Confessions

I’m pretty harsh on young Justin Bieber. Mostly because he’s a no talent upstart with a legion of girlfans who consider him marriage material. However, it’s true that in the early teens and pre teens, a persons tastes are not entirely … developed. Would you like some proof? Okay.

Now, at 31 I would like you to know my tastes are highly refined and excellent. All of them. Who said Right Said Fred? Get out. (I love the Freds). But if we were to wind the clock back to around 1990, you’d find me adoring the following.

1. Corey Feldman.

Lord I was obsessed. Some magazine printed a list of all the movies he’d been in (there was no IMDB back then) and I kept it and highlighted them as I hired/copied them (VHS baby WHOO). We were going to get married. Totally. Yup. Gunna happen.

How did it end? I still think he’s alright looking, but it became increasingly apparent that he’s not a particularly good actor, and is also a total douche. These things, combined, put me off the corey train. I still love “Stand By Me” and “The Goonies” though.

Ratcat

I was in the fan club, I got up early to watch The Factory and Rage to see if they were on. I thought they were AMAZING. Maybe they were, my newly aged ears hear a lot of off key shouting, but that’s youth. Blind to the shouty lyrics. Cheesy too. Terribly cheesy, cliched and loud. Just like music should be, dammit.
How it ended. I think I just outgrew it.

3. Alex Papps

He’s the one in the red robe at at the start of that clip. He was DREAMY, even with mullet. He played Frank in Home and Away. I watched the Frank and Bobby wedding episode 9 million times, had the wedding poster on the wall. Oh Alex Papps.
How it ended. He fell off the television for a while and I moved on.

So that’s three. I was going to add Tiffany to this list, because I thought she was awesome. I Youtubed and guess what? I’m right, she was awesome. Also, as someone in the comments for the vid that’s coming pointed out “Oh wow, a teen singer who is fully clothed”. Those were the days, my friends.