tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post4057316901770747370..comments2024-03-26T08:09:33.829+00:00Comments on The Plastic Mancunian: How Cool Were The 80's?Plastic Mancunianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-49842935380112998232009-08-31T20:17:19.559+01:002009-08-31T20:17:19.559+01:00Hi Lidian,
You're the same age as me so I kno...Hi Lidian,<br /><br />You're the same age as me so I know exactly what you mean. <br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-4800928319483578412009-08-31T19:35:05.959+01:002009-08-31T19:35:05.959+01:00I would also like to go back to the 80s, minus the...I would also like to go back to the 80s, minus the shoulder pads and the big hair. I started college (university to you in the UK) in 1980, and spent most of the decade as a student (undergrad and then grad) which was (mostly) quite enjoyable. You know, except for Old English class and its, er, ilk.<br /><br />I would go back to 1983-84 in a time machine, with my 46 year old brain. Absolutely! Have some good ideas about what I'd get up to, too :)Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-23674291571267831662009-08-27T08:04:02.607+01:002009-08-27T08:04:02.607+01:00Hi Kath,
Yes I wore skinny ties too (none of the ...Hi Kath,<br /><br />Yes I wore skinny ties too (none of the other things you mentioned though :0) ) - and the tightness of the jeans in the 80s brings tear to my eyes when I think about them.<br /><br />People say the fashion of the 80s was awful - I reckon the 70s was far worse. <br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-51178979602595745722009-08-27T08:00:18.618+01:002009-08-27T08:00:18.618+01:00Hi Bingkee,
My sisters were both huge Duran Duran...Hi Bingkee,<br /><br />My sisters were both huge Duran Duran fans; my youngest sister covered her bedroom walls with posters of them. I never liked The Smiths - I just never got them (though I have met the drummer).<br /><br />Which hormones? The ones that made me think about women to the exclusion of everything else; the ones that made my face look like a Pizza Hut meat feast. This is one of the reasons why I think life can be so difficult for young people; your body is urging you to do stuff, yet your face mutates into something alien.<br /><br />:0)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-51494761136426575312009-08-27T04:53:00.715+01:002009-08-27T04:53:00.715+01:00They were cool. For me it was turning 13 in 1981,...They were cool. For me it was turning 13 in 1981, so the music, fashion and attitudes formed my growing up years.<br /><br />Spiral permed hair, acid wash jeans and jackets, baby pink sneakers and skinny ties, eyeliner and frosted lipstick....Kath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170913783015287649.post-26038573394270906922009-08-27T04:07:34.615+01:002009-08-27T04:07:34.615+01:00I love the 80's and everything about it ---mai...I love the 80's and everything about it ---mainly because I was a teenager then too. I was 12 when the decade came. (1980)<br />My hair was not the pouffy type but ala- Patti Smith of Scandal, and the pouffy hair was when I was in college. <br />The songs you mentioned, I love them too. But I was more into Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and The Smith.<br /><br />Well...driven by hormones? Which hormone?bingkeehttp://www.ilovehateamerica.comnoreply@blogger.com