For those of you too young to know what life was like before the Internet and to understand just how old this footage really is, here’s a bit of perspective.. I graduated HS in 1986. I’ll be 55 years old this year. FIFTY. FIVE. I never thought I’d live to see 40, which was considered “ancient” when I was 17. I’m older than the majority of my teachers were when I was in school. I’m 10 years older than my dad was on the day I graduated. That’s a mind numbing piece of reality to have to digest. But I’m at least in better physical condition than he was and I look and feel younger than my age. Credit a healthy lifestyle I guess. What you’re witnessing in all these old VHS videos people post on KZread are images of a culture of innocence, cooperation, hopefulness and true face to face interaction between people that no longer exists, and may never come again. The future was so bright we had to wear shades! But it was a future that didn’t come to pass. We’re more connected and yet more separated today than at any time in recorded history. It’s a strange and anxious time to be alive, but embrace it anyway. The future may still turn out to be better than the present, or even the distant past.

@user-hn5ti3ws7g

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm 53 so I can relate to your comment. The saddest part for me is that I know things can be this good again, right now if people could just get over themselves. It's a shame. There seems to be an interest in the 80s now, kinda like we liked the 50s. I really hope kids embrace that and learn that it's people, not governments who hold power. An old man's prayer I guess. I mean nothing by this, just sharing a thought, not a critique. Have a good day.

@tyricegadson7699

Жыл бұрын

​@Troy Spencer You are right. There is definitely an interest in the 80s. I am 25 myself and really would have loved to see how things were out there in that moment. These footages really are of insane value for people like me who love to see what we missed out on

@user-hn5ti3ws7g

Жыл бұрын

@@tyricegadson7699 I think it's cool that you like the footage. I can relate because I really wish I could visit the early 60s! Perhaps some day a positive version of interactive cyberspace will allow that to happen for us. I mean, I was promised flying cars but if we are forced to turn to fantasy, that would be an interesting weekend right? :) I'm not sure what they promised your generation but I think it's about time they coughed up something positive.

@brandonthompson8411

Жыл бұрын

Great way to sum up the way it was versus the way it is now.....I am your age and feel the same.

@jamosh1967

Жыл бұрын

I graduated the class of 1986 too, I'll be 56 years old in November 2023.

Flats and Pumps. Boy and Girls bathrooms. Hall passes. VHS was new tech. Teachers dressed like businessmen and women. I miss these days.

@manuelkeats296

4 күн бұрын

me too

Graduated in 1987. Time does fly. I'm thankful to have excellent health and my family. I love East Tennessee!

@BuDu-ms2qe

Жыл бұрын

Yo I’m 87 also! Best class!

@JamesBond-dd8mq

25 күн бұрын

May you live long and east Tennessee is beautiful!

I was born in 1991, but this video is somehow nostalgic. This girl with long hair is beautiful. Thanks for the video.

@alexis_253

6 ай бұрын

I was born in 91 as well and am obsessed with the 80s! I know what you mean about the nostalgia!

Omg, These Southern accents are like the ones you hear in the movies☺️☺️☺️

When all the girls looked like they were 30 instead of 16

@Generalfund

Жыл бұрын

RIGHT?!?!

@candlelight33

Жыл бұрын

The older generation people sunbathed alot back in those days and didn’t have electronic devices back then. Going outside was our common daily activity.

@Aa-dt6oj

Жыл бұрын

​@@candlelight33 vous avez tout a fait raison ,nous étions dehors qu' il fasse beau ou pas .pas de réseaux sociaux et portables pour nous polluer l'esprit .

@wrestlingwithjay3770

Жыл бұрын

True

@lalena__

Жыл бұрын

As a teenager I sunbathed almost everyday and I always looked younger. I think it“s the food…I‘m a vegetarian 👍🏼

I love watching these videos, I graduated in 1985. What's amazing is that there were millions of kids just like me in high schools all over the country. This is so cool, too many beautiful girls I will never get to meet.

@areguapiri

Жыл бұрын

Yes. They are beautiful.

