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[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "There is some I still remember fondly and listen to from time to time. Some great Punk sounds came out of the 80's."

I should really say I wasn't a fan of 80's bubblegum pop. All fluff and fizz.

[Dar B]

I love almost all forms of music and, probably because I went through my teenage years in the '80s, I loved almost every style of that timeframe. My all-time favorites for years, especially in the 80s, were Billy Joel and Elton John. I really loved that they didn't only write, perform, and sing their songs but also produced many of their songs and records and are capable of playing other instruments- true musicians. My favorite 'rock' bands of that time were Rush and Styx.

[Deb]

Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "You know, the recommendations on here are deeply strange. The sole suggestion in my "True Crime" section? An Angel TV series tie-in novel. I'm starting to wonder e..."

And on the topic of swearing (so dear to our hearts) I once heard a fascinating radio interview. Someone had researched the escalation of swearing and their hypothesis was that there had to be 'ordinary' swear words that could be used on a daily basis and 'really bad' swear words for use in emergencies.

He was also comparing Australia, where F*** is in daily use but C*** is much more offensive, with America where the reverse is the opposite.

It was a great interview, shame I have forgotten the name of the guy.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darla V wrote: "I love almost all forms of music and, probably because I went through my teenage years in the '80s, I loved almost every style of that timeframe. My all-time favorites for years, especially in the ..."

And those particular two performers lasted the distance. I was never into Joel and John, but I respect them as artists that's for sure.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Deborah wrote: "And on the topic of swearing.."

I have to admit, I do swear regularly. Not forced or loudly just as a natural part of my day to day. I can also drop out the c*** word when I am around those I am most comfortable with. It is rare, not a weekly thing, maybe fortnightly. Sometimes it is the only way to describe the guy down the road who is a real **** to everybody. ;)

[Chris]

Ooh Margaret writing off a whole decade and 'bubblegum pop', very harsh. There must be something from the eighties that you like, Talking Heads or The Police, anything?

Tell me you're not talking about The B-52s and Devo Terri, that would undermine my belief in your good taste, you must mean some of the good punk bands? Mind you I suppose there might be debate about which bands were really punk and which were New Wave, but lets not go there.

I agree Darla each decade seems to throw up some great singer song writers and after establishing themselves in the seventies Joel and John were at the top of their game in the early eighties.

[Bryn]

My computer makes me swear like a trooper, daily. Much the mostly I swear at machines. What comes out isn't fit for my own ears.

[Chris]

Bryn wrote: "My computer makes me swear like a trooper, daily. Much the mostly I swear at machines. What comes out isn't fit for my own ears."

Have you got any good Mongol swears or curses Bryn? Maybe something a long the lines of may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits, but with a Mongol flavour.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

For me 80's punk is not what you might be talking about there, Chris. :-)
I mean The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash, Misfits, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, The Exploited....stuff like that.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Chris F wrote: "Bryn wrote: "My computer makes me swear like a trooper, daily. Much the mostly I swear at machines. What comes out isn't fit for my own ears."

Have you got any good Mongol swears or curses Bryn? M..."


Hahaha! Good question. :-)

[Bryn]

Chris F wrote: "Have you got any good Mongol swears or curses Bryn?..."

Got the Mongol slang at my fingers' ends. I bet you can hear me from New Zealand when annoyed.

[Chris]

Terri wrote: "For me 80's punk is not what you might be talking about there, Chris. :-)
I mean The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash, Misfits, Cir..."

My faith in your tastes is restored Terri. My wife and I saw Blondie in concert a year or two back, Debbie Harry just sole the show. They shared the bill with Chrissie Hynd and the Pretenders, who they left in the dust, Hynd has fantastic voice but she had a very boring new lead guitarist .

[Chris]

Bryn wrote: "Chris F wrote: "Have you got any good Mongol swears or curses Bryn?..."

Got the Mongol slang at my fingers' ends. I bet you can hear me from New Zealand when annoyed."

You must share some Bryn.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hi Chris,
I would love to see Blondie. :( She is awesome. STILL is awesome.
Hynd is good, with the Pretenders, but I have always wondered whether she would be dull live.

[Tim]

Terri wrote: "Hi Chris,
I would love to see Blondie. :( She is awesome. STILL is awesome.
Hynd is good, with the Pretenders, but I have always wondered whether she would be dull live."

All this talk of 80s music and no one has yet mentioned Iron Maiden, Metallica or Motorhead? Or Slayer? Megadeth? Have you people no taste? :-)

[Mark]

Meatloaf and queen.

[Tim]

Skorpions

[Simona]

Tim wrote: "All this talk of 80s music and no one has yet mentioned Iron Maiden, Metallica or Motorhead? Or Slayer? Megadeth? Have you people no taste? :-) "

Thanks Tim, I can't possibly forget them since my teenager kid these days listen exclusively to these bands. And he says you have to keep this kind of music loud.

[Lia]

Did somebody mention Iron Maiden?

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Chris F wrote: "Ooh Margaret writing off a whole decade and 'bubblegum pop', very harsh. There must be something from the eighties that you like, Talking Heads or The Police, anything?

Tell me you're not talking ..."
I'd be hard pressed to even think of an 80s artist...apart from Bucks Fizz *shudders*

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Mark wrote: "Meatloaf and queen."

