Only in the 80s can you win a dance contest on a BMX. The greatest decade ever!

@yvonnegomez3222

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@crownether579

8 ай бұрын

No Doubt!!!!

@tmackn6592

8 ай бұрын

it really was! easily the greatest decade of my life, and I was only 6 years old going into it! formative years in the 70's, partytime years in the 80's!

@jonnym4670

7 ай бұрын

only in the 80's can you have people well into their 30's 40's playing highschoool kids

@E-Man1313

6 ай бұрын

​​@@jonnym4670Lori was 22. But yes that is a bit old .

The 80s wasn’t perfect... but god damn it was a good time to grow up in.

@cosmicstardust7772

2 жыл бұрын

FACTS!!!

@hippiechickVaL

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!!! 💜✌️

@dougcoleburn1579

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!

@Adino1

2 жыл бұрын

The best.

@SiccDeville

2 жыл бұрын

i'm mad that i did not know about this movie a kid but we still rode our bmx bikes with the baseball card in the spokes everywhere in the 80's trying to do stunts like this to the arcades. well i could only do the bunny hop.

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them .

@seeqr9

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Same here. Same song from teen wolf too. Both hit the same.

@ponyoutube3301

11 ай бұрын

Yep

@RyanKnight-zg4in

10 ай бұрын

I miss our childhood !

@RyanKnight-zg4in

10 ай бұрын

The 1980s was so much better

@ponyoutube3301

10 ай бұрын

@@RyanKnight-zg4in Definitely certain parts of it, yes.

A simpler time when the only way to express true love was through BMX freestyle

@LazerMage77

6 жыл бұрын

I time where EVERYTHING (for kids anyway) was MUCH simpler. I cannot fathom being a kid in today's world. You don't see the neighborhood kids doing ANYTHING outside anymore. No bikes at the end of your friend's driveway; no hide-n-seek, no sense of neighborhood community at all. I know people all over the rest of the world's continents.....but I don't know my next-door neighbors on all sides of my house. Front, back, both sides. A sign-of-the-times I guess. I have a 10yr old son, and I can't (rather won't) bring another soul into what this world has become. Yeah, there were many problems in the 80's. (I lived in the USA). We had the Cold War, Cocaine(especially Crack epidemic), Beirut and an at times unstable economy.....but life overall when talking to my parents was life being SO much simpler made those issues palatable. They weren't EVERY WEEK reading about what became "the worst mass-shooting in US history" EVERY WEEKEND; or another 500 people overdosing and dying from opioids and/or both opioids/benzodiazepines...or the next WORST natural disaster in the form of hurricane or Earthquake...

@c_i_n_e_m_a_n_i_a_c

6 жыл бұрын

Coffee Town?

@crankycorvusgaming5045

6 жыл бұрын

My how far off the rails we have come since...thanks Obama.

@rickymac1385

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Tidwell 😂😂#commentoftheyear

@jameswilliams-of3mv

5 жыл бұрын

80's was the best

i watched this movie over and over as a child, whenever my parents took me to the video store, i would rent this, so many times that my older brother got pissed, this is the greatest movie ever and means so much to me

@huntingshadows43

7 жыл бұрын

+Ben Ken Obi Burdett I've got to agree with you both this is my favorite movie

@hubmanspencer7943

7 жыл бұрын

No doubt dude. I rented this so many times back in the day. I nearly killed myself on a damn bike and I know it was because of this movie haha!!! I was really hoping there would be a 30th anniversary DVD made for it this year but it dont look like its going to happen. You know, something I just noticed watching this video, neither of those bikes have a rotor, so they should not be able to spin the handle bars like that, but oh well, I still love it!

@youtubisashoe

7 жыл бұрын

TheTVChannel yup this and goonies non stop, and miracle

@jakestree1892

6 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing back when kids actually knew how to have safe fun

@ninanapier7490

6 жыл бұрын

TheTVChannel My brother as well

I watched this movie until my tape literally fell apart! This scene resonates with me so strong till this day! Damn I miss the 80s-90s!

My 11th grade pre-calc teacher showed us this movie randomly... thanks Mr. Whitman!

