10 freeway Los Angeles in 1988!
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2013
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This is me filming the 10 freeway! This is when we were going home from Los Angeles (aunt's house) to our home in Covina CA. 1988!
I watch videos like this because its the closest thing to time travel Ill get in my lifetime
+Mr Eighty pretty cool, isn't it
+Gilbert Arciniega this is a real cool vid. I got a vid too it was my sisters high school graduation in 1988 at the Greek Theatre, graduated from John Marshall High.
+Gilbert Arciniega that red car that cut in front of u was a 1978 Ford Thunderbird diamond jubilee addition. I got the same one except it's white with red interior ;-)
Hunter Rabidue Where did you see that red car. I don't remember seeing this in this vid
+Gilbert Arciniega oops I meant to say it was brownish and it past u when that light blue vw bus was in front of u.
"Stop wasting that tape! No ones ever gonna watch this stuff..."
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30+ years later:
U Did
Little did she know! LOL She never could have known that there would be a thing called the Internet, and RUclips! You should show her this video and tell her that nearly 300,000 people have seen her face! :-D heheh
😊💪
I'm watching ha
😆 such memories kind of sad
Watching how life was before I was born feels so strange in a good way.
Idk man i feel nostalgic even though i was born in late 90s lol
I was 3
Makes me miss a time I never experienced
My parents didn’t even know that they were going to get married when it was recorded .-. That’s so weird. I wasn’t even a project. Neither was my older brother
I was born in 02 lol I wish I could experience those times but I wasn’t even close to be around yet
love how the radio sounds when being changed stations
Yeah you can hear that vintage speaker sound in them older cars
What song is on the radio
Analog baby
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
- Andy Bernard
Jerome where is you avatar from?
The 80s were not the good old days. Yeah we view them as cool, but they weren’t the innocent good old days. Go back 30 more years for that.
bjb bazn MaximillianMus
@@connorpusey5912 True that. I'd still take the eighties though, over now. I got a sense of nostalgia from my youth watching this video.
Why is this the first quote I had watching this video too?? How remarkable
Videos like this are a national treasure now.
You could start making your own videos right now, then they will become "national treasures" like this 30 years from today.
Someone could come on RUclips in 2047 and see the "10 Freeway in 2017".
@Clarissa
4522 in 4542
Haha not really. There's sooo much content from this day and age that nobody will give a shit in the future what you film.
Clarissa McPigeon dude that's crazy imagine RUclips videos 50 years from now
1984: Wow, it’s so great how perfect the world was at 50’s
2020: Wow, it’s so great how perfect the world was at 80’s
Look at videos of LA in the 50s it was a beautiful city
Nostalgia is a powerful thing.
2050: Wow it's so great how perfect the world was at 20's
As time went on the world just kept getting worse and worse and still is going to as we speak
The earlier the year the better times were and the better of world we had
Song list:
0:00 - ¿Y Cómo es El? - José Luis Perales
0:35 - Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
0:40 - Fascinated - Company B
1:40 - Fallin' in Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
2:13 - Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
3:06 - All At Once - Whitney Houston
3:17 - Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds
4:06 - Never Know Love Like This - Alexander O'Neal
4:33 - This Girl Is A Woman Now - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
5:10 - Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
5:18 - Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
6:50 - Space Oddity - David Bowie
7:00 - Trouble - Nia Peeples
7:20 - Father Figure - George Michael
u forgot the spanish song jose luis pareles lol
@@626323909 serio no mames
"All At Once" was partially muted, maybe because of copyright issues.
Thx man
Im a real fan of eightees music but honestly i never listened some of those songs
Still a lot of those Toyota pickups and Honda civics on the road
Not since cash for clunkers
@@Alex-uy7pc 🖕😊🖕
@@bosshog5264 whatever I stand by it, we lost some of the most reliable vehicles ever through that scam.
@@Alex-uy7pc lil biatch
@@bosshog5264 👍
This makes me cry. CA without traffic. Paradise.
