Title: Great things about the 1980s
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 04:37:36 AM
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 04:37:36 AM
The 80s get a lot of stick for being crap for various reasons, but so far, it's my favourite decade that I've lived in. A *lot* of great things were around in the 80s and I thought I'd start a thread where, if they wanted to, people could post links, pics, admissions of embarrassing fashions worn etc... or everone could ignore it and I'll just cry for a few days. ;)
I'll start off with this link to a *fantastic* live version of a song I've always liked, performed on the much missed Old Grey Whistle Test.
At the tender age of three I was hooked to a machine just to keep my mouth from spouting junk...
I'll start off with this link to a *fantastic* live version of a song I've always liked, performed on the much missed Old Grey Whistle Test.
At the tender age of three I was hooked to a machine just to keep my mouth from spouting junk...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s...
Post by: Mr C on 07 June, 2006, 04:45:40 AM
Post by: Mr C on 07 June, 2006, 04:45:40 AM
A rare performance by John Constantine there.
The 80's also had some great, great cartoons. Especially this one:
The 80's also had some great, great cartoons. Especially this one:
Link: He has nerves of steel!
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s...
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 04:46:38 AM
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 04:46:38 AM
Tron
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 04:51:00 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 04:51:00 AM
So we have a gay guy in a mini skirt singing about 'tainted love' to a little girl... no wonder this never comes up on the nostalgia shows
Link: song still kills mind
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 04:53:10 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 04:53:10 AM
And skinny leather ties... I had a black one and white one and (oh dear god) one with piano keyboard on it...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Art on 07 June, 2006, 04:54:57 AM
Post by: Art on 07 June, 2006, 04:54:57 AM
The 80s sucked. Now shut up and buy some books.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Mr C on 07 June, 2006, 04:56:05 AM
Post by: Mr C on 07 June, 2006, 04:56:05 AM
This video sums up the whole eighties perfectly.
Link: Shoot it up
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 05:01:33 AM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 05:01:33 AM
At the risk of being obvious there was this. Not a stellar line up for that issut though.
Link: New Year is cancelled.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: monty-- on 07 June, 2006, 05:07:14 AM
Post by: monty-- on 07 June, 2006, 05:07:14 AM
The eighties. A time when news readers were NEWS READERS. Not ghastly 'celebs'. Any time before Beckham, Robbie Williams and the Spice Girls suits me.
A time when TV was good, not crappy reality tv, endless cookery programmes and endless DIY programs and endless Pop Idol-esque, Who Want To Be A Millionaire-esque programs.
A time when the NEWS didn't ask for your opinions (wtf! who cares what some nobody thinks?)by texting in (give us your money).
A time when TV was good, not crappy reality tv, endless cookery programmes and endless DIY programs and endless Pop Idol-esque, Who Want To Be A Millionaire-esque programs.
A time when the NEWS didn't ask for your opinions (wtf! who cares what some nobody thinks?)by texting in (give us your money).
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s...
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:06:24 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:06:24 AM
the 80s were brilliant for the following reasons:
- Julie Burchill was good then
- I was 17 to 27
- Lene Lovitch
- Hunters and Collectors*
- Laurie Anderson
- The The
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Grace Jones
- Heaven 17
- ABC
- Midnight Oil*
- Elvis Costello
- The Saints*
and lots of other things I can't think of right now
*Australian bands
- Julie Burchill was good then
- I was 17 to 27
- Lene Lovitch
- Hunters and Collectors*
- Laurie Anderson
- The The
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Grace Jones
- Heaven 17
- ABC
- Midnight Oil*
- Elvis Costello
- The Saints*
and lots of other things I can't think of right now
*Australian bands
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Woolly on 07 June, 2006, 03:17:06 PM
Post by: Woolly on 07 June, 2006, 03:17:06 PM
Ulysses 31
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 03:31:29 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 03:31:29 PM
Naaah, Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a short-lived, unpopular aberration.
other great things:
Buckaroo Banzai
Natashi Kinski
Blue Velvet
other great things:
Buckaroo Banzai
Natashi Kinski
Blue Velvet
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: +rufus+ on 07 June, 2006, 03:37:37 PM
Post by: +rufus+ on 07 June, 2006, 03:37:37 PM
Black Flag,
Vision Skateboards,
wanting a BMX.
DMs.
Hill Street Blues.
Mohican haircuts.
Strange Tales (Brett Ewins and Brendan McC)
Johnny Nemo (we're doing a new book!)
Swatch (never had one, but my sister desperately wanted one)
Vision Skateboards,
wanting a BMX.
