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10 September 2011

Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield (from 1981) may be one of the best pop songs ever written, but the video is... less than great.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 22:38 | 7 comments

... then my son, Jesse, got himself a girlfriend. Even now that they have moved, listening to this is creepy.

posted by Ardiril 11 September | 00:12

Love this song. Always have.

posted by LoriFLA 11 September | 11:18

I dunno. I think both the song and video are less than great. YMMV, I guess.

posted by Thorzdad 11 September | 13:16

Gawd I hated that song when it came out. Real harbinger of how bad the '80s were going to be.

posted by octothorpe 11 September | 18:06

It's a great song. Not good, mind you. Great.

Which is why I was gobsmacked when I learned that it's the second song on the album. Here is Mr. Springfield's contribution to the canon and they don't lead off the record with it?

posted by Trurl 12 September | 11:34

I was the right age but the wrong personality to be smitten Rick Springfield in his heyday. It was only with this wrenching, exhausting, incredible scene from Boogie Nights that I noticed what a great song it is. ("Jessie's Girl" starts about five minutes into the scene.)

Of course, that linked scene is a GREAT BIG SPOILER from quite late in the film, so don't watch it if you haven't seen the movie.

posted by Elsa 12 September | 11:57

Also, the link from Boogie Nights is NSFW. I mean... it's from Boogie Nights, y'know?

posted by Elsa 12 September | 12:00

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