In memoriam, Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler died yesterday.

I already switched my ringtone to a clip of Total Eclipse of the Heart.

My wife, who is four years younger than I am, grew up in Baltimore, which did not get cable until well into the ’80s; she is not as steeped in early MTV as I am. We now have “MTV Classic” on our cable system, which plays blocks of nothing but videos (i.e., what MTV used to be), including a block called “I Love the ’80s.” As I did as a kid, I started watching as background and in the short breaks between other shows. My wife had never seen this video before it came on one night; it kind of freaked her out.

There was a thing on YouTube several years ago called Literal Videos; the creator sings the song over the video, with parody lyrics describing exactly what is happening in the video (which usually has nothing to do with the song). This might be the best one.

May her memory (and her music) be for a blessing.

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