Rosie

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Member Since: 1/6/2001
Total Mixes: 113
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  • Submit Date: 8/1/2002
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Theme

headin' for the 90's, livin' in the 80's...

Side A
Artist Song
the flying lizards  money 
the vapors  turning japanese 
the divinyls  boys in town 
cold chisel  cheap wine 
bangles  hazy shade of winter 
bananarama  love in the first degree 
escape club  wild wild west 
split enz  i got you 
reels  quasimodo's dream 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
new kids on the block  games 
player (1)  space invaders 
australian crawl  boys light up 
INXS  what you need 
hoodoo gurus  miss freelove '69 
ACDC   
cyndi lauper  girls just wanna have fun 
   
   

Comment:

i'll probably get my arse kicked by a lot of the older AoTM-ers for this one, but this is how me, and people of my age remember the 80's. this is the music our older siblings played while they studied for the good ol' HSC, and the stuff that was on the radio in the supermarket, and early morning rage. yes a lot of this is crap, and yes there was some decent stuff made in the 80's, but for an 80's themed 18th birthday party I think this tape will make a delightful gift. thanks much to nic for her stash of crappy 80's girly music and bill for his encouragement and tape-age of my brother's vinyl to tape. title from escape club song. i can't remember the name of the ACDC song- oops. and no one could remember whether that gurus song was the 80's or the 90's- all agreed it was "cool" enough for this mix.

Feedback:

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Carolyn
Date: 8/1/2002
this brings back memories of primary school discos in the school gym that finished at 6pm so the big kids (the grades 5 and 6ers!) could have their disco. Nice.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/1/2002
Uhh... I like the Split Enz and Vapors tunes... *strains for something better to say about this era in general* ;-)
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fritz
Date: 8/1/2002
dude, new kids on the block?? come on, they were like the second coming of the jackson 5!! ;);)
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Moe
Date: 8/1/2002
It's sad that it took people 15 years to recognize the brilliance of New Kids on the Block. They were like the Velvet Underground of the 80s. Nice mix, although there's a few songs that never got airplay in the States.
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SueEW
Date: 8/1/2002
yup, i'm one of the oldies on here, but that doesn't mean i don't appreciate some of the stuff on here, esp. the bangles and split enz. and the cyndi lauper song reminds me of listening to my uni's radio station in the early-mid 80s.
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rowdy
Date: 9/11/2002
I love that space invaders song. Just cant remember the dance moves that went with it.