antiGUY gives his
top 5 list of music stuff. Could be songs, people, a stupid trend... nothing
is sacred to antiGUY
Top
5 Things That Didn't Escape From The 80's.
Ah, the 80s! The decade where punk morphed
into the more commercial friendly new wave, Mr. T got a paycheck, Tom Hanks
was a cross-dressing sitcom star not the egotistical star of the silver
screen he is today, Madonna was like a virgin and critics called Duran
Duran the biggest band since The Beatles. Michael Jackson had
most of his original face; the 49ers dominated football. Hippies became
Yuppies by trading in their love beads for BMWs, white picket fences and
2.3 children. Apple gave the world the first home computer anyone could
use and Pac Man was the penicle of high-tech video games. Steven Spielberg
just wanted to entertain, not indoctrinate moviegoers with his political
views. Ed Murphy was nasty and Blondie went disco and then brought rap
to the mainstream. KISS unmasked and glam metal dudes wore more makeup
than their groupies. Bon Jovi gave music a bad name and The New Kids on
the Block gave birth to the dreaded boyband craze. Political correctness
was only something you would hear in the more radical corners of University
campuses and George Bush told us to read his lips. A CD was something that
only Wall Street guys knew about and you could get rich quick with junk
bonds.
What a decade. We may never see another
one like it in our lifetime. Somethings havent really changed. Sitcoms
are still lame, cheesy pop still sells, the decade of greed gave way to
the decade of greed and corruption. But what about the things that never
escaped from the 80s, that will remain forever in our mind as a reminder
of the decade? Thats what we will be looking at with this Top5.
Top 5 Things That
Didn't Escape From The 80's.
5) Yo Malery!", Alf, Leg Warmers,
The Rubiks Cube, Atari and Wheres The Beef?
4) Everyone ownedVinyl Records
remember those?
3) "Just Say No" (ok
we have "Just say yes!" antiMUSIC T-shirts, so maybe this one doesnt really
apply)!
2) I Want My MTV! Music Videos
on Music Television, an amazing concept that didnt last long after the
80s gave way to the 90s and Real World and Road Rules marathons.
Remember when they showed videos 24 hours a day?
And
the Number One Thing That Didn't Escape From The 80's.
Looking at that hot chic on an album cover
only to discover it's a dude!
Your
turn, what do you think? What will forever stick in your mind as a definite
mark of the 80's?
Fan
Speak:
Posted by Massacre:
Take this for excample boy George. F-king hate that guy. EEEAAAAHHHHH HE MUST DIE!
Posted by dr feelgood:
sparx running shoes
Posted by Jen & Bill:
The eighties blow. Get real man it was the fakest time for for music the clothes suck the big donkey dick. I don't know how any of us survived. So those of you who still crave the 80's GET A LIFE BITCH.
Posted by LOST IN THE 80'S:
PARACHUTE PANTS
Posted by I'm Sorry:
BUT F*CK THE 80's, how the f*ck did I find my way here, and why the f*ck am
I writing this twice just so I can fix
the f*cking curses... maybe I do love the eighties
Posted by Mell:
I still wear my legwarmers!!
Posted by Charlie:
80's Rock revival: sound, looks, and the attitude still lives on!
Posted by Ilivedthe80's:
I was born in 1973 so the 80's were my prime years I miss O.M.D. grody to the max, Fiero cars, Intelivision, Corey Haim & Corey Feldman, leg warmers and FROSTED HAIR!! and who could forget black hair with baby powder on your face and you had to have the black lipstick
Posted by WhamBamAmb:
I was born in the early 80's but I was a trendy little bugger with neon spandex, a side pony tail and a acid wash jean jacket. I used to listen to Roxette, Duran Duran, Cindi Lauper, and Friggin Billy Idol. Hell I'm listening to them right now! Nice 2 know I am not the only one who actually apreciates the trends of that decade and love how they are all comming back with a 2000's edge!
