As I write I am a youngish 40 year old and most of my mates are now at that milestone. One of my mates decided to have a 40th bash in Royal Leamington Spa as it was a place he was familar with and was a change from the normal night out.
We all landed around tea time on the friday and once we had a wash and supper we went out. Now for our generation the nightlife has radically changed. We were in between the trendy bars and the old established bars and the difference between the two was quite apparent. The trendy ones were all youngsters with the lads in spiked hairs and tight t-shirts and the girls in short dresses and sun bed tanned bodies. The established were a mixture of professionsals or older ones out for a quiet drink.
We managed to fit in both (albeit had to hold our tummies in at the trendy bars!!) we then ended up at a an old bingo hall converted into a music venue and to our suprise it was a Cortina Night which was a mixture of late 70's and 80's music. Now this place ticked all the boxes it was a mixture of all those people i described and all having a great night out. We felt ok as a lot of tunes we had either forgotten or not heard in years.
So when these marketing people get together to define what market they are penetrating there is nothing better than going agaisnt the norm and for me this was what the eighties was all about. Work hard and play hard, excess to the excess and the music wasnt bad either!!
This when i got home got me looking for old tunes and came across my first now album on vinyl and this bought back memories. If you are feeling nostalgic then click here for the first Now Album (sadly not on vinyl but progress has to go on!)
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