“Escalator Of Life” (1982) by Robert Hazard

I'm not old enough to have heard this song at the time (not truly a humblebrag I promise) but I discovered this song randomly a few years ago and became obsessed with it. It's so wonderfully goofy, in how serious it is about its terrible obvious metaphor. I love it

Find his version of girls just want to have fun. He wrote it.

R2 yes i know. But his version flopped and Cyndi’s cover was a smash.

Wasn’t a flop. He was indie my dear. No chance of being a hit.

R4 clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. This isn’t the movie industry baby boy.

It’s a live recording. Never released as a single. How would it flop? Silly faggot. R5

R6 what are you talking about? It was very much released as a single. A live recording? This is a music video and the song recorded in a studio.

R6 Escalator Of Life peaked at 58 on the Hot 100. It was a single. Hence the music video.

No one’s texting about escalator. It’s his version of girls want fun. Stick with the program. Or maybe read.

Look up girls wanna. No video. No release until youtube. Anyway. It’s not important

R9 RETARD, the thread is about Escalator Of Life. Not Girls. But yes, Girls was not a single.

Who cares what the topic was. No one cares about the song but you. Pointing out his recording of his song fits the topic. Again- silly faggot being stupid. Enjoy! (Can do this all day)

Hey, I admit sometimes I’m out of the loop but when did it become ok to call each other the f-word?

R13 it didn’t. That jobless retard of a gay man is just pathetic

Thanks r14, thought as much. I recently cleaned out (or thought so) my blocked list, so a few cretins must have escaped then. Case in point, r6 and r12, who has now earned himself a spot back on the list.

Fag is an issue & not retard? Ok. Jobless! Ha! & block away!

It’s actually a fun song

R2 here is the demo

I always liked this song and the video was so of its time but in a good way. The 4 people who are riding “the escalator of life” look like vampires.

He must be very rich off the royalties of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I watched so much of the first couple of years of MTV when I was a kid, but I have no memory of this song.

Him performing the song live while smoking a cigarette. The 80s was such a different time lol.

Well, so one bumped this thread, so thought I’d comment on r20’s post. Robert Hazard is living it up with his money in the afterlife.

He died in 2008. Yea.