M Is For Monday, And Pop Musik
This is the first 45 I ever purchased and I spent HOURS in my room doing my own choreography to this song. Growing up in the 80’s is something I wouldn’t replace with any other era. Reagonomics, the Cold War, neon clothing, the “me” decade, AIDS, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald, getting felt up in a closet, fake ID’s, Depeche Mode, The Cure, OMD, .79 cent gas, Busch beer (I’d NEVER be caught drinking that now), 18 and under dance clubs, proms — good times, good times. ‘Cept the AIDS thing, truly, we all could have done without that. Thanks free love freaks of the 60’s and 70’s.
For me, growing up in the 80’s was the coolest thing. So much of my cultural experience was derived from that time period and now I will subject my obsession on to you, our unwary readers. Much of my interest is the music, and film. So expect more weird 80’s nonsense. Hopefully k will join me in this orgasmic explosion of bad hair, cool music, goofy clothes and the height of Gen X apathy!
Please feel free to share your own experiences of dancing awkwardly to Frankie Goes To Hollywood or doing the Safety Dance. Or not.
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really? I mean, REALLY? My first 45 was Fleetwood Mac and I was probably about 9. Call it my big sister’s influence or whatever, but I generally liked good music even as a kid. Of course, I did also listen to Leif Garrett and Doug and the Slugs so don’t judge me too harshly. I do just fine with that all on my own.
Comment by Joanie — May 5, 2008 @ 3:25 am
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Comment by Joanie — May 5, 2008 @ 3:36 am
pictures dawn..we want pictures..shaved heads and hightops….
Comment by lori — May 5, 2008 @ 6:44 am
Yeah, thanks. Now all I have going around in my head is:
RELAX
don’t do it…
Not a pretty image at eight in the morning.
Comment by k — May 5, 2008 @ 8:52 am
Oh yeah, and I was telling my kids the other day that I can remember having five bucks and knowing I was going to get five gallons of gas, because when gas was a dollar a gallon the math was easy. Since I knew about how much my MPG was (in a mid-seventies Chrysler Cordoba, not much), I also could roughly figure out how far I could go on that five gallons.
That’s my main gripe with the high gas prices now…it makes the math too hard. “Let’s see…gas is $3.67 a gallon, and I have twenty bucks, and I get about 25 MPG…uhm…you take algebra, right, can you help me?”
Comment by k — May 5, 2008 @ 10:23 am
…and when music television played music, oh those where the days, lol.
Comment by Maura — May 5, 2008 @ 11:29 am
…oh, and when music television played music.
Comment by Maura — May 5, 2008 @ 11:31 am
OOOOh! Echo and the Bunnymen, Spike belts, Roller skating rinks, light stick skates-(couples only)..Heffenreffer the original 40 oz beer! Pin-striped Jordache jeans, The PURPLE 45 of Purple Rain by Prince, The smurf-(dance),
Dawn thanks for the memories! I miss John Hughes movies! I was in high school in the 80’s and wore the first Izod shirts..they were $20 bucks back then! I did also go through a “shell toe addidas stage” with Bomber jackets and ugly cheap matching LEE jeans that matched my shoe-laces! EEEEEWWW and the hair, Aqua net or miss clairol. U2 concerts, reggae fests, Grateful Dead shows, The Squeeze,
Comment by margo — May 5, 2008 @ 11:33 am
I can so totally see you with your big 80’s hair dancing around to this.
Comment by D-Bomb — May 5, 2008 @ 4:23 pm