Pompeii, don't hail a cab, run with the van.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The only point is that you are stuck in the 80s.  Mentally you are still a teenager.

Yes I am stuck in the 80s.. Most people are stuck in their own decade.. If you ask my late mother what she thought of the music I listened to, what do you think she would say? Pretty sure she had her own favorites for her time. And she was born in 1933. What do you think she would think of your music. not just mine.

One of the songs that was popular for her time was this.  





If you are going to crap on me for my tastes, then never sing Happy Birthday to anyone. And Happy Birthday goes back further than any of us.

It’s not so much about your tastes as it is the laughable wrong pronouncements you make regarding the history of popular music. In just this thread, you’ve been wrong about Van Halen, David Bowie and Tina Turner. 

And even though you’re correct about earlier music influencing later music, that’s utterly beside the point when you make silly claims like Van Halen ‘gave birth’ to 80s music.

Boru

[Ranjr]

Now you're talkin!

[Brian37]

Yes I am stuck in the 80s.. Most people are stuck in their own decade.. If you ask my late mother what she thought of the music I listened to, what do you think she would say? Pretty sure she had her own favorites for her time. And she was born in 1933. What do you think she would think of your music. not just mine.

One of the songs that was popular for her time was this.  





If you are going to crap on me for my tastes, then never sing Happy Birthday to anyone. And Happy Birthday goes back further than any of us.

It’s not so much about your tastes as it is the laughable wrong pronouncements you make regarding the history of popular music. In just this thread, you’ve been wrong about Van Halen, David Bowie and Tina Turner. 

And even though you’re correct about earlier music influencing later music, that’s utterly beside the point when you make silly claims like Van Halen ‘gave birth’ to 80s music.

Boru

How am I wrong in the FACT that one decade influences the next?

Unless time is static and you have scientific proof times don't change?

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Now you're talkin!

THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT RIGHT HERE!

I don't care if others don't like it. BIG BAND is the best fucking music of the century!

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The Manhattan Transfer hit the charts with this cover in 1981.

Pretty sure at least, that band wasn't looking for punk or Floyd or Queen or Blondie or the Beatles .... BUT they made the charts in 81.





Peaked at #7 in American billboards in 81.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_fr...rts_covers

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

How am I wrong in the FACT that one decade influences the next?

You’re not. I said you’re not. Read my last post again, more slowly this time. Try - really, really try to take in all the words. They’re in a fairly straightforward, coherent sentence. So, unless you’re having one of your famous ADD episodes, the meaning should be pretty clear.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

I was about three years old when my dad entered college in the early 60s after a stint in the Navy. He was in his mid-20s, mom just turned 20. I grew up listening to everything they listened to. From dad's Marty Robbins albums to watching American Bandstand on Saturday mornings with mom to everything in between. Folk music was big...I still like some folk music. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were often played in our house. The tastes were very eclectic and I grew up liking a lot of it and still do. The 60s had great music...very different from the beginning to the end of the decade. Then the 70s, when I was a teen - Led Zeppelin to Cat Stevens to Chicago. On into the 80s. By the 90s my kids were playing "their music" and I grew to like some of it.

My point is that I have favorites from each decade and am not obsessed with just one era. I like some rap, I like some EDM, as well as still liking things from Motown that I remember from when I was a kid. I have developed a fondness for Lady Gaga. Recently I went down a rabbit hole on Youtube to find out about Billie Eilish.

There is so much music out there to not be limited to one decade or genre. And you seem to take people from before and squeeze them into your "I only like 80s music" mentality.

My parents took disco dancing lessons, for Pete's sake. They were all about keeping up with the times. Dad wasn't too hip on Dr. Hook or Black Oak Arkansas but I was never censored in my listening preferences and neither did I censor my kids.

Maybe it's a comfort thing for you to stay locked in your little bubble but you are missing a lot by not branching out a bit.

[Brian37]

How am I wrong in the FACT that one decade influences the next?

You’re not. I said you’re not. Read my last post again, more slowly this time. Try - really, really try to take in all the words. They’re in a fairly straightforward, coherent sentence. So, unless you’re having one of your famous ADD episodes, the meaning should be pretty clear.

