Thursday, July 31, 2008

In Retort to Jadey's comment

first of all, there is no such thing as "Bad 80's music reference"... that isn't even a possibility... Although relatively young in the 80's, I have a phenomenal memory... this morning I woke up singing the Rick Astley classic "never gonna give you up"... Yesterday, it was Huey Lewis and the News' "Hip to be square"... but my all time, number one 80's song, that i will have played at my next wedding, "Nothing's gonna stop us now" by Starship... What a classic and it was good in mannequin... I go through phases where I will get hung up on a decade and be in love with it... all through high school it was the 70's... Bell bottom pants, super tight t-shirts (Before I started looking like a man) platform shoes, leisure suits, bush hair-do... it was ridiculous to say the least, but everyone knew me for it... granted I never lived in the 70's so all I had to go off of was what i had seen in movies (like Car Wash, the inspiration for most of my get-ups). I was around in the 80's and do remember a lot of stuff from it... like the see through phones so you could see the circuit boards and stuff (you can't find those anywhere, I have looked), the speak & spell, joy of painting with Bob Ross, Lazer tag, Nintendo (when it was just Nintendo or nes) ninja turtles, and a plethora of other stuff... I'll have to let jadey tell you the story of me dancing to Paula Abdul's "opposites attract" in the office when my boss shows up... Embarrassing.... here's to the 80's, when all the good bands were named after a continent (Asia, Europe), and neon colors weren't just for the highway clean up guys!!!

7 comments:

Kevin said...

As someone who lived through the 80s, I beg to differ that there was no bad music from that decade. There was plenty of it. One may not mind listening to it, for the feelings of nostalgia it brings, but that doesn't speak to the quality of the music.

Pelt Family said...

Kevin, to true. As I started my freshman year at Orange Park High School in the mid 80's I remember plenty of really bad music. "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners, need I say more?

Josh and Jadey said...

No Neon colors were for glasses that you could get from Pizza Hut in crazy designs... By the way my neighbor has a pair and still wears them when she hangs up her laundry outside!!

Jonathan Burke said...

Come On Eileen could possibly be in my top 10 of the best songs ever... Jadey, Mos Def on the pizza hut glasses... I had some that had blue arms and neon yellow rims with "bills" like on a hat over the lenses... I was doin the thing!!! I think i was actually wearing in that video of my 7th birthday... with the neon orange and green bathing suit and Tap dancing shoes (I was a big Gregory Hines FAN)

Cindynlow said...

As the oldest commenter here so far, the 80's covered my middle and high school years, and my wedding date...what a decade!

My favorite neon item was a yellow shirt that was so bright the glow made my neck appear yellow too... that with neon pink earrings and matching pink belt. The 80's were great.

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