I lived in Encino in the '80's.  Lots of jacuzzis in that city, and lots of Valley girls who weren't any too shy about using them without benefit of clothing. 

I denounce me as a racist.

Sorry, but I beat you to it.  Racist.

we built this city on rock and roll

16 I can safely and honestly say I don't sound like any of the girls in that video.

Like, you know, whatever!

Posted by: Aqua Net at July 27, 2010 09:59 PM (zgZzy)

Tell the truth. In the 80s you sold more product to rock bands than Valley girls, didn't ya.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 27, 2010 10:01 PM (kq1lG)

No - but by the way, have you bought my movie yet? Now on BlueRay...

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 27, 2010 10:04 PM (ETd9s)

Shut up and give us machines, already.

 girl plays the blues. short one.

japanese commericals trigger acid flashbacks

Tell the truth. In the 80s you sold more product to rock bands than Valley girls, didn't ya.

Shh!  You'll ruin our secret!

38 We built this city on concrete, asphalt, and wood pilings.

And an ancient Indian burial ground.  You may want to turn off your TV.

dude, first Ace of Spades, now Hot Air, what is with all of the audio ads?

by the way, you've won.

Shh!  You'll ruin our secret!

Posted by: The Scorpions and Cinderella at July 27, 2010 10:07 PM (zgZzy)

Whaaaa?

I can't speak for Cinderella, but there's a reason I wear a big floppy hat onstage....

I can't speak for Cinderella, but there's a reason I wear a big floppy hat onstage....

What's really sad is that most of the Flock of Seagulls are goinhg bald, too. 

maaaaaan, i am just so confused.

O/T, even for the ONT. I have been racking my brian. For whatever reason i've been thinking about an 80s movie i saw as a kid and i can't remember the name. It may be obscure. The best description i can give, or remember, is that it is about a good looking blonde girl who runs away from something(home?) cuts her hair to look like a boy, and starts some sort of media sensation or movement or something.

it is so vague in my mind, which  isn't helped by what i did during highschool and college, but i need to know the name of the film or i am going to go insane.

Can anyone help me?

Rum,

which one of those girls in the 1982 valley girl clip is your grandmother.

55 I miss and loved the 80's.

Me too.  Loved the music most of all.

57,

the legend of billie jean

best thing about the 80s? time isn't circular.

_{heh, just kidding. I wasn't alive for most of it anyway.}

For whatever reason i've been thinking about an 80s movie i saw as a kid and i can't remember the name.

Helen Slater, Legend of Billy Jean.

57 legend of billy jean

(in case someone didn't point it out already--yours was just the first comment i saw!)

Me too.  Loved the music most of all.

 I grew up in the 1980s and remember them so fondly. It was the best time in my life, but i guess everyones childhood is.

The music was great, the movies were corny but entertaining, we had Reagan, our economy was booming, we were the unquestioned good guys, the Soviets were evil.  It was so great.

I am listening to 80s music on youtube to try to help me remember the name of that movie. I am currently listening to Cyndi Laupers good enough which was the theme to the Goonies.

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:18 PM (gofDd)

What's your point, neither did those chicks

57 legend of billy jean

(in case someone didn't point it out already--yours was just the first comment i sw!)

THANK YOU!!!!

This was the first girl i had a crush on.

now i just need to find it online for free.

I can't thank you enough, it has been killing me.

77 Black Orchid, yeah she was a dude....and I thought that gabe kid from Real Genius was Sarah jessica Parker in drag......

the '80s scarred me dude.

I am listening to 80s music on youtube to try to help me remember the name of that movie. I am currently listening to Cyndi Laupers good enough which was the theme to the Goonies.

My mp3 is chock full of 80's-era bands.  Flock of Seagulls, Devo, The Ramones, The Psychedelic Furs, and early U2 and REM (before they went full moonbat).

Dude, my grandmother barely spoke English.

So she WAS a Valley Girl!

Now can you guess another 80s film with a creepy little trollish kid who you think is a boy until the very end . . . ?



...

hint:
and Dennis Hopper!

is that the one where the boy turns into a blue monster at times and it has elton john on the sound track?

Kevin, dude we get it you love to watch....

didn't I see you in "Absolute Power"?

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:16 PM (gofDd)

Sweet Mother of Fred....you're young.

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:20 PM (gofDd) 

Totally!

85
Helen Slater was (and still is, to me) seriously hawt.

The Secret of My Success with Michael J. Fox.  She's in it.  She's way hot.

"Just remember that this is the same country that controls Godzilla and could produce working nukes in 6 to 9 months if they were so inclined."

Closer to 6 to 9 hours than months, I should think. They've got all the materials (including plutonium and enriched uranium), they've got the designs, and they've got some of the best manufacturing facilities in the world.

I disagree strongly that 80s music was "great."

BLASPHEMY!  Stone her!!!

Oh gawd. TO as a Bengal.

TO + Chad Johnson = not enough room in the stadium to fit their massive egos.

no one has guessed my other (much, much better) 80s film with creepy asexual pubescent who turns out to be female!

is that the one where she shows her tits in the end? great film.

Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2010 10:14 PM (NmcJ6)

'bout the Camaro.

TO + Chad Johnson = not enough room in the stadium to fit their massive egos.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 27, 2010 10:24 PM (S+eYt)

I don't believe it's the size of our egos you need to worry about, mkay?

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 27, 2010 10:23 PM (ORV0a)

Borat?

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2010 10:24 PM (PzV4U)

I think she was talking about the sesame street music.

113,

"ego"....hell you need to check and make sure there is enough air in paul Brown Stadium for those blowhards.

'bout the Camaro.

Posted by: Bikermailman at July 27, 2010 10:24 PM (sudhu)

I had one of those in the '80s.  Mostly it wasn't bitchin'.  It was cursing.

music video from the legend of billie jean

http://tinyurl.com/l9mnjk

my folks bought me a bitchin camero with no insurance to match

so if i happen to run you down, please don't leave a scratch

bitching camero, bitchin camero!

