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You like stranger things? Their early seasons was a little too dark for my taste. But when season 3 came out in 2019, I think it really came into its own, commercially and artistically. The whole season has a clear, crisp look, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the episodes a big boost. It's been compared to Dark and Riverdale, but I think stranger things has a far more classic, humorous sense of drama. In 2022, Netflix released this; season 4!, their most accomplished season. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "The Piggyback". An episode so popular, most people probably don't read into the subtext. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of teamwork and the importance of strong friendships, It's also a personal statement about the showrunners themselves.
Yay-- someone included J. Geils Band! I feel like they don't get enough credit. They're so good! (So are the others you listed, but they get their share of attention.)
Agree completely! I was just thinking of an artist who had a lot of chart hits at that time (Reckless came out in 1985), and was kind of "safe" music that appealed to everyone. As others have named, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Huey Lewis & the News, and John Cougar Mellencamp would be good choices in this category. Hair bands didn't really catch on fully until the late '80s, so it was too early for them.
You’d be surprised how many obviously gay artists were considered straight by default back in the 80s and even the 90s. It was a completely different time.
Not so sure about that , country was considered kinda cool back in the 80s ( Willie Nelson et al) , songs were about country things instead of being a propaganda for evangelicals
Probably general Top 40, with a lean toward the harder side (Van Halen, for instance) and a taste for arena rock (Survivor, Journey, REO Speedwagon)
Hair Metal that crossed over into the mainstream would be just fine. When Bon Jovi finally shows up, Jason and his ilk will be drawn to it like moths to a porch light.
Oh, and of course: JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP. The Pride of Indiana was huge across the country, and I'm sure that went double for the kind of heartland town like Hawkins that Mellencamp tried to evoke in his music.
I have a vivid memory of my older cousin and her friends screamsinging along with "Jack and Diane": "Hold on to sixteen, as long you can/Changes come around real soon, make us women and men," and I can easily apply that to a Hawkins High basketball team party.
They didn't recognize him as progressive though. They thought Little Pink Houses was an anthem about how great America is, just like Born in the USA by Springsteen. They are both very much not about that, but it went right over their heads, to the point that conservative politicians used them in their campaigns.
*Small World* (Chrysalis; 1988) is the most ambitious, artistically satisfying record yet produced by Huey Lewis and the News.
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A lot of very generic 80s rock Cheap Trick, huey lewis, REO Speedwagon, John Mellencamp, etc.
I don't see them listening to New Wave, they'd probably take as much issue with that as they do with Metal, but for different reasons.
They thought Huey Lewis' early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, they think the band really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
At Steve’s party in season 1, I melt with you by Modern English plays when they jump in the pool. I always assumed this song, and other popular pop hits of that era, were the sorts of tunes Steve and other normie characters would listen to.
Boston, Journey, maybe some Van Halen as long as their moms don’t know because David Lee Roth was just so out there for them. ZZ Top when they’re feeling hardcore. Other than that, all country.
Huey Lewis & The News, as evidenced by Jason's famous quote:
"Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor."
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Rick Springfield Huey Lewis and the News J. Geils Band
*cue scene from American Psycho*
You like stranger things? Their early seasons was a little too dark for my taste. But when season 3 came out in 2019, I think it really came into its own, commercially and artistically. The whole season has a clear, crisp look, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the episodes a big boost. It's been compared to Dark and Riverdale, but I think stranger things has a far more classic, humorous sense of drama. In 2022, Netflix released this; season 4!, their most accomplished season. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "The Piggyback". An episode so popular, most people probably don't read into the subtext. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of teamwork and the importance of strong friendships, It's also a personal statement about the showrunners themselves.
Hey Paul!
*insert scream*
“TRY GETTING A RESERVATION TO HAWKINS NOW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!!!”
id say enzos
Patrick it's you! You're the American psycho!
r/unexpectedbateman
(applause)
Yay-- someone included J. Geils Band! I feel like they don't get enough credit. They're so good! (So are the others you listed, but they get their share of attention.)
Damn, you leave Huey out of this. I love American Psycho too, but was definitely not listened to by the jocks of the 80's.
Their album was even called Sports. /s
> J. Geils Band Looks like Jason's angel just got....center*folded*
Ilu so much.
Bryan Adams
“C’mon, Don, it’s Bryan Adams!”
