1980s Nostalgia Thread: commercials, themes songs, chart hits, etc.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

There's more for your life at Sears!

[Guest PasadenaCA]

University of Utah and the press conference on Cold Fusion.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

"The Day After": ABC movie about nuclear war.

http://youtu.be/YUEINQCKLHc

[Suckrates]

Ah YES, shoulder pads and bitch brawls in a wading pool.......Those were the days.

[Suckrates]

Tastes great, less filling: Miller Lite commercial from the mid-80s with a lot of personalities of that era.

I always thought THIS slogan was an ad for COCKS under 9" ?.....

[Guest PasadenaCA]

I always thought THIS slogan was an ad for COCKS under 9" ?.....

I'll play it again; maybe I missed something!

[Guest PasadenaCA]

CBS news report on the 1980 Voyager I mission to Saturn. There doesn't appear to be sound.

http://youtu.be/CJvubZabYas

NASA highlights its accomplishments in 1980 including the Voyager I mission to Saturn. The video quality isn't great.

http://youtu.be/jY-cGo8ihoo

[Guest PasadenaCA]

Nightline covers the death of John Lennon.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

US boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

1980 debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

The 1980 Cuban refugee problem.

[Suckrates]

OK Pas, you've had your time travel moment !

[Guest PasadenaCA]

Eruption of Mount St Helens (Dan Rather reports)

[Guest PasadenaCA]

CNN is launched.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

First shipment from the DeLorean Motor Company

[Guest PasadenaCA]

1981 trailer for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

1980 trailer for Airplane!

[Guest PasadenaCA]

The 1981 Royal Wedding.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

MTV is launched. Here's the opening sequence where the VJs are introduced.

[AdamSmith]

This is no slur on the thread or topic at all. But I must say most of these things remind me why I endeavored, by whatever means at hand, to be in a walking coma through as much of that decade as possible.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

This is no slur on the thread or topic at all. But I must say most of these things remind me why I endeavored, by whatever means at hand, to be in a walking coma through as much of that decade as possible.

LOL I enjoyed the 80s. It was a crazy time.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

The theme from Cagney and Lacey

[Guest EXPAT]

I prefer the music of the 70's but I prefer the TV shows of the 80's.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

I prefer the music of the 70's but I prefer the TV shows of the 80's.

Agreed. The 80s was viewed as a bit of a musical desert. I remember being glued to MTV in the early 80s. Sting stands out, but few others. There were some great British bands--at least they seemed great at the time. I guess technology invaded the pop scene, which created some exciting bands--and could hit faults.

[Guest PasadenaCA]

John Belushi dies.

http://youtu.be/FiufQTHPRKM