For me, it was Tom Petty's You Got Lucky. What was the first video you ever saw on MTV?Jul 21 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
Inigo throwing him the rope, the conversation that follows, and then the sword fight. The whole sequence is one of my favorite scenes in any movie. The Princess Bride (1987)Aug 7 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s ⋅ #1987
Hotel California- I always wonder, What do these lyrics mean? So I called up the captain, please bring me my wine, he said, we haven't had that spirit here since 1969?Jul 5 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s ⋅ #1969
I was too young in the '70s to know this, but was a guy living with two women really that big of a deal back then? Three's Company made it seem pretty taboo for an unmarried man and two women to share an apartment, and people's reactions when they found out sometimes seemed over the top. Was it?Jul 26 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
Did anyone else watch the Kiss tv movie on NBC in '78, when they were super heroes fighting zombies and robots?Jun 27 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s ⋅ #78
What did you think of KISS in the ’70s? Did you like them or dislike them? Were you shocked the first time you saw them? Did you like their music, or was it more about the image and spectacle? And did you ever see them live?6d ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
Was there an '80s song that felt dark or unsettling to you, even if you couldn't explain why? For me, it was Night Ranger's Sister Christian and Mike + The Mechanics' Silent Running.Jul 23 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
When my mom brought this album home when I was a kid, I was always curious what the mystery woman on the cover actually looked like. I recently tried Googling her, but all I found was speculation and nothing that clearly identifies who she is?Jul 11 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
When Gene Simmons of KISS was acting in movies and TV in the '80s, did you watch any of them? If so, what did you think of his acting?Jul 19 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
Cats in the Cradle- At the end, he says, 'And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me he'd grown up just like me. My boy was just like me.' Is he implying that his son is a bad father to his own kids, or simply that he's treating his father the same way his father treated him?Jul 8 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
I was 9 years old the first time I saw that look on his face. Even as a kid, I could feel his pain.Jul 8 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s ⋅ #9
Not just my favorite TC episode, but it's one of my favorite episodes in tv history!?Jun 25 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/threescompany
My mom at 24, 1976. Not sure what she’s doing with her hands...?4d ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool ⋅ #1976 #24
I know he was an a-hole, but as a kid, I always thought his hair looked cool.Jul 12 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
So many legends on one song. Willie Nelson and Ray Charles were my favorite voices on “We Are the World.” Who were yours?4d ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
Decided to do something constructive with my day and finally find out who shot J.R. I was a kid when it happened, so it only took me 45 years to get around to it.Aug 14 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s ⋅ #45
Anyone else's parents have friends like this in the '70s? 😂 As kids, we didn't think anything of it—they were just the funny grown-ups who came over.Jul 19 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
What popular ’80s movies would get your ’80s card revoked if people found out you’ve never seen them? Here are mine:Jul 26 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
Sometimes I wish I could experience the mindset of moviegoers in the '70s. Seeing films like these with no internet, no spoilers, and no decades of movies influenced by them. I wonder what it felt like when audiences realized they were watching something completely new.Jul 21 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s
What’s an ’80s movie you didn’t like when you first saw it, but later fell in love with?Aug 18 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/The1980s
Does anyone else remember the show Tenspeed and Brown Shoe from 1980?Jul 4 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/ClassicTV ⋅ #1980
Interesting little TV fact I just learned: Leave It to Beaver was the first TV show to show a toilet—but network standards at the time wouldn’t allow them to show the entire thing. Hard to imagine that being controversial today!Jul 24 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/1950s
My mom bought me my first record at 6 years old because I really liked the song, That's Rock 'n' Roll, by Shaun Cassidy. What was your first record?Jun 28 ⋅ thinkingoutloud136 ⋅ r/70s ⋅ #6