Posted on 12/30/2004 5:44:09 PM PST by psimpson2005
So here they are: The Reasons for Children of the 80s to Feel Old
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*While reading reviews about the "Live Aid" DVD on Amazon, I read a comment from a teenager that wrote that it's an ideal gift for his/her parents. And knowing that Live Aid was from 1985.
*Because when I mentioned Hall & Oates to my cousin who is 20 he had NO clue as to who I was talking about. Becauase Bon Jovi, who just came out with "Runnaway" like YESTERDAY -- right? (not) is now over 20 yrs old and considered "Classic." Because "Do They Know it is Christmas" is now 20 yrs old..........................................
(Excerpt) Read more at inthe80s.com ...
In 1985 (i think), I made my mother take me to see the Everly Brothers in concert and to get thier star on the Walk of Fame. In exchange, I agreed to go see Bon Jovi with her. :)
I started a trend in Jr. High, 50's bands became in and you had to have at least one poster of a dead rock star (mine was Buddy Holly).
Still a fan of the Ev's, along with most other music from before 1990.
Do you remember "wink" soda? Hubby and my best friend still miss that. My impression is that it was like a less sweet version of 7-up, but I could be wrong.
Myself, I will never drink A & W root beer, because I feel they drove Hires out of NY. I can still get it in Long Island, and it is still the BEST Root beer.
Oh that's great! Interesting how we all sat together to watch the few shows that were available. And when color sets appeared, it was just beyond belief.
I am so happy that my 21 year old thinks Alan is the best in a man. He's got all the right stuff all right.
I wouldn't want to feel 18 again. All those raging hormones kept me from getting real with myself.
Tell Grandma to put that case of Tab on eBay!
Actually, I feel like I should have felt at 18. When I was 18, I was too busy trying to be a grown up, taking care of my invalid great-grand parents, grandparents, and father full time, as well as trying to hold down a job and college. I was too busy to deal with hormones from the time I was 15 till I was 21.
Sounds like you've traveled a rough road and kudos for being a caretaker for your family. Guys like you don't come along very often.
I dig a few Cure songs, like "Just Like Heaven" and "Lovesong" but didn't know they were now in Musak!!!
bmp
I was born in 1977-so at the end of the 80s I was only 12. However, I identify much more with the 80s than the 90s. I remember in high school thinking that Nirvana and Pearl Jam sucked and what happened to cool bands like Dokken and the Scorpions, and even Helloween...
I was a budding metalhead even when I was like 9 years old...my parents just loved that!
That last pic is hilarious. I've seen it hundreds of times and wondered if it was a real family portrait.
That poor kid...
I got into Metallica later on, but I loved Dokken and the Scorpions when I was as young as 8-9 years old.
By the time Bad was released in 1987, he looked like Liz Taylor after a freak accident.
ALICE!!!
And-the best thing was about two years ago when I (a lifelong Alice fan) found out he's a...< dramatic pause >
REPUBLICAN!
Duran Duran was OK but I dug the heavier stuff. I still remember when my mom freaked out that I put up the Alice Cooper poster on my wall when I was 12.
" * I was born (1/1/70) and when I was about 26ish I worked at a thrift store and one of my younger coworkers about 18 I guess picked of a poster of John Wayne and showed it to me. I said oh cool the "Duke" she returned with ..... whos that? It about floored me. I felt like I needed a walker after that.
* Remembering schoolhouse rock!
* I remember getting my Chicken McNuggets in a styrofoam box!!
* I was born in 1983, reading the messages on this board make me feel old...LOL but seriously I don't feel old really - because 21 is NOT old! What does make me feel old though is when I ask kids 11 and 12 years old who don't even remember or know who th Ninja turtles were, or any other show I used to watch when I was a kid in the good old days.
* I was born in 1990, but here's something for y'all. You know how when you were little and you would dress up in 50's clothes, well now kids are dressing up in 80's clothes for halloween and stuff, i should know cause me and my friends did it.
* Remember going to McDonalds as a kid and getting your sandwich in a styrofoam box? Some of my friends don't even remember that one - lol
* '90's music under the "oldies" section. Not to mention '90's compilation albums like "Pure '90's" & "Non Stop '90's Rock". Oh, and The Olsen twins are now 18!!!
* I was in Rite Aid last week, and I noticed on the counter the sticker that says "If you were not born on or after this date in (YEAR) you can not buy alcohol or cigarettes." It's scary when the years are 1983 (alcohol) and 1986 (cigarettes/tobacco). I was born in 1982, and I feel old every time I see this!!!
* Case in point about 80s kids having kids: My 21-year old best friend (born in March 1983) and her 24-year old husband (born in January 1980) have a 4 month old son. My first gift to him was a onesie that says "I'm a Toys R Us Kid!" from The Toys R Us in Times Square.
* Kids born in the 80's are now having kids of their own. Some born in the 60's and 70's are already grandparents.
* Depechemode and the cure songs are being played in grocery stores! It used to be stuff from America and Neil Diamond! I stay longer just to finish hereing the song!
* My son points out a "new" cool song and it's a Cure remake! I continue to tell my son how The Original sounds better. I try and prove it to him by pulling out my 15yr old Cure tape and tape player. He responds.....It sounds like the guy is ready to kill himself! Long live The Cure!
* One of my friends and I jokingly use the word "smurf" in conversations occasionally instead of verbs. Remember when those annoying little creatures used that word EVERY half-second?
* The fact that my brother and I figured out how to program a VCR at 3 years old (1985) PALES in comparison to the fact that 2-year olds now know how to use a computer, and that 5-year olds can probably program one.
* Remembering more than just the toys and shows of the 80's. I remember feeling a chill down my spine anytime someone said "The Russians are coming", I remember seeing the Olympic torch pass down La Brea Blvd in LA headed toward the Colliseum for the start of the 1984 summer games. I remember my school participating in the "Just say No campaign" , I remember seeing Princess Diana's wedding on TV when it was telecast for the first time, I remember hearing about Prince Williams birth. Anybody rememeber Ollie North? The Chernobyl disaster? Yes, those were great times, but it also had it's share of challenges.
* It wasn't me actually but damn... a friend of ours, about 15 years old actually asked my boyfriend, when he said something about the Beastie Boys, what are they still alive? and I think he really didn't joke... sadly.. I was born in 1983 just for the record
* What makes me feel old is that, really i am. I was born in 1957 which means i grew up in the 70's, not the 80's. But i still call my self a 70's and 80's person. To me the 80's were the most awesome decade ever. I was always "like that" i just found a decade to match me in the 80's. I first felt really old to realize that i have been through three generations of Presley's--Elvis, Lisa Marie and her model daughter, Riley Keough!
* Remember the show Remote Control on MTV? We were talking about Adam Sandler the other day and my younger friends looked at me like I was nuts when I brought up his early days on the best game show on TV!"
Take them off...LOL!
I find that largely true. I do know some country fans though.
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