I saw Squid and the Whale recently, and aside from how incredible it is, it got me all thinking back to the 80s, and the icons we had. So this is the place, folks and cousins and hands and girls:
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ahhhhh just kiddin'. I'm amazed at our different choice, John. Mind you, my metal phase didn't start until the later 80s. You're a lot older than me, so our tastes would have been different.
QuoteYou're a lot older than me, so our tastes would have been different.
:'( :'( :'( :'(
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no picture will do them justice.
the contras.
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:'( :'( :'( :'(
Oh no!! I was only trying to be really hysterical, and instead I made you cry. I was being ironic because a) you're like three years older than me, and b) you have such hardcore icons, and I have such weak ones.
Besides, older is better. It is. Fo real. :)
Haha, no eighties nostalgia here.
I didn't even have to really undergo that period.
So, younger is better :)
Though I wouldn't have minded sixties & seventies.
Oh yeah
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They used to be "cool" :D
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so did these guys...
and how about:
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aw shit, now I'm humming "when the heart rules the mind" ;)
Who are they?
the first one is White Lion, that onair travesty responsible for the lone hit "Wait" in about 1988, at the near crest of hair metal maddness, and the second one is GTR, a "supergroup" of Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, of Genesis and Yes, respectively.
BTW: GTR's lead singer's name was the greatest single performer name of all time:
Max Bacon
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Quoteand the second one is GTR, a "supergroup" of Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, of Genesis and Yes, respectively.
BTW: GTR's lead singer's name was the greatest single performer name of all time:
Max Bacon
;D
O man, I've changed my opinion totally, those were the days!
"Max Bacon of the band GTR, notorious for their explicit sexual themes and implicit satanical messages, arrested while speeding through LA naked and high on cocaine"
I can see the headlines...
Oh yeah speaking of cocaine, eighties Ozzy is classic. The Blizzard Of Ozz, Diary Of A Madman, his sidekick Randy Rhoads... 8)
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Run to the Hills....Run for your.....liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!!!
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sweeeeeeeeeeeet lucy was a dancer
but none of us would chance her
because she was a samuri
::)
i can't deny it
with that smile on her face
ooooohhhh...it's not the kill
it's the thrill of the chase...........
feel it comin'
it's not against the law
and now you're learning
aha what's knockin' at your back door
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ok, i wasn't even 10, didn't speak a word of english, and just sang "touch me, touch me, i want to feel your body..." phonetically... i'm so ashamed... the GREAT Samantha Fox.
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Another signed picture from my personal collection...
And as for music...
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ok, obviously the 80s were [glb]awesome[/glb]
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'nuff said.
I hated most of the music icons associated with the 80's, excluding aging 60's and 70's hold-over rockers that still maintained some semblance of relevance: The Who, The Stones, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Ramones, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Frank Zappa, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.
However, I do love true 80's icons: The Pixies, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Replacements, The Clash, Van Halen (with David Lee), Ozzy and The Jam.
I love 80's TV. Hill Street Blues was a great show. Cheers and Taxi kicked ass and SCTV was one of the great satirical shows - early to mid 80's SNL ruled too. Eddie Murphy is a 80's comic genius. Whatever Rowan Atkinson touched was gold, from Not The Nine O'Clock News to all four of the Blackaddar series. But my favourite show of all time started in 1978 and ended in 1982, but took-off in re-runs: WKRP In Cincinnati. Herb Tarlek was one of the best sitcom characters. It's a fucking crime that the show will never be seen again in its original form. The severely edited version of the series is all that has been allowed to air since the late 80's.
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My first love...
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Fuckin' A...
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"No Luke...I am your father!"
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Quoteok, i wasn't even 10, didn't speak a word of english, and just sang "touch me, touch me, i want to feel your body..." phonetically... i'm so ashamed... the GREAT Samantha Fox.
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One of my best friends in University had a picture of Samantha Fox above his bed. He also made his girlfriend get glamour shots of herself in the mall. (Do you guys remember Glamour Shots?)
OK. she won the 5th grade marathon: um, probably, about 60 times in one week! :-/
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Oh my god I love the Goonies.
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i saw mike tramp from white lion on a tram here in melbourne about 2 months ago - i think he lives over here now... now THAT was weird. fortunately he's had a haircut since the good ol days ;D or is that bad ol days
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Run to the Hills....Run for your.....liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!!!
Wrong album John! Run to the Hills was on The Number of the Beast which came out after Killers!
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Forgot this one! Say, doesn't that dude with the spikey blonde hair look familiar? ;)
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Another signed picture from my personal collection...
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HAHAHA! ;D
We're talking late 80's here:
"how am i supposed to live without you" by the great Michael Bolton. One of my favourite power-ballads ever.
and he looks great too ;D
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I hate to be a stickler Mr. T but the guy's name is Zed.
Zed it is then ;)
He's dead anyhow