Voted the Number 1 video of the 1980s: (it's still my favorite!)
Farahs
Lois cords
Pringle jumpers
Head bags
Kickers
Kappa
Trimm Trab
Neon socks
BMX
Girls in ra ra skirts
Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy single sleeve
2000ad
New Order
Mantronix
John Peel
The Wedding Present
Paul Okenfold
Erib B & Rakim
Public Enemy
Silver Bullet
Stakker Humanoid
LFO
Stone Roses
Affleks Palace
Geese Clothing
Lot of Mancs here then ?
New order when i was 14 at the Hacienda
James at the Capri Ballrooms
The Fall
The Smiths
The Stones Roses at the International 2 and a lot of other places,
Happy Mondays white labels and getting a lift home off them from Leeds, 1986 i think,
Benefit gigs at Band On The Wall and The Hacienda, Boardwalk etc,
The Sugarcubes, Echo and the Bunny, Happy Mondays and God knows who else at The Free Trade Hall,
Konspiracy, The Venue, Thunderdome and all manner of mental clubs
Acid
Flares,
Afflecks,
Festival of The 10th Summer.
I count my lucky stars,
"Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive
But to be young was very heaven"
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The Young Ones with Rik Mayall, Ade Edmuondson et al !!!
Saw them last summer at a festival although as Holly Johnson as I think Trevor Horn owns FGTH trademark. Although I liked them back in the day I wondered why they were headlining vs more "household" names but when I heard Holly Johnson belt out hits and commentary realised just how good he was/is.Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana
Kappa, Fila, Hi Tech, Slazenger, Sergio Tachini, Gabicci etc being the height of "fahion".
Sony Walkman, solar power calculator, microwave oven, vhs video recorder, cassete tapes, hand held Atari games consoles, "survival" knives.....etc etc just some of the stuff i can remember.
Mongoose BMX, Raleigh Grifter, Raleigh Striker, Claud Butler Racers, some of the bikes that were lusted after.
Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Micheal Jacksons Thriller video, Live Aid concerts, Do They Know it's Christmas colab', Pet Shop Boys, god awful Stock Aitkin & Waterman songs/bands, NME music news paper... too much music stuff to mention.
Terminator, Aliens, Back to The Future, Return of the Jedi, Superman, some of the films.
Cars? XR3, Granada ghia x, Sierra, Morris Minors & VW beetles doubling, then trippling in price lol.
Mmmm, 1980s... 15-25 for me, so all the usual stuff, except the bands I was into - Eat, Wall of Voodoo, Lords of the New Church, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Alien Sex Fiend, Thrashing Doves, Love and Rockets... anyone else remember them? And how about... one of the best tracks from one of the best albums of that decade
https://youtu.be/ZCOSPtyZAPA
The Cult -- She Sells Sanctuary
Sorry about the lack of embedded video!
Dad telling me at 15 I had to pay for everything myself except food and basic clothing.
Marched me down to the local co-op where he'd got me a part time job as a shelf stacker/ general minion for £19 a week.
Totally backfired on him.
Within 3months I was head hunted by the local Presto. They then got into a tug o war with Woolies . Woolies had slightly better treatment but Presto was more money.
I spent pretty much all my earnings on clubbing and boozing.
By 16 I had a bar tab in all the popular pubs in town. I was a regular at the local clubbing scene within a 30mile radius. Including the 21 and overs. Bouncers all knew me. Most of them knew I was 16 . Quite a few of the bar staff and managers I socialised with outside of club time.
My social circle usually consisted of people 10 years older than me. I had entanglements with women up to double my age.
My Dad suspected nothing. One day he opened a suit case found underneath my bed. It was overflowing with porno mags , decanted vodka and gin , pirated vhs tapes , a flick knife and an air pistol. Also £800 in cash.
To supplement my hedonistic lifestyle I had started selling porno , booze and pirated vhs to my school chums. The knife and gun I'd taken in trade for some Razzles and Knaves.
I used the school AV kit to pirate the vhs tapes. Some of the teachers were my best customers.
The porn was a perfect business model. I'd charge £5 for a mag. If they brought it back to me I'd give them a quid off a new one then I'd offload the returned one to another kid for another £5. Rinse and repeat until the mags were literally falling apart.
Managed to maintain my straight A exam record so basically no one at the school bothered me.
I have fond memories of walking straight into a night club being greeted warmly by the bouncers and let in. Right past a bunch of the well healed popular kids from my school who were chancing their arm trying to get in.
It was awesome the 80s.
On the one hand I despised the 80's as I watched my friends die one by one with AIDS, from contaminated factor 8.... and wondered if I might be next..I was 21 in 1983 when it all hit..
