The 80s were brilliant. It was about striving to be better than what you were. Everyone wanted to be rich and successful. Now--it's all about thug culture, baby daddies and hooking up.
Oh, and DJ culture--what's up with that? People knock the 80s--but at least our musicians PLAYED MUSIC!
::Raising lighter while Eddie rips into another solo::
In my 38 year old mind there was a SHARP divide between the 70s and the 80s, and it had to do with 1) who was President at the time and 2) the Death of Disco and the Birth of New Wave.
Do you know, my 11 yr old daughter was given two of those iCandy/Bratz dolls that are supposed to be dressed up in teh different decade fashions, and one of them was supposedly dressed up in 80s style. Its clothing colors were neon orange and yellow, which I guess refers back to that shortlived time period when everything was DayGlo Neon colors, and a short skirt and Flashdance type top, but then the doll has on roller skates. Along with this doll came a CD that has the title "80s Music" plastered on it...but do you know what music they chose to put on that CD?!?! "Saturday Night Fever" "I Will Survive" "RESPECT" and a couple of others that I could SWEAR were solidly 70s hits. Why couldnt they have put "Flock of Seagulls" "Duran Duran" "Van Halen" and others on there? THAT was 80s music.
Daughter is getting REAL tired of me correcting stuff like that.