The '70s & '80s

[Primaleick]

I saw this on another site and stole the idea :D

What do you remember from the late '70s & very early '80s?

Lawnmowers - They looked like a regular old Briggs-powered push-mower, except when you went to start one. There was no pull-rope on top of the engine, instead, you'd flip up this rectangular metal bar. On one end of the bar was a little knob-like handle. To start the mower, you grabbed the little knob-like handle, and turned the thing like a crank. It was a ratcheting recoil assembly. When you cranked the thing as far as it would go, you folded the crank handle back into the trop of the engine, and hit a button that released the ratcheting recoil assembly. If all went well, the mower started.

Kodak 126 cameras with the drop-in film thingy, and the 4-shot flash-cubes.
Mopars with the push-button automatic transmissions
push-button A.M. car radios
under-the-dash mounted 8-track players
under-the-dash mounted F.M. converters
rotary-dial telephones
records...LP's and 45's
cars, vans, and pick-ups with 4-wheel drum brakes
TV antennas on almost every roof, or pipe-strapped to the chimney running up the side of the house
ride-on lawnmowers with the funky-looking bent tubing used in place of a steering wheel
glass milk bottles, with the foil cover, and the flat little cardboard disk that sealed mouth of the bottle
toy balsa wood gliders, with the metal clip on the nose you had to screw with to get the thing to glide level
Skittle-Bowl games
pop and beer cans you couldn't open without a bottle & can opener
ring tabs on the 1st generation pop-top beer & pop cans...the ones that pulled right off the can
gray, metal boxes on your front porch that the milkman used to put your milk bottles in when he delivered your milk
superballs...the highly-compressed, dark, gun-metal gray balls that would bounce a mile off a sidewalk
TV before remotes
Most photos were still black and white
McD's just hit 900 million served
Music videos were filler between movies on HBO and the Movie Channel back in the 70's
Cell phones were the size of a football and called MOBILE phones
You could start a Ford with a screwdriver on the solenoid;
Staion wagons came with 400+ cubic inches and could do 100ft burnouts
Every kid had a wrist rocket
4 guys used to be able to pick up a Honda and move it in a parking lot
The CLAP was the worst thing you ever had to worry about
Reel to reel was the way to go for listening to music
The time before chicks learned of bikini waxing
Teachers were mean and never wanted to pass you
Everything for kids was made of sugar.

[AgentSun]

i don't remember a huge amount of the 80's, since i spent the majority of it playing in the ball pit at chucky cheese.

[La Bomba]

i don't remember a huge amount of the 80's, since i spent the majority of it playing in the ball pit at chucky cheese.
You say that as if something has changed.:D

[AgentSun]

that's very true, actually.

[Mazinkaiser]

I remember the 80's very well. LB remembers the 70's :D

[arthurfrdent]

heh...some of that you may have to push a bit earlier...but, yeah. Think of the sounds too...

Quadraphonic!
the sound of MoPar starters

and see:
cars with Chrome!
MTV at the start... mmmmmMartha
"cable? what's wrong with the 4 channels you can get for free?"

[La Bomba]

I remember the 80's very well. LB remembers the 70's:D
Yep. It's just like "That 70's show". C'mere, Maz and I'll show you. Just like "Red", I'll plant my foot in your sorry a$$.:grumpy:

[Mazinkaiser]

:innocent:

[Kurt_eh]

Two words:

Big Hair

:eek2:

[NYPinTA]

I had big hair. Big bleach blonde hair. It was frightening. :eek:

[AgentSun]

unfortunately some people have not moved on.

[kechara420]

Parachute Pants. Madonna's GOOD songs. The only perfect 17-0 season in the NFL's history (go Dolphins!). Paying $2.50 to see a movie. Pac Man and Galaga--the GOOD arcade games! Atari. My first Commodore 64 computer. Jordache jeans. The Baltimore Colts, Houston Oilers, L.A. Raiders, and L.A. Rams.

[Mazinkaiser]

I had big hair. Big bleach blonde hair. It was frightening. :eek:

:eek:

:eek2:



:roflmao: :rollin:

[malachilenomade]

oh Lord.... I'm getting acid flashbacks :eek:

[kechara420]

Tye-Dye T-shirts. "Walk Like An Egyptian." The legal drinking age changed from 18 to 21.

[Antrobus]

The CLAP was the worst thing you ever had to worry about

It's at least heartening to know that the name lives on regardless of the decade!

