I never could get the hang of Thursdays

Or Tuesdays for that matter. This one, for some reason, feels like it ought to be a Friday. Never mind. I thought I’d do this 80ies inspired 3xThursday.

1. What are your 3 favorite movies from the 1980s? Why?
(You’re actually expecting me to come up with three films and remember when they came out?)
Dirty Dancing – Why? Because it’s sooooo good (and oh, so cheesy).
Annie – I loved it when I saw it at the cinema and I’m still a sucker for “orphan finds a home” soppy stories.
Die Hard – Never saw it in the 80ies, but love it. It’s the perfect action movie.

2. What are your favorite types of music from the 80s? Who were your favorite artists?
Types of music? Pop, I guess, with some rock. Loved Bon Jovi then (still do, except the last album which seems to have nothing going for it whatsoever, bit of a disappointment, really). Most of the stuff I bought was list-pop type stuff. Nothing to be very ashamed of but no “masterpieces undiscovered by the rest of the world either”. Actually, until the mid-eighties (1986 to be precise) I only listened to Norwegian music, such as Lillebj?rn Nilsen. My first focus is, and has always been, lyrics, so I didn’t start listening to music in English until I learnt the language.

3. What major events of the 1980s do you remember?
Olof Palme being assasinated. Hard to miss that one. The Alexander Kielland oil platform (which toppled over a few years earlier) being towed ashore – mainly because I had a boy in my class called Alexander. The Berlin wall coming down. Big one that. I was very “into” anti-apartheid as a teenager, so the events (big and small) leading up to Mandela’s release (in 1990) are still with me.

And Tianamen Square. Does anyone who was old enough at the time not have the picture of that lone student in front of a row of tanks etched into their brains?