TO + Chad Johnson = not enough room in the stadium to fit their massive egos.

According to Ogletree and Wald, the key to a thoughtful discussion lies in a recognition of "structural racism." The evidence they cite of such racism consists of unequal outcomes -- blacks don't do as well as whites in school, they end up in prision in disproportionate numbers, they don't get the good jobs. Ogletree and Wald want us to "tone down the rhetoric on all sides," and admit that the nation is plagued by racism.

Why isn't the marriage rate the first structure of the structural problem?

I never had celebrity crushes as kids. I thought Alex P. Keaton was pretty fly, but really, who didn't?

The first boy I liked in the first grade was a kid that kicked me in the shins on purpose during soccer. Go figure. But when no one was looking he always gave me his Fruit Roll-Up at lunch. After that it was puppy l-o-v-e.

Posted by: Countrysquire at July 27, 2010 10:28 PM (3bBCJ)

Time for another 'shaved, or buckwheat on a bad hair day' thread?

Why isn't the marriage rate the first structure of the structural problem?

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2010 10:29 PM (FrgKE)

I think Cosby did a thing several years ago, got the Sharptons et al PO'd at him.  Stay in school.  Get married.  Don't have kids til you get married.  (good advice for anyone, not just the black community)  Do those three things, and you'll succeed.

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:28 PM (gofDd)

There was alot of good music in the 70's too. I am kind of with you on the 80's. except for stevie nicks

Good music died after the 60s.

 Yup, and during IYNWIMAITTYD

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:32 PM (gofDd)

Yeah, that mansion he lived in, a gyno, married to a lawyer....Obviously an oreo

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:33 PM (gofDd)

Oh Jeebus rum, Clapton, The Band, Neil Young, the dead. I could type all night.

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 10:33 PM (gofDd)

There was tons of that in the 80s.  They had just recently come down in price, where any band could get one.  It was a brand new musical toy, and they played with it like a purple...ah, never mind.

some other good 80s movies

Masters of the Universe.

The Outsiders

Legend

TAPS

I don't think this requires any translation.

Duuuude! We were eight. Mind.Out.Of.Gutter.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 10:34 PM (NvFZs)

*fist bump*

Posted by: Countrysquire at July 27, 2010 10:34 PM (3bBCJ)

Video Killed the Radio Star

Yeah, I remember that. It went something like, 1. Finish school, 2. Don't go to jail, 3. If you get married, stay married., 4 Don't have kids outside of marriage, etc. If you do those things you will not be poor.

There are actually not alot of 2 parent 1st marriage poor households.

Anyone that mentions the Beatles will be nuked from orbit.

Relax man, all you need is love.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 10:34 PM (NvFZs)

*fist bump*

Posted by: Editor at July 27, 2010 10:36 PM (YX6i/)

I thought I was the only one who considers the Beatles the most overrated band in the history of... history.

I love the Beatles and Motown. Have you heard Abbey Road?

bonus Motown song.  http://tinyurl.com/2pnx3q

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 10:37 PM (NvFZs)

My sister sent me a tape of Harvest when I was in the service. I loved that album.

Synth > Autotuner

Posted by: Countrysquire at July 27, 2010 10:34 PM (3bBCJ)

Video Killed the Radio Star

then MTV killed the Video star. The repeatedly raped the corpse, then bought VH1, killed it, then repeatedly violated that corpse too.

Beatles are way overrated...I'd take Fleetwood Mac or the Carpenters over them.....

Honestly, you guys hate the Beatles?

I'm not talking about their gay bubble gum early hits, but The White Album? Sgt Peppers? Abbey Road? How is it possible to hate those?

181,

the drugs, easy poon, and peer pressure helped.

So now we know why GM wants to buy that sub prime lender.

do you think it's worth the money?  Would you buy it?

I've never driven an electric car, but I would think that they really suck with all the extra weight from the batteries.

Posted by: My Parents Every Time I Ask Them What Was So Special About Four Mop-Topped Communists at July 27, 2010 10:40 PM (PzV4U)

Better living through modern chemistry.

I'm with you Ben.

You can argue they're overrated but how can you deny Revolver (my fav).

Wang Chung's best song.

http://tinyurl.com/yzc5gky

i think it is about his parents life, or at least the life of Britans post WW2

188 Ben,

I like their early stuff it is when they went "we're bigger than jesus" and John Lenin became a bigger asshat than Ogabe that they jumped the shark....

dude listen, I mean REALLY listen to Yoko Ono and know Lenin loved that shit....sorta trumps his "genius" cred

I'm not talking about their gay bubble gum early hits, but The White Album? Sgt Peppers? Abbey Road? How is it possible to hate those?

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 10:41 PM (DKV43)

I'm pretty sure they were doing much gheyer things during those albums than the "bubble gum" albums.

Jus'sayin.

Posted by: Don Carne at July 27, 2010 10:43 PM (wSNS7)

So Say We All.

another great 1980s tune

http://tinyurl.com/ly5sr7

212,

don't you capitalist dogs understand there would be peace in Vietnam if only you used the B-52s to deliver my comapny's pretzels....?

de numbah nine,

de numbah nine,

de numbah nine,

wahhhhhhh

wahhhhhh

one night i sat on the hood of a car and smoked a couple joints and drank a few beers with Ronnie Van Zant.........  i tell people that from time to time and they think i'm bullshitting them........... fuckem........ i know that i did it.

another cool southern song.

back when I was living there I really liked Nitzer Ebb, XTC, Depeche Mode, Orchestral manuevers in the Dark, Tears for fears, Banannarama, the Bangles, and a host of others....never got Michael J or Bums and Posers though

Axl sounds like Ethyl merman

Helen Slater, Legend of Billy Jean.

