I'm fascinated by the family too. They seem so happy at the end, with their adorable dogs and cats, and the cute kid, and the mom watching tv. It seems life in L.A for them at the time was fun as well
I was born in '81, so while I mostly was a child of the 90s, I do have vivid memories from the late 80s. I remember certain cars. I remember the dodgers winning the world series in 88. I remember movies like robocop and predator. I remember when the Simpsons came out,, which was super cool because back then cartoons would only air at certain times of the day, usually for a little bit after school and in the morning on weekends. But the Simpsons would come on at night, it was intended for adults, but kids loved it. Of course Nintendo was a big deal.. but my biggest memory was new years eve 1989, I was about 9 by then, I remember it being such a big deal that it was the end of the 80s and start of a new decade
I was born in 81 and the only reason I could remember the clothes,music,hair of the mid 80s and that's only because my sister was born in 70 ....Now the late 80s I can distinctly remember because all of the freestyle & rap music had set in to just about every household I can remember seeing The Labyrinth on a theater screen,the pilot episode of Married with Children, being in 2nd grade and having to watch TV and take notes on Reagan/Bush doing their speeches , Simpsons pilot December 1989,Watching them tear down the Berlin Wall on the News,Americas Most Wanted, The Earthquake in S.F. that took over all of our TV channels , Jeffrey Dahmer getting busted,
I miss the enthusiasm, the music, the hype, the bright clothes, the interaction of people, more roller skaters & happy vibes. I miss the 80’s, that raw vibe, the grit, the buzz. I hate today’s world, people suck now!
@@albino3360 There's always plusses and minuses. The good outweighed the bad during the boom time of the 1980s Reagan defense spending fueling good aerospace jobs.
@@jeffmorse645 GTFO lol Reagan made that crack epidemic and poverty levels. You remember all those sitcoms about single moms struggling to get by? Fuck Reagan.. Gave us the largest contra scandal in US history then suddenly couldn't remember anything. Republicans are and always have been traitors and crooks
@@VolkXue I was no supporter of Reagan, but LA was doing really well in the 80s. Like it or not defense spending = jobs and money for Southern California. Oh, and I will not "GTFO" so calm your ass down.
I saw LA in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s... ,basically all decades up from the 20s, on Video. And I have to say the 80s were the prettiest and probably the best time to grow up.
I LOVED growing up in L.A. in the 80s. Maybe I'm just imagining it, but people seemed nicer back then--not as jaded and negative and grouchy as people are today.
Ali, that's visit, not live ! The longer your there, the more you realize it's been circling the toilet bowl for quite some time !! Why do you think everyone you meet is from somewhere else ?! The people born there move soon as possible !!!
Ahhh, either the very privileged, or the psychotically insane liberal, convinced of the greatness of socialistic, Marxist-Leninism !! Sure, I know the types ! Complete openess towards every biological, and social perversion, that ended every great society to have ever existed !
Los Angeles in the 80's was Showtime. Magic ran that city. Janet and Michael owned the radio and then...came...NWA. Holy sheezit when NWA hit the airwaves and MTV and the nightly news the game changed forever. LA's daily murder report was also off the charts. The Bloods and Crips and the wonderful new drug called Crack decimiated LA in the 80's. All a precursor to the explosion after Rodney King in the early 90's. Hollywood Blvd was a bad place to be for most of that decade. Anyway, I lived in LA and left - thankfully. But it sure was (and is) and interesting place.
the gang violence was crazy back in those days. But people in general were much more outgoing than today. It was ok to be different back then and it was celebrated. Unlike today. So much originality in those times.
I think they mean that as far as looking back on childhood. I was a kid in San Bernardino back in the 80s and I look back at it as the ideal childhood for boys (lots of outdoors bike riding, exploring the ditches and tunnels, etc. )I've been back since then and its a hell hole. My old best friends mother tells me things about the city back then (such as crime, etc.) I didn't know as a child since all I cared about was playing with my friends (outside and Nintendo).
Crack was put in the streets of black and low income communities in the early 70s by Nixon so he could incarcerate blacks (war on drugs). Shit was already fucked
I’m 15 years old living in LA, 2021 blessed by god himself and grateful to live, but honestly the 80’s and 90’s seem so fun and humble. No one was walking around looking down onto their phones, everyone was being social with one another, dancing, talking, playing with each other, etc… Looks like good times before society was cursed with technology.
I'm from the northeast, but my dad lived in LA during the mid to late 80s. The last year I was in southern California was 1988. This video is pretty much how I remember it. The highways seemed so huge to me, being from the eastern US. I got lost in LA, and it took me almost 4 hours to find my way back to where my dad lived. No GPS back then - all I had was a map.
wow is amazing that a 15 year old person thinks the 80's and 90's were better than today,because all teenagers are glue to their phones and is good that some are not addicted to technology,good for you,indeed the 80's and 90's were much better,now I see only zombies with their phones not talking with nobody,very sad.
I was a kid around these times (grew up in the Bay Area) but when I'd visit family in Pasadena/Los Angeles during the summer, this is what I remember. The music, the fashion, the cars, this brings me back to elementary school lol.
