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What do you remember from the 80s?

Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 7/08/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 19090s, 80s, big hair, eighties, entertainment, fashion, humor, television

In the stores these days, 80s fashion seems to be making a comeback. I just wrote a humor post on some observations of growing up in the 80s...

cabbages-n-kings.blogspot.com/2008/07/1980s-rewind-lost-grody-and-totally.h...

...And I was wondering if you all remembered any of these items, or had things that were typically 80s in your area.

User Comments

7/08/08

kristilinauer

I haven't read your post, but....

BIG HAIR!!!!

Oh my, I LOVED my big hair. I'm still hoping for a big hair comeback--spiral perms are AWESOME!!

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1. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  The crimping iron is making a comeback. Hey, girls just want to have fun you know?
2. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I, too, was a part of the big hair bunch. Given the straight, sleek look that's been popular now for a decade or so, you must really have been suffering. It's been the exact opposite of big hair.
3. 7/08/08
  
  kristilinauer
  
  Yes, it's been sooo difficult for me! But I'm patiently waiting. I just KNOW it'll come back!!!
4. 7/08/08
  
  suburbqueen
  
  Yep, I did the big hair too and will shamefully admit that I sported the "pouf" (the big poofy bangs).
5. 7/09/08
  
  miso
  
  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Big Hair was BAAAAD on me!!! MAdonna Rocks!
6. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  It's okay, Miso-- No one will make you have big hair again! Deep breaths. There, there. It will be all right.
  
  (Poor Miso, I think just flashed back over a very unhappy, hair-filled time in her life...)
7/08/08

dlowe

I remember thinking Boy George, George Michaels and Rob Halford (Judas Priest) were gay and nobody believed me. Just goes to show what a screwed up time it really was.

I also remember the Challenger explosion and alot of firsts for me (I was a teenager)

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Yep, I bet most folks remember right what they were doing when they heard the news of the Challenger explosion. I was in high school, changing classes in the hallway when one of my friends shouted me the news.
2. 7/08/08
  
  calais50
  
  I was in the library at school in 4th grade I think when I found out about Challenger.
3. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  I was in 7th grade walking to art class. That night we went to the supercross at Anaheim stadium.
4. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I was in algebra class and they played the news broadcast over the intercom system. The rest of the day was passed mostly in stunned silence.
5. 7/08/08
  
  lordsomber
  
  Was a college freshman, just walked in from chem lab.
  Shocking, because me and buddies had originally planned to go watch the launch. (Orig. launch day was Sunday, delayed to Tuesday.)
6. 7/09/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I'll show my age - I was home sick from 2nd grade with the chicken pox.
7. 7/09/08
  
  kateblogs
  
  Big hair - I had a variety of hair styles, all huge. And jeans so tight it's a miracle I didn't have varicose veins by the age of 18. I also remember wearing a LOT of black.
  
  I agree with you about the paranoid music, it was a scary time. I was about 25 before I lost the urge to duck and cover when I heard any kind of siren LOL
  
  BTW, there is a tv channel here in the UK which specialises in those made for tv horror films. I know this because my beloved watches them, hmm.
7/08/08

calais50

Yes, like Kristin said, big hair. I used to have teased bangs. (shudder)
Oh, one trend from the 80's I actually like is the french braid. You never see it anymore.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, yes-- I had long hair, so the french braid was great.
2. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  And banana clips. I loved those things! I was never a big-hair, but they were super-handy for getting wacky haircuts out of your face in a hurry.
7/08/08

Anok

Jamms! And hair wings...and frilly socks with high heels, and bangles (the jewelry and the band ) off the shoulder sweat shirts....

I kinda miss it

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1. 7/08/08
  
  calais50
  
  I remember Jamms. I haven't heard that word in so long, I almost forgot it.
2. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I have seen things recently which look remarkably... jammish... in stores.
  
  I remember my grandmother getting me a pair of lace frilly socks-- in bright purple-- and I thought that was the best thing EVER!!
3. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Do you remember wearing two or three different kinds of socks at the same time, and rolling them down so you could see each color?
  
  I have seen some freakishly 80's style throwback clothes lately myself....as long as hammer pants and z cavarichi's never come back, I think we'll be safe
4. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  "z cavarichi's"
  LOL Anok, where you one of those hip hop girls? Little bit fresh prince, little bit kid n play?
5. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I did two different colored socks myself. Three seemed excessive (and also meant I couldn't fit on my pink velcro hightops).
6. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I was so so hip-hop it wasn't even funny dlowe Although I never owned either style of pants LOL. I did however, have the garden weasel, the wall, and the wave hairstyles complete with long fluorescent earrings, green eyeshadow, blue eyeliner and tinted mascara
  
  Oh, yes, hightops...I had my pair of black velor hightops - reebok I think. I loved those stupid things
  
  And jellies - although I think was closer to the early 90's....
  
  You know what I saw in a store a little while back?
  
  Coolotts! Noooooooo!
  
  Oh, and I had the Micheal Jackson Thriller jacket.....
7. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  My mom would NOT give up her jelly shoes. They were an 80s thing, but mom wore them well into the 90s. I couldn't dissuade her. She was too enamoured with them.
8. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  I was a punk rocker in the 80's Sad thing is I am still somewhat punk.
  
  I still wear vans, listen to ska, ride a vespa.
  
  I don't spike my hair anymore though.
  
  Anok, this may be a little 90's, but I dedicate it to you:
  
  "I wish I was a little bit taller
  I wish I was a baller
  I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her
  I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a 6-4 impala"
  
  Aww, the good ole days.
9. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  dlowe, I didn't see the Punk light until all the good punk bands overdosed
  
  OK, well maybe not all of them. I am a huge fan of ska, however. And Docs - I went oi/punk, certainly not skater/punk
  
  LOL at the lyrics - I'm trying to remember some lyrics from back then...All I can think of is The Fresh Prince and DJ jazzy Jeff's remix of "Summertime"
10. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  Here is my club site
  www.austinhooligans.com
  
  If you look through the gallery, you'll see everyone stuck in 80' skater punk garb. I am the youngest member at 35. LOL
  
  Doc Martins, You are making me nostalgic.
11. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I just bookmarked your site. I LOVE that hat!
  
  Heh, I still wear my Docs, everyday. They are like slippers, old, worn and oh-so-comfy
7/08/08

CrotchetyOldMan

I was married to the first Mrs. Crotchety. I spent a lot of time drunk in strip bars. It wasn't a happy decade.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
7/08/08

offendedblogger

The biggest memory I think I have from the 80's is watching the Berlin wall come down.

Back then it was no big deal, but I tear up if I watch a documentary on it today.

Oh and rainbow shirts, memba those?

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I remember being shocked when the wall came down, actually. It just seemed like it had been a part of our knowledge and history forever, and suddenly-- poof-- it was gone.
  
  Rainbow shirts, yes. And those ski sweaters with little images that went across them, like hearts, or cats, or snowflakes.
2. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Oooh and Care bears. Those were a huge part of my childhood.
3. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Yes, care bears.
  
  And Cabbage patch kids!
  
  And Garbage Pail Kids
4. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Now thinking back on all the happy-happy looking things-- hearts and rainbows and Care Bears and everything-- it makes me wonder if we weren't all overcompensating for the fear of the threat of nuclear war.
5. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I thought it was a backlash form the overuse of drugs in the 60's and 70's
6. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  That's possible too. Or the exact opposite of 70s color.
7/08/08

Manictastic

The only useful event that happened in the eighties was the day I was born. There I said it, the eighties were my birthplace. It's hard to come to grips with it, but I must accept it as being eternally a part of me. (needs a hug)

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Hey, my littlest brother was born in the 90's! And Mr Anok was born in the 80's, too
  
  It sounds so foreign to me....
3. 7/08/08
  
  Manictastic
  
  The eighties were a turbulent time for my country. We had our communist terrorists and a gang who robbed supermarkets and shot a lot of people dead during their raids(never got solved, still one of the biggest mysteries of Belgium). Oh, right, also muslim terrorists from Algeria, we had that too.
4. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Hopefully, you were too young at the time to remember much of that!
5. 7/08/08
  
  Manictastic
  
  I don't remember anything of it, but at my local supermarket they have these speed bumps at the entry and exit of the parking lot and you have to be really careful driving over the speedbumps. They laid them there during that time to prevent the robbers from getting away quickly. And I heard people say that in those days armed police officers were standing on the roofs of supermarkets just in case. Must have been a crazy crazy time.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Combatant_Cells
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelles_gang
6. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  Sounds like LA in the 90's.
7/08/08

flamingpoodle

I spent a lot of time drunk in strip bars. It was a happy decade

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Maybe you saw CrotchetyOldMan then (above). He seems to have spent it similarly.
2. 7/08/08
  
  flamingpoodle
  
  No, I was in Africa then too...
7/08/08

cranelegs

let's see ... what do i remember from the 80s ... um ... i have to say the 70s.

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7/08/08

aningeniousname

I love all those eighties shows you mentioned, Hart to Hart was my favourite "Cos when they met it was moider!"
I liked Magnum PI too but I was a kid and I never saw the now disturbing homosexual undercurrent in the show, this guy with a big gay tache lives rent free, Ferrari included, in a millionaire's mansion in Hawaii with a dominant mustachioed older guy.
You can't get gayer than that.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Hm... I apparently never questioned Magnum's set up.
7/08/08

legbamel

I am still patiently waiting for pegged jeans to make a comeback. I admit to being a skater and wearing a lot of safety pins at any given time. I also had my jeans altered so that the ankles were so snug that little zippers were necessary to get them over my feet. I hate having pant legs flopping around when I walk and can't wait to see tiny ankles again. I've learned my lesson: this time I'm stocking up.

I'm not looking forward to the return of flourescent colors or those little rubber bracelets worn by the dozen, however. I like the 2x4 'do where people had a little fringe of bangs and then their hair went straight up and curled over at the top. That gave me so many opportunities for mocking, especially my own sister. Now she was a big-hair.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  "I am still patiently waiting for pegged jeans to make a comeback"
  
  Where have you been. All the emo kids sporting the tight jeans?
2. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Yup, the Emo kid in our supermarket was just wearing them today as I went to get my lunch just now. Low rise ones.
3. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  And leg warmers and stretch pants under big shirts have made a comeback too.
4. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I live in the upper Midwest. Trends take the bus to get here, after stopping in every major city for a three-month layover. I'm looking forward to seeing them (although I'd prefer not to have anyone's behind hanging out the top).
5. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I live in the upper Midwest. Trends take the bus to get here, after stopping in every major city for a three-month layover. I'm looking forward to seeing them (although I'd prefer not to have anyone's behind hanging out the top).
7/08/08

crkian

You Know You Grew Up In The 80’s if:

1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE. (Author’s note: I know it’s PSYCH so quit emailing me already. This isn’t my list, I’ve already noted that this was an email I was sent awhile ago.)
sike

2. You watched the Pound Puppies
pound puppies

3. You can sing the rap of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton.
fp

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
shorts

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.
Babysitter Club

6. You owned those Lil’ Strawberry Shortcake Pals scented dolls.
strawberryshortcake

7. You know that “WHOA” comes from Joey on Blossom.
whoa - joey from blossom

8. Two words: Hammer Pants
hammer pants

9. If you ever watched “Fraggle Rock”.
fragglerock

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars… and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that inredible sound effect.
streamers

11. You can sing the entire theme song to “Duck Tales” (Woo ooh!)
ducktales

12. It was actually worth getting up early on Saturday to watch cartoons.
satmorningcartoons3satmorningcartoons2saturday morning cartoons

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
side ponytail

14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen… and still know the turtles names.
teenage mutant ninja turtles

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
oregon trail

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You played the game “MASH” (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
MASH

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
jordache jeans

19. L.A. Gear….need I say more?
l.a. gear

20. You wanted to change your name to “JEM” in Kindergarten. (She’s Truly Outrageous.)

More here

cassiegermsheid.com/2007/03/23/you-grew-up-in-the-80s-if/

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1. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Did you grow up a girl? Banana clips, She ra, babysitting clubs????
2. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  Thought it might bring back some memories for you
3. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Yeah it brought back memories of me trying on my sister's clothes while she was out babysitting She-ra
4. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  riding on a broomstick pretending its swiftwind
5. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  lmao I am not going to admit that I used to LOVE Fraggle Rock.
6. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh yes. I wanted pink hair like Jem...
  
  Alas, t'was not to be.
7. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  We used to dress our sister like red from fraggle rock and push her out into the street
8. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  OMG Fraggle Rock! I LOVED Fraggle rock!
9. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I'd add:
  21. The phrase "I pity the fool" conjures up gold chains and a mohawk.
10. 7/08/08
  
  JanelleV
  
  lol -- I used to love watching Blossom : ]
7/08/08

flamingpoodle

He-man and the masters of the universe!!!!

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1. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  I am adam prince of eternia
2. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  And HOW did no one know Adam was He-Man?!... he didn't even have a mask.
3. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  and you could always see the same side kicks for adam and heman besides battle cat
4. 7/08/08
  
  flamingpoodle
  
  What?! You mean... Adam was He-Man?!
7/08/08

harvey96

Beat It, Billie Jean, Every breath you take, telephone, maniac etc

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Some fun music then, yup!
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Ah-Ha.
  
  I still have their albums, along with George Micheal, pre-coming out party Ahem.
3. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  And Tears for Fears, because Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
4. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh gosh, Ah-Ha's Take on Me was one of those songs that got in my head and would stay for HOURS.
5. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I LOVED that stupid video, too
  
  I also love love love Depeche Mode. i know, ninjas shouldn't like that stuff It is such a guilty pleasure.
6. 7/09/08
  
  legbamel
  
  No way! Ninjas "Enjoy the Silence", right? And have a "Policy of Truth"?
7/08/08

satijournal

Stevie Ray Vaughn

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1. 7/08/08
  
  dlowe
  
  I love Stevie Ray Vaughn (and he is worshiped here in Austin as some form of diety) but his music is timeless therefore has no place in this discussion. LOL ;-)
7/08/08

Jeunelle

What did it for me was all those stupid videos and synthesizers.

That group "A flock of seagulls"....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk
I think it was that hairdo that did it for me. YIKES

Also the Safety dance use to make me crack up....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg&feature=related
Today I hate any type of pole dance because of this video...even the stripper pole.

Also "Dead or Alive"...I couldn't stand that he/she
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg&feature=related

Also "Devo" and their "Whip it".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39QlRuhg&feature=related

Also Thomas Dolby's "Blinded me with Science"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o&feature=related

All those Synthesizers drove me nuts and what ever became of all these losers anyway?

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, it's been ages since I saw the Safety Dance video! I used to be fascinated by that.
  
  I should re-check it out now and see if it's still cool or I was just confused.
  
  Good links, Jeunelle! (I also enjoyed "Blinded me with Science," as I recall.)
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  And the movie - Weird science.
  
  Batteries not included, ET....
3. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Weird science was hilarious, the bit in the rough blues club was brilliant "She kicked me in the balls and called me faggot!"
  "That girl with the big, big titties??"
  "You know it my man."
4. 7/08/08
  
  crkian
  
  weird science was a classic and dont forget ferris
5. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Oh yeah Ferris was great too.
6. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  And Run DMC www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ut6J9jSnh4&feature=related with their unlaced Adidas and the Beastie Boys www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NdAUnnU9Ac fighting for their right to party.
7/08/08

Jeunelle

TSR....Yup it sure brings back memories now and I don't know why I wasted good money
buying some of those records but at the time I was being a teenager, young, reckless & stupid. lmao
The sad part is if one of these songs gets played on the radio and I happen to hear it,
I can't get it out of my head until the next day.

Ohhh Snap...Anok...I think I still have that video somewhere in the attic. Good God.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Aw, it was campy, which is why we loved it then, and why it still amusing now. Nothin' wrong with that.
7/08/08

kevingoodman

I just remember all the ladies had freaky hair do's.

Bill Cosby
Cheers
Taxi
oh and the dukes of hazard
and Threes company.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I hated the Cosby show every episode was the same, Theo was in trouble at school, his daughter had left college secretly and his wife was on his back for something he had done without clearing it with her first and all this was to prevent him from eating a some kind of big sandwich.
2. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  @aningeniousname...Oh you mean a "Bacon Burger Dog", as Theo loved to call it
3. 7/08/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I don't know all I remember is every episode he would be sat in the kitchen trying to eat this big sandwich and the family would all come in one by one and interrupt him. This would then give him the opportunity to bore us rigid with one of his 25 thousand word "folksy" stories, that always started like "Well sooooo...old mrs Jameson sheeeeee had a cat see, but he was a blind old cat....blah blah blah."
7/08/08

weemundo

Sadly , i was born in the 90s :|

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, but at least you were too young to remember the early 90s... There was an overabundance of Paula Abdul and MilliVanilli then.
  
