What's with the 'Eighties' everywhere in SL?

I have no idea what the first album I bought with my own money. Oh, I remember now, I bought a bunch of classical stuff at the same time. That's what I bought first.

Mine was Bon Jovi's "Slippery when Wet" on Cassette Tape.

No wonder my SLut score is so high.

Dang. All that classical music corrupted me

Standing on a Beach by The Cure (or was the album name Japanese Whispers? Can't remember.)

I agree with you somewhat here because the 70's to me were the greatest 10 years of musical quality in my lifetime and running neck and neck with the 60's, but for different reasons. It can't help but be that way because the 60's were such a turbulent time of change and rebirth and the 70's were a time of reflection on the new realities born of that upheaval. Both celebration and mourning.

The 80's really had no connection to anything. It was kind of a nameless and stateless era, if you consider the 20 previous years of music to have been a "soundtrack" for life. That aimlessness came out in the music, where people seemed to be writing about nothing in particular. Corporate cloning and templated music replaced originality and period pieces.

However some highly evolved musical trends did manage to come out of the 80's. New instrumental voices replaced some old ones. And towards the end of the decade, the bands that survived began shucking their corporate identities as the musical audiences revolted against what they were being forcefed. Hence the Nirvanas, Pearl Jams, and whatnot that ushered in the 90's, fueled by frustration with the search and justification for purpose. As heavy a theme as any of the 60's and 70's.

But more than that, others here are right. The 80's were the decade where a great number of people here were discovering themselves and making the connections that shaped who they are today. That was our personal soundtrack. I can remember the first time I heard so many of those songs - where I was, what happened, who I was with. For every song there's a memory. I imagine it's the same for many.

van halen's first album is the first i spent money of my own on, then foreginer, fleetwood mac...
though i recall going to the dump with my dad one day and got a whole box of albums some guy was throwing away...blue oyster cults - secret treaties, three dog night, creedence clearwater revival...a bunch of others i dont recall

the eighties had some decent music too, even in the top 40...as all era's did...though i was a bit of an alternative/metal chick...so i liked deep purple and april wine and stuff that didnt get much airplay...and theyre all oldies now!!

*cries*...damn its hell to age...not that i'm old! i'll never grow old!!

having survived the eighties, i can say I am not the biggest revivalist. I can say however that most of what people know as indie music in the 90's and today has its roots in the indie music in the eighties. Punk was a mature music form in the eighties, and new wave, goth and even grunge all had thier start in the late eighties. On top of this you had alt country, country rock, country, rockabiliy, Ska, protorap, rap, pop, metal, rock, rap, house, acid house, deep house, belgian hardedge techno, techno, and Industrial all were either born in the eighties, or underwent serious revolutions in terms of style. Most of this did not get radio or video airplay.

Almost everything you hear on the radio today is a direct descendent of the eighties. Musically, there has never been a more dynamic, diverse or explosive musical era than the eighties, despite the Ipod/myspace revolution.

Stock Aiken and Waterman and album oriented rock we mostly late 70's concepts.

Disco sucks, and fashionwise...the seventies were far worse than the eighties. men in high heels is just wrong.

Unless they have Extremely Cute Butts. Or are wearing Powdered Wigs and are French

lol

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hehehe thats too funny! and god, oh so true!

Hey, I think the Plymouth Reliant was a great car. Well, it was my first car I didn't start driving until I was 20.

It was very reliable, you just couldn't go too fast.. it would rattle!

Name five bands! Boston, Kansas, Rush, Van Halen, Metallica

Christopher Cross rules. When I heard that MTV wouldn't show his video because they thought he was "fat," to me it was just more proof that the broadcast industry's version of pop culture is bullsh***. The thing I love the most about the Internet Age is that the consumer is getting back the power to shape new memes.

I thought the old school rap was great. The new stuff that's so nihilistic, I think is cr**. Bring on the political stuff.

Oh, and this post has many more words with asterisks than I would have dared to use in the early eighties when I was still at BYU and quite proper. Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

I'll be 45 in November.

I think there was a lot of fine music made in the 80s. Unfortunately, it's not what most of the clubs in SL are playing; it is 80s ALTERNATIVE music that is the good stuff. Radio Nigel, anyone?

Well, it may have been reliable and helped Chrysler out of its financial slump, but the Reliant had all the sex appeal of a bowl of plain oatmeal. I guess the car rental agencies loved them, because no one really wanted to steal them. Back in the day, my brother had an Omni 024. Basically the same engine, but smaller and much cooler.

that was Abba, circa 1976. You showing your age Colette, or did mom crank the radio in her car? I ran the course of my twenties through the 80's. A side effect of being born in a year that ends in zero. Never followed any fashion trends ( fads irk me), but have been a U2, REM, Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, fan. The 80's had a lot of good tunes. And I still enjoy David Bowie, the guys put out decent stuff every decade since 1969. 80's tv did nothing for me whatsoever. Anyway, cant say Ive seen an excessive amount of 80's stuff in game, where is it?

Someone before me had mentioned Abba, thats why I mentioned it.

It definitely was played on the radio into the 80's

Even now on the oldies station lol

Someone once described 1980's music as "classic rock". I didn't dare ask them what they catagorized 60's and 70's music as.

LOL!

Some Reliants in the UK only had three wheels....

http://www.channel4.com/4car/gallery/gallery.jsp?id=23

Yesterday, i bought the new Jools Holland album "Best Of Friends" i recommend anyone watches the DVD that comes with it.. age and time, are only consequences...not a reason.

For me at least, music is timeless. The blackbirds outside, still sing the same song.. i welcome it..

1980's = 3,653 Bad Hair Days

How could you have bad hair using that much Aquanet?

the only people that look back and realise how terrible their hair/clothes were are the ppl that tried to be trendy. the people wearing a tshirt and 501's with a simple haircut dont have much to be ashamed of hey.
let that be a lesson for the young 'uns

Good music knows no Era. People tend to hold the 60's and 70's in such awe, but a lot of shit came out of those decades as well. If it's good it's good. And moreso, if you like it it's good, despite what many so called experts and critics say.

I think it depends an awful lot on age. Music is a soundtrack that plays underneath our lives. We tend to reflect more fondly on music from time periods that were good for us or where the music at the time defined who we were. Many people who idolize the 60's have memories that the music of the period brings back up - revolution, social change, rebellion, etc...

True, but for those who were not around during the era, me with 60's music for instance, it catches our ear somehow. None of us were alive when Mozart was the king of pop, but we love his music to this day. Our love for any art form can be from social awareness, nostalgia to it's jusy plain nice. and usually the last reason is the best of all. less pretense.

Cept maybe the RL vampires.