Jewels and Niles

This is the most 1985 thing ever. I remember when this video came on MTV 10 times a day. If youโ€™re wondering why Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito and Michael Douglas are, anomalously, backup singers, the song was in the movie the Jewel of the Nile; itโ€™s a promo for that film.

You know, at the time, I never really saw the appeal of Kathleen Turner. The big-haired blonde look is just not my thing. But she has a very fun personality in that video and looks quite nice in that white tux, I have to admit.

This feels like 1985 felt. Understandably. But itโ€™s more โ€œof the eraโ€ than most. It has the casual zaniness. The sense of fun thatโ€™s missing now. And no Instagram face. I wouldnโ€™t go back; around 1985 is when my life started to get extremely shitty. But it feels like such a foreign land now.

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