Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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984 was the dawn of many new fads, trends and fash- ions. The 50's had their poo- dle skirts, DA,s and rock ni roll music, and the 70's brought in flower children, 1984 brings plastic, Jackson, breakdancing, and checks long hair and the Age of Aquarius. In the 80,s we experienced new wave and punk. The music of 1984 played a big part in almost all of our lives, with songs like Ev- ery Breath You Take, MOI' Time Rock n' Roll, and f'Footloose. Pop stars became known for the way they stood out against the rest, such as Cindi Lauper and Billy Idol. Culture Clubis Boy George was an- other pop star to emerge almost overnight into stardom partly because of his Gen- der Blender personality, and also because of his hit songs, I'll Tumble 4 Ya,', Do you Really Want to Hurt Mef' and It's a Miracle. One of the biggest names in mu- sic was Michael Jackson. His album Thriller was number one for over three months! He won most of the Grammy awards for hit songs like 'fBillie Jean, 'fBeat It, f'PYT, and the title track Thriller, of which Michael made a 18 minute music video that also won several awards. Music videos became more popular than ever on programs like Friday Night Videos and the ever popular MTV, a cable station based on the playing of music vid- 5 , 4 5 eos. It seemed any song you heard on the radio you could now see on the TV. The TV brought us new stars like Mr. T, Joan Collins, and Clara Peller who will always be remembered for her resounding statement, Where's the Beef'?,' Flashdance was a movie that changed many views about modern dance and mu- sic, and Footloose became a craze start- ed by a film about a punk rocker trying to modernize a farmtown. A new kind of dancing called break- dancing seem to appear everywhere all at once and in no time people were spinning on their backs and doing the moonwalk everywhere. Breakdancing, new wave, punk, Flash- dancef' and Footloose all had an effect on the styles of clothes, hair, and even shoes. Girls started wearing over the shoulder sweatshirts layered with tank tops and mesh. Guys wore skinny leather ties and plastic parachute pants. New styles of shoes included Peter Pan boots and plastic see through shoes called jellies for the girls, and red and black checkered loafers and bright colored high tops for the guys. Camouflage was one of the biggest fads in 1984. There were camouflage hats, shirts, pants, bandanas and even camou- flage shoes! Checks were everywhere in clothing styles too - everything from checkered painter hats to checkered socks! 4 'lit Showing off some of the more modern styles are Julie Montesanto, Kim Taylor, Diane Dom, and Randy Kane. Leather ties and mesh belts were popular items for the fashion conscious.

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stretch of hall lies between you and your next class, and you begin to run, hoping to make it. You run faster and pray that the teacher you just passed wonlt say anything. No such luck. She reminds you to walk, but now it doesn't matter because you're late anyway. Oh! How you wish you had a shorter distance to walk for to runj. Do you realize how much you walked during a school day? Well, it may not have seemed like much, but after four years, it added up. In one day a student walked an average distance of 4,160 feet, nearly a mile. In one year the distance was l47 miles, which equals the distance from Chicago to Peoria. In four years you walked approximately 588 mies, or the distance from Chicago to Niagra Falls. Now, didn't it seem like more? he bell rings. A long ,WWA f f 1 1 student life 25 2? O 'W 25 one 5 H in -FF' On- - 1 ma- 'S 'Do 25 gs.. v2 iw .- me Q: 'DS -'1 R5-' wc 522 no. as 'Uo Oz: gin 05 'Sill -cs- gh: :E QD' Ee wi 52 21. VIL QS :-,.. ...o .-.- cr 94,5 O- F52 5:1 9.03- -4.-, If nrurnavs WW fill ri

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fads n' fashion Top left: Jane Zoellick seems to be amazed by the new punk haircut of her boyfriend, Greg Lucas. Above: Checkered and camouflage shoes called Vans seemed to appear everywhere around the school. Bottom left: Health food was starting to become popular as everyone started to put more emphasis on fitness and health. a year to experiment Miniskirts were back and shorter than ever and in brighter colors. Leather, zebra, tiger, and leapard skin were stylish. For the stylish guys there were pants with zip- pers running up the legs and half shirts, and all kinds of shirts with snaps, zippers and overlapping collars, backs, and fronts. 1984 brought in many new outrageous and daring styles from plastic clothes and shoes to leather, chains and zippers. What will we ever think of next? I9