I Love the 80s Thread

nittanyalum · #1 01-12-2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by catiebug

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...

*gasp* No you did not! Did you touch him? I am SO jealous!!

BTW, co-sign on "Luke and Laura" on GH, too -- and the "Laura" song (I still love that!)

catiebug · #2 01-12-2008, 05:53 PM

We *so* did touch him. He even kissed me! Actually, all four did. And before you think I'm the biggest slut (and keep in mind we were 16), they were sweet kisses on the cheek.

Of course, when it came for Larry, I turned my face just a bit...

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

*gasp* No you did not! Did you touch him? I am SO jealous!!

BTW, co-sign on "Luke and Laura" on GH, too -- and the "Laura" song (I still love that!)

Benzgirl · #3 01-13-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

*gasp* No you did not! Did you touch him? I am SO jealous!!

BTW, co-sign on "Luke and Laura" on GH, too -- and the "Laura" song (I still love that!)

Do you remember when Elizabeth Taylor did her cameo on GH as one of the Cassidines? She put a curse on Luke and Laura.

ThetaPrincess24 · #4 01-13-2008, 04:45 PM

Banana Hair clips and off the shoulder t=shirts!

AGDee · #5 01-13-2008, 07:59 PM

High tops, yep. And Facts of Life "When the boys you used hate you date..." They were the same age as me on the show so they graduated from high school around the same time that I did in reality. I remember bawling my eyes out during that episode as it hit me that my friends and I would be scattering all over the place soon.

Two of the things we all tried to accomplish: Being able to sing all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" and identifying every artist in "We Are the World"
I could do that latter, but never got the former completely right.

ThetaPrincess24 · #6 01-13-2008, 08:43 PM

New Edition
Robert Palmer (remember the girls in his videos?)
Kajagoogoo
Purple and hot pink eye shadow (Wet N Wild Brand)
Mickey's mousercise
Young MC (Bust a Move)

dances:
Walk like and egyptian
the running man
kid n play kickstep
the roger rabbit
the snake
the locomotion (remade by kylie minogue)
the safety dance

AlphaFrog · #7 01-13-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

the locomotion (remade by kylie minogue)

Yeah, somehow that ended up on my Pandora station the other day...WTF??

ThetaPrincess24 · #8 01-14-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

High tops, yep. And Facts of Life "When the boys you used hate you date..." They were the same age as me on the show so they graduated from high school around the same time that I did in reality. I remember bawling my eyes out during that episode as it hit me that my friends and I would be scattering all over the place soon.

Two of the things we all tried to accomplish: Being able to sing all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" and identifying every artist in "We Are the World"
I could do that latter, but never got the former completely right.

I remember "hands Across America"

EEKappa · #9 01-14-2008, 05:53 PM

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Tretorn tennis shoes with turquoise or hot pink accents
Thursday Night TV: Cosby, then Family Ties
Puffy paint for t-shirts
Grey and pink worn together, even for lettered sweats
Hunter's Run -- The Limited's knock off of Polo
Drop-waist dresses
Coach bags that were all leather, and the wildest color available was red

catiebug · #10 01-14-2008, 07:34 PM

Hey! I still wear those!!!

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Originally Posted by EEKappa

Tretorn tennis shoes with turquoise or hot pink accents

They are making the classic Coaches again

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Coach bags that were all leather, and the wildest color available was red

nittanyalum · #11 01-14-2008, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Banana Hair clips

Sadly, there are times I miss these, they were the perfect remedy for "bad hair days".

scbelle · #12 01-14-2008, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Sadly, there are times I miss these, they were the perfect remedy for "bad hair days".

Are you sad because you can't find them or because they're not fashionable?... 'cause they've got them over here. I can send you one.

To go along with the accessory craze, I remember the shirt slides to create a "t-shirt tail". They had them in all colors, plastic and metal... they were totally tubular, man.

summer_gphib · #13 01-14-2008, 10:58 AM

Not to mention hair scrunchies. They had to match your outfit.

And colored socks! I had to match my socks to my shirt. I also loved anything Hypercolor. I wish they would bring hypercolor back. Of course I had they hypercolor socks to match all my tee's.

ThetaPrincess24 · #14 01-14-2008, 11:28 AM

Benetton brand shirts as well as the duffle bag used as a bookbag was popular.

Do they still make ocean pacific?

Nickelodeon had that Pinwheel, maple Town, You cant Do that on Television shows.

I remember MTV had that game show called " remote control"