Nishlord wrote:

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Taylor is dead right. I have to laugh when I see all these students thinking the 80s was some golden age of robot-pretending and Phil Oakey haircuts. I want to show them clips of The Hitman and Her and scream "WE WENT THROUGH THIS SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, YOU BASTARDS!"

Oh, but some of us were trying to make it that futuristic nirvana, Nish...



(1981)

In my mind's eye I still look like that. <sniff>

I bet there's the business end of a kipper tie tucked under that shirt...

Nishlord wrote:

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I bet there's the business end of a kipper tie tucked under that shirt...

Wash your mouth out, young man!

That's what we used to do at school, anyway.

Yeah, wearing your school tie upside down and hiding the fat end under your shirt was when the eighties really started.

I remember there was a real generation gap when I was at secondary school. All the sixth formers were hairy buggers who listened to Wishbone Ash in the common room, and they all made their ties as short and fat as possible. Us second and third years were all into Ska and did the skinny tie thing.

Man, we showed those hippies what style was all about. Well, in my case I would have done if I'd been allowed to wear Sta-Prest and I hadn't had aviator glasses and a bowl/bum cut.

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something like that....looks like 1975 rather than the 80's

There you are, you see - I don't agree with you at all. That looks totally early eighties - cheap-looking flowery shirts, uncalled-for use of bow-ties and gloves (often with short sleeves), some things looking miles too big and others miles too smart, everybody (boys and girls) with the same Nolans haircut...

1975 looked much more like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LokaVAIZqLo

What a great clip, though - what the hell was that bloke in the red trousers up to?

Actually, the moment when the Punk Wars were really won was when people started shouting "FLARES!!!" in the playground at anyone with trousers that you could actually get your feet through.

At school we wore sta-prest, Fred Perry shirts, Jam shoes and/or loafers and Harringtons. But you're right -there was always an item of crapness to give the game away, and expose us (well, me) as frauds.

Just been watching the 1981 video on that Kraftwerk listing of 'Home Computer' live. Now that is the 1981 I remember...great techno pop and good parties...

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Actually, the moment when the Punk Wars were really won was when people started shouting "FLARES!!!" in the playground at anyone with trousers that you could actually get your feet through.

Somebody really needs to remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers again, this time as a teen comedy.