Comments on: Please Let the 80s Never Return

By: DataWrangler

DataWrangler — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:33:24 +0000

Leave it to the Canadians for redemption. Even Neil Peart finally grew up and stopped the Randian fantasy bullshit of earlier Rush lyrics.

By: StevoR

StevoR — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:15:13 +0000

The 1980’s left?

Oh yeah, we;re well beyond ‘Towards 2000’ now. Fifteen years past it even. Shit. Where did time go?

By: Uncle Ebeneezer

Uncle Ebeneezer — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:05:49 +0000

Queensryche?!! Now, I must turn my Member’s Only-clad back on you.

By: Al Dente

Al Dente — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:07:07 +0000

In reply to SteveV. That's Sturgeon's Law.

By: Al Dente

Al Dente — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:01:52 +0000

In reply to Danny Butts. Paul Simon released "Gracelands" in 1986. The 80s weren't just shoulder pads and The Asshole Who Used To Be Called Prince.

By: Alethea Kuiper-Belt

Alethea Kuiper-Belt — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 02:42:36 +0000

I spent most of the 80s in men’s clothes. Jeans, t-shirts, flannies, desert boots. Except for the occasional abortive veer into punk and proto-goth.

But yeah, in the 80s people sneered in disdain at the hideous fashions of the 50s & 60s. In the 90s they sneered at the 70s. I think it’s about a 25 year cycle. Your mom’s wedding photos are like, the ULTRA-tackiest.

By: lorn

lorn — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 23:03:47 +0000

It seems to be a trend, so many things that seemed so universally and nearly transcendentally good at the time look very foolish twenty years later. I’m glad I didn’t get those tattoos.

That said, living is a process. We can’t regret earlier stages for they are how we go to where we are now any more than we can regret crawling before we learned to walk.

By: Onamission5

Onamission5 — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:30:01 +0000

You mean the resurgence of fluorescents, tiered skirts, off-shoulder sweatshirts, and baggy sweaters hasn’t made its way to the west coast yet? Give it time, Dana. You already have leggings and ankle boots, don’t you? Give it time.

By: Marcus Ranum

Marcus Ranum — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:06:27 +0000

I wore parachute pants in the 80s.

My excuse is youth. I’m not sure if that’s a good enough excuse but it’s all I’ve got.

By: eidolon

eidolon — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:23:32 +0000

Every decade has their “WTF were we thinking?” icons of cool. As one of your older readers, I have seen duckass (DA’s) and butch haircuts, poodle skirts, platform shoes, Angel flight pants, leisure suits, shoulders padded and not, skirts high, low and everywhere in between, avocado and burnt orange carpet and appliances, shag carpeting and and and.

Trust me – what you now feel is awesome to the ultimate will also provoke these same WTF reactions in 20 more years.