Top 10 Movies of 1986
1. Top Gun ($176.8 million)
2. Crocodile Dundee
($174.6 million)
3. Platoon
($138 million)
4. The Karate Kid II
($115.1 million)
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
($109.7 million)
6. Back to School
($91.3 million)
7. Aliens
($85.2 million)
8. The Golden Child
($79.8 million)
9. Ruthless People
($71.6 million)
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
($70.1 million)
Top 100 Songs of 1986
 Derived from Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits
Check out the Top 20 singles of every month of the year at 1986: The Year in Music
Just something to make you laugh...seeing that we are all getting old! You know you grew up in the 80's if...... 1. Every time you hear the "OH YEAH..." song you think of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 2. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and can do the "Carlton." 3. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy. 4. Two words: Hammer Pants. 5. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head. 6. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. 7. You wore stone washed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it. 8. L.A.Gear....need I say more? 9. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE." 10. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF." 11. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (Some of us...head-to-toe). 12. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted. 13. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence. 14. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes (and probably in neon colors, too). 15. After you saw "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I? 16. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up." 17. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates. 18. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide. 19. You have played with a Skip-It. 20. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. 21. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. 22. "Don't worry, be happy." 23. You wore, like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks. 24. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do). 25. You remember boom boxes. 26. You remember Alf, the li'l furry brown alien from Melmac. 27. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. 28. You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART." 29. (You just sang those words to yourself.) 30. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird. Oh yeah............it will never be that good again 31. Homemade Levi shorts... (The shorter the better.) 32. You remember when mullets were cool! 33. You had a mullet! 34. You still sing "We are the World." 35. You tight rolled your jeans. 36. You owned a banana clip. 37. You remember "Where's the Beef? 38. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" 39. You had big hair and you knew how to use it. 40. You're still singing "Shot through the Heart" in your head, aren't you!!! 41. You know whose phone number is 867-5309. 42. You wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar and choreographed "Dancing Queen" by yourself in your room. 43. You wanted to be one of the members of KISS for Halloween(Christina M-this ones for you!!!) 44. The feeling in your thumb is only now just returning after holding down the Atari joystick. 45. Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick 46. Six words: "This is your brain on drugs" 47. A piece of folded paper and two hands could tell your fortune. 48. You still carry your boom box on your shoulder 49. You still wear your "Members Only" jacket. 50. You know all the words to "I'm just a bill, sitting up on Capitol Hill" and "School House Rock." SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO GREW UP IN THE 80s!! ROCK ON!!!!! Posted by: Cindy Scrivner |
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