80s New Wave / Alternative Love Songs
If your 80s musical tastes tend more towards new wave and otherwise alternative music, this is the love mix for you. Here are 16 80s alternative love songs for your Valentine that are sure to have him or her melting with you. What did we miss? What is your favorite new wave love song? Send us an email and we’ll add it to the list. Click the song names below to see the music videos for these awesome new wave love songs. Here’s hoping...
The Wonder Years’ Winnie Cooper Grows Up
If you thought Winnie Cooper was cool in The Wonder Years (1988-1993), just look at her now. Danica McKellar is a bona fide math whiz, and she’s written best-selling math books for girls. After her run as Kevin Arnold’s love-interest/buddy on the classic 80s sitcom The Wonder Years, McKellar went to UCLA. She explains on her website (www.danicamckellar.com) that she was afraid of math, but took some classes to challenge herself. It’s...
Miami Vice (1984 – 1990)
Have you seen an episode of Miami Vice lately? Watch out—it will probably make you groan and, if you grew up in the 80s, definitely make you squirm a little. Why? Because it is sooo 80s. There’s no other way to say it. And by sooo 80s I mean, of course, the light-weight sport coat with a T underneath; the pastel colors; the Patrick-Nagel-inspired lettering of the title (he’s the artist who did Duran Duran’s Rio cover); the early...
Q, The Winged Serpent, 1982
By James Porter For some reason or another, whenever a giant monster appears in America, it’s always got to attack New York City. Think about it, King Kong went on a rampage through it in 1933, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms attacked it in 1953, Roland mmerich’s Godzilla ravaged it in 1998, and Cloverfield finally brought it down in 2008. One thing’s for certain, there have been a lot of monster movies set in New...
Top 10 80s Songs Your Mom Forbade (and you listened to anyway!)
WARNING: LT80s tries to keep the site and our articles clean and quasi family-friendly whenever possible. However, the subject matter of this piece makes that impossible. Understand that this article contains content that is sexually explicit at times. If that is not something you want to read, hit the back button. It is easy to think back on the 80s as a more innocent time – a time when middle school didn’t include sexting, girls...