  Things started straightening themselves out again by the time you were old enough to know what was going on.
2. 7/08/08
  
  weemundo
  
  All i remember from the early 1990s is meh watching Cartoon network :/ and yeah i remember backstreet boys taking over the whole country ( India ) .
  
  p.s - meh was born in 1992 in India.
3. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Yeah, at least you had the Cartoon Network. I'm sorry about the Backstreet Boy infiltration though.
7/08/08

Jeunelle

The only Video I still like is Biz Markie's "Just a Friend". (1989)
I would laugh my butt off everytime I see him on the piano in that white Beethoven Wig.
That video was and still is hilarious.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLp4kFp5_is

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1. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Oh my, now that song is stuck in my head
  
  We used to change the lyrics though:
  
  Oh baby youuuuu, you got a diseasaaase
  and you say it's just a rash, but it's crawling up your ass-oh baby youuuuu!
2. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  @Anok...LoL
  Yup shake that healthy butt
  video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3940806668555855882
  
  Mc Hammer time....those pants...Good God
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcNUx0-XEfw&feature=related
7/08/08

weemundo

LOL !

We had like just 30 or 35 channels in 1998 in India and cartoon network was the first kiddie channel so yeah every kid got addicted to it !

Another big thing in 1990s in India was - Establishment of Mcdonald's and KFC

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7/08/08

AvaBnd

Big,permed hairstyles, shoulder pads, mostly bad music

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1. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  @AvaBnd...Yeah Like Millie Vanilli's Shoulder Pads...
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoaBwE9YWE8
  
  Poor Millie Vanilli... I heard one of them died from a broken heart
  after they had to give back their Grammy Music Award. Bummer
2. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I blame it on the rain...
3. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  TSR...LOL
7/08/08

focusorganic

That list that crkian posted... every single one of those applies to me, lol.

Dance your cares away,
Worries for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock!

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7/08/08

AvaBnd

Oh goodness yes. Jeunelle, thanks for reminding me of Millie Vanilli - I am laughing so loud that my dog started barking!

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7/08/08

Katuluu

My memory of the 80's starts with Manimal, then proceeds to the Misfits of Science and then branches out in even more delectable geeky ways.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, I LOVED the Misfits of Science. I completely forgot about that! Good call.
2. 7/08/08
  
  Katuluu
  
  Best theme song EVER!
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=xjGlMWwP3Mc
3. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Wow, has THAT been a long time... Good gad.
7/08/08

TimMc

"I'm gonna rock down to Electric Avenue" (I didn't like that song, but it was kinda catchy back in the day.)

Ghostbusters
Red Dawn
The Breakfast Club

My brother and I were just talking about jellies the other day because we saw an ad for the new Crocs high heel shows and it reminded us of jellies. I remember all the girls with blisters...but they thought they were cool with their jellies!

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Those jellies really were killers on the feet. And they also would break pretty easily. So you'd be walking along and... POP-- there goes the strap on your shoe.
  
  PS- I think I've seen Ghostbusters a million times.
2. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  And David Bowie's "Let's Dance" www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AVhf-ZLwM and "Modern Love" www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbEsP1_5J7U&feature=related .
7/08/08

focusorganic

Who else remembers the mini arcade games? My favorite was Frogger, followed by Pac Man

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1. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  OK, in the eighties, we had an Atari
  
  I SO rocked on ET and Pitfall
2. 7/08/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  I LOVED Pitfall!
3. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Wasn't it awesome? Those alligators would get me all the time though
4. 7/09/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Pitfall and Night Driver were my favorite games. We still have an Atari and about two dozen games, but we're afraid to play them. They're safely stored away, probably to pop up on the Antiques Roadshow after we're dead and gone.
5. 7/09/08
  
  WilDip
  
  Holy crap!!
7/08/08

LGramlich

I remember a friend of mine telling me to believe him--that this new band "U2" was going to be HUGE someday. I remember snickering at him, too.
I remember winning tickets to the Jacksons 1985 through BK. I remember my friend stealing her mom's car & picking me up to go wait in line for hours for Prince tickets. I remember being astonished that she'd stolen the car & said nothing to me about it.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Heh-- hopefully your friend doesn't remember the conversation.
7/08/08

epayne

Members Only Jackets, Generra, Zodiac Shoes, Girbaud Jeans, Absolut Vodka Ads were everywhere and the GAP was coming into being. Don't forget Knight Rider and Miami Vice --- Friday night television. And you can't forget Fame, Flashdance and Ferris Beuller's Day Off.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, I loved the Friday night line-up, yep. That and Tuesdays when the A-team was on.
2. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Oh, yes, the days of wearing a T-shirt under a sports jacket with the sleeves pushed up. [waxes nostalgic...]
3. 7/08/08
  
  TimMc
  
  @legbamel...Were those sports jackets in a nice shade of pastel a la Miami Vice? Dress shoes without socks??
4. 7/08/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Nope, white, grey, or cream-colored jackets and pastel-colored shirts. Thankfully, being female allowed to skip those and stick with stirrup pants and shirts that came down to my knees. I remember the 80s as being very, very comfortable, fashion-wise.
5. 7/08/08
  
  TimMc
  
  legbamel, I agree with you on the comfort issue. I didn't really get into many of the fads honestly. I've always been a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy. My wardrobe hasn't strayed much over the years, haha.
6. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I wasn't allowed to watch Miami Vice - so I used to sneak around to watch it.
  
  Don Johnson *swoon*
  
  He wasn't nearly as swoon worthy when he did that Miami vice like cop show, though
7. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I liked Don Johnson at the time, too. Strangely, I was allowed to watch Miami Vice, but was not allowed to watch Charlies' Angels. Parents are weird.
7/08/08

TimMc

In the '80's Banana Republic actually had cool clothes. They had the best t-shirts.

