The Reasons for Children of the 80s to Feel Old
* I was just reading the History Channel website, and on my EXACT birthday (October 19, 1982) John DeLorean (yes, the guy who created that awesome car!) was arrested in a Los Angeles, California, airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine.
* I share my birthday with the Panic on Wall Street on October 19, 1987. I was 5 years old.
* Correction to someone's statement above, Clint Howard was not Chaka on The Land Of The Lost TV series...it was Phillip Paley. Also that was a show from the 1970's, but it did run often in 80's syndication. (great lil' show)
* Why is it that 15 and 16 year olds always think they are the first 15 and 16 year olds to ever walk the face of the Earth? Even if they had older brothers and sisters who they remember being teenagers, they still think they are the first 16 year olds. But you never see anyone thinking they are the first 30 year olds to be on Earth.
* What makes me feel old is when younger kids have no idea what the ninja turtles, care bears or gummi bears were! and why dont they no what swing tops and 'wimpy' takkies are (south african thing!)? I think my little sister, who was born in the 90's has more fashion sense than i ever did at that age, they just dont no what its like to have a really unfashionable childhood!
* I used to feel like I was the odd ball when i would be in one of those reminiscent conversations about being a child of the 80's...talking about Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony etc. (the shows that had movies that were still watched in the 90's)...and i say, "Yeah I liked Fraggle Rock. That dog was so damn cute." And my fellow high school attendees would stare in bewilderment...and ask me what is Fraggle Rock. I would get the urge to strangle these children who could recite Big Bird from a cheap show from the beginning of time...but had no idea what Fraggle Rock was...insane I tell you...but I am in college now...good old 1985 baby right here...and loving it...and one of my class mates actually knew what Fraggle Rock was...i almost sobbed with joy...so now I do not play the part as the odd ball...I am just plain aging...BUT i am a child of the 80's...and that is something to be proud of...
* Here's a REAL nostalgia trip for ya. This morning, my mom told me she made 5-Alive. You know, the frozen, concentrated juice with the 5 different citrus flavors in the tin can you kept in the freezer? I haven't had that since the late 80s!!!!!
* Born in '85 and lovin it! I could not ask for a better time to be born. in my opinion, any kid born in the 80's had an advantage. Altho after '85 it kind of went downhill...but thats another story involving the Grade 12s this year at my old high school...man are they skanky! But anyways! My friends and I, every once in awhile, sit and reminisce(is that how you spell it?) about good times growin up. Things like Gem, He-Man and She-Ra, orininal Ninja Turtles(I think this is 80's...I'm very sorry if I am mistaken), My Little Pony, etc. The entertainment wasnt the only great thing about the 80's. When you were a kid then, you were allowed to be a kid. You woke up in the morning and the first thing in your mind was "today I'm gonna go play on that new dirt pile out front!" and you threw on some sweatpants that rode up your ankles and an old mickey mouse t-shirt and you went! You didnt wake up and think "does that pink shirt match those flared jeans?" like it seems kids today must think. I mean, these children are being seriously deprived!!!!! Who cares what you wear or what your hair looks like when youre 5?! Go play! be a kid! Enjoy it! That is completely what i loved about the 80's-you didnt have to care, you were out there, as a kid, to have fun and be a kid. I wish that would come back...cuz I really feel bad for kids today.
* I graduated grade 8 in 1986 and wore an exact replica of Don Johnson/Sonny Crockett - White pants, pink shirt, white jacket, and white beach shoes with the little tiny holes in them. I graduated high school in 1991 and went to my high school reunion this year. I started to feel old when I and a lot of the other people started whipping out pictures of their kids and showing them off. I thought that was something that only OLD people
* Care Bear cousins, anyone?????
* To the person who told me it won't be downhill till 24 yrs old (I'm the 21-year old), THANK YOU!!!! I feel MUCH better now!!!!!!
* I remember watching Beta tapes on our old Beta Tape player, and now VHS Tapes are becoming out of style! I remember when our family first got our first VHS. I also find myself reminising about watching "Gummi Bears", and complain how kids born in the 1990s are ignorant when they say Gummi Bears were only a kind of candy and never a cartoon show. Now in the news, I remember when Marion Barry was arrested for drug charges, and I also remember when George Bush Sr. was elected president. To people born in 1987 and later, I was already in school by then. Well I was born in late 1983, I'll be 20 on November 22nd. I feel sorry for those born in 1987 and after.
* I can remember the 80's from 1984. I was really into arcade games and back to the future. The 80's were the best periud ever !
* Firstly, I was born in 1982 and am now 21 years old.. i am starting to feel old because: - I am no longer classified as a teenager (even though I was one in 2000!) and all the teenagers today were born in 1985, 86, 87, 88 even 1990 for christs sake! these kids were years below me in school - i still picture them as little primary school kiddies, not blossoming teenagers! its very odd going into a teen chat room and see ppl born in 86 or 87... - someone else mentioned this, but i'll mention it again - although i am 21 i look very young for my age (could and DO get mistaken for being only 15 years old). u see 17/18 year old kids twice your size, they look older than me, but i have to remember WAIT! they look around 17 or 18, so they are like 3-4 years younger than me at least despite i look "younger" than them and they probably assume they are older than me.. like they refer to u as "buddy" or "champ" like you are their younger brother, but i think "hang on this guy was born in 85, 86 or 87 while i was born in 82..." u kinda feel outta place if u still look like a teen when u are infact in your early twenties! - A teenager born in 1990! That is extremely hard to get my head around!! Soooo god damn young
* To a post below, I have thought the same thing about getting "revenge". I have often thought our best revenge will be seeing the 90's and early 00's become retro and ancient. And then we can watch these kids around now squirm with discomfort when a kid born in 1997 or 1998 says, "I wasn't even alive in 1996!", or "Puhaleeze! OMG I was only like 5 or 6 years old in 2003!" "Get away from me you old people!" And they will know what it's like to see a kid born in 2002 be in middle school and talking about high school. It will happen to these kids sooner then they think, by the years of 2009-2013, since 1999 was when most of us noticed the 80's becoming ancient. There are already kids around born in 1991 and 1992 that are in middle school and barely remember the real 90's. Muhahhaahaha, it will be sweet revenge. Ofcourse WE will be even older too, we'll be full blown "parent figures" by then...sadly.
* I was at the mall earlier this week looking for legwarmers. My friends and I have decided to be "ladies of the 80's" for Hallowe'en--basically dressing up like the teenagers we idolized as kids but were never allowed to be. Anyway, I walked into a sock/jewellery store and asked the clerk if she knew of any stores that might carry legwarmers or slouch socks. The clerk looked at me like I was nuts until I explained what these items are. Before this, I've never thought 24 was old!
* The best thing about the 80's is that it didn't seem like many non-White Anglos had any kind of big hang ups about listening to "White boy music". I'm of Latino descent, and I remember back then it seemed like everyone was usually listening to most everything. No Mexican had any problems listening to the so called "White boy music". Even a lot of Black people listened to the so called "White boy" stuff. But by the early 1990's when grunge came out with the likes of Pearl Jam, it seems like everything got fragmented into grunge/alternative lovers, and those who soley listened to gangsta rap, R&B and Tejano to protect some stupid image. It's still like that now. It makes me feel old, to think back to the 80's and remember a time when Hispanics, Asians and Indians seemed to freely listen to INXS, Depeche Mode, Guns N' Roses, etc, etc...without any fear of being labelled a sell out. I guess a lot of it had to do with the fact that White people made really good music in the 1980's, and it was hard not to admit that WAS GOOD.
* Not exactly being a child of the 80's I was born in 87. I do remember the Super Mario craze. Also my Grandma and Grandpa built the house I live in , in 1981, being around the whole 80's 90's and today.
* i was teaching my 10th grade class, and the topic of hurricanes came up. i asked them if they remembered the hurricane of 1993, but they were all just silent. then i asked them how old they were in 93, and they said 5. i graduated college in 1993 and they were only 5?! that makes me feel old, especially knowing they were born in 1988!!
* full house is on the oldie station!! i watched full house and im only 15...how can it be on the oldie station already?
* Just wanted to add a few things from the 80's I missed seeing on the Vh1 thing. Don't know if anyone remembers Poochie, the pink eared dog, Herself the Elf, Monchichi's, or even Kid's Incorporated. Just some thoughts to ponder.
* When Heather Locklear and Brooke Shields became nice looking "older ladies". Locklear is 40 and Shields is 38.
* It's really downhill after 24 or 25, not 21. In terms of losing youth anyway. When you know you are closer to being a 30 year old then a 19 or 20 year old, that's when you know it's just downhill and you painfully find out that you have a generation gap on your younger side. So to the person who is 21, you still have at least 3 years left before you start feeling it. But look on the bright side, being in your 20's or 30's is a helluva lot better then being 50, 60, or 70.
* When I tried to place an order for "Garfield Christmas" through the video store I work at, my boss told me it was on moratorium (meaning its out of print). She said it is most likely because it is an older Christmas special. OLDER?! It's from 1987!!!!!
* I recently mentioned how I turned 21 and knew it was all gonna go downhill from there. My aunt confirmed my horrific discovery last night when she got on the phone with me to wish me a happy 21st., and told me that it's all downhill from here. Jeez, you turn to your family for comfort from your fears, not confirmation!!!!!
* The mellow feeling of the 80's...the music...pacman,rubix cube,clothes,camp grounds and arcades and the feeling that you thought the world was gonna be that way forever..that's what the eighties were...i love the memories.
* You know you're old when you say that the Rolling Stones weren't really old in the 80's.
* The entire decade of the 90's made me feel older. My only revenge will be in seeing the 90's become ancient. 1978 and 1987 were very fine years and Sonny & Cher were the coolest!
* Does anybody remember the cartoon "The Snorkels".
* You know you are really old if you remember the cartoon "Dungeons and Dragons".
* When you remember Clint Howard was "Chaka" from "Land of the Lost".
* Well, it finally happened--I turned 21 this past Sunday. Talk about a real backslide into feeling pretty darn old. And if that's not enough, VH1 began airing "I Love the 80s Strikes Back" the night after my 21st birthday.
* Kids' WB airs reruns of "The Littles." I'm serious--it is the OLDEST cartoon in their weekend line-up (and it's only from 20 years ago)!!!!
* strawberry shortcake,care bears,my little pony,smurfs,muppet babies i loved all of these titles i have a little girl and every thing you have said is so true.iwould love it so much if they brought all the old stuff back the write strawberry shortcake thanks
* I was born in 1980. I remember almost everything. Best years of my life. As for the Denver the Last Dinosaur post: Not only do I remember it but I remember the theme song too. Am I that pathetic?
* I don't really feel that old, but it's weird to think how much time has passed and all that has happened. A true Gen-X'er/80's kid, born in '69 to Boomers, childhood in the 70's, teenager in the 80's, young adult in the 90's. I remember KISS with make-up, reruns of Star Trek and The Brady Bunch, a mock election in school where we had to vote for Carter or Ford, had my parents talk to me to help me explain what was going on with the Iranian hostage crisis. I remember the night we got a gift of money from one of my father's relatives, and bought a microwave AND an Atari console from Sears. I rented not only VCR's but Betamax machines as well, and thought those would take off more because the tapes were smaller. I watched Fast Times At Ridgemont High on Beta and WORSHIPPED Jeff Spicoli. I remember the impact AIDS had on the country and on so many lives. I spent hours in 7-11 on video games, and was even told by an older woman once that those games were a product of the Devil (I do live in Texas!). I remember watching the beginning of Buck Rogers and thinking that 1987 (the year he took off) was a long way away. Wore nothing but black heavy metal t-shirts for a couple of years. Drove my dad crazy with Ozzy and Twisted Sister albums - not CD's. Had my first kiss while Chicago's "Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry" was playing and relive the moment whenever I hear it. I'm sure I was wearing topsider shoes with no socks then. I remember the day our history teacher came in and told us about the Challenger explosion. Graduated in '88 and joined the military, when Russia was known as the Soviet Union. Served during the end of the Cold War, Panama, and Desert Storm. I'll be 34 next month. Made a lot of mistakes and have had a lot of insight. But I don't feel old, and I don't yearn for years past. I'm college-educated, have a decent paying job that makes a difference in the world. Have a great girlfriend I'm living with. I have two great god-children. I'm old enough that my parents sometimes come to me for advice. I didn't end up as a member or Motley Crue like I wanted to be when I was 14, but I guess it didn't end up too badly. I didn't become old and bitter, and I didn't stay a kid like I was. I sort of gelled and evolved into something between the two. I have memories, both good and bad, but I really like my 30's thus far - age is a state of mind.
* Do arcades even exist today?
* You remember when Duran Duran was cool.