[Jim Reaper]

Taken from http://www.80snostalgia.com

You know you are a true child of the 80s when...

* You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.

* Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon.

* Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.

* You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.

* You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

* You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

* Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.

* You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.

* You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

* Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.

* Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.

* You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.

* You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do some less boring instead".

* You cried at Zammo's funeral.

* You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

* You ever said "It's my ball, and if I can't be Kevin Keegan I'm going home!"

* You remember the aerobie scare.

* You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.

* You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple.

* You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.

* You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.

* You tried to set up a "Famous Five" or "Secret Seven" gang with your school friends.

* You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.

* "Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.

* You ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.

* Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched fingerless gloves and towelling socks.

* You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

* Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.

* You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

* (Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers.

* (Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white towelling socks.

* Shiny grey flecked suits.

* You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up

* Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

* You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.

* Fingermouse.

* You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery.

* You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p

* You wondered why you and your mates never encountered diamond thieves whilst out on your BMXs.

* No 73?

* You can remember what Quatro tasted like.

* Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous

[trubador]

Pac Man and Galaga--the GOOD arcade games! Atari. My first Commodore 64 computer.
I kicked A** in Galaga! :aok: but, Ms. PacMan was better than PacMan.

And remember the arcade version of Atari's Tempest? :yes:

[NYPinTA]

I must have been asleep during the 80's cuz I don't remember half of that stuff on your list Jim Reaper. :huh:

[kechara420]

* You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.
* Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon.
* You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.
* Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
* You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.
* You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.
* You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.
* You could have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.
* You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up
* Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

Can't forget big dangle earrings, leg warmers, Olivia-Newton John and Duran-Duran (again, their GOOD music).

[BrowderChick]

OH NO!! Another flashback thread.... :eek: :lol

Hey trub... MEMBERS ONLY JACKETS!!!!!!! :lol

[arthurfrdent]

mmmm, jordache jeans, yep, high cut but didn't need to see the skin everyone seems to think you do now... :devil:

heh Olivia... if you remember get physical... I was into a somewhat different tune at the time from Robert Palmer called "Pride" which was a bit of a response... heh and a really good juju tune too... 'bicycles for excercise are made for one'

[Judith]

I was born in 1980..soooo...

Excessive amounts of My Little Ponies
Pound puppies and kitties
Cabbage Patch dolls
Swatch watches
Rainbow Brite
Strawberry Shortcake

[Jim Reaper]

I must have been asleep during the 80's cuz I don't remember half of that stuff on your list Jim Reaper. :huh:

It's not surprising really. It's from a British web site. :D

[StephX]

In the 80's...I remember being really happy about having a Beta machine and taping Beastmaster off of the tv. Me and my dad watch that movie till my mom couldn't take it anymore. lol

Hmmm... I taped a lot of MTV, too.

Oh, and, I LOOOOOOVED The Police, and, had a crush on Sting. Mmmmmm... crazy Sting in Dune Mmmmmm

[StephX]

In the 70's I remember being obsessed wtih Star Wars (even though I was 3 1/2 when it came out).

I wish I kept all the toys I had.

[malachilenomade]

Don't forget laserdiscs!

And when Metallica was a good band.

Come And Rock Me, Amadeus....

[zelbinion]

TV's without remotes.....what do you mean, my sister and I were the remotes. I can still hear my dad now, "change the channel, turn it up, rotate the antennea"

[arthurfrdent]

TV's without remotes.....what do you mean, my sister and I were the remotes. I can still hear my dad now, "change the channel, turn it up, rotate the antennea"

"OK turn the antenna, great, now... don't move."

[NYPinTA]

It's not surprising really. It's from a British web site. :D

*phew* :lol I feel better now.

[hmissesh]

I must have been asleep during the 80's cuz I don't remember half of that stuff on your list Jim Reaper. :huh:


Asleep? Is that what that condition of yours was called? :D :D


I sure am glad that it's British also--I was wondering what a "Soda Stream" was.

[Jim Reaper]

I sure am glad that it's British also--I was wondering what a "Soda Stream" was.

http://wineandbeerfactory.com/media/soda1.gif

Soda stream was a brief (thankfully) fad that took off in the mid eighties.

Basically, you could make your own fizzy drinks, even though they usually tasted revolting. It was also too easy to pump up the gas far to high, which resulted in your beverage exploding all over the kitchen. Happy days.

