Music was so awesome back then

Graduated college and I got married. Still happily married.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

81 grad also

@anitakinnear6735

2 жыл бұрын

I graduated high school. Congratulations! Marriages are the foundation of society. People get divorced too fast.

@travisleeds2910

2 жыл бұрын

isnt happily married an oxymoron

@loganw1232

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisleeds2910 it’s a struggle but a struggle that makes you happy in doing it.

@travisleeds2910

2 жыл бұрын

@@loganw1232 i know i was just being a smart ass, was happily married for about 1/2 my life, but life also has a sick sense about it sometimes and in being that way can in an instance take happiness and flip it upside down to create tragedy, i enjoyed every day that i was married, even the bad and hard ones, for they made the good ones even better,

Dad took me and my brother to see Raiders of the Lost Ark at the theater, give anything to just talk to either of them. Music became Visual oh the 80s

Graduated high school in 81!!

I graduated High School on June 16th and left for Air Force Basic Training 13 days later on the 29th. Eighteen years old, fearless and clueless, what a great time!

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Now just clueless?

@d-mack-ga5340

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 Definitely not fearless anymore!

@romangedz730

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! I graduated in June 1980 and went to boot camp in September when I was 17 years old! ! 😂😁

@chayastaub-krell6601

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

1981 was a year where finding good employment was very difficult.

@Greyteam4291

2 жыл бұрын

Got better towards end of the year

@romangedz730

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know about you, but the once booming small metropolis where I am had everything that NYC had but it had the smaller intimate culture you have with smaller cities? I remember older folks saying you could quit a job in the morning and have another by dinner time or even a third job? My city was a major player in steel and iron, at the same time it was a major player in furniture making also, and many, many other options for employment? It really was a gold mine for everyone, and my pops saw the writing on the wall in the late 70's and early 80's, I saw it too, and I've watched my beloved city turn into a pile of shit since then, I never gave up, but now it's time to leave, I shoulda left a long time ago. Call it whatever you want, faith, beliefs, salt, or you don't surrender easily.

@chayastaub-krell6601

2 жыл бұрын

@@romangedz730 Pittsburgh?

@romangedz730

2 жыл бұрын

@@chayastaub-krell6601 YES you're right about Pittsburgh, but I'm a little more North, just over the NY, PA boarder. We had soo much industry and ties to other major cities like Pittsburgh and Cleveland Rochester, Buffalo of course, we were all connected and it really mattered? I have a beautiful 1930s or 1940's enamel pie table is what they used to call it, but it's actually just a steel top enameled kitchen table that was built in Pennsylvania, but the legs or other parts might be made here or other parts of the northeast? And now people are waiting for ships to dock and be unloaded so they can get their China made garbage?

I remember how sick I was of hearing about Luke and Laura that year. My mother would pick my sister and I up after school and we had to rush home so they could watch General Hospital every day during the week. All they talked about on the way home was Luke and Laura this or that, driving the 11 year old me nuts. Thankfully we had a little 11 inch black and white television that I got to keep in my room and retreat there to get my fill of afternoon cartoons on days that didn't permit me to ride my bike or play touch football with my friends. I still get a nervous twitch when ever I hear General Hospital today.

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

But it also had Rick Springfield! And he had the hit "Jessie's Girl".

Also in 1981: "The People's Court" premiered Pat Sajak took over as host of "Wheel of Fortune" for Chuck Woolery "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall and John Oates was released. It spawned two #1 hits. Indiana won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Jean Doumanian was fired as Executive Producer of SNL after just one season. He was replaced by Dick Ebersol. "Hill Street Blues" premiered. "Arthur" starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli was released. "Entertainment Tonight" premiered.

@ntvypr4820

Жыл бұрын

Good points. Especially HSB, Hall & Oates and Arthur.

1981 was a dismal year for me, as my maternal grandfather died from a heart attack in October of that year. I was only 9 years old at the time, so my memories of him are spotty at best. I wish he had hung around longer so I could've known him better. I miss him to this very day. Rest in peace Grandpop Joe.

