REMEMBER 1981

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

[@MikeMuniz615]

When MTV was actually MTV

[@gnr311182pj]

MikeM0615 period

[@jimmypadilla1652]

👍😉

[@sdime9858]

That's when times were good

[@rpgfan72]

You mean MTV used to play music videos?!🤣😁

[@MikeMuniz615]

@@rpgfan72 that's why it's called MTV

[@freedomfirst5557]

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

[@markrodriguez9442]

12 and I'm 51 now.

[@iwuzafisherman]

I cant believe the 80s ended.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

15 to 54 wtf happened.

[@richardroberts7261]

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

[@yousee66]

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

[@sheddski2942]

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

[@everready19373]

Since... good for you. I'm 58 and still drink...

[@mitchelputman538]

I gave it all up after the 80s , sober 30 yrs . The 80s were wonderful tho .

[@dbldok]

👌

[@Stupid_you_so_stoopid_UHF]

Awkward.. I was born this year and I'm currently drinking a beer 🤣 . Good for you though bud.

[@rajeshkaran7800]

Well done 👍👍

[@MikeMuniz615]

I miss my MTV!

[@Zerodghjj]

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

[@bodogpintano]

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

[@chars437]

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

[@mrtjohnson1963]

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

[@nickynick5424]

wesley drisdon I was 0 in 1981

[@JO-ly3hi]

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

[@homeschoolmomofone2497]

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

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

I miss those days when M in MTV actually means music

[@rome79735]

Now they should call it G-TV Garbage TV.

[@jeromecabral192]

Miss those years

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

Now it means mediocre

[@keithnorman4985]

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

[@ariesleorising9421]

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

[@sweetsuzie9346]

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

[@Spacejunk63]

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

[@sundancekidd1387]

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

[@frankrizzo4460]

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

[@jeromecabral192]

I'll go back to the 80s

[@superblue2983]

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

[@janetgriffiths7200]

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

[@nickynick5424]

super blue thanks 1981 here

[@ardie77]

Me too

[@commandermeow6790]

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

[@depaola63]

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

[@sean4339]

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

[@tuegos34]

Damn they Knew how to make music back then.

[@mkdallas4712]

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

[@levis6945]

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

[@kristopherbearden590]

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

[@nathanbryan3192]

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

[@tombovitale2597]

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

[@depaola63]

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

[@jesuscruz714]

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

[@or1750]

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

[@chars437]

These days were the best.

[@hawkeye0927]

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

[@sundancekidd1387]

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

[@carlosv.6131]

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

[@MrKerry4371]

Thank you for your service Sir!!!!

[@kenjohnson7223]

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

[@pennwoman]

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

[@michaelmichael9940]

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

[@StevenleeG1]

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

[@scotthummel4248]

I was just 18 then, dang im old

[@Lanae8199]

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

[@nickynick5424]

Lj9219 July 11 1981 here and you?

[@SuperStrik9]

Me too. February 27 1981

[@bicyclist2]

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

[@Lanae8199]

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

[@teccash3507]

Nicky Nick feb1980 baby

[@edwardcarranza3697]

When it was worth watchng!!!!

[@lilmike2710]

I can never forget my sister and i sitting in our den in front of our console TV the moment Mtv made it's first broadcast.

[@lilmike2710]

@Brix Broox it was great right? I recall how they only played pop at first.. That didn't do so well so they added "head bangers ball". Lol they must have thought Tears for Fears was the best band ever because they played it every other video. That and "Big Country". Safety dance got played alot too. They finally got a clue tho and wound up being a major part of Generation -X... Ah the good ol days.

[@lorireece1970]

I soooo wish I’d seen it! My parents didn’t get us cable until 1989.

[@ontarget4076]

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

[@sundancekidd1387]

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

[@86FxBdyCpe]

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

[@sonyhedge3831]

If you were born in the 60s were the 80s and 90s fun?

[@goognamgoognw6637]

I was born in the late 60's. The 80's was a strange time, it felt like the world is a infinite mysterious space and there was a sense that great things had already happened and would continue to happen. By the late 80's there was a slow down the enthusiast was gone, the world started to feel like a broken record repeating itself running out of gas. The early nineties was when digital technologies really started to blossom but had no personality like technology born in the 70's or 80's, the free mind spirit of the 70's was a distant past and there was gloom. In the second half of the 90's things got better. In retrospective the 70's was a peak the 80's was a spiraling down and the 90's was a stabilization and turn. The 2000's felt like an uncertain world staring back at its past and realized the mystery is gone. You can't really characterize a decade until 2 even 3 decades later. That's why i stopped at 2000.

[@chars437]

Sony hedge The 80's were so great and fun. A magical time. I'm so glad I was young in the 80's. Fun Fun!!

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Char S the 80's was boring as hell but that made it peaceful and less stressful than now.

[@sonyhedge3831]

goognam goognws cool thanks I've always wanted to be born in the 60's for some weird reason especially the rap music we have now

[@johnlozano384]

Char S I loved the 80's too,I also had so much fun, I can't believe anyone found the 80's boring!

[@tracydailey9943]

the year I graduated from high school

[@sean4339]

the 80's was fabulous :)

[@yes3443]

Does anyone have a time machine i can borrow?

[@hotrox2112]

Yea... your looking at it!

[@christienelson1437]

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

[@timsacco6g694]

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

[@MrKerry4371]

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

[@keithbrown8814]

Sure was!!!!!

[@frankrizzo4460]

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

[@goldenboi778]

Such awesome memories thx you

[@ALVERMIC]

I miss the 80s so much, great job Richard

[@keokiainokea1115]

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

[@christienelson1437]

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

[@joeminoso1554]

those days are over, but not forgotten

[@conniebarnett8713]

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

[@nevetsgnil1962]

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

[@kennethadelsperger1782]

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

[@pennwoman]

Those were some happy & carefree days.

[@keithbrown8814]

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

[@Laidengizer011]

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

[@ronpaul8643]

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

[@philbrown9764]

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

[@danielpadgett2831]

I was only 4 in 1981 but I remember mtv very well use to watch it all the time now I'm 42 wow time flies bye

[@meliggaz]

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

[@tobiusholmes2344]

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

[@ariesleorising9421]

T Holmes You're just a baby!!! I was 16!! LOL 😍

[@paulhession6521]

Same here man born in 1966

[@Wglass90]

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

[@depaola63]

ME TOO !

[@bicyclist2]

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

[@chrisdavid9989]

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

[@paceymauldin9296]

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

[@Wglass90]

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

[@stephendise9006]

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

[@plymouth491]

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

[@dukecraig2402]

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

[@rickhardman7376]

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

[@rolandocardonamonge9048]

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

[@johnnyyuma8219]

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

[@chocodiledundee1]

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

[@tomkat2803]

Where did the jobs go ?????

[@americangirl6029]

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

[@bigolebot]

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

[@RandomGuy-ux9zc]

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

[@storm7586]

it was a great year

[@helenperez9828]

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

[@chrisdavid9989]

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

[@Zj2030]

@@chrisdavid9989 Disneyland? Wow

[@Amber90125]

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

[@johnlozano384]

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

[@nancyzorbaugh510]

I was 19 . Remember those times well.

[@dawnkeyser4802]

Good Times and great music❤️

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

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

[@journeyon2489]

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

[@Susanb89]

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

[@bobpeterson1123]

I miss those days

[@tommyatkins2527]

The year I was born. Lol love being part of my generation x thanks

[@nickynick5424]

Tommy Atkins July 11 1981 and you

[@Godswole]

Generation Ex shouldn't be 80s.

[@itsbritt9155]

Paladin 1 1965-1981 generation x 1982-2004 millenial 2005-present generation z

[@Godswole]

itsbritt91 they change those numbers constantly!!

[@SuperStrik9]

I was born Feb 27 1981

[@bodogpintano]

thanks for the trip

[@timothyhanner8118]

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

[@corinatrian.2073]

I remember "mad max" back then with Mel Gibson .

[@jamieleesphere1305]

Some very good memories💕👍

[@Violet-im6ek8pf9o]

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

[@Doobie1975]

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

[@chrisranz2714]

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

[@paoladeleon5814]

Great I LOVE 😘👏💝💞

[@rosemarydiaz4316]

LOVE =LEGS OPEN VERY EASY

[@jbray34]

I remember some of this as a kid

[@anthonys1325]

I Graduated from High school ..Fun Times 1981!

[@raymondperales6612]

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

[@raymondperales6612]

@Laurie Holdt your young.

[@blackdragen426]

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

[@Nyquil5]

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

[@MimiMimi-pk9ib]

I want to go back!

[@albertomendez4922]

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

[@TheSybermedic]

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

[@aj402]

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

[@kurtmartin2580]

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

[@rajeshkaran7800]

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

[@melaniemills4505]

Year I graduated! 😎👍

[@moss2377]

Head bangers ball was the best!

[@lindaoneil5085]

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

[@chocodiledundee1]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼you’ve said it lady

[@criscross1656]

Ah....flashback to my teenage years.👍

[@carlosf.valdeslopez3753]

Just amazing 🤠

[@bhk5150]

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

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

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

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

Best dancing music everttt!,😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@badtater2]

The last age of creativity.👍🇺🇲

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

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

[@cygnustsp]

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

[@Jorge_Jones]

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

[@TommyMax]

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

[@dimitrispapandreou4519]

the best music 80!!!¡!!!¡

[@manbaerpigg]

The year I was born!!! Eighties were the best

[@bigolebot]

How can you make a claim like that despite not being old enough? You wannabes man

[@glendagetagripfull]

@@bigolebot because we grew up during that time. I was five in 1986 so me and this person remember this stuff. ☺️

[@bigolebot]

@@glendagetagripfull Then that means you didn't grow up in the 80s. You were in pampers while I was in my 30s then. By the time you were practically a child (age 6) in 1987. the decade and it's cultural influence was over. Is fine, is not a big deal that you missed out on the 80s. Yet I highly doubt you even remember much as well.

[@glendagetagripfull]

@@bigolebot I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons, being in class watching the Challenger incident, I remember every song played, I remember being bullied by this little six year old jerk, I remember moving every year, my grandmother making food for us and teaching us how to cook. We don't have to prove anything to anyone here and we have a right to have a say in our own life. My mom was born in 58, a baby boomer. My aunt in 1965 another generation. My sister 79 me 81. We can decide where we are because we were there. I wasn't in diapers in 1985-89. And I do remember I was apart of this generation. Millennials are born in 2000 and science/researchers can be wrong.

[@bigolebot]

@@glendagetagripfull, Blah blah blah blah blah kid. You were in diapers shitting yourself and crying for milk from mummy while I was living that life. You could be one of my kids. Let's do some basic maths shall we? 1980 = You weren't alive 1981 = New born baby 1982 = 1 1983 = 2 1984 = 3 1985 = 4 1986 = 5 So at best you'd remember the late 80s (87-89) when the influence and the decade was pretty much passe. A 4 year old is a toddler simple as that. You were born the same year I went to see The Police live (A Rock band you were too young to even remember)🤦‍♂️😂

[@heidivert830]

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

[@Lumpy63]

My wife and I met in the July of ‘81, (yes we were pretty young) so many clips of these songs and movies I remember so well, at the time we met, Jessie’s Girl was big, her parents got cable later that year and hours of watching MTV was the thing! First movie was Victory, and remember slow dancing to Being With You....beautiful days and nights!

[@richardromero2707]

Take me back

[@bicyclist2]

I may have only been 5 in 81, but I have lots of great memories of the greatest decade. Thank you.

[@90srule96]

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

[@itsyourboileancuisine5971]

So much good music I can’t handle it

[@youtube-ventura]

Nice transition on "9 to 5"!