1985

This Roper song is my second favorite song on the album Brace Yourself for the Mediocre. Although I was quite young at the time, I still identify with a lot of the aspects from “my decade”.

“1985” By Roper

On the back of the schoolbus singing, “I Love Rock and Roll” put another dime in the jukebox, Let the Good Times Roll Grab the back of a Buick Skylark just like Michael J. Fox Grind the trucks on your brand new skateboard just like Tony Hawk Delorean those days are gone We could breakdance, Pop-lock our wrists kid before your grunge rock ever existed

[Chorus:] Years may seem so distant feels like a million miles troubles were nonexistant 1985

Run DMC were the kings of rock then, at the record store Megatron versus Optimus Prime yeah Commodore 64

Delorean those days are gone Flux Capacitor in the back and we’re pushing eighty while the Libyans attack and… (chorus)

Don’t want to be on the marquee Twenty years will fade to nothing pop the clutch and then we’ll see

• Roper