@bigbfromaz

3 жыл бұрын

Eric Escobar best teacher ever!

you know when you're a kid and you see something cool and you would imagine your in the auditorium in front of the whole school doing it? yeah, this is the definition of that

@cailey5882

5 жыл бұрын

californiadreamin7 omg yes

@dmoney17

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment lol so true 🤣🤣

@redeyeglass4202

3 жыл бұрын

cheErSss To That All Us Great Bmx'er's Where Inspired BY This Soo Much I Made My Own helltrack no big wall tho lol

@leftistnazicensorship8882

2 жыл бұрын

This was like every 80’s kids movie

@albertomarruffo6279

Жыл бұрын

I always saw myself skating. And I’ve done it for over 30 years. But I’ve seen this. And it meant a lot to me at age 11

This is my favorite movie of all time i cant imagine my life without it and anybody who has seen this movies knows what im talking about

@chrispayne603

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert K Champion cant agree more!!...this movie changed my life...I remember coming home after seeing this movie and being SO stoked...my parents were telling me it was too late to be biking around out front....they couldnt stop me, I was stoked for years after it....oh to be 8 years old again!

@rickc2102

6 жыл бұрын

My chin still bears the scar to prove just how much this movie meant to 12-year-old me 😅

@FSU2001

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen the movie and I have no idea what you're talking about.

@treyphish

5 жыл бұрын

So true

@thesaint9276

4 жыл бұрын

It really is the greatest movie of all time. It’s a masterpiece

A much simpler time when Lori Loughlin was simply the sexiest woman to ever walk the face of the Earth and not a convicted felon.

@richardedwards1546

2 жыл бұрын

A felon of what? She paid for kids education until the end. Penn State (or wherever) should be convicted.

@teddywestside4816

2 жыл бұрын

Boosters pay for their children /relatives/friends to attend certain schools everywhere!! Why she got arrested is beyond me. Shes still hot!

@je6630

2 жыл бұрын

Felon my ass!! She paid for it. Justice department has way bigger fish to fry besides parents paying for education. Put the REAL criminals away for good. Sick of this crap.

@palabrajot505

2 жыл бұрын

@@je6630 Easy there, Tiger. Don't let me ruffle your feathers, it was an innocent remark which was mostly complementary to her... No need to get your panties in a bunch.

@je6630

2 жыл бұрын

@@palabrajot505 haha, I hear ya, take care.

When I heard Real Life on the radio back in 83 I knew it would hold it's own throughout the ages.

@susanleone9767

Ай бұрын

You forgot the movie The Goonies. That was the greatest movie 🎥

Absolutely amazing. God bring back the 80s again. Thank you for every person that made this movie exist.

One of my proudest “saw it in the Theater” movies.

I miss this decade. We had it so good.

In summer of '94 I must have watched this VHS 150 times!!

@Adino1

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it in 1987 when I was 7 or 8. I just watched again for the first time since. It was pretty trippy.

I’ve got a time machine and I’m going back to the 80s. I’ve got plenty of room. Who wants to come? This song will be on a loop.

Not sure if it's just me, but around 2:21 when the chorus of the song kicks in along with the spinning handle bars in slow motion, it's such a breathtaking, uplifting moment. Def one of my favorite points of time in all of cinema.

@OG-Ghost33

3 жыл бұрын

This entire scene or scenes is epic and so underrated. The placement, timing, substance, plot, angles, lighting and the cherry on top the song? It is very much unique and in a class of its own

@OG-Ghost33

3 жыл бұрын

The high hell matching the seat shape and slow motion landing on it and the last bit during that last little drum roll and her bike spinning to that exact beat. This is like optical and audio xtc haha

@chrisbracco5374

3 жыл бұрын

She has small sprocket on her bike

@monoclecollective7886

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree , was even more impactful cause I was a kid.

@twalk6126

2 жыл бұрын

Top 3 easily!

one of the greatest scenes from of the greatest movies of all time. dont forget the wraith, heavenly kid, breakfast club, ferris bueler, dirty dancing etc

@lolitahansen1682

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Demainto yes to all of those!!!

@gregmaestas2069

5 жыл бұрын

Someone else saw the Wraith?

@maynor71

5 жыл бұрын

What about Gleaming the Cube or American Ninja

@Boot2Ass24

5 жыл бұрын

Heavenly kid is the best !! Man Lori is so hot sucks she gonna be broke now

@ThePrepAquatic

4 жыл бұрын

You had me at Wraith and Heavenly Kid!

