NEWSFLASH.......................The '80's will live forever!!!!

[Michael.Felli]

Just back from the bars. Everywhere I go, DJ's play 80's music and the YOUNG 20 something year old women LOVE it. Has anyone been to a bar lately and DJ's are playing 60's music?

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?

 

[Marshall30]

Just back from the bars. Everywhere I go, DJ's play 80's music and the YOUNG 20 something year old women LOVE it. Has anyone been to a bar lately and DJ's are playing 60's music?

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?

 

[Class of 67]

Just back from the bars. Everywhere I go, DJ's play 80's music and the YOUNG 20 something year old women LOVE it. Has anyone been to a bar lately and DJ's are playing 60's music?

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?

Coincidentally, the Washington Nationals had an 80s night at their ballpark last night.

 

[massimoManca II]

When I was an undergrad in the mid-eighties - all us cool people were listening to the 'Stones, the Who etc...

A few years ago my wife and I, along with another couple, left the kids with a sitter and went downtown SC one wonderful FB weekend... We sat awkwardly in Pickles on S. Allen while horrible Bon Jovi and other shit-pop from the late80s/early90s blared and smothered our conversation... I wondered aloud and my much-smarter-than-me spouse reminded me those songs are the current-generation's "oldies". That thought ruined my night

Had to get out of there after that with all of the co-eds ogling me/draping themselves on me... Embarrassing

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Just back from the bars. Everywhere I go, DJ's play 80's music and the YOUNG 20 something year old women LOVE it. Has anyone been to a bar lately and DJ's are playing 60's music?

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?

Did someone say '80s'?? To be honest, it's not really fair to suggest that because 80s music is still played at clubs today, whereas 60's-70s music isn't, that music from other eras 'won't last'. The big difference is the 60s and 70s were more folksy and rock driven (until disco), whereas most 80s mainstream music was very pop/dance friendly.

As an illustration, here are the top ten songs of 1975:

1. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
4. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
5. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
6. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
7. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
8. One of These Nights - Eagles
9. Low Rider - War
10. I'm Not in Love - 10cc

Here are the top ten songs of 1985:

1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
2. Into the Groove - Madonna
3. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
4. Word Up! - Cameo
5. How Will I Know? - Whitney Houston
6. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
7. The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
8. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears For Fears
9. (Don't You) Forget About Me - Simple Minds
10. West End Girls (1985 version) - Pet Shop Boys

 

[EPC FAN]

Just back from the bars. Everywhere I go, DJ's play 80's music and the YOUNG 20 something year old women LOVE it. Has anyone been to a bar lately and DJ's are playing 60's music?

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?

Yeah, and the '94 team would beat both, on the same day.

 

[91Joe95]

Not according to michnit.

 

[PSU.:.]

I agree the 80s and even the 70s will never die. The 90s? That decade has been dead for awhile. I concur that young women love 80s dance music.

 

[SEPATOPTEN]

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Isn't that a 90'tune.

 

[SEPATOPTEN]

When I was an undergrad in the mid-eighties - all us cool people were listening to the 'Stones, the Who etc...

A few years ago my wife and I, along with another couple, left the kids with a sitter and went downtown SC one wonderful FB weekend... We sat awkwardly in Pickles on S. Allen while horrible Bon Jovi and other shit-pop from the late80s/early90s blared and smothered our conversation... I wondered aloud and my much-smarter-than-me spouse reminded me those songs are the current-generation's "oldies". That thought ruined my night

Had to get out of there after that with all of the co-eds ogling me/draping themselves on me... Embarrassing

The 80's had it all because the super groups of the 60's like the Stones and the Who were still putting out hits while new supers like Queen and U2 who I believe both started in the 70's were blasting off and very hot.Billy Joel was firing off hit after hit as was Bruce Springsteen. Blondie and Madonna were off the hook. It's the sixties and the eighties for me in the music department.

 

[Option Bob]

[QUOTE="Michael.Felli, post: 453717,

And, FWIW, the 1985/1986 Penn State Football team would kick the 1968/1969 Penn State Football teams ass. There! I said it. What are you gonna do? Cry?[/QUOTE]

I normally ignore your posts, despite your Italian heritage, but your comments about The Rover Boys was too much. First, you cannot simply compare 2 teams that are 17 years apart because body styles and sizes are so different. Keep in mind that the OL in 1969 was comproised of guys weighing 214-228-239-233-239, while the 1986 OL went 270-256-260-265-280. The other positions on both squads were not quite so disparate, although it should be noted that the 1969 DL was actually larger -- and much quicker -- than its OL counterparts. Such was not the case for 1986 whose DL went 256-260-254.

Often forgotten by younger fans (or fools like you who spout nonsense) is that the 1969 defense was a scoring machine all its own. Oppomemts threw 211 passes on the 69ers, and the defense interceptd 24 of them, not counting the 7 vs Missouri in the Bowl game. The 86ers intercepted 20 of 379 passes, + 5 more vs Miami. The 1969 defense onlt allowed 90 points in 11 games, and it scored or directly set up a large percentage of the teams's 322 points (Ridge Riley posted the actual number in one of his Football Letters but I can't find it right now).

 

[Option Bob]

OOPS ... I hit the wrong button before I was finished and I didn;t proof it. Sorry for the typos.

Looking at the player comparisons, the 1969 offense with Franco, Lydell, and Pittman gets the slight nod over DJ, Manoa/Smith, and Thomas. Burkhart and Shaffer are a wash. The 86 WRs win solidly over the 69 WR.

Both squads won with stifling defense. But the 69 crew of Ebersole, Reid, Smear, Hull on the DL backed by Onkotz, Ham, Kates, and Mike Smith at LB, with a secondary of Neal Smith, Landis, and Paul Johnson absolutely shuts downs the 1986 offense. Reid alone was nearly unblockable, even by NFL OL over his 5 year pro career. Onkotz and Kates in the middle with Ham and Smith outside top the 86 crew of Bauer & Gifto inside, Graham and Conlan outside. I think Ham washes Conlan, but nobody on 86 approaches the talent of Onkotz.

The secondaries were similar enough to be a wash even though we are all biased to the Smurfs of 86. But that 69 secondary was no slouch as their 31 interceptions in 11 games attests.

Finally, would the 86 team defeat an "updated" (weight-wise) 69 team? Maybe. But "kick their ass" as you claim? Absolutely NOT. And had the bowls waited a few weeks to make bids, that 69 squad would be forever famous for shoving Nixon's trophy up his ass by thoroughly stuffing the Texas Wishbone and beating the Horns convincingly.

No, I didn't cry ... my faith kept me strong!