Awesome! Just found this. I am driving the Benz at 00:40. What a party B'Head was! No place like it then and never again! From now looking back is like us then looking back to 1950!
URanInTheUglyForest The Birdman work for Wells Fargo as a security guard he was assigned to the side door of JP Allen’s he used to get out and do his Birdman thing in the middle of a Cain St.
1:13 Lupe! I played in a couple different bands (The Joe Band, Face To Face) at McGee's throughout the '80s, and I remember her well. She had so much personality. 😎
I was transferred to work in a Buckhead club (RnR) in spring of 88. I decided to clean a closet in the nightclub. I found this 45 and I played it. I guess I haven't heard it since then. Thanks.
spent a lot of time in Buckhead in early 90's to 2000. The fun officially ended with the 2000 Super Bowl and the Ravens/Ray Lewis incident. Since then, ATL is nothing but a sprawling mess of neighborhood areas with their own nightlife; VA Highlands, Little Five, Midtown, Cumberland, blah blah blah. Something new opens and others close up. True downtown is a mess, always has been and always will be. You still need to leave there after sundown. Not safe. Have moved to Nashville where they value the downtown hub area and locate almost everything there. Will be a sprawling mess like ATL/Houston/Charlotte someday, but good for now.
Brings back my youth i lived in Atlanta the 1st time 87 to 92 then left for peace corps ive been back since 06 all the fun gone now its overpriced condos i loved aunt charlies back.in the day. I remember bird man from.the news
Absolutely hilarious and right on the spot! I had fun dancing at Limelight with my gorgeous lady, Jaina. Great video. It was great then, but change is good, I think. Please, make more videos!
Wow what a trip right back to those fun times! So many fun places &!times..Loved seeing the Birdman on West Paces Ferry, in traffic by Lenox Square… and to read about his life was pretty surprising.
I was one of those yuppie's in Buckhead. It's a shame there was no mention of the bar "Hedgens" where the Ga Satellites got their start. Spent a lot of take home pay there.
@@robjohnson2228 Yeah, my time in buckhead was around 97 to 2003...really fell downhill after that, had no interest in the new crime element on the scene
An '84 BMW and three tanked sorority girls in lily skirts. You're really playing on my weakness. God that's funny. I had forgotten about the Birdman, zipping around on his bike.
@@billbrinkman7304 I was transferred to R'nR in 88 to re-do the lighting. I cleaned out a closet full of old stuff and I found a 45 of this record, which I then played. It seemed like it was the olden days record. But I knew the original Bangkok version. Pretty cool idea.
I am the girl in the "Lilly skirt" leaning on the red BMW convertible. What a special time to be in Atlanta!
Pretty dangerous time now
Yeah apparently it's a diverse shit hole now lolol
I’m the red bmw. Small world!
@ketaminesulphate6447 Sorry, I'm just now seeing this! Yep, that's me!
I AM 62 YEARS OLD Still live in Buckhead 42 years i miss those days . I MISS THOSE COOL DAYS
Awesome! Just found this. I am driving the Benz at 00:40. What a party B'Head was! No place like it then and never again! From now looking back is like us then looking back to 1950!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Atlanta will NEVER be the same !!!!
I definitely miss the 80's , between the looks, the clubs, the music, & the cars you couldn't do any better!! 💜💯
White erasure hadn't kicked off.
I lived in Buckhead back in that era. Fun times. I had forgotten about the bird man until I watched this. He was quite the character.
URanInTheUglyForest The Birdman work for Wells Fargo as a security guard he was assigned to the side door of JP Allen’s he used to get out and do his Birdman thing in the middle of a Cain St.
This is so good. RIP Lewis Grizzard! RIP Bird Man!
OMG so loved my home in the 80s-90s. GBi did a great injusitce running the mob out of it. This is MY HOME. What a time to live.
Damn!
The music!
The cars!
The people and, those times!
Damn I miss old Atlanta!
This is the greatest video ever!
1:13 Lupe! I played in a couple different bands (The Joe Band, Face To Face) at McGee's throughout the '80s, and I remember her well. She had so much personality. 😎
So much fun. I feel like I am so lucky to have been born in Atlanta. 😎
Love seeing Lewis Grizzard in this!!!
I felt like some of those guys sitting at the bar looked familiar, too.
Loved Buckhead in the 80's! This brings back lots of great memories.
Bet the 80's were awesome...my prime was 96 to 2002...
Ahh Buckhead in the 80's. Lots of fond memories... the ones I can remember!
Yes, so many clouded memories in that place
I was transferred to work in a Buckhead club (RnR) in spring of 88. I decided to clean a closet in the nightclub. I found this 45 and I played it. I guess I haven't heard it since then. Thanks.
spent a lot of time in Buckhead in early 90's to 2000. The fun officially ended with the 2000 Super Bowl and the Ravens/Ray Lewis incident. Since then, ATL is nothing but a sprawling mess of neighborhood areas with their own nightlife; VA Highlands, Little Five, Midtown, Cumberland, blah blah blah. Something new opens and others close up. True downtown is a mess, always has been and always will be. You still need to leave there after sundown. Not safe. Have moved to Nashville where they value the downtown hub area and locate almost everything there. Will be a sprawling mess like ATL/Houston/Charlotte someday, but good for now.
Miss this time...so glad I experienced all the pomp of it.
