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Subject: posters of favorites
which bands or singers did you have all over your walls in the 80's. my favorites were corey hart, bryan adams, platinum blonde, duran duran, bruce springsteen, and "gulp" i admit it micheal jackson.
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Actually the posters that covered (and I mean you could see none of my walls) my room was between John Taylor (Duran Duran) and Kirk Cameron.
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iron maiden. i loved that artwork. best HM album covers/posters ever.
pink floyd. the dark side prism and a WWII fighter plane for some song i can't remember.
thats all i ever had on my walls. a friend of mine had culture club on his wall, which he denies to this day, much to my amusement. i tease him about it when we talk about old times...
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Posters I had in my teens:
# indicates more than one poster
A Flock of Seagulls #
Duran Duran #
Madonna (Desperately Seeking Susan garb)
Psychedelic Furs #
Human League
Depeche Mode #
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Siouxsie (herself!)
New Order #
The Smiths #
The Cure #
Sinead O'Connor
Talking Heads
Howard Jones
Cabaret Voltaire
Front 242
that's all I can remember right now.
Non-musical ones I remember:
Einstein
Marilyn Monroe
Woody Allen
"Manhattan" (Woody Allen)
"Apocalypse Now"
"Eraserhead"
"Hellcats of the Navy" (Rondald Reagan!)*
*movie also featured Nancy Davis, the future Mrs. Reagan ;D
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I also had Duran Duran. Mostly John,though. ;)I used to get Teen Beat,Tiger Beat,16,Bop and basically plaster my walls with who I liked. There was Michael J. Fox,Wham!,Don Johnson(I'm a little ashamed to admit that),to name a few.When I went thru my glam rock phase I had one huge poster of Jon Bon Jovi that I got as a gift for my birthday. But I would do the same thing with my Metal Edge magazines as I did with the teenie magazines. :D
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I also had Duran Duran. Mostly John,though.I used to get Teen Beat,Tiger Beat,16,Bop and basically plaster my walls with who I liked. There was Michael J. Fox,Wham!,Don Johnson(I'm a little ashamed to admit that),to name a few.End Quote
I found out later that certain family friends asked my mother if I was gay. Those Duran and Depeche posters were marketed for girls! I hung the posters because I was a fan of the music, not because I'd like to go to bed with them! And even if I did, what of it?
A while back Nick Rhodes explained the bashing they got from critics:
Critics like music for boys. Duran Duran was music for girls...and boys...and everything in between!
--Nick Rhodes
...But don't get me started on stupid "rock" critics! >:(
As for teen 'zines, the only one I liked was Star Hits, because they featured all the British pop groups the American press ignored.
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I had nothing but reprints of Led Zeppelin concert posters. 8)
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Michael Jackson all over the wall.I was an avid fan of his during the early 1980's. ;D
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A "beetlejuice" poster, kirk cameron, "license to drive" movie poster, New kids on the block, and more new kids on the block! 8)
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For me,it was Duran Duran and Power Station posters. ;D
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I had some weird stuff on the walls now that I think about it..
The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite-bright Pink with b&w early pic of Elvis..
Fishbone-giant Upsidedown fish skelton.
The Cure - the freaky one from Head On The Door with red dots for eyes..
Looking back, my parents never said anything, but I'm sure the posters must have worried them. ;D
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I remember having Duran Duran (especially John and Nick) and INXS and Michael Hutchence on my walls. I'm not sure of anyone else. I was an avid reader of Smash Hits magazine because I was (and still am) into a lot of British music and it wasn't really being written about anywhere else. I also found it rather amusing, and I have it to thank for introducing me to a lot of groups I like now! :) I collect old issues now.
These days, I have Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and Morrissey on the walls. (Surprise, surprise!!) :D
Absolutely Vile
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Gumbypiz wrote:
Quoting:b&w early pic of Elvis..
The Cure - the freaky one from Head On The Door with red dots for eyes..
Looking back, my parents never said anything, but I'm sure the posters must have worried them. ;D
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Which Elvis? You probably mean the Elvis, but that reminds me, I forgot to list my big Elvis Costello poster, "Allison...My Aim is True."
I too had the Cure "Head on the Door" poster. 8)
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Gumbypiz wrote:
Which Elvis? You probably mean the Elvis, but that reminds me, I forgot to list my big Elvis Costello poster, "Allison...My Aim is True."
I too had the Cure "Head on the Door" poster. 8)
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Yes, it would be Elvis Presley. I have the single for "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" on 7". There's a black and white picture of Elvis wearing a suit with a bow tie. :)
Absolutely Vile
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Yes, it would be Elvis Presley. I have the single for "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" on 7". There's a black and white picture of Elvis wearing a suit with a bow tie. :)
Absolutely Vile
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Absolutely right, Absolutely Vile, it was a 7 foot poster for the single of "Shoplifters Of The World Unite". It just like your 7", but it has a huge bright pink boarder around the pic of Elvis.
A lot of people/friends found the contrast of b&w Elvis pic(w/greasy hair) & the pink boarder/frame kinda disturbing..thats why I liked it.
A lot of Smiths artwork/single & album covers had this surreal strange/disturbing quality (Meat Is Murder, Louder Than Bombs)..who was responsible for them? The Moz himself?
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I too got all the teen magazines of the times. My walls, mirrors and bullentin board was plastered with the heart throbs of the times. My main men though were:
Steve Perry and Journey.
David Lee Roth
John Stamos
Don Johnson
Jack Wagner
And although I liked him, I never had a poster of him,
Micheal Jackson.
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Absolutely right, Absolutely Vile, it was a 7 foot poster for the single of "Shoplifters Of The World Unite". It just like your 7", but it has a huge bright pink boarder around the pic of Elvis.
A lot of people/friends found the contrast of b&w Elvis pic(w/greasy hair) & the pink boarder/frame kinda disturbing..thats why I liked it.
A lot of Smiths artwork/single & album covers had this surreal strange/disturbing quality (Meat Is Murder, Louder Than Bombs)..who was responsible for them? The Moz himself?
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Yes, Morrissey was responsible for all the cover art for The Smiths' albums and singles. I agree with you and love them all myself! Wonderful photography...
If you want more information on the cover art and cover stars, go to: www.oz.net/~moz/images/thumbs/cstar.htm It's a detailed account of everyone who appears on their albums and singles. Very interesting, and the whole website itself is a good Smiths and Morrissey site! (And no, it's not mine!) :D
Absolutely Vile
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Joan Jett singing I love Rock & Roll - couldn't touch that poster it was too hot!
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Back in the 80s I had the following posters until my spiteful brothers got mad at me and ripped them up. The bastards!! >:(
Depeche Mode
Warrant
Skid Row
Bon Jovi
Michael Jackson
New Edition
Madonna
Great White
U2
But most of the time I would buy the teen magazines and I used to cut the pages out & post them on my walls...
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Iron Maidenhad the best posters ever.
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I never any of them up but I had a lot of Duran Duran posters and pin-ups. Mostly John.
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I had a Jordan Knight poster (which I personalized by putting a pink lipstick print on his cheek) and a poster for the movie "License to Drive" which starred the Coreys.