Los Angeles & Hollywood 1980s

Hollywood Blvd, Sunset, Downtown

[@petercoates3828]

with the music, i kept waiting on a movie to start lol

[@brendas.1374]

This is my generation. I graduated high school in 1984. Best years in my life!!

[@adalarno1654]

Eres pocha

[@adalarno1654]

Ñ

[@adalarno1654]

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[@Aliakamzz_]

So did my mom!

[@seangarza6646]

I graduated in 83👴🏼

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

I was 15 in '86 and after coming to L.A. from NY in '77, my years from '82-'88 were the best of my life. If I could go back to the 80's I'd be going one way, so I'm really rooting for that end of life Black Mirror technology from the San Juniper episode!

[@EricPetersen2922]

Wish I had a time machine

[@kingrmstudios1059]

Don't we all

[@yesbesorry2775]

Dude stop wishing to live in the past cause it's not gonna happen. Life's too short, so live your life 100%

[@lucasbrouard7110]

Me too

[@carl5192]

Dude I thinking that all through this video.

[@stefan8912421]

Yeah but I wouldn't go back to the 80s, I would go back further than that. Like 60s and you'll still be around to witness the 80s.

[@ghostwarrior5109]

I'm from 1992, but...i wish i had a time machine, to live in those times 70's and 80's, i honestly feel that i'm living in the wrong era. Thanks for the upload my friend.

[@_________5015]

are u born 92 ?

[@Thefunkeemonkee]

Wasn't Los Angeles super dangerous and had almost one homicide everyday?

[@DeathMissionary]

Feel the same I'm from '92 too bu I wish I was born in the 60's to have 20 years old by the '80s

[@chrisimportant5830]

I feel the same way brother

[@privateprivate1865]

​@Thefunkeemonkee yes.. it was bad in the late 80s early 90s.. gangs were everywhere, now they are throwing down their bad looks on social media. . Thank god.. But opioids will turn this place into a real life hell on earth

[@teamjesus7087]

Love it. Peter Cetera's 1981 first solo album. An absolute sound of the 80's. Great Video

[@vinloy23]

Videos like this are truly valuable documents.Could not stop naming all those now classic cars that used to be commonplace on the roads.

[@angusorvid8840]

That's got to be around July of 1986. The movie Running Scared, show playing on a marquee, was released June 27th of that year. I remember this time very well. I played guitar in a lot of metal bands at this time, into the very early 90s. Played all those clubs, Gazzari's, The Roxy, Whiskey, Coconut Teaszer, and many more all over L.A. Very different times than today.

[@mariankalikalazi1417]

yeah and in movie played Top Gun 01:13

[@AlbertoVasquez-ne9xz]

Los años maravillosos la época más linda que se disfruto nunca abra otra época como los 80s tantos recuerdos lindos

[@DJJOHAN33]

Wish I could go back in time to the 1980’s lovely era! Love to see how L A was so simple back then.

[@zeyneb8897]

yeah sure espacially with the night stalker around.

[@erisleviathan]

@@zeyneb8897 Even better

[@zeyneb8897]

@@erisleviathan bruh ru srs?

[@astropioneer3296]

Back when LA was fun.

[@ImFromSanBernardinoCA]

@@zeyneb8897 that foo was scared to go to the mexican and black neighborhoods in the city

[@tambert3897]

I was born in L.A. in the mid 80s and raised in there. I was too young to experience Hollywood during this time. Now it's a bunch of tourists, restaurants, bars, retail stores, smoke shops and police everywhere. I heard Hollywood was dangerous and seedy during the 80s. Hookers, drug dealers, criminals and junkies walking about. It's cleaned up a lot since, but it's become a bougie with it's expensive bars and restaurants and a lot of tourists walk around taking selfies and group photos. In becoming a lot safer to walk around, it seems it also became more boring.

[@prophet78653]

If you had a rough experience withe kind of "baddies" you have mentioned you would have had a different opinion..

[@thetechlibrarian]

@@prophet78653not everyone is willing to trade supposed safety for freedom

[@MrFilmfan100]

Footage is from 1986. You can tell from the marquee on the Vogue Theater showing the movie "Running Scared" at 0:40. Also "Top Gun" at the Hollywood Theater at 1:14.

