Eighties rewind

Judging by conversations with friends and random pop-culture findings of my own, I think there is a large population out there of people who hate 80s music. I'm not sure why that is. Sure a lot of the artists back then were slightly on the corny side of the spectrum, but that's all at first glance. The 80s get a bad rep, and you should also know that without the music of the 80s, all that trendy electro the kids are listening to these days wouldn't exist. So today I'd like to share some of my all-time favorites with you. For some reason, I got into a new-wave, industrial kinda groove while typing away in my cubicle.

Although I was just a child during those years, I became very familiar with the music of that era very quickly. As I've shared with you before, I became a music junkie when I was still in diapers! So here are some songs that remind me of my childhood. Songs that stuck with me over the past two decades. Songs that made me a music lover.

You'll notice these tracks aren't what most 8-year-olds would fall in love with, but I did. I mean, what child understands the heartache in Morrissey's voice, or desires to hear the angry and aggressive stylings of Ministry? What child can even begin to understand the love David Byrne illustrates in the Talking Heads' "A Naive Melody?" While my peers were busy playing with Barbie dolls and going to the circus and whatever most normal children do, I was in my bedroom blasting my headphones imagining myself as a rock star.

I'm sure I was too young to even begin to understand or relate to these following tracks. But for some reason, they stuck with me. And looking back, I listen to them now, and they possess so much meaning. They strike a nerve and probably will for many more decades to come. Listen closely.


Talking Heads - A Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)
Ministry - So What
The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home
Secession - Touch