THE 80s DID NOT HAPPEN LONG ENOUGH AGO TO WARRANT A NOSTALGIA SERIES! I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
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Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
The 80s rocked. Get over it.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I agree. I graduated in '84. If I ever hearsomething from the '80s on a classic rock station, I might have to hurt somebody. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Dag,
I'm with you - those were the years of Reagan and disco. Painful memories all around. Glad when it was over. Don't really want to relive it.
('course you might not have meant it that way)
[ February 19, 2004, 09:20 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Of course the 80s rocked! That's not the point.
I'm not getting old. I'm not getting old. I'm not getting old.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
sndrake, I forgive you. You know not what you say!
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Are you talking about the VH1 "I love the 80s" show? Because that show rocks my socks. Not so much seeing all the stuff, but seeing the celebritities comment on them.
Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
Wow! You guys remember the 80's?
You must be old. . .
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Dag,
A few things:
Forgiveness accepted and reciprocated.
You are getting older. That's the bad news. The good news is that it beats the heck out of the only known way to halt aging.
While disco did whatever it did during the 80s, it also died during the 80s - so, disco-wise, the decaded ended on a better note than it began on.
Edits to add: Some of us are old enough to have voted all through the 80s - but never for the presidential candidate that won.
Sheesh. Where's my shawl?
[ February 19, 2004, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]
Posted by MoonRabbit (Member # 3652) on :
Ah, 1983. Noumea, New Caledonia: A bar full of transexuals and several bottles of red wine...
Oh, who am I kidding. I freaked out and left. Some of the other guys on my ship claimed they got lucky, though. Posted by Trogdor the Burninator (Member # 4894) on :
If you were listening to disco during the 80's then you were clueless to the world around you. .
The 80's will forever be known in my life as the decade where punk, alternative and new wave rock rose to prominence. The music from that era NEVER gets old.
And yes, we're getting old.
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
quote:I agree. I graduated in '84. If I ever hearsomething from the '80s on a classic rock station, I might have to hurt somebody.
Um, Police songs from Synchronicity do end up on classic rock stations already. And it came out in the 80s.
Don't hurt me.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I was BORN in 1980, on 1-9-80.
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
quote: I agree. I graduated in '84. If I ever hearsomething from the '80s on a classic rock station, I might have to hurt somebody.
-Derell
I was born in '84, and have heard things from the 80's on classic rock stations. Sorry old man Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
quote:Police songs from Synchronicity do end up on classic rock stations already
Off topic: What's up with this line in Synchronicity II?
quote:Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race
I didn't know they had lemming packing plants. Where can you buy these packed lemmings? And what do you eat them with? Pasta?
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
*was born in '84* Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Big Brother is watching you. All of you.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Um, I remember...The Simpsons. They started in '89, right?
I was born in '87.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Ah, the 80s.
I think they merit a nostalgia kick. Those were 10 weird years.
People were doing 70s nostalgia stuff in the 90s.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Oh yeah, and, in my opinion, anything that tries to bring back real punk is fine with me.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Speaking of nostalgia, has anyone here played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
It's got the eighties down to a T. Along with Cuban hookers, rocket launchers, and cop-killing. But wow, the soundtrack, the cars, the outfits...
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Too busy with KotOR Lalo. Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Yeah, but Vice City doesn't have G. Gordon Liddy as the mastermind of a widespread criminal organization. So near, yet so far.
We were studying a case in Constitutional Law that arose out of the Iran Hostage crisis, and I realized most of the people in my class weren't alive then.
And I don't care what VH1 says about it, Clash of the Titans was a great movie!
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
I knew I must be old when I was showing my "kids" @ work my new Ipod and they asked me who the Eurythmics were. Then I I left the mall I heard Duran Duran's "View to a Kill" on the MUZAK! I feel very old indeed. This thirty-something crap sucks. Now I get why the show sucked too! Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Eight....ies?
*was born in 85* Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Yes, pH, we all know you're a baby. Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I am a child of the eighties (born in 73), but I don't remember much of pop culture before 1984. Not because I was too young, but because I was too clueless. I was (as were most of you) the class nerd, and it wasn't until 84 that I decided I should try to learn something about what it was that made my classmates cool. So at that point I started listening to the radio, and watching music videos whenever I could.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
See, if I were smart, I'd go back and study eighties pop culture...
I mean, it's a pretty important thing to keep up on for music type people. Hmmm...*eyes vh1*
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Ah, the 80s...
That's when I discovered that most of my favorite musicians were Gay/Lesbian. And, I was one of the few heteros in Advanced Art classes, so in a way, I thought I'd be cooler if I was gay. Fortunately, I was not at all interested in other girls. I think that's how I ended up being sort of a fag hag (do they still say that, or is it un-PC?).
Anyways, now I have the Soft Cell version of "Tainted Love" playing in my head.
Dagonee, Thanks a LOT. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Ah...I remember it well...that feeling of going into the "record store" and finding your favorite album of all time in the "oldies" bin.
Welcome to my world.
On the one hand, you have to put up with not knowing anything about modern music or trends. On the other hand, you can buy your favorite music for under $10 and inflict it on future generations.
