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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Ovation Wear |
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Location: south east Michigan | oh my....
That ad should be sent to the Smithsonian to represent the times.
'Everybody was kung-fu fighting" came to mind when I was looking at it.
On the other hand, I would buy a number of those items if they were up-dated to a current design.
Well, maybe not the Ovation "muscle shirt". |
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Location: NJ | kinda makes y'wanna get the wah-wah out . . . don't it?? |
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Location: Midland, MI | As I was looking at it, the closing chorus from 'Hey Nineteen' kept running through my head...
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
But, I'm not sure why. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Actually, I would love the muscle shirt in black and the satin jacket.
Jeff, you look really good in the tight white and blue shorts! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...and mustache... |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | I like the leg warmmers. Is everybody stretching or are they reaching for something? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Stretching???????
oh yeah....I remember now. That is something that the younger generation does. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Makes me think of the TV show version of "Fame".....I can hear "FAME!!! I wanna live forever....."
Or maybe the movie "Flashdance"....which was a big hit the year before, so maybe there was more than a little inspiration there?????
Roger |
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Location: East Tennessee | I did notice several items in mauve. :D |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Is that guy in the satin jacket palmin' a cigarette? |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I think the guy in "H" is about to put something other than a tennis ball in his hand! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
are they reaching for something? ...maybe for that bar of soap next to the duffle bag... |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | And here we thought Janet Jackson invented "wardrobe malfunctions." A couple of rather "cheeky" lasses there, 'ey, wot? Ah, the bad old days.......... |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I won the black satin jacket on ebay last year for $30.00. The jacket size is small so I gave it to my kids. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
so I gave it to my kids. Wong size. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | That 's the PROBLEM.....it WASN'T!
And to think that when I first clicked on this string, I thought it was about the Andrea True Connection.....
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | :D :p |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | certainly not one of the companies higher moments. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I don't know, they look to be pretty high. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Ovation was building some great guitars then. American musical and fashion tastes were just weird. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Sad thing is, Mark, back then we thought those fashions were cool. Now we go back and look at them and go, "My God-- what could we have been THINKING?!" Same way with the hair and
mustaches-- now it's like, "What a dork!" |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Oh-- and disco STILL sucks. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Well........try to get 17 minutes of Donna Summer crooning "ooooo, love to love you baby" out of your head.
And some of these songs don't totally suck. Kinda like what bikers say about fat girls and motorcycles..... ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | I hated that music ... AND it was in my formative years. For me, that period of time heralded the onset of Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, and of course Ziggy and Diamond Dogs. |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | A hundred songs and not one I wouldn't shut off immediately. Whats amazing to me is kids the age I was when those were popular think that stuff is great. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Now THERE'S a scary thought. It's cool when they like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and James Taylor and Led Zep and the like, but that's terrifying! My age is showing..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I seem to have tuned out most of the 80s musically. Raising kids and working seems to have taken priority. When I talk to someone in his 30s or 40s about music, I don't recognize any of the artists or songs.
And rick, I never thought those clothes were cool, except for when I'd go to the gym to "work out", but really just went to watch the girls in aerobics class work out. Man that lycra could do some incredible things. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | Especially with the "cheekies." |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I walked into the gym several years ago and all the guys were looking out the window at a new red Porsche instead of checking out the aerobics girls like they usually did. I said, "I've got one of those, but mine's a lot older." One of them said, "You should have seen the blonde that got out of it." I said, "I've got one of those, too, but mine's a lot older."
True story. The young blonde owner of the red 911 was Pam, one of the first big lottery winners. $83 million when she was in her early 20s. |
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Location: SoCal | And just how do I meet Pam?
p.s. you might want to pull her last name out of your posting... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I edited the post, although since she was on Letterman's show, I think she was already a public figure before I mentioned her. I probably spelled her name wrong anyway. I haven't heard of her in years. She sold her car to a friend of mine and bought a newer 911. She should have a few years left on her annual payments. Maybe with the big winners of more recent years, nobody thinks she's a big deal anymore. |
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Location: SoCal | ah......
In my line of work, you tend to be very respectful of people's privacy..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We all should be. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
I hated that music ... AND it was in my formative years. At the time I hated that music too. Even though it was doing wonders for my.... um.... evening social life ;)
True story; It just happened that I quit entertaining for a living to go into the family grocery biz 2 weeks before KC & the Sunshine Band had their first hit. 3 months later all the places I used to play got disco balls and DJs and all the guys I used to know were out of work.
I'm grown up enough to be able to shout "Disco Sucks!" as I shake my booty (okay, table dance) to some of those tunes. (Though you're more likely to find jazz and classical in the cd player)
I agree about punk/New Wave though. It rejuvenated my interest in playing music. {Joey (shithead) Keithley of DOA is playing near here on the 28th. Unfortunately I got a fill-in call last night for the 28th and won't be able to see him.} |
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Location: Las Vegas | Thanks for posting that! That should just about stop all the Partridge cracks for, uh, all time.
Les
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Oh, C'mon. Get Happy! :o |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | It really is too bad that Cliff isn't still around during the day. I doubt if he would have ever left the "Partridge crack" comment alone. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Maybe we could all chip in and buy him a crackberry? :D |
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When Porn Met Disco....