..what do you remember about the 80s?

[Re-Animator]

I remember spending 2 hours on my hair then getting 20.00 dollars so I could buy forty 25 cent bourbon and cokes during ladies night, while dancing to the Cure just so I could get a some girls beeper number in the parking lot.

what do you remember about the 80s? :wakeup

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I used to come home from preschool, go with my dad to the local arcade, then come home and eat grilled cheese sandwhiches (the only delicacy my father made) and watch MTV. I was 3 and put it on MTV with no influence whatsoever. I loved it and it shaped me into the person I am today. That was 1986. The one video that totally tripped my 3 year old mind out was this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MzShg7yXik

The genesis song "land of confusion" was pretty tight but the video was incredibly creepy and probably scarred me for life, I can't believe my parents let me watch this shit. I also remember Cold War-related tensions and bright coloured poofy clothing.

[jaffies]

cocaine.






jk
I was too young..........then.

I remember

he-man
nintendo
Hulk Hogan
Bo Jackson
Magic Johnson
gatorade and sprite in glass bottles
abuelita's rotary phone
tecmo bowl
Lionel Ritchie
Micheal Jackson
Andrew Dice Clay
Where's the beef
slap bracelets
oh yeah, the iphone
etc etc

[hello13]

flock Of Seagulls

Steve Perry

howard The Duck

[kingsfan]

Dying my hair all different colors, and trying to get it to look like Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls :lol Discos, losing my virginity, Herschel Walker's greatness, camping out at Wimbledon, getting stoned and drunk for the first time.
The 80's were good :wakeup

[E20]

Being born. I actually remember being born.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Slap Bracelets >>> iphones.

[Re-Animator]

:lmao at all replies above!

[=RTM=]

cocaine.






jk
I was too young..........then.

I remember

he-man
nintendo
Hulk Hogan
Bo Jackson
Magic Johnson
gatorade and sprite in glass bottles
abuelita's rotary phone
tecmo bowl
Lionel Ritchie
Micheal Jackson
Andrew Dice Clay
Where's the beef
slap bracelets
oh yeah, the iphone
etc etc

Wow! I take it you didn't smoke weed with your sharp memory. :lmao

[=RTM=]

flock Of Seagulls

Steve Perry

howard The Duck



:toast

[Flight3107]

Pre-School in 89 was fucking awesome. Also, my T-Ball team kicked ass.

[leemajors]

watching Alien on betamax.

[Re-Animator]

http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/12693_37079_2.jpg

[Nbadan]

I remember the ole' drive-up beer joints where you could just drive-up, beer-in-hand and a guy would come out and sell you even more beer...cases...no ID needed...

[Nbadan]

...Oh, and this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ba7lNTuPPXQ)

[Borosai]

There's so much. The main things:

Girls
Nintendo + Contra + Super Mario Bros.
Panama
Caddyshack II Soundtrack
Moving
Girls

That's about it. Those were the good 'ol days. Yeah, I was born in 1980 too.

[Mr. Peabody]

All the chicks at my school had perms and those huge poof things in the front of their hair. It looked like they had contests to see who could make their hair the highest.

[Re-Animator]

All the chicks at my school had perms and those huge poof things in the front of their hair. It looked like they had contests to see who could make their hair the highest.

:lmao

[Xolotl]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/Xolotl80/alf_pozera_bednu.jpg

[Boris]

Not much. :smokin

[Jimcs50]

Bruce Springstien, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV

all the classics:

Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, even St Elmo's Fire
rocking out to Wham and
Duran Duran

mini-skirts made of snake skin, pants you could jump out of a plane in
no reality on T.V.


Before Motley Crue become classic rock?
Before Ozzy become an actor?

[cornbread]

Coming home from school and watching my favorite shows everyday:

Masters of the Universe
GI Joe
You Can't Do that on Television
Mr. Belvedere

[JoeChalupa]

I remember videos on MTV.
Guitar influenced rock
The beginning of rap
Acid & mushrooms - just heard of them though
low concert prices
No saggy pants
bell bottoms
platform shoes
disco
having to go to the library for research
Burger Chef
Mood rings
moustaches
girls who were 15 actually looked 15
and thick belts

[Melmart1]

MTV played music videos. RIP, music television.

[mardigan]

Thundercats
Earthquake befor As and Giants WS game
A-Team
Night Rider/Airwolf
Ultimate Warrior
Ninja Turtles
Gizmo
Pop Rocks/Big League Chew
Total Recall/Arnold in general
This is your brain on drugs
Wondering where the fuck to go on Zelda and how to beat Mike Tyson

[Soul_Patch]

Reebok Pumps Rich kid at school had one of the first released pair in 89 i think.
http://sneakers.pair.com/s/pumps99.jpg

That tight wrap thing guys would do with their jeans to make them taper at the ankles

putting bandaids on your stuff...shoes most often

stone washed jeans

DJ Magic Mike

Carl Lewis / Ben Johnson olympics

Slap Bracelets

My HS Basketball team going 35 - 0 to win state (GO EC HORNETS) ((was 1995 but meh..))

