REMEMBER 1981

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  • čas přidán 24. 02. 2014
  • Hi Everyone, I created a pop culture year in review for 1981 in the same style as ThePeterson's who I recommend checking out as well. With his blessing I went ahead and uploaded this video for my own birth year. I hope you guys enjoy it.
    And here is the full Track Listing:
    _MTV Launch
    The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
    _Galaga
    Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
    _History of the World Part I
    Journey - Don't Stop Believin
    _Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
    _Release of the Hostages from Iran
    Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)
    Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
    1:00
    _Frogger
    Kool and the Gang - Get Down on It
    _Body Heat
    _Escape From New York
    J. Geils Band - Centerfold
    _Gimme a Break
    Carl Carlton - Bad Mama Jama
    _Eddie Murphy Buckwheat SNL
    Rick James - Give it to me Baby
    Earth, Wind and Fire - Lets Groove
    _The Howling
    _The Greatest American Hero
    Air Supply - The One That You Love
    _Simon and Simon
    J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
    _Gallipoli
    2:00
    Billy Idol - Mony Mony
    Kim Wilde - Kids in America
    _Smurfs
    The Go Go's - We Got the Beat
    The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand
    _Eyewitness
    Grace Jones - Pull up to the Bumper
    Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
    _Clash of the Titans
    The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
    _Evil Dead
    The Cars - Shake It Up
    _Donkey Kong
    3:00
    Olivia Newton John - Physical
    _Superman II
    Falco - Der Kommisar
    _Time Bandits
    _Stripes
    Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    _Reagan Presidential Inauguration
    Trio - Da Da Da
    Vangelis - Titles
    _Chariots of Fire
    _Das Boot
    Lionel Richie and Diana Ross - Endless Love
    _The Fox and the Hound
    Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
    _American Pop
    4:00
    Rick James - Superfreak
    The Human League - Don't You Want Me
    _Delorean Debut (Commercial)
    Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 (Morning Train)
    Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
    _Tarzan the Ape Man
    Queen w/ David Bowie - Under Pressure
    _Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Tom Tom Club - Genius Love
    _Pennies From Heaven
    The Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
    5:00
    Kool and the Gang - Celebration
    _Super Bowl 15 Raiders/Eagles
    _World Series Dodgers/Yankees
    _NBA Finals Celtics/Rockets
    _Stanley Cup Islanders/North Stars
    Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
    _The Fall Guy
    Joan Jett - I Love Rock n' Roll
    _Cannonball Run
    _Heavy Metal
    Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
    _American Werewolf in London
    _Endless Love
    Smokey Robinson - Being with You
    6:00
    Hall and Oates - Kiss is on my List
    Christopher Cross - Best that you can do
    _Arthur
    The Specials - Ghost Town
    Madness - It Must Be Love
    _The Great Muppet Caper
    Prince - Controversy
    _Reds
    _Danger Mouse
    Men at Work - Who can it be Now
    _Sharky's Machine
    Blue Oyster Cult - Burning for You
    7:00
    _Mommie Dearest
    .38 Special - Hold on Loosely
    REO Speedwagon - Keep on Lovin You
    _Gregory's Girl
    Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
    _Mad Max 2
    Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
    _Fridays Andy Kaufman Incident
    Men at Work - Down Under
    _Reagan Assassination Attempt
    _Pope John Paul Assassination Attempt
    8:00
    Rush - Tom Sawyer
    _Entertainment Tonight Debut
    Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
    _Dynasty
    Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
    _Absence of Malice
    Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
    The Who - You Better, You Bet
    _Caveman
    Black Flag - TV Party
    Stray Cats - Rock This Town
    _Taps
    9:00
    Electric Light Orchestra - Hold on Tight
    _Bustin Loose
    Duran Duran - Girls on Film
    _Halloween II
    Journey - Open Arms
    _The French Lieutenants Wife
    _On Golden Pond
    Bob Marley - Redemption Song
    _Bob Marley Funeral
    10:00
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Komentáře • 1K

  • @MikeMuniz615
    @MikeMuniz615 Před 5 lety +255

    When MTV was actually MTV

  • @freedomfirst5557
    @freedomfirst5557 Před 3 lety +258

    13 in 1981, now I'm 52.......Everyone is right, time passes by like water on an open hand. 39 years passed in the blink of an eye.

    • @markrodriguez9442
      @markrodriguez9442 Před 3 lety +9

      12 and I'm 51 now.

    • @iwuzafisherman
      @iwuzafisherman Před 3 lety +19

      I cant believe the 80s ended.

    • @Mod-rw9cw
      @Mod-rw9cw Před 3 lety +15

      15 to 54 wtf happened.

    • @richardroberts7261
      @richardroberts7261 Před 3 lety +12

      I was 13 also and very in tune with everything going on what a amazing begining to an awesome decade! Nothing like it since.

    • @yousee66
      @yousee66 Před 3 lety +14

      15 in 1981....the best times in my life......the 80's! ❤😁🤘 greatest decade

  • @sheddski2942
    @sheddski2942 Před 3 lety +109

    I quit drinking that year haven’t touched a drop sinse now I’m 65 and still here 👍

  • @keithnorman4985
    @keithnorman4985 Před 3 lety +11

    These were the fun year's of my life because MTV was so awesome. Now I'm 57 nothing else is like the old MTV

    • @ariesleorising9421
      @ariesleorising9421 Před 3 lety

      I was 16 then. Remember how exciting it was when MTV first aired??? 😀

  • @MikeMuniz615
    @MikeMuniz615 Před 7 lety +115

    I miss my MTV!

    • @Zerodghjj
      @Zerodghjj Před 3 lety +7

      Video killed the radio star.
      Internet killed the MTV star.

  • @jackieortegadesigns326
    @jackieortegadesigns326 Před 3 lety +28

    I miss those days when M in MTV actually means music

  • @bodogpintano
    @bodogpintano Před 9 lety +146

    I was 15 in 1981. Damn! 34 years! It seems like the blink of an eye. Enjoy your youth
    kids because it will be over before you know it. Now back to building my hot tub time
    machine

    • @chars437
      @chars437 Před 7 lety +7

      wesley drisdon hi I was fifteen in 1981 too. I know where did the time go. I miss the 80's. So much simpler days.😎

    • @mrtjohnson1963
      @mrtjohnson1963 Před 7 lety +12

      I just graduated high school. three friends and I jumped in my Pacer and traveled around northern Wisconsin for 3 weeks. Man the fun we had. No cell phones tied to our faces, out in the wilderness enjoying life and freedom. The music was the BEST !! Scorpions, Def Leppard, Judas Priest ...those were the days.

    • @nickynick5424
      @nickynick5424 Před 7 lety +4

      wesley drisdon I was 0 in 1981

    • @JO-ly3hi
      @JO-ly3hi Před 3 lety +2

      I was also 15! I remember it well...first time I got...

    • @homeschoolmomofone2497
      @homeschoolmomofone2497 Před 3 lety

      Dude I wasn't even born yet. I was born the next year. But I remember these movies growing up.

  • @superblue2983
    @superblue2983 Před 9 lety +92

    I was born in 1967, I was 14 years old in 1981 i remember all those videos, songs, films, fashion , politics and everything from that glorious year!

    • @janetgriffiths7200
      @janetgriffiths7200 Před 7 lety +2

      I was born in 1955, and remember everything also. It was the best of times; the 80s, and I wish I had never left. Thank goodness I bought lots of records in that decade, and got most, if not all of these great songs. I even still have my 2000 watt Marantz quad receiver, dual cassette deck, two turntables, and 4 huge Infinity speakers I had back then. Still works great, and is used for parties.

    • @nickynick5424
      @nickynick5424 Před 7 lety +2

      super blue thanks 1981 here

    • @ardie77
      @ardie77 Před 6 lety +1

      Me too

    • @commandermeow6790
      @commandermeow6790 Před 5 lety +3

      I was one year behind you (1968) and also love these songs & memories.

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 Před 5 lety +2

      I turned 18 on 5/18/81....what a GLORIOUS time indeed !! So simple and FUN !!!! WTF HAPPENED ?!!

  • @sean4339
    @sean4339 Před 3 lety +9

    i miss mtv of the 80's please bring back mtv 80's :)

  • @tuegos34
    @tuegos34 Před 9 lety +86

    Damn they Knew how to make music back then.

  • @michaelmichael9940
    @michaelmichael9940 Před 7 lety +73

    The 80s were awesome!! In many ways! Music, technology, everything.

  • @levis6945
    @levis6945 Před 3 lety +15

    Wow this is when mtv actually played real music on tv I miss the 80s.

  • @hawkeye0927
    @hawkeye0927 Před 3 lety +41

    1981 HS graduate here!! The year our class joined the world!! I personally grabbed all of life I could when I went in active duty in the armed forces just 2 weeks after graduation.
    Fast forward 39 years and I’m a retired Naval aviator . Still actively flying professionally with a great career and some great memories!!

    • @sundancekidd1387
      @sundancekidd1387 Před 3 lety +3

      Congrats and thank you for your service hawkeye! 🛩️⚓🇺🇸

    • @carlosv.6131
      @carlosv.6131 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for your service, which aircraft did you fly and aircraft carrier were you on.🤗

    • @MrKerry4371
      @MrKerry4371 Před 3 lety

      Thank you for your service Sir!!!!

