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28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« on: August 27, 2014, 02:35:27 PM »
According to Annalisa: "On the next 10@10 year: Tom Hanks was Big, Dustin Hoffman was Rain Man, but Dan Quayle "was no Jack Kennedy" as said in the VP debate of the day."

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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 02:53:47 PM »
According to Annalisa: "On the next 10@10 year: Tom Hanks was Big, Dustin Hoffman was Rain Man, but Dan Quayle "was no Jack Kennedy" as said in the VP debate of the day."

Someone posted: "1988 is probably the best and most diverse year of the decade"

Discuss!

(BTW, since she quoted the "no Jack Kennedy" line I requested "Glad I'm Not a Kennedy". Fat chance.)
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2014, 10:22:49 PM »
According to Annalisa: "On the next 10@10 year: Tom Hanks was Big, Dustin Hoffman was Rain Man, but Dan Quayle "was no Jack Kennedy" as said in the VP debate of the day."
Someone posted: "1988 is probably the best and most diverse year of the decade"

Discuss!

I can't address the diversity, but based on my collection of 10@10 shows I would peg
the best year as 1982 or 1983.  Somewhere in there is the peak of the "New Wave" wave,
in my estimation.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2014, 08:46:34 AM »
quite a bit of love on FB for Lita Ford's "Kiss Me Deadly" -- 'twould be a bustout if heard (and it'd make a great former-Runaways twin-spin with Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself For Lovin' You", as the Cap'n has already pointed out).

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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2014, 10:05:42 AM »
Rainman --> Rick Astley, a fine TOTHK!  ("Never Gonna Give You Up")  BOS1 for cheeziness alone.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2014, 10:10:21 AM »
more Rainman --> REM "Pop Song '89".  VHM.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2014, 10:13:42 AM »
Bentsen/Quayle debate "no Jack Kennedy" -->   Pixies "Where Is My Mind", which woulda made more sense after Rainman. So much for the Shona Laing idea.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2014, 10:16:45 AM »
Quayle campaigns --> Smithereens with an uber-LN. "Only a Memory"
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2014, 10:20:54 AM »
another Neil Young appearance. Guess that divorce was a good idea. "Ten Men Working".
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2014, 10:26:34 AM »
U2: another LN, at least to my ears. "Love Comes to Town"
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2014, 10:27:40 AM »
U2: another LN, at least to my ears. "Love Comes to Town"

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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2014, 10:29:14 AM »
Someone posted: "1988 is probably the best and most diverse year of the decade"

Discuss!


Definitely not if you're judging by 10@10s.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2014, 10:30:06 AM »
Bentsen/Quayle debate "no Jack Kennedy" -->   Pixies "Where Is My Mind", which woulda made more sense after Rainman. So much for the Shona Laing idea.

This falls in the category of obvious alternative that White Stripes dominates in the '00's.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2014, 10:32:08 AM »
Fish Called Wanda --> "I Want Your Hands on Me", Sinead. BOS2 for not being the obvious choice.
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Re: 28 August 2014: It's... 1988!
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2014, 10:32:43 AM »
Has Erasure ever gotten any 10@10 airplay? I forgot that I'd been wanting to request Chains of Love and didn't do it last night.
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