Being a child of the 80's, I HAD to comment:
caudor said:
Think about it, we had:
- Madonna 'striking a pose'
Which I loved as a kid. I didn't DO it, but I had fun watching the girls who did.
- Our favorite game almost went belly-up
According to Gary, sales figures TRIPLED from 1981 to 1984.
- Punk Rock and Pop Rocks
Billy Idol, the biggest punk rocker of all, is a music icon today.
- Too many Tupperware Parties
I have a theory that the explosion of the Tupperware party was a very strange, yet lucrative, form of female empowerment. The 80's was by far the biggest decade for consumerism.
You win this one. I have no defense.
- 'I'm too sexy for my shirt...'
by far....
I loved this song.
- Michael Jackson changed before our eyes
Sorta - the worst changes didn't occur until the late 1980's to the early 1990's.
I have some more for you, all I consider good:
- Hair Bands (Guns 'n Roses original lineup and AC/DC (not a hair band) defined my late high school and early college music tastes.
- Rubiks Cube (the most insane puzzle ever invented)
- The Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon!!!!!!
- The Macintosh Computer, which set a new standard in Personal Computing
You have to take the good and the bad!
I have several more, but they are politically and religiously inappropriate for this board - but one thing that CAN'T be said about the 1980's was that little change occurred. In many ways, the 1980's was the most momentous decade for change since the 1960's!