The 80's are back

"Chteelers" (chteelers)
10/16/2013 at 15:20 • Filed to: None

Lady GaGa is Madonna, Miley Cyrus is Olivia Newton John. Kate Middleton is Lady Di.

DubStep is NewWave and techno rolled together.

The BMW E30 is a desirable car. The DeLorean is voted cool.

Dayglo, Ray Bans, big hair are all back baby.

Seriously, go to the 1980's wiki pages for music, fashion and pop culture and ask yourself if anything there would be at all out of place if you saw it on the streets?

Tell me what else you see that has totally comeback full circle!

DISCUSSION (25)

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:24

Yep.
And I bought myself a 80's Mazda Cosmo Rotary Turbo few weeks ago.

Now we need another RX-7.

Chteelers > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
10/16/2013 at 15:26

The Cosmo is definitley a sweet ride, and furthering my thesis, will draw admirable attention out on the roads today.

Gamecat235 > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:28

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* I don't have time to argue your point, but I wish that I did

Chteelers > Gamecat235
10/16/2013 at 15:33

You disagree with the thesis-as-fact? or simply don't want the 80's to come back?

Sparf > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:34

I've been 80s-obsessed pretty much all year, so yeah this is very much true. I even bought an 80s Celica a few months ago!

Another thing that's definitely popular is Synthwave and Outrun Electro music. I fucking love Outrun, and Synthwave is pretty awesome as well. Then there's also the fact that somebody made this video:

Every trick in the 80s TV commercial book at once.

Hoccy > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:34

I'm still waiting for hair metal to come back.

Your boy, BJR > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:34

I started brushing my long hair back so instead of a stoner I look like Kurt Russell.....

Gamecat235 > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:37

::twitch::

I grew up in the 80's. These are not the 80's.

We are merely in the age where people who grew up in the 80's are now waxing nostalgic and have the power to manipulate markets to relive their youth selectively.

(like I said, old person rant)

killerkoolaid37 > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:44

Miley is no ONJ. Not on your life!

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:45

ya, especially when I put my pop up headlights. Afterall it's 1980, so everybody still have their pop-up headlights.

EL_ULY > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:46

Booooooo the 80's!

Chteelers > Gamecat235
10/16/2013 at 15:58

No offense taken. But I didn't say it WAS the 80's, merely that 80's stuff is all coming back in vogue (pun intended). I agree with your criticism that much of the resurgence is unoriginal and a shallow ripoff of the genuine article, but this doesn't disprove my assertion that a lot of what we see today is very heavily 80's influenced, original or not.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:58

GM having a V8 that can act as a 4 cylinder. Displacement on demand 6.2 is the modern version of the old V 8-6-4 368 cadillac motor.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 15:59

4-cylinder turbo fords and turbocharged buicks are big news!

JEM > Gamecat235
10/16/2013 at 16:01

If this was the 80's, I'd have feathered hair.

I do not currently have feathered hair again (THANK GOD).

This is not the 80's you're looking for. Move along.

Chteelers > killerkoolaid37
10/16/2013 at 16:02

The wholesome girl-next-door actress/singer turned sex symbol, not because she is a sex symbol, but purely for marketing re-branding?

Chteelers > Sparf
10/16/2013 at 16:05

Wow. That was incredible apropos. Good man.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Hoccy
10/16/2013 at 16:07

I'd rather wait for extreme metal to be reborn.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Sparf
10/16/2013 at 16:08

Part of the reason why 80s cars are popular is due to recent car prices as well as too much 90s kidism.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/16/2013 at 16:11

The Buick Regal doesn't necessarily suck.

Sparf > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
10/16/2013 at 16:11

Well, I actually love 80s Japanese and American sports cars for aesthetic reasons mainly so the price thing is just a nice coincidence.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Sparf
10/16/2013 at 16:13

Don't get me wrong, me too, that's why I mentioned "90s kiddism". 80s cars were still big in the 90s (hell the first Corvette I ever saw was a C4).

Hoccy > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
10/16/2013 at 16:24

I don't really want hair metal back.

The rock music though, I'd love to see that back in fashion. Or back with full quality, to be precise.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > JEM
10/16/2013 at 16:25

See, I was going to reference feathered hair, but, thankfully, you beat me to it. Yet another 80's trend I had to live through, and do not wish to repeat. That, and acid washed jeans.

GreenN_Gold > Chteelers
10/16/2013 at 17:13

I keep seeing these sunglasses that they used to give out for free at Blockbuster video. I thought they were cool when I was a little kid. I guess I was...right?

Kinja'd!!!

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