I remember going to a Thrifty's store and buying ice cream cones. Each scoop was only like .25 cents plus the cone. Also remember catching the RTD bus to downtown L.A. and eating at Clifton's. That was a treat
I remember when Venice was a lot safer and u could walk the board walk and see all the vendors selling stuff and the entertainment and the restaurants down there. Now I would not get anywhere near Venice or LA cause the increase in crime and the homeless have taken it over and 🗑 it. So sad and unfortunate
It was a sad decade too for poor people. Many social benefits were cut during this decade. Alot of Mental Institutions were closed down during the 80`s which is why you`re see many homeless people with mental problems.
Giant Purple Gingerbread Alien Twin Well even with each decade has its own problems. there was some decade that were better than the other. Especially the 1950s. Those were good times
I have lived in LA since 1981. The 80's were awesome for me because I was in my twenties and I was partying all the time. However, older people said the 1950's were the best time in LA and then did not like the 80's. It's all relative.
This is exactly what my memories of the 80’s look like, quick blurry, faded scenes and the smell of smog and Hawaiian tropic suntan oil. Beautiful, thank you!
I was kid back in the 80s. Had a great childhood, neighbours got together for BBQ and beer, we played together, there was no internet, people were more socialised. As kids we did not worry about everything, about terrorism, extremists, about destroying our planet, did not worry about politics, wars, etc. The closest we got to war was GI Joe vs Cobra.. great TV shows, fantastic music, movies, AFV. Life was different and even that was the last decade of the Cold War, we felt actually safer than nowadays...
Idk man.. I was kid in the 80s too. I think in all honesty we mainly remember a time in our lives where as kids we were worry free and didn't have to worry about the problems of the world. All the problems of today existed then too though. I'm sure there were adults that lived paranoid everyday worried they would be nuked by the soviet union at any moment. There were acts of terrorism all the time, assassinations of politicians, even an attempt on a sitting president (look up Reagan assassination attempt video), high crime and pollution. The world is not any crazier today than it was then is what I'm getting at. I think if we can learn anything from childhood and the past is, be aware of the dangers out there, but just try to live your best life and try to enjoy it as much as you did when you were a kid
I was the class of 1985!! The 80s was such a simpler innocent time! Back when Reagan was President, hip hop was new and upcoming, if you had a car phone you were the shit, and Miami Vice was the baddest show on TV! Madonna, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Police, Duran Duran, British New Wave... etc etc! The movie Colors, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Terminator, Rocky III & IV, Star Wars, Beverly Hills Cop... etc etc!! Great memories!! I remember Woolworths in LA, Thriftys, Zodys, Newberries, The Broadway, Pioneer Chicken!! Generation X!!!
1988 was an incredible time to be alive. It was just before everything went to shit. People had a spark of life in their eyes you don't see today. Music was alive! Musicians really could play their instruments. People went to outdoor concerts in great numbers, not to ogle the performers but to hear great music. Everything was bustling with originality. People dreamed of flying cars and hoverboards and a Jetsons-like world by 2015, which never happened, not even close. In 1988 there weren't chemtrails being sprayed in the sky. There was no such thing as genetically modified food. You could actually drink out of public water fountains and not get sick. You could drive anywhere, park anywhere, have a beer anywhere, smoke anywhere. Men were men. Women were women. Autism was so rare it was unheard of. I want the world of the 80s back. So bad.
WinstonSmith911 bananas have been genetically modified for centuries many foods were In more ways than you see it the 80s was a worse time than now Remember are the terriorsts attacks and lack border security the world is better aswell the hole in the ozone layer has been repaired people are swapping over to renewable energy Stop living in the past you idiot
@@mattr8251 nah your trippen it was way worse back the the media just portrays it like it worse now its better then it was then now but its not sweet ether
@@mranemone2517 Wait the hole repaired in the ozone? It`s still there and is bigger than average as of 2018 and it will always be there. It`s not really a hole either.
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This is the closest to a time machine. Thanks for this video.
Back then kids used to actually go to each other's homes to hang out. Now the socialization happens over the internet. I dont think stay at home orders affect kids that much. 80s kids would have had a really tough time.
Couldn't finish this video without crying. I was in my 20s during the '80s and I can objectively say not only was it the best time of my life but for every Angelino in general. Everyone I met was so carefree, optimistic, and happy back then. The vibe and demeanor in this town has definitely turned a lot worse the past 20 years.
I envy the older generations that lived through the 80s. You enjoyed the best music, fashion and quality of people. But wasn't it scary to live in LA during that time when the Night Stalker was free?
@@estushka5270 There's Psychos in every city, in every town, in every country.. You can't stop living even though when the alerts are out you have to be more cautious. I went from High School to my 20s in the 80s and it was like living in a beautiful dream compared to this messed up world now. Sure there were problems but this era IS a problem!!
I can say the same for my beloved NYC. I was in my teens back then but still realized that for some reason I was living in amazing times. Sure, America had it's problems but for some reason we all seemed to basically get along and strive to be happy. Regardless of ethnicity or political persuasion. It was an honor and a pleasure to have lived in the 80s.
I lived in San Bernardino back in the 80s as a kid. It period will always bring good emotions to me when I think back. A time when kids were truly kids and not like mine, being forced off the Internet to go out and play!
There are many kids that if they had their way, they would not go to school and play video games all day. A friend of mine has an 18 year old son and all he really wants in life s smoke pot and play minecraft online with his friends all day, everyday. So sad.
We had Nintendo in the 80s. My parents complained about the same things. If allowed I could play Nintendo all day and night, but my parents would limit me, or sometimes ground me from playing video games at all if I did something bad. Parenting still matters.
