After Melissa's post regarding the demise of VH1 Mega Hits and the subsequent comments in reference to "The Alternative" on VH1 Classic, I felt compelled to stop working on certain job-related activities involving finding insightful things to say about albums and veg out in front of the t.v. After cringing through a Peter Murphy solo number ("All Night Long"), but before cringing through a Daniel Ash solo number ("This Love"), I caught the video for "Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)" from Spacemen 3, which plays like a rave loop over a backdrop consisting of the cover of Recurring (reminiscent of a pair of bike shorts I wore under my blue plaid uniform in 1989). Now I ask, dear reader, when was the last time you heard anyone namecheck Spacemen 3? I think the last time I heard the name in conversation was in college, somewhere around the time that Spiritualized released Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space.
Shortly thereafter, Lush appeared on the screen in "De-Luxe" video form looking exactly as I remember them from Request Video in 1991. I watched Miki and Emma and thought, whatever happened to ultra-wide headbands? I relied on thick, cotton-lycra blend headbands in an assortment of colors during high school. These were the perfect remedy for crappy hair days, which I have just about every day. I'm starting to think that the people need to bring back this look.
After Lush, "Christine" from The House of Love and a bunch of stuff I can't remember right now, the show closed with "Only Shallow" courtesy of My Bloody Valentine. Those guitars pierced right through my ears as I spoke to Carlos on the phone. I backed away from the television set and said, "Man, I really miss this stuff."