    • @kenjohnson7223
      @kenjohnson7223 Před 3 lety +2

      Same year I graduated. A teenager in the 70s and in my twenties in the 80s. Got my license to drive in 79. And had a 1970 split bumper red Camarillo. I honestly feel very fortunate to have been born in 63. I went to work for the railroad right after graduation. My dad was a boss and he got me on a month after I was out of school. Man I wanna go back and do it all over but I can’t go back I know. As Eddy Money would say. lol

    • @pennwoman
      @pennwoman Před 3 lety

      We’re trying to convince our 17 year old son to join but so far it’s not working.

  • @or1750
    @or1750 Před 3 lety +21

    Nothing beats the 80s: Music had meaning and feeling back then. Toys, movies, fashion everything! Miss those years!

  • @raymondperales6612
    @raymondperales6612 Před 3 lety +2

    I bet most people here are in there 50s like me 54 and miss the good old days.

  • @StevenleeG1
    @StevenleeG1 Před 3 lety +16

    Graduated in 81, college, fast cars, cool music, great chicks and cruising the streets.....the best of times

  • @sweetsuzie9346
    @sweetsuzie9346 Před 3 lety +17

    I'm gonna go back to the 80s! who's with me?

    • @Spacejunk57
      @Spacejunk57 Před 3 lety +2

      I'd go back for a week, then I would come back. I wouldn't want to relive everything again.

    • @sundancekidd1387
      @sundancekidd1387 Před 3 lety +1

      Me...... I'll go back with you!

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes someone please please build a time machine I'm all in guys. Especially now we really need to go back. Great memories 🤔😁

    • @jeromecabral192
      @jeromecabral192 Před 3 lety +3

      I'll go back to the 80s

  • @edwardcarranza3697
    @edwardcarranza3697 Před 3 lety +7

    When it was worth watchng!!!!

  • @scotthummel4248
    @scotthummel4248 Před 3 lety +10

    I was just 18 then, dang im old

  • @ronpaul8643
    @ronpaul8643 Před 3 lety +7

    I do I remember it very well it’s the year I meant my wife we have been together for 40 years

  • @mkdallas4712
    @mkdallas4712 Před 9 lety +35

    Exciting time to be a 9 year old kid. Lucky enough to have grown up in the 70's-80's.

  • @ALVERMIC
    @ALVERMIC Před 9 lety +67

    I miss the 80s so much, great job Richard

  • @kristopherbearden590
    @kristopherbearden590 Před 3 lety +21

    I was 6 and remember just about everything in this video. My parents had just divorced. My brother was 9. My Mom just started working at the job where she will retire from this month. Memories

  • @chars437
    @chars437 Před 7 lety +92

    These days were the best.

  • @86FxBdyCpe
    @86FxBdyCpe Před 3 lety +28

    When MTV was actually "GOOD". Totally SUCKS now!

  • @nevetsgnil1962
    @nevetsgnil1962 Před 3 lety +5

    The awesome 80s brilliant era, how fast has time gone by, how did we arrive in a darker place. Thanks to you tube we can escape to a better time.

  • @joeminoso1554
    @joeminoso1554 Před 7 lety +31

    those days are over, but not forgotten

  • @nathanbryan3192
    @nathanbryan3192 Před 3 lety +22

    I was twenty years old at the time. The 80's is a very good to young...

  • @johnnyyuma8219
    @johnnyyuma8219 Před 6 lety +72

    I was 21 had a brand new Harley Davidson Superglide and a Chevy van a good job ,,I was in the best years of my life.Where did the years go .

    • @chocodiledundee1
      @chocodiledundee1 Před 3 lety +1

      👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼❤️👏🏼🙌🏼🇦🇺got a 1988 Fxrs-sp and 79 F-100 Ranger XLT and I am as grateful as grace !

    • @tomkat2803
      @tomkat2803 Před 3 lety +5

      Where did the jobs go ?????

    • @americangirl6029
      @americangirl6029 Před 3 lety +5

      I was six when John Lennon died and i didn’t think anything could affect me so strongly (as strongly as a six year old can comprehend, anyway). But then came MTV came into the picture just after I turned seven. My mom was 20. She had this on 24/7. It affected me immensely. I was already surrounded by all kinds of music from a very early age. This clinched it! Intro to music television and cable tv while us kids still wanted to play outside all day. This was a great time to be a kid! Lol!

    • @bigolebot
      @bigolebot Před 3 lety +1

      @@americangirl6029 you were too young for John Lennon wtf?