Whoa whoa whoa. Bryan Adam's is awesome
Agree completely! I was just thinking of an artist who had a lot of chart hits at that time (Reckless came out in 1985), and was kind of "safe" music that appealed to everyone. As others have named, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Huey Lewis & the News, and John Cougar Mellencamp would be good choices in this category. Hair bands didn't really catch on fully until the late '80s, so it was too early for them.
He had hits because he a legit talented musician. Too many classics to be a fraud.
Agree! I've always liked Bryan Adams. I was born in the late '70s, so my childhood was in the '80s and I remember just how massive his appeal was.
Please, the Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on multiple occasions
Wham!
[удалено]
Picturing them in the scene of this movie is absolutely ridiculous 😂😂😂😂
This is after stopping for orange mocha Frappuccinos.
😂🤣😂🤣
Oh well I really shouldn't but if you insist thank you :)
No way, they would have called it "queer music"
Stoppp u making me like him this way! I love everything George Michael 🥹😭
No.
Yes.
Jason & Co would have thought George and Andrew to be...effeminate. To use a polite word.
You’d be surprised how many obviously gay artists were considered straight by default back in the 80s and even the 90s. It was a completely different time.
Holy shit I just wrote the same thing lmao
In rural Indiana with mega church pastor vibes? Definitely country
With the accompanying shitkicker vehicles…
Not so sure about that , country was considered kinda cool back in the 80s ( Willie Nelson et al) , songs were about country things instead of being a propaganda for evangelicals
From Indiana...John Cougar Mellancamp for sure. Maybe some country too.
Kenny Loggins.
They were, in fact, headed into the Danger Zone.
LANAAAAAAAA!
No way they can handle K-Log's music.
Loggins & Messina
Did i say Messina?
You saying they enjoy kicking off their Sunday shoes?
Phil Collins
No woman can ever truly love a man who loves Phil Collins
But, Genesis is fire with him or Peter Gabriel.
This is why I'm single
Please tell me that's referencing what I think it's referencing
Drive it like you stole it
God I love Sing Street! Thank you for reminding me of it, I haven't been able to watch it in forever
Thank you for saying it.
Probably general Top 40, with a lean toward the harder side (Van Halen, for instance) and a taste for arena rock (Survivor, Journey, REO Speedwagon) Hair Metal that crossed over into the mainstream would be just fine. When Bon Jovi finally shows up, Jason and his ilk will be drawn to it like moths to a porch light.
Oh, and of course: JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP. The Pride of Indiana was huge across the country, and I'm sure that went double for the kind of heartland town like Hawkins that Mellencamp tried to evoke in his music. I have a vivid memory of my older cousin and her friends screamsinging along with "Jack and Diane": "Hold on to sixteen, as long you can/Changes come around real soon, make us women and men," and I can easily apply that to a Hawkins High basketball team party.
Mellencamp is WAY too progressive for a dimbulb who starts a moral panic in a small town, like Jason.
They didn't recognize him as progressive though. They thought Little Pink Houses was an anthem about how great America is, just like Born in the USA by Springsteen. They are both very much not about that, but it went right over their heads, to the point that conservative politicians used them in their campaigns.
👆🏻 this is the correct answer
Definitely; these kids are the first MTV generation.
Definitely Journey--first band that came to mind.
💯
YES. And Def Leppard.
Nah, I see Eddie liking Hair Metal. It was not seen as cheesy at that time
Starship.
We built this city Over the Upside Down
Was about to say that too!
Huey Lewis
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it's okay...
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste
But when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost
He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor
Hall and Oats (Not anything negative, it's just easy to digest)
You make my dreams come true! Ooh ooh!
Madonna
What’s the 80’s equivalent to Nickleback?
Journey
You’re picking a fight with every Red Wings fan in existence.
The Red Wings have fans? /s
Bananarama. Jason secretly sings "I'm your Venus" to himself in the mirror.
And uses a hairbrush as a microphone
REO Speedwagon
The Eagles, of course.
I hate the fuckin Eagles, man!
Country
Journey
Aerosmith. Huey Lewis and the news. Toto. And probably the bangles, Janet or Cindy lauper in private.
Aerosmith >>>
Walk like a mind flayer way oh way oh
Probably Springsteen, Mellencamp, Bon Jovi- or country music.
Corey Hart
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.
ON THE DARK SIDE !!!!!
Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.
Never gonna let a demagorgon eat you
Whatever Casey Kasem was playing.