The moment begining at 2:25 when he breaks away and christian holleys(Lori) stares from a distance, in slow motion now stunned..eyes wide open... in awe as the wheel whips around revealing how she now knows he really is the real thing with his god given talent on full display as he continues in zone in unison with the crowd clapping handling his bmx like a boss. Now her equal they glide about like angels as the song aludes send me an angel right now. Perfectly edited..it's a beautiful moment....just flawless. Even better when she smiles as they go on to finish the act with the guitar solo in the background..as she finishes her run adding her own flare. Man did girls like this exist?

@AwesomeAndrew

Жыл бұрын

Great observation and beautifully poetic description, I really enjoyed your comment, thank you

@73macrino

8 ай бұрын

Great story to a story! To answer your question, if there was any girls like her then I never seen them but back then everybody thought she was an angel, I know I did.

What a great 80s song from a legendary movie I grew up watching. No matter what is going on in my life, whenever I hear songs like this and music from this great era, I get a strong feeling of nostalgia.

This movie and Better Off Dead just two 80’s classics! Bravo!

@saulramirezkb5855

Жыл бұрын

Dude, better of dead is in my top 5s for sure

@DC-jo7hf

10 ай бұрын

Last american virgin....

This was the best movie ever made

Lori Laughlin giving Cru college advice 🤯

@Adino1

2 жыл бұрын

haha

@carlosivancardenas9894

2 жыл бұрын

That's some funny shit dude lol

soooooo awesome !!!!💯 MAN THIS BRINGS ME BACK.... gotta luv the 80's

I love the 80s and all its cheesiness.

I am oldschool old man 56years bmx driver... I love this Szene... Nice time from germany 😊

@L.L.2045

14 күн бұрын

nice bro

One of the greatest Cult Classics of all time & any kid that grew up in the 80s and went to a theater to see it wld agree.

This movie will always remind me of a much more carefree time in my life. I bet my parents hated this movie after about the hundredth time I watched it!

@lcsoto2012

4 жыл бұрын

I miss the 80s. Like you said. So much simpler.

One of my favorite movies and Send Me an Angel is one of my favorite songs of the 80s. I will never forget this scene as long as I live!

@pr3ttyb0n3z2

8 жыл бұрын

+Justus Allison can't believe I know all the great cult movies of the 80's (Ferris Bueller, Dirty Dancing and The Lost Boys are just as loved by our kids - 2 up to 16 and they all have The Lost Boys album and Real Life's stuff...we taught them well lol) and I have never seen this! We have thousands yet only heard about "Rad" due to seeing people reference it on the '83 & '89 versions of this song, so sound likes we are missing a cult classic? Fwiw I'd highly recommend those who appreciate Real Life and David's incredible voice (David Sterry, lead guitar, vocalist and writer of this) search up his name along with Countdown Spectacular - he didn't do guitar *sob*, but damn, he's one a rare few who still has it in spades. He performs regularly, still just as great live and lucky for me, a fellow Aussie ;) They weren't as synth/new wave as people thought - worth looking at their old stuff, they had a unique mix of those two things but with a bit of 80's pun/rock thrown in. Even had a song banned from airplay - you know you've hit the mark when that happens lol.

@Kosmouchkosmatakosmos

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Ok. This is officially my favorite movie scene of all time.

I remember seeing this and swearing I was gonna be an epic BMX rider LOL

@robertcooney1938

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this and thinking the same thing. Then I did.

The only thing missing is the Cobra Kai showing up in their skeleton costumes

@raymontoya4311

5 жыл бұрын

Bart was the poor man's Johnny Lawrence

@wagfinpis

4 жыл бұрын

Except Crew Skywalker would have cut through the lumber yard early in the movie and Mr. Miyagi never would have had to fixed his bike up for him.

@jimmydrunk1918

4 жыл бұрын

also Daniel san in his shower curtain costume.

@josephvincent8048

4 жыл бұрын

1:52 cobra Kai never die

@BigMan301

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter cru jones would whip all of their asses

Rad is playing tonight in local theaters, Rifftrax special!!

@pollyesther6361

2 ай бұрын

And also again this past weekend!

Aunt Beckys Got the moves

@thebandit0256

3 жыл бұрын

That's how Nicky and Alex were made

almost brought to tears watching this, me and my cousins loved this movie.

I grew up in Mexico, I kept thinking the song kept saying : "Send me a Ninja". I was like: for what? 😂😂😂

@Dyers88

7 жыл бұрын

general maintenance. cutting stuff

@stevenbaker470

6 жыл бұрын

Hugo Sabato now that's funny

@kevingonzalez6778

6 жыл бұрын

Hugo Sabato what? I can't understand what you said, it's tough when people don't use proper grammar 😂

Fun Fact: Jessie Katsopolis was in the crowd on this night, and leaned over to a friend saying, "have mercy, I'm going to marry _that_ girl some day." Though they didn't get together til much later in San Francisco, after things didn't work out so great between Becky and Cru.

