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Old 08-17-2020, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Macfan4life View Post
Everytime I hear this song now, I think of you missing out wasting time at the concession stand waiting for a hot dog and popcorn. McDonald shows up for this one!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIza6AvI4MA


I think its an over statement that MTV killed Cross's career. He suffered a bit of a sophomoric jinx that came shortly. In 1981 he was top of the world. Several Grammy awards, Oscar for best song, 2 #1 songs and one #2 (ride like the wind) that really should have been #1 but I think "Physical" which was #1 for 9 weeks screwed it out of the #1 spot. His music was not as good as his first album as he embraced the synth pop of the mid 80's. Another star Paul McCartney also flopped mid 80s. He released 2 albums in the mid 80s that yielded NO hits let alone a hit video. It was because the music was crap. He embraced the synth pop which almost killed his career. This was post Say Say Say with Michael Jackson. Say what you will but Sailing and Ride Like the Wind hold up so much that they could be released today.

Popcorn anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIza6AvI4MA
Yeah, he was never much to look at, which certainly didn't help when MTV kicked in.

Y'all know the FM trivia on him, right?










He once drove a limo and drove members of FM one night.
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