[@identitymatrix]

The first few seconds is exactly what I mean and think of when I say 1980s. The vibe is just unbeatable. And that banger song in the background. This is the most 80s video ever.

[@ekop1778]

NOW ITS A GARBAGE PIG STY NOW FULL OF HOMELESS AND ILLEGALS

[@beakt]

Amazing. More than 30 years ago, and it looks pretty much the same as today. Except no SUVs (just vans). And no one had a cell phone or high-res digital camera in their pocket. We had no Internet, no Facebook or Twitter or any of that crap. You called people on the phone if they were home, and if not, went out and found them outside. People talked to each other in person. Good days.

[@livingintheforest3963]

beakt There were also real women prostitutes back then too.

[@pappagetti]

That's why I fell in love with L.A. It's not just the beauty. I'm from The Bay Area, so I'm not floored by a palm tree. But the fact that it's like stepping into a time machine. Downtown is incredible. Don't listen to the locals.... It's amazing.

[@livingintheforest3963]

pappagetti 2009 “Was amazing”

[@livingintheforest3963]

Chadwicked B I am 57, it WAS AMAZING!!

[@Alusnovalotus]

beakt not really. It was dingy and kinda red might district with more Guns N’ Roses types on bikes. Lot less illicit sex workers and homeless ( I know!!!) everything was a lot cheaper.

[@MrCooper83]

I was born in '83 but still got memories from that decade. Family trips, playing outdoor. There was no internet, FB, instagram, smartphones and people spent time with each other. Our neighbors often came over to ate and drank...

[@LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace]

'83 Here as well. We were pretty much the last generation to grow up without the mass tech - invasion (even though it was starting back then). My sibling was born in the '90s and that generation is so different already. Not everything back then was better for sure, but social interaction mostly was. It felt more real. Now people are just buried in their phones even at gatherings. And living the moment in the best angle for Instagram. Can't get used to it. 😅

[@MrCooper83]

@@LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace Yeah, absolutely. People touch the smartphones more than their loved ones..

[@mariusmatei2946]

@@MrCooper83 it made me wonder what it must have been like being Hispanic, or White born in Los Angeles at the beginning of the 1980s, and growing up (in Los Angeles) throughout the 1980s, and 1990s!

[@aringrags]

I was born in 83 so I kinda remember the tail end of this in late 80s/early 90s my dad hauling me around in a station wagon around LA. I would give anything to go back to this period as an adult.. without a cell phone... Without social media... Without misinformation. And just walk the streets, mingle with people. Meet friends at a pre determined time and place.

[@flukyreview9128]

Jeeze hate to be you. You’re a fuuucking snowflake millennial. Thank God you weren’t old enough to RUIN THE 80s.

[@EduardoSalamanca1960]

@@flukyreview9128 he didn’t even say anything that makes him a snowflake or a lazy millennial. If anything you’re the snowflake because you’re getting mad just seeing someone type a comment about how they wish they went back to the 80’s (without technology mind you) and he just happens to be a millennial born in 1983 when you probably wouldn’t have called him a snowflake if he was a gen x born in 1979.

[@LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace]

Without misinformation is a big stretch there. 😅 '83 here as well btw.

[@LovelyDisgracefromInnerspace]

@@flukyreview9128 Well, seeing the unsolicited venom you are spewing here I'd hate to be you a lot more tbh. 🤣

[@CatharticCreation]

LOL there’s always been misinformation.

[@Bertiesghost]

Love these vids mate its like taking a time machine. Keep it up& greetings from Wales,UK.

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

So is no one going to mention the 90’s Chrysler convertible?

[@zacharyf.568]

I was just about to say something. Either parts of this where filmed in the 90's or the whole entire thing was

[@sgarnier3663]

Yes for sure. You see the Hollywood & Highland huge white elephant statues in some of the footage as well. That complex wasn't built til late 90's and didnt even open til early 2000's (I lived in Hollywood from 1996-2008). But I love seeing all this old footage from my neighborhood. Especially the stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s! So fun👍Be well friend.

[@ThomasHenryHoran]

It looks like a jumble of stock footage from several decades.

[@A.r.j.u.n33]

Classic retro days 80s♥️

[@JustFunandGames]

0:54 The Hollywood and Highland Center was built in 2001... but; it appears in this footage from the 1980's... amazing!