I wanted to live in the 80s I will be happy to have an NES sadly no hand Held emtertainment but LCD games are pretty emtertaining
Kobe died because of l.a. traffic...so he took the chopper all the time..his words not mine...smh. r.i.p kobe...miss the old l.a😢
Nothing but the wide open road
@@OzzysRadioHalfHour the 80s the best decade
Too young for the 80s 🤣 but I love the nostalgia. Sometimes I think I should have entered this world 10 or 20 years earlier to appreciate it.
The radio reminds me of a time in my life when things were simpler... better
You're right, things were better oh, and it was much simpler people for the most part Got along
Yeah I can tell, those cars be having simple boring designs
@@josuemartinez4828 Nah, cars from the 50s until the mid 2000s had something special and unique to them. Even if you don't personally find them visually appealing there was at least variety. You could actually tell them apart. Nowadays they all pretty much look the same, very little things to distinguish one from another, unimaginative and boring. The 90s really brought us some unique and beautiful cars that you didn't have to be rich to afford. Over the past 20 years they slowly morphed into pretty much looking all the same. SUVs are annoyingly everywhere as well and look like boxes on wheels. Theres a few nice vehicle's out there today but i don't see them becoming classics like the ones from past decades.
Lmao you look like a thumb dude
Do the youth have a chance for a better world or good old days?
the old good days when LA wasn’t overpopulated
Fr
I think after this recession people will have to move back to Arkansas so it will be closer to this again
True
Alex true
And yet we thought it was overpopulated back then.
I was married for about a month when this was filmed. 32nd annaversary next month.
Happy 32nd anniversary to you guys. 💖
@@koifish3273 I love corgi's
sprocket580 happy birthday
Congrats!! 🍾🎈🎉🎊
Your wife's name is Anna? ;)) Happy ANNAversary then!
Really is like time travel. Radio was so much better then.
I don't 'bout all o dat.... Hairspray rock was gay as shit.
64 My existence is......... ????
64 BTW, hairspray rock was gay...
The radio 📻 now is such shit
I agree!
This was filmed 1 day before my birthday in Long Beach, California. Thanks for the memories. I was 10yrs old going on 11.
I was still swimming in my pappy sack
So now April 2024 you’re like 47?! But wow you may have been a refugee from Vietnam as a baby?! I grew up in Long Beach and we did some things to help back then.
@@Porsche996driver Thanks!
This was soooo nostalgic for me, with all the songs on the radio and the freeway...I grew up in Hollywood in 80’s and 90’s ❤️🤗
That’s crazyy how old are you now?
Wow I was born on 1989 in Los Angeles.. so this is the world my parents saw when I was a nothing. Life is beautiful. Oh and the music rocked back then!
That's my exact reason for watching this i was born in 88 in Compton
@@marcusscott903 Bellflower :)
When in 89? I was born in September
I was 4 in 1988
Im born in 1988 in Mexico jaja
The dislikes are from people that are stuck in the 10 freeway right about now lol
They have been stuck on the 10 Since 1988.
They are stuck in the future.
Nah I dislike that and it cuz it was just boring
@@vlonelone311 this vid older than you. You weren't even a twinkle in your father's eye yet
@@hurricanealley8602 lol I was always a twinkle In my Father's eyes before I was even created a hundred years cause God knows everything before and after it happens, he is everything. But I don't think you knew that.
1:51 this is such a magical moment. This beautiful song is playing while they drive into the sunset. Just amazing
People don’t understand how randomly we appreciate things like this🤷🏻♀️
Back when Los Angeles radio had some variety
back when ALL radio stations in the US had variety! LOL
tall32guy yup doesn’t matter what city you go to these days. Same 5 songs on repeat
And they're all good songs too
Now they play a song maybe 3-4 times in a hour lame
The radio it’s been the same before and now they play the songs that are popular at the time. The problem it’s you that now you can choose the song you want to play in the apps .
What a different world/atmosphere/vibe it was back then!
not really ...
W. P. Don't be silly.
So true......
Now it's all technological and social media. Nothing interesting.
+W. P. yeah dont be silly.
80s: *calming music*
2020s: *music that makes your ear bleed*
• CreativeeJ • ッ which is Lisa gaming
lol shes annoying
So true especially these female “rappers” can’t make a single song without talking about there pussy being wet and is bilingual
Oh the 80s has a buncha bad music too. You just don’t hear them anymore (bc they suck lol)
@@jalene150 and the 90s and 2000s had better music?
