One of my guilty pleasures is 80s music, bad saxophone, men wearing makeup and lacy shirts, relying way too much on cheap keyboards, and all. I love it; this probably has more to do with emotional/reminiscing reasons than anything else. The other day, I had a eff-I'm-old moment while getting my hair cut, when I asked the stylist if the music we were hearing came from satellite radio. "Yes!," she said, "it's the '90s music channel. I love discovering oldies from then, such a classic decade!" Gulp. It turns out she was actually born in the 90s. And here I was thinking that since I had a personal association with it, 80s music couldn't be qualified as oldies yet. My bad.
So here is my personal playlist from that decade, during which I was between 5 and 15 (therefore reminding me of a whole slew of very important firsts).
I guess I was a little too young to really be part of the "John Hughes generation", by which I mean I wasn't actually dating or drinking or going to parties or driving a car or anything. But I was still definitely drawn to and fascinated by that universe, which was *the coolest thing* back then... That poster was behind the door in my bedroom from 12 to 14 -very important years.
OMD - If you leave
When in Rome - The Promise
Simple Minds - Don't you (forget about me)
Modern English - Melt with you
Information Society - What's on your mind?
Tom Tom Club - Genius of love
The Cure - Boys don't cry
Billy Idol - Dancing with myself
The Smiths - How soon is now?
New Order - Temptation
The Go-Gos - Our lips are sealed
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Madonna - Into the Groove
General Public - Tenderness
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Duran Duran - Hungry like the wolf
The Police - So lonely
Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
The Clash - Should I stay or should I go?
The Pixies - Here comes your man
INXS - Need you tonight
Salt'n'Pepa - Push it
Pet Shop Boys - Domino dancing
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo stance
REM - Stand
U2 - Desire
(P.S. I am very aware that this list will make a certain co-worker of mine, whose name begins with a G (and who's not a Gen-Xer), cringe and maybe even puke).
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Revisiting my eighties
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Prends quelques minutes pour lire ceci:
http://www.editionsheliotrope.com/catherinemavrikakis/?p=683
Merci ma chère, quel beau texte...
Hervé Guibert me ramène directement à l'UQAM en 1997-8, dans les cours de Martine Delvaux :-) Celle que maintenant, quand j'y pense, j'admire et même respecte de moins en moins.
Ça ne nous rajeunit pas tout ça! J'adore aussi la musique des années 80 et j'écoute sans remords le "Best of" des Pet Shop Boys, de même que leur dernier album. Trop bon!
I must have watched Pretty in Pink a million times! 80's music is definitely considered "oldies" now. Me too, I suppose! I was watching the movie "Breakin" the other day with Marcus and we were hysterical over it. It was so awful and the clothes were so terrible. But I used to wear almost all of it! HA!!
That's soooo my playlist!!!! I wasn't old enough to go out drinking in the 80s...I was born in 72 and the drinking age is 21 in the US but I was dancing in them in my mind. Come to think of it, one time I was actually allowed into a club when I was underage and it was the highlight of all my years! I still remmber dancing to Depeche Mode in that club. So fantastic!!!
Blister in the Sun. Ah the memories. Great playlist.
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