{"id":2005,"date":"2006-10-01T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-01T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2006-10-01T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-01T16:56:00","slug":"something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/01\/something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly\/","title":{"rendered":"Something less serious&#8230; The 80&#8217;s were silly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 80&#8217;s I paid my way thru college (or more properly earned a couple of bucks on the side) as a professional DJ playing &#8220;Top 40&#8221; music with an Urban emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that I know &#8220;Buffalo Dance&#8221; and &#8220;Cherry Pie&#8221; by heart whether I want to or not.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself listening to one of my compilation discs last night on the &#8216;drive home.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I realized&#8230; You know this stuff was big and popular.. I really loved some of these songs&#8230; but in retrospect&#8230; They&#8217;re really silly. The whole group was just, really&#8230; silly.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m curious&#8230; It&#8217;s a top 5 list.<\/p>\n<p>What are the 5 acts of the 80s that you liked, loved, knew were popular&#8230; but&#8230; 15-25 years later&#8230; Wow. What were they thinking. What were we thinking?!?!<\/p>\n<p>Results.. next week \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><!--more Click thru for poll--><lj -poll-834450><\/lj><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2005\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/01\/something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2005\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/01\/something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2005\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/01\/something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/01\/something-less-serious-the-80s-were-silly\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 80&#8217;s I paid my way thru college (or more properly earned a couple of bucks on the side) as a professional DJ playing &#8220;Top 40&#8221; music with an Urban emphasis. What this means is that I know &#8220;Buffalo Dance&#8221; and &#8220;Cherry Pie&#8221; by heart whether I want to or not. 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