Music in the 80s

🎸 Clemson in the 80s – The Golden Years of the Fun Bunch

Step back into a time when the nights were longer, the music was louder, and the good vibes practically poured out of every doorway in downtown Clemson. The 1980s were the golden years of the FunBunch scene — when every night felt like a festival, and every bar, basement, and back porch was a potential concert venue.

From rowdy college bars packed wall-to-wall, to big blowouts like Bengal Ball, Clemson’s music scene was pure electricity. Legendary bands (and a few soon-to-be legends) rolled through town, sharing stages with wild local acts who had just enough talent — and just enough recklessness — to leave a permanent mark. Whether it was a scrappy cover band lighting up a Friday night, or a major regional act stopping by for a sweaty, unforgettable set, Clemson kept the amps buzzing and the dance floors packed.

Tigertown in the 80s wasn’t just about football — it was about living loud. There were concerts tucked into smoky bars like Sloan Street Tap Room, The Study Hall, The Corporation, and the iconic downtown clubs. The Bengal Ball, held out on the green or under giant tents, turned the whole town into a swirling sea of music, dancing, and (let’s be honest) a fair amount of bad decisions that still get laughed about today.

The Clemson FunBunch didn’t just attend these concerts — they fueled them. The bands, the bartenders, the bouncers, and the FunBunch regulars all blurred together into one epic, slightly hazy memory of music and mayhem.

This page is dedicated to capturing that spirit:

  • 🎶 The bands we loved.
  • 🎶 The songs that shook the floors.
  • 🎶 The festivals and nights we almost remember.
  • 🎶 And the feeling that, for a while, Clemson was the absolute center of the universe — or at least, it sure felt that way.

And if you remember it all clearly…
you weren’t doing it right.

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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as "The Genius", and was also nicknamed "The High Priest of Soul".
He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records. He also contributed to the racial integration of country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.
Charles was blind from the age of seven. Charles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country artists of the day, including Art Tatum, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong. Charles' playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse, and stride piano styles. He had strong ties to Quincy Jones, who often cared for him and showed him the ropes of the "music club industry."
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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He was sometimes referred to as "The Genius", and was also nicknamed "The High Priest of Soul".
He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records. He also contributed to the racial integration of country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.
Charles was blind from the age of seven. Charles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country artists of the day, including Art Tatum, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong. Charles' playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse, and stride piano styles. He had strong ties to Quincy Jones, who often cared for him and showed him the ropes of the "music club industry."
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April 20, 2006 Paris, France
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: Freaky Styley
Title: Sex Rap

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Lyrics:
Time to swing a little melody
To make you all feel something sexually
And now we're gonna get it on in the groove
The groove that makes those smooth hips move
We are pumpin' that drivin' bad rhythm
To make those pretty little pussy lips schism
Kissum kissum kissum

In the mind is one design
To make you feel fine
Suckin' on mine with a 69
I'm inclined to funk, funk, funk, funk your brains out
Make her moan make her groan and make her shout
Push it all in and pull it all out
Pump that labia 'till it pouts

Sex Rap
Sex
Sex Rap
Sex

Open your legs to the sensual sound
Let the booty' bustin' beat pound your pretty wet mound
I can tell you're lovin' it like a horny bloodhound
Feel the bass,hump the ground
Just drop your knees and come unbound
And now you make your mouth to get on down

Our lustful notes will boil your blood
When they slither and slide on under your hood
Makin' me shoot my power packed pud
Like a wild lady lovin' a firehose stud
Causing what is known as a juicy wet flood
Gettin' it gettin' it gettin' it good

Sex Rap
Sex
Sex Rap
Sex

In my head, theres a hellified hum
I take to rubbin' her on the bum
Just a little on the tum
With my thumb i strum her plum
Start to make her orgasm
Tastes a little bit like oozing hot cum

Well i like to make her cum
To the rythm of the drums
Make cum, make cum, cum

April 20, 2006 Paris, France
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: Freaky Styley
Title: Sex Rap

Enjoy it in HD!

Lyrics:
Time to swing a little melody
To make you all feel something sexually
And now we're gonna get it on in the groove
The groove that makes those smooth hips move
We are pumpin' that drivin' bad rhythm
To make those pretty little pussy lips schism
Kissum kissum kissum

In the mind is one design
To make you feel fine
Suckin' on mine with a 69
I'm inclined to funk, funk, funk, funk your brains out
Make her moan make her groan and make her shout
Push it all in and pull it all out
Pump that labia 'till it pouts

Sex Rap
Sex
Sex Rap
Sex

Open your legs to the sensual sound
Let the booty' bustin' beat pound your pretty wet mound
I can tell you're lovin' it like a horny bloodhound
Feel the bass,hump the ground
Just drop your knees and come unbound
And now you make your mouth to get on down

Our lustful notes will boil your blood
When they slither and slide on under your hood
Makin' me shoot my power packed pud
Like a wild lady lovin' a firehose stud
Causing what is known as a juicy wet flood
Gettin' it gettin' it gettin' it good

Sex Rap
Sex
Sex Rap
Sex

In my head, theres a hellified hum
I take to rubbin' her on the bum
Just a little on the tum
With my thumb i strum her plum
Start to make her orgasm
Tastes a little bit like oozing hot cum

Well i like to make her cum
To the rythm of the drums
Make cum, make cum, cum

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Peter Tosh – Agora Ballroom, Atlanta 7-29-1983

🎤 Peter Tosh – Live in Atlanta

Date: July 29, 1983
Venue: Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, GA
Tour: Mama Africa Tour

Setlist:

  1. Pick Myself Up
  2. African
  3. Coming in Hot
  4. Not Gonna Give It Up
  5. Rastafari Is
  6. Where You Gonna Run
  7. Don’t Look Back
  8. Glass House
  9. Ketchy Shuby
  10. Brand New Second Hand
  11. Bush Doctor
  12. Johnny B. Goode

Notes: This performance was part of the “Mama Africa” tour and one of Peter Tosh’s final known shows at the legendary Agora Ballroom. A recording of the concert circulates among collectors and fans as one of his finest live sets.

“Equal rights and justice!” – Peter Tosh

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