I also thought their khaki shorts were the best too...

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7/08/08

DrowseyMonkey

A lot of people would just spontaneously break out into the thriller dance. It happened at malls, parks, the arcade. Oh yes, I remember the arcades too. Plus shoulder pads. I mean you really needed the shoulder pads if you were gonna do the thriller dance.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Moonwalking! There is nothing like a spontaneous moonwalk competition
2. 7/08/08
  
  DrowseyMonkey
  
  Oh yeah, totally. Down the mall to the escalator doing the moonwalk. Happened all the time.
  
  I'm still dealing with the fact that you weren't old enough to watch Miami Vice in the 80s! Damn! I was married, owned a house, had a brand new car ... etc, etc,
3. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  Yeah, I was still a kid, for the most part
4. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I SO want to see a ninja moonwalking...
  
  Just sayin'.
5. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  I had a professor in college who could moonwalk.
  
  We could only get him to do it if we bribed him with liquor though
6. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Would that work on a ninja?
7/08/08

chacham100

Silence of the lamb. I was watching it with my boyfriend. While Anthony Hopkins mentioned eating Lima beans...my boyfriend was err... my face just turns red.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  BennyGreenberg
  
  If your 23 - You were not "with" boyfriend in the 80's
2. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  And Silence of the Lambs came out in the early 90s.
7/08/08

Jeunelle

Word to your mother..he hates to be associated with rap now a days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g&feature=related

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7/08/08

WilDip

Voltron.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah yes, my friend's brother was very into Voltron!
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  And Thundercats!
  
  hahahaha this thread rawks, TSR.
3. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  @Anok...Yup I have a whole bunch of Thundercats Dvd's at home.
  My sister and I use to compete to be Cheetara. I am laughing now cause it is so silly
  but we competed for stupid stuff like that all the time. Snarf, Snarf.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO3ZbQiGNkk
  
  I still love MumRa and MaMutt the most
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_veZHx1AHg&feature=related
  I thought Lion-O was Gay but MumRa was the bomb
4. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh- Thundercats! Yes indeedy! Yay!
7/08/08

WilDip

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7/08/08

Anok

21 Jump Street, anyone?

[reply]
1. 7/08/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  Nah, it was all about TGIF with full house and urkel.
2. 7/08/08
  
  Anok
  
  This girl liked Johnny Dep.
  
  Still does in fact
  
  Although I did like Full house and Urkel.
  
  And, if I remember right, wasn't flashdance turned into a TV show?
3. 7/08/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  I caught my husband giggling to an episode of Full House today.
4. 7/08/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  Meh..The only thing I hate that the 80's gave us was fat chicks in spandex. Trailer trash women still wear those.
5. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Jump Street was preachy enough that my parents let me watch it... plus it had Johnny Depp. I know HE was miserable in the show, but me... not so much.
7/08/08

riverstyxxx

Skidz pants. I had like 5 pairs of those things.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I don't know what those are, actually.
7/08/08

OhSerena

I remember USA's Cartoon Express.
When Alvin and the Chipmunks weren't CGI'd.
When Mr. T was cool.
Doing the hand motions to Dave Couliea's (Uncle Joeys) catch phrase, "Cut it Out."
The Da Butt song.
When VH1 and MTV played music videos all day instead of reality shows.

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7/08/08

riverstyxxx

Da Butt song?

Ah yeah, there was a day when MTV really stood for music. They're long gone, but not forgotten. I really hope those "Top 20 Rap Countdown" and "Britney has yet another kid, let's follow her around with a camera" shows can get such poor ratings that they have to stop making more.

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1. 7/08/08
  
  OhSerena
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=A54p_UsOsYA&feature=related
  
  E.U.-Da Butt
7/08/08

BennyGreenberg

Musique and that timeless classic:
Push Push in the Bush!

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7/08/08

ekim941

#1 Vodka
#2 nothing because of number 1.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  We all experienced the 80s in our own way.
7/08/08

Jeunelle

Strawberry Shortcake
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlF90vkjhzM

The Smurfs, Smurfet and Gargamel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGsDy0_XsY

The Cricket Doll
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaC_rbQWZl0&feature=related

No I didn't have any of these for dolls. Thank you. LoL

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1. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Monchichi's too.
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC6Yei8gApw
2. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh no-- not Munchichi-- I had a friend who sang that song incessantly--
  
  "Mon-chi-chi Mon-chi-chi... Oh so soft and cud-dle-ly!"
  
  Feh!
7/08/08

offendedblogger

WHERE'S THE BEEF??

Who can forget that?

[reply]
1. 7/08/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  Oooh snap you mean that little old lady who made millions in that commercial, still funny
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
  
  Speaking of burgers...Burgertime was the bomb in them days.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYjoC4Rr4LY
2. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  lol I wonder who inherited it all!
3. 7/08/08
  
  ekim941
  
  I'm right here
4. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  lmao @ ekim
  
  Special sauce, lettuce, cheese...
5. 7/08/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Special sauce lets us make cheesy comments
7/08/08

WilDip

Anok -- Thundercats rock!! I used to watch 21 Jump Street too.

Three's Company anyone?

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7/08/08

keropidark

I was young at the time but Punky Brewster was my fav!

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7/08/08

WilDip

No, seriously. I vividly recall rockin' a red, shiny jacket when I was a kid -- a bit similar to the one Michael Jackson wore on Thriller. Was that plastic jacket, like, in style or something?

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1. 7/08/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Ha! Did you wear the white glove, too?
7/08/08

Dukepro25

My belly button falling off.

