I was Jem for Halloween!
Million-dollar question: Are the Misfits' songs "bitter" or "better"?
Or...BOTH?
can you post the link? embedded videos are blocked by a firewall. and dan, did you send a reporter to Mt. Si High School?
I can't believe I'm doing this...
So - Jem was actually the first Hannah Montana? Jerrica Benton puts on the big hair and becomes JEM! TRULY OUTRAGEOUS!
TRULY TRULY TRULY outrageous.
You know what I don't need? The fat lesbian with cake all over her over to the right.
Wow! You know who sang Jem's parts? Brita freakin' Phillips!
Remember synergy!!!!
And yes the Misfits songs were better. Misfits = Democrats: Holograms = Republicans
"We are the misfits, our songs are bitter"
I think this pretty much explains Bush's second term.
We haven't seen you in awhile, Judah. HIz!
All the glamour of rock, without the coke.
And seriously, wtf was up with the secret identity of the band? It was like He-man ... as a rock band. I don't get it.
I mean did Guns and Roses have some hologram computer thing that made them who they were from normal ... ordinary looking citizens?
Ursula Android is a Misfit come to life! I think we just solved some sort of space/time thing here.
And thanks, Levislade.. I really cannot believe that's Britta Phillips!
When I was a little gay in training, I LOVED this show. Loved it. Sigh.
Jem is the shit. Best 80s cartoon by far.
I wish I still had my Jem doll. I could sell that shit on eBay.
Mr. Schmader, I never heard it as "bitter" until you brought it up and now that's all I can hear. Their songs are definitely both bitter and better.
I had a little crush on Rio. Purple hair=hot!
my girlfriend loves Jem and forced me to watch episodes on youtube. there was one that featured stars of the 80s ; Jacko, Tina, Steven Tyler and Stevie Wonder, but they all had different names AND Jacko was the son of Tina. It was fucking T-wooc.
We are the misfits our songs are better we are the misfits.
i spent a good week at some point in the early 90's or late 80's trying to get "Jem" used as a cool word. As in, "That kickflip ollie was straight-up Jem, dude." Obviously, no one was as truly outrageous as I, and it never went anywhere.
somehow, i'm still straight. amazing.
sincerely,
diggum
Loved it. Some of the episodes don't hold up (Yes it is on DVD), but some of the music is still fun.
@15: Make sure you watch it again before making claims like that. I bought the 'Best of She-Ra' box set and have found that it's only palatable when I am very, very high. I'm assuming the same thing about Jem (who is TRULY outrageous, and the doll was the SHIT with blinking LED earrings).
Yes! and then when i was on youtube for the other jem vids, the She-Ra opening came up and i was really transported back to my six year-old self. I had both She-Ra and JEM paper dolls and watercolor paint books. now all i need are some hostess snack cakes and a Hi-C.
I can't believe after oh, two years of reading this blog, the first thing I find myself unable to resist commenting on is this. But when nostalgia got the best of me and I watched the Jem DVD set, I was left with the satisfied feeling that yes - Jem really IS "truly, truly, truly outrageous." Also, the Jem song "Rock N' Roll Queen" kicks ASS and I would love to see a good band cover it.
Set adrift on memory bliss . . . .
I didn't even know there were lyrics, plots, or celebrities. But I wouldn't have cared either. I just liked all the pretty colors flashing before my eyes on the TV screen, which I would sit a foot from in those days and most likely damaged my vision (I wear contacts).
Oh, and I got a couple of Christmas presents out of it too: the Jem doll, the blue haired doll, and the Jem car.
Good times.
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