DU'ers...how many here were teen-agers during the 1980's?

[sundog]

what was your favorite music, tv show... and what were your favorite animals

[no name no slogan]

1. I was

...although my musical tastes were a bit odd for that decade-- Velvet Underground and Roxy Music mostly, with a little early Ultravox and Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie thrown in for good measure.

[billyskank]

2. Only barely

I turned 13 in 1989.

[djeseru]

3. I was the first to wear all black in my high school.

I listened to Japan/David Sylvian, Roxy, Siouxsie, The Smiths, well you get the idea. And that's when MTV was still watchable.

[flamingyouth]

4. I was

I didn't watch all that much TV, although I did like LA Law, I remember.

I liked punk/new wave when I was younger, along with a lot of the '60s revival garage bands of the era (Miracle Workers, Chesterfield Kings, Thee Fourgiven, etc).

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. I was a teenager in the 1990s and 2000.

Everything looked so bright in the 1990s. We were all going to be internet millionaires, rich from stock, and benefitted from the Clinton economy that only a complete idiot could have ruined...

Then a complete idiot ruined it. . .

[gollygee]

6. I loved David Bowie, The Smiths, Erasure

Depeche Mode, U2, INXS, etc. I also listened to cheesey stuff like Duran Duran and Adam Ant :)

I don't remember what I watched on tv. Probably whatever my brother and sister watched.

[matcom]

7. the 80's was a very good year for me

:D

[nickinSTL]

8. I was...13 in '85 and 17 in '89

but I lived in Germany, and we didn't have TV, so I kind of missed out on most of the pop culture stuff.

[malta blue]

9. unfortunately I fall into that void

I was a big fan of The Smiths, Roxy Music and Fishbone.
I hated TV. I was a big doomer.
My favorite animals was my cat - Dona Meche (she had a funky upper lip coloration which made her have that Don Ameche mustache thing)

[jeff30997]

10. Aaah! Those were the days.

Sex,drugs and Heavy Metal !:headbang:

[Shine]

11. ME!

although I crossed over from the 70's, too. I got some of both decades. I was 16 in 1980.

I used to watch "Hillsteet Blues" religiously back then. Plus, "Three's Company" and "Bosom Buddies".

In the early 80's I think the music mostly sucked. At my 20th HS reunion, a few years back, I was reminded of this by all the crappy music they played from our graduating year of '82.

It got better once I started college. I was really into Madonna, Prince, Thomas Dolby, The Eurythmics, Sade...

Seems like forever ago....

[Cannikin]

12. I loved all 80s pop music. I had a cockatiel and an iguana

And my favorite show had to be Star Trek: TNG

[taterguy]

13. Best 80s band

The dB's. Will respond in more detail when I home from work

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. WHAM!, U2, INXS...and I was addicted to Degrassi Jr High...the

Canadian teenage sex soap opera. I had no favorite animals...we were not allowed to have pets. :hi:

[grace0418]

15. I was born in 1970 so the 80s WERE my teen years.

I loved a wide variety of 80s music, but my favorites were the Police, the Smiths, the Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, Crowded House, Madness, General Public, English Beat, Joy Division, Nitzer Ebb, They Might Be Giants, Roxy Music, the Housemartins, the Communards, Talk Talk, OMD (NOT "If You Leave" though, that sucked), Ministry, Love & Rockets, Sisters of Mercy, ... the list goes on.

I wasn't into tv all that much, unless it was MTV. They still showed videos then. And they weren't all videos of girls jiggling their booties at light speed in the camera.

I did watch a lot of pbs. I love nature shows. Still do. Love animals. Cats, dogs, llamas, meerkats, tigers, kangaroos, you name it. If it's furry, you can be sure I love it. I also love birds, turtles, fish, lizards, etc. I think it's pretty much insects I'm not crazy about. And I even like some of them.

I got into the all black look too (reading an above post), which stood out pretty well in my preppy high school. God I hated it there.

