80's thread

[allthatglitters]

ok thanks to Aniko for this idea.

Well...there's always 80's lovers out there. And even if you absolutely HATE the 80's you'll come around (thats what happened to me). So this is just sort of to talk about the cool things that happened before I was born (and it's not like I even got to enjoy the 90's- i barely remember them). Not trying to answer any of lifes major questions (except maybe why my mothers bridesmaids dresses were HOT PINK) just relaxing and talking about anything from the 80's; music, movies, celebs, life, fashion (it's coming back I need tips so i can be the first) cool stuff like that. I don't claim to be an expert but I'd love to hear from some. Thanks! :)

[Monkeypunch]

Okay, speaking as a child of the 1980's, you did NOT miss anything. The horror of the eighties is unparalelled to this day. :D All the cartoons were really toy commercials, there were a lot of awful corporate bands that kept good music off the radio, everyone was greedy and materialistic, and John Hughes movies just sucked.

BUT...let's look for a few good things about the eighties:

The Dead Kennedys
Bad Religion
The Descendants
Metallica
Return of the Jedi
The Blues Brothers
Pee Wee's Playhouse
Repo Man
Stephen King
Bill the Cat
The Goonies
Indiana Jones
Dana Carvey on SNL

Umm, I am sure I will think of more, but I can't right now. Just let's say I was not a happy child of the eighties....I mean, hair-metal...shudder.....

[allthatglitters]

Umm, I am sure I will think of more, but I can't right now. Just let's say I was not a happy child of the eighties....I mean, hair-metal...shudder.....

awwww...did the 90's treat ya well?

[Henry The Kid]

Under the pop surface, the eighties were a tremendous time for music.

Top Bands-Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Joy Division, Tom Waits, the Swans, Talking Heads, early Nirvana(I wasn't a fan of their later stuff), Neil Young, the Smiths, The Stone Roses, and so on and so on.

[jrs]

As one 80's lover to another, one thing has chaanged. Cartoons on Saturday mornings. I used to get up early, just for the toons. Then one day......things changed. Yuck.

The 80's were great:

The Rubik's Cube
Mohawks
Corey Hart's "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night"
Atari
MTV Premieres (and had normal programming)
Indiana Jones
LP's were in use and CDs were intoduced.
Freddy Krueger was born :p

[allthatglitters]

i missed so much. and no joke i remember like 98 and thats it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I was heavily influenced by the 80s, as I spent my first six years of life watching TV in the 80s, movies from the 80s, and collecting all the popular 80s kids toys and such. I also watched a lot of MTV.

[allthatglitters]

I was heavily influenced by the 80s, as I spent my first six years of life watching TV in the 80s, movies from the 80s, and collecting all the popular 80s kids toys and such. I also watched a lot of MTV.

have any favorites?

[Caitlyn]

I can't believe no one has listed The Smurfs.... ;D

[jrs]

I can't believe no one has listed The Smurfs.... ;D



....or The Snorks :p

[Monkeypunch]

awwww...did the 90's treat ya well?

The 90's were like MY decade, or at least the first half was. I disavow any knowledge of the spice girls... :D

But in the 90's, we had great movies (Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino) and music (Nirvana, Sublime, Green Day) and Comics (Hate, Ghost World) and you could wear your dirty laundry to school and that was considered a fashion! Oh, how wonderful the 90's were... :)

[Sir Toose]

The 80's. All I can say is what a party it was. Between 1980 and 1989 I:

Was deflowered
Went to high school
Went to college
Lived without comfort or shelter
Lived in great comfort
Drank too much
Smoked too much
Had altercations with the local sheriff
In a drunken stupor a friend of mine and I disassembled his 1969 Mustang and reassembled it in his parents living room. His parents were overseas and he wanted a 'show' car.
Wrecked my bike
Wrecked my car
Almost wrecked my life
Got married

[Sedai]

I like me some 80s stuff :)

I remember rolling the legs of my pants up to look cool. I didn't
Transformers
Mutant Massacre
Rush
Yes
Metallica
Dragonlance
Space Ace
BAD HAIR

[Jackie Malfoy]

Great idea for a topic!and a good idea for all fans of the eightys!I love the eightys!The styles the movies the music!
I had so far found nothering that I did not like about that time!Too mad I missed it I wish I was born in that time that would had been so cool!Even if I would be alot older now if I did!Oh and Super Ninteno roxs too!
"You can dance if you want too you can leave your friends behind"(Starts singing!)See you around!JM :cool: :p ;) :D :)

[Sexy Celebrity]

have any favorites?
Oh, let me think... I've watched a few of those I Love The 80's shows on VH1. What did I remember....

