Defining a decade with a song: 1980s

[Kanegrundar]

That's a little surprising to me. Interesting.

Why do I have the cheesy NBC "The More You Know" music going through my head?

Kane

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Never really cared for The Beatles.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Never really cared for The Beatles.

Ditto. They went from 60's bubblegum pop crap to weird drug-fueled crap, and didn't even do any truly good stuff in between. The most overrated band in history. (IMO of course.)

Kane

 

[griff_goodbeard]

Material Girl- Maddona

 

[The Shaman]

...late 80's "hair band" rock...

Re-reading this thread, Henry's post brought back a funny memory.

Somewhere around 1990. Out with a bunch of friends drinking beer and shooting pool. The other guys in the group are feeding the jukebox, and their pumping it full of Poison, Ratt, G'n'R, Crue, and so on. There are a few girls in the bar, and they're not paying us the slightest bit of attention.

Finally a break comes in the music so I slip over the the jukebox, drop in a couple dollars worth of quarters, and pick all the funk I can find. "Brick House" by the Commodores comes out of the speakers, and all the guys around the pool table are looking at me like I pooped in the beer pitcher. I walk back over to my buddies and nod at the girls at the bar - they've all started smiling and grooving instead of looking annoyed. Pretty soon a couple of the girls are dancing on the bar, and they ended up hanging out with us the rest of the night.

Was there ever music less likely to get you laid than hair-band rock?

 

[Kanegrundar]

Was there ever music less likely to get you laid than hair-band rock?

Polka. 'Nuff said.

Kane

 

[Hijinks]

The theme to "Beverly Hills Cop"

 

[Mr. Kaze]

Off-Topic

Never really cared for The Beatles.

The Beatles found out with "Helter Skelter"
And John Lennon saw it in Mr. Chapman
And the Stones learned from "Gimmie Shelter"
That you're only as good as your fans.
-- TISM, "Play Mistral For Me" (iirc)

I really should've put their Machiavelli and the Four Seasons album on the 90's thread -- "Greg! The Stop Sign!" in particular -- but it'd completely slipped my mind. And I doubt that 99% of the folks 'round here have heard of it.

 

[Crothian]

Video Killed the Radio Star

 

[Kanegrundar]

Video Killed the Radio Star

Very good one! I'm surprised I forgot about that song.

Kane