@kristinfernandez2549

11 ай бұрын

@@areguapiri 1996 -1997

@jhdhjnvggkjgdd4637

2 ай бұрын

My dad graduated in 1985 as well. I was curious on how times were back then..I’m 17 now and my generation is chronically online

This reminds me of my high school days in 1988 😢🎉❤

@denisenowell7360

Ай бұрын

I was in the class of 1988 where people actually talked to each other as there were no cell phones or Internet yet. A few car phones that didn't work very well though as one of my friends parents had it in their car.

I would go back in a minute.

Crazy how social everybody was

@Generalfund

Жыл бұрын

Didn't seem to be any racial tension...it was like they were all teen's and not worried about skin tone...how refreshing here in 2023

@prodstella

Жыл бұрын

@@Generalfund I think that history repeats itself overtime no matter what. Maybe the class of 2045 will be more social and accepting. This definitely shows faith in humanity.

@Macamonkers

Жыл бұрын

And still is

@stakkinbarbie2370

Жыл бұрын

​@prodstella world will be gone bruh😂

@cringyalienguy9787

Жыл бұрын

@@GeneralfundLmao my mother went to high school in the 80’s and she said it was still segregated. The blacks and Indians had their own neighborhood and were expected to keep to themselves

Class of 1998 but still lovecwatching these

Man life was so much simpler back then holy hell

@ohadams8008

24 күн бұрын

yup

i dpnt know why all of the older videos like this one is so fascinating, I think it's because I grew up in the 80s and I was born in the 70s I was 9 years old and 86 the older kids like this it's just fascinating going back and looking at some of this i was young but I still remember alot of things st this time in my life. makes you wonder what happened to all of these kids i am sure some have passed away

My uncle took a lot of VHS and Hi8 videos in the 80s and 90s...unfortunately they all disappeared when he died, but videos like this are really GREAT to watch after 20 or 30 years!!!

Class of ‘83 in Tennessee. I started high school in August of 79. Almost everybody listened and in my school we got 30 minutes in the morning playing outside, where we had basketball and softball games. I obviously killed at that. And 45 minutes in the afternoon. It was so much fun

Where are they now in life. Makes you wonder. In their 50s n 60s. Hard to imagine

@Animals_Gone_wild

Ай бұрын

disabled or dead, getting to know and spoil our grand children i am 55 now and still doesnt seem possible

those were the days, no computers, no cell phones disturbing the class

What hit home for me is how awkward people became in front of the camera. It was a time when our every move was not recorded. I feel fortunate I got to experience those times.

Ppl dressed in good taste. Very nice.

What a great shot of how life was back in the days before social media, I graduated in 1990 a couple thousand miles away but we were the same.

Class of 1986 from Maryland. Love these 80s flashback videos!

@jamosh1967

12 күн бұрын

I graduated high school in 1986 too.

@jamosh1967

12 күн бұрын

I graduated high school in 1986 too.

When I first watched this video the date looks old but then at 41 myself I realized this generation isn't too much older than me. During the 90's as teens we looked up to this generation because they were the young adults back then.

damn the internet really destroyed us

@joedimaggio3687

Ай бұрын

So then don't use it.

Id go back to the 80s for sure if possible. The 80s in the south was awesome. GA was similar to TN.

@TheSweezer

Жыл бұрын

@@Bone_Thug Uh no the south wasnt. Where I grew up was great. People had money and very little to no crime. You yankees are morons to say the least. How fun were those rusted out trash cars? My wife grew up in Indiana in the 80s and she said it sucked.

The days when girls hid from cameras instead of posting pictures of EVERYTHING THEY DID. Narcissism is everywhere today.

@scottsummers4115

8 ай бұрын

Right on 💯

Class of 1984 from New Jersey ..but the high school environment was pretty much the same no matter what part of the US you're from...good times...i miss the 80's...

Awesome video of high school 1986.

No cell phones, people are talking to each other its kinda crazy looking

@scottsummers4115

8 ай бұрын

The good Ole days 💯

The class is very relaxed. The classes now are tense and strange.

That was my nerdy ass back there with the bottle glasses thats ok I'm making good money and finally getting some too lol 😆 😅

People were beautiful.....The blond woman is gorgeous.

