Category: ’80s music

• The 20 Best Songs From ’80s Movie Soundtracks Like, Ever

  I’m not good at writing about music (do I know how to sell the hell out of blog post, or what?). For one thing, I know next to nothing about the intricacies of the art form, comparing an artist’s work to others, divining the meaning behind lyrics, blah, blah, blah. As the old saying goes,…

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  2016-09-21

  ’80s, ’80s music, Entertainment, Movies, Pop Culture

  After All, Against All Odds, Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Arthur’s Theme, Back To The Future, Berlin, Beverly Hills Cop II, Bonnie Tyler, Caddyshack 2, Central Park, Chances Are, Cher, Christopher Cross, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Hartman, Danger Zone, David Foster, Don’t You (Forget About Me), Dudley Moore, Fame, Flashdance, Flashdance…What a Feeling, Footloose, For Your Eyes Only, Giorgio Moroder, Good Enuf, Holding Out For a Hero, Huey Lewis & The News, I Can Dream About You, Irene Cara, Is It Love, It Might Be You, John Parr, Keith Forsey, Kenny Loggins, Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire, Madonna, Michael McDonald, Mr. Mister, Nobody’s Fool, Peter Cetera, Randy Quaid, Richard Marx, Robert Stack, Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame, Rocky IV, Running Scared, Sheena Easton, Simple Minds, St. Elmo’s Fire, Stakeout, Stephen Bishop, Sweet Freedom, Take My Breath Away, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, To Live and Die in LA, Tootsie, Top Gun, Toto, Triple Crown, Wang Chung, Welcome To The Real World, Who’s That Girl

• We Are The Worst: A Retrospective of Forgotten Songs For A Cause

  Activist/singer/hobo impersonator Bob Geldof recently got the Band Aid back together for an Ebola relief effort (actually, Bono was the only member to return). We’re also heading into prime radio play territory for Band Aid’s 1984 classic “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” I’ve always loved the concept of the cause song. The eclectic mishmash of singers. The “WTF?” presence of…

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  2014-11-27

  ’80s, ’80s music

  Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Chevy Chase, Crystal Pepsi, David Foster, Debbie Gibson, Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Gary Busey, Herb Alpert, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kevin Costner, Mark Knopfler, Meryl Streep, Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Money For Nothing, Nelson, Orel Hershiser, Peter Cetera, Ralph Tresvant, That, That’s What Friends Are For, Voices That Care, We Are The World, You Can’t Do That on Television

• ’80s One-Hit Wonders? Not So Fast

  I love ’80s music, and have since at least 1980. While the calendar may read 2014, my musical sensibilities have never really progressed beyond the Decade of Decadence. I mean, I once went to a Simple Minds concert…in 1996. You can have your Katy Perry; I’ll take Steve Perry any day. Have fun with Maroon 5…

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  2014-03-25

  ’80s, ’80s music, Boy Meets Girl, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Rants

  1980s, Baltimora, Boy Meets Girl, Deniece Williams, Haircut 100, Kajagoogoo, Katy Perry, Let’s Hear It For The Boy, Maroon 5, Scritti Politti, Seattle, Simple Minds, Steve Perry, Swatch, Waiting For A Star To Fall