If you could describe the best of the 80s in a sentence, what would your sentence be? Would it be a movie quote? A song lyric? Something from politics?
Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
Radical!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Screws fall out all the time, sir - it's an imperfect world.
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Not so much the best of the 80's, but:
Our hair was as big as our shoulderpads.
[I like the shorter and sweeter ones above, though.]
[ October 25, 2004, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Sara Sasse ]
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Here's one from what was quite possibly the best movie ever made--Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
"How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?"
[ October 25, 2004, 05:01 PM: Message edited by: advice for robots ]
Posted by Defenestraitor (Member # 6907) on :
Gordon Gecko:
"Greed is good."
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
How about:
"We tried the best we could, but eventually, it became, yanno, annoying."
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
The 80's are kind of a blur for me...
but I could probably describe the 70's.....
FG
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Surely you remember something from that whole decade, Farmgirl! Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I was born in 1990, but my brother would say:
"Heavy metal/Metallica."
Jonny
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
avr -- that would be my constant "pregnant or nursing" decade, for me......
Farmgirl
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I don't recall.
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
How about:
We tried to save the world, but got sooo caught up in hairspray.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Like, gag me with a spoon.
[ October 25, 2004, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: Tammy ]
Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :
I ran.
Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :
Zalmoxis wins.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Most accurate description,
Ten years between 1980 and 1990
or
Those years between Iranian Hostage taking and Gulf War Invasion.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
So far, Lost Ashes has the best quotes.
I'm looking for positive lines, believe it or not. Some seed ideas for a promotional piece I have to write. I have The 80's Game on my desk, but the trivia in there tends to be way too trivial. I'm just wondering how to encapsulate the 80s in a sentence and keep it positive.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:that would be my constant "pregnant or nursing" decade, for me......
Ditto me... I was a baby factory during the 80's and completely oblivious to most of the fads and fashions. I didn't even have a TV for most of the decade.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
*In best Ahnold voice* "I'll be back"
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
We have to go back, to the future!
Video killed the radio star
Luke, I am your father
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
I mean, like, totally tubular, dude! Awesome! Fer sher!
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[ October 25, 2004, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Boon ]
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Where's the beef?
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
The 1980s:
When no government could help, Bob Geldoff got a little help from all of his friends.
[ October 25, 2004, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: Lost Ashes ]
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
As spoken by Ronald Reagan,
"Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
[ October 25, 2004, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: punwit ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
"I was born on January 29, 1980" nuff said Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Some good stuff so far.
Thank you, Paul, for reminding me of Back to the Future.
Lost Ashes, where are you getting those?
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
More Reagan on the crew of the Challenger,
"We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God."
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Punwit, that quote is the headline on the second page of my baby book. I was released from the hospital on January 26th 1986, the day challenger exploded, born six days earlier.
So my one sentence description of the eighties would be
"goo goo ga ga" though I was a pretty literate baby, so more likely "goo shakespear, ga television"
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Ummm, sitting here at work.
I used to write a lot of headlines in my previous career.
I'm really starting to miss it.
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
How about:
The 1980s: When we took to the streets out of greed and out of need.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Moral majority.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
To me, the '80s were the decade in which style finally became substance.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
1-9-80
Goonies never say die.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Go, Mighty Orbots!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Oh dear God.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Luke and Laura.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
"Eye of Thunderra give me sight beyond sight."
Posted by Vv009vV (Member # 2568) on :
Vote Dukakis in '88!
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Flipping burgers.
Posted by Vv009vV (Member # 2568) on :
poor old michael
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Jerry Garcia almost died, then went on to play some of the best parts of his career before his death in 1995.
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
How about just one word:
Excessive.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Nintendo came out in the 80's, I believe.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Pink, Lots and lots of pink... *shudders.*
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
8-6-7-5-3-0-9
[Shout] Bang your head...
Gotta pocket full of quarters and I'm headin to the arcade...( Pac-Man Fever )
[In my best Ricardo Montalban imitation] "Rich Corinthian Leather..."
Relax.
Jams. Chams. And Star Wars Pillow Shams. (These are a few of my favorite things)
Lazertag. Rubiks Cube. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Wondertwin powers unite!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Walk like an Egyptian.
That's where we wanna go, way down to Kokomo.
Is this burning an eternal flame?
Tell me all your secrets and I'll tell you most of mine.
We all fall down like toy soldiers.
Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
I was born in 1985, lived in Maryland for 10 months, went to Japan, and didn't come back till 1990. I truly did not experience the 80's in any way like most of you did. The 80's in my perspective was Nintendo, and Tokyo modeling jobs.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
The best of the 80's:
Shigosei!
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
I want my...I want my...I want my MTV...easy easy money...( Dire Straits )
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
If you were born in 1985, you didn't experience the '80s. Sorry.
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