Tina Turner
Inspector Gadget
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Boy George
The Glo Worm
Tears for Fears
Stirrup Pants (not that I wore any when I was under 6.... and above)
That group that sang "Lies, lies, lies, yeah!"
You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round, Like A Record, Baby
Madonna
George Michael
Prince
Bachelor Party
John Hughes movies
Mermaid
The Golden Girls (my favorite show)
My Big Monster
Trapper Keepers
INXS
Michael Jackson
ALF
Max Headroom
Cyndi Lauper

Hmm.... l was obsessed with horror movies in the 80s (and 90s). Not so much anymore... they don't make them the same.

[Aniko]

The 80's. All I can say is what a party it was.
In a drunken stupor a friend of mine and I disassembled his 1969 Mustang and reassembled it in his parents living room. His parents were overseas and he wanted a 'show' car.

Toosie, Toosie, Toosie......my imagination is just flying...thinking of you back then. Such a naughty boy~ :laugh:

So what happened when his parents came home? Did you eventually help him disassemble and reassemble his 'show' car back outside?


I loved the 80's...

High heels...they had great shoes back then...
Glamor make-up
Big Earrings
Shoulder pads
Jumpsuits
Permanant's....for that big hair look in the early to mid 80's.
Mullet hairstyle
Firebirds and Cameros got a new body style
The Redskins Football team were great back then...Joe Gibbs was God.

Clubbing and dancing
The Pretenders
Robert Palmer
The Police
Genesis
Journey
Billy Joel
Prince...Purple Rain album and movie with Morris Day and the Time
Michael Jacksons'...Off the Wall' and 'Thiller' albums
The Gap Band
Chaka Kahn
Jefferey Osborne
The Manhattan Transfer
Al Jarreau
...and all the girl groups....Go-Go’s, The Bangles, Bananarama, The Weather Girls, The Pointer Sisters...

Indiana Jones!
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Ghost Busters
Beverly Hills Cop
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Rain Man
Steve Martin....loved all of his movies.
Bette Mildler....was popular with Down and out in Beverly Hills Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune, Beaches.

The Night time soap operas!
Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing and the hoard of others that sprung up, but never made it. Not that I...umm...watched any of them. :modest:

[Fugitive]

Nintendo
Grandpa shirts & vests (yikes)
The Walkman
Queen
Guns ‘n’ Roses
Metallica
Long hair days

...and I can't believe it, but most of what Toose said except for getting married.

[Mark]

"Major Tom"
"I Want to Be a Cowboy"
"Who Can It Be Now?"
"Never Say Never"
"Pass the Duche"
"Tainted Love"
"Super Freak"
"What I Like About You"
"I Melt With You"
"Sweet Dreams are Made of This"
"I Ran"
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
"Relax"
"I Know What Boys Like"
"Mexican Radio"
"I Confess"
"Rock the Casbah"
"Private Idaho"
"Stand and Deliver"

Devo
B52s
Adam and the Ants (before he was Adam Ant)
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Lords of the New Church
Bronski Beat
Sparks
Altered Images
JoBoxers
The Members
The Monroes
The Payolas
Missing Persons
Jon Astley
The Plimsouls
Red Hot Chili Peppers (yes, even way back then)
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Smithereens
Sique Sique Sputnick
The Specials
The English Beat

John Hughes films DON'T suck! (Sixteen Candles, Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful).

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Bachelor Party
Valley Girl
Risky Business
Caddyshack
Night Shift
The Outsiders
Karate Kid
Back to the Future

VCRs and video rental stores
Cordless phones
Premium channels on cable
Jet Skis

The Fiero
The Delorean

I bought a '65 Mustang convertible in '85 and became very popular :randy:

[Mark]

The personal computer.

[CrazyforMovies]

All I can say is...

BonJovi
Poison
DefLepard
Mettalica
Scorpions..

