the 80's what we loved/what we hated

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Oh, I forgot that you are quite a bit younger than me. Sorry.

Whidden, you should have warned me that they were going to show Frankie Goes to Hollywood in buttless pants. YUCK!

I had to close my eyes during that part!

It was pretty nasty. Bleck.

I got to see the last 20 minutes of Berlin. That was cool. They still sound good.

I also got to see the whole show for Klymaxx. That was sad. I was never ever a fan, I remember the song, but I can't say I ever liked it. (I miss you....)

But the show was emotional. I was glad to see them back together, except for the evil one who tried to steal the name.

I really like this show, I hope they do some more.....

But no more Butt shots of Frankie Goes to Hollywood! Where's the sensors when you need them?

I hear ya! That should have been censored out. Last night was Kajagoogoo. The lead singer sounds exactly the same. Sad that they kicked him out.

Feeling nostalgic about the 80's. I'm playing my Mp3 of Safety Dance by Men without Hats .

What a cool tune, what a cool decade. I love the way the dude says wantnu instead of want to in the first singing (non spoken) line.

I am listening to B-52's this morning........... and Whidden I love that song.............. ahhhhh thanks now I am going to be humming that tune ALL DAY LONG!!!

besides music..... let's not forget ALL the great flicks of the 80's............. any favorites you guys???

Right now I am stuck on Johnny Dangerously............. your fargon iceholes

I'm a big Ferris Bueller fan. Saw that with my girlfriend in 86.

Aliens is a good 80's flick.

Wierd Science was cool.

Terminator. Pale Rider. Return of the Jedi. Star Trek 2.


Anyone else get to see Van Halen in concert? I saw them in 86, it was the muscial highlight of my life.

Oh yeah... the Star Wars movies. I watch those, over and over.

The 80's was so much fun with our big hair, and wearing leather. Loved it.
Rock n' Roll was so good... and so was alternative music (not like todays)

How about the movie... The Blue Lagoon, with Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.

Anyone see the movie, Time Bandits? My brother and I watched that all the time.

Time Bandits was an awesome movie. It had Sean Connery in it for a bit part. I need to go rent that.

You guys forgot about Willow. The brownies cracked me up. Oh and don't forget Ghostbusters.

Whidden-don't tell Ron, but I loved Safety Dance.

Erika, the B52's are one of my favorite bands. I love them and they are awesome in concert.

Dang, now I miss my big hair.

There's no shame in loving the Safety Dance! Well, ok, maybe there is....

Speaking of BIG HAIR, did any of you see the Friends episode where they did a flashback and Chandler had a flock of seagulls hairdo? That was too funny.

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I love the flashback Friends episodes. I just laugh my head off. The hair on Chandler is so funny.

And Monica as a 300 pounder, that always makes me laugh. And Rachels big beak nose before the nose job.

Don't forget that perm and mustache on Ross. I like how Monica is always talking about how she lost 3 or 4 pounds.

What makes that so funny is that they just put wigs and stuff on them and forget the makeup part. And they all look like what they are, late 30 somethings in wigs and fake mustaches, instead of teenagers. Too hilarious.

That reminds me of that 80's show, 30 something . I ignored it in the 80's because I didn't want to watch a show about old people.

I would probably like that show now......

I watched it and thought they were so old and boring. Now that I am in my mid 30's , I don't feel so ancient.

I remember thinking that all these old people just want to whine and complain all the time. Not just on that show, but everywhere I went. Gripe and complain: My back hurts. My boss is mean to me. I have gained too much wieght.

Ahhh, to be so young and so arrogant again!!!

Haw Haw! http://nickelarcade.net/modules/Forums/images/avatars/gallery/Simpsons_-_Nelson.gif

And I bet you a buck the sawed off little runt has his music too loud.

Turn it down or I'm callin the cops!

Go ahead you ol' geezer! http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage16/2.gif

OH that is it young man! No picking on the law dog! NO WAY! You turn down that music, surrender your video games and no cheese for a week!

