A few weeks ago I attended <a href="http://www.promnight.co.uk/">"Prom Night"</a>, a London club which plays the music of 80s John Hughes films like The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful, and so on. A bit like those School Disco clubs, but with much more style and class, and much less of a hen night / stag night / office party element. In England, we don't have Proms at school. We just watch them in countless US films and TV series and grind our bad teeth in envy.
They even nominate a Prom King & Queen for the night. Needless to say it was me as soon as I walked in:
<img src="http://fp.promnight.f9.co.uk/Prom%20Night%20site/06-02-king-queen.JPG"></IMG>
Bucket of pig's blood not pictured.
The Prom Queen, amusingly, was so reluctant to be with me it wasn't true. So it really was just like being back at school. She handed back her Prom Queen sash soon after the photos were taken. So I snatched it up and put that one on too. I intend to wear it at the next Fosca show.
To be fair, though, her reluctance, as she explained to me later, was mainly due to not having her best ballgown on. She'd been a regular to the club, and you can only get crowned once. And the club isn't on again for a while.
I requested "High Fidelity" by The Kids From Fame. And they played it, too. A wonderful record, with one of the campest opening lyrics of all time:
<i>"Other boys may turn me on / But I let temptation slide…"</i>