DMs.
Hill Street Blues.
Mohican haircuts.
Strange Tales (Brett Ewins and Brendan McC)
Johnny Nemo (we're doing a new book!)
Swatch (never had one, but my sister desperately wanted one)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Cthulouis on 07 June, 2006, 03:58:12 PM
Post by: Cthulouis on 07 June, 2006, 03:58:12 PM
Mysterious Cities of Gold.
Wasn't Transformers an 80's thing? If so, them too.
Wasn't Transformers an 80's thing? If so, them too.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: WoD on 07 June, 2006, 04:10:04 PM
Post by: WoD on 07 June, 2006, 04:10:04 PM
BMX.
Girls (first kiss, first love, first...)
Being the 'final year kids' in Comp.
Now! #??.
Smash Hits.
Top 40 on a Sunday with tape recorder at the ready.
Being young enough to get away with things if caught.
Girls (first kiss, first love, first...)
Being the 'final year kids' in Comp.
Now! #??.
Smash Hits.
Top 40 on a Sunday with tape recorder at the ready.
Being young enough to get away with things if caught.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: HiEx on 07 June, 2006, 04:14:02 PM
Post by: HiEx on 07 June, 2006, 04:14:02 PM
Miami Vice, best TV series ever!
80's Hawkwind, Iron Maiden & Fish-era Marillion! Got me through my teens they did.
Hi-Ex
80's Hawkwind, Iron Maiden & Fish-era Marillion! Got me through my teens they did.
Hi-Ex
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: WoD on 07 June, 2006, 04:15:12 PM
Post by: WoD on 07 June, 2006, 04:15:12 PM
Arrgghhh how could I forget...
Chippy and 'space invaders'...Mr Do! (my secret love...)
Chippy and 'space invaders'...Mr Do! (my secret love...)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Keef Monkey on 07 June, 2006, 04:24:59 PM
Post by: Keef Monkey on 07 June, 2006, 04:24:59 PM
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Aaron Smurf Murphy on 07 June, 2006, 04:30:00 PM
Post by: Aaron Smurf Murphy on 07 June, 2006, 04:30:00 PM
My Atari St, Dangermouse, Count Duckula and The Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles.
Ghostbusters films too.
Finn Sinn
Ghostbusters films too.
Finn Sinn
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: I, Cosh on 07 June, 2006, 04:37:46 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 07 June, 2006, 04:37:46 PM
The Thing.
Highlander.
Beastmaster.
Escape From New York.
Predator.
Robocop.
The Bronx Warriors.
Mad Max 2.
Surf Nazis.
Pixies.
Sonic Youth.
My Bloody Valentine.
Highlander.
Beastmaster.
Escape From New York.
Predator.
Robocop.
The Bronx Warriors.
Mad Max 2.
Surf Nazis.
Pixies.
Sonic Youth.
My Bloody Valentine.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: I, Cosh on 07 June, 2006, 04:38:11 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 07 June, 2006, 04:38:11 PM
Trap Door & Portland Bill.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 05:04:47 PM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 05:04:47 PM
Oh come with me to the open sea where the weathers calm and still,
we'll some fun and leughter with the adventures of Portland Bill.
we'll some fun and leughter with the adventures of Portland Bill.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 05:15:03 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 05:15:03 PM
You could honestly enjoy Arnie films in a non-ironic way...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 05:34:45 PM
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 05:34:45 PM
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 05:58:39 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 05:58:39 PM
The Empire Strikes Back, Robocop, Batman
Peter Greenaway, John Hughes, Mike Leigh
Neighbours, The Comic Strip Presents
Goth, Grebo, Glam metal, Thrash metal
Eurythmics, The Smiths, The Cure, Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, Pop Will Eat Itself, Suzanne Vega, Talking Heads
Alexei Sayle, Julian Clary as the Joan Collins Fan Club
Marvel Comics pre-1987, DC comics post-1985, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol, Luther Arkwright, Comic book signings, Role playing games,
the anti-apartheid movement...
Peter Greenaway, John Hughes, Mike Leigh
Neighbours, The Comic Strip Presents
Goth, Grebo, Glam metal, Thrash metal
Eurythmics, The Smiths, The Cure, Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, Pop Will Eat Itself, Suzanne Vega, Talking Heads
Alexei Sayle, Julian Clary as the Joan Collins Fan Club
Marvel Comics pre-1987, DC comics post-1985, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Swamp Thing, Doom Patrol, Luther Arkwright, Comic book signings, Role playing games,
the anti-apartheid movement...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:03:10 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:03:10 PM
Arnie films
Laurie Anderson
The Young Ones
Razors (a terrific nightclub in Melbourne)
Riddley Walker
Laurie Anderson
The Young Ones
Razors (a terrific nightclub in Melbourne)
Riddley Walker
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 06:13:24 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 06:13:24 PM
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Woolly on 07 June, 2006, 06:20:54 PM
Post by: Woolly on 07 June, 2006, 06:20:54 PM
MOSCHOPS!!!!!!
'...ahhh, little flower...'
'...ahhh, little flower...'
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 07 June, 2006, 06:26:12 PM
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 07 June, 2006, 06:26:12 PM
Superman films.
The Incredible Hulk.
The A-team.
Knightrider.
The Fall Guy.
Dukes of Hazard.
Spiderman.
Return of the Jedi.
Bolland.
The Incredible Hulk.
The A-team.
Knightrider.
The Fall Guy.
Dukes of Hazard.
Spiderman.
Return of the Jedi.
Bolland.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:28:33 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 06:28:33 PM
Greta Scaachi
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 07 June, 2006, 07:13:58 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 07 June, 2006, 07:13:58 PM
The 80s,
A sure sign that 'getting there' was much better 'than Being' there.for those of you that really do miss the 80's like I do. What I mean is that the 80's was merely a preparation for the ninties and now we are living in result of 80's.
Does anybody remember this guy. I know it looks abit camp now, but back then this show was popular because of all breakthroughs that were being made with computers.
A sure sign that 'getting there' was much better 'than Being' there.for those of you that really do miss the 80's like I do. What I mean is that the 80's was merely a preparation for the ninties and now we are living in result of 80's.
Does anybody remember this guy. I know it looks abit camp now, but back then this show was popular because of all breakthroughs that were being made with computers.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 07:14:15 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 07 June, 2006, 07:14:15 PM
Two great things on Page 3... Sammy Fox AND Linda Lusardi.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Satanist on 07 June, 2006, 07:20:09 PM
Post by: Satanist on 07 June, 2006, 07:20:09 PM
The Adventure Game.
The Great Egg and Spoon Race.
Video Nasties before they enforced age ratings to videos. Zombie Flesheaters at the age of ten, ah the memories.
Playing outside while a game loaded.
Kiss,cuddle or Torture and not getting sued.
The Great Egg and Spoon Race.
Video Nasties before they enforced age ratings to videos. Zombie Flesheaters at the age of ten, ah the memories.
Playing outside while a game loaded.
Kiss,cuddle or Torture and not getting sued.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 07:47:18 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 07 June, 2006, 07:47:18 PM
isn't that four great things on Page 3?
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 08:26:11 PM
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 08:26:11 PM
Even better than Automan......
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP6VMQEOS9Q&search=manimal
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 07 June, 2006, 08:44:46 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 07 June, 2006, 08:44:46 PM
It was great show, but not as much the sign of the times that Automan was. To me this show represented that burgeoning computer age that was happening all around me about that time.
Link: Retro Junk..... anyone?
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Dounreay on 08 June, 2006, 04:16:36 AM
Post by: Dounreay on 08 June, 2006, 04:16:36 AM
In hindsight the eighties was a pretty weird time.
It was the decade of disaster (Chenobyl, Piper Alpha, Lockerbie, Kings Cross, Herald of Free Enterprise to name but a few), Cold War got as hot as it ever had since the Cuban missile crisis (Criuse missiles, SS-20s missiles, Pershing missiles to name a few).
A revolutionary government was in power (The miners strike,inner city riots (when was the last time there was a riot eh?, privatise everything)).
Good thing we had The Tube, Channel 4 in general and the John Peel show.
It was the decade of disaster (Chenobyl, Piper Alpha, Lockerbie, Kings Cross, Herald of Free Enterprise to name but a few), Cold War got as hot as it ever had since the Cuban missile crisis (Criuse missiles, SS-20s missiles, Pershing missiles to name a few).
A revolutionary government was in power (The miners strike,inner city riots (when was the last time there was a riot eh?, privatise everything)).
Good thing we had The Tube, Channel 4 in general and the John Peel show.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 08 June, 2006, 04:28:57 AM
Post by: Wils on 08 June, 2006, 04:28:57 AM
I discovered Snakebite and Black! :)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Buddy on 08 June, 2006, 04:41:36 AM
Post by: Buddy on 08 June, 2006, 04:41:36 AM
- The The
Fuckin' right Floyd, fuckin' right.
