Flashback Friday!

Grease is the word!!!!!!!

 

O. M. G. Was there anything hotter than "Grease" in 1978??? I don't think so!! Every girl wanted to be Sandy (well, once she was wearing leather, anyway - LOL) and every guy wanted to be cool like Danny. I think I've seen the movie at least 20 times. Even my kids love it. It's just one of those movies that transcends the generation gap - everyone loves it.

(picture courtesy of www.skooldays.com)

 

I'm sure every girl in high school got a pair of Candies after watching Grease. Mine were exactly like the ones in the picture above. I think that's when my love for high heels started. Back then, I tottered all over the place - I'm sure it was quite amusing, LOL.

And how cute was John Travolta? If you didn't already love him in Welcome Back, Kotter and Saturday Night Fever (which I wasn't allowed to see because it was inappropriate, LOL) - you certainly loved him after Grease. And we knew from Saturday Night Fever that he could dance - but guess what? We found out he could sing, too!

The soundtrack was incredible - yes, I have it on my iPod. And I know the words to every song. Don't laugh - admit it - you do, too! I think every karaoke bar plays "Summer Nights" & "You're the One That I Want", don't they?

So...
my favorite characters: Leather-clad Sandy, Danny
my favorite scene: the final scene, of course
my favorite song: You're the One That I Want

I know, I know - I'm so predictable. But remember, I was only 16 when I saw Grease for the first time - so I was very impressionable!

"We go together like ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong
Remembered forever as shoo-bop sha whada whadda yippidy boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop that's the way it should be
Waooo Yea..."

What are your favorites??

Flashback Friday

Today's flashback is to 1988 - the year I got married. Do you remember what you did in 1988?

Big hair was starting to deflate a little, and punkier cuts were in style. I wore my hair short & spiky - and loved it!

THE MUSIC!!! What was your favorite song? If I was only allowed to listen to music from 1988, I would be okay with that, LOL!

• Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
• Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns-n-Roses
• Wild, Wild West - Escape Club (this is one of my ringtones now, LOL!)
• Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
• Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
• Wild Thing - Tone Loc
• Faith - George Michael
• Wishing Well - Terence Trent d'Arby
• Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
• Red, Red Wine - UB40
• Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne

Did you have a favorite TV series? I loved "Growing Pains" & "LA Law". I always thought it was funny to watch Laurie Partridge as a lawyer, LOL! Remember when they brought back Mission: Impossible? I always thought Thaao Penghlis was soooo handsome - loved him as Tony DiMera on Days of Our Lives, too! Some other shows:

• Cheers
• Who's The Boss
• The Wonder Years
• Alf
• The Golden Girls

Do you cringe when you think about what you wore in 1988? I had acid-washed jeans, hot pink Converse high-tops (I still have them!), aviator sunglasses, and a Swatch watch with bands in several different colors. Even though tattoos & piercings were starting to become more "mainstream", I didn't sport anything other than a single piercing in each ear in 1988. The tats & piercings came much later, LOL! Other trends:

• fingerless gloves
• leather jackets à la Michael Jackson in the "Bad" video
• aviator jackets
• Hawaiian shirts (for guys)

What are your favorite movies from 1988? I still love to watch Big & Die Hard! Other movies that year:

• Beetlejuice
• Rainman
• Twins
• Cocktail
• Bull Durham
• The Dead Pool
• Hairspray
• Young Guns

Share your memories of 1988!

1979 playlist

In honor of Flashback Friday 1979, here's my 1979 playlist:

1. Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger
2. My Sharona - The Knack
3. Hot Stuff/Bad Girls - Donna Summer
4. Fins - Jimmy Buffett
5. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
6. Roxanne - The Police
7. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
8. Rock-n-Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
9. One Way Or Another - Blondie
10. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind, & Fire
11. Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
12. Let the Good Times Roll - The Cars
13. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey
14. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
15. I Need A Lover - John Cougar (no Mellencamp in 1979!)
16. YMCA - The Village People
17. Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
18. Soul Man - The Blues Brothers
19. Shattered - Rolling Stones
20. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
21. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
22. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
23. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
24. Crazy Love - The Allman Brothers
25. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Admit it - you know all of these songs, too, don't you?

Flashback Friday 2/26/10

Ah, the 70's...

1979 - the year I graduated from high school and started college...Jimmy Carter was President, gas was 86 cents per gallon, and McDonald's introduced something called a Happy Meal. Has it really been 31 years??

Without a doubt, the 70's had some great music - even if we did have to listen to it on 8-track tapes and polyvinyl records. Nothing like skips, jumps, and white noise! According to Billboard, these were the top hits from 1979:

1. Heart of Glass - Blondie
2. My Sharona - The Knack
3. Just When I Needed You Most - Randy VanWarmer
4. Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
5. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
6. Y.M.C.A. - Village People
7. Sad Eyes - Robert John
8. Fire - The Pointer Sisters
9. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
10. Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

I would agree with most of those choices...I have 7 of them on my iPod, LOL. And I admit - I know most, if not all, of the lyrics to these songs. If you don't already have these tunes, you can buy the CD at Amazon. But what...no Bee Gees??

I spent a lot of time at the movies during the 70's - since there wasn't much else to do in my little hometown. I saw all of these when they were released in the theater. If you saw them on DVD, it doesn't count.

• Superman The Movie
• Every Which Way But Loose
• Rocky II
• Alien
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Moonraker
• The Muppet Movie
• Kramer vs. Kramer 
• The Jerk

TV was awesome in the 70's. I loved these shows! Except I wasn't allowed to watch Saturday Night Live or Dallas while I was in high school. That changed when I went off to college. As did many other things, since I lived in the dorm. :-)

• M*A*S*H
• Happy Days
• Saturday Night Live
• Charlie's Angels
• Family Feud
• Quincy, M.E.
• The Love Boat
• Three's Company
• Dallas
• Mork and Mindy
• Taxi 

And I had to have Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo, Love's Baby Soft or Avon's Sweet Honesty perfume, Close-Up toothpaste, Tickle deodorant, Flicker razor (that cut my legs to shreds), & Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. I went from Farrah Fawcett bangs to a Dorothy Hamill wedge. I had short skirts, midi skirts, and maxi skirts - bell bottoms and hot pants - disco boots and earth shoes. Ah, the memories...

What were you doing in the 70's? And if your answer is "I wasn't born yet", let me just say that you don't know what you missed!