Face It, The 80s Kicked The 70's AND The 90's ASSES

[matcom]

:popcorn:

[XemaSab]

1. Face it, you suck harder and longer than anyone has ever sucked before

just for making such a shitty assertion!

[Goblinmonger]

5. Is it a good thing or a bad thing

to suck harder and longer than anyone has ever sucked before?

[ohiosmith]

2. Maybe so, but not the 60s man.

[XemaSab]

"The '60s" started in '68

Most of the lifestyle that is associated with "The '60s" was actually the '70s.

[SteppingRazor]

11. The psychedlic 60s, IMO, went from June 1, 1967 to Dec. 6, 1969

Anyone wanna guess at the dates that I picked to bookend it?

[SteppingRazor]

29. Answer:

Since no one guessed :P

I put what most people think of as "The 60s" from the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (June 1, 1967) to the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont (Dec. 6, 1969)

[Left Is Write]

44. If I'd been here earlier...

I'd have thought you'd picked 6/1/67 because it was pretty much the start of the Summer Of Love.

[Squatch]

3. The 80s is the average of the 70s and 90s

I'm a geek, I know.

[no name no slogan]

4. Damn straight.

just ask the guys in Kajagoogoo

[Goblinmonger]

7. Don't forget

Flock of Seagulls

[ChoralScholar]

23. o, you hush hush..... EOM

[Radical Activist]

6. Kicked at being greedy shallow assholes in bad clothes.

Then yes, yes they kicked ass.

[Goblinmonger]

9. Hey don't forget that 80s also offered

OK, OK, that album cover is from 1976, but still, they were a force in the 80s.

[Radical Activist]

13. Most good 80's bands actually started in the 70's

which just goes to show that the 80's sucked. Tom Petty, The Ramones and Bruce Springstein are good examples. The rest of the good ones lasted into the 90's. Bands confined exclusively to the 80's blew big time.

[Goblinmonger]

15. Oh, I'm with you

on the confined bit. They sucked.

[meegbear]

8. Pour some sugar on me while I mousse my mullet

[Goblinmonger]

10. You don't like this

[meegbear]

16. The craze just never caught on for me ...

[underpants]

12. Poor poor hairband fans

I had this conversation with my wife recently. We went out to eat at a PF Changs :P and all the music was REM and The Cure and lots of 80's stuff that got ZERO airplay away from college stations.

I remarked that it must be sad that their (hairband fans) day in the sun will forever be used as an example of the worst time period for an artform. Wow that must suck. All those brainiac kids who they made fun of because they thought their whimpy ass watered down (from actual heavy metal) music made them tougher somehow now get to hear all THEIR music all over the place. Wow that must suck to have been so tragically tragically wrong. I liken the hairband people to W supporters-this will serve as a horrid example of a national lowpoint for the rest of their lives and their collective faces will be rubbed in it and their children will have to face up to it when they see the old photos and here them talk about it.

How utterly embarassing.

As a close friend said when he first heard Nirvana on the preeminent RAWK station that was hairband central in the 80's "Thank GOD"

We knew the end was near.

[matcom]

17. you're the same age as me

:P

suck it up

[underpants]

18. Yes but I never succumbed to the hair bands

You have to look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself "Did I?"

Be honest

Be honest....with yourself.

[matcom]

20. Cinderella RAWKED in concert!

:D

[underpants]

25. No I'm afraid they didn't

Look closer look... within yourself



Are you sure that is what really happened?

[Left Is Write]

43. Awww...turn on "Gypsy Road" and forget yourself for a while.

:D

[Left Is Write]

42. Er...

What about people who liked REM and the Cure AND some short-lived hairbands?

As an example, Britny Fox is a bunch of talentless hacks who got by with shrieking vocals and lots of hairspray. That doesn't mean "Girlschool" and "Long Way To Love" weren't fun to listen to in their day. :D

One of my favorite albums ever is still Def Leppard's Hysteria. Though they began in the 70s and continue to this day, they are still thought of as an 80s band. On the other hand, also in my top 10 is REM's Murmur.

