80s music
The 80s were chockful of New Wave power ballads, synthesizers, drum machines, and no shortage of Madonna and Michael Jackson.
You Traveled Back In Time To The 80’s With Your Walkman
I don’t know what it is but the old songs seem to hit different compared to the new music today and by that I mean the songs are expressed differently. Don't quote me though because Harry Styles and Doja Cat are pretty awesome artists. (You can't even lie.)
𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧Published a day ago in Beat
David Bowie Saw the Downfall of Rock 'n Roll in the Growth of the Internet
Photo by David Shankbone Twenty years ago before Facebook and Twitter drew us all closer together (or further apart), David Bowie sat down with Jeremy Paxman of the the BBC to discuss the future we know now. He recounted Rock ‘n’ Roll, rebellion and how the internet would not only change music, but clue us in on a world that was far more stratified than we had believed.
Rich MonettiPublished 16 days ago in Beat
A Story Behind the Song "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra
This story in a roundabout way involves Frank Sinatra. He started Reprise Records in 1961 and continued to record successful albums with such hits as "That's Life," "Strangers in the Night", "Somethin' Stupid" and "My Way".
Arlo HenningsPublished 16 days ago in BeatA Story Behind the Song Raspberry Beret by Prince
Saturday night in Funkytown It was graduation night for high school seniors in Minneapolis. My carload of girls trying to be Janet Jackson’s backup singers asked me a question before ending their run.
Arlo HenningsPublished 19 days ago in Beat
Montecito Lad Odyssey
Page’s father drove him up the coast with all his luggage, but the surfboard stayed in SB. His mother made sure of that. Page had been able to smuggle his wetsuit, however. His mother had insisted that it stay, but at the last minute, Page threw it into the car trunk from where he kept it in the garage. He was on the road before his mother noticed it was missing. Page knew his dad didn’t care if he brought it. His dad just wanted to keep things cool with mom or else he had no peace either. Page and his dad were on the same wavelength. They knew the main problem was keeping mom from freaking. She was a real bitch from hell when she did.
Brett maxfieldPublished 24 days ago in Beat
Montecito Lad Odyssey
The next day there was a phone call from the dean of admissions at Robert Louis Stevenson. He wanted Page to come up for an interview. Page and his mother drove up from Santa Barbara to Monterey that weekend. The school is located on the exclusive 17 Mile Drive where all the famous golf courses are. If you went to school at RLS you could play on one of the most prestigious of the golf courses for free, but Page couldn’t care less about that. Page’s father was a big golfer and Page had grown up around the country club scene. He hated it. It was fake. All he saw were a bunch of rich people who thought they were better than everyone else, who were taken up with materialism, who judged other people less fortunate than themselves, who couldn’t care less about helping others, and who he had to dress up before interacting with. Page’s mother was a grand duchess of the country club scene. She always made sure Page would know how to carry himself properly in that setting and as a result he felt very confident within it, but it repulsed him.
Brett maxfieldPublished 24 days ago in Beat
Montecito Lad Odyssey
After getting out of Juvenile Hall and getting chewed out by his parents, Page got a call from Cate about his future with the school. At the meeting with Mr. McCloud, the headmaster at Cate, it was decided that Page should find another school for his junior year. The rest of the week was spent contacting second tier prep schools to see about getting Page in at the last minute. It was early September and all the schools were just weeks away from beginning their fall semesters. It seemed odd, to be switching from a top school to a second tier school at this stage of the game to most admissions offices. However, Page had good grades and Mr. McCloud had promised to give excellent recommendations, not mentioning any of the trouble Page was continuously in. Basically, Mr. McCloud wanted to save face for Cate. Cate had a reputation of success and Mr. McCloud didn’t want Page to ruin that. Mr. McCloud was also a very human man. He knew that people screw up. He himself was having an affair with a teacher at the school at the time and was trying to have mercy on a sinner knowing that he himself was in need of mercy.
Brett maxfieldPublished 24 days ago in Beat
Montecito Lad Odyssey
A black sixty-eight GTO pulled into the 7-11 parking lot around 11:30 am. It had very dark tinted windows in the back. From the custom stereo emanated the powerful chords and riffs of Led Zeppelin. You could hear the music from across the street. There were two young lads just over sixteen in the car. They both got out and went into the store. Inside they immediately noticed that no one was around, including the store manager. The two looked at each other and smiled big, drunken, stupid smiles. The driver of the car, Page, walked over to a case of beer, picked it up, and walked out of the store to the back to his car.
Brett maxfieldPublished 24 days ago in BeatRunning Up That Hill
In the 1980s, the song 'Running Up That Hill' was released by Kate Bush. Now, roughly forty years later, the same song has made a comeback due to the show 'Stranger Things' and the amazing storytelling that takes place within the series.
Brittany MillerPublished 24 days ago in Beat
I Attended Three Live Performances This Week
I love that live theatre and music is back and I’ve had so many tickets I’ve been holding onto for almost three years. Three of these productions performed just in the last week alone.
Colleen MillsteedPublished 2 months ago in BeatKatekeeping
Kate Bush is super-famous again. If you haven't been hiding under a rock all month, this is something you will know. For those who HAVE been hiding under a rock, here's the scoop: Kate Bush's 1985 hit single, Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) reached number three in her home nation upon its release. Fast-forward 37 years, and we find the song at number two in the charts, up from it's previous position at number eight.
Barney JonesPublished 2 months ago in Beat
All Hail Kate Bush
Stranger Things season 4 dropped over memorial weekend and THE song of the season is “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush, and the popularity of the song on platforms like TikTok have made the near four decade old song a top ten hit again. The song, from her 1985 album Hounds of Love, has been re-recorded a handful of times (a well known cover was done by Placebo and most recently by Meg Myers) but there’s something truly unbeatable about the original.
Josey PickeringPublished 2 months ago in Beat
