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What were you doing in the 80s ?

#1 Postby Meso » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:26 pm

Well,I personally was just born,which is sad... But I still mainly listen to 80s music,The dark side of 80s music.Deathrock/goth/post-punk... But it was a stage where music was at a peak,and everything has started going down from there,apart from some of the hairstyles :eek: So I was wondering,what styles of music did you listen to back then? =) God bless the 80s ^_^
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#2 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:34 pm

I was born in that decade as well.
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#3 Postby coriolis » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:54 pm

The 80's were my generation. Even though I grew up in the 70's, who would admit to it? I graduated from college in '81 and I spent 9 glorious years being single and making good money. I had a kicking stereo and listened to all the latest on college radio stations. I came and went as I pleased, and was free to do all the stupid stuff that I wanted. I,I,I,I,I,I,I :lol:
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#4 Postby azsnowman » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:55 pm

I don't remember...OH wait, that was the 60's :ggreen: Well, actually, I don't remember! J/K

Let's see, I was discharged from the US Navy back in 1980...got married in 1982 and the rest of the 80's I was raising my family :ggreen:
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#5 Postby arkess7 » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:03 pm

I graduated high school in 91......so I am definetaly an 80's kid......ahhhhhh the teenage years........I was listening to Madonna and Michael Jackson....doing the big hair with aqua net hairspray and sportin' my Guess Jeans.......I still love some 80's music here and there! What a good decade! 8-)
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#6 Postby Meso » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:15 pm

Hah.. I still dress kind of 80s,to an extent... Not the dodgy kind of 80s look though :p But the hair and jeans and stuff.. Hah.. I get quite a few weird looks... And I had someone come up to me in a store the other day and ask me "What is that hair called...; What do you believe in;Can I be your friend?" I kind of just had to laugh and step slowly back.. and by step slowly back.. I mean RUN!
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#7 Postby VanceWxMan » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:26 pm

80's ROCKED! I was in school during the 80's miss the HAIR and the Clothes!
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#8 Postby Yankeegirl » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:34 pm

I was also a child of the 80's... Graduated high school in 94... I loved it!! I was into all the hair bands... I used a bottle of Aqua net weekly... its amazing I still have hair!!! It makes me laugh when I see the 80's look making a comeback!! Hail to the 80's!!!
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#9 Postby JonathanBelles » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:35 pm

i wasnt born yet! :D
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#10 Postby CajunMama » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:42 pm

Married in 80, graduated college in 81, first kid born in 84, second kid born in 87.
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#11 Postby southerngale » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:44 pm

I was rockin' like a hurricane.
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#12 Postby O Town » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:57 pm

arkess7 wrote:I graduated high school in 91......so I am definetaly an 80's kid......ahhhhhh the teenage years........I was listening to Madonna and Michael Jackson....doing the big hair with aqua net hairspray and sportin' my Guess Jeans.......I still love some 80's music here and there! What a good decade! 8-)

You forgot hanging out with me. :cheesy: I remeber perming your hair in the late 80's. :lol:

I had my guess jeans, aqua net, and heavy black eyeliner. Also riding to school on a beach cruiser, those bikes were 'in'. I remeber my brother begging for a pair of parachute pants, and finally got them for Christmas. God those were ugly pants. :P The music of the 80's rocked. I still have the top 100 songs from 1985 I think it was, done by Casey Kasem on New Years day 1986, they used to recap the previous years top 100 songs. I recorded it on my cassette player/stero I had. It also had a slot for 8 tracks. Ahhhhh those were the days.
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#13 Postby Meso » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:09 pm

I`d give anything to be in london in the early 80s,just as the post-punk/goth movement was at peak (What do I mean peak,it only lasted like 6 years) Batcave and stuff... Bands like Bauhaus,Specimen,Sex Gang Children,Virgin Prunes, joy division and Siouxsie and the Banshees...Ahhh good music,good movements :)
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#14 Postby Tstormwatcher » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:25 pm

I graduated high school in 82, community college in 85, and started my career in 86. It was a busy decade. :ggreen:
And I still listen to 80's music all the time, got The Cure on right now.
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#15 Postby brunota2003 » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:28 pm

You really want to know? Ok...Wasnt even a thought in the 80's :lol: I was a mere cell...somewhere...
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#16 Postby Jack8631 » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:45 pm

I was in the service during most of the 80's, so I didn't have any hair or cool clothes. :lol:

The highlight of the 1980's for me was near the end of the decade. September 9, 1989. My wedding day. :D 9/9/89, hard to forget my anniversary. :lol:
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#17 Postby NEWeatherguy » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:49 pm

I was born in 1981. It is funny how things just pop back up. This all-80s stations. Sometimes they will play a song that is obscure, and it is like "ah, I remember that!"

In the 1980s I was being raised by my parents and saw two siblings' births! :)
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#18 Postby Stephanie » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:55 pm

Let's see. I graduated from high school in 1980 and went to college. Graduated from there in the Fall of 1984 and got married in March 1985. I began my career in accounting after that. My parents split up in 1989 and I separated from my husband in 1990.

The 1970's were more my decade! I couldn't get into punk rock what so ever. It was classic rock and roll and also dancing to disco. :wink:
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#19 Postby Bobbie Lee » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:04 pm

Oh, my goodness -- I'm (not quite completely) surrounded by people younger than my son. :P
What was I doing in the 80's? Getting married, divorced, and married again -- 8/8/83 -- gonna keep this one. :wink: Between '83 and early '90 we moved from Florida to New York to Connecticut to Maine to North Carolina. I'm glad he's not in the military anymore. :D
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#20 Postby dean » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:06 pm

wasnt alive yet. :lol:
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