Grantland's Rembert Browne missed the 1980s because he's all young and stuff. Every once in a while we make him watch YouTube videos from that era and he "explains" (read: doesn't explain) them. This is him "explaining" Lionel Richie's "Hello." Lionel, go back to your classroom.
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the ’80s. Every so often, we'll e-mail 25-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. This week's installment was selected by Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons: Bob Dylan, rehearsing "We Are the World." If you have an idea for a future episode of Rembert Explains the '80s, e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the '80s. Every so often, we'll e-mail 25-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. This week's installment was selected by Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons: a portion of the 1985 American Music Awards. If you have an idea for a future episode of Rembert Explains the '80s, e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
Simmons's note: I'm demanding a breakdown of this clip please …
Rembert's note: I've got no choice, he followed "demand" with "please." So kind.
0:02 LOOK. AT. LIONEL'S JACKET.
No one starts their day assuming they will have to choose between seeing Mystikal or Lionel Richie. No one has ever had to make that decision. I'll actually take it a step further and say that before yesterday, no one had ever said "Mystikal" and "Lionel Richie" in the same 48-hour time span. Well, as of Wednesday evening in Austin, Texas, there officially became a first time for everything. And as a fan of both gentlemen, as you will see, it was one of the harder decisions of my concert-going life. But as to be expected with things of the Mystikal/Lionel persuasion, it wasn't as simple as it seemed. It never is. With Lionel. And Mystikal.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our new series, "Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s." Every so often, we'll e-mail 24-year-old Rembert Browne a YouTube clip relating to the 1980s that Rembert hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. The second clip was selected by our editor-in-chief, Bill Simmons: Lionel Richie's video for "Hello." If you have an idea for a future episode of "Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s," e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.
Last week, the Sports Guy gave me a video from the '80s that I had never heard of. This week, he found an equally absurd clip, but of something I couldn't be more well-versed in.
When I watched Too Close for Comfort, my goal was simply to explain it to myself. In this situation, however, as a nationally recognized "Lionexpert," I'm one of the few humans capable of explaining this seemingly insane, ridiculous video to the masses.
