Good things about the 80's?

Question

Anything music , fashion and more

I need to know because im researching stuff about it

Answer 1

MTV
OK, MTV isn't so great today, especially with the "M" part so conspicuously absent, but its debut in the 80's changed music, fashion, and pop culture forever.
College Radio
80's college radio was a testbed for the first rumblings of that revolution against Dinosaur Rock. There aren't many college stations left that are truly cutting edge. Most today are a forum for unpaid Communications majors to force all five of their listeners to endure their childhood Alvin and the Chipmunks albums while they work to accrue enough experience to be unpaid interns at commercial Dinosaur Rock FM stations.
REM
Before the arguably brilliant albums Automatic For The People and Monster, REM was truly one of the gems of 80's music. Reckoning, their follow up to the murky Murmur was at once esoteric and evocative.
Madonna
That Girl of the 80's, the Material Girl has reinvented herself at least 10 times. Who's counting?
Conspicuous Consumption
(also see "Yuppies" below) These days, fashion designers create baggy, understated suits in colors like "oatmeal" that look like you made them yourself from a Simplicity pattern. In the 80's, you wanted everyone to know that you probably spent too much on everything.
The Armani Suit
First popularized in the US by Richard Gere's character in American Gigolo, this suit was the thinking man's choice for conspicuous consumption.
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes' flagship of his teen film oeuvre was more a language than a film for the teens of suburbia. It also unleashed upon the world that plague known as The Brat Pack.
Repo Man
We got a little older, a little angrier and we moved from The Breakfast Club to this, a "punk" comedy that was actually funny. Coupled with a raucous soundtrack, this was one of the first movies to make it into the "cult classics" bin at the video store. Children of the 80's dig this movie. Did you know that the guy with the hat in The Monkees was the executive producer?
California Punk
Some examples here include X, Black Flag (before Henry Rollins became a weenie), Victim's Family, Suicidal Tendencies, Bomb (their minor hit: "I loved you, then I died").
Video Games
Joust, Dig Dug, Asteroids, Galaga.
Rubik's Cube
It's been a while since this little fad came our way. Live the dream here.
Pee Wee Herman
He never was the same after The Unfortunate Incident, but the Sesame Street on acid quality of Pee Wee's Playhouse gave us some classic TV, and he did the same on the screen in his Big Adventure. There are people out there who really, really miss him.
thirtysomething
Those whiny yuppies everyone loved to hate.
David Lynch
What happened to the director of Eraserhead, and Blue Velvet? You wake up one day, and he's a schnook.
Girl Groups
The Go-Go's and The Bangles are about the only 80's groups that actually sit in my CD player on a regular basis to this day.
The Miami Theme
The perfect meeting of conspicuous consumption and bad fashion. Miami Sound Machine, Miami Vice, and Scarface.
Black Sabbath
The Black Sabbath page has MIDIs of Black Sabbath songs. Does anyone else find this a little bit disturbing?
The DeLorean
The car for those conspicuouly consuming.
One of the deaths of Metal
We watched Dinosaur Rock heave around some and die in the 80's. But as long as there are teenagers, there will be people who wanna rock.
The Macintosh
My current rant aside, the Macintosh was the first computer with an intuitive ease of use. Finally people could stop learning about computers and just use them. Too bad about the current House of Apple.
Slasher Films
Currently enjoying a minor renaissance with the release of Scream, slasher films continue to be one of my all time favorite forms of entertainment. I'm embarassed to tell you that.
Heathers
"What's your damage, Heather?"
AC/DC
There was nothing like "Highway to Hell" to get you through a shift at that dead end food service gig.
Asymetrical Haircuts
I wish more women would have hair like Madonna in her "Lucky Star" phase.
Rap
Before rap became a self serving spectacle with antisocial values, rap in the 80's was a self serving spectacle with antisocial values and hype beats.

Answer 2

Well, I am an knowledgeable at the tune of the 70's, however I do have an opinion approximately the eighty's. I did just like the vigour ballads, that got here out of that decade. Also, there have been a few dudes, that would simply crucify the heavy steel guitar. Peace, eighty's Babe!

Answer 3

Fashion: neon colors, wide belts, Ghostbusters sleeveless t-shirts, breakdancers clothes, spiked wristbands, awesome hair, preppy looking Polos with collars up

Movies: Goonies, The Breakfast Club, A Christmas Story, St. Elmo's Fire, Sixteen Candles, ET,and Weird Science

Music: Michael Jackson, Spandau Ballet, Prince, Madonna


Actors:Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCartney, James Spader (when he was young and good looking), Anthony Michael Hall

Miscellaneous: Fear of Russia, video games and technology, Wall Street-yuppies


In my opinion this was the best decade ever!!!!

Answer 4

Roller Skates!!!! Big wild hair, Funky music... oh and clothes.. EVERYTHING had to match.. you know.. blue sweater, black pants, blue socks ( same hue as the sweater) and black pants... add on a black or blue purse and you were good to go... and you could also match your make-up to your clothes, ex. Blue eyeshadow and don't forget the accessories... with an outfit like this it could be blue or black earrings... you get the picture.. oh yeah and Madonna was actually cool way back then everybody was a Madonna-Wannabee oh yea and cant forget Cyndi Lauper with her wild hair and make-up...

Answer 5

Music
Reaganomics
Winning the Cold War
25 cent candy bars

Answer 6

The MaLL HaiR and the clothes! Fun colors, punky layered looks. Remeber the HUGE shoulder pads on suits OMG!

Answer 7

My Little Pony

Rainbow (Brit TV show)

Yaz

Bros

Yngwie Malmsteem

Answer 8

Soft Cell..... Tainted Love a frickin classic

Answer 9

I wasn't around back then but I do like the 80's music I've heard. sounds like it was probably a pretty fun time. lol

Answer 10

The Cosby Show.