We Belong - 80's Tribute To John Hughes

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  • Опубліковано 29 кві 2021
  • This is my tribute to the genius of John Hughes in the 80's. Not only was he the king of the teenage angst movie, but had other comedic hits like Vacation, Plants, Trains, & Automobiles, and of course Home Alone. This is set to the first lady of the 80's Pat Benatar's "We Belong".
    Check out my most recent video "Follow Your Heart" a tribute to 80's movies
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  • @gen-x-dad
    @gen-x-dad  6 місяців тому +163

    If you enjoyed this video please check out my most recent video "Follow Your Heart" an 80's movie tribute ua-cam.com/video/1A03QuIEH2s/v-deo.html

    • @barbarakilman271
      @barbarakilman271 3 місяці тому +3

      Exactly 💯 I'm so glad my cousins shared this decade with me! I was far too young to be a part of it!
      I miss that decade so much

    • @charlottecorday5501
      @charlottecorday5501 3 місяці тому +3

      I agree 500% !!

    • @ThorOdinson-zc2kq
      @ThorOdinson-zc2kq 3 місяці тому +3

      Home alone was 1990

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  3 місяці тому +2

      @@ThorOdinson-zc2kq correct

    • @drnv150
      @drnv150 3 місяці тому +4

      Never realized how good it really was until the last 4 years of complete national insanity.

  • @TheSweezer
    @TheSweezer 4 місяці тому +1163

    You cannot understand how great the 80s were if you werent there. It was the best decade ever. Nothing compares

  • @AerialEscape
    @AerialEscape 3 місяці тому +176

    I miss the world we used to live in...

    • @InDadequate
      @InDadequate 3 місяці тому +4

      Pretty sure that's my line, or a paraphrase of it. ;-p

    • @lucyinthesky4682
      @lucyinthesky4682 3 місяці тому +3

      Mine too

    • @dbrewer53
      @dbrewer53 2 місяці тому +3

      Yes indeed

    • @roystonevans2223
      @roystonevans2223 2 місяці тому +3

      I agree... The world is so much more divided now... It seemed more free & easy

    • @charlenemack7040
      @charlenemack7040 2 місяці тому

      I’m 72 I would give anything to be younger I’d like to be 40 again maybe even 50 I’d be happy at 60… 70 brings a lot of health issues a few steps closer to you nowhere

  • @waterkaren3636
    @waterkaren3636 6 місяців тому +736

    damn... I was a teenager in the 80's
    and spent my 20's in the 90's
    its only decades later do I realise how lucky I was to grow up in that time.

    • @sharonjensen3016
      @sharonjensen3016 6 місяців тому +21

      We'll never have that time again. Glory days!

    • @dangermartin69
      @dangermartin69 6 місяців тому +24

      Me too, and you're right. Kids today will never know what they missed.

    • @positivelysimful1283
      @positivelysimful1283 6 місяців тому +20

      Me too; so true. Times have changed so much, and mostly not for the better.

    • @BipoIarbear
      @BipoIarbear 6 місяців тому +9

      I can still smell the leaves

    • @murraybozinsky7067
      @murraybozinsky7067 6 місяців тому +4

      I was thinking the exact same thing.

  • @lesliebailey5721
    @lesliebailey5721 2 місяці тому +116

    For those of us that remember, the eighties may have been the last generation to be truly connected by what was available to us on TV, Films, and in particular Music. There wasn’t the choice then that we have today, we watched, we listened, and we shared it all together, we laughed, and we cried together. There is of course greater access to everything now, but we collectively shared those experiences together in the 1980s, which is why we’re all still so connected. Today’s kids are tuned in and tuned out… if only we could turn back time!

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  2 місяці тому +10

      you laughed harder when you were in a theatre surrounded by people laughing, you cried harder when you mom was beside you in the family room crying to a melodrama mini-series, we gathered around the lockers on Monday to talk about Friday's Miami Vice and to see who was wearing that look including no socks, we swapped albums so we could record off each other's and make mix tapes. We even had to sit n the same room to play 2 player Atari games. We shared it together.

    • @DenMore1
      @DenMore1 Місяць тому +2

      It was the best. We had it all. Did not realise it back then

    • @lena-Ramone
      @lena-Ramone Місяць тому +4

      No the last gen to not be normal are the people who are now in their 40s. Gen Z are dangerous 😮 Only a few are rejecting the systems teachings.
      We all grew up in a more normal innocent time. Thr reason why mostly everyone over 40 is normal is because we werent brought up by social media and narcissism as a way to aspire to be 😂.

    • @earthcomedy
      @earthcomedy Місяць тому +3

      @@gen-x-dad quantum entanglement

    • @gkennedy2998
      @gkennedy2998 24 дні тому +2

      I remember the Cineplex, the disco, the dance clubs, the malls, the group of friends with whom I hung out. I remember going to Chi-chis Restaurant where our friends were waiters for free meals on Saturday nights (of course we paid his tip in cash)... the prom and all the preparations. Big hair and neon clothes. Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
      It seems like yesterday but was a different world.

  • @ryanfarmer5155
    @ryanfarmer5155 2 місяці тому +102

    No damn cell phones or social media, real human interaction, taught people how to be confident and tough, handle real rejection, hard work, and most importantly, communication and trust were built , that is all gone now

    • @DmitriyK12
      @DmitriyK12 2 місяці тому +2

      1980's def. had cell phones; they were big and bulky but were still cellphones.

    • @ryanfarmer5155
      @ryanfarmer5155 2 місяці тому +2

      @@DmitriyK12 yea I remember but sort of a different type of phone, that was a mobile phone and sort of not the point I was making

    • @lena-Ramone
      @lena-Ramone Місяць тому +1

      Yes the nerds ruined things - big tech

    • @KlausM81
      @KlausM81 Місяць тому +1

      next step is AI ... 😢😢

    • @earthcomedy
      @earthcomedy Місяць тому +3

      then you learn about digital radiation...and it's effect on our brains. Just 2.4 Ghz....and friends. The seeds of what you talk about accelerated in the 80s.

  • @WilliamHendershott
    @WilliamHendershott 2 місяці тому +130

    "You're going to wake up one morning in 2024 as a 50+ year old and you are going to miss me so much it hurts."
    -1980's

    • @barttollo
      @barttollo Місяць тому +3

      It's 6:30 in my country right now. It just happened. And I'm 52...almost 53😢

    • @Traditional_Wife1972
      @Traditional_Wife1972 Місяць тому +5

      I’m 51 and I could give almost anything to wake up in the 80’s again 😞

    • @drums4b
      @drums4b 26 днів тому +3

      The 80's will never die!!

    • @kateruterbories2692
      @kateruterbories2692 26 днів тому +5

      Yep. 53 here and can tell you, without a doubt, it's true.

    • @paulineodonnell3163
      @paulineodonnell3163 25 днів тому +2

      Smiling because these memories are golden. I want to see what nostalgia looks like in 20 years time.

  • @edwardmusicman896
    @edwardmusicman896 3 місяці тому +175

    To all of you belongs to the 80s, give me a like. Let’s not allowed the fire of the 80s to die. Coz we belong together!

    • @DenMore1
      @DenMore1 Місяць тому +1

      We do!!!! It will never die. Best decade ever!!!!!

    • @56839gra
      @56839gra Місяць тому

      😎😟

    • @willstar8095
      @willstar8095 22 дні тому

      Asking for a like is the least 80s thing ever.
      I call bs

  • @gussstavo
    @gussstavo 2 роки тому +324

    john hughes is the director that defined the 80s

    • @pocobull
      @pocobull 11 місяців тому +3

      He essentially made the same film over and over again, but there's no denying that the formula worked.

    • @gussstavo
      @gussstavo 11 місяців тому +1

      @@pocobull what you mean?

    • @pocobull
      @pocobull 11 місяців тому +2

      @@gussstavo you're a smart guy, you can figure it out.

    • @stephb3321
      @stephb3321 6 місяців тому +1

      @@pocobullyou put it out there. Explain.

    • @pocobull
      @pocobull 6 місяців тому +1

      @@stephb3321 it's really not that complicated. I'm sure you can figure it out.

  • @Andy-yh8cg
    @Andy-yh8cg 6 місяців тому +245

    Watching these great movies in the 80’s, as a teenager was more of a privilege than could have fathomed at the time. Now, at 53, I look back with with gratitude that I was lucky enough to be just the right age to get the message. RIP John Hughes.

  • @altered.
    @altered. 2 місяці тому +38

    John Hughes films of the 80s were the absolute best. So many classics.

  • @SunShine-ls1ul
    @SunShine-ls1ul 6 місяців тому +405

    Wake up wach a little MTV, go to the Mall, waste a couple of quarters at Arcade, catch a John Hughes movie at the Cineplex, make out with your chick in the dark, go home and talk all night on the phone till the sun came up !!!!! Long live the 80s !!!!

    • @nelsonoliva2119
      @nelsonoliva2119 6 місяців тому +5

      Killed it with this dream, cheers

    • @retromarine7701
      @retromarine7701 6 місяців тому +6

      I couldn't have said it better myself. Such a much more fun and simpler time.

