What A Time It Was

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way."
It was The Eighties!

It has been called the decade of decadence, excess and greed.
Ronald Reagan & the "ME!" generation.
Yuppies, nerds & "Just Say No."
Video games, aerobics & minivans.
The Berlin Wall coming down.
However you remember them, the 1980's were a unique era in culture and history.

I graduated from high school in 1984. The thing that remains from those years, the thing that just screams "EIGHTIES" to me was the music.
Madonna, Wham! & Duran Duran.
Live Aid & We Are The World.
New Wave, Heavy Metal and Rap.
The 80's were all about music.

In this blog I will attempt to examine and share my love of the music of the 1980's, the age when "video killed the radio star." So come along and enjoy the ride, and remember, It's all about the 80's, baby!