80's Mall Culture Slideshow - Trip down Memory Lane shopping at the mall in the 1980s.

[@kimashmore9941]

The 70s and 80s were a blast, I truly miss those days!

[@davidroache8655]

Makeup and hairstyles were the best in the 70s and 80s.

[@lhead7226]

The kids now a days don't know what they missed.

[@lukemccardle2379]

Me too!

[@ccsimonds9590]

@@davidroache8655 yes! So much imagination to our fashion. Even when it was a “miss.” I can remember planning for days what I was going to wear on the weekend - whether it was date night, a trip to the mall to hang out with my best friends, or to the roller rink, or maybe to the drive in restaurant for the car show. We spent hours perfecting our hair and makeup. Our clothes were just right. And we went out snd met other kids from out in the county or other high schools that would come to the mall just to hook up and hang out. I can remember meeting boys that lived 45 minutes away and my parents having a fit because he was “long distance.” 🤣🤣

[@mrsandmom5947]

Show were

[@realnurse2696]

I can legit smell these pictures. Food court food, scented candles, lots of leather, the water fountains, cigarette smoke, the carpet, cheap cologne... yeah. I was a child of the 80’s.

[@stellaluv3737]

haa! yes💯💯💯

[@ChiralSpirals]

Can't forget the smell of that kiosk that sell those caramelized nuts, and the smell of fresh plastic casings inside the video store.

[@ms.bornagain57]

Dont forget the HAIRSPRAY 😂

[@butterflyqueen9260]

Aquanet 👃

[@realnurse2696]

😂😂😂

[@xjcrossx]

Such a better time of life. People were far less jaded and happy with what they had. Social media and 24 hour news was when it started to go downhill in my opinion.

[@markusarrow]

thats when 24 hour news started, but it was news then....

[@tmaze7487]

Agree

[@tigeroll]

The "casino" proliferation over the last 30 years is what brought America down.

[@sharoncrawford3042]

The secular news media work for the Illuminati.

[@sharoncrawford3042]

@@mraj9002 I was born in the 50s. I remember the Cuban Missile crisis. When they thought that Cuba might nuke US. I remember when they had shelters for people to go into. Yep. The fear of nuclear war happened even in my childhood.

[@HoppingFireflies11]

I don’t know what’s worse, the people who grew up in such a lovely time and now have to witness the depressing reality of 2021, or the people who have to grow up in this reality.

[@ravvyj]

Great point. Not an easy answer thought. 1) Those who grew up in this era and have to witness it now....have the benefit of at least experiencing it first hand, and have memories to look back at. While it may be sad that it is gone, at least they have something to hold onto. 2) Those who grow up now and have never experienced it, don't feel bad, as they don't know what they missed. So it may not hurt as much. But they are looking back at something that they will never get to experience. Overall -- I don't know which is really worse.

[@ryankalata]

I’m 29 and fortunate I got to grow up in the 90’s and 00’s but unfortunate to have to transition into the real world during times like these. While not everything is bad today I feel that this world needs a miracle to save it from the downward spiral it’s going.

[@odsonic]

= what we ALL are thinking who grew up back in the day

[@potatoheadcollection5321]

@@odsonic weird

[@adrianbell6576]

It's hard REAL hard!

[@thomasjoseph2050]

Born in 61 yes the 70s and 80s were great times! Sad what this world has become!

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Oh, I am not sad about where the world is going. I liked my life then ( there was a lot of fun to had, ha ha), and I love my life now because I am doing now what I always wanted to do then (and did not know how to start). PCs and electronics got smaller, too, and I have all of the music I every wanted to buy at my fingertips: that is a win for me. 😁

[@Lulusvideos1]

I agree, this world is on a downward spiral, and it's tough to sit back and watch that destruction.

[@ccsimonds9590]

Was just thinking the exact same thing.

[@shadeyxo]

Can’t forget who it was that changed the world. If your generation hadn’t been so obsessed with technology we wouldn’t be here. Kids today have to deal with a world that was forever changed by smartphones and social media. Things that were invented by older people

[@nkley1]

Born in ‘61 also.......this was like watching my life flash before me.

[@irisshalurhad7901]

I’m 40 and experienced it and it didn’t seem like much at the time, but now I long for those days.

[@bleeneo101]

Same but I do remember there being a difference in the times, just in the air like a certain limited magic to it all and they are sadly missed for me too

[@jthielen71]

Same here

[@Lulusvideos1]

I feel that way too, it was just life, normality, now when I look back I think "how I wish I could go back in time." I would trade cell phones, social media, and all the fancy electronics of today, to go back to those days."

[@daniellenichols9757]

I'm 46 and know EXACTLY what you mean

[@amadigidigaula771]

If we all go out and put a stop to the crap and blandness being sold to us, we can dance again. But is there still enough of us who want to enjoy life?

[@teddyjam8134]

Growing up in the late 70s and 80s was such a good time. People actually interacted with each other before cell phones. Thanks for posting this. Brings back good memories.

[@ravvyj]

Glad you enjoyed it! This is why I created this, to help bring back good memories. And to show the next generation what they missed out on.

[@teddyjam8134]

@@ravvyj the malls are nothing like they used to be. The 80s were awesome. My favorite decade.

[@paytonaustin1089]

Teddy Jam I’m so jealous of all of you in the comments. I’m Gen Z and I love dressing 80's. I wish I could go back and relive it-even if I could only go until dinner time every day.

[@teddyjam8134]

@@paytonaustin1089 well the 80s is definitely my favorite decade. If you love the 80s that means you have great taste.

[@paytonaustin1089]

Teddy Jam yep, mine too! I wish I could just time travel back to experience it! This is why I love thrift shopping, the clothes are pretty nice in themselves.

[@Fritha71]

Take me back. Take me back. TAKE ME BACK! 🥺

[@mikewashington88]

Gen X'ers, we are soooo lucky! Born in the late 60's and 70's, a kid in the 80's, and a teenager in the 90's. Would not trade that for the entire solar system or galaxy! But, for some reason no one can explain, we had frozen chocolate dipped bananas at the mall! Then one day they disappeared. I think the world has been downhill from there.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

Frozen Chocalate Dipped Bananas were THE BOMB!!!

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

@Steven and Kristy if he was born in the later 70s then his math is right on target.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

I can't help coming back to this comment because it's so innocently funny with a ring of Truth that it makes me laugh every time.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

As guys, the chick at 0:33 was our reason to live back then.

[@Freyja-uc7te]

I agree.. So glad I grew up then..I was born in 1980 I was a kid through the 80s and teen in the 90s..wouldn't trade it for anything .. Wish we could go back to that time

[@dereka8041]

Please take me back to the 1980s! Things made sense in those days. Now, I don't understand anything! So glad to be an 80s kid! The 80s decade was the best!

[@jonpowell4246]

I hear ya, I'd kill for a chance to stand in one of those massive, beautiful arcades and catcalls pretty girls until one of them came over to me at the game I'm playing and gave me her number. I wouldn't even mind getting slapped by one or two of them before the right one came along.

[@louie115]

i was a teen in the 80s and wish i could go back and stay there.

[@robynmontgomery9826]

@@louie115 being a 70s kid and an 80s teen was the best. We're the last generation that got to run free.

[@KentKaliber]

The 80's was an IDEAL decade to be a kid. The Toys, the Music, the Movies ---- there's nothing even close to the culture we experienced today.

[@christianpatriot7196]

Agreed the 80s had its issues but nothing near what we have today I mean compare the two decades and it’s like night and day someone needs to build a time machine lol If it were possible to go back to the 80s and just hang out there for as long as you want I don’t believe any of us will come back to this decade

[@jocelynsantiago7154]

Oh how I miss the 80's and 90's!! Loved going to the mall it was the coolest place to be besides the skating rink! 😆

[@tammynelson6609]

Yes Jocelyn, I remember going to the skating rink at least once every weekend. My parents would drop me off. I was a kid. I also loved to go to the mall ever so often. No cell phones. Me and my preteen 10, 11, year old friends were too busy trying to socialize and looking forward to becoming teenagers in the late 80s early 90s.

[@triciag3311]

The skating rink was my favorite thing ever. We had all night skates on Friday and Saturday and it was so much fun! If I tried to skate all night now, or even skate at all, for that matter, I'd probably die. Lol

[@kitsunelee007]

The skating rink and bowling alley!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

lol. I forgot about the skating rink. Everybody checking each other out. Beach or lake is not the same, people just sit or eat. Haven't been to either in a while. Thanks!

[@KingFahtah]

I sometimes went to a mall that had a skating rink.

[@superggernandez8240]

Best days ever! No cell phones, just plain simple fun.

[@tracysullivan3715]

Indeed! When people appreciated the simplicity of life. Face-to-face human interaction is nearly non-existent these days! Sad!

[@triciag3311]

I was born in 1971, and I wouldn't trade growing up in the 70s and 80s for anything in the world. It was so much fun. I loved the music, the style, all of it. It's crazy to think how much things have changed since then. It really was an amazing time!

[@jimmbear3998]

I agree I was born around here he same time.

[@donniegrande9186]

1975 Gang Gang here back then people smoked it malls nobody cares 🤘🤘

[@John-ct9zs]

Born in 1976, so I consider myself more growing up 80s and 90s, but I don't completely disregard the 70s. Yeah these times were cool. Though honestly, I prefer the technology of today. Even as a kid, I got frustrated with the clunky tech of the late 70s, 80s, 90s.

[@macbird-lt8de]

now you are screwed because the Whites are a minority Too bad our race is so disloyal

[@kristineholcroft9163]

It really was amazing changed sooo much definitely miss that time

[@seanc6468]

This was the place to be on a cold and snowy Saturday. All day walking in and out of the stores. Arcade food chains everywhere and the movies. Best times of my teenage years.

[@pueblodove]

I miss the midnight movies!

[@cxqcxq5176]

and much of it was very affordable

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

People socializing, enjoying each other's company, seeing and touching the things you buy. Not the isolated world of living on your computer or cellphone.

[@TheDonovanu]

Well coronavirus wasn’t around either

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

@@TheDonovanu True, but this trend started long before the virus. Perhaps malls and in person shopping may make a comeback when this dies down.

[@TheUtuber999]

@@TheDonovanu Of course it was. Every once in a while a cruise ship would have an outbreak... nothing much to worry about, except diarrhea. Nothing has changed, except it's being used as a political football by a few power-hungry megalomaniacs.

[@petitcactusamer]

You know David,I don't see what your problem is with how other people choose to live their lives. No one is forcing you to be on a phone,only how you live your life should matter to you.

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

@@petitcactusamer I didn't make a judgement or say that I had a problem with how people choose to live. It was sn observation and I think an accurate one that people are choosing to spend more time in the homes instead of interacting with others. Perhaps people today enjoy being isolated from others more than they did during this time. As far as I'm concerned people can remain at home and never leave.

[@Ljordan093]

Going to the mall was fun back in the day!😊❤️

[@giabellalucia]

People were social, no phones, better music!

[@danlevesque5437]

I miss the long water fountains and the penny toss competition to hit something or land it on a certain tile🤣👍👍👍

[@Ljordan093]

@@danlevesque5437 Not to mention checking out the ladies!

[@buoyant69]

Am I the only one who recalls having to save one quarter from the arcade so I could use a pay phone and call a parent to come and pick us up?

[@justmejenny7986]

Yep. And if you didn't have a quarter, you could always try the collect call .

[@ruthresetar5940]

Always had an "emergency" quarter!

[@ED80s]

Lol yes. God I loved going to the mall to play Galaxy and to visit the record stores

[@susanclark6987]

I always made sure my kids had quarters before they left home..

[@jennycalloway4329]

It was a dime in the 80's when I was a kid lol

[@billsimms2511]

0:46. Oh man a record store! I used to love walking up and down the aisles looking at the album covers. It’s a bit disturbing that this will never happen again

[@ravvyj]

I hear ya. I have lots of fond memories doing the same at Camelot Music and Musicland / Sam Goody.

[@JoJo-gr1rp]

Tower Records was usually my friday night

[@Lameashellcosplay]

You know record stores still exist, right? Vinyl is big again.

[@headpatseeker7003]

There’s still some around but it won’t be the same with all the rich kids making it a trend & selling online for so much more. Oh wait they even do that with goodwill etc.

[@ertfgghhhh]

@@Lameashellcosplay its not BIG. Its a novelty

[@blessedgigi2161]

Notice no cell phones!!! People were actually talking to one another!!! I would give anything to relive this time in My life!!!

[@stellaluv3737]

me too☹️

[@BuyLessJess]

I’d give anything to experience it, even just for a little while.

[@apollonat3329]

Why are you putting phone into this?

[@cool_562]

@@apollonat3329 Because a big part of people wanting to travel back in time to the 80s is not just because of the fun style music etc It's also because their was no social media internet smartphones etc

[@apollonat3329]

@@cool_562 that’s the most cringe comments I’ve ever seen.

[@REGGIEBOY2012]

I miss the 80's so much.

[@steveferguson823]

That’s ture.

[@dawnspencer8272]

I really miss those days. The air was more fresh the people were more nicer and friendly and laid back the food was bigger and tasted 5 times better. People we're bubbly and spontaneous

[@justinskyyasmr429]

I was born in 87 but wish I could have known this culture. Maybe born in 1970. Would been perfect.

[@KidRocker44]

@@justinskyyasmr429 I was born in 1971 and graduated high school in 1989. It was awesome growing up then. I wouldn't trade it for anything!

[@aintplayinggames7086]

Girls were more flirty back then too.

[@craigyoung4156]

@@aintplayinggames7086 they sure were

[@jamessteele7102]

Yes, they were more animated, alive; less robotic.

[@candysmith8724]

Gen X here - those were the days! I'd take a few smokers over cell phones everywhere.

[@bleeneo101]

Ditto

[@pueblodove]

I miss the old men sitting around smoking pipes at the malls...and Baskin Robbins!

[@sammysoppy3361]

i sure hope you didn’t type that comment from your iphone .....

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Hello! Fellow GenXer. All I had was a hot pink pager. 🤣

[@mind-of-neo]

Same!!!!

[@lisadeav73]

When people ask how I can go without social media all the time. Because we lived in a Time where we didn't have social media.

[@ravvyj]

Very well stated! In that era, you needed to be social and have people skills. Social media has made people more antisocial when they're face to face.

[@ruthresetar5940]

Thank God.

[@scottlewis8386]

@@ravvyj love the video! Takes me back when I didn't have a care in the world. Well done 👏

[@ravvyj]

@@scottlewis8386 Thank you! I made this video to bring back memories for those who enjoyed this era. I tried to simulate a virtual 80s mall time machine.

[@ange3489]

We actually had a social life! IRL!!!

[@ragdadtx1835]

I was in HS in the early 80's What a great era...the music...the clothes...the hair. Loved going shopping and hanging out with friends at the mall. Glad I had the chance to experience all of that. Sad that has gone away never to return.

[@JoeVillasenor]

@ 2:14 my guy is wearing original air Jordan’s

[@craigb.4737]

Ditto. I drove to and from school in my 1970 RS Camaro.

[@coloradosage2682]

Never say never

[@PassionGrows]

I miss those carefree days of the 80s with the great music and music stores. The break dancers and the fun fashion.

[@chasiu75]

I think I recall someone randomly dropping cardboard and an impromptu breakdancing session would start.

[@jukio02]

The malls were the place to be in the 80s.

[@brownbetty3546]

pizza slice and a orange Julius drink on the lower level at Iverson Mall.

[@jngfitness2001]

Undoubtedly!!

[@tiffanytaylor8043]

I was born in 1977..i grew up at the mall. The arcades, food and friends.along with the fashion are truly memorable! It was so much fun.

[@58jharris]

I'm the same age. Our generation was perhaps the last that truly appreciated the mall experience. They started their decline in about our early twenties.

[@SaritaLovesLiving]

Also born in 1977. Oh how I miss growing up in the 1980s ((sigh))

[@tiffanytaylor8043]

@@SaritaLovesLiving this generation will never understand the joy of playing arcade games and hoping to see you crush at the mall..all while eating a corndog.

[@christianpatriot7196]

Yes I am a 77 baby myself and know exactly what you’re talking about by a favor only possible to go back and just stay there I would do it in a split second

[@ladysaynt4424]

78 here. Pretty much the same experience

[@madamhummingbird]

As soon as the music started I was traveling back to my teens. I remember my friends and I said back in the day how lame it was growing up in the 80's. Stupid kids lol. In 2021 all of us agree how lucky we were to be teens in the 80's. We miss the simpler times. The USA could use a little 80's life return these days.

[@chrisreynolds6478]

Agreed. People actually talking no dumb phones ... Class of 84 always remember

[@juliek9248]

Class of 1984 here. Wildwood NJ. Good times back then!

[@lisaknell1809]

I started working in the malls when I was 18 in 1986. So much fun for a young person! I finally left retail in 2009, I was ready. So many great memories of malls in the 80’s!

[@ravvyj]

Fascinating! Which stores did you work at over the years??

[@lisaknell1809]

@@ravvyj I worked at Lerner (it became Lerner New York and then New York and Company, was owned by The Limited Inc at one point) from 1986 until 1997. Three different locations in sales and then management. I was an Estée Lauder counter manager at Macy’s from 1997 until 2006, and then worked at a high end jeweler from 2006 until 2009.

[@ravvyj]

@@lisaknell1809 very interesting! What part of the country are you from?

[@lisaknell1809]

@@ravvyj West Virginia

[@bohunkjunk2514]

I worked at Learner, Merry Go Round, and in the food court.

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

I loved the malls. Shopping all year but especially the holidays. The food court. Good times..............

[@jimmiefatel774]

What I liked about the mall was going to check out the girls and the Christmas decorations and carolers.

[@TrustNone35]

The days I had a little cash to eat in the food court were some of the best days of my life. Eating something from Orange Julius and watching all the cute girls walk by just trying to catch eye contact with the one I really liked. LOL that's the 80's!

[@priscillafuentes8663]

We actually dressed up, to shop. Or to catch a guys eye. People were mostly kind and respectful. I once went to my mall pictured here,Eastridge mall, San Jose, Ca. Wearing a new nice summer dress,and newly engaged, some young guys came my way and were going to flirt but saw my ring and one of the guys told his friends in the group. "Oh, no she's engaged already, leave her alone" and they kept on there way,without approaching me. That was classy and I never forgot that. I was in my late 20s. Good memories, you brought. People wearing clothes.🤣

[@Imanimal-lover]

I wonder what Eastridge Mall looks like these days ? I worked there in the early 90's it seemed to start looking like an indoor flea market... 😳

[@priscillafuentes8663]

@@Imanimal-lover ,look here on yt,there's recent video clips from Feb,Jan 2021.

[@priscillafuentes8663]

I used to go shopping during clearance times, at Leed's shoe store, and Kinney's I bought me 2 pairs of shoes 1 pair $2,and another for $3. Dress shoes at that. That was in the early 80s. Great prices.

[@cm1133]

When I was in my early 20s, I met a gorgeous girl from Spain in a really nice mall in Atlanta Ga. I could speak Spanish well so we had a nice chat. When I asked her for her phone number, that’s when she showed me her wedding ring....on her RIGHT hand. I learned that day that there are many countries that wear wedding rings on the right hand.

[@bobwreck3775]

Them days are gone! No more class or respect of marriage anymore.

[@vamu1640]

The mall was the place to hang out on Saturdays. Most teens hung out and talked. No cell in sight.

[@TMoody]

It was a magical time to be 16 in 1986.

[@TT-rz5td]

Same! We are the same age. I thought at the store the girls owned on Facts of Life (“Over Our Heads”) would have been my favorite store in real life. There was a similar store at City Center in Downtown Minneapolis

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

1986 to 1987 when life was probably the best for many people both young and middle-aged maybe even older

[@steelstreet3765]

Do you miss the 80s?

[@seriejohnson698]

Stop, you are going to make me 😢 cry.

[@seriejohnson698]

I was 15 with every Tiger beat magazine poster nicely arranged all around my room. I wanted to dress like Boy George and Madonna. I would break dance in the garage with brother and neighborhood friends. My best cousin who was just 6 months younger than me, she was still alive...I should not have come to this video because now I am depressed when before I was so happy to view it.

[@axlh.1827]

seems like a better time, my parents were both born in 1970 and got to experience these days, sadly I came along in 2000

[@bigcav925]

Fun times I was born in late 70 so grew up in 80's Malls were popping

[@daphne4983]

Nonsense, I'm from 1972

[@jennytalks5882]

@@daphne4983 me toooo😀✌

[@everettvincent1688]

@@bigcav925 nice! IKR malls now arnt as good as they used to be. I went to this one mall in port Huron Michigan once and it’s sad to see there is only one department store when there used to be 5 back in the 80’s 90’s and 2000’s

[@Keithmurray23]

I miss the pre computer days. Life was more simple but we have an amazing amount of information for the average person these days. Sorry you missed out ✌️

[@justme8837]

I was 14 in 78 and started my mall journey...those where the best times to be a teen and go look at boys at the mall.

[@ravvyj]

How were malls different in the 70s vs 80s??

[@alwaysinprayer900]

I was 17 in 78... There was a huge mall complex a few towns over. We went every weekend...it was very peaceful ..lots of fun... usually had a nice lunch somewhere...bought one or two things....went home.

[@ClarkOVision]

And not a mobile phone in sight! Glorious times ❤️👍

[@stevegallant3395]

I see this comment everywhere ... I'm starting to think we are all a bunch hypocrites... complaining about cell phones while being on a cell phone...😁

[@ClarkOVision]

Steve Gallant 😁👍

[@jwigley3835]

I miss those days so much. I was born in 77 but I remember and love all the music, records, 8 tracks, cassettes, VHS, indoor malls, break dancing, riding bikes everywhere, arcades, Atari, punk rock, early rap, new wave, the movies. I wish I could share that time period with my son. Same with the 90s.

[@lauriesmith5008]

Best era to have grown up in.

[@Rahshu]

It's striking how different people could look. Most of them were fairly trim. I remember when obesity used to be uncommon. People's clothes were different then as well: generally more put together, shirts were more likely to be tucked in, people actually got hairdos, and clothing *fit.* Now women's clothes look two sizes too small and men wear tents and don't know how to groom themselves half the time. People were more likely to dress up in the '80s as well. The '90s really killed that. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@billsimms2511]

I noticed the thinness of most of the people as well. These days it’s the complete opposite

[@lj8440]

walking around the malls probably helped. now we can just order from amazon and not leave the house

[@stephanieallen6406]

No they just didnt take pics of fat folks

[@timhazeltine3256]

@@stephanieallen6406 Sadly, obesity is now a defining characteristic of America

[@hadihatab3126]

The 90s introduced casual Friday’s and laidback attitudes with the grunge movement. The 80s was more about conservatism, power dressing, and getting ahead in the corporate world. Not to mention the amount of money people spent on Aquanet and Dippity Doo.

[@davidkitterman5258]

I miss the arcade!! The good old days

[@ntrnlgrv]

I remember going to a mall in the late 80s that had a 2 level Time Out arcade.

[@DZEL71]

Yeah....having a $10 roll of quarters & Pac Man till you drop...lol

[@proudinfidel2308]

Loved growin up in the 80’s. The mall was the center of our teenage years along with cruisin. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@cw1919]

Love the Music.. Miss the Malls!!

[@ravvyj]

Glad you enjoyed it! I tried to choose the most appropriate music for the era. Music that brings happiness, yet sadness that it is long gone.

[@missmayflower]

And miss the clothes and big hair!

[@coolmoodee]

The good ole days .. I miss those 80s for sure . Had some great times

[@edmundernest]

I was born in ‘03 and I feel like my age group was the last to experience anything remotely like this. Believe it or not, I still remember a time where there was more to life than social media/cell phones.

[@helenakinsman9494]

I miss those days. Life was so fun and full of hope and dreams.

[@rondaadams2537]

I sure do miss these days. Seems like a dream. A very good dream. What we are living in now is a nightmare.

[@kristineholcroft9163]

Thank you for sharing loved it 80s was the best ever it will be missed

[@timesup5105]

I remember my mom gave me $20 to get a hair cut at the mall. Spent it all on the arcade and had my friend cut my hair. :). 91.

[@dougallen852]

Much better times in the 80s,,I would return in a minute,,I always had fun. And the music was the best!

[@michaelflinn2791]

Damn I miss the 80's...

[@annmarie1689]

Ditto! Close the borders and lets take back our land.

[@erichhudson2090]

This video was awesome and just what the doctor ordered. Man, I really do miss those days! Huge thanks for putting this video together.

[@ravvyj]

My pleasure. I made this video to help bring back priceless memories of a bygone era.

[@russia2504]

As a kid born in the 2000's, it's been a dream of mine to be born in the 70s or 80s, it's the year I've always wanted to experience. I feel so bad I missed out

[@albertpringle4918]

I miss going shopping for music 🎵 🎶 🎵

[@lala4461]

Graduated HS in '87. Got a job at the mall the day I turned 16. Yes, Gen X was as awesome as it looks.

[@lorrainei1622]

I would love to experience life in the 80s looks so cool.

[@armybeef68]

1987 was a GREAT year to graduate, But I didn't get my first job until a month before graduation, in Rides, at an Amusement Park, MOST FUN JOB I EVER HAD, TO THIS DAY.

[@TrustNone35]

87 here also! That had to be an awesome day when you got a job at the mall. I didn't have a car then so I had to work at the place I could ride my bike to. Washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant didn't have the glamour like working in the mall. LOL

[@map3384]

Absolutely it was.

[@EdsterIII]

I remember back when I was a kid in the 70's and as a teen in the early 80's. We had Southridge Mall, Mayfair Mall, Southgate Mall, Northridge Mall, Brookfield Square Mall, and a few more strip malls etc. These bring back so many memories. When I was a little kid going to JC Penny's for their Christmas Catalog and to Sears for their Wish Book! As a teenager just hanging out at Southridge! The arcade, the bookstore, Kay🔴Bee Toys! Pure bliss! Pure fun! And wonderful memories! Thank you!

[@aunttaiche9155]

So loved this! Aaaah to go back in time! We didn’t know how good we had it! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@ravvyj]

Anytime! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Made it worthwhile to make this. If you enjoyed it that much, my goal was accomplished. To make an 80s mall time machine.

[@BBaldwin]

Ah, the good ol’ days….I miss them dearly. Not too innocent, not too risqué. This is a time when sanity was the norm.

[@umbertovanstaden2651]

Take me back to the 80s

[@RiffMajestic]

Crazy most of us are 50+ now. I was born in 1971, we loved riding our BMX bikes to the mall with a pocket full of quarters, or going to the drive-in to watch what would become classics...Back to the Future, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, etc. There's some great things about present day technology but I'd prefer to be back in the late 80's

[@Katrinamanning]

Take me back!! These were good times. I still believe America reached its pinnacle in the 80s.

[@ravvyj]

I think you are correct! No era has matched the 80s as of yet. The 90s still had some of the 80s in it, but was winding out. 80s pretty much disappeared around 94/95.

[@camsquadronnie7935]

I feel like in my past life i was maybe a teenager in the 80s. I feel so connected to the culture and wish we didn’t have phones and other teens don’t agree. I also shockingly like the style i just love the colorful clothing and stuff and the music seems nostalgic even tho i was born in 03.

[@juliusSooLA]

I was born in 91 so I lived through the golden era of the 90s but I too wish I was born in the 70s to live through the 80s . Or just put me in the 80s as a 13 year old and I'll take it from there lol

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

You are right to feel like you should have been around back then. Everything was 1000x better than now.

[@Nowitsfound]

I was born in 71.. at the time most of us were like every other generation and thought it sucked at the time but now, now we realize how great it was.. sorry ya missed it buddy

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

@@Nowitsfound Can you imagine being a kid now? No fun for anyone. Every single person an island unto themselves. In the 1970s we were all individuals who were part of an enormous collective, regardless of gender, race, religion or eating disorder.

[@Nowitsfound]

I definitely would struggle nowadays if I was young... wouldn't have many friends for sure

[@dustinmason2440]

Funny how we view malls the same way my grandparents did about the downtowns of the 1950's.

[@ccsimonds9590]

And you can almost smell these pics. It smelled like hot buttered popcorn, cotton candy, chick Fil A, and giant pretzels. It smelled like candles from Wicks N Sticks. It smelled like Aqua Net hairspray, Loves Baby Soft cologne and Lauren by Ralph Lauren perfume. It smelled like the plastic of new cassette tapes and vinyl records. I can close my eyes and hear the echo of laughter and people calling to each other down the mall ways. I can hear the sound of PAC Man. I can hear the PA system paging someone to come pick up their child at the mall office. I can hear the mall background music. It was so much fun. And there will never be another time like it. So sad to know how much kids will miss.

[@susanhurst3292]

Yessss honey!!! I 'm glad I had the chance to grow up in this era!!! The Limited, Sam Goody's. Good Memories

[@lisaknell1809]

Me too! I still have a couple of Forenza sweaters from the Limited. I will never part with them, too many memories!

[@lisah5784]

I miss clothes shopping at the mall 😩 I still have many items from Winklemans

[@susanhurst3292]

@@lisaknell1809 Yes, to think now those sweaters are back in style!!! Wow!!!

[@hoimanchen752]

80s and 90s we're the best times

[@skywishr1313]

No they weren’t

[@mattmc5069]

We didnt have all that anxiety of today's teen years. Life was simpler. We met friends at the mall. Went on a first date. Checked out a movie with our biggest concerns being beating that high score or showing off our new skateboard, hoping that popular guy/girl likes us or getting our favorite treat. Today's teens seem to worry about more adult things beyond their years like politics and trending offensive items from the past. We just enjoyed life.

[@LUNARIAproject]

I wonder if people knew how lucky and spoiled they were with great music, movies, clothing, etc. I only were a child back then but dearly miss all those things.

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

I new at the time it was special you couldn't not know really, Look at everything before the 80s and then there was this explosion of fun technology music and culture

[@harleyduran4693]

If I could only go back for even a minute.. Best memories and grateful I was in thee best era hands down! #80skid4eva💜

[@user-Danswife]

Those were the best times to be alive!!!!

[@TekoMuto]

Really wish I could have experienced mall culture during the 1980s. Sadly I was born in 88 lol

[@ravvyj]

It was a really great era. Loud music playing in all the hip clothing stores. Lots of teens all over the place. It was basically a daytime nightclub in many aspects. But the 90s were still quite good too. Everything really changed when people starting shopping heavily online.

[@chillydawgg4354]

i liked the 90s better

[@hueso5071]

It was like this in the 2000s too. The malls are still filled with teens. Going back in time to experience mall culture, the 80s sucked.

[@TekoMuto]

@@hueso5071 Currently on travel for work. They're letting me take my time getting where I need to go, so I'm stopping at all the dead/dying malls I can find along the way.

[@beachbum6460]

80s malls THE BEST!!!! Great memories!

[@lynettewatson4006]

The Mall an awesome place to meet up with your friends and Shop Go see movie I definitely missed 80s and 90s if i could only rewind To go back time thank u for sharing this video I appreciated wonderful memories ❤️❤️💯👍🏾

[@patriciaandjudgey1442]

80s best time ever so glad to be partbgg of it!!! Best music too

[@AquariusBeam]

I miss the music stores and buying albums.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

The malls were SO busy where I grew up in the San Fernando Valley... Ours was the Northridge Fashion Mall and was fun but when I got old enough to go out on my own I used to go over to The Beverly Collection in Beverly Hills and mentally buy everything that I couldn't afford in reality!! The Beverly Center and Melrose were happening too back in those days!! It was such a fun, creative and colorful time to live back then.. especially being young.

[@JoannaCubana]

Remember The Fallbrook Mall in Canoga Park? I used to work at Sears there ...for 7.5 years! I worked at the Northridge Mall too, at Bullocks. And yes, The Beverly Center was like a Hollywood set to me, being from The Valley..🥰

[@cm1133]

Then, the DemocRATS took over in California and DESTROYED that once beautiful state. Now, they are all fleeing to Texas and Colorado and destroying those states. The death of America has more to do with DemocRATS and less to do with Amazon or cell phones!!!!

[@tigeroll]

I worked at the Mall in Sherman Oaks when I was 18 to 19. It was really something back then.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

@@tigeroll I worked at the Galleria part time as my second job one Christmas.. That was another place I loved hanging out! Hey, I'm trying to find people who used to shop at, work at or just remember "The Factory" clothing store that was down about a mile from The Galleria, just before Van Nuys Blvd on Ventura Blvd and just was wondering if you ever went there? I worked there and loved it! They had a live DJ booth, a video wall hehind the counter and was one of the coolest places to shop for young people in the 80s..

[@tigeroll]

@@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary Yes! I would buy my Levi's jeans on sale from there. I remember the ads in the newspaper.

[@mikamamma]

Big hair, guys in crop tops, muscle tees, (or both, at once, haha)bad mullets and mustaches, girls in scrunch booties and leg warmers or big socks over jeans, Dr. Scholes, smoking indoors, Aladdin’s Castle mall arcade, looking for the next best poster to line your bedroom walls, Camelot Music and Merry-Go-Round...ah! Those were the days! And it’s all here...Thanks, uploader, for the fun trip down memory lane ;)

[@lorenrobertson1886]

Hard to believe the malls are dying out.

[@vaderladyl]

Majority already died.

[@BuyLessJess]

Yeah but why pay more for a selection that’s limited AF?

[@jimmiefatel774]

In the city I live in has a thriving Mall.

[@JosieSchuller]

Do you ever watch Dan Bell’s Dead Mall series? Interesting look at dead/dying malls.

[@stevegallant3395]

You know what else blew my mind a couple of months ago... I was on an airplane flying back home... I wanted to buy a soda and snack they would not accept cash on the plane only debit or credit card... Only time I've heard of that

[@m.s.2549]

Oh, man. Dingy arcades, Pasta clothing at Paul Harris, Olga's Kitchen for lunch...jelly flats...Esprit. Bookstores upstairs AND downstairs, chilly ice cream parlors. Cosmetics wonderland at Famous & Barr. First job purchase was a $50 Bachrach XXL sweatshirt carefully selected out of a whole wall, and Obsession perfume. Perfume was awful but I still have that sweatshirt, so soft and full of memories! Thank you!!

[@ladyofthemyrkvir2789]

If you are looking to physically revisit this feeling of nostalgia, support small local businesses in small towns. Many are niche and haven’t had modern aesthetic updates, like family-owned ones trying to keep the dream alive. Especially some local Record, Comic book, Clothing, Café or Coffee shops. I’m from Ohio I have noticed there’s quite a few around the state still. Pretty cool when you step into one say in a place like Yellow Springs, Clifton or Pleasant Ridge. The last 70’s-80’s built mall? (aesthetically Un-renovated) I went to was very small, in the middle-of-everything downtown Gatlinburg, Tn. It had a few niche shops. May still be there, actually.

[@marknc9616]

The record store pic at 0:45 - Album Madonna - Who's That Girl from 1987. The record store pic at 0:51 - Album in the third stack in the aisle - Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits from 1980.

[@buoyant69]

Funny - I noticed the Madonna album cover right away too. Never bought that one but I did get True Blue on cassette (in ‘85?).

[@juliek9248]

Good music.

[@jillenehall301]

Boy, I wish for these days again!!!!!😌😌😌😌

[@webrik33]

I was a teenager during the 80s. BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE!

[@WolfmanJack66]

It really was!! So awesome

[@apriljasso9731]

I loved going to the mall. The holidays were the best...

[@brenlane9847]

Oh so many memories conjured up in this clip. Thank you!

[@momtorachie]

Born in ‘73 w/ a daughter born in ‘06. She’s so i to vinyls and loves going to the mall. It makes me happy. It’s not the same though.

[@tjoines2]

Born in early 60s. I loved the 70s & 80s. No cells. Most people had the predecessor the pager. Only thing about a pager is the need for a pay phone to call people back. Most people were relaxed and happy 😊.

[@everlyoshea]

I took a trip in a time machine! I forgot that people could smoke in malls. Don't miss that... What I miss most about the 80's is the the record store experience...the smell, sound and the excitement of going to get a new vinyl or cassette! Good times, thanks for the memories!

[@ravvyj]

Glad you enjoyed the video. I tried my best to make a virtual 80s mall time machine.

[@69mercurymarquis]

awesome video. brings back great memories. 54 now....i want to go back!

[@ravvyj]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! This is the reason why I created it, to create an 80s time machine for those who want to go back to reminisce in this bygone era.

[@NP-ek7dl]

Loved this video, brought back memories of simpler better times. I remember the song too!

[@justme8837]

early 80s were the best

[@toyotaboyhatman]

4:33 woodfield mall in schaumburg, IL (still there), that's my childhood in that form. If you went down the ramp on the left side, they had a little aquarium section. If you headed to the right, there was a flight of stairs with a 45 degree brick slant that we used to use as a slide.

[@dankydiecast5686]

I was a senior in high school in 1984. This slide show exactly matches my memories of the malls in the ‘80s. The food courts were the social epicenters while the music stores were where you hung out to pick up girls. The arcades were where you would find all the nerds and the movie theaters were where you would see all of the teenage couples. Very cool times for me. I feel sorry for today’s teenagers.

[@marymae6041]

Class of 84 rules forever dude!!!!

[@randymiller899]

Yes it does!!!!!!!!!!

[@terrycraig6386]

ahhhhh,1980s, atime when Malls were full and people talked to one another.😊😊😊😊😊

[@Vonmoney995]

I truly miss those times! Thanks for the memories! 70s kid! 😉

[@skyglamour25]

It was an amazing time! I am grateful I have these memories.. And yes it is beyond a trip how this world has changed in such a short amount of time.. Life is so beautiful though.. We are on the verge of a revolution and I do believe we will see better days again.. Hard times create strong people who create good times..

[@jessi5944]

I will be 25 this year and I know it's not that old but the mall where I live used to have so many stores and a cool water-fountain back in the day...well they took that out and now almost all the stores are empty or are jewelry stores...it's so sad. I had so much fun at the mall. I still go to visit some of the stores that are actually still opened in it. The mall was built in the 80s.

[@kirissamoorer9150]

I was born in 2005 but I wish I could experience the 80s! It seemed so fun and cool back then. The music was also better

[@anacarvalho5355]

Nowadays the youth are not really living, they are numb

[@ahill4642]

Yes. They're depressed and don't know why. So isolated in their online world.

[@maryd7081]

Sad but so true 😞

[@mind-of-neo]

We are not living. Forced online shopping is not living. Not being able to go to a damn store in the world after 11pm is not living. Constantly worrying about what words you are allowed to say as if you are a small child is not living.

[@mind-of-neo]

The lack of variety in the world now is not living... So many issues with the way the world is now

[@blazefairchild465]

Sadly , no fun anymore

[@sweets6865]

I worked at JC Penny's at Bria Woods Mall in Ann Arbor Michigan in 89 to 90 it was a lot fun. I would see people that I knew when I would go out into the mall on my lunch break 🙂 miss those days life was simple.

[@CEOkiller]

Ahh life before the internet and smart phones

[@tigeroll]

The view of life was simpler and much better back then.

[@annmarie1689]

And hash tag I'm a victim of something, take a pill.