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re: What was the peak year of the 80’s?
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:00 pm to AlumneyeJ93
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:00 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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Man did I waste tons of money playing Asteroids
Me too, except I was playing Punch Out! around '86 at Lakeside mall, it was a hole in the wall arcade space, I think next to JC Penney. It was like a long hallway that felt more like a long egress hallway leading to the exit, rather than an arcade fun space.
Anybody remember that? Sorry for going out of topic.
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Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:00 pm to SaintlyTiger88
84-85 was peak "80s" vibe, but by the end of the decade everything began falling off a cliff in fast motion.
Peak "best" 1980s was... 1981.
Why?
The late 70s-early 80s hybrid of extreme freedom and expression when nobody cared about "trends" to that point.
1981 was also just before all the PC crap hit the fan everywhere in the culture;
before the Fem-Hair Bands and over-use of Electric drums and synth; before the insane inflation of the mid-80s when house prices began skyrocketing and the entire culture first began to show signs of instability & insanity.
Peak "best" 1980s was... 1981.
Why?
The late 70s-early 80s hybrid of extreme freedom and expression when nobody cared about "trends" to that point.
1981 was also just before all the PC crap hit the fan everywhere in the culture;
before the Fem-Hair Bands and over-use of Electric drums and synth; before the insane inflation of the mid-80s when house prices began skyrocketing and the entire culture first began to show signs of instability & insanity.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:00 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I was only a kid, but ‘84-‘87 were the greatest. Things started to change in ‘88 at least for me.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:06 pm to PJinAtl
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Reagan begins his second term
We Are he World/Live Aid
Space shuttle launches were a commonplace thing without any thought of danger
'85 Bears
Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the USSR
New Coke
Ozone hole discovered
Too many media-inspired events listed there.
I don't think 80s "highlights" for the vast majority back then were of Gorby, We Are The World/LIVE Aid, Space Shuttles, New Coke or especially the Ozone Hole "discovery."
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:07 pm to Liberator
When did hyper color become a thing?
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Can’t go wrong with anything year 82-87
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:08 pm to TheBaker
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I was only a kid, but ‘84-‘87 were the greatest. Things started to change in ‘88 at least for me.
Your instinct/vibe was spot on.
I also regard 1988 as the first year the vibe didn't feel so "80s".
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:11 pm to Oates Mustache
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When did hyper color become a thing?
Dunno.
(Never heard of it. Was Disney responsible?)
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:11 pm to SaintlyTiger88
84
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:11 pm to Basura Blanco
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Sports wise it is hard to argue against 1986.
Don't forget Lawrence Taylor and the Big Blue Wrecking Crew.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:15 pm to TigerintheNO
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'84- Reagan wins reelection carrying 49 states in the process
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:15 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The 80s didn't really have a peak - it was just a prolonged run of unparalleled greatness. It's like asking when Seinfeld or the Beatles peaked.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:18 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Easily 1984
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:18 pm to tigerbaiter
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81
Journey Escape album rocks the nation.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:27 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Miami Vice started in 1984.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:40 pm to AUFANATL
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The 80s didn't really have a peak - it was just a prolonged run of unparalleled greatness. It's like asking when Seinfeld or the Beatles peaked.
This. To me, peak “80s” means roughly from 83/84 to the summer of 91.
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The entire 80' was so fricking awesome. Especially, as a teenage. 
Posted on 8/17/22 at 12:59 pm to Palomitz
I'll go with 1986 since I graduated high school, got accepted to LSU, and scored a spot in the trumpet section in Tiger Band. That was the year all the dreams came true for this little kid from Kentucky who had bled purple and gold since he was three years old.
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