I was born in 1983 so I do remember some of the 80s. However the 90s is far more vivid in my mind. Despite what everyone might say, I loved the 90s.
Does Anyone Here Remember The 80s
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I grew up in the 80's and have some fond memories.
Yeah we had the recession but me, my brother and sister used to have some fun trying to scrimp money together for sweets.
I only have 2 bad memories of the 80's and thats my mullet and my anorak with mittens sewn into the end of the sleeves.
I hated that coat.
Fondest memory is my Atari 2600 ..... and on my 6th birthday I got a plastic shotgun with a cork on a bit of string you put in the barrel to shoot out. Gave my dad a black eye with it. Then smashed it trying to kill a spider.
Also had my nose broke for the first time in 1988 during a Jeet Kune Do exhibition. Managed to (barely) win the fight but couldn't see or smell anything properly for about a week afterwards.
Ahh the memories.
BRING BACK THE 80'S ..... except mullets and coats with mittens sewn into them.
Yeah we had the recession but me, my brother and sister used to have some fun trying to scrimp money together for sweets.
I only have 2 bad memories of the 80's and thats my mullet and my anorak with mittens sewn into the end of the sleeves.
I hated that coat.
Fondest memory is my Atari 2600 ..... and on my 6th birthday I got a plastic shotgun with a cork on a bit of string you put in the barrel to shoot out. Gave my dad a black eye with it. Then smashed it trying to kill a spider.
Also had my nose broke for the first time in 1988 during a Jeet Kune Do exhibition. Managed to (barely) win the fight but couldn't see or smell anything properly for about a week afterwards.
Ahh the memories.
BRING BACK THE 80'S ..... except mullets and coats with mittens sewn into them.
I was born in 1970, so with my teenage years, the 80's started as well. It wasn't long before I got introduced to computers and videogames, most notably Scramble, Missile Command, Donkey Kong, and Pacman. Music was very interesting in the 80's, with all those brand new digital synths such as the yamaha dx 7 and the whole parade of drummachines that were being made back then. I really enjoyed the 80's, wouldn't want to have missed them.DarthScorpio11 said:
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Sure I do. I was born in '80 and grew up with cheap animation like Transformers G1 and crap music like Europe.
The '90s sucked already, but not as hard as the '80s.
The '90s sucked already, but not as hard as the '80s.
Well, I was born on '93 so I have no first hand experience, but I think I can safely say that the 80s were better than the 90s.
Back to the Future, amazing music, awesomely hilarious clothing (gigantic shoulders and pastels, nice), great cartoons, and just generally a more upbeat tone, I think.
Also, The Cult's Love album was released then. Need I say more?
Back to the Future, amazing music, awesomely hilarious clothing (gigantic shoulders and pastels, nice), great cartoons, and just generally a more upbeat tone, I think.
Also, The Cult's Love album was released then. Need I say more?
I wish I could, but alas, I was not born until the mid 90s.
I wish I could've lived during that time, with all the crazy clothes, music, and hairstyles.
I wish I could've lived during that time, with all the crazy clothes, music, and hairstyles.
Yep, but there's nothing to tell. Our 80's were completely different from civilised world's.
Here's the icon of our eighties :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoda0ga672c
Born in 1987 here but New Zealand was experiencing a cultural lag so the 80s stuck around for most of the early 90s. That being the case I "remember" a lot of things from the 80s but the truth is I just experienced them in the 90s.
I was also born in 87so I don't remember much in the 80. The only thing I do remember is playing with my toys (Star Wars, Dino Riders and TMNT etc) and there was such thing as a Saturday morning cartoon shows.
My only regret for not being born yet in the 80's is that i missed out on stuff like this when it was new Seriously... that's a masterpiece of incredible proportions. Just look at that role-call
Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Kevin DuBrow, Carlos Cavazo, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda, Don Dokken, George Lynch, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Rob Halford
How can you NOT love this?
Fashions on the other hand... i could very well do without.
Dio, Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain, Kevin DuBrow, Carlos Cavazo, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda, Don Dokken, George Lynch, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Rob Halford
How can you NOT love this?
Fashions on the other hand... i could very well do without.
If it had happened again a few thousand may have died, if it was a massively successful attack beyond the dreams of its planners, maybe even tens of thousands may have died. If World War Three had started in the eighties there maybe would have been tens of thousands of survivors. I think the treat of imminent nuclear destruction beats the off chance that someone would breach U.S. security again post 9/11. I'm sure your fear was very real, but it was a fear of death and the death of your family, with the Cold War it was a fear of fiery apocalypse for all of humanity.DarthScorpio11 said:
I was born in the VERY late '70's and so I count myself more as a kid from the 80's then anything else. What to say? Hearing things on the news about the 'star wars program', thinking how awesome it would be to battle in space with light sabres. Hearing about the 'iron curtain' and wondering why they don't shove that one open to see each other... oh.. good'old misconceptions I had as a child. AAAAAnd of course the music!! LOVE IT!!! The time when home electronics were booming and the walkman was introduced (didn't skip as the diskman ;P). My C64 and all the games that came with it. People being afraid of the cold war all the time while I was reenacting tour of duty with my friends... good old times!!!
Born in '74, the 80's in Australia were the best time to grow up in. The music and movies were far more memorable than most since then. The fashion... hmm yeah awkward, looking back 
But for anyone who didn't experience it at the time, seeing all that 80's content now will likely not do much for them, since nostalgia plays a large part of the appreciation for the era.
A massive memory of the 80's for me is essentially the advent of electronic gaming. Even though Atari and a few others brought out consoles in the late 70's, the first consoles from Sega and Nintendo came out in '85 and helped establish a level of entertainment that households hadn't seen before, as well as the Commodore 64 and other 8-bit computers helping to define the time. For sure, it's difficult to play those systems nowadays when we have access to modern technology, but if you think about the first time you got access to the internet, or the first time you drove a car, well playing these 8-bit games back then had that kind of impact to a young person.
And the arcades back then actually meant something... they were EPIC, since home hardware was always significantly behind that which was in the arcades, and gave the kids something awesome to look forward to after school.
The 80's in the main were something you didn't take too seriously, but just enjoyed for all the quirkiness that it offered. The song below typifies the 80's.
Enjoy
But for anyone who didn't experience it at the time, seeing all that 80's content now will likely not do much for them, since nostalgia plays a large part of the appreciation for the era.A massive memory of the 80's for me is essentially the advent of electronic gaming. Even though Atari and a few others brought out consoles in the late 70's, the first consoles from Sega and Nintendo came out in '85 and helped establish a level of entertainment that households hadn't seen before, as well as the Commodore 64 and other 8-bit computers helping to define the time. For sure, it's difficult to play those systems nowadays when we have access to modern technology, but if you think about the first time you got access to the internet, or the first time you drove a car, well playing these 8-bit games back then had that kind of impact to a young person.
And the arcades back then actually meant something... they were EPIC, since home hardware was always significantly behind that which was in the arcades, and gave the kids something awesome to look forward to after school.
The 80's in the main were something you didn't take too seriously, but just enjoyed for all the quirkiness that it offered. The song below typifies the 80's.
Enjoy