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Maharlika wrote:
Just like DW I was a child-teen of the 80's...

I was too, but I almost did not recognise anything in the Youtube clip. I agree with Moonbiter that it was fun to be a teenager in the 80's. My friends and I were clubbing 4-5 days a week, but never on weekends because that was considered trashy We were very intellectual and very arty and wore 1940's style clothes, listened to jazz and discussed art and poetry and read Sartre Like Moonbiter says, nobody sat at home watching TV in the morning...in the morning, you were on your way home from some handsome guy's bed

C Elegans wrote:in the morning, you were on your way home from some handsome guy's bed

That's where the intellectual part comes in, right?

Fiberfar wrote:That's where the intellectual part comes in, right?

No, that's where the arty part comes in

Define 'grew up'....

Gwalchmai wrote:Define 'grew up'....

"Grew up" like in "matured from adolescent into a responsible adult" ie not applicable to you, Gwally

C Elegans wrote:"Grew up" like in "matured from adolescent into a responsible adult" ie not applicable to you, Gwally

Shame on you CE, that's just not nice :laugh:

Mah wrote:Best album.

Ever.

Agreed, I still crank that one up to full every so often, one of the finest ever.
Ditto with Peter Gabriel and REM.

CE wrote:No, that's where the arty part comes in

Ah yes.. it's all about the sense of aesthetic... admiring a finely chiseled body purely for the artistic pleasure

I'm surprised no one has Rickrolled this thread yet.

Tricky wrote:I'm surprised no one has Rickrolled this thread yet.

[url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU"]I can fix that[/url]

C Elegans wrote:I was too, but I almost did not recognise anything in the Youtube clip. I agree with Moonbiter that it was fun to be a teenager in the 80's. My friends and I were clubbing 4-5 days a week, but never on weekends because that was considered trashy We were very intellectual and very arty and wore 1940's style clothes, listened to jazz and discussed art and poetry and read Sartre Like Moonbiter says, nobody sat at home watching TV in the morning...in the morning, you were on your way home from some handsome guy's bed

My darling! What on earth are you other sissies talking about??? The Joshua Tree? Were you even in the 80s? That was the biggest wuss-album of all time! Bono still hasn't found what he's looking for, but we sure did! You wanna see what a hot chick looked like in the 80s? Silicone-free and a brain present? YouTube - Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Joshua Tree my foot! If that's your favorite album, then fine. I love the album, it's probably the only album that U2 ever put out that doesn't make me want to spew. Now.... Try "Eliminator" by ZZ Top, and you're actually in the 80s. All together now "Ev'ry gal's crazee 'bout a sharp dressed man..." Oh hell, I'm gonna throw that one in for free. This is the 80s, ladies and gents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_QCRGvT-g Look at the clothes, the hair and the 'tude. 1983.... And don't get me started on Van Halen and Twisted Sister.....

@fable & Wenchie: have you seen "Charlie Wilson's war?" That sort of brought me back....

grrrrmblegnarlll...bunch of woopsies telling me about the 80s.... arrgggllllgrumble....

Moonbiter wrote:My darling! What on earth are you other sissies talking about??? The Joshua Tree? Were you even in the 80s? That was the biggest wuss-album of all time! Bono still hasn't found what he's looking for, but we sure did! You wanna see what a hot chick looked like in the 80s? Silicone-free and a brain present? YouTube - Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Joshua Tree my foot! If that's your favorite album, then fine. I love the album, it's probably the only album that U2 ever put out that doesn't make me want to spew. Now.... Try "Eliminator" by ZZ Top, and you're actually in the 80s. All together now "Ev'ry gal's crazee 'bout a sharp dressed man..." Oh hell, I'm gonna throw that one in for free. This is the 80s, ladies and gents: YouTube - ZZ Top-Sharp Dressed Man Look at the clothes, the hair and the 'tude. 1983.... And don't get me started on Van Halen and Twisted Sister.....

I'm not sure about sissy but it definitely sounded pretentious. I didn't want to say it because I'm sure it will get me banned from this site but...I freakin' hate U2. Didn't like them then, don't like them now. Bono just annoys the heck out of me.

DW - have you seen the new Pixar film, "Wall-E"? At the very end, the credits roll to a song by Peter Gabriel...I didn't know what to thing!

