Any 80's Music Fans Out There?
By rockgroupie2
@rockgroupie2 (280)
United States
October 30, 2008 7:42am CST
Hi y'all!!
Are you a fan if 80's music? I am a serious fan and I love everything about the 80's. I was young, in my 20's, in college and just starting a teaching career. I love the music, the fashion, the big hair, all of it!! My favorite band from the 80's is Guns n Roses! OMG!! Slash played the heck out of that guitar and Axl made their music come alive!! I wore my hair is a layered bob, permed and frosted and teased out to here! I wore LA Gear sneakers, Members Only jackets, and super tight Sasson (or was it Sassoon?) skinny jeans! I watched videos on MTV (back when they actually showed videos), swooned to hair metal gods, and danced to Michael Jackson songs. Please tell us about the 80's music you love!!!
5 responses
@taripres (1499)
• United States
30 Oct 08
By looking at my profile pic, I'll bet u guys would never guess that I listened, and still listen to Quiet Riot (Come On Feel The Noise), Twisted Sister (Burn In Hell!), Van Halen and David Lee Roth (1984), Peter Gabriel, Police, Madonna, Prince and a gang of rock bands and pop artists..lol!
But I really got into the 80's Hip Hop, where the real hip Hop Heads started! we're talking Eric B and Rakim, BDP, Big Daddy Kane, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Kool Moe Dee, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, man the list can just go on!
Yep, the 80's was when music started to turn over to serious commercialism and started to get contaminated, but it was great!
Taripre$
@rockgroupie2 (280)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Do you think 80's hip hop is a lot different from the 90's and even today? I love Baby Got Back and it just seems rap was more fun then. Walk This Way w/ Run DMC and Aerosmith is another great one. In the 90's it seemed to get pretty gangster about everything and today it seems more centered on T&A, money and bling! Will Smith also had some great 80's rap and the Beastie Boys were fun too. Thanks for your response.
@taripres (1499)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Oh man, whatchu know about that...lol! But ur right, as far as, lyrical content, most 80's Hip Hop was better than 90's! But as a whole for creativity and all of the above, 90's Hip Hop was way better! Now I'm talking early 90's up to like '95! After that it started taking a steep slide! That's when Puffy started that whole Money is the key to life thing! It was good with Biggie though, but man it started getting very Whack when No Limit jumped in!
90's was more fun in Hip Hop though, that was the B-Boy Era! It's called Rap now days, n it's made up of mostly garbage!! There are some good ones in between, but whackness is the majority!
Taripre$
@wildatheart (63)
• India
2 Nov 08
I have also loved 80s music ... van Halen, Bonfire, rainbow are some of my favourites. I think im not going to stop loving them...old is gold!:)
@rockgroupie2 (280)
• United States
2 Nov 08
I never heard of Bonfire and Rainbow. I am probaby missing out on some great 80'smusic. I will look them up. Thanks for responding!!!
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
2 Nov 08
i love the 80's. love cyndi lauper, depeche mode, gene loves jezebel, duran duran, the cure. morrissey and a lot more bands and singers who are really cool and really has talents. i have a friend who loves kurt cobain and axl rose and when his wife gave birth their first borns name is kurt axl lol. i love michael jacksons songs too.
@rockgroupie2 (280)
• United States
2 Nov 08
That is so cute! That baby will be raised on some awesome 80's music. Thanks for your reply!!!!
@Hyakkimaru (436)
• Philippines
1 Nov 08
yes, I'm a big fan of X-Japan. lol @big hair and skinny jeans.
too bad I'm just a baby that time. XD
@rockgroupie2 (280)
• United States
2 Nov 08
I've met a lot of younger people who enjoy 80's music and the fashions are now considered "vintage". If only I'd have hung onto all my clothes and stuff. It would probably be worth a fortune today. Thanks for responding!!!
@mafiamuthu (36)
• India
1 Nov 08
hi...i am here i like 1980's song much ...bcoz.. there lyrics will b nice but now days its not like dat...and there pronoucation will b nice nw they r writing sum lyrics we cant understand and dat words too not havin any meaning saala saala wat meanin for dis hmmmm nw days like dis sng only his hittin the screen den and der..
@rockgroupie2 (280)
• United States
1 Nov 08
There were some pretty suggestive lyrics in 80"s music. Now that I am a mom I have to be careful about singing out loud when my daughter is around. But I know what you mean!!!! Thanks for responding!
