Driving in Los Angeles 1985 Freeways

[@ZPS_STG]

Videos like this are the closest thing we have to time travel.

[@donertv5303]

No movies from the 80s

[@paulwangdong773]

Imagine VR to this!

[@Documenting_Reality]

More like memories

[@bdevs.760]

Seeing cars from the 60s and the 70s in this time period is like seeing cars from the 90s and 2000s now!

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

When I was born I was as close to the 1950's as I am to the mid 1980's right now. I want to go back. ;__;

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

horror fan figure that out on your own?

[@dave_dynasty]

@otterlover95 no wonder why I dont see a lot of old vehicles places like Texas and see a lot of them in LA.

[@dallascowboysnumberonefan4863]

Bryce Devera which u still do

[@FuckSlowShit]

Hey true that thats why im keeping my 1985 Nissan Sentra Sedan

[@fueledbymusic3]

Video camera's were even more expensive in 1985 then they were when I made a video of the 10 fwy in 1988! I was 15 years old in 1985!

[@msrobinson2372]

hey i watched this and even saw the video of yours from 1988 really enjoyed watching it

[@RoyAH.]

I was 16 then! Loved your vid too! What HS did you go to? I went to Downtown Business Magnet...

[@REALWOODSMAN]

Gilbert Arciniega your video was great..

[@tommyd6665]

RAH ! I was class of 2006!! :D

[@jonathansmith8672]

15 years old? What a coincidence! Im 15 years old right now.

[@kylemesa8052]

Alright guys, I decided to compile the music played here. Here it is: 0:00 - 0:59 - "The Perfect Kiss" by New Order 1:10 - 5:33 - "Theme for Great Cities" by Simple Minds 5:33 - 6:10 - "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" by Simple Minds 6:10 - 6:43 - "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks There you go guys. You do not need to ask what this song is called anymore because I listed it all. Its a pleasure to help people who wonder what the song is called.

[@TaliaIGhul]

Thanks Kyle! :D

[@blueshirt06]

Thank you very much for the list, New Order wa the only one I knew about the others were a mystery to me

[@AgedTeen]

+Kyle Mesa Thank you!!!

[@sambaker7703]

Kyle Mesa thanks brother

[@KJ-dq9cr]

@@TaliaIGhul you r great , thank you pal!

[@ivorwm2291]

I'm watching for my 76 Seville and my 1962 Eldorado Biarritz convertible. Good old KROQ thank you for posting. This reminds me of when I was 30. Good looking, 32 waist, 48 chest, jet black hair, I had a good job a Pacific Bell and the world was my oyster. Wow What a ride!

[@wanggang3885]

One reason why Simple Minds works so perfectly for the soundtrack of LA freeways is because their heavy use of stadium reverb. The sound perfectly echoes off the mountains and tall buildings, giving you a feeling of being in the center of everything.

[@peter7582]

You could say it's a good theme for the city

[@d23g32]

This video is a time capsule and brings back a lot of good memories. I lived in SoCal for years but in the '80s moved back east for family reasons. Little did I know I wouldn't set foot there again for 18 years, from 1988 until 2006. It was weird returning to a place I hadn't seen since the '80s. So many things changed in that time, but a lot didn't. For example, the mountains and foothills never change, but there was noticeably less smog in the' 00s than in the '70s and '80s. There was popular SoCal bumper sticker in the '70s that said "Never trust air you can't see".

[@roanlindeman2942]

Been born in 2000 and never been in America, I come from Holland. But my dream is going to America. I love the 80s, the cars were so charmful and stunning. Now some cars I think must be remaked like the cars in the 70s 80s.

[@nohopeforhumans9951]

I get synthwave vibes from this. Wish I was born back then so I could experience the 80s. Plus you didn’t have phones back then so it was so much easier to socialize

[@robbcobb7390]

Back in these days just having wheels made you the coolest. Now days every kid needs a brand new this or that with special paint and dope rims. Love all the old land yachts in this awesome video!

[@texashsad]

Station Wagons as far as the eyes can see....Love it! I went to Mexico City in Summer 85, Return of the Living Dead came out in Summer 85, New Wave Music was still going strong, Madonna's first tour was in Summer 1985....I totally missed the Punk Rock Era (American and British) I didn't even know it existed, because of the Disco Era which overlapped the Punk Rock Era at the time, and because I lived in a small town in Texas with only 2 radio stations (top 40 and country) in the mid to late 70's which I'm enjoying now, and loving it!!.....Good times back then.

[@_juan.joao_]

I love that Dragnet voice saying "This is the city of Los Angeles, California" and after that Simple Minds futuristic instrumental "Theme for Big Cities" begins!

