_Laurie_ Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 I do know some schools in some states are cutting out the music programs in schools, and some sports also due to costs, expenses, etc...
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 i'm just wondering whether it's less complicated than that. all the bands mentioned are from the same era, have similar influences, eachother as well as blues and jazz, like edna pointed out. perhaps it's just that I totally agree with that. Most of the bands mentioned are so tied into that single period that they've become icons of more than just music. Classic rock will probably be the same in 25 years, as will "Golden" Oldies. You're not likely to hear Kajagoogoo on an oldies station in 2020. The terms, though referencing chronology, are really just labels for certain moments in time.
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 Sorry, they're always the first 80's band I think of. They totally embody the idiocy of the 80's to me.
Earth-Angel Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 "Too shy, shy, hush hush, eye to eye"
Earth-Angel Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 Someone sent it to me on a mix tape once. Well, he was Dutch and he did do inline clog dancing...
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 You have to be making that up. I trust you immediately kicked him to the curb?
Earth-Angel Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 I wish I was making it up as much as I wish he hadn't spent his life savings to come and visit me and have me never speak to him again...
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 It's not your fault that you are bewitching.
blind-fitter Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 In the decade that taste forgot, Kajagoogoo and that song were the absolute nadir...no contest. I defy anybody to name a more toe-curlingly cringesome phenomenon. Thankyou so much, whoever it was, for reminding me about it...
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 Thankyou so much, whoever it was, for reminding me about it... It was me!
invisible_r Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 why does everyone hate the 80s so much?
Earth-Angel Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 I don't at all, I'm totally into cheesey 80's tunes!
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 So you like it, then? If so that kind of ruins my point. But it's cool, because I like a lot of stuff from the 90's too. I've totally forgotten what I was talking about.
invisible_r Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 well, my brother, who i believe is about the same age as you, doesn't particularly like 80s music either. so i think i see your point, kind of
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 Don't get me wrong - there was some great stuff in the 80's. It's just all so overproduced that it doesn't hold up too well. Tears For Fears, Men At Work, Split Enz - all great stuff. It's probably about the same as every other decade, but every other decade didn't have the dawn of MTV. Everybody was concerned with looking pretty. In the 90's it became cool for rock stars to be ugly again, if only for a few years. But it's probably mostly based on the fact that my teenage years were not kind to me. Damn you, Simon LeBon. Why'd you have to be so dashing?
Earth-Angel Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 What do you two think of the 90's? The 90's are so my decade!!
daslied Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 You guys just completely shot down my theory. Or maybe it has nothing to do with when you were born; maybe the 80's just sucked all around. I stand by my damning of Simon LeBon.
phil Posted February 22, 2006 Report Posted February 22, 2006 Sweet Jane, all of those British groups were influenced by American Blues and R&B. These groups would not even existed if it wasn't for the pioneers of Rock music. They have all acknowledged this in the past. This goes for American band too. ZZ Top, Janice Joplin, Aerosmith,Allman Bros. They are just playing Blues & R&B. Without the pioneers, Americans would have been stuck with Pat Boone and the Brits would still be playing Skiffle music.
Sweet Jane 61 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Posted February 22, 2006 Thanks for the input Phil. And you are correct, without Blues and R&B I guess music would really be different. I really regret bringing up this topic. Oh well.
daslied Posted February 22, 2006 Report Posted February 22, 2006 Jane, you have no reason to regret bringing this topic up. I've enjoyed it quite a bit. Sure, it kind of went away from the original question a little bit, but what thread here doesn't?
Sweet Jane 61 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Posted February 22, 2006 Thank you Das, I just felt I didn't explain what I was thinking and what we have discussed here at the station all that well. When we talk about things like this so many opinions are voiced and I try to remember it all when I talk about it on here. I am sure some think I am a dtiz now...oh well.
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