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The 80s - The 'Coolest' Decade
It may have been dominated with perms, yuppies and shoulder pads but the 1980s has been voted coolest decade of the past 50 years, according to a survey.
Boy George's Culture Club was a big hit in the 80s
Some 41% of people questioned in an online survey said the 80s was their favourite decade, followed by the 60s and the 90s.
The Noughties polled as the least cool decade since 1960, with only 10% of people saying it was their favourite.
The Live Aid pop concert was the thing people liked best about the 80s, ahead of the Rubik's Cube and the Pac Man computer game.
The yuppie's favourite accessory, the Filofax, came fourth in the poll followed by the films Dirty Dancing and The Goonies in joint fifth place.
The 1980s revival has in recent years seen repeats, remakes and sequels to a string of popular films and television shows.
Harrison Ford returned to star as Indiana Jones and Sylvester Stallone has made new Rocky and Rambo films.
Eighties revivalists have also managed to bring back the Yo-Yo, sweat bands and black eyeliner while 80s pop and rock acts including Prince have made successful comebacks, according to the survey by online sweet shop aquarterof.co.uk.
The 1960s came second in the poll, with 20% of the votes. From that decade England winning the World Cup was the thing people remembered most fondly ahead of The Beatles and the Moon landings.
The 90s polled 17% of votes, with technology - the internet and mobile phones - featuring high up in people's likes ahead of The Simpsons.
But do you think the 80s was the best decade?
Personally I remember the 80's for it's music and movies,however I was still racing motorcycles and had a 30 inch waist ,a bit more hair and I was sexy beast(ask any irish woman over 40) but the biggest single factor about the 80's was the fact I was still an untainted happy go luck chap who was undamaged by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune(roughly translates to " no female had her claws in me or had played mind games with me)
but hang on a minute! this is 2008 and i'm still a lean fighting machine! this very well could be the best decade yet! as they say in ireland:
" YOU ARE ONLY AS OLD AS THE WOMAN YOU FEEL"
