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11-01-2013 , 11:40 PM

BrianTheMick2

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This came up in a horrific musical monstrosity recently. What was the '80s?!?

I've done my best to give a representative sample. I am known for shoddy workmanship and am doing this purely off the top of the old noggin, so I expect criticism and additions to seal up the cracks on the edges.

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11-02-2013 , 12:52 AM

plaaynde

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Having this video two times must be a Freudian slip, and very relevant. I saw a program where they said MC Hammer represented all that was "bad" with the 80's.

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11-02-2013 , 01:14 AM

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11-02-2013 , 01:28 AM

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What is the '80s

Something that shouldn't have happened.

But it did.

And I was there.

And I'm still alive.

Now I'm here.

And I'm still alive.

Soon, I will be somewhere else.

"Remember; no matter where you go, there you are."- Buckaroo Banzai

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - Buckaroo Banzai*

*Some attribute this quote to Albert Einstein

Bonus song

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11-02-2013 , 02:15 AM

BruceZ

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I wish I'd appreciated the 80's more when I was in them.

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11-02-2013 , 04:00 AM

plaaynde

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These gulls were just so 80's

Body culture pre-AIDS

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11-02-2013 , 04:31 AM

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11-02-2013 , 04:53 AM

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1.Symphony 89 F Major by Haydn (1787 Austria) 4th mvt - excerpt
2.Symphony C Minor by Kraus (1783 Germany) 1st mvt - excerpt
3.Symphony 34 C Major by Mozart (1780 Austria) 1st mvt.

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11-02-2013 , 05:32 AM

BruceZ

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Hidden treasures - Camille Saint-Saëns - Suite algérienne (1880)

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11-02-2013 , 07:34 AM

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This is the 80s'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x76VCJKsa38

Meatloaf were 70's just not dead yet.

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11-02-2013 , 11:30 AM

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1984

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11-02-2013 , 11:58 AM

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Science, Math, and Discography?

trip down memory lane B.....?

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11-02-2013 , 01:35 PM

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chezlaw

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1984 was 70s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KByxC7B9WH0

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11-02-2013 , 01:56 PM

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Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?

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11-02-2013 , 02:09 PM

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Anyone else's system slowing way down when you load this thread? Anyone's not slowing way down?

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11-02-2013 , 03:08 PM

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Anyone else's system slowing way down when you load this thread? Anyone's not slowing way down?

If you switch to fewer post per page it could fix it.

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11-02-2013 , 03:35 PM

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Can't believe nobody got it right:

Spoiler:

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11-02-2013 , 05:25 PM

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11-02-2013 , 06:59 PM

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1984

lol...I remember buying the 12-inch of this.

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11-02-2013 , 07:18 PM

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Just Like Heaven - The Cure

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

It's My Life - Talk Talk

Duran Duran - Rio

The GoGos - Our Lips Are Sealed

Roxy Music - More Than This

Steven Wright

Bill Cosby - dentist

Buckaroo Banzai end credits

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11-03-2013 , 02:31 AM

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A band as 80's as it gets:

Spoiler:

And the obvious

Bonus track

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11-03-2013 , 11:31 AM

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BruceZ

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YEAH ME!

I love rocky road...

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11-03-2013 , 12:37 PM

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Spandau Ballet

Only when you leave...Then

Only when you leave...Now, 25 years later. (to defeat time it must first defeat you)

And some early Tangerine Dream from the movie Risky Business

Naturally one has to add also;

Rendez-vous Houston (1986)- Jean Michel Jarre A City In Concert (1.3 Mil people)