So you miss the 80's?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

S. Pupp wrote:
I miss hearing Der Kommissar on the radio, but got to re-experience it in the late '90s when Adam Sandler's film "The Wedding Singer" came out (19 years ago? Good Lord.)

About time for a remake! miley-laughing001:

(I heard "Der Kommissar" on the radio yesterday. True, it was the '80s channel on my XM satellite radio service, but still...)

[Dennis S]

What was the deal with the giant eye glasses?

[jdc]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
For the popular music of the era, my perception is just the opposite -- the "good" '80s ran from 1979 until 1985, then the bad '80s took over through the end of the decade.

This.

But not "pop" -- it was alt that got huge. Lots of great early 80s tunes.

[mrbigstuff]

Ok, I unabashedly love the 80s, but will agree it was the early part of the 80s. Mostly, it can be tracked according to when U2 started to suck.

[vision63]

mrbigstuff wrote:
Ok, I unabashedly love the 80s, but will agree it was the early part of the 80s. Mostly, it can be tracked according to when U2 started to suck.

There's lots of great music, great movies and even "some" fashion in the 80's. I'm exaggerating of course.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

mrbigstuff wrote:
Ok, I unabashedly love the 80s, but will agree it was the early part of the 80s. Mostly, it can be tracked according to when U2 started to suck.

Uh-uh. I can name the exact moment '80s music began to suck -- it was when Starship's "We Built This City" was released. It was all downhill from there.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

jdc wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
For the popular music of the era, my perception is just the opposite -- the "good" '80s ran from 1979 until 1985, then the bad '80s took over through the end of the decade.

This.

But not "pop" -- it was alt that got huge. Lots of great early 80s tunes.
Alternative was just one form of the era's popular music. Punk was another, and rap yet another.

[August West]

The hairdos were somethin, tho, huh?

[SteveG]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
Uh-uh. I can name the exact moment '80s music began to suck -- it was when Starship's "We Built This City" was released.

But it was truly funny that The Airplane got it totally wrong. The city of San Fran ended up being built on software and Intel chips.

[vision63]

Steve G. wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
Uh-uh. I can name the exact moment '80s music began to suck -- it was when Starship's "We Built This City" was released.

But it was truly funny that The Airplane got it totally wrong. The city of San Fran ended up being built on software and Intel chips.
San Francisco is built on tourism I would say.