Vapors Choice Contest Thread

[CountBoredom]

8/7 #2

The Motels, Mission of Mercy (1982)
Despite some minor earlier success, new wave band The Motels made a big splash in 1982 with their fourth album, All Four One. The first single from the album, "Only the Lonely," characterized the band as an Adult Contemporary pop band in the minds of many listeners, but the album's first track, "Mission of Mercy," the second single from the album, found a modicum of airplay on rock stations and really proved that the Motels had the chops to rock when they wanted. Unfortunately, it was not backed by a video, as was "Only the Lonely," and so the nascent MTV crowd continued to follow the mindset of radio-listeners of "Only the Lonely."

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/7 #2

1985

 

[liblue1]

8/7 #2
The California Raisins from 1986-1988

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/7 #3

1984

 

[MoonLit_Water]

8/7 #2

The Frito Bandito

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According to popular lore, Fritos hail from San Antonio, Texas, where Elmer Doolin, who apparently had an obsession with making a snack based on corn that would not go stale too quickly, found a local man who had deep-fried corn snacks made from an extrusion of masa. Doolin bought the man's patent and recipe, and with the help of his mother perfected the recipe in his own kitchen (in much the same way that he later invented Cheetos). He began selling Fritos in 1932 under the moniker of the Frito Corporation. Original Fritos ingredients are limited to whole corn, corn oil, and salt.

From 1952 until 1967, the Frito Kid was the company's official mascot. The Frito Bandito was its mascot from 1967 until about 1971, and was discontinued due to complaints about the Bandito image. He was initially replaced by the Muncha Bunch, a group of cowboys, which then were replaced by W.C. Fritos, modeled after comedian W.C. Fields.

 

[liblue1]

8/7 #3
Another item they had to bring back.....Garbage Pail Kids trading cards

 

[kathi17]

I still have my Blue Pluto Platter from the 1950s

edit: I think this is a photo of the third run. Mine was the first run by Wham-o.

 

[MoonLit_Water]

8/7 #3
Wacky Packs (thats what i called them)

Wacky Packages are a series of trading cards and stickers featuring parodies of North American consumer products. The cards were produced by the Topps Company beginning in 1967, usually in a sticker format. The original series sold for two years, and the concept proved popular enough that it has been revived every few years since. They came to be known generically as Wacky Packs, Wacky Packies, Wackies and Wackys. According to trader legend, the product parodies once outsold Topps baseball cards.[1][2]

Relying on the talents of such cartoonists and comics artists as Kim Deitch, George Evans, Drew Friedman, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norman Saunders, Art Spiegelman, Bhob Stewart and Tom Sutton, the cards spoofed well-known brands and packaging, such as "Crust" (instead of Crest) toothpaste, "Blisterine" (instead of Listerine) and "Neveready" batteries (for Eveready batteries).​

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/7 #4

1985

 

[CountBoredom]

8/7 #3

Rush, Subdivisions (1982)
The second single from Canadian progressive rock band Rush's ninth album, Signals, provides commentary on the pressure on youth to conform to the norms of society. The song did especially well in Canada and the United States, reaching as high as number 8 on the charts. The song remains a mainstay on the band's concert playlists, much of its popularity, no doubt, due to the disaffected youth (such as myself) who listened to the music growing up.

 

[CountBoredom]

8/7 #4

The Fixx, Red Skies (1982)
One of the English modern rock band's most memorable tunes is also one of their most elusive. While this track from their major label debut, Shuttered Room, received prominent airplay and reached number 13 on Billboard's "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks" chart, it failed to crack the magazine's Hot 200 chart, which is an amalgam of all of their genre charts. Because of this, the track is often forgotten when viewing the band's work retrospectively. The song itself warns of impending nuclear holocaust, making it very much a product of the Cold War, but sets it in the context of mariner lore ("Red skies at night, sailor's delight"). in 1987, MCA asked the band to re-record the song for their quasi-live album, React, but the record label's hopes to score another chart hit failed to materialize (the album's single, "Don't Be Scared," fared better).

 

[liblue1]

8/7 #4
Who didn't have one of these.... WATERFUL RING TOSS BY TOMY

 

[TheGiggler64]

8/7 #1 If I Fell
http://youtu.be/kPKYPI1jjdg

 

[sashim80]

8/7 #1

80's ninja turtles! They're back!

 

[jj2]

8/8

1

Slang

Bathtub – motorcycle sidecar

 

[jj2]

2

Pennies from heaven – easy money

 

[jj2]

3

Ameche – to telephone

 

[jj2]

4

Gone with the wind – run off (with the money)

 

[RaceGun59]

#1 for 8-8-14
Live births in the US in 1959
4.29 million.
Count me in.

 

[kathi17]

In 1952, this is what was popular:

I'm glad that in 2014, Vaping is becoming popular rather than smoking!