[XNASA]

14. The 90's were awful, it's true.......

But I kinda liked the 70's.

The 80's are a blur.

[philosophie_en_rose]

31. The 90s were the best decade ever.

:P

[eyepaddle]

19. Did you ever get the Judas Priest "Risng in the East" DVD?

Every now and then it's good to relive your teenage metal-days-and-ways! B-)

[matcom]

21. have it on vinyl

:bounce:

[eyepaddle]

24. That's Unleashed in the East that you have

"Rising in the East" is from 2005--There's something about Priest and Japan--they just kick total ass there! The version of Victim of Changes is mind boggling. :D

[DS1]

22. Ah man, I was hoping for a thread of 80 or 90 women's asses

in bikinis, thongs, hotpants, or none of the above

:yoiks:

[eyepaddle]

26. Well, wishing ain't gonna do it,

you're gonna have to start that thread by yourself! :silly:

[XemaSab]

27. If you add some men in vinyl pants, baggy jeans, or corduroy

I'll keep the thread kicked for ya.

[DS1]

28. Why the hell would I do that?

[InvisibleTouch]

30. I'm an 80's girl myself.

And proud of it! :)

Best TV shows, best music, best movies, best cartoons, best toys....

[Left Is Write]

40. And your user name is also a good song from the 80s.

And I don't care who knows that I like it!

I do have to say that even though I can't be coaxed into wearing pegleg jeans or leggings or stirrup pants again, I don't mind the return of the 80s preppie look.

[Ariana Celeste]

32. I'm a 90's chick.

With the exception of Pink Floyd, my favorite bands are Alice in Chains, Blind Melon, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, Primus, Nine Inch Nails, and Radiohead.

I get choked up looking at pictures of Layne Staley and Shannon Hoon.

My daily wear is old worn out jeans generally with a tear somewhere, t shirt, and a flannel shirt (if not a hoodie). With sandals, regardless of temperature or weather conditions.

I still think hemp chokers and bracelets are cool. Why don't I ever see anybody wearing them anymore?



Meh. This decade sucks.

[Blue_Tires]

33. i'm inclined to agree

but then again, i was born in '76, and i have much fonder memories of the 80s and early 90s than now

[maveric]

34. "Reaganomics" vs Sex Drugs and Rock n Roll?? (70's)

And 8 years of peace and prosperity? (90's)
I Dont Think So!

[MrSlayer]

35. I must agree.

The 80's were the best. The 70's featured disco and weak folk music, the 90's ushered in the era of the whiny "woe is me" garbage grunge and the rock/rap disaster. The 80's had Heavy Metal and Hip-hop before it was commercialized and destroyed. Culturally, the 80's ruled.

[grace0418]

36. Crowded House. The Smiths.

For me those two miracles outrank anything bad from the 80s.

[Arugula Latte]

46. "How Soon Is Now" -- Best song of the decade ...

:thumbsup:

[Gatchaman]

37. Hell yeah!

Great music, big hair, and the best porn. The 80's freakin' rocked!

[ceile]

38. Agreed

I really miss waking up on Saturdays really early to watch cartoons. Poor kids these days; they're missing out.

[Left Is Write]

39. Matcom!

Do we agree on something?

I do believe we do!

[johnnie]

41. The 80s mainly sucked

From about 82 to 89. I only remember snippets, but the parts I do remember blew.

[Bunny]

45. Horseshit.

70's baby. All the way. We brought you:

This fine man:


Remember the gas shortages? Waiting in line?


And this lovely icon, darling to millions of wanking boys:


How can you not love this:


Look, we INVENTED streaking! Lotta johnny-come-lately wannabes, but we wrote the book.


Now, say what you will about disco. But you could dance to this music!


And, we gave the world this group of madcap tricksters:


So, bite me, 80's!