Bill Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 An article from mashable.com popped up on my news feed on Facebook. It's about how malls looked in the 80's. This is the first picture in the article: http://mashable.com/2014/12/02/80s-shopping-malls/ Totally gnarly photos, in addition to this one, for any of us kids of the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotlight Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 flashback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacket Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 And nothing has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip The Switch Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Awesome! Thanks for sharing Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 No problem! Glad you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Gold Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 the long boxes that are so rare and expensive now omg. .How i wish i grew up in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Bill Talk about your mall experiences back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 About the only store I was interested in back then was KB Toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 No record stores? Candy stores? Christiana Mall or Concord? What's that other one out near you, Exton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 I started going in record stores when I found my love for Madonna in 1991. Before that, I didn't have a whole of interest in music. I owned 2 or 3 records (Dirty Dancing soundtrack, Kylie Minogue's Locomotion, and probably something Disney), and I had a mix tape of my favorite songs on the radio, but that was about it will Madonna came into my life and I went berserk. Yep, Concord Mall was, and still is, my mall. My parents always took us there. Although I do love Christiana now that it's been totally updated and expanded. Have you been there recently? It's pretty great. I remember going in Boscov's a lot for fudge. But yeah, back then I was all about toys and whatever stores my parents forced me to go in for clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 http://mashable.com/2014/12/02/80s-shopping-malls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 LAP! An all these cassettes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 This was already posted http://forums.madonnanation.com/index.php?showtopic=48293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattress Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I loved these days. Had so much fun tearing through racks of new long boxes and cassette singles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 This was already posted http://forums.madonnanation.com/index.php?showtopic=48293 Well, I guess Bill should have used a more descriptive title, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerGirl Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Well, I guess Bill should have used a more descriptive title, eh? Lol yeah, it's hard to know what the content is based on that title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonnasuperfan01 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Well, I guess Bill should have used a more descriptive title, eh? True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 1989 was the year I graduated high school and it was the best time to be a Madonna fan. "Those were the days".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ivy Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I started going in record stores when I found my love for Madonna in 1991. Before that, I didn't have a whole of interest in music. I owned 2 or 3 records (Dirty Dancing soundtrack, Kylie Minogue's Locomotion, and probably something Disney), and I had a mix tape of my favorite songs on the radio, but that was about it will Madonna came into my life and I went berserk. Yep, Concord Mall was, and still is, my mall. My parents always took us there. Although I do love Christiana now that it's been totally updated and expanded. Have you been there recently? It's pretty great. I remember going in Boscov's a lot for fudge. But yeah, back then I was all about toys and whatever stores my parents forced me to go in for clothes. You admit to purchasing Locomotion, FORSHAME was America the only country to do long boxes? They were never in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Well, I guess Bill should have used a more descriptive title, eh? You admit to purchasing Locomotion, FORSHAME was America the only country to do long boxes? They were never in Australia. Yes, but I was like 9 so there's no accounting for taste at that age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lautnerfied Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Love the vinyl records! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Nice flashback, l loved record shops and was always guilty of moving Madonna to the front of each section.....but l am not nostalgic for kids of today.....l would have much preferred to have the music l wanted at the click of a button and not the waste of time checking of the store had what you wanted yet or was already released overseas months ago. Music distribution (with the exception of the iTunes dictatorship blip) has progressed nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 And no long boxes in Australia, just the CD on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Nice flashback, l loved record shops and was always guilty of moving Madonna to the front of each section.....but l am not nostalgic for kids of today.....l would have much preferred to have the music l wanted at the click of a button and not the waste of time checking of the store had what you wanted yet or was already released overseas months ago. Music distribution (with the exception of the iTunes dictatorship blip) has progressed nicely. I think just the opposite. I guess being at the click of a button is what making music disponsable nowadays and some people think there's no value. They think it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roma Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 True there is this cost to accessibility of music, but there is always a cost and the industry did get taken by surprise by the speed of the digital era (same on the side of making music). I think as it gets easier to access and pay for the music you want on various platforms there will be less consumers taking advantage of the free avenues. But l see your point, the speed of the cycle has certainly made music more disposable. Its funny to remember with albums we all used to record copies to tape and share...they thought the recordable cassette would ruin the industry but it really made it more social and you could share music you loved and create new fans who would then contribute to future sales and concerts...it was great free marketing. I try to look at free digital the same way, there are exceptions but overall l think the people stealing it would not have bought it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Yep, Concord Mall was, and still is, my mall. My parents always took us there. Although I do love Christiana now that it's been totally updated and expanded. Have you been there recently? It's pretty great. I remember going in Boscov's a lot for fudge. But yeah, back then I was all about toys and whatever stores my parents forced me to go in for clothes. I've never been to any of those malls near delaware, just the ones north of philly (Plymouth meeting, kop, willow grove, Montgomery)But I think that's what's si great about boscovs, despite all the mirrors everywhere that get you lost, there's always a chocolate somewhere filled with candy galore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 I've never been to any of those malls near delaware, just the ones north of philly (Plymouth meeting, kop, willow grove, Montgomery) But I think that's what's si great about boscovs, despite all the mirrors everywhere that get you lost, there's always a chocolate somewhere filled with candy galore! KOP is a great mall. I don't get up there nearly as much as I'd like. Yeah, Boscov's is mostly an old lady store but the candy was already great. And I always remember the mirrored ceiling with all the lights around the perimeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 True there is this cost to accessibility of music, but there is always a cost and the industry did get taken by surprise by the speed of the digital era (same on the side of making music). I think as it gets easier to access and pay for the music you want on various platforms there will be less consumers taking advantage of the free avenues. But l see your point, the speed of the cycle has certainly made music more disposable. Its funny to remember with albums we all used to record copies to tape and share...they thought the recordable cassette would ruin the industry but it really made it more social and you could share music you loved and create new fans who would then contribute to future sales and concerts...it was great free marketing. I try to look at free digital the same way, there are exceptions but overall l think the people stealing it would not have bought it anyway. If you could go to a shop where all clothes were free... would you later go to the other shop where you have to pay? Music moguls did it very very wrong in the early 00s and they fucked it up. There's no point of return there, except that in their narrow minds they still think that big laws will stop what is in fact unstoppable. For every song downloaded in a legal way there's like a million which is got for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Barthes Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I've never been to any of those malls near delaware, just the ones north of philly (Plymouth meeting, kop, willow grove, Montgomery) But I think that's what's si great about boscovs, despite all the mirrors everywhere that get you lost, there's always a chocolate somewhere filled with candy galore! OMG Willow Grove that name from the past for me. I totaly had forgotten it since my sister moved out of Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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