this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2025
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80s Music

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Jam out to 80's music! Post some music and let's talk about it.


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  1. All aspects of the LW TOS apply.
  2. Be constructive and don't gatekeep. People have different tastes in music; deal with it.
  3. If the source is YouTube, use the actual YouTube URL and not some random Invidious/Piped link. This prevents dead links as those go on/offline or break due to Google changes while also letting people's browser plugins, Lemmy clients, etc automatically re-write those to their preferred instances. Feel free to put alternate links in the post body, though.
  4. Submissions must be from the 80s (1980 - 1989) based on either recorded or release date. e.g. if it was recorded in 1989 but released in 1990, we're not going to split hairs over that; post away. Covers made in the 80s of older music is absolutely allowed and encouraged.

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  2. If a song has a particular meaning or evokes a pleasant memory for you, feel free to share your story with it.

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[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago
[–] FastEddieB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Follow up to this post: In the video, Glover makes reference to a man named Mr. Far, followed by a shot of himself wearing the outfit he wore on a (sort of) famous episode of David Letterman. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm2CbuTdTtE The episode aired on July 28, 1987, and the "Clowny Clown Clown" music video is from 1989, according to the video in the OP. Also, Mr. Farr's full name is Rubin Farr, and Glover played him in the movie Rubin & Ed (1991), which I have not seen but I think I probably will now.

[–] Toto@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Never came close to playing Hollywood but still had some great roles. Suing Stephen Spielberg was a bold move too.