The Eighties Online

The new album from Rick Springfield, “Venus in Overdrive”, is available now! With a collection of 100% original songs, this album should prove to be a nice reprise of that 80s feel of songs like Jessie’s Girl and I’ve Done Everything for You.

Springfield’s music is pretty straight forward, but he’s always been a pretty good live performer. the girls love rick too.

What more do you need? A great 80s rock album. Take a listen at I-Tunes and let us know what you think of Rick’s new album.

Rick Springfield Live

Rick Springfield Album Cover Image

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The BBC has an interview with Duran’s John Taylor.

Simon LeBon and John Taylor

John on an ‘average day’ on the road: “We like saunas and steams.”

On partying: “I’m not a big party head. It takes so much energy.”

And on whether Duran Duran has been asked to do Glastonbury: “No.”

And just to get into a Duranie mood, here’s Hungry Like The Wolf…

John Taylor - No Glastonbury Shock, Horror!
80s Community Blogs

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I was quite happy after first reading about the plan to remake the classic 80s movie “Valley Girl,” a project that is being led by film makers Matt Smith and Sean Bailey.

It did not hit me at the time that they were looking to make it a musical.

A musical featuring the great new wave tunes of the time might sound intriguing, but most of those types of movies (like plays) feature the actors attempting to sing the tunes instead of the original artists.

The music is the reason that the movie was so great in the first place; otherwise it would have been a run-of-the-mill “chick flick” in 1983 with the same old “boy from poor background falls in love with rich girl” story.

While it is true that Nicholas Cage was brilliant in that role, the soundtrack is arguably remembered more as classic than the movie.

“Valley Girl” — The Musical?

80s Hits

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The 80s: a decade where the music was grand.

Everything about the eighties is still very much in my blood, the clothes, the hair, the music, the cars, everything.

If you’re a pop music freak, or a lover of 80’s culture, then you should find something to your liking here.

Though much of the music was inspired by punk rock, only a fraction of it sounded much like that aggressive, revolutionary format.

College rock is a blanket term used to refer to early alternative music of the ’80s that found its radio home on college stations with an eclectic, independent philosophy.

With their unique blend of soul, pop, rock and folk, Hall & Oates made accessible, melodic music that has stood the test of time far better than most of their hitmaker contemporaries.

Anyone silly enough to suggest that the ’80s boasted largely fleeting and forgettable music need only turn to British rocker and master musician Elvis Costello, one of rock history?s most enduring and versatile talents.

Today’s bestselling music
1.		Album: Nostradamus Artist: Judas Priest product details | product reviews | browse the store

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Thank You to Hulu.Com for releasing this classic 80s movie in it’s full, unedited form. If you haven’t seen this movie, then you should watch this just to see Bill Paxton play Chet.

There are some excellent 80s fashion ideas in this movie. I watched this again (I’ve seen it just a few times), but this time in High Resolution. It looks great.

Weird Science
Feature Film |1:33:34 |PG-13 |
Two tormented teen rejects create a perfect woman with their computer (and a little bit of magic).

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Thier desperation to be liked leads them to “create” a woman via their computer.

Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, who’s purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

On their road to become accepted they encounter many hilarious obstacles which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness.

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The 80s gave us multitudes of great movies, comedies, dramas and more, that 80s fans can watch over and over.

It’s often a special treat for parent’s to share their favorite 80s movies with their kids.

Titles like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Ghostbusters are perennial favorites.

For your enjoyment and entertainment, here are a few of the classic 80s movies available to view in their entirety on the internet.

You’ll need a pretty fast internet connection to get the best experience.

For now, a few of these awesome 80s movie titles have only clips available, but will soon be available in full.

Say Hello To My Little Friend Clip
Scarface 1983
Video|02:08|R|
Tony Montana fires back at his assailants with his little friend.
A determined Cuban immigrant named Tony Montana climbs his way to the top and becomes the cocaine king of 1980s Miami.

Political Prisoner
Scarface 1983
Video|02:15|R|
Tony Montana is interviewed by the INS.

Raising Arizona
Raising Arizona
Feature Film |1:34:07 |Rating : PG-13
When a childless couple consisting of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family’s quintuplets, their lives get more complicated than they anticipated.

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Back in the 1980s there were a great many really good situation comedies and other types of television shows to choose from. Many of these wonderful television shows created mega child stars and several of these shows are true television classics. Take “Cheers”, for example. Cheers is hard to beat for classic TV in any decade.

There were many other entertaining sitcoms and drams on the tube in the 1980s, like Family Ties and Growing Pains. Relive the 80s TV shows you knew and loved. Here are some of the top-rated episodes of your favorite 80s TV shows. There are hundreds more full episodes of these and many more classic TV shows at Hulu.Com. Pick and choose which episode(s) you want to watch.

Enjoy these classic 80s sitcoms and dramas. The 80s decade was a time when the networks and writers had to actually write great shows, in large part, because there was no reality TV, which takes up so much airtime nowadays.

Premiere
Who’s the Boss?
Season 1 : Episode 1 |25:05 |
A female executive hires a male housekeeper.

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I found this video of “Girls on Film” from 1981. It looks like this was at a fair or something.

Duran Duran sounds and look great in this video clip circa 1981

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