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“Now Tell Me…”
My first concert, summer 1984 with my Seminole crew watching an Aussie that had taken the pop scene by storm. Continue reading
“If You’re Lost, You Can Look and You Will Find Me…”
Cyndi Lauper and “This is Us” combine forces resulting into one sappy sincerely the 80’s post. Continue reading
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Tagged Cyndi Lauper, emotional roller-coaster, She's So Unusual, This is Us, Time After Time
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“We Drank a Toast to Innocence”
The late Dan Fogelberg brings some life to the last post of 2019 here at sincerelythe80s.com Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, Auld Lang Syne, autobiographical, Dan Fogelberg, Peoria, Same Auld Lang Syne
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“The Time is Now, the Place is Here.”
It’s Christmas time and Sincerely the 80’s has got the spirit… Continue reading
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Tagged A Very Special Christmas, Christmas, Christmas in Hollis, rap, Run DMC
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Bike Rack Records Volume 2
No 80’s music or video in today’s post, but over the past six months I have been involved in a very cool music project in Northwest Arkansas. I’m a banker by day so the community bank I work for (shout … Continue reading
“I Was Listening to the Radio”
“I heard a song that reminded me of long ago.” – Eddie Money Part two of my Ocasek-Money retrospective shifts its’ focus to Edward Joseph Mahoney today. Like Ocasek, Money was not a young man when MTV started taking musical acts … Continue reading
“I See You Under the Midnight”
“All shackles and bows.” – The Cars (photo by Ron Pownall/Getty Images) While I was in Italy, two 80’s musical icons passed away. Edward Joseph Mahoney passed away on September 13th and then Richard Theodore Otcasek passed away two days … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Orr, cassettes, Eddie Money, Heartbeat City, Magic, Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek, The Cars
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“Just Try to Understand”
A brief look at my wife and mine’s recent 20 yr. anniversary trip to Italy featuring one of the great Italian-American artists of our time. Continue reading
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Tagged Borderline, Cinque Terre, Florence, Italy, Madonna, Riomaggiore, Rome, travel, Venice
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“We Are Family”
Remember “Disco sucks!” and “Death to disco!”? Well, I’m bringing some back for this post about family.
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Tagged disco, family, Sister Sledge, sisters, We Are Family, weddings
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“I Woke Up to the Sound of Pouring Rain”
“Washed away a dream of you.” – Skid Row It has been raining a lot lately, and maybe that’s why this song has been coming to the forefront of my mind more often lately. But more likely it’s because this … Continue reading
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Tagged Class of 1989, future, graduation, I Remember You, Norman High School, Remember Yesterday, Skid Row
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