[vikegirl]

24. Nitzer Ebb!!!!

My favorite (see avatar)! Glad someone else has knows who they are! :toast:

[Coventina]

27. I saw them open for Depeche Mode once.

:thumbsup:

[vikegirl]

28. Was that the Violator tour?

I am *SO* jealous...two of my favorites! I lived in Iowa then and NO ONE ever came there! :-(

[Coventina]

29. Don't hate me for this response but....

I don't remember because I've seen Depeche Mode so many times!

:hide:

It may have been Violater, in fact, the more I think about it, I think it was.

[grace0418]

30. It was Violator, I saw the same tour. Or was it Music for the Masses?

I saw both tours and don't remember now. I know it wasn't the Black Celebration tour, which was the only other DM tour I saw.

[vikegirl]

35. Looks like both....

according to Alan Wilder's website:

"Depeche Mode and Nitzer Ebb had known each other for a long time after Nitzer Ebb supported Depeche Mode for parts of the 'Music for the Masses' and 'Violator' tours."

http://www.recoil.co.uk/media/featur/ffour.htm


You lucky folks!

[Coventina]

36. They came through here twice on M4TM, so that makes it confusing

At least one of those times, OMD opened for them. Man, that was a GREAT concert!

Good times.....good times.....

[sundog]

41. saw them with sugarcubes & new order

a 3-for

fun show

[grace0418]

43. I saw that tour! I had a day-glo rainbow flag New Order shirt

from that show.

[sundog]

47. ha! had the same one... i wore it till holes were throughout

[grace0418]

48. Me too. Good times.

I smoked my one and only cigarette at that show too.

[grace0418]

34. Oh, I have such fond memories of dancing to Join in the Chant

at Medusa's in Chicago. Good times.

[sundog]

39. join in the chant! join in the chant!

[Beware the Beast Man]

16. I was a teen for the last 3 years of the 80's.

Music: Speed metal/Punk/Harcore
TV: The Young Ones, Headbanger's Ball, Night Flight
Animals: Fluffy bunnies.

[xmas74]

31. I was too (since we are the same age).

And my favorite show was 120 minutes.

[Coventina]

17. Me. And I was into the "new wave" "post-punk" & punk scenes

We only had a b/w tv, so I didn't watch a lot of tv.

I've always loved all animals.

Here's my top 25 80s tunes in iTunes to give you an idea of what I listened (and still listen) to:

1. Behind The Wheel: Depeche Mode
2. Mesopotamia: B-52's
3. Summer of Love: B-52's
4. Messages: OMD
5. Rock Lobster: B-52's
6. Dance This Mess Around: B-52's
7. Inbetween Days: The Cure
8. Watutsi Rodeo: Guadalcanal Diary
9. Mirror People: Love and Rockets
10. Electricity: OMD
11. Complete Control: The Clash
12. Secret: OMD
13. Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can: B-52's
14. Slow And Low: Beastie Boys
15. Never Let Me Down Again: Depeche Mode
16. Strangelove: Depeche Mode
17. Pump It Up: Elvis Costello
18. Get Up And Go: The Go-Go's
19. Happy When It Rains: Jesus and Mary Chain
20. Holiday: Madonna
21. Tesla Girls: OMD
22. Everything That Rises (Must Converge): Shriekback
23. She Bop: Cyndi Lauper
24. See You: Depeche Mode
25. The Cutter: Echo & The Bunnymen

[underpants]

18. REM

the whole alternative music thing.

TV show-Cheers probably.

[Left Is Write]

19. This would be me. I turned 14 in 1980.

My favorite music varied a lot throughout the 80s, but early on I liked the new wave stuff.

TV? "Fame" was my must-see TV!

[asthmaticeog]

20. Turned 13 in '83.

And my favorite animals were gibbons and anglerfish.

[William Bloode]

21. I was.

I graduated in 85'.

My favorite music was Metallica, and Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Grim Reaper, MotorHead, and such. So i was a metal head more or less.

I did not watch much t.v. in the 80's, but my favorite show was Night Court.

My favorite animal at the time was ferrets.

[flvegan]

22. Mmmmm...parachute pants

Oh, the fashion nightmares.

And glam rock.