Posted by Andy :
pretty in pink
Posted by Mr. Mr.:
THE GOONIES. I love the goonies
Posted by Dr. Love:
the WWE(wwf) and Hulk Hogan,Junk yard dog,king kong bundy,Bob Ortin those are some of the big wrestlers of the 80's. Who cold forget Mr. T in ROCKYIII not me
Posted by Dr. Feelgood:
who cuold forget the Fonz
Posted by Crue Head:
I say we brign the 80's back!!!
Posted by amber:
the fab make-up and hair
Posted by manjako:
also, i loved the 80's bc back then people had balls... now they just do "faux hawks" instead of mohawks... nothing daring. Bunch of pansy-asses
Posted by manjako:
the 80's ruled, especially John Hughes movies... it IS however amazing, how many morons were around, and still are...
Posted by magsgran:
The permed "big hair"
Posted by Meowza:
I love my Miesscakes and I want to shout it to the whole world! Did you hear me? I love Miess! Yes!
Posted by Laurtania:
I want me some acid wash jeans!
Posted by MelloYello:
I fell in love with the 80s...
Posted by Phil's Bandana:
L.A. Guns, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Poison, Van Halen, Dokken, Slaughter, Whitesnake, Slik Toxic, Bon Jovi, and too many more to mention here!
Guys with long hair nicer than most girls I know!!! Leather, bandanas, kick-ass rock concerts, parties and real rock n' roll music unlike most of the crap of the 90's and today! Writing this made me realize that the 80's were the best days of my life!!!
Posted by the member:
members only jackets
Posted by Rubber Ducky:
i was born in 89, but i love the 80's and everything about them!! but most of all i like billy idol, high tops and the other kool clothes
Posted by sexkitten234:
Caboodles, wearing 5 different colored socks, and PERMS!
Posted by Blueeyes:
The tv shows we had in the 80's were GREAT. They need to have a channel that plays 80's tv shows like: The Greatest American Hero, Sliver Spoons, Its yoru move, My Sister Sam ect.. I love 80's tv and miss it
Posted by note to the editor:
Can you put dates on these posts would be interesting to know??
Posted by Revhead:
2 things besides all that was mentioned here
Miami Vice
and that song *dont worry be happy!
may i never see/hear either of those those things again
PS heard the mullet is making a 2004 comeback...go the mullet i can now show my old pics with pride!
Posted by GinGer aka Gingy:
well i truly think most of you covered the main things such as Mullets the bigger hair the closer to god ..leg warmers and jackets and headbands and gawdy jewels....you did forget however..BOY GEORGE!
Posted by sorry:
i was born in 88 so i was a baby and only lived a year and a half of the 80. lol
Posted by Jallen:
the coolness of driving a trans-am with Strokin' from billy squire playing loud.....without the boom of bass
Posted by twitch:
Unfortunetly I lived through half of the eighties and hated it. Unfortunetly, no one will let me forget it.
Posted by Members Only Jackets:
Anyone who was anyone must have had one. NOT!
Posted by Jason:
Avril Hater apparently you did not exist during the 80's there were actualy much worse things than Avril. :-0 gasp
Posted by The Avril Hater:
The 80s was a great decade. Avril Lavigne was in her early childhood and "Complicated" and "Skater Boy" were years away. That's why the 80s are the best decade of all--no Avril Lavigne.
Posted by druid:
Moshin'...whatever happened to the term slam dancing?
Posted by ~Silouette~:
Loud Music, Ripped Jeans, LEATHER!& Jean Jackets, Long Hair, ATTITUDE! ,BUSH PARTIES, House WRECKERS! Booze Cruizes, Back Patches, Tight Jeans, slinky T-shirts for women, BLACK clothing, Fantasy, Ditch Baggin (down and dirty mud baggin) LOUDER HARDER FASTER BIGGER the BETTER! Ps( if our parents actually knew every little detail we did we would have never have been able to get out of the house EVER AGAIN!) *sly smile*
Posted by ROCKER 61969:
THE SCOUT AND SCOUT II,
IS THE ORIGINAL SUV THAT STARTED IT ALL. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER GAVE RISE TO THE SUV IN 1962, WITH FORD AND CHEVY TO LATER FOLLOW.