Seen them in Dublin in 1990, best concert I ever seen.
Fuckin' right Floyd, fuckin' right.
Seen them in Dublin in 1990, best concert I ever seen.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 05:56:50 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 05:56:50 AM
I envy you
also The Boys Next Door
The Birthday Party
Nick Cave
Wings of Desire
and...ummm...it will come to me later
yours using iron self-discipline to only post on this thread once a day
also The Boys Next Door
The Birthday Party
Nick Cave
Wings of Desire
and...ummm...it will come to me later
yours using iron self-discipline to only post on this thread once a day
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: HiEx on 08 June, 2006, 10:20:47 AM
Post by: HiEx on 08 June, 2006, 10:20:47 AM
Spectrum games.
Hi-Ex
Hi-Ex
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 08 June, 2006, 11:23:40 AM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 08 June, 2006, 11:23:40 AM
Link: Private Eyes
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Devons Daddy on 08 June, 2006, 01:12:28 PM
Post by: Devons Daddy on 08 June, 2006, 01:12:28 PM
TV, Miami vice and star trek NG,
Music, ADAM AND THE ANTS.
Clothes, ok every decade looks terrible looking back, but come on, at least they where colourful.
2000ad its first golden age.
but overall i was a teenager,which is enough to make it a brillant decade.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: scutfink on 08 June, 2006, 04:09:22 PM
Post by: scutfink on 08 June, 2006, 04:09:22 PM
Posted by Wils:
I discovered Snakebite and Black! :)
Jesus, Snakebite and Black? Is there anything more you can do to ruin a perfectly good pint of cider? Do you take that with a little paper umbrella in it? A slice of fruit perched on the glass? A Curly-fuckin'-straw?
Please tell me you're not totally ruining a perfectly good pint, you're only putting the crap mass produced bubbly applejuice 'cider' in that right?...
:)
I discovered Snakebite and Black! :)
Jesus, Snakebite and Black? Is there anything more you can do to ruin a perfectly good pint of cider? Do you take that with a little paper umbrella in it? A slice of fruit perched on the glass? A Curly-fuckin'-straw?
Please tell me you're not totally ruining a perfectly good pint, you're only putting the crap mass produced bubbly applejuice 'cider' in that right?...
:)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 08 June, 2006, 04:42:48 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 08 June, 2006, 04:42:48 PM
It was an evil 1980s drink favoured by goths. It's famous.
Imagine my dismay three years ago on going up to the bar of a club in town that runs a trendy 'alternative' night (for townies who like a bit of Rammstein and The Cult) and being told that snakebite and black was ?1.50 a pint, but a pint of lemonade was ?2.50 - I felt like I was being charged a 'not-throwing-up-in-the-morning tax'.
Imagine my dismay three years ago on going up to the bar of a club in town that runs a trendy 'alternative' night (for townies who like a bit of Rammstein and The Cult) and being told that snakebite and black was ?1.50 a pint, but a pint of lemonade was ?2.50 - I felt like I was being charged a 'not-throwing-up-in-the-morning tax'.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: leah on 08 June, 2006, 06:33:29 PM
Post by: leah on 08 June, 2006, 06:33:29 PM
What about Thundercats ?
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: scutfink on 08 June, 2006, 06:42:55 PM
Post by: scutfink on 08 June, 2006, 06:42:55 PM
I don't think any of them drink, it would set a bad example...
:)
:)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 03:57:54 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 03:57:54 AM
Airwolf / Blue Thunder
The A Team
The A Team
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 09 June, 2006, 04:51:30 AM
Post by: House of Usher on 09 June, 2006, 04:51:30 AM
Glen A. Larsen. I was amazed to find via IMDB that The A-Team wasn't one of his. But still, quite a contribution.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 05:05:35 AM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 05:05:35 AM
Larson was one of the richest, most powerful men in Holywood.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 09 June, 2006, 06:50:07 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 09 June, 2006, 06:50:07 AM
was Neighbours better in the 80s?
Minder was good.
Mad Max II and III (neither genius but both good fun)
The Hunger
...did I mention P.I.L?
oh and New Order
Minder was good.