Boru

Read mine, slowly. Just like the marshal in "The Fugitive" when he has him cornered in the damn, and says "I didn't kill my wife" and the marshal says "I don't care"...

OK, if the prior music influences the next decade, then what the fuck is your problem?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

You’re not. I said you’re not. Read my last post again, more slowly this time. Try - really, really try to take in all the words. They’re in a fairly straightforward, coherent sentence. So, unless you’re having one of your famous ADD episodes, the meaning should be pretty clear.

Boru

Read mine, slowly. Just like the marshal in "The Fugitive" when he has him cornered in the damn, and says "I didn't kill my wife" and the marshal says "I don't care"...

OK, if the prior music influences the next decade, then what the fuck is your problem?

Your claim that Van Halen ‘gave birth’ to the 80s sound. Influenced? Sure. Contributed? No possible doubt. Defined? A bit of a stretch. Gave birth to? Nope.

Boru

[Brian37]

I was about three years old when my dad entered college in the early 60s after a stint in the Navy.  He was in his mid-20s, mom just turned 20.  I grew up listening to everything they listened to.   From dad's Marty Robbins albums to watching American Bandstand on Saturday mornings with mom to everything in between.  Folk music was big...I still like some folk music.  Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were often played in our house.  The tastes were very eclectic and I grew up liking a lot of it and still do.  The 60s had great music...very different from the beginning to the end of the decade.  Then the 70s, when I was a teen - Led Zeppelin to Cat Stevens to Chicago.  On into the 80s.  By the 90s my kids were playing "their music" and I grew to like some of it.  

My point is that I have favorites from each decade and am not obsessed with just one era.  I like some rap, I like some EDM, as well as still liking things from Motown that I remember from when I was a kid.  I have developed a fondness for Lady Gaga.  Recently I went down a rabbit hole on Youtube to find out about Billie Eilish.

There is so much music out there to not be limited to one decade or genre.  And you seem to take people from before and squeeze them into your "I only like 80s music" mentality.

My parents took disco dancing lessons, for Pete's sake.  They were all about keeping up with the times.  Dad wasn't too hip on Dr. Hook or Black Oak Arkansas but I was never censored in my listening preferences and neither did I censor my kids.

Maybe it's a comfort thing for you to stay locked in your little bubble but you are missing a lot by not branching out a bit.

I am not branching?

My latest favorite song was this...

[arewethereyet]

I was about three years old when my dad entered college in the early 60s after a stint in the Navy.  He was in his mid-20s, mom just turned 20.  I grew up listening to everything they listened to.   From dad's Marty Robbins albums to watching American Bandstand on Saturday mornings with mom to everything in between.  Folk music was big...I still like some folk music.  Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were often played in our house.  The tastes were very eclectic and I grew up liking a lot of it and still do.  The 60s had great music...very different from the beginning to the end of the decade.  Then the 70s, when I was a teen - Led Zeppelin to Cat Stevens to Chicago.  On into the 80s.  By the 90s my kids were playing "their music" and I grew to like some of it.  

My point is that I have favorites from each decade and am not obsessed with just one era.  I like some rap, I like some EDM, as well as still liking things from Motown that I remember from when I was a kid.  I have developed a fondness for Lady Gaga.  Recently I went down a rabbit hole on Youtube to find out about Billie Eilish.

There is so much music out there to not be limited to one decade or genre.  And you seem to take people from before and squeeze them into your "I only like 80s music" mentality.

My parents took disco dancing lessons, for Pete's sake.  They were all about keeping up with the times.  Dad wasn't too hip on Dr. Hook or Black Oak Arkansas but I was never censored in my listening preferences and neither did I censor my kids.

Maybe it's a comfort thing for you to stay locked in your little bubble but you are missing a lot by not branching out a bit.

I am not branching?

My latest favorite song was this...

He began his career in the 80s.  I rest my case.

[Brian37]

I am not branching?

My latest favorite song was this...

He began his career in the 80s.  I rest my case.

Um no, I rest my case.