Remarks:
If you told me this came out the same year as “Blade Runner” (1982), that would seem right. In fact, it came out just three months later. They are strangely the same in some way. My son, who has never heard of the band, guessed the song was from 1983.
The song only went to #42 on the US pop chart, but I still I remember it perfectly well. Probably because it was heavily played in some venue other than the radio, likely MTV.
The video above is from a lip-synched performance on Dutch TV. I like it way better than the official music video.
Dale Bozzio, she of the multicoloured hair, formerly sang for Frank Zappa (as Mary in “Joe’s Garage” (1979). She was the Boston Playboy Club Bunny of the Year in 1975 and appeared nude in Hustler magazine in 1980. She is now 65. That blows my mind.
See also:
- songs: the 1980s
- Blade Runner
- song and memory:
Lyrics:
Life is so strange when you don’t know
How can you tell where you’re going to
You can’t be sure of any situation
Something could change and then you won’t know
You ask yourself
Where do we go from here
It seems so all too near
Just as far beyond as I can see
I still don’t know what this all means to me
So you tell yourself
I have nowhere to go
I don’t know what to do
And I don’t even know the time of day
I guess it doesn’t matter anyway
[Chorus]
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don’t know
Your destination
And Something could change
It’s unknown
And then you won’t know
Destination unknown
[Chorus]
You ask yourself
When will my time come
Has it all been said and done
I know I’ll leave when it’s my time to go
‘Til then I’ll carry on with what I know
[Chorus x2]
Life is so strange
Life is so strange…
Source: Genius Lyrics.
I remember this song. I actually used to like it.
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You definitely had to blow the dust off this one from the way back machine.
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Dale Bozzio was outside of her time in terms of feminism. She was in Frank Zappa’s band for a time (where she met her husband, drummer Terry Bozzio). Only truly badass musicians ever made it into Zappa’s band. She also posed for Penthouse, the classic 1980’s Penthouse with full spread beaver shots. And performed wearing transparent globes over her breasts.
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