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80s Music

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Jam out to 80's music! Post some music and let's talk about it.


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  1. All aspects of the LW TOS apply.
  2. Be constructive and don't gatekeep. Music is highly subjective, and people have different tastes. Instead of downvoting or coming in to say how much you personally don't like a song/artist, post something you do like instead.
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  4. Submissions must be from the 80s (1980 - 1989) based on either recorded or release date. e.g. if it was recorded in 1989 but released in 1990, we're not going to split hairs over that; post away. Covers made in the 80s of older music is absolutely allowed and encouraged.

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  1. The preferred title format is Artist - Song Name [YEAR]
  2. If a song has a particular meaning or evokes a pleasant memory for you, feel free to share your story with it.

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 13 hours ago

Upon watching after a couple of decades, this is such a weird, indulgent video.

The sell of Michael Jackson as a the baddest gangster doesn't work here, or in Bad either.

The climax of him spraying the shadowy police with a Thompson machine gun works about as well as Michael Dukakis in a tank

The loooooong pause in the music for an orgy of moaning with the dancers is annoying and destroys the atmosphere.

The song is an earworm though, and I always thought the hook lyrics were "Eddie are you okay?"