80s nostalgia

[cailin maith]

I don't really remember the 80's too much. I went to Secondary School in 1989...

I do remember Wham though How did we not know he was gay?

[Spacecadet]

I had my own bit of 80's nostalgia recently... went to see Back to the Future at the cinema.

[mudskipper]

In no particular order...

- Smuggling radio/cassette to school on Tuesdays to record the top 40 countdown at lunchtime
- Spending dinner money (55p) on 10 B&H and a box of matches, then swapping 1 ciggie for a sandwich
- Buying the tightest jeans you could find then taking them in
- Roller disco
- Ra-ra skirts
- Under 18s night at the 'Regency'
- Anti-Maggie marches with my dad
- Grange Hill
- Dressing like Boy George
- Lusting after David Sylvian, and a boy from the secondary modern who looked like David Sylvian
- Frankie say t-shirts
- Kenny Dalglish

[Cliphead]

Roland Juno 6
Tascam Portastudio
Cubase 1.0 on an Atari

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Roland Juno 6
Tascam Portastudio
Cubase 1.0 on an Atari

What about the 808? and the Farilight?

I had a Synare - and (don't laugh) a kind of fairlight stylee sampler for my, er, Spectrum

[Cliphead]

What about the 808? and the Farilight?

I had a Synare - and (don't laugh) a kind of fairlight stylee sampler for my, er, Spectrum

808's I hated the sound and a Fairlight was way beyond my budget.

I used to program bass lines on my C64 and gig live, looked cool on stage but was a bitch waiting for the tape to load between songs.

[minestrone]

808's I hated the sound and a Fairlight was way beyond my budget.

I used to program bass lines on my C64 and gig live, looked cool on stage but was a bitch waiting for the tape to load between songs.

Was it Tony Wilson that demanded factory records to buy a fairlight, I think it was coming in at 20 grand and when they said no he left, even though he owned 40% of the company. I think that was the case. Bands that had the fairlight in those days were just miles above IMO.

[Mr.Whippy]

Buying the tightest jeans you could find then taking them in

Or, as my sister used to do, sitting in a bath of (hot/cold?) water to shrink them

[Cliphead]

Was it Tony Wilson that demanded factory records to buy a fairlight, I think it was coming in at 20 grand and when they said no he left, even though he owned 40% of the company. I think that was the case. Bands that had the fairlight in those days were just miles above IMO.

The Prophet 2000 was more affordable and did a decent job (I still have mine).

[minestrone]

Or, as my sister used to do, sitting in a bath of (hot/cold?) water to shrink them