No lie ... this scene makes me feel alive for truly the first time in my life. I feel like I have died and been reborn ... no longer a pawn of prophecy.

"what do you mean you don't know, its your job to know... find outshhh.."

The best time ever! The music, the movies, the memories, so so good!

We dance with our bikes. This movie ruled.

The best movie on planet earth. I grew up with this and I raced BMX at the time, I still love watching it!!!

Thanks for sharing takes me back

I would watch this movie over and over as a kid , please take me back to the 80's ...nothing is the same..

This. This scene right here. Dam. Its the scene of a lifetime.

@aphex14

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!

They put this in GTA 5 and I couldn't be happier

God Lori was so gorgeous! Great memorable scene.

Every time I hear this song this scene plays in my head.

@emiliomontiel3284

Күн бұрын

Name of song please

Bicycles used to be exciting. Going to a bicycle shop back in the 80s was amazing. Owning an old bmx like many of us did in the 80s was just iconic. Now modern....bicycles......= boring

@ThisGuy76

2 ай бұрын

Feral teens "stunting" in the parking lot of my local grocery store on frickin' fat tire beach cruisers; nearly getting killed & sometimes crashing into parked cars. 😅

I had the baby blue/white wheels hutch freestyle with pink decal white grips. It was the most beautiful bike It the world. The more I watch this movie as the years past. I realize how brilliant the choreographer and execution was brilliant! Amazing job. 👏

This song always puts me at peace, for some reason.◇◇

@huntress2538

2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing comments like yours! David (singer/songwriter of Real Life) and George (keyboardist) are friends of mine. Have you seen any of the more recent footage of David performing this pre-COVID?

release it on blu ray already......whats the holdup? every guy that grew up in the 80s knows this is a cult classic.

@thetvchannel1203

8 жыл бұрын

+keith kennedy i was born in 1988 and absolutely love this movie.

@greeneeguy

6 жыл бұрын

I'm 12 btw

@jasonrosas1295

6 жыл бұрын

child of 85 , and yes this is thee best movie of my childhood , and im still hooked and racing bmx

@MrCramsmith

6 жыл бұрын

keith kennedy - They tried to get it released on Blu-ray but whomever owns the rights to that movie won't sell the rights. There's a Facebook page that talks about it. They have a petition going trying to get that movie reissued.

@mjtingle1

6 жыл бұрын

keith kennedy this film lasted a good deal through the 90s. If you had a bmx bike you knew this movie front to back lol.

Karate Kid on BMX Bikes... LOVE THIS. This IS my childhood lol I will echo what others have said, the 80s were the BEST!

That Aunt Becky never ages.

This definitely a classic 80”s movie. BMX at it’s purest form! I also loved Gleaming The Cube too

Holy crap I was 5 years old again for 4 minutes, this is what real 80's baby's remember, not a bunch of nineties shite

BMX bikes and Real Life's Send me an Angel. It doesn't' get more 80s than this !

some great movies back then

Best dance off ever

I agree with Jason Mantzoukas: this is the sexiest scene in a movie ever.

I'm was alive in the 80's and I don't remember any High School proms where BMX Freestyle contest broke out. But, the music was soooooo good!

80's was the best time to grow up.

This song rocks and Rad too!!!... Miss the 80's even tho, i was just a kid!!..

great movie i miss my youth!

@jasonrosas1295

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Kisilewicz 😣😟😦😧

Hell yes one of the best movies of the 80

I feel privileged to grow up in the 80 to me the best decade

that's rad

How the main kid didn't parlay this into an amazing career is beyond me:)

Damn I wore this vhs out, great memories

Listening to this song in this movie hit different

I love how the race announcer is also announcing the dance! Also, when did bmx racing take on such nefarious criminal undertones!

@ryanjacobson2508

Жыл бұрын

Why did Mongoose let themselves be the sleazy villains in the movie?

This movie was released in 1986 on March 21 so happy rad day everybody.

@iane2353

2 ай бұрын

Some theaters were showing the movie tonight.

