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June 9, 2007
A Musical Meme
Since this one involves 80s music, how can I resist?
Here are the rules:
1. Go to http://www.popculturemadness.com/
2. Pick the year you turned 18 (left column)
3. Get yourself nostalgic over the songs of the year
4. Write something about how the songs affected you
5. Pass it on to 5 more friends
That's 1988 for me. Ugh. What a list. Nostalgic? More like nauseous. Debbie Gibson? Rick Astley? Poison? Blech. But let's see ...
Ooh, well. Here are a couple of obvious ones: Pour Some Sugar On Me and Love Bites - Def Leppard
I'd never listened to them or anything like them before Hysteria came out. In the summer of '88 I worked at Sound Warehouse, where we played that album incessantly. And every time we played it, it grew on me a little more (it was "Gods of War" that hooked me). Then came the videos, and the hormone rush.
Hmmm? Oh, sorry - got distracted there.
I saw them for the first time that summer. (Not on the legendary in the round tour, but on the shed tour following. And not on the Pyromania tour, as my husband will doubtless point out again. And again.)
Need You Tonight - INXS
Heh. More hormones.
This turned out to be another of my very favorite bands. I saw them that year, too, in a huge arena. They were better later, in clubs. Two of the best shows I have ever seen were INXS club shows in 1993. However, the 1988 tour is kind of peripherally responsible for Jeff and me getting back together after a post-high school breakup.
I had the lyrics to "Mediate" posted around my dorm room.
We will not speak of their current lineup.
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Alternative was just getting under way during my first year at college. In Dallas, a *brand new* station called The Edge (KDGE) came onto the airwaves, and played the most amazing music. The Church was heavy in their rotation. Atmospheric, catchy, sardonic ... what's not to like?
That year I worked at the college radio station, which only broadcast to the immediate vicinity. Really immediate. Like, only in the Student Center. But even so, it was a great time to be doing anything with college radio, even if no one ever heard you. Maybe especially if no one ever heard you.
It's The End of the World as We Know It - R.E.M.
R.E.M. was the defining musical element of my college years. Many of my college memories are tied to R.E.M. songs. Everyone listened to them, everyone went to their shows (and they were still small enough to play smaller venues more suited to college folk), everyone tried to learn the words to this song. Usually they were drunk and failed.
For some reason, I could not find the video for this song. So here's "Stand;" you know, the one everyone tried to do the dance to. Usually they were drunk and failed.
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society
This one reminds me of going dancing on weekends at Dallas Alley. Dallas Alley used to be very cool, full of good clubs. The whole top floor of the attached mall was a Beatles Museum. The last time I was down there the mall was much more like a typical mall, and most of the good clubs were gone.
My kids like this one because of the Star Trek bits.
I'll tag: KathyJo (even though she tagged me for a Thinking Blogger Award and I haven't done anything about it), Kellie, Jeff, e and Catherine.
Posted by lynx at June 9, 2007 1:05 PM
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Def Leppard is going to be at Summerfest in Milwaukee on June 29th and when I heard it on the news, I instantly thought of you! :)
Posted by: Weaver (chipper) at June 10, 2007 9:34 AM
Posted by: Tasha at June 11, 2007 11:36 AM