I loved the 80's because ...

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  • CaptainAmerica1970
    CaptainAmerica1970 Posts: 435
    Hmmm.... maybe this....

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  • BigDaddyRonnie
    BigDaddyRonnie Posts: 506 Member


    AND WE MEASURED HOW TALL OUR HAIR WAS WITH A RULER!!!! :)

    Porky's!
  • Blaqheart
    Blaqheart Posts: 235
    80's RULE!!!!!

    Thompson Twins, Simply Red, UB40, Prince And The Revolution, Paula Abdul, Debbie Gibson, Oingo Boingo, Devo, Pet Shop Boys, The Dream Academy, Yes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive, Falco, Duran Duran, Flock Of Seagulls, B52's, Culture Club, Motley Crew, Ratt, Twisted Sister

    "Legend", "Willow", "Star Wars Return Of The Jedi", Gremlins"

    Nickleodean, MTV, HBO, SHOWTIME, Cinemax

    "Dallas", "Falcon Crest" - Lorenzo Lamas, "Dynasty", "Knots Landing", Dukes Of Hazzard", "Bring Them Back Alive", "The Master", "Saturday Night Live" - Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, "The A - Team" - Mr. T. "Magnum P.I. - Tom Selleck, "Hawaii 50"

    LA Gear, Swatch, Converse, Guess, Polo, leg warmers, fedora, Wayfarers, fingerless gloves, pearls, ankle boots, Rattails

    Duel recording jam box, cassette recorders, walkman, Polaroid camera, vcr/beta, Casey Kasem's Top 40, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Gi Joe, Star Wars action figures

    K I'm out...
  • CrossFitBeast
    CrossFitBeast Posts: 320 Member
    Hip-Hop!! LL Cool J, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys

    Breakdancing! Rock Steady Crew

    Beat Street
  • Blaqheart
    Blaqheart Posts: 235
    http://www.astropopcandy.com/

    Returning for the first time since 2004

    Not that I remember having them, just for the poster lamenting their loss :)

    Yep now I remember them Thanks! :laugh:
    Sounds like when they scrapped the Trans Am. maybe they too will come back who knows.
  • Blaqheart
    Blaqheart Posts: 235
    Hmmm.... maybe this....

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    Hey Stripe was awesome!

    We can all wish, but ... :grumble:
  • jfcarlson713
    jfcarlson713 Posts: 108 Member
    ...my kids were born in the 80's (81 & 84).!!!!
  • Maryaly40
    Maryaly40 Posts: 551 Member
    Big Hair!!!!!
  • snoopytwins
    snoopytwins Posts: 1,759 Member
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  • redshoeshelley
    redshoeshelley Posts: 206 Member
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    Agreed ...

    Edward can't be a real vampire.
    Vampires don't frolic in meadows and glitter in the sun.
    He must be a fairy :P
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    Sixteen Candles
    Rambo (the original)
    Footloose (the original)

    Freddy Krueger
    Atari
    Michael Jackson (yes I did just say that)
    Janet Jackson

    TV shows like A-Team
    Knight Rider
    Wonder Years
    Dukes of Hazard
    Magmum PI
    ALF - my all time favorite sicom!!!
    And last but not least and I am sure I am forgetting tons....

    THE MUPPETS!
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
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    Agreed ...

    Edward can't be a real vampire.
    Vampires don't frolic in meadows and glitter in the sun.
    He must be a fairy :P


    ROFLMAO!!! I have said this all along...but alas now he has a kid...I demand blood tests! I think its part dog instead.
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    Funny...music has been mentioned over and over, but not MTV specifically.

    I know we all loved it, but not necessarily what it has become. :ohwell:

    I want my MTV!

    Yeah back when MTV played videos!!!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    Sixteen Candles
    Rambo (the original)
    Footloose (the original)

    Freddy Krueger
    Atari
    Michael Jackson (yes I did just say that)
    Janet Jackson

    TV shows like A-Team
    Knight Rider
    Wonder Years
    Dukes of Hazard
    Magmum PI
    ALF - my all time favorite sicom!!!
    And last but not least and I am sure I am forgetting tons....

