https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:20:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775935 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:17:42 +0000 approprio 1775935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh yes! Let's have a music thread! I was pondering a post about some up-and-coming divas I've been enjoying lately. So many exciting young women are entering the music business these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775759 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:58:30 +0000 Isabel 1775759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet , LOL !!!!</p> <p>AZ , And I LOVE Bizarre Love Triangle. I loved that whole album. One of my best friends and I would sit in the church parking lot in Boston after 7 pm mass and play the tape ( yes, a cassette tape ) over and over in my car. </p> <p>There was one song , Every Little Counts....and we would play that over and over because we thought the lyrics were , " I think you are a pig, you should be in a zoo.....burst out laughing by singer.... years later we would find out those were the lyrics. </p> <p>So pigs became our thing. Just recently she sent me a pig change purse. Lol</p> <p>oh and I have an ABBA CD in my car and last year went to see an ABBA band !!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775640 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:39:54 +0000 Janet 1775640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, there was a showing here in Baltimore recently, but unfortunately I couldn't make it. People called me Dammit in college and for years afterwards, thanks to RHPS. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775628 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:13:28 +0000 Isabel 1775628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now, if someplace would just show the Rocky Horror Picture show every weekend ! &nbsp; LOL &nbsp;that would be a SCORE !</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775574 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:46:31 +0000 Angie 1775574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, start that fun music thread. We need it! And agreed. Chris Cornel is easy on the eyes. Have seen him in concert four times. </p> <p>Rabbit, I voted "Sing Street" as BEST movie of 2016. I mentioned that in my "Best Of" post - which you may have missed. It was SUBLIME. Very funny, sad, charming and brilliantly executed. Should have won a Golden Globe since it WAS nominated.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sara, it’s a KILLER The Cure song isn’t it. And I’ll teach you about the brilliance of ‘80s fashion. </p> <p>Ledonna, I liked The Eurythmics - Annie Lennox is a legend - but Yazoo wins my award for best musical duo of the '80s because I preferred their music.&nbsp;</p> <p>I enjoy some '70s music too. ABBA. Hello. They were brilliant. And I'm a huge Beatles fan too - although that was '60s music.</p> <p>I love being a '70s child. I am a proud Gen X-er, and do not feel forgotten at all.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election/page/2#post-1775562 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:11:45 +0000 Ledonna N. 1775562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>DO not forget about the best duo out here in the 80's. THE EURYTHMICS.</p> <p>Lord how they defined the 80's for me.</p> <p>I'm a bit tired of the orange one and the political talk myself. It's draining. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775546 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:45:51 +0000 Janet 1775546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, can I just say that I love that anyone here actually knows of Jazz Butcher? And your screen name makes me think of Echo and the Funnymen, one of my favorites of the era. Yes, I have a deep love of the "college" music of the 80s (I turned 18 in 1983), but I still seek out new music to this day and am a big indie-rock nerd. I like that the radio station where I sometimes work plays all kinds of music, including some classic rock, soul, 80s, 90s, and newer stuff.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775424 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 05:02:30 +0000 Sara L. 1775424@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great song , Angie! As soon as you said the Cure, I knew what song it would be. I'm slightly younger than you and the same age as Aziraphale and like her, I would say I'm more a child of the nineties. Mainly because I went to college in the early nineties. I love 80's music but don't get the fashion of the 80's. </p> <p>Speaking of 80's music, has anyone watched Stranger Things? It has a great soundtrack. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775412 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:38:30 +0000 rabbit 1775412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So for lovers of 80's pop (through all its chameleon changes) the movie Sing Street is a must see. &nbsp;April mentioned in a post when it was in the theaters awhile ago, but now it's on streaming services and the soundtrack as well as the story is delightful, especially for those who remember the impact of early MTV videos on their formative years (including Rio or Hungry Like the Wolf, I forget which one the boys in the film watch).&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYk2Vx1z6lk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYk2Vx1z6lk</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775411 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:37:35 +0000 rachylou 1775411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You guys are killing me with this retro playlist. Alanis Morisette! Omg, lololol.</p> <p>ETA: I have to go tease dd now. She's an old lady, 24 - I remember listening to R Kelly when she was a wee bit, because of her. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775410 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 04:35:51 +0000 Aziraphale 1775410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw, Duran Duran will always have a special place in my heart for being the first band I ever fell in love with. Just because I thought I was too cool for Duran Duran in grade eight doesn't mean I can't admit that they were pretty fab. I heard "Hungry Like the Wolf" a month or so ago and man, it's still such a catchy tune! </p> <p>Plus, they are probably the reason I still quite like seeing a man in makeup. ;-)</p> <p>Also, I agree with you -- Chris Cornell is lovely.