@@Serai3 I feel bad for kids growing up these days. My youngest just turned 14 and my oldest is 35. I can't imagine what this would is going to be like in years to come. God help our youth
Tbh I really think that every generation feels the same way. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. My kids who were born in the early 90's are nostalgic about their childhoods. I loved being a young adult in the 80's!
@@endzonetime4622 I had my oldest the day after my 20th birthday and then the others in my 40's. I didn't think I would have children again after a bad miscarriage, but God had other plans
1971 here. I remember doing burn outs in my 1982 Mustang in 1987 and getting a ticket for excessive acceleration. Lol. I was playing Sammy Haggar I can't Drive 55 at that moment I saw the cop. Good times there!
In Phoenix AZ there is an FM station that plays 70s, 80s, and 90s music all the time It's KOOL-FM, also known as BIG 94.5. And the Cloud KKLD -FM (95.9) with a similar format that's in Prescott, near to where I live. I listen to both stations all the time. (Jan Griffiths).
I still treasure these days. I graduated HS in '85. This hits me square in the feelz. Malls weren't dead relics. They were full of life. Literally I graduated HS the year Breakfast Club came out.
I'm a class of 82. My younger brother graduated in 1985. Malls were the place to be back in the day. Now they are all closing shop. Funny how life is. Shopping centers were the thing in the 1960's and mid 70's then Malls came in and now it's back to nice shopping centers. Thanks for watching everyone!
Let's see now .... 1980s when we actually went SHOPPING, we ate dinner at the table with family and interacted with each other. We had prime time TV shows we watched together. Movie Gallery and Blockbuster nights. Playing OUTSIDE with friends until just before dark or right at dark for some. Three wheelers and dirt bikes. Atari 2600 and not being addicted to it. Sharing the house telephone. MTV actually played music videos. Riding your bike wherever you wanted and not afraid some wacko was going to try and grab you. Mall arcades and food courts. Actually fist fighting between each other. Buy 10 cassettes for the price of one and NOTHING to buy after. Saturday morning cartoons.
I agree with you . I wish we could go back to the 80s . Poofy hair , glow in the dark shoes , Chia pets ! We were so lucky back then . Kids today have to worry about guns , Fentanel poisoning , and suicide .
@THE MEMORY LANE CHANNEL I was class of 82 as well. Every year growing up, I can clearly recall thinking " Last day of school; all of my problems are over. " What a great time to grow up. -If you wanted long hair you had to grow it yourself. -the best music ever. - pet rocks -the distinct smell of the video arcade. - record stores - the price of gas - calling boys that you liked and when they answered you hung up the phone. And other prank calls. So much more. In 30 years what will a video like this be like? Not interesting. Thanks for the video!
Probably just jealous they didn't get too grow up In this Epic decade ! I was a 80s teen & I wouldn't trade it for anything, those were the best times too be a teenager ❤ #classof86
Sooooo lucky I grew up in the 80s. We had to speak to our friends parents on the phone, we played outside every day, we watched Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard, and we had so many parties! Best childhood ever!
@@alukuhito If you don't like everyones nostalgia on here,then quit being a Debbie Downer and go watch something that makes you happy. No need to crap on everyone else's happiness.
I am so happy that I was an 80’s kid because I was able to experience so much from jelly shoes, making a mix tape from cassette tapes and recording them from the radio stations, wearing stone wash jeans with matching jackets, two layered socks, scrunches in my hair, jelly bracelets, roller skating, bike riding, hanging outside with friends, and so much more. The best experience of being a kid to a teenager. The greatest memories I’ll always cherish.
The days long gone. I remember having a finger on the play button and one on the record waiting for the radio station to play my favorite song. Who would have thought I'd become a radio Dj from the 80s thru early 2000s. Lol
I made mix tapes with a dual cassette deck that I still have, with the rest of my stereo setup of 2 turntables, a mixer, equalizer, preamp, and amplifier. And 4 huge Infinity Quantum 1 speakers. I used to make tapes all the time to play in the car, but my car has a CD and flash drive now. Still use them at parties though. Jelly shoes I didn't wear because they made my feet sweat too much. (Jan Griffiths).
@@jackuzi8252 I remember seeing them in the eighties at some people's houses and thinking they were so cool when I told my mom about it and she said oh no those will ruin your back
Great time indeed! I was 7 years old. Lived in East Los Angeles at the time. It was 1971 and I remember my mom spraying it on her hair before work. I can smell it now. lol
@Tracy Brennan that was scary for everyone. Such a pitty for the poor people who died from it not just the gay people but those who got it from infected blood in the hospitals
The photo of the cute guy (there was always at least ONE) there to fit you with the shoes at those now-defunct shoe stores, i.e. Thom McCann, Bakers, Florsheims. I actually dated one that I met that way back in 1980. Those were fun, sweet times, when a girl could meet a boy, and vice versa, through simple, everyday, FACE-TO-FACE, spontaneous occurences.
We had style in the 80s and took care of our appearance. The early 80s were my favorite because of the great dance clubs that existed in the New York and Jersey areas.
Great dance clubs were all over back in the 80s. Phoenix (AZ) had a lot. I used to habg out at my favorite, Malarky's/Patrick's every Saturday night. Or DV8. Or After the Gold Rush. And a bunch of others. Sadly, all gone now. (Jan Griffiths).
LOL, my whole cassette collection was from Columbia House........I must have spent 12 or 13 cents total before they were on to me. I think I may still owe them, LOL
You had time to enjoy yourself and really get to know your friends. People are different when you talk to them face to face. It was a great time to grow up.
That is for sure. Walking down the block to friend's homes seeing if they could come out and chill. Summers were so awesome. Memories is all we have. Thanks for watching.