[reply]
1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Er...sorry to hear about your health issues, Duke!
2. 7/09/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  T'sok!
  
  Now I have a nice hole.
7/08/08

bghouse

I was in high school early eighties and then "an adult" for the rest - so everything above and more. How about all the shirts I ruined cutting the neck so they'd fall off one shoulder ala Flashdance! And don't forget the matching anklet socks over your pants. Or worse, when a long jacket (aka mini skirt length) over white flowery-patterned stockings with heels was appropriate to wear clubbing. Wow, what a decade :-)

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7/08/08

mikeny07

The girls didn't know how to really dress back then though. The clothes were terrible. Pastal colors in shirts and pants. The hairstyles were great. I wish women would bring back the long hair again.

Watch "Flashdance". You will see the hairstyle I am talking about.

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7/09/08

theoneiricrealist

The music was crap, the movies were crap, TV was crap,... 10 years of crap. It was a hard decade to wait out.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Tell us how you really feel.
7/09/08

JulesPCaut

Shoulder pads! Personally, I think "fashion" sucked back then but the music was great!

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7/09/08

PetLvr

All I remember was bringing my individual brewed coffee maker to the study hall and brewing fresh brewed coffee every day for myself .. while others were buying coffee or plugging in tea kettles. I started a trend and by the end of my stint in University everybody had them and by then I was bringing in my mini toaster oven and having grilled cheese sandwiches and reheating food in the study hall.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I'm just envisioning you with this self-prepared banquet in the middle of a schoolroom... Would be a hysterical scene for a film.
7/09/08

crpitt

All the good cartoons have been mentioned, which was strongest in my mind as I was born in 81.
My favourite memory was terrorising people with my favourite toy
BOGLINS

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boglin

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh WOW-- I vaguely think I remember those. I can imagine that WAS a serious terror. Yikes!
2. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  It was towards the end of the 80's, I was about 8 ish.
  
  It was a case of:
  
  'What's that in your pocket Claire?' says victim.
  
  'You mean this!' which then meant I used the boglin to eat their face in a terrifying way!
7/09/08

LorenzoilMagnifico

I think I was drunk thru the 80's so I don't remember much except some good music but as to who performed it I don't have a clue!!

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7/09/08

swelldesigner

ha ha. I actually just blogged about this last night. I posted some of my favorite toys that I had...Rose Petal Place Dolls, Jem, Pop Beads. I love thinking about all that stuff. I wrote about it in more detail on my blog... www.swelldesigner.blogspot.com

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, yes-- there were some on your list that I had totally forgotten about.
  
  I left you a comment, but wanted to mention it here-- I had these little dolls called SeaWees that were tiny mermaids you could take in the tub. I thought they were great. Naturally, I made a terrible mess of them.
7/09/08

RTBjr73

President Reagan getting shot, collecting baseball cards, break dancing, gas below a dollar a gallon, my first 10-speed bike, painter caps (god those looked stupid), the explosion of metal music, "back To The Future", Transformers, walkmans and boomboxes, pastels colors on baseball unifoms, a black Michael Jackson, Falkland Islands, Gary Hart.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Back to the Future was one of the few films I got to see in the theater. Ah, what fun!
  
  How were your breakdancing Skilz?
7/09/08

applet

Madonna, Care Bear, Rainbow Brite, Bubble Gum tape and slap bracelet>> apple.ilagan.org/2008/05/i-love-madonna.php

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  And how about those big candy rings? I loved those.
2. 7/09/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  Ring Pops? I loved those things.
3. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ring-pops! (Why did I have a hard time coming up with that name?.... sheesh! more coffee for me... Thank you!
  
  Yes, they were wonderful. I love the watermelon ones in particular.
  
  The 80s were also my first time of having Jolly Ranchers.
  
  Good times, good times...
4. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Did you have push pops too? or was that 90's?
5. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I think we did have pushpops, yep.
7/09/08

WilDip

Candy: Chews and NowandLaters.

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7/09/08

Programminghelp

Well there is not much I can say because I was still a toddler. I am sure it was better than now!! programminghelp.blogs.ie

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Well, it might have just seemed so because many of us were young then. Hard to say, really. Every era has its good and bad, I guess.
7/09/08

pumpkinlights

Smurfs and 'poofed' hair.

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7/09/08

aningeniousname

I can't believe no one has mentioned those Frankie says relax type T shirts, I will never forgive my mother for making me wear a black sleeveless string vest type T shirt that said fame on the front in red coca cola type letters.
It makes me shudder just thinking about it.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Any pictures?
2. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, yes. The Frankie shirts were really popular with a few of the other girls in my high school band.
  
  Then there was the subversive Frankie shirts which read, "Who cares what Frankie say?"
3. 7/09/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Oh yeah and she brings them out at family gatherings, I look like junior Mr gay UK, because I also have that George Micheal bouffant and a pair of skin tight black canvas jeans on.
4. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Okay, now we really need photos... That's really funny.
5. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I wanna see them
6. 7/09/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  No chance it would ruin my reputation as the coolest guy on BC.
7. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
8. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  And also your Aardvark status.
  
  Hey, can anyone photoshop some 80s clothes on an aardvark?
7/09/08

JanelleV

I actually went to an 80s themed party a few weeks ago and it was a blast.. The music & the outfits were great! We had such a good time dressing up & doing the whole hair & make up thing. I definitely recommend it! : ]

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, very fun!-- where did you end up getting your 80s clothes?
2. 7/09/08
  
  legbamel
  
  So, blue eyeshadow and mascara? Wet-N-Wild lip gloss? Lace, fingerless gloves? Cone bras? 400 skinny bracelets? Any photos?
7/09/08

timethief

Dan Fogelberg's music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8mml7n4FmA

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, I liked Dan... I was sorry to hear when he died not long ago.
7/09/08

crpitt

How could I forget my favourite movies from then!

The Goonies, Willow, Labyrinth, The Witches and The Princess Bride. I remember watching all these when I was little and still love them now.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I saw Labyrinth as an adult-- and while I appreciate David Bowie as a musical artist, he needed to seriously rethink that costume.
2. 7/09/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  Labyrinth is one of my all time favorite movies. I also loved The Witches, but wasn't that 1990? I still watch it every time it comes on TV Legend was another favorite of mine from the 80s.
3. 7/09/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Your right about The Witches, I read it in the 80's though
  Love Legend not sure I watched that first time round though.
7/09/08

deepbluesky2000

Decent snow falls in winter!

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7/09/08

aningeniousname

One of the funniest British films of the 80's this guy deserved an oscar for his portrayal of a Yorkshire alcoholic dad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGtQ3__nXm0

Not safe for kids or work I don't think.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  legbamel
  
  I figured it was Arthur www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEI5wx3B7ZI
  "When you get caught
  Between the moon and New York City..."
7/09/08

mikeny07

The 80s music was crap? You can't be serious about that. My 80s blog gets more hits than any other music blog I have.

Please look into the 80s songs I have listed on there. The music from that era was just amazing. I would go back in time just to relive that music again.

Also, the rap music from the 1980s can't be beaten.

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7/09/08

Aprincess4ever83

JELLLY SHOOOES...or was that early 90's? haha.

Off the shoulder shirts, big earings, bangle bracelts i love it all!

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, that was 80s, yup!
  
  The earrings were HUGE.
  
  And I remember having ones shaped like... FISH! Now, that's class!
7/09/08

lala

oh my goodness, madonna, shoulder pads, spandex leggings, big hair, headbands, the "gumby do" ala bobby brown and m.c. hammer (oh, and let's not forget the "hair bands" ratt, poisen, cinderella, motley crue...need I go on)

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7/09/08

lala

oh yeah, fingerless lace gloves...lol

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I think we should bring those back.
  
  I wonder if I wore some to work, whether anyone would notice... Hm...
7/09/08

mikeny07

If anyone ever says to you the 80s had no good rock music, tell them to put on a Guns 'n Roses CD. One of the best rock bands of all time and they are from the 1980s.

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Yes, we listened to Guns and Roses a lot in college. Though that was early 90s.
  
  As I recall, my guy friends were into AC/DC, RATT, DOKKEN and one guy couldn't say enough about Yngwie Malmsteen. (He used to write Yngwie's name all over my home made school bookcovers. In, of course, cool lettering. )
7/09/08

Edsondias

I can remember loads of things.. let me see... Hmmm.. Bo Derick running on the beach.. Bo derick in the shower... Bo Derick playing with me... Bo Derick kissing me.. Gosh ! How can I forget all those childhood fantasies . Ah Bo.. I wonder where she is now?

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1. 7/09/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I thought your lady Bo was courtesy of the 70s.
  
  And I'm trying to think-- didn't she marry someone way younger than she is, not long ago? I thought I heard that somewhere. Maybe you still have a chance.
7/09/08

Phoenix1962

Whitney Houston!

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1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh yes-- on one of our school band trips one of the kids had a boom box and played Whitney's "I will always love you" so many times, I cringe to this day when I hear it.
7/09/08

jadeflower

Plastic bracelets and neon colors and Freestyle music.

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1. 7/11/08
  
  applet
  
  They Call Slap Bracelet
7/09/08

lala

at the time, I dated a guy from Wisconsin...I remember him bringing me into the room with all his friends and expressly holding up my hands (clad in those fingerless lace gloves) and showing them off.

Yeah, those were hot. We should bring those back.

lol

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7/09/08

kdawg68

200 comments and I'm just getting here - apologies if mentioned already.

Anyone with Directv can relive the 80's this week on WGN (I think it's 307). Last night was Family Ties marathon - tonight is ET. Thursday is the Cosby Show - and on Friday (drumroll please) - SIX EPISODES OF ALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1. 7/09/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  Hide the cats!
2. 7/09/08
  
  focusorganic
  
  Yes! I just set my DVR to record the Alf episodes Friday.
3. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, you finally got your ALF! I now think of you every time I see Alf... Or midgets... Or horses...
  
  Strange assortment of interests, when ya think about it, but there ya go.
7/09/08

Sway

I remember "Dayglow" Dayglow shirts, pants, sunglasses, shoes, hats, gloves, and everything else. Also I remember those shirts that changed color when they got warm or cold.

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7/09/08

Sway

and ohh yeah, snap on bracelets

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7/09/08

barryfromtexas

Hmmm 80's eight is enough ...David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, and Nicholas

um nope, I don't remember anything

[reply]
1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I can't believe you remember all of their names. Please tell me you had to look that up before posting.
  
  If not, that's, like, a gift!.. Or a curse.
2. 7/10/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  It is a curse - like knowing the 7 dwarves - sleepy, grumpy, happy, sneezy, doc, bashful, and dopey :|
7/09/08

Sway

Alf lol

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7/09/08

Sway

I'm gunna look for Alf on youtube now

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7/09/08

graffiti

Everything - well UK 80's that is.

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7/10/08

esofthub

I remember the parachute pants. I had a couple.

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7/10/08

huggingthecoast

I remember the Live Aid concerts, the birth of MTV (when they played mostly music videos), Friday Night Videos, playing Stargate at the arcade, learning about computers on a Radio Shack TRS-80.

[reply]
1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, I learned on a TRS-80, too. And I loved playing Pole Position at the arcade. Couldn't actually drive, but I played a lot of Pole Position.
2. 7/10/08
  
  barryfromtexas
  
  A woman and pole position... um that sends wrong thoughts through my head
7/10/08

stegall1

I remember T- Shirt dresses!