* You have been trying to tell yourself that that 30 won't be so bad, and you are rethinking what you used to think of 40 year olds. Remember what nearly everyone thinks when they are growing up as kids: 30 is middle age and 40 and over is old.
* 1983 was 20 years ago. And 1993 was 10 years ago. 'nuff said.
* You start calling people 6+ years younger then you "young men and young women" instead "those kids".
* A friend of mine that works with children says that most kids born after 1992 look at those of us born in the 1970's as parental figures. Which unfortunately does make sense and was expected. He says the kids born in the very very early 90's know we are socially a bit too young to be their parents, and infact are usually relaxed with us in the more sibling way that kids born in the 80's are. But according to my friend nearly all kids born after 1992 look at those of us born in the 70's as "the adults". Makes sense, especially if they have a mom that is only 25 or 26. Now that reality check kinda adds a good 10 or 15 years to your psyche doesn't it? Just to know that there is a generation of kids/teens on the horizon that will undoubtedly look at you as a parent, whether you like it or not.
* Want to feel old? Last week at work an eighteen year old co-worker told me he has never seen "The Breakfast Club", NEVER heard of the "Brat Pack", and has never seen "Meatballs", and to make matters worse we started to talk about transformers and when I told him in the original cartoons Megatron turned into a giant gun, his response was "that is so sissy". I always thought Megatron was cool, and I would like to hear from those of you who feel the same.
* 10 years ago back in 1993, it was the other way around. In the early 90's it was the 70's that was 14-20+ years ago, not the 80's. And people that grew up in the 70's were the ones feeling old because the 70's had turned into a retro decade. And back in 1993, those of us born in the 70's were still thought to be a bunch of no good young punk teenagers. I think that's what is kinda scary about getting older, the way you switch roles in a blink of an eye. 10 years went by so quick, lot of stuff from the early 90's are almost as old as the 80's. I mean Nirvana is "that old band". Pearl Jam has been yesterday's news for at least 4 or 5 years now, and that's being gracious. Tupac is the dead gangsta guy that only die hard rap fans remember, and Jurrassic Park is a 10 year old flick. I've heard that the next 10 years will go by even faster...from our perspective anyway. I'm sure a 15 year old in 2013 will think that 2003 was a really really long ass time ago. As I write this, I'm still only 28. I can honestly call myself young, just barely,...but still "young". I'm not yet in the "well I'm not old" category. Sigh....not yet anyway. Imagine what being 50, 60, or 70 will be like?
* Because I turn 20 next month, and people laugh at me when I look positively on old video games and new wave music. Even 80s country music is unlikable. The only thing people are willing to look back and accept is Reagan's administration. Listen to Walk Like An Egyptian and I see a silly, fun song. Haven't seen one of those in today's pop lately. Oh yeah and I don't think children of the 80s swear nearly as much as children of the 90s.
* There are a lot of children around today that look at Eddie Murphy as a Mr. Rogers, Captain Kangaroo, wholesome family man type of actor that is middle aged. They have NO IDEA or concept of the cooler and younger foul mouthed comedian that Eddie Murphy was back in the 1980's. It's as crazy to them as it would have been to us if we found out that Seasame Street's Gordon used to be a pimp daddy back in the 60's.
* I saw an old episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. How old was it? Bob Saget was the host, and there was a video of a guy in a Vanity Smurf costume hugging a kid at an amusement park that knocks another kid over!!!!
* Oh geez, I refused to give into CD's when they first came out. I swore by tapes until around 1997 or so...still resisting DVD's. Hopefully, they will keep releasing movies on VHS.
* Remember the adventures of Danger Mouse?
* I own several WORKING Commodore 64's and QUITE a few games, they may be ancient, but they still rock. Oh, yeah and speaking of something I read toward the top of this page, I was addicted to video games at about the age of 12 or 13 and I was born in 1975, so as for the statement that kids weren't caught up in video games until about 8 years ago... HAH!
* I listened to vinyl. I had pong. I watched the assassination attempt of Regan on t.v. I even saw Star Wars at the theater when it first came out. We used commodore64 computers in school(remenber those!) Now thats old!!!
* I am 18 years (born 1985, the best 80's year). My cousin who is 10 has never heard of back to the future!!!!!! OMG i yelled at him! And i can also buy tobacco products. time flies when your havin fun! go 80's generation! mr robato lives on
* Well, I will start off by saying Kirk Cameron turned 33 the other day and he has 6 kids!! Looking back and remembering when President Reagan was shot really makes me feel old, especially when i see the footage on TV. I love my atari, Missle Command was the best!! We too rented VCR's, hard to imagine. I was born in 1975 and I can pretty well remember things from 78/79 upward. So almost anything mentioned on this board makes me feel really old. The thing that really gets me though is the kids born in 89 upward thinking they feel old!!
* I was born in 1988 but my family had stuff from the 80s like our cars were a 1986 ford escort wagon and a 1983 malibu our electronics were from the 80s we had a commodore 64 i spilled soda on it a nintendo that we still use alot we did get rid of the escort but bought another escort in 1997 and the malibu died on us and we bought a used 1997 escort. i have a collection of 80s electronics a alarm clock. but for making u feel old is that all of the things mentioned here are almost 20 years old now.
* I thought I was going to be a kid forever.
* Kids these days have never heard of the greatest toys, Rainbow Brite, Care Bears. What the Hell is going on with Strawberry shortcake in jeans, everyone knows she wears a skirt. I Died when I saw Our strawberry Shortcake being sold as the "Vintage" version.
* you guys need to shut up. you make the 80s sound like they were 100 years ago, and it makes me not feel old, but like a baby (i was born two weeks after the 80s ended).
* My Advertising class was talking about how VH1 was "your parents' MTV" in the 1980s, and how we are now watching more VH1, because the programming quality is much better, and they're airing stuff WE like (examples: "I Love the 80s" and "I Love the 70s," "25 Greatest Commercials"). The programming is much better and more geared to our tastes, unlike MTV, which is a fickle "flavor-of-the-moment" network.
* My Advertising class was talking about how VH1 was "your parents' MTV" in the 1980s, and how we are now watching more VH1, because the programming quality is much better, and they're airing stuff WE like (examples: "I Love the 80s" and "I Love the 70s," "25 Greatest Commercials"). The programming is much better and more geared to our tastes, unlike MTV, which is a fickle "flavor-of-the-moment" network.
* You know, it was actually cool to play songs that people like George Harrison and Paul Simon sang in the 1980s on MTV. You're lucky if you see them on VH1 now.
* Crystal Pepsi
* When History Is Repeating Itself With The Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake,and When You Walk Into An Antique Store And The Glasses We Used To Get At Mcdonalds Ya Know The Ones With Flintstones,the Muppets, And So On, Are Sitting On A Shelf For Sale.that's When You Know You Are Getting Old!
* I was born in 1982 so I don't really remember too much from the 80s as I was 8 when they ended but i definitly remember all the Nickelodeon shows. Those were awesome!
* This is one for all the people in the Memphis area, remember how FM 100 played all the old people's music and now "they play today's best mix". Can you believe it when Ron Oleson now says "lets play some Avril Lavigne". Where is that old folks home at?
* Remember the tag line for Transformers: The Movie? "Beyond Good. Beyond Evil. Beyond your wildest imagination! Coming to theaters everywhere--Summer 1986". When I saw a little kid play with the current 2000's version of the Transformers, I remembered the ORIGINALS that our generation had back in the 80's.
* I've been on a nostalgia trip, playing Mario All-Stars for Super Nintendo (don't ask...). I was playing Super Mario Bros. one night, and thinking about how great it was to play this a long time ago, but the bad thing is still remembering where all the warp zones are.
* F***ing Sh*t! I hate getting older! It just sucks to get older after you're 22 or 23.
* An 11 year old 6th grade kid born in 1992 asked me who George Michael was. Born in 1992, damn I just can't get over that. Here's a kid who obviously wasn't even alive in the 80's, but she's also a kid who wouldn't even know much about the 90's, beyond like 1998 or 1999 anyway. (yes I'm still "young" and an under 30 Gen Xer, but being asked that question, by a BABY born in the 90's, was a splash of freezing cold reality water that woke me up to my own mortality)
* "I feel the need, the need for speed!!" I was five when my mom made my older sister and her friends take me with them to see TOP GUN. Yes, I was wearing Geranimals. Who remembers those?
* i was born in 1988, and when i was reading this page i was quite enjoying myself as i was thinking, "at least im not at the age old enough to write on here", until some people were writing who were born in the 1990's! I feel old now!!
* I see all these kids born in 1987, 1988, and 1989 on here and I am scratching my head in confusment on how they feel old or what they could possibly remember from the 80's. This is especially true for the kids born in the 90's that weren't even alive in the 80's that are coming on to this page for some mysterious reason. Hell they're the reason we all feel so damn old! Here's a little test to see if you really grew up in the 1980's:--You remember at least fairly vividly, the years of 1981/1982 to 1987. You remember before the Nintendo craze of the late 80's, i.e. the Atari 2600. You remember the year 1984, come on you HAVE to remember at least SOMETHING from this year to qualify as one of us old timers. 1984 was the year that personified the 80's. You remember when most people born in the 1960's were under the age of 25, or even younger...under 20 or under 18 minors. If you can't remember when someone like Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Marty Mcfly, or Alex P. Keaton were teenage kids, then you were never really around for the 80's. Hell I even remember when people born in the early 60's were still like older teenagers in the early 80's. I was in kindergarten, but I remember. Those guys are middle aged and in their 40s now.
* Does anyone else feel that the "Return of the Jedi", that we grow up with was way better than the 1997 Special Edition that George Lucas gave us? Come on that scene in Jabba's Palace looked like one of those crappy videos that MTV occasionally plays.
* I was applying for a student loan last month, and when I was going through the paper work with the financial aid officer at my college I asked him if I had to put down if I was of military age,...since I thought of myself as still being "young". He said no, I was over 24, an "older student" and too old for the military. I'm 26. From what I've read technically anyone up to the age of 35 is still young enough for the military, but they don't come after guys over the age of 24 or 25 the way they do the 18-22 age bracket. He proved it to me by punching something on the computer and saying, "See it didn't even ask for you to be enlisted, you're too old for that". I really felt super old that day, and I remember thinking about being closer to 30 then 18 or 19 that whole week. That was one of the WORST FEELINGS I've ever had; knowing I'm not a kid anymore.
* You were born in the '70s.
* Remember those less famous and more obscure 80's network sitcoms like "Mr. Belvedere" and "The Hogan Family"? (when they originally aired ofcourse)
* We will automatically date ourselves to the younger generations when we talk about the 80's and 90's and say....."Remember back in 19-", since we are now past the year 2000 and kids will primarily know only life in the new millienium. When you start off saying, "back in 19--" instead of "back in 20--", the kids and younger generations will instantly know we are on the older side and part of the grown up crowd.
* Actually I remember thinking Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" movie video looked cheesy back in 1988 as a 12 year old kid. So if I remember thinking that back then, then I think it's always had bad special effects. Joe Pesci was total ham in that thing. 15 years is unfortunately "a very long time time ago". I remember what a I thought about 1973 back in 1988 as a 12 year old.
* You go to mini-marts to buy soda and see the date to buy smokes and the year is the same year my younger sister was born in.
* Hill's was where the toys were...
* Hey, my parents rented a VCR too! The 7-11 in Iselin, Woodbridge Twp., New Jersey rented VCRs and videos. My parents needed it on Saturday nights because they were saddled with twin infants (myself and my brother).
* I watched "Moonwalker" at work last night at the insistance of one of the girls I work with (I'll be 21 on October 19, she'll be 23 on October 21). God, the cheesy special effects make it look ancient. And it's really NOT ancient...it's only from 1988! Pretty good movie through.
* I am 22(born in 1981). I watched some of the Nick Game Shows when I was a child.
* You were born before the year 1981, and are AT LEAST 23 years of age. Face it, you ain't a kid anymore.
* When I became an "adult" or "grown-up".
* Remember when Pee Wee's Playhouse was the show to watch on Saturday mornings? I was born Feb. of 1980 and remember most everything from 1981 onward. I remember seeing the Challanger crash on TV in kindergarten, I remember when Mask was the cartoon to watch, and when my older brother gave me his Atari 2600 because he had just gotten the brand new Sega Master System with Outrun. Practicing break-dancing on the kitchen floor in a Michael Jackson Jacket was always fun. I tutored 5th graders last year and they don't have a clue what any of these things were.
* I was born in 1990 and I know what a f#%K!*G cassette tape is! Kids born between '97 and '92 are not idiots! The only people who won't know what a cassette tape is are those born after '95 or so. VCRS were used well into the 90s, although I admit I did not know what a Betamax tape is, but I know what a record is, I'm not an idiot.
