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Offline LauraGigs

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #110 on: April 02, 2007, 07:22:37 pm »
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Since I posted "She Blinded Me With Science" yesterday, I have not been able to get that song out of my head!  . . . a one hit wonder from the 80s, Thomas Dolby.


That was actually my all-time favorite song for a while there, LOL!  And Thomas Dolby was the first rock concert I ever attended!

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #111 on: April 02, 2007, 08:07:53 pm »

That was actually my all-time favorite song for a while there, LOL!  And Thomas Dolby was the first rock concert I ever attended!

I am going to date myself here...first concert I ever attended was Vanilla Fudge at Weirs Beach, NH in 1969.

They sang their very famous version of the slowed down (way slowed down) Supremes hit, "You Just Keep Me Hangin On."

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #112 on: April 02, 2007, 08:27:14 pm »
I like the 80s music for several reasons. 


1,    My generation obviously.

2,    You could actually understand the words in the songs.  LOL

3,   catchy upbeat tempo /  rhythm.


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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #113 on: April 02, 2007, 08:39:35 pm »
The 80's was my music too.

All those reasons too, but you couldn't understand the words in all the songs.  I also believe that time was great because I think that there was a lot of creativity and originality going on at that time.  I think the good music of that time was created from real thoughts and feelings, not just how much money could be made like it seems today.
Also I think a lot of it did have some real substance too.

Oh yeah, also great hairstyles too.

My first real concert: The Police, Joan Jett and REM in Shea Stadium in 1983.
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #114 on: April 02, 2007, 09:40:27 pm »
talking about soundtracks reminded me....John Travolta played an angel in a movie (can't remember the name) and they played this song that went (Please forgive) >.."I got a friend in Jesus..." or something...it was very catchy!! I just remember John and two women dancing to it...

anyone know that song

(I mean come ON...look at all the information I have on it... :P )

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #115 on: April 02, 2007, 09:43:24 pm »
The Police were my first concert too! Can you believe I was 23. Oakland Colosseum, Oakland California.

I still love 80's music. I had a CD made on the Walmart music site. A bunch of 80s singles. I love to play that CD.

My two favorite take me back to the 80's singles: "I Ran (so far away)" by A Flock Of Seagulles and "London Calling" by The Clash.

My friend and I also used to love to blast that Loverboy "Get Lucky" CD. Mike Reno was a doll. I saw him recently on VH1. He's gained weight, lost hair but he's still cute. Nice to know we all do age now.  :)

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #116 on: April 02, 2007, 09:44:56 pm »
I think the movie you are thinking of is Two Of A Kind (1983) with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. Not sure about the song though. I think Hollywood was trying to recapture the success of their pairing in Grease.

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #117 on: April 02, 2007, 09:48:41 pm »
Hi Wishes,

Yes the Police show was great, they were amazing and Joan Jett was awesome.  I actually went mainly to see REM, the first of many many times I saw them.

I definitely remember "I Ran". That was one of my summer of 83 songs! 
They did have great hair cuts ;D



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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #118 on: April 02, 2007, 10:00:03 pm »
We were in Jamaica in April 1989 and headed off to a "deserted" beach....where we stumbled into The Fixx filming a music video. The song was something like "This Precious Stone." I never saw the video nor heard the song so obviously it was a flop. But watching them fillm for the better part of an afternoon was fun.

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #119 on: April 02, 2007, 10:19:01 pm »
You’re probably thinking of “Michael.” Go here for the soundtrack listing:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117038/soundtrack

THAT'S IT!!!

"Spirit in the Sky"!!

thank you kindly, stranger!!

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