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at July 27, 2010 10:48 PM (Ismnj)

Daisy cutters were pushed out the back of a C130

I was in first grade in 1989.  It's very weird to remember back to then.  My mother used to let me ride a bicycle about a mile and a half to the school on my own.  Oh, and in the after school care that took place at school, we got away with making parachutes out of tissue paper and jumping off the playground equipment.

Axl sounds like Ethyl merman

you'll be swell, you'll be gre-eee-yat! YEAH!!!

Daisy cutters were pushed out the back of a C130

Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2010 10:49 PM (fwSHf)

Thanks for putting me som f'n knowledge. Being half awake with Vietnam shows on is bad...

I know no moron will cop to having ever watched this.

But I remember watching A Mad About You ep where Yoko Ono was one. Paul Reiser was a director and he got a 'film' with Ono. She wanted him to direct 'the wind'. Clearly very tongue in check to her avant-garde nature. She's a freak but I liked that she was willing to poke fun of herself.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2010 10:44 PM (jV+np)

Very interesting!  I still hate it though.  I will admit I laughed when they autotuned Obowma doing kickass.  A lot.

Posted by: My Parents Every Time I Ask Them What Was So Special About Four Mop-Topped Communists at July 27, 2010 10:40 PM (PzV4U)

They were all communists...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman

don't you capitalist dogs understand there would be peace in Vietnam if only you used the B-52s to deliver my comapny's pretzels....?

Really?

I met Sarah Mcglauflin in a bar in Tofino. She took me to her house after a few drinks and we had wild sex.

I might of made that last part up.

233,

Imagine Axl singing the star spangled banner....great times, great times.

They weren't all communists...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman

I met Sarah Mcglauflin in a bar in Tofino. She took me to her house after a few drinks and we had wild sex.

I might of made that last part up.

Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2010 10:52 PM (fwSHf)

Oh, you missed out on a good time...

241 bang, Bang....

I mean hell Yoko's crap turned me against Hey Jude and friends....I mean seriously the Boodles all move to the US to avoid the UK's 95% tax rates....yeah go wave a red flag Lenin

Posted by: jmflynny at July 27, 2010 10:47 PM (v+ZxY)

Best part is, it's Freeeeeeeeee!

249 More my speed (and currently playing on my iTunes)

Lacey

The best Dead songs..

Samson and Delilah

Terrapin Station

Me and My Uncle

Brown Eyed Women ( my favorite)

Deal

Mississippi Half Step

_{the 80s also gave us the beginning of the best band of the 1990s, Phish.}

Retarded.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 27, 2010 10:54 PM (S+eYt)

Thanks for that.

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love - 1986

http://tinyurl.com/yejxcjw

_{the 80s also gave us the beginning of the best band of the 1990s, Phish.}

Retarded.

there is only one way to settle this. I challenge you to a creative dance off.

I love being the only person at Phish concerts registered to vote and not on drugs.

the music is fantastic and the people are extremely entertaining.

Don Henly,  All She Wants to do is Dance

The lyrics are a riot.

http://tinyurl.com/r6465s

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 10:56 PM

Best Dead tunes:

Tennesee Jed

Shakedown Street

Dupree's Diamond Blues

Loser

Music Never Stopped

McLachlan?

McGruffin?

Posted by: Hous Bin Pharteen at July 27, 2010 10:58 PM (4yHLd)

New Order?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 10:59 PM (NvFZs)

Respect your elders... boooyyy.

Samson and Delilah

St. Steven

Althea

Ripple

Shakedown Street

my fav... Scarlett Begonias

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 11:00 PM (gofDd)

I'll take you word on the spelling.

_{the music is fantastic}

The people on drugs have an excuse for believing this...you do not.

cant you see what is wrong with music these days.............

there is only one way to settle this. I challenge you to a creative dance off.

Will David Bowie be the judge?

Yes, he will be wearing this.

http://tinyurl.com/5rcuoc

Don Henly,  All She Wants to do is Dance

I lvoe that song.  Of course, it helps that my mother played Don Henley tapes throughout my childhood.

McLachlan?

McGruffin?

McLovin?

Posted by: jmflynny at July 27, 2010 10:59 PM (v+ZxY)

You're very welcome! 

Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2010 10:51 PM (vdfwz)

Can I have an Aaaaammmeeeennnnn!

That ain't workin', money for nothin' and the chicks for free.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 11:03 PM (NvFZs)

Get off my LAWN!

297,

ah 1984....Mary lou Reton....

Tony's Double TopPizzas.....a president who'd nuke the world in a heartbeat if that is what kept communism from winning.....

good times.

That ain't workin', money for nothin' and the chicks for free.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 27, 2010 11:04 PM (r1h5M)

Have you seen the recent spoof of that, starring Teh Won?

300 SickinMass....

and oddly Susan Sarandon ages in reverse just like in real life mentally

That ain't workin', money for nothin' and the chicks for free.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 27, 2010 11:04 PM (r1h5M)

Have you seen the recent spoof of that, starring Teh Won?

Posted by: Middle Aged Fogie Who Was Young in the 80s at July 27, 2010 11:06 PM (sudhu)

No, you have a link?  Sounds good.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 11:03 PM (NvFZs)

I get that a lot from people online.  Don't know why.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 10:59 PM (NvFZs)

Respect your elders... boooyyy.

Posted by: Editor at July 27, 2010 11:02 PM (YX6i/)

I like enormous walls of text which is why I'm reading a political blog and not listening to music, which I could not really care less about except for maybe Red, Red Wine and Springstein before I had to boycott him.

_{the music is fantastic}

The people on drugs have an excuse for believing this...you do not.

Yes I do.  The music is fantastic.

Divided Sky

http://tinyurl.com/y9ek65v

Billy Breathes (this one seems to be popular with non phish fans)

http://tinyurl.com/32edxxg

Character Zero

http://tinyurl.com/276quvc

300
ok.. I'll make it pithy. Were going off a cliff! If you watch Thelma and Louise backwards, it's about two women with a flying car who slowly realize their place is in the kitchen.

jib, newsletter, new keyboard.

sickinmass. i am putting that on facebook.

f'ing hilarious

This is how the greatest band ever, RUSH, rung in the 80's.

