Gloria, I think they got your number
Well this is kinda weird. Less than two weeks after I noted something about the video for her “Self-Control” record here, Laura Branigan dies at 47.
I can’t say she was one of my favorites; as relatively sexless pop singers from the ’80s go I’m more about Olivia Newton-John, Sheena Easton and, of course, Howard Jones. But “Gloria” remains a trademark of “my” decade, and “Self-Control” has held up better than I ever thought it would’ve. So: Sorry you had to leave us so early, Laura…hope you keep a tighter rein on your self-control the next time around.