    • @RandomGuy-ux9zc
      @RandomGuy-ux9zc Před 3 lety

      Holy cow! I'm 30 and can't afford a car right now :( I bet you had an amazing life back then, and hope you're having a similar one right now.

  • @AmpAHolic-wn6mr
    @AmpAHolic-wn6mr Před 3 lety +8

    Ah.. the 80’s. Good times indeed.

  • @Jorge_Jones
    @Jorge_Jones Před 3 lety

    Wow, I will never forget 1981!
    I was 12 years old and was just starting to get my pubes. I remember I couldn't wear jocks for a few weeks coz of the itchiness. Eventually they got long enough so I could wear undies again. They got really long so I started blow drying them after my shower.
    I would try and replicate Duran Duran's hairstyles. One week I would have Simon Le Bon pubes, then John Taylor tufts, Nick Rhodes roughies and so forth. My styles were a big hit in my neighbourhood, especially with the Girls on film.
    About a week later, I was at a friend's house listening to music. Prince had released Controversy in October, and my friend had just acquired a copy! What an awesome sound. I thought this man is a genius. I want to style my pubes like Prince!
    So I asked mum if I could borrow her hot rollers, just the mini ones, because Prince had really tight curls and my pubes were too straight from my Duran Duran days!
    I told mum it was for a school project, and she could have them back when doves cry.
    I showed my friend my Prince styled pubes. He flipped out! OMG, whadda ya call that George?, he exclaimed!
    I said Johnny, this is my horny toad. Wow, can you teach me how to do my pubes, my friend pleaded.
    We had so much fun over the years. Styling our pubes into our favourite 80's artists.
    I had a thrilling Michael Jackson and I dared anyone to see if they could beat it.
    My friend come up with a fantastic Madonna inspired do, that was borderline genius.
    I'm now 51. I still have my pubes. These days I'm rocking a more laid back Sinead o Connor look, which nothing compares.
    I'm now doing 30 years for 1st degree public blow drying of the pubus, on a complete stranger. Yes I have a sickness. I know with rehab and only my mouth to blow dry, I will be OK. I am using one of the prison guards phone to watch youtube, he likes me because I showed him how to style his pubes into Ricky Martin and Beyonce. I can see on youtube that the world is not a good place atm. Don't despair my friends, nothing lasts forever, change is coming.
    Take care everyone and thank you.
    Love George.
    P.S.
    R.I.P. Mr. Michael Jackson
    Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson
    Still can't believe these two are gone.

  • @tombovitale2597
    @tombovitale2597 Před 6 lety +26

    Great year I was 17 graduated from high school . class of 81 yea best times

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 Před 5 lety +3

      Yes indeed !! I as well...1981 Pittsburg, Ca. PIRATES Grad !! ( I was 18 on 5/18/81).......FANTASTIC time to be young !!!! It all seems like a dream now at almost 56 !! WOW !!!

  • @tobiusholmes2344
    @tobiusholmes2344 Před 6 lety +28

    I was 15 at this time, wow so long ago,now I am 51! Where in the hell did the years go?

  • @sean4339
    @sean4339 Před 3 lety +5

    the 80's was fabulous :)

  • @conniebarnett8713
    @conniebarnett8713 Před 3 lety +2

    😍😍🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗💋💋💗💗💗💗miss the good times and music...the year I graduated!!!!

  • @nancyzorbaugh510
    @nancyzorbaugh510 Před 3 lety +2

    I was 19 . Remember those times well.

  • @bobpeterson1123
    @bobpeterson1123 Před 3 lety +3

    I miss those days

  • @juddstjohn1487
    @juddstjohn1487 Před 3 lety +11

    The year I graduated High School. MTV was so cool the first 5 or 6 years, just current rock videos 24/7. It stayed on all the time in the homes I lived with with my buddies.

  • @ontarget4076
    @ontarget4076 Před 3 lety +13

    Best times ever! Sad to say many of these artists have passed away! Thanks for the flashbacks! 2020 sucks!

    • @sundancekidd1387
      @sundancekidd1387 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes many of the artists and many of the actors are no longer with us.

  • @derricklogan2058
    @derricklogan2058 Před 3 lety

    Turned 21 that November! The early to mid 80's were the best part of my life!!! The music! Before marriage and divorce. Concerts! Friends! The Michigan Panthers of The USFL!!! Many memories that were really good!!! My 2nd time in New Albany, Mississippi!!!

  • @jesuscruz714
    @jesuscruz714 Před 3 lety +10

    Damn! Brings me so many memories! Thank you!!

  • @journeyon2489
    @journeyon2489 Před 3 lety +3

    JOURNEY!!! Best band EVER!!!!!!