&nbsp;</p> <p>I might start a thread about "nostalgic music of your youth" tomorrow. It'll be a nice change of pace in Off Topic!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775399 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 03:38:51 +0000 Angie 1775399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elisabeth, you crack me up. YES. It sounds like your prolonged youth makes you of the '90s generation. Makes sense. I'm inviting you to my yoga class....come on down.&nbsp;</p> <p>Still listen to all that great '90s music too: Chilli Peppers, Sound Garden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Linkin' Park and Alanis Morisette. AND all that brilliant '80s music.&nbsp;</p> <p>Echo, wish I'd seen The Cure in the '80s. You lucky fish.&nbsp;</p> <p>THERE WILL BE NO BAD MOUTHING OF DURAN DURAN, <b>EVER.&nbsp;</b></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775396 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 02:59:09 +0000 Aziraphale 1775396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I remember loving that one New Order song -- Bizarre Love Triangle? Or am I getting my 80s bands mixed up?</p> <p>I also liked Bronski Beat a lot. That guy had an incredible falsetto! Also Alphaville. Oh, and who can forget Billy Idol! And the Beastie Boys! If I ever happen to hear Duran Duran (which is rare), I'm hit with a pang of nostalgia. :-)&nbsp;</p> <p>Really, though, Nirvana and the Chili Peppers were the best of the best for me. I still listen to them. And, bonus, the Chilies are still in business!</p> <p>I'm still not a fan of mainstream pop, but I try to keep current. For me, here's where it's at for a more contemporary sound: Muse (pop meets 80s metal, and borrows the best from both!), Manchester Orchestra, Green Day, X Ambassadors, Mother Mother, and Fun. Also loved the White Stripes before they fell apart. </p> <p>eta How could I forget Nine Inch Nails? I listened to that one album nonstop for about two years in the 90s.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775390 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 02:45:14 +0000 Echo 1775390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I have great memories seeing a Cure show in Minneapolis while I was in school. Well worth the trip!</p> <p>Aziraphale, I adored Duran Duran - still do, actually. And I experimented listening to a lot of different sounds, too. Classic rock didn't hold too much appeal to me (though I don't regret seeing the Stones in Boston), and while I enjoyed Ministry for a while (both their alt pop sound and their metal), I ultimately settled into Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division/New Order, Replacements, Morrissey, Jazz Butcher, etc. But I still love the more mainstream sounds of the 80's, too, like Adam Ant, Culture Club, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>But I remain stuck in a time warp as far as music goes, because I listen almost exclusively to Public Radio now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775389 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 02:43:21 +0000 Aziraphale 1775389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Angie -- just to be clear, I said I'm two years younger than you, so close, but not quite, the same age. What I said above is that it's surprising how much difference two years makes! I think it also matters that I was still in school until I was 24 (i.e. until 1996), so I had a prolonged youth, and most of what I remember in terms of my 'cultural awakening' happened in the early 90s.&nbsp;</p> <p>And that sounds great re. the politics talk. I agree with your approach. People are pretty good about not letting it get too overheated, so I don't foresee too much trouble.</p> <p>I for one am done talking politics for a while. I'm having apoplectic fits almost every day -- I've got to the point where even his stupid orange face is making my blood pressure rise -- I need a break!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775375 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 02:10:50 +0000 Angie 1775375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To answer your question Elisabeth - yes, you can talk politics Off Topic. But I will close threads that get overheated or begin taking over the Off Topic section. I've allowed certain threads to run their course so far because that was my judgement call - for better or for worse. It's a learning curve for me too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775373 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 02:07:08 +0000 Angie 1775373@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, I know what you mean. I was born in 1970. The '70s and '80s hold a VERY special place in my heart. I love the visual impact of the '60s.</p> <p>Elisabeth, if you're a '90s gal - you're definitely younger (although you say we are the same age!). I started working in 1992. The '90s had nothing on the '80s - *smiling* - although I adore Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>THE CURE</b>. <b>This is our song - </b>have&nbsp;dedicated&nbsp;it to Greg many times:<b>&nbsp;</b></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCKLJGLENs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCKLJGLENs</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775332 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:23:36 +0000 Aziraphale 1775332@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing wrong with goth ;-)</p> <p>I remember listening to the Smiths and the Cure in grade 8 or so, and that was about as mod/goth as I got. I must have overlooked Sister of Mercy. It's funny the difference two years makes. I'm precisely two years younger than you and Angie, but I am very firmly a child of the 90s, whereas it sounds like you identify more with the 80s (and I know Angie does!). As you say, "a child of the ___" refers more to coming of age, which for me, happened in the early 90s.