Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Tubes - She's a Beauty
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, one hit wonders, she's a beauty, the tubes
Friday, August 14, 2009
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, eddy grant, electric avenue, one hit wonders
Movie of the Week - The War of the Roses (1989)
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Labels: danny devito, jewel of the nile, kathleen turner, michael douglas, romancing the stone, the war of the roses
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, the vapors, turning japanese
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Top 10 Scandals of the 80's
These are the scandals that first hit my mind when thinking about 80's. I'm sure there are probably others out there and I welcome your feedback in the comments. That being said, out of the ten scandals off the top of my head in the 80's, I ranked them according to their importance and impact.
The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly referred to as the S&L crisis) was the failure of 745 savings and loan associations (S&Ls aka thrifts). An S&L association is a financial institution in the United States that accepts savings deposits and makes mortgage loans. The ultimate cost of the crisis is estimated to have totaled around $160.1 billion, about $124.6 billion of which was directly paid for by the U.S. government—that is, the U.S. taxpayer, either directly or through charges on their savings and loan accounts[1]—which contributed to the large budget deficits of the early 1990s.
The concomitant slowdown in the finance industry and the real estate market may have been a contributing cause of the 1990–1991 economic recession. Between 1986 and 1991, the number of new homes constructed per year dropped from 1.8 million to 1 million, the lowest rate since World War II
---Wikipedia
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Labels: donna rice, iran contra, jessica hahn, jim bakker, jimmy swaggart, oral roberts, savings and loan scandal, scandals
Animotion - Obsession
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, animotion, obsession, one hit wonders
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, abba, chess, murray head, one hit wonders
Actor of the Week - Michael Douglas
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Labels: china syndrome, gordon gecko, kirk douglas, michael douglas, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, wall street
Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, one hit wonders, puttin' on the ritz, taco
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Top 10 Gender Benders of the 80's
The 80's was a decade of quite a bit of androgyny. Guys were wearing makeup and sporting long hair and girls were cutting their hair short, some even had buzz cuts. Lot's of guys were looking like girls and lots of girls were looking like guys. Lucky we got out of the decade not completely confused Adam was Adam and Eve was Eve and not vice versa.
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Labels: annie lennox, boy george, gender benders, jamie farr, pete burns, top 10 list
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, men without hats, one hit wonders, safety dance
Monday, August 10, 2009
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, 99 luftballons, 99 red balloons, Nena, one hit wonders
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, come on eileen, dexy's midnight runners, one hit wonders
Artist of the Week - One Hit Wonders
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Labels: 80's music, 80's videos, one hit wonders
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Def Leppard - Rocket
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, hysteria, rocket
Def Leppard - Love Bites
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Def Leppard - Armageddon It
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Def Leppard - Hysteria
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, hysteria
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
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Def Leppard - Animal
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Labels: 80's music, animal, def leppard, hysteria
Friday, August 7, 2009
Def Leppard - Women
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, hysteria, women
Movie of the Week - Crossroads (1986)
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Labels: crossroads, jamie gertz, ralph macchio
Def Leppard - Action! Not Words
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Labels: 80's music, action not words, def leppard, pyromania
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Def Leppard - Billy's Got a Gun
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Labels: 80's music, billy's got a gun, def leppard, pyromania
Top 10 Best Use of Facial Hair in the 80's
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Labels: freddie mercury, george michael, magnum P.I., sam elliott, tom selleck, william lee golden, zz top
Def Leppard - Comin' Under Fire
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Labels: 80's music, comin' under fire, def leppard, pyromania
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Def Leppard - Too Late For Love
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, pyromania, too late for love
Actor of the Week - Ralph Macchio
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Labels: crossroads, ralph macchio, the karate kid, the outsiders
Def Leppard - Foolin'
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, foolin', pyromania
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, pyromania, rock of ages
Top 10 Fat Boy Sidekicks of the 80's
This may possibly be the most ill conceived Top 10 list I have done so far. I really didn't figure this fact out until I had compiled a list of about 20 Fat Boy Sidekicks. By then, I was too far into it to turn back. So with that said, let's get started.
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Labels: blues brothers, cannonball run, danny devito, footloose, john belushi, john candy, twins
Def Leppard - Photograph
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, photograph, pyromania
Monday, August 3, 2009
Def Leppard - Bringin' on the Heartbreak
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Labels: bringin' on the heartbreak, def leppard, high 'n' dry
Def Leppard - Let It Go
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Labels: 80's music, def leppard, high 'n' dry, let it go
Artist of the Week - Def Leppard
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Labels: 80's, def leppard, hysteria, music, pyromania
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Air Supply - Just As I Am
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Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Air Supply - Even The Nights Are Better
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Labels: air supply, even the nights are better