I know in fact I actually agree with you being a 2010s kid. I honestly played outside with friends until I discovered the internet now I’m hooked and I find it harder to get off it.
In the 80's, I could have walked home from where that MGM studio clip was shot. You were probably less than a 5 minute drive from teenage me. Damn, I'd give anything to just step through the screen and get back there. I look back at 30 years ago and it all feels so close somehow, like I should just be able to go back and try it all over again whenever I like. But that's not how life works :(
Dude u must have nice neighbors. During the early 80s, my family lived in Wilshire near Union, Rampart. Everyone would go in when the sun set, because of the Bloods and Crips drive by shootings. You'd hear gun shots almost every night
@@itzzzsss Im from Brasil, and its happening here in all big city edges...lots of violence, gangs shootings, drugs all around...Rio, Recife, São Paulo, Porto Alegre are the worst. Its very hard to find a way outta this shithole where we are at this moment, and theres a neonazi for president that will gain a lot of votes....sad!
Absolutely they did! I used to hear my grandparents talk about it all the time and complain about how everything was ruined. They just didn't have a youtube comments section to write about it
The best decade ever. The world was so alive. People actually talked to each other ( instead of texting), people knew how to have fun, and the best part was the music. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Great video. I could watch them all day long.
L.A. in the 1980s to me meant Tower Records, great concerts, Hollywood Boulevard before it got messed up, everything in English, big hair, good times and great music. Nothing could top the Strip back then and you could cruise Sepulveda without the cops being on your butt.
Yeah, that was Harry (IDR his last name) with his guitar and Pignose amp. Funny thing was that he and his girlfriend, who used to do massages on the Walk used to store their stuff in the basement of the house I used to rent down there. I sometimes wonder what they're doing now.
Wow. This isn't the first time I've heard this. I live in kentucky and always wondered what LA was like back then. Unfortunately I wasn't born until 1987. Always wished I was born a good 10 years sooner to experience the 80s lol..
Nostalgia blurs things. I was a teen ager in the 80's and I remember the Gangs were everywhere. They could hang out 20 deep on a corner and fuck with you. Smog was hanging over the city most of the time. There was good and bad like every era. Even then I remember old cats saying things were better in the 50's. Its all perspective.
Actually our soul does choose when it reincarnates into a new body/life. Our souls choose our parents we are going to be born to and when a where. Even right down to hour and minute we are born so we are born under a certain energy frequency so we can have certain personality and have certain spiritual lessons to learn. Just look at your astrology natal chart. Maybe your soul had a purpose to be born in 2002. Just like I had a purpose to be born in 1982.
@@merfwriter Amen! I said that so many times.But I do not think that our energy or soul chose where we would be born again.I think that when we got a new body and when we are born again that we forget everything from previous life.But I also think that some memories from that previous life came to our minds in this body now and that when we got them we dont know from where they come.Human body and energy is one very mystic thing and no science would discover how complex human body,soul and brain.Again salute to you man because you are the first one who said right things and the same way of thinking like me myself.
People need to seriously stop bitching about the past enjoy the time you have cause the inevitable fact that time keeps going will always be there don't waste time missing the past enjoy the present im pretty sure once your old and tired you'll miss the days when you were younger people never seem to get it, sure the 80's were pretty nice but take time to enjoy now.
For those who weren't around L.A. in the eighties let me sum it up for you. Music on CDs. Movies on VHS. Chinese-owned video stores that smelled like Chinese food with the special beaded curtain for the adult videos. Burger King Whoppers 2 for $2. Saturday morning cartoons. Member's Only jackets. Atari. Cordless phones. Call waiting. Coke or Pepsi. 79 cent a gallon gas. Minimum wage $3.35/hour. Latchkey kids. House parties. Video arcades and tokens. And lots of hair gel and AquaNet. And going to the mall just to get out of the house. The RTD was my limo.
Most people couldn't afford camcorders in the 80's. They retailed for around $700 to $1000, which is a lot of money today, but was MUCH more back then. They were also quite large and heavy, so they weren't very practical to just walk around with.
@@danieljordan157 without being pejorative, it was quite a few rich people who had VHS camcorders or really no-exaggeration moviegoers in the 80s a little less in the 90s but in the 80s usually a person with a camcop you were sure to have to do at the passionate cinema
80's was a west world unity , not only LA : by way of int'l schools and weekend (roller) disco's plus radiostations etcetera , trends like breakdancing , mood music mixes, hamburgers, fashion plus all the love involved was spreading as common sense =^_^=
took me back to being 15 and 16 what a time to come of age!! loved it and people were less stressed than today no question. and the government and local police hadn't taken over yet.
I love how people say they were less stressed back in the day and then say that they were 15 or 16 back in the day. Of course you had no stress or worries back in the day, you were teenager for pete's sake. You were still a kid. Try asking your parents if they had any stress and worries back in the 80's. They were going to their 9-5 jobs and paying the bills. Now all you 80's teens are your parents age back then and now you have the stress and the worries of holding down a job and paying the bills.
That's how i remember L.A. walking wit my mom grandma n aunt when i was a lil girl like 4 or 5 years old..... n seeing crazy ppl n carrying my lil purse lol😂
Damn, I asked for Los Angeles in the 80s and that's exactly what I got! Thanks!
finally this the exact video i wanted to see ass well just a video of a day in the 80s lol
Yeah and were you killed in a drive by from rival gangs?
