Good, Bad and Ugly of the 1980s

Burns said:

Chuck, you're the one that made the rules, you should include at least 1 good song per post.

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Lenardo said:

Its programmed into out soul right around puberty. 11-18ish that age is THE music you will live and love forever. For me late 70s thru mid 80s is the era of songs I love the most.

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i dunno. i loved me some late 70s-mid 80s. but the 60s and early 70s were fucking wild for music too. both my parents played those songs all through my early childhood nonstop. so not only were they good songs, they have extreme sentimental value for me. sometimes i "rediscover" songs that i had completely forgotten about.
earlier this year i was clicking on a bunch of recommended songs. and i hit this one by random.

its not a great song, its just ok, but then i got a flashback of when i was really young. maybe 2 or 3 years old and my mom used to sing it to me when i was upset or crying cuz i fell down or something. in the 90s a lot of songs were so awesome because i had met a bunch of new friends through work and we would party to those songs on the weekend in my 20s. late 2000s same deal. new job, new friends. new girlfriend. its really hard to differentiate if the song was actually that good or because of the good memories that are tied to them. somebody like me would not be a lady gaga fan ever, but my GF who was only about mid 20s at the time changed all my presets in the car and we used to sing her songs and others while out cruising. ive owned convertibles or classic cars for most of my life and you tend to cruise a lot in them, i never raced my cars.
this song i was not a fan of. i still dont like it but chick i was dating did a passable rendition of it when she sang it. so its cool.

and to remain on topic. she did a decent version of this song.


but its not cool. i fucking hate this song.

Lambourne said:

At least in my memory, this song taking off in 1987 was the genesis point for all house/dance/EDM.

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its always been Kraftwerk-Autobahm, along with Gary Numan. in the 80s you had Planet Rock which is such an amazing fucking song.
the music in Electric Dreams is great too.

fuck, John Carpenter is amazing too.

Kharzette said:

I was an Iron Maiden fan. I went to find a song to paste here and it all sounded so cheesy

I know for sure the art on the covers made me buy my first ever CD which was piece of mind.

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dont be ashamed, Piece of Mind is a fantastic album. one of their best. Bruce Dickinson was a corny motherfucker. but we love the fuck out of him for it.