True child of the 80's

[Northern Star]

I was....were you

You were a true child of the eighties if...
You remember "Now" compilations that had the pig on the front cover.


You never questioned why the A-Team was always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank.


Dungeons & Dragons was your favourite cartoon


Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.


You've ever said "bright light, bright light" in a strange high-pitched voice.


You know the theme tune and the names of all the actors and characters in Dallas & Dynasty.


You ever wished your hair/clothes/lifestyle resembled the above (or they actually did!)


You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.


You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.


You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.


Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.


You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and knew you looked like a super-hero.


You remember when the AHA video was the pinnacle of modern technology,and you can still sing all the words.


Parachuting Action man was your favourite toy.


(Girls) Your best party dress was either a ra-ra or puff-ball skirt.


(Boys) You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano!


You wondered why a popular kids TV programme told you to "Turn off your TV set and go and do something less boring instead".


You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.


You have ever po-goed or space-hopped.


You remember when Keith Chegwin & Maggie Philbin were the hottest romantic couple... And when Keith was associated with Cheggers Plays Pop rather than Cheggers Drinks Alcopops.


You wondered why your walkie-talkie didn't have the same range as those in the Red Hand Gang.


You were shocked by the controversial plot lines in Degrassi Junior High.


You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse, and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal.


You know who Joey Deacon was.


You thought ABBA were cool, the first time round.


You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.


"Ca-vey Wa-vey!" means anything to you.


You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up.


Not only did you wear luminous clothing, but they were mismatched finger-less gloves and towelling socks.


When Yoda said "There is another Skywalker"... you wished he was talking about you.


Wearing your hair like buns on the sides of your head seemed like a good fashion statement.


You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.


You hid behind the sofa whenever you heard the word Exterminate.


Vimto or Dandelion & Burdoch ever featured in your diet.


You were really pleased when Pacman got a girlfriend.


You grew up believing that filing cabinets and telephone boxes possessed magical powers of transformation.


After ET, you wanted a Speak & Spell even though you were top of your class.


You remember when PC had one meaning, rather than three.


(Girls) You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers!


(Boys) You owned a pair of pale grey slip-ons, generally worn with white toweling socks!


Shiny grey flecked suits.


You grew up in Trumpton, Chigley or Camblewick Green.


You've rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up.


Ooh, you could crush a Grape!


You've ever held a chicken in the air, or stuck a deckchair up your nose.


You went to school with Pogo Patterson, Gripper Stebson, and Ro-land.


Long scarves, K9, and a time-travelling police box ring any bells.


Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy have ever featured on your Saturday afternoon.


You wore legwarmers, tried to do the splits while jumping in the air, while singing you were going to live forever.


Finger mouse.


You were proud of your picture appearing in the Gallery, just before watching a lump of plasticine who couldn't speak English.


You fantasised about those girls from that Robert Palmer video.


You know all the words to Hey Mickey (well nobody knows past the first verse anyway.)


You remember Look In magazine, and when it was only 20p.


You can remember what Quatro tasted like.


Your best mate had a soda stream at home and you were jealous.

[italooldskool]

Oh dear im afraid to say that more than a fair proportion of that list applies to me , suppose i must be a child of the 80's to lol.

WAS NEVER EVER INTO ABBA,KYLIE AND JASON OR DALLAS THOUGH , i had more taste even then, just wanted to make that clear lol

i did love my luminous socks and thought i could breakdance though, remember goin down the street with my peice of lino, with my walker sports trackie on (couldn't afford the proper nike one lol) havin random burnouts my street name was cobra lol, we must have looked a right bunch of morons lol

As embarrasing some of the stuff was back then, it was great times, and a cool time ot be growing up. I even had that cutting edge computer the spectrum 48k lol

Happy days

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[GucciGurl]

Hmmmm, I have to admit to knowing most of that as well, I loved the A-team, and yes my ra-ra skirts and leg warmers.
That thread was great by the way!

[nowthen]

Originally Posted by italooldskool

I even had that cutting edge computer the spectrum 48k lol

Shit! I must be even older than I thought cos I had a ZX81

[old_skool_daze(Phil)]

Originally Posted by nowthen

Shit! I must be even older than I thought cos I had a ZX81

Ahem Slate and chalk........Feck we had 1 BBC computer when i was at school in the 3rd year

[Diane]

Yep I too remember and enjoyed the majority of those things . Had my first ra ra skirt at 7 (didn't buy one this time round lol) and the red hand gang !!! looooooved that programme no other sod remembers it !.
Had totally forgotten about Quatro !!!!!!!!!!!!

[AB45]

Here one for you NS m8
youve probably heard this song before but i love it to bits as it reminds me of my youth every time lol Classic

p.s. had to reduce quality and use Real player format to get most of it uploaded you might have to right click, save as to listen on some players

[Northern Star]

Originally Posted by AB45

Here one for you NS m8
youve probably heard this song before but i love it to bits as it reminds me of my youth every time lol Classic

p.s. had to reduce quality and use Real player format to get most of it uploaded

Cheers mush ill have a ,listen when i get home.....ps.......dindan doo ill be home at 4 crack me a can ill be back for breakfast

[AB45]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

Cheers mush ill have a ,listen when i get home.....ps.......dindan doo ill be home at 4 crack me a can ill be back for breakfast

lol MUSH now if that aint old skool what is lol

[milenko/]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

I was....were you

You were a true child of the eighties if...
You know who Joey Deacon was.

this has just had me pissing my sides

[Jiglo]

A lot of those apply to me

The 80's were great

[zoom]

Child of the 60's

Born on the first day of Woodstock.

The 70's were good for Black music & punk.

The 80's were utter shite!!!!!!

Thank fuck for Acid House & the underground movement later in the decade.

90's : just a melting pot of the very late (cool) 80's, and the realisation that people "can actually play instruments"

00's : ..........still awaiting the next 'turn of the wheel' DONT FORGET!!! music moves in 30 year cycles

Some good electronic/techno stuff from Japan at the moment tho, full credit due.

z.

[Armando Needlefluff]

Think theres a couple missing off there like.
You remember the theme tune to why dont you!!
you got up in the school hols especially to watch pacman on the roland rat show gmtv.
and my all time fave Kick start!!

[ScouseCol]

Originally Posted by Armando Needlefluff

Think theres a couple missing off there like.
You remember the theme tune to why dont you!!
you got up in the school hols especially to watch pacman on the roland rat show gmtv.
and my all time fave Kick start!!

omg, i was in the audience with our school for the roland rat show once lol

[Pixie]

Caaaveyy Waaavveeyyyyy!!!

I loved that cartoon, it was one of my faves !!!

Cheers for this Jaxxy, it's made my day. xxx