tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post5102652261347655616..comments2024-03-18T15:54:14.696-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: The Music of 1987GoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-36574669979071712402022-05-11T09:06:35.158-04:002022-05-11T09:06:35.158-04:00Then Prince came out and did this, and suddenly I ...Then Prince came out and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvj2N028X-U" rel="nofollow">did this</a>, and suddenly I couldn't imagine wanting to ever again listen to "It's the End of the World As We Know It" or anything else by R.E.M. or anyone else.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-82590555126318947562022-05-11T09:03:49.422-04:002022-05-11T09:03:49.422-04:00I was starting to soften on Prince. I had definiti...I was starting to soften on Prince. I had definitively resisted him when we were at Heath. I thought he seemed silly and effeminate, and I didn't want to get associated with either of those two things at all. But then I went off to WKU and was trying on new versions of myself, and there was so much <i>1999</i> and <i>Purple Rain</i> being played at dance parties. I was an English minor, and I was smoking clove cigarettes, and I had taken 100-level religion and philosophy intro classes, and I was meeting all sorts of new people. I had quit ragging on Prince and scanning away when he turned up on the radio ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-848901230037478862022-05-11T08:57:40.332-04:002022-05-11T08:57:40.332-04:00So then we got to Fern Creek and the house of the ...So then we got to Fern Creek and the house of the one guy's parents where we were staying for the weekend. (Can't remember what we went up there for. But I did eventually end up buying a Honda Civic--but a sedan, not the hatch--from the guy's dad, and that was a great car.) We flipped on the TV in the basement where the other guy and I would be sleeping, and the MTV Video Music Awards program was on the air. Maybe it was just starting. They announced that Prince would be performing, and the other guy got so excited to see him ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-34306679290775465242022-05-11T08:54:32.460-04:002022-05-11T08:54:32.460-04:00This is excellent.This is excellent.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-57215023410467989072022-05-11T08:53:52.845-04:002022-05-11T08:53:52.845-04:00On the evening of Friday, Sept. 11, 1987, I rode w...On the evening of Friday, Sept. 11, 1987, I rode with two WKU friends in a Honda Civic hatch from Bowling Green to Louisville. We listened to Document over and over and over again, and I remember sitting in the backseat thinking about how I couldn't imagine wanting to ever again listen to anything by Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Who or anyone else when I could instead be listening to "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-41809177791333189882022-05-11T08:50:00.395-04:002022-05-11T08:50:00.395-04:00I don't know why I so enjoy the experience of ...I don't know why I so enjoy the experience of being able to pinpoint where I was and what I was doing on a particular date in the past, but I SO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING ABLE TO PINPOINT WHERE I WAS AND WHAT I WAS DOING ON A PARTICULAR DATE IN THE PAST ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-37032978048137090962022-05-08T14:34:31.964-04:002022-05-08T14:34:31.964-04:00Sometime 1989 or 1990, Billy Bragg gave a concert ...Sometime 1989 or 1990, Billy Bragg gave a concert in New Haven, Connecticut, and I went to see him in Matthew's honor. He was fantastic, and I've always been very happy that I saw that show.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-62649995736231817862022-05-08T14:33:22.972-04:002022-05-08T14:33:22.972-04:00Also, in 1987 I read every detective novel by Doro...Also, in 1987 I read every detective novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, and I started reading G.K. Chesterton. Those developments launched an interest in British history and literature prior to World War II that eventually had a huge impact on my thinking.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-52448192586041778812022-05-08T14:32:09.734-04:002022-05-08T14:32:09.734-04:00Looking back on everything, I now think that the 1...Looking back on everything, I now think that the 1980's lasted from Reagan's debate with Carter until Magic Johnson's hook shot to beat the Celtics in Game Four of the 1987 Finals.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-39870204554223101612022-05-08T14:30:28.892-04:002022-05-08T14:30:28.892-04:00In the summer of 1987, I went to see Dan Ackroyd&#...In the summer of 1987, I went to see Dan Ackroyd's version of Dragnet, and I saw the re-release of Snow White. And I think that was about it for that summer at the movies.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-88141166480843022282022-05-08T14:28:54.710-04:002022-05-08T14:28:54.710-04:00I still listen to The Joshua Tree and Tunnel of Lo...I still listen to The Joshua Tree and Tunnel of Love. Document is, and remains, one of my favorite albums of all time. But I spent most of 1987 listening to classic rock and this was when I really started to learn the history of pop music.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.com