Flashback in the 80's

Funny how no one wants to be on camera and see it as a strange special event with a conraption , vs today, everyone is on facetime and is completely unconcerned with cameras

Next year, 2004 will be the same distance from 2022 as it is from 1986.

@Nick_MD

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh...

@iicjguitar0416

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nick_MD sorry, I know that it's literally how time works, but the thought is still kind of intriguing

@Nick_MD

2 жыл бұрын

@@iicjguitar0416 im from 1991, graduated school in 2008 (russia), university in 2013. Time goes fast.

My freshman year '86.Almost forgot we didn't give a shit about race.

@areguapiri

Жыл бұрын

What?

@jimerhard3483

10 ай бұрын

Some of us still don't give a shit about race. The fabricated Racism of today's Woke society is such a disappointment.

@MP-qc8jf

4 ай бұрын

​@@areguapiriClass of 85. Can confirm. We didn't care at all.

@Orangeflava

4 ай бұрын

Didnt care about what? ​@MP-qc8jf

I graduated in 88 this video is great:)

I've paused this it at the 9 minute mark to make comment. This is a gem of a video. Nostalgic. This Highschool is nothing like the high school I attended.. Though I would loved to have attended this high school. I went to high school in Sydney's Inner West.. Canterbury boys actually. Tough and Rough around the edges.. I kid you Not. Went there from 85 to 89.. What a Hell ride. Then transferred to a co ed high school in 1990 to do my HSC. How I remember the year is that Motley Crue came to Sydney with the Dr Feelgood tour and it was the first international gig I ever went to.. I was 17. The high school I attended was very institutional feeling/atmosphere.. We didn't socialize in class nearly as much as what these folk are doing.. Or the relaxed atmosphere conveyed in this video.. And I Envy that. I have always related much better to the American school system back at that time.. And also I Never liked wearing a uniform even though I did.. Suffice to say.. Non of the Metal heads wore their uniform. Not sure how informed Americans are about how high schools were in Sydney Australia at that time? Quite different.. At least where I went. Also.. Yeah.. No phones.. No social media. Love everything about this video.. Love seeing this kind of footage. Hey.. Check out Len Enders.

It's crazy how different everything used to be like 30 something years ago

@joestack1222

Жыл бұрын

you mean 40 plus 😂😂

@BobbyDaz

9 ай бұрын

Crazy how things have changed within the last 15 years never mind 30! And it feels like it's only getting worse

I graduated from McGavock in 1979 but have 2 siblings attending at the time this video was filmed. I am hoping to catch a glimpse of one of them. ❤

Born in 1978..The 80's was the last of the people being socialble in person,personable,had chores,lived simple,had discipline,& parents that had rules

@randallkern9564

2 ай бұрын

'79 here, miss simple times.

@kurtkrampmeier9509

12 күн бұрын

'78 too in Germany...same here... greetings

Man I want to live in the 1990s I hate 2024 every one looks so happy back in the days

Looking at the footage of 1986, I see an important turning point of someone who was about to step in the world of uncertainty. I’m 52, and it feels like my youth had been a distance memory, and looking back to those upbringing days kind of makes me very emotional. Life has a strange approach to how one sets up his/her life. Some become cares for their family, and some find themselves with the bad society that turns them away from the reality of taking responsibilities for their own lives. Since covid… the world has resetted everyone and anyone that life is very precious and, one has to live each day as it comes.🙏

She had the bangs us girls would have killed for, back then (I was in Jr. High in the 80s). Perfect feathering and highlights. I could crack open a 1/2 can of aquanet and it would still fall. I'm class of '94 (I'm 47) and by then it was all about pin straight locks and had to use the ironing board and iron (my mothers 1960s trick) my curly hair straight...it turned orange from burning. 😆 once I graduated, hair serum and flat irons were invented. The bigger the hair, the closer to god, is still my mantra...im a ride or die this one out. Lol

As an Aussie, I always like hearing these southern American accents. They just sound so pleasant to the ear. Question: Are the accents still like this or are they not quite as pronounced now? When I watch video footage of Australia in the 80s, the accent does sound a bit broader and I wondered if that was the same in other countries.

