Me too. My iPod is loaded with Ramones, Elvis Costello, Blondie, early REM, The Specials, The Clash, Dire Straits, Human League, Fine Young Cannibals, etc.
Nice. I was a big REM fan before they became freaks and that "happy shiney people" garbage.
My favorite was the Alarm, The Clash, The Talking Heads, Madness, Specials. I was a big Ska fan.
Do you remember Friday Night Videos? We didn't have cable where I grew up so we had a half @ssed video show, no MTV.
I still play my XTC cds. What a great band, that never got the recognition they really deserved.
Excitement!
I cannot wait to break out my black jumpsuit that I wore with the wide red leather belt, red plastic jewelry, and red FMPs!
Or the hot-pink shirt dress that I accessorized with turquoise!
I wonder if I can convince Xena's Guy to start dressing like one of the guys from Poison.
Ah yes...the 80's. Second only to the 70's as the greatest music decade.
Remember all these "etc's"?
Cheap Trick, Soft Cell, Pure Prairie League, Dan Fogelberg, Robert Palmer, Huey Lewis and The News, Bob Seger, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, The Cars, Dexy's Midnight Runners, A-Ha, Billy Squier, Littel River Band, Living Color, Wang Chung, The Fixx, INXS, Tears for Fears, Molly Hatchet, Motley Crue, Sniff and The Tears, Thomas Dolby, Warren Zevon, Survivor, The Bangles, Pat Benetar, Ian Drury, Extreme, Chaka Khan, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Modern English, Level 42.....I could go on all day.