    THE MUPPETS!

    ahh the wonder years. I had such a crush on Winny Cooper. lol
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
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    Huh!!!! *Sigh* I will be fainting now...Thanks
  • louisey112
    louisey112 Posts: 573 Member
    The Hair bands - Cinderella, Slaughter, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot

    This!!! I was a definite hair band fan and dated only headbangers back then. Something about guys with long hair wearing leather ... Nowadays I thank God for Hair Nation on Syrius! Priest, Ratt, GNR, Motley Crue, Poison ... ahhh, the good ol days!
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    Ok Ill say it...I see a lot of people saying what great clothes we had...I loved the clothes of the 80"s but we all seem to be forgetting...


    Parachutte Pants...
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    I was born. I'm a pretty big fan of being alive :tongue:
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    the lead singer from cinderella lived in my town back then. lol
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    To me, the 80's were like the 50's to my parents, and back to the 20's for my grandparents...fun, with fun times!

    I don't see the 60's and 70's as the same, and I don't see the 90's and 00's the same. To me, the fun with society is cyclical occurring every 3 decades or so. Too many stresses in between... I see my kids now having the time of their lives in the 10's. Its almost a mirror image.

    I loved the 80's!

    I seen this and it sooooo made me smile. In the 80's we were having 50's & 60's dances. Now the kids are having 80"s dances. THATS CAUSE THE 80'S ROCKED!!!!!! Class of "87"
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
    the lead singer from cinderella lived in my town back then. lol

    BTW...

    I am loving the Springteen shot in your profile...your just missing the red, white and blue.
  • atomiclauren
    atomiclauren Posts: 689 Member
    DeLoreans, Animotion, Erasure, Belinda Carlisle, Hypercolor shirts, crimping, and hairspray.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    the lead singer from cinderella lived in my town back then. lol

    BTW...

    I am loving the Springteen shot in your profile...your just missing the red, white and blue.

    lol, yes- there has been a request for me to have a bandana sticking out of my pocket. lol

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  • BostonMatt
    BostonMatt Posts: 258
    Its when basketball was legit
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    and it gave you an excuse to carry a huge boom box on your shoulders/
  • nichalsont
    nichalsont Posts: 421 Member
    I loved the 80's. It was a decade of firsts:

    first date
    first love
    first - uh, well you know...
    getting a drivers license
    first concert

    Plus the music -

    Prince
    ZZ Top
    John Mellencamp (I'm an Indiana girl)
    Van Halen
    Genesis

    AND VIDEO ARCADES!
  • BostonMatt
    BostonMatt Posts: 258
    Funny...music has been mentioned over and over, but not MTV specifically.

    I know we all loved it, but not necessarily what it has become. :ohwell:

    I want my MTV!

    Yeah back when MTV played videos!!!

    Reality has killed the video start. :(
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
    - I was Born in '82
    - Return of the Jedi in '83
    - Reagan presidency
    - Back to the Future
    - Family Ties
    - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    - The Labyrinth
    - Willow
    - Punky Brewster
    - He-Man (Cartoons had some kind of moral message rather than just superfluous stupidity).

    Yes, there are lots of reasons to love the '80s
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    Movies!!!
  • Astroduckula
    Astroduckula Posts: 70
    Ooh, well other than the fact I was born in 82 which gives me a brilliant excuse for loving the 80's. But I think... big bright hair, big bright clothes, you could wear what you wanted and nobody gave a crap.

    Then there's the music... I thank the 80's for bringing me my favourite band Depeche Mode and all that cheesy music that even when we hear now we know all the words and sing along loudly... Or is that just me :ohwell:

    But the films... WOW! Ghostbusters, Weird Science, Lost Boys Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, Goonies, Labyrinth, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Howard the Duck... I could go on!

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