* I was born in 1990 and I know what a f#%K!*G cassette tape is! Kids born between '97 and '92 are not idiots! The only people who won't know what a cassette tape is are those born after '95 or so. VCRS were used well into the 90s, although I admit I did not know what a Betamax tape is, but I know what a record is, I'm not an idiot.
* Am I the only one who think the fashions of today Suck. Thank God my child is only 2 yrs. I graduated from Thurston High school, in 1987. (Yes that Thurston High School). And at least the kids back then looked cute. Now everyone looks skanky. I dearly hope that when my son is old enough, people will be wearing tight Jeans again. (Thank you Marshall Ferris, for the nice view back then.)
* I'm 13 and I don't look nor feel old, but here is a loathing thought 4U: in two years 1980 will be a quarter of a CENTURY ago!! And 1983 is a fith of a CENTURY AGO! And the 80s is no longer ten years ago, it is 13+ to 23+ years ago, the core years are 15+ to 22+ years ago, and 1990, which wasn't even in the technical 80s was 13 years ago! By the way, 80s children should NOT feel old. That is unhealthy. That kid born in 1990 does NOT feel old. I am him. Actually he wishes he was born three weeks earlier so he could be born in '89. One more thing: decades blend together. Some stuff from '80-'82 is very 70s, some stuff from '78-'79 is very eighties, some stuff from '89 (aka the Simpsons and Milli Vanilli) is very 90s, some stuff from '90-'91 is very eighties. About the core years of the 90s, I would say they started in '92 with nirvana's teen spirit (a sweet song) and ended in '96, when music started sounding like total felgercarb. I love 80s music, by the way, and I can be and 80s child no less than someone born in '88 or '89.
* I'm sick and tired of hearing how "innocent" and "more simple" the 1980's were. I was there, I remember the 80's and my memories are that that time was just like it is now. People acted no different, OK some social customs were different, but people certainly weren't magically more innocent and pure. Tell me how humanity became so corrupted from December 31, 1989 to say anywhere in the 90's or now in 2003? For God's sake back in the 80's all we heard from parents and teachers was how innocent and simple the 50's, 60's, and 70's were. It makes me wonder how much the adults were lying about the morality of the 50's and 60's to us kids back in the 80's.
* I was born in '82, and i read with laughter those born '87-onwards, talking about stuff they probably cant remember.Personally, I cant remember a thing except all those awesome cartoons.Oh and I also had a Barbie and the Rockers blanket on my bed.The fashion really sucked and it sux that its all coming back.Yuck! GTA:Vice City rocks, though.
* Did anyone else ever rent a vcr because they cost to much to buy, my parents rented one and a movie "Empire Strikes Back" to go along with it. They practically give vcr's away now, boy how times have changed in twenty years.
* I haven't felt old yet! I'm 32, and I can remember a few years ago... it never occurred to me that I should be upset about becoming 30. After all, in hex, I'm only 20! I never felt any pressure to be an adult or anything like that because of my age. It sounds trite, but age really is only a number. The normal societal roles and "peer pressure" have always been largely undetectable to me, so I guess this is obvious. I still live exactly as I did in 1991, when I got my first apartment. Unmarried, living in an apartment, obsessed with my car (currently a 1990 Mustang 5.0) and computers... for me, nothing has changed at all in the last dozen years. I don't feel like an adult, and I really am not. I still listen to my 80's music, and hearing the kidlets making fun of it (I have not been around them much, so this has never happened) would strike me as funny, not something that would make me feel old. The irony of young people mistaking me for an adult would be quite humorous. When people expect me to be an adult, it feels to me like I am in the movie "Big," where I only look like an adult, but don't think, act, or feel like one. Similarly, I am not upset to hear classic rock stations playing 80s music-- I am thrilled that I actually get to hear music I like on the radio. I am still amazed that people my age have houses, new cars, kids, spouses, college degrees, and real jobs. Imagine-- a doctor or a lawyer, my age! I don't trust doctors that are not at least 5-10 years older than me... after all, I am such a kid, how can anyone my age or younger possibly be a doctor?
* i was born in '83 and some kids i know who were born in the late '80s/early 90s will look at my cassette deck and will just be like "Huh? Whats that thing" I think that if they didnt see it they would not've believed tapes even existed! Like, "Yes kids, there was a time where if you wanted free music you had to record it off a radio onto one of those funny looking plastic things." Im not going to tell you what they say when they look at my Nintendo vs. a Playstation 2 ("wow thats ancient!" thanks a lot kid!) And my nephews will see the new generation Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake dolls and think "oh new toys!" Actually kid u dont know how old they are.
* Well felgercarb, I thought I'd be one of the young ones here since I was born in 1979 and only 10 years old when the 80's ended in 1989, and a literal "child" back in then. But damn after reading all these posts from kids (babies really) born in 1988, 1989, and even 1990, I feel older then dirt.
* Does anyone else remember the 1982 Kenny Rogers movie "Six Pack", where his was a washed up race car driver and he meets up with six orphaned kids in Texas and they become his pit crew.
* sure you remember a lot from the 80s ... sike! captain planet was on in the 90s, maybe you saw fraggle rock tapes, after all I wasn't even born in the technical 80s and I've seen reading rainbow, c'mon. If you were born in '88 I doubt you can rember 1990.
* Does anyone remember a department store called BEST?????
* When your birthday cake had Michael Jackson on it!
* Wondering how someone born in 1988 can remember a show that ran from 1983 - 1987 (or insist that there's THAT much of a difference between his year and the next one...) and looking at all that '80s vs. early 90s' stuff; i guess it all comes down to the fact that the core 80s ended around 88 (though some would insist 87) but the core 90s didn't begin until around 93 or so - and there's this region from 1989 - 1992 which doesn't fit into either but is too easily tagged 'Eighties'
* I remember the 80s pretty well. I was born in 1982, but I can remember stuff that happened in 1985 on up. I remember when the disney channel first started and played movies at night, not TV shows like they do now. I think its so cool that alot of the 80s cartoons are coming back. I mena, they have redone Strawberry Shortcake, but it's still neat seeing my younger cousins and siblings wanting toys that I once had in the 80s.
* The soundtrack to "Grease" has been re-released as a special 25th Anniversary edition. So now more time has passed since "Grease" was released than the time that passed between its setting in the 1950's and its original release. I remember when that came out I asked my Dad "Can you remember if the 50's were really like that?" as if it was so far back in time he couldn't possibly recollect it...now I can remember asking him that and the release of "Grease" like it was yesterday...though it was 1978...
* Alright I was born in 88 and i still remember a lot from the 80's. these things include: fraggle rock, TMNT, reading rainbow, sesame street (wen they spoke half and half ingles y espanol), captain planet, chip n dale recue rangers, and my favorite one of all time painting with bob ross yea captain bob! anyways my point is even tho i was only an 80's baby i still remebera lot of the period. so you cant say that me and other like me werent from the 80's ....well you can to those born in 89 thats like less than a year jeez talk about false pride!
* I have no problem with you dissing today's music. IT SUX!!!! But, god, don't diss Nirvana. I love 80s music as much as you do, but the 90s was all good until '96 or so. Yes, even the first half of the 90s is becoming "retro". After all, Full House, your beloves "80s" show actually had more airing time in the 90s. Growing Pains, the Cosby Show, and Cheers aired until the '92-'93 period, and they are on Nick at Nite. Nirvana had just as much talent as Metallica and a lot more than Billy Idol or someone like that. And by the way, kids have only been hooked on video games for about 7 or 8 years, not 12 or 13 years.
* That kid born in '89 who says he remembers a lot of stuff from the 80s has no idea what he's talkin' bout. I consider myself to have a good memory and being born at the end of the 80s I can only remember as far back as '93, maybe '92 at the EARLIEST. By the way, the 80s were over by '89. Sure, a few remnants were left from '89-'91, but the bulk of the decade ('83-'86) was long gone. I bet that kid born in '89 cant even remember 1991. Any takers?
* Kids who play Grand Theft Auto:Vice City thinks all those songs are new.
* I hate how you guys are dissing the kids born in the early 90s. DO you really think a kid born in '88 would know more about the 80s than a '90 kid? I was born in January 1990 and I am familiar with some of the stuff you are talking about. Ninja Turtles and Saved by the Bell are 90s THINGS!!!
* When I remember that I met my husband on a bbs!
* When you remember the birth of your best friends sister, and she is now in 8th grade! I remember my cousins birth VERY clearly and she is now 19. I am only 26, but I feel so old now!
* The new Nick-at-Nite line-up: Cheers, The Cosby Show, Full House, and Roseanne. Also, Ben Affleck's acting debut was on a PBS thing called "The Voyage of the Mimi." I have every episode of that on Betamax. I also have Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Reading Rainbow, and Fraggle Rock, all on Beta. I have over 500 beta tapes and two nearly working beta VCRs. I'm nearly 23.
* Check out the song Babies of the 80's by Something Corporate, kinda brings up good memories. I was a baby of the 80s (born 1984). My sorority just had an 80s flashback party and it seems that the only things people my age remember from the 80s are crimped hair, off the shoulder t-shirts, and leg warmers. Oh the cartoons too! I think we missed out on a huge chunk of the culture!
* Does anyone remember the now defunct electronics store chain Silo ?
* I'm biologically old enough to be the parent of anyone born from 1990 and onwards. I'd be a really really young parent to these 8th graders around today, but damn still, I'm adult figure to them. I remember a lot of girls that were only 14 or 15 and pregnant back in the early 90's. Back in 1992 there was a 15 year guy in my gym class that became a father at that young age.
* I can't believe that babies born in 1989 are entering high school this year, and the new kids coming into college were born in 1985. I also had some rather perverted thoughts about actress/singer Hilary Duff, until I found out she was 16 and only born in 1987.
* I just found out that the quaterback for my favorite NFL team is only 22 or 23 years old, which puts his birth year around 1980 or 1981. Feel old?
* The very first time I ever felt old in my life was around 1999 and 2000. At the time I was around 23 or 24 and that's when I first heard the decade I grew up in, the 80's, being called "retro" and "oldies". Combine that with the fact that the decade I went to high school and college in, the 90's, were coming to an end and I was moving into my mid 20's and heading towards 30, I just realized that it was over. It happened so quick, but it was over---I was too old for the youth culture, and I was moving out of the traditional college age bracket. I mean people my age were getting married, starting families, and many were even teaching junior high and high school! All these things just instantly made me feel old and I realized that life had permanently changed for me and that it would never go back to the way it was in the pre-Millenium years when I was still like a kid and didn't have much of a generation gap on my younger side.
* I think I started to feel old when I saw a lot of 80's stars that were jet setting young 20 somethings/early 30's back in the actual 80's turn into ugly old middle age people that yell at the kids for running across their lawn. These were the people you would find at all the cool clubs back in the 1980's and even early 90's, now they look like Cub Scout den moms or like they belong in a PTA meeting or something like that. Kinda hard to believe that Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Eddie Van Halen are in their 40's. Even Michael Jordan, Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio and Michael J. Fox have entered their early 40's. Remember Phoebe Cates from Fast Times at Ridgemont High? She's over 40 too. Infact the other day I was doing paperwork at my office on a woman who was 41, and damn did she look old. Seriously she looked old, she was fat with sagging eyes and a sagging rear end. I'm 27 and for the past couple of years people in their 30's AND 40's have been looking A LOT younger to me mentally in my head compared to when I was growing up. But the cold reality is there that while my perception of middle aged people has changed considerably and I think of them as being a lot younger...most 41 year old today look the same as most 41 year olds did back in 1989! This woman would have been the age I am now, 27, back in 1989!! I remember when people in her age bracket were the super cool young people, but she probably has some 13 or 14 year old kid (or even older then that) at home that thinks their mom is as old as dirt. And I don't like to be reminded that at 27, I myself am pushing 30. lol
* one word: Slinky! nuff said
* lol, the smart alec supercar KITT from Knight Rider was a Trans Am. I'm sure he'd be pretty insulted if anyone other then Michael called him an "old timey car".
* I was watching a rerun of GI Joe with a friend of the family's 8 year old son. He thought it was such good animation. Then I told him it was almost 20 years old. Sad to see the kind of swill kids have to watch now.
* When they re-released He-Man on Cartoon Network and kids think it is new. Then you tell them that you watched it when you were their age and they don't believe you.
* The other day I was fixing to leave the house and go to Wal-Mart. My ten year old son asked me if I would pick him up a hot wheel? I said sure what kind do you want? He answered" an old timey car....like a Camaro or Transam. I told him I would be glad to just don't call them old time cars anymore. I drove one of them when I was a teenager! Ha!!
