Did anything good come out of the 80's

Trev M

Just a thought inspired by Steve Conway and his admission this morning that he was dancing to WHAM over the weekend......niiiiiccceeee!hehehe

Here's my list of some of the things that I thought were actually good in the 80's

The A - Team
Greatest American Hero
MANIMAL (or was this a dream??)
Dukes of Hazard
Street Hawk
G Force
Blue thunder / Air wolf - I was always in the blue thunder camp myself -

Atari games
ZX Spectrum 64/128k?Also doubled as frisbee
Raleigh Vortex bike
Grifters

Ford Capri's
Mantas

Back to the future movie ??

The Dublin Millenium celebrations

Lolo Balls (Jayyysuuuusss rediculous things)
Skate Boards( those big heavy wide ones's)
Water watches (anyone else remember these?)


RAMBO
ROCKY
Betamix(?) video tapes


Operation
Buck-a-roo
Connect 4


I also discivered AC/ DC in the eighties...yeah I know they started in the 70's.

Guns n Roses
Metallica
Megadeth
Van Halen
Dire Straits / Walk of life (God I loved that)
Status Quo / In the army now


Time/macaroon/kalipso bars for 10p!!
Chocolate Mice


Pound notes
Milk bottles
Bus Conductors

I could go on and on..... looking at that list Im starting to see why I never actually became a doctor hahaha

ahh the memories, fading into oblivion!!

o sleep

i wasn't really a kid of the 80s (although i grew up in it, but i don't remember much) but;

(the old) five pound notes

MUSIC
The Smiths
The Cure
Pixies
Husker Du!!!
Throwing Muses
Aha
Duran Duran
Asphalt Ribbons

RELIGION
The Catholic Church rapidly losing its grip on the populace (and its general decline throughout the world). Schillebeeckx (or rather his writing).

POLITICS
Reagan being shot (unfortunately he wasn't killed). Reagan speaking in public (always good for a laugh). Bush (senior) saying that he wouldn't apologise for the United States, no matter what the facts were (after the US shot down an Iran commercial airliner with nearly 300 civilians on board).

The Dublin Millenium Celebrations were a washout, as far as i can remember. and dublin was more than a 1000 years old anyway! it was all a lie! i guess back in 1988 dublin needed *something* to celebrate. also, tv from the eighties tends to depress me, although i realise it has some merits.

Aspro

MUSIC: Thrash metal, speed metal, suicidal tendencies etc. etc.

TV: Battle of the planets, Airwolf, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Dungeons and Dragons, MacGyver, Forticoats and his fifty pockets, silver spoons, diff'rent strokes etc. etc.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Euro 88, June 1988 Ireland - 1, England - 0
G'wan Ray Houghton!!!!!!!!!

All the good stuff can be found at http://www.awesome80s.com

James_M

I always liked the Flumps

They had tv shows for everything
In a helicoper, on a motorbike, in a talking car, four lads in a van.

All with classic cheesy 80s music.

Also worth a look is www.80snostalgia.com

deadly

What ever happened to the Thompson twins?

Eyeliner__Boy

The 80's was the decade that gave us the best band ever, Joy Division!!!

also:

New Order
The Smiths
The Cure
Spandau Ballet
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
Soft Cell
OMD

easily the best decade for music


OHHH!!!!!! And the film Scarface!!!


and who ciuld forget the mullet?

Manufractured Individual

TRANSFORMERS!

The Ghost Busters.

If I'm in an odd mood those damned Ninja Turtles.

And of course, the one, the only Vanilla Ice.

nellieswellies

Sacred reich war pigs
testament practice what you preach
Metallica(can I type this without being sued) ride the lightning
megadeth in my darkest hour




Big wham bars

nellieswellies

How did I forget Im ashemed to say im irish without mentioning



JOHNNY LOGAN

Ive been waiting
such a long tome
Lookin out for you
But your not here

Whats another year



Hey ladys you still standin?

nellieswellies

Charlie Haughie

knobbles

SURVIVOR - eye of the tigger
NINA - 99 red ballons
DURAN DURAN - fanatic here (when i was 5 anyway!)
Thriller album....a daily routine
Nik Kershaw...Wouldn't it be good
Europe....The Final Countdown...get the tennis racket out!

