the 80s were so cool!

[A.J.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

Edward Woodward R.I.P.


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

:cool:

:laugh:

[Il Medico]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjIA3Rt7gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCiVXigrjjQ

[RHIZOMES]

nah

[Raúl Duke]

I don't like the 80s...

I like the 60s and a half or one-third of the 70s.

[Pirate Utopian]

Apart from hip-hop and house (and some other music), it was a pretty shit decade.

[RHIZOMES]

The 80's sucked balls, it was the time when corporate capitalism and greed and neo-liberalism and ultra-individualism and consumerism finally won out and socialism went in decline. Conservative governments all across the first world tried to put to rest the rebellious legacy of the 60's well to rest, and corporations co-opted what remained as best as they could:

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[Sentinel]

Last year we had an 80's theme in our christmas party at work, ending in a competition about who looked most 80's. It was awesome.

Two guys wore nothing but red swimming trunks -- they were the Baywatch guys.

[RHIZOMES]

Last year we had an 80's theme in our christmas party at work

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/27/29-80s-night/ :p

[Raúl Duke]

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/27/29-80s-night/ :p

QFT

Some friends of mine claim to like the 80s...and I'm like "wut, the 80s were shit; most of the music sucks, socially and politically everything went very bad in the 80s, the fads blow, etc."

White people told me this but I don't think this is that mutually exclusive to them...I think a few Puerto Ricans expressed a similar sentiment yet I guess it doesn't count because those Puerto Ricans that like the 80s are influenced too much by the U.S., etc.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

hating on the 80s is so last decade

imho, the new romantics had an awesome look and awesome music

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also The Pogues, Dinosaur Jr., Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Run DMC, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Dead Kennedys, Michael Jackson, Prince, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The B-52s, The Police, Prefab Sprout, Stevie Wonder, Billy Bragg
I know a lot of people like hate on 80s Marvin Gaye and Lou Reed
I will gladly concede that both were past their prime, but they still made awesome music

yes, the 80s was the downfall of XX century socialism, but the other side of that coin is that it was also the downfall of cold war-era right-wing dictatorships

[bcbm]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/recon83/0aa27b9f77cbb065a7e2c899136a4bb7f59.jpg

http://www.xbox365.com/gdb/images/EpZFAVVkpEUthunjQg/Miami_Vice_1_500.jpg

http://www.hautecritique.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/gi-joe-cartoon1.jpg

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/images/posters/lg-Wrath-of-khan-bob-peak-post.png

etc

[Panda Tse Tung]

More ska makes it a pro, but just the 80's itself are an epic con.

[Nwoye]

the smiths were popular during the 80's which single-handedly makes up for everything horrible about the decade.

[RHIZOMES]

the smiths were popular during the 80's which single-handedly makes up for everything horrible about the decade.

The Smiths are the only band more overrated than Nirvana to me. I just don't get why people think they sound good.

ib4shitstorm

[Pirate Utopian]

The Smiths are the only band more overrated than Nirvana to me. I just don't get why people think they sound good.

ib4shitstorm
Agreed. A 100% agreed. The Smiths are shit.

[bcbm]

The Smiths are the only band more overrated than Nirvana to me. I just don't get why people think they sound good.

ib4shitstorm

they appeal to the melodramatic, "deep," teen wanker demographic.

[Os Cangaceiros]

And a lot of Mexican people.

Or maybe that's just Morrissey as a solo act.

[ls]

The 80s was probably ok in the beginning, but it seems to me that later on it was all about horrible decadent excess right in the face of the poor through-and-through, I think it was worse than the 90s even though I never actually lived through the 80s, but yeah the 90s was absolute shite as well so there you have it.

[RHIZOMES]

they appeal to the melodramatic, "deep," teen wanker demographic.

But don't those people like an actual melody

[Nwoye]

well fuck all of you then.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/royofca/Haters_gonna_hate.gif

[RHIZOMES]

well fuck all of you then.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/royofca/Haters_gonna_hate.gif

Why does that GIF make me laugh so hard

[bcbm]

The 80s was probably ok in the beginning, but it seems to me that later on it was all about horrible decadent excess

duh why do you think everyone loves it? bring on the drugs and cars and sex!


But don't those people like an actual melody

no

[Raúl Duke]

Besides the mass introduction of MDMA (which I think occurred in the 80s), if I'm correct the big drug of the 80s was cocaine...
not my type of drug.

At least in the 60s everyone was dropping some sunshine acid, now that I would like.

[bcbm]

Besides the mass introduction of MDMA (which I think occurred in the 80s), if I'm correct the big drug of the 80s was cocaine...
not my type of drug.


well the 80's was basically a giant club scene, so abuse of those particular drugs makes sense and is fully supportable.

