What was the best thing about being a teenager in the 80's

karenann1989
karenann1989 Posts: 63 Member
I loved the BIG Hair!!!!!
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  • Reedern
    Reedern Posts: 525 Member
    lmao.... JAZZERCISE hahahaha remember with the full workout gear... matching headband, wristband, and leg warmers? I wouldn't be caught dead in that stuff now!
  • Mom2rh
    Mom2rh Posts: 612 Member
    Leg warmers and flashdance!
  • Kegs parties in the woods!
  • karenann1989
    karenann1989 Posts: 63 Member
    Kegs parties in the woods!
    And when they got busted we were told to go home and the cops took the beer
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    Vans shoes, my 67 GTO, Van Halen rockin the speakers and some herbs....
  • runwithmike
    runwithmike Posts: 145 Member
    My 78 Camaro!!
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Swatch watchers, neon clothes and the most of the 80's music, because those things will NEVER be cool again!

    Oh, and the absence of facebook and cell phones....I'm so thankful that the things I did as a teen were never put out into the cyber world for people to see and there wasn't any GPS for my parents to figure out where I was!
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    99 luft baloons :)
  • mama2shi
    mama2shi Posts: 300 Member
    Aquanet and hair metal! lol...I loved it!
  • karenann1989
    karenann1989 Posts: 63 Member
    driving around with the T Tops off - Motley Crue cranked on the radio
  • cdparmer
    cdparmer Posts: 21 Member
    the big yellow walkmen
  • Swatch watchers, neon clothes and the most of music, because those things will NEVER be cool again!

    Oh, and the absence of facebook and cell phones....I'm so thankful that the things I did as a teen were never put out into the cyber world for people to see and there wasn't any GPS for my parents to figure out where I was!
    Agree, I loved the fact it was more laid back and less stress around.
  • Reedern
    Reedern Posts: 525 Member
    Swatch watchers, neon clothes and the most of the 80's music, because those things will NEVER be cool again!

    Oh, and the absence of facebook and cell phones....I'm so thankful that the things I did as a teen were never put out into the cyber world for people to see and there wasn't any GPS for my parents to figure out where I was!

    I agree completely! I have been saying it for a while now how technology is not always a good thing and is ruining our society! Kids have no idea how to actually call each other up and talk on the HOUSE phone or write letters, or use their imaginations now!
  • I would be so screwed if i was a teen now and often untag myself out of pics as it is!! Other than that not a lot!
  • inuit
    inuit Posts: 72 Member
    Big hair, Duran Duran, clubbing - Ra Ra skirts, harrington jackets, shoulder pads and short skirts.

    I loved the 80s, i was 12 when it started and 22 as the 80s dissapeared, best time of my life. Even if some of my fashion choices where a little disgusting, especially the permed hair.
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    The Skating Rink
    Cruising the drag
    Coming up with dance routines with my Best Friend and performing them for my family to Madonna and Whitney Houston songs
    T-Shirt Slides
    Jelly Shoes
  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    Arena rock with the big hair and huge shows.
  • LaDiablesse
    LaDiablesse Posts: 862 Member
    Passing notes in class, all night chat sessions on the phone, hanging out at the park. The music seemed happier too!
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
    wearing your favorit bands t-shirt. my closet was full of jeans and heavey metal t-shirts
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Miami Vice
    Roller Skating
    It didn't cost a lot to be in fashion
    The second British music invasion (Duran Duran, Thomas Dolby, etc.)
  • Resalyn
    Resalyn Posts: 528 Member
    Oh man -

    California-rolled, acid-washed jeans
    Hanging out at the mall
    MTV actually showed music videos - ALL DAY (Actually, I remember before MTV, we had to watch Friday Night Videos - only on Friday nights! LOL)
    Prince, Madonna, Bon Jovi, GnR.... too many bands to mention...

    And I like what someone said about no cell phones and no GPS and staying up talking on the phone - my sister and I shared a "teen line." I tried to explain to my 15yo daughter what a teen line was - and she was freaked out that we had to talk on a phone that was actually tethered to the wall with a cord..... ROFL!
  • karenann1989
    karenann1989 Posts: 63 Member
    Who shot JR
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    The music, the hair, the movies (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, 16 Candles, etc), the overall FUN. It was a great decade. I graduated high school in 1987 when I was 17 so I got to have some fantastic 80s moments.
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    I wasnt a teenager yet.... but i was envious of the teenagers that could afford Nintendos.. and the 18yr old down the street with a Yamaha YSR..
    for thoes of you who dont know what that is, its a mini sportbike...

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  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    Folding over the bottom of your jeans and then rolling them up. Of course the jeans really needed to be acid washed for maximum coolness.
  • I actually worked in a small music store at the age of 17-18 in a smaller town, back when music stores were MUSIC stores and not huge over-run, corporate profit holes (of which I worked for in the 90's, I must admit). LOVE 80's music, all of it - the hard rock/metal, rap and the introduction of (I remember buying my first Ice-T tape in '86), Culture Club and Wham!, new wave...and driving around to all of this in my '72 Pinto. LMAO!
  • My '86 Olds 442 with the T roof off and the tunes cranked everywhere it went.

    The music was pretty cool and people seemed more friendly. Girls used to start dancing in the street when the car went by.
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    The music!
  • Takes2long
    Takes2long Posts: 367 Member
    The music, the hair, the movies (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, 16 Candles, etc), the overall FUN. It was a great decade. I graduated high school in 1987 when I was 17 so I got to have some fantastic 80s moments.

    I graduated in 1986. i was 16. The 80's we a LOT of fun. I still love the music and movies. I never did have mall hair, but I did perms!
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    Vans shoes, my 67 GTO, Van Halen rockin the speakers and some herbs....
    This... except mine was a 70 Charger.

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