Everybody have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
What’s not to like about a band that not only has a crazy name, but turns it into a verb and uses it in the chorus of one of their most popular songs?
I actually saw Wang Chung live in the 80’s at a Radio One concert at Wembley. They were at the lower end a large bill of various artists in a concert that culminated with Elton John. In my defence, (ahem!), I think I was there to see Nik Kershaw. Anyway someone pulled out on the day, I think because their equipment got lost en route. Big Country, one of my favourite 80’s bands replaced them at the last minute and played a fantastic set. Brilliant, my street cred was back intact! After seeing them I headed off as I had to get back to Hounslow by the rather long and tedious underground into central London and back out again. Sorry Elton, but I didn’t want to see you enough to risk missing the last tube!
Fast forward about 30 years, and this song suddenly re-emerges in 2011 as “The Trung Song”, with new lyrics. “Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Skype Trung tonight”. LOL. Today Trung is heading off back to the Marines. So good luck to him, and I’m sure it won’t be long before the sound of his dulcet tones are gracing my kitchen again via Kate, her macbook and Skype.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXu6QmxpJE
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