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1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh riiiiiight-- yes, I totally forgot about those. Done in wide stripes, too, so we all looked, um, less svelte.
  
  Good remembering!
7/10/08

lotusb

The inside of my mother's belly. (i'm 24)

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1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Heh, so, just sort of kicked back relaxing, then. Very cool.
7/10/08

kdawg68

Has anyone mentioned JAMS? Remember those? And "Ocean Pacific."

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1. 7/10/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  I think Jams were mentioned, but nobody mentioned Ocean Pacific. Ah yes, brand names were big for the first time.
  
  Designer jeans, too.
7/10/08

barryfromtexas

Well 'hang ten' was out before then - but that is probably 70's

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7/10/08

Sway

NO COMPUTERS!!! NO INTERNET!!!!

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1. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Well, there were personal computers then because one of my friends had this teeny black and white Mac. There were also Texas Instruments TRS-80s which were nothing like we think of personal computing today.
  
  And my own family had a Commodore 64. I played games like "Ghostbusters," and "Death in the Caribbean" on it.
  
  But again, these were nothing like the games today.
7/10/08

kxthy73

What a great post! I made those friendship pens and friendship bracelets. I also had jelly bracelets and jelly shoes. Man the thought of wearing jelly shoes today...no way! I live in Las Vegas. It gets really hot and those things would suck!

smiles,
Kathy

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1. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh, you're the first person who seems to remember the friendship pins! Cool, yay!
  
  And you're so right about those jelly shoes. I wore those on vacation in FLORIDA, and it would get so hot, the shoes would start losing their shape!
7/10/08

faithsju243

You know what I loved about the 80's stone washed jeans and off the shoulder sweaters, LA gears and GEM!

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7/10/08

exitstencil

well i was a fan of The Cure (and still am!) so loads of black eyeliner, crimped and backcombed hair, and badly put on lippy!

Anyway, back to TSR's request for a 80'ed-up aarvark (for aningeniousname), here you go, an aardvark with leg warmers... (it was a slow day at work yesterday)

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1. 7/10/08
  
  stegall1
  
  leg warmers! how could i forget!
2. 7/10/08
  
  stegall1
3. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Wow! That's quite a find-- and those legwarmers aren't even photoshopped on there-- someone actually dressed up Anin, er, their aardvark.
  
  Very themic! Thanks for sharing this!
4. 7/11/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I knew this day would come. I had buried the awful photographic memory away hoping against hope that it wouldn't come out, but it has, So I think I should explain.
  It was 1986 and I was a naive young Aardvark straight off the all night bus from Nowhereville, I didn't know anyone in the Big city and I had just enough for money on me for a copy of variety and a dream. It was then, while I was at my lowest ebb that I met a nice man who said he wanted to make me a star.
  He took me to his house and I know I should have said no, but he was very nice to me and he promised these would just test shots to show directors my range.
5. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Speaking only for myself, I'm just happy to see a shot of you without a puddle of pee next to you.
  
  And those legwarmers are really stylin'.
  
  Who could hold that against you?
  
  Nice detectivework, Exitstencil.
6. 7/11/08
  
  maryse
  
  I still see legwarmers around!!! They have come back again! I will raise my hand up and admit I still wear them!
7. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Ah, but you're wearing them AGAIN. Which makes you trendy, and not unfashionable. )
8. 7/11/08
  
  exitstencil
  
  Many thanks for thinking they weren't Photoshopped TSR. My skills must be getting better!
7/10/08

Sway

this is a very successful post. Any I also remember 'My Buddy' and then there was 'Kid Sister' and oh cant forget 'Pound Puppies' and 'Care Bears.'
P.S. 'Poppels'

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1. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Oh right!-- My buddy, the doll for boys. He was somehow slightly scary-- kinda like the inspiration for horror movie character Chuckie.
7/10/08

lcarroll30

Crazy 80's Blog... crazyeightiesgirl.blogspot.com and relive the movies, television shows, and much more!

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7/11/08

br3adman

I don't know i was to little born in 86

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7/11/08

br3adman

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1. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Richard Simmons seems to be everywhere lately! I blame CrotchetyOldMan-- his Richard Simmons story has started quite a trend.
  
  And Br3adman, you're right, he was certainly a part of the 80s!
2. 7/11/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Richard Simmons is the new Chuck Norris.
7/11/08

maryse

David Hasselhoff. Oh wait..he's still around!

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1. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Heh, yes, he's been around long enough now to sort of be his own punchline.
2. 7/11/08
  
  maryse
  
  He has his own social networking site called hoffspace!! Only he could get away with that
3. 7/11/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Seriously-- Yes, only he, and say, William Shatner can pull off that sort of stuff.
7/11/08

chefski

I still remember our restaurant, i was born 1982, so i was just a kid then, and this still remember the new wave songs.

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7/11/08

acca

I remember All Star fashion. In fact I've backed into them again

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7/11/08

jetz09

I remember the costs of things are still low... very low compare to these days..

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7/11/08

legbamel

I can't believe no one mentioned Swatch watches. I must have had a dozen of those, over the years, back when they were plastic and came with fruit-scented bands, wild colors, and no numbers on the faces. They went perfectly with all of my wildly colored clothes and plastic earrings.

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8/08/08

hyderabadiz

8o's is called the age of greed. See my listmania @ Amazon: A Decade of Greed - 1980s www.amazon.com/A-Decade-of-Greed-1980s/lm/3HWS59VRTVSKS/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_...

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8/08/08

jadeflower

Cabbage Patch dolls were big. I didn't have one but some girls at school did and they would take them to class. Damn them!

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