A brand new Phil Collins and the first Nine Inch Nails,
The return of Kate Bush and James Brown went to jail
Acid House in full swing and the Pixies were fine
On New Year’s Eve back in Nineteen Eighty Nine

Cinema Paradiso required some tissues
The Little Mermaid had some daddy issues
Cyborg was the worst thing that I’d ever seen
Back then on the 1989 movie screen

Mapplethorpe died and Dali did as well
Nick Cave wrote his book “And the Ass Saw the Angel”
Sakharov did as well and it was big news then
And of course in December The Simpsons began

Gilda Radner
We felt sadder
Then we lost Mel Blanc
The 90’s were ragin’
But some people weren’t changin’
In ‘89 they were stuck!

This shirt was designed by: Tennessee fella Tom Burns, who has also done the popular Communist Party for Threadless. He is a freelance artist and enjoys playing with his Rocktron Banshee Talkbox. They’re not booing, Tom, they’re saying “boo-urns”.

Wear this shirt: when you go to see the new Batman movie. Jack Nicholson will thank you.

Don’t wear this shirt: if you plan on going back in time to 1989. Remember that it was the year of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Back To The Future Part II. People knew their time travel and you’ll stick out like Dennis Rodman.

This shirt tells the world: “Girl, you know it’s true.”

We call this color: Nagel Blue

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