[@silvershock82]

Also the first Sephora in the States opened in the late 90s and it was in New York City. Yet it appears as well lmao

[@karenbrown2135]

I sure do miss the 80’s. It was ALOT of fun!!

[@momarock4434]

I ♥️ 80's (MOTLEY, POISON,RATT,BON JOVI etc...🤘🍻🎶)

[@WARZONEGM21]

While people in 1985 would give anything to live in the future, I would give anything to live in 1980

[@neilmoryson]

0:50-0:56 is not footage from the 80s. It's mid 2000s or later. Hollywood and Highland complex? You can see the Sephora store and big white elephant statues in the left part of the screen.

[@pkacc1]

It still has the old streetlights though, so it has to be late 90s or early 2000s. Definitely not the 80s.

[@supadoopa926]

2:00 is a 1990s Chrysler convertible, also much newer footage.

[@neilmoryson]

@@supadoopa926 Yup, and the Calif license plate 3KHO590 on that car indicates it was plated between the years 1994-1998

[@Alusnovalotus]

neilmory I thought the elephants were strange

[@boingomendoza8303]

Dude, if you're from L.A. that shit stood out like a sore thumb. Nah fuckit, LIKE A SHATTERED KNUCKLE.

[@toniemcfadden296]

Definitely the song for that life back then,❤

[@mariovillanueva5800]

I visited Los Angeles in 1979 and 1985 good memories. It was great back then.

[@ekop1778]

LA IS A SHT PIT NOW TENT CITY USA

[@estushka5270]

Imagine Richard Ramirez driving one of those cars....how scary

[@Marbann218]

Fr

[@OkhranaOKH]

Gary Ridgway too in Washington.

[@yetiskies9240]

Going to Carney's, Tower records and CC Browns. Such good times!

[@DiegoRamirezRedpill]

Reagan era I remember now 80s I miss watch Miami Vice every Friday Night 10:00pm

[@ekop1778]

ATEAM TOO GOOD TIMES

[@deirdre108]

02:20 I remember the World theater from the mid-70's when I lived in Hollywood. Back then it was $1 for 3 full featured movies--I saw "Blacula" there! Can't get better than that!

[@LannieLord]

What other movies did you see at that time ?

[@deirdre108]

@@LannieLord I remember seeing "Theater of Blood" there. That's on KZbin now. Plus the run of the mill Russ Meyer and Roger Corman grindhouse films. All third/fourth run movies LOL. I could never watch all 3--usually left after the second one. Did you go there too?

[@Stevelives13]

80's was magical, life was simpler and the world was less crowded, these days too many people making too many problems.

[@marleonetti7]

when the internet began , the end of all former things began . and possibly the countdown to the end of the world began too .

[@NachtSchreck13]

We will never be as free as we were in the 70s and 80s.

[@babysow1793]

i lived in La West Hollywood they called it in 1986 lived it and experienced it pretty different than now in 2022 great dance clubs and lots of things going on

[@ekop1778]

PLACE IS TENT CITY NOW

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

This was the Hollywood I remember... so full of character. You can't even recognize Hollywood anymore with the disgusting new buildings and sparkling sidewalks... disgusting to tell the truth lol. The old snooker building on Hollywood and Western is now gone. Seeing the neons for Hollytron just sparked a memory.

[@ekop1778]

FRIEND OF MINE WAS THERE FROM CONNECTICUT LIVED IN SAN DIEGO CONDO HE WAS THERE IN 80S WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER PLACE IS A PIG STY MIGRANTS AND DRUGS BUILDING ARE LIKE GRAFITTI NOW HES BACK IN CT NOW HORRIBLE NOW

[@hugnroll]

I was in Hollywood 1986 (2 months) 1987-88 (6months) 1991 ( 2 months) Oh I specially miss 80's

[@OmarGarcia-qp9tt]

How did you manage to get such quality footage looks great feels Ike I’m there !

[@Allan-et5ig]

Getty is a big, famous company. That's why their copyright is on the screen the whole time.

[@BiGsImY]

😎😎 they had no idea how awesome of a time they were living in!

[@mattanderson6672]

This is awesome!! So freaking awesome!!

