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Children of the Eighties
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The louder you play it, the better it sounds.
We were formed in January 1980 in the basement of the drummer's house in DeKalb County, Georgia. We debuted on December 6, 1980 at the Christmas dance at Shamrock High School. In the summer of 1981, we recorded two songs (In the Name of Rock and Roll and Queen for a Day) at Monarch Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia and submitted them for consideration by a local radio station (96rock) for inclusion in its Home Cookin' II LP. Out of over 1100 submissions, In the Name of Rock and Roll was one of the 12 songs selected for the album (released in the summer of 1982). In fall 1982, we recorded another eight songs at Monarch for inclusion on a demo. We disbanded the following year, but the 10 recordings were kept by our producer, Steve Starnes, and Monarch's engineer, Larry Turner. Steve and Larry were able to successfully digitally transfer the surviving copies of these songs to CD in 2007, and after obtaining the necessary U.S. copyrights, we were able (finally) to distribute them under the Catapult Distribution label to digital download sites like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon on June 1, 2009, where they are currently available for sale to the public.
Song Info
Genre
Metal Heavy Metal
Charts
Peak #82
Peak in subgenre #30
Author
Music by Clay Hayes, Lyrics by Brett Hart
Rights
1982, 2007 by Clay Hayes and Brett Hart
Uploaded
July 20, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:27
Story behind the song
A paean to all young people born or going through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, or their second childhood during that most memorable of decades -- we are all Children of the Eighties -- and our relationships with our parents haven't changed one bit!
Lyrics
Well, they say this generation has only one thing on our minds, Dont tell me its the same old story Ive heard too many times! The ways of life are many, but the joys of living are few, And youll find your friends, if any, are having better times than you! Gotta believe it...gotta believe its true! In the evening we assemble at the crossroads of our choice And the towns around us tremble at the echo of our voice! There is no room for slumber, theres no place for parents fears, Cause its them that we outnumber and itll be that way for years! If you try and ask them for the car, They say, Boy, who do you think you are? Chorus I wanna know if your judgments are right Why do they never hold up at night? I gotta see whats waiting for me... Babies, dont you know someday youve got to grow? Children of the Eighties, wake up! Rock and roll is a cause to take up! By waiting you will only see it! Do like us and you can be it!
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