THE SCOUT WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1980, GIVING MORE RISE OF THE SUV POPULARITY. FORD OPTED TO STEAL THE SCOUR CONCEPT BY NAMING THEIR SMALLER ROLL OVER KING BRONCO, THE BRONCO II -JUST LIKE INTERNATIONAL NAMED THE SCOUT II, TEN YEARS EARLIER!
-AC/DC----AC/DC----AC/DC
ISA THE ONLY BAND THEN AND NOW THAT RULE THE HEAVY ROCK SCENE!
THE WAR IN IRAQ PART I
THE WAR IN IRAQ PART II
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON-LOOK AT WHAT HAS THE BUSH ADMINESTRATION DONE??
DEAD BODIES LINED UP IN TOMBS! HOW MANY MORE SOLDIERS CAN WE STAND TO LOSE????
Posted by speaker of truths:
Stryper never escaped from the 80's......I tried to imprison Tipper Gore as well, but my dark powers were waning.....sorry.
Posted by specimen36x :
the best thing about the 80's was punkrock music...that was actually the best thing about the 70's too.i mean who the hell listens to disco?
Posted by specimen36x:
one thing that was so cool about the 80's was nintendo....its still cool if your stoned....haha.the 80's will probly never die for some reason...its like there is no escape!!!
Posted by Dressed up vamp:
That us a pretty amazing retrospective view of the 80's and most of it seems to be true. Thanks.
Posted by Max Headroom:
Forget Nintendo..the original from the 80's was Colecovision! But the real grandfather video game of all was Pong! The 80's were great! Jeans you had zip up by laying down and using a wire coat hanger, Echo and the Bunneymen, Bartles and James Wine Coolers, concerts were life changing events, going collar up, need I say more!
Posted by 1986:
I love the 80's pop that came outta there, but I think the items that came outta the 80's which I have seen mostly is Drivers Ed. Movies of course electronic instruments, and boys wearing makeup...
Posted by Milk:
Mullets are still big for some stupid reason.
Posted by bitch:
monkeys in the mittens yes yes yes yes yes ooooooohhhhhhhh yes
Posted by choice2081:
Guys wearing spandex bike pants, Nintendo, hair spray, Nintendo, AIDS, Nintendo, Commies, Nintendo, NINTENDO!!!
Posted by Big Ant:
I rememeber in the early 80's that music styles was like a form of racism. I remember black kids hated rock and white kids declared any black music outside of "white rock" disco. That was incorrect. MTV woudn't play black musi videos unless it was pop or rock-metal. I remember white friends who got in fights for listening to a Prince or Rick James music by other white kids. I am black. In those days I enjoyed all types of music even so called "white rock", New Wave, but I would be condemn for liking those styles. That started to change slowly in the mid 80's then more white kids started to declare "rap" as their favorite music and blasting it from their car steros. That was a shock to me. My Dad told me that experience was like the early rock & roll music which was called "Jungle Music", N----- Music, black music before the 50's. That music was Southern blues by black artist going way back to the 1800's. Thanks to Elvis et al who re-recorded those older blues boogie woogie songs. Also thanks thanks to the English invasion which borrowed music and styles from bluesman Lighting Hopkins, Rock n Roller Bo Diddley et al. They started copying their performance styles like those black musicians
rock n roll became more accepted by white america. We must remember Elvis was hated by whites we he started off for playing and dancing "like that." I kinda miss the heavy sythed music. 80's music was alot of and dancable. Now most music is dark and have an hopeless message. Music need to go back to being fun and experimental like the 80's. What happen to the flashy clothes?
Posted by Formaldehyde Millie:
BIG HAIR!!! Stone washed denim. Hot, rockin' dudes in make-up and spandex. Leg warmers. Purple Rain. Aah the memories......
Posted by stryyker:
the mullet
Posted by GREENMUSE:
ive still seen roach clips with feathers,to me that just seems like a fire hazard waiting to happen.
