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    #92
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    foxinsox wrote: »
    I so remember that..

    I was in love with Bowie at the time..

    No matter how hard my father tried to explain that Bowie was in fact older than him (my father)..

    I was having none of it..

    I wanted to marry Bowie live happily ever after..

    Welcome to the new aul ones who have joined in our
    "aul ones are cool hijacked thread" :D

    Mrs Class is on her laptop now.

    Hold on a sec........:D:p:eek:


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    #93
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    73Cat wrote: »
    I still have the very first Hits album on vinyl and Wham Make it Big. Tell ya music today isn't a patch on the 80s...
    The very first "Now that's what I call music". On vinyl.

    I don't know if shame or pride is the correct emotion.


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    #94
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Stained Class wrote: »
    Well I lived thru it & it didn't seem so good at the time.

    Like you, I looked back to an earlier time & was into The Beatles,The Who, Kinks et all..
    Yeah, I wouldn't have liked to have been too much older in the 80s, as it must have sucked with the crap economy and such...

    Oh, wait... :o


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    #95
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Luxie wrote: »
    Pfff, this was the only YT clip I could find.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmBngCe99w

    Be quiet youngards, we lived thru a 'nice' recession. :pac

    Wow.. great, thanks for finding that :)

    We were all broke but in fairness I had great craic in the 80's..

    My first job when I was 17 my weekly wage was IR£26 :eek:

    But I still managed to have cool clothes, buy music and go out thurs, fri, sat and sun..


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    #96
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    The very first "Now that's what I call music". On vinyl.

    I don't know if shame or pride is the correct emotion.

    Pride, all the way:D:D


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    #97
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    fryup wrote: »
    same here, i didn't take much heed of 80s music back in the 80s, i was mainly into 60s stuff Beatles, Stones and all

    its only in recent years that i've really began to appreciate it

    Same, as a teen I had this thing about the sixties.


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    #98
    Latchy
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    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Yup, we used to say "wish I'd been a teenager in the 60's". I remember my aunt telling me back in the 80s that she's seen the Beatles in the cavern and thought they were rubbish.
    Seriously.
    Sweaty clustaphobic ,wonky sound system might have had something to do with that ,although that's seemingly is how talent is discoverd ie , Brian Epstein going along to check out this local band and seeing something in this band ( maybe sexual as much as musical )
    Luxie wrote: »
    Last series, I remember him looking awful, but it wasn't even Ireland not acknowledging what he died of, Ireland didn't even want to acknowledge his sexuality.
    So very true ,such was the times .If only we could have the more open society back then as we have now .


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    #99
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    The very first "Now that's what I call music". On vinyl.

    I don't know if shame or pride is the correct emotion.

    Pride I reckon.. :)

    I have it too..

    Imagine a "Now that's what I call music" without a number after it.. :eek:

    I also have a warped/melted Thriller album because someone left it on the windowsill at a party and the sun melted it :(


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    #100
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    foxinsox wrote: »
    Wow.. great, thanks for finding that :)

    We were all broke but in fairness I had great craic in the 80's..

    My first job when I was 17 my weekly wage was IR£26 :eek:

    But I still managed to have cool clothes, buy music and go out thurs, fri, sat and sun..

    That's the mad thing. I don't live in Ireland, I have a 'good' job and yet my pocket money/weekend job money left me so much more for 'leisure', always shopping, going to concerts etc...:confused:


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    #101
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    another thing i remember was, Boy George was supposed to go Tipperary town for a civic reception because thats where his folks came from.

    But at the last minute the local Bishop put a stop to it saying it would "corrupt the young"


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    #102
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Luxie wrote: »
    That's the mad thing. I don't live in Ireland, I have a 'good' job and yet my pocket money/weekend job money left me so much more for 'leisure', always shopping, going to concerts etc...:confused:

    rough guessing @ prices..


    train or bus fare to pub = 50p

    last bus home from city (Dublin) = 50p and best craic ever

    drink = magic handbag or bush drinking (cans), drink miwadi lime in pub 60p

    no mobile phone bills
    no car
    no mortgage/rent
    no bills
    no broadband/internet


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    #103
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    foxinsox wrote: »

    I also have a warped/melted Thriller album because someone left it on the windowsill at a party and the sun melted it :(

    Ah Jeez! I had a cassette of Face Dances by The Who.

    Left it on the parcel shelf of my Mk 3 Escort back in the day.

    The sun fookin melted it!:o


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    #104
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    fryup wrote: »
    another thing i remember was, Boy George was supposed to go Tipperary town for a civic reception because thats where his folks came from.

    But at the last minute the local Bishop put a stop to it saying it would "corrupt the young"

    Recent events have proved, Ireland has a loooong way to go before it finally grows up.

    I'll (personally) be too old to know or care whether I ever go back by then though.


