10 Things Totally 80s
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Such good choices! But ultimately, I went with ...
10 THINGS TOTALLY 80s
There were so many different ways I could have done this, but I decided to just share 1 thing from 10 different pop culture trends. Obviously, I could have probably come up with a list of 10 things in each category, but these are either the first thing that came to mind or my favorite or a special memory I have.
- Movie - Can't Buy Me Love
- Song - Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
- Band - Poison
- Heaththrob - River Phoenix
- Fashion Trend - Pinned jeans
- TV show - Full House
- Car - Ford Aerostar
- Electronic gadget - Nintendo Entertainment System
- Home Appliance - Microwave oven
- Health - Jane Fonda workout videos
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| I don't know what it is about this movie, but it's hands down my favorite 80s movie. |
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| I loved this song when I was young. Oddly, it reminds me of the swingset in our backyard growing up. My husband likes to rank Cyndi Lauper with Shakespeare because of how many times this song has been covered. lol. |
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| My older sisters would listen to this band, and I remember sneaking into their room to borrow their cassette tapes. |
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| River was one of my first crushes! Oh, I was in love. :D |
| I scoured the Internet for a good picture of pinned jeans, and I could find NONE! I was hoping to re-create one this morning before work, but ran out of time. Hopefully I'll update this post later with a good picture. |
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| UPDATE: I finally found a picture online. From a fellow Listicler, of course! Thanks, Ellen for letting me use your fab picture. :D |
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| I watched a LOT of 80s TV shows, but I this was definitely one of my favorites. |
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| When asking my husband for help with this post, he came up with this category. And the Aerostar. He said everyone seemed to have this car. And then I remembered that I'm pretty sure my family had one, too. |
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| I remember when this came out. It was definitely the MUST HAVE gift of the time. We got one, and my brothers played it a LOT. |
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| I think the 80s is when this appliance really sprang into popularity. I remember meeting a new family in the late 80s who didn't have one, and I thought it was so weird! |
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| Lastly, since this is a fitness blog, I can't leave out a popular health trend from the 80s! |
Now, why not head over to The good life to read all the other fabulous lists. I wonder which topic will be the most popular this week...
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There was someone in the movie Can't Buy Me Love that I couldn't stand because she was dating Charlie Sheen at the time, who was my crush. I can't even remember who it was now! lol
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I wasn't eating/drinking anything when I read this comment! I would have made a mess. So funny!! :)
DeleteI will stop what I'm doing and watch an episode of Full House if it's on!! :)
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hahaha! Still today? :) I haven't watched it in YEARS!
DeletePoison is my absolute favorite band ever!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! :)
DeleteI know I was a fan back in the day, but now I can't come up with a single song title - except Look What the Cat Dragged In, but that's just because of the album cover in the pic I used. LOL.
I loved Cyndi Lauper! I secretly wanted to be just like her. I'm so glad I didn't stick to that wish! Great list!
ReplyDeleteNothing like belting out with Cyndi. :)
DeleteI can't stop nodding my head!! Yes, yes...YES!! I LOVED "Time After Time" oh, man!! And I swear, until I read this I had buried away that Jane Fonda workout tape but I used to know that thing by heart. (and I swear, my parents only recently got rid of that very microwave. It took up half their kitchen counter!! :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, the best song. Ever.
DeleteJust ask my husband.
No, I'm not kidding.
It's funny watching Can't Buy Me Love now. Patrick Dempsey sure grew up nicely.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! Yes, he did. :)
DeletePoison was my first concert! 80's hair bands were the best!
ReplyDeleteI bet that was a fun concert!
DeleteIt's so comforting to see that so many people picked the 80s for their listlcle topic because that means I'm not the only one old enough to remember!
ReplyDeleteSo you live in Vegas and you like to run - how do you do it in the heat???
My ex-husband lives in Vegas and my daughter goes there regularly, we're actually planning a family trip there for Easter break!
Well, I've only been in Vegas since July, and I didn't run too much in Jul/Aug. I think a lot of people try to go early in the mornings. I love the heat, though, so I'm kind of excited for summer.
DeleteIt's sad that Poison has better eyeliner application skills than I do. I used to sneak into my sister's room to listen to her Poison album!
ReplyDeleteSame here! I suck at applying eyeliner. It always ends up looking dumb. ;)
DeleteGreat list of the 80's! I had totally forgotten about the aerostar van!
ReplyDeleteMe, too! Thank goodness for my husband who remembers weird stuff like this. :)
DeleteYou should totally use our pegged jeans picture. Like totally. And I loved/love Full House. I watch it along with ALF with my kids to show them what 80s fashion was really all about. Good ol' Uncle Jessie.
ReplyDeleteAnd poor River Phoenix. What a tortured soul. Ellen
Thanks so much, Ellen! How could I forget about ALF? ;)
DeleteCan't buy me love was my favorite movie ever and look at how cool I was for loving mc dreamy back in the day ;)
ReplyDeleteYou can never go wrong with McDreamy, right? lol.
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