tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post7447495084864460413..comments2024-02-10T00:33:17.312-08:00Comments on Lighten Up!: The 80s: Decade of Unfortunate Hair. And So Much More!Dawn@Lighten Up!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301481567651330133noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-45996993236125537432012-06-21T11:43:53.588-07:002012-06-21T11:43:53.588-07:00Ha! I wish I had the nerve to post my eighties hai...Ha! I wish I had the nerve to post my eighties hair.Dr Zibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570006777738622727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-87250229241879318132012-05-26T23:38:35.664-07:002012-05-26T23:38:35.664-07:00The number 2 picture, very hawt.The number 2 picture, very hawt.Audubon Ronhttp://ducksmahal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-11045149991897669522012-05-26T04:41:03.387-07:002012-05-26T04:41:03.387-07:00Joanne - You are STILL hot shit, baby. ;)
Jessica ...Joanne - You are STILL hot shit, baby. ;)<br />Jessica - That is correct. Growing the top of the mullet down to a normal length took YEARS. Where were you when I needed this information, Jessica?<br />Ami - Love the Tammy Faye shirt. I would have totally, for sure worn that. You like my mullet up there? Really? Bless your 80s heart.Dawn@Lighten Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06301481567651330133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-70722095695494900022012-05-25T06:25:19.101-07:002012-05-25T06:25:19.101-07:00Ahh, Tammy Faye.
My friend Denise went to Palm Spr...Ahh, Tammy Faye.<br />My friend Denise went to Palm Springs and came back with a t-shirt. It had 'makeup' smeared all over the front and said, "I ran into Tammy Faye at the mall."<br /><br />And I guess I'm in the minority, but I think your hair looks nice in the picture you posted.<br /><br />We won't talk about how many chins we all have, but if you get someone to photograph you from just a little taller than you are, it tilts your head up just a bit and gets rid of a few chins.<br /><br />You're welcome.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-12846426214504516982012-05-24T10:36:37.972-07:002012-05-24T10:36:37.972-07:00As a fellow 80s girl, I am dismayed to admit that ...As a fellow 80s girl, I am dismayed to admit that I never did rock a mullet! I did however, sport the Dorothy Hamill in 8th grade. The last year my hair was ever short because it was such a traumatic cut. Never go bob. Never go bob, and NEVER go mullet. There is no way those styles are ever coming back.Jessica Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861658300112079021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-10479651625582122442012-05-24T06:17:36.728-07:002012-05-24T06:17:36.728-07:00That was hilarious! I had kids by the 80's (5 ...That was hilarious! I had kids by the 80's (5 of them) because I was a child of 60's and started at 18. As for the hair I never had a mullet (my son did)but I had my share of bad dos. I went through phases. I had the French Curls done once a week at the local beauty school (I was hot shit then baby)then I got an artichoke cut that sent me home crying and wearing a bandana for 3 months. I once had an old boyfriend ask me if I was a hippie. He said that he knew I was as soon as he saw my long split ends waving in the breeze.....I could go on for days perms, ironing boards, etc.etc.etcjoanne leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433088239412080529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-40233751924624308972012-05-24T02:57:39.744-07:002012-05-24T02:57:39.744-07:00Ruth - Ha! I'm afraid I would have been "...Ruth - Ha! I'm afraid I would have been "not feeling well" a bunch on Sundays, then.<br />Bill - "Mickey" and "Jenny" are stuck in your head now? <br />My work here is done.Dawn@Lighten Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06301481567651330133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-37032805667959513212012-05-23T15:11:42.929-07:002012-05-23T15:11:42.929-07:00Oh Mickey - I have that and 867-5309 in my I-tunes...Oh Mickey - I have that and 867-5309 in my I-tunes library.<br />I'm not from the 80's but we had 2 kids who became teens in the 80's. You can't but help to notice these odd fads and the music.<br /><br />I got it I got it I got your number on the wall - I got this song stuck in my head.Bill Lislemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187273560129198423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-27840800601277084242012-05-22T08:53:07.934-07:002012-05-22T08:53:07.934-07:00The countdown was on Sundays at my house. It reall...The countdown was on Sundays at my house. It really sucked if Mom said you had to go to Sunday School and church cause you only could listen to the top 10.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051904118383493849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-44370513189243954472012-05-22T02:41:08.241-07:002012-05-22T02:41:08.241-07:00MTM(BDB) - I'd never get uppity on you, my fel...MTM(BDB) - I'd never get uppity on you, my fellow-beer-drinkin' bridesmaid. -Yours in domestic beer in a can, DawnDawn@Lighten Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06301481567651330133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-29301819416947175712012-05-21T11:21:47.295-07:002012-05-21T11:21:47.295-07:00Great, great post, my bdb. Laughed my non-mullet a...Great, great post, my bdb. Laughed my non-mullet ass off. (I had a perm. So I have no room to be mocking yo mullet...) but I have to take issue with your food group comment....I beg to differ! Beer is too a food group!!! How do you not know that????? Don't be getting all uppity on me!!! :)muffintopmommyhttp://www.muffintopmommy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-71249326256479552522012-05-21T06:03:58.847-07:002012-05-21T06:03:58.847-07:00RJ - Thanks, RJ. RJ's girl is rockin' the ...RJ - Thanks, RJ. RJ's girl is rockin' the mullet, no?<br />Dawn - I spent decades getting perms, also, trying to make my mullet big. They lasted all of 3 weeks on my thin, pathetic hair. Sigh.<br />Pearl - It was ABSOLUTELY a requirement. I am sure you looked smashing, dah-ling.<br />Diva - Have to admit that I prefer 70s music to 80s music, even though I was just a babe then. Good stuff. :) I bet you rocked some 70s hair.<br />Eva - You're not old. You're retro! Retro is HOT!<br />Nurse M - THANK YOU for the sweet comment. Made my day. Better than coffee?!!?? Wow.<br />Anthony - You called me funny and said I looked sensational. Marry me. No pre-nup.<br />NY - You're a musician, and musically speaking - as you can see from the lyric references here - you didn't miss much in the 80s.<br />Heidi - I know, right? Prince. And his little purple banana. Saw the shadow of it at Superbowl halftime.<br />Robyn - Oh, I spent a good decade trying for the Farrah do, too, as a young girl. That's another post.<br />Jayne - an acid flashback?! Never tried it. Take me, take me! haha.<br />Penwasser - Exactly. That dude, he is making love to the camera. Sweet, sweet mullet love.<br />Robert - Ha! Love the mohawk comment. Love.<br />HumorSmith - Have to say, some of those early 70s fashions hurt my eyeballs, especially the bell bottoms. Bunch o' hippies.<br />Wanda - That's your brain, trying to block it out.<br />Linda - It's all too much for the senses, isn't it? ;)<br />Lisa - We may be old, but at least we have better hair!<br />Jono - Good point - bad hair DOES happen every generation! "Crimson and clover, over and over..." *GAG* (kill me now, please.)Dawn@Lighten Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06301481567651330133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-72484724972421063842012-05-20T16:13:13.732-07:002012-05-20T16:13:13.732-07:00As a teen of the 60's I'm old enough to be...As a teen of the 60's I'm old enough to be your father. I'm not your father, am I? Where were you born? Just checking. Hair we had. Even a song and musical about it. Inane lyrics? "Crimson and clover over and over and over and over," etc. Disco finally did me in and by the early 80's I left civilization as we know it. Glad to see this happens every generation.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-59093805575039622362012-05-20T11:43:39.677-07:002012-05-20T11:43:39.677-07:00It's sad that I'm too old to party like it...It's sad that I'm too old to party like it's 1999.Lisa Tognolahttp://mainstreetmusingsblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-13442521720293558422012-05-19T16:45:13.880-07:002012-05-19T16:45:13.880-07:00My eyes! No...my ears! My eyes AND my ears!!!My eyes! No...my ears! My eyes AND my ears!!!Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-89695963786727178372012-05-19T08:10:22.925-07:002012-05-19T08:10:22.925-07:00Is it a bad sign if the only thing you remember ab...Is it a bad sign if the only thing you remember about the 80's was MJ and Prince? <br /><br />Don't answer that! It was rhetorical (sort of)Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997666282960395079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-20903188920305411812012-05-18T23:11:35.787-07:002012-05-18T23:11:35.787-07:00Funny! Never had a mullet, but I was a teen in the...Funny! Never had a mullet, but I was a teen in the late '60's-early '70's, so I had Nehru shirts (couldn't find a jacket) and bell bottom jeans and corduroys. <br /><br />You may have been less of a fashion disaster.HumorSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385608006995986744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-62071937258987390902012-05-18T21:49:24.915-07:002012-05-18T21:49:24.915-07:00I'm old enough to remember when Country singer...I'm old enough to remember when Country singers ALL had Crew Cuts and Flat Tops and their fans would kick the hell out of anyone whose top of their ears they couldn't see.<br /><br />A few years ago I passed a kid on the street who had a spiky blue blue Mohawk. "It's been done," I mentioned to him as we passed.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-32324566545927848872012-05-18T19:46:15.274-07:002012-05-18T19:46:15.274-07:00I'm a child of the 70s.
One word: disco.
'...I'm a child of the 70s.<br />One word: disco.<br />'nuff said.<br />Oh, and as far as that first picture of Mullet Man...a question could be,<br />"Hey, dude, who took my boobs?"Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-47332801072116328002012-05-18T18:42:01.629-07:002012-05-18T18:42:01.629-07:00"...slicker than snot?" Girlfriend, I a..."...slicker than snot?" Girlfriend, I am older than snot. My hairdos could house weaponry. And now that pussy little handgun stuff either. I'm talking AK-47 time here. The rat tail comb was my instrument of choice and you wanna talk flammable? A gallon of Spray Net made me a walkin' Molotov cocktail. Think "Grease" on steroids. I bow to your courage for posting a photo of yourself. A posting of me in my era will be pried "out of my cold, dead hands."<br /><br />What a fun damn post. You've taken me down my own memory lane and even given me an acid flashback.<br /><br />Thanks for the laughs! :)injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-6716170677124675862012-05-18T16:05:24.429-07:002012-05-18T16:05:24.429-07:00I've got a few years on you, Dawn, but I still...I've got a few years on you, Dawn, but I still wish that I was Jesse's girl. Once again, I laughed throughout this post. "Business in the front, party in the back" - etc. I'm still chuckling up a storm here. Honestly, though, and I'm not trying to be sweet or anything of the sort, you look adorable in that picture. <br /><br />I always tried for the Farrah Fawcett do, but nobody could tell; looked more like a misguided mullet.<br /><br />xoRobynRawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-2421529966550058602012-05-18T15:32:54.741-07:002012-05-18T15:32:54.741-07:00Tried to leave a comment this morning, but my inte...Tried to leave a comment this morning, but my internet connection went flacid on me! I'm with Stacey--I look forward to your blogs. I was an 80s girl myself. Laughed out loud at the Prince comments.Heidi-"Heidi in Real Life"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01765631003765541364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-34762089505895586562012-05-18T11:34:59.238-07:002012-05-18T11:34:59.238-07:00...and once again one of my bloggy friends makes m......and once again one of my bloggy friends makes me feel like I'm too young to be at the party.<br /><br />The first time I was aware of what year it was, it was New Year's 1990, and I was psyched to be up at midnight. I missed the 80s completely.Classic NYerhttp://www.classicnycstory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-48544509868976121402012-05-18T10:13:36.405-07:002012-05-18T10:13:36.405-07:00This was very funny. A little poignant but mostly ...This was very funny. A little poignant but mostly funny. My daughter was a teen then but I remember a lot of what you mention. Achy Breaky and now his spawn is a big pain in the,I mean star. Never liked Prince and never wore a mullet.<br /> You did look sensational in that photo, I must say.anthony stemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666462157746049139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064585589281123688.post-21709347878209294392012-05-18T08:03:01.473-07:002012-05-18T08:03:01.473-07:00So excited to see your post this morning! I actua...So excited to see your post this morning! I actually look forward to your blog like I do my Friday morning coffee or crap, actually you are better than BOTH! Loved it!Stacey Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548632078722613679noreply@blogger.com