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I thinks this theme needs a new thread, I see mentioning of this era at various places, little bits here and there in the forum, like the music and the fashion...
- Suzie, I would LOOOOOVE to see a picture with your permed hair!!!! please!!!:worship:
common girl, I'll show you mine!! :biggrin8:
what did you like or did not like on 80's?
to me, it represents my embarrassing teenage years but it was soo much fun!!!
lots of dance music - I was really going crazy!!!:giggle:
and I loved pants - baggy around the thighs - we called them carrots!!!! LOL
PhoebeJo
17-04-2010, 07:05 PM
Ahhh...the 80's. :D
My favorite part about the 80's...hair bands and guy-liner! weeee!! And John Hughes movies!! Love those cheesy little flicks! :biggrin8:
joshi_82
17-04-2010, 07:19 PM
I canīt really remember the 80īs. I was born in 1982. but I think it was a great time (even if I canīt remember it LOL)
Joyce
17-04-2010, 07:22 PM
I was born in the 80's (1983).
I remember the totally wrong clothes that my parents used to let us wear and the boyish hairstyle I had.
I am 2 1/2 years older than my sister and everyone thought we were twins because we were wearing the same clothes all the time + we had the same hairstyles :(
The Bangles, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston. I loved the 80's!
I used to stand in front of the tv singing along to Bon Jovi songs when I was only 1 year old and I used to sing Feeee the woooooood (feed the world - band aid). LOL
Although I was born in 1983, I have got a pretty good memory of the 80's :)
Sexy__Eyes
17-04-2010, 07:29 PM
I dont think the era matters...our parents ALWAYS put us in the wrong kind of clothes. I dont remember much of the 80's. Oh I was an adult but I was so busy raising 4 boys, babysitting my 2 neices, and working part time to watch TV or even listen to the radio. I do know that Sesame Street was still on Channel 13, Barney the big purple dinosaur was popular, transformers, go cats, and cabbage patch kids. I was a 70s child and remember that well!
heatherbird
17-04-2010, 07:37 PM
I was born in '83 too, and the thing i remember most about the 80's are LA Gear shoes that light up, and those pants with the ghekos on them. LOL!
Oh look at this...I had the HAIR :rofl2: I had to work with it forever to get it so high :25r30wi:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u19/kjera-ch/Kjersti-p-80-tallet.jpg
Erica67
17-04-2010, 08:19 PM
OMGosh Kat! :giggle: you look like Kim Wilde!
I LOVE the eighties, it was my youth as I was 13 in 1980. I loved the music of Spandau Ballet, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Wham!, Kool & the Gang, A-ha, ABBA, Imagination, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Chaka Khan and so on! I was totally in love with Richard Gere since I saw him in Yanks and An officer and a gentleman. And there was the Flying Doctors, Love boat, Dallas, Dynasty on tv. I bought a walkman in which you could play cassette tapes, REALLY cool :25r30wi: and of course I had a row of buttons on my jacket and canvas bag.
BTW I organized an 80's party for my colleagues a few years ago, all dressed up in 80's style :giggle: and it was the greatest party we've ever had!
heathert
17-04-2010, 08:20 PM
Oooh, I have some un-fond memories of the 80's too! Those were my college years... I have a picture of me somewhere in curls (my real hair is flat as a board) but I can't seem to find it right now...
OMGosh Kat! :giggle: you look like Kim Wilde!
I LOVE the eighties, it was my youth as I was 13 in 1980. I loved the music of Spandau Ballet, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Wham!, Kool & the Gang, A-ha, ABBA, Imagination, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Chaka Khan and so on! I was totally in love with Richard Gere since I saw him in Yanks and An officer and a gentleman. And there was the Flying Doctors, Love boat, Dallas, Dynasty on tv. I bought a walkman in which you could play cassette tapes, REALLY cool :25r30wi: and of course I had a row of buttons on my jacket and canvas bag.
BTW I organized an 80's party for my colleagues a few years ago, all dressed up in 80's style :giggle: and it was the greatest party we've ever had!
Me too. 13 in 1980, and I loved the same music as you..I still love it..
PhoebeJo
17-04-2010, 09:34 PM
Oh yeh...the buttons all over my denim jacket!! yes! Mainly Bon Jovi buttons, of course! sweet. :giggle: And does anyone remember friendship pins?? I had (and made) a ton of those! Remember?? You put different colored beads on a safety pin and shared them with friends. Each color had a different meaning...good times...fun stuff! lol!!
mrshobbes
18-04-2010, 03:39 AM
I never appreciated the 80s til 2000, lol!!! I was in grade school during most of the 80s, but me luuurves the music (esp New Wave! Bangles! Kool & The Gang!). And John Hughes flicks :) And GOLD! Like shiny gold on everything, lol! And rhinestones on everything, lol!
sascedar
18-04-2010, 04:09 AM
one word:
bedazzler.
justjen
18-04-2010, 04:49 AM
Oh yeh...the buttons all over my denim jacket!! yes! Mainly Bon Jovi buttons, of course! sweet. :giggle: And does anyone remember friendship pins?? I had (and made) a ton of those! Remember?? You put different colored beads on a safety pin and shared them with friends. Each color had a different meaning...good times...fun stuff! lol!!
