By Martha Brockenbrough
Special to MSN Entertainment
When you've lived long enough to remember asymmetrical haircuts and tall
bangs; when you could have owned a pair of non-ironic "Hammer pants"; when
you've asked, "Where's the beef?" then you are old enough to know that some of
today's delicious pop culture bonbons will lead to nothing but future heartburn.
Remember the expensive leather bomber jackets we rushed out to buy so we
could look like Harrison Ford in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?
Do the words FRANKIE SAY RELAX instantly call to mind an unflattering
oversized T-shirt you simply had to own?
Or the worst: the visible bra straps, lacy layers and oversized crucifixes
worn by millions of Madonna-wannabes, back when the first mom of pop had curves,
black roots and an American accent.
What were we thinking? Most likely the same thing we're thinking today about
the following regrettable moments in pop culture. Sure, they seem fine now. But
mark our words: These items will give us all naustalgia -- a toxic mix of nausea
and nostalgia -- in the years to come.
(WireImage.com/AP/Retna Ltd.)
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