* Ahh those crazy demographic people always have different years for Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. They don't even realize what a full generation is. According to the media and modern pop culture it seems that "Boomers" are anyone in the middle age bracket and old enough to at least remember the Vietnam War, Gen Xers are anyone on the young side (went to high school in the 80's or 90's), and Gen Y are even younger versions of Gen Xers. They never get anything right though, and I think they still call 14 year olds around today "Generation X", just because it sounds cooler then "Generation Y". Regardless I'm sure the older Yers born in the early 80's are unlikely to get along with the younger Yers born in the 90's. "Yers", damn that sounds so gay. "Millenium Generation" would be probably be better then Gen Y, but that will be dated one day because kids in 2025 are likely to be laughing at anyone who is 40 years old (say a 18 year old kid born in 1985) and walking around trying to pass themselves off as part of what they are likely to think of as "their century".
* I'm a junior in college and a Communications major, and I'm currently taking a Marketing class (outside of my major). My Marketing Principles book states that "Generation X" refers to everyone born between 1965-1978, and "Generation Y" as anyone born between--get this--1979 and 1994. That's right--a whole population of us 80s kids are grouped in with kids born in the early 90s--our sworn adversaries! Also, another interesting fact about Generation Y (I'm a proud member)--much of a mature product's success depends on our generation--if we don't like it, the company is in trouble. Also, about you Gen Xer's there--you'll like this--you are the savviest of consumers. Who says you can't learn anything fun in school?
* Yeah I have noticed that a lot of people born after 1978 are not well versed at all on the "core years of the 80s" and only seem to remember the late 80's and obviously the early 1990s. Most of them are really ignorant on those core 80s years. I was born in 1976 and when I talk to a friend of mine born in 1980 about the 80s she seems to only remember the 1987-'89 era, or maybey a few stuff from 1986 at the earliest. I mean it's not like I was even close to being a teenager or anything back in 1984, I was only in 3rd grade and still running around in my Care Bears pajamas, but I remember the core years of the 1980s really well. I even remember the very early 80s with pretty good detail. I'm old enough to remember the first episodes of Knight Rider and A-Team and I'm old enough to remember when Duran Duran, The Police, The Go-Gos, and Wham were around. 3 1/2 to 4 years in age can make a really big difference sometimes with certain things.
* I HATE PEOPLE WHO THIMK METALLICA IS A "SELLOUT" THERE MUSIC IS STILL GREAT,YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM BECAUSE AFTER ...AND JUSTICE THEY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO EASILY RETIRE FOREVER,BUT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY LOVE MAKING SUCH GREAT SONGS WTF IS WRONG WITH ENTER SANDMAN HUH?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
* I feel old because I long for the days of playing nerf hoop in my hallway...
* i felt old when VH1 aired a nostalgia series - "I Love the 80s" and I remembered every single thing, and my wife, 3 1/2 years younger than me, didn't have the foggiest idea baout half the stuff. I am only 29 now.
* About Donkey Kong Country, I have the Game Boy Advance version, and it's really good. It certainly handles MUCH better than the SNES version, which I also own (and still play). The only changes made to the GBA version are even more souped-up grahics, voices, and better sound quality. You can also save games anytime you want (not just @ a save point) and take the flight back to another world. It's alot of fun, really.
* Oooh, "Growing Pains." Now that was a GOOD show!
* By, the way, I KNOW that TGIF ran into the 90s--I watched it for its entire run. But it was a big '80s kid thing, since that was how most of us younger kids spent out Friday nights.
* I never though any of us Gen Xers born in the 70s would EVER start critizing our successors for the type of music they listen to, the way they dress, and/or act. Remember all the abuse we took from the our parents generation and the other older generations? The Baby Boomers hated us. But sure enough, here we are putting down the kids today. I guess there's no way to avoid this, a little baby born today will be slamming the youth of America when he's like 26 in the year 2029.
* Do you have any clue how weird it is to see to see your favorite computer & video games updated? I'm waiting to see how Nintendo's going to make a Gamecube version of "Donkey Kong" Although the "D.K. Country" games on SNES were fabulous. I did like how they aged the ape from the '80s games into CRANKY KONG! Anyone who misses playing the "Police Quest" game series (and doesn't like SWAT) now gets a taste of it with Legacy's new "Law & Order" games. And did anyone else learn their history & geography by chasing "Carmen Sandiego" around? 80's music is still here, but all too often just glanced at. On vacation I missed a chance to see Huey Lewis & The News in concert, though I didn't know it. I love Phil Collins's new album, but he won't be touring much due to an ear infection. I like that Fleetwood Mac's together again, but like my sister asked me, Where's Christine?!? But I must say, the musical highlight of last year, for me, was the release of Jan Hammer's Complete Miami Vice Collection. Popular demand finally paid off, though it certainly took a long time. I hope the '80s never really fade away.
* echo and the bunnymen, the police, strawberry swithblade, u2, colourfield, thomson twins, the care, lightning seeds, marc almond, new order, omd, rem, inxs, level 42, just to name a few. i have a list totaling to close to a thousand bands. i was born october 1973. after 2 kids, heartbreaks, etc. . . i don't care. and music today sucks. zerro. nada. nothing but garbage today. there was a time when music stirred the soul. and look at what kids wear today. are they really serious? my kid (the younger one) will grow up someday and i'll pass on the music i listened. and still listen to. it'll be fun. the 80s may be long gone to some, but it will live forever.
* People well into their 30s are looking younger and younger too you. And teenagers are looking like babies from another generation instead of your peers.
* If you think 10 years back really wasn't that long ago.
* You realize that when you were growing up and the older people/adults said "You will go from being a high school kid to a 30 year old in no time".....THEY WERE NOT LYING.
* In response to your comment about TGIF: all those shows you named were felgercarb. WTF are you talking about??? And another thing, TGIF ran well into the 90's.
* You remember that terrorists start targeting American Planes in 1985.
* When I was interviewing potential employees last week, I noticed that most of the applicants were college students looking for part-time work around the office. I was thinking to myself, "oh, these people are about my age." Then the reality set in: I'm not only finished with college, I've finished graduate school and have been working in my job for 2 years already. Ugh....
* The first time I fell "in love" with Leonardo DiCaprio was when he was featured on "Growing Pains."
* Lately at work, I have put on '80s favorites "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," "Back to the Future," (part 1, mind you), and "ET." Sometimes I need to be reminded about why the movie studios aren't putting out movies like these anymore.
* When I acted outraged about TGIF's resurrection, my mom said "Allison, times change. So does TV. It's NOT the 80s anymore" Thanks, not only did I need to be reminded that it's not the 80s, but she also reminded me that TV changes. Yeah, changes to felgercarb, if you ask me!
* Remember "Denver the Last Dinosaur"???? Yes you do. Admit it.
* ABC is rehashing the Friday night tradition/ritual/nostalgia piece known as TGIF. That's right, everyone's favorite 2-hour block of quality family programming is coming back. But here's what's NOT on the lineup--"Full House," "Perfect Strangers," "Just the 10 of Us," "Family Matters" "Step By Step"--basically, nothing YOU like will be on it. It is NEW programming, and they plan to promote it as TGIF? What's up with that? Why doesn't ABC just murder something else '80s kids love? Oh wait, they cancelled all of the shows we loved!
* I agree with the demise of Saturday morning cartoons. Network television's Saturday mornings have become this barren wasteland of recycled programming from OTHER networks (ABC broadcasts Disney Channel programming in a block called "ABC's One Saturday Morning," CBS broadcasts Nick Jr. programming, NBC broadcasts Discovery Kids). Yikes. What happened to originality? Creativity? Why nothing new??? Oh wait...I figured it out. We're talking about a whole SOCIETY that is pretty much now built on drones, uncreativity, and monotonous ways. It's not really a hard concept to put out something original that the other networks aren't already airing. But, that would be too EASY, wouldn't it????
* When I was in school back in the 1980's, kids said any music before the 80's was felgercarb. The 1920's, 30's, 40's, and ofcourse the 50's, 60's, 70's...were all felgercarb felgercarb felgercarb. The funky disco, blow dried, platform shoed and bell bottom era 70's were especially laughed at and hated by kids in the 80's. The joke kids had back then was "that the only good thing to come out of the 1970's was us!" (because most of us were born in the 70's). So kids laughing at previous decades that they weren't really a part of is nothing new. I'm sure the younger kids born in the 90's are already laughing at the 90's and saying 90's music was felgercarb---though they would get no disagreement from me on that one, LOL
* The demise of saturday morning cartoons
* I have recently been told in school that 80s music was felgercarb. It ain't no felgercarb. What kind of sacrelige is this? I'll show you what's felgercarb, all of today's music is felgercarb.
* MICHAEL JACKSON IS 45!! KIRK CAMERON IS 33!! BENJI GREGORY (kid from ALF) is 25!! He was 8 on Alf!! ARNOLD (Gary Coleman) IS 35!! WILLIS (Todd Bridges) IS 38!! PUNKY BREWSTER IS 27!! RALPH MACCHIO IS 36!! "ELLIOTT" (Henry Thomas from E.T.) IS 29!! IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE E.T. WAS RELEASED!! THEY ARE PLAYING 80'S SONGS ON THE "OLDIES" RADIO STATION!!
* I'm a college junior this year, and all I've noticed are freshman who are WAY taller than me, and look much older than I do. I'm almost 21 and about 5'4", but these kids are BIG!!!! Yikes...
* When kids born in 1990 ask you what the 80's were like. Then you realize that they look at the 80s as their mom and dad's decade. The same way we looked at the 50s and 60s.
* You kids born deep in the 80's simply do not know that decade. I know exactly how you guys born after about 1982 think. You kids think because you've seen every episode of "Saved by the Bell" 400+ times that you somehow remember or know the 80's. Get a clue. Saved by the Bell aired for like 2 months in the fall of 1989, and then continued on into the early and mid 1990s. You guys do not know the true 1980's. Come back in some years when you're dealing with that brat born in 1996 who constantly calls 2003 "the 90's" and you'll finally get it.
* You remember when Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhies were legitametly frightening psycho killers back in the 80's. Today they are very unscary and more like silly/campy B-movie horror icons like Dracula, Frankenstien or the Wolfman.
* When someone mentions "80s metal", please don't conjure up images of effeminite clowns like Poison, Bon Jovi, and Warrant. Do not pair the words "hair" or "glam" with the word "metal" unless you want an ass-beating. That's disgraceful and disrespectful, and just plain inaccurate. That felgercarb was not metal, no way. 80s metal includes Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Metallica (not the utterly shameful Selloutica of later years), Slayer, Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, Exodus, Testament, Dark Angel, Anthrax, and others. These are bands that either were formed in the 80s, or ones that had formed earlier and enjoyed success on both mainstream and underground levels during the decade. Interestingly enough, many of the bands I mentioned are still (I'm talking today, right now, 2003) very active and very successful, continuing to write, record, tour, and reap enormous financial rewards despite an almost erroneous tag of "80s metal". Remember the "Metal is dead" malarkey that the mass media was spewing at you during the thankfully short-lived "Seattle grunge" era? Ha! What a joke! The justification was that Winger and Warrant were no longer to be found on the Top 10 rack at your local music retailer, supplanted by equally weak and trite swill like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Well, that's interesting. During that period, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were (and still are) filling arenas all over the world. Cannibal Corpse cracked the Billboard Top 100, with no major label support, no airplay, and no mainstream press. Relapse Records' catalog went from a 2-sided Xeroxed newsletter to a 66-page, full-color volume selling 1000s of titles. Metal Blade Records sold more titles than in any other time in its history. Those are just a few examples. Hundreds of thousands of bands were (and still are) active in every corner of the globe, and new ones pop up every damn day. That doesn't sound very dead to me. If glam felgercarb is dead, good riddance. But anyone with more than a reptilian brain knows metal never died, and doesn't show signs of dying any time soon. One last note...if you are a metalhead, and some young punk accuses you of being "stuck in the 80s" (when you probably have newer and more current releases in your collection than he does), beat the living f*ck out of him.
* When you're in the ages of 10 to 19 you think you know everything, then you get to be around 24 or 25 and you realize that 30 is on the horizon. Suddenly you're due to be a crusty old grown up that can't be trusted anymore in the upcoming years. Almost everyone your age is getting married, and you find out that you didn't know a damn thing about anything.
* The A-Team, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, and The Greatest American Hero are TV shows that are all over 20 years old. Punky Brewster and Miami Vice are nearly 20 years old. Did you seem them in their original run? I did. What did you think about TV shows from the 1960's back in the 80's?
* Kids that graduated from college this year were NOT EVEN BORN when Mt. St. Helens erupted!!!
