The transition from 1982 to 1986, was absolutely incredible. What a great time to be alive, and witness it all, first hand.

@tjsogmc

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yah.... at times it seems like it just happened yesterday, other times it seems so very long ago. Definitely one of the best times of my life. So much of what we take for granted today was created in that time period. But so much is gone forever... makes me sad that the positive vibe and optimism is long dead and gone.

@linkdon1975

2 жыл бұрын

Sucks it was all downhill from there

@perapelman7687

2 жыл бұрын

Hi😊 I agree with you,but I think the years between 1997-2022 are very much alike,almost.I was age 5 in 1984 so I only remember the late 1980's,oh my god,what a time🍾🎆

@archstanton4365

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Mr. Reagan sure did a lot to help out great nation. My home town went from absolute poverty for well over half of the residents to actually having a small but present "middle class". These days old Ron would be called an "insurrectionist".

@alainvosselman9960

Жыл бұрын

Born in '74 i can only speak from a kid's perspective.. it was GREAT. Life wasn't yet sucked out of life... i mean it wasn't yet all in function of productivity, functionality, economics, competition, motivation, expansion, money, greed. Life just went its merry way. It's like we ended up in some horrifying, alternate reality the movie Mad Max tried to warn us for.

The world will never be this good again

I graduated from high school in 1984...one of the very best years of my life!

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

My youngest brother did too. He’s very different than my older brother & I.

I turned 9 in August of '84. Prince, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen . . . music was magic.

The year I graduated from high school. I can’t believe how fast time flies.

@kcindc5539

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Class of ‘84. It was an amazing year in so many ways.

@davidwright4495

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@bqkmg2037

2 жыл бұрын

Slam the door on the class of '84.

@StonesAndSand

2 жыл бұрын

Me too....what a wonderful time to be a senior.

@kurtkauffman4326

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

I was a freshman in high school. Great year! I remember thinking, “ these are the best times now!”. Music, movies and tv were all at there height! Every genre! I can’t believe that it was almost 40 years ago! I can’t believe that we left that behind and have come to this!

@philc4520

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the soulless, self absorbed, fearful & anxiety ridden society of today that replaced the 80s cultural explosion. I was 17 going on 18 in 84.

@henryfung6789

2 жыл бұрын

I said the very same thing, "these are the best times now". I knew it back than.

@journeytothemosthigh5021

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGravygun not for me. Sorry if it did for you.

@de3182

2 жыл бұрын

I was too! 1984 was an awesome year!

@Flipnred78

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

1984 was an amazing year in music and movies. Thankful to have been a kid that year. I had Thriller recorded on a betamax VCR and all the kids in my class would walk to my house after school to watch it. The best part was we didn't even know how good we had it, it didn't matter. That was the whole point. Merry Christmas everyone !!!!

@csf7773

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was 13 and 14 in 1984 What a great time

Was 15 years old back in 1984. Good old days wish i had a time machine go back to the 1980s

Growing up in the 60s, these vids bring me back to a different world, a much better world. I don’t know if I feel more sympathy for my dwindling mortality or for young people who will never experience normalcy.

In 84, I was 19 and clueless, moved down to Florida from New York, best move I ever made, young and broke, Miami Vice, high as balls on a Friday night was my escape!, best show EVER!

I graduated in 1984 the '80s were the best times of my life and I would give anything to go back for a while just to go to the game rooms and ride around the square with my friends with no cell phones and no computers

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Revenge of the Nerds also hit movie theatres in that summer of 1984.

1984 was the best year in human history! So many incredible things that year and if you had to pick one year with the greatest concentration of excellent music, you would have to pick 1984. Prince, Madonna, Van Halen, Michael Jackson, etc. The 84 Olympics when it seemed like we won every single event. And my Tigers won the World Series. Miami Vice. MTV. Such a magical year for an 11 year old at the time. Feel bad for anyone that didn’t experience it.

My junior and senior years of high school, what a time for great music! Also Tina Turner's Private Dancer and Sade's Diamond Life. Purple Rain is indeed one of the best albums. Class of 85.

@QueenOfTheNorth65

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@EricPetersen2922

2 жыл бұрын

Me too graduated in 85

@timebong8366

2 жыл бұрын

My freshman year

@michaeljohn9263

2 жыл бұрын

If I could travel back to 1984....I hate to say this but I'd sell my soul to do it!!! To go back then with what I know now I'd give everything I have. My life, my home, I'd give it all up!!! Recollection Road your tapes are great and love seeing them when they pop up in my notifications. I just wish I could watch them sooner but alas...I'm at work. Gotta keep paying those taxes for those who choose not to work and keep voting democrat to bleed all us hard workers dry so they can be welfare queens with 7 kids and 6 fathers. I'd like to wonder what Christmas is like for those people but I truly don't care...they should have kept their legs crossed until marriage ffs.

@craigsteinman9807

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto I am as 16. And the party and american freedom was still on

Also in 1984: "Charles In Charge", "Muppet Babies", "Highway to Heaven", "Murder, She Wrote" and "Who's the Boss?" premiered "Jeopardy!" returns in syndication with Alex Trebek as host. Georgetown defeated Houston to win the 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game show host Jack Barry died while jogging in Central Park The Detroit Tigers won the World Series over the San Diego Padres 4-2 Eddie Murphy left SNL. Billy Crystal, Martin Short and Christopher Guest joined in the fall. "Happy Days" aired their final episode. Hall and Oates releases "Big Bam Boom" with the last of their #1 hits "Out of Touch".

@MultiMusicbuff

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes,i remember Hall & Oates' Big Boom,their best album.

@BrandyTexas214

2 жыл бұрын

Charles in charge and who’s the boss always confuse me.. they seem like the same show for some reason to me

@doloreshuntoon7698

2 жыл бұрын

That's "Big Bam Boom!!!", Fred Flame!!!

It was such a great decade. The world was not so confusing and complicated like it is now. Kids growing up now don’t have any idea what they missed out on.

1984... How can I forget. I was just starting high school in San Diego and became a very young grocery store assistant manager. So much great music -especially metal bands. National pride seemed at an all time high with the 1984 Winter/Summer Olympic Games -something that slowly started to slip away as years went on.

@TurdFergurson

2 жыл бұрын

1984, how could I forget. I was just being born in January but wasn't due to come out until March...

@alainvosselman9960

Жыл бұрын

I'm Belgian and during those times the U.S had a HUGE impact on us children. Because of the many tv programs such as Dallas, Taxi, Different Strokes, S. & Hutch, Wonder Woman, The Hulk, Mathew Star, Night Rider, Street Hawk and much more.. We played baseball like Americans, BMX bikes became a hype on the count of the E.T movie. I could go on and on. We had subtitles, nothing dubbed so by the time we were 12 we started mimicking Americans... "fuck you"... "asshole"... lol. Cool times. The U.S enjoyed a hell of a lot of popularity here.

@DragonBlue68

Жыл бұрын

@@alainvosselman9960 I had forgotten about that...lol. I vaguely recall hearing that Eastern European women were watching too much "Dallas", "Dynasty", and other American soap operas. Their husbands were complaining these shows were a bad influence on their wives🤣

@alainvosselman9960

Жыл бұрын

@@DragonBlue68 LOL !! Yeah i guess it woke up the Sue Ellen in women ! It's when most homes over here became dysfunctional....😂

I was 15 for most of 1984 and it was GREAT!! I would say 84/85 were the definitive years of the decade for me and SO much great music came out in those two years along with movies. Basically nothing will ever compare to this decade where I was 10 when it started and 20 by the time it ended. I literally grew up in the 80's and wouldn't have it any other way.

The year I graduated from college. And what a decade of music!

Saw the Van Halen 1984 tour in St Louis during the summer. Was a great show. The year, as stated, did define much of the decade for me. Great experiences and great memories.

I was born in 1957, I was 27 years old and living on my own in Detroit, Michigan. I was working 💪a Full Time job at Montgomery Wards in the Men's Sports Wear Department. I the TV 📺Shows, Miami Vice,Charles in Charge, Highway to Heaven, Who's the Boss,and when Happy Days filmed 🎥the final show. I remember the Wendy's Commercial with Clara Pellar, "Where's the Beef "? I remember when Marvin Gaye was shot by his father.

Fritz & Titz - How I loved growing up in the 80´s

Holy Moly! You are right about the pop culture aspect of 1984!

@valentinaminauro352

2 жыл бұрын

Pop culture was everything in the '80s 💜✨💎💣🔥🥂✌️

I tell you, Miami Vice was King! As a child I didn’t know anyone who didn’t love or at least know about that show! The 80’s was such a fun time.

@model-man7802

2 жыл бұрын

Love the movie "A Christmas Carol " Where's the beef!

@MrPh30

2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice i saw around 88 or so on tv over here, North and South also,and Winds of War . Some of them best of all. But 1984 is perhaps the year filled with so much tv,films, music that is difficult to compare with other years, they used hours well there.

@TKOin2life

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

From age 13-14, I remember ALL OF THIS happening!.. Pretty good year to be a teenager back then! The music was and still is GREAT!

