A Child of the 80s

I was born in 1973, so I spent a good amount of time growing up in the 80s. As a tribute to my youth, I present (well, I cut & paste...)

You know you were a child of the 80s if...

• You fell out with friends during heated arguments about the relative merits of Matt & Luke.
• You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.
• Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
• You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.
• You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.
• You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.
• You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Chevy so it looked like KITT.
• You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.
• You owned a pair leg warmers.
• You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up.
• You owned a *real* Rubik's cube.
• One word: Izod.
• You remember when MTV didn't exist. Heck, you remember when MTV actually showed videos!
• "Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.
  You were a "wanna be". Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, etc.
• "Where's the beef?"
• You know how to use a rotary phone.
• Max Headroom was cool.
• You know how (or wanted to be able) to Moonwalk!
• Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.
• You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
• Jelly bracelets & shoes!
• Your hair defied gravity.
• You are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.

Ah, the 80s. What a wonderful decade. For more fascinating 80s trivia and reminiscing, visit http://www.inthe80s.com

Don't miss this page of ditties. Some of these I remember singing on the bus on field trips.

Good times.