* I also noticed that most everything on the list of the person born in Febuary 1985 was from the 90's, or at best the very very late 80's, like 1989. Goes to show you that
* I was just reading the History Channel website, and on my EXACT birthday (October 19, 1982) John DeLorean (yes, the guy who created that awesome car!) was arrested in a Los Angeles, California, airport motel with a briefcase containing $24 million dollars worth of cocaine.
* I share my birthday with the Panic on Wall Street on October 19, 1987. I was 5 years old.
* Correction to someone's statement above, Clint Howard was not Chaka on The Land Of The Lost TV series...it was Phillip Paley. Also that was a show from the 1970's, but it did run often in 80's syndication. (great lil' show)
* Why is it that 15 and 16 year olds always think they are the first 15 and 16 year olds to ever walk the face of the Earth? Even if they had older brothers and sisters who they remember being teenagers, they still think they are the first 16 year olds. But you never see anyone thinking they are the first 30 year olds to be on Earth.
* What makes me feel old is when younger kids have no idea what the ninja turtles, care bears or gummi bears were! and why dont they no what swing tops and 'wimpy' takkies are (south african thing!)? I think my little sister, who was born in the 90's has more fashion sense than i ever did at that age, they just dont no what its like to have a really unfashionable childhood!
* I used to feel like I was the odd ball when i would be in one of those reminiscent conversations about being a child of the 80's...talking about Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony etc. (the shows that had movies that were still watched in the 90's)...and i say, "Yeah I liked Fraggle Rock. That dog was so damn cute." And my fellow high school attendees would stare in bewilderment...and ask me what is Fraggle Rock. I would get the urge to strangle these children who could recite Big Bird from a cheap show from the beginning of time...but had no idea what Fraggle Rock was...insane I tell you...but I am in college now...good old 1985 baby right here...and loving it...and one of my class mates actually knew what Fraggle Rock was...i almost sobbed with joy...so now I do not play the part as the odd ball...I am just plain aging...BUT i am a child of the 80's...and that is something to be proud of...
* Here's a REAL nostalgia trip for ya. This morning, my mom told me she made 5-Alive. You know, the frozen, concentrated juice with the 5 different citrus flavors in the tin can you kept in the freezer? I haven't had that since the late 80s!!!!!
* Born in '85 and lovin it! I could not ask for a better time to be born. in my opinion, any kid born in the 80's had an advantage. Altho after '85 it kind of went downhill...but thats another story involving the Grade 12s this year at my old high school...man are they skanky! But anyways! My friends and I, every once in awhile, sit and reminisce(is that how you spell it?) about good times growin up. Things like Gem, He-Man and She-Ra, orininal Ninja Turtles(I think this is 80's...I'm very sorry if I am mistaken), My Little Pony, etc. The entertainment wasnt the only great thing about the 80's. When you were a kid then, you were allowed to be a kid. You woke up in the morning and the first thing in your mind was "today I'm gonna go play on that new dirt pile out front!" and you threw on some sweatpants that rode up your ankles and an old mickey mouse t-shirt and you went! You didnt wake up and think "does that pink shirt match those flared jeans?" like it seems kids today must think. I mean, these children are being seriously deprived!!!!! Who cares what you wear or what your hair looks like when youre 5?! Go play! be a kid! Enjoy it! That is completely what i loved about the 80's-you didnt have to care, you were out there, as a kid, to have fun and be a kid. I wish that would come back...cuz I really feel bad for kids today.
* I graduated grade 8 in 1986 and wore an exact replica of Don Johnson/Sonny Crockett - White pants, pink shirt, white jacket, and white beach shoes with the little tiny holes in them. I graduated high school in 1991 and went to my high school reunion this year. I started to feel old when I and a lot of the other people started whipping out pictures of their kids and showing them off. I thought that was something that only OLD people
* Care Bear cousins, anyone?????
* To the person who told me it won't be downhill till 24 yrs old (I'm the 21-year old), THANK YOU!!!! I feel MUCH better now!!!!!!
* I remember watching Beta tapes on our old Beta Tape player, and now VHS Tapes are becoming out of style! I remember when our family first got our first VHS. I also find myself reminising about watching "Gummi Bears", and complain how kids born in the 1990s are ignorant when they say Gummi Bears were only a kind of candy and never a cartoon show. Now in the news, I remember when Marion Barry was arrested for drug charges, and I also remember when George Bush Sr. was elected president. To people born in 1987 and later, I was already in school by then. Well I was born in late 1983, I'll be 20 on November 22nd. I feel sorry for those born in 1987 and after.
* I can remember the 80's from 1984. I was really into arcade games and back to the future. The 80's were the best periud ever !
* Firstly, I was born in 1982 and am now 21 years old.. i am starting to feel old because: - I am no longer classified as a teenager (even though I was one in 2000!) and all the teenagers today were born in 1985, 86, 87, 88 even 1990 for christs sake! these kids were years below me in school - i still picture them as little primary school kiddies, not blossoming teenagers! its very odd going into a teen chat room and see ppl born in 86 or 87... - someone else mentioned this, but i'll mention it again - although i am 21 i look very young for my age (could and DO get mistaken for being only 15 years old). u see 17/18 year old kids twice your size, they look older than me, but i have to remember WAIT! they look around 17 or 18, so they are like 3-4 years younger than me at least despite i look "younger" than them and they probably assume they are older than me.. like they refer to u as "buddy" or "champ" like you are their younger brother, but i think "hang on this guy was born in 85, 86 or 87 while i was born in 82..." u kinda feel outta place if u still look like a teen when u are infact in your early twenties! - A teenager born in 1990! That is extremely hard to get my head around!! Soooo god damn young
* To a post below, I have thought the same thing about getting "revenge". I have often thought our best revenge will be seeing the 90's and early 00's become retro and ancient. And then we can watch these kids around now squirm with discomfort when a kid born in 1997 or 1998 says, "I wasn't even alive in 1996!", or "Puhaleeze! OMG I was only like 5 or 6 years old in 2003!" "Get away from me you old people!" And they will know what it's like to see a kid born in 2002 be in middle school and talking about high school. It will happen to these kids sooner then they think, by the years of 2009-2013, since 1999 was when most of us noticed the 80's becoming ancient. There are already kids around born in 1991 and 1992 that are in middle school and barely remember the real 90's. Muhahhaahaha, it will be sweet revenge. Ofcourse WE will be even older too, we'll be full blown "parent figures" by then...sadly.
* I was at the mall earlier this week looking for legwarmers. My friends and I have decided to be "ladies of the 80's" for Hallowe'en--basically dressing up like the teenagers we idolized as kids but were never allowed to be. Anyway, I walked into a sock/jewellery store and asked the clerk if she knew of any stores that might carry legwarmers or slouch socks. The clerk looked at me like I was nuts until I explained what these items are. Before this, I've never thought 24 was old!
* The best thing about the 80's is that it didn't seem like many non-White Anglos had any kind of big hang ups about listening to "White boy music". I'm of Latino descent, and I remember back then it seemed like everyone was usually listening to most everything. No Mexican had any problems listening to the so called "White boy music". Even a lot of Black people listened to the so called "White boy" stuff. But by the early 1990's when grunge came out with the likes of Pearl Jam, it seems like everything got fragmented into grunge/alternative lovers, and those who soley listened to gangsta rap, R&B and Tejano to protect some stupid image. It's still like that now. It makes me feel old, to think back to the 80's and remember a time when Hispanics, Asians and Indians seemed to freely listen to INXS, Depeche Mode, Guns N' Roses, etc, etc...without any fear of being labelled a sell out. I guess a lot of it had to do with the fact that White people made really good music in the 1980's, and it was hard not to admit that WAS GOOD.
* Not exactly being a child of the 80's I was born in 87. I do remember the Super Mario craze. Also my Grandma and Grandpa built the house I live in , in 1981, being around the whole 80's 90's and today.
* i was teaching my 10th grade class, and the topic of hurricanes came up. i asked them if they remembered the hurricane of 1993, but they were all just silent. then i asked them how old they were in 93, and they said 5. i graduated college in 1993 and they were only 5?! that makes me feel old, especially knowing they were born in 1988!!
* full house is on the oldie station!! i watched full house and im only 15...how can it be on the oldie station already?
* Just wanted to add a few things from the 80's I missed seeing on the Vh1 thing. Don't know if anyone remembers Poochie, the pink eared dog, Herself the Elf, Monchichi's, or even Kid's Incorporated. Just some thoughts to ponder.
* When Heather Locklear and Brooke Shields became nice looking "older ladies". Locklear is 40 and Shields is 38.
* It's really downhill after 24 or 25, not 21. In terms of losing youth anyway. When you know you are closer to being a 30 year old then a 19 or 20 year old, that's when you know it's just downhill and you painfully find out that you have a generation gap on your younger side. So to the person who is 21, you still have at least 3 years left before you start feeling it. But look on the bright side, being in your 20's or 30's is a helluva lot better then being 50, 60, or 70.
* When I tried to place an order for "Garfield Christmas" through the video store I work at, my boss told me it was on moratorium (meaning its out of print). She said it is most likely because it is an older Christmas special. OLDER?! It's from 1987!!!!!
* I recently mentioned how I turned 21 and knew it was all gonna go downhill from there. My aunt confirmed my horrific discovery last night when she got on the phone with me to wish me a happy 21st., and told me that it's all downhill from here. Jeez, you turn to your family for comfort from your fears, not confirmation!!!!!
* The mellow feeling of the 80's...the music...pacman,rubix cube,clothes,camp grounds and arcades and the feeling that you thought the world was gonna be that way forever..that's what the eighties were...i love the memories.
* You know you're old when you say that the Rolling Stones weren't really old in the 80's.
* The entire decade of the 90's made me feel older. My only revenge will be in seeing the 90's become ancient. 1978 and 1987 were very fine years and Sonny & Cher were the coolest!
* Does anybody remember the cartoon "The Snorkels".
* You know you are really old if you remember the cartoon "Dungeons and Dragons".
* When you remember Clint Howard was "Chaka" from "Land of the Lost".
* Well, it finally happened--I turned 21 this past Sunday. Talk about a real backslide into feeling pretty darn old. And if that's not enough, VH1 began airing "I Love the 80s Strikes Back" the night after my 21st birthday.
* Kids' WB airs reruns of "The Littles." I'm serious--it is the OLDEST cartoon in their weekend line-up (and it's only from 20 years ago)!!!!
* strawberry shortcake,care bears,my little pony,smurfs,muppet babies i loved all of these titles i have a little girl and every thing you have said is so true.iwould love it so much if they brought all the old stuff back the write strawberry shortcake thanks
* I was born in 1980. I remember almost everything. Best years of my life. As for the Denver the Last Dinosaur post: Not only do I remember it but I remember the theme song too. Am I that pathetic?
* I don't really feel that old, but it's weird to think how much time has passed and all that has happened. A true Gen-X'er/80's kid, born in '69 to Boomers, childhood in the 70's, teenager in the 80's, young adult in the 90's. I remember KISS with make-up, reruns of Star Trek and The Brady Bunch, a mock election in school where we had to vote for Carter or Ford, had my parents talk to me to help me explain what was going on with the Iranian hostage crisis. I remember the night we got a gift of money from one of my father's relatives, and bought a microwave AND an Atari console from Sears. I rented not only VCR's but Betamax machines as well, and thought those would take off more because the tapes were smaller. I watched Fast Times At Ridgemont High on Beta and WORSHIPPED Jeff Spicoli. I remember the impact AIDS had on the country and on so many lives. I spent hours in 7-11 on video games, and was even told by an older woman once that those games were a product of the Devil (I do live in Texas!). I remember watching the beginning of Buck Rogers and thinking that 1987 (the year he took off) was a long way away. Wore nothing but black heavy metal t-shirts for a couple of years. Drove my dad crazy with Ozzy and Twisted Sister albums - not CD's. Had my first kiss while Chicago's "Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry" was playing and relive the moment whenever I hear it. I'm sure I was wearing topsider shoes with no socks then. I remember the day our history teacher came in and told us about the Challenger explosion. Graduated in '88 and joined the military, when Russia was known as the Soviet Union. Served during the end of the Cold War, Panama, and Desert Storm. I'll be 34 next month. Made a lot of mistakes and have had a lot of insight. But I don't feel old, and I don't yearn for years past. I'm college-educated, have a decent paying job that makes a difference in the world. Have a great girlfriend I'm living with. I have two great god-children. I'm old enough that my parents sometimes come to me for advice. I didn't end up as a member or Motley Crue like I wanted to be when I was 14, but I guess it didn't end up too badly. I didn't become old and bitter, and I didn't stay a kid like I was. I sort of gelled and evolved into something between the two. I have memories, both good and bad, but I really like my 30's thus far - age is a state of mind.
* Do arcades even exist today?
* You remember when Duran Duran was cool.