315....

every SpringStine song ever recorded's vocals.....

youuuuuuu sayyyyy ahhhhhh *mumble, mumble, mumble* er something ah something something something oh me....

AHHHHH you uh ah uh uh OHHHH OHHH

no wonder he's an Ogabe backer

I'll see your New Order and raise you a

JOY DIVISION

Echo and the Bunnymen , Killing Moon

http://tinyurl.com/ynnldo

Posted by: sickinmass at July 27, 2010 11:05 PM (1rflU)

SiM's my new dad.

Sultans of Swing was popular at my peak partying days. Sigh.

MORRISEY!

No, you have a link?  Sounds good.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 27, 2010 11:08 PM (r1h5M)

No, you have a link?  Sounds good.

 Linky Thingy

The Band

http://tinyurl.com/39ymujx

i know every generation thinks the following generation has terrible music, but honestly is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

2  navycopjoe acted stupidly.

been talking to my wife?

Dire Straits, Don Henley, Joy Division.

You guys lost me.

Ah well, if you saw my playlist you'd throw you hands up in frustration.

To each his own.

The Band

http://tinyurl.com/39ymujx

not even their best song.

Cripple Creek and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

338 Malamutt,

Hi, I ah uh oh hi cool gory days er uh ahright winnie rocks bubble gum, ah uh about gor waves

Like, omigod, I am so totally here!

Phish contributed nothing to music. 

Period. 

They stole, quite unabashedly, their schtick and sound and fan base.

If it wasn't for fraternity boys and trust fund hippies with their parent's credit cards, they would have been making music for commercials in the greater New England area.

They are hacks.

i know every generation thinks the following generation has terrible music, but honestly is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

Me. But then, I'm just a youngin'

If we're talking the most overrated band ever that has to be Nirvana.

Kurt Cobain's brains go splat and suddenly it's 'they were bigger than the Beatles'.

Uhh, no their music sucked ass. Well not for those that wanted to sit around feeling melancholy and mopey. I suppose they could relate.

/not impressed

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2010 11:18 PM (ZEsBF)

You'll wind up tasting an odd combo of David Brooks, Kool Menthol 100s, Maureen Dowd, and Michelle O'bama....

your call ma'am

carrying a 10 ft wooden cross and wearing a backpack. Wasn't there something about this dude in the news a few weeks ago?

No, it was about 1,987 years ago.

molly hatchett

meh music but excellent album cover art for tattoos

Phish contributed nothing to music. 

Period. 

They stole, quite unabashedly, their schtick and sound and fan base.

If it wasn't for fraternity boys and trust fund hippies with their parent's credit cards, they would have been making music for commercials in the greater New England area.

They are hacks.

Tell me how you really feel.

I don't care about their fan base, or their "contributions to music", whatever that means.

I like their music. 

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 11:18 PM

I never got to see the Band, but I did see the Dead do The Weight.

The Band

http://tinyurl.com/39ymujx

362  the best nirvana song was wierd al's remake of teen spirit

and some comic did a cartoon one but i can't remember its name or his name

362 lacey,

I used to have one of my bestfriends play the part of Uhura translating their lyrics...

last thing to go through Kurt's mind was the wad....

I think he sobered up, looked around and said "holy f***ing God I am married to a large mouthed bass and my bandmates sound like a fu**ing Mentos commerical....where's my shotgun?"

Don Carne, you go ahead and like Morrisey if you will.

But check this out--you might like it too!

molly hatchett

meh music but excellent album cover art for tattoos

The late Danny Joe Brown had the greatest "HELL YEAH!!!" in the history of rock.

Also:

this is old school southern rock....with Duane. and it will take 10 minutes to listen to it.

No Pixies fans?

That's some good (and relevant) 90's music there.

383 BlackOrchid,

I dunno even the pop seemed better then and I disliked most of it...

I think where we've jumped off the railroad tracks is allowing bands to be one hit wonders and then fade.....now every band that makes it goes on and on and on

Brian Adams - Summer of '69

http://tinyurl.com/87jr2y

'85

i know every generation thinks the following generation has terrible music, but honestly is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 11:17 PM (DKV43)

There was some decent stuff in the first half.  Disturbed, Godsmack, Audioslave, early Nickelback.

MORRISEY!

Posted by: Don Carne at July 27, 2010 11:15 PM (wSNS7)

Why do I suddenly feel depressed?

You were one of those who had "K-U-R-T" tattooed on the fingers of both hands during the summer of '94.

No I was on Spring Break when we got the oh so tragic news. There were shrines and sobs fests. Luckily it was the second to last day of the trip.

I remember saying, 'eh, that was inevitable, no'. The looks of horror I got. And then I cranked this.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones baby

I love the banjo

Sunset Road(song begins 1 minute into the vid)

http://tinyurl.com/22mxsbh

Sinister Minister

http://tinyurl.com/2aalk4f

There was some decent stuff in the first half.  Disturbed, Godsmack, Audioslave, early Nickelback.

really?

i know every generation thinks the following generation has terrible music, but honestly is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 11:17 PM (DKV43)

Yo Ben, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish but the 00s had one of the best musical decades of all time. One of the best musical decades of all time!

402 Lacey,

Snoopy Droopy Dogg rocks yo....

yeah my Kurt moment was similar though but I cranked Queen which pissed 'em off more cause "how can a rabid republican like a gay brit on vocals"....

"he's dead jim, he's dead"

Snoopy Droopy Dogg rocks yo....

How can you not like the lyrics--and if you can't f*** that day, baby, just lay back, and open your mouth!

Kurt Cobain's brains go splat and suddenly it's 'they were bigger than the Beatles'.

