Some 80s Nostalgia: Nominate your fav. movie, CD, crush, anything fashion!

Let's talk eighties home decor. Picture this:

Living Room:black leather sectional wrap-around sofa. Glass topped end tables and coffee tables. The walls are painted red.

Bedroom (guy):
red comforter
black and white checked sheets with some red, blue and yellow geometric shapes scattered here and there

Collection of tapes featuring poison, ratt, motley crue, whitesnake, guns n roses, beastie boys

Bedroom (girl)bass bedframe and vanity

white wicker dresser and nightstands

pink and white floral comforter

lots of teddy bears.

poster of wham above the bed, or maybe poison

Liz Claiborne perfume in the triangle shaped bottle on the dresser

rave hairspray and curling iron on the vanity

keds and slouch socks on the floor.

YEEEAHHH, Poison!!

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Originally Posted by Shalot

Let's talk eighties home decor. Picture this:

Living Room:black leather sectional wrap-around sofa. Glass topped end tables and coffee tables. The walls are painted red.

Bedroom (guy):
red comforter
black and white checked sheets with some red, blue and yellow geometric shapes scattered here and there

Collection of tapes featuring poison, ratt, motley crue, whitesnake, guns n roses, beastie boys

Bedroom (girl)bass bedframe and vanity

white wicker dresser and nightstands

pink and white floral comforter

lots of teddy bears.

poster of wham above the bed, or maybe poison

Liz Claiborne perfume in the triangle shaped bottle on the dresser

rave hairspray and curling iron on the vanity

keds and slouch socks on the floor.

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Guys room you forgot to include:

for jocks ~ favorite football player poster

for burnouts ~ favorite velvet glow-in-the-dark poster of Eddie from Iron Maiden or Judas Priest (i wonder how those burnouts would have taken it to know that Mr. Screaming For Vengeance was actually...gay!) :lol:


Girls Room:
Posters included:

Pat Benetar or Prince & The Revolution

The Love Boat hunk (he later played in The Nerds movie and Al Bundy's neighbor in Married With Children! i forgot his name. :lol: i wish somebody would post that famous poster of him since i don't know how to post.) :lol:

George Michael's or Bruce Springsteen's butt :lol:

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for burnouts ~ favorite velvet glow-in-the-dark poster of Eddie from Iron Maiden or Judas Priest (i wonder how those burnouts would have taken it to know that Mr. Screaming For Vengeance was actually...gay!) :lol:

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We didn't realize it then but looking back how obvious was he???? My best friend had a blacklight Led Zepplin tapestry.

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The Love Boat hunk (he later played in The Nerds movie and Al Bundy's neighbor in Married With Children! i forgot his name. :lol: i wish somebody would post that famous poster of him since i don't know how to post.) :lol:

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Ted McGinley - who, by the way was also on Happy Days.

http://generallee.punt.nl/upload/ace.jpg



And what self respecting 80's chick didn't have this poster:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...FL._AA280_.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZuXEnQzajQ
Fantasy Girl by Johnny O, another fave :)

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Originally Posted by Lily Adams

*cries tears of joy at the fact this thread was made*

You're right on the dot, my friend.

I like the early '80s. But it all looked like it rocked.

Movies:

AMADEUS being a big one. Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, PeeWee's Big Adventure. And all the neat TV shows. Blackadder, PeeWee's Playhouse. Ahhhhhhh...

As for music, new wave all the way. It's all about DEVO. Even though they started in '72. *expert*

But I like Depeche Mode and some random one-hit-wonders like "Cars", "Take On Me", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", etc. I like one-hit-wonders a lot.

DEEEEEEVVVVVOOOOOOO. I even have an enormous crush on the lead singer. I do, I do, I do. So there's my crush.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...sync/spuds.gif

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/lookatme.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...tlikeyou-1.jpg


I like going through my mom's old clothes drawer cuz she has classic excercise spandex junk and leg warmers. All vintage. All bought in the 80s.

My favorite fashion piece?

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Whatever DEVO wears. @_@

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...mbthepomps.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...nc/showoff.jpg

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w00000t! DEVO!!! I'll second Lily in that nomination.

I love the 80's-
Music:
David Bowie
The Who
The Rolling Stones
DEVO
Style:
RETRO! I love the retro look/feel.

My favorite book from the 80s- Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
I'm also a big fan of the second wave feminism that fuelled the huge shift of women into the workplace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7CuJ8cR9sg
Forever Young by Alphaville... hey, I just looked them up on wiki and was surprised to learn that they are German. i thought they were American.
do you guys know this song at all?

weird, I love 80s syntho music but i absolutely can't stand the hairstyles, clothes or anything else to do with the 80s

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Originally Posted by dramasnot6

w00000t! DEVO!!! I'll second Lily in that nomination.

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. *foams at mouth*

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I'm also a big fan of the second wave feminism that fuelled the huge shift of women into the workplace.

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Ha ha, aw, Drama, I luff you. I'm not surprised. Yes...the power suits...


I love how it was cool to like the 18th century in the 80s. That is awesome.

Calculator watches!!!!

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Originally Posted by dramasnot6

I love the 80's-
Music:
David Bowie
The Who
The Rolling Stones
DEVO
Style:
RETRO! I love the retro look/feel.

My favorite book from the 80s- Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
I'm also a big fan of the second wave feminism that fuelled the huge shift of women into the workplace.

