The Sweet 1980's

Hoof Hearted

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What a decade!...

The music was positive. The movies were uplifting. Hell, even the porn was sweet. I get a bit wistful for that era.

Today's social media is so sanctimonious, finger-pointy, with all of its revisionist guilt. It's almost becoming fashionable to portray oneself as a victim of some alleged transgression. Where have all of the true stand-up men and women gone these days?

Tell me, am I just an aging old windbag or is there actually some merit to what i am saying?
 

Cliffy

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I miss the 60s:

 

Hoof Hearted

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I think about my wonderful Dad...

He smoked in the station wagon while I was rolling around in the back with the groceries...no seat belt. I think through today's lens, he'd be deemed a monster. 'Context' has fallen to the wayside in this age of revisionist guilt.
 

Hoof Hearted

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I saw Van Halen in 1984 at the Montreal Forum...the Jump Tour. I had just turned 18 and could legally drink at that concert. I think this song pretty much sums up the 80's, and what I've been prattling on about in my previous posts.

[youtube]SwYN7mTi6HM[/youtube]
 

Durry

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Where have all of the true stand-up men and women gone these days?
The good ones have been browbeaten into into silence and others are being overshadowed by loud Lefties.
All we have left now are a bunch of Lefty Wusses!

But cheer up, I'm still here to stand up for the strong and free!!
 

Hoof Hearted

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Do you think The Benny Hill Show would still fly today? Or would it be considered a documentary about perverted men.



 

MHz

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Worst.
Music.
Ever.
If it was a corrupt industry then it was done on purpose and the tunes from the last decade just became more popular, as did sat-radio. More likely is there was less chance of writing a decent song that wasn't a rehash of what had been done 100 times before. Movies took a real dive about the same time but their motive was driven by the propaganda that was written into all the scripts that amounts to mental manipulation for devious purposes.



Compared to the music of today how would you rate it? (via some awards show)
 

Hoof Hearted

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I think on some level, the 80's were sweeter because there was no negative social media anonymity...easy to call someone a bad name on the Internet...not so much to someone's face in real life.
 

MHz

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Every year gets better.
Which song do you play to sum up what country music (was and always will be)is about. (this is a rock band in case it is a new name to some people)
[youtube]yZNVF1F23oQ[/youtube]

I think on some level, the 80's were sweeter because there was no negative social media anonymity...easy to call someone a bad name on the Internet...not so much to someone's face in real life.
Too bad music from that era is banned on youtube.