* You have been trying to tell yourself that that 30 won't be so bad, and you are rethinking what you used to think of 40 year olds. Remember what nearly everyone thinks when they are growing up as kids: 30 is middle age and 40 and over is old.
* 1983 was 20 years ago. And 1993 was 10 years ago. 'nuff said.
* You start calling people 6+ years younger then you "young men and young women" instead "those kids".
* A friend of mine that works with children says that most kids born after 1992 look at those of us born in the 1970's as parental figures. Which unfortunately does make sense and was expected. He says the kids born in the very very early 90's know we are socially a bit too young to be their parents, and infact are usually relaxed with us in the more sibling way that kids born in the 80's are. But according to my friend nearly all kids born after 1992 look at those of us born in the 70's as "the adults". Makes sense, especially if they have a mom that is only 25 or 26. Now that reality check kinda adds a good 10 or 15 years to your psyche doesn't it? Just to know that there is a generation of kids/teens on the horizon that will undoubtedly look at you as a parent, whether you like it or not.
* Want to feel old? Last week at work an eighteen year old co-worker told me he has never seen "The Breakfast Club", NEVER heard of the "Brat Pack", and has never seen "Meatballs", and to make matters worse we started to talk about transformers and when I told him in the original cartoons Megatron turned into a giant gun, his response was "that is so sissy". I always thought Megatron was cool, and I would like to hear from those of you who feel the same.
* 10 years ago back in 1993, it was the other way around. In the early 90's it was the 70's that was 14-20+ years ago, not the 80's. And people that grew up in the 70's were the ones feeling old because the 70's had turned into a retro decade. And back in 1993, those of us born in the 70's were still thought to be a bunch of no good young punk teenagers. I think that's what is kinda scary about getting older, the way you switch roles in a blink of an eye. 10 years went by so quick, lot of stuff from the early 90's are almost as old as the 80's. I mean Nirvana is "that old band". Pearl Jam has been yesterday's news for at least 4 or 5 years now, and that's being gracious. Tupac is the dead gangsta guy that only die hard rap fans remember, and Jurrassic Park is a 10 year old flick. I've heard that the next 10 years will go by even faster...from our perspective anyway. I'm sure a 15 year old in 2013 will think that 2003 was a really really long ass time ago. As I write this, I'm still only 28. I can honestly call myself young, just barely,...but still "young". I'm not yet in the "well I'm not old" category. Sigh....not yet anyway. Imagine what being 50, 60, or 70 will be like?
* Because I turn 20 next month, and people laugh at me when I look positively on old video games and new wave music. Even 80s country music is unlikable. The only thing people are willing to look back and accept is Reagan's administration. Listen to Walk Like An Egyptian and I see a silly, fun song. Haven't seen one of those in today's pop lately. Oh yeah and I don't think children of the 80s swear nearly as much as children of the 90s.
* There are a lot of children around today that look at Eddie Murphy as a Mr. Rogers, Captain Kangaroo, wholesome family man type of actor that is middle aged. They have NO IDEA or concept of the cooler and younger foul mouthed comedian that Eddie Murphy was back in the 1980's. It's as crazy to them as it would have been to us if we found out that Seasame Street's Gordon used to be a pimp daddy back in the 60's.
* I saw an old episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. How old was it? Bob Saget was the host, and there was a video of a guy in a Vanity Smurf costume hugging a kid at an amusement park that knocks another kid over!!!!
* Oh geez, I refused to give into CD's when they first came out. I swore by tapes until around 1997 or so...still resisting DVD's. Hopefully, they will keep releasing movies on VHS.
* Remember the adventures of Danger Mouse?
* I own several WORKING Commodore 64's and QUITE a few games, they may be ancient, but they still rock. Oh, yeah and speaking of something I read toward the top of this page, I was addicted to video games at about the age of 12 or 13 and I was born in 1975, so as for the statement that kids weren't caught up in video games until about 8 years ago... HAH!
* I listened to vinyl. I had pong. I watched the assassination attempt of Regan on t.v. I even saw Star Wars at the theater when it first came out. We used commodore64 computers in school(remenber those!) Now thats old!!!
* I am 18 years (born 1985, the best 80's year). My cousin who is 10 has never heard of back to the future!!!!!! OMG i yelled at him! And i can also buy tobacco products. time flies when your havin fun! go 80's generation! mr robato lives on
* Well, I will start off by saying Kirk Cameron turned 33 the other day and he has 6 kids!! Looking back and remembering when President Reagan was shot really makes me feel old, especially when i see the footage on TV. I love my atari, Missle Command was the best!! We too rented VCR's, hard to imagine. I was born in 1975 and I can pretty well remember things from 78/79 upward. So almost anything mentioned on this board makes me feel really old. The thing that really gets me though is the kids born in 89 upward thinking they feel old!!
* I was born in 1988 but my family had stuff from the 80s like our cars were a 1986 ford escort wagon and a 1983 malibu our electronics were from the 80s we had a commodore 64 i spilled soda on it a nintendo that we still use alot we did get rid of the escort but bought another escort in 1997 and the malibu died on us and we bought a used 1997 escort. i have a collection of 80s electronics a alarm clock. but for making u feel old is that all of the things mentioned here are almost 20 years old now.
* I thought I was going to be a kid forever.
* Kids these days have never heard of the greatest toys, Rainbow Brite, Care Bears. What the Hell is going on with Strawberry shortcake in jeans, everyone knows she wears a skirt. I Died when I saw Our strawberry Shortcake being sold as the "Vintage" version.
* you guys need to shut up. you make the 80s sound like they were 100 years ago, and it makes me not feel old, but like a baby (i was born two weeks after the 80s ended).
* My Advertising class was talking about how VH1 was "your parents' MTV" in the 1980s, and how we are now watching more VH1, because the programming quality is much better, and they're airing stuff WE like (examples: "I Love the 80s" and "I Love the 70s," "25 Greatest Commercials"). The programming is much better and more geared to our tastes, unlike MTV, which is a fickle "flavor-of-the-moment" network.
* My Advertising class was talking about how VH1 was "your parents' MTV" in the 1980s, and how we are now watching more VH1, because the programming quality is much better, and they're airing stuff WE like (examples: "I Love the 80s" and "I Love the 70s," "25 Greatest Commercials"). The programming is much better and more geared to our tastes, unlike MTV, which is a fickle "flavor-of-the-moment" network.
* You know, it was actually cool to play songs that people like George Harrison and Paul Simon sang in the 1980s on MTV. You're lucky if you see them on VH1 now.
* Crystal Pepsi
* When History Is Repeating Itself With The Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake,and When You Walk Into An Antique Store And The Glasses We Used To Get At Mcdonalds Ya Know The Ones With Flintstones,the Muppets, And So On, Are Sitting On A Shelf For Sale.that's When You Know You Are Getting Old!
* I was born in 1982 so I don't really remember too much from the 80s as I was 8 when they ended but i definitly remember all the Nickelodeon shows. Those were awesome!
* This is one for all the people in the Memphis area, remember how FM 100 played all the old people's music and now "they play today's best mix". Can you believe it when Ron Oleson now says "lets play some Avril Lavigne". Where is that old folks home at?
* Remember the tag line for Transformers: The Movie? "Beyond Good. Beyond Evil. Beyond your wildest imagination! Coming to theaters everywhere--Summer 1986". When I saw a little kid play with the current 2000's version of the Transformers, I remembered the ORIGINALS that our generation had back in the 80's.
* I've been on a nostalgia trip, playing Mario All-Stars for Super Nintendo (don't ask...). I was playing Super Mario Bros. one night, and thinking about how great it was to play this a long time ago, but the bad thing is still remembering where all the warp zones are.
* F***ing Sh*t! I hate getting older! It just sucks to get older after you're 22 or 23.
* An 11 year old 6th grade kid born in 1992 asked me who George Michael was. Born in 1992, damn I just can't get over that. Here's a kid who obviously wasn't even alive in the 80's, but she's also a kid who wouldn't even know much about the 90's, beyond like 1998 or 1999 anyway. (yes I'm still "young" and an under 30 Gen Xer, but being asked that question, by a BABY born in the 90's, was a splash of freezing cold reality water that woke me up to my own mortality)
* "I feel the need, the need for speed!!" I was five when my mom made my older sister and her friends take me with them to see TOP GUN. Yes, I was wearing Geranimals. Who remembers those?
* i was born in 1988, and when i was reading this page i was quite enjoying myself as i was thinking, "at least im not at the age old enough to write on here", until some people were writing who were born in the 1990's! I feel old now!!
* I see all these kids born in 1987, 1988, and 1989 on here and I am scratching my head in confusment on how they feel old or what they could possibly remember from the 80's. This is especially true for the kids born in the 90's that weren't even alive in the 80's that are coming on to this page for some mysterious reason. Hell they're the reason we all feel so damn old! Here's a little test to see if you really grew up in the 1980's:--You remember at least fairly vividly, the years of 1981/1982 to 1987. You remember before the Nintendo craze of the late 80's, i.e. the Atari 2600. You remember the year 1984, come on you HAVE to remember at least SOMETHING from this year to qualify as one of us old timers. 1984 was the year that personified the 80's. You remember when most people born in the 1960's were under the age of 25, or even younger...under 20 or under 18 minors. If you can't remember when someone like Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Marty Mcfly, or Alex P. Keaton were teenage kids, then you were never really around for the 80's. Hell I even remember when people born in the early 60's were still like older teenagers in the early 80's. I was in kindergarten, but I remember. Those guys are middle aged and in their 40s now.
* Does anyone else feel that the "Return of the Jedi", that we grow up with was way better than the 1997 Special Edition that George Lucas gave us? Come on that scene in Jabba's Palace looked like one of those crappy videos that MTV occasionally plays.
* I was applying for a student loan last month, and when I was going through the paper work with the financial aid officer at my college I asked him if I had to put down if I was of military age,...since I thought of myself as still being "young". He said no, I was over 24, an "older student" and too old for the military. I'm 26. From what I've read technically anyone up to the age of 35 is still young enough for the military, but they don't come after guys over the age of 24 or 25 the way they do the 18-22 age bracket. He proved it to me by punching something on the computer and saying, "See it didn't even ask for you to be enlisted, you're too old for that". I really felt super old that day, and I remember thinking about being closer to 30 then 18 or 19 that whole week. That was one of the WORST FEELINGS I've ever had; knowing I'm not a kid anymore.
* You were born in the '70s.
* Remember those less famous and more obscure 80's network sitcoms like "Mr. Belvedere" and "The Hogan Family"? (when they originally aired ofcourse)
* We will automatically date ourselves to the younger generations when we talk about the 80's and 90's and say....."Remember back in 19-", since we are now past the year 2000 and kids will primarily know only life in the new millienium. When you start off saying, "back in 19--" instead of "back in 20--", the kids and younger generations will instantly know we are on the older side and part of the grown up crowd.
* Actually I remember thinking Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" movie video looked cheesy back in 1988 as a 12 year old kid. So if I remember thinking that back then, then I think it's always had bad special effects. Joe Pesci was total ham in that thing. 15 years is unfortunately "a very long time time ago". I remember what a I thought about 1973 back in 1988 as a 12 year old.
* You go to mini-marts to buy soda and see the date to buy smokes and the year is the same year my younger sister was born in.
* Hill's was where the toys were...
* Hey, my parents rented a VCR too! The 7-11 in Iselin, Woodbridge Twp., New Jersey rented VCRs and videos. My parents needed it on Saturday nights because they were saddled with twin infants (myself and my brother).
* I watched "Moonwalker" at work last night at the insistance of one of the girls I work with (I'll be 21 on October 19, she'll be 23 on October 21). God, the cheesy special effects make it look ancient. And it's really NOT ancient...it's only from 1988! Pretty good movie through.
* I am 22(born in 1981). I watched some of the Nick Game Shows when I was a child.
* You were born before the year 1981, and are AT LEAST 23 years of age. Face it, you ain't a kid anymore.
* When I became an "adult" or "grown-up".
* Remember when Pee Wee's Playhouse was the show to watch on Saturday mornings? I was born Feb. of 1980 and remember most everything from 1981 onward. I remember seeing the Challanger crash on TV in kindergarten, I remember when Mask was the cartoon to watch, and when my older brother gave me his Atari 2600 because he had just gotten the brand new Sega Master System with Outrun. Practicing break-dancing on the kitchen floor in a Michael Jackson Jacket was always fun. I tutored 5th graders last year and they don't have a clue what any of these things were.
* I was born in 1990 and I know what a f#%K!*G cassette tape is! Kids born between '97 and '92 are not idiots! The only people who won't know what a cassette tape is are those born after '95 or so. VCRS were used well into the 90s, although I admit I did not know what a Betamax tape is, but I know what a record is, I'm not an idiot.
