Old farts (40 plus thread)

For me 80's fashon was hit and miss...I loved these jackets:


       




but I hated this         

...way to baggy and colorful..

There were bands I could not stand  and there were ones I loved....Then again, I think there were songs I loved and never really commited myself to too many bands...maybe 15 or so.

Neon..It gave me nightmares...but damn those jakets were nice! I liked the non-pleated jeans too....and, you're welcome!  

I mostly wore black when this song was out. Surprised the country didn't run out of the dye. Accessorizing with dog collars and worse yet discussing them individually at the pet store...

Stone washed jeans and big hair. Women were so hot with big hair.

I was the opposite. even at the time I never liked big "poodle" hair. My early crushes were all on women who wore their hair short (and to be fair that didn't ever really change...) I already mentioned Tasha Yar/Denise Crosby, but there were also:

Peri (Nicola Bryant) from Doctor Who


Janet Ellis from BBC kids' show Blue Peter


Patsy Kensit


Jane Wiedlin


My elder sister used to have big hair, and she assured me that I would appreciate it when I got older. Never happened.

I love this "old" movie from the 80's i saw it recently on Blu-ray



such a funny movie.

In 1971, Led Zeppelin released Stairway To Heaven. One of the best songs ever

Anyone with more than a passing interest in this or music from that era should check out David Hepworth's "1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year." I learned, among other things, that the song was aired live for the first time in Belfast, my hometown. I was only two so I missed it, although I was lucky enough to see Page and Plant perform at Glastonbury in 95. They didn't play it, but we did get Kashmir, The Rain Song and Thank You, which are all even better imo. 

That's a whole different kind of pre-pubescent love, my friend. I was more than a little upset when she died not that long ago, but I never felt that way about her - she was more like your favourite aunt or something, to me. Tegan though? I had to feckin marry an Australian girl to try to work her out of my system. That worked, just about, though I wouldn't recommend it. My dad was quite taken with Leela, I seem to remember. He was younger then than I am now, so I'm not surprised.

I heard some of you talking about KISS :this album must recalls some memories I imagine...
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I got it for a Chrismas, it's like I have obtained something sacred.
When there was a concert on TV (very rare), a meteor could stroke the earth, nothing could disturb us from the show, we were so much obsessed.
We were fascinated by their makeup, not knowing who they were, until the Lick it up album.
One other great album is Alive II, sooooo good, those guitars! Totally electric :Calling DR.love, Shock me, I stole your love (damn the intro... ), a successfull live album where the music was transcended by the sound of the guitars.
I envy those who saw them in live : you're so lucky... and as we were talking of Scooby Doo, I forgot this:

Sorry to make the pleasure last, I can't get enough

Holy crap that is a walk down memory lane - I didn't know that had been filmed, or at least broadcast. Thank you so much. My neighbours? Possibly not so much!   It's a little ropey in places, but largely as I remembered it. Those guys were fantastic on Gallows Pole as well - remember the hurdy-gurdy man? Also fun to see Porl Thompson from The Cure on guitar - he'd already left them but RP made some joke about him being a man with two jobs. I was looking for him during The Cure, later, but didn't see him. I had such a great time that weekend. I was only really there to see The Stone Roses, who cancelled. I saw Pulp instead, and then the Roses in Cork a couple of months later, at what Mani regards as the second best Stone Roses gig ever. A good summer.