the funny fright flick

contains parodies of popular horror films including Van Helsing (2004),

Jaws (1975), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Texas Chain Saw

Massacre (1974), Child's Play (1988), Hellraiser (1987),  Friday the 13th

(1980), Halloween (1978), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Pet Sematary

(1989), The Ring (2002) and Jeepers Creepers (2001).

Freddy Krueger - A Nightmare on Elm Street - spoofed in Stan Helsing

 As we go along, we'll be showing you some of the

horror icons that are spoofed in our movie Stan Helsing. 

I'm Nadine.

In Stan Helsing, I'm brunette but, when I go blonde, people

say I look like Lily in Night of the Demons and Bailey

in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

I say that's par for the course.

 

Nadine - Stan Helsing/United We Stan

Welcome to a special sneak preview of our new radio show

 BOSOM BUDDIES 

 BLAST BEATS & 

 BATTLE BEASTS 

...coming soon to S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Bundled with Evie Barret's show

 Good Verses Evie... 

based on her TV series Stan Against Evil...

 our BBBBBB funfest will be part of

a new Shady's Place series entitled

United We Stan.

leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre - spoofed in Stan Helsing

I'm Mia.

In Stan Helsing, I'm the shy, straight-laced, conservative blonde.

 Yep... open the dictionary to the word "wallflower"

and BOOM!... there's my picture.

Nadine and I are not only mistresses of the night...

we're also masters of multitasking. 

While we're busy trying to survive the night

as murderous creatures attack from all sides...

...we'll be your hostesses with the mostesses, spinning tunes

with a beat to soothe their savage breasts and hopefully

make them think twice before they slice and dice. 

Okay, let's get back to the music. Up next, say hello to another

blonde beauty and another talented singer, songwriter and actress.

It's Debbie Harry, former frontwoman of the band Blondie, out

on her own and scoring hits, including the one I'm about to play,

a song that charted a few months after E.G. Daily's "Say It, Say It."

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From Christmas 1986 and early 1987, a top 10 hit in the UK,

here's Debbie Harry doing some- "French Kissin' In The USA!"

 "French Kissin" aka "French Kissin' In The USA" 

 (Dec. 1986/Jan. 1987, highest chart pos. 

 #8 UK/#51 Cash Box/#57 Hot 100) 

Frankenstein's Monster - spoofed in Stan Helsing

Mia - Stan Helsing/United We Stan

Now meet Tessa Violet, the Chicago-born, Oregon- raised singer, songwriter,

indie popper, actress, video blogger and YouTube sensation who was

at one time a fashion model known as Meekakitty. I'm going to

play a catchy song from Tessa's second studio album

Bad Ideas released at Halloween 2019.

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The video is described as "a dancing homage to Nancy Sinatra's

'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Tessa Violet sings--

"I Like (the idea of) You!"

 "I Like (the idea of) You" - Tessa Violet 

 (May 2019) 

Chucky - Child's Play - spoofed in Stan Helsing

Go to your

room, Chucky.

By the way...

my eyes are

up here,

dolly!

If you're just tuning in,

we're Bosom Buddies,

 Nadine (that's me) and

 my gal pal Mia from

the horror comedy film

  Stan Helsing.

The movie is B-grade

and R-rated, and Mia

and I are double

D-lightful.

The flick's a hoot,

and we're throwing

this preview party

to introduce our

new radio show

based on it.

Our show

is called

 BOSOM BUDDIES 

 BLAST BEATS & 

 BATTLE BEASTS 

(Say that five times fast!)

So pour yourself another cuppa and get ready to rock

as we continue to plow through a 7-killer-in-a-row,

don't-stop-till-you-drop power play blowout!

 

All through this hell night, we've been surrounded, threatened

and attacked by the Famous Monsters of Filmland. 

The Wolfman - spoofed in Stan Helsing

Maybe we can fight fire with fire by playing a fierce Beastie Boys

classic.  Let's travel around the world all the way to Indonesia

where a hardcore band is jamming in their garage.

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They're Hold It Down and they kick serious butt on their

killer cover of The Beasties'-- "Fight For Your Right!"

 "Fight For Your Right" -  Beastie Boys 

 cover by Hold It Down (May 2020) 

That was a dope cover of "Fight For Your Right (To Potty)"

by the Indonesian garage band Hold It Down.

Michael Myers - Halloween - spoofed in Stan Helsing

I'm having trouble holding

my lunch down after seeing

my reflection in Michael

Myers' knife blade. 

Hey Mikey... any relation

to the little kid in the Life

cereal commercials?

