Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Divine

Well this is sad.  Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the Divinyls, has died.  She was only 53.  She'd been battling multiple sclerosis and breast cancer for years.

The band, which lasted through the 80s and part of the 90s, started in Sydney.  They were much bigger in Australia than anywhere else, but there was one song that was an international hit, and quite a song it was:



They had one other hit in America, even though it didn't chart in Australia:

1 Comments:

Anonymous midlife guy said...

Fun fact- At bachelor parties during the late 80s/early 90s, "Touch Myself" was one of the three* most popular** numbers and inspired some inventive if predictably-themed choreography.


*The other two were (remember these were the Ironic Years) were
-"Dress For Success" and
- "You Don't Have To Take Your Clothes Off (To Have Fun)"

** I mentally defended these parties as data collection.

11:16 AM, April 24, 2013  

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