Here's a thread dedicated to one of favorite years, if not my favorite years of the 80's. It was fun year filled with great memories.

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The year of the late 80s where we were all getting tired of the 80s and finally getting closer to the early 90s.

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1988 - when Five Star went from clean cut to bad ass! Big hair and MJ leathers were the order of the day.

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New Jack Swing dominated the airwaves!

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Some Films of 1988:

Willow
Big
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Beetlejuice
Young Guns
Ghostbusters ll
Rain Man

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Phew - lots to go through here. Good mentions so far as I love The Jets, Coming To America and Willow!

My sister had this cassette in 1988 and let's just say I borrowed it A LOT for this track...


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It was the last year of one my favorite shows ever. Wish they would release the series on dvd.


As far as music I could list at least every other song on the billboard hot 100.

And my bike which I got April 1988.  I still ride it all summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk

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It was the last year of one my favorite shows ever. Wish they would release the series on dvd.


I loved "Our House" too. Thing is, I've never seen it since it's initial run, so have no idea how it holds up or really what the episodes were like. YouTube doesn't have much either.

As for Dino Riders, my dad bought me back the VHS. As always went crazy over them! I begged for the toys but never got them as they weren't sold where I was I don't think. Even wrote a letter to my sister abroad noting down which ones i wanted from the adverts on the vhs, but she didn't get me them either lol. Sad times.

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I loved "Our House" too. Thing is, I've never seen it since it's initial run, so have no idea how it holds up or really what the episodes were like. YouTube doesn't have much either.

As for Dino Riders, my dad bought me back the VHS. As always went crazy over them! I begged for the toys but never got them as they weren't sold where I was I don't think. Even wrote a letter to my sister abroad noting down which ones i wanted from the adverts on the vhs, but she didn't get me them either lol. Sad times.

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Last I saw it was about 10 years ago when I got the INSP channel on my dish. They showed the full series run. Should have taped it.

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Never heard of Giant Steps. They're British but seem to have only hit it big in the US. Nice song though - reminds me of Scritti Politti's "Wood Beez" from '85.

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I just remembered, in addition to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, the Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, AB. It was second to the last time the winter and summer Olympics were held the same year (1992).

I just remembered, in addition to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, the Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, AB. It was second to the last time the winter and summer Olympics were held the same year (1992).
Back in 1988 I was working on night duty, so coverage of the Winter Olympics from Canada, and when broadcast and being in the UK, with the time difference, I (ad my work colleagues) were able to view the events live.

I went to see Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine in concert in 1988. It would've looked something like this lol...


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I remember this being one of my favorite songs in the spring of 1988. I'll never forget recording it from the FM radio on cassette, and after listening to it a few times the tape messed up and the film came out, lol

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I also remember listening to Michael Jackson's BAD album. The spring had hits like Another Part of Me, Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal, and Leave Me Alone.

Nobody’s Fool by Kenny Loggins. Was one of, if not the first, song I joined this board to ID on the early 2000s. Before the board reset in 2004.

Reminds me of one of the few l times we got to go to the Mackinac Bridge when I was a kid. That song along with Fortress Around Your Heart by Sting we’re playing as I watched the bridge out the back window until the highway curved and it disappeared from view and I was sad. So as an adult I go all the time (well not right now).

Nobody’s Fool by Kenny Loggins. Was one of, if not the first, song I joined this board to ID on the early 2000s. Before the board reset in 2004.


One of my favourite male vocalists!

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Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (1988)

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Milli Vanilli- Don't Forget My Number

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Milli Vanilli- Don't Forget My Number


I associate that song with 1989 but that was when it was popular in the US, while in Europe it was out earlier. The interesting thing is their album was re-released in the US with the title "Girl You Know It's True", while their original release in Europe was titled "All Or Nothing".

I associate that song with 1989 but that was when it was popular in the US, while in Europe it was out earlier. The interesting thing is their album was re-released in the US with the title "Girl You Know It's True", while their original release in Europe was titled "All Or Nothing".


I don't understand how they lip synced and for people to think that it was actually them that was really singing?

I don't understand how they lip synced and for people to think that it was actually them that was really singing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli#Lip-syncing_exposure_and_media_backlash,_1989%E2%80%931991

I don't understand how they lip synced and for people to think that it was actually them that was really singing?


Oh, you's be surprised what people get away with. The general public is generally dumb, unfortunately. I mean it even won a Grammy! Unti they were finally caught and the Grammy was revoked. What I didn't understand is why, at that point, they didn't just give the Grammy to the people that ACTUALLY sang the song. Then, of course, I realized that the real people singing were complicit in the subterfuge, making them part of the conspiracy. Disgraceful! Horrid! Another awful thing from the awful 80s. No soul.

Another awful thing from the awful 80s. No soul.
Your opinion. ::)

Your opinion. ::)


I was there.  First hand experience.

I don't understand how they lip synced and for people to think that it was actually them that was really singing?


Lip-syncing was very common in the 80s. No-one ever had to prove they could sing live back then. It was just a given.

Even on UK weekly chart show "Top of the Pops", no-one started singing live on the show until 1991 officially - and that was only acts who agreed.

And I quote from a news article...

"In 1991, however, the producers relaxed their rules on miming, allowing artists the option of singing live over a backing track instead. Yes, there had been live performances before – New Order were the first to go fully live when they sang Blue Monday in 1983 – but they were few and far between. And there was a good reason for that – they were usually rubbish".

Oh, you's be surprised what people get away with. The general public is generally dumb, unfortunately. I mean it even won a Grammy! Unti they were finally caught and the Grammy was revoked. What I didn't understand is why, at that point, they didn't just give the Grammy to the people that ACTUALLY sang the song. Then, of course, I realized that the real people singing were complicit in the subterfuge, making them part of the conspiracy. Disgraceful! Horrid! Another awful thing from the awful 80s. No soul.


So what would've happened if there was no lip-syncing? ???

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This song wouldn't fly in 2020.

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This song wouldn't fly in 2020.


The #MeToo movement and the feminists would have a fit. I remember when VH-1 described it as a stalkers song in that year's episode of "I Love the 80's".

On this day in 1988, the Seoul Olympics held their opening ceremony.

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The #MeToo movement and the feminists would have a fit. I remember when VH-1 described it as a stalkers song in that year's episode of "I Love the 80's".


What was Billy Ocean thinking when he was writing that song?

The #MeToo movement and the feminists would have a fit. I remember when VH-1 described it as a stalkers song in that year's episode of "I Love the 80's".


Do people not notice that "Every Breath You Take" is a stalker's song too? Yet it's one of the most popular songs played at weddings when the couple are walking down the aisle. People are so unobservant.

Here's a handy "do not play" list for weddings:

www.brides.com/story/wedding-songs-do-not-play-list

Do people not notice that "Every Breath You Take" is a stalker's song too? Yet it's one of the most popular songs played at weddings when the couple are walking down the aisle. People are so unobservant.

Here's a handy "do not play" list for weddings:

www.brides.com/story/wedding-songs-do-not-play-list
In my piano playing years I would play "Ave Maria", my wife would shout out to stop playing for it is played at funerals, I reminded her we had it played at our wedding.

Summary of the 1988 Elections. I didn't know that Joe Biden was in the running for the Democratic primary back then. It was a landslide victory for Bush Sr.

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And here is the famous speech from the RNC:

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It was the last year of one my favorite shows ever. Wish they would release the series on dvd.


As far as music I could list at least every other song on the billboard hot 100.

And my bike which I got April 1988.  I still ride it all summer.


We watched that just about every week too. We followed Shannen Doherty to "Beverly HIlls, 90210", but I don't remember watching that one as faithfully.

Phew - lots to go through here. Good mentions so far as I love The Jets, Coming To America and Willow!

My sister had this cassette in 1988 and let's just say I borrowed it A LOT for this track...


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Aw! I remember this song. I was in 3rd grade. I miss being that young... :)

For me, it was the year I turned 8 years old, and the first of three consecutive calendar years in which I changed elementary schools.

It was also the most recent year in which the L.A. Dodgers won a World Series title.

I started High School in September of 1988.

I started High School in September of 1988.


So did I. But that’s because we had no middle school.

I started 4th grade in fall of '88. It was one of my best school years. It just had a very good vibe. I remember being obsessed with geography after the cross country road trip with my family in the Summer of '88, especially the Colorado Rockies, Grand Canyon, and the California coast. I planned to take that same trip in the summer of 2020 to reenact the memory, but since it was 2020 so that didn't work out. Like most memories of my life, that road trip has a soundtrack to it that I will always associate with it when I hear those songs which include "Perfect World" by Huey Lewis and the News, "1-2-3" by Gloria Estefan, and "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

I went to see Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine in concert in 1988. It would've looked something like this lol...


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I remember this music video! I use to imitate her in our living room lol. I would grab a bottle of nail polish as a microphone.  ;D I was 8 but I had the moves and the hair toss!

I bought my first house in 1988. My first marriage also ended in 1988.


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The Waterboys put out their classic album "Fisherman's Blues" in 1988. The title cut is perhaps the best known song on it.

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1988 was the year Leonard Cohen's now-classic "I'm Your Man" album was released, sparking off his spectacular comeback (actually more a return to the spotlight) which lasted the rest of his life.

This is one of the classic songs from it. It actually turned out to be a VERY prophetic song.

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I wonder how many weddings had this song in '88.

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Here's my list of all the things I think 1988 is remembered for:

- Music: Rick Astley, George Michael, Billy Ocean, Tracy Chapman, "Don't Worry, Be Happy", Erasure, NWA, Guns N Roses, Poison, Bobby Brown
- Movies: Beetlejuice, Rain Man, Last Temptation of Christ, Big, Coming to America, Cocktail, Die Hard, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- TV: The Wonder Years, Rosanne, Murphy Brown, 48 Hours, America's Most Wanted
- Mike Tyson (including the Nintendo game)
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- California Raisins
- Ernest
- The Elections between George Bush Sr. and Michael Dukakis (Bush's famous "read my lips" speech at the RNC)
- The summer Olympics in Seoul
- The winter Olympics in Calgary (particularly the Jamaican bobsledding team)
- The drought and the Yellowstone wildfires
- Pan Am plane crash in Scotland right before Christmas

That's all I can think of. Please feel free to add anything.

It was also the most recent year in which the L.A. Dodgers won a World Series title.

But then this year, they finally won another title! O0

But then this year, they finally won another title! O0


At least 2020 had one thing in common with 1988, lol.

At least 2020 had one thing in common with 1988, lol.

Also, a new person was elected president both years. (In both cases, it was a former Vice President! However, Daddy Bush was the sitting VP in 1988 when he got elected, whereas Biden wasn't. In fact, Biden was the first U.S. Vice President (sitting or not) since Daddy Bush to get elected to the presidency.)

At least 2020 had one thing in common with 1988, lol.


Which is what?

Which is what?
It's in the quote of the post you quoted...
The Dodgers won a title.

1988 was the last year that Palace Amusements in Asbury Park, New Jersey operated. The seaside resort was virtually dead for the next two decades, although its slowly starting its revival over the past decade. Still, for a resort that contained the world's longest-running Ferris wheel at the time it went dark, its just another one of the casualties that will make some recall their glory years. Its quite ironic since this closed a year after native Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" album was released.

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But the less is said about the Baltimore Orioles and 1988, the better. They're nearly 1988 bad nowadays, but 2018 was their low point.

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As well as a U.S. vice president getting elected President, as I mentioned in my follow-up post. (Bush Senior in 1988, and Biden in 2020.)

Also, a new person was elected president both years. (In both cases, it was a former Vice President! However, Daddy Bush was the sitting VP in 1988 when he got elected, whereas Biden wasn't. In fact, Biden was the first U.S. Vice President (sitting or not) since Daddy Bush to get elected to the presidency.)


I never thought of it that way. Also Al Gore was the only other VP that ran for president since then. I always thought of the 2020 elections to be similar to 1992 in which the incumbent president did not get reelected, making Trump the first one termer since Bush Sr. I also thought the 2004 elections were similar to 1988 since it was a Bush vs. a Massachusetts Democrat, even though in 2004 Bush Jr. was the incumbent up for reelection. 2004 had other similarities to 1988 as well, such as "The Passion of the Christ" which was like "The Last Temptation of Christ". Also both years had movies about a royal prince coming to America and starting a romantic relationship with an everyday American woman, and about a 13 year old who wishes to be around 30 and it becomes true when they wake up. Also in 2004 Britney Spears covered a Bobby Brown song from 1988, right around the same time of year in October.

I never thought of it that way. Also Al Gore was the only other VP that ran for president since then. I always thought of the 2020 elections to be similar to 1992 in which the incumbent president did not get reelected, making Trump the first one termer since Bush Sr.

That is true. In fact, the calendar for 2020 was identical to that of 1992 (leap year starting on a Wednesday, making Leap Day on a Saturday).



I also thought the 2004 elections were similar to 1988 since it was a Bush vs. a Massachusetts Democrat, even though in 2004 Bush Jr. was the incumbent up for reelection.

I had not realized that. Thanks for pointing it out! Yep, Mike Dukakis was from Massachusetts, as was John Kerry when he ran 16 years later. (Not only that, Daddy Bush was born in Massachusetts.)



2004 had other similarities to 1988 as well, such as "The Passion of the Christ" which was like "The Last Temptation of Christ". Also both years had movies about a royal prince coming to America and starting a romantic relationship with an everyday American woman, and about a 13 year old who wishes to be around 30 and it becomes true when they wake up. Also in 2004 Britney Spears covered a Bobby Brown song from 1988, right around the same time of year in October.

Interesting, I had not realized that either. And you're right about Britney covering Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative"; I remember that.