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Elegant Black Girls of the 80s Make Graceless Hip-Hop Generation Look Like Complete Slobs
Reaganite Republican ^ | 22 March 2015 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 03/23/2015 9:37:38 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican


No tats/angst/mutant posterior/glorification of stupidity
and the music was better, too:









And note Whitney, Sade, et. al. sporting cross necklaces...
what a difference 30 yrs can make for an imploding culture:

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: blacks; collapse; culture; hottie; parenting
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1 posted on 03/23/2015 9:37:38 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: AdvisorB; ken5050; sten; paythefiddler; gattaca; bayliving; SeminoleCounty; chesley; Vendome; ...

***ping***


2 posted on 03/23/2015 9:38:19 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican

Bm


3 posted on 03/23/2015 9:38:58 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Reaganite Republican

Whitney Houston was quite a beautiful woman in the days before she got sucked into the Bobby Brown whirlpool of drugs and self-destruction.


4 posted on 03/23/2015 9:39:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Reaganite Republican

http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/ninamaemckinney/LadiesofHarlem.html

Or go further back to the golden age of Harlem. Some classy and beautiful ladies here.


5 posted on 03/23/2015 9:44:04 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Right you are. What an absolute shame to lose her at all, much les that way.


6 posted on 03/23/2015 9:49:34 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

In the mid 80s, I thought Whitney Houston was one of the most beautiful women in the world... never seen a smile like that (tho my wife is close!)

First time she went on Letterman, I remember being mesmerized


7 posted on 03/23/2015 9:50:28 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican

Patrice Rushen, Starleana Young, Mary Davis...black music early mid 80s was alien to what is now considered music today.

And the audience at concerts back then were well dressed and respectful.


8 posted on 03/23/2015 9:51:07 AM PDT by roofgoat
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Whitney was always a bit "poppy" for my tastes. But man, what a beautiful woman and voice. Always liked En Vogue. Good groove. Don't know about their individual personal agandas, but that's OK. Same with Sade. Ooohh la la!

And yes, they severely outclassed this current crop of nasty kids. Although far from perfect, the 80's and 90's were in general the best of times for race relations IMO. We were this close to gettin the mix done proper. Then along comes Obummer. d:^)

9 posted on 03/23/2015 9:51:42 AM PDT by CopperTop
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To: Reaganite Republican

All these women of the past will be derided as “acting white” and abandoned the today’s black culture.


10 posted on 03/23/2015 9:51:49 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: Reaganite Republican
My favorite black singing groups from roughly the same era:

Contrast their class, elegance and the quality of their music to any rap or hip-hop group today with their bling and profanity-laced lyrics.
11 posted on 03/23/2015 9:52:45 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: MichaelCorleone; Buckeye McFrog

Her death depressed me more than any celebrity in years- somehow she always represented the sunny, optimistic 80s somehow

Such a waste

That Bobby Brown really must be a black hole- now with the daughter, what a mess


12 posted on 03/23/2015 9:53:31 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Vigilanteman

I’m into the Platters too...


13 posted on 03/23/2015 9:54:06 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: CopperTop

Her first album, Greatest Love of All, etc was not poppy to me- quality ballads all the way

But 3rd album or so the record company had her doing shallow junk like ‘Love Somebody’- know what you mean there


14 posted on 03/23/2015 9:55:56 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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15 posted on 03/23/2015 9:57:09 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: WakeUpAndVote
Have some Dorothy Dandridge to wash that skank out of your mind.


16 posted on 03/23/2015 10:00:48 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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17 posted on 03/23/2015 10:01:08 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Who IS that?!?!?


18 posted on 03/23/2015 10:02:14 AM PDT by __rvx86 (¡SI SE PUEDE! (Cruz 2016!))
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To: WakeUpAndVote

good grief! WHAT the heck is THAT!?!

I dont even think Laz would hit that!


19 posted on 03/23/2015 10:02:32 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Reaganite Republican
Love Sade's music. She's a pure class act.
20 posted on 03/23/2015 10:03:18 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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