question for the young folk

fryup · 25-03-2014 02:11AM #1

hey all you young folk, (teens & 20s)

do the 1980s & 90s look really old & ancient & naff to you??

the music the style??

cause for me growing up as a teen in the 80s the 1950 & 60s looked really ancient to me, but i don't think you'd look to out of place nowadays wearing 80/90s style clothes and the music is fairly similar....

or am i just kidding myself

orangesoda · 25-03-2014 02:13AM

women were not as attractive then as they are now. i do enjoy a bit of 90s goth metal though

The Backwards Man · 25-03-2014 02:15AM

Progress stopped in 1985.

Everything since is just a regurgitation of the same oul bollocks

Sir Arthur Daley · 25-03-2014 02:15AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Everything since is just a regurgitation of the same oul bollocks

Balls?

KungPao · 25-03-2014 02:20AM

fryup wrote: »

hey all you young folk, (teens & 20s)

do the 1980s & 90s look really old & ancient & naff to you??

the music the style??

cause for me growing up as a teen in the 80s the 1950 & 60s looked really ancient to me, but i don't think you'd look to out of place nowadays wearing 80/90s style clothes and the music is fairly similar....

or am i just kidding myself

I haven't many people dress like the Flock of Seagulls or make music like them for that matter!

The 80s was glorious for sure. Great music all the same.

The Backwards Man · 25-03-2014 02:22AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Balls?

You're learning Wiki, balls indeed.

Nothing has emulated Tom Cruise singing the Righteous Brothers, Emilio Estevez saying 'we are all bizarre, just some of us are better at hiding it'
or Michael J Fox playing Johnny B Goode with one hand.

And nothing ever will.

Czarcasm · 25-03-2014 02:28AM

orangesoda wrote: »

women were not as attractive then as they are now. i do enjoy a bit of 90s goth metal though

Crazy talk, what about Debbie Harry, Sam Fox? Many, many more women that are just timeless, as opposed to today's almost instantly forgettable celebrities.

The Backwards Man · 25-03-2014 02:30AM

I actually had a cousin who was a member of Simple Minds but left before they were famous.

Stupid cnut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

catallus · 25-03-2014 02:30AM

Czarcasm wrote: »

, as opposed to today's almost instantly forgettable celebrities.

They're only instantly forgettable because there's more of them!

We should be grateful for this.

Scotty P · 25-03-2014 02:33AM

fryup wrote: »

do the 1980s & 90s look really old & ancient & naff to you??

Sweet mother of Terence Trent Darby.

The 80s naff? How very dare you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY

25-03-2014 02:34AM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Crazy talk, what about Debbie Harry, Sam Fox? Many, many more women that are just timeless, as opposed to today's almost instantly forgettable celebrities.

Suzannah Hoff was (is?) beautiful.

Scotty P · 25-03-2014 02:39AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Simple Minds ~ Don't You

How apt you should post that, as apparently it's 30 years today since....

The Backwards Man · 25-03-2014 02:40AM

Scotty P wrote: »

How apt you should post that, as apparently it's 30 years today since....

Wulfie · 25-03-2014 02:43AM

fryup wrote: »

hey all you young folk, (teens & 20s)

do the 1980s & 90s look really old & ancient & naff to you??

the music the style??

cause for me growing up as a teen in the 80s the 1950 & 60s looked really ancient to me, but i don't think you'd look to out of place nowadays wearing 80/90s style clothes and the music is fairly similar....

or am i just kidding myself

My 15 year old thinks the 80's must have been great. I think he likes the music.

orangesoda · 25-03-2014 02:52AM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Crazy talk, what about Debbie Harry, Sam Fox? Many, many more women that are just timeless, as opposed to today's almost instantly forgettable celebrities.

I'm talking more in terms of non-celebrities, nowadays most of the women on the street are at least half attractive whereas if you look at photos of the 80's and 90s the hair cuts and clothing are not as appealing

Smidge · 25-03-2014 04:02AM

Footloose is 30 years old this year :eek::(

david75 · 25-03-2014 04:09AM

I remember when I was around 16/17 (93/94) 'old fellas' telling me to ignore pearl jam and get into led zeppelin.
Now I'm 38 and I'm the old guy telling young fellas to ignore kings of Leon/whatever sh!te and listen to pearl jam.

I'm old.

Wulfie · 25-03-2014 04:19AM

david75 wrote: »

I remember when I was around 16/17 (93/94) 'old fellas' telling me to ignore pearl jam and get into led zeppelin.
Now I'm 38 and I'm the old guy telling young fellas to ignore kings of Leon/whatever sh!te and listen to pearl jam.

I'm old.

Pearl jam always sounded like noise to me. Only college people seemed to get them.

Ghost Buster · 25-03-2014 09:10AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Progress stopped in 1985.

