Child of the 80's

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If your a Child of the Eighties you have probably recieved this list via E-Mail at one time or another. I have recieved it many times, and it always brings back memories. So I have decided to add some multimedia and put it on the web. I have also added my own observations about the eighties (My additions are have been typed in blue), and removed some of the entries that actually applied to children of the 60's, 70's or 80's, or any time in history. Such as Brady Bunch references. Although I remember them well, they were not ours alone, they came out in the 60's.

* You wore anything Izod, especially those windbreakers that folded up into a pouch you could wear around your waist.

* You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

* In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar "up."

* Your "dressy" wardrobe centered around pastels and linen blazers - guys included!

* You know, by heart, the words to any of the first "Weird" Al Yankovic songs.

* You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.

* "The Reflex" was a cool song. You wanted to be Duran Duran.

* You remember "Battlestar Galactica." The Movie, The Series and the Toys.

* Three words: "Atari, Apple and Pong."

* Three more words: "Commodore64, Colecovision and Intellivision."

* You remember the days that hooking your computer into your television wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY option.

* You remember the original version of Windows - Macintosh.

* You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.

* You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti and/or Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

* Chevy Chase was really funny in those Vacation movies.

* You remember "Friday Night Videos" and a hundred other early MTV wanna bees.

* You remember when MTV actually played Music Videos all the time, and you know that the very first video they played was - Video Killed The Radio Star (I saw that very first MTV Broadcast!)

* A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid."

* While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.

* You remember when music labeled "alternative" really was. "Just whip it."

* You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van.

* Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

* You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in a Duran Duran, Madonna, Rick Springfield or Cyndi Lauper video.

* You actually know who Rick Springfield is. (I even saw him in concert)

* You remember, with pain, the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your Big Wheel obsolete.

* The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.

* You remember when the film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly have better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

* This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:

Star Wars opens, you are still in single-digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool.

Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double-digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool and you want one of every collectible item out there.

Return of the Jedi hits the theaters, you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's tits/Hans Solo's ass.

GREAT 80'S STUFF

Saturday Morning TV Collectibles: '60S '70s '80s

Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of That Decadent Decade

I Can't Fight This Feeling: Timeless Poems for Lovers from the Pop Hits of the '70s and '80s

Totally Awesome 80's Pop Music Trivia Book

Say Anything: The Movie Quote Game That Takes You Back to the '80s One Line at a Time

Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s, Vol. 1

Greatest Country Hits Of The 80's Vol. 1

Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70s & 80s [SOUNDTRACK]

Playboy: Playmates of the Year - The 80s

* You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton (Or even Ocean Pacific)?

*You remember when you couldn't talk about what a fine actress Traci Lords was in front of your mother.

* You actually remember Benetton.

* You knew what it meant to be gagged with a spoon by a valley girl.

* U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now.

* You remember when there was only "G, PG and R" -none of this PG-13 crap!

* You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.

* Mr. Jaws helped you finally cope.

* "Wonder Twin powers activiate...form of an iceberg, shape of a hammer."

* You jammed to the Miami Vice theme, and thought Jan Hammer was so cool.

* You wanted to move to Hawaii because that's where Magnum lived.

* Your hair, at some time during the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase, "I was experimenting."

* Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max.

* You were in school both when Reagan was shot, and when Pee Wee was caught.

The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire

* Your generations brat pack was Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Alley Sheddy, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald and sometimes Anthony Michael Hall.

* You know in your heart nobody understood us like John Huges did.

* You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Man/Woman, Wonder Woman or the Incredible Hulk.

* You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar or choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room.

* You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.

* You remember when The Scorpions, Van Halen, and even Journey were considered heavy metal.

* You ever rang someone's doorbell and said, "Landshark."

* You wanted to live in Hazzard County, and jumped into your car through the window just cause the Dukes made it look so cool.

* You bought a pair of Vaans and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Pac Man

* You ever had PAC MAN fever. The album or the condition.

* You remember, "Hey, let's be careful out there.

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Not really about the eighties:

* The Brady Bunch Movie brought back really cool memories. (70's or eighties)

* For the girl-crazy bunch: Your first sexual dream occured to thoughts of Jeannie, Marsha Brady, Samantha from Bewitched, or for those hardcore comic fans out there, Daphne from Scooby Doo, Josie or any one of her Pussycats. (60's - 80's)

* For the boy-crazy bunch: Your thought Sean Cassidy was "dreamy," lusted after "Ted, your ship's photographer" on the Love Boat, and Chachi. And for the comically interested, thought Fred from Scooby Doo was just a hunk. (60's - 80's)

* You're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad idea afterall. (Im sure this is true of parents throughout history)

* You owned a Trapper Keeper (Still being sold today)

* You remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend." (Once again, I'm sure this has occured since the begining of time)

* "All-skate, change directions" means anything to you. (After asking my mother, I have discovered that skating rink DJ's said this back in the 50's and 60's, so it isn't an 80's thing. But thanks to the people who told me what it meant in the first place.)

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