@kingchicken8232

6 ай бұрын

It's probably not as frequent but still common. I'm in rural Virginia and while plenty of older people have one, not many kids do. I will say tho I've never met a Texan without one lol

@SquishyCow

3 ай бұрын

Yes, there are many different types of southern dialects that very much still exist. Usually more outside of major cities but even then they're there! I'm from the state of Georgia and grew up in a small town and it took years to stop speaking with a southern accent. Sometimes I can't help it but I do try. Edit: a word

@OldAussieAds

3 ай бұрын

@@SquishyCow Why stop? It's nothing to be ashamed of.

@brazilchem

2 ай бұрын

Same in Belgium. We used to talk with a thick regional accent without noticing in the 90's. While today it looks there's much less accent. Even in the rural small shops where you would expect to hear some, there's none.

Video was even a big deal in 86. My favorite era of giant feathered hair :)

The novelty of VIDEO in the 80s.

8:12 Dude had a sword at school. No big deal. We had shotguns in our back windows.

@TAllyn-qr3io

Жыл бұрын

No shit man!

A time when everyone got along and knew what gender they were. 😮

@mypillowguy445

Жыл бұрын

In your imagination maybe.

@naturesht3095

Жыл бұрын

There’s only 2 genders

@CleoKawisha-sy5xt

11 ай бұрын

@mypillowguy445 no in yours, cok lover

@ABadHairDay

6 ай бұрын

Boy George disagrees

Pretty much the high school I went to.

I was 5 in 1986, & the girl at 8:26 (who's also in the thumbnail) is the type of older girl I always envied & admired when I was little-I'd look at their big hair & makeup, & the fashions they wore & thought they were so cool. I'd fantasized about how one day when I was older, I'd wear those things (ofc, I didn't though, as by that time it was the late 90s & styles were different)

@Trinity-es9zm

8 ай бұрын

that’s so cool to hear, thank you for sharing:)

Class of 1979...........................................................God I'm old.

@rdred8693

4 ай бұрын

83, join the club, lol!

@bathtownship

3 ай бұрын

Don't worry we live forever, we are only passing through this world, Jesus is coming back

Funny how letterman jackets are still trendy😄

My Sister Sonya was there then. Miss and love you Sonya & Jimmy.

Nostalgic

They all look like their adults already no phones, no social media just class acts

Wednesday, January 1, 1986.

It looks like 1986 but I don't remember any camcorder being as small as the one that the man is holding at 6:02. Only recorded a few kids acting like silly teenagers, that was the best part of being kids in the 80s! Cool vid!

@nowayjay2122

Жыл бұрын

The actual recorder was in the bag over his shoulder. He was holding the camera. You can see the cord running to the bag.

@sweetipie1995

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same lol got it ! Well observed

@askjeevescosby2928

Жыл бұрын

The only reason cams were so big was they had to take a full sized vhs. When they made small vhs tapes it greatly reduced the size of the camera. Then you would put the small vhs in this bracket thay let you use it in a vhs player.

@sfchris

Жыл бұрын

True. I used a camcorder in 1988 and it was about three times that big and cost about $4000.

Back when a gallon of gasoline was cheaper than an extra large can of I Super Hold Aqua Net Hairspray!!!

@amg9163

8 ай бұрын

@skeetermcswagger0U812 And, also a time when cans of *Aquanet* hairspray were blamed for damaging the *ozone layer,* and *gasoline* and *pollution from manufacturing* were never even mentioned. 🤔😆

@skeetermcswagger0U812

8 ай бұрын

@@amg9163 True but that was before EV vehicles were proven to be more harmful than gasoline,diesel,coal and the propane in Aquanett hairspray combined!!!😄

"can that thang record what were sayin" lol cute

I graduated in 1981 but, the chicks were really (naturally) hot in the 80’s. I married at pro cheerleader (living in Florida) in 87’ so, was hot for me! 🤙🤙🤙

@joydarling314

6 ай бұрын

Florida girls were pretty

@runninrebel1520

3 ай бұрын

And bush

that x wing at the start looks awesome!

