Click for Google +1 The early 80’s saw the rise of a new, but short lived phenomenon – the appearance of cross-dressing pop stars. While the men were trying the look like women, the reverse also applied – although it wasn’t as wide spread. Boy George was probably the first 80’s performer to popularise the […]

**One Night Stand (1984) is an Australian independent film with a limited release and is set in Sydney during the lead up to a nuclear war. Also, the excellent New Zealand film “The Quiet Earth” doesn’t qualify as the world wasn’t wiped out by nuclear weapons, but it follows some of the same apocalyptic themes. […]

Many people enjoyed the 1997 film The Wedding Singer, and while it was one of the first to launch new interests in the eighties, it is still highly flawed to anyone who lived through that period. If you are going to dredge up nostalgia to promote a film, you should try to get a few […]

Game and Watch The Game and Watch hand-helds are an 80s icon that few people today would appreciate. Long before Nintendo’s Game Boy or Game Boy Advance, these simple games would destroy the posture of millions of 80s children. Robby Roto: free early 80’s game The legal owner of Robby Roto has allowed it to […]

  Click for Google +1 One of the most striking features of early 80’s clips was the excessive use of the white screen. These videos were shot on video, with sets consisting of no more than a white floor and white backdrop. They would throw in some odd angles and whacky dancing to disguise the […]

Like any good musical period, the 80s had its fair share of love songs. Some were hopelessly cheesy and others can still make people cry. Almost every successful artist of the 80s had penned at least one love song or ballard. With some bands it was hard to tell if the song was about love, […]

Video Moments: Duran Duran – Girls On Film Duran Duran caused quite a stir with the 1982 release of Girls On Film. The extended release video with a remix of the song was highly controversial. It was the first film clip by a popular artist of the 80’s to feature full nudity – although it […]

  Click for Google +1 Living under the nuclear threat was a justifiable concern to most people in the 80’s, and it is no real surprise that it featured in many popular songs of the 80’s. While some focused solely on the nuclear stand-off between the USSR and the US, others took simpler approaches to […]

Horror Movies of the 80s Horror movies had a golden period from the early 70s to the mid-80s. Here are some of the best: Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm St, Re-animator and more. Apocalyptic 80s movies Despite a long list of popular songs about Nuclear war, few movies succeeded in using it as a central theme.

1. Faith – George Michael 2. Need You Tonight – INXS 3. Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison 4. Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley 5. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses 6. So Emotional – Whitney Houston 7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle […]

While picking flaws in films is a favourite past time of many film junkies and some times it can get very tedious, few invite criticism like the Wedding Singer. It was deliberately marketed as being a film about living in 1985 and promoting itself as accurate reflection of living in that period. From The Wedding […]

New Order: Blue Monday Misheard lyric 1: I see a ship in the harbour, anchored at shallow bay Misheard lyric 2: I see a ship in the harbour, echoed at shallow bay Published lyric: I see a ship in the harbour, I can and shall obey Comment: This is one of the few times where […]

Gangnam Style was a song released in 2012 by Korean rapper Psy. It may seem odd having lyrics from this recently released song on an 80s site, but looking at it’s music video, the dance and a quick read of the Gangnam Style’s lyrics, you can see a lot of commonalities with the 1980s music […]

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