Toys, toys, toys, I’m looking for a good time

I knooowwww. How LAME is that title? But I couldn’t help it. Laugh? I almost split my sides. Still snorting as I write. As an aside, residing as I am in Spain, the famous Sabrina song — which you can revisit here — has come to my attention more than a B grade song from the 80s should recently. This is because it has a particularly special place in the heart of many a man in Spain.  Hers were the first breasts to be shown on Spanish television, which took place in a Janet Jackson style “accidental” wardrobe malfunction.  And you thought Janet was a ground breaker. I challenge you to show me anyone who generated more publicity with less talent than Sabrina.  Well, in the pre-internet and reality TV age at least. Anyway, information on the planned malfunction was leaked in advance and teenage boys and men, and I assume not a few woman, tuned in all over the country to capture the moment.  We see so much booty every Saturday morning in music clips it’s hard to remember how controversial Sabrina was, even for the rest of us.  In an ultra conservative, post-fascism Spain, still catching up from years of isolation, it was a really big deal.  So there you are. Sabrina, a cultural icon.  Read more...