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Reply To: Hobby Weekender 01/03 – Back to the 80s

March 1, 2019 at 4:05 pm #1355666

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Is there a single song that epitomises the 80s more than 99 Red Balloons? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4)

Dodgy haircuts? Check.
Rolled up sleeves on casual jackets – bingo!
Leather jeans, dodgy dancing, slap bass, jaunty tunes, everyone having a great time (against a backdrop of austerity). And all the while, the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over everyone (just listen to the lyrics). Which probably explains why it’s not quite as jaunty as Walking on Sunshine or Come On Eileen – but it’s a pretty good metaphor for much of the decade!

To the questions:

1) keep busy. Ignore it. It’ll either go away or kill you 😉

2) painting is difficult with a drippy nose – I ruined a few half-decent paintjobs last November, best not to risk it!

3) it looked light great fun at the time (although I was only a child/teenager) though looking back on it from today’s point of view, it looks more and more sinister!

4) The A-Team was pretty cool when it first came to the UK.

5) I tried to get into D&D after seeing a few of those cartoons on the telly, but it did nothing for me. I’m not entirely sure if anything from TV/film pushed me towards tabletop gaming (except maybe Aliens and Space Hulk), though I am quite excited about the idea of re-creating Masters of the Universe on the tabletop after finding some miniatures on etsy the other day!