Our mode of dress was still evolving from hippy ’70s to disco-influenced fashions, even as we proclaimed that Disco Sucked.Īs a matter of fact, by the end of our junior year, disco music dominated the pop charts, even though there was plenty of hard and folk rock, weepy ballads, and a few crossover country songs to keep Top Forty radio interesting. Meanwhile, here in the rest of the economically recessed United States, those ready to graduate from high school or college into a new decade were anxious for the what the future might hold. American President Jimmy Carter and Soviet Prime Minister Leonid Breshnev signed the Salt II Treaty, and Nicaraguan President General Anastasio Somoza DeBayle fled to Florida to avoid capture by the the Sandinistas. Therefore, those of us in the Class of 1980 became seniors in June of 1979. The senior year for any graduating class of course begins with the graduation of the class before it. Meanwhile, disco superstar Donna Summer (above) hit #1 three times while we were seniors with “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls,” and “No More Tears.” That’s a real thing that we can never un-know.Although their term of stardom was limited to 19, The Knack (top) had the longest run at #1 on the pop charts during the tenure of The Class of 1980 with “My Sharona.” The group’s only #1 song was on top for 6 weeks from August to October. And even back then that was early classic rock, after Elvis but before the bulk of “oldies” station KFRC‘s playlist. Turns out it’s even older! “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is as old today as “Louie Louie” was when it was released. Aren’t those stations for old stuff like the Beatles and the Beach Boys? Nirvana isn’t that old, is it!? Some people still get thrown off when Nirvana shows up on classic rock stations. You’re not getting out of this in one piece, Gen X. If you try to convince a tween to listen to the Backstreet Boys it’s like a lame adult making you listen to Captain & Tennille. Well, to someone that age today, the Backstreet Boys were as modern and relevant as Captain & Tennille were to you back then. Were you young when the Backstreet Boys were popular? Perhaps you were part of their target audience. īackstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”Ĭaptain & Tennille - “Love Will Keep Us Together” Santana featuring Rob Thomas is disco old. Well, when “Smooth” came out, disco was as old as “Smooth” is now. And we all think we realize how old that song is, since not only has it been memed but even the meme is a classic. I think we all remember where we were when it was originally a hot one, like seven inches from the midday sun. And it was as old then as “Party Hard” is now. It was a dated relic of a bygone era that had mercifully long since died out. Now, do you remember how old “Total Eclipse of the Heart” seemed back then? It seemed old. It was a simpler time of hope and, thanks to friend of the site Andrew WK, a reminder to party hard. That happened and we as a nation are going to have to live with it.īonnie Tyler - “Total Eclipse of the Heart”ĭo you remember 2001? We were all poor, naive fools who had no idea what we had ahead of us. And “Good Vibrations” did not seem particularly fresh back then.Īlso, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that there was a member of the Funky Bunch named Hector the Booty Inspector. Well, it’s as old now as “Good Vibrations” was when it came out. “Feel Good Inc.” seems pretty recent, right? I mean it’s not super current but it’s not exactly classic rock. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - “Good Vibrations” Remember thinking your parents were lame for liking ancient sitcoms full of jokes that don’t make any sense anymore? That’s you now. On the day Friends premiered, The Beverly Hillbillies was as old as Friends is now. Seriously, their group of six includes a raging homophobe, a serial rapist, a clinical psychopath and several narcissists.īut I digress. You’re so, so very old.įor example Friends is making a nostalgia-fueled resurgence, despite the fact it’s whiter than a snowstorm at a Pottery Barn in Portland and the characters are all horrible people. I’m sorry I have to be the one to tell you this, but you’re old. We decided not to show you Mark Wahlberg’s most famous photograph from back in the day, because it makes us feel insecure.
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