Purd Hupley

Has anyone ever noticed on shows that do an 80's flashback that someone always has "Flock of Seagul's Guy Hair"? Just random people. Family Guy, the Wedding Singer. But in the 80's no one had Flock of Seagul's hair except the guy in Flock of Seaguls. Does anyone remember anyone in the 80's with Flock of Seaguls Guy hair? Besides the Flock of Seaguls guy?

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Didn't go to school in the 80's didja...



Class of '85 checking in.

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Ayatollah Of SmokeABowla

dude all i remember about the 80's is "Back to The Future", which by the way is like the greatest movie, or movies, ever made. part 2 rocked it hard.

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The Rev

I don't remember anyone in my school having that hairstyle, except this one black guy...



The Rev

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OldMan&TheWeed

Is it because (for the most part) the everyday fashion has not changed AT ALL since the 1980s, and writers need some visual shorthand to delineate the setting as the 80s?

My 14 year-old son wanted to dress up as a person from the 80s for Halloween, and sought my advice. At the time he was wearing a pair of Levis, Nike tennis shoes, and a Pink Floyd t-shirt.

The irony.

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Qui-Bong Jinn

The 90s were better. Been repping the 90s since 1990.

SageTree

born 1981...... although my wife is 5 years older than I, so I get to hear about the part of the 80s I missed .......or don't remember. I certainly remember this hairstyle although I was really surprised to learn of it's name

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Purd Hupley

Very much. Class of 1983.

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Shit was soooo much better back then yeah?

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Purd Hupley

I think a tshirt, jeans and tennis shoes (could they still be considered "tennis shoes"?) has been the suburban teenage uniform since the '50s, just with different variations on the them. On the other hand parachute pants, high waisted pants for girls, the big poofed up hairdo, mullets, mesh shirts...you don't see that much anymore.

But I think you're right. It's a quick visual that gets right in your face and says "you're in the 80's now".

This thread was actually my SO's idea. She was hoping folks would find pics of people they know with the FOS 'do. Or at the very least tales of people with the FOS 'do.

Purd Hupley

Not at all. When you look back on the time period you grew up in, there's a certain sense of nostalgia. One that in the 80's I never thought I would have 20some years later. But I do, and so do the people that I know from that time. I think it's natural to think about the time you were coming up. For a lot of people it was when they were the most "free"...before mortgages, kids, car payments, bills. When you could have the most irresponsible fun.

But "better"? No. Not for me at least. I wouldn't trade the life I have now for the life I had then. Would I have done some things differently, do I have regrets from that time? Of course. I think everyone does. Hell, I can think of a dozen things that I did last week I'd have done differently today.

Not better, but the past is part of life.

SageTree

For the younger people who don't remember what the 80s styles look like... keep your eyes pealed for "Today's new fashions" ....

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Purd Hupley

I got the sarcasm...the tonguey smiley gace it away. But sometimes I feel the need to explain myself.

SageTree

I like to follow a 'sarcasm' post with an even more sarcastic '*' disclaimer at the bottom of the post.....

*this isn't sarcastic though, in this post/example.

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The Rev

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Oh. Don't stop You're so good.



The Rev

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Dr. ShinDig

thats all I'm going to think about everytime I see that smiley now

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HTAM

I knew one guy who had that hairstyle, and it was in Denver in 1991.

Later on in life he started plans to form his own army and offered people he knew commanding ranks.

The 80's
Adidas Superstars with fat laces.
Rope Chains and Bell hats
Track Suits
Chevy Monte Carlo SS or Buick Regal Grand National or IROC Camaro
Knightrider
Alf
The Cosby Show
USA beats Russia for the Gold
Giant Boomboxes.
Cable TV
The dawn of home gaming
Redline, Mongoose, Haro, GT, and Hutch.
Z Rims and Z Mags.
Return of The Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Alien
ET
Tron
Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
Bon Jovi
Motley Crue
Randy Rhodes and Cliff Burton.
Back in Black
The Islanders win 4 Stanleys back to back, and then Edmonton claimed the cup for a few years as well.
Bernard Goetz.
Reagan gets Shot.
The Shuttle-the first launch, the first landing. The first disaster.
AIDS
The Berlin Wall
Live Aid
Chernobyl
The Mets Magic and the death of Bill Buckners career.
Joe Theismann's career ending compound fracture and Lawrence Taylor freaking out on the field.
Ocean Pacific
Sperry Top Siders
Neon Clothing
Surfing with the Alien
We lose SRV
The Purple Rain Tour. I went. First Concert.
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson
Rocky III
Top Gun
MTV
Thrash Metal
Dragon's Lair and Double Dragon
Donkey Kong, Pac Man, and Super Mario Bros. .25 a game.
Where's the beef?
Crazy Eddie, with prices so low THEIR INSANE!


At the Floyd shirt, Jeans, and sneakers, and 'how did they dress in the 80's'

1988. Guess that makes me one of the younger, older dudes.



For now.

Jimmycube

woot woot! i was born in 81 too. I will take that as a sign that we are officially the kewlest people on yahooka....mikey u get to come too even though i am not sure u were born in 81 or not

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mothernature

I still wear Levi's and I have several Pink Floyd tee shirts to choose from. My sneakers, however, are Reebok's. I wore the same thing in the 70's too! (not the Reebok's, we all had those basic white tennis shoes and we colored them to our fancies. Mine were flags.)

I no longer have a mullet, but I must say it was fun to spike the top of my hair.

I had my kids in the 80's. Damn, I feel old.