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Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus
Ohh yes, it was definitely a bit uncool to like FM in the mid80s. It was my verrrrry private obsession...i only had a couple of friends that knew. when i met marty i don't think i even let on to him how obsessed i was until we were together a couple of years lmao. and when he eventually came up w the idea to make a mac website, i was intrigued, but part of me wondered if there was anyone else out there who loved them the way i did!! so i'm glad all you loonies are out there haha and this became a place to meet each other!
--Lis
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When I was leaving elementary school and about to enter Jr High school can be a scary time. I remember hearing the rumors that if you did not get into The Doors you would get beat up. I remember taking my sister's Best of the Doors album and learning it "back to front." When my knowledge of The Doors music and songs was known I remember someone asking "how do you know that song." I took that to mean...they did not know how "cool" I was.
The bands in Jr High that were the most popular in the early/mid 80s were AC/DC, Ozzy/Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Doors, Van Halen, Kiss, The Stones. Asia was really cool in 1982 with their very popular rock album. NO ONE was proudly proclaiming their love for Fleetwood Mac. In the summer of 1983 my friends and I were dropped off at a flea market. Sure enough there was someone selling rock T shirts with those iron on photos. There was a Fleetwood Mac one. The photo was that 1976 photo with them outside near some steps or porch? I grabbed one so fast that I did not even check sizes. I cherished this shirt but I dare not wear it to school. With Stevie and the Mac being on HBO in 1982/1983 sort of made them cool for awhile. Back then HBO was airing rock concerts of the Who and other bands and us living in the sticks had no MTV so seeing rock concerts on HBO was extraordinary. Tusk sort of made the band lose its rock chops and Mirage did not help much either.
I assume we both grew up in blue collar areas and things were the same. We would walk extra blocks to catch a certain school bus because the driver would let us smoke and he would listen to the local rock station. Too cool for school!
I remember one of my friends teased me once. He lived about 3 houses away and there was a narrow woods between the houses. He was a metalhead and played guitar. Sara was on the radio once while my friends were hanging out in the woods behind my house. He made sure to crank it up really loud so I could hear it.