The best thing about the 80's was that I had more hair and it was brown. I had three race cars and a Corvette. I had time to play guitar in a band with my friends and the economy was good.
I was young during the 1980's but remember a lot about the decade.
I think the best things about the eighties were:
Awesome films
There are so many good films from the 80's. The best feature of these films is that they are short and highly entertaining. My favorites are:
E.T
Ghostbuster
Shortcircuit
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Goonies
Teen Wolf
The Labyrinth
Never Ending Story
Top Gun
....The list is endless!
Pop hysteria
Things I did not enjoy about the 80's
Puff-ball skirts, shell suits, perms, shoulder-pads and power cuts.
I was born in 84, so I can just remember a few things about the very late 80s, like:
Thundercats
Count Duckula
Visionaires
Denver The Last Dinosaur
Sabre Rider
I have since gone on to become a real lover of 80s cartoons and music. I have a video folder with some of my fave classic cartoons in it and have lots of 80s playlists, featuring some of my favourite bands, like Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Queen, Toto and Genesis.
I guess, technically, I'm a 90s kid, in as much as I can remember a lot more about 90s and the stuff I loved back then, but I've developed a bit of a craze for the 80s in my adulthood.