Things about the Eighties that I hope to GOD never come back

[MrScorpio]

The awful hair styles


Reagan


Dexys Midnight Runners


Crack Wars


John Hughes teen angst movies


Zippered Jackets


Parachute Pants


Yuppie excess



Add to this list if you may

[Taverner]

1. Hey now! Not all of those things were bad!

I happen to fucking LIKE John Hughes movies! They spoke to me...(sniff)

[MrScorpio]

2. You're a sad little man

I have pity on you

[Taverner]

3. Aw come on - some of us felt like every single character Anthony Michael Hall played

And for some reason, he made it to SNL, and The Dead Zone.

[MrScorpio]

5. I didn't identify with him as a pale, skinny little dork

I will say his Dead Zone work is pretty good

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Anthony Michael Hall is a GOD!

:headbang:

[TK421]

4. You don't think Reagan will make a comeback?

:wtf:

[MrScorpio]

9. The Republicans are trying to bring him back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeNl_4dLOW0

[Taverner]

19. Zombie Nixon???? Zombie REAGAN!!!!!

[no name no slogan]

7. THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[TK421]

11. My....eyes are...bleeding

:-(

[KamaAina]

8. Ahem...

...there is no apostrophe in Dexys Midnight Runners. ;P

Furthermore...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners#Career

In April 2003, the group announced that they would be reuniting for a tour. A greatest hits album, Let's Make This Precious, was released in September 2003, and a successful tour took place in October and November of the same year. Two newly recorded songs, "Manhood" and "My Life in England," appeared on the album and were touted as new singles. Despite airplay on national radio, neither was officially released as a commercial single. During a June 2005 interview on BBC Radio 2, Kevin Rowland announced that Dexys were "back in the studio" and seeking a record deal for a new album.

:scared:

[crim son]

10. Come on, Irene!

Men in eyeliner. Not good, especially if these men are on roller skates. No I don't have a pic, but I was there. I lived it. :P

[TK421]

13. ummm..hey Crimson!

it's Eileen, not Irene. :toast:

[crim son]

49. Yeah, well....

:blush: I think you're probably right! :toast:

[TK421]

52. How you doin?

:hi:

[crim son]

56. Not too badly.

It's been snowing since early this morning and will continue until noon tomorrow, so I'm inside with all three kids. There are worse things. Seppuku, for example. :P You?

[KamaAina]

16. It's "Eileen", not 'Irene"

It is, however, fun to think about what might have happened had a Japanese group covered the Dexys pseudo-classic, much as the Kingtones did with Elvis' Blue Christmas: "I'll have a broo Christmas, broo..." :-)

[crim son]

53. I prefer "Irene"

although at the time I hope I sang "Eileen." Your mind works in wondrous ways, kamaAina! :D

[blockhead]

81. You must have been listening to the Chinese version

:)

[crim son]

82. That's what I've come to believe.

:P

[HughBeaumont]

12. Bon Fucking Jovi.

Hells. No. To. Hair. Rock.

One thing about the 80s that I'm GLAD is coming back would be thrash metal. Presenting some new school:

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

And one from the olden times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DrDkkBj95s

[SeattleGirl]

14. Here's some:

Bad family 'do's:


Bad fashion:


Bad "Look at me, I look dead" makeup:

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. OMG best family portrait EVAH!!!

forget carbon emissions, the amount of Aqua Net released into the atmosphere from my home state alone (New Jersey) was enough to doom the ozone forever!

[SeattleGirl]

18. I know! `

I will never complain about a bad hair day again after seeing that. And they did it on purpose!

[Reverend_Smitty]

21. My mom gave me some pretty terrible up-dos in the late 80's early 90's

but nothing even remotely close as bad as that...so thanks mom!

[davsand]

46. I learned a most valuable hair (life) lesson in the 80's.

NEVER under (any circumstances) let a drunk gay man cut your hair into a punk hair style. Trust me on this one, it is a bad plan.

Asymmetrical cuts were bad to begin with, but they were even worse when interpreted by a drunk leather queen at 2 am in his kitchen.

:toast:

The only thing worse was the perm from hell. I loved the man, but he did some NASTY hair. We finally just became drinking pals and I found another hair dresser...


Laura

[SeattleGirl]

OMG!

I'm glad that was something I instinctively knew.

:scared:

[RainDog]

86. wow

not ALL of us were that sophisticated... one of the upsides of not being a fashionista, I suppose.



..but I did like to wear "dress" shorts with shoulder-padded shirts and bronze peter pan spike heel boots (still have 'em, can't wear 'em after kids) and go dance at gay bars because the guys weren't afraid to dance, even if they didn't always wanna dance with me... and then I *did* get one of those awful perms. ummm, nevermind. oh, and that *is* shag carpet on the floor...

[Reverend_Smitty]

15. How about that whole Jane Fonda exercise video look

Unless you actually have the body of Jane Fonda, there should be a law against wearing that much spandex :scared:

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. Spandex in general

Especially of the bright-pink variety.

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. accentuated by matching headband and socks on the OUTSIDE of your pants

:puke:

The more I read this thread, I become more convinced that *I* was one of the few positive products of that decade :P

[Fire Walk With Me]

51. But everyone would remember you if you ran a marathon in pink spandex

and a Members Only jacket. I'd do it if I weren't so bloated.

[Ellen Forradalom]

62. How do I keep my hair big for 26.2 miles?

[Fire Walk With Me]

65. You'll just have to live like the rest of us and have stylists running alongside

constantly touching you up. We're talking about the 80s. How you looked was far more important than who you are. How you arrive at the finish line is more important than when you do ;)

[Ellen Forradalom]

68. I'll be fashionably late, then

[davsand]

67. Spandex pants for men were proof positive that not all men are created equal.

Who ever thought that was a good idea?

:shrug:




Laura

[GOPisEvil]

20. K-Cars

I know they "saved" Chrysler and all, but what pieces of crap they were.

[SeattleGirl]

23. My grandfather had a "K-Car".

After he passed away, my mom gave it to my daughter. It worked out for her just fine, until some asshole plowed into the back end of it.

No she doesn't drive much. She'd rather take the bus, ride her bike or walk whenever possible.

[GOPisEvil]

27. Some Pintos didn't blow up.

:D

I speak primarily of the very early K-Cars. They were just slapped together so Chrysler could sell them and generate some cash flow.

Maybe your grandfather got one that was well-made. Or maybe I'm full of crap. 50-50 either way. :)

[SeattleGirl]

Well, my grandfather was the proverbial little old man who only

drove it a few times a week, a few miles at the most, so by the time my daughter got it, it really didn't have a lot of mileage, or wear and tear on it.

I had a Pinto in 1978; my mom saw the remainder of one that had blown up and killed the three girls riding in it, and begged me to get rid of it. I did.

[GOPisEvil]

30. Sounds like my mom.

That's why I buy her cars when she finally gets a new one.

[Canuckistanian]

60. That accident only shortened it's life a little

Unless you live on the prairies or California, rust LOVED those cars.

If the engines lasted long enough to power those deathtraps, the rust made them a hazard to normal traffic flow.

[HughBeaumont]

26. Every damned car in the 80s looked like it was made out of storage boxes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc

[GOPisEvil]

29. That's why that early 90-ish Taurus was so revolutionary-looking.

I love that "ad". :D

[SeattleGirl]

31. Bwahahaha! Great "ad"!

:rofl:

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. OMG!

My stomach hurts! That was hilarious! :rofl:

[Reverend_Smitty]

37. "Home of challenge pissing"

:rofl: :spray:

[sasquatch]

38. I had tears streaming out of my eyes that was so funny

[Ellen Forradalom]

57. You want your 80s commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz8fTbLjo9c

[yellowdogintexas]

64. K cars did NOT save Chrysler..the minivan saved Chrysler and the CabForward concept

on the Intrepid, which was immediately adapted into all their other models. We had a Kcar and it was a real POS, I have a 2001 Sebring now, which I bought used and I love that car. It has really been a good one and I can drive all the way to Little Rock from Fort Worth on one tank of gas.

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. Stagflation

Double digit unemployment AND inflation. Coming back REAL soon!