I was born in 71, thank you for this..
My parents still have tapes and tapes of my randomly recording everything on camcorder from 25-30 years ago. I should get them digitized and upload them!
yes you should
Micah Newman please do
Please do!!
Go for it.
Talk is cheap.
The car's dude, holy sh*t it's weird not seeing so many curvy cars!
Or every fucking car trying to look luxorious with big ass grills
And every fucking car trying to look luxorious with big ass grills.
It's weird to see a van with a custom paint job on the side.
Carmine Brothers I know right!
Cars back then looked like crap
Buick Grand National. Rare even back in the day when it was new.
The last days of California's greatness.
junkmail 91-92 was our most bloodiest years
@junkmail That's precisely why I say it. It was in those years that everything started to turn a crap, or maybe in the 70's, or maybe before, idk. But life was not as difficult as it is nowadays, things are not running better than in those years, or will you say that everything came back to be the same it was when you could see a real "Golden State"? I don't think so, and that's what I'm talking about. Just a little more, and California would look like a third world place. And here I am including almost everything, other kind of problems and not only crime levels that of course were the worst in CA's history.
junkmail but housing was cheap, traffic was manageable and there were less illegals
Yuh the 80's were just a modern version of the 50's.
@sharkk 88 he didn't studder. Harmful for the economy.
Back when people actually accelerated at green lights.
Because they had no phones and no air conditioners. They couldn’t wait to mash the gas pedal to get some breeze lol.
Me with my impala today. Just launch it out! Lol!
Martin Jones nah we can smoke just fine while driving 😉
I still do that! Then I look in the rear view mirror and laugh at the people still sitting at the green light as I am 1/4 mile up road!
@@thomaspayne6866 This isn't the 40s. Lol. Air condition had been around for years by time this was filmed.
You should go on this drive again and show a side by side so we could see the changes.
Yes! I love this idea! Especially if you can get the same mamasita to drive and the same "kid" to sit in the back.
@@JakeBor same
Yes!
Everything is the same.
It will just be a bunch of bullshit modern condos
Reminds me of being with mom when she was pregnant with my brother in 1988. We used to drive from Hacienda Heights to the USC Women’s Hospital for her to get seen by the doctor. I remember this all too well. It was so long ago. I need to call my mom and tell her I love her.
i was born on that year, thats amazing good life , good music , good times, more simple... i really miss the 90s too.
Wow this is amazing!! I used to smoke crack under that freeway.
the good old days hu!!!! I'm from city terrace....
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lmaoo
+Pete Hudo helluva drug
fuck that was awesome
HEY Y'ALL! THIS IS GIL! (UPLOADER OF THIS) HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY! AS OF TODAY OF THIS FIRST VIDEO I MADE!
Gilbertona Arciniega thanks for the visa😀😆😆👏👏👏🍻👏👏
Whats the name of the song in this video? I like them
Thank You Bro, in Mo. Im so home sick :) Thank You :)
Thanks for posting this👍👌, so many memories .. Snap E Tacos, I used to eat 8 tacos in a sitting, ..hard to remember exiting Vincent ave. Without seeing Edward's Cinema (I did construction on it).. I lived on San Bernardino Rd, across the street from Faith Community.. your street you turned down is near the neighborhood where my Pitbull buddy John lived, an Astro Gym buddy also,.. man the memories
such a good video
This is such incredible footage, thank you for these hidden gems! I was born in 1995 and I am currently watching these videos with my parents and they’re going on about how quality of life was much more relaxed. Now they’re both retired.
This is so nostalgic it hurts
80’s were incredible time. Seemed much simpler back then and we knew how to party without all the social media garbage
Dead Lock 90’s and early 2000’s were just as good but the. It changed
yes it is
A time to be born. Turn, Turn, Turn.
@Kelcy North 2000s were lit.. your life just sucked
Dead Lock without social media i wouldn’t been able to meet my only friends and new people and don’t say “you could’ve went places and met friends” noooo baby you can’t do that now because people will kidnap yo ass
I'm amazed how empty the freeway is.
