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!