For Your Eyes Only

TGIF! Today's puzzle by Richard Silvestri is called "Visionary Words". All the theme answers contain the word "Eyed":

20A: Van Morrison tune (BROWN EYED GIRL). Know as "Van the Man", he is still performing today. Van Morrison grew up in a working-class area of Northern Ireland, where it was expected he would have no formal education and get a full-time job. He rode the cottails of the British Invasion with his band Them. Their biggest hits were "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Here Comes the Night", and of course, "Gloria" which would be covered by several musicians. Morrison went solo in 1967 and released his biggest hit, which you can now watch. This happens to be one of my favorite classic rock songs.

Morrison, has made many, many albums over the years, which include Astral Weeks (1968) and Moondance (1970). He picture is on Irish postage stamps too.

36A: Sugarloaf Top-10 tune of '70 (GREEN EYED LADY). The Colorado-based band Sugarloaf may not be as well-known as Van Morrison, and they had only two hits (the other being "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You.") The latter song was meant to be a dig at CBS Records, who turned them down for a recording contract. And now, the video for "Green-Eyed Lady."

52A: Fergie's Group (BLACK-EYED PEAS). Fergie's real name is Stacy Ferguson. During the '80s, she was on a show called "Kids Incorporated." Below is a video of Fergie at age 9 peforming "Go For It".  She was a cute kid. In high school, she was a cheerleader, an honor student, and a Girl Scout. Then she turned freaky, thanks to crystal meth.

Black-Eyed Peas has some very annoying songs, especially "I Gotta Feeling." They play it at every bar/bat mitzvah just because it contains the words "mazel tov." Kenan Thompson does a great impression of the "the other guy" in BEP.

I don't know how Fergie landed a hottie like Josh Damuhel.

The countdown:

11 days 'till spring
16 days 'till the season 5 premiere of "Mad Men"
8 days 'till ACPT.

Signing off,
The Puzzlechick