Posted by bright eyes:
What really sticks in my mind is the fact that I love rock and heavy metal and that never changed. I don't like all of that new music. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal will forever rule in my mind.
I remember wearing those leg warmers and friendship pins and feathers on roach clips. I also wore bandanans around my legs and around my waist as a belt. Also, the large patches of your favorite band on the back of your fav jean jacket. I am now 32 and I really miss the eighties. I was glad to grow up and be part of it.
Posted by Get Inside:
i think the thing from the 80's is the MULLETS!!
Posted by Scott Stapps Ego:
Ozzy's brain
Posted by adaj7:
if only the clash had survived....
Posted by GREENMUSE:
ive seen a sharp decline in the mullet population here in southern flordia,im thinking they have just shed their winter coats in preperation for the summer heat.i oddly miss west virginia,its at least 8 years since i was there last.wild,wonderful west virigna,is it just me or in clarksburg everyone is 106 years old and/or crippled,or some other physical ailment?
Posted by Trendkill138:
I still see the occasional mullet or big fluffy hair on women whenever I visit Kentucky. Kentucky probably isn't too much better off than West Virginia, which is why I moved to Austin.
Posted by Dr Fever:
Come to West Virginia sometime...you'll find that the 80's (and 70's, and 60's, and 50's...) are alive and well. in other words: this place sucks and is waaaayyy behind. Shoot me, please. End my suffering.
Posted by Tempest:
EUROPE rulszzz!!!! BON JOVI rulzzzzz1!!! SKID ROW , POISON , GUNS N ROSES, SCORPIONS,DEF LEPPARD etc:X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X:x
Posted by GREENMUSE:
the mullet is still around,sure it became bery popular in the 70s,but it wasnt until the eighties where the mullet was accepted in higher social circles,finally the corporate yuppies could have the long hair of their youth,but with the top and sides short,it wasnt shaggy enough to offend,and it has been proven that mullets grow better when given a good dose of daily power ballads,this inspires the mullet to grow light and fluffy,as opposed to its slightly grimy predesessor,the late 70's metal mullet,which is one of the most feared mullets about.
Posted by aG:
I don't know about that huh. Sure there were a lot of fads but a lot of things in the 80's have proven to have more staying power then the 90's.
Posted by Specter:
The 80's is alive in many different places. Hair and music particularly. Without the developments in the 80's, rock wouldn't have had the opportunity to evolve into what it is now. Contributors: Depeche Mode, Nirivana, Pearl Jam, The Fixx, and many others. Oh, and lets not forget ATARI! Yeah baby, Centipede! But it was good to see the 80's go and give flavor for the next decade. Turn into the 90's. And the God awful new millenium.
Posted by Soledragon:
I had forgotten about Skidz. Stupid looking pants, but sooooooooo comfortable.
Posted by Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!":
God, the 80's sure were a disposable decade.
Posted by yvonne:
it's taken me 12 yrs. to realize the 80's are gone!!!
Posted by CRUE:
There's only one indelible impression and that's simply: CRUE, CRUE, CRUE,CRUE. I can still hear the chanting of 50,000 strong gyrating to that name. Besides that it was the era of atrocious hairdos???
Posted by aG:
ATARI and the little square pacman.. man that takes me back.. going to the roller rink to scam on girls in 6th and 7th grade.. kizzymarie, you just jarred my memory and now visions of Huey Lewis and News, cut-up sweatshirts, neon, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Izod shirts, Frozen Yogart and leg warmers will be in my nightmares tonight!
Posted by kizzymarie:
Rollerskatings and and cuffing your jeans always sticks out in my head. oh yeah and atari. (sorry if i spelled that wrong)
Posted by SMIC:
no there were Jeeps and Scouts and Bronco's but the SUV phenomenon is new as a family car soccer mom driving machine. People had vans or wagons as family cars The older jeeps and scouts were rough not the luxury cruisers of today. We had a big ass van with a retactable dining table and an Impala
Posted by GREENMUSE:
now THATS what bad ass vans are about!my dad had an old dodge van,not much nifty bout it,but it did have diamond shaped side windows,and matching roof vent.right now it sits in wv rusting away,slowly becoming one with the earth,perhaps giving shelter to passing hobos.
