From OP: For a while I was attracted to this group and sensed the same energy coming from front man and lead vocalist Michael Hutchence as I did Jim Morrison years earlier. Little did I guess that he was destined to die young ... and by his own hand. By this time I was buying new singles on cassette as new vinyl 45s were no longer being sold in my area (except golden oldies singles that went on being sold on 45 until 1993). It was the decade-long era of cassette singles and cassette albums for many of us since vinyl stopped being made and sold and CD singles were too damned expensive. Ironic because for many years the 45 rpm vinyl single was the cheapest form of record to purchase, cheaper than buying the album it was on (and so many albums sucked except for a few songs). This was one of my favorite cassette singles to play in my car when commuting back and forth to and from work on midnight shift (a total 90 minute drive both ways). Of course I was listening to a tape made up of cassette singles, and this was one of them.
"Suicide Blonde" is the first single from the INXS album X. It peaked at #2 in Hutchence's home country of Australia and at #11 in the UK. In the US the song peaked at #5 on the Cash Box Top 100 on October 27, 1990 for two consecutive weeks. In Canada the song reached #1.
I have paired this song with the film Normal Life (1996) starring Ashley Judd in one of the few roles where she appears as a blonde. The suicidal and depressed nature of her character, along with her violent streaks and impulsiveness, seemed quite fitting for this song, even so much for certain scenes to match the music's tempo. Also parts of the original MTV video appear synchronized to the track between edited film scenes. I'm surprised this song was never considered for the film, it seems so obvious to me. Before the series of films that paired Judd with Morgan Freeman, this was among those I liked that she starred in. Another favorite of mine was The Locusts (which actually came out after the first Judd/Freeman film, Kiss The Girls, both in 1997).
From OP:
ReplyDeleteFor a while I was attracted to this group and sensed the same energy coming from front man and lead vocalist Michael Hutchence as I did Jim Morrison years earlier. Little did I guess that he was destined to die young ... and by his own hand. By this time I was buying new singles on cassette as new vinyl 45s were no longer being sold in my area (except golden oldies singles that went on being sold on 45 until 1993). It was the decade-long era of cassette singles and cassette albums for many of us since vinyl stopped being made and sold and CD singles were too damned expensive. Ironic because for many years the 45 rpm vinyl single was the cheapest form of record to purchase, cheaper than buying the album it was on (and so many albums sucked except for a few songs). This was one of my favorite cassette singles to play in my car when commuting back and forth to and from work on midnight shift (a total 90 minute drive both ways). Of course I was listening to a tape made up of cassette singles, and this was one of them.
"Suicide Blonde" is the first single from the INXS album X. It peaked at #2 in Hutchence's home country of Australia and at #11 in the UK. In the US the song peaked at #5 on the Cash Box Top 100 on October 27, 1990 for two consecutive weeks. In Canada the song reached #1.
I have paired this song with the film Normal Life (1996) starring Ashley Judd in one of the few roles where she appears as a blonde. The suicidal and depressed nature of her character, along with her violent streaks and impulsiveness, seemed quite fitting for this song, even so much for certain scenes to match the music's tempo. Also parts of the original MTV video appear synchronized to the track between edited film scenes. I'm surprised this song was never considered for the film, it seems so obvious to me. Before the series of films that paired Judd with Morgan Freeman, this was among those I liked that she starred in. Another favorite of mine was The Locusts (which actually came out after the first Judd/Freeman film, Kiss The Girls, both in 1997).