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I do have to wonder what lead to all that brightness, and poofiness of the 80's in fashion.
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Jun 5, 2018 15:58
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Iron Crowned posted:I do have to wonder what lead to all that brightness, and poofiness of the 80's in fashion. 
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Jun 5, 2018 16:08
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Jun 5, 2018 16:53
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I can't decide if this goes here or the 90's thread. Pizza Hut had these for Back To The Future II. I thought they were cool as hell! They were not
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Jun 5, 2018 17:17
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I know someone who still has a set of those, the round yellow ones with the overhanging shades.
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Jun 5, 2018 17:45
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Jun 5, 2018 17:57
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WescottF1 posted:I went to high school with a guy who had dozens of Swatches, bands, and guards. He kept them in a shoebox labeled "Swatch Supplies". Every day he would construct a Swatch to match his outfit. I went to high school with a kid who, no kidding, owned at least a hundred Starter Jackets.
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Jun 5, 2018 19:20
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Jun 5, 2018 19:32
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I remember my family watching this on tv and thinking they're the most boring people on the planet. Oh boy, dismantling an ugly rear end wall, whoopdeedoo
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Jun 5, 2018 19:54
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Picnic Princess posted:I remember my family watching this on tv and thinking they're the most boring people on the planet. Oh boy, dismantling an ugly rear end wall, whoopdeedoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ 
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Jun 5, 2018 20:23
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Picnic Princess posted:I remember my family watching this on tv and thinking they're the most boring people on the planet. Oh boy, dismantling an ugly rear end wall, whoopdeedoo We were riding in the car back from an allergy shot session and listening to it on the radio. My mother said remember this moment and where you are. For some reason I have even though I had no clue why I should at the time.
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Jun 5, 2018 23:26
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Rick James Give It to Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dNIQVYGXbM I posted this in a FB group in a thread about unitentionally hilarious music videos and some infant responded "wait Rick James was a real person?" Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa-6g-TbgI New Order - True Faith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8 Devo - Time OUt For Fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZUQ59UjCR0 Martha and the Muffins - Black Stations White Stations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os4eWX88OxA One of my oldest memories was being in the car with my dad and this was playing the radio and my dad said "What are they going to do when its 1985?" Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxycYzogeys I got into an argument in the late 90s when i was hanging out with a lot of goths where someone told me this was a Nine Inch Nails song. Uh what? Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0LeL9BUPtA Before Morrissey was everyones racist uncle he was a excellent singer and songwriter The Cure - Just Like Heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dhn_iIQXDE You know, i love the Cure, but a lot of their stuff is really derivative of other bands. Like this very easily could be a New Order song.
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Jun 6, 2018 00:05
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I never thought the Cure was ripping off other bands, but maybe I'm just a fanboy.  unrelated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No
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Jun 6, 2018 01:35
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The toys in this are too much of a sausagefest. Time for some cooties! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWcM-uFXIw
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Jun 6, 2018 02:52
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The Chipmunks really hit their prime in the 80s (despite being a 50s novelty act). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAQ7bxeNtxA
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Jun 6, 2018 02:59
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Randaconda posted:I never thought the Cure was ripping off other bands, but maybe I'm just a fanboy. Its like rip offs and more just them wearing their influences on their sleeve. Even though they go back to the mid 70s. Besesoth posted:The Chipmunks really hit their prime in the 80s (despite being a 50s novelty act). Alvin, Simon and Theodor (do doo da doo) are pretty timeless designs but the Chipettes are very 80s. When ever I encounter the name Brittney I always think of them. I submit Gi Joe had the best intro of all 80s cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_9jKFpQKM Followed by Thundercats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGNqrAtsgg And then Transformers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6_jqHKcTI MASK gets an award for most confusing lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Z1yLO9C-Q Inhumaniods for being the most  how did this become a kids cartoon and toy series with its lovecraftian monsters?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls2lvNYrZVI Still awesome though
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Jun 6, 2018 03:11
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twistedmentat posted:Inhumaniods for being the most No joke, this scene hosed me up when I was a kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDKyL6y7FZ8
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Jun 6, 2018 04:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_haRIsvqvG4 speaking of disturbing 80s cartoons
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Jun 6, 2018 08:25
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twistedmentat posted:I submit Gi Joe had the best intro of all 80s cartoons Can't really say it's the best intro, but the best theme song for an 80s cartoon was Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures.
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Jun 6, 2018 08:39
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Want to see what the state of the art was in computer animation in 1985? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEY87HAHzk When the N64 and PSX were on the horizon, a guy I knew tried to tell me all about how polygons were definitely going to be the future of gaming, but I was convinced that nothing would ever supplant hand-drawn animation and sprites and etc. Silly man. This computer-animated short film from 1985 was "rendered on a network of 108 Apollo Workstations". It's neat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGz_7mYnj4
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Jun 6, 2018 13:46
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twistedmentat posted:I submit Gi Joe had the best intro of all 80s cartoons Thank God the movie intro is in there. "Cobra...COBRA!"
