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I grew up in the 80's...Graduated in 1984...so I have fond memories! Here's a list of some of my favorites from that 'magical' time... |
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 This is one of my favorite Movies from the 80's.... Say Anything 1989 - USA Director - Cameron Crowe Say Anything stars Ione Skye as an over-achieving high-school graduate soon to head to England for a scholarship, and John Cusack as the ne'er do well Army brat she has started dating. Her father sees Cusack as the exact wrong thing at this moment in her life and the relationship between father and daughter is tested, and prevails. Cusack spends the rest of the shrinking summer trying to win her attentions back. The main characters of Say Anything are as carefully drawn as any you'll find in contemporary film, a real counterpoint to the abundance of John Hughes productions making light and cheap of the terrors and rewards of living in modern American society, especially as a young person. Tell me who doesn't remember John Cusack standing with the boom box over his head professing his LOVE!?!? |
Can you still talk like a "Valley Girl"? GLOSSARY OF 80'S TERMS...... As If (1)Excl. I'd rather not. "Hey why don't you go out with that guy in the Izod shirt?" "AS IF!" Awesome (1)Adj. Something extremely good, and exceptional example. ie. "That movie was awesome." Bad (1)Adj. Good. ie. "That movie was bad, man." Bogus (1)Adj. Not good. ie. "I just died. That's pretty bogus." (2)Excl. Really not good. ie. "Aw man, that cop took my board." "Bogus!" Chill Pill (1)Excl. Take it easy. ie. "Take a Chill Pill! You're gonna get us all busted." Chillin' (1)Verb. To be resting. ie. "I'm just chillin' Cool Beans (1)Adj. Cool, awesome, agreeable. Don't Have a Cow (1)Phrase. Remain calm, don't get excited. Dork (1)Noun. Someone who is not cool. ie. "Bill Gates is a real dork." Dude/Dudette (1)Noun. The opposite of a dork. (2)Excl. A greeting. Used with a close friend "Dude!" Origins of this context word can be traced to California. Dudical (1)Adj. Used to describe a place or thing as cool as someone dubbed a "dude ". Dufus (1)Noun. Someone who acts stupid. ie. "Only a dufus would play with matches." or "Don't be a dufus." Duh (1)Adj. Stupid. Usually used with the word "like" Dweeb (1)Noun. Someone who is not cool. ie. "Bill Gates is a real dweeb." Excellent (1)Excl. Superb. Fer Sure (1)Phrase. Definitely. ie. "Do you want to meet Duran Duran?" "Fer Sure!" Gag Me With a Spoon (1)Phrase. Disgusting. Geek (1)Noun. A person who is not hip, usually implies stupidity as well. ie. "Don't be such a geek!" Gnarly (1)Adj. Exceptional. ie. "That move you just did with your board was gnarly." Grodie (1)Adj. Disgusting. ie. "That garbage pail looks grodie." Gross Me Out (1)Excl. Disgusting. Gross Me Out the Door (1)Excl. Very Disgusting. Killer (1)Adj. very cool. ie. "Your blue lip gloss is killer!" Kiss My Grits (1)Excl. A more polite way of saying "kiss my ass." Origins of phrase trace back to the seventies on "Alice's Diner", it was a carry over for a few years into the eighties. Like Used as a modifier, really has no definition. ie. "I was all like, No Way" Used mostly in Valley Girl speak, it was the most widely used aspect of this stereotype. Like, oh my God! (1)Excl. Wow. Unbelievable. Make Me Barf (1)Phrase. A way to signal disgust with a situation. Sometimes used as "Make me wanna barf." ie. "I just bought a new Englebert Humperdink album." "Oh, don't play it. That'll make me barf." McFly (1)Excl. Someone has just done something very stupid. ex: "Nice move McFly" origin is the 80's movie, Back to the future. Nerd (1)Noun. Someone who is very smart and socially unacceptable. ie. "Bill Gates is one of the most successful nerds today." No Way (1)Excl. Not going to do that. "Do your homework!" "No Way!" (2)Excl. Disbelief. "I got tickets to Duran Duran." "No Way!" Preppie (1)Noun. A person who dressed in upscale clothing and acted snobbish towards people not in the same social standings. ie. "That guy wearing the Izods is such a preppie." Psyche (1)Excl. Ha! Fooled you! ie. Person offers an ice cream cone, and then pulls it away, he would then yell "Psyche!". Origins can be traced to an Eddie Murphy comedy sketch. Radical (1)Adj. Something extremely hip, almost awsome ie. "His moves are quite radical." Rippen, Rips (1)Adj. Something very cool. ie. "That Firebirds rippen man" Smooth move, X-Lax (1)Excl. That was a really stupid action. Stellar (1)Adj. very cool. ie. "Your blue lip gloss is stellar!" To The Max (1)Adj. Used in conjunction with any adjective that you want to emphasize. ie "That chick is annoying to the max!" Totally Awesome (1)Adj. Something truly exceptional, not flawed in any ways. "That was like, totally awesome." Totally Tubular (1)Adj. A really cool move in skateboarding. Trippendicular (1)Adj. Something that is totally amazing. Val (1)Abrv. Short for Valley Girl. ie. "I'm a Val, I know, but it's ok because I come from a real cool part of Encino." "Way","No Way" (1)An exchange between two people when one believes something the other does not. ie. "I saw your girlfriend with another guy" "No Way" "Way" "No Way" "Way" Way Cool (1)Adj. Very cool. ie. "The A-Team is way cool." Whatever (1)Excl. Universally used for anything that leaves even an ounce of doubt in your mind. Usually used in a condescending tone by a Valley Girl. ie. "So she said, 'I really like your purse' and I'm like 'Whatever!'" Wicked (1)Adj. Excellent or great. ie. "That movie was wicked" Yeah! That's the ticket" (1)Phrase. That sounds correct. Usually an indication that an explanation was just created. Originated from Saturday Night Live sketch with Jon Lovitz who was a habitual liar in the sketch. Yo (1)Excl. A greeting. ie. "Yo, what's happening?" Yuppie (1)Noun. A person who is a white collar worker who has possessions of an expensive nature and flaunts them. ie. "You see that guy in the Saab, he's such a yuppie." Origins trace back to the beginning of the decade when the "Yuppie Handbook" was written identifying the breed. Yuppie came from the acronym YUP, which stood for Young Urban Professional. |