I remember when I was 6 my parents went out of town and I had to stay with a babysitter and her 2 teen daughters. We went to rent movies and I immediately picked this. I specifically remember thinking that everyone would be impressed that I got such a grown up movie that was extremely cool to boot. I wasn't so sure at the time based on their reactions but in retrospect, and after watching this scene I'm positive that they were impressed. I mean the movie is literally titled RAD. How can it not be...well RAD?...Answer it has to be and is RAD AF! LOL

My childhood! This was the movie in the 80s that got me into BMX and flat land riding. I still remember using paper route money to buy my first Mongoose Fuzzy Hall and my S&M dirt bike wish I had those still. Cheesy or not now this movie was the shit as a kid in the 80s

Beat that uncle Jessie!

2019 I’m now 40 and gonna take my kid out to bicycle boogie . LIVIN the dream

Aw I remember the days of bmx bikes of gold and chrome and the beautiful anodized spokes on my wheels

The memories this movie brings back to me. I was a lot happier back then and not alone.

As cheesy as the scene is... It's also kind of mesmerizing.

@LuxeXx

8 жыл бұрын

+Dallas Bagley Yeah, but it's creative enough too. They worked in the riding from another angle.

@wheelmanstan

7 жыл бұрын

to film this scene must have had the actors and nearly everyone involved feeling how the star wars people felt "this is ridiculous", but the director had a vision...and it works somehow

@duanecarter4615

6 жыл бұрын

Did they have two sets of bikes? Obviously the back brake is connected, but they spin the bars, a lot.

@dwightrenfield8670

5 жыл бұрын

Legendary

@anthonyiadarola1201

4 жыл бұрын

Plain and simple badass

this bring me back memories.

Rad and BMX Bandits where awesome movies

Remember watching this movie with my best friend aLOT back in the mid 90’s when we were like 12-13. What a trip

So this is what Aunt Becky was like before she had kids?

@WhatIsThatBruh

Ай бұрын

I assume so!

Awesome...I was only 6 when I first seen this movie, but the song is the only reason why I remember this movie.

@antdude

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Harlan I didn't know it was used for this! Great tune!

Classic movies like this from the 80s and 90s are phenomenal soundtracks just the same🥰🥰💋💋

I can vividly remember my parents taking my little brother and I to the video store and me seeing that beautiful vhs movie cover to Rad and me renting it for the first time in the 80’s and literally watching it like 20 times all weekend long! The nostalgia of Rad is sooo deep and heartfelt! 🥲✌🏼

The only video with this song that matters

Yes Lori Laughlin hasn't made good headlines lately but Damn when I was younger back when this movie came out I was seriously diggin her. A hot, sexy, All American girl!

@VahanNisanian

3 жыл бұрын

Despite what she did, I still think she is one of the most beautiful sitcom actresses of the 80's and 90's. I'm not gonna lie.

@davidsikes8386

3 жыл бұрын

She wrong, but didn’t nothing most of us wouldn’t do for are kid if we could, no matter what class or color.

@wallysworld5518

3 жыл бұрын

I kept wondering why I had a soft spot for her, hoping she would get a light sentence. Then I found this a realized why. I watched this movie many times in the 80s growing up. Found her beautiful then and now,

@ultra80sretrokid70

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!She was so hot in the 80s😍

2021 still savage af

Definitely top ten movies growing up! This movie was very inspiring for so many people and me as well!

This is the most 80s thing I have ever witnessed

i would rent this movie EVERY TIME when i was a kid and my parents would go to movie rental stores (in the 90s), my brother would get mad, "he always rents Rad". I fucking love this movie, in fact seeing it now motivates me to get my fatass on a BMX

Eddie Fiola and Martin Aparijo were gods to us in the 80’s.

He KILLED🔥🔥🔥🔥 when he goes up the poll..killed

Growing up in the 80's was awesome! The guys had the Bruce Lee haircut and the ladies had the flytrap/tidal wave bangs killed with aqua net hairspray 😂

Damn, I wanted to be Cru Jones when i was in middle school!!!

The old backflip in bmx was ground breaking when I was a kid. Now it's the triple backflip. Damn im old

This scene brings me back to being 9 or 10 years old. Life wasn’t perfect but the simplicity and genuine desire to be a bmx’er was real. 😂 I don’t care what kids can do on a bike now. Unless you were alive then, you have no idea how intimidating and impossible doing a back flip was.

Top 3 greatest moments in cinematic history 🙌

I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid cuz of Lori Laughlin she was so ducking hot on that bike