twirlgrrl | Knock on Wood

This song takes me straight back to the days of rollerskating rinks, loud music, disco balls and glittery spandex. I was 10 in 1977 when this came out; Sue and I went rollerskating every chance we got. It was a highly stimulating environment for us little churchgoing girls; I didn't go to my first rock concert until age 16. I don't think my mom knew exactly what it was like in that roller rink, LOL!

Anyway, somehow I always had a picture of Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero in my mind when I heard this song. I have no idea why--Leather Tuscadero was definitely hot and I had a huge girl crush on her, but her music was nothing like this. Maybe I saw her on Happy Days the same week I first heard this song on the radio, or maybe the radio station played "Stumblin' In" and "Knock On Wood" back to back and when the announcer said Suzi Quatro's name I put it together with the wrong song. All I know is, whatever I saw in my mind's eye, it was NOTHING LIKE THIS.

But, hey, WOW! Right? I love the scorpion/Kali/medusa thing Amii Stewart has going on here. Also, holy eyeshadow!

This was several years before MTV, so I never saw it until just now. Long live YouTube.