Monday, November 17, 2008

Unsung: Brenda Bennett of Vanity 6

Do you realize that if it weren't for Brenda being a member of Vanity 6 poor white trash girls would not have a role model to look up too? Upon further consideration, one may conclude that Joan Jett would be considered for white trash iconic status, but the brunette hair has her at a disadvantage because we all know that only blondes can be skanks, right? Hmmm...something to think on.

But back to Brenda...yeah people will always be drawn to Vanity, though I don't think she cares anymore. However, she will always be considered a sex goddess. Susan, the chick with the teddy bear or "the innocent one" and Brenda was the chick that smoked and always reminded me of a combination of Dee Wallace (Cujo and E.T.'s mom) and Bonnie Tyler. All the 80's fanatics, you know what it is.

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So I was going through some old vinyl and came across the Apollonia 6 album and to my surprise and delight Brenda is basically singing a majority of the songs on that album (yeah there were only seven tracks, but whatever!)
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Now that I think about it, Brenda kinda looks like Courtney Love! Which further proves my point about being an icon for blondes with bright red lipstick and ripped fish net tights everywhere and Lil Kim. I also ran up on the Apollonia 6 video album that I never knew existed. The internet is a great place!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes Brenda was holding it down because she could really I mean really sing.

tonysMelody said...

Is she the mother of Colin Kapaernik? And Kapaernik isn't black. He has a fro, but it's not convincing