Not only are the celebrations [after a fashion - it's not a particularly sunny day out there] afoot for Mid-Summer [peculiarly enough it's not actually Midsummer's Day, a date designated by the church, but the Mid-Summer solstice, but I digress...], but it's also the birthday today of another mixed bag of notables - including Olympia Dukakis, Errol Flynn, Nicole Kidman, Wendy Craig, Brian Wilson, Stephen Frears, Jacques Offenbach, John Goodman, Lillian Hellman, Martin Landau, Anne Murray, Mickie Most and Dolores "LaLa" Brooks of The Crystals, and...
...the lovely John Taylor of Duran Duran - who is (gulp) 60 years old!
I had such a massive crush on him when I was in my teens - I can almost smell the used tissues from here...
Apparently Mr Taylor has had a bit of a bad year, having spent some time in recovery after catching COVID-19, so we wish him the very best of health - while we wallow in one of the Durannies' most summery hits, featuring a shirtless Mr Taylor at his cutest:
You saw me standing by the wall
Corner of the main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain't much fun
So you're looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go
Don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
Feel the breeze deep on the inside
Look you down into your well
If you can, you'll see the world in all his fire
Take a chance
Like all dreamers can't find another way
You don't have to dream it all, just live a day
Don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Pretty looking road
Try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin
Don't ask me why I'll keep my promise
Melt the ice
And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance
But fear is in your soul
Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise
Don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
No, don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Save it 'til the morning after
Many happy returns, Nigel John Taylor (born 20th June 1960)
Oh, those lips.
ReplyDeleteAnd that 80s hair!! Can you doing yours like that yet, Jon?
In the mid-80s I actually did have hair like that - and it was dyed henna red!
DeleteNowadays, the "Mary Beard" is probably a closer approximation.
Jx
Seems like we all have very good taste!! And one of my fav Duran tracks too.
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Dig out your Tukka Boots, get the Boombox down from the top of your wardrobe, and we'll have a Durannie party! Yay! Jx
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ReplyDeleteNot bad for 60 but then he did have a head start on most of us.
To have such cheekbones is a gift of nature. Sigh. Jx
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