i do in alot of ways i got to party and still went to college. earned a degree and had a family. A college degree and 2 divorces and 2 lovely children from the 2nd marriage. they r love and they r great but what is the world now at this late and great hour is it going to reboound or is it going down. i just want to know because is am raising 2 very loving kids and i hope they will still have a great place to live . but it ain't lookin all that great right now or am i the only one worrin' Regina Carman class of "83" And Prince is MY MAN!!!!

Class of '84 here. The 80s were great, and Prince & Company were a big part of that. I wouldn't trade those memories of friends and music for anything.

Still... two terms of Reaganomics, the AIDS epidemic, Howard The Duck, radar hair, the Challenger explosion, Sean Cassidy, worldwide hunger, stone-washed jeans, communism, Lockerbie, C. Thomas Howell, Bhopal, Red Dawn, the murder of John Lennon...

Considering how it was in the 80s and now, especially when I have a son graduating from university, I much prefer the 80s, for both him and I! And I haven't even addressed the musical divide!

I think it is because the 80s were the beginning of the plateau. We all reach an age where we go there is nothing new under the sun-but culturally, economically,musically etc... I think the 80s were the equivalent of that. Evrything now is more of a fine tuning rather than a revelation

ReginaCarman said:

Every morning twhn I wake up I start missing the 80s. It was the last great decade of popular music. We are culturally dead now - music is a gutted out shell of artifical product that is marketed, bought, and sold with no regard to true artistry and musicianship. Popular music has always been indicative of the society to which it is linked. In the 60s and 70s we had revolutionary artists produced by the turbulent social times. Who or what comes even close to Hendrix doing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock as the Vietnam War raged on? That solo meant something and had substance on multiple levels. Even the disco era was great in retrospect. As it took so much hatred from those with limited comprehension, it lives on today in the form of grossly mutated repititve dance club noise with none of the melodies and sound songwriting - and forget hearing real instrumentation such as we did with Earth Wind and Fire or a Nile Rodgers production.

Yeah, I am old and I miss the 80s - like a motherfucker.

The good ol days when MTV (music television) played music videos. The music industry was about music. It didn't matter how old an musical artist was as long as they had good music. I want my 80's back! Anybody got a time machine?

skywalker said:

very well put

I wish I had been in my 20s in the 1970s so I would have been grown and could have fully enjoyed the disco era as an adult. Then, I could have still continued to party as an adult and fully enjoy the 1980s as an adult in my 30s and the house era of the extreme early 1990s in my 40s.

I graduated high school in 1985 so Shitney Houston ruined a lot of my fun in the late 1980s by influencing so many R&B artists to make crossover, and even worse, adult contemporary crossover music. I really enjoyed the house era of the extreme early 1990s but by the time 1994 rolled around, I was only in my early 20s when good music completely ended thanks to shit hop.

Oh no, I would only want the 1980s back as far as entertainment goes....music, TV, fashion, etc. The 2000s is the absolute worst era for those things. However, I sure as hell wouldn't want to erase the progress made in racism and homophobia in the years that have gone by since then. But....I did have a pretty good time back then flaunting my wild ass and pissing the rednecks off. Actually, I miss not being able to piss them off as much as I used to.

Hell yeah!!! The music was good, gas was cheap and I could buy a packof smokes for $1.25

You glorify the past when the future dries up.

I love the music from the past but I couldnt live without modern technology.

I miss the 1980's but that was the decade that killed America ( crack cocaine, Reaganomics).

I absolutely miss the 80's. Aside from the great music, the thing I miss most was how Reaganomics completely transformed peoples lives for the good from the dismal economic circumstances Carter left behind.

Carter left behind 21% interest rates, 14% inflation, and 12% unemployment.
Under Reagan, 20 million new higher paying, higher skilled jobs were created in the private sector.
From 1980 to 1990 black households income rose by 84%, and whites by 68%.
Black owned businesses increased from around 300,000 in 1980 to 470,000 by 1987.
Under Democrat Jimmy Carter, the number of poor blacks rose by 2,000,000.

The 1980's represented the longest peacetime expansion in the history of the U.S. 96 consecutive months of economic growth from 82 to 90.

Oh yeah, charitable donations were 45% higher in the 80's than the previous 25 years combined.

God I miss MTV and Reaganomics.

We are sexy! We are great! We were the Class of '88!!

no i dont miss the 80's, i love where i am right now

squirrelgrease said:

LOL! I soooo read this to the tune of...



Another gift from the '80's!!

Yes I miss the 80's.I was around 12 yrs old when Purple Rain came out.I have evolved with Prince though.I still dig the new Prince

The 80s was the last time when artists were truly unique and original.Artists had their own "look" and style.

Prince
Michael Jackson
Boy George
Madonna
The Time
Cyndi Lauper
Rick James
Adam Ant
Larry Blackmon (Cameo)
Annie Lennox
Duran Duran
Tina Turner

Everyone didn't look the same.They all came up with their own unique look.Nowadays,it's the complete opposite.All the rappers dress the same way.All the male R&B artists dress the same way.All the rockers dress the same way.Originality is a thing of the past.Look at the list of artists I posted above.They all had such a distinctive visual image.You could make a Halloween costume out of their 80s look.Could you do that with many of today's artists?

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Brofie said:

I agree with everything you said.

skywalker said:

I don't truly believe that MTV "killed music".Music videos created alot of excitement in the pop music world.What would 'Thriller' be like without the amazing,groundbreaking music videos that came with it? Imagine 'Purple Rain' without the cool promo videos all over MTV.
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vainandy said:

I feel the same way I wish that I had been an adult in the disco era.I envy the folks who partied at places like Studio 54.

I do! I do! I was born in '78 to the 80's was hecka fun for me, loved the music, the music videos the clothes were wild nad fun, seems like the color lines were a lot more blurred, tv had the best shows, cartoons etc....*sigh* does that make me old now?

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Class of '88... why, you're just a kid.

Oh yeah, other things that weren't great in the 80s... VJs.
Things that were great in the 80s... BJs.

Ah, the 80's... when every answering machine message began with the words, "Oh, I hate these machines - I never know what to say!"

God, I miss 'em. And if anybody disagrees, here's a Nagel for yo ass!!!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Right on !