Posts by FlyingHighNow

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

Love the Miami Vice shirt and the permed hair. It worked for you. You were really cute. And you have matured very stylishly. Love the well groomed goatee and the shaved head.

Then JWs came along and took my life away. Second half of the eighties was very hard because of JWdom; my every second was governed and consumed by it. My looks went downhill, I got out of shape, I had no time, I started living in guilt, etc.

((((((((((Magnum))))))))) I bet you look better than you think. I'm glad at least you had fun in the early 80s.

Saw the English Beat twice.

Lucky! Thank you for the song links.

Breakfast Club too. I miss those years.

I never get tired of Breakfast Club and the other John Hughs movies. The 80s had so many great, well done teen movies.

Cantleave, I did those crazy perms in the 80's too! I even came across a picture where I did an Afro, what in the world was I thinking?!? Lol!

I had more than one perm in the 80s and the Bi Level, not quite mullet hair do, too. Mz. Aunt Fancy, you better post that afro pic.

Wife and I DA'd ourselves in March 1989. Highlight of the decade.

Good for you! That was my last active year in the 80s. I went inactive in 1990. Never went back.

I love the 1980's. The music, fashion, hairstyle, colors. Time of big hope. I lived behind the Iron Curtain and watched communist system to crumble. More freedom. Got permit to travel to West and got my first passport. Had my first job. So many of people I knew were alive in that decade, but are long gone, including my father. While I would not like to relive the time again, I would like to visit it for one day to see places that were changed. Dine out in places that do not exist anymore. Chat with people who died since then. It is hard to believe that it is 25+ years in the history.

Kaik, fascinating. Where do you live now?

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

The 80s were pretty fantastic! its hard to top some good ol' talking heads.

Did you see the wonderful movie David Byrne did called True Stories? It was based on tabloid stories. He traveled to a Texas town and all of the characters were based on tabloid stories. The soundtrack was Talking Heads. We saw it at an art theater in Atlanta, GA. If you haven't seen it, look for it. One of the best films of the 80s. Here is a scene and song from the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWP07YgUWig

Let's pick a different decade FHN

The JWs took fun from the 80s for me, too, but I did still enjoy them. Here's your chance to go and rediscover the 80s and enjoy them.

Here is something crazy to think about. Next year is 2015. What if all dressed like we were supposed to in "Back to the Future 2"?!?!

DD

Fun idea!

Pam's Girl, I think it's wonderful that you had so much fun.

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

Gorgeous picture of you and your kids.

Thank you. I was 26. They were so sweet and so not messed up.

I'm loving all of your comments. Thank you all. You're cheering me up.

Loved the '80's....not a big fan of the Thompson Twins....It was all about U2 for me.

I only like the one song by the Thompson Twins. I was looking for Mirror, Mirror by Dollar and came across Lay Your Hands On Me. Listening to the chorus and looking at their hair inspired me to make this thread. I was sad about losing that 60s and 70s sound of bands without so much synthesized music, that U2 and REM were my favorites. But I missed so much good New Wave music because I was listening to oldies and classic rock most of the time. I had a younger boyfriend for a while after my divorce. He was a kid and started high school in the 80s. He turned me onto a lot of New Wave music I had never heard before. It's him that made me realize how I didn't appreciate the 80s like I could have. I was raising little ones and busy trying to be a JW. So now, I really love those 80s. I didn't miss everything, don't get me wrong.

The New Wave song I was looking for when I found that T. Twins song. Thank you, Andy, my dear friend for showing me this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkI2VBiLgg

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

My first time checking in since.work. This iS my smart phone. I'll check in on the thread when my movie is

over.

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

Going to work. Be back later. Love the pet shop boys and talking h eads.

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LOVE and JUSTICE: Do humans have it all wrong?

by Terry in

love and death from god's p.o.v.. __________________________.

would anybody care to state exactly what it is .

on what basis this tribal deity known as jehovah can be said to:.

FlyingHighNow

Oh, Terry, don't you know? There is a clash of the Titans and we are their play things.

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What is the best advise you have ever been given?

by new hope and happiness in

jw
friends

awhile a go i was uptight about a matter i can't remember now and my friend said to me " give the other side the victory".

a while ago my little boy was getting uptight and argumentative with his mum i asked him " to let it go" in effect i suppose " giving the other side the victory".

anyway i am sure our life exsperiences have allowed us both receive and give good advice.

FlyingHighNow

Never--

no never--

refuse a breath mint.

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

There were so many good teen movies during the 1980s.

Here is one of the best of them and one of the best vampire movies of all time. I got to take my grandson to a midnight showing of it in the past two or three years. It's amazing on the big screen. The soundtrack is phenomenal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WlON7r0m7E

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

My children and me circa 1985. Unfortunately, we were JWs at the time. We are visiting Stone Mountain Park in the Atlanta GA suburbs.

I'd sure raise these precious children much differently, if I was given the chance.

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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.

by FlyingHighNow in

i don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.

i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.

what did you love about the 80s?

FlyingHighNow

I don't know about ya'll, but I did not appreciate the 1980s enough. I was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.

This is 80s music, especially New Wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread. What did you love about the 80s? Post your favorite music, movies, etc. Post a picture of yourselves.

I miss the 80s. I'd do it again. I was in my 20s and my kids were little.

I'll kick it off with The Thompson Twins. "So lay your hands--lay your hands on me!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYBHPYKeU1c