Meanwhile, somewhere in Jamaica..

to me the 80's are:


musically:

chicago with peter cetera (70's chicago was awesome)

paula abdul

rick astley (not that famous, but of course "rick roll". his music though captures the 80's perfectly.

stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you"... horrible song by one of greatest artists of all-time...

duran duran

"sucky" david bowie era. again, horrible vs. earlier work.

phil collins horribleness vs. earlier genesis...

lionel richie - even though i loved his music and still do

madonna - used to like her stuff... now i think it's very mediocre and somewhat tedious

i do not associate the police, U2 or michael jackson with the 80's. that music would be awesome in any decade.

to me, mc hammer and big hair bands isn't 1980's even if chronologically it fits.

business: LBO's, greed....

politics: thatcher/reagan "sunrise in america"

TV: horrible stuff like cosby and family ties (not sure how much family ties was chronologically 80's vs. 90's but it's classic 80's type stuff..... cheers would be popular in any decade)..

it's funny that to me i don't think i could remotely do this for the 1990's and 2000's. i think if you are fairly intelligent and reach a certain age that you listen/watch what you like regardless of what is being offered to you.

Synthesiser documentary (giorgio moroder and kraftwerk onwards)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthpop

'Real' instruments make a comeback towards the 90s, you could say,


imo...not being at odds with modern electronic music. Good modern electronic music, not cheesy pop that's played on the radio by household name electronic artists..

Thread gave me PTSD.

Speaking of 80s unfortunately today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_%28musician%29

RIP

Don't look, just listen



The superficial of the '80s is too obvious

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144776/

Not a bad touch-up. ^

Just remembered that there used to be an 80's night in the local night club every Friday, about ten years ago. The night wasn't complete until the DJ spun this baby. A time machine, to go back to a time where it was like going back in time in a time machine would be nice tonight.

Love ya, Sinead.

Figuratively speaking, thank god for Sinead. Stone cold idol of my youth.

SIN shaved HEAD

Glad I found this. Must be representative of the 80s.

Awesome, much harder and more raw than the studio version. Incidentally, Prince wrote 'Nothing compare to you' for her. I only found that out years ago.