Anonymous
03/12/2012 20:49
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anything that played on WLIR and later WDRE.
Now I listen to First Wave on XM radio in the car, it's like I never grew up!
Now I listen to First Wave on XM radio in the car, it's like I never grew up!
Anonymous
03/12/2012 16:49
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:Do high school kids still segregate themselves by the music they listen to?
In the early part of high school (87 grad), I liked whatever was popular. In 9th grade it was Michael Jackson, 10th grade Bruce Springsteen. In Junior & Senior year I became a "new waver," as we were called back then, which meant I discovered the Cure, REM, INXS, Siouxie, and well basically everything they played on WHFS.
In college I got into what's now called alternative, but then was what everyone in college listened to. And then I became proto-goth before there was anything called goth -- Sisters of Mercy, Ministry, NIN, etc.
You need a music lesson. Goth emerged in the late 70's and took off in the early 80's.
Anonymous
03/12/2012 12:49
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Do high school kids still segregate themselves by the music they listen to?
In the early part of high school (87 grad), I liked whatever was popular. In 9th grade it was Michael Jackson, 10th grade Bruce Springsteen. In Junior & Senior year I became a "new waver," as we were called back then, which meant I discovered the Cure, REM, INXS, Siouxie, and well basically everything they played on WHFS.
In college I got into what's now called alternative, but then was what everyone in college listened to. And then I became proto-goth before there was anything called goth -- Sisters of Mercy, Ministry, NIN, etc.
In the early part of high school (87 grad), I liked whatever was popular. In 9th grade it was Michael Jackson, 10th grade Bruce Springsteen. In Junior & Senior year I became a "new waver," as we were called back then, which meant I discovered the Cure, REM, INXS, Siouxie, and well basically everything they played on WHFS.
In college I got into what's now called alternative, but then was what everyone in college listened to. And then I became proto-goth before there was anything called goth -- Sisters of Mercy, Ministry, NIN, etc.
Anonymous
03/12/2012 11:49
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:Graduated in '88
Earlier (junior high/freshman):
Duran Duran and I'm not ashamed to admit it
GoGo's
Prince
Wham!
All those New Romantics like ABC, Spandau Ballet, Naked Eyes, etc
Later:
Smiths. When I discovered Morrissey it was like a revelation. Never have I taken the Smiths off my playlist.
Depeche
The Cure
Kate Bush
In college:
Pixies
Smashing Pumpkins
REM
Sonic Youth
Graduated in 87 and this could have been my list, too.
During my senior year, I also fell in love with The Doors and Jimi Hendrix. I still love all these groups and listen to them frequently.
Anonymous
03/12/2012 11:40
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Rush
If you're a woman, you are literally the first one I've ever heard of, much less interacted with, who likes Rush.
This was my first thought, too. Rush was always a guy band.
Anonymous
03/12/2012 08:01
Subject: Re:If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
I remember the first time I heard GNR Welcome to the Jungle in the theater dressing room after school, and that must have been '87 or '88 and we all crowded around this guy's boombox to listen to it.
Ah, the last gasp of hard rock before the scourge of grunge descended on the land. And one of the great hard rock albums of all time. Too bad Axel Was (is) . . . well, insane.
Anonymous
03/12/2012 07:58
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Yeah, you can't say you love a song if you can't ID the artist.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh memories....These are the groups I loved and instantly certain songs come to mind...
U2 (I still enjoy listening to their music) "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Violent Femmes ("i'm high as a kite and I just might..stop to check you out...let me go ah-on like a blister in the sun.."
REM "It's the end of the world as we know it..."
Whoever sings Brown Eyed Girl (I enjoyed classic rock)
Zepplin
The Beatles
The Smiths "I am human and I need to be loved..just like everybody else does"
The Dead Milkmen (anyone remember them???? Bitchen Camero, Bitchen Camero...) Oh yuk-just remembered... They had a song called "Taking Retards to the Zoo" made me so uncomfortable back then and now with a child who has SN I just want to vommit.)
Really, because you need to know. You really NEED to know. Van Morrison.
Come ON!
ThatSmileyFaceGuy
03/12/2012 07:20
Subject: If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
LEd Zeppelin
Ac/Dc
The Pogues
The Dead Kennedys
The Dead Milkmen
The Ramones
Guns-n-Roses
Iron Maiden
Blue Oyster Cult
The Cult
Queensryche
Rush
The Misfits
Violent Femmes (Can't beleive they sold out)
Funny thing is I head a Martha Quinn show on XM called "Songs you loved that now you won't let your kids listen to. and I agreed with all of them. Stuff like Toni Basil's "Mickey"
Ac/Dc
The Pogues
The Dead Kennedys
The Dead Milkmen
The Ramones
Guns-n-Roses
Iron Maiden
Blue Oyster Cult
The Cult
Queensryche
Rush
The Misfits
Violent Femmes (Can't beleive they sold out)
Funny thing is I head a Martha Quinn show on XM called "Songs you loved that now you won't let your kids listen to. and I agreed with all of them. Stuff like Toni Basil's "Mickey"
Anonymous
03/12/2012 03:33
Subject: Re:If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
I remember three distict types of music all tied to different social typre groups. If you were "neutral" and able to be friends with all without adopting the complete persona you could listen to all types. If you really needed to be 100% in one group, you stuck with that group's music.
Music that was cool for the kids from Europe: Depeche Mode, Cure, Smiths, Alphaville, Yaz
Music that was cool for the kids from NE: James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Carly Simon, Big Chill soundtrack, Bruce Springsten
Music that kids liked but would not admit to liking because it was too public school: Madonna, Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Prince
A fourth type was music that you had at home on records: Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Saturday Night Live, Abba and soundtracks to musicals. This was never played within earshot of anyone else.
Music that was cool for the kids from Europe: Depeche Mode, Cure, Smiths, Alphaville, Yaz
Music that was cool for the kids from NE: James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Carly Simon, Big Chill soundtrack, Bruce Springsten
Music that kids liked but would not admit to liking because it was too public school: Madonna, Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Prince
A fourth type was music that you had at home on records: Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Saturday Night Live, Abba and soundtracks to musicals. This was never played within earshot of anyone else.
Anonymous
03/11/2012 23:39
Subject: Re:If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I graduated in 1990 and my first concert (circa 1986 or so) was Jack Wagner.
My musical tastes got better, I swear!
I think I saw him on the same tour. It was the State Fair so I didn't actually buy tickets to the concert because it was free.
All I Neeeeeeeeed, is just a little more time....to be sure, what I feeeeeeeel.
Yeah, it was bad.
Anonymous
03/11/2012 17:29
Subject: Re:If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:I graduated in 1990 and my first concert (circa 1986 or so) was Jack Wagner.
My musical tastes got better, I swear!
This makes me laugh. I had a friend who would literally jump out of the shower to listen to whatever that one hit wonder he had if it came on her bedroom radio.
Anonymous
03/11/2012 17:27
Subject: Re:If you went to high school between, say, 1985-1991, what was your music?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Loved certain singles too like Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
anything by Peter Gabriel is up there too
really liked Pretty in Pink soundtrack (as well as any movie by John Hughes, may he rest in peace!)
OMG YES!!!!!
Did anyone else see Pretty in Pink at just about every slumber party you went to? We saw Better off Dead a lot too?
Adam Ant?
Flock of Seagulls?
Dexy's Midnight Runners? (Come on Eileen..)
Eurhthymics?
Men without Hats (Safety Dance?)
a-ha?
Frankie goes to Hollywood?
The Human League?
Men at Work?
Peter Gabriel?
Billy Idol?
Ah, good times.