 | VirileVagabond (32)
10/13/2006 | Singles like Kim Wilde's "Kids In America" are essentially the common experiences that tie the early MTV and new wave generation, and it is these songs that are covered to hark back to that time. Looking back there really isn't any rhyme or reason why this song stood out save for perhaps that it's pure fun, a simple addictive pleasure, and just feels like summer (and I suppose these reasons are as good as any). Who didn't want to be kids in America back in the seemingly glorified, do no wrong, early Reagan years? Though Wilde would have greater chart success with her cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" five years later, she is clearly remembered for "Kids In America", which charted in the States for 8 weeks in 1982 (#25). This song has been covered by nearly everyone and their dead grandmother, but the only two that immediately come to mind are the forgettable version by the Bouncing Souls (punk) and the recommended take by the Muffs (off the soundtrack for "Clueless").
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 | kolby1973 (32)
11/20/2003 | A very interesting song indeed! Not only is Kim Wilde from Britain, but a certain part of the song itself has some strange lyrics that I always think are hilarious. Something like this: I don't want to go baby, New York to EAST CALIFORNIA, there's a new wave coming for you. he he. I just thought it was strange how they put EAST CALIFORNIA in there, when it probably should have been just CALIFORNIA or WEST CALIFORNIA. But I love the song, and I think it is really cool. Very danceable as well...
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