Mad Max II and III (neither genius but both good fun)
The Hunger
...did I mention P.I.L?
oh and New Order
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 09 June, 2006, 06:52:27 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 09 June, 2006, 06:52:27 AM
grrrr
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: W. R. Logan on 09 June, 2006, 01:04:33 PM
Post by: W. R. Logan on 09 June, 2006, 01:04:33 PM
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Keef Monkey on 09 June, 2006, 04:55:16 PM
Post by: Keef Monkey on 09 June, 2006, 04:55:16 PM
Quite right Floyd, Neighbours was awesome in the eighties and now it's just treading water.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: LARF on 09 June, 2006, 06:48:27 PM
Post by: LARF on 09 June, 2006, 06:48:27 PM
"Is there anything more you can do to ruin a perfectly good pint of cider?"
How about a green monster:
Lager Snakebite with Blue bols
Adam and Eves, Chesterfield, 1987 'dancing' to don't you forget about me by Simple Minds, half-cut on Green Monsters and 2 for 1 barcadis with no coke.
:-)
How about a green monster:
Lager Snakebite with Blue bols
Adam and Eves, Chesterfield, 1987 'dancing' to don't you forget about me by Simple Minds, half-cut on Green Monsters and 2 for 1 barcadis with no coke.
:-)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: +rufus+ on 09 June, 2006, 07:20:38 PM
Post by: +rufus+ on 09 June, 2006, 07:20:38 PM
PIL.... ah jeanette lee....
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s...
Post by: Funt Solo on 09 June, 2006, 07:23:19 PM
Post by: Funt Solo on 09 June, 2006, 07:23:19 PM
::"when was the last time there was a riot eh?"
Dublin riots, February, 2006
Birmingham riots, October 2005
Bradford Riot, July 2001
Oldham Riots, May 2001
Dublin riots, February, 2006
Birmingham riots, October 2005
Bradford Riot, July 2001
Oldham Riots, May 2001
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 09 June, 2006, 07:53:13 PM
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 09 June, 2006, 07:53:13 PM
I used to go to Adam and Eves too.
It was the Nirvava years for me. As an apprentice electrician I couldn't afford beer on thirty quid a week.
But yeah, up the smelly stairs to Adam and Eves.
It was the Nirvava years for me. As an apprentice electrician I couldn't afford beer on thirty quid a week.
But yeah, up the smelly stairs to Adam and Eves.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Satanist on 09 June, 2006, 08:06:04 PM
Post by: Satanist on 09 June, 2006, 08:06:04 PM
Sparky eh? That explains the user name then. Loads of sparky mates & they're all utter steamers!
:-D
:-D
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 08:35:50 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 09 June, 2006, 08:35:50 PM
>"Is there anything more you can do to ruin a perfectly good pint of cider?"
Ahhh the joys of mixing beers... I drank guiness and bitter for a while (is that 'Black and Tan'?). An I invented Stella and barley wine and Stella and vodka... both great shortcuts to oblivion
Ahhh the joys of mixing beers... I drank guiness and bitter for a while (is that 'Black and Tan'?). An I invented Stella and barley wine and Stella and vodka... both great shortcuts to oblivion
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 09 June, 2006, 08:53:39 PM
Post by: Wils on 09 June, 2006, 08:53:39 PM
The days when you could go out with a fiver, buy 20 fags, get shit-faced and still have enough for a bag of chips on the way home.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 09 June, 2006, 09:13:44 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 09 June, 2006, 09:13:44 PM
...there were riots in Luton in 1995...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: LARF on 09 June, 2006, 09:30:39 PM
Post by: LARF on 09 June, 2006, 09:30:39 PM
There were riots in killamarsh as well 1982. The Beighton Boys came over the Rother Valley to fight and I got a ride in a police car!
:-)
:-)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 09 June, 2006, 10:33:24 PM
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 09 June, 2006, 10:33:24 PM
and I got a ride in a police car!
Heh, no wonder there were riots if that was their idea of law enforcement...
:)
Heh, no wonder there were riots if that was their idea of law enforcement...
:)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: House of Usher on 10 June, 2006, 02:06:45 AM
Post by: House of Usher on 10 June, 2006, 02:06:45 AM
Yes, but we were talking about riots that happened after the eighties.
;)
;)
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Dog Deever on 10 June, 2006, 02:27:46 AM
Post by: Dog Deever on 10 June, 2006, 02:27:46 AM
Good stuff: Class War Rentamobs on tour! Crusties.
The bands CONFLICT, CRASS and DISCHARGE
Fighting with soccer casuals. I'll second Rufus on Black Flag and Docs- only 14 and 18 holers with dodgy coloured laces and clothes that hung in an unwashed spiderweb of rags! Quality. Drinking in the streets.
Bad stuff: Not getting into pubs at the weekend because they didn't want punks in- though you could drink there all the rest of the week if you liked!
Police harrassment- they didn't like punks either.
