FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - The Exciting '80s - August 23, 2025

For the best troops and vets in the world! | Kathy In Alaska

[luvie]

Posting for Kathy tonight! 💜

[PROCON]

IT'S FRIDAY!!

LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH

TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!

LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!

[Fiji Hill]

Charlene--Jphnny Staton & the Feathers (1989)

[luvie]

~ Tunes For Our Troops - The Exciting ‘80s ~

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[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All! ~ Dang It's Hot - Hotter Tomorrow ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[SkyDancer]

DonDidiT

[Fiji Hill]

This was riding the charts as America said goodby to Malaise and hello to Morning in America.

Rapture--Blondie (1981)

[luvie]

#1....PRO
Speedy Gonzales as usual! 😎

[ro_dreaming]

Thanks. I can’t listen to Michael Jackson stuff, not since all the kiddie crap.

In the 80’s, at the EM club, we’d listen to a lot of rock, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Van Halen, and the like.

I was always a fan of Van Halen.

[luvie]

#2...Fiji Hill!
Let's rock!

[Songcraft]

"Every Breath You Take" - The Police

(This youtube video has had over a billion views!)

[luvie]

#3.....Janey!!
Hope it's not too hot
for jumpin' tomorrow!

[luvie]

I totally understand. If that song hadn’t been the #1 hit of the decade, I’d have made a hard pass, too.

[SkyDancer]

Hi, well it’ll be in the 90’s yet again. But then too, at altitude it’s a lot chillier ... LOL. Think I’ll motor around up there a bit before coming down. :D

[luvie]

Good idea. Best AC ever! And lots prettier scenery. LOL!

[Songcraft]

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds

[Songcraft]

"Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran

[Allegra]

Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-OO9LloDSJo

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, but I have to come down sometime to pick up another group. Fiddle.

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite song of the 1980s

Wally Rap--Wally George (1984)

Wally! Wally! Wally! Wally!
The United States is the greatest nation on this earth. Yet there are subversive forces that are trying to undermine the principles that this country was founded upon. That's right. And you know who you are. The feminists, the freeloaders; the bleeding-heart judges who let cold-blooded murderers go scot-free, yet tie the hands of our police on the chance that they might violate someone's “civil rights.” I say it's time that we stop worrying about the rights of criminals and start protecting the rights of the loyal God-fearing Americans like you and me.

Wally! Wally! Wally! Wally!
Today's heavy metal groups are drug-crazed, devil-worshiping maniacs out to poison the minds and bodies of innocent teenagers who are pressured into this evil and satanic lifestyle. Those vermin who believe in legalizing marijuana are really saying, “let's legalize all drugs—and while we're at it, prostitution, bestiality and S &M.” It's about time we started getting high on something besides drugs. Why can't we get high on patriotism, God and the Bible?

Wally! Wally! Wally! Wally!
The lunatic liberals are the most hypocritical, sickest group of mental midgets I have ever met. They're against the death penalty even for mass murderers yet support the out-and-out killing of innocent unborn babies. They call it “aborting a fetus,” but these are just buzz words and they know what it really is: murdering an anborn child. Let me tell you something: what's worse, that poor little baby can't even defend itself.

Wally! Wally! Wally! Wally!
The US Senate has said that there is no place for God in our classrooms, yet that very same Senate opens each session with a prayer. How hypocritical can you get? Why should God be expelled from our public schools? Do our politicians need to be reminded that this is one nation under God?

The feminists are fighting for the ERA. They don't really want the ERA; they want the SRA, the Superior Rights Amendment. They want to be superior to men. We must not let them emasculate the men of America!

Wally! Wally! Wally! Wally!
Who's got the guts to stand up for America? Ronald Reagan is the greatest president this country has ever had. It's about time we all started believing in America again. Under President Reagan's leadership, we have started. If you don't love your country, then get out of here and make your move to Moscow, pal!