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Jul 17







The 80s

What were the 80s? …Bueller? …Bueller? …Anyone?
Well, you are truly a child of the 80s if any of the following statements is true for you:
- You know what leg warmers are
- You know who Mr. T is
- You remember when Atari was a state of the art video game system
- You used to be able to breakdance (or wished you could)
- The phrases “bright light” and “phone home” actually mean something to you
- You had a BMX bike.
- You need a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you.
- You heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your
stomach explode
- Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.

The 80s were a decade where young folk wore fluorescent, neon clothing and business folk wore double-breasted suits with shoulder pads and believed “Greed Is Good” . . . and when Prince sang about partying “Like it’s 1999″ it seemed sooooooo far away!

Dallas and Dynasty ruled the airwaves, leggings under a short skirt was considered a stylish look, Michael Jackson was still black and people drank Diet Coke because Max Headroom told them so.

AIDS was introduced to the public as a sexually transmitted disease of potentially plague proportions that would put paid to the trendy permissiveness of the 60s and 70s.

Meanwhile at home and in the playground, people were struggling to master “Rubik’s Cube” - the biggest craze of the early part of the decade: a block of movable coloured squares, named after its Hungarian inventor: Erno Rubik.

Video games were the hottest new innovation as video arcade game machines began to replace pinball machines in amusement arcades across the Western world with “Pac Man” and “Space Invaders” leading the pack.

Sophisticated equipment for leisure and pleasure became increasingly affordable as incredible advances in technology continued, and the Eighties soon also became the decade of gadgets - From digital watches to cappuccino machines to cellular phones to computers… even though a Commodore C64 was the pinnacle of computing excellence ;)

Yuppies appeared on the scene - they became synonymous with upward mobility, greed, and selfishness. But then the 80s were the decade of “self”… self-improvement, self motivation, self-help manuals.

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced two new words to the Western languages - glasnost (openness) and perestroika (reconstruction). The West fell in love with him - the first cuddly, user-friendly Soviet leader, who talked of East and West becoming good neighbours… which we finally did as the decade ended with Europe’s biggest ever street party as the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989 and East met West for the first time since 1961.

The 80s were a brutal decade in which high unemployment created ever-widening social divisions, but the barriers to freedom
- sexual, economic and political - came crashing down, most poignantly with the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Not in secret as it had been constructed, but before the eyes of the entire world on live television. The Cold War was over.

Reliving my teen years by listening to…

Coffee2go´s Top 50 Songs of the 80s:

  1. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) ~ A Flock of Seagulls
  2. Sweet Child Of Mine ~ Guns N Roses
  3. Fade To Grey ~ Visage
  4. If I Was ~ Migde Ure
  5. Every Breathe You Take ~ Police
  6. Tainted Love ~ Softcell
  7. True Faith ~ New Order
  8. Pride (In The Name Of Love) ~ U2
  9. White Wedding ~ Billy Idol
  10. Such A Shame ~ Talk Talk
  11. Like A Prayer ~ Madonna
  12. Running Up That Hill ~ Kate Bush
  13. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me ~ Culture Club
  14. Woman ~ John Lennon
  15. Too Shy ~ Kajagoogoo feat. Limahl
  16. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ Phil Collins
  17. No Doubt About It ~ Hot Chocolate
  18. Somebody ~ Depeche Mode
  19. (Don’t You) Forget About Me ~ Simple Minds
  20. If You Leave ~ O.M.D.
  21. Ebony and Ivory ~ Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
  22. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) – Dead Or Alive
  23. Blasphemous Rumours ~ Depeche Mode
  24. Down Under ~ Men At Work
  25. Don’t Leave Me This Way ~ Communards
  26. The Tide Is High ~ Blondie
  27. Say, Say, Say ~ Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
  28. Wishing Well ~ Terence Trent D´Arby
  29. The Longest Time ~ Billy Joel
  30. Easy Lover ~ Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey
  31. The Longest Time ~ Billy Joel
  32. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes ~ Ultravox
  33. Girls Just Want to Have Fun ~ Cyndi Lauper
  34. A Good Heart ~ Feargal Sharkey
  35. Total Eclipse of the Heart ~ Bonnie Tyler
  36. Axel F ~ Harold Faltermeyer
  37. Walk This Way ~ Run D.M.C./Aerosmith
  38. When Doves Cry ~ Prince
  39. Under Pressure ~ Queen and David Bowie
  40. Come On Eileen ~ Dexy’s Midnight Runners
  41. Take On Me ~ A-Ha
  42. (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
  43. We Are The World ~ USA for Africa
  44. Faith ~ George Michael
  45. You Can Call Me Al ~ Paul Simon
  46. Red Red Wine ~ UB40
  47. I Won´t Let The Sun Go Down On Me ~ Nik Kershaw
  48. Eyes Without A Face ~ Billy Idol
  49. Purple Rain ~ Prince
  50. I Engineer ~ Animotion

