What leads the cycle...Music....Fashion....Drugs?

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For example...what comes first

the return of 80s drugs (more coke use)?

return of 80s inspired music retreads?

or 80s threads?

― toasted labia, Friday, 19 August 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Recession... unemployment... free time... black market economy... empty warehouses

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Nostalgia

― pappawheelie II, Friday, 19 August 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

money leads the cycle, yeah.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

publicists and marketing director

― bb (bbrz), Friday, 19 August 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

The twenty-year nostalgia formula leads everything. In the 70s, there was all this 50s stuff...American Graffiti, Happy Days, etc. In the 80s, you had your 60s revivalism, Grateful Dead stadium tours, etc. 90s were all about the 70s, and now we're smack dab in the 80s. In about ten years people will start rediscovering Pearl Jam and wearing flannel.

What will people do in the 2020s? Watch reality tv and protest George Bush?

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Sex

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but I've been seeing 80s nostalgia since 1994. It hasn't let up.

― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

[bracing for the onslaught]

The 80s saw some of the catchiest pop songs since the 60s.

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

[bracing for the onslaught]
The 80s saw some of the catchiest pop songs since the 60s.

-- Confounded (confoundsk...), August 19th, 2005 1:26 PM. (later) (link)

ABBA, dude.

Although I do agree with you to some degree.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

did the 80's ever end?

― bb (bbrz), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

toasted labia

Very original nickname.

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

80s brought back in the 90s, we already brought back the 90s, which had little to begin with, we've already hit an end. we cant retro a decade that was nothing but retro. when you recycle you also reduce, if there is no new material to draw on you just become nothing. what a time to be alive!

― danny r (big fucking trees), Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:25 (twenty years ago)

Why are people so intent on retro trends?

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Saturday, 20 August 2005 05:32 (twenty years ago)

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