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Post by Mr. Birdy Sound on Apr 2, 2006 18:53:52 GMT -5
 Fame" was a pop song, released in 1980 and made popular as the theme song to the Fame movie and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original movie. Fame rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1980. The song was not released in the United Kingdom until 1982, so it would coincide with the UK premiere of the Fame television series. It hit #1 for three weeks. This is cheesy as hell, but it's such a guilty pleasure for me! I love it! |
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Post by duh5 on Apr 2, 2006 18:55:23 GMT -5
Not a great song, but yeah, it's definately a guilty pleasure.
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Post by moonshadow on Apr 2, 2006 23:00:16 GMT -5
To me, this sounds INCREDIBLY dated...especially the synthesized-bell-sounding things. I remember when I was in like 6th grade I bought "Billboard Top Dance Hits 1980" because I liked "Funkytown" a lot (haha), and this was on the compilation (as well as "Call Me") so I ended up listening to it quite a bit. Then I rented the movie/musical from 1980...and thought it was fantastic.
I think when I was watching some documentary on the movie on Vh1 like, 8 years ago, I heard that the guy who played the electronic-dork-techie Bruno might have actually had a hand in this, but I don't know for sure.
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Post by Mr. Birdy Sound on Apr 4, 2006 9:42:58 GMT -5
To me, this sounds INCREDIBLY dated...especially the synthesized-bell-sounding things. That's for sure. I didn't know, but this was nominated for a Grammy (Best pop female perfomance), but she lost it to Bette Middler. |
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Post by divaofdance on Apr 10, 2006 20:34:39 GMT -5
Never liked this. HORRIBLE.
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Post by tozion on Nov 14, 2007 0:16:23 GMT -5
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Post by AFRO SAMURAI on Nov 14, 2007 18:39:15 GMT -5
This is much better than "Flashdance." But both are mediocre.
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Post by nick on Dec 2, 2007 10:46:35 GMT -5
Soundtrack queen!
I love this, but "Flashdance" was better.
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