Law Dog
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*****Whidden counts to ten.....*****

Chodder, did you even exist in 1986?

That was the year Aliens came out you fresh faced youngin. Back in those days teenagers had respect for their elders!

You don't turn down the tunes and I'm gonna call your parents! http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/.Pictures/al-hakim-shaking-fist.jpg

Whidden, I say we cuff him and make him listen to "Safety Dance" until he says he is sorry.
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Yep, a good dose of Safety Dance would teach these young oafs a lessen. Slap some Don Johnson loafers on him with no socks and see how he feels.

WE HAD TO LIVE THOUGH THAT CHODDER!

My back hurts, I'm going in the house and watching Matlock, you and your bike better be off my lawn when I get back or else.....

Well, I am going to watch my soap opera. Chodder if I catch you in my flower bed, I will shake my cane at you like never before and maybe get out of my rocker and give you a talkin to!

If that doesn't do it, I will plant My Little Ponies and Carebears in your locker at school.

Chodder, me and Fuscia have to go down to Luby's and catch the 3:45 early bird special. You better have that radio turned down when we come back or your bike will have a mysterious flat tire when you go out to ride with your hoodlum friends.

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Yes, when we are done with our earlybird special, we are gonna take your Teenage Ninja Turtles away if you don't stop blasting all that Madonna "like a virgin" "lucky star" crap. *Fuscia runs off to hide!

hahahahaha I found this the other day............ and well, let's just say it brought A LOT of good memories back..........

I love the 80's!!!

Erika that was great.

Good link Harley! I found some other stuff there too on MJ and Dr. Phil, hilarious!

y'all remember Pippy Longstockings?

here's how you can impress your friends and show support for pippi longstockings: http://members.aol.com/pumpkinave/costumes/pippi.htm

My memory is failing, wasnt she the ripoff of Punky Brewster?

I saw the link Larke posted and she looked like Punky, and I seem to remember something about a cheesy rip off show, kind of like the Munsters vrs. the Adams Family.

Not that Punky Brewster wasn't cheesy.

Oh no, Pippy Longstocking is from ummmmmmmmm, the 50's or 60's.

oh really? I just vaguely remember seeing it when I was a wee lad.

Whidden, every time I see that old man with his fist in the air that you posted, I keep hearing "Tradition" sung in my head. AH, I watched Fiddler on the Roof on video a lot in the 80's

Fuscia, when I found that photo, I just could not stop laughing. The guy is just so mad. You can see it in his eyes.

He would put a hurtin on ya if he could. Me and my cousin got yelled at by people like him when we were out riding our bikes. We were in the road, but they didn't even want us in the road.

I need to go find the pic again and save it the hard drive, so I can use it for an avatar when I run out of Clint Eastwood pics.

Well you should have stayed off of his lawn Whidden.

I was a little booger!

I hated big hair, big glasses, the Princess Diana rage and her "copy-me" hairdo...everyone had to have one!!! And I HATED my car...OMG, I HATED it then and I HATE it now. It was a station wagon...eeek! One of those gas-guzzling hogs that gets 7 miles per gallon and an elephant can sleep in the back. Ex-hubby didn't want me to look *cool*....

I loved "Milton's Secret Castle", "Mario Brothers" (yippee, NES ruled!) and Grease (Pink Ladies!!!) but that's all I can think of. The 80's ...not my favorite decade!

My brother and I played Super Mario Bros. day and night. We were addicted.
We knew every single secret throughout that game. We could play with our eyes closed.
I would LOVE to get an old system again, and have that game still.

You can pick them up pretty cheap on E-Bay. That music will get stuck in your head though!