All told, not a bad trade off.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Sometimes I feel I've got to...get away!
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
Ouch, you blinded me with science.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
Bob, just how many 'other hands' do you have?
Things I remember about the 80s:
Micheal Jackson was still black, and really cool.
Hot rollers (guh!)
Boys in eyeliner (mMMm)
Having a huge crush I would never have admitted to on my English teacher, Dr. Pierce.
The beach romance with a really cute fella whose name escapes me at the moment, with whom I won a kissing contest.
Church camp, where all the girls had the same haircut, except for me. <grin>
Molestation Witch-Hunts
Reagan Vegetables
Record burnings, 'backward masking', et al.
The Joshua Tree
*sigh*
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Just for the record... disco died officially in 1981.
(I was also born in 1981. The fact that I am the re-incarnation of disco, though, is not what we're here to discuss)
My link to 80s pop culture was my dad, who was the more musical of my parents and bought a tape every 2 years. As limited as my exposure was, I will always have powerful 80's flashbacks whenever I hear:
"Pop Muzik" by M
the Brothers in Arms album by Dire Straits
anything by the Police
Paul Simon's Graceland album
Ahh... now that's good stuff...
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Hey, UofU, I was born in '73 as well. Strange, but I rarely meet anyone who is within a year of my age. Everyone seems to be several years younger or older than me. Maybe all the rest of us 30-year-olds went to live with the Lost Tribes.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
quote: Where can you buy these packed lemmings?
And are they oblate spheroids?
When Johnny Depp turned 40 (and got nominated) I knew the 80's were no more. But I remember with delectation the scene when we asked our AP American History teacher when we were going to start learning about Vietnam. He was under the impression that that was current events.
The Baby boomers had to be removed from their youth so forcibly, it really isn't very Gen-X to complain.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Ah, 21 Jump Street. The show that gave Fox two hits .
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:Just for the record... disco died officially in 1981.
Well, 1980 and 1981 were disproportionately long years.
Besides, it took many more years for bars, radio stations - and even some people I called friends in spite of their taste in music - to hold the funeral.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Whether or not 80's music belongs on classic rock stations is up for debate. But surely 90's music doesn't belong there. I'm too young to be old.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Cheer up, Sax.
See, no matter what, you're never too old to be immature. I strive to be living proof. Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
My college years--80's. My Junior and Seinor High School years--80's.
Classic? Me?
I felt old when I saw my high school car at a classic car show.
Now, I feel ancient.
In 83 I was 19-20. Today you are 20-21.
Just wait till Brittney Spears and Justin TImberlake show up on oldies stations. You know what time it is when that happens? Do you? Do you? Its time to get a freekn new oldies station because that one will be playing garbage, but that's besides the point.
And Bob, you can tell us real oldies. We remember walking into a record store and Buying a RECORD
THe 80's. When adding 20 Meg to your hard drive was a big thing. Of course, that was the top of the line Hard Drive, not Ram Memory.
See what happened here? You got us senile old goats talking. You can't shut us up, and our swiss cheese minds can't stay on a topic for more than
oh. Lunch.
The sweet nursing home staff is bringing me pudd'n.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Well, I can't wait 'till people start reminiscing about the 90's so I'll actually have something to talk about.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Dude, Dan, I have bought records. I refuse to believe that I'm old.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
quote:Just wait till Brittney Spears and Justin TImberlake show up on oldies stations. You know what time it is when that happens? Do you? Do you? Its time to get a freekn new oldies station because that one will be playing garbage, but that's besides the point.
You know, that's something I worry about. I mean, in twenty or thirty years, are The Beatles going to be as obsolete as 20's music is now? That would just suck.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: Hey, UofU, I was born in '73 as well. Strange, but I rarely meet anyone who is within a year of my age.
Born in '74, year of the bicentennial -- and me! Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Dan, I think we're going to have to start Hatrack-The Seniors' Tour.
Posted by Polly (Member # 6044) on :
Ahem, the bicentennial (of the USA anyway) was in 1976.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Drat, I knew I was saying that wrong -- that's my BROTHER's joke.
Heh. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I get easily confused as to how old Rivka is. Are you not actually a rebbetzin then?
The Beatles are my parent's younger sister's kind of music. I imagine for many of you it is your parent's music. Someday it will be Grandparent's music. Good it its way, but still Grandparent's music.
But I'm asian. I won't age and then BAM one day my husband will wake up next to a catcher's mitt.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Rivka will be 30 in April.
And, to quote the opening post from my "rebbetzin" thread:
quote:Spiffy Disclaimer Thingy: I am not, nor have I ever been, a rebbetzin (rabbi's wife). I think I may have played one in a school play once . . .
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I bought LPs because there were no cheap dual-cassette recorders. I was making backups even before I had a computer.
Which was an Atari 400 with a cassette recorder, by the way. Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
*sigh*
And I remember getting our first piece of advanced audio technology - stereo.
**Remembers playing new records that told you they could only truly be appreciated on a stereo, but were compatible with mono.**
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