Okay. I DO Like 80s music then. Meat Loaf rules. :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Omg. Meatloaf. :(

Sorry Tim...it was remiss of me. Some great metal came out of the 80's also.
Although you forgot to mention Motorhead. :-) (edit: oh wait, yes you did)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Omg. Meatloaf. :(

Sorry Tim...it was remiss of me. Some great metal came out of the 80's also.
Although you forgot to mention Motorhead. :-)"

It's amazing how many times I get that reaction when I say I like Meat Loaf. :p

[Chris]

See just goes to show this group has just as diverse tastes in music as we do in books.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Lol. Well, you are not alone. Many people like Meatloaf. :-) I don't, sure, but many do.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Lol. Well, you are not alone. Many people like Meatloaf. :-) I don't, sure, but many do."
My boss hides in his office when I play my Meat Loaf CD. He's more a Kiss, Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden kind of guy. :D

Actually, I think my folk music worries him less than Meat Loaf does. :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Chris F wrote: "See just goes to show this group has just as diverse tastes in music as we do in books."

That it does. :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

There was some good folk music in the 80's too. :-)
Okay, lets face it, music wise, the 80's did much for the world of music. It was just the clothes and the way we carried on that is ghastly to look back at. Hehe.

[Bobby]

Ahhhh...the Sixties...the BEGINNING of rock!! Kinks, Stones, Animals, Bowie..Zombies, Everlovin' Spoonful and on and on!!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That is true. Although..I think it all started in the 50's. That music really broke the mould and built the base for all new rock sounds that came out in the 60's and 70's.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "There was some good folk music in the 80's too. :-)
Okay, lets face it, music wise, the 80's did much for the world of music. It was just the clothes and the way we carried on that is ghastly t..."

The hair! The hair! *claws at the air*

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I hate looking back at pics of my hair in the 80's. Awful.

[Bryn]

Next we'll have a challenge on to post our 80s me-photos. No, I didn't mean that. Forget I said that. Where's the delete?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh no....never..never..never..hahaha. NOBODY needs to see that. Best kep them buried in the photo cupboard. :D

The thing with most 80's haircuts, is they don't do anything for the looks. They have the adverse effect and make us look unattractive!
I had a short blonde Madonna bob haircut that was acceptable, but then, I had some shockers as well! Some real shockers, once I discovered punk music.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Bryn wrote: "Next we'll have a challenge on to post our 80s me-photos. No, I didn't mean that. Forget I said that. Where's the delete?"

I have either hidden or destroyed all my 80s photos. Such evidence of lack of taste in hairstyling and clothing does not need to be inflicted on future generations.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Agreed, Margaret!

[Bobby]

'50's were more Rock and Roll..Elvis, Bo Diddley, Haley and the Comets etc. They even dressed in conservative suits!!
Rock of today (especially the rebel look) probably started with the Beatles, even though I was never a big fan of them. Too soft. But their look was the kicker. I remember my Dad saying "Well, their music ain't that bad but I can't stand to look at them with all that hair!!" We butted heads over my hair until his death in '78!!

[Leland]

Terri wrote: "Oh no....never..never..never..hahaha. NOBODY needs to see that. Best kep them buried in the photo cupboard. :D

The thing with most 80's haircuts, is they don't do anything for the looks. They have..."

Now you've got me intriged Terri. I'd love to see your punk-rock 80's hair. LOL

I had a variation of this...

http://www.golocalworcester.com/lifes...

[Anne]

I'm the weirdo, I guess. Due to my mother's influence, I became enamoured of classical music at a very young age in the 40's. I did not change wither. I got past, Elvis, the Beatles without any change in my love, which s still the same today. I do profess a love for Exotica, however, in the style of Les Baxter. I also love Musicals.

[Leland]

And if you don't want to click the link....just think A flock of seagulls (the band ya'll the band)

[Dar B]

Chris F wrote: "Terri wrote: "For me 80's punk is not what you might be talking about there, Chris. :-)
I mean The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash..."

I, too, have seen Blondie. I think that it was in '02 and the B-52's were with her. I LOVE the B-52's and they did really well but, Blondie was magnificent, but was not always able to hit her old high notes. Fun, fun show!

[Dar B]

Tim wrote: "Terri wrote: "Hi Chris,
I would love to see Blondie. :( She is awesome. STILL is awesome.
Hynd is good, with the Pretenders, but I have always wondered whether she would be dull live."

All this ..."

I love Motorhead and Metallica! I am a head-banger at heart. I wasn't in to it when it was first out, it had to grow on me. Now, I prefer it to the softer stuff.

[Tasha]

I was a mohawk kind of girl back in my punk era.

[Dar B]

Terri wrote: "For me 80's punk is not what you might be talking about there, Chris. :-)
I mean The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash, Misfits, Cir..."

My 18 year old is very into these bands right now. It is so funny because he will come to me all excited and say things like, 'Mom, have you ever heard of the really cool band The Clash?' I just have to giggle and ask if he remembers just how old I am.

[Darcy]

The recommendations offered by GR for my currently reading list (which consists of a book on Iceland, an indy of Jews in New Amsterdam, and The Picture of Dorian Gray) - all in English - are all Arabic texts save for two.
I would love to be able to read the language, but alas, there is nothing that would suggest I could ever possibly get away with it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hey Leslie,
I went back and forth with my hair styles, but I did sport a lopsided blonde haircut like this for a year or so before growing my hair into a chin level bob like Madonna in vogue. :-) .


Then went blue black with a blonde streak on one side for a while...then I joined the adult workforce and grew my hair out to the long hair I have to this day. My music tastes stayed the same though. Still love my punk.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*bangs head against desk* Someone remind me why I wanted to write???

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darla V wrote: "Terri wrote: "For me 80's punk is not what you might be talking about there, Chris. :-)
I mean The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedy's, The Clash..."


I have heard of this happening a lot lately. Mum's and Dad's who grew up with this era music are having their kids 'discovering' the bands that we were into as kids. It is weird. :-)

[Bryn]

Margaret's a head-banger -- hang on, are you doing that to music?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "*bangs head against desk* Someone remind me why I wanted to write???"

Alright! Margaret is head banging. She must have put Meatloaf on. :D