1980's kids: this is your thread....

[I_am_not_mafia]

I was born in 1974, so I was 6 through 16 in the 80's.

Hey same here!

Personally I hated the 80's but things started to improve when the 90's came along. So far I still rate the 90's as the best decade.

70's - grim and tacky, nothing worked in the UK
80's - capitalist hell, music with crappy synthesizers
90's - bland decade but with good music and growing tolerance and care for all members of society
Noughties - War on Terror privacy and personal freedom.
Teenies - economic depression

[MTL]

From 1982 to 1989, I was in school...Kindergarten to Grade 8.

I wish I could go back in time to the 80s.

Early 80s pop music was Nu Shooz, Wang Chung, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Bananarama
also the easy listening they always played in the mall, like Anita Baker and Sade and Luther Vandross.

I remember I loved the song " A Love Bazaar " by Sheila E.

By the late 80s, songs in regular rotation on mainstream radio were " Just between you and me " by Lou Gramm
and "That's Just The Way It Is, Baby" by the Rembrandts, and "Love with Never Do Without You" by Janet Jackson
and "Trouble Me" by 10,000 Maniacs.

I remember Reagan on TV, I remember the Oliver North trial,
I remember David Foster's theme for the 1988 Calgary Olympics,
I remember seeing Katarina Witt and Elizabeth Manley skating.

I remember Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman.

I remember seeing Christopher Reeve, Crystal Gayle and Debbie Harry, on the Muppet Show.

I remember that the theme music for "L.A. Law" meant it was bedtime.

I remember playing Indiana Jones on my Atari and being awestruck at how evocative the video game was, of the movie (lol kids imagination).

The first movie I ever saw in theatres was E.T.

I also saw "The Secret of My Success" at the theater and it made me want to live in New York.

The movies that most make me think of the 80s are "Working Girl" and "Crocodile Dundee", also both set in NYC.

I saw "Mannequin" at the theater and I was stunned, years later, to realize that the 'mannequin' had been played by Kim Cattrall, of Sex and the City,
and that she had also been the girl in "Porky's".

I remember when "Goonies" and "Gremlins" both came out, and was advertised on the side of the Cheerios box, and little 'Gizmo' dolls were everywhere.

I collected stickers and kept them in photo albums. I have no idea what we thought we were accomplishing.

I also wore jelly shoes, and jelly bracelets.

I owned a crimping iron. And used it. For a side-ponytail. With a fluorescent scarf.

I owned an inflatable globe made of clear PVC which I hung from my ceiling. Yugoslavia was on it.

I remember little animated shorts on TV between programs, called "La Linea". Look it up on youtube. I bet you know it.

[c172]

Welcome! I used to have a tape of Mike Post, who did the L.A. Law theme you speak of.

And, yes, good old Yugoslavia: :S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MknuRE2Bcg

I like that first post of yours. Your memory of the decade is great! I'd love to see a little intro from you in the intro area whenever you feel like it.

ETA: I loved Motorweek on PBS back then. And here they are, talking about the Yugo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-O5i1zeXXQ

[Brian37]

From the same movie that gave you "I ain't falling for no banana in my tailpipe!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFE_4HHR-g

[Brian37]

Now without cheating with google, name me the first AND second videos ever played on MTV.

[paulpablo]

I was born in 84 so have vague recollections of the 80s.

Love much of the music, though.

That's the same for me, most of my memories are of the early 90s

[Brian37]

My favorite TV shows of the 80s, already mentioned a couple. But others A-Team, Hunter, Too Close For Comfort, Magnum PI.

Bands...... Pat Benatar, REO Speadwagon, Styx, Rush, Foreigner, Eagles, Ramones. 

Movies, Airplane, Revenge Of The Nerds, Top Secret, Friday the 13th up through 4, after that they got ridiculous in plot.

[Faith No More]

Anyone remember Danger Mouse?

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Then, of course, there was The Dark Crystal...

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And who could forget The Goonies?

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[Faith No More]

Ooh, and how about lawn darts?  They don't make toys like they used to!

[Jackalope]

Now without cheating with google, name me the first AND second videos ever played on MTV.

Don't know the second but the first was "Video Killed the Radio Star"