we have prepared a new thing
Music of the Eighties
Music of the Eighties will be a weekly comic strip - autobiographical, loosely structured, kinda meta - exploring life and music between 1980 and 1990 (and the ages of 10 and 20).
Each strip will be accompanied by a relevant song, unavailable in the Facebook posts. That’s mostly why you want this.
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Music of the 80s Intro.
Music of the Eighties Song o’ the Week
Joe Dolce’s Shaddup You Face was released in 1980. It was a novelty song that became a little controversial in Sarnia, where Italians were the big group after “white.” I have a memory of hearing it discussed on the radio while doing a Saturday morning trip to the Dump with my father. Ahh. Memories. The Dump! Identity-based controversies! Terrible Joke Songs that just work!
Correction: I spelled the title wrong in the strip. It’s “Shaddap You Face” -not “Shaddupa You Face.”