Hair sculptures using aquanet, dippedy do, and mousse. 😂. Can't forget the parachute pants, my dad used to tell me he's going to throw me out of a plane to see if they work 😂😅
Class of '82 here. Though my heart is really with the late '60s thru mid '80s, this video is a great trip back in time. And let's talk shoe stores a sec. I worked in a mall for a few years, at one of those popular shoe stores, but it isn't mentioned here. The Leeds Corporation had a branch of stores called The Wild Pair. They had the best shoes, were always on the "leading edge" of current (and the enduring ) styles. The price was right, midrange back then. And even though I wouldn't have worn a lot of what we had, there were a lot I wore back then and quite a few I'd still wear today. (But not jellies. Those were ridiculous.) Oh-- and when the shoe store salesperson went in the back to get your show in your size? Yeah, we'd go in the back, light a cigarette, look for your pair of shoes, smoke a bit, and come back out presenting your shoes. Yeah, I was that person. 😂 Bit I enjoyed the job, was great with styles, and people, and sales, and it was definitely a good time. Ah, the eighties....and yea, I hacked Colombia House tape sales for ages....first the 8 tracks, next the cassettes. Once it came to CDs, I was done, I just bought them wherever, because the times they were a-changin'. Columbia Bouse should have taught us a bit about having credit cards, haha..... And is AquaNet still around? Because it's the best hair spray EVER. I didn't/don't do the "big hair", but I'd love to use AquaNet now and again when I need hair spray, because it does the damn job like hair spray should. Yes, the late seventies and first half of the '80s were golden. Stay golden, Pony Boy. Stay golden. ✌🏻😎❤️🌻😊
Class of 82 as well! So that's why my shoes smelled like cigarettes? Lol. The 70s and 80s were awesome! Thanks for watching and sharing with us a part of your past.
I bought many pairs of shoes from the Wild Pair. Still have some of them too. Aqua Net is still around, but today it's in a pump bottle, but aerosol cans can still be found. The purple one too, the one most favored. I do think the formula was changed though. Dosen't hold as well. (Jan Griffiths).
Waterbeds, the ABC after school special, and Columbia House were 70’s things that carried over into the 80s. They’re Gen X things for sure. Shoe stores at the mall are ‘80s things? The mall where I live has tons of them.
I agree, glad you said it. But what most people don't realize is that for the greatest generation, the 80's were end of days. I work in a hospital where the employees are not motivated to learn basic computer skills. It's been happening much more over the last 5 years and accelerating. I tell people that in 10 years they will miss how ez their commute was, how stress free their jobs were and the amount of extra money they had. They think I'm nuts until they actually do something crazy and think.
@@danodamano2581 Agreed, this just showed up in my feed. As a child of the very early 70’s, I have a pretty excellent memory of pop-culture from about 1976 on. I don’t need these videos to remind me of the 80s; but I find a lot of mistakes in them. While these are things gen-xers remember fondly from childhood, the 70’s and 80’s were very different decades. It’s a bit like calling the TV show Friends a show from the early 2000’s. Yup, it was on the air then, but Friends was the epitome of 1990’s tv, and it would be just inaccurate to call it a 2000’s show.
There a plenty of things we did not realize until now. It was an awesome decade! Live your life to the fullest everyone. No regrets! Thanks for watching.
At 13 I could hook up 2 vcrs so I could record my shows and then carefully edit the commercials off my shows saving me space on the tape. Kids these days would explode if they had to do it now. Of course, the next generation will be boggled by CDs.😂
I had no problem with my VCR and going to the video store to pick movies was fun! Although I do remember a panic when Y2K happened and I wasn’t sure how to set it up to record my favourite shows anymore 😅
The 80's were hands down the best decade! I was in my 20's and had soooo much fun! Big hair and the British Invasion's music was the best! Duran Duran....yum!
6:59 "it seemed like every commercial break was filled with pitches for miracle products that you just had to have" - in 2023 every commercial break is filled with pitches for a new prescription drug that will make you feel better and potentially cause several other problems. and i still have some CDs i bought from columbia house in the early 90s
And there are more commercials now than back then too. I remember shows having 2 commercials during each commercial break, not 10-12. And those stupid prescription drug commercials---I wish they'd go away. It seems like they want you to diagnose your own illnesses. I used to have Dish Network, but cancelled it because of all the stupid shows and commercials that are out now. Remember when cable/satellite TV had no commercials? (Jan Griffiths).
Some what true. I live in the great state of Texas and just like Block Buster, Glamour Shots started in Dallas in 1988. Yes Glamour Shots was more popular in the 90's. Thanks for watching and Thanks for your input!
My parents had a waterbed my entire life up until November 8th 2020 when my mom passed away from covid 19.... 😢 That's when my dad got his first bed that he didn't have to add water to. I miss the 80's so much. 😢
So sorry for your loss. I lost my husband last year to pancreatic cancer (his name is on this RUclips account). I had a waterbed from 1976-2010 when we bought a Tempurpedic. (Jan Griffiths).
Yeah...There were several other things left out. I try to keep my videos to a minimum with time since average viewers only watch 5 min of video. Appreciate ya!
Or Swatch watches. I have a collection of 47 from back then. All work fine if I put in the battery. One is an automatic winder though. (Jan Griffiths).
I was 26 years old and a cop in the 80's in a small Texas town and let me tell you things were much different back then. Best time of my life and law enforcement was still respected by most.
😂 Columbia House, a penny for 10 tapes, and then you had to buy 3 later at exorbitant prices. When I was a kid I signed up and my mom got pissed when all those tapes came in the mail. Remembered I had to do 10 times as many chores to work off the money when she bailed me out when I couldn’t afford the tapes. Taught me a lesson though.
I can relate to the AQUA NET. It was 1987 and I was only 13 when I bought the White one which is Extra Super Strength. Gosh, the Odor when you spray it which gives you some difficulty breathing and not to mention the stinging in the eyes. Also the excruciating pain on your scalp and the hair falls when you rinse it. The price you have to pay just to be beautiful in the 80s. I miss it so much.