Soccer casuals. Mullets. More when I remember.
The bands CONFLICT, CRASS and DISCHARGE
Fighting with soccer casuals. I'll second Rufus on Black Flag and Docs- only 14 and 18 holers with dodgy coloured laces and clothes that hung in an unwashed spiderweb of rags! Quality. Drinking in the streets.
Bad stuff: Not getting into pubs at the weekend because they didn't want punks in- though you could drink there all the rest of the week if you liked!
Police harrassment- they didn't like punks either.
Soccer casuals. Mullets. More when I remember.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 10 June, 2006, 02:58:15 AM
Post by: Jim_Campbell on 10 June, 2006, 02:58:15 AM
"both great shortcuts to oblivion"
Ohh, I think I we had a better drink than those! Snakebite and black, with a double Benylin (sp?) ...
If you could stay standing after three of those bastards, you were already dead. You just hadn't realized it yet.
Cheers
Jim
Ohh, I think I we had a better drink than those! Snakebite and black, with a double Benylin (sp?) ...
If you could stay standing after three of those bastards, you were already dead. You just hadn't realized it yet.
Cheers
Jim
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Art on 10 June, 2006, 03:13:57 AM
Post by: Art on 10 June, 2006, 03:13:57 AM
...there were riots in Luton in 1995...
Ah, happy days!
Ah, happy days!
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Dounreay on 10 June, 2006, 05:44:09 AM
Post by: Dounreay on 10 June, 2006, 05:44:09 AM
I stand corrected on the riots issue then.
More horrible things to do with a pint of cider in the 80s - a Red Witch, pint o' snake bite with a pernod and blackcurrant thrown in. Merrydown and Superlager being the ingredients of choice for the true conisseur.
More great stuff from the 80s. Record shops in Glasgow, Virgin when it was acoss the road from Central Station and a shithole of a place, but an interesting one. Then the one up the street from it(was it Bloggs?). Records on the ground floor then a subterrean basement full of badges, tee-shirts and dodgy looking punters.
More horrible things to do with a pint of cider in the 80s - a Red Witch, pint o' snake bite with a pernod and blackcurrant thrown in. Merrydown and Superlager being the ingredients of choice for the true conisseur.
More great stuff from the 80s. Record shops in Glasgow, Virgin when it was acoss the road from Central Station and a shithole of a place, but an interesting one. Then the one up the street from it(was it Bloggs?). Records on the ground floor then a subterrean basement full of badges, tee-shirts and dodgy looking punters.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 10 June, 2006, 06:10:32 AM
Post by: Wils on 10 June, 2006, 06:10:32 AM
Forbidden Planet when it was still in Denmark Street.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s...
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 10 June, 2006, 07:38:31 AM
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 10 June, 2006, 07:38:31 AM
Link: This Cartoon...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 09:12:37 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 09:12:37 AM
a good thing about my 80s was Cooper's ale, which is brewed in the bottle and tastes great. They also sold a stout with which you could make Black and Tan. It's a little South Australian company which somehow broke out to the rest of Australia and which deserves to conquer the universe
Link: aaaah
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: the3rdman on 10 June, 2006, 10:47:44 AM
Post by: the3rdman on 10 June, 2006, 10:47:44 AM
what about watching rocky IV in the cinema and everyone cheering and shouting like it was real.
The Karate Kid
The Goonies
Back to The Future
Teen Wolf
Stand By Me
The Smiths
a bus into Manchester cost 12p and girls wore that much insette hair spray they were a fire hazard.
Joey Deacon
The Karate Kid
The Goonies
Back to The Future
Teen Wolf
Stand By Me
The Smiths
a bus into Manchester cost 12p and girls wore that much insette hair spray they were a fire hazard.
Joey Deacon
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 10 June, 2006, 01:42:42 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 10 June, 2006, 01:42:42 PM
Ninja Movies. The cheap ones i used to rent at the video store.
I can't stand Australian soap T.V. like Neighbours, Home and Away, Prisoner, Blue Heelers.
It's just depressing. It's something to do with it's over familarity.
Like if I wanna see what I see in Australain Soaps all I need to do is look around me. I'm already there.
Though, I know Neighbours has huge following in the UK.
I can't stand Australian soap T.V. like Neighbours, Home and Away, Prisoner, Blue Heelers.
It's just depressing. It's something to do with it's over familarity.
Like if I wanna see what I see in Australain Soaps all I need to do is look around me. I'm already there.
