Hatin' on the '80s

Kansas City Star ^ | 3/3/05 | Jeff Leeds

[Betis70]

Men at Work! They were one of my first concerts I saw. I think my very first was Twisted Sister opening for Iron Maiden.

I don't seem to go to concerts anymore, though I like encountering live music that gets my toe tapping.

[MplsSteve]

We have the same problem up here in the Twin Cities.

We have an 80's station too and they seem stuck on the same old playlist.

There was a voluminous amount of music that came out in that decade and I'd like to see some of these 80's stations start digging a little deeper.

The 80's produced a lot of hit music other than Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" and Berlin's "Take My Breath Aaway".

[MplsSteve]

Back in the summer of '86, a friend and I went to see the Starship at St Paul Civic Center. The Outfield opened for them.

That was a great concert.

I don't think a lot of the teeny-boppers were there to see the Starship even though they were very popular at that time. I got the feeling most of them came to see the Outfield. The large amount of female screaming made that clear.

The Starship played "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love" but kept primarily to the hits of the late 70's and 80's.

[RepoGirl]

That just reminded me - wasn't "Teen Suicide" all the rage back then?

I don't remember an actual song about teen suicide, but I do recall the song "Teen Suicide: DOn't Do IT!" From the movie Heathers. Remember, all the kids were wearing the Big Fun t-shirts around school?

[RepoGirl]

I was the ONE kid who didn't have a TRS 80 or a Commodore! Or an Atari even!

I DO remember, though, the big business computer my father bought for his typography business. It was called, I believe, an Alpha Micro and it had removeable hard drives that looked like these giant, blue bundt cake pans.

The 90s was just spent fine tuning the ideas that the 80s came up with--pretty dull. The 80s were a great party, the 90s were the next door neighbors calling the cops.

Sigh...

[sandalwood]

Wow - thanks for the link!

Ever go to Malibu (the club)?

[LowOiL]

20. Rock This Town - Stray Cats

Odd you mention the Stray Cats and Big Country in the same post. They hated each other back in the 80's. Verbally sparing in the media several times.

[sandalwood]

Yep - I think all those wacky tabaccy outings might have twisted my memory a bit...

I do remember that there were quite a few "suicide pacts" and also a few kids whose suicides were blamed on heavy metal music.

Ah, the good old days, when a "crop top" meant it brushed the waistband of your jeans, not the bottom of your bra!

[LowOiL]

Man, I bet you were a cool kid. (Just kidding)

It gets better, I worked as a stock boy at the local small town Piggy Wiggly. So I had a crappy Datsun 210 car, with a crappy loud sterio, and worked a piggy job.... Yeah, I guess I was pretty cool back in my high school days now that look back on it. LOL... I wouldn't trade it for the world though..

[sandalwood]

I'm a certified Deadhead, and a proud right-wing, Christian conservative. There aren't many of us, but we do exist. There are even a few others on this board!

I'd ping them, but I don't want to give away their identities.

I used to live in the Bay Area, and that is -- by far -- the best music scene this country has to offer. Zero, Steve Kimock Band, Galactic, Medeski, Martin & Wood...wow!!!

[LowOiL]

Mike Oldfield

Awesome stuff ... Still love it...

[TheForceOfOne]

I forgot about them, I don't mind being corrected, it keeps my feet on the ground. Now I remember, there was a lot of controversy about them but I can't remember what it was. Hey, didn't Ice Cube also have some controversy? My memory is not that good.

[LowOiL]

The Cure, my man, The Cure.

"The Essence" was better, same sound, vocals... Try a song called "Ice" or "The Cat" or "How you make me Hate".

You can PM me.

[mabelkitty]

Um, we don't want new stuff - we like the old stuff.
If they toured playing their old stuff, they'd make a ton of money.

Motley Crue's new song sux.

[mabelkitty]

Same here.
In fact, I posted a thread on Duran Duran's new album not too long ago, and it went on for about 400+ posts on the clothes, music, fashions, etc. It was so fun.


I wish the clothes would come back, though. They were terrific.

[Betis70]

No kidding! That is odd. What was their beef with each other?

[Army Air Corps]

Thanks for the heads up; I had not heard of The Essence before this thread. I listened to spme sample tracks on Circuit City's website; mucho cool.

[Victoria Delsoul]

“The '80s nostalgia boom is real...”

Isn't that what people say for every decade? Soon they'll be remembering the 90s nostalgia. :-)

[Incorrigible]

Bowling for Soup
1985 Lyrics
(Released 2004)

Woo Hoo Hooooo!

Woo Hoo Hooooo!

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husband's a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty four
Only been with one man
What happened to her plan?

She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of Whitesnake’s car
Her yellow SUV is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing has been
Alright

Since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
'Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woo Hoo Hooooo!
(1985)
Woo Hoo Hooooo!

She’s seen all the classics
She knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink
Even St. Elmo's Fire
She rocked right out to Wham!
Not a big Limp Bizkit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran

Where's the mini-skirt made of snakeskin?
And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen?
When did reality become T.V.?
What ever happened to sitcoms, game shows?

(on the radio was) Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
'Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woo Hoo Hooooo!

She hates time; make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock? (classic rock)
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop, stop, stop! (tick tick tick tick tick tick)

And bring back Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
'Cause she's still preoccupied
1985

Woo Hoo Hooooo!

Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana (1985)
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV (1985) (Woohoohoo)
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool (1985)
'Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
 

[ItsOurTimeNow]

>>I can't recall a single school shooting in my youth. Or an assault on a teacher.<<

And we played Dungeons & Dragons non-stop!

Yet we turned out ok...go figure!