Moonbiter wrote:My darling! What on earth are you other sissies talking about??? The Joshua Tree? Were you even in the 80s? That was the biggest wuss-album of all time!

grrrrmblegnarlll...bunch of woopsies telling me about the 80s.... arrgggllllgrumble....

If you REALLY want to listen to great music from the 80s, then try Brecker's "My One and Only Love" off his eponymous album - and until someone crowns you Lord Overseer of What Truly Defined the '80s, then please, feel free to allow the rest of us our own nostalgia without the espousal of your superior opinions .

Rmem - I doubt anyone's going to call for you to be banned simply because you don't care for a band . Bono HAS gotten progressively more annoying as time's gone on, but there's something about that album that always makes me keep it around.

rmemmett84 wrote:I'm not sure about sissy but it definitely sounded pretentious. I didn't want to say it because I'm sure it will get me banned from this site but...I freakin' hate U2. Didn't like them then, don't like them now. Bono just annoys the heck out of me.

lmao! We aren't *that* authoritarian...
Well... not any longer.. things have been much better since we persuaded Fable to stop insisting that we all dress in purple PJs

Seriously, it's personal taste, just like anything else. I do think Bono has become pretty sanctimonious and egotistical, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating Joshua Tree. But hey, different strokes and all that.

You want the 80s? YouTube - Billy Idol - White Wedding 1981....Anyone better?

rmemmett84 wrote:I'm not sure about sissy but it definitely sounded pretentious. I didn't want to say it because I'm sure it will get me banned from this site but...I freakin' hate U2. Didn't like them then, don't like them now. Bono just annoys the heck out of me.

I was being facetious about the banishment But I am glad to hear I'm not the only one who thinks Bono is a pompous ass. It sometimes seems as if everyone else believes he walks on water.

Moonbiter wrote:You want the 80s? YouTube - Billy Idol - White Wedding 1981....Anyone better?

Well, good song, but I still prefer YouTube - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell better...

Kipi wrote:Well, good song, but I still prefer YouTube - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell better...

Ah, yes. I saw him on the Rebel Yell -tour. 1984 methinks... Same year as I saw Twisted Sister, ZZ Top and this funny little band called Mötley Crüe who was squealing as they warmed up the audience before Van Halen (with Dave) and AC/DC on the Monsters Of Rock show in Sweden. This little midget called Ronnie James Dio had released his debut solo album called "Holy Diver," and we had to travel for five frikkin hours in a blizzard out in the woods to see the gig because metal concerts were banned in Oslo by the fire department. Now we're talking the 80s! My girlfriend had bought an album called "Purple Rain" by this other midget named Prince, and was all puffy sleeves and lovey-dovey. I didn't mind.:mischief: That runt made the girls dress up in the hottest outfits ever! There was this strange band named Metallica who played a gig in the gym of an Oslo high school to avoid the ban on metal concerts. I hated them, but my kid brother who is tone-deaf made me go. He was too young to get in without a chaperon. My dad got a "mobile phone" which my mother thought was a fad. It occupied most of the backseat of the family car, and you had to call an operator to get connected. Cocaine came to Norway, and it was the story of the day in all the mayor newspapers. My mother solved the Rubik's Cube in 30 seconds flat, which sort of took the fun out of that. (yes, I know it came out in 1980, but this is Norway) My parents kicked me out for being a pain in the hindquarters, and I spent 3 funny winter months sleeping on benches by the central station and learning how to cook curry-chicken from a Sri-Lankan family of 12, who were asylum-seekers living in a tear-down apartment building, but still took me in. I still make a wicked curry-chicken, and yes, I'm now the guardian of one of their grandchildren. Oh, and the word "racism" entered the Norwegian vocabulary... We didn't actually have that, you know. Hating someone for their skin was something they did "over there" and not something we could relate to. When the first Pakistan family came to Oslo in 1974 they were welcomed with open arms and instant celebrity. Then we screwed up.

Talking about something funnier: Bruce Springsteen put out his album "Born In The USA" which sold 15 MILLION albums in a year, in the US alone. I have NO idea why. I went to Krefeld in Germany and George Bush senior was there, drawling away, and they were playing that frikkin song. Loudly. My girlfriend (with the puffy sleeves and the shoulder pads) was screaming "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" and I tried, but everywhere you went, it was that song. Or the Scorpions.... They had this power-ballad called "Still Loving You" and it worked like a hot knife in butter on the womenfolk. I met my then-girlfriend again about a year ago, and she went "we did a lot of strange stuff back then, and now I'm married with three children, but that song still makes me hot around the ears...."

