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WCDT August 16-20
Akima:
--- Quote from: Muirghiel on 20 Aug 2010, 03:33 ---Safe for Work. Slovenian group does an a capella rendition of Africa. Personally I like it better. *waits to be shot*
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Wow! That was pretty amazing. Not bad for a song with no staying-power... :-D
Carl-E:
Well, that clinches it!
Fangus!
OTP, meant to be!
[ducks August's overripe tomatoes]
Now about the music...
We take the stuff that was pop when we grew up for granted. It will always be fluff to us. Personally, being a little older than Raoullefere, I can't understand why people like the BeeGees (didn't disco die?)
But nostalgia trends have a generation's delay, as kids discover their parent's music collections. In the 70's all the nostalgia was for the 50's (Happy Days just led the trend). And Disco did have a bit of a revival through the 90's. So these current 20-somethings were looking back in their teen years to... the 80's.
I know, it's a bit sad, really. But I sorta liked Africa when I heard it on the radio back then, too.
Couldn't understand most of it, but the emotions clicked.
Don't worry, it doesn't make it a classic. This nostalgia too, will pass. My younger daughter was quite taken with Cyndi Lauper a couple of years ago...
HiFranc:
Carl, you've now got Girls Just Want to have Fun stuck in my head. I'm trying to use True Colors and Time After Time to shift it. ;-)
The Fangus shipper in me squeeed today.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Aug 2010, 05:51 ---Don't worry, it doesn't make it a classic. This nostalgia too, will pass. My younger daughter was quite taken with Cyndi Lauper a couple of years ago...
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Actually her newest blues-based album's pretty good...
(Looks around and hopes that the ghost of Howlin' Wolf doesn't whale the tar out of him)
Steve the Pocket:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Aug 2010, 05:51 ---We take the stuff that was pop when we grew up for granted. It will always be fluff to us. Personally, being a little older than Raoullefere, I can't understand why people like the BeeGees (didn't disco die?)
But nostalgia trends have a generation's delay, as kids discover their parent's music collections. In the 70's all the nostalgia was for the 50's (Happy Days just led the trend). And Disco did have a bit of a revival through the 90's. So these current 20-somethings were looking back in their teen years to... the 80's.
I know, it's a bit sad, really. But I sorta liked Africa when I heard it on the radio back then, too.
Couldn't understand most of it, but the emotions clicked.
Don't worry, it doesn't make it a classic. This nostalgia too, will pass. My younger daughter was quite taken with Cyndi Lauper a couple of years ago...
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I must have missed the big '80s revival in the '00s. This isn't the first time I've heard there was one, but I never saw it. Also, "Africa" is famous enough that they could have discovered it without looking for it or ever hearing any of their other work. I assume they're not the sort to say they like the band without actually listening to any of their other stuff after that though.
Also, I just discovered that subliminal messages work. I skimmed over your post and without even consciously reading the words "Cyndi Lauper", "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" started playing in my head.
...You owe me a new head.
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