Reasons to hate the 80's

[Chris_Dog]

OK maybe hate is a strong word but damn...

Spandex

Lets Get Physical

I got to admit that I thought O.N.J. looked pretty hot at the time.

 

[Flyin' Lion]

That's funny, I just watched The Running Man this morning on TBS. The eighties Jazz dancers for the game show were amusing as well.

 

[Drunkensatyr]

If only they had made the movie closer to the book.....

 

[Bobby_M]

ONJ in spandex is just fine with me. I'd get physical with that.

 

[Professor Frink]

Don't say that, I'm having my annual theme party next week - 80's television!

The SWMBO and I are dressing up as Fraggles.

 

[Dr_Deathweed]

But think of all the great things that came out of the '80's! ummmm...... ummmmmm..... Bueller?

 

[Chris_Dog]

Max Headroom

The Rasins

 

[Chris_Dog]

Culture Club

Wham

 

[Chris_Dog]

Really androgyny in general!

 

[SuperiorBrew]

 

[Chris_Dog]

Conan

 

[Bedlam]

Parachute pants??? WTF?!

 

[Fingers]

Mullets.

Marriage.

 

[Chris_Dog]

Parachute pants??? WTF?!

Good one!!!

 

[david_42]

Somehow I managed to live through the '80s unaware of most of these items. A few, like the raisins I'd heard about, but never saw. Maybe that's why I had such a good time in the '80s!

Herpes! That was such a big deal. Not like anyone ever died from it.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

 

[c.n.budz]

Yuri, that's awful....

 

[krispy d]

 

[c.n.budz]

Oh yeah, the Hoff...

I'm gonna bring back the hair helmet:rockin:

 

[talleymonster]

Another product of the 80s.......

................yours truly!

 

[talleymonster]

OMG!!!! Where's the EFFIN eye bleach?!?

 

[PeteOz77]

Good one!!!

Sorry, but "U Can't Touch This" which spawned the prachute pants craze, wasn't releaesed until June 1990, thus making it ineligible for 80's bashing status.

But what a way to start the 90's eh?:fro:

 

[Bulls Beers]

I guess it was a crappy decade, but I miss'em...I was a teenager through the 80's and I had a blast..I look back on that time fondly...

Remember ther Zipper pants. They had the zipper down each side with a different color in them.I hate to say it, but I had many pairs of them..Oh ya, and the members only jacket...

 

[Silviakitty]

'Mall hair'.

Legwarmers.

pink and green being acceptable colors to wear together.

(and hey now, don't mess with the Hoff...I was so in love with him. I think I had that poster...)

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I don't remember much about the 80's. I turned 18 in 1981 (legal drinking age in WI at the time) and the rest of the decade is kinda hazy.......

 

[Snakebone]

People wearing 2 or 3 IZOD shirts at once with the collars up.

Mopeds,

 

[menschmaschine]

I loved the 80's. They just don't make music like that anymore!

Obscure 80's references (no googling!):
Who was "Mitchell Gant"?
What musical group wrote these lyrics and to what song... "sucker mc's will call me SIRE!"? (I was totally a sucker mc)

 

[Bulls Beers]

I'm watching metal mania on VH1 classic right now....:rockin:

 

[homebrewer_99]

Who was "Mitchell Gant"?

Clint Eastwood in Firefox...

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I loved the 80's. They just don't make music like that anymore!

Thank God for small miracles.

 

[Brew Runner]

Speaking of '80s music, I'm listening to some Guns 'n Roses right now. Damned if their heyday wasn't in the late '80s. :rockin: Some of Axl's new stuff is good, A lot of Velvet Revolver's (with lead guitarist Slash from Guns 'n Roses) is good, but the best G 'n R happened before they broke up in the early '90s IMO. I lost interest in Rock in general around th mid '90s.

I can't think of any reasons to genuinely "hate" or even dislike the '80s. We are all looking back at the decade with a filter of current styles over our eyes.

 

[PeteOz77]

Clint Eastwood in Firefox...

"You have stolen the property of the USSR"

 

[kornkob]

I'm surprised no one mentioned 2 of the biggest biggest fiascos to come out of the 80's.

DARE/Just Say No

and

The War On Drugs (aka The First War on Civil Liberties)

 

[Brewtopia]

..........

 

[EvilTOJ]

krispy_d, when I get home I have a much MUCH more obnoxious version of the hoff I'm going to post.

It will be glorious.

 

[Fingers]

I'm surprised no one mentioned 2 of the biggest biggest fiascos to come out of the 80's.

DARE/Just Say No

and

The War On Drugs (aka The First War on Civil Liberties)

The term, 'War On Drugs', was coined by Nixon in 1971. DARE however, was the 80s way of saying, 'We can be stupid too!'

 

[menschmaschine]

Clint Eastwood in Firefox...

"Must... think... in... Russian!"

 

[rabidgerbil]

double layering izod shirts....
wow...
i had forgotten about that


What about the whole "day-glo/neon" thing that happened there for a while?
I can remember going skiing, and half the people on the hill were wearing neon
ski gear... YUCK.

 

[menschmaschine]

double layering izod shirts....
wow...
i had forgotten about that


What about the whole "day-glo/neon" thing that happened there for a while?
I can remember going skiing, and half the people on the hill were wearing neon
ski gear... YUCK.

Hey! I had giant fat fluorescent green shoelaces for my high-tops! They looked awesome on the dance floor when I was breakdancing to Rock-it with bandanas tied around my legs.

 

[EvilTOJ]