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When other 21-year-olds in the ’80s were crushing on Michael J. Fox, Britta Phillips was getting paid to be the singing voice of Jem. The current bassist for the band Luna—fronted by Harvard’s own M. Dean Wareham ’85—looks back on her fast times as a singing diva on the USA Network and reflects on Jem’s ongoing influence...
...think you have anything in common with Jem...
...Well, it really depends on how you define the Jem character. Jem was very good—I would say she was probably a lot more self-sacrificing than I am. I feel like I’m a good person, but I don’t have an orphanage, and I don’t devote a huge part of my time to a cause outside myself...
...think the lifestyle presented in the Jem show differs from how things are in a real-life band...
...From what I recall, the Jem singers fought a lot and then worked things out. I think that’s accurate, but every band differs. Luna is really fun with lots of really fun, funny, smart people. The first band I was in, though, was a nightmare. I guess it really just depends on the people involved—some people are darker, some more mature. Being in a band is like being in a family, or a gang, and that can be great but it can be claustrophobic at the same time...