On the other hand I loved the 80's as I'd passed my motorbike test, and bought the fastest bike I could get my hands on.
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Waking up after a 3 day kip in intensive care after being modified by a blind taxi driver in time for Minder, the darts themed episode "broken arrow". Never forgotten it.
80’s the best decade for me so far. Started a boy left a man. So many memories.
1980- first proper bike - Raleigh Grifter
1984 – Watching Spurs win the UEFA Cup in the Shelf
1986 - Started work in in the City
1988 – first car – 1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500
Gigs I went to;
Bowie
Jackson
Madonna
The Police
Prince
Duran Duran (with my girlfriend!)
Simple Minds
Prefab Sprout
Then Jerico
Stone Roses
Mum and Dad still around
I've probably spent 2/3 of my life in and around Manchester, so I'm probably a bit biased, but I think it's fair to say that Manchester punched well above it's weight musically for most of the 80s and 90s.
From Joy Division/New Order through The Smiths, James, The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses to Oasis, Manchester was pretty much where it was at. That's before you include the numerous peripheral bands like The Fall (marmite imo, but occasionally brilliant), The Chameleons, Inspiral Carpets etc, plus all the clubs. We had people like Tony Wilson (marmite as well) driving a lot of it.
Good days to be teens/20s in Manchester!
Ironically the city itself was pretty run-down in that era. Now it's largely regenerated, but lost a little of its soul/edge. (Maybe that died with Mr Anthony H Wilson).
My decade.
High School, College, girls, job, car, more girls, more cars, money, flat, one more girl, a wedding and then a house.
The Jam, Wembley `83 I think. Beat Surrender, their last tour. I wished I was 10 years older so that I could of been there in `77.
But then you'd be 10 years older now
Then he might not have to listen to X-Factor contestants
M.
The 80s were a great decade for me, as well as having a mullet and a dodgy moustache!
I used to work summer seasons in the channel islands, then spend 4 or 5 months of the winter, in South East Asia.........mostly in Thailand............ah memories!!
Some of the clothes though? jeez did I really wear that stuff?!
My boss gave me a mobile telephone which was a massive status symbol and made me feel important.
It was the size of a building brick.
1980 - Was a milkman trying to play cricket...went back building John Bonham & John Lennon died
1981 - Went to the Isle of Man TT Joey Dunlop won everything, bought a Triumph Daytona
1982 - Met my first wife bought first property for £19K, Alex Harvey died saw him a few weeks before
1983 - Got Married, danced to Save a Prayer at the wedding, Paul Young was staying at the hotel as well.
1984 - Went to the TT Joey Dunlop won everything...finally met him beat him at Pool! Bought a Triumph Bonneville
1985 - Rebuilt my Bonneville, started earning loads of money,thought about moving to Devon
1986 - My first daughter arrived
1987 - Sold my Bonnie bought Norton Commando 850,toured Holland....more money
1988 - Rebuild the Norton, painted it yellow. Loads of money, went to the TT
1989 - My second daughter arrived, Docklands earned over £40K. (No work in 1990...no money) Worked on the Today newspaper building
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In a chronological order (ish)
Living in St Agnes.School bus to Richard Lander school(Truro).Adam and the Ants and my Akai portable stereo.
Free trainers courtesy of my stepbrother who was signed for Plymouth Argyle.
Spent loads of time at the beach.Turned into a bit of a "Surf Dude",Mastered the "Rubik's Cube"
Hospitalised after falling off the climbing frame during gymnastics.
John Lennons death.Remember listening to "Woman" on a constant loop
Spending Sundays with my dad.Mostly spent at the Cornwall Coliseum.(Now bulldozed) But many adventures were to had in approx 3 years.
Decided to move in with dad and stepmum.Started at Penrice school.
First alcoholic drink at the White Hart hotel.3 pints of HSD.Wobble home,Go to bed,Throw up.Repeat this process twice a week.
Jane Roberts.1st real girlfriend.Lost Virginity.Broke up with here and went through a bit of a s..g fest.
Friday nights at Bentley's.Nearly always declined admission.Thats home brew for you.
Christmas eve 1994.Got off with Maria Eden.Spent next 2 years in a on and off relationship.Broke my heart (Bitch)
FGTH and Crocodile Dundee.
Left school 1995.Joined Dewhust the butchers on a £25a week YTS.
Past driving test and bought 1st car.Escort MK11.
Part time Job working evenings at the Pier House hotel Charlestown.
Lost driving licence for D and D
Bought push bike.
Left Dewhurst for full time job at "Charlestown Leisure"
Met Dawn.(We later bought our first house together)
Left Charlestown leisure and joined furniture company M.F.I
Got driving licence back and bought Escort MK3.
Offered a position with MFI in Wiltshire and left Cornwall.
Ride on time blasting from my mates Nova SRI on the way to work.
Bought first watch.Gucci 9000m (Well I didnt know what I know now !!) Cost me £575
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Discovering music, pubs, girls, an occasional toke.
I was already well grounded in 60's and 70's rock having older siblings but adding Tangerine Dream, Propaganda, Ultravox, The Cult, The Mission, Bhundu Boys, James Taylor Quartet, Housemartins, The Pogues, Funkadelic, Black Uhuru, Big Audio Dynamite plus many others to my tastes.
Best bands seen in that era: Pink Floyd, Bhundu Boys, The Pogues, Big Audio Dynamite, JTQ, The Gargoyles, Redskins, S E Rogie, Real Sounds, The Mission, and the worst by a mile- Christian Death. Still the only gig i've ever walked out on.
Three sisters (two were twins!) who shall remain nameless, but who one by one fell to my charms, briefly in two cases, longer term with one. And i got on well with their dad! I don't think he realised i'd had knowledge of the other two before hooking up with one of the twins for a longer term relationship though.
Hair! i had 4 ft hair from about '88...wish i could grow it now.
Nightclubs - Spiders and Silhouette in Hull.
Not dying when the butchers van i was laid in the back of travelling from Beverley to Spiders ended up upside down filling with water in a ditch as the driver took a corner way too fast - meat hooks in the ceiling et al, how me and the other kid laid in the back didn't get impaled i'll never know. Walking from the wreck into Dunswell and ringing a cab from the phone box and carrying on to the club! My first Pangalactic Gargle Blaster that night went down very fast i can tell you.......and omg....they still serve them!!!!
http://www.spidersnightclub.com/drinks.html
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
Blurry, out of focus polaroids or it didn't happen.
So clever my foot fell off.
FGTH on possibly their tour promoting Liverpool album. They were supported by Berlin. Also saw Transvision Vamp, Wendy James looked amazing.
A bad night after drinking Bezique (made by Bicardi) and Rumplemints.
Horsing round the countryside in my Renault 5 TL.
Fantastic music.
2 weeks island hopping around Greece.
Channel 4's Network 7 programme with Magenta Da Vine
The Word
all evidence has been destroyed.
i hasten to add, they weren't all at the same time!
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
The expression rhymes with clucking bell.
What could possibly go wrong.Pint Cocktails
Pangalactic Gargleblaster
Pernod, Splash of Galliano, Vodka, Blackcurrant, Orange and Cider on Ice
£3.10
Fluffy Duck
Vodka, White Rum, Malibu, Advocaat and Lemonade on Ice
£3.30
Green Monster
Vodka, White Rum, Malibu, Advocaat, Blue Bols, Midori and Lemonade on Ice
£4.50
Sweet Death
Vodka, Southern Comfort, Peach Schnapps, Midori, Lime and Lemonade on Ice
£4.20
Kangaroo
Double Vodka, Advocaat, Cider, Blackcurrant and Lemonade on Ice
£3.30
I saw FGTH at their homecoming concert in Liverpool, Christmas 1984 at the Royal Court theatre. It was my first gig.
Seeing Kim Wilde and Joanne Whalley in this thread makes me go all misty.
http://www.spidersnightclub.com/drinks.html
I can't believe these prices !!! I'd be hammered on a tenner!
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I still watch it from time to time :-D Simply LOVE it :-DUsed to love Miami Vice...
OK so who else is going to own up to rolling up the sleeves of their pastel linen jacket?
I know those are nightclub prices, but certainly for much of the 80s a pint was a quid or less (hence "beer tokens"- but I do remember pound-notes), and I remember uni halls charging 40p a pint even in the late 80s.
(Seeing myself falling into the same trap as my forefathers, of not really accepting the concept of inflation).
Buying an Interrail ticket and heading off into Europe with £200 worth of Eurocheques in my pocket and expecting them to last a month.
Amazingly that is the current price list!
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
Well, it worked for Laurie Lee but, then, he could play the violin.
I slightly missed the point on that one! Incredible.
I do remember "triples for quid" though - that never ended well.
I remember watching the Davis-Taylor world snooker final from my bed in Batley General Hospital after the only motorcycle accident that ever left me in hospital.
I recovered in time for the final year of my degree course.
Followed that with a three month tour of Europe in a VW camper van before starting work.
Some of us are still living the '80s dream...
(OK the M100 is from '91 but was designed in the '80s!)
Does anyone remember "The Final Solution" nightclub in Nottingham Lace Market?
