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As you know the 80's was an intensely cheesy decade. If you weren't born yet, let me assure you that it was much worse than old movies have led you to believe. But at the time we had things we thought were cool. Now some of that stuff I can look at and know right away it was cheesy and terrible, for example: Knight Rider. Other stuff I just can't tell. Is this cool, or too 80s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZZfaDp02o The background characters are pretty cheesy, I think the main guy is still pulling it off though. Rats are not nearly as edgy these days. How about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Probably wouldn't choose that lipstick with that hair color these days, but other than that it seems to hold up pretty well. Eh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914 Got some very 80's hair here. The lyrics don't make much sense, but the sound is pretty unique. Not sure how well the animation holds up.
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you should consider setting the age bar lower, I'm 28 and I acquired most of 80's pop culture through a mix of older kids, reruns, grand theft auto vice city, and I Love The 80's on vh1. it's basically insane to me that the 80's are as far away from today as the 60's were for me the 80's have since become a blurry smear of Drive, Stranger Things, Hotline Miami, Blood Dragon, and that 80's text generator meme, and I could not possibly tell you if Tears For Fears genuinely rules or if I just kind of know about them and mistook an image of a grimy neon haze of cynical knowing excesses and a pop culture based on plastic consumption that's come to represent the era in retrospect as the genuine article
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Sep 19, 2017 10:00
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actually people my age think that 80s cheese is cool so the answer is not clear cut, OP
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Sep 19, 2017 10:03
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I barely make the cutoff, but I'll say this: regardless of whether or not it's cheesy or cool, people born/raised in the 80s have been managing media projects for a while so retro-appropriation is and has been in since about 2008 or so. Couple that with the fact that culture never really "goes away" now because of the internet, and that the late 80s/early 90s is the cutoff for when mass culture could and would evaporate quickly, it's not surprising that it's stuck around. Here are six different types of 80s-style music dubbed everything from Synthwave to Retrowave to Citypop to FutureFunk to Chillwave to Vaporwave, made by people my age or younger within the last decade (with noted exception of slacker god John Carpenter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLzjm9E1hwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyNuWCjc-bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrR1TGQY20Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveBtWwtgCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP7kapbwQ-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCecdVTTTh4 Now this isn't the same as what you're talking about-- whether kids today still think like, The Cure or appreciate Slayer or w/e is still considered cool, but just know that for a lot of people (read: male nerds) there's a real stripe of 80s crap alive and well and it's obvious the appreciation isn't ironic. Bonus: This was me and my siblings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qMYH1WM2gI mind the walrus fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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Sep 19, 2017 10:16
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Maybe something a little less well known. Gowan was a huge hit in Canada, but apparently didn't get much play in the US so his stuff is less likely to be in the nostalgia pieces. Also official clean versions of the videos don't seem to exist. 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4eT_0tnj1w He always seemed like he was in on the joke. Rockin' a mullet. I can't hate this mullet. 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjddye2JSA Those shoulder pads tho. 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iypXh0_mo0 
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Sep 19, 2017 10:23
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I'm just barely old enough to also remember a bit of the 1970s, and let me tell you that the neon cheese of the 80s was in many ways an improvement over what went before. Facebook Aunt posted:How about this? Eurythmics will never not be good and Annie Lennox can wear whatever she likes.
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Sep 19, 2017 12:46
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Nothing a person over 30 does can be cool, sorry bruh
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Sep 19, 2017 12:53
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Like if you think I'm clicking a YouTube link and I'm under 35 you can eat my cock.
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Sep 19, 2017 14:01
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25 is the new 30
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Sep 19, 2017 14:31
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Annie Lenox has the quintessential 80s look in that video and if you don't like it you can gently caress right off. It fits right in with what Bowie and Nomi were doing.
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Sep 19, 2017 15:01
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Groke posted:I'm just barely old enough to also remember a bit of the 1970s, and let me tell you that the neon cheese of the 80s was in many ways an improvement over what went before. Oh, I agree. I was born 72 and as a teen thought everything from the 60s and 70s was lame. Such flat hair, ewww.
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Sep 19, 2017 19:42
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Everyone always seems to forget this when discussing the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8
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Sep 19, 2017 21:13
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born in 88, cheese fills my blood
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Sep 19, 2017 21:29
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lol if you're under 60
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Sep 19, 2017 21:39
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70s kitsch is way cooler than 80s kitsch
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Sep 19, 2017 21:40
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imo you need to crank up the 80s itt let's start with a glaring omission, how could any 80s list be complete without https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU would it have been the 80s without billy idol? maybe but you can't prove that for a fact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdphvuyaV_I and now for the nuclear bomb of 80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_FiqF5VlzY
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Sep 19, 2017 21:47
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I like to keep this handy. https://i.imgur.com/5BlSMOn.gifv
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Sep 19, 2017 21:49
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I like to keep this handy. Lost Boys just turned 30 and they had a cast reunion recentlyish. Sax dude is still pretty big but obviously looking his age.
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Sep 19, 2017 21:54
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that movie is extremely gay after watching it as an adult
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Sep 19, 2017 21:54
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now to top it off the king of pop who peaked in the 80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y
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Sep 19, 2017 21:57
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I have a block of Cheddar in the fridge OP. I can confirm that it is both cheesy and cool.
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Sep 19, 2017 21:58
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what a kooky decade  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3W6jaUiq0
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Sep 19, 2017 22:02
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Percelus posted:what a kooky decade Can't talk about 80s kookiness and not link this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg
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Sep 19, 2017 22:05
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Tolkien minority posted:70s kitsch is way cooler than 80s kitsch noooo
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Sep 19, 2017 22:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAtGOESO7W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0AKJMGxwpE Oh, to answer your question. Cool. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Sep 20, 2017 00:17
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I like to keep this handy. Better to post the source video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuwcINDHnQ
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Sep 20, 2017 00:49
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shadow puppet of a posted:Better to post the source video. Someone already did. But drat it, it needs to be posted again. edit: oh poo poo, this one is different  edit2: drat, song is still kinda catchy. I STILL BELIEVE!!! Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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Sep 20, 2017 00:50
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its cool because its cheesy
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Sep 20, 2017 08:15
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a hole-y ghost posted:actually people my age think that 80s cheese is cool so the answer is not clear cut, OP That's the problem, it IS cool 80s poo poo has a style that will outlast the 80s in a way most decades don't. The 60s maybe comes close. Nobody gives a flying gently caress about the 90s and nobody ever will because they suuuuucked.
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Sep 20, 2017 08:27
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lollin at the thought of teenagers listening to 311 in 2017
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Sep 20, 2017 09:49
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Blazing Ownager posted:That's the problem, it IS cool 90s weren't all bad, the plaid flannel shirts were cozy. Now everything is horrible microfiber poo poo. Bring back cozy flannel!
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Sep 20, 2017 10:22
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As a 21yo, the 80's is v good and cool and 80's cheese might be a bit moldy but still good
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Sep 20, 2017 12:32
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Facebook Aunt posted:Is this cool, or too 80s? Facebook Aunt posted:How about this? Facebook Aunt posted:Eh? h2h 
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Sep 20, 2017 12:36
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I'm 19 and they rule but in the same way that like ancient Egyptian steles or Shakespeare's quartos rule
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Sep 20, 2017 12:38
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Gay (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 20, 2017 23:20
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I like to keep this handy. Conan the Musician! I graduated from High School 11 days into the 80s and I got married 93 days before the decade ended. That being said, the 80s were fairly significant in my life. The 80s were cool, but some of the hair/outfits were cheesy. Under 30s really have no reference by which to truly compare.
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Sep 21, 2017 04:43
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genesplicer posted:Conan the Musician! Under 30s have probably never seen a corded telephone.
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Sep 21, 2017 04:48
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Skoll posted:Under 30s have probably never seen a corded telephone. Yeah because they're lazy and have never worked an office job
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Sep 21, 2017 04:49
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Skoll posted:Under 30s have probably never seen a corded telephone.
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Office jobs are the ultimate lazy. I haven't worked one in like 11 years.
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