Any relation to SNL

funnyman Mike Myers?

By the way...

my eyes are

up here,

bozo! 

Hey-hey, we're your best buds, Bosom Buddies - Mia and Nadine,

the Hee Haw Honeys of Horror... the best beast-battling bims

in all of babedom,  creeping  keeping you company here on

S-P-M-M... the station that puts the pedal to the metal.

 We're spinning cool tuneage while at the same time fighting to save our city

(and our butts) from an army of grotesque, bloodthirsty movie monsters.

Okay, those Indonesians primed the pump.

Let's rock some more and roll into the next number.

Nadine - Stan Helsing/United We Stan

You first met Sonia Anubis at Halloween last year as a

member of G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of WOW!) 

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Sonia, a guitarist and bass player in The Netherlands, plays

with the metal bands Crypta, Cobra Spell and this wild bunch -

Burning Witches.  Feel the intensity, behold metal greatness

as these banshees perform a-- "Dance With The Devil!"

 "Dance With The Devil" - Burning Witches 

 (Feb. 2020) 

Pinhead - Hellraiser - spoofed in Stan Helsing

Now meet the Swedish glam rock band that call themselves Lipz.

They're about to cover a hit by another Swedish act, the pop duo

Roxette, a single that reached #2 on the U.S. chart in 1989.

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 Fast forward 30 years to Halloween 2019. Experience the splendor, the excesses

and the extravagance of melodic Swedish glam rock as Lipz seal the deal --

performing their updated version of Roxette's international hit "Dangerous!"

 "Dangerous" - Roxette cover by Lipz 

 (Halloween 2019) 

 Darn! Double darn! Triple darn!  This bites!

Bruce the great white shark - Jaws - spoofed in Stan Helsing

 Shady's giving us the sign to wrap things up.



As the Manhattans sang, "Let's just smooch and say goodbye."

Stick around. Coming up next, Gary Owens keeps us abreast of the latest news,

and then, stay tuned for the second edition of Shady Del Knight's epic series

 SAVED BY THE BELL  DELL  

(the one without Screech)... right here on S-P-M-M, the station with personality.  

Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th - spoofed in Stan Helsing

Nadine - Stan Helsing/United We Stan

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To play us off, English pop superstar Kim Wilde with her Halloween hit

from 1988. Now for my Bosom Buddy Mia from Stan Helsing this is

Nadine saying goodbye and urging you to catch us next year on the

debut of our S-P-M-M show United We Stan.  And remember...

when you're out on the street on fright night, "Never Trust A Stranger!"

    "Never Trust A Stranger" - Kim Wilde 

 (Halloween & Nov. 1988, #3 Netherlands 

 #4 Switzerland #6 Belgium/#7 UK & Austria) 

Shady's Eighties Greaties Vol. 4: Backfired Situation!

"The Guy Under the Seats"

Hello there, Shady. I'm sure you never thought you'd

be seeing me again. I'll bet you were hoping I'd stay

hidden away in my little cubby-hole forever so that

you could sit up there in your ivory tower as the

self proclamed ruler of the blog world. 

Let me ask you this, Shady. Do you happen to know how long

it's been since you ran an Eighties Greaties post? I'll tell you

how long. The last post ran in 2012. Do the math. That's

something like 20 years ago. Tell me, Shady, how does

it feel to play God year after year, foisting heavy metal

thunder, sugar-coated disco ditties and your granddaddy's

lame Hit Parade tunes from the 50s upon your readers?

 Well I'm back and things are gonna change around here pronto. You see, Shady,

the vast silent majority of my fellow Americans agree with me that the 80s

was the last great decade for music. Therefore, I am staging a coup.

 Effective immediately, I am taking over as host of your sorely neglected

Eighties Greaties. My first order of business will be to change the name

of the series to... Jennifer Jason Leigh Bridget Fonda Phoebe Cates

Christie Brinkley Bo Derek Morgan Fairchild Heather Locklear...

and, try as you may, there is absolutely nothing you can do

to stop me, mister smarty pants!

 DEBBIE HARRY 

Debbie Harry will turn age 74 this year, folks. Anybody feeling old?

In 1981, after a highly successful five year run as front woman of

the new wave band Blondie, Debbie began a solo career. Her debut

single, "Backfired," from her debut solo album KooKoo, backfired.

It didn't exactly burn up the charts in the U.S. or the UK. Blondie
fans were surprised and perhaps a little put off when they saw
the transformation in Debbie's appearance in the music video.
Check out her darker hair and sci-fi inspired look.

