Chrissie commented on Ology's Battle Of The Fans: '80s Semi-Finals (Duran Duran Vs. Depeche Mode):
“Duran Duran -- I remember the first night I was truly cognizant of the individual band members. It was the first Friday of December, 1984. My BFF Pam and I suffered the same affliction of not having cable TV and had to get our music video fix via NBC's "Friday Night Videos." I'd seen Duran Duran videos and knew their songs, but just wasn't all that into them. The video for "Do They Know It's Christmas" came on and I was like, "Pam, who is this hot guy with the long blonde hair???" "Oh, that's Simon LeBon. He's the lead singer of Duran Duran." Hmmm... "I guess that guy with the red and black shirt that says 'Duran Duran' on it is in the band, too, huh?" "Yeah, that's John Taylor. Like EVERYONE thinks he's hot." (And I remember thinking, "He's okay, I guess," LOL!) "Hey, Pam! Who's this guy back here? Shoot, I keep missing him! They just barely show him, with the amazing make-up and the gorgeous eyes???" "Oh, that's Nick Rhodes. He's in Duran Duran, too. I think he plays keyboards." Hmmm... The next video up? "Wild Boys" by Duran Duran! Just a few moments earlier, during "DTKIC," I had picked out these three men who would fill my dreams, diaries, and Duran-induced imagination for years and years to come, three talented musicians whose band's music would, from that night forward change my life forever and whose music would literally save my life more than once.”
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan took to Twitter this weekend to condemn the three thugs and one woman responsible for mugging and attacking his half-brother Jesse Anderson in Chicago Thursday. Anderson, who suffers from a rare genetic condition similar to cerebral palsy, was listening to Nelly Furtado on the CTA train when an unidentified woman sat down next to him and snatched his iPod. Anderson demanded she return the iPod, subsequently chasing after the woman before being attacked by three unknown male assailants.
“My little brother Jesse was attacked and robbed this morning by three men,” Corgan tweeted later that evening, “The bad guys picked the wrong kid to f—k with!” He added earlier this morning: “Thank you to all the fans who reached out to my brother in support. It’s made him feel a lot better about a terrible event in his life.”
What a messed up, pointless thing to do to somebody. Hope they find these jerks and force them to listen to Nelly Furtado full blast for ten to twenty.
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