MTV playing actual music, and it being fuckin awesome.

transitioning from middle to high school.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

howard The DuckPhilsieeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Soul_Patch]

o god....howard the duck was fantastic. i seriously think i watched that movie over 20 times on HBO one summer at my grandma's

[Viva Las Espuelas]

u,u,d,d,l,r,l,r,b,a,start

[Soul_Patch]

u,u,d,d,l,r,l,r,b,a,start



it was b a b a start....gah...

[ObiwanGinobili]

I remember pooples.
huge sweatshirts with ripped necklines off the shoulder.

this toitally awesome mini-skirt that had a jean yoke and a hot pink cotton bottom ruffle trimmed in fake gold coins that i wore over black capri leggings with 2 pairs of scrunch socks and LA Gear hi-tops.

Downtown Juli Brown and Remote Control on MTV

stayin up really late trying to watch Headbanger's ball.

tyeing my Poison T-shirt in a side knot.

rollerskating. 4 wheels, actual roller skates.

baby blue eyeshadow.

spending all my allowence on single tapes at Strawberries music

making tiny little cuts with a razor and bleach all up and downthe legs of my acid wash jeans

the never ending story

the princess bride

garbage pail kids

riding my bike all over creation in just a swim suit sans any type of protective gear (helmet, pads etc)

teased and sprayed to death bangs.

puffy paint sweatshirts

all our shorts were cut offs. all of them.

williamsburg blue was the shitastic color in every mom's livingroom and/or kitchen

Small Wonder

mr. belvedere

charles in charge

[ObiwanGinobili]

damn I fuckign loved Howard the duck.

best. movie. ever.



not nearlyt as good, but reminds me... earth girls are easy.

[Xolotl]

it was b a b a start....gah...

From what I remember there were a bunch of different ways to enter that code and it work, i did BA BA start, and my friend did BA BA select start, but the way Viva entered I believe is the "official" code but who the hell knows lol

[katyon6th]

I was eating sand in the Philippines during the 80's. And also seeing snow for the first time in Madrid. Oh, and I saw my first and probably only true gypsy in Madrid too.

When we settled in the states, I was exposed to Michael Jackson and Cabbage Patch Dolls. Awesome.

[Soul_Patch]

what about hyper color shirts


those things were fuckin awesome.

[resistanze]

DuckTales

[midgetonadonkey]

Parachute pants
neon colored converse
Punky Brewster
neon sunglasses
Europe's album The Final Countdown

[dirk4mvp]

nothing

[TheSanityAnnex]

Girls drooling over my New Kids on the Block shirt.

[NorCal510]

I remember seeing sperm.

[TheSanityAnnex]

http://sneakers.pair.com/s/pumps99.jpg

That tight wrap thing guys would do with their jeans to make them taper at the ankles

:lmao

[TheSanityAnnex]

Hey Dude.
Salute Your Shorts.
Double Dare.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Powell Peralta.
T&C Surf.
Happy meals and the cool toys that came with them.

[cherylsteele]

Atari 400/800
Benson
M*A*S*H* finale
Commodore 64
Mattel Intelevision
Indiana Jones
Star Trek's 2-6
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Stripes
Solid Gold
The Midnight Special
The Muppet Show
San Antonio Gunslingers
There were actually Krogers, Albertson's, Kmarts, in the San Antonio area
Whopper Burger
Woolco (now Bandera Bowl)
Warehouse Grocery

[E20]

There were a lot of Duck themed shows back then.

[Soul_Patch]

San Antonio Gunslingers


That reminds me. My mom and i lived in an apartment complex back then where quite a few of the GunSlingers lived.

they would often be down at the pool when i was there, although i had no clue really, other than they were football players.


My stepdad tried out for the gunslingers...as a reciever...haha...he didnt make the cut.

[cherylsteele]

That reminds me. My mom and i lived in an apartment complex back then where quite a few of the GunSlingers lived.

they would often be down at the pool when i was there, although i had no clue really, other than they were football players.


My stepdad tried out for the gunslingers...as a reciever...haha...he didnt make the cut.
He wouldn't have gotten paid much...if any anyways.

Also I graduated from John Marshall in 1982.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Whopper Burger
I remember the orange freeze. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

damn, that was a blast from the past.

[Soul_Patch]

orange julius....


are those gone all together?

[FearDaDuncaN_SA]

Cabbage Patch Kids
Garbage Pail Kids
Slap Bracelets
Glow Worms
G.I. Joe
Atari
Roller Racers
Wet Bananas
Hackey Sack
Lite Bright
The Munchichi's
Transformers
Rainbrow Bright Dolls
Poochie
Pack Rat shoes
Rubix Cubes
Simon Says
Life (The Board Game)
Boozoka Bubble Gum
Alf
Michael Jackson's Thriller Video!

I can go on forever!

[TDMVPDPOY]

tryhards wearing wide jeans, kris kross colors jeans....they make you jump jump, kris kross will make you jump jump = lame

when every kid on the block had the same haircut

male grownups either had a mullet

female grownups with curly hair....

i must admit cartoons back in those days > watever is shown today on tv.....

and those air jordan shoes...everyone had them

[DarkReign]

The death of Rock N Roll.

MTV when it was Music Television

GI Joe. Go Joe!

MC Hammer....Cant Steal This!

Blue Jean Jackets with flannels under them and patches of your favorite bands ironed on.

Tight rolled jeans by all the Preps

Moreover, the "Side Spike" also worn by the Preps

Raging mullets.

Girls "ratting" their hair. The high bangs go right along with that.

Spandex...lots of it...everywhere and anywhere, even places it should never have been.

Lita Ford

Walk like an Egyptian

Adam "I have the BIGGEST hair in the World!" Curry

Parachute Pants

BoomBoxes on your shoulder rockin' louder than one should...and harder.

I could go on forever......

[TheSanityAnnex]

the talking teddy ruxpin doll

[Shelly]

Chess King
Members Only
:lol

funky sunglasses
'Frankie Says...' shirts
Paper Moon products (I think they're reviving them, yay!)
Forenza sweaters
Dayglo
Paisley
Big hair
Graduating high school

I could go on forever also...

[SpursWoman]

All the chicks at my school had perms and those huge poof things in the front of their hair. It looked like they had contests to see who could make their hair the highest.


We did. I look at my senior yearbook and don't know whether to laugh or cry. :fro

[SpursWoman]

That reminds me. My mom and i lived in an apartment complex back then where quite a few of the GunSlingers lived.

they would often be down at the pool when i was there, although i had no clue really, other than they were football players.

My stepdad tried out for the gunslingers...as a reciever...haha...he didnt make the cut.

Both of my sister-in-law's sisters were Gunslinger cheerleaders. :cheer

[KEDA]

I remember seeing sperm.


so not much has changed has it?

[cornbread]

Cruising for chicks at the Roller-cade while the dj spun some New Kids on the Block.

[Xolotl]

I remember going roller skating with my friends and dropping a shitload of quarters into Double Dragon...forgot to mention that lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Spud MacKenzie T-shirts

[Shelly]

max headroom

[leemajors]

Sledge Hammer, Miami Vice, Golden Girls.

[BigBeezie]

I remember MTV, WWF, mullets, people shaving the batman logo in the backs of their heads. I remember "Jams" shorts and Billy Ruff skateboards. I remember the first Air Jordan's coming out. I remember when the CD became prevalent. I remember my first computer. I remember wearing Vision Street Wear.

[DarkReign]

I remember wearing Vision Street Wear.

Thats some hardcore, original Emo shit there.






j/k

[Spurminator]

Steve Winwood, Huey Lewis, Billy Ocean, Wham!

[Flea]

Big hair
Graduation
Punk
Pink hightop reeboks
Challenger exploding
cassettes
big poofy dresses for prom

[Soul_Patch]

Lol @ Jams...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Friday Night Video Fights
Night Flight

[Mr. Peabody]

Big hair
Graduation
Punk
Pink hightop reeboks
Challenger exploding
cassettes
big poofy dresses for prom

We were wathcing the Challenger launch in my fourth-grade class when it exploded. The teacher turned off the TV and we had no idea what the hell was going on.

[Mr. Peabody]

Spud MacKenzie T-shirts

I used to wear Spuds MacKenzie shirts to school and then they created a policy saying that you couldn't wear t-shirts with beer advertisements on them to school.

[Mr. Peabody]

Tight rolled jeans by all the Preps

Moreover, the "Side Spike" also worn by the Preps



:lol

That was my seventh-grade look.

[Oh, Gee!!]

the movies were better

[Mr. Peabody]

Throwing on my Cavaricci's, patent leather shoes and Casio watch (with a calculator), and going to Image (on SE Military) on the weekends.

[Oh, Gee!!]

kids falling down wells every other week

[Mr. Peabody]

kids falling down wells every other week

Baby Jessica or Timmy O'Toole?

