80's Girls!

WHO are you? FUN quiz from "The Couch" to share with everyone!

blondeyy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:55:00 -0700

This is just a fun little quiz about YOU! Philosophy suggests that, in the simplest terms, we are all complex individuals, but it is the simplest of things we DO and PREFER that define us.

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Hey 80's gals! Invite to The Couch!

blondeyy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:49:30 -0700

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE COUCH!

This is an interactive group where we have weekly relationsihp polls, frienship quizzes and a Pajama Party night Topic of Discussion where the TOPIC is picked by the members!

We offer advice to eachother on a plethera of topics!

**WE ALSO HAVE ADDED THE "COUCH CAFE" - a chat room open daily 24/7 - which is a bit of a combination of Twitter and a chat room. Just drop in and say 'Hi" or stay awhile and chat with the group!

**Our last discussion was The Fashion Faux-Pas of the 80's and was a seriously fun time - where you get to pick the pajamas you want to wear for the party of the evening for topic of discussion!

Ice Cube Trays

Monique Marie — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:20:33 -0700

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Ice ahoy! Go ahead and make your party's fun unsinkable with this Gin and Titonic Ice Tray ($6.98). (Titonic, get it?) Be sure to watch your guests' faces light up as you hand them their drinks chilled with Titanic and icebergs (and be sure to tell them you're King of the World!)

80's Music Lyrics Quiz

laluna — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:18:14 -0700

Who Sang These Words???

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movie title

HipMom — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:22:57 -0700

Hey, does anyone remember the title of that movie where a kid was living in the attic of a department store/mall and at night he came out and got clothes, food, etc? I loved that movie when I was little but I can't remember the title!

Where Are They Now: '80s New Wave Musicians

laluna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:12:29 -0700

Duran Duran
Pretty boy '80s hitmaker Duran Duran has weathered the ravages of time quite well. The band's recently released album, "Red Carpet Massacre," includes collaborations with today's pop princes Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

Duran Duran, with original members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor, achieved massive success during the early '80s with a string of hits like "Rio," "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Save a Prayer" and "Is There Something I Should Know?" By 1985, however, they split to pursue different projects. All told, Duran Duran has had 21 singles in the Billboard Hot 100, and has sold 85 million albums.

Did You Know?
- Lead singer Simon Le Bon is still married to fashion model Yasmin Parvaneh after 22 years - an eternity in the world of rock star-model unions. The couple has three creatively named daughters: Amber Rose Tamara, Saffron Sahara and Tallulah Pine.
-John Taylor's second wife, Gela Nash, is the co-founder and designer of the popular fashion line Juicy Couture. He appeared on episodes of the TV shows "Miami Vice" in 1985 and on "That '70s Show" in 2002.

Duran Duran

Boy George
Boy George (a.k.a. George Alan O'Dowd) and his band Culture Club took the '80s music scene by storm - thanks to George's "blue-eyed soul" sound and hip, gender-bender persona. The band's 1982 album, "Kissing to Be Clever," spawned the massive singles "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya."

The next album, "Colour by Numbers," was also huge, anchored by the group's biggest hit "Karma Chameleon." By 1985, though, George was deep in the throes of a serious heroin addiction, which eventually tore the band apart and put George under the radar for many years.

George still makes the scene, mainly as a club DJ, but the biggest headlines about him of late concern his legal troubles. In October 2005, George called the police to report a burglar in his Greenwich Village apartment. When police showed up, they didn't find an intruder, but they did find 13 bags of cocaine.

In 2006, George served out the community service portion of his sentence by picking up garbage in Manhattan, wearing a bright orange prison jumpsuit.

And in early November, George, 47, was charged with falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old man, British police said. The Norwegian man, Auden Karlsen, said he went to the singer's London flat to pose for some photographs, but claimed he was chained up and threatened by George and another man. Did you really want to hurt him, George?

Did You Know?

In 1986, George played himself in an episode of the popular TV show "The A-Team," called "Cowboy George." The plot involved a country singer Cowboy George being booked to play in a small rural town, but due to a mix-up, Boy George arrives instead. Whoops!

Pal Rosie O'Donnell fronted all of the money and served as the producer of George's musical, "Taboo," which appeared on Broadway in 2002. After largely negative reviews, the show closed after 100 performances, losing all of O'Donnell's $10 million investment.

Boy George

Adam Ant
Adam Ant, born Stuart Leslie Goddard, fronted the short-lived '80s post-punk band Adam & the Ants. After the band broke up in 1982, Ant went solo and recorded his biggest hit, "Goody Two Shoes," which asks the question, "Don't drink, don't smoke / What do you do?"

When his 1985 hard-rock album, "Vive Le Rock," received poor reviews and disappointing sales, Ant quit music and focused on his acting career. He appeared in a number of TV shows and movies, including "Tales From the Crypt," "Love Bites," "Northern Exposure" and "La Femme Nikita." He returned to making music in the 1990s.

In September 2006, Ant began promoting his autobiography, "Stand and Deliver," in which he chronicles his career and relationships and how bipolar disorder has affected his life. A Time Out magazine review called the book "a whirlwind story of sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, suicide attempts and deranged stalkers."

Ant performed live for the first time in 11 years at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London in September 2007, where he read excerpts from his book and performed acoustic versions of many of his songs and a few covers. A new album is said to be planned for 2008.

Did You Know?
-Ant briefly dated actress Jamie Lee Curtis. He later dated actress Heather Graham.
-A legendary "swordsman" of the decade, Ant was featured in VH1's five-part "Retrosexuals: The '80s," in the episode called "Hotties."

Adam Ant

Robert Smith of The Cure
The Cure formed in England in 1976, and while the band has undergone a number of personnel changes through the years, frontman Robert Smith has always been there. It was his signature look - white makeup, dark eyeliner, red lipstick and spiked black hair - that popularized the "goth" movement. The band's depressing lyrics further cemented them as the faces of the gloomy goths.

Smith, however, never liked the goth label. By the early '80s, Smith was writing catchier, pop-friendly songs like "Let's Go to Bed," and went on to write hits like "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm in Love." The Cure's best-selling album, "Disintegration," was released in 1989, and included "Lovesong" and "Fascination Street."

In recent years, Smith has collaborated with musician Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, and the bands Korn and Blink-182.
But The Cure goes on. Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper and Porl Thompson are currently in the studio finishing off their latest album, which is scheduled for release in spring 2008. It will be The Cure's 13th studio release, and is expected to be a double CD package. The band also has a 2008 tour in the works.

Did You Know?
- According to Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist Steven Severin, Smith first used Siouxsie Sioux's lipstick after using opium. However, Smith claims that he has worn makeup since he was young.
- "South Park" creator and Cure fan Trey Parker asked Smith to voice himself in the show's first season episode called "Mecha-Streisand," where he took down a mechanical Barbra Streisand. At the episode's conclusion, Smith walked away triumphantly, and Kyle Broflovski shouted, "'Disintegration' is the best album ever!"
- Smith and Morrissey, lead singer of The Smiths, were mutual enemies in the '80s and '90s, with Smith once quoted as saying, "If Morrissey says don't eat meat, then I'll eat meat, because I hate Morrissey." It's reported the two get along much better these days.

Smith

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/Story?id=3886672&page=1

What 80's Glam Rock Band Are You?

laluna — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:58:39 -0700

http://quiz.myyearbook.com/myspace/Music/28639/What_80s_Glam_Rock_Band_A...

I got Motley Crue...

What 80's Glam Rock Band Are You?

Motley CrueWith a gritty reputation that was arguably equaled only by Guns N' Roses, Mtley Cre's infamous antics made them a force to be reckoned with in the '80s. As one of the first and most influential hair metal bands of the '80s, Mtley Cre had a series of hit albums, the biggest and most noteworthy being 1989's Dr. Feelgood.

Music Quizzes

80's Music Quiz

laluna — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:00:30 -0800

How much do you remember?

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Are you a Child of the 80's?

Schaianne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:21:08 -0700

Are You a Child of the 80's?

Take a look at this list. If you can identify with more than half of them, you are a child of the 80's.

You know what "Sike" means.
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You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
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You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
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You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.
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You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.
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You wore 3-8 different colored socks in layers and thought that the more you could wear the cooler you were.
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You know who Mr. T is.
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You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.
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You know who Fat Albert is.
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You wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
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You could break dance, or wish you could.
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You wanted to be The Incredible Hulk for Halloween.
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You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
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Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
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You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
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You wanted to be on Star Search.
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You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
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You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
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You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
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You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
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You HAD to have your MTV.
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You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.
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You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
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You watched Purple Rain over and over again.
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Your all time favorite movie was Footloose and you actually thought that Kevin Bacon was HOT in it!!!
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You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James' funeral.
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You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
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You own any cassettes.
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You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
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You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.
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Poltergeist freaked you out.
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You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch box.
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You have pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
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You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
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You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
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You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
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You thought UTFOs "Roxanne, Roxanne" song was the bomb!
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You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
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You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
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You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
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You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

Reasons The 80's Were A Cooler Time To Grow Up Than The 90's

laluna — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:31:07 -0700

Reasons The 80's Were A Cooler Time To Grow Up Than The 90's

1) In the 80's you didn't have to worry about your pants falling down all the time.

2) Feathered hair was easier to care for than dreadlocks.

3) In the early 80's there were kids in your high school who could BUY ALCOHOL LEGALLY.

4) Debbie Gibson vs. Britney Spears. New Kids on the Block vs. NSync. New Edition vs. Hanson. OK, that one's a draw.

5) In the 80s we didn't have to worry about getting our heads blown off at school -- unless you put a whole pack of Pop Rocks in your mouth and drank a coke.

6) In the 80's, when you were out partying, you didn't have to worry about your Mom calling you on your cell.

7) In the 80's playing video games actually meant going out to DO something.

8 ) A comb in your back pocket is more practical and less painful than a ring through your nose.

9) There were only one kind of Nike tennis shoes (white with a red swish), and they didn't cost $125.

10) MTV actually played videos in the 80's.