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Jun 6, 2018 13:52
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The Berlin Wall falling is the first big world event I can remember that actually registered as such to me, but it was only because my parents told me it was important My brother and I saved our allowance for months so we could buy the Nintendo package that had Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and Track and Field in one cartridge along with 2 controllers, a gun and this beauty:  Everyone's school eventually had to ban these  1982 was a pretty good year to be born in
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Jun 6, 2018 15:24
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fast cars loose anus posted:The Berlin Wall falling is the first big world event I can remember that actually registered as such to me, but it was only because my parents told me it was important My brother and I got the package with the robot that only worked for two games (we got Gyromite).
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Jun 6, 2018 15:37
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fast cars loose anus posted:The Berlin Wall falling is the first big world event I can remember that actually registered as such to me, 
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Jun 6, 2018 16:09
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Yea Challanger is probsbly the first real major news event I can distinctly remember from when I was a kid.
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Jun 6, 2018 16:14
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fast cars loose anus posted:Everyone's school eventually had to ban these I used to take the fabric off slap bracelets to reveal the metal band that would leave cuts on your arm when you slapped it on. I was the reason they got banned.
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Jun 6, 2018 16:17
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twistedmentat posted:Yea Challanger is probsbly the first real major news event I can distinctly remember from when I was a kid. I didn't understand or grasp it then, but at 5 I do remember the Challenger disaster despite the fact that my mom tells me that I don't
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Jun 6, 2018 16:22
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JEEVES420 posted:I used to take the fabric off slap bracelets to reveal the metal band that would leave cuts on your arm when you slapped it on. I was the reason they got banned. When I was searching for pictures to use for that post, it led me to a story of kids doing that a few years ago with slap bracelets they got as a reward for some class project or other, but they were cheap Chinese knockoffs made out of old tape measures that for some reason had drawings of nude ladies on them. Back in my day they were bare metal bands that could have been your window blinds and we liked it that way
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Jun 6, 2018 16:28
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Also I do love 80s music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvmTu4zAMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
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Jun 6, 2018 17:31
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 A concept car from the late 80's that has every feature and gewgaw you never knew you wanted! Even a garden hose!  Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MrIv1JDlhg I've always wondered that if you hit it wrong it would explode like it were a crash test dummies toy.
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Jun 6, 2018 18:02
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If you played me the song in that commercial outside of that context I would assume it was a joke someone tossed off in 5 minutes to parody 80s music and advertising the EXCITEMENT edge
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Jun 6, 2018 18:07
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fast cars loose anus posted:If you played me the song in that commercial outside of that context I would assume it was a joke someone tossed off in 5 minutes to parody 80s music and advertising The funny thing is, it doesn't look too far off from the design of Pontiacs in the 00's. I just like how it's essentially just a Sci-Fi rover.
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Jun 6, 2018 18:16
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Imagine getting in a wreck in a car where the driver's side door is a detachable cooler
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Jun 6, 2018 18:25
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All the ice and cold drinks thrown about will soothe your mangled body!
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Jun 6, 2018 18:27
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But will it quench the fires of the camp stove fuel? e: poo poo I forgot to post maybe my favorite 80s music video in that post up there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY fast cars loose anus has a new favorite as of 19:22 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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Jun 6, 2018 18:36
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After Thriller, Graceland is the album I remember earliest being a huge thing. Speaking of Thriller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA This was an event, like TV stations needed excuses to show this video because MTV/Muchmusic were cable so not everyone could afford or even had access to it. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xweiQukBM_k Thanks for Saints Row 4 I discovered I still remember all the lyics to this. Morris Day and the Time - Jungle Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPQvwhSDY Alphaville - Big in Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU Not to be confused with Tom Wait's Big In Japan English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHWrmIzgB5A Nu Shoez - I can't Wait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1tBVtYOBc Probably one of the most 80s randomness videos. There's a dog wearing sunglasses. Weird Al - Dare to be Stupid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ Thing about this, its such a pitch perfect parody of New Wave nerdy side that seemed more prevelent in US bands. Mark Mothersbaugh was shocked at how Weird Al was able to perfect what he'd be working on for nearly a decade at that point. I know Weird Al is something that went though the 90s and today, but he was certianly the THING when I was a kid. Having Weird Al tapes were just as important as having the newest Gi Joes or Transformers.
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Jun 6, 2018 22:26
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I was born in 1991 so my knowledge of the 80s is all second-hand, but the song my mother tells me she remembers being biggest above anything and everything else, when she was about 20, was "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. My dad wasn't into music but he was really into American tv shows. He liked The A-Team, Airwolf and The Equalizer but he told me a while ago that the two he felt were most "important" were Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice, the latter of which he claims led to a brief craze for men wearing suit jackets with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and slip-on shoes with no socks. 
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Jun 6, 2018 22:30
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gently caress you, Baltimore! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1dUk8x2XkA It was made in 1990, but it spoofed the car ads of the 80s.
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Jun 6, 2018 22:52
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Wheat Loaf posted:I was born in 1991 so my knowledge of the 80s is all second-hand, but the song my mother tells me she remembers being biggest above anything and everything else, when she was about 20, was "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. A-team had an amazing intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVonyVSQoM Everyone remembers Mr T is in it, but everyone forgets that Lt Barclay was in it too. So did Airwolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8syGlAMTKA I've listened to a lot of modern synthwave, and this is their genesis. That reminds of this supercut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_87i7FhkIs All of these have jokes, but I can only say one thing, Manimal!
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Jun 6, 2018 23:27
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