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Hall and Oates was on the radio this morning, Maneater, and I just couldn't help humming along to that great old song. Then the humming turned into singing, then the singing turned into swaying, then the swaying turning into full out dance-athon! I brought out my old 80s dance with the swaying arms and the two steppin' feet.

Dancing to 80s music

It felt good to groove to my 'classic' music. Love a good Hall and Oates Tune.

I'm a MANEATER - Hall and Oates funny

I always liked their look, trendy 80s fashion eh? Wonder if they'd survive in today's digital world where singing and looks are revamped using computer-stuff.

Hall and Oates before photoshop HAHA

The next song that came on the 'classic rock' station, after my Hall and Oaties' Maneater, was Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. The song that would probably be dead and gone had it not been for that car scene in Wayne's World. Well of course I rocked out to it and sang every word, even the high pitched oohs and yaaahs.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen and Star Trek meme 

Then, by request, a Toto song came on. My second fav Toto song, Hold the line, where they are a little more rock than, well whatever Africa is. I can picture the video where they have big hair, scruffy beards, and a keyboard. Classic 80s.

More TOTO and more cowbell

I still love Africa by Toto, and it's on all of my playlists...or what we used to call mixed tapes.

Toto Bless the rains meme

Speaking of tapes, er cassettes. The other day I was cleaning out some junk and found pre-cassette things called records. Aka vinyls. Apparenlty they are really trendy now. I sold a bunch of them online to some hipster guy with big glasses for $5 each. He was looking for anything "80s". Well, luckily that's all I had.

Yes, I still have my WHAM records

I joked around with the guy who came to pick up the records that I had something in common with Joan Jett - that I loved Rock 'n Roll. He didn't laugh.

Joan Jett I love Rock and Roll 

I also gave the kid a lesson in 80s history. When I handed over the Motley Crue albums I showed him a picture of the CRUE dressed in drag. I thought it might shock him a bit. Didn't. Guess I'm getting old and out of the loop?

Awkward 80s fashion - Motley Crue drag

 I told the guy I was a roadie for The Police back in the early 80s. I had to explain that the Police was a band, with Sting as singer. He told me he gets Sting and Bono mixed up sometimes. Who does that?

Roadie with the Police back in the 80s and still rocking today

As he was leaving, the hipster guy asked me if I still listen to 80s rock. What kind of question is that? Of course I do...I'm not sure why he was asking? I even kept my hairband hair.

Yes, I listen to 80s rock

80s hair. A big mane of it. Apparently, that was THE reason Patrick Swayze was chosen to star in Dirty Dancing.

Dirty Dancing movie audition - Swayze won it with the big hair

Now that my garage is cleaned out I can set up my punching bag, which I bought in the 80s, and practice my kung-fu, b/c as Carl Douglas says, everybody was kung-fu fighting...and if they all are, I want to be ready.

Really? EVERYONE was kung-fu fighting?

The only 80s era song that gives me the creeps is Tiffany's I think we're alone now. I'm not sure why, but when I hear it all I think of is high waisted jeans, ill fitting shirts, tinted glasses, and fu man chu moustaches. uuh, I'm getting shivers.

I think we're alone now

So, if you are like me and love your 80s music, keep it alive by playing it loud and playing it often. Oh and if you run across some punk who says they don't like 80s music. Well...

When someone says they don't like 80s music

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