I love the 80s music (Clash,Human league,Devo, blondie,etc.) that's why all these new bands like interpol are recreating it.

Could be worse, I grew up with and listened to bad 1970's music.

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Bad 70's music is only acceptable in that it gave us Punk Rock. Without such bad music, would there have been such a beautiful rebellion?

Ah, well, you got me there. I mistyped. You said like. I should have said like. Oops.
Not a sin at all. Just something which I do not wish to force myself to endure.

OK. Here's a some thoughts about "trendy" art.

Nagel (think Duran Duran album covers) was HUGE in the 80's. People bought print for huge amounts and throught they were buying art. Nice graphics but definantely not timeless.

Thomas Kincade was the '90's version or commercial art and is still a presence today.

We have Shag doing is thing now and being a one man design industry. Now, I really like shag designs because they are some of the first, well done modern renditions of an era that I actually remembered. But, is he the Nagel of this decade?

I think he's got a lot of style and, although his work is EXTREMLY commercial, it's fun. But, will it last or will it just be another trend that may be "rediscovered" in anoather 50 years?

I think the comparison of Shag to Nagel is a good one. I do love his design and iconography (heh, since much is lifted from the likes of Disney) but yeah, I have to wonder how long this retro-contemporary look will remain in fashion? Still more intriguing is what will be the next "cool" possibly something less polished, raw, and more emotional?

Don't get me wrong, I loved 80's music. I was into all that back then and I love bands like Interpol, The Jets, etc now. But the entire 80's retread has got to go. I mean seriously I saw a girl who was probably 12 dressed in full Madonna gear! Rubber band bracelets, geometric shaped earrings, lace (lots of lace) and a SCRUNCHY!

Please step away from the 80's clothing. It was bad then and worse now! Kinda like dredging up the 60's or 70's. Luckily I don't have any photos of me in the 90's during my 60's retread. :rolleyes:

I think the key is, if you like something trendy, that's great, but don't pretend it's anything but trendy.

I don't have any illusions about the things I like. For one thing, I know that Shag and the tiki/lounge/mid century style he represents will go back out of style, and I'm ok with that. For now, I'm digging it, and I know I'll always enjoy it to some degree, even when no one else does. Same goes for my low-rise jeans, my appreciation of Mythbusters, and whatever else. I can be a conformist, but only when what I'm into is deemed cool by the masses :D

I'll take the Seventies over any other decade of rock music. The Eighties were only good for about four years and the less said of the Nineties the better. As much as I hate being old, I am forever grateful to have lived through the 70s. And a shout out to my parents for sending me to New York during the summer of 1977 ... Elvis dies, Frampton Lives, Son of the Sam kills, Mad magazine, Disco and the Good Humor Man. My 12 year old brain had a lot to take in that summer.

God Bless the 1970s. I'd go back if I could.

But staying on topic ... I hate nostalgia for the 80s. Thanks to digital radio, we play it six days a week at my job (the seventh day I get to program and I usually split the day evenly between the 1950s, 1960s and the 1970s.

Yup, it's all about perspective. If I'd been born in a different era I'm sure I would have been a fan of different things. We're shaped by what's around us.

I'd never say that everyone must like what I like, since there's no conceivable way to make a 60 year old truly understand what early-1990's alternative meant to me...or to make me truly understand what the Charleston meant to the generation that came of age in the 1920's. It's regional too, since I'll never truly understand country music, or the NY music scene.

Sure, I can appreciate good music of many different eras/styles/regions to some degree, but will it ever mean as much to me as the music that gave me solace during my teen years? Nah.

Same goes for fashion/architecture/etc etc.