Joe Wynne (Watching) on Nostr: 🦖 #MONSTERDON Music & Culture 🎶 ☄️ Night of the Comet (1984) was successful ...
🦖 #MONSTERDON Music & Culture 🎶
☄️ Night of the Comet (1984) was successful because it captured a cultural moment in time.
Case in Point: Frank Zappa released a song to satire Valley Girls before this movie that just exploded in popularity. It was all over the radio and made Valley Girl speech even more famous.
His daughter, Moon Unit (14yo), was used for the perfect VG voice in the song.
For critical background research, here is a video with Moon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM
☄️ Night of the Comet (1984) was successful because it captured a cultural moment in time.
Case in Point: Frank Zappa released a song to satire Valley Girls before this movie that just exploded in popularity. It was all over the radio and made Valley Girl speech even more famous.
His daughter, Moon Unit (14yo), was used for the perfect VG voice in the song.
For critical background research, here is a video with Moon.
🧵 1/2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM