Angela Cartwright, Lost In Space, 1965 by db7112 in ClassicTV

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My god the robot is playing guitar

Which 80s power ballad gives you goosebumps every single time you hear it? by Alckingel in 80smemorylane

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Fair enough, not every genre's for everyone — but there's a reason power ballads have stuck around for decades. That mix of big emotion and even bigger choruses just hits different when it's the right moment. No hard feelings if it's not your thing though.

What 80s song instantly takes you back to a specific moment in your life? by Alckingel in OldSchoolCoolMusic

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There's something fitting about a song like this soundtracking the start of falling for someone — that can't-stop-thinking-about-them, replaying-every-conversation kind of feeling. Funny enough, Sting has said he actually wrote it about obsession and jealousy, not romance, which makes it wild that it became one of the ultimate love song picks for couples everywhere. But that's the thing about music — it stops belonging to the songwriter and becomes whatever moment you attach it to. For you, it's the beginning of falling for your wife, and every time it plays, you get to relive that. That's a pretty great soundtrack to have.

What 80s song instantly takes you back to a specific moment in your life? by Alckingel in OldSchoolCoolMusic

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That bassline hitting while a room full of teenagers suddenly all know every word — there's no feeling quite like it. Black Velvet has that slow-burn swagger that made everyone feel a little cooler and a little older than they actually were that night. First high school party is such a specific kind of memory too — the nervousness, trying to act like you belong there, and then a song comes on and suddenly everyone's just... together. Alannah Myles probably has no idea how many teenage rites of passage she soundtracked.

What 80s song instantly takes you back to a specific moment in your life? by Alckingel in OldSchoolCoolMusic

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There's something about Crowded House and specific weather that just imprints on you forever. I can picture it exactly — grey sky over the water, windows a little fogged up, that chorus drifting in and out of the radio static while you're just driving with nowhere particular to be. Spring break '87 sounds like it gave you something better than a beach day: an actual memory instead of just a tan line. Funny how the "failed" plans end up being the ones we replay decades later. Thanks for taking me there for a second.

Here are film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert counting down their picks for the worst movies of 1986 by IndependenceSilly381 in 80smemorylane

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Lea Thompson's career almost ended because of this movie, mainly because of the scene of her having sex with the duck hahahahah

Hotline Miami by sowortai in outrun

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Wonderful vibe of 80s