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    Who was lucky enough to be around during one of the coolest decades ever the 80s

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    • FinksterF
      Finkster
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      Doc Martens / Vespa / Psychobilly / Ska / Punkrock - I had a lot of fun  😘

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      • jock1624J
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        Cover of the track thrown up earlier in the thread :

        I don't think the 80s were brilliant , but it seemed a lot more  innocent ( likely due to youth and naivete )  compared to the shite we get daily now (curse and blessing of the interwebs - more access to info not necessarily making us better/smarter…)

        I remember getting ridiculed for trying to play a Fugazi and Primus tapes in my friends car , was tired of his narrow taste in music . Years later he turned me on to different bands . The kids now are listening to all these new bands , that to me sound like the ones I liked in the early to 80s...

        Mirthing my way through life.

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        • S
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          @TrickHell:

          "I survived the 80s one time already / and I don't recall it all that fondly"

          a man of my own heart. But to each their own! Am glad some of you enjoyed it - makes me feel good to know it wasn't a total waste of 10 years globally 🙂

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          • S
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            For those who do enjoy the time and place;

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            • neph93N
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              @TrickHell:

              "I survived the 80s one time already / and I don't recall it all that fondly"

              Gotta stay positive 😉

              “Some of those that work forces
              Are the same that burn crosses”

              • Virginia Woolf
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              • mclaincauseyM
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                Hehehe.

                http://www.sciencealert.com/science-finds-that-the-80s-was-the-least-diverse-decade-for-music

                Think it, be it.

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                • Sheepdog149S
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                  Yup, great times and tunes…

                  Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk

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                  • harley daveH
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                    i was but i dont remember much of it  😉

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                    • 501IH5
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                      My denim memory of the 80s is how everyone wore them in a fit that would be considered two sizes too small today. 501s had just been relaunched, and they fitted you right when you had to lie down flat, exhale hard, and go through all sorts of contortions to get them just barely buttoned.
                      I laugh about it today myself, and grin, just a little, when someone tells me my jeans are too tight…..

                      Keep your jeans on–-and let nothing come in between you and the denim !

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                      • steelworkerS
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                        My brother sent me these .  As you see I didn't think much of the '80's. Yes that is my submarine.


                        Pendleton shirt, Levis 501's & a ratty nylon jacket that no-one liked but me. My jacket standard has improved-otherwise I wear the same stuff .


                        I liked that stupid jacket. Look like Levis, maybe I'm wearing Wranglers.Glasses-hey, it's the '80's, fuck off. Yes my brother is a giant fucker. I know it's in California, and it looks like someplace we really shouldn't be.

                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                        Well, I have others.

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                        • GilesG
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                          Brilliant…..

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • seawolfS
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                            @steelworker:

                            Yes that is my submarine.

                            What boat is that? You're a submariner?

                            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                            @zeebeeleather

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                            • JDelageJ
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                              Being a submariner in the 80's must have been nerve racking…

                              As a side note, I watched Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles on a plane recently, and both movies are impossible to enjoy AFAIC. Without the teenage angst they loose whatever charm they once had.

                              I still love the music though...

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                              • BloodnThunderB
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                                Was born in 86 so I missed out.  I think just about every past decade is romanticized a bit in my head though.

                                IG: Shadesofindig0

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                                • Max PowerM
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                                  ^that's because the teenage years, Music, movies etc. have a high impact on us. So, almost everybody Claims that their decade was the best.

                                  I even started to like a few things about the 90s (being born in 84 they're "my decade"). That says it all.

                                  @elclintor:

                                  > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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                                  • den1mheadD
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                                    I was born in 1970 so the 80's was a significant decade for me. I got into BMX'ing after getting a Team Murray in 1980. I had many different BMX bikes that I raced at local level and I loved ramp riding, freestyle and street riding. I skated street and ramps in the early to mid 80's and watched the Bones Brigade video and The Search For animal Chin among others. Musically I got into Electro and Hip Hop which continued until House and Techno burst onto the scene in 1987. In 1988 I went off to Uni in London where I studied, bought vinyl and continued clubbing. The 80's were a blast

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                                    • ChapC
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                                      I was born in 1970 so the 80's was a significant decade for me. I got into BMX'ing after getting a Team Murray in 1980. I had many different BMX bikes that I raced at local level and I loved ramp riding, freestyle and street riding. I skated street and ramps in the early to mid 80's and watched the Bones Brigade video and The Search For animal Chin among others. Musically I got into Electro and Hip Hop which continued until House and Techno burst onto the scene in 1987. In 1988 I went off to Uni in London where I studied, bought vinyl and continued clubbing. The 80's were a blast

                                      Born in 1971 and yes the 80's been the best decade ever  😉

                                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                                      • gaseousclayG
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                                        @den1mhead:

                                        I was born in 1970 so the 80's was a significant decade for me. I got into BMX'ing after getting a Team Murray in 1980. I had many different BMX bikes that I raced at local level and I loved ramp riding, freestyle and street riding. I skated street and ramps in the early to mid 80's and watched the Bones Brigade video and The Search For animal Chin among others. Musically I got into Electro and Hip Hop which continued until House and Techno burst onto the scene in 1987. In 1988 I went off to Uni in London where I studied, bought vinyl and continued clubbing. The 80's were a blast

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                                        I was born in ‘72 and your life sounds similar to mine, except I didn’t get into the bmx thing. I did skate though and the Bones Brigade were among my favorites. I also got into hip hop and metal, and bought tons of vinyl. Yep, good times

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                                        WTB:
                                        IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                        IHSH-19

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                                        • JDelageJ
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                                          I was born in 71, so I relate (although being French, the 80's had a different twist to it I'm sure).

                                          People who grew up in the 60's & 70's had their share of awesomeness, to be fair..,.

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                                          • J
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                                            I'm probably the oldest person on the forum,having grown up in the 60s,and was playing music in the eighties. I just don't get the enthusiasm for that decade. I don't think anything will ever compare,culturally or musically to the 60s. I need one of those t-shirts they says "I may be old, but I saw all the cool bands"

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