Everything since is just a regurgitation of the same oul bollocks

Well thats totally missing the point (Or at least what i take to be the point:P)
You think this, your dads generation thought this, possibly your Grandads generation thought this. And guess what. Your kids generation and their kids generation will think this.
And they will mostly all be wrong. I say mostly because within these generations will be people who are open to change and welcoming of new ideas and not just reaching for the crusty old "Things was always better in my day" cliche.

LorMal · 25-03-2014 10:11AM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Well thats totally missing the point (Or at least what i take to be the point:P)
You think this, your dads generation thought this, possibly your Grandads generation thought this. And guess what. Your kids generation and their kids generation will think this.
And they will mostly all be wrong. I say mostly because within these generations will be people who are open to change and welcoming of new ideas and not just reaching for the crusty old "Things was always better in my day" cliche.

Wrong, so wrong. There has been a marked decline in absolutely everything since about 1984. I am living proof of this.

Penny Tration · 25-03-2014 10:24AM

I love 80s music. 90s, not so much.

Then again, my favourite song is from 1964, so I'm a bit bloody weird for someone as young as i am

iDave · 25-03-2014 10:28AM

I'm 29 and I envy my parents generation. They grew up when music was brilliant, fresh and relevant. Kanye West, Jay Z etc would of been laughed out of the recording studio in the past.

david75 · 25-03-2014 10:34AM

Wulfie wrote: »

Pearl jam always sounded like noise to me. Only college people seemed to get them.

Nah they've got great songs. More about the message(hope) and getting through it all than anything else. They're still going so they're doing something right

finisklin · 25-03-2014 10:34AM

We don't get many one hit wonders like the 80s had.....I'm thinking of 99 red balloons, camoflage, Paul Hardcastle 19, pump up the volume etc.

Songs that were terrible yet still play out in my mind as vividy as when I first heard them.

To think that music today is engineered to the nth degree and tossed around focus groups to find a trendy sound.

Sunglasses Ron · 25-03-2014 10:50AM

I honestly reckon the "less attractive" issue is more a case of hairstyles, fashion etc. It would just defy evolution that modern day women appear so much more attractive than those 25 years ago. For example, I hardly think Marilyn Monroe would be noticed today with her trademark look if she was young and currently famous.

Our kids will probably wonder how duck face selfies and Chinese tatoos were considered a fashionable look :pac:

RDM_83 again · 25-03-2014 10:55AM

orangesoda wrote: »

I'm talking more in terms of non-celebrities, nowadays most of the women on the street are at least half attractive whereas if you look at photos of the 80's and 90s the hair cuts and clothing are not as appealing

I think it was the hideous clothes and fashion, if I am watching a film from the 60,s or 70,s the woman will probably look pretty good, it hits the 80's and suddenly shortish hair and shoulder pads come in

Rant
I mean shoulder pads on woman what was the logic, why would a woman want to give the impression she had massive shoulders
End Rant

In terms of going out I think there has been a shift only in the last number of years as I was talking to one of the girls in work and she was youngish (28) and she was complaining about how long it takes her younger sister and cousins to get ready for a night out.

Adamantium · 25-03-2014 11:01AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzykot3i6rU

Currently playing/was playing the Final Fantasy X HD remaster and felt a tinge of nostalgia, but what I really think it was, was sadness. I had to turn it off. Nostalgia is a terrible thing to get hooked on and numbs you to the present.

I'm 22.

philstar · 31-03-2014 09:19PM

fryup wrote: »

hey all you young folk, (teens & 20s)

do the 1980s & 90s look really old & ancient & naff to you??

the music the style??

cause for me growing up as a teen in the 80s the 1950 & 60s looked really ancient to me, but i don't think you'd look to out of place nowadays wearing 80/90s style clothes and the music is fairly similar....

or am i just kidding myself

the thing is ..everything in the 50s & 60s was filmed in black & white which made it look really dated,

Femme_Fatale · 31-03-2014 09:23PM

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

I honestly reckon the "less attractive" issue is more a case of hairstyles, fashion etc. It would just defy evolution that modern day women appear so much more attractive than those 25 years ago. For example, I hardly think Marilyn Monroe would be noticed today with her trademark look if she was young and currently famous.

Our kids will probably wonder how duck face selfies and Chinese tatoos were considered a fashionable look :pac:

Yeh, Kim Wilde was a sex symbol (and obviously a stunning-looking woman) but looking at pictures of her from the time... the absolute state of her hair and make-up: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrh4p1lsIp1qaodb7o1_400.jpg

Few years later when the fashion was less garish: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/If_I_Can't_Have_You-_Kim_Wilde.jpg

pajor · 31-03-2014 09:26PM

bonzodog2 · 31-03-2014 10:22PM

green_screen wrote: »

I love 80s music. 90s, not so much.

Then again, my favourite song is from 1964, so I'm a bit bloody weird for someone as young as i am

Go on, do tell...

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