Name 5 things you remember from the 80s

[RedstoneOf1976]

All I can remeber from the 80`s is that the decade sucked. Cars were underpowered, gas guzzling junk. Fashion was ridiculous. I liked Motley Crue until I saw thier first video. (YIKES) Only the likes of Bruce Springstein and Neil Young kept music sane. We were in a recession then. And WTF is so cute about a cabbagepatch doll?

 

[viewpoint123]

The FIRST thing I remember about the 80's is my 1976 Ford Torino. It was used but it was my first car. Back then $20 was a fortune to me and I would put all of it into the car and still the dam car was not filled up. Thinking back, it was like driving a boat - and the AC wind tunnel was FANTASTIC.

Next, my favorite show was Macgyver, which in reruns does seem a little cheesy now.

My graduation is third and a song that was constantly played - Girls just wanna have fun - drove me crazy, but cyndi lauper is a good artist.

Lastly, oddly enough, is tube socks. In my school, the knee length white tube socks with red/white/blue stripes at the top were worn. I'd laugh my ass off if I saw someone wearing those today!!

 

[Peter Lorre]

I remember Macgyver, my favorite show.

And that's all I need to remember!

 

[Poguesy]

I remember starting to develop into a dysfunctional sperm

 

[Kenny]

1. Pot, Coors Light, Virginity

2. Oakley Sunglasses, Biker Shorts, Freddie Krueger

3. Skid Row, Guns-N-Roses, Public Enemy

4. No Militant-Islamic Terror Attacks

5. Domestic Abuse

 

[lone_drow]

1. Jem and the Holograms
2. Excessive makeup and big hair
3. Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby
4. Bananarama
5. Crocodile Dundee

 

[Jilted John]

1.Lost my job.
2.My wife ran of with another guy.
3.My Mom died.
4.I lost my home.
5.My dog died.

But that's just 87 to 89 the rest of it was great!

 

[WishingWell]

1. I lost my career to becoming disabled.
2. My Grandmother passed away.
3. The Music was awesome!
4. I had charges pressed against me for simple assault trying to break up a fight between two guys, but he charges were dropped.
5. I used to go to the Racetrack at least once a week.

 

[DreamerDeceiver]

Height of the Cold War
Post-apocalyptic themes extremely popular
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Corvettes looked their best
When MTV was good

 

[EveWasFramed]

You mean when MTV actually played MUSIC VIDEOS?

 

[Okiedokes]

Big hairstyles, bright colored clothes, my parents got married, I was born, 80's cartoons.

 

[Lost Drifter]

Women wearing big shoulder pads
Being able to buy a comic and a bag of sweets with your pocket money
Garbage Pail kids (yuk)
Betamax videos.
Michael Jackson being black

 

[Frito Bandito]

Permed Mullets
Half-Shirts
Nerf Footballs
The Goonies
Merit Cigarettes

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Freddy Krueger
Jason Voorhies
Michael Myers
Leatherface
Pinhead

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Healthcare
Retirement
Pension
Families
Middle Class

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Guns-N-Roses
Skid Row
Ted Nugent
Van Halen
Speedwagon

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TP'ing
Mailbox Exploding
Super Soakers
Kathy Ireland
Virginity

 

[Polar]

- Ridiculous kitsch clothing
- Equally ridiculous hair dues
- 5 inch floppy disks
- Molly Ringwald
- Gremlins!

 

[EveWasFramed]

- Ridiculous kitsch clothing
- Equally ridiculous hair dues
- 5 inch floppy disks
- Molly Ringwald
- Gremlins!

lol....Gizmo. <3

 

[annik]

Primary school
Happiness
Holidays in Scotland
A green Lada
Fuzzy felts

 

[LeaningIntoTheMuse]

Michael Jackson
Care Bears
The Getalong Gang
Batman (the original movie)
Vinyl records

 

[flaneur]

1. The birth of "goth" music as a modernist offshoot of punk and the genre's decline after becoming mainstream
2. Sonic Youth and the birth of indie music (the days before it was appropriated by hipsters)
3. The "cool kids" listened to hair metal and hard rock, not rap and R&B
4. Americans were still as dumb as ever and believed that the Soviet Union was a real example of Communism
5. Ronald Reagan -__-

I should probably think about something other than music, arbitrary labels and Marxism sometime.

 

[DreamerDeceiver]

Tony Montana.
Being excellent to each other.
Transformers G1.
867-5309. Some girl's number..
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure.

 

[flaneur]

867-5309. Some girl's number..

Winner.