I wouldn't say I am an encyclopedia when it comes to the 80's but I'm a big fan of the music, the style, the culture but most of all the girls. I have a great collection of 80's music that is still growing. Everyday I listen to a few songs just to remind me of the good old days. I also like many 80's movies, my favorite is Back to the Future. Can't get enough of Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd and their funny confusions thru out the movie.
I am, however, sad that my love for the 80's is only shared by me, I and myself. My wife does enjoy the music and the movies from time to time, but if given the chance she will chose rap music and rap based movies over my choices anytime. Even worse to find someone as fond to the 80's as I am near by is about as easy as finding a needle in a hay stack. I find it hard to believe that finding people of my generation who like 80's is so hard, most of them have joined the new generation and kept up with mainstream music like reggeaton (which I can't stand) and rap (which has only gotten worse with the years). I see them in their cars, at work, walking on the streets, at their houses, listening to today's music as if they were born into it. The worst part is not that they listen to some of this garbage played on radio, MP3 or CDs, it that they completely forgot where they came from, the music they grew up with, the actors of those times. It's almost an insult to relate them to those times, I've got better chances of getting them to listen to Arab music that music from the 80's. To think that those of previous generations, like that of my parents, still stick to the music or their era (most of them) and even I can relate to them a bit for my taste in music varies from oldies to 80's to 90's to some new music to even Latin music and classical music (I thank cartoons like Tom & Jerry and Looneytoons for using classical music in their cartoons).
I only wish to have someone around who would enjoy 80's music and movies as much as I do. To sing them out loud, to watch them hundreds of times, to reminisce, laugh and enjoy the good old days. It seems that the 80's have not only passed, but are also being forgotten. But as long as I'm alive, the 80's will always be remembered.