  • @Amber90125
    @Amber90125 Před 5 lety +11

    I was in 8th grade when MTV hit the airwaves. My siblings and I were addicted to MTV morning, afternoon and night. I loved Mark Goodman as my favorite VJ.
    To bad MTV is no where to what it used to be and for me that sucks.

  • @timsacco6g694
    @timsacco6g694 Před 3 lety +10

    This was the best year of my life, a much simpler time!😀😀😀

    • @MrKerry4371
      @MrKerry4371 Před 3 lety +3

      Simpler yes compared to now, glad I grew up at that time!!!!

    • @keithbrown8814
      @keithbrown8814 Před 3 lety +1

      Sure was!!!!!

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 lety

      Yes indeed, I was 13 at the time with my whole life in front of me. I must say we definitely were blessed to have experienced those days. Thank God I lived through the 80s. And would go back in a heartbeat 🤔😁

  • @yes3443
    @yes3443 Před 3 lety +33

    Does anyone have a time machine i can borrow?

    • @hotrox2112
      @hotrox2112 Před 3 lety +2

      Yea...
      your looking at it!

    • @christienelson1437
      @christienelson1437 Před 3 lety +3

      Check with MJ Fox. He may want to go back with you though and take some garbage with you!😂🎇😎

  • @kennethadelsperger1782
    @kennethadelsperger1782 Před 3 lety +11

    It's really really sad that those good old times are gone, it's like right now we live in such a miserable and depressing year right now compared from the good old days, I really really wish they would bring back those good old 80's back right now.

    • @pennwoman
      @pennwoman Před 3 lety

      Those were some happy & carefree days.

    • @keithbrown8814
      @keithbrown8814 Před 3 lety

      We sure didn't realize how good we had....."youth is wasted on the young"...

    • @Laidengizer011
      @Laidengizer011 Před 3 lety

      You can thank the statists and Marxists for the mess we're in today.

  • @df-ln8sn
    @df-ln8sn Před 3 lety +1

    I was 58 years old and got my girl pregnant watching MTV IN 81! GEEZE!

  • @Lanae8199
    @Lanae8199 Před 8 lety +43

    This was the year I was born. 1981 Baby!!

    • @nickynick5424
      @nickynick5424 Před 7 lety +3

      Lj9219 July 11 1981 here and you?

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 Před 6 lety

      Me too. February 27 1981

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 Před 3 lety +1

      You're too young to remember the 80's.

    • @Lanae8199
      @Lanae8199 Před 3 lety +3

      christdragon I am not. Sure I wasn’t doing adult stuff back then. I was doing kids stuff. I remember my childhood of the 80’s and 90s. Anything prior to ‘83 is a blur for me.

    • @teccash3507
      @teccash3507 Před 3 lety +1

      Nicky Nick feb1980 baby

  • @rolandocardonamonge9048
    @rolandocardonamonge9048 Před 3 lety +5

    1981 the year I arrived to the USA, a lot of memories 😢

  • @dawnkeyser4802
    @dawnkeyser4802 Před 3 lety +1

    Good Times and great music❤️

  • @albertomendez4922
    @albertomendez4922 Před 3 lety +2

    I was 12 years old in 1981. Best years of my life the 80s 👍😎 now only memories....

  • @scout805
    @scout805 Před 3 lety +7

    So many great tunes in 81'
    I lost my virginity to Open Arms, Drove a car, Smoked Pot, Started Drinkin, Found Heavy Metal, etc.
    Turned 13 that year too!

  • @tracydailey9943
    @tracydailey9943 Před 5 lety +20

    the year I graduated from high school

  • @paceymauldin9296
    @paceymauldin9296 Před 7 lety +110

    This was an era where the 70s Music was slowly fading but at the same time blending in with the 80s.

    • @Wglass90
      @Wglass90 Před 6 lety +16

      Pacey Mauldin
      In the early 80's, New Wave/Sythpop/Post-Disco was in its early development since Disco was still popular, but by the mid-80's Disco was completely dead.

    • @stephendise9006
      @stephendise9006 Před 6 lety +6

      Pacey Mauldin Yes, indeed.
      I was 12 and loving the new sounds coming in after the disco era.

    • @plymouth491
      @plymouth491 Před 3 lety +6

      It's been said that a new decade doesn't really come into it's own until after the first three years.

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Před 3 lety +7

      @@plymouth491
      I've been telling people that for years, the iconic things about the 80's didn't start on January 1st 1980, just like MTV, it may have first aired on Aug 1st 1981 but it's influence didn't kick in on Aug 2nd 1981, it wasn't until a few years later that it started influencing things, at first it played the music that radio stations were playing and made popular but unfortunately after a few years it became the biggest influence on music, that's when music really started going downhill.
      Poor Christopher Cross, in 1981 he was poised to be the biggest music star of the 80's, then a few years later because of MTV when the way a musician looked became even more important than it had already been he was done, I've often wondered how big he would have been had MTV not came along.

