Throwback Video Of The Week: ABC “Poison Arrow”
You can’t spell ’80s New Wave without ABC. The English group regularly appeared on the Top 40 charts in the U.K. and U.S. between 1981 and 1990. ABC’s debut album,…
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Keystone View/FGP/Getty ImagesYou can't spell '80s New Wave without ABC. The English group regularly appeared on the Top 40 charts in the U.K. and U.S. between 1981 and 1990.
ABC's debut album, The Lexicon of Love, yielded five singles, the second of which was "Poison Arrow." It was the group's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #25 in 1982.
ABC's singer, Martin Fry, plays three roles in the music video: an opera patron; a messenger boy at the opera; and a bandleader at a night club. As all three characters, he attempts to woo a glamorous woman, but to no avail. By the way, that woman was played by a young Lisa Vanderpump, whom you might recognize from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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Phil Harris is 50% of "Phil & Mel in the Afternoon" on K104.7. He has been with the station since 2013 and on the air in Charlotte since 2000. Before coming to the Queen City, Phil worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle. In addition to the weekly "Throwback Threesome" music video feature, Phil writes about things that matter to Charlotte sports fans and pet owners. He happens to be both.
