Kids in America

...and a Cheap Trick fixation hijacking the Fastbacks (whose Kim Warnick once played in the band) to re-create the Muffs' cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" and you'll hear Visqueen. What makes the band unique is Flotard's voice, an...

In this article: English Beat, Visqueen, Datarock, Fastbacks, Champagne, Unbroken, Dave Wakeling, Katharine Hepburn, and 2 Tone

...or style spoke for all, and when the generational ideal felt a little hollow. Sure, there were songs of youth, like Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," but older performers such as Paul Simon also renewed their careers to help define the...

In this article: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, The Beatles, Zeitgeist, Antagonism, IPod, and Public Enemy

...the deterioration of inner cities ("Our Town") and a song about a theory that sound is alive ("Tuning In Tuning On"). The singles "Kids in America " and "Chequered Love" were big hits all over Europe, becoming classic pop songs. The...

In this article: Kim Wilde, Kim Wilde, Ricky Wilde, Chequered Love, Marty Wilde, The Enid, Europe, Calvin Hayes, and James Stevenson

...Mac's "The Chain", Motorhead's self-titled song , Squeeze's "Up the Junction ", The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses ", and Kim Wilde's "Kids in America " which was released as the band's only single in 1991. Lawnmower Deth's second studio album,...

In this article: Lawnmower Deth, Green Day, Bullet for My Valentine, The Osmonds, Download Festival, Joseph Whitaker School, Up the Junction, and The Chain

...this brand that sticks in my head is a recent and bizarre telly commercial featuring Kim Wilde, the 1980s pop singer. So, humming Kids in America, I make my way to my closest branch, in Baker Street, London. I'm greeted by displays for a...

In this article: Holland & Barrett, Sausage, Pizza, Recession, Kim Wilde, and Baker Street, London

...childhood. The box said Vice City, but it looked like Miami, felt like Miami, and the tunes playing on the radio, "Cars," "Africa,""Kids in America," all of these contributed to my familiarity with the setting, both place and time. This...

In this article: Grand Theft Auto, Vice City, Miami, Florida, Historicity, San Andreas, and Cars

...the single "Dancing With Myself". He also featured in the music video for Kim Wilde's UK No.2 hit "Kids in America", although rumour has it he never actually played on the song, but was in the video for his good looks. Stevenson then...

In this article: James Stevenson, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Alarm, Mike Peters, Kim Wilde, Generation X, Chelsea, and Dancing with Myself

...of Jackson's life Thursday night at 18th and Red, but plans to hold a more prominent memorial at the July 2 edition, dubbed "Kids in America." Keller explains: '80s Dance Party has done the annual 'Kids In America' party every...

In this article: Michael Jackson, Dredd, R&B, Breast cancer, Remember the Time, and Bad

...'Really - who could possibly want to see a sad, middle-aged woman who'd had a couple of kids and was into horticulture singing Kids in America? " In fact, Denton lucked out, happening to call the day after Wilde had been cajoled into...

In this article: Carol Decker, Rick Astley, Kim Wilde, Wembley, Cutting Crew, T'Pau, Nick Van Eede, Heaven 17, and Nik Kershaw

...labored and obvious, like a grownup's version of how a tweeny pop album should sound. It ends with "Kids of the Future," a cover of "Kids in America" complete with spaceship sound effects and early Green Day accents. It sounds as if it were...

In this article: Disney, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, You Are the Music in Me, High School Musical 2, Zac Efron, Kids of the Future, and High School Musical