Saturday Night Retro

Saturday night.  Not such a relaxing one this week.  The forecast for horrendous storms has prompted Joshua's Boy Scout troop to cut short a camping trip, and Husband is on his way to get him.  I'm glad they are erring on the side of caution.

Tonight's Retro will be with a twist.  I'm featuring songs I didn't like when I was in high school.  Why?  No reason, just thought it might be fun.

First up is one of my all time least favorite songs from one of my all time least favorite frontmen for one of my least favorite bands.

Painful.  And more so if your name is Sharon, and you go by Sherri in high school.

Moving on... how about this gem.  The picture alone is criminal.

And a terrific suggestion from my sister.

She asked my brother in law to name the worst songs of the 80s and he said, "Most of them."  Hehe.

In order to make this blog post I had to listen to several versions of each of those songs, so I could pick the "best" one.  I deserve combat pay.

Let's end on a happier note.  Who remembers these?

Roller skate covers!!  These were huge when I was in early high school in Tennessee.  I've encountered very few people who have heard of them, though.   How about you?  Have you heard of them?  Did you have them?  Leave me a comment.

ETA:  Husband returned with Joshua, and asked me to include this late entry in the bad songs list.

Saturday Night Retro

Saturday Night Retro has been on hiatus for two weeks.  First, because of this, and then because of this

I was just exhausted last weekend.  I think I was in bed by 10 pm, which is unheard of for me.  I'm still tired tonight, after a whirlwind of activity this week, but I'm ready to sit back, relax, and travel down Memory Lane.  Won't you join me?

Husband recommended this one.  It definitely is a blast from my past!

 

I went to a Def Leppard concert in the 8th grade.  I went to A LOT of concerts in the 8th and 9th grades.

However, SNR requires something more mellow, so let's try this.

 And this.

Now for something a little different.  Husband and I were watching, and laughing at, videos from the 80's.  One of Joan Jett's band members had on a fringed jacket, similar to this.

And for some reason, it struck us both as hilariously awful.  Because, you know, there are no pictures of either of us wearing anything embarrassing in our youth.

Let's break that one down, mkay?  Big perm?  Check.  Pastel random print shorts that come two inches above the belly button?  Check.  Faux leather bootlets with plastic jewels on the sides?  Check.  Scrunch socks?  Check.  Reading the Weekly World News?  Wow, let's move on, shall we?

I began thinking of other fashion disasters from the past.  Frankly, critiquing 80's fashion is like shooting fish in a barrel.  But that won't stop me.  I give you...

Now I'm not naive enough to think that we won't laugh at today's styles in the future, but right now is right now, and we all need to be laughing at fashions from the past.  So what's your favorite bad fashion item from your youth?  Post a link or description in the comments.