    • @rickhardman7376
      @rickhardman7376 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dukecraig2402 Exactly... Rome wasn't built in a day

  • @chrisranz2714
    @chrisranz2714 Před 3 lety +1

    What made MTV so fantastic is the fact that it gave a storyline as well as a face to the music.ll
    I must say it was the best time ever and truly could never be replaced, come on now I know you want to say it, I Want My MTV..you all have a great evening and by all means God bless the 80s.

  • @aj402
    @aj402 Před 3 lety +3

    Turned 21 in 81.
    That’s all I remember.

  • @helenperez9828
    @helenperez9828 Před 7 lety +31

    Journey, Kool and the Gang, and Rick james! Ah those great songs what a way to spend my teen years! Dancing dancing dancing! Thanks for the post

    • @chrisdavid9989
      @chrisdavid9989 Před 3 lety +3

      Got to see Kool and the Gang perform at Grad Night at Disneyland, around May/June 1981. What an awesome night that was!

    • @Zj2030
      @Zj2030 Před 2 lety

      @@chrisdavid9989 Disneyland? Wow

  • @philbrown9764
    @philbrown9764 Před 3 lety

    I was born in 1949 and got to live through the 50-60-70-80-90, with all of the hair and clothes styles and of course, the music. And the TV shows and movies. Plus, I was a Marine Nam Vet 68-69. BTW...I LOVED the 80s

  • @meliggaz
    @meliggaz Před 3 lety +14

    Awesome decade of the 80’s I was 10 years old I wish I could go back but I can’t so all had do is keep dreaming about it.

  • @lindaoneil5085
    @lindaoneil5085 Před 4 lety +5

    Loved the 1980s! The shuttle started flying, we had video games, the first PC came out, the Sony Walkman, "You know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing!" (Brooke Shields for Calvin Klein jeans), Gloria Vanderbilt jeans, Members Only jackets, Nike athletic shoes with a blue swish mark on the side, Record Bar, Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, and their sons, William & Harry, were born in the 1980s, feathered hair (for boys and girls), The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi, History of the World Part One, CHiPs (Erik Estrada, my heartthrob), An Officer and a Gentleman, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Wargames, The Witches of Eastwick, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Shining, Top Gun, Footloose, Roadhouse, and Fatal Attraction were great movies! The Berlin Wall, which was built in 1961, was torn down in 1989. Some catchphrases of the 80s were: "Where's the beef?", "Who shot J.R.?", "Is it live, or is it Memorex?", "Who ya gonna call?", "I pity the fool.".
    Some sad moments, too: John Lennon was murdered by a crazy fan (1980), Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley (who wanted to impress actress Jody Foster), Pope John Paul II was shot by Mehmet Ali Aga (who was hired by the KGB to kill the Pope because he supported the solidarity movement in Poland), Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Muslim extremists during a military review, all in 1981. The space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, just 73 seconds after launch. The entire crew died.
    In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, DC, shortly after taking off in a snowstorm from National Airport. The next day, Howard Stern made a joke about the crash on his radio show. He pretended to call the offices of Air Florida, and asked them how much would a one-way ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street Bridge cost. In 1989, a United Airlines DC-10 crashed in Sioux City, IA, after suffering a total hydraulic failure (112 died, 184 survived). In 1983, a Soviet Su-15 Interceptor shot down a Korean Airlines 747 over Sakhalin Island because it had strayed off course (the fault of the KAL crew) over forbidden Soviet airspace. All the passengers died. The Soviets claimed they did so because they believed it to be a spy plane. In 1983, NBC news anchor Jessica Savitch died when her car went off the road during a heavy rainstorm, and into a canal. In 1983, the U.S. Marines barracks in Lebanon were destroyed by 2 truck bombs. 307 people died.
    And MTV (Music Television) debuted in 1981, and they actually showed music videos, unlike today. Today, MTV really stands for Maternity Television, with all those nitwit teen mom shows.
    And the music....oh, the music! Just wonderful. Rap and hip-hop debuted also, and it was fun to listen to then, unlike today. Rap has turned into crap.
    The 1980s were so special, and it wasn't just the music or the pop culture. There is something about the 80s I just can't put my finger on, but it was a GREAT decade! I miss it! :(

    • @chocodiledundee1
      @chocodiledundee1 Před 3 lety

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼you’ve said it lady

  • @kurtmartin2580
    @kurtmartin2580 Před 7 lety +12

    I sure do miss being a kid,I was 11 in 1981.And I was pretty wild.Long hair,leather jacket,earing's and a bad ass attitude.Smokin pot,drinking whiskey,dropping LSD and chasing girl's.Man those were the day's.I guess not much has changed,I just don't drink any more.I get way to crazy lol

  • @TheSybermedic
    @TheSybermedic Před 3 lety +1

    Fantastic video, in 1981 I was a senior in High School. This brought back so many memories, also, God! am I old.

