An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... Lilly Allens, my Shakiras from my Alexandra Burkes, etc. In return, I have given them the gift of Toni Basil, Lene Lovich, Anita Ward and, somewhat improbably, The Flying Lizards. I'll admit I haven't really heard anywhere near enough albums to have a sensible opinion, but on balance, having weighed up the various factors, I have come to my decision. My nominee has to be a popular...
postMadonna.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Video won't play? Click here: Street Beat. Tonight, a rare 80s gem from choreographer turned new wave diva Toni Basil. Known mostly for her signature single "Hey Mickey," Ms. Basil proved she was anything but a one-hit-wonder in this live...
WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
10: Haircut 100 - Love Plus One: Pure pop from the Kajagoogoo School of Light Rock... 9: Toni Basil - Mickey: This one was annoying even if you were a cheerleader... 8: Charlene - I've Never Been to Me: Or,...
Jewschool (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
OY. Thank you to Oliver Miller from the FasterTimes for summing up this ridiculousness and saying what we were all thinking: OHHHHH CHRISTMAS YOU SO FINE YOU SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND, GO CHRISTMAS! CLAP CLAP CLAP! GO CHRISTMAS! Awesome job, The Gap, way to go! You have created an ad that is a uniquely horrible combination of a Toni Basil song, the movie “Bring It On,” “Stomp,” the Blue...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... he and Dennis Hopper stumble around a cemetery with a couple of hippy chicks (Karen Black and Toni Basil), accompanied by the sort of lens flare and squiffy camerawork that have defined druggy sequences ever since. Nowadays lazy film-makers are forever recycling signifiers from an over-familiar arsenal of sitar music, multiple image filters and faces distorted by CGI, without ever...
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... pants a few notes, before launching into the chorus, which is part My Sharona and part Mickey by Toni Basil, but with Sleater-Kinney overtones. I'm rooted to the spot, not dancing, not singing, just staring, and swallowing hard. A second verse, a second chorus, and the singer goes into a counter-melody. It's at this point I realise there are tears blossoming up and out of my eyes....
Kill The Kids First (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... Intro 214. Oops!... I Did It Again (Britney Spears)15. Get The Party Started (Pink)16. Mickey (Toni Basil)17. All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey)18. Who Let The [Dogs] Out?
Breaking More Waves (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... by journalists. Why did so many people enjoy a night singing and dancing along to Hanson, Toni Basil and The Bee Gees? Were people enjoying the nights in some odd smug wink-wink knowing irony or was it just that people genuinely liked these songs? It seems that Rowley had hit upon a simple answer. Once people let their hair down, uncool music makes them feel the happiest. Which leads...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Don't over thank me for the headline if it resulted in one hit wonder Toni Basil's Hey Mickey mindlessly bouncing around inside your head today, the "weird AL" version if you prefer it. Courtesy of Instapundit, multi-hit wonder Mickey Kaus,...
