catmag 336 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 This ole house and Footloose. Does it get any better. Are you sure you're straight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9004 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 This ole house and Footloose. Does it get any better. The post before yours, for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I generally feel sorry for anyone who missed been a teenager in the 80's. I can only equate it to how Stevie must have felt missing the comeback in the 4-4 with Arsenal times 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Tacky music, economic problems that make this recession seem like a golden age, awful clothes and the worst era for football. So jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Are you sure you're straight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30441 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Tacky music, economic problems that make this recession seem like a golden age, awful clothes and the worst era for football. So jealous There was loads of great 80s stuff around (and loads more shite, like every other decade I suppose) although I'm not sure I'd pick a Welsh bloke singing a 1950s song, in a 1950s style, wearing 1950s attire as a representation of its zenith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14615 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Pretty sure CT got beaten to shit by fans of the likes of The Jam or Madness back in the day..... although he may have even been on the receiveing end from the Wham and Spandau Ballet fans too by the sounds of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Tacky music, economic problems that make this recession seem like a golden age, awful clothes and the worst era for football. So jealous Great music - Fact Boom and Bust - The booms were good (not than any teenager should be worrying about economics). Clothes were mint Watching Keegan, Beardsley, Waddle and Gazza play for Newcastle was not to be sniffed at and the atmosphere was a million times better than today with a fraction of the crowd size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30441 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Some of the tacky music was great. Although I dread to think what the fuck you were wearing c. 1984 when you took your lass out for a romantic spud-u-like, if your choice of music is anything to go by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Aye I'm nor disputing there were some brilliant bands. But my two favourite 80s bands are My Bloody Valentine and The Pogues and I've seen both in my teenage years anyway, not the same as at the time obviously but it'll do. I'd say the bad band to good band ratio is the worst of any decade like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Some of the tacky music was great. Although I dread to think what the fuck you were wearing c. 1984 when you took your lass out for a romantic spud-u-like, if your choice of music is anything to go by Thats one for the embarrassing picture thread next time Im in the loft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30441 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Aye I'm nor disputing there were some brilliant bands. But my two favourite 80s bands are My Bloody Valentine and The Pogues and I've seen both in my teenage years anyway, not the same as at the time obviously but it'll do. I'd say the bad band to good band ratio is the worst of any decade like. It's a bit daft anyway, grouping decades together, since the early 80s bore little resemblance to the stuff that started coming out in '88, '89 etc. but I seriously doubt your view holds up to much scrutiny. Look at some of the horrendous shite in the 70s and so on. It's cyclical in terms of what's fashionable too of course. Tell you what though, all the young 'uns going about in Harringtons, Lacoste tops and Fred Perrys make me feel like a right owld cunt. Which I am like, but still... CT, you still got your leg warmers and deely-boppers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Yeah it's definitely ridiculous grouping decades, but if someone's gonna pity you for not listening to Spandau Ballet what do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14615 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 It's a bit daft anyway, grouping decades together, since the early 80s bore little resemblance to the stuff that started coming out in '88, '89 etc. but I seriously doubt your view holds up to much scrutiny. Look at some of the horrendous shite in the 70s and so on. It's cyclical in terms of what's fashionable too of course. Tell you what though, all the young 'uns going about in Harringtons, Lacoste tops and Fred Perrys make me feel like a right owld cunt. Which I am like, but still... CT, you still got your leg warmers and deely-boppers? you mean I was supposed to stop wearing them?...when??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30441 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Baracuta G9 is a timeless fashion classic tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 It's a bit daft anyway, grouping decades together, since the early 80s bore little resemblance to the stuff that started coming out in '88, '89 etc. but I seriously doubt your view holds up to much scrutiny. Look at some of the horrendous shite in the 70s and so on. It's cyclical in terms of what's fashionable too of course. Tell you what though, all the young 'uns going about in Harringtons, Lacoste tops and Fred Perrys make me feel like a right owld cunt. Which I am like, but still... CT, you still got your leg warmers and deely-boppers? Not then but I could do with them now Each generation might say the same but I think the totally differing styles of music were great in the 80's . I remember starting the eighties with long hair and jeans frayed ? and splashed with hippy oil and head banging in the local church hall. This was followed by a punky phase in the early 80's and wearing my school blazer inside out with the chain off the bath plug attached to look hard and doing the pogo and dead fly. Then came Grease so jeans and t.shirt with rolled up sleeves to store your fags. After that it seemed to get a bit fucked up with all the