Debbie Gibson - WTF?


Okay, so I get an email from one of my good friends (I will call him Li'l E) and he want's to know why there isn't any Debbie Gibson on my website along with other great 80's bands. Now back in the late 80's, E and I used to cut lawns all day in the summertime. Then spend all the money we made on Doritos, Slurpee's and baseball cards. But as we'd cut lawns, we'd be jammin' to mix tapes in our Walkman's (the kind with the orange headphones). So one day I ask him what he is listening to and without showing embarrassment, he says "oh, just some Debbie Gibson". I lost it!

What began next was a musical intervention. I immediately put him on a strict detox of bands like Led Led Zeppelin, The Hooters, Van Halen, The Stones, etc. After a few months, he came out of it alright. He made it through high school without getting beat up. Got accepted to Notre Dame. And then grad school in Pittsburgh. Now he's rolling in the $$$ - living in Tax-a-Chusetts, beautiful wife, wonderful kids, the dog. He's come such a long way. I am so proud of him.

So, if you have a friend you care for, and their taste in music is very questionable - take the time to work then through it. It can have drastic consequences on many people's lives if you don't. Don't let the one's you love listen to weak music.

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