Posted by ShroomDevil:
The 80s still live on with us through high school textbooks.
Posted by eddie:
we used to have an 83 chevy van with ground effects, captain chairs, tv, bed, it was sweet we used it to go cross country and to mexico, plus i lost my virginity in that van
Posted by GREENMUSE:
hell yeah,full size vans.none of that mini crap.id love to have one and bring back the custom van craze of the 70's,and early eighties.i wonder were all those bad ass vans went to?
Posted by Trendkill138:
The SUVs of the '80s were Chevy Blazers and Ford Broncos.
Posted by Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!":
Sorry, but The Smashing Pumpkins's music lives on.
Posted by chili:
I can't believe no one remembered LoverBoy ,Billy Idol and Billy Ocean..And I think I had every color headband with legwarmers to match.And number one greatest thing.......NO MINI VANS
Posted by jeff:
Actually SMIC SUVs have been around since the beginning of cars.
Posted by Smic:
I am a child of the 80's bring em back I say, I want to snort coke, drink champagne and drve a 325i convertible. where I grew up the 80's were a beautiful beautiful thing conspicuous consumtion at its finest, not quite the same as the tech boom of the 90's which was sort of nerdy. The 80's were about big wasteful beautiful and ultmately distructive things and when they ended and everybody had to sell thier boats and drive japaneese again..switch to pot and beer... well it sucked. Did not survive from my 80's Izod Tennis Whites, seedy Times Square, Punk The East Village, hot Christy Brinkley, rocking Metallica, Artists in SOHO Things we did not have: SUV? What's that? Internet? Computers are for nerds (remember Logo anyone?) Abercrobie was for old WASPs, Starbucks...
Posted by Smic:
Dude looks like a lady! sadly Aerosmith did escape the 80's
Posted by GREENMUSE:
i had an 86 new yorker,a tr00 pimp machine that had a digital speedometer,and it talked.whatever happened to talking cars?everyone felt like michael knight with a talking car!and ya gotta love the puffy vests,and personally id like to combine the flock of seagulls do with a hellacious mullet,that would be the coolest hair ever.another 80s thing id like to see is dons johnsons "miami vice" look..
Posted by Radio Terrorist:
What about that though Josh, things that didn't escape the 90's..... Parachute Pants, NKOTB, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, the Chicago Bulls, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Teenage Muatant Ninja Turtles, Beavis & Butthead, MTV-X, Mark McGwire, and Leonardo DiCaprio's acting career. LOL. Wow, we sure were dorks in way back in the 90's. Anyone got anything to add?
Posted by Josh:
Does anybody remember parachute pants? or were those early 90's. I sure hate pants.
Posted by ROCKMANIA:
MEMBERS ONLY JACKETS!! HA HA HA. I HAD ONE OF THOSE. REMEMBER THE SLEEVELESS JACKETS??? GARBAGE PAIL KIDS TRADING CARDS, HEATHCLIFF, AND I REMEMBER WHEN MY UNCLE BOUGHT A 1986 CAMARO IROC-Z I THOUGHT IT WAS THE COOLEST CAR IN THE WORLD CUS IT HAD THE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER.
Posted by Bri:
Members only jackets.They were so cool.
Posted by Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!":
below blackstar makes a good point. Remember when they said that Disco was making a comeback. ugh
Posted by Dr Fever:
The Flock Of Seagulls haircut. Granted, Kellys Osbournes faux-hawk thing might replace that one in terms of pure all time sillyness...it's even funnier when you see all the emo kids walking around with the faux hawk. Makes me crack up. Seriously, if they're going to cop a hairstyle..it should be the Flock Of Seagulls thing. Wait, i'm drunk again..damn.
Posted by twistedbeauty:
BIG HAIR! Ugly whorish makeup so much makeup! ugghh!
