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Help me name an 80s tribute band
- Thread starter QORC
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+1 for “Mix Tape”. Captures the era, and probably your set list.
Man, I’d forgotten about “power ties”, though. And I’d surely bought several with just that in mind back then!
Man, I’d forgotten about “power ties”, though. And I’d surely bought several with just that in mind back then!
Use what one of the guys in my signature line would have said upon hearing you:
"Deja Vu - All Over Again"
"Deja Vu - All Over Again"
You'd be surprised how many Gen Y and Gen Z listen to 80s stuff. It's a lot.
There are loads of young people in the UK into the 80's stuff, one of the best decades for music imo.
This is very true. The high schoolers I work with love Michael Jackson's music as much as they love contemporary stuff like Tate McRae.
I think part of it is because their parents came of age in the 80s and that's the music they grew up listening to in the car when mom 'n dad shuffled them around. If you see cultural trends as cyclical, a lot of 80s trends are back in style (though nowadays, contemporary style is trending towards late 80s/early 90s as far as retro-trends go).
When I played for our end-of-summer-school program earlier this month ("Gig" report (if you can even call this a gig...)), the 80s songs got as many kids up and dancing as the contemporary ones. The kids KNOW "old" music, and they love it! When the kids were picking songs for karaoke, they were mostly picking 70s, 80s, and 90s songs. Their attitude is that music has no expiration date. If they like it, they like it; simple as that. I think the fact that songs like "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind, and Fire are popular among TikTok dancers is wonderful.
In my previous post, I offered a whole bunch of aspects from the 1980s to pull inspiration from. I feel like no one name can really capture the 80s.
Like if you named the band Robin's Leeches, it might attract a demographic who enjoys celebreality TV (after all, we wouldn't have shows like The Kardashians or Real Housewives without Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous paving the way).
But if you named the band the Unskinny Boppers, people might expect a hair metal type thing.
I would expect a band named Joy Stixx and the Hi-Scores to be a tribute to old chiptune video game music.
If a band calls themselves Power Ties and Leg Warmers, the members better be wearing the most garish examples of those on stage.
I would hope a band called Spicoli's Pizza dresses up like iconic 80s movie characters.