I subscribed to Columbia House as a kid in the 70's and it was still albums and 8 tracks. Missed deadline a few times for denial of monthly pick but it's all good because I still got some good stuff that I wouldn't have heard. I miss those simpler times.
When I did research on them, it was amazing how they made a profit. I remember almost signing up back in the day but just never did. I became a radio DJ instead and got all the promo records for free instead. lol Thanks for watching!
In San Diego they had X-ray machines to take a picture of your feet. 1950’s Mom insisted on Buster Brown shoes. X-ray machines didn’t last long. Boy do I feel old. Silk sheets…no traction..lol. Those were the days. Bring them back.
I think what people have to understand about the 80s too is that we had the spectre of nuclear war hanging over our heads and I think it sort of influenced thinking. It was literally all about the party. Where I grew up I was still legal to drink at 18. I had a matchbook wedged up under my 8 track to cassette adapter to make sure my Quiet Riot cassettes ran right. I still remember cruising eastbound I 70 between Havelock and Moorehead City NC in my buddy Frank's Thunderbird. We had a joint between us, it was june with that salt air washing over us as we drove and we were the kings of the world in that small moment in time.
The 80s were critical. It’s the last generation that learned how to do things without technology, while also learning technology and appreciating it. Today, we are ignorant.
I remember the lite brown 'Gass' brand shoes from Kenny's shoe store with the thick wavy soles and the big colored plastic handle comb sticking out of your back pocket, oh I forgot to mention our parted in the middle combed back feathered hair. LOL 😆
Man I do miss Colombia house well as a kid that was extremely exciting to watch all the movies and just knowing that I got the opportunity to own the whole series of movies! I remember as a boy laughing at all the glamour shots of people in my family and friends who thought they were the sexiest people in the world 😂 one thing I miss that I don’t see on here is that cereal companies would have toys in the boxes and some were as cool as to have Hotwheels cars in them 😍 the cereal was gr8 tasting and also would put a game on the back of each box! If grandma wouldn’t buy a box of cereal that was advertising a super cool toy then we would actually try to open the box at the store to retrieve the toy, some toys where better than others so of course we wanted the better toys lol I really miss those days! RIP to my sister because we had a ball in those days gone by! ❤
Class of 88 here. I remember two mail order cassette clubs I belonged to: Columbia and BMG(?). All I remember is that one of them had generic black sleeve covers with the same font and a relatively small album cover pic on the front. But the other had a sleeve and album artwork that looked liked cassettes you would by at The Wherehouse. Refresh my memory please.
Omg, I was a teen in the 80's best era ever, from the music to fashion, oh my gosh I loved watching this video brought back great memories, the best memories. Back then we didn't have to worry about anything and things were safe, jeez today its so much crime, shootings and other horrible stuff
i was too...&i watched in horror on the (analog CRT) TV as ronald reagan, paul volker, milton friedman, & david rockefeller birthed todays society...at the same time reagan was laughing at LGBTQ s (me being one of them) dying from AIDS...
Waterbeds and After school specials actually had their big big heyday in the 1970s. I remember Eve Plumb Jan on the Brady Bunch) starring in “Go Ask Alice,” an after school special about the evils of drugs, roughly referring the book.
Heyday in the 70's but lingered into the 80's. I had a waterbed in 84. I also watched after school specials in the early 80's. It all depends on where you lived. Thanks for watching
I wish one day they could strap your brain with electrodes and at least ask you how far back or maybe what summer you'd like to go back to. There you would lay asleep and in a trans. Your brain would take into this dream that looks so real like you were living it all over again. I'm sure the brain stores our whole life somewhere. :)
Something I did pick up on (had to go back a few seconds, to check what I just heard) There was a Store (or Chain of Stores) called Athletes Foot!!! 😀😀😀😀😀
I held my cowboy hat over my breasts in my Glamourshots! 😂 (I had a towel wrapped around my waist, lol) I wasn’t a Aqua Net girl but I rocked the Paul Mitchell Freeze and Shine and gold hair gel! I worked in the local mall from 86 until 97 and the 80s in the mall and it was awesome. I’m so glad I was a teenager in the 1980s!
Oh my...I would have fallen for you as well. lol..... My mom has a glamour shots photo laying around somewhere. I remember she dolled up (can I say that?) and headed to this video dating location. They would record men and women on camera answering questions. Men would go in and view the videos and vise versa. Too funny looking back at it considering all of the phone apps we have now. Thanks everyone.
Boy, I remember when we got our first VCR way back in 1987! We also got our first microwave oven that year as well as a new refrigerator. My father also did some major exterior work to our house. To this day I always considered 1987 the year that our family finally entered the 1980’s.
A friend of mine had that. She bought the required amount, and they still kept sending her their crap after she requested them not to. I told her to write "no longer at this address" on the envelope and send it back. She did, and had no more trouble. (Jan Griffiths).
I mis those days...
really?
Some of the best Coke ever
Me too
I turned 18 in 83
What do ya miss???
I'm so thankful to have been a teenager in the 80's. I feel bad for kids nowadays
@@Serai3 I feel bad for kids growing up these days. My youngest just turned 14 and my oldest is 35. I can't imagine what this would is going to be like in years to come. God help our youth
Amen.
Tbh I really think that every generation feels the same way. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. My kids who were born in the early 90's are nostalgic about their childhoods. I loved being a young adult in the 80's!
@@vickiefinney6073 Why is there such a big age gap between your 2 kids?
@@endzonetime4622 I had my oldest the day after my 20th birthday and then the others in my 40's. I didn't think I would have children again after a bad miscarriage, but God had other plans
Born in 1970 it was great being a kid in the 70’s and a teen in the 80’s..
Me too. Also born in 1970. 70s-90s were best for me after that. Whatever.
