Does Anyone Love the 80s?

[Sean_A]

Adam

The Pixies were very good live. I happened to see them twice in England during the summer of 1990.  One gig was at a terribe place called Aston Villa Leisure Centre...awful sound.  The show a few weeks later at Hammersmith was much better sound quality.  My poor soon to be wife didn't know what hit her.  Mind you, at the time...I didn't know their music very well at all.  My mate Kuls was a huge fan and said you gotta go...when Kuls says you gotta go...you go. If the Pixies come to England this summer I think I may try to see them...I am told their shows with the new bassist are very good....though I gotta think they miss Deal's backing vocals. 


Ciao

[Adam Lawrence]

I saw the Pixies live in Bristol in either late 1988 or early 1989, either way during my first year of uni. They were spectacular, it remains among the best shows of my life. Also probably the LOUDEST... god my ears rang after that...

[Thomas Dai]

the '80's......


Seve in his prime......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpchlvAHp-4


atb

[Carl Rogers]

Taylormade Burners and Ping Eye 2's and a Cushin Ping Putter were great clubs ............ I was in my late 20's at the start of the decade, had my best ball striking back then, but I could not, or at least I thought I could not, afford any destination golf.

[Peter Pallotta]

Sean - your music talk reminded me, and I can't believe I forgot:

The Pogues.

My goodness, some beautiful words and music they could produce.

Though I saw them live in a relatively small club in Toronto, standing a few feet away from Elvis Costello -- and let's just say that, as the night wore on and the drinks (on stage and off) flowed, the music 'devolved' a little.

Peter

[James Brown]

The 1986 Masters.

[Adam Lawrence]

Metal. Christ. Hair metal, I think, is the worst genre of popular music in history. Totally without redeeming feature.

[Eric Smith]

Maybe it's mid-life crisis-esque - but I am dying to see a live metal show from one of the greats, like GnR, Priest, Maiden, even Ran's beloved, Dokken!

[Sean_A]

Schmidt

Things must have been different at Northwestern.  I didn't know anybody into high school spandex hair heavy metal.  The only place that scene existed was on tv.  Shit, I didn't know that many people in high school into that scene.  In fact, university is when I was introduced to music even more boring than hair metal....the dreaded prog rock    If I never hear another Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Yes or Genesis song my life will be better for it.  As fate would have it....my wife likes prog rock...    

Ciao

[Rich Goodale]

The 80's were a great time for me--single, MTV, 1-4 months each year in Dornoch/8-11 months in NorCal, making lotsa dinero, meeting my eventual wife--but other than TPC Sawgrass, memorable new golf courses were non-existent, at least for me....

[Thomas Dai]

Priest is proof that God loves us.

KKD now has his own golf course - http://www.theastbury.co.uk/hall/


Atb

[Carl Rogers]

Ray Floyd's, in the 86 US Open 66 at Shinny was one of the great rounds ever!  Didn't that US Open put Shinnecock Hills back on the map?

[Carl Nichols]

Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens ... many more


Born in the USA, Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, 1984, various U2 albums, Licensed to Ill, Full Moon Fever .... others


Nicklaus, Watson, Seve, Floyd and Faldo as multiple major winners


Lonesome Dove (the novel)


Reagan and Thatcher

[Joe Hancock]

Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens ... many more


Born in the USA, Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, 1984, various U2 albums, Licensed to Ill, Full Moon Fever .... others


Nicklaus, Watson, Seve, Floyd and Faldo as multiple major winners


Lonesome Dove (the novel)


Reagan and Thatcher

Carl,

Is your list for, or against? 

[Carl Nichols]

Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens ... many more


Born in the USA, Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, 1984, various U2 albums, Licensed to Ill, Full Moon Fever .... others


Nicklaus, Watson, Seve, Floyd and Faldo as multiple major winners


Lonesome Dove (the novel)


Reagan and Thatcher

Carl,

Is your list for, or against? 

How could one be against?   

[Joe Hancock]

Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens ... many more


Born in the USA, Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, 1984, various U2 albums, Licensed to Ill, Full Moon Fever .... others


Nicklaus, Watson, Seve, Floyd and Faldo as multiple major winners


Lonesome Dove (the novel)


Reagan and Thatcher

Carl,

Is your list for, or against? 

How could one be against?   

Clearly.... (Did emoji's exist in the 80's?)

[Carl Nichols]

Raging Bull, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Caddyshack, Fletch, Vacation, Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Aliens ... many more


Born in the USA, Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, 1984, various U2 albums, Licensed to Ill, Full Moon Fever .... others


Nicklaus, Watson, Seve, Floyd and Faldo as multiple major winners


Lonesome Dove (the novel)


Reagan and Thatcher

Carl,

Is your list for, or against? 

How could one be against?   

Clearly.... (Did emoji's exist in the 80's?)

Probably not -- yet another positive.

[Chris DeNigris]

The 70s were a tough act to follow but to call the 80s a music wasteland is a bit of a reach.  Some really good stuff there- just listen to Jools Holland's piano on The The's Uncertain Smile- better than anything in this millennium

[Jon Wiggett]

The Indy music scene in Britain in the 80's was outstanding. Living in the northeast I saw loads of great gigs. On top of that with half decent summers and lots of decent reasonably priced golf what was not to like.

Jon

[David Ober]

There was plenty of great music made in the 80's. You just had to look to the UK for most of it!

The Jam
Squeeze
The Pogues
The Clash
David Bowie
Tears for Fears
Pixies
R.E.M.
INXS
The Housemartins
The English Beat
OMD
The Fixx
Sparks
RUN-D.M.C.
The Smiths
Depeche Mode
Oingo Boingo (critics initially panned them, but Danny Elfman's lasting contributions to film scoring proved him to be the genius that we all knew him to be as teens!)

As for fashion, none of us kids in high school dressed "trendy." We were all "preppies" who dressed in chinos or jeans and oxfords or polos. Not sure how the group that I hung with decided on that type of dress, but we all couldn't stand neon and scrungies and extra zippers and the like.

[David Ober]

The 70s were a tough act to follow but to call the 80s a music wasteland is a bit of a reach.  Some really good stuff there- just listen to Jools Holland's piano on The The's Uncertain Smile- better than anything in this millennium

Squeeze is one of my all-time favorite bands. East Side Story may be my favorite album ever, and "Up the Junction" and "Labelled with Love" are two of my favorite songs ever.