  • @90srule96
    @90srule96 Před 3 lety +2

    How many of these songs are still played today? A lot of Millennials know these tunesDamn, ‘81 really kicked ass!

  • @Susanb89
    @Susanb89 Před 3 lety +8

    I was 10 and LOVING life! The ‘80s were awesome. The music was everything 😎

  • @Doobie1975
    @Doobie1975 Před 6 lety +22

    I've thought 1981 was a very underrated year for pop music, a lot of my favorite songs are from that year, does anybody remember the "General Hospital" rap song that came out during the late summer/early fall of that year?

  • @tiffanyroseangeles34
    @tiffanyroseangeles34 Před rokem

    Best dancing music everttt!,😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @MegaRudeBoy69
    @MegaRudeBoy69 Před 3 lety +6

    Some great editing going on here, the music fit most of the scenes.

  • @usmc-veteran1955
    @usmc-veteran1955 Před 5 lety +14

    I was 26 yrs in 1981, I guess that makes me The Grandfather commenting, I loved MTV it was great in the early years. Loved The VJs.

  • @bhk5150
    @bhk5150 Před 3 lety +12

    Great video. The only thing missing was Van Halen. That was my 80's

  • @Wglass90
    @Wglass90 Před 7 lety +34

    The year my mother graduated high school. Even though I wasn't born until 9 years later I would've loved to have experienced the 80's. The music from this decade is absolutely second to none, and the culture was over-the-top.

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 Před 5 lety +1

      ME TOO !

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 Před 3 lety +1

      Absolutely. It was like no other decade since. I was 5.

    • @chrisdavid9989
      @chrisdavid9989 Před 3 lety +1

      '81 was the year I graduated high school, moved out on my own, and began college. It was a great decade, with great music -- 1984 was one of the best years for top releases, IMO -- and great movies. So much happening in that decade... one of the best decades of my life.

  • @robertwhite6203
    @robertwhite6203 Před 3 lety

    Don’t stop believeing was My class anthem when I graduated for high school back in 1987. 1981was a great yr in music . I was going into the 7th grade that yr ! & I 13 yrs old at the time . Then in nov of 81i turned 14 yrs old. Seeing all this stuff posted really brings back so many memeries ! Better times back then vs today by far ! I wish I could turn the hands of time & go back in time & stay there ! No worries ! What a yr 1981 was ! That was the yr Walter Cronkite did his last evening news broadcast on cbs on March (6th) I’ll never forget the attempt on Ronald Reagan. On March 30th) of 81 . Jonh Hinckley JR. was the one . Crazy .back in December of 1980 on (8th ) Jonh Lennon was shot . I was 13 yrs old at the time in the (6th) grade . Never forget it as long as I live.

  • @Nyquil5
    @Nyquil5 Před 6 lety +3

    Graduated HS in '81. Great decade of music beginning.

  • @cygnustsp
    @cygnustsp Před 3 lety +3

    I was 9 in 1981, totally remember getting up at 5am to watch the royal wedding

  • @jamieleesphere1305
    @jamieleesphere1305 Před 3 lety +1

    Some very good memories💕👍

  • @timothyhanner8118
    @timothyhanner8118 Před 3 lety +1

    Dear god. The movies and music. What a great year. Wish I could go back.

  • @johnlozano384
    @johnlozano384 Před 7 lety +9

    I forgot just how much good music came out in 1981. I was just getting into the Marines and time just flew by from there, wild and crazy times!

  • @janetgriffiths7200
    @janetgriffiths7200 Před 7 lety +17

    I remember when MTV first started with the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star". I have it on a VHS tape that was in the machine already. August 1, 1981. I wish those days were back. I also married my second husband in June of that year;divorced him in 1991. And the first launch of the Columbia.

    • @Fernonodon
      @Fernonodon Před 7 lety

      I loved that song!...I was in a bar for the launching of MTV

    • @depaola63
      @depaola63 Před 5 lety +1

      I was 18 on that now classic day !! We " spreed " ...the " blow " was flying and the herb was lit !! I am 56 in 5 weeks !! THOSE great days went by way too fast !! I thank GOD , I made it this far !! Classic era to be young and in the bay area !!

