Originally posted by bunsen burner
Everthing was cool until about 1984 - until things started to go pear-shaped.
Punk was on its way out, Elton John went soft, and Bowie was on the decline. Even Robert Plant went soft!
Along came Pseudo Echo, Kids in the Kitchen, the Thomson Twins, and all those other krap bands with that synthesizer sound. Just to top it off, breakdancing became popular.
For anyone who liked some of the heavier sounds, they had to listen to soft-****s like Van Halen, Foreigner, Poison, Europe and Bon Jovi - Hardly Metallica, Peppers or RATM
The fashions of the day were pastel colours and tight jeans. I cringe when I look back at any photos of myself/family/friends from the 80s.
At least when I look back at my photos from the 70s, I'm wearing a pair of cool-ar$e flairs, wide lapels, and a bad-ar$e hair cut. Unfortunately, I wasn't old enough to have a porn star moustache.