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I'm fascinated by the family too. They seem so happy at the end, with their adorable dogs and cats, and the cute kid, and the mom watching tv. It seems life in L.A for them at the time was fun as well
Gold time. Real AMERICAN.
this was shot in april 1988. the beetljuice title on the marquee gave it away.
The era of Colors
I was born in '81, so while I mostly was a child of the 90s, I do have vivid memories from the late 80s. I remember certain cars. I remember the dodgers winning the world series in 88. I remember movies like robocop and predator. I remember when the Simpsons came out,, which was super cool because back then cartoons would only air at certain times of the day, usually for a little bit after school and in the morning on weekends. But the Simpsons would come on at night, it was intended for adults, but kids loved it. Of course Nintendo was a big deal.. but my biggest memory was new years eve 1989, I was about 9 by then, I remember it being such a big deal that it was the end of the 80s and start of a new decade
I was born in 81 and the only reason I could remember the clothes,music,hair of the mid 80s and that's only because my sister was born in 70 ....Now the late 80s I can distinctly remember because all of the freestyle & rap music had set in to just about every household I can remember seeing The Labyrinth on a theater screen,the pilot episode of Married with Children, being in 2nd grade and having to watch TV and take notes on Reagan/Bush doing their speeches , Simpsons pilot December 1989,Watching them tear down the Berlin Wall on the News,Americas Most Wanted, The Earthquake in S.F. that took over all of our TV channels , Jeffrey Dahmer getting busted,
The 80’s were so cool!
Jesus, this music is awsome!
2019 is absolutely boring.
This social media, reality tv, smart phone era sucks😣
Ooooohh nobody gives a shit
I miss the enthusiasm, the music, the hype, the bright clothes, the interaction of people, more roller skaters & happy vibes. I miss the 80’s, that raw vibe, the grit, the buzz. I hate today’s world, people suck now!
ok boomer
i deadass feel the same no cap
Am i the only one that is getting stranger things vibez
This was like Eddie Murphy checking out LA in Beverly Hills Cop
The last best decade for LA. It was still a boom town that the average middle class family could afford with a very strong job market.
Also peak crime and gang banging
@@albino3360 There's always plusses and minuses. The good outweighed the bad during the boom time of the 1980s Reagan defense spending fueling good aerospace jobs.
@@jeffmorse645 GTFO lol Reagan made that crack epidemic and poverty levels. You remember all those sitcoms about single moms struggling to get by? Fuck Reagan.. Gave us the largest contra scandal in US history then suddenly couldn't remember anything. Republicans are and always have been traitors and crooks
@@VolkXue I was no supporter of Reagan, but LA was doing really well in the 80s. Like it or not defense spending = jobs and money for Southern California. Oh, and I will not "GTFO" so calm your ass down.
@@albino3360 peak Gang Banging ???
This is cool, I wasn't born yet but am always intrigued by the 80s :)
Sebizzar Same
Buff Babcock yup. I agree 100%
Those were good times....I was a little kid and a young teen. And I will never forget that era.
Sebizzar big changes are the cars, and the Halloween costumes. Back then it was plastic garbage bags and forks
....and William Shatner masks
Best time of my life, graduated 1986 High School. Everyone was so happy back then. Now it's the days of hell.
Why you say that is it because of drugs.
Jonny X no because of the rise of sodomites
Everyone always says the good old days but it’s not just a cliche it generally was a better time for real
Raven R it’s the Neoliberalist system, look into it, it has destroyed the social system...
Raven R I hear ya💜myself class '85👍👍
The song that is playing is Pleasure Principle by Janet Jackson!!
Fits the video well
Ashley White UGHH I LOVE JANET, MJ TOO🤧✨💕💕‼️
Ashley White perfect choice for this
Somehow I like this "rough" version more.
This makes me wish I wasn't born in 1992. 1969 would of been rad
Im glad im born in the 90s so i wont be 500 years okd lol
I was born in 98 but my mum was born in 1969, I ask her about the 70s and 80s all the time haha
Born in 83' .... im thankful i wasnt born say... 5-10yrs earlier 😮 gang violence was huge and i'd be in a target demographic out here
Was born in 1963
I saw LA in the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s... ,basically all decades up from the 20s, on Video. And I have to say the 80s were the prettiest and probably the best time to grow up.
this 21st century sucks
Go outside the people back then had to go outside of their house or do things
I always wonder if the people in this end up watching this and spotting themselves.
I LOVED growing up in L.A. in the 80s. Maybe I'm just imagining it, but people seemed nicer back then--not as jaded and negative and grouchy as people are today.
It seems though that LA back then, there was a lot of gang wars through the 70s\80s\90s
People were nicer. The internet has turned the youth into self centered, rude and ignorant trend mongers with no vision beyond the latest meme.
Evolunacy2, everyone had hope, and promise !? Now it's just the opposite !!!
Ali, that's visit, not live ! The longer your there, the more you realize it's been circling the toilet bowl for quite some time !! Why do you think everyone you meet is from somewhere else ?! The people born there move soon as possible !!!
Ahhh, either the very privileged, or the psychotically insane liberal, convinced of the greatness of socialistic, Marxist-Leninism !! Sure, I know the types ! Complete openess towards every biological, and social perversion, that ended every great society to have ever existed !
