After she was the singer of the late-'70s new wave band The Shirts and before she became an acclaimed Broadway actress, Annie Golden was a solo artist and an '80s downtown Manhattan fixture who popped up in cult films like "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Forever, Lulu." Annie's short-lived solo recording career wasn't very prolific, but one 45 I saved all these years was her 1984 single "Hang Up the Phone" from the "Sixteen Candles" soundtrack, a piece of pure pop perfection. The video was a classic too, and was almost begging for Captain Lou Albano to come running in ...
"Desperately Seeking Susan" (It's a life so outrageous it takes two women to live it.") and "Forever, Lulu" ("2 outrageous women are turning New York City upside-down!") were essentially the same movie -- only one had Madonna and was a classic, the other hadBlondie Debbie Harry and wasn't. Now how often to you get to say that about a Madonna film?
"Desperately Seeking Susan" (It's a life so outrageous it takes two women to live it.") and "Forever, Lulu" ("2 outrageous women are turning New York City upside-down!") were essentially the same movie -- only one had Madonna and was a classic, the other had
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I don't remember this song on The Breakfast Club soundtrack. There was one that sounds something like it called WE ARE NOT ALONE by Karla DeVito. Or I'm remembering wrong, but I don't think so, 'cause one time, I watched it every night for a week. Sad, no?
Oops -- I meant "Sixteen Candles"! Thanks for the catch!
Don't forget her in in the essentialy disappointing film version of Hair. Aside from Nell Carter's work in the chorus of that one Annie was the high point. It led me to the Shirts album I cherished, but can't find now, sigh.
Rikard beat me to it -- I was going to say, "Don't forget about Hair!"
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