FBRDM: Things I loved in the 80's but will never admit?

[MarsB]

Fill in the blank:
The 80's charecter I most associate with is __________.

I'd love to say FB, but in reality I just wasn't that cool. So I'd say Parker Lewis, sort of the poor man's Ferris.

[sea2ski]

The last time I checked, the English Beat didn't have a whole lot of songs featuring the cowbell.

Yeah they were all about the rim shot.

Oh and as far as the 80's, I did love the movie Valley Girl.

[4matic]

The last time I checked, the English Beat didn't have a whole lot of songs featuring the cowbell.

Sorry, but that's the only thing I remember about The English Beat live; Rankin Roger banging on that stupid cowbell. I thought that was Dave Wakeling but he's the guitarist..

[freshies]

my first concert ever was Generation X (Billy Idol's old band before he went solo) @ the Metro, summer before Freshman year of HS...

Also, in mid-80s saw REM, U2, Replacements, Smiths and many others @ the Metro....

[freshies]

Saw The English Beat open for The Clash. Way too much cowbell



The clash played a good set:

London Calling
Spanish Bombs
Career Opportunities
The Guns Of Brixton
Train In Vain
Bankrobber
The Magnificent Seven
Car Jamming
Wrong ‘Em Boyo
Police On My Back
Know Your Rights
Safe European Home
Rock the Casbah
Brand New Cadillac
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
I Fought the Law
Clampdown
Ghetto Defendent
Armagideon Time
Somebody Got Murdered
English Civil War
Straight to Hell
Janie Jones
Clash City Rockers
Garageland

OMFG I would have loved to seen that show. I saw a lot of really great bands at really small venues before they got big when I was in HS, we were 20 mins from some of the bst live music venues in the US (Chicago: Metro, Riviera, etc), and all those places in the 80s accepted our bad fake IDs...but man, I never got to see the Clash, that show must have been amazing.

[iceman]

Sorry, but that's the only thing I remember about The English Beat live; Rankin Roger banging on that stupid cowbell. I thought that was Dave Wakeling but he's the guitarist..

Easy mistake to make, they look pretty similar.




After the English Beat, Dave Wakeling started General Public, and Mick Jones played guitar with them. Small world.

And what does the "FBRDM" in the thread title mean?

[4matic]

, that show must have been amazing.

Very good show. Saw them again without Mick Jones and it was pretty bad. The bass player Paul Simonon married a girl from San Francisco. Pearl Harbor of "Pearl Harbor and the Explosions" aka Pearl E. Gates?

I have to say the best band I saw in the 80's was Gang of Four:



GOF was the influence for countless bands including The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Truly a ground breaking pioneer band.



Paul and Pearl

[4matic]

Easy mistake to make, they look pretty similar.



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That's the cowbell dude on the left. I had that exact t-shirt. Love that logo!

[Cyber Cop]

And what does the "FBRDM" in the thread title mean?

in french- Don't fuck with CC or he'll fuck wit yo momma...
in english Friday BoReDoM?

[flatNshallow]

sweet jeebus! 3 days old and 184 posts?

I was so punk I made my own Dead Kennedys Tee shirts... 'cept I was also so out of touch that I put bullet holes in it... Hey! The Kennedy's were "Dead", right?

Speaking of DK... Fresh Fruit for Rotting vegtables was an awesome album and Holiday in Cambodia rocked!

and who could forget that timeless classic, Kalifornia Uberalles?

I am govenor Jerry Brown...
My aura smiles and never frowns...

ah momories!

[Viva]

Hey! The Kennedy's were "Dead", right?

Ted certainly was.

[shmerham]

I somehow went from Guns n Roses and Def Leppard in 3rd grade to 4th grade when I bought my first cd - New Kids on the Block. Almost as embarassing going to see them in concert. Luckily I outgrew my gay tendencies and a week later I bought Public Enemy and Beastie Boys cd's. I'm not bipolar; I swear. Sometime between GNR and NKOTB I also enjoyed Bobby Brown. Haha!