A few years before you all. Born mid 60's but the 70's and 80's were it for me! Thanks everyone.
1971 here. I remember doing burn outs in my 1982 Mustang in 1987 and getting a ticket for excessive acceleration. Lol. I was playing Sammy Haggar I can't Drive 55 at that moment I saw the cop. Good times there!
Totally agree ! 👍❤
Kids nowadays will never know & the music 🎶 was the best ! 👌
The 70s were good, but the 80s were bad. That was OK though because the 90s were great.
As crazy as the 80s were, it was a far more sane time than we live in today. It makes one wonder what another forty years will look like.
wrinkles, using pampers again
So true
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@@alexshatner3907 haha 😂 so true
I'm glad I'm the age that I am. What's coming isn't a world I want to live it.
thanks for the memories the 80's were the best, especially the music
They haven't made any real music since the 1990s ended. It's all just noise now!
The 80's were RAD! I was a radio DJ through the 1980s. What a blast! Now just memories. Thanks for watching everyone!
Pop rock forever!!!
In Phoenix AZ there is an FM station that plays 70s, 80s, and 90s music all the time It's KOOL-FM, also known as BIG 94.5. And the Cloud KKLD -FM (95.9) with a similar format that's in Prescott, near to where I live. I listen to both stations all the time. (Jan Griffiths).
I still treasure these days. I graduated HS in '85. This hits me square in the feelz.
Malls weren't dead relics. They were full of life. Literally I graduated HS the year Breakfast Club came out.
I graduated in 86 and I literally would not do it any different if I could, we came of age at the best time a person could, take care
I'm a class of 82. My younger brother graduated in 1985. Malls were the place to be back in the day. Now they are all closing shop. Funny how life is. Shopping centers were the thing in the 1960's and mid 70's then Malls came in and now it's back to nice shopping centers. Thanks for watching everyone!
Graduated in 1986, remember arcades were full of people playing games and then we got an Atari!
I’m graduate of 1983 so I do love this nostalgia
I so miss Columbia house it was such fun!!!
Let's see now .... 1980s when we actually went SHOPPING, we ate dinner at the table with family and interacted with each other. We had prime time TV shows we watched together. Movie Gallery and Blockbuster nights. Playing OUTSIDE with friends until just before dark or right at dark for some. Three wheelers and dirt bikes. Atari 2600 and not being addicted to it. Sharing the house telephone. MTV actually played music videos. Riding your bike wherever you wanted and not afraid some wacko was going to try and grab you. Mall arcades and food courts. Actually fist fighting between each other. Buy 10 cassettes for the price of one and NOTHING to buy after. Saturday morning cartoons.
I agree with you . I wish we could go back to the 80s . Poofy hair , glow in the dark shoes , Chia pets ! We were so lucky back then . Kids today have to worry about guns , Fentanel poisoning , and suicide .
Them were the days. All bringing back awesome memories. Don't ever lose them! Thanks everyone!
The smell of freshly cut grass in summer time break… It seemed endless.. reading your comment took me back to awesome times and memories..
It was a good time.
Listening to the radio for your school to be closed for a snow day ☃️
Some people like to make fun of the 80s, but it was a great time to be alive; especially as a teenager. Class of 1985
Me and my twin were class of 82. My younger brother was class of 1985! It was a great time to be alive indeed. Thanks for watching!
Even a potato sack is good in your teen years
@THE MEMORY LANE CHANNEL I was class of 82 as well. Every year growing up, I can clearly recall thinking " Last day of school; all of my problems are over. " What a great time to grow up.
-If you wanted long hair you had to grow it yourself.
-the best music ever.
- pet rocks
-the distinct smell of the video arcade.
- record stores
- the price of gas
- calling boys that you liked and when they answered you hung up the phone. And other prank calls.
So much more.
In 30 years what will a video like this be like? Not interesting. Thanks for the video!
Probably just jealous they didn't get too grow up In this Epic decade ! I was a 80s teen & I wouldn't trade it for anything, those were the best times too be a teenager ❤ #classof86
Graduated in 85, Airforce in 86 Marriage in 87. Good years!
Glamour Shots and female realtors, a match made in heaven.
Aye
😂😂😂😂😂
true! haha!
It was a great time to be alive loved growing up in the late 70s and 80s.
Same here! 70s and 80s forever!
Sooooo lucky I grew up in the 80s. We had to speak to our friends parents on the phone, we played outside every day, we watched Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard, and we had so many parties! Best childhood ever!
I was more 70's into the 80s. Gosh, our neighborhood was full of friends! We were certainly blessed. Thanks for watching!
My teenage years. I feel very lucky to have grown up back then. I wanna go back
So do I.
Me too. I still have quite a lot of 80s things though. (Jan Griffiths).
Me three🥺
I think we all do. :\
The eighties A decade of decadence Best time of my life
Same here!
Mine too
Just wow. The opposite for me. The 80s started with recession. That decade was one of being very frugal.
Back in the day when we actually lived like humans the great times people had to interact with each other
I agree.
So true!
I miss it so much!!!
And you just had to write that on the internet.
@@alukuhito If you don't like everyones nostalgia on here,then quit being a Debbie Downer and go watch something that makes you happy. No need to crap on everyone else's happiness.
The 80's were the best! The fashion, the hair and of course the BEST music EVER! 🎶🎸🎧👩🎤
That they were!
Still listen to my 80s radios and cassettes. Best times ever
What’s a casette
@@danrook5757 Google it. (Jan Griffiths).
haha! Cool! Thanks everyone!
Best decade to grow up in! I count it a blessing all of my pre-teen and teen years were during that time.
Nope. The 70s and 90s were actually better than the 80s. Quite a lot better.
