80's Flashback

You know you lived through the 80's if..........

You remember Don Johnson when he was "cool"

You know who shot J.R.

You remember when Michael Jackson was actually considered something of a sex symbol

You practiced getting in and out of your car through the windows

You owned at least one skinny leather tie

Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick

You wore L.A. Gear tennis shoes

You know the meaning of "Wax on/Wax Off"

You could "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses

You needed a shopping cart to carry your personal stereo with you

You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before the surgery

You watch NYPD Blue thinking, "Well, they're no Crockett and Tubbs, that's for sure"

"Outrageous!" is the term to describe something neat and cool

You think that Garbage Pail Kids are your children's worst enemy

You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke

There was nothing to question about Bert n' Ernie living together

The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter

You went out and purchased the sound track for 'Miami Vice'

You think Hulk Hogan is the best wrestler of all time

"This is your brain - this is your brain on drugs" rings a bell

You wanted to live in "The Valley"

Ferris Bueller was your idol

You watched "Star Search'"on a regular basis

Every now and then, you blurt out: "Ooh noo, Mr. Bill!!!"

You had an entire wardrobe of Esprit clothing

You know the words to the "Oscar Mayer" theme songs

Your bangs were teased perfectly to 7 inches above the rest of your hair

You have multi-colored earrings that touch your shoulders

You played Upwords, Boggle or Trivial Pursuit (the original) on a rainy afternoon

You wore lace gloves with the fingers cut off, bangle bracelets up to your elbows, bright red Reebok high tops and parachute pants to a school dance

You're still bitter that WHAM broke up

You know whose phone number 867-5309 belongs to

You have the tendency to turn up the collar of your polo shirts

You never went out for a night on the town without frosted blue eyeshadow and feathered bangs

Everything in your wardrobe was either pastel or fluorescent

You know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock"

The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick to control the racecar in Enduro Racer

You can sing all the words to "One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head, and now you understand that it is about chess

You still wear a bandana tied around your leg and/or a ponytail off-center on the side of your head

You know who Martha Quinn is

You still carry your boom box on your shoulder

You think David Hasselhoff was awesome in "Knight Rider" but sucks in "Bay Watch"

A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune

You think knickers and leg warmers are still cool

You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room

You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding

You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut

You thought a Commodore 64 was the highest technology available

You wanted to be "The Hulk" for halloween

You want to be "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"

You know who played Magnum P.I.

You remember the phrase, "The Plane, The Plane"

You can name at least three members of the Brat Pack

You still think banana clips were a godsend

You still wear Wet n' Wild makeup

Your idea of hi-tech toys is still the heat-sensitive color-changing sticker on Transformers

You remember Bruce Willis from "Moonlighting" - not "Die Hard"

You still wear your "Members Only" jacket

You still have a couple of those barettes made of woven ribbons

You had snap bracelets

You remember when Pee-Wee wasn't a pervert

You had five pairs of socks on at any given time

You still think Donkey Kong can beat Mario up

You still have your scratch-n-sniff sticker collection

You remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach explode

You ever used Lee Press-On Nails

You still wear jelly shoes

You're still hoping for a New Kids on the Block reunion tour

You still argue over who was better - Tiffany or Debbie Gibson

News & Economy

President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Cost of a new home: $127,200
Cost of a new car: $13,386
Median Household Income: $26,061
First-class stamp: $0.22
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.95

Top 5 Movie Money Makers

Three Men and a Baby
Fatal Attraction
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Good Morning, Vietnam
Moonstruck

Academy Awards
Best Actor: Michael Douglas: Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher: Moonstruck
Best Picture: The Last Emperor

Top 10 TV Favorites

1. The Cosby Show
2. A Different World
3. Cheers
4. Growing Pains
5. Night Court
6. The Golden Girls
7. Who's The Boss?
8. 60 Minutes
9. Murder She Wrote
10. The Wonder Years

Music

Billboard Top 10
1. With Or Without You - U2
2. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
3. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
4. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
5. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters
6. I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
8. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
9. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
10. Lady In Red, The - Chris De Burgh

Top Albums
• Control - Janet Jackson
• Fore! - Huey Lewis and the News
• Invisible Touch - Genesis
• Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
• Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
• The Joshua Tree - U2
• The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Sports

Superbowl XXII:
Washington 42 - Denver 20
College Football Champion:
Miami-FL
NBA Championship:
LA Lakers over Boston Celtics 4-2
NCAA National Champions:
Indiana 30-4
World Series Champs:
Minnesota Twins over St.L. Cardinals 4-3

Are You a Child of the 80s?