I have a yellow VW Beetle now!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NES and Segaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .............. Joshua brought his out from the garage the other day and I was playing Zelda.......... god that game is as addictive today as it was then.... what was trippy was getting on a site to find a map for the castle and seeing kids (today) cussing that game out cuz it is too hard................ guess they figured that since it is SO OLD it would be an easy game to beat................ hahahaha LOSERS

Favorite movies from the 80's?? Too many too name........ Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Goonies (ROCKKKKKK), Batteries not included, Coccoon (cried like a baby), Aliens, Predator, Conan the Barbarian, Weird Science, My Science Project, Akira, Willowwwwwwwww, Robocop, Princess Bride, Breakdancin (any1 remember this one?), One Crazy Summer, Police Academy, Johnny Dangerously and many, many moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Whidden, Joshua and I watched "My name is Nobody" Friday night and I could not help but think of you.............. Joshua is a BIG Sergio Lioni fan........ creator of the spaghetti westerns......... so he wanted to see it funny how now I associate westerns with you

is it just me or were old video games harder to beat than new ones?

new ones just seem to be more time-consuming

Its not fair! I wasn't alive in the 80s!

Sure, the older ones were harder to beat because there wasn't the amount of cheat codes that there are now.

Yeah, I agree that the older ones where a lot harder to beat. I still have my Nintendo (use to have Atari) and the games are just really hard. Probably because they where in like 1 dimension and not 3 dimensional like today’s games.

Pitfall Harry man.... that game was tough

enjoy being young while you can, when you're old like me, you'll wish you were 13 again

(okay, 20 isn't old at all )

oh man! i still play tetris. every game console or electronic gadget i get that has the ability to play games i get a tetris version for it. i've probably played tetris than any other game i've ever played. i guess this would make the 14th year for me playing tetris. Christmas, 1989 was my very first tetris game ever. yes, for some reason i remember this.

Larke2000: he who remembers odd and trivial facts just to be prepared to present them on the rare occasion they become relevant.

anomaly: it must be the tetris!

Tetris was such a cool game. But, I played it so much, that I would see pieces falling, like outlines, or shadows, all the time. I would look at something and see what sort of piece I could fit with that object. Has that ever happened? Well, I played it ALL THE TIME!

http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/confused.gif Oh... I don't play it anymore. http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/crazy01.gif

at least now i know i can keep playing until i start seeing phantom pieces.
you know, people are complaining about guns in games giving kids the wrong message. i never saw anybody on the news warning me when i was walking around in the woods eating funny looking mushrooms to grow twice as tall.

Yeah... that's not all it will do to you http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/freaky.gif

okay, that little guy is just freaky!

Well... stop taking shrooms that have been laying in the fields since the 80's http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage04/13.gif

fair enough. but what do you mean "since the 80's".

You KNOW what I mean, young man! http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage12/1.gif

I have a hand-held Tetris I play all the time.
Pitfall was great, as mentioned before. My mom actually peed her pants playing that game when she was stuck on the vine trying to cross over the aligator lake!
Video Pinball also rocked. You could "tilt" it, but still keep your ball rolling and rack up points. I had about a zillion one time!
Mario and Zelda were favorites as well.

Has anyone played Worms Armageddon on the Playstation? HIGHLY reccomended!

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Larke, I was in love with the girlfriend of the G.A.H. Can't remember her name. She was a sharp one.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Tetris!!!! I sitll play that game..............it was and still is one of my faves

I had forgotten about paperboy!!! That game got me in trouble tons of times, since I would put everything else aside when I got into it

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god I miss being a kid

I loved that Paperboy game... man, I loved tossing those papers through peoples windows, and losing customers!

ahhhhhhh Larke something else from my youth that is about to be destroyed???? what's next ????

Way to go Sandy June! Tom Sellek just gets better with age.

The lawdog is in the Doghouse!!!

His westerns are pretty good too. I also liked Charlie's Angels.
I think my favorite Magnum P.I. episodes were the ones with Michelle (his wife). Here is his real life family. I remember this lady whom he married also being on one episode.
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I did not watch a lot of Magnum, but I drooled every time he was on Friends.

I am listening to Billy Idol Sweet 16 right now to honor this thread. Next will be the Rebel Yell, then Eyes witout a face.

When Sandy June gets home from work, I will give her a Billy Idol smirk.