[B Sharp]

having (like LB) lived through both the 70s and 80s, I guess I just have to say that all this nostalgia is making me cranky.

I guess that means it's time for my medication.

[Antrobus]

I graduated from HS in 1975. Get a load of the BIG musical hits of that year!
#9 Dream - John Lennon (#9)
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon (#1)
The Agony and the Ecstasy - Smokey Robinson (#36)
Ain't No Way To Treat a Lady - Helen Reddy (#8)
Amie - Pure Prairie League (#27)
At Seventeen - Janis Ian (#3)
Attitude Dancing - Carly Simon (#21)
Autobahn - Kraftwerk (#25) (instrumental)
Baby Face - Wing and a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps (#14)
Baby That's Backatcha - Smokey Robinson (#26)
Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka (#1)
Bad Luck (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (#15)
Bad Time - Grand Funk Railroad (#4)
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (#5)
Beer Barrel Polka - Bobby Vinton (#33)
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender (#1)
The Bertha Butt Boogie (Part 1) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#16)
Best of My Love - Eagles (#1)
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (#24)
Black Friday - Steely Dan (#37)
Black Superman - Muhammad Ali - Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band (#21)
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers (#1)
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp (#35)
Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain - Willie Nelson (#21)
Bluebird - Helen Reddy (#35)
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (#23)
Brazil - The Ritchie Family (#11) (instrumental)
Butter Boy - Fanny (#29)
Calypso - John Denver (#2)
Can't Get It Out of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra (#9)
Carolina in the Pines - Michael Martin Murphey (#21)
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns (#5)
Convoy - C.W. McCall (#1)
Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow (#6)
Cut the Cake - Average White Band (#10)
Daisy Jane - America (#20)
Dance With Me - Orleans (#6)
Dancin' Fool - The Guess Who (#28)
Dark Horse - George Harrison (#15)
Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez (#35)
Ding Dong, Ding Dong - George Harrison (#36)
Disco Queen - Hot Chocolate (#28)
Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice (#11) (instrumental)
Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas (#11)
Don't Take Your Love - The Manhattans (#37)
Don't Tell Me Goodnight - Lobo (#27)
Dream Merchant - The New Birth (#36)
Dynomite-(Part 1) - Bazuka featuring Tony Camillo (#10) (instrumental)
Eighteen with a Bullet - Pete Wingfield (#15)
Emma - Hot Chocolate (#8)
Emotion - Helen Reddy (#22)
Every Time I Touch You (I Get High) - Charlie Rich (#19)
Express - B.T. Express (#4) (instrumental)
Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#1)
Fame - David Bowie (#1)
Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company (#10)
Feelings - Morris Albert (#6)
Fight the Power (Part 1) - The Isley Brothers (#4)
Fire - Ohio Players (#1)
Fire on the Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band (#38)
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention (#1) (instrumental)
For the Love of You (Parts 1 & 2) - The Isley Brothers (#22)
Fox on the Run - Sweet (#5)
Full of Fire - Al Green (#28)
Games People Play - Spinners (#5)
Get Dancin' - Disco-Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes (#10)
Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band (#1)
Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) - Joe Simon (#8)
Give It What You Got - B.T. Express (#40)
Glasshouse - The Temptations (#37)
Gone at Last - Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow (#23)
Good Lovin' Gone Bad - Bad Company (#36)
Harry Truman - Chicago (#13)
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John (#1)
He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#1)
Heat Wave - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
Help Me, Rhonda - Johnny Rivers (#22)
(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas (#1)
Hey You - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#21)
Hijack - Herbie Mann (#14)
Holdin' On To Yesterday - Ambrosia (#17)
How Long - Ace (#3)
How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side) - Pointer Sisters (#20)
How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You) - James Taylor (#5)
The Hustle - Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony (#1) (instrumental)
I Am Love (Parts 1 & 2) - The Jackson 5 (#15)
(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#15)
I Don't Like To Sleep Alone - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#8)
I Get Lifted - George McCrae (#37)
I Got Stoned and I Missed It - Jim Stafford (#37)
I Love Music (Part 1) - The O'Jays (#5)
I Only Have Eyes for You - Art Garfunkel (#18)
I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Part 1) - Disco-Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes (#23)
I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You - Leon Haywood (#15)
I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To - Barry White (#40)
