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I know its TV but i love the 80s theme song of Growing pains , season 1 preferably =)!

 

 

 

@Awwang- The best of Rick is that mega mix of his music! You a fan of em too =)!?

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idk if anyone remembers Take On Me By A-ha.....I tried looking the official vid but someone recorded it from their pc...eh but its the video though and some more stuff

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXNBR2smPY&feature=PlayList&p=B055D83936C1CCEF&index=1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHOuzJ_Rf1E

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekJhMtflg7A

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_yqWqjh24

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6AXnnjgqI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hksil-KkebQ

 

 

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Hey hey hey I love those court shows especially Judge Mathis and People's Court!

 

 

Just like reality shows (actually the court show are also in that group genre lol)I never said get rid of all. I actually sometimes watch and enjoy "Judge Mathis' , "Judge Joe Brown' and "JUDY."

 

And just like prime time reality shows, there are too many 'court shows.'

In other words on most of the 'free' tv stations, they lack variety now. Same old shows.:)

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Just like reality shows (actually the court show are also in that group genre lol)I never said get rid of all. I actually sometimes watch and enjoy "Judge Mathis' , "Judge Joe Brown' and "JUDY."

 

And just like prime time reality shows, there are too many 'court shows.'

In other words on most of the 'free' tv stations, they lack variety now. Same old shows.:)

 

I think it all about ratings!

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Enjoy. Teen Idols of the 1980's.

 

1)"Cool it now' New Edition (featuring a young teen named Booby Brown a future "Mr Whitney Houston"(now her ex-hubby)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYgxifjHsb8

 

 

2)"Mr Telephone Man" New Edition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umEbhFKV6mc&NR=1

 

3)New Kids on the Block "hanging tough' Both New Edition and NKOTB were discovered by the same producer.

 

 

 

4)Tiffany I think we alone now'

 

 

FYI Tiffany Norwood was the first person born in the 1970's to have a #1 pop hit(Billboard Hot 100 singles) in the USA.

 

5)Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam "Head to Toe'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr7iKcilty0

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Yeah, I heard. They've come a long way since the 80's. You could argue that they've become sellouts, but that wouldn't make sense since their last album was essentially back to the days when they weren't mainstream.

 

They should call it quits, their last two albums were flops. They have lost all creativity and it was so weak of them to travel around with a therapist. They need to face the fact that their franchise is no longer producing anything worth buying.

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Any of you 'kids' heard of him and his band lol? Reactions:cool:

 

The guy disabled embedding on those vids.

 

I was never into Boy George or culture club. I was listening to the Guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer at that time.

 

http://="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9fCeOx6J-I"

 

http://="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjlgUx7_aN0"

 

http://="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GghCs_C65v0"

 

http://="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAHZ2qxnXlk"

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Shifting gears, The sadness of major Hollywood celebrities passing away in summer 2009 continues. John Hughes best known for directing/writing some of the 1980's most popular teen -centered films died:cry:.

 

He was just 59 years of age. Hughes also directed the first Home Alone movie in 1990 which at that time was in 'top 5' of highest grossing fims in US History. Here Daily News article by David Hicknley.

 

 

 

Titan of teen angst, director John Hughes, dies at 59 on Manhattan street

By David Hicknley NY Daily News Updated Friday, August 7th 2009.

 

 

John Hughes, whose coming-of-age movies captured an American teenage generation between Elvis Presley and Britney Spears, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack while walking on a Manhattan street. He was 59.

 

Hughes, a Michigan native who lived in Illinois, was visiting his family in New York, according to a spokeswoman.

 

Matthew Broderick, who starred in Hughes' 1986 hit "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," said he was "truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend. ... He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."

 

Hughes' 1984 film "Sixteen Candles" established him as the signature teen filmmaker of that decade, and made "John Hughes movie" into shorthand for a sometimes agonizing but ultimately upbeat look at teenage years.

 

"Sixteen Candles" made a star of Molly Ringwald, and he directed her again in two subsequent films, "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink."

 

Ringwald said she was "stunned and incredibly sad" to hear about Hughes' death.

 

"He will be missed - by me and by everyone that he has touched," she said in a statement on People.com.

 

Some of the actors in his films, including Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson, became known as the Brat Pack.

 

In contrast to raucous 1980s teen comedies like the "Porky's" series, Hughes films were sweet, often sentimental. Their heroes and heroines, who started out feeling like misfits, were rewarded for the basic virtues of good hearts and decency.

 

He kept them from being simply throwbacks to some romanticized earlier age by effective use of realistic teen dialogue.

 

Hughes was working as an ad copywriter when he broke into showbiz by selling jokes to comedians like Rodney Dangerfield. He went to work for the National Lampoon and scored his breakthrough by writing the screenplay for the 1983 hit film "National Lampoon's Vacation," which starred Chevy Chase.

 

That film showcased Hughes' ear for droll absurdity. When the dimwitted brother-in-law of Chase's character is grilling dinner and says he's using Hamburger Helper, Chase mutters that yeah, that's good with a little meat. The brother-in-law says, "You add meat?"

 

His high school movies centered on the girl who doesn't feel pretty enough, the guy who feels like an idiot, the arrogant bullies who pick on them, and the awkward moments they endure before it all works out.

 

Hughes' movies also featured lavish and smart use of music.

 

Hughes did a few more teen movies, including "Weird Science" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," then scored with "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" in 1987 and even bigger with "Home Alone" in 1990.

 

After that, however, he headed for the exits. The last film he directed was "Curly Sue," in 1991. In 1994, he retired from both the film business and the public eye - which he had never enjoyed.

 

His last public project was writing an independent film, "Reach the Rock," in 1999.

 

Hughes is survived by his wife, Nancy, to whom he was married for 39 years, and two sons, James and John.

 

c)2009 NY Daily News, Inc. dhinckley@nydailynews.com

 

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