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Max Headroom ruled!

bturk said:I swear I'm stuck there (especially musically). I even still have shirts from the '80s - you know the kind you'd get at Chess King with the flip-up collar and rolled up short sleeves...
I never did like New Coke though...
PlannerGirl said:whats that?
PlannerGirl said:whats that?
Beaner said:Just curious, did you ever shop at the Chess King with a mullet?
donk said:I hate to admit it, I wear leg warmers, Mike D. probably does too. Nothing like the ones from the 80's though.
Beaner said:Who's got Pac-Man Fever?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beaner said:Who's got Pac-Man Fever?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andy Dobson said:
"If there's something strange
In your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
GHOSTBUSTERS!"
Journeymouse said:Jayce & the wheeled warriors, Ulysses, M*A*S*K, Cities of Gold, Prince Valiant.... Fantastic!
Laura Branigan, 47, Pop Singer, Is Dead
Laura Branigan, a singer whose high-volume vocals in the disco song "Gloria" propelled her into pop stardom, died in her sleep on Thursday night at her home in East Quogue, N.Y. She was 47.
The cause was a brain aneurysm, said her brother Mark Branigan.
After touring as a backup singer with Leonard Cohen, Ms. Branigan released her first album, "Branigan," in 1982. It included "Gloria," which became a hit, lasting on the pop charts for 36 weeks. It earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocalist, the first of four nominations in her career.
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Wanigas? said:Did you hear that Laura Branigan died?
Chet said:I swear I'm stuck there (especially musically).
Dan said:Here's another "I'm getting really old moment.
You know how old Toni Basil is? You know, "Hey Mickey!"
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(from http://www.swinginchicks.com)
61. Yes, sixty one years old.
Let's not forget t-shirts with big lettering (Frankie Say Relax), New Wave (anyone else remember the Busboys?), boxy sedans, the advent of 'yuppies', Michael J Fox, massive federal deficit spending (what year is this?)Hceux said:Other memories of the 80s include the craze of MC Hammer, NKOTB, coily shoelaces, tight biking shorts, T-man, Californian Raisins, Play-doh Fun Factory, E.T., Etch-Sketch, Karate Kids, Back to the Future, Hot Wheel Car Wash, Inspector Gadget, Nintendo, Gameboy, Smurfs, big and mile-high bangs, and neon colours.
Maister said:Let's not forget t-shirts with big lettering (Frankie Say Relax), New Wave (anyone else remember the Busboys?), boxy sedans, the advent of 'yuppies', Michael J Fox, massive federal deficit spending (what year is this?)
SGB said:Dance remixes!
I still got a couple of grocery bags full of these in vinyl. Anyone remember vinyl?
Emo is so passe and for the high school crowd anymore Dan. ;-) The eighties, or some mutation of eighties sound and style is indeed back however. Music, although not entirely mainstream yet, is getting away from the false anger of nu-metal and the suburban white-boy pathos and irony of emo, and has turned more torwards the more sincere and fun sounds of bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, and the Postal Service (can anyone say, "Joy Division").Dan said:Exactly ... the 80s are back!
Not around, fortunately. Emo irony and bling bling are the latest pop fashion trends.
New wave: sadly faded away. At least Sirius has a new wave stream.
SGB said:Dance remixes!
I still got a couple of grocery bags full of these in vinyl. Anyone remember vinyl?
Isn't "the nostalgiac era" always two decades previous (grownups looking back at their formative/coming of age years). So, back in the 70's, 50's nostalgia was all the rage (think Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley). So it stands to reason that the 80's should be nostalgiacized (shhhh nobody tell Mendelman I used a made up word after giving him sh*t about 'librarying') now.biscuit said:The eighties, or some mutation of eighties sound and style is indeed back however. Music, although not entirely mainstream yet, is getting away from the false anger of nu-metal and the suburban white-boy pathos and irony of emo, and has turned more torwards the more sincere and fun sounds of bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, and the Postal Service (can anyone say, "Joy Division").
Another sign that the 80's are coming back is the slow death of the hipster. I'm starting to see fewer and fewer people out dressed in low-rider pants, suit jackets over vintage t-shirts and trucker hats. Instead I've noticed more khaki type pants, polo shirts and sandals (thank the lord, my people have returned. The day of the prep is upon us once again). Oh, and still further proof the eighties are back, those polo shirts are being worn with the collar turned up.