@csf7773

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, same age!

I was young then and did not realize there were so many blockbuster movies back then.

One of the best years ever, especially for music

I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s graduating in 1984. I remembered all of this as if was yesterday. I remember well the Apple ad as we did not really understand it and look at what it is today. It was NOTHING. Like it is today, we did not even have saftey seals on products then and we truley did not have the hate, distress or violence like today. Yes we had our problems but it was minimal at its time. We were much more social because we had to have patience and waited for everything because we did not have the technology we have today and we actually experienced the technology boom in the late 80’s. We also had the best TV shows that are all but gone now and will never make a come back. Yes sir ! We were very lucky to have lived the last of the best decades in America.

@miketaylorID1

2 жыл бұрын

We had it so good and didn’t even know it. Racism was mostly behind us and we all thought it would only get better. Went about our lives - starting jobs and families and doing hat we thought was right. But somewhere along the way, while we were doing out thing, some people found the path to power was through division. When I looked up I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Manufactured hate. I hardly recognize this place anymore. And it’s all lies. But We will endure…

@InFltSvc

2 жыл бұрын

@@miketaylorID1 Yes it’s absolutely terrible but I believe in God and the word says it will be like this , I just did not think it was going to happen in my life time.

Love the music of 1984, so Diverse!!

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

In fact, all five of the songs that would be nominated for the Best Original Song category for the 57th Academy Awards were actually #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts during 1984 in order, chronologically (Kenny Loggins - Footloose; Phil Collins - Against All Odds; Deniece Williams - Let's Hear it For the Boy; Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters; Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You). That has never been done before, or since.

@edwardtamayo1153

2 жыл бұрын

Disco gave it a break and rap, hip hop hadn't taken over yet, good year!

What a GREAT year it was!!!!!

I too graduated high school in May of that year. In August, I joined the Army and left for basic training. Both my parents and my older sister were still alive, and I had a full head of hair. It all seems like yesterday but it was a lifetime ago. Thanks for the memories!!!

The 1984 Summer Olympics were the only ones I saw in person - The Opening Ceremony, 2 swimming competitions, and 2 gymnastic competitions. Miami Vice - I saw the premiere and I was hooked. Yeah, I dressed like Sonny on occasions. I just didn't look like Sonny.

We are living in the book 1984 today.

@SustainableEnslavementAgenda

2 жыл бұрын

another warning that went unheeded

@timebong8366

2 жыл бұрын

@@SustainableEnslavementAgenda 👍

I was a freshman in high school. 1984 was the Mtv generation, and high school had smoking sections in the yard ! Miami Vice, RUSH, and Van Halen.

I remember it well. Wish I could go back.

What a year! I was in 6th grade, Mr. Whitney's class. I had no idea that history was being made all around me at the the time.

Thanks for another great memory. 👍

If you were a teenager in the 80's it was a fun time

84 the year of patriotism, an awesome Olympics the summer held in Los Angeles, great music and a time of optimism and hope. Technology booming etc. God I miss the 80s and Reagan, one of the greatest presidents of our time. Thank you for sharing these videos. Such great memories. I hated my high school years and 94 my senior year. Terrible time

My junior into senior year of high school. The last completely happy and carefree year of my life. I treasure it.

George C. Scott is is one of my all time favorite actors, And his performance in "A Christmas Carol" was GOLD! And to think: it was a dang "Made for TV" movie!

That was a really good year I remember it well as a kid in the second grade playing with rc cars riding bikes and playing video games on the coleco vision. That was another great video time line from Recollection Road 👍👍

Class of 84’ here, and it was indeed the pinnacle of the 80’s, I’ll always look back on that time with rose colored glasses ✌️🐾🇺🇸

My graduation year. A lot of changes for sure, but so many memories as well.

I was a sophomore/junior in high school that year. I remember everything. I even got to see the Purple Rain tour by Prince. 1st row behind the stage. Sorta set my expectation for a concert. :)

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!! ✌🏾 I was at Prince and the Revolution's show(FEB '85 in Memphis)

@valentinaminauro352

2 жыл бұрын

I was 15 years old when I went to the 1999 tour in Detroit Michigan at Cobo Hall it was the most magical night of my life I will never forget it 💜🔥💣💎🌟🌹🥂🙏✌️

I always knew... Back it the 80s. It was not going to get any better.... And I was right.

I absolutely love this channel.

Also in 1984… “Splash” starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah was released.🧜‍♀️

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Those scenes with John Candy are still hilarious. The secretary?! 😂

Now that you say it 1984 was kind of the benchmark year for the 80's. I was a freshman in high school and was just trying to be un-noticed and fit in my small town school. If I could go back now..... sign me up!!

The 80's were a good era! If only...............................

I always knew 1984 was the best year of my live, but damn.... all the cool stuff that happend.... it's hard to believe just how awesome it actually was....

I was ten years old in 1984 and it was the year where I remember more and more about it. Each year previously is increasingly blurry for me. But 1984 was when things started to stay in my memories.

1984 was magical! A Cancel-Culture-Free World!

I was a 13 year old Headbanger!🔥🎸

Hell yeah! I was born on June 17th of 1984 the best beginning of my life!

I was young, but I remember it all from ma older siblings playing it on da stereo & VCR!

I was a senior in high school the first half of the year, graduated on June 6th. Joinied the Navy, and found my self on November 11th, in boot camp in Orlando Florida. My dad took me to see all of the movies that were mentioned. There were numerous other great rock and roll albums released that year as well. I remember watching the Wendy's commercial when it first aired. It was also the last great year for really great rock and roll. For the next six years, with the exception of four or five bands, rock and roll music went into intensive care, on life support. But later, grunge and alternative rock instigated a great Resurrection..

The highlight of 1984 for me was watching my hometown Detroit Tigers jump out to a 35-5 start and cruise to the World Series Championship. The majority of the players were in their prime and we thought it was the beginning of a dynasty. Fast forward 37 years and the Tiger faithful are still waiting for another Series win. But 84 was special for us. It was the summer of The Wave at the ballpark, Ernie Harwell on the radio, and two-dollar seats in the bleachers. Bless you Boys and Bless you Tiger Stadium. Here's to old days and good times remembered.

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

Great year for the Tigers, it was also the first time a Manager won the world series in the National and American league. Sparky Anderson.

@valentinaminauro352

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh what a flashback I remember that day so well I was 15 and I lived right across the street from tiger stadium those were the good old days 🤗 Detroit Strong💛🔥💣✨🥂✌️

@itinerantpatriot1196

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbaldo I was fortunate enough to be at Comerica when the team finally retired Sparky's number. It was long overdue and unfortunately Mike Illitch waited until Sparky had passed away before retiring it. Illitch could hold a grudge and he had a lot of run-in's with Sparky over the years, the biggest one coming when Sparky wouldn't manage the scabs the owners put out there to try and break the strike in 1995. To my knowledge, he was the only manager to refuse to work with replacement players and he was suspended for taking that stand. Anyway, it was really petty of Illitch to wait until Sparky was gone to retire his number and the fans there that day let him know we were not pleased by the delay. But it was a great day nonetheless. A lot of the players from the club were there that day. Gibby, Jack, Tram, Petry, Rosema. That shot of him signaling "swing away" to Gibby in Game 5 against Goose Gossage after yelling, "He don't wanna walk you," is one of the most iconic moments in Tiger history. I loved what he said about Detroit fans; "If you win even once for them they will love you for life." RIP George, Tiger fans still luv ya.

@itinerantpatriot1196

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentinaminauro352 Yes they were. I was fortunate enough to see them win in 1968 as well and I'm hoping my ticker holds out long enough to see the current crop win. They remind me a lot of that 84 team. I'm figuring 2024 will finally be our year. The 40th anniversary of the last win. How poetic will that be? 👍 Go Get Em Tigers!

@charlesbaldo

2 жыл бұрын

@@itinerantpatriot1196 Sparky was a players coach. His players played hard because they loved him. He said one of the hardest things he did was cut someone and he always took the time to let them know that just because you didn't make it at second base doesn't mean you didn't make it in life. I was a Big Red Machine fan and had the pleasure of seeing him manage the Reds at Riverfront in 75

Good video. I was born in Los Angeles in March of 1984.

And on that note, thank you for this great series. It truly has been enjoyable. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!

I have always contended that 1984 was the best year ever, the height of the 1980s.

1984, was the year I graduated high school, I miss those days.

Definitely a high point in America. Been going downhill ever since

@vernwallen4246

2 жыл бұрын

It started going down hill with the assassination of JFK.

@noahhyde8769

2 жыл бұрын

@@vernwallen4246 Depends on how far back you want to go. One could say that it started going downhill shortly after it won independence.

It was great time to be a kid. Cartoons were something else

@poolkennedy7611

2 жыл бұрын

Very turn!

I’m the class of 1984

@joeheid4757

2 жыл бұрын

I'm next!!! 85 for me!

@kurtkauffman4326

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

@@joeheid4757 I'm next!! 86 for me✌🏾

if i remember wendy's came out with the where's the beef bumper stickers & t-shirts as well. even today i still hear that phrase every time i pass wendy's

I was there!!

1984: A book by George Orwell. A song by David Bowie. An album by Van Halen

@noahhyde8769

2 жыл бұрын

...and an Orwellian reality, here in 2022.

84 ruled 🤘

The best times. We're the 80s. !!!!!! Lived all of it!!!!

Johnny Dangerously, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Murder, She Wrote, the PBS "split profile" P-head logo design and Walt Disney Home Video's "Classics" line were also introduced in 1984. When we get to 1985, Clue and Kidsongs debuted.

'Beat Street ', 'Breakin', & 'Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo' were da joint!!!🤘🏙️🌉🎧📼👟🗽

Turned 16 this yr(May 7). My soph/junior yrs in high school.

@valentinaminauro352

2 жыл бұрын

I was 15 God I miss the good old days 🤗🎄🥂🙏✌️

Everything that Orwell warned us about in 1984 has come to pass...

Before my time, but I’ve been watching this series from the beginning. Waiting for 1991.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! I’ve noticed my classic rock stations are playing 90’s now. Ugh

I was eight in 1984, and I had a 15 year old brother. It was a magical time. I was probably exposed to even more of the magic because of my older brother and his friends. Good lord I wish I could go back to the 80’s. It was the perfect decade.

Saw prince on 1st ave back in the 1980s

"Thrilled" fell to #2 in the charts in NOVEMBER 1983, when QUIET RIOT 's "Metal Health" went #1

I remember 1984 so well. All of the movies, the tv, it was all great. But the biggest moment for me was losing my virginity. I'm sure most of you understand that.

And now apple exemplifies the totalitarianism they showed in their commercial.

it really was one of the most iconic year in music

i bought a new 1000 cc yamaha virago in 84 and im still driving it today ( 38 years later ) . its been a trike for about 34 years and is now an 1100 .

seems like yesterday. where has it all gone? feeling sentimental.

My graduation year thanks!!!!!

@deanvoss7098

2 жыл бұрын

Mine tooo... I'm 55 now.. What to do now??

@kurtkauffman4326

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too!

@elwin38

2 жыл бұрын

I was in the 10th(soph) when you graduated.

@journeytothemosthigh5021

2 жыл бұрын

Graduated junior high school that year!

I immigrated from Germany that year.It was one of the best years.that year holds many good memories for me. Sadly it was also the last year of the full size Buick LeSabre and Park Avenues,as well as GM's midsize cars. A gallon of gas was $1.10.

It's funny but I can remember waiting for my graduation cap and gown to arrive in the mail like it was yesterday. The class of 1984, it was a great year!

I was only 2 in '84 so no memories. Much simpler times! ❤

Great memories, I was 26 with a 4 year old son💙

Born in 84!

My graduation year too! What a time to be a teenager. It was great!

Ghostbuster and Terminator movies are still being made today and they both started in 1984. Not to mention they released the greatest movie of all time in 1984: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! :)

Friday nights. 9pm. Miami Vice!! Always was in front of a TV during those times.

Crockett&Tubbs on the thumbnail…who wouldn’t click to watch

The “ Surveillance state” is now. 😢

my mother graduated in 1984 and was an incredibly beautiful and intelligent woman, although troubled. she died in 2013, 2 days after her mother and a few months before her father. her brother had ended his life long before when i was around 7ish. i am the last surviving member that lived in the family home when it was still ours. maybe someday i can buy our family home back. I am 28, always loved the 80's. Rest in Peace, Mom ❤️

It was the year I bought my first car. I purchased a 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark iV for $900. And I purchased all new clothes in August 1984. I couldn't wait for school to start on September 4, 1984. For once I was going to be cool :). And grade 13 ended up in many ways being the best year of my life!

Greatest year in my career. After a life time of daydreaming, I landed my first job at a small Radio Station in Texas. I was 27yrs old and boy did we ROCK tha CASBAH ! PARTY ON DUDES !! 😹🎶🐀💨🎶😋... 🚬👓...

I was 7 years old and I remember all of this

@damianlatimer2290

2 ай бұрын

I was 9

Rest In Peace in 1984( don’t mentioned in this video ) Jackie Wilson ( January 21) Peter lawford Peggy Ann Garner Ethel merman

@1985OldSkool

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Andy Kauffman and Richard Burton.

I was a young child in 1984. I had gotten my first and only Cabbage Patch doll back then, and we went to Walt Disney World in July of that year. Thank God I was a child of the 80s!