Uhh, no their music sucked ass. Well not for those that wanted to sit around feeling melancholy and mopey. I suppose they could relate.

/not impressed

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 27, 2010 11:20 PM (S+eYt)

Hey, they had one decent song. Of course, you could argue they had one song...period.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 11:28 PM (NvFZs)

Well, it's not like he had the black guy to carry it for him.  Plus, that would be totally racist, today.

As far as music goes compare THIS to THIS.

Today's music sucks.

417 Lacey,

quite right....

Melville, Shakespeare, and Dante are quaking in their boots.

And, along the same line, isnÂ’t it about time U2 stopped? Guys, you were really good one time, but as of lateÂ….ehhh.

Posted by: Mallamutt at July 27, 2010 11:23 PM (OWjjx)

Heh, they aren't even the best Irish band...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7WI7FWuFCw

Wilco and Radiohead both have made landmark albums since the turn of the century.  Undeniably timeless stuff.

I think 1989 might have to be included in the 90's...it doesn't fit in with the 80's in my opinion.

The 80's sound seemed to start in 1981 and end in the middle of 1988.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 11:23 PM (NvFZs)

I liked grunge.  Pretty much all the popular groups.  Yeah, it's basically punk with a whole lot of distortion.  So what?  I'll take it over hip hop and boy bands and the other crap we've seen since.

428,

almost as good as thelma and Louise in the flying car

Everything 80's in one song:

http://tinyurl.com/6s2c8q

432 Ace's liver,

not a backdoor Boys fan then?

"...it's like an 'e' chord, but I invert it!".

_{;...then play it over and over and over and over and over and over]}

1990s weren't a total loss. The Penguins won the cup twice.  And Weezer's Blue Album were pretty f'ing sweet.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 27, 2010 11:37 PM (NvFZs)

Or Joe Walsh.

436 HtP,

I'd do her

really?

Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2010 11:30 PM (DKV43)

Yeah, I liked some of their earlier stuff.  Oh, on newer stuff, the Flogging Mollies and Dropkick Murphies.

445 Katya,

hola...what dark '80s secret do you harbor?

Bitch'in

Gag me with a spoon

432 Ace's liver,

not a backdoor Boys fan then?

Posted by: sven10077 at July 27, 2010 11:38 PM (kq1lG)

There was this incident where I clawed off the headphones and stomped on my radio until it exploded.

413  Hell, yes! Hood rat.

Whitest Wonder Bread white gurl digging the Too Short

hola...what dark '80s secret do you harbor?

Posted by: sven10077 at July 27, 2010 11:40 PM (kq1lG)

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 27, 2010 11:40 PM (g4YJI)

Well, her 90's secret is a bombshell.  Can't wait for her to spill the beans on the 80's.

is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

St. Anger was a FANTASTIC album. Probably the best metal ever written.

Another good 80s song.

Enjoy the Silence, the music video shot on top of WTC

http://tinyurl.com/y8sk6yw

452 Katya,

my dark 70s secret was I was a manilow fan....

we all have our crosses to bear.

Wilco and Radiohead both have made landmark albums since the turn of the century.  Undeniably timeless stuff.

Radioheads best work was in the 1990s.  The Bends and ok computer

Never understood the fascination with the whole grunge thing.  Who wants to pay money to see three guys in flannel act like they are doing you a favor by playing?

I was always a fan of the band that refused to play under any circumstances.

When the lights go down in the city - Journey

http://tinyurl.com/d7zc2l

honestly is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

I liked M'Bop and One Headlight.

Okay, my '80's secret:  I like Cyndi Lauper and Prince.

my dark 70s secret was I was a manilow fan....

Elton John.  Always and forever.

Both my daughters want to have Manilow songs played at their weddings.

War Between the Undead States!

I don't care if you're a man or a woman. I have a serious music crush on you.

October 1988

September 1989

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 27, 2010 11:49 PM (ORV0a)

You should call it the ONT station.

is there anyone who thinks music in the 2000s was any good?

St. Anger was a FANTASTIC album. Probably the best metal ever written.

What the fuck are you smoking? St. Anger? Really, St. Anger? Better than Black Sabbath Paranoid, Mob Rules? Better than Iron Maiden Number Of the Beast? Better thatn Metallica Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets?

Kindly remove thy head from thine arse as it make one look like an ass.

IllTemperedCur,

I agree. I do love Fleck's bass player playing Amazing Grace solo, which is extremely hard, considering he is playing the bass line and the melody

http://tinyurl.com/2at3xmg

479 Katya,

I am also part of a VERY exclusive club....

the Jharles Chonson and the Ringtones were a rave band once

18-1: If I open that link and you slipped in DixieÂ’s Midnight RunnersÂ…..

Posted by: Mallamutt at July 27, 2010 11:40 PM (OWjjx)

Bah, if I was going to rick roll I wouldn't let people off that easily...

For example, I dare you to click this link...

hmmmm, i smell a scam

my girl had me put her hair in a french braid

i wonder where we're going

St. Anger was a FANTASTIC album. Probably the best metal ever written.

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at July 27, 2010 11:42 PM (Ismnj)

Wait. What??  I was disappointed in that one.  I liked Death Magnetic better.

Ill Tempered Cur

That might have been Arthur Blessett or Blessed, or something like that, who you saw, famous in evangelical/pentecostal circles.

Posted by: List makin' fucking hippie at July 27, 2010 11:41 PM (wOtDN)

Heard metric on the radio and liked them - looked them up on Itunes and their latest album sounds very different from their older stuff to me. Which do you prefer?

Posted by: Don Carne at July 27, 2010 11:51 PM (wSNS7)

I got a bite!

Posted by: wherestherum at July 27, 2010 11:52 PM (gofDd)

Bob's just pissed they didn't have an autotuner for him.

(and scene!  I always had the closing line in theatre sports).

illtemperedcur,

do you listen to any Galactic?

