80's music

During the early-to-mid 80's, I loved music. In 1986, I published a fanzine called Blank Expression. It was a way for my friends and I to write about the music we loved. For the first two issues, we reviewed bands we'd seen and records we'd bought. We included poetry and comics. It was fun because it was a way to combine my love of music with everything I was learning from working in magazine publishing. I remember reading the reviews while I typed them into my Macintosh Plus, and laughing because we were just being ourselves when we wrote. It didn't matter if we didn't even know which band we were reviewing. Here's are some of my favorite bands from that era:

New Order "Love Vigilantes"



The Rain Parade "This Can't Be Today"


Danny and Dusty "Baby We All Gotta Go Down"

The Cookie Song

Here's Eric's favorite song, he calls it the "Cookie Song" aka "Ce Petit Coeur" by Francoise Hardy.





ce petit coeur qui ne bat pour personne
ce petit coeur qui ne bat que pour lui
á peine si ce petit coeur s'étonne
d'avoir pu changer ma vie

ce petit coeur ennuyeux, monotone
qui ne sait rien faire que pleurer sur lui
tout juste si ce petit coeur frissonne
lorsque le mien lui sourit

peut-áªtre qu'un jour il souffrira
mais ce ne sera pas pour moi
et ce jour lá il m'oubliera
ce petit coeur que je n'oublierai pas

peut-á tre qu'un jour il souffrira
mais ce ne sera pas pour moi
et ce jour lá il m'oubliera
ce petit coeur que je n'oublierai pas

ce petit coeur qui passe tout son temps
á s'écouter et á se regarder
ce petit coeur á qui il plaá t tant
de se savoir trá¨s aimé

ce petit coeur c'est bien lui pourtant
dont le mien ne peut se passer
oui, ce petit coeur c'est bien lui pourtant
dont le mien ne peut se passer