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Top Ten 80’s Lists

November 1, 1997 by Mini Archives

By Geoff Boller and Maya Diedrich

Top 10 80’s Movies

  1. Spinal Tap
  2. Short Circuit
  3. Thrashin’
  4. Pretty in Pink
  5. The Terminator
  6. Cheech and Chong- Still Smokin’
  7. The Goonies
  8. Foot Loose
  9. Ferris Bueler’s Day Off
  10. Breakfast Club

80’s Records

  1. Metallica- Ride the Lightning
  2. Billy Idol- Don’t Stop
  3. Skid Row- Skid Row
  4. Motley Crue- Too Fast for Love
  5. Metallica- Kill ‘Em All
  6. Guns ‘n’ Roses- GNR Lies
  7. Beastie Boys- license to Ill
  8. Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil
  9. Cyndi Lauper- She’s so Unusual
  10. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction

80’s Singles

  1. Metallica- One
  2. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Sweet Child of Mine
  3. Slayer- Rain Blood
  4. Billy Idol- White Wedding
  5. Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil
  6. Plant Man- Plant Man
  7. Cyndi Lauper- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
  8. Devo- Whip It
  9. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Mr. Brownstone
  10. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Welcome to the Jungle

80’s Videos

  1. Motley Crue- Smokin’ in the Boys Room
  2. Motley Crue- Live Wire
  3. NIN- Head Like a Hole
  4. Cyndi Lauper- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
  5. Talking Heads- Burning Down the House
  6. Metallica- One
  7. Billy Idol- White Wedding
  8. Van Halen- Hot For Teacher
  9. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Paradise City
  10. Guns ‘n’ Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
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Latest Updates:
10/28/24 - Found some negatives for a sledding trip to the Orono Golf Course in 1980 so added a new slideshow for that.
9/25/2024 - Uploaded an additional 53 PDF files of Com-Mini-Cations, started to convert the articles into individual posts.
5/28/2024 - Created slideshows for miscellaneous trips and classroom photos plus a slideshow for unidentified trips, lots of updates to existing slideshows, slide scanning complete
5/27/2024 - Slideshows for Big Fork Canoe 1996, Women's Bike Trip 1994, North Shore Women's Trip 1994, Southwest Utah Trip 1992, Winter Camping 1998 & 1999, St Louis 1998, Insights 1993
5/23/2024 - Slideshows for Classroom 1992, new photos to Classroom 1996, and the Mini 25th Reunion.

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