Great cocktail bar.
Spacedust
Marathon
Quattro (the luminous green "fruit" drink of choice!)
AstroWars
Home disco lights in your bedroom.
The Top 40 was a key highlight of the week, and everyone was interested. And you recorded it at home, editing out the DJ.
So clever my foot fell off.
Just found this thread :)
5000+ games on the C64, Bruce Lee and International Karate II being two of my all time favorites.
Adam and the Ants album as well, although I was more into synthy stuff like Tangerine Dream (still am actually) and Patrick O'hearn.
Big time FM pirate, mostly to do distances, but sometimes a bit of music and requests for the ladies we encountered in the swimming pool in summer and who listened to us being silly on air until late in the night sometimes eightplexing (is that actually a word?) away. Tubes were the way to go, ECC85, EL95 and as an end stage the QQE0312 I believe.................
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
True but probably worth it.
- - - Updated - - -
Very true, definitely worth it.Then he might not have to listen to X-Factor contestants
M.
Early 80's got divorced and bought a luxury flat. Work was great... company cars etc. Suddenly females were plentiful ... what a time! Then I met a beautiful French girl (half Italian) teaching here ..shacked up with her.. South of France 3 times a year... car laid on and the best of everything.. by her wealthy parents. Her Dad was high up in the French Navy so we had the use of the Officers facilities in Toulon.
Lasted through to 1993.
Great decade for me.
1980-82: Living in a village near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Remember cycling to Abingdon with my brother on Saturdays to spend pocket money on sweets and Airfix kits. Listening to the Top 40, Hooked on Classics, The Specials. Watched Knight Rider, BJ and the Bear, Blake's 7. Recall the Falklands War and British Leyland strikes. My dad's BL company cars: Austin Princess, Rover SD1s (he started with a 3500 and consistently got smaller-engined versions culminating in a 2000) then a Metro which all the management were encouraged to drive to help drive brand and demand. I coveted an Ingersoll 7013 digital watch in Woolworths and received it for Christmas. We then moved to the Midlands with dad's job.
1982-85: Solihull became the new stomping ground. Getting the bus there and to Tudor Grange swimming pool, taking the train to Birmingham with school mates. Friday night discos at the youth club. Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy, Ultravox (first gig) at the NEC, Madness, Simple Minds (met them at Virgin Mega Store in Birmingham). Wore burgundy-coloured stay-press trousers and a bubble jacket. Ingersoll was replaced with a Casio AQ222 Ana-Digi. Got a BBC Model B computer for Christmas one year. Played Elite, Repton and Chuckie Egg.
1985-87: Sixth Form College. Cycling to college on my Raleigh Winner bike toting my Head sports bag. Played a lot of tennis, wore a lot of Adidas tennis (Ivan Lendl) and sports wear (still do!), Campri ski jackets and Hi-Tec trainers. Proper blockbuster movies like The Karate Kid, Top Gun etc. Watched Commando on VHS over and over again at my mate's house. Discovered beer. Went clubbing in Birmingham: Edwards No 8, Pagoda Palace, The Dome - wearing a flecked suit and tie to get in. Saturday job in local Tesco pricing items and stacking shelves. Graduated to the deli counter. Drank too much whisky celebrating end of A Levels. Threw up waiting for taxi. Still can't stand the smell of whisky now. Bought a Pulsar Y128 quartz watch (still have it). Failed A Levels. Passed driving test in a Nissan Sunny hatchback. Bought an Amstrad hifi with cash from summer job. Was hopeless with girls.
1987-88: Retook A Levels. Did better this time. Being (mostly) hopeless with girls. Bought a Citizen diver's watch and put an aftermarket Jubilee bracelet on it. Bought some Ray Ban aviator sunglasses. Thought I was the dog's b0ll0cks. Headed off to Uni.
1988+ University. Moving up north, living in halls, learning to cook and budget. Drinking a lot of good ale. Struggling into lectures hung over from the night before. Staying up all night singing along to Queen's Greatest hits. Dance music hadn't quite hit it big yet so dancing in the Student Union to proper music. Love life improved. Drank so much on NYE 1988 that I fell over on the way home and bashed my face up quite a bit. Draught Boddington's Bitter at the local pub for under a £1 a pint. Theakston's Ale in the SU was 65p.
- Chuckie Egg on the ZX Spectrum
- Renault Fuego
- Royal House, Matthew Wilder and Radio Gaga
- Radio cassette players and music centres
- Staypress Farahs and Fred Perry polo shirts
- stonewash denim
- C&A and Principles
- Vesta curries
- Flowers IPA
- Christmas TV
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