I had my HS reunion recently, and to get in the mood, I played all the music I was listening to my senior year in HS and my freshman year in college (1987-88). That was a great time for music, IMHO. This is what I was jammin' 2 the last week:

Janet Jackson, "Control"

Prince, "SOTT"

Prince "Lovesexy"

Eric B. & Rakim, "Paid In Full"

Public Enemy, "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back"

Prince, 12" and B-sides '84-'88

What were y'all listening to back then?

namepeace said:

Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation 1814"

Michael Jackson "Bad"

Eric B. & Rakim, "Paid In Full"

Ready For The World "Ruff 'N Ready"

Bobby Brown "My Prerogative"

Jill Jones "Jill Jones"

Tony Toni Tone "Who"

Najee "Najee's Theme"

Alexander O'neal "Hearsay"

...just to name a few

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam 'Spanish Fly' (1987)
Keith Sweat 'Make It Last Forever' (1988)
'Guy' (first album) (1988)
'Tony! Toni! Tone! 'Who?' (first album) (1988)
Prince 'Lovesexy' (1988)

I hate to be a stickler for chronological order, but Rhythm Nation wasn't released until 1989.

namepeace said:

Sonic Youth's DayDream Nation and My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything, to name a few...

What were y'all listening to back then?

1987-1988 WAS THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP.

Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
The Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
LL Cool J - Bad
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ...I'm The Rapper
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
Boogie Down Productions -
Whodini - Back In Black
Salt N Pepa - Hot Cool & Vicious
EPMD - Strictly Business
Doug E. Fresh - Keep Risin' To The Top
Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987)
Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff (1988)
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Al B. Sure! - Nite & Day (1988)
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline...
Michael Jackson - Bad
Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Herb Alpert & Janet Jackson - Diamonds
The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
Madonna - Who's That Girl?
Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam - Head To Toe
Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love

DavidEye said:

Make It Last Forever was 87 I believe, but close enough

Prince-everything up until that point
P.I.L. (don't remember the names of the 2 records)
Janet Jackson-control
madonna-everything of hers
terence trent-hardline
dead milkmen-instant club hit & beelzebubba
the cure-kiss me, kiss me, kiss me (was gettin' warped on my tape deck!)
U2-the joshua tree (and everything else)
and right around that time i was starting to get into the police, elvis costello and james brown

i ws such a teeny bopper/glam hair band chick that year: was so into

tiffany (tiffany)
debbie gibson (out of the blue)
kylie minogue (kylie)
sting (nothing like the sun)
madonna (everything)
u2 (everything)
bananarama (remember their '87 hit "I heard a rumour?!!") but at the same time i was so into bon jovi, poison (TALK DIRTY TO ME!), dokken (DREAM WARRIORS) and whitesnake.
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Mostly Kate Bush, Bee Gees, Led Zeppelin & Fleetwood Mac.

JANFAN4L said:

You're right. Now that I think about it, it was late 89 at that. That's what happens when you get old... it all becomes one big blur

JANFAN4L said:

I could make an argument that 1994 was the greatest year in hip-hop, but I find it hard to come up with 2 consecutive years that were better than 1987 and 1988.




You brought out a lot of jams, especially EPMD, Beasties, LL, Robbie Nevil, Alpert/Jackson, and EPMD.

Although I thought Jody Watley's "Still" was kinda tight -- very Prince-esque, especially the video with her boyfriend in the yellow outfit, black hat and Lennon glasses trying to look like Prince.

i was in 6th grade during 87-88...
was obsessed with jody watley.
dressed like her.
asked my mom to style my hair like hers...so sad.

Don't forget about TTD: Introducing the Hardline according to TTD

Serious said:

TTD fans are in full effect here!

Anyway, I remember "Wishing Well" and the 1st track, which was cool.

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