  • @blackdragen426
    @blackdragen426 Před 3 lety

    The best year I saw MTVwhen it began I was in high school the best thanks

  • @heidivert830
    @heidivert830 Před 3 lety

    I was sixteen how I miss the 80 s music there is nothing like it

  • @Violet-im6ek8pf9o
    @Violet-im6ek8pf9o Před 3 lety +4

    I miss that era. I was 9 y.o.

  • @keokiainokea1115
    @keokiainokea1115 Před 8 lety +18

    WOW! Having major flashbacks...great stuff!!

    • @christienelson1437
      @christienelson1437 Před 3 lety

      I man I forgot Ringo was in the Caveman movie! 🤪😂🤣🎇

  • @davidleethompsoniii8263
    @davidleethompsoniii8263 Před 3 lety +1

    My wife said to me ,, in 1981 get the kids away from the TV there watching too much of that MTV stuff....
    I went in ,,told them UR watching too much TV they agreed with me...
    They said,,,can we watch one more and I said yes & just sat down with them....
    2 hours later my wife came in and was yelling at me...
    I got hooked!

    • @davidleethompsoniii8263
      @davidleethompsoniii8263 Před 3 lety

      Last month,bought a MTV
      Producers production. Organizer...
      It was the only thing on the internet from those years.

  • @paoladeleon5814
    @paoladeleon5814 Před 3 lety +1

    Great I LOVE 😘👏💝💞

  • @moss2377
    @moss2377 Před 3 lety +3

    Head bangers ball was the best!

  • @saltyfox7056
    @saltyfox7056 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember watching the very first space shuttle launch live on tv in 1981. How do you miss that?

  • @TommyMax
    @TommyMax Před 3 lety +1

    Yea I remember. I was in my first year of the university. The sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. And I still had a dream of my future.

  • @FrankStein1
    @FrankStein1 Před 3 lety

    Yeah.. what great memories.. i remember being grounded for months at a time , stuck in my room no tv no stereo only allowed to come out of my room for school. Hated by my mom and stepfather. So i moved to live with my father 1500 miles away , where i only got beatings once a week if i was lucky. Yep i remember it like yesterday.. just like my 16th birthday where my dad walks in the door throws an icecream cake at me and let me know in so many words what a p.o.s. i am . I vividly remember throwing up blood from trying to take my own life with poison. Thanks youtube i really needed this suggestion. Made my day.

  • @anthonys1325
    @anthonys1325 Před 4 lety +4

    I Graduated from High school ..Fun Times 1981!

  • @dimitrispapandreou4519
    @dimitrispapandreou4519 Před 8 lety +12

    the best music 80!!!¡!!!¡

  • @cathyyanes1351
    @cathyyanes1351 Před 3 lety +1

    I was 12 and now I'm 51 how me and my siblings wish we could go back in time, we lost our mom in 2015 and my dad in 2017 and miss them every day. Time goes by in the blink of an eye we are left with nothing but memories 💔😢.

  • @rajeshkaran7800
    @rajeshkaran7800 Před 3 lety +1

    By Far , The Best Of 1981 Video Hits I've seen so far , Nicely Done.

  • @all.day.day-dreamer
    @all.day.day-dreamer Před 3 lety +6

    This video WAS PERFECT in capturing the visuals and sounds, the deeply rooted and extremely fond memories I had as a 13 year old in 1981. I remember all the songs, saw all the movies, even "On Golden Pond". Right after the start of the School year around mid to late Aug I went over to my new friends house, they had cable and I remember watching MTV for the very first time. I as blown away. 1981 was an amazing year. The video was a mind blown overload for me. I plan on watching it again shortly.

  • @jbray34
    @jbray34 Před 3 lety +4

    I remember some of this as a kid

  • @badtater2
    @badtater2 Před rokem +1

    The last age of creativity.👍🇺🇲

  • @lisette1976
    @lisette1976 Před 3 lety

    My mom was born is 80 and I was born in 2000. Love 80s music 🥰

  • @bodogpintano
    @bodogpintano Před 9 lety +11

    thanks for the trip

  • @youtube-ventura
    @youtube-ventura Před 3 lety +9

    Nice transition on "9 to 5"!

  • @criscross1656
    @criscross1656 Před 3 lety +1

    Ah....flashback to my teenage years.👍

  • @johniboz1
    @johniboz1 Před 3 lety +2

    That's when America was America! MTV played rock, the NFL was our favorite sport, NBA was about to have Michael Jordan and Larry Bird and Baseball had Reggie Jackson and we were all Americans! They stood for our flag and had respect for the commander in chief! Now, I couldn't care less about sports! Sad times

  • @MimiMimi-pk9ib
    @MimiMimi-pk9ib Před 3 lety +3

    I want to go back!