What I’ve been listening to: Boss female vocalists of the ’80s

Pat Benetar, “We Belong”

I tried to make the argument that the lyrics of this song are fart rebus*, but Doug protested SO strongly that I’ll walk it back. All I have to say is, THOSE DRUMS.

Juice Newton, “Angel of the Morning”

This song reminds me of listening to this song while riding in an old pickup truck on an Antarctic ice shelf… which is bragging and doesn’t tell you what this song sounds like. But honestly, this song has been out for 60 years and you probably have your own cool experiences with it. Or maybe it’s just been a guilty pleasure?

*Fart Rebus describes lyrics that don’t make a lick of sense — “expert texpert / chocking smoker / don’t you know the joker laughs at you,” that kind of thing. The phrase is borrowed from some hilarious graffiti Doug and I found on a boulder near a climbing wall outside Bowman Lake, California.