Los Angeles in the 80's was Showtime. Magic ran that city. Janet and Michael owned the radio and then...came...NWA. Holy sheezit when NWA hit the airwaves and MTV and the nightly news the game changed forever. LA's daily murder report was also off the charts. The Bloods and Crips and the wonderful new drug called Crack decimiated LA in the 80's. All a precursor to the explosion after Rodney King in the early 90's. Hollywood Blvd was a bad place to be for most of that decade. Anyway, I lived in LA and left - thankfully. But it sure was (and is) and interesting place.
Haha yep. It's so funny you have these people saying those decades were so "innocent" when in fact it was much more violent
the gang violence was crazy back in those days. But people in general were much more outgoing than today. It was ok to be different back then and it was celebrated. Unlike today. So much originality in those times.
I think they mean that as far as looking back on childhood. I was a kid in San Bernardino back in the 80s and I look back at it as the ideal childhood for boys (lots of outdoors bike riding, exploring the ditches and tunnels, etc. )I've been back since then and its a hell hole. My old best friends mother tells me things about the city back then (such as crime, etc.) I didn't know as a child since all I cared about was playing with my friends (outside and Nintendo).
Crack was put in the streets of black and low income communities in the early 70s by Nixon so he could incarcerate blacks (war on drugs). Shit was already fucked
Kitty, No one was forced to use it !!? Weak people are weak people !!?! I was poor, tried it, and screamed, Hell No more !!!!
I’m 15 years old living in LA, 2021 blessed by god himself and grateful to live, but honestly the 80’s and 90’s seem so fun and humble. No one was walking around looking down onto their phones, everyone was being social with one another, dancing, talking, playing with each other, etc… Looks like good times before society was cursed with technology.
I'm from the northeast, but my dad lived in LA during the mid to late 80s. The last year I was in southern California was 1988. This video is pretty much how I remember it.
The highways seemed so huge to me, being from the eastern US. I got lost in LA, and it took me almost 4 hours to find my way back to where my dad lived. No GPS back then - all I had was a map.
and nobody was struggling with obesity.
wow is amazing that a 15 year old person thinks the 80's and 90's were better than today,because all teenagers are glue to their phones and is good that some are not addicted to technology,good for you,indeed the 80's and 90's were much better,now I see only zombies with their phones not talking with nobody,very sad.
Fr gotta have over 100 likes to even have a girlfriend or be rich. Todays times actually do suck. Im born in 98
I was a kid around these times (grew up in the Bay Area) but when I'd visit family in Pasadena/Los Angeles during the summer, this is what I remember. The music, the fashion, the cars, this brings me back to elementary school lol.
I remember going to a Thrifty's store and buying ice cream cones. Each scoop was only like .25 cents plus the cone. Also remember catching the RTD bus to downtown L.A. and eating at Clifton's. That was a treat
old school there with Clifton's...i remember buying the fake ass gold chains on Broadway...hahahaha...good times
ahh if we could go back! Mint n Chip, the RTD seats, and a Treasure tray at Cliftons!
Wow u brought back a memory, I remember every time we went too pick up prescriptions we got are scoops of thrifty ice cream. It was great ice cream
I remember when Venice was a lot safer and u could walk the board walk and see all the vendors selling stuff and the entertainment and the restaurants down there. Now I would not get anywhere near Venice or LA cause the increase in crime and the homeless have taken it over and 🗑 it. So sad and unfortunate
I remember those days. Catch the RTD from Echo Park to Downtown. Have breakfast at Cliftons then catch another RTD to Nightingale JR. High school.
Love it. thanks for posting. I miss the 80's
me too bro
+anita bonghit I dont. Reagan, crack crisis, not to mentioned Aids plague.
It was a sad decade for gays, particularly in West Hollywood
It was a sad decade too for poor people. Many social benefits were cut during this decade. Alot of Mental Institutions were closed down during the 80`s which is why you`re see many homeless people with mental problems.
Giant Purple Gingerbread Alien Twin Well even with each decade has its own problems. there was some decade that were better than the other. Especially the 1950s. Those were good times
Ah, the 80's, when L.A. looked like something out of a Michael Mann film.
I have lived in LA since 1981. The 80's were awesome for me because I was in my twenties and I was partying all the time. However, older people said the 1950's were the best time in LA and then did not like the 80's. It's all relative.
Looking at the movie advertisements in this video, this video was shot in early 1988. "Action Jackson" came out on February 12, 1988.
God I would give literally anything to go back in the 80s in Los Angeles. Best time. Best place.
This is exactly what my memories of the 80’s look like, quick blurry, faded scenes and the smell of smog and Hawaiian tropic suntan oil. Beautiful, thank you!
You're spot on 💯+🔟%!
when I first arrived to Los Angeles the picture I'll never forget was a billboard about the movie “Gremlins” 😎
I was kid back in the 80s.
Had a great childhood, neighbours got together for BBQ and beer, we played together, there was no internet, people were more socialised.
As kids we did not worry about everything, about terrorism, extremists, about destroying our planet, did not worry about politics, wars, etc.
The closest we got to war was GI Joe vs Cobra.. great TV shows, fantastic music, movies, AFV.
Life was different and even that was the last decade of the Cold War, we felt actually safer than nowadays...
Idk man.. I was kid in the 80s too. I think in all honesty we mainly remember a time in our lives where as kids we were worry free and didn't have to worry about the problems of the world. All the problems of today existed then too though. I'm sure there were adults that lived paranoid everyday worried they would be nuked by the soviet union at any moment. There were acts of terrorism all the time, assassinations of politicians, even an attempt on a sitting president (look up Reagan assassination attempt video), high crime and pollution.
