Comments on: That 80's Show

That 80's Show

zarq — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:00:47 -0800

Brooklyn natives Atomic Tom cover "Don't You Want Me" in a video filled with celeb cameos and '80's references: Vimeo / Youtube (from the Take Me Home Tonight soundtrack.)

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:07:19 -0800

1. Ghost came out in the '90s. 2. '80s retro went out in the '00s.

By: chavenet

chavenet — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:10:32 -0800

So teddy-bear tender and tragically hip.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:15:32 -0800

Christ that is so awful that it literally made me nauseous. Original

By: empath

empath — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:18:49 -0800

(not the video, the cover.. the video is okay, if you play the original song over it)

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:27:31 -0800

Ok, at first I was all "wut?" and then it got better. By the end I was really happy and kinda wished it went on longer. Also, always wished that song had more verses.

By: billyfleetwood

billyfleetwood — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:30:00 -0800

80's Ending

By: Splunge

Splunge — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:30:27 -0800

Quoth Bartleby, "I would prefer not to."

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:30:55 -0800

I never recovered from a co-worker asking me who was this Debbie Gibson person I had mentioned.

By: thylacine

thylacine — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:36:09 -0800

People in Brooklyn still were keffiyehs? Fan Death did the best 80s "cameo" video a couple years ago: re-united

By: entropicamericana

entropicamericana — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:45:56 -0800

I thought Brooklyn was supposed to be ahead of the curve; the 90s are tres over, darling.

By: entropicamericana

entropicamericana — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:46:03 -0800

er, 80s.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:55:34 -0800

Lolol you guys fell for this? Of course the 80s are over , this is a reference to how all the uncool people thought the 80s were cool and usd to reference them. It's like "hey, remember when people remembered the 80s, those people are total suck"

By: humannaire

humannaire — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:03:09 -0800

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:07:00 -0800

I think Brooklyn just ...lapped itself.

By: camyram

camyram — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:12:43 -0800

As they (we) used to say in the 80's: Just Say No.

By: snapped

snapped — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:29:36 -0800

Am I being a douche if I complain that neither video will play on my phone? I know non-USians often have worse video problems, but this just kinda gets my goat.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:56:51 -0800

Am I being a douche if I complain that neither video will play on my phone? I know non-USians often have worse video problems, but this just kinda gets my goat. In this case I think you're better off without seeing it.

By: Kitteh

Kitteh — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:13:40 -0800

Yeah, that was like being stuck at a party in Williamsburg with friends who flat-out refuse to acknowledge that said party sucks.

By: ericbop

ericbop — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:25:33 -0800

this is why we can't have nice decades.

By: PinkMoose

PinkMoose — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:48:23 -0800

Topher Grace is not only quite attractive, but a v good actor. Why is he forced to do things like this.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:50:08 -0800

Well, I watched it. While sipping a cool, refreshing Pepsi Blue.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:58:02 -0800

The casting is interesting. Topher Grace made his name in a nostalgic sitcom, and what's-her-name was in all those awful "...Movie" movies where the only joke is that there's a lot of cameos. I'm kind of wondering if the joke might be on them.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:58:38 -0800

I never recovered from a co-worker asking me who was this Debbie Gibson person I had mentioned. I can beat that. In January on the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I told a co-worker an anecdote involving me being a sixth-grade wiseass when one of the teachers entered the room to tell another teacher. After telling the anecdote to the co-worker, I asked her where she was that day. "Well," said this married, confident young woman, "I was one ... "

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:24:32 -0800

Silly kids. You were supposed to cover Fascination. Better luck next time.

By: dixiecupdrinking

dixiecupdrinking — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:39:02 -0800

After this, these guys get a free pass to do whatever cheesy 80s thing they want, if you ask me. (Could have sworn there was a previous metafilter post re: the subway iphone performance but maybe I'm wrong, can't find it.)

By: Brocktoon

Brocktoon — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:19:02 -0800

That's nuthin! I had a coworker who had never heard of ZZ Top.

By: ActingTheGoat

ActingTheGoat — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:23:37 -0800

Before this week I had never heard of a ZZtop-style wife.

By: rainperimeter

rainperimeter — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:59:22 -0800

the human league they are not.

By: brand-gnu

brand-gnu — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:04:44 -0800

That is a god-awful cover. They should be ashamed of themselves. Topher Grace, on the other hand, should be very proud of his Michael J. Fox impersonation. Spot on!

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:04:14 -0800

Topher Grace, on the other hand, should be very proud of his Michael J. Fox impersonation. Spot on! That much is true.