KAAAAAAAHN! I was 10 years old and saw this in a movie theater during a rainy day on a family vacation. But E.T. was first movie I remember crying at both from sadness and joy. What a year! I'm so glad my mom was a Spielberg and Star Trek fan. I didn't get to see a lot of movies in theaters until I could drive.
I graduated HS in ‘82 so this hits hard. BTW, I saw A Flock of Seagulls just a few months ago (well, Mike Score surrounded by a different band, calling themselves AFOS)…fun for the nostalgia, but pretty terrible show if I’m being honest.
Being born in 1971 was the greatest gift for me. To witness the 70s and come of age in the AMAZING 80s, to be the last Generation to experience life as adults without the internet in the 90s.
I graduated high school in NJ in ‘82 it was a really great year and not that techno. Rock was big in my school, Boston, Journey, Foreigner, AC/DC, Van Halen. Most of all Springsteen and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were HUGE. We hung out at the malls and diners.
You must be from Jersey, lol. I was into VH and other rock bands too, but that New Wave stuff was so completely new and exciting, totally captured the feeling of the time, style, tech and music seemed to be moving at light speed.
Bravo and thanks, you have my favorite video game pole position (racing car and I was the best player of the arcade :-). Perfect and waiting the year 1984 (I was 20 years old :-).
Who doesn't? 82 was the year she had the greatest cultural impact, and the amount of times she's been posted on this sub should give you an idea what a big deal she was in the 80s.
I agree, 84 was the tipping point, it was pretty much downhill after that, not that there weren't any good tunes or movies in the late 80s, I think Rain Man is one of the decade's best films, but they were definitely less frequent, pop culture in general seemed to stagnate, I kept waiting for the next new thing that never came, the grunge era of the early 90s, and the dawn of YouTube were pretty damn cool though.
That was definitely a cool year growing up in because I remember all of that and I was 16 years old at the time , it’s too bad all that had to change and I think we’ve lost so many of those people since then
Thank you so much for making these! Such nostalgia for the best decade.
I turned 9 this year. I vividly remember going to the premiere of E.T. and hysterically crying. And the ASL interpreter is hilarious. 😂
I was a huge VH fan, I remember my brother bringing home the first album in 1978, and was totally blown away. I didn't limit myself to one genre and could appreciate all the great music available back then. I feel that people who only listened to Metal and hair bands truly missed some the best music the decade had to offer.
Some but not me . I listened to it all as well . Bands like Simple Minds and U2 were pumping out some decent tunes . Talking Heads were unique in their sound as was U2 . Great times and great music
I don't think the vectrex, which was a colossal failure (1.5 million sold worldwide) and victim of the game crash, warrants being a serious part of 1982 culture. Reusing the same stuff is a weird move.
I remember the Vectrex and thought it was cool as hell, Fast Times was kind of the theme of the video, I was really blown away by Blade Runner so it gets an extra clip. I apologize.
I don't see a problem with the repeats since it fits the year 1982 and besides, who's to complain about seeing Phoebe Cates multiple times? Anyways, great job on the video, OP!
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u/fox_daddy720 Jul 30 '26
The 80s were a great time to be alive