[Ellen Forradalom]

69. I get spam offering me medications for that.

[triguy46]

28. Is this the sort of 80's thing that you are referring to?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5cS07X06VY

[Reverend_Smitty]

39. wow that video encapsulates everything that was wrong with the 80's

[triguy46]

44. Is this a parody of that other one, or a different take?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO65OlAhEJg&feature=related

[Reverend_Smitty]

48. OMG!

:spray:

[CreekDog]

74. not that video, THIS VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1aVBtOSg6Q&feature=related

[TroubleMan]

32. Mr. T singing/rapping

"Mother. There is no other."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo


and also keep him out of things like this (very funny)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jfBGhWo760

[ghostsofgiants]

41. No, we need as much T as we can possibly get.

[TroubleMan]

66. Well...here you go

Mr. T pimps World of Warcraft

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1bsOKH3_DNo

[ghostsofgiants]

72. That's good stuff.

[Fire Walk With Me]

80. Have you seen Mr. T as The Bearded Lady in "Freaked!"?

[MilesColtrane]

33. The bolo tie.

The mullet.

Mork suspenders.

There's a LOT more, but thinking about them makes me want vomit with rage.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. I like bolo ties...

Some of the people that wear them suck though...

[AwakeAtLast]

34. Any one of these:

This one defies logic:



Jelly shoes (too late)



If Strawberry Shortcake is already back, Rainbow Brite is just around the corner:





Ahhhh, memories! :D

[RetroLounge]

36. Oh, where to start?

\

RL

[TK421]

40. What's wrong with that?

:shrug:

[RetroLounge]

42. Well, lets see...

The skinny suspenders...

The plastic bracelets..

The dangly earings...

The sunglasses INSIDE...

The emo-before-emo-was-cool hair...

and the gram or 2 of coke I blew up my nose that day...

:shrug:

RL

[TK421]

43. I couldn't see most of that stuff....you were dressed all in black!

I can see the hair, though

[Ellen Forradalom]

73. you New Wave wuss, you

I'll kick your ass

[RetroLounge]

77. Yeah, you and what poseurs...

Your mohawks don't scare me...

:rofl:

RL

[Ellen Forradalom]

83. Meet my posse

[RetroLounge]

84. Okay. Last one did it...

:scared:

RL

[Patsy Stone]

45. Shoulder Pads

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. You beat me to it...

I was going to say, shoulder pads that made you look like a linebacker. Especially in jackets or sweaters worn with stirrup pants and leg-warmers.

[SeattleGirl]

50. Exactly!

Made women look like inverted triangles. :crazy:

[Patsy Stone]

55. I was looking for them under those long t-shirts

with the wide metallic belt that was too big and hung on the angle. But no luck.

:rofl:

I did come across this nightmare memory in the process, however:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

58. Rush Limbaugh

Oh wait...He never went away, did he?

Ollie North

Poppy

Sheena Easton

Dallas/Falcon Crest, etc.

[GreenPartyVoter]

59. Jr and Sr high, for the most part. Well, some of it I would do again. :^P

[Initech]

61. Yuppies in general

[GreenPartyVoter]

85. ooh! Wish I had said that!

[SeattleGirl]

63. A few more 1980s delights:

[CreekDog]

70. narrow ties, the "pledge of allegiance" as a primary campaign issue

i do hope suzanna hoffs comes back big again, yow!

[MrScorpio]

71. Oh No, not another fuckin' Rambo movie

Why?!?!?

[DarkTirade]

75. I hate to break it to you... but some of those ARE back.

We've got the next generation of yuppies who seem to believe that they're entitled to whatever they can buy and voting for bad presidents. And 80s hair... well, you remember Flock of Seagulls? Where do you think the emo kids got their hairstyle?

[Dark]

76. Soooooooo glad I grew up in the 90s.

n/t

[Chovexani]

78. Members Only jackets

:scared:

[unsavedtrash]

79. I saw a kid in parachute pants a few months ago.

I asked him where he got them and he said they were his dad's.
Arg.

Members Only jacket anyone?

[annonymous]

87. The Flashdance look

Remember the ripped up sweatshirts and t-shirts worn with leggings?