Rock-tober 13, 2014

I love Scotland. The land of highland heather, Robert Burns, and world class single malt whiskey. I spent a week there as a kid and ever since I've been captivated by the Highlands, bagpipes, and what is arguably one of the coolest accents in the world. From their men, it runs the range from the disarming brogue of Sean Connery to the disintegrating wail of AC/DC's original frontman, Bon Scott. On the tongues of their women, it's a lilting melody.

Case in point: Sheena Easton.

I can think of only 2 performers I was infatuated with as a kid and Easton is one of them (Olivia Newton John was the other, but that's another post).

The Glasgow native came on the scene in 1980 and out of the gate won a Best New Artist Grammy. She's collaborated with everyone from Kenny Rogers to Prince, and was the first artist to have songs reach the Top Ten on all major singles charts. She even did a stint on Miami Vice as Don Johnson's love interest.

Her biggest hit also did double duty as the theme song for the 12th 007 flick, For Your Eyes Only. Folks scoring the soundtrack were originally looking at Blondie and even Donna Summer. However, Easton had just hit #1 with "Morning Train" and they decided to bring her in for a face to face. She won them over and even became the only artist to be seen on screen performing the opening Bond theme because "they liked her appearance" - pffft - no kidding.

So...with that I present this day's feature and a teenage boy's crush: