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frenchguy38
6/18/2008 1:21 am |
A lot of people know the 80s due to the numerous episodes of "I love the 80s" on VH1. Well I did love the 80s, even if i was young, pimply and forced to go to school wearing those "elastic fit" corduroy pants... The music was all Pop, every genre had to accept it if they were to be famous. So you'd Suzie and the Banshees on the same show as guys in bird costumes dancing to the Birdy Song that was number 1 on the charts. Every novelty songs got to number 1 magically, like a rule or something. People would only buy the Singles (45T) to play at parties to make everyone dance and sweat. The groups at the time were Human League, Duran Duran, INXS, A-HA, The Cure, The Smiths, Elton John and every year Jimmy Cliff would bring a song for the summer... Do you remember XTC? How about vinyl records? They might have be big and clumsy but a least you felt like you were actually getting something, some LPs were like books; now, records are just this metalic shiny things.. On TV, the kids shows were Battle of the Planets, Goldorak (Grendizer), Fraggle Rock and SAN-KU-KAI. I used to think it was so cool when you saw EOLIA dress during the starting titles... And then, AYATO was my name when going playing in the public park, my Buddy Michael was SIMAN, the man-monkey, pilot of the SAN-KU-KAI. We were figthing the ghosts of GOLEM XIII and FURIA for hours... TOP of the POP and "Salut, les P'tits clous" had all the groups on and a few videos, the cameramen used to get really close and look-up noses and skirts and they loved the smoke machine... Snickers was Marathon, Starburst was Opal Fruits, M&M's was Smarties and when i tell young people that; they look at me odd, i wonder if it really happen, where my childhood went? I played with toy soldiers (Atlantics), I played with my GI Joe (who were a better quality than Action Man), I had a Six Millions Dollars Man figure, you could look from his telescopic eye or make his arms muscles move! I had a stretch green monster that i cut to see what was inside that made him stretch and ruined it. The toys were good in the 80s -remember Merlin game?- I wish i still had them but when you throw darts at your GI Joe for bullets holes or splash some alcohol/white spirit on your plastic soldiers and set them on fire for more realism, they don't last so long... sadly... Jeeezzz, why did i grow up so fast... Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy. Song of the day: FALCO "Der Kommissar" (Original German version) |
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 6/18/2008 6:55 pm |
The 80s where a cool time !  KORN
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6/19/2008 2:38 am |
Senor Korn, yup... could be fun to go back in the past! 
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6/20/2008 3:39 pm |
I loved Falco's "Rock me Amadeus!"
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6/21/2008 9:31 am |
I graduated in Highschool in '83. Saw the birth of MTV, death of disco, and rise of New-Wave. Remember the side-winder deck shoes / members only jacket that every self-respecting dude had to have? Feathered back hair... MIKE RENO and the Loverboy, baby~ Groovin' keyboard funky guitar riffs so well mixed... '80 is where my roots are.
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