I'll Play for You - Seals & Crofts (#18)
I'm Not in Love - 10cc (#2)
I'm Not Lisa - Jessi Colter (#4)
I'm on Fire - 5000 Volts (#26)
I'm on Fire - Dwight Twilley Band (#16)
I'm Sorry - John Denver (#1)
I've Been This Way Before - Neil Diamond (#34)
If I Ever Lose This Heaven - Average White Band (#39)
The Immigrant - Neil Sedaka (#22)
Island Girl - Elton John (#1)
It Only Takes a Minute - Tavares (#10)
It's A Miracle - Barry Manilow (#12)
It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna - Ringo Starr (#31)
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils (#3)
Jaws (Main Title) - John Williams & His Orchestra (#32) (instrumental)
Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees (#1)
Judy Mae - Boomer Castleman (#33)
Just a Little Bit of You - Michael Jackson (#23)
Just Too Many People - Melissa Manchester (#30)
Killer Queen - Queen (#12)
L-O-V-E (Love) - Al Green (#13)
Lady Blue - Leon Russell (#14)
Lady Marmalade - Labelle (#1)
The Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker (#19)
The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers) - David Geddes (#18)
Let the Music Play - Barry White (#32)
Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers (#1)
Let's Live Together - The Road Apples (#35)
Letting Go - Paul McCartney & Wings (#39)
Listen To What the Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings (#1)
Living a Little, Laughing a Little - Spinners (#37)
Lizzie and the Rainman - Tanya Tucker (#37)
Lonely People - America (#5)
Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) - Leo Sayer (#9)
Look at Me (I'm in Love) - The Moments (#39)
Look in My Eyes, Pretty Woman - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#11)
Love Hurts - Nazareth (#8)
Love Is the Drug - Roxy Music (#30)
Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles (#1)
Love or Leave - Spinners (#36)
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players (#1)
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer (#2)
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille (#1)
Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris (#5)
Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton (#1)
Low Rider - War (#7)
Lyin' Eyes - Eagles (#2)
Magic - Pilot (#5)
Mandy - Barry Manilow (#1)
Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester (#6)
Miracles - Jefferson Starship (#3)
Misty - Ray Stevens (#14)
Mornin' Beautiful - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#14)
Movin' On - Bad Company (#19)
Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman (#4)
Must of Got Lost - J. Geils Band (#12)
My Boy - Elvis Presley (#20)
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli (#1)
My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel (#9)
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor (#9)
Never Let Her Go - David Gates (#29)
Nightingale - Carole King (#9)
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees (#7)
The No No Song - Ringo Starr (#3)
Old Days - Chicago (#5)
Once You Get Started - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#10)
One Of These Nights - Eagles (#1)
One Man Woman / One Woman Man - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#7)
Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper (#12)
Only Yesterday - Carpenters (#4)
Operator - The Manhattan Transfer (#22)
Our Day Will Come - Frankie Valli (#11)
Part of the Plan - Dan Fogelberg (#31)
Part Time Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#22)
Peace Pipe - B.T. Express (#31)
Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John (#1)
Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band (#1) (instrumental)
Please Mr. Please - Olivia Newton-John (#3)
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters (#1)
Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow (#5)
The Proud One - The Osmonds (#22)
Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot (#26)
Remember What I Told You to Forget - Tavares (#25)
Rendezvous - Hudson Brothers (#26)
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell (#1)
Ride 'Em Cowboy - Paul Davis (#23)
Rock and Roll All Nite (Live) - KISS (#12)
Rock & Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life) - Mac Davis (#15)
The Rockford Files - Mike Post (#10) (instrumental)
....and so on

[grinner]

Mopars with the push-button automatic transmissions
Subaru has a transmission that does this.

[BrowderChick]

I had a 74 Nova with a push button start. :lol

[grinner]

I have an 88 Mazda with a push-button start. The fact that I installed it doesn't make it any less... cool. :D

[BrowderChick]

Mine only worked with a screwdriver in the ignition, then push the button. :lol

[Kathleen]

All I can say is this...


"Come on Aileen... la la la la la la laaaaa... hmm hmm hmm hmm..

oh... and I was sad to hear that Laura Branigan had died.. :( I totally remember jamming out and singing to "Gloria.. GLORIA... I think they've got your number.. I think they've got your alias --- GLORIA"...

so much more that I remember..... When I think of it, I'll post it up..

OH.... Panama Jack, Ocean Pacific and Spuds McKenzie. :yes:

[grinner]

technically mine you don't even need a key for...