I once skied in a pair of Lee Jeans.

When my sister put Punky Brewster on, I'd protest, but 5 minutes in and I'd be hooked. Like clockwork.

I made the transformer sound when I transformed my transformers. That's not embarassing, that's just awesome.

[SnowTigress]

In the fifth grade I got George Michael's tape and played it full blast on a sunday on the family stereo: "I Want Your Sex...I Want Your Sex..."
Dad hair stood on end, his face paled and he made me throw it away.

But oooh, I loved rocking out to Boy George "Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleonnnnn..." and Lionel Richie..."all night long...all night, all night long..."
hmmm....I'm sensing a pattern here!!

[Skis4Fun]

Does anyone else remember the Billy Idol song Mony Mony where people at parties would yell

"Get laid, get f***ed!"

as a party refrain after Billy Idol sang "Mony, Mony" or sometimes after each of the first 3 lines in each verse?


Another version of this party refrain that I heard was:

"Hey!"
"Hey what?"
"Get laid, get f***ed!"


What other party refrain versions did you hear?

When and where did you hear this - small town or big town, what state(s)?

Was this only in the U.S. or did this happen in Canada, Australia or other countries?

The funny thing that I found out when Googling this song is that this unofficial party refrain caused it to be banned in some schools/locations.

Here is a brief 30 second clip of Mony Mony from the Best Buy store http://mfile.akamai.com/3164/wm2/muz...11761_1_02.asx



I Googled this song and found the lyrics at an excellent song lyrics website called LeosLyrics.com http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics...8I33DcIk8TM%3D

I wonder if there was an unofficial party refrain for the 1968 Tommy James and the Shondells original Mony Mony?

[The AD]

When and where did you hear this - small town or big town, what state(s)?

I'm pretty sure the "get laid get fucked" thing was everywhere. If it's played at a wedding to this day people will yell that out. How it gained such momentum I can't understand. It isn't really all that clever.

[warthog]

First concert Tom Petty(when he had broken away from The Heartbreakers for a bit). Opening act- an unknown Lenny Kravitz. Awesome show.

But NKOTB would have been cool too.

[Tippster]

There was also the "She's fat, I'm drunk!" version for the second time around. I DJ'ed in college bars in the latter 1/2 of the 80's. If I never have to hear "American Pie," "Mony Mony," or "Only the Good Die Young" again I'll be a happy man.

[The AD]

If I never have to hear "American Pie," "Mony Mony," or "Only the Good Die Young" again I'll be a happy man.

Just to slow things down a little, how about "Wonderful Tonight" or "Lady in Red." Ugh.

[snowsprite]

I once offered satan my soul in order to never hear "Lady In Red" or "Wonderful Tonight" again in my life. However, he only raked his gnarly claws slowly over some brimstone and, laughing maniacally all the while, exclaimed "Keep your pathetic soul! It is far better to see you suffer from auditory abuse!"

Stupid bastid.

Sprite

[grrrr]

In the "please save me category", I'll gladly murder every member of Tears for Fears to never hear any of their horrid music again.

[Viva]

I'll gladly murder every member of Tears for Fears to never hear any of their horrid music again.

Doood, no! Let the negative vibes go...let them go....just Shout, shout, let it all out...

[lemon boy]

these are the things you could do with-out

come on!

I'm talking to you

come on!

[grrrr]

And two more have been added to to the list of potential murder victims.

[The Dad]

Does anyone else remember the Billy Idol song Mony Mony where people at parties would yell

"Get laid, get f***ed!"

as a party refrain after Billy Idol sang "Mony, Mony" or sometimes after each of the first 3 lines in each verse?

Not just people at parties. Saw him live at the Bridge School a few years back (believe it or not, he did a kick-ass acoustic set), and he did it.

Doood, no! Let the negative vibes go...let them go....just Shout, shout, let it all out...

My brother always thought that Shout fabric cleaner missed an ideal licensing opportunity there -- they should have remade it as "Shout, Shout, gets the dirt out / these are the stains we can do without...."