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second wave? i'm still waiting for the tsunami? :p

that women into the workplace thing reminded me of the 80s film, Working Girl.

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7CuJ8cR9sg
Forever Young by Alphaville... hey, I just looked them up on wiki and was surprised to learn that they are German. i thought they were American.
do you guys know this song at all?

weird, I love 80s syntho music but i absolutely can't stand the hairstyles, clothes or anything else to do with the 80s

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i always wondered who sang that one, thanks!!! :thumbs_up

People, I feel bad.

I feel really bad. Terrible.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ngoboingo2.jpg

How could I FORGET Oingo Boingo?!?!?!?!! I love them! I didn't say ANYTHING about them before. I suck.

And they were the first band I liked a lot that I discovered on my own. And I probably wouldn't have discovered DEVO, either, had I not known about Oingo Boingo.

It's the '80s, idiot!

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Originally Posted by Lily Adams

People, I feel bad.

I feel really bad. Terrible.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ngoboingo2.jpg

How could I FORGET Oingo Boingo?!?!?!?!! I love them! I didn't say ANYTHING about them before. I suck.

And they were the first band I liked a lot that I discovered on my own. And I probably wouldn't have discovered DEVO, either, had I not known about Oingo Boingo.

It's the '80s, idiot!

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i would think Oingo Boingo has the record for most soundtrack tunes.

:lol: Oingo Boingo 80s Trivia, are you ready?

What is the name of the 80s movie in which Oingo Boingo performs?
Hint: Kinnison :argue:


i just thought of more 80s trivia: !

NAME THIS TUNE: "Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet..."

I don't know the Oingo Boingo question but I do know those lyrics, Round and Round by Ratt. I'm a tad bit embarrassed to say I actually like that song. :blush:

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Originally Posted by Idril

I don't know the Oingo Boingo question but I do know those lyrics, Round and Round by Ratt. I'm a tad bit embarrassed to say I actually like that song. :blush:

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uh oh. Then I think I should be doubly embarrassed for knowing most of their songs....:(

oingo boingo (what's the movie when the two geeks create a woman? yes wierd science) reminded me of Toy Dolls, Violent Femmes and Hoodoo Gurus, not to mention the B-52's.

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Originally Posted by jon1jt

:lol: Oingo Boingo 80s Trivia, are you ready?

What is the name of the 80s movie in which Oingo Boingo performs?
Hint: Kinnison :argue:

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Back to School, with Rodney Dangerfield...

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUp...693A5F&index=1

"I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go." :D

I have ths friend at school who just started randomly singing the "Dooooon't run awayyyyyy, it's only me!" part and he has a really deep voice normally so it was ROTFLOL-worthy.



And then they did the theme for Weird Science.

My mommy has a crush on the lead singer, Danny Elfman, which I think is funnier than poo knuckles.

When I tell people my age my favorite bands, they either say, "Who?" or they laugh at Oingo Boingo's name. I think they think it's a dirty word or something. :lol: Their loss.

Why were the '80s so awesome? It's hurts to think about it because it's so cool.

Oh, Top Gun, Tom Cruise....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPgHbt0ODr4&feature=related

Fwiggen Cool.

Qua qua, ah diddly qua qua, ah diddly qua qua!

I am an 80s boy, the class of '85 to be exact and don't like when folks talk about that decade disrespectfully. It gave us George Michael, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Sulaman Rushdie, DM Thomas and break dancing in the streets. What I like about the 80s:

My favorite 80s song: Big Area by Then Jericho:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4kPe1UOp0

My favorite 80s band: Wham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9f4YC4xN08

Favorite 80s book: The White Hotel by DM Thomas:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Hotel-...8114413&sr=8-1

Films: Secretly watched this with my (then) girlfriend at the tender age of 17 (we went on to get married 9 years later in 1996) How we all loved Brooke Shields!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKojoL2-vU

This is the time when being cool meant being outrageously stylish and outré. The 90s enthroned the loser: Beevis and Butt-head, Jackass, the Simpsons, the Rugrats. 80s were all about style, confidence and winning. This was the decade when things happened, things that lasted long, long time (when will Madonna stop?). Compared to the 80s, 70s seem like some prelapsarian age of innocence when boys wore sneakers and sleeves-less jumpers that their moms knitted for them, compared to the 80s, the 90s seem futile, transient and ineffectual. 80s rule!

Best Album: "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" -- Public Enemy
Best Song: "The Message" -- Grandmaster Flash

sexiest female fashion piece ~ hoop earrings
For male ~ Kangol hats

Fav Movie ~ Do the Right Thing

My crush ~ Molly Ringwald


Best movie line ~
"You know what capitalism is? Getting f--ked!" -- Tony Montana ("Scarface")

80's Nostalgia - I used to get off the bus from school and turn on MTV, whichplayed actual music videos at the time. They'd play Bon Jovi and Guns N Roses videos, especially on Dial MTV. Most of the videos on Dial MTV were hair bands ~ men dressed like women and women with poofy Rave hairspray bangs and acid washed, ripped jeans.

Whenever an 80's metal (hairband) song comes on, my husband sings "Panama" even if it's actually Ratt singing "Round and "Round," which is actually on right now. We're actually watching VHI Classic Videos and they're playing the videos I saw in the 80s when I got home from school. And my husband says "Panama" to every one of them.