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Posted on 2/5/22 at 12:23 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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Princess Diana
If we're including foreigners, I'd put Thatcher before Diana.
Much more substance and importance there. Worked hand in hand with Reagan against the commie bastards and saved her country from socialist destruction.
Diana was just a celebrity with a crown.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 12:36 pm to BK Lounge
All-American 1980's:
Ronald Reagan
Mike Tyson
Tom Selleck
Billy Joel
Ronald Reagan
Mike Tyson
Tom Selleck
Billy Joel
Posted on 2/5/22 at 12:44 pm to BK Lounge
David Letterman
Peter Buck
Cindy Crawford
Walter Payton
Peter Buck
Cindy Crawford
Walter Payton
Posted on 2/5/22 at 1:04 pm to BK Lounge
Johny 5,
He-Man,
Boss Hogg,
Big Bird,
Pee Wee Herman.
He-Man,
Boss Hogg,
Big Bird,
Pee Wee Herman.
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 1:27 pm to Celery
Norrrrrrrrrrrrm!
(Diane: "Norman")
(Diane: "Norman")
Posted on 2/5/22 at 1:34 pm to upgrade
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Mike Tyson 100% was a HUGE 80’s icon. He became the youngest heavyweight champion in ‘87.
Tyson was a major figure in the ‘80s. No question. That’s when he had his aura of invincibility. It’s when Punch-Out was released. But losing to Douglas, going to prison, and biting Holyfield’s ear off are major things that didn’t happen in the ‘80s.
I don’t think Tyson is synonymous with the ‘80s like a Reagan or Michael J. Fox or Catherine Bach. It’s like those people existed in the ‘80s and no other time.
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:20 pm to BK Lounge
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Ringwald
Nope. Outside of the John Hughes movies, no one can remember a single movie she did. Her adult career was a colossal flop. There were much bigger teen stars in the 1980s than her.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:30 pm to LSUandAU
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Ronald Reagan Mike Tyson Tom Selleck Billy Joel
I really like this list, except Billy Joel’s best (and arguably most well-known) work was in the ‘70s .
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:33 pm to BK Lounge
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Billy Joel’s best (and arguably most well-known) work was in the ‘70s .
yep, after 42nd St. he hit it big financially and the creative juices stopped flowing, typical in the biz
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:36 pm to jatilen
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Ringwald
Nope. Outside of the John Hughes movies, no one can remember a single movie she did. Her adult career was a colossal flop. There were much bigger teen stars in the 1980s than her.
Yes, but the three Hughes movies she did were maybe the best known 80s flicks outside of Ferris, Back the Future, Empire, Indiana Jones and Jedi.. and the ones i just mentioned arent as IDENTIFIED w/the 80s as the ones Ringwald and Hughes did.. tbh i think the fourth spot is a toss-up between Ringwald and Selleck.. obviously comparing those two is like apples and airplanes , in terms of talent, appeal, gender, demographics and everything else- but i honestly cant decide which one most loudly screams ‘1980s !”
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:44 pm to 777Tiger
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yep, after 42nd St. he hit it big financially and the creative juices stopped flowing, typical in the biz
I liked a few of his 80s songs, particularly Keeping the Faith, The Longest Time, An Innocent Man, Night is Still Young , Second Wind, Allentown, Goodnight Saigon and a few others im forgetting.. but they arent on par w/Scenes from and Italian Restaurant, Only the Good, Vienna or basically anyhting else from The Stranger album.. and when the late 80s/early 90s hit, and he had dreck like We Didnt Start the Fire and River of Dreams, you can just fuhgetaboutit
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:58 pm to BK Lounge
one of the best shows I’ve seen was Joel in the LSU student union for the “Stranger” tour, he had just gotten out of the contract with the agent that ripped him off for “Piano Man,” and he was hungry and full of piss and vinegar, he blew the roof off of that place, don’t know the capacity, maybe a couple of hundred?
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:30 am to BK Lounge
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I really like this list, except Billy Joel’s best (and arguably most well-known) work was in the ‘70s .
Thanks! All 3 of Joel's #1 hit songs were in the 1980's. Many more were on the charts during the decade, including Uptown Girl. As far as an American icon, he is a self-made son of immigrants, he took it to the USSR at the height of the cold war (1987) and he married Christie Brinkly (after breaking-up with Elle McPherson) in 1985...hard to top.
This post was edited on 2/7/22 at 10:31 am
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:33 am to BK Lounge
Prince belongs to the 80s. He was at the top of his game, and had his best music released during the 80s.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:33 am to BK Lounge
Michael
Madonna
Reagan
Prince
Madonna
Reagan
Prince
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:36 am to LSUandAU
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Thanks! All 3 of Joel's #1 hit songs were in the 1980's.
I consider myself a pretty big BJ fan (giggity)- but i did not know that .
Obviously it’s all very subjective, but his nickname is ‘Piano Man’, which came out in the ‘70s , i believe it was the first or second hit he ever had.. and i do think that, as a whole, his output in the 1970s was greater than his body of work in the ‘80s.. and i just feel like i can think of several singers who are far more closely identified with the ‘80s than Joel .
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:36 am to BK Lounge
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Ringwald, just on the strength of those three movies, is an icon of the 80s,
Similarly, Billy Idol…he had what 2-3 hit songs? But his image and name seemed to be everywhere in the 80s for some reason, even persisting into a cameo appearance decades later in The Wedding Singer.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:40 am to BK Lounge
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Obviously it’s all very subjective, but his nickname is ‘Piano Man’, which came out in the ‘70s , i believe it was the first or second hit he ever had.. and i do think that, as a whole, his output in the 1970s was greater than his body of work in the ‘80s.. and i just feel like i can think of several singers who are far more closely identified with the ‘80s than Joel .
I hear you. Good topic and discussion.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 10:41 am to LSUandAU
i wanna ad Martha Quinn just because
MTV was huge in the 80s
always had a crush on her
MTV was huge in the 80s
always had a crush on her
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