Like apparently the French government tried to make protesting illegal but that just made the protestors angrier? Apparently police have started to side with the protestors? Does anyone have any up-to-date news on the extent of what's happening?

      • Tormato [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        The only 80’s to bring back. 20th century version was absolute worst: reactionary RW extremism, Wall St greed, worst fashion and music, ugly fanatical nationalism.

          • Apolonio
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            1 year ago

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          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            80s Metallica was the best Metallica back when Hetfield could still scream. Plus we got Billy Idol. I love to throw "dancing with myself" on the playlist while cleaning.

          • Tormato [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            More of a Megadeth fan myself.

            I’m talking about what was the prevailing popular music then. Look at any random weekly Billboard singles chart and it’s total barf-o-rama. Which of course doesn’t at all reflect any of the cool underground scenes that were happening (which is true of all decades), such as thrash, hardcore, punk, etc.

            I once did a comparison of a random week of pop singles chart between the 70’s and 80’s. And it is the most glaringly night and day difference you can imagine. The variety and caliber of the songwriting in the 70’s was waaay way better, than the lowest common denominator, producer-driven schlock of the 80’s.

            Let’s buy even get into the lame-ass fashion of the Reagan/Gordon Gekko/Top Gun/Rambo decade.

            Ugh. Absolute worst shit, in just too many areas.

            • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              Europe was better musically, because it didn't denounce disco in a fit of homophobic and racist rage.

              Lots of communism in music from the cursed Island back then too. Of course, there was a decline in quality and a tendency towards overproduction by either 1987 or 1988 as well as the rise of popular shlock like the infamous Milli Vanilli. Average quality + quantity would only really recover around 1996 imo.

              Early New Wave (especially 1982 and thereabouts, before it turned too pop), post-punk, sophistipop, freestyle, goth rock... all quality music and actually listened to by wide audiences.

              Hell, even minor things like classical influenced music like parts of Depeche Mode's Music for the Masses (1987) or The Communards' (yes, they were communists) self titled album from '86.

              Then again, I'm biased and like even shlock like Italo disco.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Fitting, though, violently overthrowing the government is practically their national pastime

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah the French have a reputation for it for a reason. Yeah they have a history of fuckups but I believe strongly that the French revolution was instrumental and influenced the revolution attempts of 1848. None of them directly succeeded but it led to a lot of democratic reforms and kings that realized if they didn't retire to figurehead status eventually their heads would roll.

        And the funniest part is the French originally didn't want to behead Louis The Failson. He tried to get foreign backing and get reinstalled as an absolute monarch and people realized having him around was a liability. So they brought out the ole choppy boi.

        • BeamBrain [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          And the funniest part is the French originally didn’t want to behead Louis The Failson. He tried to get foreign backing and get reinstalled as an absolute monarch and people realized having him around was a liability. So they brought out the ole choppy boi.

          Exact same thing that happened to Tsar Nicky. Funny how they keep making the same mistake.