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    From someone who was born in 1992, what were the 80s like for those who lived during that decade?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VG_Addict View Post
    From someone who was born in 1992, what were the 80s like for those who lived during that decade?
    it was almost like 70s, but 10 years later
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    Quote Originally Posted by VG_Addict View Post
    From someone who was born in 1992....
    Well THAT goddam explains it!

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    it was ace
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    Yeah it was fantastic. The films were great and all I did was ride me BMX (Diamond Back), play football, runouts and break into building sites/new buildings that shot up all along the Thames. Those were the days.
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    I think in the UK there really was a crude divide. For us in the South East it was great; there was real hope amongst the working class; but outside the South East, Thatcher destroyed the spirit and soul of the rest of the Country and there was nothing to replace it, and seemingly little hope of improvement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Yeah it was fantastic. The films were great and all I did was ride me BMX (Diamond Back), play football, runouts and break into building sites/new buildings that shot up all along the Thames. Those were the days.
    Yep we actually went out those days and parents didn't seem to worry where you were as long as you were home at meal times (looking back given how much my mum worries in general about me and our kid I can't believe this was the case ?!?)

    These days I see my nephew not leaving the house - as he's connected on playstation and chatting from there , where's the fun in that ?!?

    We'd all meet down the park for 3 hour football matches, build dens and stuff. Find porn mags too - even better. And as you say you were never off your BMX

    What went wrong - technology ?

    As much as I wouldn't be without my phone and internet etc it killed a lot of things.

    Maybe that's just progress
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    Quote Originally Posted by VG_Addict View Post
    From someone who was born in 1992, what were the 80s like for those who lived during that decade?
    The 1980's were fucking great! Just as the 1920's truly opened the 20th Century, the 1980's closed the chapter on the century in much the same manner. Brilliant new art, music, literature, movies the world was on the upswing so it seemed and then along came the 1990's where it was like people got tired of success and became self destructive.

    The 2020's are going to be fucking amazing though

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    From someone who was born in 1992, what were the 80s like for those who lived during that decade?
    The 1980's were fucking great! Just as the 1920's truly opened the 20th Century, the 1980's closed the chapter on the century in much the same manner. Brilliant new art, music, literature, movies the world was on the upswing so it seemed and then along came the 1990's where it was like people got tired of success and became self destructive.

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    Just ordered an 80's Jigsaw puzzle for the Mrs. Everyone loves nostalgia and the decades that define their youth.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Beanz View Post
    Just ordered an 80's Jigsaw puzzle for the Mrs. Everyone loves nostalgia and the decades that define their youth.


    Thanks for that me and the Wife enjoyed the old ad's.
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    I feared music from the eighties would infect and ruin music for all time. Fortunately little remnants of eighties music exists. Ha ha heavy metal.

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    I feared music from the eighties would infect and ruin music for all time. Fortunately little remnants of eighties music exists. Ha ha heavy metal.
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    What's not to like? They did 3 songs for the soundtrack of National Lampoon's Fraternity Vacation, an underrated 80's classic.

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    Breakdancing and hip hop culture also cemented the growing importance of sportswear as fashion in the UK. Adidas were massive but it also paved the way for Dia Dora , Fila, Sergio Tacchini and a lot of the football 'casuals' culture that followed. Everyone must remember local gangs and football firms wearing them long before Stone Island etc. Rave really helped smash a lot of the bollocks in the 90's and again that and the shoegaze retro guitar led stuff likethe Stone Roses just would not have happened without the 80's , sampling culture and the post punk experiments that brought song writing back to the fore.

    Just before the 80's hit over here


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    I was young, but I consider it the last decade when England was truly English. The music was often not so great due to production, but there was good music. I loved the 90's when it came to music and was lucky enough to be around when great guitar music was back again and I was old enough to delve into the 1970's and before that the 1960's. I will never forget buying Lou Reed's Transformer album on vinyl. Albums need a big cover. I love Lou Reed. I would always go for vinyl and would be perusing those albums for hours at a time. The modern albums were CD, but those vintage albums had to be vinyl. I guess the 90's were my discovery years. I worked all those early hours and was late for school all because I wanted that music. It was more expensive then too! Kids today are spoiled and great music does not sell.

    Sorry I am in the wrong decade here. The 1980's? I was young. I guess it was Fraggle Rock and He Man. Bad production even on the good music. England was green and tree less, but I would ride my bike for hours and hours exploring and climb trees and play football to avoid the attention of girls.

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