Church

http://tinyurl.com/23z2deu

Funky Bird

http://tinyurl.com/2akvy4e

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 27, 2010 11:45 PM (ORV0a)

How about Oakenfold then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLo1hDgzLDQ

_{Radioheads best work was in the 1990s.  The Bends and ok computer}

I would argue that 'Kid A' is proving to be their most influential work. 

 _{But I don't like Phish.}

Should note, also climbing the “vastly overrated band” chart fast is….Black Eye Peas. +1 Gorillaz

Also, Death Magnetic and Ride the Lighting CDs never leave my car. St Anger? I wouldn't trust the disc as a coaster.

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 27, 2010 11:45 PM (ORV0a)

The Scrotum Song and The Pussycat Song

No Pixies fans?

That's some good (and relevant) 90's music there.

Nirvana ruined The Pixies when they decided to basically be a Pixies tribute band....with longer hair.

All this nostalgia has me missing my naive and childlike hope for humanity.

Good times.

All this nostalgia has me missing my naive and childlike hope for humanity.

Good times.

Posted by: gator at July 27, 2010 11:59 PM (aOKEC)

Let it go.  You'll be happier.

Posted by: Editor at July 27, 2010 11:58 PM (YX6i/)

There's no cure for that greenie stuff.

I agree. I do love Fleck's bass player playing Amazing Grace solo, which is extremely hard, considering he is playing the bass line and the melody

http://tinyurl.com/2at3xmg

That's some crazy shit.

hERE;s the video

U2 - Still Haven't Found... Live

http://tinyurl.com/3l3kd9

He sings better (and more intelligibly) than his father. Maybe Bob Dylan didn't like that and pulled the plug.

Credit where due: Bob Dylan made an album bashing the "Palestinians" and the mideast "peace process" in 1982.

Infidel

Read the lyrics to the song Neighborhood Bully.

_{And if you've never heard Big Black or Shellac you missed the 1990s.}

Albini is a fuckin' genius...and from Missoula!?!

All this nostalgia has me missing my naive and childlike hope for humanity.

Good times.

Posted by: gator at July 27, 2010 11:59 PM (aOKEC)

Tell me about it.

**** intermission****

dance break

(you can say you won't dance, but I dare you not to sing along)

Ima gonna go ahead and hustle. Piss off if your'e going to mock.

U2 - Still Haven't Found... Live

http://tinyurl.com/3l3kd9

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 28, 2010 12:01 AM (r1h5M)

I hate U2 with the burning passion of 1000 cases of the clap.

the pussy cat song.

_{Radioheads best work was in the 1990s.  The Bends and ok computer}

I would argue that 'Kid A' is proving to be their most influential work. 

 _{But I don't like Phish.}

fair enough. OK Computer is my favorite, and i liked KIDa, but their new music isn't ver good.

**** intermission****

dance break

(you can say you won't dance, but I dare you not to sing along)

Ima gonna go ahead and hustle. Piss off if your'e going to mock.

_{<dives for the pastel jacket and wide-collar shirt>}

There's no cure for that greenie stuff.

Posted by: Dr. Leonard McCoy at July 28, 2010 12:00 AM (XIXhw)

My single reason for not wanting Pawlenty to run.

Posted by: Henley's all right but that song RULES at July 28, 2010 12:04 AM (UTw/f)

I like that one too.

540 Lacey,

I was scarred for  life during the '70s....which is pretty fucking depressing considering I was born in '72....

Don Henley,  All She Wants to do is Dance

Great song.


Am I fourth or fifth in the vote for this?  One of the 80s' best.

it wasn't until like 10 years after i heard it that i went and read the lyrics.

All this nostalgia has me missing my naive and childlike hope for humanity.

Fuck humanity. Humanity is messing up the world, MAN. We go aroud killing animals and stuff. And that's just wrong, MAN. The Gulf is all sliked over and there's all this pollution and Global Warming and overpopulation and Ice ages and all that shit, MAN. And where can I cop some buds, MAN?

No Fugazi or _early Sonic Youth love?

Used to be a decent U2 fan... then Achtung Baby came out, and I was like, "Whoa, these guys are off their rockers!"

I liked Joshua Tree, but after that they went to shit. I can't stand them, they are everything that is wrong with music.

Great in any decade:

Thunderstruck AC/DC http://tinyurl.com/3yraxu

uh midnight. night everyone.

Sickinmass. you've won for the week.

Oh good gator's here to provide all the gay links

I thought we had already established the gayest possible song and video ever!

And where the hell is our love and admiration of the greatness..................??

Thunderstruck AC/DC http://tinyurl.com/3yraxu

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 28, 2010 12:07 AM (r1h5M)

We had a drinking game for that.  Every time they say 'thunder' you drink.  Someone inevitably reset the song about the time the regular part of the song started.

Bob Fricken Marley

http://tinyurl.com/mvtooj

BTW -

Best Metal Album is 'Reign in Blood'...

there can be no other.

Ahhhh..."Road House" is on. Pain don't hurt, unless you go and get your throat ripped out.

_{Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 28, 2010 12:09 AM (T8IwR)}

That best be Neil.

But knowing you, if it is, it's cheese.

_{rock on wid ya bad self, btw}

You too, brutha

575 Gator...That's the one where Liam neeson the HillBilly has a shotgun that shoots snakes or something?

I spent a lot of the early '90s drunk.

We had a drinking game for that.  Every time they say 'thunder' you drink.  Someone inevitably reset the song about the time the regular part of the song started.

Posted by: Bikermailman at July 28, 2010 12:10 AM (sudhu)

Fast game.  Nothing like soccer.

Don Henley,  All She Wants to do is Dance

Great song.


Am I fourth or fifth in the vote for this?  One of the 80s' best.

it wasn't until like 10 years after i heard it that i went and read the lyrics.

Posted by: Ben at July 28, 2010 12:05 AM (DKV43) .

get the fuck off my lawn..............

