I study nuclear science

[amattaro]

I love my classes!

 

[bwfight]

I love my classes!

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Man I don’t know how I’ve never heard this song before but I love it. It fits the moment perfectly and has some killer harmonica riffs. Well played 👌

 

[JSCHERER]

Man I don’t know how I’ve never heard this song before but I love it. It fits the moment perfectly and has some killer harmonica riffs. Well played 👌

Unless you were born between 1960 and 1970ish you would not have. Text book one-hit wonders ...

 

[billrag]

Really ages some of us. I presumed that EVERYBODY had heard that song. And yes, I was born between 1960 and 1970.

 

[amattaro]

1982 here. Think I first heard it in the 80s movie Summer School.

 

[manatree]

It is one of the most misinterpreted songs of the 80s, perhaps second only to ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police. ‘The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades’ was written at the height of the Cold War when many people were generally worried about a nuclear war. The MacDonalds were a bit too subtle with their songwriting. A nuclear science student reaping great financial rewards due to the arms race while focusing on how much beer they could buy on fifty thou a year was meant to be a satire of the early 80s in America. Did you have to wear shades because your future was so bright, or because the future might be lit up with nuclear blasts?

I encourage you to dig up some other albums by Timbuk 3. They had a unique sound and a very intricate, folk inspired approach to lyrics that went unnoticed under the experimental 80s studio technology.

 

[oldcougar65]

This morning I re-watched last night's bouts, read a few posts, then headed out to the Giant. I was already feeling pretty mellow. Turned on the sound, and what song played? Hint: see thread title
Yep, I kid you not. So I pulled out my shades and cruised up 15 with a big smile on my face.

Q: When was the last time a team lost the title and still walked away feeling like they smashed the other guy's face into the mat?

 

[Dogwelder]

It is one of the most misinterpreted songs of the 80s, perhaps second only to ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police. ‘The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades’ was written at the height of the Cold War when many people were generally worried about a nuclear war ...

What’s next? “Born in the USA” by Mr. Bossypants doesn’t celebrate “might makes right”?

 

[Dogwelder]

... Q: When was the last time a team lost the title and still walked away feeling like they smashed the other guy's face into the mat?

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