@@alukuhito just my opinion
I am so happy that I was an 80’s kid because I was able to experience so much from jelly shoes, making a mix tape from cassette tapes and recording them from the radio stations, wearing stone wash jeans with matching jackets, two layered socks, scrunches in my hair, jelly bracelets, roller skating, bike riding, hanging outside with friends, and so much more. The best experience of being a kid to a teenager. The greatest memories I’ll always cherish.
Jelly shoes hurt!!!
The days long gone. I remember having a finger on the play button and one on the record waiting for the radio station to play my favorite song. Who would have thought I'd become a radio Dj from the 80s thru early 2000s. Lol
I made mix tapes with a dual cassette deck that I still have, with the rest of my stereo setup of 2 turntables, a mixer, equalizer, preamp, and amplifier. And 4 huge Infinity Quantum 1 speakers. I used to make tapes all the time to play in the car, but my car has a CD and flash drive now. Still use them at parties though. Jelly shoes I didn't wear because they made my feet sweat too much. (Jan Griffiths).
Still have a couple of pairs of stone wash jeans. Still wear them too. (Jan Griffiths).
So glad I was a kid in the 80s!!
Waterbeds were more of a 70's thing rather than an eighties thing
Yeah, most people who had waterbeds in the 80s had bought them in the 70s.
@@jackuzi8252 I remember seeing them in the eighties at some people's houses and thinking they were so cool when I told my mom about it and she said oh no those will ruin your back
I got mine in the late 80s
@@philv2529 My great aunt had a waterbed but claimed it was the only bed that DIDN'T hurt her back!
I got my first waterbed in the 80's.
Omg I remember ALL of these. The AquaNet made me scream out loud while I was listening! 😂😂😭 Such great times and memories.
Great time indeed! I was 7 years old. Lived in East Los Angeles at the time. It was 1971 and I remember my mom spraying it on her hair before work. I can smell it now. lol
I loved Afterschool Specials…they taught you so much about life and friendship and important milestones. Epic!
Remember Punky Brewster? Many good life's lessons in that show also. (Jan Griffiths).
That they did! The older I got, the more boring they got. lol
Loved the 80s none of this madness we have today
Except the AIDS crisis. That was scary.
Amazing how far society has fallen.
True!
@Tracy Brennan that was scary for everyone. Such a pitty for the poor people who died from it not just the gay people but those who got it from infected blood in the hospitals
They should limit guns to 1 per adult no more than 10 per household. Active shooters got caught with 10 in their homes. That's suspicious
My time, the 80s! Miss times before cell phones.
For sure! So much fun!
The photo of the cute guy (there was always at least ONE) there to fit you with the shoes at those now-defunct shoe stores, i.e. Thom McCann, Bakers, Florsheims. I actually dated one that I met that way back in 1980. Those were fun, sweet times, when a girl could meet a boy, and vice versa, through simple, everyday, FACE-TO-FACE, spontaneous occurences.
We had style in the 80s and took care of our appearance. The early 80s were my favorite because of the great dance clubs that existed in the New York and Jersey areas.
We certainly had a blast!
Great dance clubs were all over back in the 80s. Phoenix (AZ) had a lot. I used to habg out at my favorite, Malarky's/Patrick's every Saturday night. Or DV8. Or After the Gold Rush. And a bunch of others. Sadly, all gone now. (Jan Griffiths).
There was so much Aqua Net used in the 80's that we put a hole in the atmosphere lol
Those hairspray days are over for me! lol
GUILTY!!!
Lol i remember that
I still use that chit! Works great.
You couldn't even walk into the school bathrooms without inhaling Aqua Net fumes!
I’d gladly relive these moment in a heartbeat ! In fact I’d never leave the 80s
If only time machines were real! We could all go back and relive the 80s forever!
LOL, my whole cassette collection was from Columbia House........I must have spent 12 or 13 cents total before they were on to me. I think I may still owe them, LOL
Haha!
Don't worry about it--they're out of business. (Jan Griffiths).
Absolutely the best years of my life
Keep making memories! Thanks for watching
Was in high school back in 81 those were the days.
Graduated in 1982. Awesome time!
That was my decade and I miss everything in this video. Brings back great memories.
Thanks for watching!!!
You had time to enjoy yourself and really get to know your friends. People are different when you talk to them face to face. It was a great time to grow up.
That is for sure. Walking down the block to friend's homes seeing if they could come out and chill. Summers were so awesome. Memories is all we have. Thanks for watching.
So so true ! 👍
Hair sculptures using aquanet, dippedy do, and mousse. 😂. Can't forget the parachute pants, my dad used to tell me he's going to throw me out of a plane to see if they work 😂😅
Yup...I wore them...hahaha!
Even in the 80s we thought the Afterschool Specials were corny. We still loved them and they still had a good message.
That they did!
The Ginsu knife commercials were ingenious marketing. Cutting aluminum doesn't dull a knife like the ad implies. To the contrary, it sharpens it.
They made BIG BUCKS!
Life before iPhones and social media. I miss those days.
Bikes and hangin with friends! Thanks for watching!
Social media has really screwed up this world. I wish the system would just crash. People would be so lost. (Jan Griffiths).
If only we could return to those days...
If only!
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no thanks i love COD with ultra graphics
@@Tomahawk1999 Then you can stay here. Nothing wrong with that.
I wish Doc and the time machine was real. (Jan Griffiths).
I had so many dreams during the 80's such a great time when I thought anything was possible.
We all did. Funny where some of us ended up. I didn't do too bad but it wasn't the dream I had. LOL Thanks for watching!
@@RV411CHANNEL was your dream to be a cheerleader
A location nearby where I live where a Blockbuster used to be, they STILL have the sign there 😅
Amazing! I still have my card!
I recently visited the last operating Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon. Brought back a lot of memories.
Class of '82 here. Though my heart is really with the late '60s thru mid '80s, this video is a great trip back in time.
And let's talk shoe stores a sec.
I worked in a mall for a few years, at one of those popular shoe stores, but it isn't mentioned here.
