Top Ten Things that Spring to Mind Whenever Anyone Mentions the 80s

The Top Ten
1 Neon colors

1980s = Neon and flashy colors

2 The Breakfast Club
3 John Hughes John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write and direct some of the most successful comedy films.
4 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson; August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter. He passed away from cardiac arrest caused by a propofol and benzodiazepine overdose on June 25, 2009. He donated (at least) a remarkable 500,000,000 dollars to charity. Michael is also known as The King of Pop (a title given to him by Elizabeth Taylor) or under the initials MJ. Dubbed the King of Pop, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. ...read more.
5 Molly Ringwald Molly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Her first major role was in The Facts of Life before making her motion picture debut in the independent film Tempest, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
6 Sixteen Candles
7 Ghostbusters
8 Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
9 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
10 Mullets

definitely

The Contenders
11 Bad fashion

No doubt the fashion was bad, but almost all fashion is bad. We only realize how bad by looking backwards over 10 years or more. After 30 years, whatever was popular actually becomes a Halloween costume. Kind of like how what you are wearing right now will become a very funny-looking Halloween costume sometime in the near future.

They wor a lot of short floral print summer dresses during the 1950's and 1960's, and they have been mocked non stop since then, think "Pleasant Valley Sunday".

12 Shoulder pads

Yes...The Joan Crawford-linebacker look. The only things that could have made the style more appealing were epaulettes, a bandolier and a swagger stick.

13 Duran Duran

Hungry like the chihuahua.

14 Your childhood

I wish I was an 1980s kid...oh god why was I born at the end of the 1980s.
Oh well some people born in 1996-1999 call themselves 1990s kids so whatever.

15 Yuppies
16 Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, known professionally by her stage name Pat Benatar, is an American singer, songwriter, and four-time Grammy Award winner.
17 Huge mobile phones
18 Frankie Goes to Hollywood
19 Genesis Genesis are an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967. The most commercially successful and long-lasting line-up includes keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins.

Genesis are an English rock band.
Phil Collins

You mean Sega Genesis?

What is Sega Genesis?

20 Hair Metal

Yes it does.I start to think a musician with 15 inches long hair is thrashing guitar and screaming.

21 Scarface
22 Nintendo commercials
23 Tape cassettes
24 Walking Like an Egyptian

Susanna Hoffs... pretty attractive person

25 Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy Metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. The most critically acclaimed period for the band was from 1983-1989. With vocalist Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, lead guitarist Dave Murray, rhythm guitarist Adrian ...read more.
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