What was great about the 80s?

[mtowngman]

Aimee Mann then:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7xX3lQ3qms

[Inchworm]

1. Thanks

:*

[REP]

2. This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfNluQ888g4

[Swede]

3. The Church.

Destination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nidAGwtYGuA

Our instruments have no way of measuring this feeling
Can never cut below the floor, or penetrate the ceiling.
In the space between our houses, some bones have been discovered,
But our procession lurches on, as if we had recovered.

Draconian winter unforetold.
One solar day, suddenly youre old.
Your little envelope just makes me cold,
Makes destination start to unfold.

Our documents are useless, or forged beyond believing.
Page forty-seven is unsigned, I need it by this evening.
In the space between our cities, a storm is slowly forming.
Something eating up our days, I feel it every morning.
Destination, destination.

Its not a religion, its just a technique.
Its just a way of making you speak.
Distance and speed have left us too weak,
And destination looks kind of bleak.

Our elements are burned out, our beasts have been mistreated.
I tell you its the only way well get this road completed.
In the space between our bodies, the air has grown small fingers.
Just one caress, youre powerless, like all those clapped-out swingers.
Destination, destination.

[Mr. Ected]

4. Lone Justice and The Smithereens.

Underrated and cursed by their era.

[mtowngman]

7. Maria Mckee

:headbang: :headbang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JIQyteOic

[av8rdave]

5. Both of my kids born then...and flight school

The rest was pretty forgettable

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Shoulder pads, leggings and big hair.

:rofl: :puke: :rofl:

[OhioBlue]

21. ha ha.. but I love all of them!!

My fav shirt... button up - big shoulder pads - white floral down to the knees shirt (to cover my butt in the leggins... )lol!! I also used a can of aquanet every two weeks for my big hair!

[aquaman]

8. The fact......

That was stoned most of the late 1980's.

[rug]

9. 12/31/89

[EastTennesseeDem]

19. !

:spray:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. They weren't the 70s.

And that's saying a LOT.

[Kerrytravelers]

11. My childhood. I was a total '80s kid. And Brat Pack movies. I loved those.

Silly slasher flicks, not torture porn.

[grace0418]

12. The Smiths. Crowded House. Depeche Mode. New Wave. Erasure.

I could go on. I'm a child of the 80s for sure.

[Deja Q]

41. And Devo, Simple Minds, the B-52s, Missing Persons, the Go-Gos, Toni Basil, Duran Duran

The early 80s up to 1984/5 were rather good musically...

[havocmom]

13. They only lasted a decade

[mtowngman]

14. 1986 NY Giants

'83 Sixers

1980 Phillies

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. Black Flag

No, not the fucking bug spray!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczKB1yUzAs

[southerncrone]

16. Absolutely nothing.

[EvilAL]

17. THRASH METAL!!!

[Deep13]

51. Okay, so one thing good about the '80s.

:D

[Shoedogg]

18. Pixies. (n/t)

[bridgit]

20. I'm sure swag noes all about this uber *hip* shit

[jobycom]

22. It was an era unafraid of passion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk

No one did passion better than Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler.

[ThomCat]

26. Wow, that video is so incredibly dated.

:wow:

They really used every video technique there was to announce "This is the early 80s, and this video will look incredibly tacky in any other time but now."

[Common Sense Party]

29. Sorry, but any video with dancing ninjas is cool.

That's a well-established fact.

[jobycom]

30. Nobody did tacky better than Jim Steinmen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkT3IGQVk-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lE6Htee0sA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IPYuWPdtA&feature=related (But, damn she can sing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_HsjpSVaI

[Ohio Joe]

40. Jim Steinman is a true Rock-N-Roll God - nt

[mitchum]

48. That song is a guilty pleasure that I don't feel guilty about at all

[jobycom]

49. Never feel guilty about pleasure. nt

[Odin2005]

23. My birth!

:yoiks:

[EastTennesseeDem]

24. One thing in particular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

[Starry Messenger]

25. New Wave!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPjfD8ulnpw

It got old pretty fast but the early stuff was fun. :D

[Iggo]

27. My 20's.

[ghostsofgiants]

28. The underground music scenes.

Post-punk, hardcore, alternative. So much great music.

[eauclaireliberal]

31. Getting laid.

A lot.

[Tabasco_Dave]

32. Great stand up comedy

Eddie Murphy
Bill Hicks
Sam Kinison

[Sebastian Doyle]

33. Dead Kennedys

The band, that is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6aRH6chDns

[krispos42]

34. The Walkman and the Commodore 64

And the original Nintendo.

Voyager 2 flybyes.

"Cheers". "Star Trek: The Next Generation". "Spaceballs". "Terminator".

Um... "The Cosby Show".


Errrrr...

[melman]

35. These guys

[Roon]

36. Nothing great about the 80s

I was fat,deaf,and gay. Worst decade EVER!!

[taterguy]

37. Michael Jordan playing pick-up games at Carmichael Auditorium

I never actually saw them but I'm sure they were great

[armyowalgreens]

38. I don't know. I was alive for 3 months of the 80s.

But I am a fan of Talking Heads.

[Auggie]

39. I was in my 20s

[yellowdogintexas]

42. I married my wonderful husband and our daughter was born

and a trip to Spain.

[cwydro]

43. I was young and crazy.

I had a good time in the 80's!

[cherish44]

44. I was 12 when the 80's started, 22 when they ended

So that is decade of my youth. I find myself getting pretty nostaligic sometimes mostly for music, and pop culture things but as you all know politically it was a dark and scary time.

[Wapsie B]

45. Coming of age.

The music not so much.

[tabbycat31]

46. pound purries

hey I was born in 1980, what would you expect

[mitchum]

47. Gun Club, Dream Syndicate, Charlie Pickett & The Eggs, General Jack & The Greaseguns...

Tex & The Horseheads, The Scientists, Birthday Party, The Moodists, many more...

Oh, and being able to live on $60 a week

[Deep13]

50. The end of it.

It would still be the '70s if it wasn't for the damn '80s!

[bikebloke]

52. Out of the country for most of it.

My commie years in Israel working on a kibbutz and moshav. Wandering Europe. Hopped across Asia. Didn't shag as much as I could of. I shouldn't have been so respectful.

[Moondog]

53. Apart from living in the UK for a few years, and getting paid to do it, nothing.

[SKKY]

54. Two words...

...Parachute Pants.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

55. I was a kid

and the world seemed so exciting and the music rocked and ANYTHING could happen. :headbang:

[Symarip]

56. It wasn't the 70s