1985, YouTube & Social Networking

1985 * YouTube & Social Networking

I was listening to Bowling For Soup's hit song, 1985, on my desktop Verizon Rhapsody Account while working one day on my many Social Networking sites, and writing outlets - and really paid attention to the lyrics.  With my 40th birthday, (yeah I put it print now, so it's as official as it gets), this song really started speaking to me.  I was 15 years old in 1985 and I have two teens in high school and two other kids not far behind them.

I wanted to see the video.  I headed off to www.youtube.com which is where I always go to find and watch videos these days, because MTV, as we all knew it way back in the day - the ‘80's day - no longer exists for us.  The awesome news is that YouTube has picked up where MTV left off!

The cool thing about YouTube is it allows people to partner up and make an investment to bring these AMAZING, Songs and Videos back to us.  The people who participate in this hope to earn a return on that investment through views, ad-clicks and stuff, but hopefully by people clicking on that purchase the track now link through Digital Music Downloads on Amazon
or which-ever music source allows you to purchase the track.   The tracks usually cost about .99 each.  This is how I purchase my music, by Digital Internet Downloads
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I started to really think about that Bowling For Soup song, 1985, and all that it spoke about.  I wondered how many others, like me, truly miss the days of music videos and good old fashioned "musical fun".

I started a Twitter account, mainly to start singing the praises of Vegas because I live here and I love this City.  Then I realized that everyone deserves to be treated as if they matter because they do! Everyone matters if they are breathing! So I created various lists, including one called OthersWhoCount2, for those who I couldn't find a specific place to list, but they still mattered! My next decision was to see if people missed music & music videos from the past as much I did, so I decided to throw "Zone Flashback Vegas Music Party's' using YouTube links, provided by people on www.YouTube.com that I subscribe to.

My purpose for choosing as many regular people links as I can find is to help support the little people in their efforts to eek out a living in today's tough economy while at the same time entertaining my followers and friends, and of course myself!  I miss the music & videos too!

Imagine my surprise when I hold the Zone's first "Flashback  to 1985 Music YouTube Link Vegas Twitter on ZonePolitical Party" and it was a hit! People really miss the Music Videos, just like me! The next one was a Rock Show, and wow that was a blast! Even Dallas Cowboy's Offensive Tackle, Marc Columbo joined in because he too is a Vegas fan, and a Rock Music fan & ENTERTAINER! He is currently the lead singer and plays rhythm guitar in a metal band called Free Reign! (You can also find them on Twitter & other Social Networking Sites, or click on any of the pre-set links throughout this this article.) Music simply speaks to people, all people from all walks of life, and is a uniting force, which truly is a beautiful thing.

So I guess Bowling For Soup really hit on something with that song 1985, because we former kids of the 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's  - we love our music and the videos! We are ever grateful that YouTube exists and has picked up where MTV left off, and allowed the people to take over and entertain us!

The music world has much to be to grateful for when it comes to YouTube and all those "YouTuber's" out there who work so hard to keep those Music Videos we love so much and never want to forget or lose, coming our way.  We thank you.  I thank you! I can assure you, I will definitely continue to support the YouTube people.  VEVO, is another big part of YouTube, and what a cool Music Video service they are too!

When all is said and done, when you need your music fix of the good old days of "your kind of music", look no further than www.YouTube.com my friends.  There is an entire world of Entertainment just waiting to be explored by us - the lost generation who watched it all change.  The kids who played Atari Space Invaders, then moved onto Zork on our Commodore 64's, learned how to type on type-writers with no letters, took computer classes that required binary stuff and punch cards with holes in them (remember that crazy stuff?), went to Arcades at the mall when the cool color versions of video games came out, and WOW when Windows made C prompts a thing of the past?  Then Mac? Now we can walk around and watch www.Youtube.com videos in the palm of our hands on our CELLPHONES! All in the SPAN of OUR lifetimes, we people who totally get every word of that song, Bowling For Soup sings, 1985.

So here's a hurrah to 1985, Bowling For Soup, and one heck of a THANK YOU to the Owners, Operators, and USERS of YouTube who keep us Entertained with the Music & Video's we love!

Sandra Bonadonna

Zonepolitical

Oh and that picture on the cover of this story.. Yes, that would be me way back in the GREAT 1985