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#15 by Razor X on 17 Sep, 2011 09:45
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Haha. Most of the music from the 80's I have heard is from the corny 80's movies. I do like the sound track from Top Gun but the other stuff is just not my style. Maybe if I was raised listening to it it would different but such is life
More 80's movies with tons of 80's music: Caddyshack, Blues Brothers, Xanadu, Fame, American Pop, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Pink Floyd The Wall, The Last American Virgin, Eddie & The Cruisers, Flashdance, Reckless, Breakin', Footloose, Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, Streets of Fire, Sixteen Candles, Vision Quest, Desperately Seeking Susan, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Weird Science, About Last Night, Running Scared, Pretty In Pink, Beverly Hills Cop, Dirty Dancing, Bright Lights Big City, Purple Rain, Batman...just to name a few.
See, he ^ is someone else with pure class running through his veins
The Breakfast Club has to be my favourite of all of those.
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#16 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 09:46
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I've never seen The Blues Brothers.
I've never seen Sixteen Candles either, which is strange because I always liked Molly Ringwald.
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#17 by Razor X on 17 Sep, 2011 09:49
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I've never seen The Blues Brothers.
I've never seen Sixteen Candles either, which is strange because I always liked Molly Ringwald.
That's some essential viewing that you're delinquent on.
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#18 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 09:51
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I know. I can download them from iTunes. My connection here is so slow though It takes me 3 hours to download a 50 minute tv program(me)
Actually I think Pretty in Pink comes in as my joint favourite, along with Breakfast Club.
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#19 by Razor X on 17 Sep, 2011 09:56
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Actually I think Pretty in Pink comes in as my joint favourite, along with Breakfast Club.
If we can expand the list to include films that didn't include popular songs, then the Back to the Future films are probably my favorites from the 80s. There was also a Rodney Dangerfield pic -- Easy Money -- that isn't as well known as some of his other ones but I think it was one of his best.
Jeez I feel old.
Doesn't seem like that long ago, does it? Try working in an office where the median age is about 27 and you'll quickly feel like a dinosaur.
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#20 by Slynito on 17 Sep, 2011 10:05
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I guess I liked the late 60's and early 70's best but being in New Orleans we had and still have, the music from "outside the levees", Stones, Doors, etc., but we were and are blessed with an embarrassment of riches in live local music, not only Fats Domino, but many others, Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomey, Dr. John, the various bands of the Neville Brothers and so much more in the trad jazz tradition. So my favorites aren't from a particular decade but a "gumbo" of all the music, particularly live performances on the street, in clubs, at parties that the local culture provides us. I really like the street music, you just never know when you're going to come on a group playing in the Vieux Carre or at a street party. I was also lucky enough to have an older cousin who gave me his 45 collection, Sun Records and others, with Little Richard and the 50's R&R, Jerry Lee Lewis--from Ferriday, LA and lots of other pre-Beatles groups, and I still have boxes of LP's that need to be converted to a more modern format not only for preservation but for ease of listening. I just couldn't exclude any of it by having a favorite.
Man, everything Saintc mentioned above are classics...every decade has great tunes I appreciate. The other day I had a craving for Turtles...not the meat.
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#21 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 10:14
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Actually I think Pretty in Pink comes in as my joint favourite, along with Breakfast Club.
If we can expand the list to include films that didn't include popular songs, then the Back to the Future films are probably my favorites from the 80s. There was also a Rodney Dangerfield pic -- Easy Money -- that isn't as well known as some of his other ones but I think it was one of his best.
Jeez I feel old.
Doesn't seem like that long ago, does it? Try working in an office where the median age is about 27 and you'll quickly feel like a dinosaur.
I agree, BTTF was an excellent series of movies, although as is usually the case, the first was the best.
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#22 by J.J. on 17 Sep, 2011 13:32
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If we can expand the list to include films that didn't include popular songs, then the Back to the Future films are probably my favorites from the 80s. There was also a Rodney Dangerfield pic -- Easy Money -- that isn't as well known as some of his other ones but I think it was one of his best.
Ah, but they did:
Back to the Future had one of the biggest hit songs of the '80's: "The Power of Love", by Huey Lewis & The News...
and Billy Joel's title song to "Easy Money" was also a hit!
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#23 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 13:42
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And if memory serves, BTTF 2 also had a pretty big hit (Back in Time, also by Huey Lewis and the News).
Once again, X Man is just SO busted
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#24 by Robmeister on 17 Sep, 2011 13:44
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Was in a BIG HAIR metal band in the 80s
Put out an album and sold about 80,000 records (20,000 short of a gold record).
Go on Google and enter "LETCHEN GREY"
You'll get lots of hits.
Find one with the picture of us on the back of the CD cover, I'm "Robbie Blackmore - Drums" LOL
Some links you can stream some of our songs....pretty cool 25 years later. -
#25 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 13:45
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Was in a BIG HAIR metal band in the 80s
Put out an album and sold about 80,000 records (20,000 short of a gold record).
Go on Google and enter "LETCHEN GREY"
You'll get lots of hits.
Find one with the picture of us on the back of the CD cover, I'm "Robbie Blackmore - Drums" LOL
Some links you can stream some of our songs....pretty cool 25 years later.
Bro, you look much better with a melon on your shoulders. Take it from me! -
#26 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 13:58
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For me, there were three major albums of the 80s (and I appreciate that these bands might have been one-hit-wonders in the US, but they werent here)
1. Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
2. Bridge of Spies - T'Pau
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#27 by Chavster on 17 Sep, 2011 14:17
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I have 2996 songs in iTunes, and I'd like to bet 95% of them are from the 80s.
There are only three current acts I can really listen to. Bruno Mars, Leona Lewis, and Adele. -
#28 by Laser Man on 17 Sep, 2011 14:17
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That's an eclectic rotation.
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#29 by J.J. on 17 Sep, 2011 14:37
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For me, there were three major albums of the 80s (and I appreciate that these bands might have been one-hit-wonders in the US, but they werent here)
1. Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
2. Bridge of Spies - T'Pau
3. World Machine - Level 42
That Tears for Fears album was a #1 hit in the US, along with multiple Top 10 hits, but the other two were pretty much one-hit wonders here...with T'Pau (Heart and Soul) and Level 42 (Something About You)