[Oh, Gee!!]

somebody should make a TV show about remembering the '80s.

[cherylsteele]

somebody should make a TV show about remembering the '80s.

80's program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_80s)

[Mr. Peabody]

somebody should make a TV show about remembering the '80s.

The 80's is such a large time period to cover, you'd almost have to go year by year. Who has the time to waste to watch such a program?

[Oh, Gee!!]

80's program (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_80s)


perhaps in your home country you don't have an invention called sarcasm

[Mr. Peabody]

perhaps in your home country you don't have an invention called sarcasm

It needs to be a little more obvious....

"Then I will hug some snakes. I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes!" Now that's sarcasm!

[Oh, Gee!!]

It needs to be a little more obvious....

"Then I will hug some snakes. I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes!" Now that's sarcasm!

is that a quote from Balki?

[Mr. Peabody]

is that a quote from Balki?

Yes, it is the national motto of the island of Mypos. It is usually followed by the "Dance of Joy."

[Oh, Gee!!]

Of course not, don't be ridiculous

[atxrocker]

michael jackson
early madonna
the pepsi guy
spaceballs
seeing howard the duck at the drive in
moving to texas
hurricane gilbert
back to the future
la bamba
he-man
when pizza hut was actually good
robert palmers simply irresistible video
sledgehammer
visiting disney land several times as a lad

among many many other things. being born in 81 i feel like i grew up in the 80s. it was good times.

[peewee's lovechild]

I remember jacking off to Molly Ringwald.

Wait a minute . . . I still do that.

[ATRAIN]

hahahah TOOOOOOOOOO MUCH granted I was 11 when the 80's ended but my older sisters were WAYYYY into it.

[cherylsteele]

perhaps in your home country you don't have an invention called sarcasm

I didn't catch onto to the sarcasm....sorry.

[mrsmaalox]

Boy George and Culture Club!!!

[2Blonde]

Turning 18 (1980)
Turning 21 (1983)
First legal drink
Hammer pants
Oivia Newton John hair complete with headband
My first apartment
College ( a whole completely different list of firsts) :oops
Discos
Road trips with the girls
polyester dresses
Sloe Gin Fizzes
Partying on 6th street in Austin
Sundays at Zilker Park
Rugby Tournaments
Drinking
Getting Married (1988)*refer back to drinking & rugby tournaments



Hey OBI, how did you have a list of 80's stuff you remember? You weren't even born until 1980? What'd you do pop out the womb wearing blue eyeshadow and leggings? :lol

[Lady Marmalade]

The Goonies...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

the movies were bettertrue dat. they don't have to rely solely on explosions and computers to make them good.

[smeagol]

BJ Mcay

Sheriff Lobo

Mountain Dew

Good music

[trueD]

Pound Puppies
leg warmers
thinly crocheted scarves tied in knots at the ends
Debbie Gibson
Gemco
Bobs' Big Boy
My Buddy
Dodgers' championships
Honda Wagon
Roseanne

[peewee's lovechild]

Boy George and Culture Club!!!

Not that I'm gay, far from it, but wasn't Boy George the prettiest man you've ever seen?

[jman3000]

i can remember hiding my bad conduct reports from my father so that i wouldnt get spanked... i went to a catholic school for my first 3 years of schooling.

and dinosaur puzzles.

and cocaine.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Damnnn...2blonde is like the perfect age.

[ShoogarBear]

Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Thriller
Kool Mo Dee
KRS One
Chic

[mrsmaalox]

Not that I'm gay, far from it, but wasn't Boy George the prettiest man you've ever seen?
His looks kinda grossed me out at first, but man,the VOICE. White version of Smokey Robinson!!

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Night Court

[PixelPusher]

Knight Rider
Transformers
G. I. Joe
Swatch watches

...and I remember a friend who had a Teddy Ruxpin Bear, we put a Black Sabbath cassete tape in him and it made his eyes rolled back into his head and his mouth stayed open.

[peewee's lovechild]

His looks kinda grossed me out at first, but man,the VOICE. White version of Smokey Robinson!!

But, what does it mean that I wanted to fuck him?

Remember, I was a kid and I believed that he was a girl . . . or something close to a girl.

[mrsmaalox]

But, what does it mean that I wanted to fuck him?

Remember, I was a kid and I believed that he was a girl . . . or something close to a girl.
Well I guess it's just like they say we all have both sexes inside of us. After I got over the "gender confusion" I thought he was pretty "interesting" too!! And I will admit, I have since then had a weakness for men in women's clothes! :p: Not drag queens-----straight cross dressers! I was permanently affected; but I have never met one! :lol And Mr Maalox won't cooperate!!

[cornbread]

I remember thinking that Michael Landon was magic due to Highway to Heaven.