POP CULTURE


JORDACHE

Did you have the
Jordache look?
According to the whopping sales of these tight-fitting jeans, most of you did - back when they were oh so popular in the 1970s. Introduced in 1978 by the Nakash brothers of Israel, Jordache's contemporaries included Sergio Valente, and
Ooh-La-La Sassoon. A wild maned horse on the rear pocket was the trademark.


"WHERE'S THE BEEF?"

One of the many snippets of 80’s slang to have originated from television, “where’s the beef?” was taken from a series of Wendy’s hamburger chain commercials where an elderly granny complained about the size of her portion after lifting up her burger bun to investigate. The term eventually expanded and was used as a way to indicating that something important was missing from a situation or product. “Where’s the beef” didn’t survive the 90’s, but its memory lives on.


"RAPTURE"

The inventive Blondie tune, about a man from Mars who went around eating cars, is distinguished for being the first rap song to top the American pop charts in 1981. Its
accompanying music video is noteworthy as well--it was the first rap clip to air on MTV. It featured Debbie Harry rapping while walking wobbly among artsy-fartsy Soho-types.