The 1980s in general

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My favorite things about the 80's are the Cartoons. He-Man and Voltron were the pinnicle of a childs viewing pleasure back then and still is

Talk about the 80's? I could be here forever..

i like 80s-era caddilacs.

I also don't remember much of the 80s. My brain has archived that data due to abuse.

What I do miss is the peace and quiet. I feel much more "social" overload these days. Maybe part of that is just growing up?

Part of me wishes time travel were possible...... so I'd live in the 1980s.

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I love the 80s. Someone told me that I was born on the wrong decade (early 90s) but I like it that way so all music can be heared on youtube/phone whatever. What the 80s lacked that we have today? Internet and cell phones (and probably more, but from a 90s kid perspective.... oh well).

Music wise 80s was a good decade. I feel like music has been regressing.... ; Like in the classical music era you had to be virtuose to play some hard pieces. But as time progressed instrumentalists and singers had an easier role. Now you just have to record some tracks put some effects, auto-tune, sample and remix a bit.... not that I have anything against that but IMO it's much less authentic knowing everything in the 80s was played live. I mean c'mon who doesn't want an analog synth? it literally produces the sound out of itself therefore is a REAL instrument like a guitar and unlike those digital sampled keyboards of today. 80s was a great decade for electronic music, it was melodic, with actual lyrics and gentle warm sounds.... I mean even the drums were synthesized! Nowdays electronic music is less about words and more about commercial success. And the clips, oh god what classics! almost no boobies or naked girls AFAIK (maybe cept Sabrina).

Fashion wise some people say it was a disaster but some others like it. I like it and the 80s in general mainly because I WASN'T there... I was born abit later so I think it was cool seeing all the clips and movies and all.

90s were also good, less good music but some wicked computer games, I think the 90s were the best decade for computer games (which I used to play up until a few years ago) like Doom, Captain Claw and Jazz the rabbit. But that's another thread haha

I was a teenager in the 80s... I lived in Los Angeles at the time, and I remember the mid-80s as being one of the high-spirit, happy, and successful times for most people. The 1984 Olympics brought tons of money and attention to LA, and everything was fixed up and clean, and all of the roads were repaved, etc. America was proud of the Space Shuttle, and we had my favorite (and the favorite of many Americans; Republican AND Democrat), President Ronald Reagan. He had a way about him, whereby he could take a difficult situation and make us have a positive outlook anyway.

Technology was a big thing for me too in the 80s... Cordless phones, Car phones, pocket TV sets, and in the late 80s, the "affordable" computers started to come out. I had some personal bad things happen in the late 80s, but over all, the 80s may have been my most fun decade. I graduated from high school in '85, and got a good job, and had good income, nice cars (even at age 18 ), and felt like I had it all.

Charles

In addition to all the awesome shows, movies, music and home computer/game systems already mentioned, one of my favorite memories of the 80's is that arcade video games were insanely popular and machines were placed everywhere! I spent every spare moment in the arcades or wherever the games could be found... time well wasted!
(Of course, my peers were starting to date at that time... I missed out on a lot of that socializing n' stuff...)

I was born in 1984, so I don't have too many memories of living in the 80s, although some of my earliest memories involve playing with my cousins' computers, playing games like Dizzy.

My favourite songs at the time included 'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club, and 'China In Your Hand' by T'Pau.

I like the 80s, but I'm more of a 90s person myself.

It was acceptable in the 80s
It was acceptable at the time
I got love for you if you were born in the 80s, the 80s
I've got hugs for you if you were born in the 80s, the 80s
I'll do things for you if you were born in the 80s, the 80s
I've got hugs for you if you were born in the 80s, yeah!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV5WXISM24[/youtube]
song made in 2007

Anybody got any other 1980s stories?

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I enjoyed many of the songs of the 80s. I started listening to 80s music when I was 13. My favorite music artists from the 80s include Michael Jackson, Madonna, Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, Journey, Styx, Heart, Men At Work, Go-Go's, The Police, Talking Heads, REO Speedwagon, .38 Special, Billy Idol, and many more.

I also had many childhood memories from the 80s. I grew up with Super Mario Bros., ALF, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Ghostbusters.

Some of my favorite movies are from the 80s. I like Ferris Bueller's Day Off,Ghostbusters, Revenge of the Nerds, Stripes, and Spaceballs, just to name a few.

My favourite character is a total 80s fanboy too. I prefer the 70s, but long before that I was a total 80s nerd.

Huge shoulder pads in fashion for women - the most awful fashion trend after 1970s hotpants.