Flashback Friday - Total Coelo

Thank you Myla for this first post...


The other day a friend of mine forwarded a link to this song. Total Coelo - I eat cannibals









Total Coelo a one hit wonder from the 80's (well at least I think the song was some kind of hit). I remember hearing it for the first time on MTV back in 1982 (when they used to play music). The tribal drumbeat sucked me into the song. and then one by one the group appeared in the video. I thought the girls were hot (we'll 80's hot) and they all seemed dressed in what it looked like hefty bags. The first time that I heard this song and saw the video I think I was a Freshman/Sophomore in high school. I was sitting at home after school watching MTV instead of doing homework. Daydreaming of the day that I wouldn't have to go to school anymore and being out in the world on my own. Now as I listen/watch it again I'm taken back to that day. The girls dancing in a spotlight with a back drop that looks (or is trying to look) like the African Sahara. The video filmed in a studio with neon lights and fog/smoke machines. They were all dressed in colorful costumes (aka hefty bags), and dancing along to the catchy lyrics with their well choreographed dance routines.


I still love this song....