If the date stamp was correct, that was a Sunday. Much less weekend traffic back then.
Me too but then and again I remember going to Las Vegas for the first time 1990 Fourth of July it wasn't even crowded
I remember it in 1978..not even half the traffic nowadays...lol
I was about to say, Sunday morning is the ONLY time it's that dead-ish out or if one of the sports teams is in playoffs at night during week lol...(best time to go grocery shopping all the looks are sleeping)
@@gregall2178 early morning also
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing these slices of life. I miss the late 80s so much.
I was 20 and living in LA in ‘88. This is like yesterday in my mind. Strange how I can’t remember shit from the last 25 years, but this comes immediately back. Thanks for uploading.
You probably were just messing around with the camera that day thinking nothing of it, but now it's something cool to see, like a time capsule of a moment in daily life back then. Pretty cool. You passed through Alhambra, which is where I live. Thanks for sharing.
Funny that you say that. Because it was my exact intention for making these videos. So I can remember my old days for when this inevitable happens, time flying by!
Looks like something me and my buddies would do too, just having fun with the camera and playing with ideas.
Well at least you had enough gas..........I was down in San Diego in the Navy when you made this. Man that I-5 traffic was a bear at rush hour.
Thanks for preserving history. I take random pictures and videos today just to have them in the future.
BKofficer23 Like the saying: It's Never too late to do that!
I've never been to the US and really want to go. But I don't want to go to 2016 US, I want to go to 1988 US!
Well, then you better get to work on turning that DeLorean into a time machine!
Jeremy Andrews
Either that, or go find that 80s cafe that Marty McFly visited.
You crazy??? Los Angeles was fucking dangerous city in 1988 hahaha
Well that's physically impossible
@Tanzanite800, the world was no better in 1988. In fact, it was much worse crime and violence wise. Check the history books. It's called rose colored glasses. Take them off.
The best thing about the 80's; Riding in your parents 1970's car while going to wherever. Mmm....childhood. And that tape deck. And, Power 106. Classic.
I'm kinda lost for words, I was born on this day 3-27-88. This is fucking nuts seeing the day in the city I was born in. Wow just wow thank you so much for uploading this.
You were probably at the hospital with your mom while this was filmed.
5:19 That is one beautiful Grand National.
Oscar Morales hahaha I didn’t think anyone would spot that out. Beautiful car
I bet you guys didn’t spot the other regal in the video
I noticed that as well
Probably not as beautiful now... alot can happen in 30 year's...
@@CarmineKar98K Well I hope it still in existence and with someone who has taken extreme good care of it over the years because these things hold value.
That first song in the car was perfect for the 88 feeling lol
100%%
I was 11
Born n raised in LA.....WOW I WAS 12 THIS TAKES ME BACK.. on this part of the 10 all the time. When the 10 was easy to drive and not crazy. Grew up boy far from these areas omg the west Covina mall. 7 eleven on every corner
Love your videos, Gilbert. As a child of late 70’s & 80’s, watching your videos is like reminiscing of better times gone by. Thx for sharing; you have a lovely family!
Baby Baby I'm falling in love my jam they don't play this on the radio no more
Back when square body chevys were practically brand new
Square body everything haha
A year after they stopped making square bodies actually
@@jimcarden3809 I meant that comment in the most general way as possible not technically lol...Yes I know they started over a decade earlier than these.
Great cars.
@@jimcarden3809 Actually Blazers and Suburbans lived on til 91
I can't believe how fast they got to Covina. She just drove and didn't even stop. No one pissed at the traffic. No random honking or accidents. Just music playing the whole way. How I remember the fwy. We didn't know how good we had it then.
Looks like it was a Sunday morning 🌄
@@bannedheretic2971 March 27, 1988 yes it a sunday.
Right
Back when radio station was popular and everybody listened to it now they play music threw they phone
Bruh lmao, you seriously think that people nowadays just drive in silence with nothing playing?
