TS: Killing Joke's "The Eighties" vs The Skyhooks' "Living in the Seventies"

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"I'm livin in the eighties" VS "I'm livin in the seventies"

Alex in NYC needn't bother posting.

― Jole, Thursday, 25 December 2003 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Well The Skyhooks song is an Australian anthem of sorts, and I think Shirley Strachan (vale him) produces a great ane believeable vocal performance, in some way reminiscent of a less threatening Bon Scott. Skyhooks were far more entertaining than Sherbert as well.

― mentalist (mentalist), Thursday, 25 December 2003 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Goddammit, people...it's not "I'm Living in the Eighties" OR
"The Eighties".....it's simply "Eighties". Fuckin' get it right!

http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/memo/memo48.GIF

― Alex in NYC...back after a week in Texas (vassifer), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex in NYC needn't bother posting.

Dream on.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Headin' for the Nineties, livin' in the Wild Wild West...

― Sam J. (samjeff), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

My introduction to Killing Joke came through this very song via its inclusion on the Weird Science soundtrack. Thank you, Anthony Michael Hall.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Living in the Ice Age -vs- Living After Midnight

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Eighties pisses on both Living After Midnight and Living in the 70's from such a great height that it takes several earth years for the piss to actually land on the heads of either.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 1 January 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Amen!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 1 January 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 1 January 2004 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry bro. I didn't know that calling it *The* Eighties would cause you so much pain. Will return to honoring the fire shortly...

THE SKYHOOKS FIRE!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHHAHHA

― Jole, Friday, 2 January 2004 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex in NYC rulz, or at least he did in the old thread I was reading that prompted me to download the 12" version of "Eighties". God created the number 12 and the dimension of length for a reason, and this mix might actually be it.

― plebian plebs (plebian), Friday, 2 January 2004 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember an interview with Jaz when 'Eighties' came out where he was playing it to the journalist in the studio at deafening volume ('We don't want to hear it at girl's volume!'), shouting the lyrics into the interviewer's ear, and miming the guitar as he leaped around the recording booth.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 2 January 2004 11:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Bless'im.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Oooh, also, BEST.VIDEO.EVER!

Geordie as guitar-weilding whipped priest with lash-marks on the back. Raven as Mark David Chapman. Jaz as anguished, UN-bothering dictator (see below). Big Paul Ferguson as book-burner. Georide with exploding briefcase of cocaine. SHEER, UNEXPURGATED GENIUS!

http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/jaz/jaz84eighties.JPG

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it just me or is Alex reasonably keen on Killing Joke?

― plebian plebs (plebian), Friday, 2 January 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

David Lee Roth "Living In Paradise" vs Gene Simmons "Living in Sin"

― dave q, Saturday, 3 January 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Thank god you didn't mention Bon Jovi's "Living in Sin." Though I guess I have now.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 3 January 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

David Lee Roth "Living In Paradise" vs Gene Simmons "Living in Sin"

Easily Gene's, especially for the spoken word/phone call from Cher bit.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 4 January 2004 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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