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80's Music Albums and One Hit Wonders
TV in the 1980's
1980's Movies
Pop Culture
80's Music Albums and One Hit Wonders
A list of bands that bring back the memories!
There was nothing like growing up in the 80's and hanging out wth your friend and listening to Journey! Brings back so many memories! Steve Perry's beautiful voice and just heartfelt lyrics can really hit your gut! I mean who doesn't love the song, “...
Journey
The very first concert I went to in the 80's was REO Speedwagon! And that was with my girl scout troop, how funny is that? My friends and I would listen to their albums over and over again! The song “Time for me to Fly” will always take me right back to my group of friends singing together!
REO Speedwagon
This song really brings back memories. I don't know what it is about this song or whatever other songs this band had but this one is one of my favorites!
Come On Eileen
Another song that brings back some awesome memories from the 1980's. Donnie Iris really had a great one hit wonder with this song!
Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah! [Power Pop]: Best 80's Song You Never Heard : r/Music
If you had a crush on a boy or girl in the eighties you were playing Air Supply on repeat on your little 45s! Cute romantic songs for sure! The best songs were “Lost in Love: and ”Making Love outta Nothing at all".
Air Supply
I think we all jammed out to Foreigner in the 80's! If there was a group of kids hanging out you were surely listening to Jukebox Hero or I want to know what love is!
Foreigner: 10 Best Songs
Joan Jett was the woman we all loved! Good music, badass persona and super cool hair! My friends and I all tried to have her haircut for years! Blow drying out hair upside down and haispraying so it would stick straight up all day!
Joan Jett
A fun punk rock band that was so cool back in the day! Devo was a New wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973 who's most popular song was probably, “Whip It”.
DEVO
The Police were a popular band in the 80's. They really started out in the 70's but hit their peak with hits like, “Every Breath You Take” and “Don't Stand so Close to Me.”.
The Police
TV in the 1980's
Favorite sitcoms in the eighties.
We all grew up watching growing pains crushing on Kirk Cameron. A sweet family show that just goes through the trials of an average family in the 80's.
Growing Pains
The Wonder Years is a coming-of-age comedy television series that aired on ABC from January 31, 1988, It followed the childhood journey of Fred through is first love and other young obstacles that we all go through in life.
Watch The Wonder Years: Season 1 | Prime Video
Saved by the Bell was a fun sitcom for kids watching a group of high school friends go through their issues, usually in a school setting. They touch on the usual kid stuff like being popular, nerdy and trying to fit in, plus all the first crushes tha...
Saved by the Bell
One of the funniest shows ever made, this show is based on the funny family dynamics of a struggling shoe salesman's family, The Bundy's.
Married...With Children
Moonlighting is an American comedy drama television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 67 episodes. It was based on the funny relationship and banter between Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) and D...
Moonlighting (TV Series 1985–1989)
Remember how exciting it was when the show “Cops” first came out? It was so intruging to watch the real life struggles of the good guys trying to catch the bad guys!
Cops
1980's Movies
I don't know if there was ever an era with such deep meaningful movies, especially about the coming of age.
E.T was the first movie I remember seeing that actually showed an alien. I was so scared to see it for the first time! Seems funny looking back and how far effects have come nowadays! The movie was about an alien landing on earth and befriending a li...
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 1982
Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror movie written by Steven Spielberg and was based on a true story involving the Hermann family's experiences with a poltergeist in their Long Island, New York home in 1958.
Poltergeist - 1982
This is one of the hardest movies I have ever had to watch in my life. But it's an important one, especially in this era of crazy politics where we feel like we are going backwards again. Sophie, played by Meryl Streep has to make a choice during the...
Sophie's Choice - 1982
The Outsiders was a movie made in 1983 starting many of the famous “brat pack” actors, and other like Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe and Emilio Estevez. C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon and Patrick Swayze. They were a gang of kids that fought a lot...
The Outsiders - 1983
Another coming of age movie about a group of school kids with different crushes at social levels. This one starred many of the famous 80's actors and actresses like Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall.
Sixteen Candles - 1984
A movie written by John Hughes about a group of high school kids from different social classes that all have to sit in detention together. They slowly get to know each other. Another 80's movie starring the popular actors, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson...
The Breakfast Club - 1985
A group of college graduates navigate their journey into adulthood. This had an awesome cast with Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy and
Watch St. Elmo's Fire - 1985
A 1986 movie starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell, a group of friends that find a dead body and how they handle it.
Stand by Me - 1986
This movie is the sequel to Star Wars and has Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill who goes on to battle Jabba the Hut and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance.
Return of the Jedi - 1983
Pop Culture
The Styles, The Trends and The Fads
It didn't matter if you were a boy or girl, if you lived in the 80's you went through a phase of feathered hair! Sometimes like a mullet with feathered in front and long in back and sometimes just sweeping hair hairsprayed stiff all the way to the ba...
Chasing the '80s | Everyone loved the perfectly feathered hair in slide 2 of ...
It didn't matter if you were a rock star or a high school student, boys and girls alike loved big curly hair! Thus name big hair bands! Just liek feathered hair, most people in the eighties went through the big permed hair phase!
Iconic perms, famous 80s perms
You were totally in style if you wore a denim jean jacket when you were in high school! Everyone worse one, I don't think it even matters if it was hot or cold! IF you were super cool, you'd draw cool art on the back of it!
80s Denim Jacket
I remember also going through a punk rock phase when I was in high school. I don't know that everyone did this but a lot of wanted to listen to Devo and look like Joan Jett.
15 Best 80s punk fashion ideas
Yes we all did this, we all had huge shoulder pads in our shirts, our dresses and our coats. Why? I will never know but it was certainly a funny trend back in the 80's.
Get Those Shoulder Pads Ready! Fall Is All About the 1980s Suit
Honestly, it didn't matter if you were working out or just going to school for the day. We all had leg warmers on, usually matching our shirts. Over our jeans or over our work out clothes. Leg warmers were just a must!
The Legwarmer Craze of the 1980s: From Dance Studios to Street Fashion
I did it, if you lived in the 80's, you probably did too! We all had a big huge chunky comb sticking out of our back packets! I mean it's not like we could get that comb through our solidly hair sprayed feathered hair, but it was still the accessory ...
Retro Pocket Comb for 80s Vibes
Another accessory you needed to have to look cool in the eighties was a bandanna tied around your neck. Especially if you were a true rock n roller, you just had to have this!
How to Wear A Bandana 80s
If you lived through the eighties then you owned a couple pairs of these tiny way too short shorts. How this was ever the style, I don't know but waring these short terry cloth shorts was the thing to do! And it didn't matter if you were a boy or gir...
1980s Vintage Shorts for Children for sale