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This song is so earwormy. It’s gonna be in my head for days!!

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1) This song laments vulnerability and self-consciousness in a social settings. Are you often “too shy?” Or are social gatherings easy for you?

I used to be painfully shy. But then I had an NCO in the Army who made an off-hand comment about my shyness, and it changed EVERYTHING. Now I just don’t give a damn and am just fine.

2) In the lyrics, a girl self-censors, telling herself, “hush hush.” Have you more recently shushed someone, or were you shushed?

Neither. Depending on the circumstance, if someone shushed me… it would not go well.

3) Band member Nick Beggs recalls that they called themselves Kajagoogoo because it sounded like something that would make a baby laugh. It is fun to say. Can you think of another word that you just enjoy saying?

Humuhumunukunukuapua’a. It is the state fish of Hawai’i, a reef triggerfish. How to pronounce it?

HOO-moo-HOO-moo-NOO-koo-NOO-koo-AH-poo-AH-ah

source: Wikipedia

4) This was the only US hit for the British band, earning Kajagoogoo the title “One Hit Wonder.” Can you think of another artist or band who had one really popular song and then just kind of disappeared?

Another contender for the Earworm Award… I give you 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone.

5) Though fame was fleeting here, Kajagoogoo remained popular in England. Lead singer Limahl recalls the adulation as “overwhelming,” and he was shocked when he stepped on stage in Cornwall to see row after row of fans wearing their hair like he did. Have you ever handed a photo to a stylist and said, “Make my hair look like this?”

Sadly, too many times. I was an 70s child so there was the Dorothy Hamill. Then a teen of the 80s, so there was a time when I did a Cyndi Lauper ‘do. It is what it is. I have few regrets.

6) In 1983, when this song was popular, the Lotus 1-2-3 program made it easier for PC users to make spreadsheets. Are you answering these questions on a Mac or PC? Laptop, phone or tablet?

My laptop. A lovely ASUS gaming laptop that is also my main work/writing beast.

7) 1983 saw Abbey Road Studios open their doors for the first time for public tours. During the first two months, 22,000 tickets were sold to fans who wanted to see where the Beatles made their magic. What’s the last ticket you purchased?

I bought e-tickets to a couple livestreams.

8) Also in 1983, McDonald’s introduced Chicken McNuggets. When was chicken most recently on the menu at your home? How was it prepared?

I had buffalo chicken nugs for lunch yesterday.

9) Random question: Have you ever forgotten where you left your car in a parking lot?

Yes. Which is why I try to park in the same row at places I go regularly, and take pics otherwise.