What songs you thought were cool as a teen do you know....

[nobody in particular]

i thought it was feargal sharkey??

[Irongrip400]

A lot of Van Halen shit.

Still like it, but all the DLR conversations in the song, and a lot of his screams were totally gay.

Unchained is a good example.  Great opening, great riffs, total homo shit in the middle.

Yes, the studio producer talking mid song is dumb but I do like that song. I just block that part out.

[Kwon]

Realize really suck

Don't like these today tho since i find them a tad gay.

[Donny]

How many here heard the Rod Stewart stomached pumped rumor back in the day?  I remember some graffiti on the school bus around that time that said "Rod gets rod".

No I think that was the singer from Soft cell

[delon]

scottish band from back then - jesus and mary chain. earlier stuff shat on the later stuff from a great height and although massive fame might have eluded them by some standards they arguably were one of the biggest influences on the shoegaze era. more recent scottish band - not quite top 40 - peatbog faeries from the hebrides (skye iirc, my family are from lewis a generation or two back on both sides)

Didn't expect that to ever pop up on getbig (used to love Ride vapour trail)

Also other good scottish indie bands of that era: Primal Scream, teenage fanclub. And Waterboys "whole of the moon" was a bit earlier but worthy of mention

[38 returns]

and for those who were really edgy


the proclaimers


the NWA of Edinburgh

[Donny]

and for those who were really edgy


the proclaimers


the NWA of Edinburgh

fuck aye 

[Donny]

The Skids Fae Dunfermline 

[38 returns]

fuck aye 

Straight out of Auchtermuchty


still the best place name ever

[nobody in particular]

charlatans, carter usm, neds atomic dustbin, pop will eat itself. i met the guys from neds when they came to a club I ran the door of back in the 90s. Same venue resulted in me babysitting blur one saturday night. Vapour trail is a fucking timeless classic, fond memories of leave them all behind too. teenage fanclub is another one from the era. Not uk but Iwas a bit fond of the sugar cubes too