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Where Does "Boys of Summer" Rate In Pantheon of 80's Songs?
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:03 pm
Don Henley. 1984. Reached #5 on the charts.
Rolling Stone ranked it the #416 of the top 500 songs of all time.
I heard it yesterday in a coffee shop and I just stopped what I was doing and listened. I was a kid when it came out. It is one of the few songs that I hear that really evokes some emotion from the past.
It just seems kind of underrated. It evokes that side of 80's culture that is often forgotten. Wayfayers. Leather jackets. Convertables. The beach. You see it in Top Gun in 86 and Footloose. Lots of retro stuff going on during that time period.
That song seemed to capture all of that.
Thoughts?
Rolling Stone ranked it the #416 of the top 500 songs of all time.
I heard it yesterday in a coffee shop and I just stopped what I was doing and listened. I was a kid when it came out. It is one of the few songs that I hear that really evokes some emotion from the past.
It just seems kind of underrated. It evokes that side of 80's culture that is often forgotten. Wayfayers. Leather jackets. Convertables. The beach. You see it in Top Gun in 86 and Footloose. Lots of retro stuff going on during that time period.
That song seemed to capture all of that.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:05 pm to AlaTiger
As a guy who was barely a teenager in 84, I think its a great song.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:16 pm to AlaTiger
I think it's awesome. Really captured a mood, brings back specific memories of my life at that time.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:17 pm to AlaTiger
Ataris' cover is better IMO
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:39 pm to AlaTiger
Was a good pop song from a pretty good album. I happened to see Henley on his tour that followed. Had a good band with him. Even better, Robert Plant opened for him. Seriously.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:51 pm to AlaTiger
quote:
It just seems kind of underrated
I don't know anyone who underrates that song.
It's a classic and one of the shining singles from the decade.
Posted on 3/8/14 at 11:58 pm to AlaTiger
Near the top as far as the hits go. The music came from Mike Campbell, he pitched it to Petty-who passed. Hooked up with Henley and the rest was history.
Posted on 3/9/14 at 11:14 am to AlaTiger
very good song
Posted on 3/9/14 at 12:08 pm to AlaTiger
Captured a great mood in the studio. Fantastically produced. Emotional song. Such good. Wow.
Posted on 3/9/14 at 6:11 pm to AlaTiger
Both the Henley original and the Ataris cover are fantastic.
Posted on 3/9/14 at 6:31 pm to AlaTiger
My favorite Don Henley song. I always want to hear it when driving across I-10 on the way to Florida vacation. 
Posted on 3/10/14 at 12:19 am to AlaTiger
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Where Does "Boys of Summer" Rate In Pantheon of 80's Songs?
Pretty fricking low.
When the highlight of a song is a reference to Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac, you know you have a problem.
Posted on 3/10/14 at 2:32 am to AlaTiger
"The End of the Innocence."
Written for Dana Delany when she and Henley were living together.
Written for Dana Delany when she and Henley were living together.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 10:43 am to AlaTiger
The song depresses the hell out of me. It always reminds me of my last two high school years. The song was new and popular my junior year of high school. My girlfriend and all of my best friends were a year above me. We enjoyed the hell out of the summer and then they all moved away to college. I was left in a small to midsized, boring town finishing up my last year of high school with not much to do.
I remember helping saying goodbye to some of best friends as they were heading to Michigan and Western Michigan for college. They were all excited about starting a new chapter in their lives and getting the hell out of Burton, Michigan. That same day I went to the then girlfriend's house and helped pack up her 1980 Ford Fiesta (who remembers that model :lol). She was heading off to the dreaded Michigan State. I knew the relationship wasn't going to last much longer. I said goodbye and headed home - the long way...driving around Thread Lake. This song always makes me think of that time.
Long story short...the song brings up bad memories and therefore I don't particularly care for it.
I remember helping saying goodbye to some of best friends as they were heading to Michigan and Western Michigan for college. They were all excited about starting a new chapter in their lives and getting the hell out of Burton, Michigan. That same day I went to the then girlfriend's house and helped pack up her 1980 Ford Fiesta (who remembers that model :lol). She was heading off to the dreaded Michigan State. I knew the relationship wasn't going to last much longer. I said goodbye and headed home - the long way...driving around Thread Lake. This song always makes me think of that time.
Long story short...the song brings up bad memories and therefore I don't particularly care for it.
This post was edited on 3/11/14 at 10:57 am
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