Artist: The Firm
Video: From YouTube.
I had no awareness of this band in 1985. Until just now, my only association was a John Grisham novel made into a Tom Cruise movie. Either that, or The Fixx was misspelled.
But apparently, The Firm was a genuine British rock supergroup. Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. The lead singer of Bad Company. People from other 70's bands. I guess they were going for a Traveling Wilburys Lite sort of thing. Or they would have been, had the Wilburys existed in 1985.
"Radioactive" was their big smash hit, soaring all the way to #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's a terrible song. Dippy lyrics, lame music, haunted house sound effects. The robotic repetition of the song's title. Siri sings with greater emotion.
Anyway, The Firm broke up for good in 1986. Fortunately, Jimmy Page had his experience of creating one of the greatest bands of all-time to fall back on. Not that I had any idea about Zeppelin in 1985...of course, that was a weird thing about the year. I've already covered my confusion about rock 'n' roll legends and their poor 1985 performaces.
The video is as forgettable as the song. Just the band playing on an empty stage with a bunch of flashing strobe lights. No storyline. Poor. Placed ridiculously, inappropriately high by MTV at #32.
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