* I was born in 1990 and I know what a f#%K!*G cassette tape is! Kids born between '97 and '92 are not idiots! The only people who won't know what a cassette tape is are those born after '95 or so. VCRS were used well into the 90s, although I admit I did not know what a Betamax tape is, but I know what a record is, I'm not an idiot.
* Am I the only one who think the fashions of today Suck. Thank God my child is only 2 yrs. I graduated from Thurston High school, in 1987. (Yes that Thurston High School). And at least the kids back then looked cute. Now everyone looks skanky. I dearly hope that when my son is old enough, people will be wearing tight Jeans again. (Thank you Marshall Ferris, for the nice view back then.)
* I'm 13 and I don't look nor feel old, but here is a loathing thought 4U: in two years 1980 will be a quarter of a CENTURY ago!! And 1983 is a fith of a CENTURY AGO! And the 80s is no longer ten years ago, it is 13+ to 23+ years ago, the core years are 15+ to 22+ years ago, and 1990, which wasn't even in the technical 80s was 13 years ago! By the way, 80s children should NOT feel old. That is unhealthy. That kid born in 1990 does NOT feel old. I am him. Actually he wishes he was born three weeks earlier so he could be born in '89. One more thing: decades blend together. Some stuff from '80-'82 is very 70s, some stuff from '78-'79 is very eighties, some stuff from '89 (aka the Simpsons and Milli Vanilli) is very 90s, some stuff from '90-'91 is very eighties. About the core years of the 90s, I would say they started in '92 with nirvana's teen spirit (a sweet song) and ended in '96, when music started sounding like total felgercarb. I love 80s music, by the way, and I can be and 80s child no less than someone born in '88 or '89.
* I'm sick and tired of hearing how "innocent" and "more simple" the 1980's were. I was there, I remember the 80's and my memories are that that time was just like it is now. People acted no different, OK some social customs were different, but people certainly weren't magically more innocent and pure. Tell me how humanity became so corrupted from December 31, 1989 to say anywhere in the 90's or now in 2003? For God's sake back in the 80's all we heard from parents and teachers was how innocent and simple the 50's, 60's, and 70's were. It makes me wonder how much the adults were lying about the morality of the 50's and 60's to us kids back in the 80's.
* I was born in '82, and i read with laughter those born '87-onwards, talking about stuff they probably cant remember.Personally, I cant remember a thing except all those awesome cartoons.Oh and I also had a Barbie and the Rockers blanket on my bed.The fashion really sucked and it sux that its all coming back.Yuck! GTA:Vice City rocks, though.
* Did anyone else ever rent a vcr because they cost to much to buy, my parents rented one and a movie "Empire Strikes Back" to go along with it. They practically give vcr's away now, boy how times have changed in twenty years.
* I haven't felt old yet! I'm 32, and I can remember a few years ago... it never occurred to me that I should be upset about becoming 30. After all, in hex, I'm only 20! I never felt any pressure to be an adult or anything like that because of my age. It sounds trite, but age really is only a number. The normal societal roles and "peer pressure" have always been largely undetectable to me, so I guess this is obvious. I still live exactly as I did in 1991, when I got my first apartment. Unmarried, living in an apartment, obsessed with my car (currently a 1990 Mustang 5.0) and computers... for me, nothing has changed at all in the last dozen years. I don't feel like an adult, and I really am not. I still listen to my 80's music, and hearing the kidlets making fun of it (I have not been around them much, so this has never happened) would strike me as funny, not something that would make me feel old. The irony of young people mistaking me for an adult would be quite humorous. When people expect me to be an adult, it feels to me like I am in the movie "Big," where I only look like an adult, but don't think, act, or feel like one. Similarly, I am not upset to hear classic rock stations playing 80s music-- I am thrilled that I actually get to hear music I like on the radio. I am still amazed that people my age have houses, new cars, kids, spouses, college degrees, and real jobs. Imagine-- a doctor or a lawyer, my age! I don't trust doctors that are not at least 5-10 years older than me... after all, I am such a kid, how can anyone my age or younger possibly be a doctor?
* i was born in '83 and some kids i know who were born in the late '80s/early 90s will look at my cassette deck and will just be like "Huh? Whats that thing" I think that if they didnt see it they would not've believed tapes even existed! Like, "Yes kids, there was a time where if you wanted free music you had to record it off a radio onto one of those funny looking plastic things." Im not going to tell you what they say when they look at my Nintendo vs. a Playstation 2 ("wow thats ancient!" thanks a lot kid!) And my nephews will see the new generation Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake dolls and think "oh new toys!" Actually kid u dont know how old they are.
* Well felgercarb, I thought I'd be one of the young ones here since I was born in 1979 and only 10 years old when the 80's ended in 1989, and a literal "child" back in then. But damn after reading all these posts from kids (babies really) born in 1988, 1989, and even 1990, I feel older then dirt.
* Does anyone else remember the 1982 Kenny Rogers movie "Six Pack", where his was a washed up race car driver and he meets up with six orphaned kids in Texas and they become his pit crew.
* sure you remember a lot from the 80s ... sike! captain planet was on in the 90s, maybe you saw fraggle rock tapes, after all I wasn't even born in the technical 80s and I've seen reading rainbow, c'mon. If you were born in '88 I doubt you can rember 1990.
* Does anyone remember a department store called BEST?????
* When your birthday cake had Michael Jackson on it!
* Wondering how someone born in 1988 can remember a show that ran from 1983 - 1987 (or insist that there's THAT much of a difference between his year and the next one...) and looking at all that '80s vs. early 90s' stuff; i guess it all comes down to the fact that the core 80s ended around 88 (though some would insist 87) but the core 90s didn't begin until around 93 or so - and there's this region from 1989 - 1992 which doesn't fit into either but is too easily tagged 'Eighties'
* I remember the 80s pretty well. I was born in 1982, but I can remember stuff that happened in 1985 on up. I remember when the disney channel first started and played movies at night, not TV shows like they do now. I think its so cool that alot of the 80s cartoons are coming back. I mena, they have redone Strawberry Shortcake, but it's still neat seeing my younger cousins and siblings wanting toys that I once had in the 80s.
* The soundtrack to "Grease" has been re-released as a special 25th Anniversary edition. So now more time has passed since "Grease" was released than the time that passed between its setting in the 1950's and its original release. I remember when that came out I asked my Dad "Can you remember if the 50's were really like that?" as if it was so far back in time he couldn't possibly recollect it...now I can remember asking him that and the release of "Grease" like it was yesterday...though it was 1978...
* Alright I was born in 88 and i still remember a lot from the 80's. these things include: fraggle rock, TMNT, reading rainbow, sesame street (wen they spoke half and half ingles y espanol), captain planet, chip n dale recue rangers, and my favorite one of all time painting with bob ross yea captain bob! anyways my point is even tho i was only an 80's baby i still remebera lot of the period. so you cant say that me and other like me werent from the 80's ....well you can to those born in 89 thats like less than a year jeez talk about false pride!
* I have no problem with you dissing today's music. IT SUX!!!! But, god, don't diss Nirvana. I love 80s music as much as you do, but the 90s was all good until '96 or so. Yes, even the first half of the 90s is becoming "retro". After all, Full House, your beloves "80s" show actually had more airing time in the 90s. Growing Pains, the Cosby Show, and Cheers aired until the '92-'93 period, and they are on Nick at Nite. Nirvana had just as much talent as Metallica and a lot more than Billy Idol or someone like that. And by the way, kids have only been hooked on video games for about 7 or 8 years, not 12 or 13 years.
* That kid born in '89 who says he remembers a lot of stuff from the 80s has no idea what he's talkin' bout. I consider myself to have a good memory and being born at the end of the 80s I can only remember as far back as '93, maybe '92 at the EARLIEST. By the way, the 80s were over by '89. Sure, a few remnants were left from '89-'91, but the bulk of the decade ('83-'86) was long gone. I bet that kid born in '89 cant even remember 1991. Any takers?
* Kids who play Grand Theft Auto:Vice City thinks all those songs are new.
* I hate how you guys are dissing the kids born in the early 90s. DO you really think a kid born in '88 would know more about the 80s than a '90 kid? I was born in January 1990 and I am familiar with some of the stuff you are talking about. Ninja Turtles and Saved by the Bell are 90s THINGS!!!
* When I remember that I met my husband on a bbs!
* When you remember the birth of your best friends sister, and she is now in 8th grade! I remember my cousins birth VERY clearly and she is now 19. I am only 26, but I feel so old now!
* The new Nick-at-Nite line-up: Cheers, The Cosby Show, Full House, and Roseanne. Also, Ben Affleck's acting debut was on a PBS thing called "The Voyage of the Mimi." I have every episode of that on Betamax. I also have Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Reading Rainbow, and Fraggle Rock, all on Beta. I have over 500 beta tapes and two nearly working beta VCRs. I'm nearly 23.
* Check out the song Babies of the 80's by Something Corporate, kinda brings up good memories. I was a baby of the 80s (born 1984). My sorority just had an 80s flashback party and it seems that the only things people my age remember from the 80s are crimped hair, off the shoulder t-shirts, and leg warmers. Oh the cartoons too! I think we missed out on a huge chunk of the culture!
* Does anyone remember the now defunct electronics store chain Silo ?
* I'm biologically old enough to be the parent of anyone born from 1990 and onwards. I'd be a really really young parent to these 8th graders around today, but damn still, I'm adult figure to them. I remember a lot of girls that were only 14 or 15 and pregnant back in the early 90's. Back in 1992 there was a 15 year guy in my gym class that became a father at that young age.
* I can't believe that babies born in 1989 are entering high school this year, and the new kids coming into college were born in 1985. I also had some rather perverted thoughts about actress/singer Hilary Duff, until I found out she was 16 and only born in 1987.
* I just found out that the quaterback for my favorite NFL team is only 22 or 23 years old, which puts his birth year around 1980 or 1981. Feel old?
* The very first time I ever felt old in my life was around 1999 and 2000. At the time I was around 23 or 24 and that's when I first heard the decade I grew up in, the 80's, being called "retro" and "oldies". Combine that with the fact that the decade I went to high school and college in, the 90's, were coming to an end and I was moving into my mid 20's and heading towards 30, I just realized that it was over. It happened so quick, but it was over---I was too old for the youth culture, and I was moving out of the traditional college age bracket. I mean people my age were getting married, starting families, and many were even teaching junior high and high school! All these things just instantly made me feel old and I realized that life had permanently changed for me and that it would never go back to the way it was in the pre-Millenium years when I was still like a kid and didn't have much of a generation gap on my younger side.
* I think I started to feel old when I saw a lot of 80's stars that were jet setting young 20 somethings/early 30's back in the actual 80's turn into ugly old middle age people that yell at the kids for running across their lawn. These were the people you would find at all the cool clubs back in the 1980's and even early 90's, now they look like Cub Scout den moms or like they belong in a PTA meeting or something like that. Kinda hard to believe that Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Eddie Van Halen are in their 40's. Even Michael Jordan, Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio and Michael J. Fox have entered their early 40's. Remember Phoebe Cates from Fast Times at Ridgemont High? She's over 40 too. Infact the other day I was doing paperwork at my office on a woman who was 41, and damn did she look old. Seriously she looked old, she was fat with sagging eyes and a sagging rear end. I'm 27 and for the past couple of years people in their 30's AND 40's have been looking A LOT younger to me mentally in my head compared to when I was growing up. But the cold reality is there that while my perception of middle aged people has changed considerably and I think of them as being a lot younger...most 41 year old today look the same as most 41 year olds did back in 1989! This woman would have been the age I am now, 27, back in 1989!! I remember when people in her age bracket were the super cool young people, but she probably has some 13 or 14 year old kid (or even older then that) at home that thinks their mom is as old as dirt. And I don't like to be reminded that at 27, I myself am pushing 30. lol
* one word: Slinky! nuff said
* lol, the smart alec supercar KITT from Knight Rider was a Trans Am. I'm sure he'd be pretty insulted if anyone other then Michael called him an "old timey car".
* I was watching a rerun of GI Joe with a friend of the family's 8 year old son. He thought it was such good animation. Then I told him it was almost 20 years old. Sad to see the kind of swill kids have to watch now.
* When they re-released He-Man on Cartoon Network and kids think it is new. Then you tell them that you watched it when you were their age and they don't believe you.
* The other day I was fixing to leave the house and go to Wal-Mart. My ten year old son asked me if I would pick him up a hot wheel? I said sure what kind do you want? He answered" an old timey car....like a Camaro or Transam. I told him I would be glad to just don't call them old time cars anymore. I drove one of them when I was a teenager! Ha!!