Madonna
Cindy Lauper
Big shoulders
Big hair
great lipstick..

High mortgage rates..
getting married...kids..

[megalith]

I was born in '86, so I don't remember too much of the eighties. I remember watching cartoons when I was really young, such as "Hello, Kitty" and "Strawberry Shortcake." I remember the early nineties a lot more clearly than any eighties, like New Kids on the Block! Hahaha, they were like my favorite band when I was 5. Them and Micheal Jackson! I was obsessed.

How old are you by the way?

[susan]

actually i got married in the 80's as well...

duran duran
culture club
queen
tears for fears
genesis
phil collins
simple minds

simon and garfunkel's first reunion concert at shea stadium
charles and di's wedding
john lennon's death

steve savage movies, (better off dead and one crazy summer)
brazil (all three versions)
bachelor party
pretty in pink
some kind of wonderful

and thanks aniko..forgot about those jumpsuits..had a ton of them

[allthatglitters]

hmm...i'd love to answer and comment on everything everbody said. but...just no. instead you all gave very nice responses and heres my little tid bit. the 80's style is definately coming back- check out www.forever21.com has some cute girls styles. mostly in california though. one in Canada- so far thats the only place that has shown in my opinion a real zeal for the 80's. though it doesn't come even close.

[theshape82]

wow i love the 80's
good music
good movies
bad style

[Caitlyn]

I was reading this thread and that song... 867-5309 popped in my head... :p ... wasn't it in the 80's... and who on earth even sang it?

[susan]

I was reading this thread and that song... 867-5309 popped in my head... :p ... wasn't it in the 80's... and who on earth even sang it?

a group named tommy tutone sang that song and yes the song was released in 1981

[Caitlyn]

a group named tommy tutone sang that song and yes the song was released in 1981


Thanks Susan... I am now looking for something to listen to, to get that song out of my head.... :D

[Sir Toose]

My brother in laws' GF is "jenny".

I sing that to her and she has no idea... she's 22.

:D

[SamsoniteDelilah]

This thread makes me smile, but Mark's list is so similar to mine, I fear he may have been following me around.

[Sir Toose]

Parachute Pants.

[allthatglitters]

Parachute Pants.

parachute pants are coming back...

[allthatglitters]

Well I have 80's day tomorrow at school, and I can't remember for the life of me what I wore last year, and I am totally at a loss. So if y'all could recommend some 80's looks that would be splendid, I think I might stop at the thrift store tonight and I need to know what to look for.

[AboveTheClouds]

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The epitome of the 80's

[2wrongs]

Well I have 80's day tomorrow at school, and I can't remember for the life of me what I wore last year, and I am totally at a loss. So if y'all could recommend some 80's looks that would be splendid, I think I might stop at the thrift store tonight and I need to know what to look for.Here's stuff you can do with your own closet:
Peg your jeans
put bleach designs on them too
big, ugly, plastic earrings
lace
scrunchies
old sweat shirt with the neck cut off and slouched off one shoulder
two or more pairs of socks
a t-shirt with the corner of the hem tied in a knot
crimp your hair or rat it with a comb

[Tacitus]

Here's stuff you can do with your own closet:
Peg your jeans
put bleach designs on them too
big, ugly, plastic earrings
lace
scrunchies
old sweat shirt with the neck cut off and slouched off one shoulder
two or more pairs of socks
a t-shirt with the corner of the hem tied in a knot
crimp your hair or rat it with a comb

I'll dig out my 8 pleat Bowie pants (as bought through the NME small ads).

Pity I can't dig out my hair though - too much hairspray c1988 while trying to fashion a quiff. :(

[Tacitus]

a group named tommy tutone sang that song and yes the song was released in 1981

I always thought Squeeze sang that but was getting it confused with 853-5937. :rolleyes:

Oh well.....

[SamsoniteDelilah]

That's a much better song!

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[HellboyUnleashed]

HOW BOUT FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF!!!! "I heard that yo were feeling ill, headache, nausea, and a chill. I came here to restore your pluck, cuz im the nurse who likes to--"

[allthatglitters]

Hey thanks everybody for the suggestions! 80's day rocked and i had a blast...as usual. I wish I had some pics, but I don't. Next year.