12
Apr
You’re The Best
By admin @ 3:22 am
80s Movies : 80s Music : Eighties Articles
This song dig deep in to 80s psychology and what it is like to be the best, basically nothing is ever gonna keep you down just like the Karate Kid. Say for example it is 1984 and you are an Italian kid from Jersey with kick ass martial arts skills who is tired of being pushed around. This song explains what its like to be a simple kid like him who takes on his enemies at the local martial arts championships and gives them some Mr Miagi up their ass. Check out this inspiring video and then go do some laps. I really identified with this song from Joe Esposito because Im the best!
After losing his job as a hot shot stock trader Jack Casey (Keven Bacon) joins the colorful crowd of couriers at the Quicksilver bicycle messenger service. Jack’s confidence grows as he races Larry Fishburn down the steep San Francisco streets, tangles with a Gypsy drug dealer and falls for the tough talking female messenger Terri played by an 80s favorite Jami Gertz (Lost Boys, Less then Zero). If you didn’t get enough bicycle ballet in the movie Rad then you are sure to enjoy the gratuitous 80s bike dancing in Quicksilver. This movie is entertaining eighties fare with a predictable happy ending. Will Jack regain his confidence and return to the trading floor? Will Jack dump his superficial materialistic girlfriend for the spunky streetwise Terri? Will that no good Gypsy drug dealer get away with murder? 
The Decline of Western Civilization Part 1 is a behind the scenes look at the west coast punk rock/new wave scene in it’s early days at the beginning of the eighties. Many classic Los Angeles punk rock bands are featured including Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, Fear, X and Germs with interviews with punks such as Darby Crash, Lorna Doom, John Doe and Exene Cervenka. Attitudes range from political to funny to just plain rowdy and nihilistic from these punk rock pioneers building their scene long before it became just another look that you can buy at the mall!
