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soul drifter
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0 posted 2011-01-04 03:46 PM


Anyone who wasn't a kid (like I was) or a teenager,
growing up in the 1980s probably won't get this one as much as us, nor get why the '80s rocked, in it's own weird way.
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Back 2 The '80s

Oh youth and beauty, rock on
I'm gonna dance around with my socks on
to a mixtape of my favorite U2 songs
and I'll be in the remembrance of the things
I left behind me,
in my childhood schemes,
back in the '80s

Trying to solve this rubix cube
I'm lit by the light of the Zenith TV tube
there are Saturday morning cartoons
I thought I lost in the debris of the things
I left behind me
in my boyhood dreams
back in the '80s

Oh tonight I wanna go down
with Doc Brown
in a time machine back to the '80s
and tonight I wanna hear
some Tears For Fears
in my boom box back in the '80s
don't give me no trouble from the man
'cause all I wanna do is dance dance dance
just give me a chance

Oh when I was still a boy
I played in the dirt with my toys
turn to MTV and make some noise
and all I want is to Wang Chung tonight
set my feet alight
in the misty past of life
way back in 1985

And tonight I wanna feel cooler
just like Ferris Bueller
my memory flies back to the '80s
and tonight I want a fix
myself back to '86
or any year of my youth in the '80s
don't remind me that I've grown older
now all I wanna be is younger younger younger
I can feel the hunger

Oh youth and simplicity rock on
dance with me through sprinklers
on summer lawns
and I wanna get lost in the things I left behind me
back in the '80s
and tonight, say you wanna go with me
back to the '80s

No we don't need no Delorean
just a little imagination
remember back when we were young
and everything was right
do you still remember how to Wang Chung
and have a little fun tonight?
C'mon baby
I'm going back to the '80s
back to the '80s

"Don't mistake paradise for a pair of long legs." -Watts, Some Kind of Wonderful

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Rex Allen McCoy
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since 2000-01-30
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1 posted 2011-01-04 04:06 PM


Cool ... I remember the 80s ... that was way back in I think, my 4th childhood, if I'm not mistaken ... I won't admit to any more after that though
The only difference between men and boys, is the size of his birthday cake and the number of Guinness it takes to wash it down

enjoyed the memories

JamesMichael
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2 posted 2011-01-04 07:27 PM


Enjoyed...James
JDH
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since 2009-03-29
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3 posted 2011-01-07 12:16 PM


this was fun..i was a kid in the 80's (unfortunately a teen in the 90's)...i think im gonna try to dig up my atari now
faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
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4 posted 2011-01-07 02:39 PM


this is really wonderfully unique...you did an awesome job of capturing the 80's...great wonderful poem!

faith

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20
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5 posted 2011-01-07 04:42 PM


Ha! Oh yes, this poem encompasses Amaryllis.  I spent my glory days in the 80`s, the entire decade... from 10 to 20! Perfect. Completely relate to the whole piece...it made me smile.  I want to go pull on my Jordache jeans, crimp my hair and spray some `Love`s Baby Soft` on my Guess sweatshirt!  Lol  The only thing is, the title...back then, we`d never use numeric `text-speak` shortcuts (i.e. `Back `2` the 80`s`)...we hadn`t even conceived of cell phones and texting! Lol  Remember streeeetching the phone cord, all the way to the stairwell or the closet, trying to have a `private` conversation?!      My, how far we`ve come.  Great stuff!

Amaryllis

Amaryllis
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6 posted 2011-01-07 04:50 PM


P.S:  You know you`re getting old when your kids start wearing some of the styles you wore, because they`re coming `back in`..!!  My daughter loves 80`s influenced style.  I hear the rule is, though...if you wore it the first time around, you`re too old to wear it the second! Don`t do it.     LOL!!
threadbear
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7 posted 2011-01-08 12:30 PM


That was a nice tribute to the 80's, Soul Drifter.  Who's to say that their own golden young adult years are any better or worse than someone else's.  It is what you make of it.  The songs you mentioned brought memories of when I was DJ'ing.
Jeff

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29
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8 posted 2011-01-08 09:05 AM


The 80's weren't my favorite but  I still remember them and those before. I think we always think of our teenage  and young adult years  as the best of times...


M

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13
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9 posted 2011-12-20 09:07 PM


Ah the 80's...   What great memories you write about!  
And parachute pants... did you have a pair or two of those?  lol  Loved the 80's and the weird-ness of it all!

enjoyed the read, g

"...Never regret anything that made you smile..."

passing shadows
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10 posted 2011-12-20 09:10 PM


I was born in 69 and somehow loved the 70s more than the 80s. Most of the 80s was a blur to me

awesome writing! thanks for the memories

Sunshine
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11 posted 2011-12-20 09:55 PM


at the comments...and imagining what you must think, bringing in all of us "old folk", SD...but this is great, for every generation must have their compass, and while mine encompasses yours by another 30 years, I so appreciate the tribute so that I can think again of my children, as their own children are now having my great! grandchildren! I loved it, and thank you!!



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