[@jeffcarr2652]

Who says you cant go home

[@pablotibaldo9831]

i think the music was better those days and made the city more magic

[@lander4092]

Pablo Tibaldo Definitely a true free world

[@danielkrome6640]

No doubt brotha.

[@georgedelcid5611]

Born in 1990, but would have like to experience the 80s

[@fordsrule35]

I miss the feel of the 80's. I miss the old cars that were everywhere as everyday drivers. Yes I was a kid so I have a skewed view of the 80's...but it was still a great time. Thanks for uploading this. A program called cash for clunkers was what removed most "old" cars off the roads in the late 90's i think. The government offered around 2k-3k for them. Most people made the mistake of getting rid of them. I also think most people kept their cars longer back then and lots of people bought used.

[@662wc5]

Actually, the opposite is true. In 1985 a 15 - 20 year old car would have been a late '60s model, and that would have been almost unheard of as a daily driver back east and only slightly less rare here in SoCal. A daily driver from the late '60s wouldn't have been unheard of on the roads around LA back in the '80s, but they were exactly common either. Watch this video and see how many late '60s or older cars you can pick out. I saw a few in the video but not many. Most of the "old" cars in this video are early '70s models, which was less than 15 years old. On the other hand, here in 2018 a 15 - 20 year vehicle would be a 1998 - 2003 model, and there are tons of them still on the roads here in SoCal and even in Midwest and NE salt and snow country. I lived in SoCal in the '80s and now, have been driving since the '70s and owned used cars as old as '69 and new ones since '79, and trust me, cars since the '90s in general are much more reliable and long lasting than those from the '80s and before. Also, Cash for Clunkers program in 2009 did not even apply to "most old cars", it had very specific eligibility criteria that the majority of older vehicles (and their owners) could not meet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@662wc5 the finest automobiles were in the 1930s, I don't know what you mean by the 1990s having the best.

[@2Kriss2Kross]

So happy to see this video has been reuploaded. The 110 Freeway looks weird with traffic moving faster than 10 mph and without the elevated toll lanes.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Not weird. /

[@garyvallone5393]

Maybe when we die out spirit will be able to travel through time. That would be heaven to me

[@SurgeCess]

that would be so beautiful

[@itsversayce804]

Travel through time but not actually live through what we experienced already. Or just simply having the feeling of being home as we see and know who other spirits are (were). Shape shifting to whatever image (past lives) we choose

[@nohopeforhumans9951]

Man I wish we’d bring those old days back

[@shortafewbolts]

80's best decade

[@fleiva30]

the music fit perfect with the video!! Thanks love L.A specially in the 80's

[@ILoveXXRussellcXX]

it's weird to think i was born 10 years later after this clip, wish i grew up as a teen in the 80s.

[@tygertone]

Luckily, I did! The best music, and LA wasn't so congested back then.

[@artemnoelgames]

tygertone the traffic sure is crazy today

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

I was born in 84 but I have a good memory. Even so being a teenager in the 80's would have been fun.

[@artemnoelgames]

Thedude 404 over 360 to be precise, so that is close to 100% (double almost) it's terrifying.. the Chinese and Indians have a huge problem with overpopulation which is causing these resource issues, as well as spread of disease from India, due to very poor living conditions.. child birth should be prohibited there at this point, because mathematically the 50% has now almost doubled into a 100% in a shorter span of time which will than double to 200% within even a shorter period of time..

[@TurboMan942]

9 people dislike an utterly harmless video showing the world from 1985. Proof that no matter what, the internet will bring the negativity out in some people. Ridiculous.

[@chairmanofrussia]

3:43 the building I live in wasn't even built yet, but today you would be able to see it from that point on the freeway...seeing this stuff just blows my mind...and creeps me out a little...

[@iseeyouindisneyland1262]

Where exactly you lived ...what building...I'm curious ..watching this videos take me back in time ..it's like reliving memories...

[@chairmanofrussia]

♡see you in disneyland its the big one that is three sections stairstepping on the very top of the hill in this video at 13:17 on top of the hill in this video

[@iseeyouindisneyland1262]

chairmanofrussia hahhaha I seen it ...I past through this freeway everyday...huuuhhhh!

[@chairmanofrussia]

yep, we're getting new carpets in the hallways C:

[@iseeyouindisneyland1262]

***** in my recollection I never mentioned exactly were I lived ! What's the purpose of your question ... I do know of the Cecil hotel it's history I pass thru there everyday on my way to work ! any other ?

