Skullvalanche on Nostr: As a very young Gen X-er, (Xennial? 🙄) I have a soft spot for "Hair Ballads" or ...
As a very young Gen X-er, (Xennial? 🙄) I have a soft spot for "Hair Ballads" or whatever you wanna call the sappy output of otherwise hard-rockin’ bands of the late 80s and early 90s.
I’ve been working on a playlist, but for reasons I can’t quite pin down, there’s some bands/songs that just don’t quite fit in my mental model of hair balladeers.
- Journey - Faithfully
- Def Leppard - Love Bites
- Guns n’ Roses - November Rain
- Aerosmith - Crazy
Did all those bands have long hair and generally "hard rock" catalogs of music? Yes.
So why do I feel weird putting "Love Bites" or "November Rain" on a playlist alongside "Fly to the Angels" and "When I See You Smile" ?
#music #80sMusic #Musicstadon
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