FBRDM: Things I loved in the 80's but will never admit?

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05-19-2006, 04:05 PM
seanyob

First concert...

Poison....and Tesla opened for them
05-19-2006, 04:09 PM
LegoSkier

I have you all beat...

Favorite band in the 80's: Eurasure

Actually paid money for: Nelson tape, Starship tape (the one with We Built This City)

Skied wearing: black stretchpants with in-boot cuffs (with stirrups). Swatch sweatshirt with ultra-gay pink/purple "Cortina" design on it.
05-19-2006, 04:10 PM
erica_z

gah, how could I forget, the Electric Slide? Late 80's wedding dance craze.

Wedding favorite, and the bane of all kids when their old aunt Mildred starts shimmying on the dance floor with Uncle Leroy whilst shouting, " CMON KIDS!!!! ITS THE ELECTRIC SLIDE!!!"

*heeebie jeebies*
05-19-2006, 04:14 PM
The AD

Quote:

Originally Posted by freshies

was in HS from 84-88: prime time-80s peeps. I grew up in the north burbs of Chicago, where all the John Hughes films were shot (many used my HS and homE town - I remember film crews over several summers).

What's your home town? I'm not, but many of my friends are from that area and I also graduated in 1988.
05-19-2006, 04:19 PM
JR

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

All those bands played the club where I worked back then. Actually The English Beat is a truly excellent band for the most part; they shouldn't be with the rest of that list.

Bands that would fit on the list quite well include Flock of Seagulls, Haircut 100, Men at Work, etc. etc.

Agreed, The English Beat does not belong on that list.
05-19-2006, 04:27 PM
buckethead

early 80s: horrible MTV influence:
ie: as youngster bought into the hype on duran duran, a flock of seagulls and the accompanying fashion cues:eek: ...wore sports jacket over tee shirt, tight striped jeans, small canal jean co. button on the lapel, tall hair...hung out in dance clubs.

and yes, having seen it mentioned up thread: always wore vintage overcoats during cold months...

did go to a few clash shows around that time and got my sh*t together.
by 1985: got turned onto minutemen, meat puppets, sonic youth, feelies, replacements, husker du and discovered a much more satisfying, content-driven music culture...and got rid of the ridiculous duds i'd bought years before:cool:
05-19-2006, 04:30 PM
MarsB

First concert: John Denver (I was eight, and that actually carries serious steeze now that I live in WV :fm: )

Second concert: Huey Lewis and the News :frown:

But my third: Run DMC and Beastie Boys, Raising Hell Tour, 1987 :yourock:
05-19-2006, 04:36 PM
Mofro261

Class of 88'. They played "The Roof is on Fire" at our graduation ceremony and tried to edit it - hah pretty funny to here ~500 kids sing "let the mother fucker burn"

More unmentioned 80's Pet Shop Boys, Guns N Roses, Run DMC, Beastie Boys.

The Smurfs- great show to smoke pot and watch.

I'm drawing a blank on first concert- might have been Santana or Pink Floyd in the KingDome.

Pretty sure listening to Jane's Addiction, RHCP's, and Green River/Mudhoney/Soundgarden brought me to Grunge and flannel by 87/88.
05-19-2006, 04:40 PM
schindlerpiste

Quote:

Originally Posted by marshalolson

hahaha - you still have the AMH steeze

The 80's charecter I most associate with is __________.

i'd have to be marty mcfly

Prolly Ren McCormick in Footloose.

Although, I really liked Spicoli, ...and Kirby (St. Elmo's Fire).
05-19-2006, 04:43 PM
Buzzworthy

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarsB

First concert: John Denver (I was eight, and that actually carries serious steeze now that I live in WV :fm: )

"Take me home, country roads"

I miss screaming that at the top of my lungs at all home WVU Football games with 65,000 other Mountaineers.
05-19-2006, 04:52 PM
Cyber Cop

I'm going to hate myself in the morning....

Character that represents me... Theo from the cosbys

Character I most wanted to be.... Judd Nelson in BC, Patrick dempsy in Can't buy me Love. or the dark horse in any bratt pack flick.

two word... brady bunch reruns.
05-19-2006, 04:56 PM
yogachik

Quote:

Originally Posted by flykdog

I think the first concert I ever went to without my parents was Fugazi, around '87,'88.

Okay, that's pretty fucking cool
05-19-2006, 05:03 PM
iceman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Cop

I'm going to hate myself in the morning....

