Tag: 80s pop
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80’s teen movie mash up
Slaps, fights, dancing, cheesy stunts, big hair, questionable fashion, sloppy kisses and exuberant displays of happiness. That pretty much sums up the mash up video which tributes 80’s teen movies. I lived on these movies growing up. I loved each and every one of them and how they bravely tackled emotions and struggles and teenage angst. I…
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Before the Rickroll and beyond
I have a pretty wide range in my music preferences, but I’ve been pretty open about my love of pop music. When I was younger, there are few artists that I would call my favourite, and Rick Astley was one of them. Yes, I admit that I own the Whenever You Need Somebody (1987) and…
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Never gonna
The other day a good friend of mine tagged me in a picture, and it made me laugh out loud. See this particular friend of mine has known me since grade 8. This particular friend also had the extreme opposite taste in music as I did. As I’ve mentioned, I was more of a fan…
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My teenaged dreams come true!
I was a child of the 80s and a teen of the 90s. That means I had the awkward, in-between kid and all-full-of-attitude teen stage when it was the late 80s and early 90s. And the music scene was all over the place. While I grew up with a house full of music, I listened…