[@andresatias2453]

Quel bonheur pour les personnes qui ont vécut cette époque aux états unis d'Amérique. On a l'impression qu'il y avait beaucoup d'énergie, d'enthousiasme et l'envie de découvrir le monde a chaque instant. Le monde entier les a suivi et imitée mais jamais égalé. Top 👍

[@bacchuslax7967]

Grew up here. Graduate JR High down the street. Times goes so fast. Days creep by but the years fly

[@NorceCodine]

Hollywood High?

[@1980sbrawl]

great video!

[@Mehdi_343]

i wishi went back in time and see how my city was like

[@pfunkster83]

Noticed the movie Running Scared on the marquee. Released June of 1986.

[@memegator6937]

Do you have more like this in hollywood? Please post

[@mfjosh6422]

Fast Times at Ridgemont high times 😂 😮‍💨 wish I around then. I bet the skating/surfing scene was so sick back them, along with the hip-hop scene

[@RinkyRoo2021]

I remember in the 80s how absolutely filthy Hollywood was ,my uncle lived there in a pretty scary neighborhood ,in which they stole his TV and Van constantly.

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

Why do cities look cool at the time of midnight or night.

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

🌃

[@modee751]

Back then was real music not the crap that u hear now days

[@JohnTheYouTubeSuperfan]

This is 'Los Angeles in the 1980s'! It includes Hollywood in the 1980s too! 🇺🇸

[@BruceLeeAroundtheWorld]

Actors 🎥from Estelle Harmans School where are you all now ? Estelle Harman (September 11, 1922 - April 30, 1995)♥♥♥♥♥ R.l.P

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

That’s home, when LA was a great city. I still love home but I’m more of an OC guy these days. Go Clippers!

[@cmwuscfan]

imagine a kid looking at 3:11 and they're like. "Hey that's Grandma!"

[@Meta1rocker]

Or 1:54 :D

[@Stevelives13]

More like Grandma looking at it and hoping no one recognises her.

[@setllsmoky8490]

I hope one day I go to Los Angeles💔

[@4hfour]

Great period of time to be living in L.A....amazing

[@sfownzyou]

Is this guy a time traveler ?at :53 there is a Sephora store in bottom left corner.... according to Wikipedia the first Sephora store in the US opened in 1998....in New York City...

[@gabrielmartines3510]

Some footages are from the 90's/early 2000's

[@pappagetti]

I'd sell my soul to The Devil to be in L.A. in the 80's. Not kidding in the least.. Did you hear that, Dark Lord? I'm ready!

[@melodydungeon7769]

lmaooooo

[@ThereaalSP]

pappagetti 2009 I’d rather be in Tokyo rather be in Tokyo eating fresh caviar with gold dust sprinkled on top.

[@spleengrrrl]

Why? I grew up there in the 80's, I'm just curious

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

thinkingofagoodusername that’s the gayest thing I’ve ever read....

[@pappagetti]

@@williswhatchutalkinbout4367 Willis was a crack head... And Arnold was a loser... I'm doing better than you.

[@CeridwenHafMorys]

Perfect track for this montage.

[@gregoriopreciado6719]

This jam makes you think "hey what movie is this from 😎😆 (1984) movie like (THE Boys Next Door)

[@humble_integrity]

are those led lights??

[@42dunbar]

2:08 Looks like a 1995-2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible. Meaning that scene is from the mid 90’s earliest.

[@caveman385]

I was a kid just before social media and born in 88 media and all the fancy dancy shit and enjoyed stuff even before full blown proper advanced internet and all this other stuff that was supposedly unable to be lived withou, so i know when i could say i would love to be back in the 80's i mean it, i could easily just jump back, like through the 70's and 80's.

[@aplusr2760]

Awesome )

[@stfanboy]

That Convertible Sebring just killed the mood.

[@robertcurtright4706]

I lived in Hollywood from October 1982 April 2001

[@flashy5150]

I noticed that “Top Gun” was playing in the theater when this video was shot.

[@alfonsomontes6557]

Top Gun was released in theaters by 1986 .

[@errolthomas9426]

I should've visited L.A. during the 80's

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

Me too

[@c63amg81]

Night cities were more beautiful with white light of Mercury vapor lamps street lights unlike today with orange light of sodium vapor lamps

[@Cyrus992]

I was wondering what happened to those lights

[@c63amg81]

@@Cyrus992 It's very simple since the 70s, HPS (High Pressure Sodium) lamps appeared. They are more economical than Mercury lamps that appeared in the 30s/40s, so they gradually became widespread over the following decades and ended up completely replacing Mercury lamps, with a much higher light intensity at an equal Watt power, which allows the use of HPS lamps with a lower Watt power. for example a 100w HPS lamp has a higher light intensity than a 250w Mercury,, the same for a 250w HPS lamp compared to a 400w Mercury.

[@YUSKHAN]

What year was this

[@thesupremekingdragonzarc7289]

I am born in 1994 but i wish i have experienced 80ties and 90ties people were actually friendly and joksters and plain simple ,today you have to be carefull of what you said it is like we arent living free anymore.

[@dayofthedaleks1524]

2:05 Are we suuuuuure that car was from the 80's??

[@RickTBL]

White elephants 0:49 built in 2001.

[@marleonetti7]

@@RickTBL i think that was edited in . but alot of the other footage did seem to be in 80s because of the way the females clothes and hair styles looked .

[@marleonetti7]

maybe 89 or even 90 would be considered the 80s because new decades dont begin to take shape until 2 or 3 years into it .

[@kesereese6551]

Wish I had a TIME MACHINE😮

[@oldschoolrican]

Where's Martin Riggs chasing down Mr. Joshua at?

[@SkankNeurotique]

How is that the 80’s? The Hollywood/Highland mall wasn’t there in the 80’s. Did Sephora even exist back then?

[@lllj471]

Really want to go the LA😭

[@Cyclops1973]

When the world wasn't mad.

[@Piotrek-yc3gl]

Nice❤

[@ThomasHenryHoran]

This is definitely a jumble of stock footage clips from about 1985ish to about 2002ish. Not all 80s, but that's no biggie. Just shows how the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@IMEMINE.]

Best one I’ve seen

[@4cchansemicircle944]

Did u guys use a time machine or what??? It's so real

[@ThomasHenryHoran]

At 2:27 a Camaro goes by. I think that's me.

[@evidence820]

Does anyone remember back in the 80s to 90s there used to be a guy who would stand on Hollywood Blvd in his tiny underwear with ladies only written on his leg?

[@bendover4228]

The footage is 1988 through 1998.

[@RickTBL]

The shopping center at Hollywood and Highland with the big white elephants on the roof opened November 9, 2001 0:49

[@teamjesus7087]

Reminds me of the early Charlie Sheen Movie, Boys Next Door.

[@konliner9286]

Name of the song !?

[@zaxlorax7605]

Shazammed it. It's Livin' in the Limelight by Peter Cetera.

[@jm.7272]

Feel like I'm watching Valley Girl again, and Randy and Fred are driving Stacey and Julie around yelling at people

[@peaseduhball5510]

1980: "In 2020 we will be able to travel in time!" 2020:

[@ruddyguzzman]

Technological advancement for the masses is kept on purpose

[@ruddyguzzman]

0:53 Thats not the 80s or even the 90s.....the mall wasn't built until 2000

[@BKrystall]

Back when i was a kid

[@joejordan1259]

No mask haven't seen bums yet nobody staring at their phone those were the days.

[@bigstar75]

These are out-takes from Pretty Women

[@avicii9163]

Sephora?? Back in 1980 WTF Sephora opened its first U.S. store in New York's Soho neighborhood in 1998, ...

[@mariankalikalazi1417]

I think it's 1986 look 01:13 in movie is Top Gun...

[@austin_harrouff]

This is definitely not the better part of the 80's after seeing that Suzuki Samurai and the sign for Top Gun. Around 86 is when Top 40 started to get boring with less analog, more digital. The differences between the charts of 1985 vs the charts of 1986 is where you begin to see a noticable decline.

[@whitebull572]

wow 1980 ♥

[@lizzard71]

Very nice.

[@pablotibaldo9831]

I can imagine it was a better time and magic

[@supermetallicman]

Wow the sidewalks are actually clean on hollywood at that time lmao

[@juantrejo7686]

Sephora in the 80s? XD

[@nicksimon7364]

This is like a opening teaser for Miami Vice (except it’s not Miami)

[@heldig5617]

You tricked me, you hockey-puck I thought this was the opening scene of To Live and Die in LA.