OH yes.......... OH YES, LOVED THE FRIENDSHIP PINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrshobbes
18-04-2010, 05:49 AM
OH yes.......... OH YES, LOVED THE FRIENDSHIP PINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We didn't have those :( Aw well now I feel like I missed out, lol! We had those woven friendship bracelets, the ones made from crochet thread?
mum2gnt
18-04-2010, 06:23 AM
Oooooo I can feel a challenge coming on here! Scrap a photo of you in the 80's - well in your teenage years - I think that would be cool!!! We scrap our kids so much and the now but never the "was"!
Romy hun I have to find the photo! My gorgeous brother is a photographer and at 15 years old (he's 2 years younger than me) caried an SLR around with him everywhere! So he gave me a cd with all the photos on!!! So they are on one of my EHDs - will look tonight!
Pernod and Black.................................!!!
mrshobbes
18-04-2010, 08:10 AM
OMG, I just remembered--when I was packing up my condo I found my old Walkman! And IT STILL WORKS, lol!!! I still have a few cassette tapes of fave late 80s, early 90s bands.
Oh man! Who can forget making mixed tapes of songs? Or taping songs straight from the radio with some cheesy DJ talking over the intro or ending of the song?? :rofl2:
PhoebeJo
18-04-2010, 08:25 AM
Mix tapes from your boyfriend were the best gifts ever!!
Oh my goodness...yes! I remember sitting in front of my radio with my tape player ready to go trying to catch all my favorite songs and the mouthy dj's ruining the intro! Grrr!! :giggle:
biancka
18-04-2010, 09:21 AM
You know what I find disturbing.....that the 80s look is fashionable again......at least here in The Netherlands. Freaking me out! I was born in '74 so I can remember the 80s but I want to block those years out of my mind. YAY for the 90s :)
sue.falstaff
18-04-2010, 11:33 AM
The Breakfast Club, St Elmo's Fire, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller'S Day Off, Sweet Sixteen, Weird Science ... I {:049:} the 80's!!!
sascedar
18-04-2010, 11:39 AM
The Lost Boys
OMG!! Friendship pins, Bon Jovi, the hair, Bon Jovi, Mix tapes, Bon Jovi, Sixteen Candles and did I mention Bon Jovi?
I Totally LOVED the 80's!
don't we still love Bon Jovi? :-)) this guy doesn't age!!!!!!!!!!
Kat, that was such a perfect hair!! I couldn't keep mine so high!! LOL
I also remember we knitted wristbands and and shin socks - whatever you can call them!!
Joyce - you are a baby!! I was 13 in 1980!
sue.falstaff
19-04-2010, 08:45 AM
Forget the fashion & films ... what about your crushes???? I had MAJOR crushes for Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy & Michael J Fox during the 80's!!!
Joyce
19-04-2010, 08:55 AM
Joyce - you are a baby!! I was 13 in 1980!
I know, my hubby tells me that all the time! LOL :biggrin8:
He was 9 in 1983.
maaike
19-04-2010, 11:35 AM
When you posted I was born in 1983, Joyce, I suddenly felt very old, thank you very much!hahaha(I am from 1973):thanks::rofl2:
Joyce
19-04-2010, 11:42 AM
When you posted I was born in 1983, Joyce, I suddenly felt very old, thank you very much!hahaha(I am from 1973):thanks::rofl2:
You're welcome!! :glis:
inklover13
19-04-2010, 12:36 PM
I don't remember too much of the 80's, being born in 79', but I do love all 80's music and the movies. On the other hand my old man was born in 72' and was big into the Hollywood music scene. I think I may have some old photos of him playing a gig at the Whisky a Go-Go, and he's in spandex pants with laces up the side, and long, puffy hair. :rofl2: I think if we do a Then and Now Challenge anytime soon, I will have to scrap one of those photos.:giggle:
sue.falstaff
19-04-2010, 01:02 PM
my old man was born in 72'
OK Leilani ... I just need to check something here ... the phrase "my old man" to me means "dad" ... with me so far?
OK, so did you mean your dad or your OH (other half)???
I need to know because ... I was born in 1971 and I sure as heck don't wanna be referred to as "old Sue"!!!!!!!!
:gaah: :reaction: :run2:
Joyce
19-04-2010, 01:16 PM
OK Leilani ... I just need to check something here ... the phrase "my old man" to me means "dad" ... with me so far?
OK, so did you mean your dad or your OH (other half)???