The world is not any crazier today than it was then is what I'm getting at. I think if we can learn anything from childhood and the past is, be aware of the dangers out there, but just try to live your best life and try to enjoy it as much as you did when you were a kid
I was the class of 1985!! The 80s was such a simpler innocent time! Back when Reagan was President, hip hop was new and upcoming, if you had a car phone you were the shit, and Miami Vice was the baddest show on TV! Madonna, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Police, Duran Duran, British New Wave... etc etc! The movie Colors, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Terminator, Rocky III & IV, Star Wars, Beverly Hills Cop... etc etc!! Great memories!! I remember Woolworths in LA, Thriftys, Zodys, Newberries, The Broadway, Pioneer Chicken!! Generation X!!!
Gemco and Kmart stores
1988 was an incredible time to be alive. It was just before everything went to shit. People had a spark of life in their eyes you don't see today. Music was alive! Musicians really could play their instruments. People went to outdoor concerts in great numbers, not to ogle the performers but to hear great music. Everything was bustling with originality. People dreamed of flying cars and hoverboards and a Jetsons-like world by 2015, which never happened, not even close. In 1988 there weren't chemtrails being sprayed in the sky. There was no such thing as genetically modified food. You could actually drink out of public water fountains and not get sick. You could drive anywhere, park anywhere, have a beer anywhere, smoke anywhere. Men were men. Women were women. Autism was so rare it was unheard of. I want the world of the 80s back. So bad.
WinstonSmith911 bananas have been genetically modified for centuries many foods were
In more ways than you see it the 80s was a worse time than now
Remember are the terriorsts attacks and lack border security the world is better aswell the hole in the ozone layer has been repaired people are swapping over to renewable energy
Stop living in the past you idiot
Jennifer u mean the much worse drug epidemic the media no longer covers? The 80s was the peak of humanity.. downhill since
@@mattr8251 nah your trippen it was way worse back the the media just portrays it like it worse now its better then it was then now but its not sweet ether
@@mauroperez2779 i guess it depends on where you lived.. i've seen more middle class areas get swallowed up by homeless, drugs and decay
@@mranemone2517 Wait the hole repaired in the ozone? It`s still there and is bigger than average as of 2018 and it will always be there. It`s not really a hole either.
This is the closest to a time machine. Thanks for this video.
i think smart phones ruined the world
Not really
Yes and no
Grew up in L.A. during the 80's... great times
Back then kids used to actually go to each other's homes to hang out. Now the socialization happens over the internet. I dont think stay at home orders affect kids that much. 80s kids would have had a really tough time.
Who remembers the RTD BUS before MTA? I wonder what i was doing on this day.
I do. With their tinted real glass windows haha!!! The good ol 90s.
Yes, the Rough, Tough, & Dirty.
Still, it wasn't as bad as public transportation in some other major cities.
After seeing that Mickey mouse anniversary poster in the video, I know I went to Disneyland that year because its in our home video!
Greed Greed rtd I miss those days
Greed Greed yes!! Lol i do wow i miss them day's
Richard Ramirez stalked Los Angeles thru the 80s while my family was living there thank God nothing happen to my family and Richard Ramirez was caught
Couldn't finish this video without crying. I was in my 20s during the '80s and I can objectively say not only was it the best time of my life but for every Angelino in general. Everyone I met was so carefree, optimistic, and happy back then. The vibe and demeanor in this town has definitely turned a lot worse the past 20 years.
I envy the older generations that lived through the 80s. You enjoyed the best music, fashion and quality of people. But wasn't it scary to live in LA during that time when the Night Stalker was free?
@@estushka5270 There's Psychos in every city, in every town, in every country.. You can't stop living even though when the alerts are out you have to be more cautious. I went from High School to my 20s in the 80s and it was like living in a beautiful dream compared to this messed up world now. Sure there were problems but this era IS a problem!!
Yeah, man, I was also in my 20s in the 80s. I know exactly what you mean. Sigh . . .
@@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary YOU CAN SURE SAY THAT AGAIN THAT WAS THE GOOD OLD DAYS I MISS THEM TOO 😢
I can say the same for my beloved NYC. I was in my teens back then but still realized that for some reason I was living in amazing times. Sure, America had it's problems but for some reason we all seemed to basically get along and strive to be happy. Regardless of ethnicity or political persuasion. It was an honor and a pleasure to have lived in the 80s.
I lived in San Bernardino back in the 80s as a kid. It period will always bring good emotions to me when I think back. A time when kids were truly kids and not like mine, being forced off the Internet to go out and play!
gralph31 i would love to see the IE back then
I hear ya. It's sad because they are getting brain damage.
There are many kids that if they had their way, they would not go to school and play video games all day. A friend of mine has an 18 year old son and all he really wants in life s smoke pot and play minecraft online with his friends all day, everyday. So sad.
We had Nintendo in the 80s. My parents complained about the same things. If allowed I could play Nintendo all day and night, but my parents would limit me, or sometimes ground me from playing video games at all if I did something bad. Parenting still matters.
I know in fact I actually agree with you being a 2010s kid. I honestly played outside with friends until I discovered the internet now I’m hooked and I find it harder to get off it.
