If you knew me like I know me, you'd know how weird it is that I've never seen that movie. I didn't even know who Spinal Tap was until I saw them on The Simpsons in 1992, and didn't actually know who they were until several months after seeing that particular episode.

Well Van Halen released an album in 1984.  The album was called 1984.  This is not to be confused with the book 1984.  It was actually publised by in 1949.  But the album 1984 had some great songs on it.  If you've ever had a crush on a teacher, then you can blame Van Halen.  They most likely caused it.




Overall, I was not in to a lot of the music in 1984.  For example, Madonna first became real big in 1984 with her Like a Virgin album.  It's alright, but not particularly my thing.  However, one song from 1984 that I really like was from a small time Irish band.

@CaptainExplosion. They didn't. I was denied a trip to the theater as a 9yo. Was pretty bummed I couldn't see it. I remember the day well. 2 friends who were 3 years older than me still went that day. I didn't actually see it until it's 1985 home video release.

It wasn't really like that. There was no sense of sneaking around. It just kinda happened at a friend's place, and it was close to 2 years later. By 11-12, I was given carte blanche as to what I wanted to watch.

A little bit of info for many of you discussing kids watching rated R movies...the PG-13 rating didn't even come into existence until August of 1984. That means that there was more of a gray area between PG and R films and parents did tend to be a little more free when it came to having their children watch a mix of both. This was before videogame violence, Tipper Gore and the Explicit lyrics warnings on albums, and many of our parents grew up in the much more open and free 60s and 70s. We didn't start really trying to opress everyone's proclivities until this time. Children everywhere were watching movie like Friday the 13th, Revenge of the Nerds (so much T and A) in that movie. And to be fair, what kids have access to these days, regardless of what their parents allow them to see, substantially eclipses even the most risque R films of the time.