Just an observation, not a whinge! ...But so many places in SL seem to have Eighties music streams and a lot of people dress in 80's clothes. Is this a clue to the age profile of our RL-ers? I would have thought the '80's was a low point in popular music and fashion, with better stuff before and since!
Me, well, I'm a bit timeless, more hippie bohemian, a style that could be anything from 1960's to 2007 and beyond!!!!
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10-13-2007 09:54
Could it be that SL has a large population of mid 30's to late 40's residents?
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10-13-2007 09:55
Just an observation, not a whinge! ...But so many places in SL seem to have Eighties music streams and a lot of people dress in 80's clothes. Is this a clue to the age profile of our RL-ers? I would have thought the '80's was a low point in popular music and fashion, with better stuff before and since! Me, well, I'm a bit timeless, more hippie bohemian, a style that could be anything from 1960's to 2007 and beyond!!!! The 80s ruled! Yes the large number of us here in our mid 30s to mid 40s drive the trend towards 80s music. _____________________
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10-13-2007 09:58
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10-13-2007 10:00
Could it be that SL has a large population of mid 30's to late 40's residents? That should be obvious just from the number of female avatars with classic 80's BIG HAIR  _____________________
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10-13-2007 10:01
Right now, here in the States at least, 80's nostalgia is the trend, Just as in the 80's, 60's nostalgia was the thing. It seems to go in 20 year cycles.
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10-13-2007 10:02
the 80s a low point in music?
youre insane. the crap that has been recorded in the past decade PALES to what was happening in the 80's. Just an observation, not a whinge! ...But so many places in SL seem to have Eighties music streams and a lot of people dress in 80's clothes. Is this a clue to the age profile of our RL-ers? I would have thought the '80's was a low point in popular music and fashion, with better stuff before and since! Me, well, I'm a bit timeless, more hippie bohemian, a style that could be anything from 1960's to 2007 and beyond!!!! |
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10-13-2007 10:05
the 80s a low point in music? youre insane. the crap that has been recorded in the past decade PALES to what was happening in the 80's. /me gives Nina a High Five. _____________________
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10-13-2007 10:06
Music has gone down hill since the disco era of the '70s.
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10-13-2007 10:08
Some of us don't remember the 70's.. so the 80 are our default
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10-13-2007 10:15
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Well....as someone who grew up a teen in the eighties....I can honestly say I'M OVER IT! I have no desire to flash back and I definitely don't stream 80s music on my land. But to each his/her own and I do think it's relavent to the age of the SL population. I have friends who speak with longing and nostalgia for the 80s......they puzzle me. I will never go back to shoulder pads and high wasted pleated jeans..... but I do seem to have a affinity for some of the 70s music 70s styles returning. Could be due to my being the youngest of 3......I grew up in the eighties but my influences were more my brother & sister. *sigh* So be it...... the beauty of SL is we can actually embrace what ever era we choose. |
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10-13-2007 10:25
youre insane. the crap that has been recorded in the past decade PALES to what was happening in the 80's. It's a personal thing - there has always been crap music about as well as good. It's all that electronic drumbeat stuff, male vocalists who sound drunk and the mandatory goose-strangling saxophone solos that DON'T do it for me! _____________________
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10-13-2007 10:30
I don't think it's an intentional thing with the look. I think SL clothing and hair styles just look unrealistic - like the 80's. -- KC
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10-13-2007 10:34
It's a personal thing - there has always been crap music about as well as good. It's all that electronic drumbeat stuff, male vocalists who sound drunk and the mandatory goose-strangling saxophone solos that DON'T do it for me! Awww, but the guys wore more makeup than the girls! And looked prettier! Yeah, I like some of the music.. but not the styles. Those make me want to put spikes in the shoulder pads... _____________________
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10-13-2007 10:40
My top forties stream went poof.. so yeap i am playing 80's.. Unitl i find another stream at least
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10-13-2007 10:42
Debbie just hit the wall She never had it all One Prozac a day Husband's a CPA Her dreams went out the door When she turned 24. Only been with one man What happened to her plan? She was gonna be an actress She was gonna be a star She was gonna shake her ass On the hood of White Snake's car Her yellow SUV is now the enemy Looks at her average life And nothing, has been... all right since Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she's uncool But she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 Woo Hoo Hooooo! (1985) Woo Hoo Hooooo! She’s seen all the classics She knows every line "Breakfast Club", "Pretty In Pink" Even "St. Elmo's Fire" She rocked out to Wham! Not a big Limp Bizkit fan Thought she'd get a hand On a member of Duran Duran Where's the mini-skirt made of snakeskin And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen? When did reality become T.V.? What ever happened to sitcoms, game shows, (on the radio was) Bruce Springsteen, Madonna way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she's uncool But she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 Woo Hoo Hooooo! She hates time, make it stop When did Motley Crue become classic rock? And when did Ozzy become an actor? Please make this stop, stop, STOP(tick tick tick) and bring back Bruce Springsteen, Madonna way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she's uncool But she's still preoccupied With 1985 Woo Hoo Hooooo! Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana(1985) There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV (1985) (Woohoohoo) Her two kids in high school They tell her that she's uncool (1985) But she's still preoccupied With 19, 19, 1985 This song explains it all. |
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Nina Stepford
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10-13-2007 10:49
its ironic, none of my music featured any of that, yet i seem to hear that sort of thing in modern music, particularly the drum machines and lazy vox.
one will argue that it is merely taste and its subjective... but is it really? It's a personal thing - there has always been crap music about as well as good. It's all that electronic drumbeat stuff, male vocalists who sound drunk and the mandatory goose-strangling saxophone solos that DON'T do it for me! |
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10-13-2007 11:04
Now, I have to admit that I have ambient-chill music streamed to my land at present! I call it chonka-blonka music because of the drum sounds and a lot of it has a vaguely Indian sound to it - in India it's probably classed as musak and played in supermarkets! But if I'm feeling too chilled I change to guitar rock - Nickelback - woot!
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10-13-2007 12:56
the 80s a low point in music? youre insane. the crap that has been recorded in the past decade PALES to what was happening in the 80's. here here Nina!!! as a fellow 80's "child", to me the music was more experimental, the clothes fun and people way more relaxed...kinda...plus its fun to look at all those old movies and see the cell phones that were used back then! _____________________
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10-13-2007 12:59
Oh please after the demise of Ska and Punk and until the emergence of indie, music in the eighties was largely a huge steaming pile of pants, Stock, Aitkien and Waterman have a lot to answer for.
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10-13-2007 13:00
Speaking of the 80's, has anyone noticed the reintroduction of the tight pants bug??
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10-13-2007 13:07
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Victorria Paine
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10-13-2007 14:27
It's all just demographic that many of us are late 30s/40s and fit that demographic. On my land I have sometimes had 80s streaming, butre I'm more likely to have some piano jazz, bossa nova or lounge. Not that I don't like the 80s stuff, I do .. but I like some other things a bit more at this stage.
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10-13-2007 14:28
Oh please after the demise of Ska and Punk and until the emergence of indie, music in the eighties was largely a huge steaming pile of pants, Stock, Aitkien and Waterman have a lot to answer for. DEMISE?  In Desmond's world, ska never faded...  _____________________
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10-13-2007 15:01
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