Please cast your vote and let me know which is your favorie 80s movie song!

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80s bonus for somebody special =)

Now let´s all meet in a place “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”See ya’all soon!!!
~xoXOxo~Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.





Jul 9







Things were simple in the 70s - even politics. This wonderful synthetic decade brought us Glam Rock, Pet Rocks and Punk Rock. Even bank clerks wore purple flared suits, had their hair permed, grew a Zapata moustache and had group sex in a hot tub with the accounts department. The seventies were definitely about excess. More was very definitely more - more hair, more height, more glitter, more guitars, more drugs, more More (long, thin, black cigarettes favoured by Telly Savalas in Kojak. Moderation had ceased to exist. The key to the Seventies was ‘freedom’, and some of its bizarre crazes were the first real manifestations of the advancements made courtesy of the social revolution of the 60s. The ideas and philosophy of the previous decade became mainstream in the 70s -
sexual freedom, the end of the draft, legalization of abortion, gay liberation, breakthroughs in women’s rights… you name it.
And all accompanied by caftan-clad ladies and canned pineapple, cheese and cocktail onions on skewers shoved into a foil-covered potato at wife swapping parties.
As the decade progressed our focus turned at various times to Space Hoppers, ABBA, Mood Rings, roller skates, custom vans with airbrushed murals, Star Wars, Disco, Jaws, Iron-on T shirt transfers, Happy Days, Kung Fu, and Punk… *Phew*

Good taste and fashion may not have made great bedfellows, but it was a fun decade to grow up in. Do you already hear the music???

Coffee2go´s Top 50 Songs of the 70s:

  1. Let It Be ~ Beatles
  2. Imagine ~ John Lennon
  3. Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin
  4. Walk This Way ~ Aerosmith
  5. Let’s Get It On ~ Marvin Gaye
  6. Nights In White Satin ~ Moody Blues
  7. All Right Now ~ Free
  8. Message in a Bottle ~ Police
  9. Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Simon & Garfunkel
  10. Diamonds Are Forever ~ Shirley Bassey
  11. Wild World ~ Cat Stevens
  12. What’s Going On ~ Marvin Gaye
  13. Should I Stay or Should I Go ~ Clash
  14. Roxanne ~ Police
  15. A Horse With No Name ~ America
  16. I Was Made For Loving You ~ Kiss
  17. Smoke on the Water ~ Deep Purple
  18. We Are the Champions ~ Queen
  19. Papa Was A Rolling Stone ~ Temptations
  20. Mama Told Me Not To Come ~ Three Dog Night
  21. Theme From Shaft ~ Isaac Hayes
  22. One Way Or Another ~ Blondie
  23. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life ~ Stevie Wonder
  24. Dancing In The Moonlight ~ King Harvest
  25. Stuck In The Middle With You ~ Stealer’s Wheel
  26. Walk On The Wild Side ~ Lou Reed
  27. Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynrd
  28. Kung Fu Fighting ~ Carl Douglas
  29. Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing ~ Stevie Wonder
  30. Ring My Bell ~ Anita Ward
  31. Bennie and the Jets ~ Elton John
  32. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me ~ Elton John
  33. Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues ~ Jim Croce
  34. You’re The First, The Last, My Everything ~ Barry White
  35. Why Can’t We Be Friends? ~ War
  36. Play That Funky Music ~ Wild Cherry
  37. Shake Your Booty ~ KC and The Sunshine Band
  38. You Sexy Thing ~ Hot Chocolate
  39. Bohemian Rhapsody ~ Queen
  40. Love Hurts ~ Nazareth
  41. Wonderful Tonight ~ Eric Clapton
  42. Le Freak ~ Chick
  43. You Really Got Me ~ Van Halen
  44. Take A Chance On Me ~ ABBA
  45. Fantasy ~ Earth Wind and Fire
  46. Y.M.C.A. ~ Village People
  47. My Sharona ~ The Knack
  48. I Will Survive ~ Gloria Gaynor
  49. Knock On Wood ~ Amii Stewart
  50. Black Magic Woman ~ Santana

