THROWBACK THURSDAY:FUN

Did you have favorite's in your era?
Let's go from child..to teen..to adult up to age 20.
awwww, the good ol' days.

Was it a song,singer,poet,style,fashion,had a crush,favorite childhood food,game..anything? If you do, share.

Have a good day everyone.

Grew up with Motown beach music and loved all of it!  I'm guilty of turning the radio all the way up when Sugarpie Hunnybunch comes on. lol

--gina
    

Childhood, hummm  Days at the lake or the barn.  Early rock and roll.  What-a-burger and In-An-Out burgers.

Child/ rubik's cube, hand games(play my old hand games with my daughter's and they teach their friend's ha!),the finger string games,hop scotch,double dutch( I still can't get enough,I love to get the ropes out and it draws a crowd of kids), Iforgot the name but that thing you sing on and you sit indian style and you turn yourself around and around and around til you fall off dizzy,speak and spell(oh yeah, that was hot), atari( I had it when it first came out..I should have kept that thing..who knew how much money the gaming business would be making back then. sheesh),the calculator that looked like a owl(anyone remember Dee from what's happening? she had one too!),hungy hungru hippo)that game was loud). hide and go seek and more.

Jordache,sassoon,calvin klein,nicker bokers(I think that's spelled wrong),penny loafers(I use to put nickles in my mine).

Teen/still double dutch,doing tricks on one of my 4 bikes,handheld mini arcade system ms. pac man(anyone remember those? I still have one and it works),michael jackson(you could not tell me I was'nt the number one fan..I had the dolls,posters allllll over my walls,the jacket and pics and albums),prince,salt and peppa..my mic sound nice check 1, ha!,dougie fresh,the fat boys,janet jackson,rappin duke,aliyah,brandy,monica,queen latifah,mc lyte, hall and oates,the one sound by the doobie brothers..takin it to the street,heavy d and the boys,kirk franklin and his many groups,ice cube,kid n play,yo yo,mc hammer,envouge,the wop dance, the pee wee herman dance,the kid n play dance, the roger rabbit dance,the snake, acid wash jeans,coogi(and they think this fashion is new now),the benetton bags that hung to your side( I had every color I wanted),rider boots in every color(they were cute,but were them in extreme cold),ripped jeans,colorful reebok's when they first hit the scene,wearing a key in my earing like janet jackson, I had the layered look(hair), the cemetric cut, the banana clips were hot for a moment,slouch socks(so cute with shorts),new jack swing jacket with all the rhinestones on the back(those jackets were on fire),dolphin earings,eight ball jackets.

What's happening(loved Dee the sister),cosby show, a different world,duke's of hazzard,woodie wood pecker,the little rascals,friday the 13th all chapters,chuckie,gremlins,smurfs(who knew...the kids love the smurfs now),lavern and shirley,wrestlers..hulk hogan,the junk yard dog,ricky steamboat,andre the giant..you can't pay me watch it now,it's just not the same.

The years have went fast!!

I had the coolest pair of white pants that were bell-bottomed and hip hugger!!  With these I had this shirt that was made like a baby's onesy that snapped so it couldn't come untucked!!  Super cool!!  Do you remember gaucho's(sp)?  We wore these with boots and a vest.

I loved rock n roll - we went to see Alice Coopers' - Welcome to my Nightmare at the Omni in Atlanta.  Loved the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith - I hope my kids behaved better than I did!!  Those were the good ole days...

Linda

Romper Room on TV.  Partridge Family and David Cassidy.  Bobby Sherman (google him-so, so cute!)

white go-go boots-I think I had a pair-maybe it was just wishful thinking.

Donna Parker books (she was the lea character in the book.  very 1950's but independent and confident and cute and popular-everything I wanted to be....and she had a very functional family to boot.

Nancy Drew-another confident girl and she had a cool car too!

climbing trees.

walking or riding all over town.  We were definitely given more freedom than kids today.

gettng to go home for lunch.  school was right across the street and sometimes I even got to brings friends home with me.  My  mom made us Heinz macaroni and cheese (from a can!) yum!!

Camp Fire Girls.

gosh-I'm old!!!!!
janet

I had a crush on Bobby Sherman, too, and Mark Slade from http://www.thehighchaparral.com/.  I don't remember too much from my childhood except bell bottom pants and midi dresses.
The teen years is when I discovered drugs and alcohol so that is kind of a blur.  I do remember hip huggers.  I had a friend who would take her pants and sew them so they could get as low as possible.  Kind of like they have now.  I go to the thrift store to find jeans and they have these pairs that have a zipper that is only about an inch long.  Makes me feel old.  I don't like to wear pants that feel like they are falling off.
I had a huge crush on Neil Young.  I grew up in L.A. and worked as a messenger in the music business so I got to meet a lot of people.  I also had a crush on David Letterman.  I was his first stalker.  I used to see him perform at the Comedy Store, which was my hang out for a long time.  Then I started going to music night clubs and watched all the local bands.  I also loved Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Jim Carroll, the Band.  My best memory was seeing the last show the Band ever did with all the original members at the Roxy.  I went to see Rick Danko, who I loved and went to all his shows.  It was when they were making the Last Waltz and they had some scenes to film so the whole group showed up as a surprise.  I was sitting right at Robbie Robertson's feet.  I will never forget.  They never performed again as a whole.  I hung out at places like Madame Wong's and Club 88 and saw bands like the Naughty Sweeties (had a huge crush on the keyboard player) and the Kats, whose lead singer was dating a 16 year old beauty named Demi.  A few years later, after I was married, I was watching soap operas and they had a new character on General Hospital and it was little Demi, all grown up.  Demi Moore.  She was a sweet girl.
Lot's of wild times and memories.  Now I have a very dull life and I like it alot because I know I didn't miss out on anything.

Thanks for participating everyone.

I had a back in the day moment when I was talking with my kids and thought that I would make a post out of it.