Pat Benatar is a certified rock’n'roll superstar, a four-time Grammy winner with six platinum and four gold albums to her credit as well as such hit singles as “I Need A Lover,” “Heartbreaker,” “Fire and Ice,” “Treat Me Right,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Hell Is For Children,” “Shadows of the Night,” and “Love Is A Battlefield.” Long acknowledged as one of the leading female rock vocalists in the industry.
I dont remember much about her because i was born in 1978 and her superstardom was mainly early eighties.
I do know though that her style legacy has spanned over 3 decades! her look which is made up of mainly primary colours, body concious fabrics and a lot of eyeliner still exists today.
I saw these amazing Pat Benetar Stylee Boots on Faith footwear.com and it immediately made me want to watch “love is a battlefield”. Do yourself a favour. Buy these boots, use a tie as a headscarf and dance yourself crazy! to this album
The 30th of July 2006 was a sad day indeed. For this was the day Top of the Pops ended (TOTP for anyone who was brought up in the 80’s)
TOTP was a beacon of entertainment in the 80’s, a glimmering half hour when the olds just left you to watch the telly instead of making you watch the news or Corrie! Thursday nights were all about sitting in front of the telly and having your head filled with Choonage. It was a must-see. When there were no DVDs, no videos, no internet, there was almost no other way of seeing what a band looked like (apart from seeing them live).
In my heart I know that this amazing little programme no longer held the same relevance to teens as it did in the 80’s and 90’s. This is because the music landscape has changed and TOTP - like that aging rocker - now appears out of place. A singles chart show in an era where singles charts have lost their relevance. A 30-minute weekly showcase up against 24/7 music channels. Its sad but I suppose it had to go!
I found this fabulously 80’s TOTP T shirt on Truffle shuffle. Stick it on with some skinny jeans and pretend you are in the audience!
Lets face it…denim was huge in the 80’s. Sno-wash was the denim of choice for many!
You were no one in the 80’s unless you had at least one pair of jeans. Tiffany drought the jacket/jeans/jumper combo into fashion (It was ruddy hot wearing all those layers)
Bros brought ripped jeans into style!
I let out a squeak of excitement when I discovered that the denim jacket was back in style. I remember my jacket in the 80’s having a Giant Michael Jackson patch on it and tons of button badges.
The style for the naughties is to team up the jacket with pretty layered dresses and cowgirl boots!
This fab Jacket is available on the Littlewoods site with pre rolled up sleeves!
So pull on that denim jacket and stick on Tiffany’s Greatest hits And make like the little flame haired denim clad nymphet herself!
Nik Kershaw was born Nicholas David Kershaw in Bristol, England on March 1, 1958. And since has graced the world with his truly weird lyrics and interesting hair! If you want to buy his greatest hits (rather than having to buy all of his albums just for 3 great songs) click here
In 1983 he signed a contract with MCA Records, a deal which spawned his debut single, “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”. Then in 1984, Kershaw released his breakthrough song “Wouldn’t It Be Good”, featuring a video of Kershaw dressed as a weird alien-being with “telly static” for a body!
Despite winning awards, attracting admirers such as Elton John for his writing and gaining a huge teenage fanbase, Kershaw was not without his critics. Some complained that he did too much on stage when he had a competent backing band called the Krew to play all the required guitar and keyboard parts of his songs. Others derided his fashion sense. Kershaw made the snood and fingerless gloves into vital sartorial requirements in 1984. Kershaw’s second album The Riddle came quickly on the heels of his debut release. The title track, released as a single, would send fans, journalists and linguists into overdrive, as each tried to establish what the meaning was behind the strange set of circumstances and clues which Kershaw wove into the verses and chorus. “The Riddle” proved to be another major hit. In July 1985 Kershaw was among performers at Live Aid, held at Wembley Stadium.After that his teenage fan base dwindled and his fingerless gloves were old news! He was to record two more albums with MCA before quitting in 1989 to concentrate on song writing and ferret husbandry. One thing I did not know is that Nik Kershaw actually wrote “The One And Only”, that was famously sung by Chesney Hawkes. Confirming his legendary status as a songwriter of fab songs!! Old Nik has now got his own website if you want to have a gander http://www.nikkershaw.co.uk/
