fads that should stay dead and buried — Forum Archive

6 Apr 2006, 13:58

jheri curl spandex big bangs shoulder pads acid-washed jeans

6 Apr 2006, 14:02

yo-yos are bound to make a comeback anytime now.

6 Apr 2006, 14:06

liam :evil4:

6 Apr 2006, 14:06

NOOLigan wrote: yo-yos are bound to make a comeback anytime now.

a yo-yo 'expert' came to our school a few months ago and every student was given a free yo-yo after his show. i put up with dozens of yo-yoing students for weeks; confiscated several to keep my sanity.

6 Apr 2006, 14:08

U2

I must be old, I dunno what half yer list is Woodsy.

6 Apr 2006, 14:10

AgentWood wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: yo-yos are bound to make a comeback anytime now.

a yo-yo 'expert' came to our school a few months ago and every student was given a free yo-yo after his show. i put up with dozens of yo-yoing students for weeks; confiscated several to keep my sanity.

:lol: :lol: i see it has already happened.

6 Apr 2006, 14:15

State of Love and Trust wrote: liam

:abovelol: :rofl:

6 Apr 2006, 14:23

I remember being constantly irritated by the mass of Rubik's cubes' clicking sounds for a while back in the early 1980s.

6 Apr 2006, 14:25

Steve Campbell wrote: U2

I must be old, I dunno what half yer list is Woodsy.

you're only 3 years older than me, cambo and these things are all from the early-mid '80s. perhaps some were only big in america. jheri curl, for example. it's the chemical that created the 'curly wet hair' look that some black men and women sported in the '80s. i can't imagine there's a large black population in NI!

6 Apr 2006, 14:25

pet rocks and the slap-on bracelets

6 Apr 2006, 14:36

trivets :evil4:

6 Apr 2006, 14:45

Ron, it will be donated soon. Can you think of some other fads like jeans with holes?

6 Apr 2006, 14:59

AgentWood wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: U2

I must be old, I dunno what half yer list is Woodsy.

you're only 3 years older than me, cambo and these things are all from the early-mid '80s. perhaps some were only big in america. jheri curl, for example. it's the chemical that created the 'curly wet hair' look that some black men and women sported in the '80s. i can't imagine there's a large black population in NI!

Ahhhh, that was the one that really stumped me....I'm thinking Daryl Hall (or is it the other one) here, sort of greasy ringlets. possibly popular among the spidey community, as shaggy perms have been a common feature on and off over the years....but I must confess I don't recall it up close and personal.

Cabbage patch kids!

(and they are back apparently)

FM synthesis

EDIT, speaking of Synths....the fucking Korg fucking bastarding M cunting fucking minge pustule 1. Any M1 owners want to admit having the "car advert generator" and argue it's validity, bring it on. EDIT EDIT: for those who are not geeks..Fm is that horrid thin early 80's synth noise that bands other than No loved, typified by the DX7. the M1 is that horrid choir noise (sometimes with jangly things mixed in) that was all over everything (particularly car adverts) from about 1989 to 1995 (a notable example would be the first enigma album), it's most unique feature was that all 128 sounds were identical in some srange inexplicable way....piano's sounded like guitars sounded like drums sounded like horns. I will STFU now.

Happy hardcore (tho it bubbles around beneath the surface in many places, it really ought to gracefully die and rot up a treat)

6 Apr 2006, 15:03

[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Ron, it will be donated soon. Can you think of some other fads like jeans with holes?

what's the deal with jeans with holes? mine get those all by themselves.

there were happy pants. you know pants with colourful patches, flares and bellbottoms, and platform shoes. they all had a bit of a comeback in the last decade. not with me. my last pair of flares and platform shoes were in 1979.

6 Apr 2006, 15:04

Raccoon hats from Davy Crockett. Good thing you've mentioned the Cabbage Patch Kids, Steve. They are ugly IMHO. :nod:

6 Apr 2006, 15:08

Mods

6 Apr 2006, 15:11

Steve Campbell wrote: Mods

i went through a serious mod phase when i lived in london in 1994-1995 and blur were shit hot. i still love mod fashion and wouldn't mind seeing another comeback a la quadrophenia. those boys in suits. yum.

6 Apr 2006, 15:24

All those easy modettes. ;)

yeah I know, I have one arm in my coat already :D

6 Apr 2006, 15:30

Paint your own pottery :nonono:

6 Apr 2006, 16:15

Hippie wear

6 Apr 2006, 16:16

Fat chicks showing midriff

Young girls dressing as sluts exposing midriff

6 Apr 2006, 16:26

choking games (some people in my generation tried it and it's dangerous)

6 Apr 2006, 17:00

State of Love and Trust wrote: liam

Fads, Jack, fads, with a "D".

Not fans. :evil4:

6 Apr 2006, 17:06

friendship bracelets Cabbage Patch kids Pokemon chain letters

Burn, baby, burn... :evil4:

6 Apr 2006, 18:29

Members Only jackets :nonono:

6 Apr 2006, 19:08

Birkenstocks.

6 Apr 2006, 19:16

Flipping the collars up on shirts...which is surprisingly making a comeback (my little brother is wearing his shirts like that now). Too eighties... :shades:

:thumbdown:

6 Apr 2006, 19:30

Ho stamps bell bottoms tye dye pachouli oil (sic?) rubber bracelets bands trying to sound like they are from the '70's

neon anything polygamy :nono: :D

6 Apr 2006, 19:53

Steve Campbell wrote: the M1 is that horrid choir noise (sometimes with jangly things mixed in) that was all over everything (particularly car adverts)

and in banking / financial-type commercials.. often with a soothing weathered voice-over.. ahh.

Mod isn't so much a fad but gaining momentumn again.

6 Apr 2006, 20:16

Always hated those leg warmers that were prevalent in the 80's.

Also, I can't quite believe all of the girls who have tattoos on the small of their backs, right about their, errr, cracks :lol: these days. Yes, we know you love to wear low-slung jeans, a visible tattoo back there is just a sign that's screaming "LOOK HERE!!!!!!!!"