Was born in the 70s lived all thru the 80's and 90's. Dam it's been a wild ride
I wish i was born in the 70s
I wish I was born in that period or at least in US
@@melo3814 💯
@@wisediva9807 I was born 1970 it was the best time to be born im blessed
@@Iceis_Phoenix Thats whats sup i wish i was born in 1971
In the 80's, I could have walked home from where that MGM studio clip was shot. You were probably less than a 5 minute drive from teenage me.
Damn, I'd give anything to just step through the screen and get back there. I look back at 30 years ago and it all feels so close somehow, like I should just be able to go back and try it all over again whenever I like. But that's not how life works :(
Dude u must have nice neighbors. During the early 80s, my family lived in Wilshire near Union, Rampart. Everyone would go in when the sun set, because of the Bloods and Crips drive by shootings. You'd hear gun shots almost every night
It’s ok
@@itzzzsss Im from Brasil, and its happening here in all big city edges...lots of violence, gangs shootings, drugs all around...Rio, Recife, São Paulo, Porto Alegre are the worst. Its very hard to find a way outta this shithole where we are at this moment, and theres a neonazi for president that will gain a lot of votes....sad!
@@itzzzsss almost 60 thousand people murdered here in Brasil in 2017. I guess its a national record.
@@itzzzsss just like today dumbass
Newberry's, Woolworth's, RTD! Choke first, question later LAPD!
Best time of my Life when I was living LA from 1986 to 1990
I bet people back then was like man I miss the 40's and 50's it was so much better I wish I could go back.
Absolutely they did! I used to hear my grandparents talk about it all the time and complain about how everything was ruined. They just didn't have a youtube comments section to write about it
The days of Paradise....
The best decade ever. The world was so alive. People actually talked to each other ( instead of texting), people knew how to have fun, and the best part was the music. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Great video. I could watch them all day long.
Aside from technological advancements, nothing's really changed...
@@TooCooFoYou remember the tech boom
L.A. in the 1980s to me meant Tower Records, great concerts, Hollywood Boulevard before it got messed up, everything in English, big hair, good times and great music. Nothing could top the Strip back then and you could cruise Sepulveda without the cops being on your butt.
Tower records!
Did ever go to Arons records?? My spot
remember the RTD buses?.... RTD = rough,tough and dangerous lmao
I was born only at the end of that era, but man what an awesome time to have been alive in
it really was life was better
John Smith The sucky thing though is that the crime was high in LA at that time!
I was born in 83
It was
I remember that guy w/ the turbin & guitar on skates at Venice beach.He was a fixture there mid eighties.
Yeah, that was Harry (IDR his last name) with his guitar and Pignose amp. Funny thing was that he and his girlfriend, who used to do massages on the Walk used to store their stuff in the basement of the house I used to rent down there. I sometimes wonder what they're doing now.
Didn`t see Richard Ramirez tho
Wow this was my moms childhood born in 1980 in LA she said it was the best time growing up lucky her
It really was.
This ain't L.A in the 80's if Eazy E wasn't getting arrested.
80s music songs The best ever!!!
2 different sides of LA in the 80s this appears to be the better one
Wow. This isn't the first time I've heard this. I live in kentucky and always wondered what LA was like back then. Unfortunately I wasn't born until 1987. Always wished I was born a good 10 years sooner to experience the 80s lol..
@@candice6137 LA in da 80s gang wars was on and cracking drug wars to but that was only happing in LA my mom frm Compton grew up in da 80s
I don't know sht about L.A...But Janet Jackson has me thinking we all kind of had it the same as 80's kids👍🗽
Suicidal Tendencies graffiti @1:34!
Wow, people used to have fun!!!
Exactly
people still do
1985 I rode greyhound from Tampa to Los Angeles round trip. I was 19. Bucket list trip I guess.
that celica gt s at the end tho
The 80s were probably the best times in LA, when things were less expensive.
Less expensive but much more dangerous
I'm cool with that.
huh?!
More carefree in the 80s, but twice of likely to get killed in LA then.
Nostalgia blurs things. I was a teen ager in the 80's and I remember the Gangs were everywhere. They could hang out 20 deep on a corner and fuck with you. Smog was hanging over the city most of the time. There was good and bad like every era. Even then I remember old cats saying things were better in the 50's. Its all perspective.
The world was darker back then you just didn’t see it
Dam this life style seemed so cool it needs to come back around
I see so many black and white people dancing and having fun together, Democrats worst nightmare
I wish I was born in 1972
I was born in 2002 😢 I didn't choose that
Actually our soul does choose when it reincarnates into a new body/life. Our souls choose our parents we are going to be born to and when a where. Even right down to hour and minute we are born so we are born under a certain energy frequency so we can have certain personality and have certain spiritual lessons to learn. Just look at your astrology natal chart. Maybe your soul had a purpose to be born in 2002. Just like I had a purpose to be born in 1982.
@@merfwriter Amen!
I said that so many times.But I do not think that our energy or soul chose where we would be born again.I think that when we got a new body and when we are born again that we forget everything from previous life.But I also think that some memories from that previous life came to our minds in this body now and that when we got them we dont know from where they come.Human body and energy is one very mystic thing and no science would discover how complex human body,soul and brain.Again salute to you man because you are the first one who said right things and the same way of thinking like me myself.
Sadly all these historic places are swimming with homeless people now.
after the 80s Los Angeles started going down hill.......
Especially since the 2000s.
There’s nothing new under the sun.
Makes me nostalgic for a time I never existed.
Choppy video but brought back a lot of memories.
