About this Item
First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New, very fine/very fine in all respects. A pristine unread copy. Signed by author on title page and dated in NYC in March 2013, the month of publication. You cannot find a better copy. Seller Inventory # unc02
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (Signed ...
Publisher: Free Press, New York.
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Playlist for The Love Song Of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
The pop music in The Love Song of Jonny Valentine is, by 11-year-old singer Jonny’s own admission, utterly disposable. It’s a mainstream product that goes in one ear and out the other, but not before separating the listener from her money. Yet he dreams of creating art that is timeless, along the lines of his idol, Michael Jackson (especially “Billie Jean”). And though my own musical taste runs counter to Top-40 aesthetics, I, too, have a soft spot for catchy, hook-driven pop.
The contemporary landscape of dance-pop shares some attributes with the crooners of the 1950s and early ’60s, but has its strongest roots in synthesizer-heavy pop from the ’80s. That also happens to be the music I grew up with. Here are 17 songs from the decade, some iconic, some lesser-known. All remain, to me, listenable and danceable after all these years. In other words: timeless.
1. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
2. (I'm a) TV Savage by Bow Wow Wow
3. 88 Lines About 44 Women by The Nails
4. Kiss by Prince
5. I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany
6. Take on Me by A-ha
7. She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals
8. Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade
9. Turning Japanese by The Vapors
10. Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles
11. Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo
12. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
13. Come on Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
14. Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
15. Material Girl by Madonna
16. 99 Red Balloons by Nena
17. Kids in America by Kim Wilde
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