Though, I know Neighbours has huge following in the UK.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 10 June, 2006, 05:09:39 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 10 June, 2006, 05:09:39 PM
When late night telly was actually worth watching including:
Central Weekend... in its prime the best chat/discussion show ever
Power Hour... short-lived rock show
and the almighty Prisoner Cell Block H ("I'm top dog!")
Central Weekend... in its prime the best chat/discussion show ever
Power Hour... short-lived rock show
and the almighty Prisoner Cell Block H ("I'm top dog!")
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 07:25:02 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 07:25:02 PM
the last time I turned on Neigbours, I saw some perky blond kids snogging. That's not what I see when I look around me here. Obviously Thryllseeker lives in Mount Waverley or the Gold Coast.
Yes, yes, the Smiths were a great thing about the 80s.
oh and the Rolling Stones did Undercover and Dirty Work, both of which I liked
Yes, yes, the Smiths were a great thing about the 80s.
oh and the Rolling Stones did Undercover and Dirty Work, both of which I liked
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 10 June, 2006, 08:03:56 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 10 June, 2006, 08:03:56 PM
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 10 June, 2006, 08:38:07 PM
Post by: Carlsborg Expert on 10 June, 2006, 08:38:07 PM
Scarface.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 12:29:42 AM
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 12:29:42 AM
John Wagner's run on Detective Comics.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Grant Goggans on 11 June, 2006, 12:48:25 AM
Post by: Grant Goggans on 11 June, 2006, 12:48:25 AM
The 80s must still be with us... I'm seeing Echo & the Bunnymen on the 20th and ABC on the 23rd!
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 11 June, 2006, 02:06:32 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 11 June, 2006, 02:06:32 PM
Dogs in Space
Razorback
Razorback
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Tom of Finland on 11 June, 2006, 02:28:46 PM
Post by: Tom of Finland on 11 June, 2006, 02:28:46 PM
hiring video nasties before the VRA
getting in at the ABC to watch a Warriors/Wanderers double bill while only 15
Double Diamond,Worthington E,Long Life,Trumans Best,
Hull FC signing Peter Sterling
Railcards
Sergio Tacchini tennis shirts
getting in at the ABC to watch a Warriors/Wanderers double bill while only 15
Double Diamond,Worthington E,Long Life,Trumans Best,
Hull FC signing Peter Sterling
Railcards
Sergio Tacchini tennis shirts
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Keef Monkey on 11 June, 2006, 02:34:30 PM
Post by: Keef Monkey on 11 June, 2006, 02:34:30 PM
Floyd, was Dogs In Space that movie with Michael Hutchence?!? Think I have a vague memory of flipping onto that late one night and really enjoying it but never seen it since.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 11 June, 2006, 02:56:23 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 11 June, 2006, 02:56:23 PM
Is Corona beer still available.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 03:41:12 PM
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 03:41:12 PM
Watney's Party Seven
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 11 June, 2006, 05:43:42 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 11 June, 2006, 05:43:42 PM
Dogs in Space was indeed that movie with Michael Hutchence. He's pretty ordinary but I loved the movie which is all about inner-city wastrels in Melbourne. There's a lot of good music in it (including two versions of 'shivers') and a long party scene which is like every party I went to in the 80s.
oh and AC/DC rocked in the 80s
oh and AC/DC rocked in the 80s
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 June, 2006, 07:42:19 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 June, 2006, 07:42:19 PM
>Watney's Party Seven
Wasn't that more of a seventies thing? Like most 'keg' bitter thank god - though I do remember undrinkable electric Wards (the coming of the hand-pump for all bitter was a gift from god)
I do remember Royal Dutch larger... you could be gallons of it for not money at all. It was weak as hell but great for playing Pass Out as a skint student.
Guns 'n' Roses seemed great at the time
Wasn't that more of a seventies thing? Like most 'keg' bitter thank god - though I do remember undrinkable electric Wards (the coming of the hand-pump for all bitter was a gift from god)
I do remember Royal Dutch larger... you could be gallons of it for not money at all. It was weak as hell but great for playing Pass Out as a skint student.
Guns 'n' Roses seemed great at the time
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 08:06:52 PM
Post by: Wils on 11 June, 2006, 08:06:52 PM
Wasn't that more of a seventies thing?
Probably, but it was still being sold in the 80s when I discovered it. I remember at one party I was at, we were marvelling that someone managed to find a Party Ten to bring, then panicking as no one had a tin opener.