@@glitchyx6995 they dont listen to radio stations like back then now they play music off they phone aux cord
@@d-money314 Yup, and call me old school but I still prefer Cds. First off I can't figure out how to get music to play from my phone to my car anymore. In my old car it was simple, just plug the charger into the cigarette lighter port and i could listen to RUclips music or podcasts. With my newer car it doesn't work without a bluetooth adapter and I don't feel like fussing with it even though it's probably ridiculously easy. Definitely remember the days of driving around with my family with just the radio or if the car had a tape deck throw in a cassette. Nowadays can't stand what's on the radio
Lol you make it seem like a bad thing
Nice little Sunday morning drive.
Omg, a video where you guys get in the car, turn on the radio and the 80's music comes up, and u cruise around LA! I'm crying!!😭😭😭😭
It's mostly 60s and 70s tracks playing in this.
You can use internet radio 80's channels these days
I remember that stuff so clear. The cars, music,etc. I was in my late 20s. Now my kids are. Lol Good music then.
@@rt3455rr2 some 80s
1988 was a good year! Cool to see all the older cars back on the roads!
GEMINITREKKER Roblox Game Los Angeles 1980s
My GF was born in 88, so yeah it was a good year lol
The traffic back then was very light! Very cool to go back in time! Thanks!
00:40 since i seen some ask
Song: Fascinated by Company B
yes i asked for this thanks haha its a bad ass tune especially that version on the radio
@@UnitTheory
I have two rebassed versions of that song (meaning the bass lines are redone and they are really strong, but not bass boosted, rebassed.) let me know if you want the rebassed version for free via email, it sounds really good in the car.
What is the name of the song
@@bastyanmaximiliano502
Its called Fascinated
Song by: Company B
OH MY GOSH!! THIS IS SO COOL!!! The cars, the radio, the music!! This is way cool!!
Yeah btw what was the first song on it ? It sounds great I want to download it seriously! What was it ?
The 80's were the best, I graduated high school, graduated college and got married in this decade. L.A. was freaking awesome back then!
Too bad the ones in power are letting it get full of garbage. Make LA great again
@@southeastlosangelesbear AMEN!
Crime was higher
The homeless population was almost half of what it is today. CIA pushed crack on people so it degraded the neighborhoods. Housing was affordable.
Did you live in the crenshaw area. I remember driving down crenshaw on Sunday night. My lord...it was crowded with cruisers hanging out.. good times
5:20 Buick Regal Grand National, what a beauty...then and now!
DONT BE FOOLED, REGULAR BUICK REGAL IN DISGUISE PAINTED BLACK!!!!!
Very cool video. Takes me back, great music too. I was 16 in 88. Great time in my life.
-Woman enters car-
: immediately runs red light
😂😂😂😂
Nah, the light saw her comin' and IT ran!
Crazy how the road looks the exact same
Minus graffiti and gang tags everywhere
A road...a freeway..I mean....how's is it supposed to change?
Roads change a lot in 3 decades. Lanes get added. Overpasses get rebuilt. They're saying it's remarkable how unchanged these particular roads are.
Timothy Puckett Jr. Compared to Australian Freeways. LA roads are terribly under-maintained. You could add extra lanes, solar powered electronic speed cameras and signage or emergency amenities.
We just get older, and should enjoy every minute of life.
I just love the retro music
We need a radio station with those songs because I've never heard them
Bruh the “Power 106” radio station is sooo different now lol.
Indeed
they didnt play rap on the radio back then at all...only late night mix shows on the weekends
Kaylah Brown u caught that too cutie? 🤔😜
Smooth
The black movement wasn’t as powerful on radio as it is now
Eighties.... What a great time to be in LA! Guns n Roses, Chili Peppers ans so on - young, raw and wild!
Red Menace my biggest wish is to be 15 in around 1985
Callate
@@RoCCo_CarmeLL You know what is good.
The wonderful Simple NES console
I was born in July 1988 in Los Angeles. This is pretty cool to see how it was the year I was born!
I just love this!! She cranks up the car and FREESTYLE JAMS OUT! so glad I'm an 80s baby! Dope footage and time to be alive!
