Tag: Simple Minds

• 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

• ’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