Please cast your vote and let me know how you feel about the 70s!

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Remember: Never combine eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke!

See ya’all soon!!!
~xoXOxo~

Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.





Jul 2







… and I wonder whom summer is calling? Me? No way! Germany neither. I can still remember the cozy heat when I posted my Top 50 Cruising Songs. Now the weather is miserable. There´s rain between the showers. ;)

I can see myself being a granny, sitting in a rocking chair… asking little huge Luis: “This picture was taken in 2007. Do you remember this year? 2007´s summer was on a Tuesday!”

To prevend this I´m calling summer and sun, which both seem to be hiding in Greece right now!

Coffee2go´s Top 50 Summer Songs:

  1. Paradise City ~ Guns N Roses
  2. Summertime ~ DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
  3. Roam ~ The B52´s
  4. In The Summertime ~ Mungo Jerry
  5. Paint It Black ~ The Rolling Stones
  6. Obsesión ~ Aventura
  7. Summer in the City ~ Lovin´ Spoonful
  8. Surfin´ USA ~ Beach Boys
  9. Summer Of ‘69 ~ Bryan Adams
  10. Kokomo ~ Beach Boys
  11. Summertime Blues ~ Eddie Cocheran
  12. Summer Wind ~ Frank Sinatra
  13. Island In The Sun ~ Weezer
  14. Umbrella ~ Rhianna
  15. Just My Imagination ~ The Cranberries
  16. The Boys of Summer ~ Don Henley
  17. Louie Louie ~ The Kinks
  18. Fantastic Voyage ~ Coolio
  19. Black Magic Woman ~ Santana
  20. Love Shack ~ B-52´s
  21. 2 Pina Coladas ~ Garth Brooks
  22. California Girls ~ David Lee Roth / Beach Boys
  23. 99 In the Shade ~ Bon Jovi
  24. Hips Don´t Lie ~ Shakira feat Wyclef Jean
  25. Iko, Iko ~ The Belle Stars
  26. Ain´t It Funny ~ Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule
  27. Cheeseburger in Paradise ~ Jimmy Buffett
  28. Seasons In The Sun ~ Terry Jacks
  29. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss ~ PM Dawn
  30. Barbara Ann ~ Beach Boys
  31. Summer In The City ~ Joe Cocker
  32. Crazy ~ Gnarls Barkley
  33. Here Comes The Sun ~ The Beatles
  34. Smoke on the Water ~ Deep Purple
  35. Love in an Elevator ~ Aerosmith
  36. Legs ~ ZZ Top
  37. Temperature ~ Sean Paul
  38. Mysterious Ways ~ U2
  39. Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreaming) ~ Kate Yanai
  40. Spill The Wine ~ Eric Burden and War
  41. Sun Of Jamaica ~ Goombay Dance Band
  42. Dub Be Good To Me ~ Beats International
  43. Tarantula ~ The Smashing Pumpkins
  44. Sweat (A La La La Long) ~ Inner Circle
  45. Sippin´On Bacardi Rum ~ Groove Connection
  46. Perfekte Welle ~ Juli
  47. Mambo No 5 ~ Lou Bega
  48. Samba De Janeiro ~ Bellini
  49. Good Vibrations ~ The Beach Boys
  50. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini ~ Bryan Hyland

Now please cast your vote about your ideal summer vacation… and what are your favorite summer tunes? Please let me know in the comment section (don´t have to be your Top 50 *LOL*)!

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See ya’all soon!!!
~xoXOxo~

Sanni

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Duff book of records: Springfield is now the fattest city in the U.S.
Homer: Woo Hoo. In your face Milwaukee.





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