Ahhh man this touches my heart, exactly on that same date of last year my oldest brother past away in the same freeway due to a car accident :(, LA is home, those freeways and streets were the streets where me and him would cruise randomly late at night and talk about life, rip brother Angel
miriam perez keep ur head up
That was your walking walking you home :)
Sorry for your loss
Un gran abrazo para ti😉
May your brother be with OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ENJOYING HEAVEN AND CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. God Willing you guys will see him again 🙏☝️✝️
THE MUSIC IS ON POINT THOUGH 👌
Who's watching in 2020??
Im watching in 2021.
Power House 5!!!
WoW!!!
Taking us back.......
Thank you!
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I was 8. I remember all them songs. That Alexander O’Neal still my favorite songs. I was born and raised in that area. Times was much simpler. It’s nice to reminisce
Omg I wish we kept it on that song!
Yup. When the Alexander Oneal hit I got crazy nostalgia of my mom bumping his and Anita Baker's tapes in her Datsun 510 while taking me all around west covina with her on errands. This video almost feels like a PERSONAL time capsule
I still see a lot of the same Toyota, Honda and Nissan on the road. They’re are Japan’s best.
My ‘82 Corolla still drives and runs like a champ, currently restoring it. They are genuinely a great, reliable, and cheap.
Eliezer Vazquez but slow 😕
Vicious V lol yeah if you leave stock you pine cone
Eliezer Vazquez it’s not cheap and reliable if you modify it idiot
Vicious V who said mine was modified and who said mine was stock? Sure a stock is slow, but they are dependable and reliable, you can modify slightly, add hp, and not break the budget. The fuck are you trying to prove you backwards jackass
When I see old videos like this, I think about all of the ppl who were alive back then who are no longer with us
Same feels weirds
@@Twizzzzzy FeelsWeirdMan
You do know the video is from 1988 not 1888 it’s not that old.
SO TRUE WE LOST ALOT OF COOL PEOPLE SINCE THEN😢😢
I have few hours off videos of my family (and small my sister and I ) and wider family from 70s and 80s but i always feel sad watching that because most off that people are passed away so i try not 2 watch it
7 months before I was BORN!! What an incredible time! I grew up with relatives that constantly listened to 80s music even into the 2000’s so it really grew on me. By far the best decade of music in my opinion.
I was just a kid in 1988 but I've got fond memories of it all.
+Nathan McDonald
Me too. I was only 17. hehehe
This almost makes me cry. I'm born in 2000, way too late. Just look at those cars, the music and everything else. This is an awesome video. The only thing i have from the era is an 88 cadillac as my daily driver
I was born in 2001, and dang I love how the 80s were too!! Everyone was minding their own business, jamming out to music that anybody wouldn't mind to, and most of all... I have to say that I want to live in the 1980s someday. I do have a 1984 Pontiac Fiero, but my daily driver is a 1995 Honda Civic.
Me in 97
40 yrs fron now you'll say the same thing about the 2020s. "Man, I miss those days when people were on their phones and actually listened to music in their cars. Now people just want to be in their virtual world don't want to be in the real world"
@@mendez1990jm right??? I can't believe society is progressing each generation, and we will miss the times today from decades on!
I born in 1988 🙈
Growing up in Cali in the 80's!!!... hey my 80's babies gang!!!!❤
..wow gilbert that is amazing the 80’s i was 11 years old in 88 san gabriel sgv 😭 what amazing time pice
I feel like traveling on a time machine.. I really love the 80's! !
basiljun808 Welcome to my time machine! You want more rides to the past? Come hop in to my channel!! I have tons more old home movies to watch!!
@@fueledbymusic3 THE 70's were good too.
they were still playing a lot of 60s and 70s stuff in the late 80s. this is so cool. you are so lucky to have lived through those times. id give anything to switch lives with you
Hey what type of genre is this ? Can you tell me some artist with this type of music ? Or some songs of this type ? I wanna expand I’m sick of rap please let me know i appreciate it
Martha Martinez well I can tell you the jazzy song playing for most of the third quarter of the video is Pick Up The Pieces by Average White Band.
They were bored as fuck. I’m good in 2020
@@marthamartinez7371 look up a soft rock/ easy listening playlist. Look up dilliah or however you spell her name. De-lie-la
@@marthamartinez7371 Fallin' in Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds is one of those songs. She switched off of David Bowie for George Michael though (crime).
