Originally Posted by
Jerry Oz
There was a guy name John who rode on my school bus to the career center. He was a cool guy but awfully naive, overly friendly, had no volume control in his voice, and got teased more than a lot of other kids. Almost everybody liked him, though. Well, John was a big fan of the group Foxy, who had a huge hit with "Get Off" and a lesser hit with "Hot Number". One night, they popped up on the Midnight Special and were very very clearly gay in their manner of dress and dancing. And right or wrong, that was taboo at my school [[and definitely on my bus). By the time we took the ride on Monday afternoon, I guess John had already heard about his favorite band all day because his eyes were red and he didn't talk to anybody, even though they were still piling on. John never asked the guy with the boombox to turn up a Foxy song ever again. To my knowledge, Foxy's star stopped rising soon after that and these days, they aren't considered to be more than a marginal disco outfit. Personally, I attribute their drop off to that appearance.
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