You're mentally defective if you that that's 'cheese'!

Leave Love on the Rocks alooooooooooooooone!

ZZ Top - gimmie all your lovin

http://tinyurl.com/l9dyx7

I thought we had already established the gayest possible song and video ever!

If THIS didm't win the voting was rigged.

Ahhhh..."Road House" is on. Pain don't hurt, unless you go and get your throat ripped out.

Posted by: gator at July 28, 2010 12:12 AM (aOKEC)

"It ain't the money ya understand, but if I don't charge ya somethin' the Presbyterians around here are likely to pray for my ruination. How does a hundred dollars a month strike ya?"

One of my favorite lines in movies.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 28, 2010 12:14 AM (Ps41e)

You down with OPP?

Gator...That's the one where Liam neeson the HillBilly has a shotgun that shoots snakes or something?

You're thinking of "Taken...to the Swamp".

Dana Perino is on, too. In my mind.

Gator...That's the one where Liam neeson the HillBilly has a shotgun that shoots snakes or something?

You're thinking of "Taken...to the Swamp".

Dana Perino is on, too. In my mind.

Posted by: gator at July 28, 2010 12:17 AM (aOKEC)

LOL naw, that's Next of Kin.  Another Swayze flick.

If THIS didm't win the voting was rigged.

Posted by: Don Carne at July 28, 2010 12:17 AM (wSNS7)

Gheyest Band:  The Butthole Surfers.  Though Pepper did kick ass.

If THIS didm't win the voting was rigged.

Fuck me running, yes, WE HAVE A WINNER!!

You had me at a black man's mouth doing its impression of a starfish squeakhole.

You down with OPP?

Yeah, ou know me!

_{wait, what??}

Love on the rocks?  Ain't no big surprise.

Pour me a drink and I'll tell ou some lies.

Best Irish band is the Cranberries??????

Not even close. The Pogues.

Posted by: U2 at July 28, 2010 12:19 AM (bJevO)

That is some USDA prime shit, right there.

Ahhhh..."Road House" is on

what channel?

I AM DOWN WITH OPP

BECAUSETHE ALLCAPS MAKES IT MORE TRUE!!!

Posted by: gator at July 28, 2010 12:20 AM

I can't take credit for that abomination; Dear Leader is the one who first posted that here.

As for 'gay shit' that never got bad, I prefer Queen. I miss you Freddy, but your lifestyle killed you.

Funny, but a lot of my all time favorite artists are either gay or bi:  Elton John, David Bowie, Queen.

You down with OPP?

Yeah, ou know me!

_{wait, what??}

_{Dude, I am so down with OPP. Wait, what does the last P stand for again?}

Did someone mention ghey songs?

I knew a chick who looked just like the lead singer.

^{Ahhhh..."Road House" is on}

^{what channel?}

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 28, 2010 12:22 AM (P9+0W)

Marilyn Manson covered that.  The only good songs of his are the covers, IMO.

Road House is currently kickin' much ass, IN A CLASSY WAY...finish your drink, finish your drink....on ReelzChannel, whatever the hell that is.

This song would swell a young man's ballbag. Especially if you were one of the few white kids around....

Posted by: 18-1 at July 28, 2010 12:13 AM (bgcml)

Posted by: Henley's all right but that song RULES at July 28, 2010 12:26 AM (UTw/f)

Sounds good to me. You mean your 19 year olds, right?

^{Ahhhh..."Road House" is on}

^{what channel?}

Posted by: MrCaniac at July 28, 2010 12:25 AM (Vol3D)

Who is Terry Funk?

It has Jeff Healy.  Didn't he die recently?

Ahh, junior high dances. Where girls were on side of the room and the boys were on the other and everybody had their eyes on the ground.

It has Jeff Healy.  Didn't he die recently?

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 28, 2010 12:30 AM (XIXhw)

A couple of years ago.  Saw him play in Dallas back in the day, opening for Little Feat.  Great show.

Eggs are the best!

 I won "Worst Video of All Time".

Minnie went home smelling like KITT's leather seats that night. I bet Mickey was pissed.

Holy shit is the Hoff untalented. Good luck getting your soul back from the devil, assclown.

Ahh, junior high dances. Where girls were on side of the room and the boys were on the other and everybody had their eyes on the ground.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 28, 2010 12:30 AM (T8IwR)

And then, in one magic moment, testosterone kicks in to overcome the nervousness and compels a boy to go over and ask a girl to dance.  The Power of Testosterone Compels You!  The Power of Testosterone Compels You!

dang it gator..............  we missed you on the southern thread yesterday...........

i flung every line that i knew at them.

Sounds good to me. You mean your 19 year olds, right?

Posted by: Hitler, Tojo, The Kaiser, etc all at July 28, 2010 12:28 AM (bgcml)

Posted by: gator at July 28, 2010 12:34 AM (aOKEC)

The protein enriched ones?

Posted by: gator at July 28, 2010 12:34 AM (aOKEC)

The protein enriched ones?

Ew. Highfive

 the southern thread yesterday

Dammit!!!! Finally a Southern thread...why did it have to be on the blessed night my sister finally let me look at her homemade porn tapes????

The Power of Testosterone Compels You!

I know, poor things. Because if we didn't want to dance with you or were too shy, we'd haul ass to the bathroom to reaply Dr. Papper lipsmacker!

I'z a sleepy girl.

But I'm going out on a good note.

Adios.

Dammit!!!! Finally a Southern thread...why did it have to be on the blessed night my sister finally let me look at her homemade porn tapes????

Heh, I think you got you own southern thread if you know what i mean

Crossed the line? Too soon?

This is dedicated to my sister. Lovely girl.

Eff this, I'm gonna go make another drink so I can enjoy this thread and be miserable tomorrow.

HA! HA! I don't have to work tomorrow so I can finish the twleve-pack of Yuenglings I have in my fridge. 