People need to seriously stop bitching about the past enjoy the time you have cause the inevitable fact that time keeps going will always be there don't waste time missing the past enjoy the present im pretty sure once your old and tired you'll miss the days when you were younger people never seem to get it, sure the 80's were pretty nice but take time to enjoy now.
Oh how I long to go back, I hope when I die, the most high let’s me become an adult in the 80’s. Reset the simulator to this time.
We didn't have tents or tweakers all over the place! It's horrible now!
Really ?
The 80s in la was da shyt I was 2-12 years old wattsangelez reppin
For those who weren't around L.A. in the eighties let me sum it up for you. Music on CDs. Movies on VHS. Chinese-owned video stores that smelled like Chinese food with the special beaded curtain for the adult videos. Burger King Whoppers 2 for $2. Saturday morning cartoons. Member's Only jackets. Atari. Cordless phones. Call waiting. Coke or Pepsi. 79 cent a gallon gas. Minimum wage $3.35/hour. Latchkey kids. House parties. Video arcades and tokens. And lots of hair gel and AquaNet. And going to the mall just to get out of the house. The RTD was my limo.
I was born in 90, I feel like that was so cal life until about 2001
actually 49 cents a gallon in 1988 for a brief time.
In the 80's, you never knew when a kodak moment might pop up... that's why VHS Camcorders where the deal !!! Check minute 4:23
Most people couldn't afford camcorders in the 80's. They retailed for around $700 to $1000, which is a lot of money today, but was MUCH more back then. They were also quite large and heavy, so they weren't very practical to just walk around with.
And they still took tape, as opposed to today's smaller, tapeless, and HD camcorders which are worth the money now (prices start at $150).
@@danieljordan157 without being pejorative, it was quite a few rich people who had VHS camcorders or really no-exaggeration moviegoers in the 80s a little less in the 90s but in the 80s usually a person with a camcop you were sure to have to do at the passionate cinema
1:46 omg I met that guy with the guitar a few years ago when I was at the Viper Club. He is badass! I wonder if he is still ALIVE.
I seen that guy before to he hangs out a lot in venice beach and I bet he still dose
@@gabrielguzman6018 my god it's incredible
@@E180TEKNO just like your mom
@@gabrielguzman6018 his name is Harry 😂
Yep, he's still alive, I assume. Saw him a few weeks ago at Venice Beach.
Luving this!! Hey what song is that....? I'm feeling it
Thank god i was born 1984 i know half of the 80's decade of pop culture certain thing's that happened back then
YUP. Well, kinda sorta...almost. ;-)
I miss the '90s wish I can go back to it no social media no cell phones perfect days
This is 80s
The kid with the kittens ❤❤❤
That's me 😊
@@AX122 😙
@@AX122 really? I hope they lived a full life
BEVERLY center MALL, 1981.
superbly edited, really captures the feeling of the era. was this all edited from your camcorder archive or did you get some from tv?
This is a video my uncle made, sorry I don't have much info and responding late
Is your Uncle available for some interview questions? I'm very curious about one scene in this video.
Cat DeSpira, possibly I can reach out to him and find out.
Thank you.
80's was a west world unity , not only LA : by way of int'l schools and weekend (roller) disco's plus radiostations etcetera , trends like breakdancing , mood music mixes, hamburgers, fashion plus all the love involved was spreading as common sense =^_^=
took me back to being 15 and 16 what a time to come of age!! loved it and people were less stressed than today no question. and the government and local police hadn't taken over yet.
I love how people say they were less stressed back in the day and then say that they were 15 or 16 back in the day. Of course you had no stress or worries back in the day, you were teenager for pete's sake. You were still a kid. Try asking your parents if they had any stress and worries back in the 80's. They were going to their 9-5 jobs and paying the bills. Now all you 80's teens are your parents age back then and now you have the stress and the worries of holding down a job and paying the bills.
@@merfwriter well of course we are now
last civilized decade...
I was born in 1997 but fuck man this ear feels right. Wish I was alive and able to experience the 80s
No social distance, blacks and whites together and good ass music what a time!!!
The 80s a lot going on back then
This video looks like 80s movies intro great 80s video. ..brings back the memories. ..
Wow your uncle did an awesome job with this video!
That's how i remember L.A. walking wit my mom grandma n aunt when i was a lil girl like 4 or 5 years old..... n seeing crazy ppl n carrying my lil purse lol😂
Damn you still are one sexy and gorgeous woman. Dont look a day over 22😍
LA before it became the People's Republic of Mexifornia! If you want to know what LA in the 80s was like go to Phoenix, Austin, or Denver today.
3506Dodge Ahole.
35060Dodge true...
3506Dodge its always and it will always be
3506Dodge actually now is chinafornia and centralamericafonia u dombass
And they soon will be like modern la too.
NOT THE SHEP PETTIBONE REMIX OF JANET JACKSON’S THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Los Angeles in the 80's can be seen in the Menudo video Hold Me taped in 85.
The RTD bus stood for a “Rough Tough and Dangerous”. I was a little kid but took it with moms for downtown shopping at Grand Central Market.
RTD in 1985 stood for "Ride To Die" after a giant bus accident that killed a few people.
The 80s were the best in every city
Guys at 3:03. The 70s ended already you know?
That guy in the venice part skating while playing the guitar is a millionaire now!
Wow really he must have had a good job.
Where did you find that out?
Whars he do
04:33 what ?? what happened ? She is dead ?