The Leeds Corporation had a branch of stores called The Wild Pair. They had the best shoes, were always on the "leading edge" of current (and the enduring ) styles. The price was right, midrange back then. And even though I wouldn't have worn a lot of what we had, there were a lot I wore back then and quite a few I'd still wear today. (But not jellies. Those were ridiculous.)
Oh-- and when the shoe store salesperson went in the back to get your show in your size? Yeah, we'd go in the back, light a cigarette, look for your pair of shoes, smoke a bit, and come back out presenting your shoes.
Yeah, I was that person. 😂 Bit I enjoyed the job, was great with styles, and people, and sales, and it was definitely a good time.
Ah, the eighties....and yea, I hacked Colombia House tape sales for ages....first the 8 tracks, next the cassettes. Once it came to CDs, I was done, I just bought them wherever, because the times they were a-changin'. Columbia Bouse should have taught us a bit about having credit cards, haha.....
And is AquaNet still around? Because it's the best hair spray EVER. I didn't/don't do the "big hair", but I'd love to use AquaNet now and again when I need hair spray, because it does the damn job like hair spray should.
Yes, the late seventies and first half of the '80s were golden.
Stay golden, Pony Boy. Stay golden. ✌🏻😎❤️🌻😊
Class of 82 as well! So that's why my shoes smelled like cigarettes? Lol. The 70s and 80s were awesome! Thanks for watching and sharing with us a part of your past.
I bought many pairs of shoes from the Wild Pair. Still have some of them too. Aqua Net is still around, but today it's in a pump bottle, but aerosol cans can still be found. The purple one too, the one most favored. I do think the formula was changed though. Dosen't hold as well. (Jan Griffiths).
Anybody else feeling old after watching this lol
ME! As I was researching, I would see this and that and would dwell into what year and how the fad became. I was no longer focused on the video!
This one was so fabulous I had to subscribe. I have liked several before this, but this one!! Nailed it 110%.
Thank you!
Anti anglo saxon directors...
Waterbeds, the ABC after school special, and Columbia House were 70’s things that carried over into the 80s. They’re Gen X things for sure. Shoe stores at the mall are ‘80s things? The mall where I live has tons of them.
Can’t forget Aqua Net…that stuffs been around since the 60’s!
I agree, glad you said it. But what most people don't realize is that for the greatest generation, the 80's were end of days. I work in a hospital where the employees are not motivated to learn basic computer skills. It's been happening much more over the last 5 years and accelerating. I tell people that in 10 years they will miss how ez their commute was, how stress free their jobs were and the amount of extra money they had.
They think I'm nuts until they actually do something crazy and think.
What do you expect from a google search generated production of what the 80s were about?
@@danodamano2581 Agreed, this just showed up in my feed. As a child of the very early 70’s, I have a pretty excellent memory of pop-culture from about 1976 on. I don’t need these videos to remind me of the 80s; but I find a lot of mistakes in them. While these are things gen-xers remember fondly from childhood, the 70’s and 80’s were very different decades. It’s a bit like calling the TV show Friends a show from the early 2000’s. Yup, it was on the air then, but Friends was the epitome of 1990’s tv, and it would be just inaccurate to call it a 2000’s show.
I totally totally agree. Most of these things started in the 70s.
The best times of my life were in the 80s
It was the best time, but I didn't realize this.
There a plenty of things we did not realize until now. It was an awesome decade! Live your life to the fullest everyone. No regrets! Thanks for watching.
Makes me feel old.
I miss the 80s. Simpler times.
Life really was simpler and I'd argue much better then.
Agree 100%
Yes. The. 1980;s. We're. Good. Just. Like they. Were. In. The. 1950;s
It seems like Respect… is something that’s not happening anymore
True!
The 80’s were the best!
Agree!
...wrong 😅 but better than today
Sorry 70s was even better but ‘80s were way better than 2020’s!
@@rivermoon6190 70's sucked, lame disco, crappy presidents, lousy economy- try again
I would love to see a kid try to figure out a VCR clock and hookup. Watching my grandkids play space invaders is to funny
HAHA!!!! yup
At 13 I could hook up 2 vcrs so I could record my shows and then carefully edit the commercials off my shows saving me space on the tape. Kids these days would explode if they had to do it now. Of course, the next generation will be boggled by CDs.😂
I don't recall anyone bothering with it.
My dad; "We've already got clocks."
I had no problem with my VCR and going to the video store to pick movies was fun! Although I do remember a panic when Y2K happened and I wasn’t sure how to set it up to record my favourite shows anymore 😅
Ha ha ha! My dad never figured out the clock on the VCR. It blinked 12:00 for 20 years.
The 80's were hands down the best decade! I was in my 20's and had soooo much fun! Big hair and the British Invasion's music was the best! Duran Duran....yum!
Agreed! The 80s were such an amazing era.
6:59 "it seemed like every commercial break was filled with pitches for miracle products that you just had to have" - in 2023 every commercial break is filled with pitches for a new prescription drug that will make you feel better and potentially cause several other problems. and i still have some CDs i bought from columbia house in the early 90s
And there are more commercials now than back then too. I remember shows having 2 commercials during each commercial break, not 10-12. And those stupid prescription drug commercials---I wish they'd go away. It seems like they want you to diagnose your own illnesses. I used to have Dish Network, but cancelled it because of all the stupid shows and commercials that are out now. Remember when cable/satellite TV had no commercials? (Jan Griffiths).
The late 70s & early too mid 80s were the best years ! From being a preteen & coming of age In the early 80s ! Kids today will never know ! ❤🎉👍🎶🎵☎️📀📼📺
That was me! Early 70's to mid 80s! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Glamour shots were actually the 90’s. I was a makeup artist for one of the companies. Still I love this look back.
Some what true. I live in the great state of Texas and just like Block Buster, Glamour Shots started in Dallas in 1988. Yes Glamour Shots was more popular in the 90's. Thanks for watching and Thanks for your input!
