An 80s Love Story

[radaro]

Dallas

Dynasty

(never watched either but my husband was a Dallas addict when I met him!)

Shoulder pads

Dirty Dancing

The artist formerly known as Prince

Chakakahn (sp?)

Sade

Sinead O'Connor

Mystic Pizza

[laundryhater]

Ah, yes. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who gets that "Good Old Days" feeling when I think of the '80s.



I had the big teased hair style. I wore the plastic bracelets up the arm, the jelly shoes, the tight jeans (had to lay down on the bed to get them on), the shoulder pads, the blazers with T-shirts and jeans, the Madonna hair tie. I still have my Rubic's cube.



Until recently, when I watched the VH1 Behind the Music on Cindy Lauper, I didn't know that "She Bop" was about self pleasuring (to put it nicely). I hope my mom didn't know what it was about because I used to play that song all the time!

[donnap99]

<I didn't know that "She Bop" was about self pleasuring (to put it nicely). >



Uhhh...  it is?!!!  Hope my mom didn't know it either!  Now I'm going to have to find it and listen to it with a new perspective!

[officeduchess]

All I want back is Miami Vice!  Don Johnson still looks good to me!!  Those Phil Collins' songs always bring back memories.....  Remember that song, Electric Blue?  I can't remember who sang it, but I loved that song!



OfficeDuchess (I wanna dance!!) in VA



 

[laundryhater]

"Psu, Psu, Psudeo!"



BTW, Phil Collins made that word up. It's not an actual word. He just thought it sounded good. And it did sound cool. It used to drive me nuts that I did not know what that word meant. Now I'm relieved to know that I didn't have to know because it doesn't exist. He made the whole thing up. Now that's talent!

[yankeestarbuck]

"Electric Blue" is by Ice House (Australian) and the lead singer was Iva Davies.  I LOVED that song.  And, tada!  I still, on my left arm, am wearing the FIRST black rubber gasket that I used as a bracelet, when I was 13 years old.  This is 15 years old, as it is, and has NEVER come off my arm, not once since I put it on!  I'm rather proud of that.  As for those song, I must have either replaced my 7" singles (does anyone remember Tote 45?) with either CD's or mp3s from Napster and I have almost ALL of those songs in my possession!

[chris68]

officedutches,



I'll have to agree with you on Don Johnson, I think he looks much better now than he did younger, just me.



Yank,



I remember those 45's I still have a bunch of those at home at my parents house.  Do they still make turntables to play them on?



Good thing I have lots of tapes.



Chris68

[winkiebear]

When you mentioned Electric Blue, I automatically thought of the Debbie Gibson song by the same name - I'm a pop-chic when it comes to 80s music.  Then of course, I turned to the hair bands - gimme Poison, Warrant, Damn Yankees, Slaughter, Europe, Def Leppard, Firehouse, and all the rest before any other 80s music these days.

[radaro]

If you ever watched the "She-Bop" video, you would have known...



Still have all my old tapes in the basement.  The other day my son was listening to Huey Lewis and the News - "It's Hip to Be Square".  BTW Sesame Street uses that song for a lesson on shapes!

[djpcps]

Officeduchess - You're a woman after my own heart!  I still love Don Johnson too - watch Miami Vice re-runs on TNN all the time (and occasionally Dukes of Hazzard re-runs too!)



 

[ozbound]

Oh my gawd, the 80's!

I remember Michael Jackson's "Thriller..." & "Billie Jean" and the Moonwalk of course.

Whip It!

Adam Ant (who my locker partner worshiped)

Big hair and hair mousse-hoo boy! Some girls had bangs like the Tower of Babylon

Legwarmers AND footie sox with pom-poms

Everyone singing "We Are The World" (what was that--LiveAid I think?)



What fun!

[ccolleen413]

Does anyone remember .............. GOLD mousse?



Used to leave glitter where ever I laid my head ..... specially on my boyfriend's shoulder.

[winkiebear]

Oh yeah, I remember the gold mousse - I used to get the reddish stuff, turn my hair burgundy and go with it.  Looked great until I realized that it left marks on my shoulders when it was still wet!    

[yankeestarbuck]

Remember red and blue colored gel?  To make the little streaks when you gelled you hair all up, stiff-like?  OMG, Stiff Stuff, Hard Hair!  Anyone remember those?  Yes, you can buy separate tuntables, in PC Richard and stores like that.  Um...Debbie Gibson was "Out of the Blue", actually (Napster!).  There's a "Hip to be Square" Barbie with a geometric print dress (I just about peed laughing).  "We are the World" was USA for Africa, Live Aid was the big concert the Sir (Saint) Bob Geldoff organized, about 6 months after the release of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"  BTW, the only American band invited to Band Aid (England) was Kool and the Gang (OMG, Celebrate?)



I just scared the bejesus out of myself with the twisted knowledge that I have stored in there from the 80s.  And you know what?  I'm glad they're coming back!

[officeduchess]

How about spiral perms??  I didn't think I would ever live through the process....



I had to go out last night and buy me a 80's cd, I got so nostalgic.  I scraped up my Bruce Springsteen tape, "Born in the USA" last night, too.  My 3 year old love it!



Ah, memories!



OfficeDuchess