On July 27 that year, a little six-year-old boy named Adam Walsh disappeared from a mall in Hollywood, Florida. Two weeks later, his body was found in a Vero Beach canal.

@chayastaub-krell6601

2 жыл бұрын

😥

Graduated High School in 81 and started college at Michigan Tech later that year. That summer was fun as heck even tho I don't remember much of it. 😉

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

Fun as heck at Michigan Tech.

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

It rained a lot in North Texas that summer!

@ellenherstead1343

2 жыл бұрын

Me too...81 ROCKS!!!

love the 80's i was born in 1972

In number one in that year Jessie’s girl by Rick Springfield =32 years old Private eyes by hall & Oates = they are 34 years old and 32 years old Endless love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie = they are 37 years old & 32 years old Arthur themes by Christopher cross = 30 years old Physical by Olivia Newton John =33 years old Kiss on the list by hall & Oates = they are 34 years old & 31 years old 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton =35 years old

@brett4264

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Music was really bad that year. A trend that apparently continued for a decade.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Here are all the singles that held the #1 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1981: - John Lennon: (Just Like) Starting Over (Jan. 3-24; also #1 on Dec. 27, 1980) - Blondie: The Tide is High (Jan. 31) - Kool & the Gang: Celebration (Feb. 7-14) - Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 (Feb. 21 and March 14) - Eddie Rabbitt: I Love a Rainy Night (Feb. 28-March 7) - REO Speedwagon: Keep On Loving You (March 21) - Blondie: Rapture (March 28-April 4) - Daryl Hall/John Oates: Kiss On My List (April 11-25) - Sheena Easton: Morning Train (Nine to Five) (May 2-9) - Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes (May 16-June 13 and June 27-July 18) - Stars on 45: Stars on 45 Beatles medley I (June 20) - Air Supply: The One That You Love (July 25) - Rick Springfield: Jessie's Girl (Aug. 1-8) - Lionel Richie/Diana Ross: Endless Love (Aug. 15-Oct. 10) - Christopher Cross: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Oct. 17-31) - Daryl Hall/John Oates: Private Eyes (Nov. 7-14) - Olivia Newton-John: Physical (Nov. 21-Dec. 26) (also #1 from Jan. 2-23, 1982)

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Olivia Newton-John's hit was also #1 for four weeks to open the year 1982, in addition to the six weeks that closed out 1981.

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

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@pamelabacker2420

2 жыл бұрын

@@brett4264 You don't know what you're talking about.

Today MTV no longer plays music

@johncoxmastercartoonist9390

2 жыл бұрын

Stupid network decay 🙄.

@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t care for MTV anyway.

@onecoolcat2478

2 жыл бұрын

If they do it's between 2:00 - 2:20 am .....

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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Oh How I miss the 80's.

These videos are pretty good. Soothing, relaxing, almost calming quality - like reading a book before bed. I like them.

@VirginiaFruitGrower

2 жыл бұрын

Yes so chill and relaxing 😌

@greenbeagle13

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

I watched the Royal Wedding and Luke & Laura's Wedding. Raiders Of The Lost Ark was the first movie I saw after I moved to St. Louis, MO.

Also in 1981... Actress, Natalie Wood died from drowning in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Catalina Island in California. "Brainstorm" was Natalie Wood's final film prior to her death.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Also in 1981, Major League Baseball players went on strike from June 12-July 31, forcing a split season format to determine the participants in the MLB Postseason tournament.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Supposedly haunts Blue Cavern Point. Seen walking along the sand in the cove she was found.

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

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@Greyteam4291

2 жыл бұрын

You know what kind of wood doesn't float?

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

@@Greyteam4291 If it was a mentally ill woman who had a man touch her, would you say the same?

I was in 6th grade and I'll never forget where I was when Reagan was shot and I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in the theater with my dad, who rarely ever went to movies. I did not watch the royal wedding, nor cared anything about it then or now.

This was cool. I’d love to see a Flashback of the 1920s or the 1930s

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Turn on the news and see the rise of fascism!

@matrox

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...lets end going forward and go back. Wants we got past the 60s and 70s....America was dead anyway.

@chayastaub-krell6601

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely! The 1940s would be good and many decades before that. He's already into the 80s. How much further can he go? Maybe after 1989 he can start going back before the 1950s.

God bless Ronald Reagan! I miss him. An awesome man👍🇺🇸❤️

Also in 1981: Rush "Moving Pictures", Billy Squire "Don't Say No", Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers "Hard Promises", Phil Collins massive solo hit "In The Air Tonight" (But I don't remember the name of the album. Damn these brain farts!😡), The Go Gos hit "Our Lips Are Sealed", Tommy Tutone's iconic "867-5309/Jenny", The Cars "Shake It Up" (RIP, Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr!), Loverboy's hits "Turn Me Loose" and later "Working For The Weekend", and many more! And President Reagan well into his first year in office. Edit: Also, The J. Giles Band "Freeze Frame"

@itsthehumidityyall8303

2 жыл бұрын

All great! Best music for my late teens into my 20s.

@Pistolpete147

2 жыл бұрын

In the air tonight by Phil Collins, off the album “Face value”

@josebro352

Жыл бұрын

Harden My Heart by Quarterflash Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Angel of the Morning by Juice Newton The Stroke by Billy Squier . . . All great songs of 1981. Also not only was it Reagan's first year in office but it was also the year of his assassination attempt.

A lot of good times and a lot of sad ones. Thanks for sharing the memories!

Thank you for the memories!

I remember 1981 very well. My 2 favorite events were watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles & Lady Di and actually being in a NY television soundstage for a launch party of MTV.

@karolinesmail489

2 жыл бұрын

I cut school to watch it

I graduated from high school in 1981 and I remember most of these events. I absolutely love these videos!

I graduated from high school in 81

Graduated high school best decade ever🙏👍😊🥰

Wow, I am so impressed that the "Smurfs" was mentioned. I love this channel.

0:55 Its Ironic, now we have Americans still in Afganistan who can't get back to America...this time they were just abandoned by our US Govt. I have an Ex-co worker still stuck there.

I was in kindergarten 81-82. Great toys, great cartoons and great times with friends

In the summer of 1981, Warner Brothers Productions released "The Legend of the Lone Ranger," starring Clinton Spillsbury (a former schoolteacher turned one-hit wonder movie star) in the lead role with Native-American born actor Michael Horse as his faithful friend & sidekick Tonto. High-ho, Silver! Away!

@donlarocque5157

Жыл бұрын

My sister and I saw Escape from New York at the theater. She died in 09 of ovarian cancer. We saw a lot of movies back then . It was cheap.

Who remember the DeLorean came out that year? How can you forget the show "The greatest American hero'. Also the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II life.

I graduated from high school in 81'

The movies I remember, Escape from New York, and Bustin Loose.

Life had it’s problems back then, but having the anti-social media thankfully was not one of them. You still had to get out into the world and do things (like going to crappy(?) Prince concerts) if you actually wanted to meet people … 🤔🤷‍♀️

@sabrinapittsley2304

2 жыл бұрын

I miss those days

In that year Charlie’s Angels last episode in June That’s incredible still on television Little house on the prairie still on television

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

The Waltons also aired its final episode on CBS, and the original Hollywood Squares ended its run (Peter Marshall hosted the classic game show on NBC from 1966 to 1980, and in U.S. first-run syndication 1971 to 1981).

@pamelabacker2420

2 жыл бұрын

American People was on t.v., back then too.

The Pope being shot was so disturbing. and Ronald Reagan being close to being assassinated was damn scary too. the year MTV was born the real MTV . also all the hard rock bands like Van Halen ; sabbath, judas priest, had great records.

Natalie Wood also drowned in the Pacific somewhere between L.A. and Catalina Island. That was in November 1981.

MTV actually played music back then!

I graduated from highschool in 1981 it's been 40 years since I've been in school. what a day to be thank you Jesus.

Major Professional Sports Championships during 1981 - MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers (1st World Series Championship since 1965; 5th overall) - NBA: Boston Celtics (14th NBA Championship; first since 1975-76 season) - NFL: San Francisco 49ers (first NFL Championship ever) - NHL: New York Islanders (second Stanley Cup Championship) Major NCAA Division I Championships during 1981: - Baseball: Arizona State University (5th College World Series title) - Basketball: Indiana University (4th title) - Football: Clemson University (first title)

@MidKid61

2 жыл бұрын

Other winners in 1981: Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser Daytona 500: Richard Petty Kentucky Derby and Preakness: Pleasant Colony Belmont Stakes: Summing Masters: Tom Watson PGA Championship: Larry Nelson British Open: Bill Rogers US Open (Golf): David Graham Wimbledon: Chris Evert & John McEnroe Australian Open: Martina Navartilova & Johan Kreik French Open: Hana Mandikova & Bjorn Borg US Open (Tennis): Tracy Austin & John McEnroe PBA Bowler of the Year: Earl Anthony

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares about sports?

Also in 1981… The Great Space Coaster premiered in Syndication.

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that show....Gary Gnu was my favorite.

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

So did I.

@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

The Great Space Coaster episode 73 TGSC kzread.info/dash/bejne/n5p3pKNwf8_TdZs.html The Great Space Coaster episode 87 TGSC with Charlotte Rae kzread.info/dash/bejne/qah3rZOkoquZg9Y.html The Great Space Coaster FULL Episode 105 TGSC - Gary Gnu's No Gnews Stand and Speed Reader Song kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2d8ucSTcdS4frw.html The Great Space Coaster Courtesy of: Sunbow Productions, Inc./Claster Distribution

I was at that concert...right up front near the stage. Insane day.

@gregorygriffin6341

2 жыл бұрын

You mean the RS concert? If so, what did Mick have to say to the crowd?

The year of my birth. WHAT A YEAR!!!!

The year I was born. Now I'm 40 and Fabulous

Hands down ! The best channel on KZread …. Fantastic narration …. Soothing calm voice

@peterj.fallon4327

8 ай бұрын

Completely agree!!

Graduated from High School this year in June! Then off to the Army!!!

*_1981_* THE single best year of my entire life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The WHOLE year was awesome for and to me!!!!!!!!!! :)

@josebro352

Жыл бұрын

Same. When I hear 1981 I just think of my friends and my BMX bike and hanging out at the roller rink after seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark!!!

We can't forget that on November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood drowned off of Santa Catalina Island.

Married that year July a extremely hot day and still with the same wonderful woman and three children all grown. Seems like 81 was just a bit ago . Great year 👍🏻

I was in Grand Prairie, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) on August 1, 1981 watching the premiere of MTV...so much for your "New Jersey" statement. BTW, ee not only had cable tv, but electricity and running water too!

Really enjoy your videos. Thank you for all your efforts.

These are really well done, and easy to consume. Keep up the good work!

Loving this channel!! Thank you so much for the vast amount of coverage! 😊 The 80's were the best. If only we could go back.

1981 I was a Junior in Highschool and worked part time at a local Catalog Showroom store in the Maryland Washington DC Virginia and beyond areas W. Bell & Company, great times, met great lifelong friends, I remember how crazy it was from Day after Thanksgiving to Christmas, I remember Blue Laws still existed in Baltimore MD and those stores were closed on Sundays except after Thanksgiving - worked at W. Bell & Company part time from 1980 to 1985 attending highschool and then till Junior year at University of Maryland where I got a part time coop job in Information Technology Good times where we worked even during school and earned money for our own vehicles, vacations with friends, road trip weekends

Also in 1981... Hill Street Blues starring Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, Michael Conrad, Bruce Weitz, Joe Spano, Michael Warren and Betty Thomas premiered on NBC. Love, Sidney starring Tony Randall, Swoosie Kurtz and Kaleena Kiff premiered on NBC. Code Red starring Lorne Greene, Andrew Stevens, Martina Deignan, Julie Adams, Sam J. Jones and Adam Rich premiered on ABC. Entertainment Tonight hosted by Mary Hart and Ron Hendren premiered in Syndication.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Entertainment Tonight is still airing in syndication as of November 2021, but with different hosts.

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

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@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

I/we didn't know that Tony Randall, who portrayed Sidney Shorr in "Love, Sidney" that his character was gay. Kaleena Kiff portayed Patti Morgan that she's cute and adorable at a young age.

@pernelldh

2 жыл бұрын

It sure was a far cry from Tony's portrayal of Felix Unger on The Odd Couple.

@saminaneen

2 жыл бұрын

@@pernelldh If it was a mentally ill woman who had a man touch her, would you say the same?

These videos are great! I've been sharing them with my student who is doing a project on the 1980s.

How I long for those days ! I was nine years old at the time and I remember most of these events .

Thanks For Sharing!

1981 was a big year for my family Three kids were born Cousin Zachary (January), Me (July) & Cousin Natalie (October)

I watch that too and still watching it

Can't wait to see 1983! This was the year my oldest cousin was born!

Saw Rush Moving Pictures tour, and Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads. Great memories.

In 1981, Kiss released their next album which was entitled "The Music from the Elder." But unfortunately for one thing, it didn't turn out to be successful as Kiss's previous ones, such as "Dynasty" from two years earlier. Due to financial problems, Kiss had no choice but to cancel "The Music from the Elder" concert tours (both nationally & internationally) indefinitely until a year later retitled as "The Creatures of the Night" concert tours.

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Before "The Elder", there was "Unmasked", which wasn't bad.

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Michael Bacon!

@Ryan2022

2 жыл бұрын

The creatures of the night tour bombed.

1960s tv stars appearance in television in 1981 Michael Landon = little house on the prairie Lorene Greene = code red James Garner = Brett Maverick Larry Hagman = Dallas Lee majors = the fall guy Linda evans = dynasty John Forsyth = dynasty

In April of that year, Funk/R&B legend RICK JAMES releases his critically acclaimed, top selling Funk masterpiece, "STREET SONGS". The album would solidify his legend in musical history with hits such as, "GIVE IT TO ME BABY", "FIRE & DESIRE", and the iconic "SUPERFREAK".

I was 24 years old, and I was working 💪a Full Time job at Montgomery Wards and Company. Montgomery Wards and Company went out of business years ago. I also remember the Luke and Laura wedding on The Soap Opera General Hospital. I also remember when Rick Springfield was on General Hospital. He played a doctor. I can't remember the name of the Doctor's name. I remember Simon and Garfunkel from 1981.

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it Doctor Noah Drake? I could be wrong.

@davidsquires154

2 жыл бұрын

@@MisterMikeTexas, The name Noah Drake, sounds very familiar. The more, that I think 🤔about the name. It is Rick Springfield playing the role of Dr. Noah Drake, on General Hospital 🏥.

This was my high school years 1982 grad I went to work after highschool I was a server then a nursing assistant till my health failed me

You left out the biggest most influential and global changing event of 1981. The release of the first IBM PC on August 12, 1981.

Space Mountain was an awesome roller coaster at Disney World too. And I often refer to 81 as Cincinnati Bengal Year because that was the year they really established themselves as a powerhouse in our division (Steelers) at least for the 80s. And the year that they adopted their Bengal Striped uniforms which they still have today. Even as I said as a Steelers fan, I've always loved their "Halloween " colors, 🟧 and ◼ Orange & Black. Lastly Pitt was undefeated with Dan Marino until the Saturday after Thanksgiving, when Penn State crushed us 48-14 after we were up 14-0. They got 48 unanswered points but we did beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day 1982 so that was very cool

On Saturday morning, September the twelfth, 1981, Filmation Studios' live-action/animated superhero show "The Kids' Superpower Hour" (later retitled as "Hero High" on DVD video and pre-recorded VHS videocassettes) made its debut on NBC-TV.

@douglas_drew

2 жыл бұрын

@Delores Huntoon • My first Bride and I were married that day, she an absolutely wonderful, beautiful in every way 20 year old. A few months later her 21st birthday was her first day of cancer treatments at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester NY. We were able to celebrate both our 1st and 2nd anniversary, but no more.

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

I'm really sorry to hear about that, Douglas Drew.

@pamelabacker2420

2 жыл бұрын

My late dad turned 40 on that day, in 1981!

Also in 1981... The Great Muppet Caper starring Jim Henson's Muppets, Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg, and Jack Warden was released. On the Right Track starring Gary Coleman, Maureen Stapleton, Norman Fell, Michael Lembeck and Lisa Eilbacher was released.

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Also in 1981, Chariots of Fire was released in the US (September 25 in New York & Los Angeles). This film went on to win four Oscars on March 29, 1982 (54th Academy Awards), including Best Picture & Best Original Score (Vangelis). Its theme song would go on to reach the #1 spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 in May 1982.

I was in my mama's womb for most of '81. I was born 2 days after the last day of '81. 😂 A whole lot of memorable events occurred in this year.

MAJOR MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR 1981: Man of the Year (Time) = Lech Walesa Playmate of the Year (Playboy) = Terri Welles Pet of the Year (Penthouse) = Isabel Lanza Sportsman of the Year (Sports Illustrated) = Sugar Ray Leonard Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant Import Car of the Year (Motor Trend) = Porsche 914

July 3, 1981: The first NY Times article about AIDS, 'Rare cancer seen in 41 homosexuals', was published. Little did we know the nitemare that would follow, especially in NYC.

@troyhonda71

2 жыл бұрын

And a young dr Fauchi told everyone that aids could be transmitted by just living in the same house as one infected.

1981 I was 15. Freshman year in High School! Saw Beatlemania and Foreigner with Billy Squier in concert. Who could forget Fernando Valenzuela? Fernando Mania! He was great. And the Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the World Series. Reggie played his last year in New York before going to the Angel's. Year that I visited Florida and Disney World. Boy that was fun. Also of course the baseball strike in addition to the air traffic controllers strike. If I remember, Kenneth Moffatt intervened and helped settle both. First time the Cincinnati Bengals made the Super Bowl 🏈 🥣 against Joe Montana & the 49ers. I am a Steelers fan but was torn, neither had ever won. Joe was from Ringgold which is near me but I thought the Bengals were awesome and liked Kenny Anderson who would later ironically win a ring as the Steelers QB coach with Big Ben Roethlisberger.

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Billy Squire opened for everyone that year! As for the air traffic controllers, President Reagan fired them, that was the settlement! 😆

I saw the. Stones in Dec 1981 in Detroit so I probably would have seen Prince if he wasn't booed off stage 😌

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

In 1981, that was a musical mis-match. Back then, Prince was probably considered another R & B or Funk act, and wasn't given an opportunity to show his talent. Mick Jagger probably picked him to open that show. Prince's day was coming, however, and his amazing talent would be soon be seen.

I turned 21 in March of 1981. And in July I got the job I had wanted since I was a kid: I became a Law Enforcement Officer. A Deputy Sheriff to be exact. When they gave me that oath of office and then issued my badge, it was the greatest feeling of accomplishment. That was the high of that year. Then just one month later in August, one of my two best friends, the man who had been best man at my wedding in 1979 and also a Deputy Sheriff there about three years before me, was killed in a motorcycle accident on the way home from work. I never got to work with him, which was another reason I had joined that particular sheriff's office. His death was not just a low point of 1981 but of my life really. I still think of him almost every single day. He left behind a young wife and a toddler daughter. She is 42 now. Dear God how time and one's life fly's by.

