Comments on: How Did the World Survive the 70s and 80s? http://micahtillman.com/2008/07/05/how-did-the-world-survive-the-70s-and-80s/ Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Micah Tillman http://micahtillman.com/2008/07/05/how-did-the-world-survive-the-70s-and-80s/#comment-3039 Micah Tillman Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:43:12 +0000 http://micahtillman.com/?p=514#comment-3039 No intent here to rip on synthpop! Depeche Mode, New Order, a-ha (a-ha especially! genius!). Thanks to my li'l sister for my education in that genre. And a lot of the "plain-old" pop and pop-rock was fantastic as well: U2 and The Smiths come immediately to mind. But Blondie was also great. Against, thanks to my li'l sister for my education there (though I knew U2 on my own :-) And then the Pistols and the Ramones and the Clash and the Cure! (Thanks to my li'l brother for the Pistols and Clash education, and to my bandmates and friends for the Ramones and Cure education). And Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" is an incredible song. And Pink Floyd weren't bad either . . . . No intent here to rip on synthpop! Depeche Mode, New Order, a-ha (a-ha especially! genius!). Thanks to my li’l sister for my education in that genre.

And a lot of the “plain-old” pop and pop-rock was fantastic as well: U2 and The Smiths come immediately to mind. But Blondie was also great. Against, thanks to my li’l sister for my education there (though I knew U2 on my own :-)

And then the Pistols and the Ramones and the Clash and the Cure! (Thanks to my li’l brother for the Pistols and Clash education, and to my bandmates and friends for the Ramones and Cure education).

And Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” is an incredible song.

And Pink Floyd weren’t bad either . . . .

]]> By: jeffsdeepthoughts http://micahtillman.com/2008/07/05/how-did-the-world-survive-the-70s-and-80s/#comment-3035 jeffsdeepthoughts Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:34:40 +0000 http://micahtillman.com/?p=514#comment-3035 Ah, but some of the music of the 80's was great... and some of the fashion was inextricably bound to it. You couldn't have synth pop with out neon colors... It just didn't work. I might be the last defender of Yaz, Erasure, Depeche Mode and their various off shoots, knock-offs, and what not. Hearing "Just Can't Get Enough" at the movies the other day made my day. Ah, but some of the music of the 80’s was great… and some of the fashion was inextricably bound to it. You couldn’t have synth pop with out neon colors… It just didn’t work.
I might be the last defender of Yaz, Erasure, Depeche Mode and their various off shoots, knock-offs, and what not. Hearing “Just Can’t Get Enough” at the movies the other day made my day.

]]> By: Amanda http://micahtillman.com/2008/07/05/how-did-the-world-survive-the-70s-and-80s/#comment-3033 Amanda Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:20:45 +0000 http://micahtillman.com/?p=514#comment-3033 lol :) lol :)

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