Trapped between the "Baby Boomers" and "Generation Y" is a special generation ... a generation we call "Children of the Eighties." If you can identify with most of the 15 points below, chances are you are definitely one of them ...

You owned a *real* Rubik's cube.
One word: Izod.
You remember when MTV didn't exist. Alternatively you remember when the M stood for Music, not Mundane.
"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.
Leg warmers and headbands alá Pat Benatar once looked really cool to you.
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.

MUSIC

Top 100 Music Hits

1. "Faith".....George Michael

2. "Alone".....Heart

3. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" .....Whitney Houston

4. "C'est la Vie".....Robbie Nevil

5. "Shake You Down".....Gregory Abbott

6. "La Bamba".....Los Lobos

7. "Livin' On A Prayer".....Bon Jovi

8. "Here I Go Again".....Whitesnake

9. "Heaven Is A Place On Earth".....Belinda Carlisle

10. "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life".....Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

11. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".....Starship

12. "I Think We're Alone Now".....Tiffany

13. "With Or Without You".....U2

14. "At This Moment".....Billy Vera and the Beaters

15. "Keep Your Hands To Yourself".....Georgia Satellites

16. "Heart And Soul".....T'Pau

17. "Open Your Heart".....Madonna

18. "Didn't We Almost Have It All".....Whitney Houston

19. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".....U2

20. "Looking For A New Love".....Jody Watley

21. "Don't Dream It's Over".....Crowded House

22. "Is This Love".....Whitesnake

23. "Shake Your Love".....Debbie Gibson

24. "Shakedown".....Bob Seger

25. "Notorious".....Duran Duran

26. "I Want Your Sex".....George Michael

27. "The Lady In Red".....Chris DeBurgh

28. "Always".....Atlantic Starr

29. "Head To Toe".....Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

30. "Mony Mony".....Billy Idol

31. "Only In My Dreams".....Debbie Gibson

32. "Land Of Confusion".....Genesis

33. "Lost In Emotion"....Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

34. "Should've Known Better".....Richard Marx

35. "You Keep Me Hanging On".....Kim Wilde

36. "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)".....Samantha Fox

37. "Lean On Me".....Club Nouveau

38. "Catch Me (I'm Falling)".....Poison

39. "I Knew You Were Waiting".....Aretha Franklin & George Michael

40. "(I Just) Died In Your Arms".....Cutting Crew

41. "Control".....Janet Jackson

42. "Somewhere Out There".....Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

43. "U Got The Look".....Prince

44. "Don't You Want Me".....Jody Watley

45. "Jacob's Ladder".....Huey Lewis and the News

46. "I Heard A Rumour".....Bananarama

47. "Little Lies".....Fleetwood Mac

48. "Songbird".....Kenny G

49. "Breakout".....Swing Out Sister

50. "Someday".....Glass Tiger

51. "Bad".....Michael Jackson

52. "In Too Deep:.....Genesis

53. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You".....Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett

54. "La Isla Bonita".....Madonna

55. "Let's Wait Awhile".....Janet Jackson

56. "Luka".....Suzanne Vega

57. "You Got It All".....The Jets

58. "Who's That Girl".....Madonna

59. "Don't Mean Nothing".....Richard Marx

60. "Come On With Me".....Expose

61. "Will You Still Love Me?".....Chicago

62. "Wanted Dead Or Alive".....Bon Jovi

63. "Don't Disturb This Groove".....The System

64. "Change Of Heart".....Cyndi Lauper

65. "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You".....Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

66. "Casanova".....Levert

67. "When Smokey Sings".....ABC

68."Is This Love".....Survivor

69. "The Finer Things".....Steve Winwood

70. "Rock Steady".....The Whispers

71. "Big Time".....Peter Gabriel

72. "Point Of No Return".....Expose

73. "We'll Be Together".....Sting

74. "Something So Strong".....Crowded House

75. "Victory".....Kool and the Gang

76. "The One I Love"......R.E.M.