Then came the cheesy metal, somehow it was cool to be into...
DEF LEPPARD...possibly the biggest fan in ireland
BON JOVI...big hair
WHITESNAKE....bigger hair
ACDC....still sound good
IRON MAIDEN......sound ****e

the much cooler stuff, that wasn't so cool at the time
INXS - Kick
U2 - Joshua Tree

EURO 88
....converted to a soccer fanatic overnight

star wars figures
he-man
mask
Indiana Jones
A-Team
Air Wolf
Moonlighting
"V",
.....Diana did something to me, couldn't explain it at such a
tender age, same effect that Madonna had in videos like material girl, mojo magic

mixer007

Legwarmers, Mr. Freeze and the invention of illumonous clothing. Brilliant.

Tara

Madonna
Hip - Hop
CD players and VCR's!

Manufractured Individual

Me :rolleyes:

Trev M

Illuminous clothing hhahhahahaha priceless......

Wearing of illuminous clothing or leg warmers must surely be awarded with raawwwkk points!!

mixer007

So, if you get serious raaawwk points for illumonous clothing and leg warmers, then surely Leroy from Fame would rule the world. Then we would all be his bitches.
I shudder to think.

Trev M

Christ I knew someone would get around to Leroy at some point or other......


Funny no one mentioned

C'mon Eileen....

anyone alive in the eighties and goes to a wedding these days unavoidably ends up singin' along to that absolutley pissed out of their faces.

What next !

On reflection I think the 90's will be veiwed much worse in five years time.

Dan of Ilk

Anyone remember 54321 bars. They were wafer with rice crispies on top and covered in chocolate. Nobody I know remembers them except me so I'm wondering were they a figment of my imagination?

J. Dalliance

Wearing of illuminous clothing or leg warmers must surely be awarded with raawwwkk points!!

Kinda like Dave Lee Roth?????

Trev, if you want to start (resurect) a trend, I look forward to the next Otranome gig!!!!

Fingerless gloves anyone????

Toast

Originally posted by Dan of Ilk
Anyone remember 54321 bars. They were wafer with rice crispies on top and covered in chocolate. Nobody I know remembers them except me so I'm wondering were they a figment of my imagination?

I remember them and they were lovely! They were certainly the best of the crappy 5 pack of choccie bars that the mother would buy for the old packed lunch. I believe they had caramel as well.


Talking about numbers Has anyone mentioned Dusty Bin and 3,2,1?

Aspro

Hey Dan, I remember the oul 5,4,3,2,1's as well and I even remember the theme tune from the ads on telly. How sad is that?

Trio bars? Curly Wurlys? Dan Bars?
Back in the day when Snickers was Marathon and Starburst was Opal Fruits..............

When Network2 was RTE2.........and just as sh!te

What about Little and Large or the Russ Abbott Show? - classic tv!

And of course the most brilliant political satire, and very sadly missed .........SPITTING IMAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

Aspro

You know you are a true child of the 80s when...


You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon.

Your lunch times were spent playing "tip the can", "scotch" or "sticks"

You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.
Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.

You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.

You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.

Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.

You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.

You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".

You cried at Zammo's funeral.

You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

You ever said "It's my ball, and if I can't be Kevin Keegan I'm going home!"

You remember the aerobie scare.

You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.

You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple.

You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.

You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.

You tried to set up a "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" gang with your school friends.

You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.

"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.

You ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched fingerless gloves and towelling socks.

You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.

You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

(Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers.
(Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white towelling socks.

Shiny grey flecked suits.

You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up

Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.

Fingermouse.

You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery.

You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p

You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.

No 73?

You can remember what Quatro tasted like.

Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous

Trev M

Are busker bars still on the go?

"Play it on the banjo, bang it on the drum, bring em back a busker mum" class stuff.....

