Jem? What or who is that?
LoL

How could I forget about Depeche Mode?!-one of my favotite bands to this day-have all their CDs (use to be records and tapes:) not to mention Alan Wilder was my third crush (behind George Michael and Simon Le Bon).

I was more of a Roger Taylor girl myself...

http://www.duranduran.at/images/roger.jpg

The George Michael " I Want Your Sex" controversy.
Yuppies!!
Nothing came between Brook Shields and her Calvins!
Hair Scrunchies
The introduction of The Simpsons
Jordache Jeans with the big comb sticking out of the back pocket.
Permanent waves in our hair.
Parachute pants.
The first Apple Macintosh computer.
Vinyl music albums.
New Wave Music (Devo)
Big Hair Bands (Van Halen , Def Leopard, White Snake, Scorpions)

Oh how I envied girls who could get big hair without a perm!!!

I agree with the Taylor over LeBon thing, but I was John John John all the way! :)
http://www.duranduran.at/images/john.jpg

Same way I somehow managed to forget the greatest band of all time I traveled to see more than once in the '80s, U2!!!! And oooohhhhh, Larry Mullen. How I loved that man... :) (ok, I still do, don't tell my husband)
http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/dru...20mullenww.jpg

Madness, J. Geils, Blondie (although not so much as in the late 70s), The Clash were all big where I grew up. Don't forget the advent of rap in the mainstream a la Beastie Boys and Run DMC.

Fair Isle sweaters, ribbon cardigans, matching ribbon hairbands/watchbands/belts that you could switch out, Docks or Tops, penny loafers, ballet flats, chinese slippers, crocs (the shirts and sweaters, not the shoes), turtlenecks with tiny repeated motifs, elf boots, Gunne Sax, shoelaces with repeated motifs such as crocs, hearts....

I vaguely recall skinny gold stretchy belts in the early, early 80s; I think they were a holdover from the disco 70s.

My favorite thing about the 80s? Waistlines that didn't expose skin.

Sports in the 80s? In Boston, it was the powerhouse Celtics that ended up as World Champions several seasons that decade. They usually were battling the Lakers (and we all thought Pat Riley was slimy).

Politics? We were in the Reagan era, finishing up the Cold War. Oliver North testified throughout my honeymoon as I found out at every television in every airport....

YES!!!! Oh my God, I remember those. I had one! They stretched and you kind of twisted them together into the clasp in the front?!?! LOL, I'm laughing at my sad old self now for wearing it. It was the isht then, tho! :)

Yay for the '80s!

A lot of good stuff has already been mentioned, I'll probably be repeating a few:

Neon colored outfits
Jelly shoes
Tapered ankles on jeans
Acid wash
Wearing dozens of jelly or metal bangle bracelets
Tapes/cassettes
She-Ra
My Mom's gold Ford Granada ;)
Lace gloves with no fingers a la Madonna
Labyrinth with David Bowie
Beta vs. VHS
Rubik's cube
Big hair and bangs
Commodore 64 computers
Strawberry Shortcake
My Little Pony was the bomb!
REM, U2 and Depeche Mode (loved Alan W. too!)
Top Gun
ET
Video Killed the Radio Star

and...plastic charm necklaces!!

.....Kelly :)

When Rap was Good!
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehit...ghtlyrics.html

Don't make me tell you my story about the night me and my friend Tiffany got backstage dutrng U2's War tour and got to meet the band and see Larry drunkenly playing the tomtoms...
:p

The cliches?
"I know you are but what am I?"
"OH PRETTY GIRRRRLFRIEND!" (From 16 Candles)

The Bands?
Ah-ha's Take on me
Soft Cell

Soloists?
I was sooo a Cyndi Lauper girl!

Technology?
I want my MTV! (I was on one of those commercials when I was 6!) ;)
Cassette Tapes
VCRs
Big Ole Satellite dishes in EVERYONE's YARD (at least in the middle of Missouri that's what we had!)

Television?
DALLAS (ok I admit I still watch it on Soapnet)
Danny and Cricket on Young and the Restless <3

Movies?
Any Tom Hanks goofball movie-- Splash, The Man with One Red Shoe, Volunteers


Fitness Craze?
Aerobics Barbie
Leg Warmers
Those twirly ribbon things-- anyone else remember them?
Water and Glitter filled batons!

Things?
Asymetrical Haircuts (hehehe I actually have one of those now...)
Cola Wars
Cars (I think they were Firebirds) that had sparkley paint and big ole birds painted on them!
Atari
Pacman


Fashion
Oh I had so many hot pink and neon green outfits it's crazy! And I had these GOD AWFUL pacman shaped earings that were neon green.
Splatter-Painted EVERYTHING


Fashion Icons
Madonna
Julie Brown from MTV

YES! I thought those were the best things ever. It was between that and my 1000+ sticker collection, most of them scratch-n-sniff.

I remember all of those! Do you remember Tom Hanks' TV show Bosom Buddies? I loved that show, even though I was only 3 or so when it came on.

And I had one of those batons. It was also the isht along with my stickers and charm necklace.

And who could forget "Downtown Julie Brown"??? She was awesome!

OMG! I had one of those batons, too!!!

Saturday morning cartoons

The rise of cable

The Cosby Show
I had 2 pairs of ankle zip jeans
And I was known thruout middle school as Neon Nikki because I wore something neon EVERY day.
Remember writing on your jeans, sneakers with sharpies?!!
Acid washed jeans
Jeans with holes in the knee

Luke and Laura (and the search for the Ice Princess - this was the summer going into ninth grade) on General Hospital...

Tad and Jenny running away on All My Children...