I loved growing up in the 80's.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

23. The 80's....

Music: I jumped among genres... went from 'pop' (Duran Duran, etc al) to hardcore punk (Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, et al)

TV Shows: Webster, Happy Days, Alf, MASH, The White Shadow

Animals: Um... unicorns and smurfs??

[dr.strangelove]

25. I Loved the 80s

I listened to a lot of 70s rock, but I got into Idol, The Police and some Aerosmith. TV shows were so bad. I loved the A-Team because Mr. T.

[Cathyclysmic]

26. So, I turned 13 in 1987...

I listened to Duran Duran , and the Police...later on I got into the Cure, REM and of course, U2.

I had an Alaskan Malamute named Shambra..she was the best doggie and we had her put to sleep on Thanksgiving day :cry:

[Iris]

32. Actually turned 13 in 1980!

At that point - Billy Joel, Rick Springfield, Facts of Life and I had no interest in animals!

[Taverner]

33. That was me....

sigh..

[sundog]

37. 13 in 1984

i was a talking heads freak

small wonder really rocked my universe too

[ThatsMyBarack]

44. So was I!

I adored Michael Jackson ("Thriller!") and Culture Club.

My fave TV show of the '80s was That's Incredible!. I was so sad when they cancelled it in 1984. However, in 1998, it came back on the now-extinct Discovery People channel. I recorded every episode DP showed! :bounce:

[WilliamPitt]

38. I was

It sucked.

[SarahB]

40. Born in 1972.

I was a total 80's kid. Music-wise, I liked REM, U2, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, New Order, and all that fun kind of stuff.

TV shows: I liked Saturday Night Live and often watched the stupid sitcoms of the time, but I didn't care all that much about them either. I was a weird kid. Confession: I loved Thirtysomething and Moonlighting.

Animals? My cat I guess. :shrug:

[alarimer]

42. I was so pathetic I listened to Air Supply

it makes me cringe to think of it today. I was so not cool in high school it's not even funny. I am not cool now but I could care less.

[rbnyc]

45. Music: Dead Kennedys! (and anything on 4ad)

TV: Barney Miller
Animals: snakes and cats

HS class of '86

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

46. Brazilian rock, believe it or not.

There was a mighty boom of Brazilian rock bands in the 80's, quite a few of which had a VERY original sound.

Go to your favorite P2P app and look for these. And then, if you don't mind fattening the music biz companies' pockets instead of the artists, buy the CDs.

"Mensagem de Amor" by Paralamas do Sucesso
"Ska" by Paralamas do Sucesso
"Romance Ideal" by Paralamas do Sucesso
"Vital e Sua Moto" by Paralamas do Sucesso
"Lugar Nenhum" by Titãs
"Televisão" by Titãs
"Marvin" by Titãs
"Miséria" by Titãs
"Areias Escaldantes" by Lulu Santos
"Descobridor dos 7 Mares" by Lulu Santos
"Tempos Modernos" by Lulu Santos
"Você Não Soube me Amar" by Blitz
"A Dois passo do Paraíso" by Blitz
"Ainda é Cedo" by Legião Urbana
"Tempo Perdido" by Legião Urbana
"Eduardo e Mônica" by Legião Urbana
"Amor Colegial" by Leo Jaime

There's much much more where those came from.

[TK421]

49. I really miss this decade...too many reasons to post here, I think

[Ryano42]

50. Graduated in 1983

"Hold On" by Triumph was the Class Song (Gonna Raise Hell by Cheap Trick was the un-official one! :) )

Cosmos was my fave show...guess I was ahead of my time! :)

We had a poodle named Rudy!

[taterguy]

51. TV

As an adolescent male in the 80s I really liked watching two things on TV:

1)Anything on cable that featured nudity
2) The NCAA men's basketball tournament

Strangely enough I haven't outgrown those two things. Color me immature.

[Debi]

52. Graduated in 1986!

Loved Cyidi Lauper and Madonna and Prince.
Was a Total Valley Girl OMG!
Of course I loved unicorns and my favorite color was purple
I wore Izod and those patterned turtlenecks.

TV? Ya know, I went to soooo many keggers, I don't remember much TV...I do remember 'crusin the main drag in my girl-friends baby blue Camaro!