80's [Flash]dance party!

I have always loved things from the 1980s: 80s fashion, 80s movies, and 80s music. When we were given this assignment to pick a CD I naturally went for the one from my favorite decades. Although some songs I really enjoyed, the majority of them were not my favorites. I like 80s pop songs and artists: all Jon Bon Jovi songs, DJ Bobo's "What a Feeing", "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurithmics, and Kenny Loggins' greatest hits all grace my iPod.

The CD created by Geoff Carr did have a few gems I had never heard before. I am pleased to say these will fit right it with Rick Springfield.

1) Pere Ubu's "Breath" was easily my favorite on the album. It had the cheesy, upbeat music that I love most about the 80s. The message is also pretty cute. It's about a couple spending the last moments together before she leaves. The boy in the song is showing her around his town and it's really touching. The only downside is Pere Ubu's thrashing about on the stage.

2) I enjoyed Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as well. It vaguely reminded me of something by Duran Duran. The lyrics are a kind of nonsense that only the 80s could provide. Even so, the song is so quintessentially 1980s that I have no choice but to love it. There's not much to write about it other than I feel like I should get my legwarmers on and dance.

Most of the other songs were a little to...rock for my liking. Although they may have been popular in the 80s, they weren't my cup of tea. Then again, who am I to judge? I only was alive for 2 years of the 80s.