She knows this, hun' , but she prefers to call him her old man ... poor EJ :giggle:
inklover13
19-04-2010, 01:40 PM
:giggle: Yeah, I mean my other half, EJ. He calls me is old lady, to be funny cause I am 7 years younger than him, (when we met I was a few months shy of my 18th birthday). So I got into the habit of calling him my old man. It's not cause I think he is old, it's just he's older than me.
justjen
19-04-2010, 03:15 PM
We didn't have those :( Aw well now I feel like I missed out, lol! We had those woven friendship bracelets, the ones made from crochet thread?
Lex, I remember making those too!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone needs to designs a "80's kit... with leg warmers, friendship bracelets and the whole SHABANG!!!!!!!!! hee hee hee............:rofl2:
Oooh, I have some un-fond memories of the 80's too! Those were my college years... I have a picture of me somewhere in curls (my real hair is flat as a board) but I can't seem to find it right now...
haha, Heather!! "you can't find it?" yeah, right!!:25r30wi:
curly me in 1986 (19!!), sooo serious then.... and still today!! :biggrin8:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_sE9HrBHPvH0/S8x0Km8POKI/AAAAAAAABUY/9FDMqmaS6Ns/me_1986.jpg]
man I LOVED big earrings!!
justjen
19-04-2010, 06:45 PM
Romy, that's GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! My sisters all had the same hairdo! Hliarious! My whole SCHOOL had that hairdo!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome pic though!
mrshobbes
20-04-2010, 01:30 AM
OMGosh those curls are awesome!! Just wondering how much hairspray you had to put on :giggle:
Oooooh, Rob Lowe and MJ Fox are still delish, even if they are daddies!
justjen
20-04-2010, 04:24 AM
OMGosh those curls are awesome!! Just wondering how much hairspray you had to put on :giggle:
Oooooh, Rob Lowe and MJ Fox are still delish, even if they are daddies!
LEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! you must be the same age as me, as I had them plastered all over my locker and books... and I even got in trouble a bunch of times, ( I went to a private christian school, posters and anything from the outside world was a HUGE NO NO!)
*sighs* Rob Lowe................ MJ FOX.................................. Those were my McDreamy's............. now I'm just all old and used up and stuff. *sniffles*
Sokee
20-04-2010, 01:59 PM
When you posted I was born in 1983, Joyce, I suddenly felt very old, thank you very much!hahaha(I am from 1973):thanks::rofl2:
how do you think I felt I was born in 1966!!:biggrin8:
Sokee
20-04-2010, 02:24 PM
the 80's ..................
graduated in 1985
married in 1986
BUT when I think of the 80's styles I think, Mullet haircuts. :25r30wi:
My favorite outfit in highschool was a pair of candy striped pants polo shirt with the collar up and a pair of pumps
ZZ Top Legs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH85zttgbGg
me and my girlfriends had a whole routine for this song..........
packman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMX8d7KxoS0&feature=related
this is me and my friends out on the town..............
{I know the song is 70's and the movie early 90's BUT this was us headbanging to music driving down the road. :25r30wi: my car was called the Green Bomber it was big and old, I purchased it for $1 from friends of my parents who just wanted it off their hands.
Starwars
I wanted a pair of Jordache jeans so bad and never got them.
Rollarskating!!!!!
Watching Thriller at a girlfriends house for the first time, It was amazing!
Watching the USA Hockey team win against Russia in 1980. I still remember it like it was yesturday! They went on to win Gold!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztlLwgSFCg
goosebumps!!
the 80's ..................
graduated in 1985
married in 1986
BUT when I think of the 80's styles I think, Mullet haircuts. :25r30wi:
My husband had one!! LOL!! :rofl2:
Who remembers Jelly Shoes & Neon Bracelets and those thin plastic headbands? I LOVED those!!
http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c200c8fdb00d41430e19c6a47-320pi
Erica67
20-04-2010, 06:03 PM
I remember those shoes :25r30wi:
What about Rubik's cube?!? I was totally addicted to that thing in third grade.
It was the time to drink orange juice with Pisang Ambon or Blue Curacao, don't know if that was typical Dutch.
And of course my friend and I tried to tape our favourite songs from the radio and even tried to make a professional mix, which was pretty impossible with only two cassette recorders :giggle:
PhoebeJo
21-04-2010, 02:06 AM
Leilani....your man played the Whisky?? That is awesome!! :worship:
justjen
21-04-2010, 02:11 AM
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Chel, JELLY SHOES, I had EVERY COLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
I loved Rubik's cube!! no jelly shoes :-(((((
inklover13
22-04-2010, 12:54 AM
Leilani....your man played the Whisky?? That is awesome!! :worship:
:giggle:
Yep, he sure did. When he played in the 80's, he was the singer in a band called Reckless Gypsies. And during the past 12+ years that we have been together, he has played there, along with a few other Hollywood hangouts, as the drummer in three other bands.
PhoebeJo
22-04-2010, 03:07 AM
Well that's just too freakin' cool!! :D
mrshobbes
22-04-2010, 04:26 AM
Holy crap, jelly shoes!!!! I was wearing those even through high school in the 90s :rofl2:
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