Back to the 80's! A #threetunetuesday post and HBI contest
I was driving down the road the other day when the first song I am going to share in this post came on the radio. It had been a long time since I last heard it, but it instantly took me back to a specific time in my life. That's one of the things I love so much about music. It has this magical ability to instantly transport you to certain locations or memories based on the song.
It's also interesting how certain songs are tied so closely to certain movies that as soon as you hear the song, the first thing you think of is that scene in that one movie where this song was being played.
That was definitely the case with the first song I am about to share.
This week for #threetunetuesday sponsored by @ablaze, I am taking you to the movies, but more than that, I am issuing a challenge to you. Each of these songs is tied to a very specific movie from the 80's. There might be a couple that showed up in multiple movies, but I am looking for the correct combination of songs and movies. The first person to correctly answer in the comments will get 5 HBI shares donated on their behalf from my @bozz.sports account.
Don't know what HBI is? I'll cover that more at the end of the post.
So let's get going:
This one is going to be pretty obvious if you pay close attention to the video and you were alive in the 80's. We might as well call it a gimme quite honestly. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was a decent hit from Starship that almost became a bit of an anthem back in the 80's. It's honestly quite fitting given the longevity of the band Starship.
Formerly known as Jefferson Airplane, formerly known as Jefferson Starship, then finally Starship, in that final form this band became synonymous with the 80's. I remember my sister had the cassette tape of Knee Deep in the Hoopla touting hits such as "We Built This City", and Sara. It was a pretty great album.
If you love some heavy synthesizer awesomeness, you really need to check out Starship
Remember, I need the specific 80's movie that this song was in.
This one might be a little harder. "We're Not Gonna Take It" from Twisted Sister plays a relatively small, but very significant part in one of my favorite movies from the 80's. It was an inspirational tale that had every young boy believing they could have a specific occupation when they grew up.
If "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was an anthem for young teenage lovers back in the 80's, "We're Not Gonna Take It" was an anthem for all the loners and stoners who were sick of all the authority and status quo.
Remember, the 80's was a time of hair metal and punk rock. People were looking for a change, it was the "era of excess" and all the rules, regulations, and conformity wasn't going to change that. Oddly enough, if I remember right, this song isn't even on the soundtrack for the specific movie, but it was definitely in the movie. I remember the scene well...
This one is probably going to be even harder. Simply for the fact that I believe it was included in several 80's movies. Remember though, I am looking for a very specific one. Another thing that makes this one so hard is the fact that Tears for Fears was basically everywhere in the 80's. I remember picking up a copy of Songs From the Big Chair and playing it over and over again. It was a pretty great album.
With songs like "Shout", "Head over Heels", and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", it was basically a greatest hits album the moment it came out. In fact, I don't know as though Tears for Fears saw the same success on any other album after that. The only other popular song from them I can remember off the top of my head is "Sowing the Seeds of Love".
In any event, this song is played in a more obscure movie, but it is still one of my very favorites from the 80's. I really can't tell you more about it without giving too much away.
I realize this might be a kind of hard contest and that is why I am giving away so much HBI to the winner.
Oh right, so I mentioned HBI. Basically, you can donate shares of HBI to any user on the chain. When you donate a share to them, you also get a share in return. As your shares grow, you earn a percentage of upvote from the HBI account based on your share holdings. If you end up with a lot of shares, it can be a pretty decent vote on every single one of your posts.
Just remember not to abuse it, if you post three times in one day, by the end of the week, your vote is going to be pretty low. Plus, that's just a bit excessive anyway. It's a great way to draw unwanted attention to yourself and earn some downvotes.
One well written post is much better than three crappy posts any day.
There you have it, those are my #threetunetuesday entries. I look forward to seeing who comes away victorious. I've got some guesses already as to who it might be.
May the odds be forever in your favor!
The only one I remember fur: I fell in love with a mannequin….
You got the first one for sure! Well done!
Oh Starship, it really was one of my favorite songs for a long time. The movie that it was used for is of course Mannequin. Also a movie I enjoyed very much. Twisted Sister's song is featured in Iron Eagle (1986), and the last one is very hard ... and kind of a gamble because of what you already mentioned. This song is featured in movies several times, even in 2018 (in a different version), but my guess here is that you are looking for Real Genius (1985).
You win! I'm going to let this play out, but I'll be sending the HBI shares out next week. If you don't see it come across, you know where to find me! Congrats! That happened faster than I expected! If I do this again, I might need to change things up!