Posted by GREENMUSE:
for 80's fashion lets not forget vison street wear,skidz,jamz,and the plethora of desgins chuck taylors came in,the prize of my collection was a pair of glow in the dark black and white tiger striped ones.doesnt get more 80's than that!i wish vison still made shoes,they kicked ass.ooh ohh how about members only jackets?i snagged one at a thrift store recently for a buck
Posted by Ms.Q:
Who could forget breakdancing,boom boxes,jellie shoes and jewelry. Ugh. Of course,there was also Dr.Ruth. ;)
Posted by below blackstar:
the "every other decade" theory is just a way of re-hasing old trends into something new (i.e. "retro") so various conglomerates can make your money theirs all over again. in 2010 (assuming the human race doesn't die out by then), the 90's will be kool again. i say screw that, live for the now, not then.
Posted by aG:
Trendkill... you are right. They may still be around but I will forver think of OP as an 80's thing. Gotta love those old cordaroy shots, of course you had to wear them with palm tree Vans! Add Town & Country and Maui & Sons to that list. I totally forgot about those until you mentioned it.
Posted by Ms.Q:
A definite mark of the eighties are the Brat pack. Also Aquanet and Big hair.
Posted by Trendkill138:
I think I still see Hobie and OP at stores occasionally, I just haven't seen many people wearing them lately. Are they still popular with surfers? Of course, there's always a chance that you're joking.
Posted by kwisto:
Trendkill138, man, I bought an OceanPacific shirt like, one month ago...
Posted by Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!":
The only good things about Twisted Sister is "We're Not Gonna Take It" (timeless anthem of rebellion), Dee Snider's intelligent and witty testimony before the PMRC, and the fact that the members themselves had some great personalities.
Posted by nobody:
I think I'll never forget tiwsted sister now those guys looked like ladys..that what I will always remember about them..haha did they look funny
Posted by Trendkill138:
Desmond Child wrote "Thong Song"? That's freakin' hilarious! What talent! But back to the topic at hand, does anybody remember the clothing lines Ocean Pacific, Hobie, or Panama Jack? Those reek of the '80s.
Posted by aG:
You are completely right Rory. Please tell me what to think. I want to walk around in ignorance just like you. seriously, I don't claim to know everything man, they asked why I was goofin on Bon Jovi and made the point about their songwriting so I just responded. watch rock n roll jeopardy and you too can enter into rock n roll debates!
Posted by Rory:
Jesus Christ ag! Can't anyone win an arguement with you? Dude you must not do much in your free time to have all the time to know all this useless crap about music. who in the hell cares who wrote songs that became hits and who knows this crap?
Posted by aG:
It was a joke people, relax. Although Bon Jovi never did it for me, I will say they were a lot better than some of the other bands of that period, for whatever that's worth. Songwriting? Hum, I don't know, Bon Jovi's songwriting never blew my mind but their hits were well crafted to be just that. Not sure who gets the most credit there, Bon Jovi or Desmond Child. You have to remember Desmond Child sure did churn out the hits there in the 80's too, Bon Jovi, KISS (heaven's on fire, hide your heart, I was made for loving you).., Joan Jett (hate myself for loving you), hell he wrote or co-wrote most of Aerosmith's hits (dude looks like a lady, angel, crazy, etc...) but then you have to remember some of crimes desmond is responsible for in the 90's and on.. Ricky Martin (la vida loca, she bangs), sisqo (thong song), hanson (weird). so just giving credit where credit is do.
Posted by showmeyourboobs :
the hot chick was a dude?
Posted by me:
i agree with mr huh... bon jovi kicks ass
Posted by Mr. huh? saying, "My Generation Sucks!":
How dare you criticize Bon Jovi. Those guys wrote a some great material with stuff like the Slippery When Wet album.
Posted by GREENMUSE:
gotta love mr.t!and how true antiguy,who didnt look inside the cover of poison's open up and say ahh..and didnt think at lteast one of those girls..er guys was kinda hot!those were the days..too bad i was a little too young to know what was really going on.
Posted by Soledragon:
3 people: David Lee Roth, Molly Ringwald, and Corey Feldman
