I went home for lunch yesterday and my wife had the satellite eighties music station playing on the stereo system.  The song that was playing was "Stay the Night."  This song hit the charts around 1987 and Benjamin Orr, former singer with the Cars, had this on his album.  I hadn't heard this song in years!!!

Suddenly, I had a flashback.  Nostalgia at its finest.  I realized that the eighties, at least for me, were absolutely fantastic.  It was a time of learning about life, and doing circles around the town while listening to "She's Got to Be Somebody's Baby" by Jackson Browne, and "No Parking on The Dance Floor" by Midnight Star.

It was "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," and drinking beer underage (not that I'm promoting that).  Skipping school on Fridays.  Cold football nights and warm blankets, and the girl letting you know that she wouldn't want to be anywhere else but with you.

I remembered the music that was playing on the radio as Leslie (maybe her real name, maybe not) picked me up in her mother's Buick Park Avenue.  She knew a really nice place to "watch the stars."  She was a senior.  I was a freshman.  Life was good.

I have this dream about re-creating the eighties.  One big party.  People from all over the country meeting to have the biggest eighties party since the eighties.  Maybe the guys and girls won't look the same, but I guarantee you that we'll all feel like we used to back then - if only for a fleeting moment.

Bring back the 80's!