13 Things From The 1980s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!

[richchie]

There was nothing better then going to the arcade during the day and the roller skating rink at night, best Saturday ever. Damn i miss the 80'S. GEN X EST. 1971

[lisalovemc]

Graduated 1985 and the 80s were the best of times. I'm truly glad I grew up in the decades I did.

[fawnburgess]

I graduated highschool 1984 and college 1988. LOVED the 80's. Rock n Roll, big hair bands, corvettes, trans ams, corvettes, camaros, cassette tapes, arcades, roller rinks, drive ins, phones attached to the walls and long cords stretching into bedrooms ~ shut the door, don't trip on it! Major fun concerts I saw all greats ` ACDC, KISS, HEART, Stevie NIcks, REM, Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Men Down Under, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd . . . list goes on. Simple, felt safe, no cell phones, typing class and cursive hand writing. Miss those days.

[pattystomper]

"I've fallen, and I can't get up!"
"Where's the beef?"

[cysusa]

I graduated high school in 1985. This was such a blast from the past. I wish we hadn't moved to the everyone gets a trophy mentality. I think we have made it harder for some young kids to handle adversity.

[Robbyrool]

We only had Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Neverending Story, MJ, and Madonna?

What about Prince, Cindy Lauper, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Pat Benetar, Joan Jett, George Michael, U2, The Police, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode?

Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Princess Bride, Willow, Dune, Tron, Dragonslayer, Conan the Barbarian, Ladyhawke, Clash of the Titans, Ghostbusters?

[joshualaird]

There was DEFINATELY more music than MJ and Madonna.... Thank the good lord!

[daveb]

Remember when VHS quality looked good enough? 😂

[Tiger-Lilly]

Childhood nostalgia right here. Glad I was fortunate to know the world then. Its so different now.

[brooktrout]

I wish I could rewind back to 1980 and start over with what I know

[chriscollesano]

86 and 87 was very memorable for me. Especially the summers.. I was in my mid teens in great shape, had great friends, hot girls around, the mall was the place to be, riding your BMX bikes around town late at night on a hot summer night. Amazing music going to the movies was a big thing working on cars drinking beers late at night in the woods with your buddies, going to concerts and your ears ringing for 3 days after the show! Life was so much easier back then. we were filled with so much life no drama no worries just living every moment and taking it all in. I wouldn’t change a thing.

[davidbarnes]

I turned 16 in 1980 . Where has time gone. That decade was a great time. I was broke most of the time and didn’t make much money, but It was still an amazing time. I loved going to the comic book store and record stores, had my Sony Walkman. I was good. 😊 and plus I had those rainbow Mork suspenders.

[leonardarola]

Gen X here, this video is approved for all! Thanks for sharing.

[katrinam]

Thank you Jamal.
The best time to grow up!

[mysticvirgo]

oh! oh! Filmstrip progectors! and you were one special kid to get to turn the crank :)

[fenderfox]

Kids today have no idea😂 I gotta actually get up and pull a knob to turn the TV on? I gotta turn a knob to change the channel? I gotta go on the roof and adjust the antenna? 😂 I gotta get a drink out of the hose instead of dirtying a glass?!?;?! I love these videos😊

[unkagug]

Labyrinth was an interesting concept...the whole undertone of the movie was the realizations of growing from a child into an adult. It makes 100, 000% more sense when viewing it when you're 30+

[spankyham]

Things I could add to this are that VHS tapes cost upwards of $100 which is why movie rentals were the thing people did. Microfilm at the library to look up old news paper articles or whatever else would be on them. Nintendo and Sega games were also rentals. Kids today will never know what making a Mix tape was, or recording songs from the radio to catch your favorite song. Kids today will never know how limiting the phone cord was.

[vinnynj]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It definitely was a great time to be alive.

[jondonnelly]

You're right that no one would rewind their tapes today Jamel. 😂