Here’s a link to that Clay Aiken impersonator clip I mentioned in the entry below. It was so cute!
FACT! I thought Clay Aiken was a girl. I had stopped watching American Idol at that point and my only exposure to him was the cover of his album. All I can say is dude looked like a lady! This is not a bad thing, though! Especially for a teen idol. A requisite for being a teen idol is having dubious sexuality. Teen girls love boys who look like girls. I don’t know why.
Here is a listing of the idols I liked as a pre-teen girl:
1. Luke Skywalker (1983)
2. Ricky Schroeder (1984)
3. Simon LeBon from Duran Duran (1985)
4. River Phoenix (1986)
And then on February 23, 1986 my life changed forever! It was that day that MTV aired, Pleasant Valley Sunday, a 24-hour Monkee Marathon!
Aren’t the Monkees working in Reno as a lounge band? Just kidding-I liked them too.
I remember that day, too, Donna.
Damn. Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the RETURN of the Monkees.
For what it’s worth, GFY believes that Clay Aiken and Annette Bening are gradually merging into one creature.
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2004/10/american_fugly.html
With all this American Idol and teen crush talk, ironically …
my teenage crush was none other than:
Paula Abdul
(or was it MC Scat Cat?)
With all this American Idol and teen crush talk, ironically …
my teenage crush was none other than:
Paula Abdul
(or was it MC Scat Cat?)
You can’t bring up the subject of teen idols
without mentioning the girliest of all girly-men
heart-throbs:
DAVID CASSIDY
who had prettier hair than Susan Dey.
But he atoned for his androgyny and now actually looks masculine.
AS FOR DAVY JONES of the Monkees…
he is performing in Addison, Texas this weekend, at the annual Artfest. On Saturday from 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm to be exact.
http://www.artfest500.com/music.htm
(And the reason why a lot of straight women like
gay men? They’re not “threatening. How has
the human race managed to keep itself going???)