The Joshua Tree: 30 Years Later
I’ve been teaching the Glass Castle for years (phenomenal book, by the way), and every time I get to the Joshua tree part, I naturally think about The Joshua Tree, the game-changing U2 album that celebrated its 30th anniversary in March 2017. But only recently– as in right now, as I type this– have I realized how the Joshua tree from Glass Castle mirrors The Joshua Tree, the U2 album. In her memoir The Glass Castle, author...
Ryan Seacrest Relives An 80’s Moment Lip Syncing Bon Jovi
For some it doesn’t get much more 80’s than Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet album. If you’re one of those individuals then you and Ryan Seacrest have something in common. During his visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Seacrest relived a moment he had rocking out to the album in his room at the age of 9 or 10. Fallon began to ask Seacrest about a story he had told the last time they were together and...
Spotify’s #ThrowbackThursday Playlist Brings Back 50 Late 80s Hits
Every Thursday, commercial music, streaming, podcast and video service Spotify releases a playlist of throwback hits from different years via #ThrowbackThursday. The late 80s was a great time for music. The later part of the decade is responsible for still-relevant hits like the now-classic Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give you Up,” Patrick Swayze’s beautiful and haunting “She’s Like the Wind,” and the feel-good Beach Boys’ song...
Air Supply’s Greatest Hits – The Soundtrack of 80s Love
By Lori Ferraro There’s nothing in the world like a super-sappy love song. Well . . . there is one thing that’s better . . . a super-sappy 80s love song. We had Chicago and “hello” . . . we had Lionel Richie. But if you truly wanted to bawl your eyes out because you were falling in love or falling out of love, this was the cassette tape you were listening to: Air Supply’s Greatest Hits was a soft rock power ballad powerhouse. With...
Van Halen’s 1984 Thirty Years On
If you weren’t fetching chips from the kitchen or taking a bathroom break during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII (the Raiders killed the Redskins that year), you saw the famous Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer. The tagline at the end read, in part, “[y]ou’ll see why 1984 won’t be like ‘1984’.” With respect to the late Steve Jobs, the release of Van Halen’s 1984 was, for me, why the year was not one of...
Top 5 Interesting 80s Album Covers
By Jason Kane When a band designs an album cover they can do it two ways: they can either stand together in a cheesy pose looking at the camera, or they can do something more abstract and make the album cover art rather than just a photo of the band. Here’s a look at five bands from the 80s that chose the latter. 1. Iron Maiden – Killers Whether you’re into hardcore rock/metal or not, you’ve got to give it to Iron Maiden for...
The Top 80s Movie Soundtracks – According to LT80s’ Fans!
Recently, we asked Twitter and Facebook followers about their fave 80s movie soundtracks. We got some great responses, because, after all, there were tons of bodacious soundtracks in the 80s. Here’s a rundown of the most bitchin’ movie scores of the 80s, with many thanks for all the tweets and Facebook votes that helped us compile it. A FOUR-WAY TIE FOR SIXTH PLACE! 6: Valley Girl 1983’s Valley Girl is about the blossoming romance...