In 1981, I was supposed to watch Laura Baldwin & Luke Spencer's lavish wedding ceremony on ABC-TV's "General Hospital," but unfortunately for one thing, I had no choice but to stay in senior high school. What a pity!!!

I had just 3 years old when Bob Marley died

This is a true story. Please believe me. . I turned 12 in 1981 and I'll never forget going to see Raiders of the Lost Ark with my friends. I was excited because it had "Han Solo" in it. It was also the first time that I ever went to a roller rink.They were hugely popular back then. Now being a twelve year old my body was going through the change of puberty and I began to think about girls. Well, I'll never forget skating at the rink and all of a sudden the DJ put Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner on and said this next skate will be couples only. I didn't have a girl to skate with so I just stood and watched. Well, I'm 53 now and I'm STILL WAITING to skate to that song with. pretty girl at a roller rink. The world changed in the meantime and roller rinks sadly became things of the past. You really don't see them much anywhere. Maybe someday I'll find a great girl/woman to skate to that song with at some long forgotten roller rink.

I Was 7 Years Old!

Don't remember much about it, I was 8. Just the movies and music.

This was an underrated year. Really got the great decade of the 80s going with all the events and changes. I really enjoyed being 12 and experiencing it all.

In that year In January 12= dynasty starring John Forsyth debuted on television In January 31= Justin Timberlake was born In august 1= Jessie’s girl became number one In September 4= Beyoncé was born In December 2= Britney Spears was born

I’m watching this video as I’m sitting literally walking distance from where the collapse took place in Kansas City Missouri

Did see Simon and Garfunkel, Graduated High School All was good .

In May of 1981, "Bonanza's" very own Lorne Greene returned as the host of "The 1981 America's Junior Miss Beauty Pageant" in Mobile, Alabama on the CBS Television Network.

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Canada's own Lorne Greene!

I'm pretty sure MTV was on the air in Long Beach CA in summer of 1980! I remember it!!!!!! :)

Great year for me

1960s tv stars still living in 1981 Michael Landon ( forty five ) Lorene Greene ( sixty six) James Garner ( fifty three ) Lee Majors ( forty two) Bill bixby ( forty seven ) Richard chamberlain ( forty seven) Sally field ( thirty five ) Peggy Lipton ( thirty five) Paul Lynde ( fifty five ) Andy Griffith ( fifty five) Jack Lord ( sixty one ) Eddie Albert ( seventy five )

@fritterfoof5146

2 жыл бұрын

That is so irrelevant for that time , try now only 3 still alive .

I was a High School Sophomore during the spring of 81

Got pregnant, bought a house, and started grad school all in September 1981. I did it all. You can too

@tomloft2000

2 жыл бұрын

I can't get pregnant....can I?

@Enr227

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomloft2000 depends how much of a progressive postmodernist you are

IT WAS A GREAT YEAR ! MY FIRST LONGTIME EMPLOYMENT, 2/2/1981...I WAS NOT A RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK.

I was born in 81 and never knew that was when the first space shuttle mission occured lol..Pretty cool

I was 13 years old in 1981.

1981 was both a very bad year for me. And a very good year for me. Early in 1981, the person who had been my best friend ever since we were in diapers, suddenly passed away. And later in 1981, I met the love of my life, who I am still head-over-heels, heart and soul in love with 4 decades later.

Donkey Kong was, and still is, the best video game ever! I had it on Atari 2600 but it just wasn't as fun as fueling the stand up machine with quarters at the arcade! God I miss those days.

I gotta say, I was hoping you guys wouldn't make a 1981 episode. This was the year I was born, and even though I'm 40 I have some difficulty accepting that. But, it's alright...I'll get over it.

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

The years start coming and they don't stop comin!