Talk about one of the most definitive songs of the 1980s. When you do, surely ABC’s The Look Of Love will come to mind. Poppy, bouncy and upbeat, this is a song that will always make me feel better the second it comes on the radio, no matter my mood. I just can’t with this song. It’s brilliant. I don’t care how ridiculous the video is, the song is perfection. And in a time when I was still that tortured closet gay tard, I remember first hearing it when I worked in the kitchen at a restaurant; one of the waiters would come back and sing this to me, never knowing I secretly pined for him. He had slick dark hair, a south Jersey accent, and smelled like too much cologne, but he was beautiful and noticed me and sang to me. As if it were yesterday, I can close my eyes and feel him come up behind me and sing I quit that job after 2 days. That’s how deep in the closet I was.
From the historical writing archive. Original date: December 10, 2017. Recovered from local source material; editorial review is still in progress.