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The 80's! (Original Post) Archae Apr 2013 OP
Hmm max headroom, spudz mckenzie Riftaxe Apr 2013 #1
I watched this last week tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #2
Ah, the 80's. Brigid Apr 2013 #3
The 70s pipi_k Apr 2013 #4
And don't forget . . . Brigid Apr 2013 #5
I had so much fun in the 80's. Loryn Apr 2013 #6
A nightmare decade I NEVER want to revisit! lastlib Apr 2013 #7
I'm just about wetting my pants laughing here... Archae Apr 2013 #8

Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)
1. Hmm max headroom, spudz mckenzie
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:40 PM
Apr 2013

K cars....women with huge hair and enhanced shoulder pads.....

why again did women want to look like linebackers? The multiple lairs of shellac on the hair i suppose might be a substitute for a good football helmet.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
2. I watched this last week
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:46 PM
Apr 2013

And will probably turn it on when there's no more baby kittens on TV.

I lived for all but 3 months of the 80s and remember nothing on that documentary.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
4. The 70s
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:32 PM
Apr 2013

were pretty tacky, too...

platform shoes

polyester

"Up your nose with a rubber hose"

Paul Anka singing "You're Having My Baby"

God...I miss those days.



Brigid

(17,621 posts)
5. And don't forget . . .
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:44 PM
Apr 2013

"All in the Family"
"Good Times"
Watergate
"Saturday Night Live"
Cheesy disaster movies
"Saturday Night Live"
Gas lines
Gordon Lightfoot
Olivia Newton-John

The good old days.

Loryn

(944 posts)
6. I had so much fun in the 80's.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:45 PM
Apr 2013

Aqua net, shoulder pads & all.

Don't get me wrong, the pictures have been hidden.

lastlib

(23,226 posts)
7. A nightmare decade I NEVER want to revisit!
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:52 PM
Apr 2013

Rayguns, Bush, unemployment, right-wing assholes everywhere! Ugggghhhhhhhhhh!

Archae

(46,327 posts)
8. I'm just about wetting my pants laughing here...
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:54 PM
Apr 2013

Rubic's cube.

Skateboarding.

Steve Jobs.

Rap.

The Macintosh. (I still call them Macintrash..)

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