That's 1984 by the Moonbiter. Any questions?

Moonbiter wrote:Ah, yes. I saw him on the Rebel Yell -tour. 1984 methinks... Same year as I saw Twisted Sister, ZZ Top and this funny little band called Mötley Crüe who was squealing as they warmed up the audience before Van Halen (with Dave) and AC/DC on the Monsters Of Rock show in Sweden. This little midget called Ronnie James Dio had released his debut solo album called "Holy Diver," and we had to travel for five frikkin hours in a blizzard out in the woods to see the gig because metal concerts were banned in Oslo by the fire department. Now we're talking the 80s! My girlfriend had bought an album called "Purple Rain" by this other midget named Prince, and was all puffy sleeves and lovey-dovey. I didn't mind.:mischief: That runt made the girls dress up in the hottest outfits ever! There was this strange band named Metallica who played a gig in the gym of an Oslo high school to avoid the ban on metal concerts. I hated them, but my kid brother who is tone-deaf made me go. He was too young to get in without a chaperon. My dad got a "mobile phone" which my mother thought was a fad. It occupied most of the backseat of the family car, and you had to call an operator to get connected. Cocaine came to Norway, and it was the story of the day in all the mayor newspapers. My mother solved the Rubik's Cube in 30 seconds flat, which sort of took the fun out of that. (yes, I know it came out in 1980, but this is Norway) My parents kicked me out for being a pain in the hindquarters, and I spent 3 funny winter months sleeping on benches by the central station and learning how to cook curry-chicken from a Sri-Lankan family of 12, who were asylum-seekers living in a tear-down apartment building, but still took me in. I still make a wicked curry-chicken, and yes, I'm now the guardian of one of their grandchildren. Oh, and the word "racism" entered the Norwegian vocabulary... We didn't actually have that, you know. Hating someone for their skin was something they did "over there" and not something we could relate to. When the first Pakistan family came to Oslo in 1974 they were welcomed with open arms and instant celebrity. Then we screwed up.

Talking about something funnier: Bruce Springsteen put out his album "Born In The USA" which sold 15 MILLION albums in a year, in the US alone. I have NO idea why. I went to Krefeld in Germany and George Bush senior was there, drawling away, and they were playing that frikkin song. Loudly. My girlfriend (with the puffy sleeves and the shoulder pads) was screaming "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" and I tried, but everywhere you went, it was that song. Or the Scorpions.... They had this power-ballad called "Still Loving You" and it worked like a hot knife in butter on the womenfolk. I met my then-girlfriend again about a year ago, and she went "we did a lot of strange stuff back then, and now I'm married with three children, but that song still makes me hot around the ears...."

That's 1984 by the Moonbiter. Any questions?

ummmm... lol?

I would give similiar reference of my year 1984, but sadly I was born 1986, so not possible

Kipi wrote:ummmm... lol?

I would give similiar reference of my year 1984, but sadly I was born 1986, so not possible

Ah Kips, nobody's perfect! The point is: The next time some twit tells you that the 80s sucked, you can tell them NO! The 80s didn't suck! The 80s were great! You think wearing leg warmers and shoulder pads and listening to ZZ Top was bad, compared to 10 years later when grown men were wearing bell-bottomed, plaid golf pants and dancing to "Barbie Girl" by Aqua in the clubs? Yeah right. Idiots are going "Yeah, well you listened to Bananarama, how stupid is that?" Well, not as stupid as the Spice Girls and re-introducing platform shoes!:laugh:

Moonbiter wrote:Ah Kips, nobody's perfect!

Yes yes, I know... For example, I'm missing all the faults

The point is: The next time some twit tells you that the 80s sucked, you can tell them NO! The 80s didn't suck! The 80s were great! You think wearing leg warmers and shoulder pads and listening to ZZ Top was bad, compared to 10 years later when grown men were wearing bell-bottomed, plaid golf pants and dancing to "Barbie Girl" by Aqua in the clubs? Yeah right. Idiots are going "Yeah, well you listened to Bananarama, how stupid is that?" Well, not as stupid as the Spice Girls and re-introducing platform shoes!:laugh:

Argh! Don't remind me of Aqua and their songs!
Especially when compared to those (Aqua, Spice Girls etc...) 80s were Golden Era of mankind