NDRU said:

Yeah, at the end of the decade, I'll be the BIG THREE OH!

I'm trying to remember....

But God do I feel old on this thread.










[Edited 1/19/07 8:20am]

Christopher said:

SO true.

1987-1988

SOTT
TTD's "Introducing the hardline..."
Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation..."
Eric B. & Rakim "Paid In Full"
Parade (didn't get it until fall '87)
[Edited 1/18/07 12:44pm]

Mara said:

I felt the same way.

Around 14, I started to dig through my parents record collection, and started to really get into older music. When they thought that I hated oldies when riding in the car w/them.....in my room I was secretly bumping them in my walkman.

I would make tapes of my dad's Klymaxx, Prince, Jesse Johnson, SOS Band, Rick James, and Maze records afterschool before he came home from work. I would always record the Saturday night "Bluelights in the Basement" show off the radio.

While I listened to the current stuff (esp. hip-hop), I loved my old school too.

November said:

This was pretty much true for me too. I was raised listening to all kinds of music but around eight grade, everyone was listening to the same rap and r&b and if you strayed far away from that, you were pretty much labled a lame. When I got to highschool with a more diverse peer group, I felt more comfortable getting into some different things. All this happened at about 14 for me too.

dreamfactory313 said:

When I was in 7th and 8th grade, kids didn't know what hip-hop was. Run-DMC's first album hadn't even come out yet! You either liked rock or disco and during lunch the boys would separate to different sides of the room based on what your preference was. Kids were stupid.

dreamfactory313 said:

These Ten years have flown by haven't they? I used to play that Tupac joint to death too and Janet's joint.Just think we'll be THIRTY soon.

Mara said:

Aww, shucks.

Abdul said:

Mara said:

when i was in 8th grade, if you didn't listen to hair metal you were a homogay.

which, well, in my case they may have had a point, but i never understood what was particularly butch about bleach blonde men sporting teased hair and lip gloss.

sextonseven said:

don't know what just happened here edit
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REM Life's Rich Pageant
New Order Brotherhood
Housemartins London O Hull 5
The The Infected
Peter Gabriel So
XTC Skylarking
Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman

That probably was the first year I started to listen to stuff that wasn't on top 40 radio, probably all thanks to "120 minutes"

minneapolisgenius said:

In 7th grade I didn't know anything about music, but I chose the disco side anyway. The only albums I owned at the time were The Jacksons' 'Destiny' and the 'Grease' soundtrack.

sextonseven said:

You were a late bloomer.

HamsterHuey said:

You were bumpin' Miles?

CinisterCee said:

Hell yeah. Saw the covers in the movie, then ran to the recordstore.

Full Nelson (what's in a name) has the White Girls thingie. I never knew who copied who there.

November said:

I'll take issue with that, if only because MTV was the hottest thing out there back in the early to mid 80's. Videos were so new everyone was watching them, so even the black kids knew a lot of the "white" music. Now that doesn't mean that you wouldn't get looked at strange if you busted out a Police or REM record, but we knew a little more "white music" than we let on.

If anyone saw "Soul Train" last Saturday, that's EXACTLY the kind of jams I was playing in the eighth grade.

...

I know this is more than 5, but there was a lot in the air at the time, 78-79...







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[Edited 1/22/07 15:50pm]

Eighth Grade - 1985/86

1) I'll Be Your Friend - Precious Wilson
2) Sade - Promise
3) LL Cool J - Radio
4) BBoys - Girls
5) Stetsasonic - Just Say Stet