[ZeroNowhere]

The 80s were more or less the peak of USPM. So yeah, awesome. Especially '84.

[Angry Young Man]

the smiths were popular during the 80's which single-handedly makes up for everything horrible about the decade.

If that isn't like saying that the Autobahn makes up for everything bad Hitler did, I don't know what is. Have you ever been to Newport?

The only good things about the 80s are me and http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Brad/disintegration.jpg

Both came in 89

[Raúl Duke]

I'm from 89 too...one other good thing is that it's also the last year of that horrendous decade which makes it a good year to be born.

[Angry Young Man]

That's what I was saying: The only good things to come out of the 80s are myself and Disintegration, both of which came in 89 - me 255 days before the end and Disintegration 244.

But were the 00s any better? Tomorrow begins a 2 week countdown.

[Raúl Duke]

The 00s kind of sucked/was a bit weak I guess (but better then the 80s) at a cultural level (but in terms of tech I'm impressed with the advances of telecommunication) and also in terms of activism it sucked probably more then the 90s (in the U.S. only perhaps); but it's just the beginning of the 21st century and things might gain more momentum...

I mean, does anyone know of anything good from the 1900s?

[Angry Young Man]

The 1900s (I'm assuming you mean 1900-10 rather than the whole century) showed incredibly optimistic signs for the workers. Yes, there was alot of brutal exploitation, but that generally pushed class consciousness up. An undeniable developmental period in working class history. What we really should learn from is other eras of quiet on the workers' movement. I think 1919-1926 was quite a quiet period, but then came the general strike. People have taken the recent calm as the death of the workers' movement

[bcbm]

The 00s kind of sucked/was a bit weak I guess (but better then the 80s) at a cultural level (but in terms of tech I'm impressed with the advances of telecommunication) and also in terms of activism it sucked probably more then the 90s (in the U.S. only perhaps); but it's just the beginning of the 21st century and things might gain more momentum...

you think the 00s were worse for activism than the 90s in the US?

[Raúl Duke]

you think the 00s were worse for activism than the 90s in the US?

Maybe in appearance; I wouldn't know because in Florida the activism has sucked since time immemorial.

I'm referring to the seeming momentum that then build up to Seattle but after 9/11 it seemed that there was like a stall and also in the 00s we see the rise of teabaggers (right-wing activism) who relative to the left looks like they picked up steam/momentum much faster then the left.

Also, the anti-war movement seems to have just "died" since it appears to be dominated by liberals who thought that by voting a democrat (Obama) things will get better and when, after a democrat came to power, it didn't seem that way...well...where is the movement now?

[bcbm]

I'm referring to the seeming momentum that then build up to Seattle but after 9/11 it seemed that there was like a stall and also in the 00s we see the rise of teabaggers (right-wing activism) who relative to the left looks like they picked up steam/momentum much faster then the left.it is true that some steam was lost after 9/11, but at least there was steam to lose. in the 90's there wasn't a whole lot going on besides some earth first and animal rights bullshit as far as largeish protests go, with maybe a minor lead up to the wto. since then certainly the anarchist movement has been growing, and continues to have momentum.


Also, the anti-war movement seems to have just "died" since it appears to be dominated by liberals who thought that by voting a democrat (Obama) things will get better and when, after a democrat came to power, it didn't seem that way...well...where is the movement now?the anti-war movement was always a joke. i think its death gives us the ability to start focusing those resources on class issues.

[Raúl Duke]

Perhaps you are right and I'm just being pessimistic due to Florida is mostly an activism wasteland; the only good thing here is the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

I seriously need to travel and see more of the U.S.

[bcbm]

I seriously need to travel and see more of the U.S.

yeah, get the hell outta florida! you won't regret it

[Искра]

80's!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i71NC9-s__A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJCJkHNMy_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKFN9XpOD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dT8B1lt4u8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEhAIx1OB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF2Ahx1SWbk

[Invincible Summer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qzk4YBywA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlz7WkTUlp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7u1VjCdeA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzjwD2-PB8M

[RHIZOMES]

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This video exemplifies everything wrong with the 80s. It is a "why we suck" time capsule.

Awesome band and song though.

[Dr Mindbender]

The 80's were a great decade for ninjas, which are cool. Therefore the 80's were cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMitUx3fcXE

''believe me when i tell you... ...zees man ees deeply honoured... ...to die by heez hand...''

classic.

Moar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNzFHSVqur8&feature=related

[bcbm]

This video exemplifies everything wrong with the 80s. It is a "why we suck" time capsule.

Awesome band and song though.

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this video exemplifies everything right with the 80s.