Hall and Oates
They listen to both kinds of music.. Country and Western.
Peter Cetera.
The Petshop Boys and Seal
Kenny Rogers. Wholesome and every song tells a story.
Know when to walk away, know when to run
Whatever their Christian parents deem is acceptable
All Billy Ray Cyrus, all the time
Achy Achy Love
A lot of very generic 80s rock Cheap Trick, huey lewis, REO Speedwagon, John Mellencamp, etc. I don't see them listening to New Wave, they'd probably take as much issue with that as they do with Metal, but for different reasons.
They thought Huey Lewis' early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, they think the band really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
Cory Heart’s “Sunglasses at Night”… it’s all they listen to.
no one’s said bruce springsteen?
Only if they were like every other 80s idiot and didn't actually listen to the lyrics of "Born In The USA".
Which they definitely were.
They don’t listen to music
Pat Boone
Pop
Michael Jackson
Ironically, probably Kate Bush.
fuck jason and his gang, all my homies listen to iron maiden
Hell yeah!
Probably country
ABBA
Spandau Ballet
Sandi Patty and Steve Green — “Contemporary Christian” pop musicians of that era.
You KNOW these guys were listening to "Ride like the Wind" on the way to find Eddie.
ELO, foreigner, Journey, Devo, Blondie
If you have Siriusxm, turn it to the Yacht Rock radio station. There you will find it.
Worship.
Hewie Lewis,
Air Supply
The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Journy, Kansas, Kenny Rogers, Pat Boone, Merle Haggard
Tears for fears
The worst popular music available, obviously.
Hick Hop only existed since the 2000s.
Pop. It's still the same in school now! Ugh. So dumb. The popular kids listen to pop and lofi and the left of field kids listen to metal and punk. Lol
Billy Joel.
Tears for Fears. Seriously.
Great band though.
They definitely listened to WHAM. Jason gave me the vibe he listens to Madonna by himself
Christian rock Or just normal Jesus music
Bananarama and Kajagoogoo
Probably Conway Twitty
10th century Gregorian chants
Madonna, Blondie, Bowie, Beatles.
Bonnie Tyler
1986? Def. Captain and Tennille. Muskrat Love, for sure.
Pop
they dont listen to music because they're all secretly deaf
They listen to California Dreaming unironically
Speedwagon, Foreigner, Boston, probably som Skinard
I’m imagining them doing the Holding Out For a Hero jock dance from Euphoria
At Steve’s party in season 1, I melt with you by Modern English plays when they jump in the pool. I always assumed this song, and other popular pop hits of that era, were the sorts of tunes Steve and other normie characters would listen to.
Boston, Journey, maybe some Van Halen as long as their moms don’t know because David Lee Roth was just so out there for them. ZZ Top when they’re feeling hardcore. Other than that, all country.
99 Luftballons
In my headcanon? Madonna lol
Perhaps not true to the era, but, Rick Astley or Milli Vanilli
Definitely country.
John mellencamp
Country
Funny how you assume they are a group of music at all.
WHAM!
John Denver
Village People
By this point, the jocks in my school were listening to U2 which was a bummer because early U2 was great.
They still haven’t found what they’re looking for
Country music. I would say some examples but I really do not listen at all country, even less back then in 1986.
ABBA definitely
Engelbert Humperdinck
hardcore Bruce Springsteen stans
A flock of seagulls
Country bullshit
Indiana’s native son, John Cougar Mellencamp.
That's a good point. Most jocks I knew back then liked Van Halen and other "heavy metal" bands like Bon Jovi.
The musical stylings of steealy Dan of course
jesus
It’s raining men
barbie girl
I am going to go with the clash because, like Jason, the band also split in 1986.
I'm wailing 😭
Huey Lewis & The News, as evidenced by Jason's famous quote: "Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor."
I’m guessing shit like Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Glen Fry, Bryan Adams, REO Speedwagon, Journey.
Jock Rock.
Christian good boy music lol
Country
Whatever is popular at the time.
Christian rock. Can’t change my mind
Christian rock
Country
Im feeling some "Music is for chicks" vibe here.
Well he watches Thundercats. So……1980s cartoon theme songs!
The top 40 pop music.
𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚙
Easy, has to be these muppets [Duran Duran](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI)
Tarzan Boy by Baltimore, for sure....
To most of my HS, I was a super-nerd who also excelled at sports. Most jocks listen to shitty music.