Sunday, June 14, 2009

10 Randoms on the '80's.

Last week was 80's day at school, and my friend Catherine made a list of 10 things she loved about the 80's, so, as a child of that particular decade, I am doing the same. With a twist

FAVORITE SONGS- (in no particular order)
  • Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
  • Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
  • I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
  • Billie Jean/Beat It/Thriller - MJ
  • Please Don't Go Girl - NKOTB
  • Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
  • Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
  • Take On Me - a-ha
  • Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
  • I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
FAVORITE MOVIES - (in no particular order)
  • ET
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Footloose
  • The Karate Kid
  • Police Academy
  • Top Gun
  • Rain Man
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • License to Drive
  • Adventures in Babysitting
FAVORITE BANDS - (in no particular order)
  • U2
  • NKOTB
  • The Cure
  • Duran Duran
  • INXS
  • Depeche Mode
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Banarama
  • Erasure
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
FAVORITE TV SHOWS - (in no particular order)
  • Facts of Life
  • Diff'rent Strokes
  • Three's Company
  • ALF
  • Growing Pains
  • Family Ties
  • The Cosby Show
  • Degrassi Junior High
  • Charles in Charge
  • Kate and Allie
FAVORITE 80's PHRASES - (in no particular order)
  • Gag me with a spoon
  • Totally Awesome
  • Barf me out
  • Totally Radical
  • Don't have a cow
  • Grody
  • Gross me out
  • wicked
  • Like, totally
  • to the max
FAVORITE 80's FASHION TRENDS - (in no particular order)
  • Leg Warmers
  • Neon
  • Slouch socks
  • acid wash
  • friendship pins
  • parachute pants
  • Swatch watches
  • shoulder pads
  • fingerless gloves
FAVORITE TOYS - (in no particular order)
  • Rubik's Cube
  • Trivial Pursuit
  • Rainbow Bright
  • Cabbage Patch Kids
  • Pound Puppies
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • Jem and the Holograms
  • Care Bears
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Lite Brite
FAVORITE CARTOONS - (in no particular orders) (and not to be confused with favorite TV shows)
  • The Smurfs
  • Alvin & the Chipmunks
  • Barbapapa
  • Garfield and Friends
  • The Littles
  • Muppet Babies
  • Transformers
  • He-Man and She-Ra
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • TMNT
FAVORITE VIDEOS - (in no particular order)
  • Take on Me - a-ha
  • Thriller - MJ
  • Bille Jean - MJ
  • Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
  • Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
  • We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
  • Footloose - Kenny Loggins
  • Wake Me Up (Before you Go Go) - Wham
  • Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
  • Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns 'n Roses
SONGS THAT I NOW LOVE THAT I WOULD NEVER ADMIT TO BACK THEN - (in no particular order)
  • Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
  • Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
  • Patience - Guns 'n Roses
  • Listen to your Heart - Roxette
  • Final Countdown - Europe
  • Thunderdome - Tina Turner
  • Heaven - Warrant
  • Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
  • Drive - The Cars
  • The Flame - Cheap Trick

So there you have it..... 100 things about the 80s that I loved. Phew!

2 comments:

Lee-Anne said...

Ahhhhh the 80's. It brings back so many memories.

Martha said...

The 80's, loved them. Thanks for reminding me of some good memories. Friendship pins, I totally forgot about them. Wow.