77. "Causing A Commotion".....Madonna

78. "Sign O' The Times".....Prince

79. "Carrie".....Europe

80. "Mandolin Rain".....Bruce Hornsby and the Range

81. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight".....Genesis

82. "Can't We Try".....Dan Hill with Vonda Sheppard

83. "Diamonds".....Herb Albert

84. "Heart Of The Night".....Bryan Adams

85. "Let Me Be The One".....Expose

86. "Brilliant Disguise".....Bruce Springsteen

87. "Midnight Blue".....Lou Gramm

88. "Just To See Her".....Smokey Robinson

89. "Doing It All For My Baby".....Huey Lewis and the News

90. "Valerie".....Steve Winwood

91. "Cross My Broken Heart".....The Jets

92. "Ballerina Girl".....Lionel Richie

93. "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You".....Glenn Medeiros

94. "It's A Sin".....Pet Shop Boys

95. "I've Been In Love Before".....Cutting Crew

96. "Wipeout".....Fat Boys & Beach Boys

97. "Big Love".....Fleetwood Mac

98. "Respect Yourself".....Bruce Willis

99. "Who Will You Run To?.....Heart

100. "Right On Track".....Breakfast Club

MTV Music Awards Winners
Best Video of the Year: Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer"
Best Male Video: Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer"
Best Female Video: Madonna, "Papa Don't Preach"
Best Concept Video: Peter Gabriel/Stephen Johnson, "Sledgehammer"
Best Group Video: Talking Heads, "Wild Wild Life"
Best New Artist in a Video: Crowded House, "Don't Dream It's Over"
Best Special Effects in a Video: Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer"
Best Direction in a Video: Peter Gabriel, "Sledgehammer"
Video Vanguard Award: Julien Temple and Peter Gabriel
Viewer's Choice Award: U2, "With Or Without You"
Best Video from a Film: Talking Heads, "Wild Wild Life" (True Stories)

Grammy Awards Winners
Album of the Year
U2, The Joshua Tree
Record of the Year
PAUL SIMON, "Graceland"
Song of the Year
JAMES HORNER, BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL, "Somewhere Out There" (Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram)
Best Album Package
BILL JOHNSON, art director, King's Record Shop (Rosanne Cash)
Best Engineering
BRUCE SWEDIEN & HUMBERTO GATICA, Bad (Michael Jackson)
Best Classical Album
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, Horowitz in Moscow
Best Comedy Recording
ROBIN WILLIAMS, A Night at the Met
Best Instrumental Composition
DEXTER GORDON, et. al., "Call Sheet Blues"
Best Album of Original...Score
ENNIO MORRICONE, The Untouchables
Best Song Written...for a Motion Picture
JAMES HORNER, BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL, "Somewhere Out There" (An American Tale)
Best Country Song
PAUL OVERSTREET & DON SCHLITZ, "Forever And Ever, Amen" (Randy Travis)
Best Country Intrumental Performance
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, "String Of Pars"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Duo/Group
DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT & EMMYLOU HARRIS, Trio
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
K.T. OSLIN, "80s Ladies"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
RANDY TRAVIS, Always and Forever
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
PAT METHENY GROUP, Still Life
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
WYNTON MARSALIS, Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA (conducted by MERCER ELLINGTON), Digital Duke
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
DEXTER GORDON, The Other Side of Round Midnight
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
DIANE SCHUUR, Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
BOBBY McFERRIN, "What Is This Thing Called Love"
Best Concept Music Video
GENESIS, "Land Of Confusion"
Best New Artist
JODY WATLEY
Best Pop Performance, Duo/Group
BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES, "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
WHITNEY HOUSTON, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
STING, Bring on the Night
Best R&B Song
BILL WITHERS, "Lean On Me"
Best R&B Instrumental Performance
DAVID SANBORN, "Chicago Song"
Best R&B Performance, Duo/Group
ARETHA FRANKLIN & GEORGE MICHAEL, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
ARETHA FRANKLIN, Aretha
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
SMOKEY ROBINSON, "Just To See Her"
Best Rock Performance, Duo/Group
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Duo/Group
U2, The Joshua Tree
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Tunnel of Love
Best Gospel Performance, Female
DENIECE WILLIAMS, "I Believe In You"
Best Gospel Performance, Male
LARNELLE HARRIS, The Father Hath Provided
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Duo/Group
THE WINANS & ANITA BAKER, "Ain't No Need To Worry"
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
CECE WINANS, "For Always"
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
AL GREEN, "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Best Traditional Blues Recording
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, Houseparty New Orleans Style
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
ROBERT CRAY BAND, Strong Persuader
Best Reggae Recording
PETER TOSH, No Nuclear War
Best New Age Performance
YUSEF LATEEF, Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony