I grew up listening to country music. Ya’ know how some kids are only allowed to listen to Christian music? Well, in my family I was only allowed to listen to country music. The good news is, I still LOVE country music. What a nice coincidence I ended up in Music City!
The first album I owned (via Santa Claus) was this one…
Seriously, “Mama, He’s Crazy” how could you not love that!!??
Oh, how I loved those girls! I had the “Why Not Me” album memorized. I remember standing on my bed singing into my hairbrush with their music blasting out of my stereo (my door closed, of course). When I was a child my hair had a reddish tint… therefore I believed I might be discovered at a concert as their long lost missing piece and they’d beg me to join the group… a little red-headed girl can dream.
About the same time I acquired this soundtrack (via old-school piracy which involved “dubbing” a cassette using a stereo player with two cassette decks… anyone hear me out there?)
Spent many an evening waiting for my “Johnny Castle” to show up and reenact the most goosebump-inducing dance scene in movie history with little ole’ me.
Oh, how I love the 80’s. What music were you listening to back then?
I can’t stop listening to Toby Mac…over and over.
I had a Dirty Dancing T-shirt that I thought was the coolest thing EVER…wishin’ I still had it…it would have made a fabulous voting outfit
By: Sarah@Life in the Parsonage on November 4, 2008
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Journey
(used to belt out “Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin” in the car with a group of friends as sort of an anthem to our old boyfriends!)
REO Speedwagon
STYX
LOTS of love songs!
Good Times
By: SHerri on November 4, 2008
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I’m completely blank right now but I love it when “I love the 80’s” comes on VH1 bc it just seems ridiculous huh? And, not that long ago either.
By: Fran on November 4, 2008
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Well, I’m just a little bit older than you!
I was raised IFB (Baptist) and was not allowed to listen to anything other than Southern Gospel music, yes Amy Grant was considered contemptible in my parents home or go to theaters! However, when hubs and I turned 18, he wanted to take me to see a movie…we chose Dirty Dancing! Naive little Christian girl, a whopping 18, in a theater for the first time in my life!!! I was seriously afraid the Lord would return right then and I would be in sin and left behind!
We married in Dec of ‘88, so I do look back fondly at the ’80’s but I lived through them and have no desire to go back…even in music!
By: Pamela on November 4, 2008
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I LOVE Dirty Dancing! I had that movie memorized!
Let’s see…music…Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Genesis, INXS, and Billy Idol, and Madonna.
I remember recording songs from the radio to cassette. Man, sometimes I actually miss those times…well…no, not really.
By: tabitha on November 4, 2008
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I remember it was such a big deal to see dirty dancing we could see it in the theater. so when it came out in VHS mind you, my friends parents recorded it hooking up two VHS recorders I thought we were going to get caught since it was illegal.. that my memeory of Dirty Dancing & how could we forget the famous line ‘nobody puts Baby in the corner’
well anyway I loved Madonna, Reba, Oh my even Debbie Gibson and Cyndi Lauper. Girlss just wanna have fun was the best song to sing and dance with girlfriends
By: heather2 on November 4, 2008
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OH I HEAR YA, SISTER!!! You KNOW I’m stuck in the 80’s… MADONNA, Like A Virgin… and of course, my favorite BRET MICHAELS!!
How could you be in the 80’s??? You are WAY too young and you should be in the 90’s… just sayin
By: OCD-ism/Obsessive Christian Disorder on November 4, 2008
at 10:23 am
Wow, I listened to a lot of music in the 80s but not the JUDDS!
Oh, sorry, you said don’t make fun of people’s music choices.
As for me, I’m a straight-up Paula Abdul man.
By: bradruggles on November 4, 2008
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Girl I hear ya with waiting for Johnny to show up and throw on the moves with little ole’ you. What girl hasn’t wished that?
I was listening to The Carpenters, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton John (because my dad was secretly, or maybe not so secretly in love with her) and owned every album and movie she was in. I still love ALL the music I grew up listening to. Isn’t that funny how we do that?
By: Rachel Rowell on November 4, 2008
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You are funny! Hate to say it, but I was born in 1988, so I didn’t really get into the music scene
But, I did love some Backstreet Boys in the 90s!
By: Carrie on November 4, 2008
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I was a HUGE Judds fan too. They were the start of my love for country music, add in a little Reba and I was a lifer
I’m still a country girl.
classic!
and of course Dirty Dancing is my top dancing movie of all times, and the music…so much fun
we have similar tastes for sure
By: jamie willow on November 4, 2008
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To quote a song: “I was Country, when Country wasn’t cool!”
Still listening to country.
By: Starwoodgal on November 4, 2008
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Okay….seriously. Stop it. My favorite is the Cure and Depeche Mode. Still totally rockin out to them. And we have gone over this but yeah, I am still rockin to Poison too but that was before I was cool.
By: kristiapplesauce on November 4, 2008
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Huey Lewis and the Freakin’ News!!
By: Giant Idiot on November 4, 2008
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First tape: Olivia Newton John ” Let’s Get Physical” and just FYI I am not THAT old…I got it in 3rd grade.
First CD: Tiffany and Debbie Gibson.
But if I had to say which music was most like my inner rock star I would have to say Jefferson Starship, Bon Jovi, Train, Heart, and Petra.
I have to go….I think my CD [;auer is calling me to go down memory lane.
OH, and GO VOTE!!!!
By: Laughing Momma on November 4, 2008
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I would (and still do) listen to anything. Chicago, Poison, Whitney, (I’m not ashamed to say… Debbie Gibson). Ok, I’m a little ashamed of that one.
My best friend’s mom was OBSESSED with Dirty Dancing and we watched it all.the.time. Still love it.
Ok… here’s the truth to make you feel less alone. My mom and I used to sing in the car on the way home from church and do harmonies. Dad started saying we could be the Judd’s and started calling her Naomi and me Wynonna. He still brings that up from time to time while mom and I try really hard not to laugh at him…
“Love Can Build a Bridge…”
By: sara on November 4, 2008
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Love your music choices!
I remember being so excited to get a cassette of The Jetts for my birthday one year. The first tapes that I bought with my own money were Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. I remember dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller albumn. I also had a 45 of Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock and Roll” that I wore out and I had every Dolly Parton album! I guess my taste in music was pretty random! LOL!
By: Ladybird on November 4, 2008
at 1:37 pm
Loved those Judd’s!! Still do!!! : ) : )
Other music for me back then included Debbie Gibson “Lost in Your Eyes!!” LOL
Of course being a good church girl, we had our Michael W. Smith “Friends are Friends Forever” and such happening also!!
: )
By: Susan Kerr Jenkins on November 4, 2008
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Wooo Hoooo! I love this post! Hmmm. Loved the eighties music, Dirty Dancing, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson!
so fun
Or how about “O Mickey your so fine, your so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey.” I think I roller skated to that song.
I have to admit that I am a huge country fan! Love Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, don’t even need to go on.
So thats one reason I wanted to go to Nashville for our 10 year anniversary- Music city baby!
I am sooo excited that we were are headed up to Nashville in 2 weeks! Music City area decorated for the holidays. This is exciting!
By: Kara Prater on November 4, 2008
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the soundtrack to the movie Cocktails was my first cassette that i could call my own. we were allowed to take our radios to school and at recess we would walk around singing “don’t worry be happy”. oh to be in second grade again….
By: Missy (PA) on November 4, 2008
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Def Leapard
Run DMC
Alabama
Poison
Kenny Rogers
The Beastie Boys
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Journey
Huey Lewis and the News
MC Hammer (Please Hammer Don’t Hurt’em)
Randy Travis
In HS – I was all about Guns and Freakin Roses!!
The list goes on and on.
My record player was my best friend when I was a kid. I spent many an afternoon performing rock concerts in my bedroom, playing air guitar, and yes.. singing into a hair brush.
BTW.. Am I the only one who didn’t totally dig Micheal Jackson’s Thriller in the 4th Grade? I am almost ashamed to admit I owned a shiny white glove and yes.. I could moonwalk.
Great Blog
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I am not ashamed to admit that I totally rocked out to MJ Thriller in the 4th grade!
By: dave myers on November 4, 2008
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I was only alive 5 years in the 80’s but….I love country music and love the Judds!
By: Monica Hunt on November 4, 2008
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Michael Jackson and Madonna!
By: Jenni Catron on November 4, 2008
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Ha. I wasn’t born yet, but I still love the Judds. Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies of. all. time.
By: kaymarie on November 4, 2008
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hey…can you add me to the Moms group email? jwillowb@yahoo.com. I wasn’t sure your email addy to just ask you that way so I’m leaving it here in a comment
hope that’s okay!
By: jamie willow on November 4, 2008
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I still love the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
Whitney Houston.
By: danielle on November 4, 2008
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i was THE. BIGGEST. Police fan!
loved. them!
their synchronicity album had red, yellow and blue stripes on it. remember? well…i had my own set of red, yellow and blue dishes, socks, notebooks, linens. i was a freak about it!
By: tam on November 4, 2008
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well in the 80’s i wasnt all about it because mom wouldnt let me be… but early 90’s i was all about it. I love the judds!
ha ha and yes I dubbed using two casette players
untill Jen kept busting me 
By: Jessica on November 4, 2008
at 11:06 pm
OK, I’ll be the token bad girl here! I graduated high school in 1988. My first concert, in 1982, was Rick Springfield. But, I made up for it quickly when my aunt got me front row Motley Crue tickets in 1985! I loves me some 80’s metal, to this day. Satellite radio is the greatest for that.
By: kathy on November 5, 2008
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Girl, I have the Judds on my IPOD right now! Love them and ALL stuff from the 80s. How can you not?
By: eliza on November 5, 2008
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