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's funny how it takes sometimes a while for one's musical tastes to define themselves, but when they do, it ties you to a time period and you always think of yourself as a "child of the [insert date]". I listened to Duran Duran nonstop all through grades 6 and 7, after which they became profoundly uncool and I threw them over for mod-ish stuff. That only lasted about a year before I moved on to "retro" stuff from the 70s, like Led Zeppelin, but you could only go so far with that because the band was no longer producing new music. I then flirted with Metallica before deciding it was a bit too metal for my taste. I remember floundering, music-wise, for several years -- everything seemed either too radio-tunes pop or too metal -- and then, in grade 12, the clouds parted and alternative music suddenly appeared on my radar. I found the sound that resonated with my soul. It sounds cheesy, but it's true. It's still what I listen to -- not so much the now-defunct bands from the 90s (although there are many I still love), but current bands with new music that would fall into the "alternative" category.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775312 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:33:24 +0000 Echo 1775312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aziraphale, Sister of Mercy are often referred to as goth, but I never really saw them that way. They are also often compared to Bauhaus, and while I understand the comparison, I don't see them as that similar. Eldritch often gets caught up in his own intellectualism - he puts "too many words" into most songs, just to get the point across. The point has never actually been the music with him, IMO, but rather the message he was trying to convey (sometimes cryptically).</p> <p>And, as Angie mentioned, I am a teen of the '80's, but I've always thought that the expressions "a child of the ____" referred more to coming of age as opposed to true childhood. I, too, was a child of the 1970's, and a teen in the 1980's, and I am indeed almost exactly the same age as Angie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775282 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:17:47 +0000 Aziraphale 1775282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can we not talk politics in Off Topic? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775280 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:08:38 +0000 Karie 1775280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not going to talk about who I voted for or why, or talk negatively here about Trump, Hilary, Obama, etc. I feel like we aren't supposed to be talking about politics, yet we're talking about politics.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775241 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:42:25 +0000 Aziraphale 1775241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo -- I don't really remember Sisters of Mercy -- I can't even really place the name, which is weird, because I grew up in the 80s. What kind of music is it? Wikipedia just says "rock". I guess I see myself more as a child of the early 90s (I was only 17 in 1990, so graduated high school just as the grunge era got properly underway. I don't think my cultural awareness really started to develop until I was at least 16). Anyway I'm happy for you if they release more music. :-)</p> <p>approprio, that Onion article is funny!&nbsp;</p> <p>Janet, I'm loving SNL these days. It's the only silver lining, I agree!&nbsp;</p> <p>I actually think we are headed for World War III. I really do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775206 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:40:24 +0000 Angie 1775206@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a child of the '70s, but a teen of the '80s. I'm an '80s gal through and through too. High five, and enjoy that new album, Echo. This thread resonated with me.&nbsp;</p> <p>LOVE SNL. High five, Janet.&nbsp;</p> <p>And Liz cracks me up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1775026 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:58:41 +0000 Style Fan 1775026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Protests, art and the comedy.&nbsp; Lots of good things happening around us.&nbsp; SNL OMG. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774903 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:28:33 +0000 Janet 1774903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's heartening to see how many people who were formerly complacent now becoming active in their communities. That is the main silver lining I'm seeing at the moment. That and SNL. ;-)</p> <p>But hey, I still love some Sisters of Mercy -- I've heard a couple of covers of This Corrosion but the original still stands! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774796 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 20:02:53 +0000 Anonymous 1774796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes me feel like my 21 year old self again!&nbsp; Protests and activists everywhere.&nbsp; People making their voices heard.&nbsp; It's all good.&nbsp; Sure beats apathy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774794 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 19:59:48 +0000 Mochi 1774794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can already see the scene in films...masses of young lawyers with laptops sitting on airport floors, eating pizza while they feverishly work to keep people from being sent back...dramatic, edgy music in the background...these movies WILL be made. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774769 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:25:51 +0000 Isabel 1774769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WHAT ?????? Mochi, I can look at my dogs ( who are super cute ) and many friends have cats....but what about BABY GOATS in tutus and sweaters...</p> <p>Though I would LOVE a massive baby goat march. : )&nbsp;</p> <p>Eminem also has decided to release a new album...as has John Mellencamp. Oh the ART coming out of this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774755 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 17:18:54 +0000 Ledonna N. 1774755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is so funny thank you for my laugh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/good-from-the-election#post-1774721 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:00:38 +0000 rachylou 1774721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. They should totally take it down...except no wait...how could I get on the Internet to say it should come down?</p> <p>Ok. Second plan: we all get back on AOL. </p>