{"id":157,"date":"2006-10-16T09:24:01","date_gmt":"2006-10-16T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rreynoso.com\/blog\/archives\/157"},"modified":"2006-10-17T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2006-10-18T02:53:59","slug":"the-totally-def-music-from-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/reviews\/the-totally-def-music-from-the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Totally Def Music From the 80’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

I listened to a lot of generally acknowledged junk in the 80s. So if Janet<\/a> had asked \u201cwhat generally acknowledged junk did you listen to\u201d I could start rattling off names from the Kids music station (I still remember the words to Weird Al\u2019s \u201cAnother One Rides the Bus<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

So okay Janet, I\u2019ll list which artists I thought were awesome and would have had in my iPod if the things existed back then.<\/p>\n

01.Michael Jackson. <\/strong>Before he died (or was replaced by an alien) in the early 90\u2019s (After Dangerous and right after that weird frighteningly uncomfortable panther-dance hissy-fit at the end of the Black or White video where at one point he is WAY too into himself<\/a>) he was the man (might as well link to the original video<\/a> so you can play Guess-That-Face). I don\u2019t know how many times I danced to \u201cBillie Jean\u201d on the ugly 12 inch alternating yellow and white tiles of my parent\u2019s kitchen floor.<\/p>\n

02.U2.<\/strong> War was decent, Unforgettable Fire was nice\u2014but we saw the withering of 80\u2019s rock at The Joshua Tree.<\/p>\n

03.Madonna.<\/strong> She was scandalous and great with a sound that had no problem transforming even within the 80s. Now, as an icon of Pop music she has unworthy servents (Britney, Christina) who aspire to take her throne<\/p>\n

04.Whitney Houston.<\/strong> Before she<\/em> died (or was replaced by an alien) in the early 90s (After she married Bobby Brown and everyone got nervous yet before her interview with Dianne Sawyer when everyone asked \u201cWhat happened?\u201d immediately answered by \u201cOh yeah, 92\u2026\u201d) she ruled. I know of 12 schools that had \u201cThe Greatest Love of All\u201d as their graduation song.<\/p>\n

05.Cyndi Lauper.<\/strong> I honestly thought Madonna was trying to rip her off but then realized this woman had more than just image\u2014she was a bloody lyrical genius (though her extreme Queens accent grated).<\/p>\n

06.Run D.M.C.<\/strong> Don\u2019t forget how they paved the road for Hip Hop as we know it; they deserve a mention for that alone. But also remember their contribution to enjoying the genre:<\/p>\n

Dinner, you ate it, there is none left
\nIt was salty, with butter and it was def
\nYou proceeded to eat it cos you was in the mood
\nBut holmes you did not read it was a can of dog food!
\nYou be illin’<\/p>\n

07.Bruce Springsteen.<\/strong> Lord forgive me.<\/p>\n

08.The Police.<\/strong> Awesome.<\/p>\n

09.Lionel Ritchie.<\/strong> I don\u2019t even want to comment on it. It was embarrassing.<\/p>\n

10.Simon and Garfunkle<\/strike> Simon & Garfunkel.<\/strong> I know they weren\u2019t 80\u2019s but that\u2019s when my eyes opened to their awesomeness. It was like some collected album that had all the greats on it (Sounds of Silence, Kathy\u2019s Song, Homeward Bound, Feelin\u2019 Groovy and Bridge Over Troubled Water)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I listened to a lot of generally acknowledged junk in the 80s. So if Janet had asked \u201cwhat generally acknowledged junk did you listen to\u201d I could start rattling off names from the Kids music station (I still remember the words to Weird Al\u2019s \u201cAnother One Rides the Bus\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-n-junk","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}