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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:07:39 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:07:39 GMT -5
A big hit. Captured the spirit of the times. Talking about 2020?   We haven't reached 1980's unemployment, even with Covid. Although it would have seen normal to |
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:12:00 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:12:00 GMT -5
rozenn , my uncle's favourite band. A song about the coal mines being forced to close. Caused lots of upheaval across northern England and Wales. Famously led to some huge riots against the police. A lot of those areas are yet to recover.
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:30:26 GMT -5
Post by rozenn on Dec 30, 2020 19:30:26 GMT -5
rozenn , my uncle's favourite band. A song about the coal mines being forced to close. Caused lots of upheaval across northern England and Wales. Famously led to some huge riots against the police. A lot of those areas are yet to recover. The transition was smoother in France, most mines were already closed by then. The mining areas haven't really recovered either. Here's a nostalgic 80's song about the coal mining culture in northern France. Same decade, rather different style! Guessing the few places shown in the video could pass for decaying mining cities in Britain: |
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:35:12 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:35:12 GMT -5
rozenn , my uncle's favourite band. A song about the coal mines being forced to close. Caused lots of upheaval across northern England and Wales. Famously led to some huge riots against the police. A lot of those areas are yet to recover. The transition was smoother in France, most mines were already closed by then. The mining areas haven't really recovered either. Here's a nostalgic 80's song about the coal mining culture in northern France. Same decade, rather different style! Guessing the few places shown in the video could pass for decaying mining cities in Britain: The unions were very strong here, too strong. Held out for massive pay rises, brought the country to its knees in the 70's, destroyed our industry, which was on par with Germany. Other industries were losing money and being subsidised by the government, coal mining, for instance. Then Thatcher came along, she may have been the first female PM, but was easily the toughest, she did some things that were necessary, but made it too personal with the Union leaders like Arthur Skargill, and the war tore the country in two. The wounds still haven't healed. You won't find many Tory supporters in cities like Liverpool, which she advocated "managed decline" for. The most divisive PM in our history, but as I said, it made for good music |
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:46:51 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:46:51 GMT -5
Why am I rambling about politics ffs, here's a great song:
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:48:22 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:48:22 GMT -5
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:53:44 GMT -5
Post by rozenn on Dec 30, 2020 19:53:44 GMT -5
The transition was smoother in France, most mines were already closed by then. The mining areas haven't really recovered either. Here's a nostalgic 80's song about the coal mining culture in northern France. Same decade, rather different style! Guessing the few places shown in the video could pass for decaying mining cities in Britain: The unions were very strong here, too strong. Held out for massive pay rises, brought the country to its knees in the 70's, destroyed our industry, which was on par with Germany. Other industries were losing money and being subsidised by the government, coal mining, for instance. Then Thatcher came along, she may have been the first female PM, but was easily the toughest, she did some things that were necessary, but made it too personal with the Union leaders like Arthur Skargill, and the war tore the country in two. The wounds still haven't healed. You won't find many Tory supporters in cities like Liverpool, which she advocated "managed decline" for. The most divisive PM in our history, but as I said, it made for good music She was an unlikeable witch but I feel like she was the leader Britain needed when it was the sick man of Europe. I may be wrong but I feel like Blair kinda reaped what the sowed and took credit for it. |
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 19:57:34 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 19:57:34 GMT -5
The unions were very strong here, too strong. Held out for massive pay rises, brought the country to its knees in the 70's, destroyed our industry, which was on par with Germany. Other industries were losing money and being subsidised by the government, coal mining, for instance. Then Thatcher came along, she may have been the first female PM, but was easily the toughest, she did some things that were necessary, but made it too personal with the Union leaders like Arthur Skargill, and the war tore the country in two. The wounds still haven't healed. You won't find many Tory supporters in cities like Liverpool, which she advocated "managed decline" for. The most divisive PM in our history, but as I said, it made for good music She was an unlikeable witch but I feel like she was the leader Britain needed when it was the sick man of Europe. I may be wrong but I feel like Blair kinda reaped what the sowed and took credit for it. Seems like she was perhaps a neccesary evil, she did turn the country around, but perhaps a bit too inhumane. Yeah, Blair did take a lot of the credit for what she and John Major (an underrated PM because he was so boring) had created, then jumped ship before the banking crisis, which he and they had also played a part in. Too much deregulation. |
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Post by rozenn on Dec 30, 2020 19:58:12 GMT -5
Speaking of the Pet Shop Boys, I really like their cover of Always on my Mind:
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 20:04:16 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 20:04:16 GMT -5
Speaking of the Pet Shop Boys, I really like their cover of Always on my Mind: I didn't know that was a cover. |
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 20:07:50 GMT -5
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Post by rozenn on Dec 30, 2020 20:22:11 GMT -5
A French singer asked her to collaborate for a cover in the 2000s. Speaking of the Pet Shop Boys, I really like their cover of Always on my Mind: I didn't know that was a cover. Tbh it's also the first version I heard. |
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 22:31:16 GMT -5
jgtheone SIR Barry Gibb. Not many living musicians have that title. I think only Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Andrew Lloyd Webber share the title currently.
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 30, 2020 22:41:50 GMT -5
One of my favourite Bee Gees songs. This and One have to be my two most favourite.
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80's
Dec 30, 2020 22:56:11 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 30, 2020 22:56:11 GMT -5
Two legends who are no longer with us.
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80's
Jan 1, 2021 11:13:51 GMT -5
Post by snj90 on Jan 1, 2021 11:13:51 GMT -5
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80's
Jan 2, 2021 12:58:20 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Jan 2, 2021 12:58:20 GMT -5
Fun fact: Ricky Gervais made New Wave music in the 80's. And it's actually not bad.
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80's
Jan 2, 2021 23:00:08 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Jan 2, 2021 23:00:08 GMT -5
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80's
Jan 3, 2021 19:14:13 GMT -5
Post by Strewthless on Jan 3, 2021 19:14:13 GMT -5
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80's
Jan 4, 2021 18:36:47 GMT -5
Post by rozenn on Jan 4, 2021 18:36:47 GMT -5
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