Probably, but it was still being sold in the 80s when I discovered it. I remember at one party I was at, we were marvelling that someone managed to find a Party Ten to bring, then panicking as no one had a tin opener.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 June, 2006, 08:41:53 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 11 June, 2006, 08:41:53 PM
>no one had a tin opener
heh, real men use two screwdrivers...
heh, real men use two screwdrivers...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: I, Cosh on 12 June, 2006, 07:22:48 AM
Post by: I, Cosh on 12 June, 2006, 07:22:48 AM
Record shops in Glasgow, Virgin when it was acoss the road from Central Station and a shithole of a place, but an interesting one. Then the one up the street from it(was it Bloggs?). Records on the ground floor then a subterrean basement full of badges, tee-shirts and dodgy looking punters.
It was Fopp back when it was a record shop rather than a place to pick up classic albums for a fiver. You also had Tower, which was expensive but very well stocked (the only place I ever saw an Armageddon Dildos album), Missing when it sold new records, Echo on Byres Road and that Canadian place at the bottom of Byres Road.
It was Fopp back when it was a record shop rather than a place to pick up classic albums for a fiver. You also had Tower, which was expensive but very well stocked (the only place I ever saw an Armageddon Dildos album), Missing when it sold new records, Echo on Byres Road and that Canadian place at the bottom of Byres Road.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ARRISARRIS on 12 June, 2006, 03:25:28 PM
Post by: ARRISARRIS on 12 June, 2006, 03:25:28 PM
...also around in the 70's but i only discovered it in the 80'S, Crusha fizzy drinks with that polar bear on the adverts, tasted so differant at the time to other sodas...
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: scutfink on 12 June, 2006, 03:52:58 PM
Post by: scutfink on 12 June, 2006, 03:52:58 PM
I was going to start a new thread for this, but it might fit in here...
I was watching the Cowboy Bebop Movie on Sci-fi yesterday afternoon, and in one of the breaks there was that Aquafresh ad with the family all brushing their teeth together, animated in a vaguely Raymond Briggs-esque style...
That's got to be at least 20 years old, none of the othe rrproducts or services in that break even existed when that ad was made...
Is that the longest serving TV advert ever?
I was watching the Cowboy Bebop Movie on Sci-fi yesterday afternoon, and in one of the breaks there was that Aquafresh ad with the family all brushing their teeth together, animated in a vaguely Raymond Briggs-esque style...
That's got to be at least 20 years old, none of the othe rrproducts or services in that break even existed when that ad was made...
Is that the longest serving TV advert ever?
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 12 June, 2006, 06:13:20 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 12 June, 2006, 06:13:20 PM
Raymond Briggs was a good thing about the 80s
oh and Emotional Rescue was released in 1980 (that's enough 80s Stones-Ed)
the way cappuchino and caffe latte spread everywhere was good
oh and Emotional Rescue was released in 1980 (that's enough 80s Stones-Ed)
the way cappuchino and caffe latte spread everywhere was good
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 12 June, 2006, 09:55:46 PM
Post by: ThryllSeekyr on 12 June, 2006, 09:55:46 PM
I was glad I found this one.
I use to have it on video tape.
It's just abit naughty, though.
I use to have it on video tape.
It's just abit naughty, though.
Link: Matterhorn Project
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Funt Solo on 12 June, 2006, 10:13:12 PM
Post by: Funt Solo on 12 June, 2006, 10:13:12 PM
:: "what about watching rocky IV in the cinema and everyone cheering and shouting like it was real."
Wasn't that the weirdest phenomenon? Even up in Inverness, that happened - you know, Inverness being right on the cusp of civilisation and all that. (You hearing this, Amstor?)
But yeah - that's one of the most cheesy movies in existance, politically black and white, yet at the time (and maybe at that age) it just engendered this tribal mentality. We actually ate the one russian kid at our school the next day. *
* Well, okay, that's a lie.
Wasn't that the weirdest phenomenon? Even up in Inverness, that happened - you know, Inverness being right on the cusp of civilisation and all that. (You hearing this, Amstor?)
But yeah - that's one of the most cheesy movies in existance, politically black and white, yet at the time (and maybe at that age) it just engendered this tribal mentality. We actually ate the one russian kid at our school the next day. *
* Well, okay, that's a lie.
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 12 June, 2006, 10:26:48 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 12 June, 2006, 10:26:48 PM
The holy triumvirate of ZZ Top videos... Sharp Dressed Man, Give Me All Your Lovin', and Legs...
War Games
War Games
Title: Re: Great things about the 1980s.....
Post by: I, Cosh on 12 June, 2006, 10:46:10 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 12 June, 2006, 10:46:10 PM
Joshua.