* Ahh those crazy demographic people always have different years for Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. They don't even realize what a full generation is. According to the media and modern pop culture it seems that "Boomers" are anyone in the middle age bracket and old enough to at least remember the Vietnam War, Gen Xers are anyone on the young side (went to high school in the 80's or 90's), and Gen Y are even younger versions of Gen Xers. They never get anything right though, and I think they still call 14 year olds around today "Generation X", just because it sounds cooler then "Generation Y". Regardless I'm sure the older Yers born in the early 80's are unlikely to get along with the younger Yers born in the 90's. "Yers", damn that sounds so gay. "Millenium Generation" would be probably be better then Gen Y, but that will be dated one day because kids in 2025 are likely to be laughing at anyone who is 40 years old (say a 18 year old kid born in 1985) and walking around trying to pass themselves off as part of what they are likely to think of as "their century".
* I'm a junior in college and a Communications major, and I'm currently taking a Marketing class (outside of my major). My Marketing Principles book states that "Generation X" refers to everyone born between 1965-1978, and "Generation Y" as anyone born between--get this--1979 and 1994. That's right--a whole population of us 80s kids are grouped in with kids born in the early 90s--our sworn adversaries! Also, another interesting fact about Generation Y (I'm a proud member)--much of a mature product's success depends on our generation--if we don't like it, the company is in trouble. Also, about you Gen Xer's there--you'll like this--you are the savviest of consumers. Who says you can't learn anything fun in school?
* Yeah I have noticed that a lot of people born after 1978 are not well versed at all on the "core years of the 80s" and only seem to remember the late 80's and obviously the early 1990s. Most of them are really ignorant on those core 80s years. I was born in 1976 and when I talk to a friend of mine born in 1980 about the 80s she seems to only remember the 1987-'89 era, or maybey a few stuff from 1986 at the earliest. I mean it's not like I was even close to being a teenager or anything back in 1984, I was only in 3rd grade and still running around in my Care Bears pajamas, but I remember the core years of the 1980s really well. I even remember the very early 80s with pretty good detail. I'm old enough to remember the first episodes of Knight Rider and A-Team and I'm old enough to remember when Duran Duran, The Police, The Go-Gos, and Wham were around. 3 1/2 to 4 years in age can make a really big difference sometimes with certain things.
* I HATE PEOPLE WHO THIMK METALLICA IS A "SELLOUT" THERE MUSIC IS STILL GREAT,YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM BECAUSE AFTER ...AND JUSTICE THEY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO EASILY RETIRE FOREVER,BUT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE THEY LOVE MAKING SUCH GREAT SONGS WTF IS WRONG WITH ENTER SANDMAN HUH?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
* I feel old because I long for the days of playing nerf hoop in my hallway...
* i felt old when VH1 aired a nostalgia series - "I Love the 80s" and I remembered every single thing, and my wife, 3 1/2 years younger than me, didn't have the foggiest idea baout half the stuff. I am only 29 now.
* About Donkey Kong Country, I have the Game Boy Advance version, and it's really good. It certainly handles MUCH better than the SNES version, which I also own (and still play). The only changes made to the GBA version are even more souped-up grahics, voices, and better sound quality. You can also save games anytime you want (not just @ a save point) and take the flight back to another world. It's alot of fun, really.
* Oooh, "Growing Pains." Now that was a GOOD show!
* By, the way, I KNOW that TGIF ran into the 90s--I watched it for its entire run. But it was a big '80s kid thing, since that was how most of us younger kids spent out Friday nights.
* I never though any of us Gen Xers born in the 70s would EVER start critizing our successors for the type of music they listen to, the way they dress, and/or act. Remember all the abuse we took from the our parents generation and the other older generations? The Baby Boomers hated us. But sure enough, here we are putting down the kids today. I guess there's no way to avoid this, a little baby born today will be slamming the youth of America when he's like 26 in the year 2029.
* Do you have any clue how weird it is to see to see your favorite computer & video games updated? I'm waiting to see how Nintendo's going to make a Gamecube version of "Donkey Kong" Although the "D.K. Country" games on SNES were fabulous. I did like how they aged the ape from the '80s games into CRANKY KONG! Anyone who misses playing the "Police Quest" game series (and doesn't like SWAT) now gets a taste of it with Legacy's new "Law & Order" games. And did anyone else learn their history & geography by chasing "Carmen Sandiego" around? 80's music is still here, but all too often just glanced at. On vacation I missed a chance to see Huey Lewis & The News in concert, though I didn't know it. I love Phil Collins's new album, but he won't be touring much due to an ear infection. I like that Fleetwood Mac's together again, but like my sister asked me, Where's Christine?!? But I must say, the musical highlight of last year, for me, was the release of Jan Hammer's Complete Miami Vice Collection. Popular demand finally paid off, though it certainly took a long time. I hope the '80s never really fade away.
* echo and the bunnymen, the police, strawberry swithblade, u2, colourfield, thomson twins, the care, lightning seeds, marc almond, new order, omd, rem, inxs, level 42, just to name a few. i have a list totaling to close to a thousand bands. i was born october 1973. after 2 kids, heartbreaks, etc. . . i don't care. and music today sucks. zerro. nada. nothing but garbage today. there was a time when music stirred the soul. and look at what kids wear today. are they really serious? my kid (the younger one) will grow up someday and i'll pass on the music i listened. and still listen to. it'll be fun. the 80s may be long gone to some, but it will live forever.
* People well into their 30s are looking younger and younger too you. And teenagers are looking like babies from another generation instead of your peers.
* If you think 10 years back really wasn't that long ago.
* You realize that when you were growing up and the older people/adults said "You will go from being a high school kid to a 30 year old in no time".....THEY WERE NOT LYING.
* In response to your comment about TGIF: all those shows you named were felgercarb. WTF are you talking about??? And another thing, TGIF ran well into the 90's.
* You remember that terrorists start targeting American Planes in 1985.
* When I was interviewing potential employees last week, I noticed that most of the applicants were college students looking for part-time work around the office. I was thinking to myself, "oh, these people are about my age." Then the reality set in: I'm not only finished with college, I've finished graduate school and have been working in my job for 2 years already. Ugh....
* The first time I fell "in love" with Leonardo DiCaprio was when he was featured on "Growing Pains."
* Lately at work, I have put on '80s favorites "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure," "Back to the Future," (part 1, mind you), and "ET." Sometimes I need to be reminded about why the movie studios aren't putting out movies like these anymore.
* When I acted outraged about TGIF's resurrection, my mom said "Allison, times change. So does TV. It's NOT the 80s anymore" Thanks, not only did I need to be reminded that it's not the 80s, but she also reminded me that TV changes. Yeah, changes to felgercarb, if you ask me!
* Remember "Denver the Last Dinosaur"???? Yes you do. Admit it.
* ABC is rehashing the Friday night tradition/ritual/nostalgia piece known as TGIF. That's right, everyone's favorite 2-hour block of quality family programming is coming back. But here's what's NOT on the lineup--"Full House," "Perfect Strangers," "Just the 10 of Us," "Family Matters" "Step By Step"--basically, nothing YOU like will be on it. It is NEW programming, and they plan to promote it as TGIF? What's up with that? Why doesn't ABC just murder something else '80s kids love? Oh wait, they cancelled all of the shows we loved!
* I agree with the demise of Saturday morning cartoons. Network television's Saturday mornings have become this barren wasteland of recycled programming from OTHER networks (ABC broadcasts Disney Channel programming in a block called "ABC's One Saturday Morning," CBS broadcasts Nick Jr. programming, NBC broadcasts Discovery Kids). Yikes. What happened to originality? Creativity? Why nothing new??? Oh wait...I figured it out. We're talking about a whole SOCIETY that is pretty much now built on drones, uncreativity, and monotonous ways. It's not really a hard concept to put out something original that the other networks aren't already airing. But, that would be too EASY, wouldn't it????
* When I was in school back in the 1980's, kids said any music before the 80's was felgercarb. The 1920's, 30's, 40's, and ofcourse the 50's, 60's, 70's...were all felgercarb felgercarb felgercarb. The funky disco, blow dried, platform shoed and bell bottom era 70's were especially laughed at and hated by kids in the 80's. The joke kids had back then was "that the only good thing to come out of the 1970's was us!" (because most of us were born in the 70's). So kids laughing at previous decades that they weren't really a part of is nothing new. I'm sure the younger kids born in the 90's are already laughing at the 90's and saying 90's music was felgercarb---though they would get no disagreement from me on that one, LOL
* The demise of saturday morning cartoons
* I have recently been told in school that 80s music was felgercarb. It ain't no felgercarb. What kind of sacrelige is this? I'll show you what's felgercarb, all of today's music is felgercarb.
* MICHAEL JACKSON IS 45!! KIRK CAMERON IS 33!! BENJI GREGORY (kid from ALF) is 25!! He was 8 on Alf!! ARNOLD (Gary Coleman) IS 35!! WILLIS (Todd Bridges) IS 38!! PUNKY BREWSTER IS 27!! RALPH MACCHIO IS 36!! "ELLIOTT" (Henry Thomas from E.T.) IS 29!! IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE E.T. WAS RELEASED!! THEY ARE PLAYING 80'S SONGS ON THE "OLDIES" RADIO STATION!!
* I'm a college junior this year, and all I've noticed are freshman who are WAY taller than me, and look much older than I do. I'm almost 21 and about 5'4", but these kids are BIG!!!! Yikes...
* When kids born in 1990 ask you what the 80's were like. Then you realize that they look at the 80s as their mom and dad's decade. The same way we looked at the 50s and 60s.
* You kids born deep in the 80's simply do not know that decade. I know exactly how you guys born after about 1982 think. You kids think because you've seen every episode of "Saved by the Bell" 400+ times that you somehow remember or know the 80's. Get a clue. Saved by the Bell aired for like 2 months in the fall of 1989, and then continued on into the early and mid 1990s. You guys do not know the true 1980's. Come back in some years when you're dealing with that brat born in 1996 who constantly calls 2003 "the 90's" and you'll finally get it.
* You remember when Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhies were legitametly frightening psycho killers back in the 80's. Today they are very unscary and more like silly/campy B-movie horror icons like Dracula, Frankenstien or the Wolfman.
* When someone mentions "80s metal", please don't conjure up images of effeminite clowns like Poison, Bon Jovi, and Warrant. Do not pair the words "hair" or "glam" with the word "metal" unless you want an ass-beating. That's disgraceful and disrespectful, and just plain inaccurate. That felgercarb was not metal, no way. 80s metal includes Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Metallica (not the utterly shameful Selloutica of later years), Slayer, Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, Exodus, Testament, Dark Angel, Anthrax, and others. These are bands that either were formed in the 80s, or ones that had formed earlier and enjoyed success on both mainstream and underground levels during the decade. Interestingly enough, many of the bands I mentioned are still (I'm talking today, right now, 2003) very active and very successful, continuing to write, record, tour, and reap enormous financial rewards despite an almost erroneous tag of "80s metal". Remember the "Metal is dead" malarkey that the mass media was spewing at you during the thankfully short-lived "Seattle grunge" era? Ha! What a joke! The justification was that Winger and Warrant were no longer to be found on the Top 10 rack at your local music retailer, supplanted by equally weak and trite swill like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Well, that's interesting. During that period, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were (and still are) filling arenas all over the world. Cannibal Corpse cracked the Billboard Top 100, with no major label support, no airplay, and no mainstream press. Relapse Records' catalog went from a 2-sided Xeroxed newsletter to a 66-page, full-color volume selling 1000s of titles. Metal Blade Records sold more titles than in any other time in its history. Those are just a few examples. Hundreds of thousands of bands were (and still are) active in every corner of the globe, and new ones pop up every damn day. That doesn't sound very dead to me. If glam felgercarb is dead, good riddance. But anyone with more than a reptilian brain knows metal never died, and doesn't show signs of dying any time soon. One last note...if you are a metalhead, and some young punk accuses you of being "stuck in the 80s" (when you probably have newer and more current releases in your collection than he does), beat the living f*ck out of him.
* When you're in the ages of 10 to 19 you think you know everything, then you get to be around 24 or 25 and you realize that 30 is on the horizon. Suddenly you're due to be a crusty old grown up that can't be trusted anymore in the upcoming years. Almost everyone your age is getting married, and you find out that you didn't know a damn thing about anything.
* The A-Team, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, and The Greatest American Hero are TV shows that are all over 20 years old. Punky Brewster and Miami Vice are nearly 20 years old. Did you seem them in their original run? I did. What did you think about TV shows from the 1960's back in the 80's?
* Kids that graduated from college this year were NOT EVEN BORN when Mt. St. Helens erupted!!!
* I also noticed that most everything on the list of the person born in Febuary 1985 was from the 90's, or at best the very very late 80's, like 1989. Goes to show you that
