Ah the 80s

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Ah the 80s

Tony — 2/22/2004 3:19:42 AM (archived)

Punk did nothing for me.
New Romantics made even me feel kinda macho.
The techno stuff bored me to tears.
That takes us to about 84 - the rest of the decade's trends passed me by.

So got my kicks - from beginning to end,,,
bopping to Blondie
buying Queen's back catalog
progressing from Q and Meatloaf to HM - particularly Iron Maiden and Metallica (OK, OK, and Kiss)
discovering Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus (I was goth in a non-pale face, non-dark, natural hair colour kind of way)
mellowing out to more easy going bands like BOC and Dire Straits*.

I missed most of the Yank hair bands - I find VH1 Classic to be mostly hilariously big-haired and bad

And yes Fox - it was my twenties. :-)

*and yet I got that one wrong int quiz.

The whole thread (23 posts)

Gnarly 80's music quiz - RobVG - 2/18/2004 8:40:41 PM
- My results & parapsychology - phil - 2/20/2004 5:54:36 PM
- 4/15. Three excuses - Tony - 2/20/2004 3:08:29 PM
  - So, how about a list of the high points of your Britrock listening menu from the '80s? - Mary Anne - 2/20/2004 5:29:17 PM
    - Ah the 80s - Tony - 2/22/2004 3:19:42 AM
  - An old saying, unfortunately too true for some of us. - Bowser - 2/20/2004 5:28:55 PM
  - "lost decade", eh? - Fox - 2/20/2004 3:17:45 PM
- 14/15 - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/20/2004 4:40:25 AM
  - Impressive...I bow in your general direction :-) (n/t) - McFly - 2/21/2004 11:08:48 PM
- Got 7 out of 15 - Tom Brosz - 2/20/2004 3:21:49 AM
  - Correction: - Tom Brosz - 2/20/2004 3:23:25 AM
- 11/15 - Mary Anne - 2/20/2004 2:09:00 AM
- 10/15 - Fox - 2/19/2004 7:32:09 PM
- 7/15 Mostly guessed with process of elimination. Tunned to jazz in the 80's, although will admit to attending a Winwood concert last year. "Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys" rules. (n/t) - SteveS - 2/19/2004 3:41:17 PM
- 12 out of 15, guess I'm stuck in a time warp. I love the 80's! (n/t) - Lee - 2/19/2004 7:29:36 AM
- Trick quiz. No "music" has been written since about '78. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/19/2004 5:51:45 AM
  - LOL...my parents would have said you're being overly generous :-) (n/t) - McFly - 2/19/2004 4:33:49 PM
    - My grandmother thought rock 'n roll was just as good as Big Band - Mary Anne - 2/20/2004 2:14:04 AM
      - My mom started out dismissing R&R - alcaray - 2/21/2004 2:17:19 AM
        
        Sounds like a rock-n-roll awakening..neato :-) (n/t) - McFly - 2/21/2004 11:11:00 PM
- 9 outa 15...cripes, there were groups in there I don't even remember (n/t) - McFly - 2/19/2004 3:46:29 AM
- 6/15. Mainly wretched memory issues. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/18/2004 11:07:37 PM
- More music news - RobVG - 2/18/2004 8:58:30 PM

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