Sorry, but as a child of the '80s, I gotta say...this article is stupid. Funny writing, sure. But heck, I was in high school when it came out and I understood the whole thing. The author has questions?
The kicker is toward the end when the author says something like "even I, now as a man approaching mature adulthood"--meaning what, he's now 30?? Move aside, youngster, this song ain't no revelation. And it's far from the '80s "silliest" song. Hasn't this guy heard anything by Tony Basil or Weird Al? Or as a friend just pointed out to me--"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora??
Puh-lease.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland