Growing up....80's retro music
I grew up in the eighties. Those were interesting times…. trapped between the "Baby Boomers" and "Generation Y" is this special generation. I was also a metalhead too.
80s retro music was great….i like the energy and catchy music from UK and USA groups….the function days, the Centrepoint kids, the era when M. Menon, E. Gallistan and company were the terrors at Centrepoint. Those gravity defying hair, "day-glo" clothing and comb at the back pocket styles….and breakdancing. We all may have gone to Rumours, Warehouse or Fire disco. It was liken to the age of excesses. It was the time of the Yuppies too. The Carter and then Reagan era.
Without any doubt, the 80s was some hotbed of hostilities, heavy metal bands sprouted. From this era, it emerges numerous sub-genres… Most music lovers were either into heavy metal or watching the glitz and glam of MTV. Yeah. Video killed the radio star. I liked both camps.
Heavy metal will always hold dear to me because of the raw energy and attitude. The riffs and wailing guitar solos were always something that stood out for me most, but hey, it was a different sound from anything else that was around during the 80s and early 90s. Van Halen’s “1984”, Police’s “Synchronicity” and Prince’s “Purple Rain” were albums that shaped my taste for music. It felt atmospheric and I could be morphing from one thing to another, amazing. The adrenaline rush of sonic waves coming through the centre of earth’s core.
I have always wanted to compile a list of singers and bands that reflects my tastes and to add on to an element of objectivity. It is a bit hard not to be biased but my intention is just to share some of their music that shaped my tastes in 80s retro and heavy metal. These are glorious movement of the yesteryears. There were many great bands and albums, not all could be mentioned here.
ABC, AC/DC, Paula Abdul, The Police, Madness, Van Halen, Motley Crue, A-ha, Queen, Poison, Micheal Jackson, U2, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, Naked Eyes, Toto, Culture Club, Kajagoogoo, Dan Hartman, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Dead or Alive, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, Prefab Sprout, Wham!, Akina Nakamuri, The Checkers, Matchy, Nik Kershaw, Billy Idol, Modern Romance, Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, and so much more….
80s retro music was great….i like the energy and catchy music from UK and USA groups….the function days, the Centrepoint kids, the era when M. Menon, E. Gallistan and company were the terrors at Centrepoint. Those gravity defying hair, "day-glo" clothing and comb at the back pocket styles….and breakdancing. We all may have gone to Rumours, Warehouse or Fire disco. It was liken to the age of excesses. It was the time of the Yuppies too. The Carter and then Reagan era.
Without any doubt, the 80s was some hotbed of hostilities, heavy metal bands sprouted. From this era, it emerges numerous sub-genres… Most music lovers were either into heavy metal or watching the glitz and glam of MTV. Yeah. Video killed the radio star. I liked both camps.
Heavy metal will always hold dear to me because of the raw energy and attitude. The riffs and wailing guitar solos were always something that stood out for me most, but hey, it was a different sound from anything else that was around during the 80s and early 90s. Van Halen’s “1984”, Police’s “Synchronicity” and Prince’s “Purple Rain” were albums that shaped my taste for music. It felt atmospheric and I could be morphing from one thing to another, amazing. The adrenaline rush of sonic waves coming through the centre of earth’s core.
I have always wanted to compile a list of singers and bands that reflects my tastes and to add on to an element of objectivity. It is a bit hard not to be biased but my intention is just to share some of their music that shaped my tastes in 80s retro and heavy metal. These are glorious movement of the yesteryears. There were many great bands and albums, not all could be mentioned here.
ABC, AC/DC, Paula Abdul, The Police, Madness, Van Halen, Motley Crue, A-ha, Queen, Poison, Micheal Jackson, U2, Duran Duran, Men Without Hats, Naked Eyes, Toto, Culture Club, Kajagoogoo, Dan Hartman, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Dead or Alive, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, Prefab Sprout, Wham!, Akina Nakamuri, The Checkers, Matchy, Nik Kershaw, Billy Idol, Modern Romance, Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, and so much more….
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