You Know You Grew Up in the 80s If...

“Nice picture, walkindude! That sure brings back memories. Do you still have the spandex pants and the zebra striped accessories? LOL”

“Naw, they just kinda went away over the years.”

“I remember 1983, Metallica's Kill 'em All was the hottest album around. Album? What's an album? I remember concert t-shirts and black jeans. Biker leather jackets and my hair longer than my girlfriend's hair. Muscle cars and woods partys with 8-packs of Bud nips. We called our hometown Slayerville instead of Sayreville. Music was definitly a way of life.Our highschool was divided into two groups: Jocks and Metalheads. Walking the boardwalk down "Seaside", or going down after the Prom, was the thing to do. If any of this sounds Familiar, you were probably a teenager in New Jersey during the 80's”

“I went rollerskating every saturday when I was in 3rd grade back in 1986.”

“My first concert (I was 18...I was a late bloomer) was Monsters of Rock: Dokken, Kingdom Come, Metallica, Scorpions, and Van Halen (w/Sammy) at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.”

“My first real concert was Richard Marx and Wilson Phillips. I think I was 10?”

“I went to Monsters of Rock in Memphis TN and saw those bands. Awesome Show!

My first concert was Iron Maiden and 38 Special. That was in '82 (i think)”

“About a month ago I noticed on the marquee at the Star Plaza (local concert venue) that Dokken was performing. Hey guys, let's put the band back together! That sure brought back memories.”

“my first concert was joan jet.

i love rock-n-roll baby!”

“Great list! I'd forgotten about Hypercolor T-shirts! And I definitely did the 2 pairs of socks slouched down and the pony-tail on the side of my head!”

“Dokken music ROCKS but......
The problem with that is George Lynch and Don Dokken hate each others guts.

George Lynch is my most favorite guitar player on the planet.”

“I remember that at the concert in 1988 you could tell that they were fighting with each other. I think they broke up right after that tour.”

“You could tell there was lots of tension when I saw them in Memphis. They didn't even go near each other on stage.
They tried to get back together years later and did another album. It was called "Disfunctional". Perfect name. George still has his band "Lynch Mob" together and Don Dokken got fat.”

“not shot through the heart -


but the duck tales [whooo ooo]

theme song has been stuck in my head for last few days thanks to this thread.”

“I'm cringing as I reread some of this thread. My ex was a professional drummer. (No, I was not a groupie). He played with some of the aforementioned bands (Lynch Mob, Joan Jett) and many more. Not as part of the official group, but at shows and at private parties, etc. Yep, brings back memories.”

“The pants on your buddies! Holy sheet! They rock!”

“OMG! Birthday parties at McDonalds! I was jealous of my friends who had them there, my mom never did that for me!!

Oh, and Doogie Howser! Hubba Hubba!”

“Two Words:


Twisted Sister”

“Neil Patrick Harris is a really nice guy. My friends and I hung out with him one weekday night at a bar in Westwood (near UCLA) when I was in college. He ran into one of those friends in NYC about a year later and remembered her and stopped to talk. Really cool guy.

Even though I got mad at him for being a dork and said "Shut up! Doogie!"

But we made up.”

“You wear mirrored sunglasses with "keepers"

Just like this hottie:

”

“Even though I got mad at him for being a dork and said "Shut up! Doogie!"
pixie
03:17:58 PM
08/26/04

Ha Ha Ha

What did he say?”

“Hey Pixie, I went to high school with Neil Patrick Harris.

La Cueva High in Albuquerque.”

“He just stood there staring at me and then walked away. Poor guy.

He really caused me some trouble though.
I was trying to ask this guy to my sorority formal and he was standing behind the guy saying stuff like "Don't listen to Pixie. She's full of sheet." and such. So imagine the guy I'm trying to ask out. Not only is some guy talking sheet, but it's frickin Doogie Howser talkin sheet!”

“Doogie talking dookie

Lol”

“I never could stand that show.
His girlfriend was cute though!”

“cute ya, but no winnie cooper”

“Winne didn't have any boobs
but she was cute”

“Was he nice in highschool? I bet a little dorky but pretty durned nice.”

“HEY, those glasses cost me $4.99 at a gas station. I have a feeling that no matter how retro-nostalgic we get for the 80's, those things won't be coming back. I'm requesting a moment of silence. frrrrt. Oops, s'cuse me, bad timing, how embarrassing. Okay, forget the silence.”

“umm what is the guy 2nd from the right doing to the last guy?”

“Was he nice in highschool? I bet a little dorky but pretty durned nice."
pixie
03:45:19 PM
08/26/04

I'm reminded of him sitting backstage during dress rehearsal of a play called Dark of the Moon complaining that his character was sooo melodramatic.

There were two girls there to comfort him.

Whatever works, I guess.”

“complaining that his character was sooo melodramatic.

What a tool!”

“that he had two girls to comfort him! LOL!

Like I said, he sort of lacked social skills, but he was really nice. Guess that's what happens when you don't have a norma childhood.”

“In fairness, though, he was 16 at the time.”

“he hadn't improved that much in social skills. (aka my story.) But he had a good heart.”

“Well by 21
"he hadn't improved that much in social skills. (aka my story.) But he had a good heart."
pixie
04:25:42 PM
08/26/04
ignore this user
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translation: he is still a dork, but comes with lot's of money”

“translation: he is still a dork, but comes with lot's of money

ROTLMAO....

So true.”

“no seriously he was really nice. Now his friend, the guy who was on the show with him was a total jerk. He did not impress.”