"Backfired" - Debbie Harry
(Sept. 1981, highest chart pos. #43 Hot 100,
#39 Cash Box, #32 UK, from July 1981 album KooKoo)

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 EDDIE MURPHY 

In the early 80s actor and comedian Eddie Murphy began to try his luck as a
recording artist with varying degrees of success ever since. In 1985 Murphy
entered the Buffalo, New York, home studio of record producer Rick James
and recorded "Party All The Time," a danceworthy single that features
Rick on backing vocals. Eddie's party platter spent three weeks at #2,
bumping its head on Lionel Richie's chart-topper "Say You, Say Me."

Watch and listen as Eddie Murphy and Rick James lay down the
sound on their collaborative hit-- "Party All The Time!"

"Party All The Time" - Eddie Murphy

(Dec. 1985, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100/#8 R&B)

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 CATHY DENNIS 

Since the mid 1990s, Britain's Cathy Dennis has enjoyed a very successful career

as a songwriter. Cathy has penned hit songs for Kelly Clarkson, Kylie Minogue and

Britney Spears. Cathy's greatest success came in 2008 as co-writer of Katy Perry's

monster international hit "I Kissed a Girl", one of the best-selling digital singles

in history. In the late 80s, before she started focusing primarily on songwriting,

Cathy made a name for herself as a pop/dance recording artist. In November

1989, Cathy's dance single "Just Another Dream" was released in the UK

 but failed to chart. In the year that followed, the record was re-issued in

the UK and reached #13. The slab was also released in the U.S. where,

in the early weeks of 1991, it caught fire, finishing in the top 10

on the pop chart and top 3 on the dance chart. Here now is 

Cathy Dennis on Oprah with "Just Another Dream."

"Just Another Dream" - Cathy Dennis

(first released Nov. 1989, charted in U.S. Jan. 1991,

highest chart pos. #9 Hot 100/#2 Dance Club/#13 UK)

 TEARS FOR FEARS 

In 1985 the English new wave pop rock band Tears For Fears achieved
back-to-back #1 hits in the U.S. with "Shout" and "Everybody Wants
To Rule The World." That same year Tears For Fears extended their
American winning streak with a third single, "Head Over Heels,"
which cracked the top 3 that summer and turned up in
the soundtrack of the 2001 sci-fi film Donnie Darko.

"Head over Heels" - Tears For Fears
(Oct./Nov. 1985, highest chart pos. #3,
from Feb. 1985 album Songs from the Big Chair)

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 YAZOO 

Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America because lawyers say so) was an English

synthpop duo, consisting of vocalist Alison Moyet and former Depeche Mode

keyboardist Vince Clarke. Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success in the New Wave

80s and their songs have been used in numerous movies and television shows.

In March 1982 the song "Situation" was released in the UK on the B side of

Yazoo's debut single "Only You" and therefore failed to chart. It was a much

different story stateside where "Situation" made the Hot 100 and topped

the Dance Club chart for four weeks. In this cool clip, Yaz performs their
U.S. club hit "Situation," better known to some as-- "Move Out!"

"Situation" - Yazoo aka Yaz

(Aug 1982, highest chart pos. #1 Hot Dance Club Play)

 FUN BOY THREE 

Fun Boy Three was an English New Wave pop group made up of Terry Hall and

two other vocalists who broke off from the popular late 70s British ska revival

band The Specials. Hall, together with Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's, penned

"Our Lips Are Sealed" which became a hit for Jane's girl group in 1981 and

was named by Rolling Stone mag as one of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs

Of All Time. In 1983 Fun Boy Three released their own rendition of

"Our Lips Are Sealed" and it made the top 10 in the UK. I like
this version better than the Go-Go's original! 

"Our Lips Are Sealed" - Fun Boy Three
(April 1983, highest chart position #7 UK,
live perf. on Top of the Pops)

Well Shady, I hope you got your jollies sitting on the side-

lines contemplating your navel while I hosted my new series

Eighties Greaties Jennifer Jason Leigh Bridget Fonda Phoebe

Cates Christie Brinkley Bo Derek Morgan Fairchild Heather

Locklear. Tell me, Shady... how does it feel to be cut down

to size? How does it feel to have somebody else up here

on your throne while you're way down there groveling

in he dirt and crying like a little girl? Knowing you, it

wouldn't surprise me one little bit if you pulled the

plug on this series just to get rid of me. 

Do what you must, my friend, but remember, what goes around

comes around. One of these days, instant karma's gonna get you,

gonna knock you off your feet, better get yourself together,

darlin'.. Billy Bob Thornton you're gonna meet.

But, until that day, I'm gonna be right here

making your life... a living HELL!