15
Jul
2010
What do you miss most about the 1980′s?
Neon clothing • one-hit-wonders • big hair • Spandex • Prince • Mount Saint Helens • Say Anything • Atari • Challenger • Yugo • Titanic discovery • Ms. • Boy George • Ethiopia • Thriller • Terms of Endearment • Star Wars • E.T. • keyboard synthesizer • drum machine • Duran Duran • MTV • A-Team • Knight Rider • Magnum P.I. • Pac-Man • Perms • Mullet • Leg warmers • Shoulder Pads • Ray-Ban sunglasses • Jean Jackets • Madonna • Rubik’s cube • BMX bikes • Michael J. Fox • Rick Astley • Steven Spielberg • George Lucas • James Cameron • Dynasty • Track suits • Doc Martens • Miami Vice • Rick Rolling
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I miss the smell of Kodak film.
My figure.
Ronald Reagan
Watching disco die. And bell bottoms. Well, they were still cool to me. And the Rockford Files.
I posted the same question at Linkedin this morning and got these responses from the LinkedSeattle group:
“Travel was soooo much easier…” – Paul Bailey
“Definitely the music!” – Darla Holterman
“MTV the way it used to be.” – Nick Jonathan
“Not much frankly.” – Mark Lipsky
“Music.” – Ally Wangsness
I’d have to echo “music”. It seems like 80′s music leaned hard on melody whereas today most music is dominated by rhythm (of which I am also a fan). I get a kick out of watching the total disconnect between the lyrics of 80′s music and the music videos they produced. Ex. Rick Astley sings about love and commitment while guys flip around in empty buildings and bounce of chain link fences. Mass cool.
The SMURFS
Some other Saturday morning picks were
He-Man
The Ewoks
GI Joe
Gummi Bears
Jem
Hulk Hogan’s Rockin Wrestling
Inspector Gadget was an after-school fave. “Go, go gadget arms!”
Well, first I was a kid and didn’t have to work for a living!
new wave music
2nd the Smurfs
people not being so easily offended over the silliest stuff.
underoos
the all-american hero
the real spiderman series
being bigger than my little brother!
I asked the same question at Linkedin and have seen some enthusiastic responses – see them here: http://tinyurl.com/2cycw34
This question is currently the second most popular discussion in the Linked:Seattle group.
Ronald Reagan. And maybe Margaret Thatcher.
That’s it.