REMEMBERING THE 80'S

I loved living through the 80's. Life seemed much more simple back then. Remember when we used to actually pick up a phone to talk to one another, or just stop in for a visit...now we text.  Remember when we paid cash for just about everything...now it's debit cards and visa. So many things have changed, but one thing is certain, it was a great decade that left its mark in music, movies, videos, toys, fashion, etc. 

A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE

80's Fashion: It's said that the clothing in the 80's depicted people who were trying to find themselves. They looked for ways to express their creativity and individuality. Men wore heavy makeup and grew their hair long. Women wore big hair and layers of clothing.

Parachute pants                                              Sunkissed hair                                                                                                    

Skin-tight acid washed jeans                       Blue Eyeshadow

Leg Warmers                                                   Fingerless Gloves

Miniskirts                                                         Teased Hair

Oversized tops                                                 Headbands

Hightop Sneakers                                           Swatch Watches

Jean Jackets                                                    Jellies

Aviator Jackets                                               Slouch Socks

Jumpsuits                                                        Huge Earrings

Spandex                                                             Ray-Ban Aviator Glasses

Neon                                                                 Hair Bows

Big Shoulder Pads                                         Big Belts

80's Music:  I had cassette tapes full of 80's music that I used to listen to all the time on my walkman or my ghetto blaster. "Good Stuff".

Michael Jackson                                               Aerosmith

Madonna                                                           Pat Benatar

Bon Jovi                                                             Paula Abdul

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts                          The Police

Go-Go's                                                              Sheena Easton

Cyndi Lauper                                                    Thompson Twins

Prince                                                                 Loverboy

Men at Work                                                     Journey

Duran Duran                                                     The Cars

Culture Club                                                      Bruce Springsteen

Glass Tiger                                                        Hall & Oats

80's Movies:  A few of my first memories of watching movies in the theater, were in the 80's. Some of the very first movies I went to were E.T., Star Wars, Gremlins and Ghostbusters.

Back to the Future                                           Ferris Buellers Day Off

The Breakfast Club                                          Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Dirty Dancing                                                    Pretty in Pink

Footloose                                                            The Goonies

Flashdance                                                         Top Gun

80's Television:  As far as I can remember, there were more programs geared towards the young adult audience than there is today, such as The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, Different Strokes,  Full House and Roseanne. It was a wonderful time for being a kid. Other shows included:

Happy Days                                                       Three's Company

Laverne & Shirley                                             Fraggle Rock

Alice                                                                    The Incredible Hulk

Golden Girls                                                       Dallas

One Day at a Time                                            The Love Boat

Fantasy Island                                                   Miami Vice

Dynasty                                                              Littlest Hobo

80's Toys: I didn't have cabbage patch kids, but some of my friends did. In fact, the only toys listed below that I owned were barbies, skip it and hungry hungry hippos.

Cabbage Patch Kids                                         Transformers

Barbies                                                                Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Pound Puppies                                                   Pogo Ball

Care Bears                                                          Slinky

Skip It                                                                 Hungry Hungry Hippos

Strawberry Shortcake Dolls                            Rainbow Brite

80's Past Times:  Not sure about everyone else, but some of the things my friends and I used to do:

Rollerskating                                                      Swimming

Bike Riding                                                         Play 7-Up

Hopscotch                                                           Skipping

Skateboarding                                                    Video Games

Concerts                                                              Shopping

80's Sayings:

"Gag me with a spoon"                                     "Totally Awesome"

"Rad"                                                                   "Gnarly"

"Like, oh my God!"                                            "Gross me out"

80's Technology:

Commodore 64                                                   Fax Machines                                                

Video Game Consoles                                        Synthesizer

Walkman                                                             CD-Rom

Boombox                                                             Cell Phones

VHS                                                                      Cable Television

80's Significant World Events:

*John Lennon assassinated

*Beginning of AIDS pandemic

*Famine in Ethiopia occured

*Challenger Space Shuttle explodes

*DNA first used to Convict Criminals

*New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge drop on "Black Monday"

*Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

*U.S. Bombs Libya

*Assassination attempt on the Pope

Doing this blog brought back so many "totally awesome" memories of the 80's for me. I know for some, the 80's was just a time of bad hair and bad style, but to me "you never lived unless you lived through the 80's." 

xoxo