It seems so long ago. 😢 Everyone looks the same.

Looked like everyone had decency. Hate to admit it but the Internet ruined us.

I was born October of 86 This is crazy!

I graduated 10 years before this, yup I'm a Dinosaur.

Pleasant school and people! Imagine all the drugs and problems that same school has today.

@tdh6666

3 ай бұрын

Yeah because there was no drugs in the 80s lmfao

That girls hair at 8.22 so pretty 🩷🩷😍

8:17 you can tell the cameraman is under a spell 😂😂

@melaniekatie2000

8 ай бұрын

Him: “Well we’re gonna ask yew um.. what do you do which.. yew um.. tryin’ ta keep a secret all the time?” Her: “…do what?” Cracks me up every time 😂

@scottsummers4115

8 ай бұрын

Yes 💯

McGavock H S is in Nashville, TN.

3:30... well damn!

For a second I thought he was gonna wonder inside the girls locker room

I was born in 86 wow the teenage looked so much older

@theoneandonlykyle9800

Жыл бұрын

@@MissX33 that was a different class of teenagers back then.

@areguapiri

Жыл бұрын

So much prettier and more feminine.

@mph1ish

Жыл бұрын

Nah every generation says that. I said that about my parents' class, and your kids will say your class looks so old too.

I would've been 11 & 12 yrs of age. These were the teens I looked up to.

for those of you wanting to go back, sure. but keep in mind, cellcams would have shown as much as today. all the same bad shit was going on, just not shared around the world in seconds.

Is there an IROC somewhere outside in the parking lot?

7:06 woah this moment has 50's vibe idk why

@user-hn5ti3ws7g

Жыл бұрын

I think may be because (as a grad of "87) I can say we liked the 50's kinda like gen z seems to like the 80's. Diners that still had their old soda fountain bars from the 50's were really chic for example. 😊

@Ziggy_stardust0

Жыл бұрын

@@user-hn5ti3ws7g and now we are obsessed with 80's lol😭

Beans are dope

I was In the 1st grade In 1986 and this video Is nostalgic.

This was back when all of the girls were still slim, feminine, and cute.

@mypillowguy445

Жыл бұрын

Yes, there were no fat, ugly girls in the 80s, not one.

❤

I met that girl she was one of my babysitters

Poo see tasted to much better back then.

Guys if you had a choice to grow up and go to school and live your days again which city would you chose??? I would chose Chicago.

Obesity prevalence increased from 15% to 34% among adults and from 5% to 17% among children.

8:16 Bahahaha that interaction “Well we’re gonna ask yew um.. what do you do which.. yew um.. tryin’ ta keep a secret all the time?” “..do what?”

Second hand smoke must make you age fast lol

Oh, and during hunting season sometimes we'd bring our rifles to school, put them in our unlocked lockers or leave them in our gun racks, and go squirrel hunting or whatever after school. What the heck happened?!?

C/O 2016

3:00 thats the moment when you fall in love and also realize this blonde girl is like 50s nowadays if she got there.

@scottsummers4115

8 ай бұрын

My sister was going there then. My Sister Sonya was beautiful!!! I miss her so much. She would be 53. The girl there looks familiar. All Sonya friends were beautiful and I was in love lol. I'm 46 I liked them a little older.

@carlos_gonzales11

8 ай бұрын

@@scottsummers4115 sorry for your sister, i hope you doing well.

Nashville, TN (Tennessee) = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGavock_High_School - McGavock High School (wikipedia)

The 1980s was the last genuine period in America. It was the calm before the shitstorm were in right now.

@chrism.2711

Ай бұрын

Amen!!!

Yall here from vsauce?

How did these ladies make their hair so big??

@mph1ish

Жыл бұрын

Perms, curling irons, Aqua Net.

@chrism.2711

Ай бұрын

It was an art lol

8:16 I remember her 😍

8:18 What's her name?

Aw yes good decade taste of the dash of lego classic space a spice of vintage star wars and the electric company special

8:15 that girl is stunning wow

Anyone here I know?

City and state?

@chrism.2711

Ай бұрын

Nashville TN

Disrespect when both girls and boys rock a mullet