But I'm going out on a good note.

Adios.

And lacey takes one deep for the walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 28, 2010 12:39 AM

Hey, he never said she starred in them, just made them. What gutter did your mind wallow in, perv.

Hey, he never said she starred in them, just made them. What gutter did your mind wallow in, perv.

Thank you, Don Carne. Someone gets it! Let us keep it classy and above board, CHEMJEFF!!

Robert Palmer.

 the southern thread yesterday

Dammit!!!! Finally a Southern thread...

i was  laying it down as best that i could........ amd someone said to bad Gators not here.............. i bet he knows some good ones..............

it got over 1000 comments............

you can both blow me

BUT, first I will...wait...no...

it got over 1000 comments............

I've got a lot of reading ahead of me tonight...

Goodnight, fellas....enjoy the "Road House". Swayze is kickin' much ass right now.

Reelin and Rockin

and

Paradise By the Dashboard Lights

and

Night Moves

The trifecta of sex ed via rock and roll. 

If your gonna do Christmas music do it right

present 3

present 4

It's Christmas in July. I give you two presents

Holy crap, that's going in the favorites. Freakin' hilarious.

Thanks, MrCaniac....

Posted by: chemjeff at July 28, 2010 01:01 AM (Ps41e)

Posted by: chemjeff at July 28, 2010 01:01 AM (Ps41e)

That is the first time I have ever heard that statement from anybody. Another of the wonders of AoSHQ.

best scene on TV, ever.

Try to beat that.

Posted by: God at July 28, 2010 01:11 AM (PzV4U)

 I guess that's why you're God and we are just all a bunch of worthless insect peons. 

You got it.

This was a disappointing thread. Damn little boobies and too much shit about Don Henley.

Makes me miss Friday night.

Little boobies can be nice too.

Posted by: Y-not at July 28, 2010 01:24 AM (O627A)

Thanks. I hope you are female. I left my moron score card in my pickup before it was repo'ed.

Little boobies can be nice too.

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at July 28, 2010 01:24 AM (Ismnj)

As Frank Zappa said, "More than a mouthful is wasted."

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 28, 2010 01:31 AM (ORV0a)

Pardon me, but what's "The Shag"?

Posted by: wherestherum at July 28, 2010 01:35 AM (gofDd)

Now, what's a chuck bag?

I don't know what the hell is going on here..

Zappa on titties.

And with that I'm gonna pass out.

what does a terrorist say before applying lotion?

aloe ackbar!

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 28, 2010 01:38 AM (ORV0a)

Thanks. Better than the normal UT Alum site, which sucks.

Gets 99% of the way there, then hangs

That's what she said.

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 28, 2010 01:45 AM (ORV0a)

Thanks, I will have to go over there and raise some shit.

I am a bad Alumnus, however. I got into a pissing match with President Faulkner a couple of years ago about the PC crap on campus, and when my department, now the Jackson School of Geosciences, calls me about donations ten times a week, I tell them to shove their sudden love of AGW up their ass.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at July 28, 2010 01:51 AM (ARdx

So did this thread..

"ISLAMABAD (AP) — A domestic passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital on Wednesday morning, officials said. Rescuers were trying to reach the scene amid rain and difficult roads.

The cause of the Airblue crash was not immediately clear, said Pervez George, a civil aviation official. He said the plane was flying from Karachi to Islamabad.

"The plane was about to land at the Islamabad airport when it lost contact with the control tower, and later we learned that the plane had crashed," George said."

woohoo

took my date to the cheesecake factory, she eats like an adult man

now she's passed out from food overdose, heh

took my date to the cheesecake factory, she eats like an adult man

now she's passed out from food overdose, heh

Please tell us that's your wife and not a seaman...

but the wife thinks it was cute so most likely

woohoo

many thanks

we had a dress up dad/daughter night plus i got to drive the porsche finally

little does she know that if i have my way, i'll be the only male who takes her out before she's fourty

its all good mesa, you weren't here much earlier when i said i put her hair in a braid

i hope mine stays low maintence and a joy but she has that italian/latin look attitude, she's going to be an early heart attack for me i think

789  this thing is so sweet!!!!

costs us a ton but worth every penny

oh, and make-up and my daughter......no, just no

i'll send her to school in a burlap sack and no make-up

if she fights it...off to the nunnery

i still have my secret weapon

a fiery sicilian/spanish woman she calls MOM

mom don't play

a fiery sicilian/spanish woman she calls MOM

mom don't play

Catholic?  NO ONE!  Can guilt you like Moms. 

Trust me, male or female, Moms traumatized all of us.

What?

Posted by: Downsized Upscale at July 28, 2010 08:16 AM (IhHdM)

Consumers must also get accustomed to plugging the cars in at home. It takes hours to recharge the vehicles, and in the absence of a network of public recharging stations, drivers that run out of juice may need a tow truck.

Time to invest in a rollback.

I'm going to put a gas powered generator on the back of a truck and provide a roadside Quickcharge™ service to the greenies. I'm thinking a quick boost should be enough to get people home or to the supposed public charging facility; more research must be done.

I'd love nothing more than to take these dopes money . 

Interesting article on the authoritarian tone of science nowadays:

http://tinyurl.com/3adgq59

Posted by: dananjcon at July 28, 2010 08:38 AM (pr+up)

That's a good idea! Hurry up and apply for a patent, you know that's going to be standard equipment on tow trucks in the near future.

These guys already make a 12/24v "hot start" however I think the new electric cars operate at much higher voltages 48/64?? I'm sure they already have something on the drawing table and current Towing companies obviously already have the infrastructure to incorporate this kinda buisness niche.   

http://tinyurl.com/2f2x7db

812 Chemjeff,

out buying "portable 9v windmill" futures so we can trickle charge our Chevy Tesla Trabants.

Yeeesh...leave it to government motors to name their car Trabant

http://tinyurl.com/yt8avv