The 80s--your favorite/least favorite???

[Neubob]

Originally posted by midnight Target
I see the 80's as a 10 year hiatus taken by all musicians in the world... but that's just me.

And you're implying that they back from this alleged hiatus in the 90s, or since then, for that matter?

As for movies, these come to mind as a very short version of a very long list:

First blood
Platoon
Predator
The Terminator
Commando
and yes

INVASION USA!!!!!

[x0847Marine]

Originally posted by Neubob
I'm watching the Running Man right now, recalling the early days of my youth.  My favorite aspect of the 80s had to be the music. Maybe not the most talent and skill, but certainly the most enthusiasm and imagination.


What about you perverts?

Concerts & the punk scene, hooking up with blue hair chicks. Even today 20 years far removed, there's nothing hotter than a skinny blue hair chick with tattoos and animus.

Going to the now defunct Starwood, Rajis, Palladium or Madam Wongs to see FEAR, X, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, 999, The Untouchables, Dead Kennedys.. ahhh...fond memories of the slam pit and being beaten up by the Sherffs. The FEAR shows always drew dozens of helmet sporting Sheriff Deputies.

I was out there hanging out at the infamous Okie Dogs on Santa Monica Blvd, fresh mohawk, combat boots, leather jacket... as the whole LA punk scene was at the apex.. My buddies sister was a KROQ intern for Rodney on the Rock, we went to all the cool shows... I used that to get laid several times too. Man, it was a fantastic time.

Oingo Boingo, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, NoFX, Flock of Seagulls, Plimsouls all played at my High School, one of the NoFx founders sold me his "new" bands t-shirt out his locker. Whichever one when to Beverly High.

The school told Danny Elfman not to play Nasty Habbits, Wild Sex, or Little Girls.. those were the 1st songs they played... Danny Elfman did the air hand job on stage during nasty habbits while looking at the platoon of Beverly Hills Police that were ordered to stop the show... but stood by and let it go.

The 80's ruled

[Masherbrum]

Carnivore, Morbid Angel, Ministry, Black Flag, and Misfits.    

80's had excellent choices of music.

[FiLtH]

I think when people think of 80s music they think of Poison, and Madonna. There was so much more.

[Debonair]

Originally posted by Fruda
Kyuss?

Mr. Everything (Rex to friends), a titan of Rock & Roll...as for early 1990s grunge rock, i like it.  Was the last new sound for R&R and the last time Rock was really big.  Anyone who think Kurt Cobain was a whining never actually listened to Nirvana, just their pop songs on the radio (which they heard sandwiched between a brittney spears tune & an add for clearasil:rofl )

[SFRT - Frenchy]

80s sucked ... xcept for Miami Vice:aok

[Angus]

One word.
SKA.

[AKH]

80s clothing.

[rpm]

Best:
Stripes

The Seige at Firebase Gloria

Full Metal Jacket


Worst:
Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle II

An Officer and a Gentleman

[Debonair]

Originally posted by rpm
...An Officer and a Gentleman

i have a hillarious alternative ending for that flick (maybe not alternative, i've seen more than 3 minutes of it at a time)

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by Fruda
You obviously don't know who the hell Rush are, then. Their 80's work was brilliant stuff.  

LOL..

Rush was just a hollow try at duplicating the work already done by much better bands in the 60's and 70's. Go listen to Genesis pre-Peter Gabriel exit, or Yes or even some of the orchestral contributions by the Who. Rush is just a bunch of Pretenders (another 80's band that sucked).

[eagl]

Red Dawn...

Funny thing, I'm totally "that guy" in terms of training, ability, resources, and willingness to take a cause all the way.

The thing is, I never though it would be my own govt that would make me think "those thoughts" though.  But in the last 20 years the ONLY people I've ever considered actually shooting were US federal agents overstepping their legal and constitutional authority.  A BLM agent took on me, my brothers, father, and a family friend one day waaay out in the California desert.  To this day he has no idea how close he came to death.  If he'd pulled his gun, he would have been buried right there because he chose that day to go all John Wayne on 2 CHP officers, an Army private, a USAF Lt., and a standard one-each gun enthusiast citizen.

It's a funny world...

[lukster]

Where's the beef?

[Neubob]

Originally posted by eagl
Red Dawn...

Funny thing, I'm totally "that guy" in terms of training, ability, resources, and willingness to take a cause all the way.

The thing is, I never though it would be my own govt that would make me think "those thoughts" though.  But in the last 20 years the ONLY people I've ever considered actually shooting were US federal agents overstepping their legal and constitutional authority.  A BLM agent took on me, my brothers, father, and a family friend one day waaay out in the California desert.  To this day he has no idea how close he came to death.  If he'd pulled his gun, he would have been buried right there because he chose that day to go all John Wayne on 2 CHP officers, an Army private, a USAF Lt., and a standard one-each gun enthusiast citizen.

It's a funny world...

What happened and how'd the confrontation end?

[eagl]

The BLM guy gathered our 16 firearms on the hood of his blazer and started calling in serial numbers.  After the 4th serial number came back as legit (we had some SCAAAAAARY looking AR-15 knock-offs), he started feeling a little foolish.  After the 8th, the radio dispatcher asked him what he was trying to accomplish.  He saw our IDs and the 2 badges, but just wouldn't back down.  After he ran the serial numbers on 16 perfectly legal guns, he tucked his tail back between his legs and left us to continue our day shooting dangerous 2-liter bottles and hunting jackrabbits with weapons eerily suited for hunting... well... jackrabbits.

He never took my .40, and the .22 in my Dad's waistband didn't get collected either.  He knew he'd made a mistake 2 minutes into the encounter but just wouldn't back down until he'd been thoroughly humiliated.  We just sat around and watched the comedy unfold because he was doing far more damage to his own ego than we could ever do.