I will probably get in trouble, but I am gonna go for it!

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I have Rebel Yell on a CD. I will put it on. So, SJ does not like Billy?

I don't think she likes Billy Idol, but it was the sneer I was referring to.

She don't like sneers!

I love Billy's voice. Don't care for his stage act, but his music is great.

In the midnight hour, they cry moe moe moe!

(I know it more more more, but he says moe moe moe! and it always made me think the of the 3 stooges. )

I loved the way he sang those silly moes!

My 19 year old nephew is getting into 80's music. Too bad he likes stuff like Quiet Riot.

Ha Ha, my 11th grade english teacher caught one of my friends saying he liked Quiet Riot and she gave him a big long winded speech in front of the class about how evil they were, etc. etc.

She turned all purple and red with anger. It was hilarious!

I had forgotten all about that.

They were not so bad. I like slick black cadilac. You gotta be a head banger to listen to them though. I was a Van Halen freak, as you already know, so I got into some heavy metal stuff too.

But I stuck with top 40 pop for the most part.

Yes, but I was no headbanger. I listened to top 40 stuff.

Yeah, I remember when I was 17, my dad had an old A.M. radio in his truck.

In my truck, I had speakers from the stereo in the house. I wired those suckers up and had Van Halen cranked everywhere I went.

I couldn't understand my dad and why he had an A.M. radio in his truck. It was just beyond my comprehension!

OK, gonna listen to HOT FOR TEACHER now!

He is really into Journey too. He burned me a cd and he put "oh Sherry" on it just to bug me.http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage18/13.gif

I can't listen to "Oh Sherry" but once a year, if that often. Grates my nerves.

Can't remember if this has already been discussed in this thread....

Anyone here, growing up in the 80's, loved listening to their favorite bands, and playing air guitar with a tennis racket, or anything like that?

I never did the air guitar, but a TON of people did. They had air guitar competitions at school.

I played air drums to john cougar mellencamps Jackie and Diane , when I was a teeny bopper.

A little diddy, bout Jack and Diane, two american kids livin in the heartland.

***Whidden does air drums***

One of the first exposures to pop music for me came by way of Boy George. Karma Chameleon...

Also, I found out that I really liked Pet Shop Boys. I used to run around the apartment singing West End Girls.

I also discovered Hip Hop and rap as a kid. All-time favorite rap song is probably Bust a Move by Young MC from that era.

Of course, I became a big MJ fan back then, like everyone else. I had nightmares because of Thriller, but after a while I got comfortable with it and started learning the moves. As a kid, I'd do the dance whenever I saw it on tv...

Speaking of TV... My most beloved companion....

Oh, the shows I could rattle off in here......

Me and my older brother also performed lip-sync dance routines to songs from Milli Vanilli. To think... We were doing EXACTLY what they were doing... rofl

Wow... you mean, you could actually be the real voices behind Millli Vanilli?

Sierradaddy, you are the first MJ fan I have met. We were a bunch of music snobs in high school. We did not like MJ, but liked groups like Duran Duran, Power Station, Billy Idol ........

We were driving to my moms last night and a song comes on, so I turn to Ron and say the first line "How do rumours get started?" and he looks at me and goes "I have never heard that song." Rumours by Timex Social CLub! It was a big dance hit. So, I proceded to sing and dance with the song-NOTE we were on the way up to Crest and the ONLY car on the road.

Fuscia, you're AWESOME!

Timex Social Club!

To answer you're question:

"Started by the jealous people, and they get mad 'bout someone they had and somebody is holdin'."

Great song. I'll never forget that one.

Neither will I ever forget a song called Your Love is So Def. For the longest time, whenever I'd remember the song, I couldn't think of who sang it, until the great and mighty internet came along. It seems that Full Force sang that song.

I liked Duran Duran also. But I had to be a Michael Jackson fan because my brother imitated him for a play that he was in, going all out with the jacket and glove. He also did Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark with a couple friends for an elementary school talent show.