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Top 25 Songs of my Graduating Year..... My Favorite (Local) 80's Cover Band~The Reaganomics! |
 LOVE in the 80's! (A Funny Lil' Ditty) Love in the Eighties Written by: Unknown author. Edited and added to by: Brian Nern I was working part time in a five and dime. My boss was Mr. Magee. He was six foot four and full of muscles and walked like an Egyptian, but I was happy to be stuck with him. One manic Monday, while I was busy working for the weekend, I overheard him make a careless whisper. He told two of my co-workers, Jack and Diane, that I gave love a bad name. Well, I got so emotional, baby. I told him to say say say what he wants, but don't play games with my affection. He told me it was hard for him to say he's sorry and not to worry, to be happy. Then he blamed it on the rain. He was so out of touch. It just took my breath away. I couldn't fight this feeling any longer. I asked him "What's love got to do with it?" He told me to get outta his store and his dreams and into my car. So I figured I might as well jump. I cut footloose, went home and called my girl, Jenny. (You already know the number). She was on the other line with Amanda. They were talking about Mickey and how he was so fine. That blew my mind! Was she really going out with him? I told her that I had just called to say I love her. She told me she had been saving all her love for me, but now she was looking for a new love - asta la vista, baby. I thought "I can't go for that - no can do! Bring me a higher love!" I called up some of my old west end girls, hoping that one of them would want to get physical all night long (all night). First I called Billie Jean - she told me to beat it. I called Rosanna - her sister Christian blessed the rains down in Africa and then hung up on me. I tried Angela, but her answering machine just said, "853-5937. Angela can't make it to the phone. If you want to leave your name and number she'll give you a ring when she gets home." "Come on, Eileen! ... no answer. Nobody told me there'd be days like these! I was feeling like the owner of a lonely heart. Then, out of the blue, my best friend's girlfriend (she used to be mine) Roxanne calls. Yes, the real Roxanne. She told me she still hadn't found what she's looking for and that she wanted to take on me. I said "I thought you were Jessie's girl." She said "Don't you want me? You don't have to put on the red light - I'm on my own." What a feeling! I had the eye of the tiger. Who was I f-f-f-foolin? Roxanne drove me crazy like no one else. She's a beauty! She's one in a million girls! She blinded me with science, and weird science at that. There was always something there to remind me of her and I just knew that I'd have the time of my life. I wasn't about to la-di-da-di. I jumped in my little red Corvette and rocked down to Electric Avenue. I got my mind set on her. When I got to her house (in the middle of her street) I ran. I rapped on her front door and to this rapper's delight, I heard a voice say "Who can it be now?" "Here I am, the one that you love", I replied. I let my love open the door and was immediately lost in her eyes. I felt like a virgin touched for the very first time. She loosened her blouse and said "Rock me Amadeus!" Well, I felt it was my prerogative to bust a move. I told her "I'll tumble for ya!" as I pinned her on the stairs, hungry like the wolf. Just then I felt an invisible touch on my shoulder. I knew right then that our love was in Jeopardy. "Turn around bright eyes!" said a familiar voice. As I did, Jessie hit me with a sledgehammer of an uppercut that spun me right round like a record. He was hangin' tough and continued to roll with it, knocking the wind from beneath my wings-broken wings by this time. He rocked me tonight, for old time's sake, beating me from head to toe, until my true colors were black and blue and blood was spilling from my mouth like red, red wine. "You don't owe me money for nothing!" he snarled. At this point I was livin' on a prayer. I crawled back to my little red Corvette and drove home thinking about how my tainted love had cut like a knife - how it seems that every rose, truly, has its thorn. No longer do I want to know what love is. Don't fall in love! Love stinks. |
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 Kent & I's song in the 80's and still special to this day.... Open Arms Lying beside you, here in the dark Feeling your heart beat with mine Softly you whisper, you're so sincere How could our love be so blind We sailed on together We drifted apart And here you are by my side So now I come to you, with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am, with open arms Hoping you'll see what you love means to me... Open arms Living without you, living alone This empty house seems so cold Wanting to hold you, wanting you near How much I wanted you home But now that you've come back Turned night into day I - need you to stay (chorus) So now I come to you, with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am, with open arms Hoping you'll see, what your love means to me... Open arms |
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