Lol ... I seriously had my doubts about the last one, but thanks! It doesn't happen too often that I'm able to win with a movie theme, but since this is related to songs ... I was lucky as all those three songs are very familiar to me too. 😊
The last one was also in Secret of my Success and since that had Michael J Fox in it, I thought it would be the bigger draw for a lot of people. You did very well!
I thought maybe the film was Donnie Darko, but it doesn't fit, but Mannequin was a pretty iconic film from the 80s we see in the first tune clip! I saw she was also the star from Sex in the City!
Yes, and she was in a Star Trek movie as well. Undiscovered Country I think. I've actually never seen Donnie Darko believe it or not. Mannequin was good, but it was kind of a rip off of Splash in my opinion. :)
ah yes I remember now! the first time I enjoyed Shakespeare! lol
VI was a great movie. One of my favorites.
yes and Star Trek IV I think.
For sure, Voyage Home was money!
Is one of my favourite albums of all time.
Great tunes and great bands and I know them all. I was looking forward to what you were playing when I saw the title hehe and good films too!
Thanks, I appreciate it. I remember I owned it on CD, but I think I also went and bought it on vinyl when I started collecting records. I agree, it's such a good album.
Yeah I only had it on CD right enough.
I notice someone already won, but it was definitely Real Genius! I only know because I watched it last month otherwise I wouldn't have had a clue!
Some great picks! Tears for Fears had one album before that big one called The Hurting. Some songs from that one still pop up in movies and are occasionally still covered today. It was a very dark and depressing album!
Nothing like some Starship and Twisted Sister! Both fun bands to listen too.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Yeah, it happened a lot faster than I expected. If I do it again I will probably take the correct answers and do some kind of randomization to determine the winner. It gives more people a chance than just whoever happens to see the post first.
Gosh, these tunes got it! The flavour, the spice, and all other ingredients. I like the first song, and second and the third too... Haha.
Thank ya for sharing amazing tunes like this.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed them. They are some of my favorites from that time period. The 80's were a fun time.
Now you are making me super jealous, haha. Thanks for sharing them.
Driving and playing songs goes well
I also do that at times when driving my father's car
They definitely go hand in hand!
First and last we saw both movies with sons and enjoyed the music, middle movie not familiar with that nor the music. Could be a hoot going back to watch some of these older movies again.
Good walk down memory lane, we rented movies to watch on cassette recorder at home with sons being young at that time.
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We used to do that as well. Iron Eagle was pretty awesome. I can't remember if it came out before or after Top Gun, but between those two movies every kid wanted to be a fighter pilot.
One I remember was MAS*H - "Suicide Is Painless" - Johnny Mandel, CHIPs soundtrack Alan Silvestri, Knight Rider - 'Fire It Up'- Stu Phillips, my guys would recognize in a heartbeat, series we were able to watch. Top Gun lol another nice walk down memory lane.
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Ah, the 80's! I can see why our parents liked listening to "oldies stations" when we were growing up. We've been catching a lot of the old bands live -- Hall & Oats, Duran Duran, and most recently Queen and it's really made me want to listen to more of the old music. I love it but it makes me feel so old!
I'm the same way! Hall and Oates put on a good show last time I saw them. Huey Lewis and the News was great to see live too. I'm jealous that you got to see Duran Duran.
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Haha, yeah, I think if I do it again I am going to do things differently. Did you know the answers?
Only 2/3 but I could have found the 3rd with Google or Chat GPT but I love this type of riddles so I am happy to see you take a shot at it.
'Songs From the Big Chair' was a big hit at the time, and very over-played. I can only listen to 'The Working Hour' now, that's a hidden gem.
I'll have to go back and spin it sometime.
The 80s really did have amazing music. I wonder if Weird Al is in web3. He needs to "twist" We're not gonna take it into "you're not gonna make it". Some people just don't get it haha
The 90s are near and dear to my heart because I was old enough to enjoy it BUT I grew up listening to 80s music, movies and tv shows. This post was AWESOME!!!
Thanks! I appreciate it. I'm more of a 70s/80s guy, but the 90s are definitely near and dear to me.
Wow - 3 great classics. Who doesnt know these - although Twisted Sister werent that well known over here in the UK.
Really? I would have thought differently.
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Love it!!!
Good mix of new wave vibes , Pop Rock and strait up rock & roll!
Eighties!
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