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[gram-man]

 

What the hell was wrong with us!?!

[JBetty]

Too much big hair and c*ke

[Chip]

I posted this to facebook yesterday, strange very long very 80's video of mostly marketing and pop culture from Smash TV.  

 

[Ravn]

which one is you, Matt?  

[Tabbooma]

Early 80's was a lot of fun

[Spidergawd]

which one is you, Matt?  

  came in to say this.

[moed_over]

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

 

 

[u.s.blues]

  aqua net is tastey..?

[In A Silent Way]

Early 80's was a lot of fun

 

Line-up 6c
October-December, 1980 Frank Zappa guitar, vocals Vinnie Colaiuta drums Arthur Barrow bass Bob Harris #2 keyboards, trumpet, vocals Tommy Mars keyboards Steve Vai guitar Ray White guitar, vocals Ike Willis guitar, vocals

 

[Tim the Beek]

[TEO]

[In A Silent Way]

[unbroken_chain]

This is where I should be posting the photo of me and my 80's hair girllfriend - with me wearing.... yes, a half-shirt      we rolled in a 78 trans am, and went roller skating EVERY FRIDAY.

[TEO]

[In A Silent Way]

[little frog]

i can't believe there's no madonna in this thread .. slackers

[SunshineDrummer]

which one is you, Matt?  

 

 

  came in to say this.

 

You both beat me to it.   

[Squish_the_Bear]

with GUTS... and the eye of the tiger!

[gram-man]

Sorry...my wardrobe in the early 80's was strictly black, white, and grey.  I'm sure I owned parachute pants, but I NEVER dayglo and I never had as awful hairstyle as seen here! 

[TEO]

[unbroken_chain]

at one point... and this only really occured like twice, I had rainbow suspenders that I wore skating.  there.i.said.it.

[Tabbooma]

80's = Lots of concerts, tooling around on the motorcycle, hanging with friends, dark blue pocket T shirts, Levi jeans, Black leather or Levi jacket, boots or occaisional sneaker

[Ravn]

80's = elementary school  I started kindergarten in 1982

[JBetty]

at one point... and this only really occured like twice, I had rainbow suspenders that I wore skating.  there.i.said.it.

 

 

 

Me too, except for for the skating part.

[unbroken_chain]

I'm gonna post the half shirt picture to facebook when I get home in a minute... . I need to get picked on.

[JBetty]

 

Post it here!

[In A Silent Way]

Sorry...my wardrobe in the early 80's was strictly black, white, and grey.  I'm sure I owned parachute pants, but I NEVER dayglo and I never had as awful hairstyle as seen here! 

 

It's a tale of two decades for me. Up through the end of 1985 I was all short hair and skinny ties, and nothing but black, white, gray, and blue clothes. Something happened to me in early 1986, and spent the rest of the decade as a patchouli-scented burst of color with a lot of hair.

[Lostsailr]

at one point... and this only really occured like twice, I had rainbow suspenders that I wore skating.  there.i.said.it.

 

 

Me too, except for for the skating part.

 

Mine were for the ski slopes.

But i never had the diagonal zipper nor primary color issue.

[little frog]

80's = Lots of concerts, tooling around on the motorcycle, hanging with friends, dark blue pocket T shirts, Levi jeans, Black leather or Levi jacket, boots or occaisional sneaker

 

[Geminimoon]

I have always said that I was thankful to be young during the 80s and that the fashion was scary!

[TEO]

I still have my rainbow suspenders.  

[Esau]

The 80s for me were no different then any other decade except I couldn't legally drink (until 89 when I turned 19). I wear the same type of clothes still: jeans, t-shirts and sneakers or hiking boots - I did own a couple leather jackets though (growing up in biker family kind of a given). Music was/is pretty much no different still, minus a few heavy metal or punk bands and add some different styles now-a-days etc.

 

My parents shielded me (in a way) from the 80s, and kept the 70s going ten more years..

[pixiebug]

ok, even after we got through the 80's, we still had the summer of 1990.

 

http://cavemancircus...summer-of-1990/

 

most of the photos at the other end of this link were taken at the smithaven mall in lake grove.  i think my older sister is in one of them

 

here's a taste:

 

(i think i know that guy. his name is Andrew)

 

 

 

[Jwheelz]

born in 84... vaguely remember awful hair... not so great music on the pop radio that my mom listened to at the time... and really bad striped sweaters foisted upon me

[Jwheelz]

oh and I definitely have some school pictures with this in the background:

 

[Tim the Beek]

Something happened to me in early 1986, and spent the rest of the decade as a patchouli-scented burst of color with a lot of hair.

 

 

This just might be the post of the year!

[Deadshow Dan]

What the hell was wrong with us!?!

And how did we get through it?:

 

[china cat]

[china cat]

[china cat]

[china cat]

[In A Silent Way]

[territoryranger]

The Grateful Dead is how I got through it..........I did most of my touring in that decade,plus many other bands.....and finally they got a top ten hit(touch of gray),which they couldn't care less if it was a hit or not.strangely,songs like sugar magnolia,truckin,casey jones were never top ten hits,not even close,although got alot of air time.....longest running top hit in the 80's was olivia newton-john's'lets get physical'......blaaahhhh.........

[hoagie]

Truckin was always played on the radio vs Touch which fell off after its MTV/VH1 run

[Lostsailr]

always thought of the fashion as this...

But know it was really more like...

 

and...

 

but there are always options when fashion and music trends suck! (the target was disco in the 70's and we got through that ok)

[hoagie]

 

EL OH EL!

[tyedyedee]

remember those personics mix tape kiosks in the mall?

you go in and pick out songs that they put on your mix tape

you could design the tape cover and insert and name your tape

i remember mine had 'carry on my wayward son' (kansas) and 'barracuda' (heart) and 'missing you' (john waite) and 'too shy' (kajagoogoo) on it

i think i am glad i cant remember any more of the songs

i played it really loud on my boombox and in my walkman

with my big aqua net laden hair and stirrup pants

[unbroken_chain]

This is where I should be posting the photo of me and my 80's hair girllfriend - with me wearing.... yes, a half-shirt      we rolled in a 78 trans am, and went roller skating EVERY FRIDAY.

 

 

 

true story, a few months after this photo was taken, It was revealed this girl spent time locked up for trying to murder her mom with pair of scissors.....       I know how to pick em!

[BHB]

[Ginger Snap]

 

 

Screw you guys, I have to relive this crap now with my 15 year old boy who when he isn't all metal and death metal he's glam metal playing metal guitar. "God I was so born in the wrong decade! I wish I was around in the 80's!"