Yes! You knew the answer. Ron looked at me like I had lost my mind when I told him the answer and sang with the song.

I had that album with Dancing in the dark. What else did I listen to back then, oooh, Men At Work. I loved them.

Some great songs guys!!! You have all inspired me to make my own top 40 list of 80's songs that I like.

Make that love. I absolutely love these songs. I have have 95 percent of them on mp3. It makes me feel happy when I listen to them.

Beyond happy, it's a feeling of enjoyment, like when you look at a very fine painting or enjoy a scenic view, be it a sunset or a blooming tree.

If I had it to do over, I would have used numbers instead of spelling them out. (#25 instead of number twenty five) Man, it took forever to post this!)

So, here is the Rick Deeze (or David Whidden) top 40 songs of the 80's:

Awesome list Dave. I just don't know how to rate them. I love so many. So this is the Fusica list.

1. Every Breath You Take-the Police
2. Don't Stop Believing-Journey
3. You Shook me all night long-ACDC
4. In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel
5. Wrapped around your finger-the police
6. Things can only get better-Howard Jones
7. Who Can it be now?-Men at Work
8. Time Clock of the Heart-Culture Club
9. Sweet Dreams-Eurythmics
10. Every Little THing She Does is Magic-the Police

11.Head Over Heels-Tears for fears
12. Love Shack-b52s
13. Rio-Duran Duran
14. Rebel Yell-Billy Idol
15. Mirror in the Bathroom-English Beat
16.Our House-Madness
17. She Blinded me with Science-Thomas Dolby
18. Erotic City-Prince
19.Something About You-Level42
20.Obsession-Animotion

21. Time After Time -Cindy Lauper
22. Maneater -Hall and Oats
23.Overkill-Men at Work
24.Rapture-Blondie
25.Modern Love-David Bowie
26.We Close our eyes-Go West
27.Kiss on my list- Hall and Oats
28.The Metro-Berlin
29.Whip It-Devo
30.How Soon Is Now- the Smiths

31.Against All Odds-Phill Collins
32. Crazy for you-Madonna
33. Doing it all for my baby-Huey Lewis and the News
34.With or without you-U2
35. Don't you forget about me-simple minds
36.Addicted to Love-Robert Palmer
37. Photograph-Def Leppard
38. Don't you want me-Human League
39. White Wedding-Billy Idol
40. Too Shy-kagagoogoo (Sorry Ron)

Blondie was performing on A&E last night. Debra Harry looks scary now. She had a face lift, so her face is ultra tight. She still makes the faces she used to do, but she just looks stretched and harsh.

Cool list Fuscia! I have to steal 3 from your list I forgot about.

and one I forgot to add: Billy Idol ---Sweet 16


I saw Blondie (Debbie) a few months ago and see looked terrible! I don't know why they think "stretched" looks better than "old".

Old looks good.

Old is way better than stretched. So shocking because Debra Harry was gorgeous.

I forgot to put Shes a Beauty-the Tubes

Were there any silly songs that you liked? I liked Valley Girl.

I loved the 80's music. There were so many one hit wonders, but they were good

One thing I am surprised it that Converse shoes are still popular.

I think the 80's was the decade of one hit wonders.

Yes, it was... but, ohhhhhhhhhhh, there were some GREAT one hit wonders!

Hey Whidden, Fuscia...

Didn't either of you like Wham!, or at least George Michael?

Faith
Preacher Teacher
Just One More Try (I think that's what it's called...)

Was not a big Wham fan. George Micheal rubbed me the wrong way.

I did, however, like a lot of Micheal Jacksons songs. I did not put them in my list because I think he is a child molester and I am trying to not listen to those anymore.

But I have to admit, they were some good tunes. Billy Jean, was my favorite.

I owned the Thriller album. I even bought that turd album of Paul McCartney to get the SAY SAY SAY song on it.

You need to make a top 40 when you get time Sierradaddy. Fuscias list reminded me of a lot of songs I had forgotten about.

I bet you would have some on your list I have forgotten.