new wave stuff and culture club etc but then it just became year after year filled with coolness where you had so many different music styles from simple minds to Kylie to U2 all competing the charts. Its obviously the second half of the eighties which is responsible for my great music taste to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14615 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Got a navy blue Schott of NY jacket in Paris when I was there in the summer.....very,very similar to a Harrington without the lineing...smart as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Yeah it's definitely ridiculous grouping decades, but if someone's gonna pity you for not listening to Spandau Ballet what do you expect? I know it's probably not worth pointing out but My Bloody Valentine are better known for their 1990s release(s), if you include remixes, etc, than their 80s releases. That said I saw Spandau Ballet at the time and My Bloody Valentine, also, at the(ir) time and I know which one of the two I'm revisiting in the now. btw the 80s was amazing time musically if you scratch below the layers of mainstream shite. It was the last decade of the true independent band/label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Not then but I could do with them now Each generation might say the same but I think the totally differing styles of music were great in the 80's . I remember starting the eighties with long hair and jeans frayed ? and splashed with hippy oil and head banging in the local church hall. This was followed by a punky phase in the early 80's and wearing my school blazer inside out with the chain off the bath plug attached to look hard and doing the pogo and dead fly. Then came Grease so jeans and t.shirt with rolled up sleeves to store your fags. After that it seemed to get a bit fucked up with all the new wave stuff and culture club etc but then it just became year after year filled with coolness where you had so many different music styles from simple minds to Kylie to U2 all competing the charts. Its obviously the second half of the eighties which is responsible for my great music taste to this day. IMO the charts certainly have never been indicative of what I would call good music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Not then but I could do with them now Each generation might say the same but I think the totally differing styles of music were great in the 80's . I remember starting the eighties with long hair and jeans frayed ? and splashed with hippy oil and head banging in the local church hall. This was followed by a punky phase in the early 80's and wearing my school blazer inside out with the chain off the bath plug attached to look hard and doing the pogo and dead fly. Then came Grease so jeans and t.shirt with rolled up sleeves to store your fags. After that it seemed to get a bit fucked up with all the new wave stuff and culture club etc but then it just became year after year filled with coolness where you had so many different music styles from simple minds to Kylie to U2 all competing the charts. Its obviously the second half of the eighties which is responsible for my great music taste to this day. You do realise punk finished in 1979? New wave started in 1980, Simple Minds were better before 1984 (when they discovered U2) and who goes from punk to Grease???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 You do realise punk finished in 1979? New wave started in 1980, Simple Minds were better before 1984 (when they discovered U2) and who goes from punk to Grease???? Dont let facts get in the way of a good story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I know it's probably not worth pointing out but My Bloody Valentine are better known for their 1990s release(s), if you include remixes, etc, than their 80s releases. That said I saw Spandau Ballet at the time and My Bloody Valentine, also, at the(ir) time and I know which one of the two I'm revisiting in the now. btw the 80s was amazing time musically if you scratch below the layers of mainstream shite. It was the last decade of the true independent band/label. Yeah I must admit Loveless is (unsurprisingly) my favourite, and that was 91. Still they were on the go for most of the 80s and split early into the 90s so I always seem to 'group' them as 80s. That said i see jesus and mary chain as 90s when theyre about the same so i guess im just a bit of a cunt .On the independent record etc note I admit you have a good point. I love Sarah records which were late eighties at their peak i think? Although that's only through modern bands like pains of being pure at heart etc. quite interesting how most of my favourite modern bands are influenced by 80s music after my unfair slagging of earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Bunching together decades of music is a futile exercise but let's all remember that pop music and indeed, music itself, reached a zenith with Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows in 1970 and has been on a downward slope since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Yeah I must admit Loveless is (unsurprisingly) my favourite, and that was 91. Still they were on the go for most of the 80s and split early into the 90s so I always seem to 'group' them as 80s. That said i see jesus and mary chain as 90s when theyre about the same so i guess im just a bit of a cunt . I don't know about the cunt bit but JMC were an 80s band with Psychocandy being released in 1985 and their biggest album. Followed by Darklands in 87 and Automatic in 89. Whereas MBV releases were Isn't Anything in 88 and Loveless in 91 - they only really released singles in the mid 80s and the line up and sound was completely different to the MBV most people know. Oh and they've recently announced they have a new release coming out early 2013. Not being pedantic or the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Bunching together decades of music is a futile exercise but let's all remember that pop music and indeed, music itself, reached a zenith with Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows in 1970 and has been on a downward slope since. Um, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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