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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · Jun 22

Na na na na na na na, I wanna start a fight!

Pink wanted to start a fight, and Rocky answered the bell.

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 21h

Driven in, driven to the edge
Driven out, on the thin end of the wedge
Driven off, by things I've never seen
Driven on, by the road to somewhere I've never been
Driven on, driven in, on the thin end of the wedge
Driven out, driven to the edge…

Happy Monday #RushFamily 📡💜

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 2d

Surge of energy, spark of inspiration
The breath of love is electricity
Maybe time is a bird in flight
Endlessly mocking
Here we come Out Of The Cradle
Endlessly rocking
Endlessly rocking…

Happy Pratturday #RushFamily 💕☄️

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (1984)
#5debutalbums8084

I'm a Chili Peppers fan, but I don't go all the way back to the beginning too often. It's really a funk album, with Kurtis Blow style delivery of the lyrics.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C. (1984)
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Looking at where popular music would go in the decades after this album was released, I don't think you can overstate its impact.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

The Bangles
All Over the Place (1984)
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The Bangles are another band I started listening to when I was very young. Their debut didn't have the massive hit singles their next couple of albums would, but it's probably just as good.

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 3d

You move me, you move me
With your buildings and your eyes
Autumn woods and winter skies
You move me, you move me
Open sea and city lights
Busy streets and dizzy heights
You call me, you call me… 🐶

#ThankGedItsFriday #RushFamily ❤️‍🔥

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

Sade
Diamond Life (1984)
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What a great album, so smooth.

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

Madonna
Madonna (1983)
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I think I've been listening to Madonna since I first started taking note of music I heard on the radio. It's fair to say she's been in my life longer than anyone other than a few family members.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 3d

Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual (1983)
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Cyndi Lauper was huge in the 80s, with four of her eight top ten singles coming from this debut album.

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 4d

We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eye
It's one for all and all for one
We work together, common son
Never need to wonder how or why…

Happy Triumvirate Thursday #RushFamily 💗

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 5d

Dio
Holy Diver (1983)
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What's better than Ronnie James Dio wandering through desolation with his broadsword?

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 5d

Metallica
Kill 'Em All (1983)
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Our brains are on fire with the feeling to kill
And it won't go away until our dreams are fulfilled

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 5d

Run with wind and weather
To the music of the sea
All four winds together
Can't bring the world to me
Chase the wind around the world
I want to look at life
In the Available Light …

Happy Willowdale Wednesday #RushFamily 🧡🐰

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes (1983)
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When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

R.E.M.
Murmur (1983)
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I wonder if anyone will vote for this album... amazing band.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Texas Flood (1983)
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Texas blues from SRV. This is a top contender for my five.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

Robert Plant
Pictures at Eleven (1982)
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Plant's first post-Zeppelin album features Phil Collins on drums, which makes sense, considering that Phil appeared on approximately 15% of all songs recorded in the 1980s.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

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PRINCE

1️⃣"Purple Rain"

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 6d

#ArtistFave15
PRINCE

2️⃣"Kiss"

You don't have to be rich to be my girl...

youtu.be/H9tEvfIsDyo?...

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Marc Hodgkinson @hodgatola.bsky.social · 7d

#139 on #The500Blog is "Rejuvenation" from The Meters.

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I talk about a California trip as a teen, The Queen Mary, Paul McCartney's Wings, Mick Jaggar and a Swampy Funk Band from New Orleans....oh yea, and a submarine parked 300 meters from my home,

The 500 - #139 - Rejuvenation - The Meters

I was inspired by a podcast called The 500 hosted by New York-based comedian Josh Adam Meyers. His goal, and mine, is to explore Rolling S...

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Vivien @vivien2112.bsky.social · 6d

Right to the heart of the matter
Right to the beautiful part
Illusions are painfully shattered
Right where discovery starts
In the secret wells of emotion
Buried deep in our hearts…

Happy Birthday Power Windows, released October 14, 1985 (at least on my calendar)

Happy listening #RushFamily 💖

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 7d

That is a funny story. I've read that too.

James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 7d

#ArtistFave15
PRINCE

3️⃣"Sexy MF"

Old school funk groove, horns, raps... Ooh man, let's give 'em some more good shit. I like it, I like it.

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 8d

#ArtistFave15
PRINCE

4️⃣"When Doves Cry"

Why do we scream at each other?

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James Cornelius @jcd823.bsky.social · 8d

Asia
Asia (1982)
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A fantastic debut from this prog rock supergroup, led by an all-time great prog-pop single in "Heat of the Moment."