I am a product of the 80's.

NiciS72

definitely big hair! oh wait, that was yesterdays hair! lol still have it and love it! all of those bands and the older Heart stuff, Paula Abdul, Dead or Alive, the Cure, Duran Duran, Yes, Cyndi Lauper, the Police

Ahhhhh, Duran Duran. You had the "Nick" type of girls, the "Simon" type of girls, and the "John Taylor" types. We used to argue the merits of each one in high school. *sigh*

JOHN TAYLOR RULES-even in his 50's he is STILL HOT!!!!!

TinaDay1114

My first concert... JOURNEY!!!!

My second... The Fixx and Flock of Seagulls!!!

ahhhh yes, the 80s:)

LOVE Journey, and can sing every song on the "Greatest Hits" album to this day.

My husband decided to get a perm in high school -- :noway: bad idea for his thick dark hair. We call it his "Flock of Seagulls" hairdo. He's NEVER gonna live that down.

TinaDay1114

so forgot about Wham! I am still in love with george michael i dont care that he is gay and hangs out in bathrooms! everytime "careless whisper" comes on it brings me back!

I was so naive that I thought they just dressed "differently" over there in England -- until that incident in the 1990's, it never occurred to me that anyone in WHAM had a different sexual orientation. **OK, you can laugh out loud now. I won't be offended! **

annabellj

so forgot about Wham! I am still in love with george michael i dont care that he is gay and hangs out in bathrooms! everytime "careless whisper" comes on it brings me back!

I was so naive that I thought they just dressed "differently" over there in England -- until that incident in the 1990's, it never occurred to me that anyone in WHAM had a different sexual orientation. **OK, you can laugh out loud now. I won't be offended! **

lol I was the same way and my stepbrother was gay(is)

WhiteTonight

I will be 30 exactly 2 months from today. Born in 1982. My memories from the 80's...

Bon Jovi, tight rolled jeans, waterfall bangs, neon and lace, GNR, Def Leppard, .38 Special, Casey Kasem, Heathcliff cartoons, the original Pound Puppies, Bonkers candy, jelly bracelets, slap bracelets, Peaches and Cream Barbie, Heart, George Michael, Roxette, off-the-shoulder shirts, scrunchies and tied shirts, Bubble Yum, spandex, Paula Abdul, MTV and the birth of music videos, watching the AMA's every year, original Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Pony, Aerosmith, Glam rock, men in makeup who were perfectly straight, Popples, high-waisted/pleated/acid washed jeans... the list goes on and on.

It's wild to me to see a lot of cues from fashion coming back into style because I spent the last 15-20ish years swearing off the tapered legs and blousey tops. Lo, and behold... shoulder pads are coming back.

mrimike

I have a love hate relationship with the 80's! They were great when i was there but man do I HATE seeing pictures of myself and what I wore from back then...........although I was skinny:)

tageekly

aaaahhh...neon, charm necklaces (my favorite was a toilet that flushed and an elvis record), leg warmers, pinball, jelly shoes, thundercats, the smurfs, california raisins, atari...best time to be a kid ever!

YES!!! I was a kid in the 80's and I had all these - California Raisins, loved 'em. Had Smurfs sheets, Garbage Pail Kids cards and jelly shoes and slap bracelets and banana clips. I LOVE the music from the 80's and my first game system was Atari - and the original Nintendo where you had to blow on the cartridge if it didn't work. :laugh: Love it!

WhiteTonight

aaaahhh...neon, charm necklaces (my favorite was a toilet that flushed and an elvis record), leg warmers, pinball, jelly shoes, thundercats, the smurfs, california raisins, atari...best time to be a kid ever!

YES!!! I was a kid in the 80's and I had all these - California Raisins, loved 'em. Had Smurfs sheets, Garbage Pail Kids cards and jelly shoes and slap bracelets and banana clips. I LOVE the music from the 80's and my first game system was Atari - and the original Nintendo where you had to blow on the cartridge if it didn't work. :laugh: Love it!

LIKE!!! All of these things - perfect.

madubil

omg- I'm at work cracking up at this post - Thank you!!

I'm still not convinced I'm not going to marry John Taylor....

queenmegan

Laserdiscs.

I now collect them!!!!

macpatti

The Scorpions
Def Leopard
Flashdance
Blue Lagoon
Jefferson Starship, "We Built This City"
Blue Oyster Cult
AC/DC

I was preppy, so we wore Polo shirts, popped collars, and ribbon for belts. Socks that matched our shirts and white Keds.

Graduated high school in 1985! Love that decade!

tageekly

Jefferson Starship, "We Built This City"

One of my favorite songs of all time!

SinIsIn

aaaahhh...neon, charm necklaces (my favorite was a toilet that flushed and an elvis record), leg warmers, pinball, jelly shoes, thundercats, the smurfs, california raisins, atari...best time to be a kid ever!

YES!!! I was a kid in the 80's and I had all these - California Raisins, loved 'em. Had Smurfs sheets, Garbage Pail Kids cards and jelly shoes and slap bracelets and banana clips. I LOVE the music from the 80's and my first game system was Atari - and the original Nintendo where you had to blow on the cartridge if it didn't work. :laugh: Love it!

I still have garbage pail kids cards! hahaha

macpatti

Jefferson Starship, "We Built This City"

One of my favorite songs of all time!

That was the first concert my mom ever let me attend!

JeSuisPrest

I think I saw just about every hair band in concert bag then, and I was so rockin' the big hair Longs Island style!!! Saw Dokken, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Dio, Ozzy, Skid Row.....I could go on but am having trouble remembering names!!! LOL

NiciS72

omg- I'm at work cracking up at this post - Thank you!!

I'm still not convinced I'm not going to marry John Taylor....

B**** he's MINE!!!!!! JK, but I had flashbacks from Jr. High and fighting over John with my girlfriends!

NiciS72

I think I saw just about every hair band in concert bag then, and I was so rockin' the big hair Longs Island style!!! Saw Dokken, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Dio, Ozzy, Skid Row.....I could go on but am having trouble remembering names!!! LOL

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I will admit that I saw Warrant who opened for Poison at the Rosemont Horizon (now the Allstate Arena) here in Chicagoland!

modernsoul

This summer I finally cleaned out 2 boxes of cassette tapes (my 8-yr-old said, "MOM, what the heck are THOSE??") and gave them to Goodwill.

Anybody remember "Dream Academy" and "Scritti Politti"? Of course I had the Led Zeppelin albums, some Black Crows, and lots of early Madonna. I even had a cassette of "Live Aid" that I taped by holding the microphone up to the TV speaker during the broadcast! YIKES. I AM old. :laugh:

I must admit, I kept my cassette of Bill Cosby routines, and put it in my car. "Old Weird Harold","Noah" and all the good stuff, and I can still say EVERY line by heart.

I loved Dream Academy and I still have a Scritti Politti 12". LOL

42hockeymom

LOL I love this post! I recently bought a new car, so I have 3 mos of free XM radio. One of my favorite channels is the 80s channels. My 14 yo and I were in the car last week, OH Micky was on the radio. We sang every word to that song! Then, she says to me "Thanks, I hate you! Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head!" (I'd made her a "mix-tape" CD a few years ago of my favs so she knows this song well)

Then yesterday..... The GoGo's We Got The Beat. Yep, she knew the words to that one,too. She loves a lot of the music from the 80's. All because I've raised her right!

Oh, and she can recite the entire Breakfast Club movie. She and a friend of hers will sit there and just say random lines from the movie when they're together. It's hysterical!

annabellj

LOL I love this post! I recently bought a new car, so I have 3 mos of free XM radio. One of my favorite channels is the 80s channels. My 14 yo and I were in the car last week, OH Micky was on the radio. We sang every word to that song! Then, she says to me "Thanks, I hate you! Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head!" (I'd made her a "mix-tape" CD a few years ago of my favs so she knows this song well)

Then yesterday..... The GoGo's We Got The Beat. Yep, she knew the words to that one,too. She loves a lot of the music from the 80's. All because I've raised her right!

Oh, and she can recite the entire Breakfast Club movie. She and a friend of hers will sit there and just say random lines from the movie when they're together. It's hysterical!

omg love the breakfast club! and pretty in pink!

casi_ann

Lets see the thing I love the most and remember the most in the 80's is my son, Chet. He was born in 1980 and the next 10 years raising him were the greatest.