That was an excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
My Chia Pet and I enjoyed this video.
Haha! Happy to hear! Thanks for watching.
This has been a nice trip down memory lane.
Thanks for watching
My parents had a waterbed my entire life up until November 8th 2020 when my mom passed away from covid 19.... 😢 That's when my dad got his first bed that he didn't have to add water to. I miss the 80's so much. 😢
So sorry for your loss. I had one in the mid 80s. Didn't like it. I miss the 80's as well. Thanks for watching!
So sorry for your loss. I lost my husband last year to pancreatic cancer (his name is on this RUclips account). I had a waterbed from 1976-2010 when we bought a Tempurpedic. (Jan Griffiths).
Thanks for the memories! Came across your video subscribed and watched. Really enjoyed your video!
Thank you so much for watching! Appreciate ya!
Loved the 80s! Things were simpler… well, except for the hair 😂
Haha!
This is exactly what they are... Memories. Thanks to the woke society, now it's coming down to complete chaos. "Where's the beef?!"
It has zero to do with "woke." God, you people LOVE excuses, and blame. Stfu
Minors can't make decisions for themselves. Why they give them hormones???
I personally miss the Cold War. Atleast we knew who the enemy was and we weren’t fighting/divided amongst ourselves.
True!
well this channel is a huge find for my childhood. Subscription earned.
Appreciate ya. Working on others!
Surprised there was no mention of the Sony Walkman.
Yeah...There were several other things left out. I try to keep my videos to a minimum with time since average viewers only watch 5 min of video. Appreciate ya!
Or Swatch watches. I have a collection of 47 from back then. All work fine if I put in the battery. One is an automatic winder though. (Jan Griffiths).
I was 26 years old and a cop in the 80's in a small Texas town and let me tell you things were much different back then. Best time of my life and law enforcement was still respected by most.
Me and my siblings were raised in Corpus Christi Texas in the 70s and 80s. Awesome time!! Thanks for watching.
So very nostalgic. I miss these days. They were so much simpler.
Also, I thought Rave hairspray held my hair better😂😂
I used Aqua Net!! 😂😂😂
Yes! I forgot about Rave!
😂 Columbia House, a penny for 10 tapes, and then you had to buy 3 later at exorbitant prices. When I was a kid I signed up and my mom got pissed when all those tapes came in the mail. Remembered I had to do 10 times as many chores to work off the money when she bailed me out when I couldn’t afford the tapes. Taught me a lesson though.
lol....I almost joined but became a radio DJ and grabbed the promo copies instead. Thanks for watching!
I can relate to the AQUA NET. It was 1987 and I was only 13 when I bought the White one which is Extra Super Strength. Gosh, the Odor when you spray it which gives you some difficulty breathing and not to mention the stinging in the eyes. Also the excruciating pain on your scalp and the hair falls when you rinse it. The price you have to pay just to be beautiful in the 80s. I miss it so much.
Yup...the smell. I can remember my mom spraying that stuff each morning. lol. Thanks for watching!
I subscribed to Columbia House as a kid in the 70's and it was still albums and 8 tracks. Missed deadline a few times for denial of monthly pick but it's all good because I still got some good stuff that I wouldn't have heard. I miss those simpler times.
When I did research on them, it was amazing how they made a profit. I remember almost signing up back in the day but just never did. I became a radio DJ instead and got all the promo records for free instead. lol Thanks for watching!
Loved my waterbed 1991 lol
Just thought back to sex in a waterbed!
Hell yeah. RIP Waterbed. 1992 and lost in the PCS move of 1995. Maybe for the better.....Who knows?
HAHA!!!
I always wanted to do a Glamour Shot session but I never got to do it 😢
I like how the thumbnail is from early 1970s
In San Diego they had X-ray machines to take a picture of your feet. 1950’s Mom insisted on Buster Brown shoes. X-ray machines didn’t last long. Boy do I feel old. Silk sheets…no traction..lol. Those were the days. Bring them back.
lol...My dad (RIP) Would say..."I bought you boys only the best....I bought you Buster Brown shoes". haha! Thanks for watching!
I think what people have to understand about the 80s too is that we had the spectre of nuclear war hanging over our
heads and I think it sort of influenced thinking. It was literally all about the party. Where I grew up I was still legal to drink at 18. I had a matchbook wedged up under my 8 track to cassette adapter to make sure my Quiet Riot cassettes ran right.
I still remember cruising eastbound I 70 between Havelock and Moorehead City NC in my buddy Frank's Thunderbird. We had a joint between us, it was june with that salt air washing over us as we drove and we were the kings of the world in that small moment in time.
The good old days!
Hell yeah 🤘🏽 I remember the first time smoking my first joint with my friends from the hood and listening to Dirty Rap songs on cassette tape
I remember my mom doing glamour shots LOL. Oh and my parents still have their water bed.
I'd love those shoe stores right now, with the salesperson helping you-as long is it isn't Al Bundy!
I'd hug Al Bundy today.
That is too funny you all! Thanks for watching....lol
I miss the 80s!
Same here!
I have been crack cocaine free for my entire life. Thanks after school specials!
OMG do you remember all the PSA's for drugs and AIDS? Total nightmare; however I never touched hard drugs thanks to them and always wore rubbers!
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS! Every time I saw that PSA, I'd make me an egg sandwich. I bet those who sold eggs made a killing!!!
The 80s were critical. It’s the last generation that learned how to do things without technology, while also learning technology and appreciating it. Today, we are ignorant.
They are ignorant. I still know how to write in cursive and write a check! lol
I worked at Kinney shoes while in college. I met so many girls. It was actually fun to close on the weekends.
Great job hu! lol...Thanks for watching and sharing.