Character that represents me... Theo from the cosbys

Character I most wanted to be.... Judd Nelson in BC, Patrick dempsy in Can't buy me Love. or the dark horse in any bratt pack flick.

two word... brady bunch reruns.

I'm kinda busy right now but that's a lot of material to work with, so I saved it. But first things first:

Theo??? yeesh, that's like saying Lamont Sanford is your idol. Like maybe if you step it up a notch you can be JJ.
05-19-2006, 05:19 PM
Cono Este

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmear

That first season of Miami Vice = money

I think I actually wore a Sonny Crockett jacket/shirt combo to a high school dance.

Oh and my boom box had more equalizer switches than the one pictured a couple of pages ago.

Just saw the trailer to the New Miami Vice Movie. Looked good. Micheal Mann never dissapoints.

Asteroids, and all the other games at the mall.
Walkmans
Parachute Pants, with some hair Gel. (just once)
OP clothing!!! (OceanPacific)

1st concert. Beastie Boys + Murphys Law. Ft. Lauderdale 87, I believe. The get off my dick tour.
05-19-2006, 05:20 PM
Mofro261

Local Motion

easily becomes

Scrotal Lotion

to those with idle hands and a desire to wreck havoc on an unsuspecting car owner

g
05-19-2006, 05:24 PM
yogachik

I wore this:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._1898_27023873
05-19-2006, 07:15 PM
Chainsaw_Willie

Seems like most around here were part of the preppy or waver crowd? I graduated in '86 so was fully into the whole '80s thing, only I was firmly in the rocker camp by the time I was in high school. 501s or parachute pants, white high tops, denim jackets, long hair, band T-shirts, maybe a bandana or three. Anyone lucky enough to be able to grow a 'stache or anything close to it in their high school years was considered way cool. If it wasn't hard rock or metal, we weren't down with it. First concert was AC/DC in the Tacoma Dome around '84 or '85. Can't remember who opened for them, probably Ratt or some similar band. Also saw Judas Priest, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard down there. I had a denim jacket with about 20 different band pins on it. If you had a job and could buy a car it was a '60s or early '70s musclecar.
05-19-2006, 07:32 PM
Grange

I used to wear a Def Leopard t-shirt in public.
05-19-2006, 07:55 PM
zion zig zag

Quote:

Originally Posted by yogachik

Okay, that's pretty fucking cool

Hell yeah, I had good taste in music. Actually, it was my older sisters boyfriend that turned me on to them and was actually cool enough to take me to the show. I remember telling my parents that Fugazi was a just a band from DC that didn't drink or do drugs.

As far as the rest of my post, it makes me sound like I was some kind of alcoholic, gang-banger subject of an after school special. I was just the average kid who experimented with beer on weekends.

The stuff I'll never admit is the big, feathered hair and tight acid wash jeans.
05-19-2006, 08:15 PM
yogachik

And I won't admit my rockabilly hairdo. Chica can attest to how hip it was then, and how awful it all seems now. It grew out to be a very hip bob.

And then there were shoulder pads...
05-19-2006, 08:26 PM
snowsprite

Remember when you might be dating a guy who had more or less the same hairdo that you did? I remember... :rolleyes:

Sprite

http://web.tiscali.it/empress.cindy/nick15.jpg
05-19-2006, 08:26 PM
schindlerpiste

Quote:

Originally Posted by yogachik

I wore this:
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._1898_27023873

YC: I think you're really cool, but BWAAAAHHHH! Your posts always put me in a good mood.
...Sorry
05-19-2006, 08:38 PM
Viva

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowsprite

Remember when you might be dating a guy who had more or less the same hairdo that you did? I remember... :rolleyes:

Sprite

http://web.tiscali.it/empress.cindy/nick15.jpg

Did you share the same lipstick too?
05-19-2006, 09:13 PM
flatlander420

Quote:

Originally Posted by schindlerpiste

Along with Spicoli, wasn't she in Fast Times?
I was a big fan
Bananarama. Now, that's something not to admit

I met those chicks (bananarama) at Licorice Pizza in the Sherman Oaks Galleria they were actually quite hot in person!:tdo13:

Frankie Goes To Hollywood were one of my favourites. I was too young and naive back then to realise how freaking gay they really were. Their music was cool for the times though.
05-19-2006, 10:07 PM
The AD

My first concert was the B-52's circa 1982 or 1983. Kind of embarrassing, but not as bad as New Kids or something like that. The Clash was probably in my first four shows--although it was right after Mick Jones left so that devalues it quite a bit.

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