1985 - Nostalgia

[iamjoy]

Woohoohoo
Woohoohoo

Debbie just hit the wall, she never had it all
One Prozac a day, husband's a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned twenty-four
Only been with one man
What happened to her plan

She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of White Snake's car
Her yellow SUV is now the enemy
Looks at her average life
And nothing has been alright

Since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woohoohoo
(1985)
Woohoohoo

She's seen all the classics, she knows every line
'Breakfast Club', 'Pretty in Pink'
Even 'St. Elmo's Fire'
She rocked out to Wham!
Not a big Limp Bizkit fan
Thought she'd get a hand
On a member of Duran Duran

Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin
And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen
When did reality become TV
Whatever happened to sitcoms, game shows
On the radio was

Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Woohoohoo

She hates time, make it stop
When did Motley Crue become classic rock
And when did Ozzy become an actor
Please make this stop, stop
Stop, and bring back

Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she's uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 1985

Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on MTV
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she’s uncool
Cause she's still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

lyrics by: Bowling For Soup

[Democrats_win]

1. Great lyrics! "Thought she'd get a hand...On a member of Duran Duran"

[iamjoy]

18. I Love That One Too

because in my teens I dreamed of getting more than a hand on Duran Duran!

:P

[Jara sang]

2. kick for juxtaposition

[ghostsofgiants]

3. I hate Bowling For Soup

But that was a good year if for no other reason than I was born.

[Jara sang]

4. What??? You born in '85 primate???

I thought you told me you were a Marine guard at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in 1963 where you met Lee Harvey Oswald.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Four words...

One point twenty-one jigowatts.

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. For me, it was more like..

He-man and She-ra, Strawberry Shortcake, & Rainbow Bright... :)

[skygazer]

7. Oh god

That's not long enough ago to be nostalgic about, is it? Cos if it is, I must be even older than I thought I was. :nuke:

[CanuckAmok]

10. Yes, you are.

The woman I'm currently dating was born in 1982.

And she's, like, an adult with a mortgage and stuff.

[skygazer]

11. My daughter was born in 1982

And she's not even my oldest.

Hey, you're not dating my daughter, are you?

[CanuckAmok]

13. Not yet...

[Left Is Write]

14. It's been 20 years. Nostalgia seems to go in 20-year cycles.

In the 70s, 50s nostalgia was all the rage...in the 80s it was the 60s...so, it stands to reason 80s nostalgia would be big now.

My oldest was born in '87.

[Arugula Latte]

8. I loved 1985.

Freshman year in college, hangin' in the Berkeley dorms, partying hearty, as we said back in the day ... Carefree, when midterms were the only worry ... Ah, memories ...

[Left Is Write]

9. I turned 19 the summer of '85, legal to go to a bar.

:)

[Arugula Latte]

12. I was 19 then, too, but the drinking age was 21 in Cali. then.

:(

Still, fake ID and all ... :D

[William Bloode]

19. Me too!

I graduated high school and turned 19 that fall.

For me it was about ripped jeans and high top sneakers, long hair, leather jackets, and concert t-shirts, my 78 Trans Am. Tunes would have been Motorhead, Judas Priest,Ac/Dc, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and Metallica. The big highs were Skunk Weed, Acid, and California Cooler, and Bartles and James. Both had just come out, but we tended to drink more Boone's Farm.

Ah, good times, good times!

[Left Is Write]

20. I graduated in '84...

when I first got legal, I always ordered vodka sours or Miller Lite. That was before I learned to appreciate good beer. ;)

[Allenberg]

15. Eh, all their songs sound the same.

Though I was born in 81. :D

[SmileyBoy]

16. Born in '82. It was the Smurfs and the Wuzzles for me.

Anyone remember the Wuzzles??

[philosophie_en_rose]

17. I remember the Wuzzles.

They were mixes of different animals, right? Like a bee and a lion or a bear and butterfly? something like that?