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 ...
Everyone my age (born in 1976) is predominantly a Rock N Roll Fan. I tend to find anyone born from 1981 on is largely a hip hop fan. I know NO country music fans.
Just trying to keep the conversation moving with some more quotes from the site:
" * The only time somebody said "d*mn" or "b*tch" on TV was on One Day at a Time or the Golden girls and the live studio audience (remember those?) would gasp in horror. I have also realized that arcade games are extinct and no one seemed to notice. We used to put a quarter in Dig Dug or Centepede (at the GROCERY STORE). Also, bring back 16oz GLASS pop bottles!(soda bottles for those of you outside the midwest).
* Andre Agassi is still playing tennis! HE's like 34 0r 35 years old!
* Now the classic cartoon "Popeye" is added to the CGI trend with a new holiday special airing on Fox. If that's not enough, Popeye & Bluto are friends in this special. (Another blame for "political correctness") Since Popeye cartoons are rarely seen, except on public domain DVDs like "60 Classic Cartoons", I bet most of today's kids would only be familiar with "Popeye" as the popular fast food restuarant. Since Cartoon Network now only air Scooby Doo & Tom & Jerry with mostly current junk like "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYunmi". Besides Cartoon Network, Disney Channel also neglects the past like MTV does to the '80's. Unlike most teens, kids don't care if their parents/grand parents watched Looney Tunes as kids. Those networks are only interested on what's "hip" instead of being diversed like now ruined channels like Nickelodeon & the mentioned Disney Channel. Thanks for the internet (and radio & tv networks devoted to the classics) for kids & teens who aren't into current stuff to discover music, tv shows, movies, etc. from the past.
* A friend of mine got Magnum, P.I. season one on DVD and loaned it to me. As I was watching it, it hit me that the show was nearly 25 years old--and I was 10 when it debuted!
* I was born in 1968. I remember the 80s very well. When I went into the 80s I was in public school but by 1989, I had given birth to my first daughter. She is a true carbon copy of me, looks walks and talks like me. Well the 80s me, I have somehow morphed into looking more like my mother, lol. Now she is 15, and thinks the 80s were "gay". The 80s rocked, loved the hair, the tunes, and the fun that went along with all of it. All of us that had the opportunity to party like it was 1999 (and that seemed to be in the very distant future at the time), are truly fortunate!! Party on Dude!!! hehee
* Other cartoons that nolonger, or rarely, shown on tv: Lantz cartoons (Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda), Terry Toons (Deputy Dawg, Mighty Mouse), Harveytoons (Casper, Little Audrey)...though it's a good thing since most Harveytoons were awful, Fleisher (Popeye, Betty Boop), and Filmation cartoons from television (Fat Albert, Masters of the Universe). And the same with tv shows from the 1950's to the mid 1970's, besides TV Land and some UHF stations that still air them. Most of today's cable networks air repeats of shows from the 1980's & 1990's. Though TV Land now has shows like Cheers, Wings, and Mac Gyver.
* What made me feel old is when: I was listening to a Chaka Khan CD (yeah I know, that showed my age) and my 11 year old cousin asked "why is that lady yelling like that?" The same 5 year old little girl I used to babysit now has a car and I helped her move into her own apartment
* I was driving home with my children over "tickle hill" and made a comment about feeling like I was riding with Bo Duke. "Ahh, who's Bo Duke, Mom?" and I replied matter of factly, "from Dukes of Hazzard. Krazy Kooter coming at ya'" in Koots' voice of course. Blank stares! Silly me, I was still trying to jog their memory, then it hit me------I'M OFFICIALLY OLD! "Them good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm"
* Mickey Rourke has gray hair. Things I read about in SF books are now in my pockets and drawers - some already obsolete. A Citroen does not look like a citroen anymore. In '86 I was still not believing I will see world without Soviet Union (I live in Poland). And... most of all... I turned 33 today.
* Sometimes I feel old because I'm a 28 yr old with an almost three year old child. My former classmates have teens and preteens half their age. But I'm glad I waited. Not knocking early motherhood.
* 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.
* Hey guys, I've decided to make this a little tradition, last year I wrote something similar to this: forget the eighties for a moment in a month it will be 2005 that means 10 years since 1995. In April it will be ten since the OKC bombing(where were you?) In October it will be ten since OJ was found not guilty(I'm sure he will catch the "real" killers anytime now!) On the lighter side it will be ten since we heard that pissed off Canadian woman You Oughta Know who I'm talking about, the movie Empire Records, Clueless as if. But the worse of all is in August 2005 it will be ten years since the start of my senior year in high school. The years keep rollin.
* The only source of '80's music videos are on VH1 Classic & compilation DVDs since MTV caters to today's touth, and hardly play videos, along with VH1. Not to mention MTV2 caters towards people who grew up in the '90's and only air selected videos from artists that are still popular (ie Madonna, Michael Jackson, Beastie Boys, U2). Not to meniton that music videos are what they used to be in the '80's & '90's. Even rap videos were different and much better back in the day. And that being written by a 20 year old. (Notice how MTV nolongers cater towards the 20 something crowd)
* I seem to be the only one who remembers Teddy Ruxpin.
* '90's sitcom "Wings" is on TV Land. And there was a "Baywatch" marathon last Saturday & Sunday. Enough said.
* Watching "Retrosexual: The 80's" and noticing how much have changed & how far music videos, movies,& celebrities have gone Example: Lindsay Lohan would make Samantha Fox look tame by today's standards. And Samantha Fox, Kelly LeBrock, & Tiffany looked haggardly. Though Deborah Gibson looks great. Whatever happened to good clean cut teen teens & sexy singers that had class instead of being trashy like Beyonce & Britney Spears. Just compare Duran Duran "Girls On Film", Warrant "Cherry Pie", and even Madonna "Lucky Star" to most pop & rap videos that only show the same dance moves & images that would've been banned in the 1980's."
I took my pre-teen daughter to see Michael Jackson at Soldier's Field. She and her gal pals were real hotshots at school the next day. Billie Jean and moonwalking. Oh my.
My 21 year old simply cannot believe a tv without a remote.
" * The "Oldies" station in my area started playing "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys (1988)and "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel (1983) about two years ago...no joke!
* Actually i'm a 30 year old who looks pretty much like a 22 year old, about that I really can't complain, and mentally I still feel and sometimes act like a teen ager, but when younger people call my favorite music retro and say that I Love Rock and Roll is originally from Britney Spears when we all know that was Joan Jett, they think I'm crazy because they never heard that name before....it really sucks not being the hip and pain in the butt teen ager anymore..by the way back then was way cooler...p.s who remember Ricky Martin whe he was one of the members of the group MENUDO...hahahahahah
* Remember the Dr. Seuss cartoons that were played on TV? I had forgotten all about them till I ran into them last Christmas looking for things to buy my (then) one year old. Of course I had to get them and well ended up doing his whole room in the cat in the hat. But now they have out the cat in the hat movie (which isn't really a "kids" movie in my eyes or the eyes of some others) What ever happened to Dr. Seus being about the kids and not the adults?
* Remember when you could watch one episode of a cartoon and understand everthing in it even though you hadn't seen it before? Unlike these cartoons now to where you have to watch the whole series to understand ANY of it. What ever happened to a story in a thirty minute episode? (1982)
* I was extremely excited about an upcoming concert, and I told one of my employees I was going to see Duran Duran! She said, "Who's that?" AARGH!!!
* Speaking of The Care Bears being in CGI, most of all hit animated movies from today ("Finding Nemo", "Shark Tale", "Incredibles", etc.) are all CGI animated. Plus, current non CGI animated films like "Brother Bear" had flopped. Guess that hand drawn animated films are nolonger profitable. And recently knowing that there'll be a new animated Disney Christmas movie out, but in CG1. Atleast most current cartoons on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, & Comedy Central are still hand drawn.
* Watching Little House on the Prarie on DVD and remembering waiting for that episode to come out the following week to see if Laura actually married Almonzo.
* Remembering Mary-Kate and Ashley Oleson as baby Michelle on Full House and seeing clips from their 18th Bday party.
* My kids playing with Barbie on a computer instead of the actual dolls.
* Pulling out my old Atari to see if it still worked and my kids saying "My god mom, you were deprived of a good childhood with these graphics"
* Identifying with a country song called "I Miss Back When". The chorus of that song reminds me of the 80's I grew up in. "Back when a hoe was a hoe and Coke was a Coke. Crack's what you were doing, when you were cracking jokes, back when a screw was a screw and wind was all that blew. And when you said "I'm down with that, you meant you had the flu. I miss back when, I miss back when." The song goes on to talk about the singer reading "Street slang for Dummies".
* I was born in 1975 and I see the kids I baby-sat for back in the 80's now having 1-5 year old children that I baby-sit for.
* Knowing that in a little over a year it will be the 20th anniversary of the Challenger explosion and remembering being home from school due to snow and watching it happen."
And the fuzzy boots are baaaaack!
I remember Hands Across America well. It was in Spring 1986. I was in the Fourth Grade and we all went into the school yard to join hands. At the time, I thought it was SOOOOOOO GAAAYYYY!!!
I wore Parachute Pants and by the end of the decade had a Richard Marx-style mullet!
My 30 year old daughter was turned on to country music by her 20 year old sister--Alan Jackson turned her around!
Would you believe that there has not been a country station in New York since WYNY switched formats ten years ago?
No wonder it's a blue state. Country must be considered low class?
Country is considered "foreign" to most people in the northeast, with the exception of my uncle. Were it not for Sean Hannity, I would have NO IDEA who Toby Keith was.
I was home sick (there was snow on the ground in NY that day as well) and hearing about the explosion on Z-100, the local top 40 station.
I was just in mall today and saw that all kinds of horrible fashions from the '80s were in the department stores. I really hope wearing a tie and sports coat with jeans isn't really making a comeback... (Although I also cringed the other day when I looked at some photos of myself during my senior year in HS in 1995)
If I say 'bat wings' you won't laugh then? ;-)
(I can't look at photo's of me in my teens...there's one pic of me, where I look like a wasp. A bright yellow and black bat wing *fame* top, with ski pants, and yellow netting in my hair...and FINGERLESS lace gloves).
Put it this way, I'm going to a fancy dress party for New Years, and I'd be too embarrassed to wear that get-up!
It would have to be a SKINNY tie, preferably with piano keys on it, like the guy from Berlin wore.
The last guy I remember seeing with tie/sports coat/jeans get up was that long haired guy on Thirtysomething. Today, those people would be Fiftysomething.
If you ever get a chance to see Toby Keith in concert, get tickets. He rocks.
A-Team!!!
You make me feel old (Class of '94 here)!
ISAIAH THOMAS!!! KIRK GIBSON!!!
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