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    #105
    Sardonicat
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    Latchy wrote: »
    Sweaty clustaphobic ,wonky sound system might have had something to do with that ,although that's seemingly is how talent is discoverd ie , Brian Epstein going along to check out this local band and seeing something in this band ( maybe sexual as much as musical )

    So very true ,such was the times .If only we could have the more open society back then as we have now .
    No, she genuinely thought the Beatles were ****. She had come from a "planet" in here early teens where she might have been allowed to cycle to a dance to the Liverpool of the early 60s. I think she was shocked by what went on in The Cavern and that coloured her view of them ever since. Whenever they are on tele she'll say "I've seen them, they're a load of rubbish". The first time she said it I nearly fell of my chair in shock. I'm a life long Beatles nerd and couldn't believe that A) I was related to someone who had actually seen them in the flesh, and, B) thought they were crap. To this day I'm not convinvced that she truly realises who they are.


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    #106
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    foxinsox wrote: »
    rough guessing @ prices..


    train or bus fare to pub = 50p

    last bus home from city (Dublin) = 50p and best craic ever

    drink = magic handbag or bush drinking (cans), drink miwadi lime in pub 60p

    no mobile phone bills
    no car
    no mortgage/rent
    no bills
    no broadband/internet
    Yeah. I want my teenage years back. :D


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    #107
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Stained Class wrote: »
    Ah Jeez! I had a cassette of Face Dances by The Who.

    Left it on the parcel shelf of my Mk 3 Escort back in the day.

    The sun fookin melted it!:o

    Jeez, you must be ancient.. :rolleyes:

    You had a car back then?

    Not only a car but a MK III Escort............. jealous :D


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    #108
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    The very first "Now that's what I call music". On vinyl.

    I don't know if shame or pride is the correct emotion.

    Pride, I'd look for the first TV ad about that, only I'm about to log off. :D


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    #109
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Luxie wrote: »
    Pride, I'd look for the first TV ad about that, only I'm about to log off. :D

    me too..

    It is pumpkin time..



    Us 'aul ones' should so get our own room (forum I mean, nothing pervy) :P

    Now I'm going to bed with my head full of 80's memories :)


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    #110
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Luxie wrote: »
    Pride, I'd look for the first TV ad about that, only I'm about to log off. :D
    Here ye go, me ole codgers...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKFZbPx4Uk


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    #111
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    foxinsox wrote: »
    rough guessing @ prices..


    train or bus fare to pub = 50p

    last bus home from city (Dublin) = 50p and best craic ever

    drink = magic handbag or bush drinking (cans), drink miwadi lime in pub 60p

    no mobile phone bills
    no car
    no mortgage/rent
    no bills
    no broadband/internet
    Amazing to think that with recession and all back then we did without them all and still had lodsa fun :)
    Stained Class wrote: »
    Ah Jeez! I had a cassette of Face Dances by The Who.

    I went out and bought the cassette and this is still one of my fav from it ,I played it to death ...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2rFb_ghn0


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    #112
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    foxinsox wrote: »
    Jeez, you must be ancient.. :rolleyes:

    You had a car back then?

    Not only a car but a MK III Escort............. jealous :D

    Ah no, I had that car in '94 /95, when they were old bangers.:)


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    #113
    hiscan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭hiscan


    Luxie wrote: »
    Wasn't there a Wham version 'Choose Love'?

    It was "Choose Life" ;) but nothing wrong with choosing love :)


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    #114
    Luxie
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Here ye go, me ole codgers...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKFZbPx4Uk

    Back in the day, when we used y'know pay for stuff:pac:


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    #115
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    so I wasn't late for work :)

    I listened to lots of great 80's music all day in work today..

    I had forgotten how good some of it was..

    and I still knew all the words.. :o



    BTW in the Sys menu on here there is Forum Requests..

    and there is a request in for an older peoples forum..
    just thought some of you might be interested..

    I think it seems like a great idea and would be a great place to post memories of yesteryear.. :)


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    #116
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    foxinsox wrote: »



    BTW in the Sys menu on here there is Forum Requests..

    and there is a request in for an older peoples forum..
    just thought some of you might be interested..

    I think it seems like a great idea and would be a great place to post memories of yesteryear.. :)

    Yeah, it could be called 'One Foot in the Grave'.:D:D

    Seriously though, the 'All Things Retro' section here covers a lot of that kinda thing already.:)


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    #117
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Stained Class wrote: »
    Yeah, it could be called 'One Foot in the Grave'.:D:D

    Seriously though, the 'All Things Retro' section here covers a lot of that kinda thing already.:)

    must visit that more often :)

    ahem.. we're not that old..



    Frankie goes to Hollywood were very good back in the 1980s*

    Keeping the young lads thread on topic :)






    * may be a lie :p


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