Mr. Bile and Venom (remember him?) was complaining a few weeks ago about the recent hipster love of 80's rock hits. We were at a bar that was playing some terrible monster hit from the 80's and he couldn't take it anymore. While some great bands can pull off a fun homage to the rock of yesteryear, I'm not quite sure if I'm into the whole ironic love of crap songs that is going on right now.
I don't mean to deride folks who sincerely enjoy a little "Working for the Weekend" (myself included) now and again. I just don't enjoy the fact that so many bars have a constant rotation of these songs to prove how hip they are. These are the same people who wouldn't have been caught dead listening to these same songs ten years ago.
A few days ago, I was at an amazing barbeque hosted by an extremely knowledgeable music fan/ indie label owner. He had his iPod on shuffle. When a great Malkmus song came on, he rushed from the grill to change the song to an Asia song. Asia? Really? I have no doubt that he truly enjoys Asia now and forever but coming on the heels of Chris commenting on this 80's trend, I chuckled to myself.
Still, maybe there isn't really anything to complain about here because as long as we're going to be stuck in the 80's, maybe the long awaited Huey Lewis revival might be finally near. We can only hope.
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Nostalgia is a powerful force. I have long since stopped wondering why it has such a strong effect on my tastes for things. I just finished watching the end of Lost Boys on cable. Is that movie any good, from an objective standpoint? I will never know, because I love it as a product of its time. Whenever it's on the TV my teenage self takes over and can't resist watching it. Same thing when I hear Talk Talk or the Go-Gos or Simple Minds. (Yet, I still hate Wham and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, so I guess crap is always crap.) Heat of the Moment by Asia is a great song.
i've gotta give you shit for the "we can only hope" line, simply for the fact that it's a virtual carbon copy of something i wrote in the early years A.B. (Anno Blogimus) which you proceeded to heckle me for for hours one day. perhaps you were simply referencing that.
oh yeah, i remember that.
you are correct to heckle me. but i think that i was making fun of you for referring to yourself in the plural third person. whereas i meant to say that all of us should hope. or something like that.
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