Thank you for sharing this... I was 8 years old in 1988 and this really takes me back to my childhood. 😃
So many of these songs they still play at my work in the 2020s 😊
Back when driving actually meant driving, unlike today that driving is trying not to crash while being busy on your cellphone.
They drove like shit too... didnt you watch the video?
Man I dont even know what a smartphone is....I'm still living in 1988. Rich people and drug dealers only have car phones. What's internet? What's 9/11? Who is Alexa? I'm so confused.
Ok boomer
Deej Price You sound like you need some help
That’s all there is to do in my town. Drive around town, hang in a parking lot, or go to Walmart. Kinda like it like that. Sometimes just cruise county backroads in my ‘73 Torino with the windows down, 70 degrees, sunset just starting. I try to recreate a time I wasn’t apart of.
1988 was a good year for L.A., Dodgers won the WS.
And the Lakers were the NBA Champions!
Back2Back,Champions, baby!!!
Magic
Kareem
A.C.
Scott
Cooper
Big Game James
Captain Kurt
Yup and don't forget John McClane stopped terrorists from taking over Nakatomi Plaza in good old Century City =D
exsxpx1 I agree even doe I'm born in 1997 if I was in this video I would of have this dude drive me to Eazy E house
Wise Diva LLLLLLLL ASTROS WIN FUCK THE DODGERS LLLLLL L L L L L L L L. L L L L L L L L L L L L L
I remember 1988. That's when both the Lakers and Dodgers won their respective championships! Good times.
5:36 The West Covina Mall back when Bullock's existed and it only had three anchors, including JCPenney and The Broadway. The mall's fourth anchor store Robinsons-May was added in 1993. The Bullock's store became Macy's in 1996. Today the former Bullock's/Macy's store is now a Best Buy (Macy's moved to Robinsons-May building in 2006). The Broadway store closed in 1996, which became Sears in November of that same year (now closed since February 2020).
You keep a diary bro?
@@nelzelpher2088 I know that from Wikipedia and newspaper archives I collect. I wasn't born yet at the time The Broadway and Bullock's existed, but I've been to the mall one time when Bullock's operated as Macy's and Robinsons-May existed. By the time I was born, Bullock's had already become Macy's and The Broadway had already reopened five of its stores (including this one) as Sears while others became Macy's.
@@alexanderbanos8125 Keep doing what you do.
There is something so beautiful about los angeles and all of california, it can be dirty, but there is a beautiful energy that just envelopes you when youre on the freeway on anywhere, eveything looks beautiful, magical, the beauty is invisible but you feel it. No words to describe it.
Music back then was so healthy for the soul... music today is very questionable.
yes a lot of the music played on the radio is trash
+Ryan Nolan yes digital compresses and suck the quality out of everything in 2016.
Nobody is making you listen to the radio, I still listen to this kind of stuff all the time and so do my friends. I just turned 24
Depends on where it comes from. I happen to think that 1980s American music is terrible, and that 1970s classic rock is the best music there is. However, speaking for today, the greatest music seems to come out of westernized Middle Eastern countries (like Lebanon and Syria). They actually put time, effort, soul, and traditional instruments into their pop. One of my favorite songs is an Arabic song from 1998. If I were to listen to American music from 1998, I'd puke outta my ears.
Y8R Yes, especially rap music.
March 27, 1988 was a Sunday. I was living in my apartment on North Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood. On that Sunday, I probably drove my 1987 Toyota Tercel to visit my mom in Hollywood. Looks like the weather was good 👍
I was born 3 years after this video and I miss my childhood years in the 90s
I wish I was born in the mid-70s to live in these glorious years. Incredible music, the birth of video games, the first Star Wars saga and disco music.
In these years life is less favored, but perhaps in the future people will miss 20XX.
Take care people I hope this ends and we can record moments like this.
I wish cars still looked like they did back then.
Booman Idk why they stopped making cars look boxy. Cars are so ugly looking now.
Like anything else, car styles run in cycles. If you look back for decades you'll notice they get boxier, they get rounder, they get boxier, they get rounder, etc etc etc every ten years or so.
