Comments on kenneth in the (212): Music Box: Marilyn

OHHH!!! I just can't wait 'til my copy arrives. I ...

2008-11-30T10:21:00.000-05:00

OHHH!!! I just can't wait 'til my copy arrives. I going to Punta Cana for New Year's. so, "You Don't Love Me" seems so appropriate for my Ipod.

kalessin:send me your e-mail address and I will ho...

2008-10-28T01:23:00.000-04:00

kalessin:
send me your e-mail address and I will hook you up.

cherry red records is FINALLY releasing "Despite Straight Lines" on CD next month, btw.

OMG--Zia Records. I too remember seeing Marilyn's ...

2008-10-28T00:51:00.000-04:00

OMG--Zia Records. I too remember seeing Marilyn's 12" there in the early 80s, when I lived in PHX! I also remember seeing an obscure video of Marilyn singing "Baby U Left Me (In the Cold)"--my personal fav song by him--and I became a fan. I am totally envious that you have all his work on a homemade CD. I have been obsessed all evening with finding his songs, but it's been like searching for a needle in a haystack! Desperate, I've even resorted to looking for mp3s that other fans might have posted, but nothing. :-( Could I talk you into burning a copy for me, pretty please? :P

I found this blog by doing a search for a cd relea...

2008-08-22T14:34:00.000-04:00

I found this blog by doing a search for a cd release of Despite Straight Lines. Regardless of it still not existing on the cd format, it was refreshing to see others still caring enough to post about him. Calling Your Name was hardly even his best song...hopefully when the cd comes out, more people will realize that.

I was 15 in 1984, and Marilyn was on my pop radar ...

2008-07-30T21:45:00.000-04:00

I was 15 in 1984, and Marilyn was on my pop radar at the time as well...all the way up in Northern Michigan where I grew up. Thank god for places like Record Runner, where I ordered everything Culture Club / Boy George ever produced...and the occasional Marilyn 12" too.

Thanks for confirming I wasn't the only US Marilyn fan! I enjoy reading your blog everyday for memories exactly like this one. We grew up in the same great era, and have very similar taste in music both past and present!!!

I loved Maz as well. He was my evil twin back in t...

2008-07-30T20:37:00.000-04:00

I loved Maz as well. He was my evil twin back in the day. My friends said he & I were the 4th & 5th members of Bananarama (pre-Jacs). He's had some major health issues the past few years & someday we'll get a proper CD release of the DSL album and a tell-all book says he repeatidly...

Wow. Top 100 Worst Videos Ever. Hardly a glowing e...

2008-07-30T16:42:00.000-04:00

Wow. Top 100 Worst Videos Ever. Hardly a glowing endorsement. I can't say I am or was a Marilyn fan. I knew him as the image, but never knew his music. After listening to these ones, I don't feel I missed a whole lot.
But on to naming the other groups on your cover. Aside from the obvious (Madonna, Cyndi, Pretenders, Marilyn), sadly, the only one I can identify is The Waitresses.
Maybe I need to turn in my 80's membership card.

Too bad he couldn't sing a lick. I did love his "...

2008-07-30T10:36:00.000-04:00

Too bad he couldn't sing a lick. I did love his "Cry And Be Free" song, though, but the rest of his diminutive catalog did nothing for me aesthetically. Even then, as an openly gay teenager in 1983, I admired his candor and openness (even here in NY, where it was generally more accepted, nay, tolerated, being openly gay was a cautionary action). I just wish I could have liked his music.

OMG Kenneth! I totally loved Marilyn too- he was a...

2008-07-30T10:23:00.000-04:00

OMG Kenneth! I totally loved Marilyn too- he was always Boy George's coolest friend to me. Like you, I think his true talent was his look- so completely gorgeous and in tune with the era. I wish I could find any mp3s by him- but alas, none seem to show up. Thanks for the memory!
Nealzebub