Oh wow did I have a lot of memory flashbacks there. Fun song I enjoyefthis this
Brings back my youth i lived in Atlanta the 1st time 87 to 92 then left for peace corps ive been back since 06 all the fun gone now its overpriced condos i loved aunt charlies back.in the day. I remember bird man from.the news
Absolutely hilarious and right on the spot! I had fun dancing at Limelight with my gorgeous lady, Jaina. Great video. It was great then, but change is good, I think. Please, make more videos!
Lewis & Ron are all over this video. Many faces I remember well. Tks for sharing!
This is awesome!!! Johnny's hideaway is still going strong
Of course it is...old chicks love young d!@ks...
I remember hearing this on Z93.
1:59 The Legendary Lewis Grizzard!
Life in Buckhead during this time was so cool.
I was the man upper rooms
We all had. A hot time
I still live off west paces ferry in my house 40 years
One night in buckhead , car full of bullet holes 🧀 2021 remix
Good stuff. Could have also put in Confetti's, Good Old Days, Club 112 to name a few.
This is amazing. Well done.
Wow what a trip right back to those fun times! So many fun places &!times..Loved seeing the Birdman on West Paces Ferry, in traffic by Lenox Square… and to read about his life was pretty surprising.
I was one of those yuppie's in Buckhead. It's a shame there was no mention of the bar "Hedgens" where the Ga Satellites got their start. Spent a lot of take home pay there.
My band used to play at Carlos McGees!
That's where I learned to play Space Invaders and Pacman (and spent plenty of my flight attendant paycheck!!). Good times!
Lewis Grizzard, a great American, getting busted! Too funny.
With Ron Hudspeth, no less.
Jim Jacques. Thank you.
Wow, how different the ATL looks 30 years later. I wished I'd have lived in the ATL in those days, and not when I did.
Randy, The Lazy Comic just go to Birmingham
I know right
You are right! I grew up in ATL. So great. Lots of fun to be had, but without any crowds.... or traffic!
@@ntdejene18 Charlotte, not Birmingham. The right size now, but still just not the same.
Johnny's Hideaway is still there, though.
Not a one 🍉
I'd love to see a contrast video of what Buckhead is like in the 2020's
Buckhead died about the time that Ray Lewis' victims did.
I Like Limelight Atlanta Georgia Nightclub From The 80s And Early 90s In My Opinion
Nice 80's throwback! Wow! But where's Good ol' Days?
And Legends 🙂
Russell (Biff) has been looking for this.
I was there...
Oh man buckhead was an amazing place...so happy I was 25 in the year 2000. Y'all young bucks don't understand
You caught the tail end of it
@@robjohnson2228
Yeah, my time in buckhead was around 97 to 2003...really fell downhill after that, had no interest in the new crime element on the scene
An '84 BMW and three tanked sorority girls in lily skirts. You're really playing on my weakness.
God that's funny. I had forgotten about the Birdman, zipping around on his bike.
Things were hoppin that's for sure!
Wow, straight off VHS!
UnRepentantDrew or beta!
I miss that Buckhead.
i remember this as i lived there
i was the stage manager at Ruperts Nightclub.
wow flashback to all who was there
the aesthetic of my city.
Had to turn down the contrast on this one, I was going blind
I was the dude in limelight cutting lines .
This was a cool time in Atlanta ga.
Ho lee fuk. How does this exist?
Some things about the city really has changed.. some needed to,some not.. Buckhead included.
Full of too many overpriced condos
This is about to have 100K views
+James Wilber.
no
+Scot F yes.
James Wilber. No
I wanna jump into this video!
I wonder how many in this can look at it now without being embarrassed
Isn't Buckhead trying to separate from Atalanta now ? Trying to separate from the mess that city has gotten into ?
WOW
Was Johnny's Hideaway the hangout spot for cougars and swingers back then?
Still is
I worked at three of those places. I wondered why Confetti wasn't included in your montage.
Was Confetti there in 85?
@@chellybabyme: Yes it was.
@@billbrinkman7304 I was transferred to R'nR in 88 to re-do the lighting. I cleaned out a closet full of old stuff and I found a 45 of this record, which I then played. It seemed like it was the olden days record. But I knew the original Bangkok version. Pretty cool idea.
Or Alex Cooley's Electric Ball Room, Fox Theatre.
The Place on Paces has closed?????
Say it ain't so.
We love Buckhead we made a show about it called Buckhead Manie 😁
Completely different place today lol
Not my favorite era of Atlanta but it was definitely something.
I didn't see any cars like those in 1985. Where were they hiding?
On West Paces Ferry Road & the parking lots at Lennox & Phipps Plaza
3:20 I wonder how much cocaine was done here
Lots...lots
If you didn't get laid in Buckhead in the 80's/90's you needed help, said ex Rio Bravo Bartender.
I remember when Rio Bravo opened. It used to be a Western Sizzlin' Steakhouse!
Atlanta almost became Dallas
Atlanta is basically like Dallas now….ATL has become a sprawling mess…..
no girls were EVER humble in Buckhead...just sayin' LOL
I humbled them ...just sayin
Its so ghetto and sad now.
What the hell did I just watch?
I didn't know all the cops used to be be gay... What a wonderful time.
Our moms went here and did dumb shit
3:57 of my life I can't get back.
Wasn't the albino in the sun glasses kissing the girl "Scotty" the bartender?
I remember Scotty from McGee's. But this is a different guy. 😎
Lol this is before Atlanta became the gay capital.
It definitely was already, especially in Midtown. That's where Ru Paul worked.