Booman They started coming from foreign makers, those are American designs, I think that's the reason why they look so different now.
@@tombrady7039 Its called aerodynamics they help Improve Fuel Economy boxy cars and trucks Negatively Affect Fuel Economy.
d23g32 it won’t happen again
Now the round just for the performance of the car not looks.
And soon enough cars will be the ugliest round things in the world just look at some concept cars from the last 10 years.
It makes me feel like I'm really in 1988. I love this!
Me too :)
Cars drove a lot slower back then, they weren't built for the highways like the cars of today. Gilbert your videos are a national treasure. Someone needs to start archiving these.
Yeah then we wonder why old folks drive slow well because they had slow cars lol
World was so much smaller then, what was going on over the mountain and far away meant so, so so much less.
Beautiful time.
Time when i was only 3 years old, no bills to pay, no work to drive, no hassle, no any terrorism, cheap gasoline, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson alive, smell of freedom, simplicity, great music, nice reliable cars.... I want this time back
You're romanticizing it a bit much. You were a kid but everyone else was paying bills and commuting. Terrorism wasn't a thing here but we did live in constant fear of a nuclear holocaust. Gas hasn't kept pace with inflation so it's actually cheaper now. Not sure what you mean by smell of freedom but the smog in LA during this time was horrendous and it smelled horrible. Cars,especially domestic ones, were complete pieces of crap compared to modern cars. The music was better back then.
@@mjwbulich Cars were complete pieces of crap!? You're insane.
@@JakeBor insane how? Most cars were still carbureted. Fuel injection was spotty. Gas mileage sucked. Reliability was poor. Most domestic cars were more trouble than they were worth after a 100K miles. Modern cars with computers are far more reliable and last much longer. This is not even debatable. It's a fact. If you are arguing aesthetics then that a matter of personal preference.
@@mjwbulich Meh.. this may be anecdotal but I remember our cars lasting back then. I was barely five when the 80s ended but my family had an 81 Cadillac Cimarron from late 1980 till 1994 and the thing was only in the shop 3 times and for minor things meanwhile it gained a ton of mileage since my mother's job required her to drive all day, everyday from one end of long island to the other which she did for 14 years with that Cadillac. Other family and friends had similar experiences. Same with the vehicles we owned in the 90s. I'm still driving my 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse because despite its age and numerous beatings it took during my teen years it's still going strong. I owned a few vehicles that were made after 2010 and there was constantly something going wrong and I seemingly got one lemon after another despite buying completely different vehicles from 2015-2018. My 23 year old Eclipse is more reliable than the various post 2010 vehicles i bought since I thought after having a child I would need something more reliable. I recently just had a discussion about this with someone who is at least 20 years my senior who works on cars and he agreed when I said that old cliche "They don't make them like they use to " expression. Sure safety features and other things have been improved in the last 30 years but I can't begin to remember how many issues I've seen with the computers in cars and how they seem built to last a shorter time than in prior decades. I was thrilled when my husband got a 2016 Chevy equinox in October 2019 and am now weary since it's been in the shop 4 times already and even after they put in a brand new engine in December it's been back 3 more times for various other issues.Disappointing because i adore it and know my Eclipse won't last forever (then again i wouldn't be surprised if it did) But all jokes aside I'd say maybe it's just i that have bad luck with cars but it's not just me whose had problems and noticed that the newer cars seem built similar to smartphones. Built to last maybe a few short years before they want you to upgrade to the latest model.
@@mjwbulich Respect classic cars, they didn't have a hunk of agitating technology and text-to-speech voices, and you didn't rely on the cars assistance, you had to know how to drive. Also, they don't make cars like this anymore, they're very valueble.
This is just perfect; the music, everything.
Yes. Amazing music, no traffic, no phones, old cars - perfect paradise and true VICE CITY
This brings back great memories. Thank you
Dude the U.S. Bank tower wasn’t even finished yet!
I remember watching the movie “Colors” in the spring of 1988 with Robert Duvall when it first played in the theaters across the country. It was set in LA about the crips and bloods. Watch it and you’ll get a feel of late 1980’s LA.
Steven Koren I watched it 8x in 1988