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who out there actually remebers the eighties? what a glamorous time it was. cocaine and smoking were "cool." michael jackson was black and didn't molest little boys. noone knew what a cell phone was. computers were only used by business men. stick figure graphics in video games amused us. big hair was the shit for girls. power crystals were cool, and tv shows rocked. what were some of your favorite things from the eighties?

just a tad before my time but i did love he man and thundercats ^_^

agent420 wrote:

YO mamas a thunder cat
shes a
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Eh, 1991 representin' and happily i missed this error of an age.

You forgot:

The 80s Symbol:





















I was a bit late for the 80s but got filled with it's culture due to the fact we get everything late here in Uruguay.
Also, MJ is not a children molester.

Casey613 wrote:Also, MJ is not a children molester.

So what, does he seduce them>

Casey613 wrote:Also, MJ is not a children molester.

yes he is...i have proof!!!!!

The eighties were amazing. Idiots are trying to "relive" them now, but it's dumb. You can't recreate something so awesome.

Movies:
Goonies
Lucas
Top Gun
Iron Eagle
Cloak and Dagger
Real Genius
Weird Science
Platoon
Indiana Jones series
Terminator
Rain Man
Back to the Future
Caddyshack
Better Off Dead
The Right Stuff
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back


I'm sure I'm missing some.

Oh, and gotta love the commodore 64!!!

Nothing wrong with the 80's but the 70's had so much better music...

pr0klobster wrote:Nothing wrong with the 80's but the 70's had so much better music...

I don't think one is better or worse. I LOVE some good 80s music. Not the hair metal bands so much, although, for nostalgia purposes and giggles, who can't help but sing along to "shout at the devil" ? But, some bands I think were really good. Depeche Mode was and still is amazing imho.

I don't remember much from the 80's. Being born in '89 and all.
...but old school toons ftw. Kids these days are deprived of good cartoons.

Rush FTW

R.E.M.
Aha
Bob Seger
Flock of Seagulls
38 Special
Heart
Alan Parsons (one of my favorites)
Asia (forgettable rock)
B-52's (where I got my nick from)
Billy Idol
Alice Cooper
Poison
Cyndi Lauper
Eurythmics
Fine Young Cannibals
Eagles (although they cross decades quite well)
GnR
Kim Carnes
Men At Work
mike 'n the mechanics (not even close to Genesis)
Mr. Mister (broken wings, anyone?)
OMD
Rockwell (someone's watching me!)
Steve Winwood
the TUBES (completion backwards!)
Human League
Wang Chung
XTC
Yes (again, crossing decades, and their early stuff was better, IMHO)
ZZ Top

Many more...ok, maybe there were more good bands in the 80's...

Omg are you kidding me. I was just thinking about this shit the other day. There were so many good movies and cartoons in the 80s. I don’t much care for the music. But I miss being a kid and watching he man and thundercats and the jetsons.

Hostage wrote:I don't remember much from the 80's. Being born in '89 and all.
...but old school toons ftw. Kids these days are deprived of good cartoons.

In that case, enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bto7l3cKhvk

god, I'm glad I missed out on that...

*Whipes sweat of forehead and sighs*

I think the eighties sucked... cuz my oldest sister got born in the eighties, and she sucks too...

oh shit! totally forgot about Ferris Beuller's Day Off! how the **** could I forget that?!

I loved that movie. There's still one thing that I'll never forget and that's that girl had hairy arms. I don't know why I remember that I just do. xD

pr0klobster wrote:Nothing wrong with the 80's but the 70's had so much better music...

i don't know...
























just to list a few that had an impact...who can name them all?


**edit...late post...went to lunch and forgot to press submit!!!

You're retarded snarf snarf. That made me laugh real good. I'm no ashamed to say that i watched the thunder cats though

Yeah, but U2 formed in the 70's, as technically so did the Police.

Phil Collins did well, but Genesis was formed in the late 60's. Throw Peter Gabriel in there too, he did great stuff solo in the 70's before really breaking out in the 80's.

