Tina and I saw this movie when it hit the theaters in February of 1984. Kevin Bacon’s ‘breakout’ role. How embarrassing is that? Mention Footloose and what immediately comes to mind is Bacon punch dancing out his rage in the abandoned warehouse (not done to the song Footloose, but rather to Never by the Australian band Moving Pictures). The scene has been spoofed too many times to count, including a hilarious version in the movie Hot Rod.
Tina was my last girlfriend of high school. I was a senior and she a sophomore. I was pretty smitten, although we only dated for four months before I graduated and left for California. I ended up coming back eight months later, and, although we went out a few times after that, the stars were no longer aligned. Her favorite rock band when we dated was Journey; this song was playing during one of our early make out sessions and it sort of ended up being ‘our song’. When I hear it, I can see her as clearly as though I were looking at a photograph, albeit one that’s 25 years old now…..