[@MAGNUM05]

Here we are 30 years later and things have changed a lot! This was 8 years before I was born! When I was born in 1993, there were some cars from the 70s driven on the roads and freeways.

[@dallascowboysnumberonefan4863]

MAGNUM05 I was born in 1985, I wished I could have experienced life through out the 80s, seem like great times I was very little in the late 80s so I don't remember that,but the 80s had it all,music,wrestling,tv shows movies seems like a cool time to be alive

[@pesmond]

I know this sounds morbid, but for some reason I keep thinking of Richard Ramirez riding this or other California freeways in the summer of 1985 hunting for prey.

[@fueledbymusic3]

I remember that too. Around August that year

[@mictlancihuatlm5284]

LMAO!!!!

[@oldiesmusic76]

The night stalker, terrorized many that summer.

[@SolSkinn]

Oh he was..

[@briane173]

Was born and raised on L.A. freeways, and while it's been over 30 years since I lived there, watching this it's like I never left. Some of my worst commutes were in 1985 when I was stationed onboard the USS Norton Sound. I quite often commuted from the LB Naval Shipyard to Port Hueneme and back on a daily basis, and the traffic on the San Diego and Ventura Fwys was so bad I could get home faster taking PCH through Malibu and Zuma Beach. I do pine for the L.A. of the 60s/early 70s that I grew up in, because what they've done to my native state since then is nothing short of criminal. If not for the insanity taking place there now I'd move back in an L.A. minute.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Effing awesome !! The summer of 85 was very hot for even LA from what i have heard. The summer of the Night Stalker / Valley Intruder. The Lakers just beat the Celtics in the 85 NBA Finals. I was 12 and from Boston. I moved to san Diego in 97. Thanks for this !! I love this kind if stuff

[@PrettyinPink9789]

This is really awesome! Kinda like a mini time travel. I was born in late '89 so obviously I missed out on a great decade. Would of loved to live during that time. Music was so much better than the crap they have out today....

[@annecercei7865]

PrettyinPink9789 have you listened to BTS?

[@nordicpawsproductions465]

PrettyinPink9789 i was born june of 89.

[@heronpage3883]

I moved to LA in 1985! Great memories. Damn, I had so much fun for many many years. Cruising the freeways blasting the tunes. But then the traffic got so bad that there was no cruising, just parking with your motor running, LOL. Still, I'm so glad I got to experience it. It was a great time and so much fun.

[@ChiefChacone]

Richard Ramirez would probably agree with you

[@antigrav1302]

Sad to say, but driving on the LA freeways today with lighter traffic because of the lockdown compares to about the same normal LA traffic we had in '85 from what I remember.

[@smago8857]

Wow the 110 freeway Northbound. A lot added building on this time. Looks so different. Was born in 1990.

[@MatteoAdler]

richard ramirez hunting

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

+Matt Helvete LOL

[@ralphjason6720]

This is so true. I do really enjoy videos like this. I was in my mid twenties in 1985. Time goes by too quickly!

[@sdsurfers1]

LOVED the video and the music and the cars! There is a SWEET baby blue Lincoln Continental towards the end. I also noticed the Roosevelt Hotel that is still there now. TY for the video!! I grew up in Long Beach and started driving that year.....AWESOME.

[@naslan]

Thanks so much for posting. I arrived in LA from the East Coast in January '85 and stayed for more than two decades. I love being able to watch this video and even shared on FB.

[@RoyAH.]

This is so incredible! Thank you so much for sharing! I graduated HS in 1987 in DTLA and I was so hoping you would show my school, but still - you drove right by it and that was a great memory! Thank you again!

[@lasuvidaboy]

Cool. I could drive from my office in Beverly Hills to Pasadena at 6:00pm in under an hour in those days.

[@Havok1199]

It feels weird to be nostalgic of an era I wasn’t even born in yet.

[@itsversayce804]

Maybe you reincarnated

[@airaero5473]

Then suddenly the car from To Live and Let Die in LA comes heading straight for you

[@Austin86646]

Wow. I just left LA because I hated the congestion.....what a cool video. If only LA were still like that now. It's crazy to see that drive through DTLA on the 110 and the ramp to the 101 with no traffic. These days, the ONLY TIME it's clear like that is at 3AM.

[@JA-ob6zz]

I did not see traffic one single time in this video . I get out my house now and there’s traffic in front of my house

[@josetrujillo9906]

This video reminds me traveling into Los Angeles as a kid in dad’s Torino and seeing the tall buildings for the first time.

[@1337BananaL33TVostok]

So many awesome cars from 70's that made it into 80's

[@polishperspective9055]

Thanks to this video I learned that the Italian electro pop synth whatever group Usura I grew up on, had actually sampled Simple Mind's "New Gold Dream". Should have known better, I'm 38. What a shock...