I remember the lite brown 'Gass' brand shoes from Kenny's shoe store with the thick wavy soles and the big colored plastic handle comb sticking out of your back pocket, oh I forgot to mention our parted in the middle combed back feathered hair. LOL 😆
Yup...The handle comb. lol.... We all had one back with I was in Jr. High.
Oh wow I really did LOVE Columbia House. 🎶😎
My mom and dad said NO! LOL
@@RV411CHANNEL Awwwwww 😢
@@RV411CHANNEL I said NO to it myself after reading the fine print. I knew it was a ripoff. (Jan Griffiths).
The soles of payless shoes would literally melt in the street in the heat of summer.
lol.....That right! My younger brother would make fun of me. He bought the expensive stuff. Me? Payless! lol
Man I do miss Colombia house well as a kid that was extremely exciting to watch all the movies and just knowing that I got the opportunity to own the whole series of movies! I remember as a boy laughing at all the glamour shots of people in my family and friends who thought they were the sexiest people in the world 😂 one thing I miss that I don’t see on here is that cereal companies would have toys in the boxes and some were as cool as to have Hotwheels cars in them 😍 the cereal was gr8 tasting and also would put a game on the back of each box! If grandma wouldn’t buy a box of cereal that was advertising a super cool toy then we would actually try to open the box at the store to retrieve the toy, some toys where better than others so of course we wanted the better toys lol I really miss those days! RIP to my sister because we had a ball in those days gone by! ❤
I was going through old photos tonight and found a photo of my sis in a glamor shot. Lol....Thanks for watching.
Columbia house only sold CDs ...I never ordered cassettes or movies. Ps - I was in Canada
Class of 88 here. I remember two mail order cassette clubs I belonged to: Columbia and BMG(?). All I remember is that one of them had generic black sleeve covers with the same font and a relatively small album cover pic on the front. But the other had a sleeve and album artwork that looked liked cassettes you would by at The Wherehouse. Refresh my memory please.
I agree I’m so glad to be a teenager growing up in the 80s . Todays teens miss out on so much . I wouldn’t trade it for nothing!
I really feel for todays teens. I fear what we'll be looking at in 20 years. I hope I'm still around to see. lol
America was so great back in those days, that's why half of the world fall in love with this country.
Those were the good old days
That they were! Thank you!
Omg, I was a teen in the 80's best era ever, from the music to fashion, oh my gosh I loved watching this video brought back great memories, the best memories. Back then we didn't have to worry about anything and things were safe, jeez today its so much crime, shootings and other horrible stuff
i was too...&i watched in horror on the (analog CRT) TV as ronald reagan, paul volker, milton friedman, & david rockefeller birthed todays society...at the same time reagan was laughing at LGBTQ s (me being one of them) dying from AIDS...
Waterbeds and After school specials actually had their big big heyday in the 1970s. I remember Eve Plumb Jan on the Brady Bunch) starring in “Go Ask Alice,” an after school special about the evils of drugs, roughly referring the book.
Heyday in the 70's but lingered into the 80's. I had a waterbed in 84. I also watched after school specials in the early 80's. It all depends on where you lived. Thanks for watching
Class of 89 🍻😎🍻
1982 here! The good old days!
Would be nice to go back to the 80’s.
I wish one day they could strap your brain with electrodes and at least ask you how far back or maybe what summer you'd like to go back to. There you would lay asleep and in a trans. Your brain would take into this dream that looks so real like you were living it all over again. I'm sure the brain stores our whole life somewhere. :)
Something I did pick up on (had to go back a few seconds, to check what I just heard)
There was a Store (or Chain of Stores) called Athletes Foot!!!
😀😀😀😀😀
"The Athletes Foot" haha! Thanks for watching!
Yep, and I bought my British Knights hightops there. Wore them for 3 years straight. I miss them. (Jan Griffiths).
I held my cowboy hat over my breasts in my Glamourshots! 😂
(I had a towel wrapped around my waist, lol)
I wasn’t a Aqua Net girl but I rocked the Paul Mitchell Freeze and Shine and gold hair gel!
I worked in the local mall from 86 until 97 and the 80s in the mall and it was awesome. I’m so glad I was a teenager in the 1980s!
I would've fallen for you :)
Oh my...I would have fallen for you as well. lol..... My mom has a glamour shots photo laying around somewhere. I remember she dolled up (can I say that?) and headed to this video dating location. They would record men and women on camera answering questions. Men would go in and view the videos and vise versa. Too funny looking back at it considering all of the phone apps we have now. Thanks everyone.
I used PM Freeze and Shine up thru the 90s. I can close my eyes and still smell it.
Ohhhh yes, Paul Mitchell Freeze & Shine, those were the days 😊
@@The2ndFirst awww thanks!
Boy, I remember when we got our first VCR way back in 1987! We also got our first microwave oven that year as well as a new refrigerator. My father also did some major exterior work to our house. To this day I always considered 1987 the year that our family finally entered the 1980’s.
Thanks for sharing your memories with us! It's so nice to hear about the positive changes your family experienced that year.
My 1982 Ginsu knives are STILL sharp as hell! Sorry I didn't buy more of them back then
Buy them? They use to send free samples in the mail (steak knives). I know, we still have a few and we still use them.
Wow! I wonder how much a used set would cost. Thanks everyone!
I still have a couple, and a set of the steak knives. Yep, still sharp as hell too. (Jan Griffiths).
Every time I drive past the old Columbia House building south of Pueblo I’m reminded of the records (LPs) that I ordered from there.
Did it become another business or is it abandoned? (Jan Griffiths).
The 80s were the best! Who didn’t love after school specials.
Liked them but you know as you got older, you had better things to do. lol
Columbia House, one of the first businesses to get you on a subscription... forever.
A friend of mine had that. She bought the required amount, and they still kept sending her their crap after she requested them not to. I told her to write "no longer at this address" on the envelope and send it back. She did, and had no more trouble. (Jan Griffiths).