90% of the hair bands in the 80's had one or two hits, while stuff I listened to in the 70's - well, I listened and appreciated the entire album. Nowadays I can't find much good stuff except for Matchbox 20, maybe Maroon 5, and that's just not great.

70's:

Grand Funk Railroad
The Who (ok, technically the 60's)
Guess Who
3 Dog Night
ELO
Sugarloaf
Paul Revere
BJ Thomas
Grass Roots
Poco
Joe Walsh
10cc
Clapton
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Boston
Doobie Brothers
Frampton
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Kansas
Pink Floyd (my all-time favorite, ties for second with Rush)
Steve Miller Band
Steely Dan
Styx
Stones (of course)

I guess each decade has its place...I like both, slight preference for the 70's.

foudre wrote:You're retarded snarf snarf. That made me laugh real good. I'm no ashamed to say that i watched the thunder cats though

neither are these guys!!!!

pr0klobster wrote:Yeah, but U2 formed in the 70's, as technically so did the Police.

Phil Collins did well, but Genesis was formed in the late 60's. Throw Peter Gabriel in there too, he did great stuff solo in the 70's before really breaking out in the 80's.

90% of the hair bands in the 80's had one or two hits, while stuff I listened to in the 70's - well, I listened and appreciated the entire album. Nowadays I can't find much good stuff except for Matchbox 20, maybe Maroon 5, and that's just not great.

70's:

Grand Funk Railroad
The Who (ok, technically the 60's)
Guess Who
3 Dog Night
ELO
Sugarloaf
Paul Revere
BJ Thomas
Grass Roots
Poco
Joe Walsh
10cc
Clapton
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Boston
Doobie Brothers
Frampton
Jethro Tull
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Kansas
Pink Floyd (my all-time favorite, ties for second with Rush)
Steve Miller Band
Steely Dan
Styx
Stones (of course)

I guess each decade has its place...I like both, slight preference for the 70's.

you have a valid point...there are some great acts in this list! and you are 100% correct about the music of today...it is all crap. some of it is regurgitated and the rest is new crap. music has lost its soul.

agent420 wrote:

Ok.. wtf is that thing??!!

Oh, and I think the first one is Guns 'n Roses...

ty agent


i needed this.


i missed those!

Ohyeah, uhm..

The He-Man pic, is if I'm right (which I mostly am) the newer version of it whcih was shown a few years ago on Jetix.. (could've been still FoxKids at that time, but still) and once the 80's version of it was posted.. dunno where it is, though...

Icealya wrote:

agent420 wrote:

Ok.. wtf is that thing??!!

Oh, and I think the first one is Guns 'n Roses...

John Cougar Mellencamp.

Icealya wrote:

agent420 wrote:

Ok.. wtf is that thing??!!

...

he is known 3 ways...
john couger mellencamp
john couger
john mellencamp


now for some 1 hit wonders of the 80's
milli vanilli

warrant

skid row

slaughter

firehouse

ciderella

ratt

Icealya wrote:Ohyeah, uhm..

The He-Man pic, is if I'm right (which I mostly am) the newer version of it whcih was shown a few years ago on Jetix.. (could've been still FoxKids at that time, but still) and once the 80's version of it was posted.. dunno where it is, though...

i love the prince valiant haircut!!!

orco was the shit!!!!

music has lost its soul.

Each decade seems like it had something to rely on for a soul- 60's had Vietnam and drugs, sex, etc...70's had partially that, then the gas crisis. 80's had...err...well, people hitting 40 from the 60's...the 90's, not sure, maybe school shootings, societal disarray, AIDS, etc.

What do the 2000's have? All the same crud from previous decades...well, plus a slight recession too.

In Order there 420 you got

Guns and Roses
Metallica
Rush
U2
John Cougar Mellencamp
The Police
Phil Collins
Def Leppard
Iron Maiden
Whitesnake
Judas Priest

I used to DJ at a rock bar in the 80s. I lost count how many times I played In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins.