FUNNY 80s Memes

Hilarious 1980s memes

When someone at the office likes the same 80s bands that you do:

80s bands joke

The 80s living room. We all had this velvety flowery couch, or your grandma did.

80's couch

Get the cassette in the Fiero que'd up, we going to the mall babe.

Cool 80s dude

Nobody every said, 'i lost my phone', in the 80s!

Nobody ever said I lost my phone

Frankie sang 'Relax'...

Frankie says RELAX

High tech passwords are just reused 80s singers names.

Kenny Loggins password

WHAM! I know as a teen in the 80s I didn't want to wake up before you go go'd.

Wake Me Up Before You go go Wham!

Remember long distance phone rates were outrageously high, then there was this new '10 cents' a minute thing *after 10 pm, certain states, certain dates, non-competing phone lines only...

80s phone calls were not 10 cents a minute

We could debate for hours who was bad - Michael Jackson or Mr T.

MJ and MR T, who's bad?

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80s MUSIC QUOTES

MUSIC QUOTES FROM 80s SONGS

There are some memorable lyrics from our favourite songs from the 80s. Here are a few to bring on that sentimental feeling.

Africa by Toto - the first few lyrics, I HEAR THE DRUMS ECHO INTO NIGHT... with the soft drumming in the background. Oh what a feeling.

Africa - TOTO

 The quintessential 80s teen movie song from the Breakfast Club. Simple Minds - DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME.

Don't forget about me - Simple Minds

My personal favourite, that totally awesome new wave band The Cars with WHO'S GOING TO DRIVE YOU HOME TONIGHT? 

Drive - The Cars

Phil Collins made my list with EASY LOVER! Because, he's and easy lover. Mullet included.

easy lover - Phil Collins

Don't You Want Me by The Human League has some lines that remind me of that great 80s film with Tom Cruise - Cocktail.

Don't You Want Me Tom Cruise - The Human League

80s ballads must be included. REO SPEEDWAGON - Keep on Loving You. I'm gonna keep on repeating this line in my head all day. Thanks.

Keep on Loving you - REO Speedwagon

EDDIE MONEY hits the spot with the lyrics in TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT!

Take me home tonight - Eddie Money

These four lyrics repeat in my brain all the time too. WHAM - FAITH!

Faith - WHAM

The punky sounds of The Romantics What I like about you. David Hasselhoff holding a dog tight.

What I Like About You - The Romantics

The decadence decade was still a time when you had to FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY (ala Beastie Boys). By party, I mean wear headbands and fringed outfits. Oh, 80s fashion!

Fight For Your Right To Party - Beastie Boys

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FUNNY 80s MUSIC MEMES

Billy Idol is an iconic icon of the 80s, and he is still rockin' today. He claimed that he was always Dancing With Myself, but I have proof that isn't true!

Billy Idol Dancing with myself

With a REBEL YELL we cried more, more, more...what exactly what he asking for more of?

Billy Idol Rebel Yell meme

Perhaps it was for more WHITE WEDDINGS! White tuxedos were an 80s fashion trend, so that was probably what he wanted more, more, more of?

80s White Wedding - Billy Idol

We all consider Billy Idol a loverboy, but, what about the band LOVERBOY? They were making some great music in the 80s. I always got the feeling that the lead singer of LOVERBOY only liked the weekends? He was always WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND. Probably b/c that is when they would perform their awesome 80s rock!

Loverboy is working for the weekend

Working for the weekend isn't as fun as Loverboy made it sound.

Then there is PETER GABRIELLE. What a artist. I never understood his music. Like, who wants to SHOCK THE MONKEY. Was this a call against animal cruelty and the use of test rabbits for makeup? I know Peter used a lot of make-up in the 80s.

Peter Gabrielle shocked the monkey?

Monkeys do not like Peter Gabrielle

My favourite 1980s band was MEN WITHOUT HATS. Not sure what hats had to do with anything, but they did have that awesome song SAFETY DANCE. Safe to dance without hats, but not safe to not dance. Not dancing will get you socially isolated. Ouch.

Safety Dance meme

Then their other hit, which I still listen to today, 40 years later...LAND DOWN UNDER

I come from a land down under kangaroo chilling

And, they had the great videos that went along with their song. Remember seeing them on MTV. There was that crazy blond haired girl in one of them, that was memorable. Ahh, the 80s memories.

Pop goes the world - Men without hats

I've heard that some people confuse Land Down Under with TOTO AFRICA. Really? They are completely different songs.

Land down under song joke

Also, just a reminder that TOTO has plenty of other hits besides THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICA!

Toto has other hits besides Africa, haha

I don't come from a land down under. I come from a place associated with Tarzan, Tarzan Boy...BALTIMORE!

Tarzan Boy is from Baltimore

I think Gary Numan bought his first car in Baltimore in the early 80s. That moment changed his life!

Gary Numan joke

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TOP 7 SONGS OF 1981

TOP SEVEN SONGS OF 1981

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1981, the year that MTV debuted. When Members Only jacket paired with parachute pants were in style. When Dukes of Hazard was still rad. Bette Davis Eyes was the year's big music hit!

Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

This hit song spent nine weeks on the top of the charts. The biggest hit for Kim Carnes in her career. The song subject, Bette Davis, apparenlty liked the song and even thanked Carnes for making her name 'a part of modern times'. 

Betty Davis Eyes

Betty Davis Eyes Lyrics

Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

This song had a slow, slow, slow rise up the charts. After release it took 19 weeks to make it to the top spot. That's probably the record for longest rise to the top of the chart. It did not keep the number one spot for long, however, this song is still one of the more popular and well played 80s songs of all time - especially in the 'mom' crowd.

Jessie's Girl

Rick Springfield was Jessie's Girl

Hold On Tight - ELO

This song was big worldwide, especially Europe. ELO was riding high in the late 70s and early 80s, so it's no surpise they are on the list of Top Songs of 81...even if I, personally, don't love this song.

Hold On Tight sang ELO - good advise while riding a roller coaster

Every Little Thing She Does - The Police

Almost every chart worldwide had this song as a number one or close to it hit. Funny enough The Police were reluctant to record the song since it was a softer / poppier sound than they were used to playing. Luckily they did a take or two and gave us one of the best songs of 1981.

The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic renamed Minerva

The Police - music meme

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

This is the epic drum solo song that you can't help playing air drums to everytime you hear it. Or is that only me? It was Phil's first solo single during his break from the band Genesis. It quickly rose to the top of the charts everywhere and slowly declined. It's still a standard on every kind of radio station from classic rock to hits-from-every-decade-kind-of-station. It's both atmospheric and rockin, not quite soft but no hard either.

I can feel it coming in the air tonight - Phil Collins on acid rain

I can feel it coming - Lyrics 80s graphic design background

Urgent - Foreigner

Foreigner had a great year in 81 with the release of their album '4' which included huge hits like Urgent and Waiting For A Girl Like You. Both awesome hits. Urgent was the first single off the album and easily hiked up the charts in North America staying near the top for an entire month. Then they did it a few months later with the second single Waiting for a girl like you.

Foreigner - Urgent but patient enough to wait for a girl like you

The Stroke - Billy Squire

This is another one of those songs that almost didn't get recorded. In this case the record label execs told Billy it was no good, but he had an extra spot available on his album so they let him record it. Turned out to be his most popular hit.

Billy Squire The Stroke dork meme

Stroke, Stroke, Stroke. Billy Squire could have led a viking ship

Grumpy Cat doesn't like 80s music

1981 was a great year for music wasn't it? I bet you have the vinyl collection to prove it!

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