[@pizzaguy8484]

I love this video! And the music is so cool. In case someone is interested, the very first song is The Perfect Kiss, New Order.

[@Richbar-qe6bx]

Nice. Seems to be going northbound on the 110 to the 101 freeway then off on Hollywood blvd then turned left and stops at around Cahuenga. The Pep Boys at 07:46 is closing down as of yesterday what a shame. I feel like doing an updated drive on this to show how it looks today.

[@RollsRoyceFanatics]

I can't tell you how much I love this video. The music makes it seem even more futuristic than now. Not sure but i think that the US had an unattainable attraction then. Now Every first world economy looks the same

[@DarthBrtt]

Miss the days when traffic was actually manageable here in Los Angeles and we actually had a "rush hour" twice a day in the morning and afternoon. Way too many damn people living here now. and it's just stop and go the entire day from 7am-7pm now.

[@asamcrae8254]

Seeing the Vernon exit from the Northbound 10 👌🏽,... I grew up off Vernon ave, ...then I moved to Covina right out of high school

[@jeffreyverspaget4353]

Oooo what beautiful this video I was in there time 10 years and I remember me the TV sitcoms the A team the knight rider the Golden girls Dallas and more It did me good to see a video vrome the 80s thanks gr Jeffrey 🍀🌞☕😘🌴.

[@jmorris023]

5:25, my old house is like 50 ft to the right!

[@itsversayce804]

You from echo park ese? 😁

[@beth2398]

Amazing that there​ is no traffic jam at the Hollywood 101 interchange. A sight I have not seen in years. I dig all the movie theaters on Hollywood Blvd. I used to go see plenty of movies there back in the eighties.

[@clevelandnative7175]

I was still living in my home state of Cleveland Ohio in 85, wouldn’t be in SoCal until 89 when I graduated high school. Been here since.

[@TemeculaValleyLapse]

I would love to have lived during that time. I like the boxy car design and the music choice is great too. Traffic is never that light on L.A. freeways now.

[@peteoropeza2957]

not a chemtrail in the sky, NICE

[@robeconrad87]

Chemtrails do not exist. I know you really want it to be a thing. But it never was.

[@mattf49006]

plenty of contrails though

[@lander4092]

Conrad Roberts Sorry buddy I don’t know where you get your information from but that’s long been proven

[@mattf49006]

@@lander4092 ..negative Miguel...in my 32 years as a pilot i am fairly sure any claim for jets spraying chemicals at flight levels is bullshit...it's the result of superheated air from the turbine meeting below freezing air ....go outside on a winters day..exhale and see your breath...you just made a contrail

[@8lifeisamovie8]

Theme for Great Cities....so cool 😁❤

[@jerrynavarro2404]

Damm how how times have changed!

[@stephygee189]

That smog was no joke back then. Thanks for the flashback. Sounds like KROQ on the radio. Good times. P.S. Isn't it cool I can Shazam the first track (The Perfect Kiss by New Order) on my phone in 2023?

[@BoStErO1905]

The year Back to the Future came out!

[@THESONICSPEEDDEMON]

Eddie Bostero The year when almost everything is peaceful.

[@albertandguitars]

Speed Demon Does KZbin Your right bro! Now today, the world is dangerous. There are lots of shootings and robberies. It's just sad.

[@thatcobradude4496]

Do you remember the richard Ramirez killing that year?

[@jetknight5051]

I was in the 12th grade class of "85" and taking up in the philosophy and training martial arts of jeet kune do as Bruce Lee begun it...

[@regularguyreviews3048]

Thank you for your video it’s amazing. When I was a kid I used look at cars in the movies or on tv and wonder who where those people and what was their story. I used to wonder if they were late to work , a meeting or coming home. I used to wonder if they were having a good or bad day, and what their goals were at the time. I also wondered if any of them were my family or friends or if I would meet them one day. Now that I watch these videos I often wonder all these things. Once in a while when I’m driving I think what if someone is recording me while driving and will someone wonder these things about me one day!

[@sanctuaryism]

amazing the year I was born. luv the older guy at the end just casually strolling across the the street at the traffic lights. seemed so laid back then even for a large city.

[@1trl2]

Damn , i was 2 years old back in 85 and that 110 freeway look hella different back then compared to it now with the elevated carpool lanes!

[@Ducksrule123]

thank you so much for reuploading this gem!

[@kerleymoh3339]

I love old gems!!

[@petquack]

I was 6 years old living in North Hollywood at the time . Miss the 80s Cali days.

[@nordicpawsproductions465]

I don't see a crap load of rav 4s and highlanders driving around i don't hear teeny bauper music on the radio.. And no one texting on phones.. You know it's the 80s.

[@ofangelicparagonsvirtuouse5829]

I so thought this was gilbert but still like it

[@savagedick3848]

When big American cars ruled LA freeways, no import compacts like today.

[@moelester7971]

Damn my dad was 10 years old when this was recorded

[@robblacklockjr.4569]

New Order as soon as I clicked on it! Nice.

[@packersfan036]

Lol even a guy crossing the street with a boom box!!

[@lakermark2006]

What month was this? Was this around the time the nightstalker was running around? That was a scary time in so cal

[@magicpelo9258]

I think that it was during the time when Ramirez was on his killing spree but I couldn't tell which month it is ...

[@ScumBagInFL]

This was made in April 85 I believe so yea . Ramirez was out there

[@lakermark2006]

@@ScumBagInFL I was a kid back then but wow. Did that time get seared into my memory. Do you remember this time? Til this day, I still think about the fear he unleashed in so cal. Unless it was experienced, I dont think people can quite grasp it

[@CHIPNDEATH]

my 1985 chevy wagon if only the Radio could play the all good music of 80's,,

[@thetrustybutterknifean80sa19]

The Trusty Butter Knife is the KEY to your vehicle to 1985!

[@bo2oservice]

Right on! You've got all the jams going on..!

[@jucurtis23]

thanks for reuploading...the greatest video on youtube!

[@fueledbychlorine]

Feels like I'm playing grand theft auto lol I remember driving down the freeway except I was driving super fast n crashing into other cars 😂😂

[@stoneroses13]

Perfect Kiss by New Order!

[@habibisworld2767]

no traffic wow thanks for the video

[@vinnym6734]

I was three years away from being brought into this world. Crazy.

[@mictlancihuatlm5284]

I dig your taste of music. I call SHOTGUN!

[@joemartin1253]

Why do I feel like I'm about to see Hunter.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

Thanks for making and posting this video!!

[@mida8261]

Where's the traffic? Holy crap!

[@DISCODAN1]

Hey.... where's all the tents?? Back when people were expected to work for a living and not just get high all day. And if they didn't work then they went hungry. Tough love but it worked!

[@richardmorris7063]

I moved there August 85,I was homeless for 6 mos.lived mostly at Lax.just got up early & went to venice bch.few hassles.

[@paulinhodabahia1978]

nostalgic!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@xenaandzenafromsanbernadin3807]

Would love to know who the killjoy is who filed the copyright claim on this.

[@ScoobWRX04]

lol this is how the drive is at like 1-2am

[@mconcaz]

You know what i'd like and could be more possible? That a relative from the future comes and take me back then.

[@mconcaz]

So we can spread the Word with our children and the next genertaions and why not one of these days one person can show up and say that is the one that you were expecting all your life. good Luck! 😆

[@jameskng8176]

how LA will be in 2035 .

[@jameskng8176]

how LA will be in 2035 .

[@mconcaz]

it might not longer exist.

[@AE86ofMtAkina]

+mauro contreras Nah, the smog has been under control the past decade.

[@UrbaNSpiel]

Great Stuff

[@wesrm1]

I remember how smoggy the air was back then.

[@billmason2785]

It's smoggy 2023

[@ac80577]

L.A. + '80s + freeway = the best.

[@WilliamfromLosAngeles]

@ 6:20 a scene from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 😮 Hey Maybe is Quentin Tarantino that recorded this video with his 35mm camera. 😁👍

[@BobABooey.]

Damn, I can't believe how wide open the 110 north was, now, it slows down at the 105 until you get past Dodger stadium way.

[@jaytee8823]

this was Snapchat ting back in 85

[@FuckSlowShit]

Jose Torres Snapchat never was a thing back in 85 youngster

[@doniak6937]

They didn't have phones back in the day lol

[@icantw8]

Wow the i-10 hasn't changed a bit.

[@TemeculaValleyLapse]

You reuploaded it! Awesome!

[@raider16741]

0:00,is that new order playing on the radio previously known as joy division and warsaw before that?

[@danielgolus4600]

Wow: No traffic slowdowns/stops! Try this today. Today it seems you cant drive five miles on any LA freeway without coming to a stop in traffic. Any time during the day - including weekends. I came to LA in 1978 and do recall wide-open freeways, (except for usual the morning/evening commutes - but even then they were nothing compared to today. Much much worse today.

[@tay-tayrazors8022]

I Wonder Does That High Way Still look like that Way today in 2020?🤔