J Dalliance - I might leave the leg warmers out on the next gig I wouldn't want our gracious hosts of the night to be out shined by the sheer class of multicoloured illuminous legwarmers hahahaa...

knobbles

coloured popcorn for 8p
skips only 12p
chickities a bargain at 10p
or what were those crisps with the cyclopse on them?
ye, the Dan bar, orange rubber in sugar

the 5,4,3,2,1 theme never left my head

MANIMAL, that was your man who turned into a black panther?
almost as cool as McGyver

Trev M

I sternly believe that Harry Winkler should take a cut in the profits from Victoronics(spelling?), every child of the eighties awaited the day when they could buy their very first swiss army ....

here's to you Mac, let's all raise a can of cherry coke(no longer available here for some odd reason) to the one and only Mac Gyver, our hero

dededede deh dede deh dedede dehhhhh dededede de ...

mixer007

Wham bars and Battle of the Planet bars. Golf Balls (sickly bubble gum). Gob Stoppers, ideal for kids under 3. The way Mr. Freeze cut the side of your mouth. Smak Cola, Cavan Cola (maybe only the muck savages will remember these). Big time bars, basically cement wrapped in cooking Chocolate. Dammit, Trev, look what you've started. Here I am typing a load of waffle, when I have to finish the Gigsmart website, oh, but wait, I have, and we're ready to go my man.
Chris, the ball is in your court.

Manufractured Individual

Originally posted by Trev M

let's all raise a can of cherry coke(no longer available here for some odd reason)

Yeah it is. It's just godawfully expensive and nasty tasting.

nellieswellies

Ok heres the plan theres a general election coming up and were going to have the td's out banging on the doors, I suggest answering the door hopping up and down on your lolo ball wearing leg warmers blasting out the music from fame in the background stuffing your face with a 54321 and tell them they dont get your vote unless we get the 80's back


R.E.V.O.L.T

Trev M

Nel, fair play to ya ...after an absolute bastard of a day that is the first thing that has made me laugh
.......classic mate classic



Mixer well done on the site mate ....whooohoooo we're alive an kickin, just chatting to Chris and its on its way up as I type, should be about an hour or so I'd guess !!!!!

>>>>>>>>www.gigsmartireland.com<<<<<<<<<

nellieswellies

trev your mail should be working in the next half an hour

tibor

Originally posted by Eyeliner__Boy
The 80's was the decade that gave us the best band ever, Joy Division!!!

err, that'd be the 70's mate.

horsekick

Im sorry but McGyver was the best thing about the 80's. I used to have my hair the exact same aswell!!!

Although the cartoons were great too, as for 5,4,3,2,1, bars.... classic.

Does anyone know if McGyver is still repeated on t.v. I haven't seen it in years.

Explosive chewing gum...... ah the memories.

Although I was more of a 90's kid myself.

izzy

ah yes the 80s i dont remember much and what i do remember is mostly tv ah thems were good shows the A-Team mcgyver......... er and many more

Monkey

Joy Division Singer Ian Curtis died in 1980 after which the remains of Joy Division became New Oder so yes the 80s did bring us New Order , dumby mc dumb

Karl Hungus

The whole Goth thing came about. Which was cool. Still is...

Fields Of The Nephelim were a class band.

The Lost Boys was a class film!



Oh, the memories...

And of course... THE TRANSFORMERS!!!

anony

Music wise.......depeche mode, the pixies, guns & roses, duran duran, metallica.... done all their best albums during the 80's i think, joe satriani, U2, electro funk, Prince, his best decade, the smiths, the cure , rem


Movie wise......Bladerunner, After Hours, Trading Places,

francie brady

Don't forget

The Pogues, Waterboys, levellers, Nick Cave

tibor

Originally posted by Monkey
Joy Division Singer Ian Curtis died in 1980 after which the remains of Joy Division became New Oder so yes the 80s did bring us New Order , dumby mc dumb

well in son. just one thing though ...where did anyone say anything about new order not being in the 80's?
i said the 70's gave us joy division ... which is correct.
maybe next time.

p-t saviour

... when Action Force figures became GI Joe Figures? when Milli Vanilli were found out!? and when look who's talking was the biggest film around?!!!!

think about it...

Seán.

SimonMaher

Ah the 80s....good times! Where do I start?

Yep, has to be with the A-Team. For them alone I would reccomend Sky Digital or NTLs Digital Cable. Weeknights 6pm and Midnight, and weekends at 11am on UK Gold. AND, yes, the first showing in many many years of the infamous fifth A-Team series when they start working for the Government, Murdoch becomes Sane and the programme became serious, and they changed the theme music! Coming soon. And believe me, being a conniseur, I can tell you that this series (6 episodes before it was cancelled) its more ****e than anything you have ever seen before. I aint getting on no plane crazy fool etc.

Also worth mentioning is the aforementioned McGyver. Apparently due to rights issues there is a problem with repeating this fabulous show. Two years time though, and its open season on Mac and Fat Pete. UK Gold must be slavering at the thought. I wanted to be McGyver. Still do, truth be known.

Airwolf (Stringfellow Hawk, now in jail having been done for Drunk Driving), Knight Rider (I saw David Hasselhof in Germany...singing), Henrys Cat (Rock I tell ya, Rock!), Blue Peter presented by Sophie Ellis Bextors ma, Youngline on RTE with Fungus McAnally.....

In Dublin: Finally some concerts from international artists...they rarely ever used to play here. My first concert, in fact, the first concert in the Point Depot (Huey Lewis, and yes, I was there...), The Blades at the Baggot Inn (if any, and I mean any band who visits this band can get that sort of atmosphere at a gig Id love to see them), Orange Buses arriving in Ballybrack, the first day of the Dart (July 84) - up to that we had cool diesels with compartments or old carriages with all the seats taken out except for plastic red seats along the sides. And heres one, getting a bus up what are now the South keys turning left on to O connell bridge and left again to go DOWN Bachelors walk towards Heuston (reverse of how it is now). Getting off the bus on Grafton Street. Self Aid (lets make it worse). Capital Radio, Nova, Sunshine, choice.

Also: Gorgo Bars (lethal version of Wham Bars). Purple with bits of green ****e in them. Banned quickly and now used as suspension bridges and for sealing holes in Ocean liners. Pacers (stripey mint things shaped like Opal Fruits), Payday (as above but toffee), Florida Fruits (as above but hard boiled). Singing salt and vinegar bottles on Tayto Ads. United bars (We're all delighted, to eat United!), Chilly Willys (ooer Matron) in Orange, Cola, and Red flavour. Noggers (like a choc ice with rice crispies in the chocolate on the outside).

MT USA (RIP Fab Vinnie), Ripleys Believe it (deep breath) or Not (deep breath). Oh I could go on all night.....but Ive a shockin goo on me now for a Gorgo bar...going to do a search and see can I find what country makes them....mmmm....

Pete Reed
Phantom FM

Aspro

Originally posted by nellieswellies
tell them they dont get your vote unless we get the 80's back

Be careful what you wish for Nelly.......!!!!!

But like yer man said in The Commitments - "It feels better being an unemployed musician than an unemployed pipe-fitter" !!!

Toast

Originally posted by knobbles

or what were those crisps with the cyclopse on them?

Monster Munch!

Sadly destroyed by Walkers entry to the Irish market..... and no Mighty Munch are not a patch on them.

DG - Corrupted

Mysterious Cities of Gold....... I can't believe no-one mentioned this yet. Possibly the best and most exciting cartoon of the 80s.

Don't forget Knightmare! Remeber Traygar the dungeon master? ITV Friday afternoons at 4:30.

I'm goin off to see if I can find some rubble gum!

Dave (Corrupted)

horsekick

Yeah knightmare was pretty ****!n cool alright.
I remember how exciting it used to be when someone would get really far, I used to hide behing the couch 'cause it got pretty scary at that stage.:(

And everybody seems to be forgetting the 80's for the true beginning of the WWF. Ah the days of Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Coco B Ware etc.
Although we do have The Rock know!

GoneShootin

1980's ?

the decade that gave us BACK IN BLACK

end

Kali

spacemen 3

Monkey

"well in son. just one thing though ...where did anyone say anything about new order not being in the 80's?
i said the 70's gave us joy division ... which is correct.
maybe next time."

- Oops

knobbles

i couldn't tell ye anything about the WWF of today but i
bet it's not a patch on 80's WWF. Who can i remember?

Ultimate Warrior was my favourite,
always wanted him to kick Hulk Hogans ass.
Ravishing Rick Rude, sleezy bas*ard
Macho Man Randy Savage and that big jump
Your man with the snake...Jake the snake Roberts?
Junk Yard Dog?...hilarious, JYD!!! JYD!!! JYD!!!
USA!!! USA!!!....your man with the 2-by-4
Demolition Men....fat bas*ards

legends

horsekick

Ah the WWF is still great today. If you have sky sports you can catch repeats of WWF from late 80's/early 90's on a Monday evening at 5 or 6.
Class stuff