    • @teresamariecaglehitt
      @teresamariecaglehitt 6 місяців тому +5

      Absafuckinglutly ♥️♥️♥️🥳🥳🥳

    • @UNCNCAAChamps
      @UNCNCAAChamps 6 місяців тому +13

      The 80’s were the best

    • @marcusanton95
      @marcusanton95 6 місяців тому

      When MTV actually played music and not all these dumbass shows.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 3 місяці тому +163

    This Really Hits Hard. The Nostalgia is so strong, it hurts. My Generation misses the 80's so much we want to go back, and I'm no exception. This is just more prof that the 80's was wonderfully weird and magical. Thanks.

    • @cclark3452
      @cclark3452 3 місяці тому +3

      So damn true!

    • @NiechZyjePolska48
      @NiechZyjePolska48 Місяць тому +1

      We want to go back and do it all over, but we can’t go back we know….. Didn’t Eddie Money sing that?

    • @NiechZyjePolska48
      @NiechZyjePolska48 Місяць тому

      By far the best decade, hands down

  • @brewster84067
    @brewster84067 4 місяці тому +26

    '88 high school graduate right here. This era will never be duplicated or equaled.

  • @zac7788
    @zac7788 2 місяці тому +28

    I'm so glad that i grow up during 80s, now kids will never ever understand how great it is back then.

  • @marciphillips8682
    @marciphillips8682 7 місяців тому +66

    To go back to the 80's again ❤

    • @truthvfiction
      @truthvfiction 6 місяців тому +3

      I’m 100% ready. We should invest in a time machine and visit on a Fall weekend.

    • @matthewgoodtimes3555
      @matthewgoodtimes3555 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@truthvfiction_____ I'm in !! Drop me off in Chicago where I grew up. Let's go back to originality and innocence. We bitched about our freedom then? If we only knew we'd end up online with each other talking. Weird shit let's go !!

    • @truthvfiction
      @truthvfiction 6 місяців тому +1

      @@matthewgoodtimes3555 Done! I took my undergrad in Chicago.

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      na, the fear of WW3 and the Reagan years are not forgotten....
      from Europe, the USA and UK been criminal societies....
      local terrorists here in Europe....not everything been good in the 80s....
      you only remember the good stuff...

  • @afornazieri
    @afornazieri 2 місяці тому +11

    I miss the 80's, we were happy and we didn't know it

  • @Bell2323
    @Bell2323 4 місяці тому +50

    Mary Stuart Masterton's teary-eyed look at Eric Stolz at the end of SKOW is one of the most iconic shots in movie history.

    • @Alberto.81
      @Alberto.81 3 місяці тому +4

      I wish had a girlfriend like that character

    • @jessejohnson8373
      @jessejohnson8373 3 місяці тому +2

      Watts was a lil cutie

  • @margolakin2285
    @margolakin2285 4 місяці тому +46

    When I am old and feeble, and my mind no longer functions in the present, I pray that my remaining years will be lived immersed in my memories of this decade.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  4 місяці тому +6

      well short term memory goes first, childhood memories tend to remain longer, so that might be okay :)

    • @macumezahn
      @macumezahn 3 місяці тому +3

      I have a dvd/blue ray all set up with a great 80's collection ready to go!

    • @karattkensair9891
      @karattkensair9891 3 місяці тому +2

      I became a 47 year old grandfather in 2019. Can you believe it??? Maybe I'll see you in the old folks home in 20 years. We'll party like it's 1999!!! Maybe we'll have an 80s themed Halloween bender? I'm going as Maverick.

  • @jmsaylor22
    @jmsaylor22 6 місяців тому +62

    Those who lived through the John Hughes era are very fortunate people, we are very fortunate.

  • @davidforsythe3037
    @davidforsythe3037 6 місяців тому +124

    Mary Stuart Masterson was so underrated

  • @gregieboy
    @gregieboy 5 місяців тому +28

    Ahhh, the 80’s, what a great time to be young! I was so fortunate!

  • @Turco949
    @Turco949 6 місяців тому +261

    If you grew up in the 80s with his movies, it is impossible to say they didn't help shape, even a little, the person you grew up to be! The Breakfast Club and Some Kind of Wonderful were my favorites.

    • @mlmartin2922
      @mlmartin2922 6 місяців тому +10

      I watch The Breakfast Club once a year.

    • @stephb3321
      @stephb3321 6 місяців тому +7

      Mine, too. Pretty in Pink, too.😊

    • @amarbaha
      @amarbaha 6 місяців тому +2

      I was literally Andrew McCarthy in high school who desperately wanted to be Steff I even had the alternative girlfriend, and drove that BMW. All we wanted was love and acceptance, and John Hughes figured it out

    • @mlmartin2922
      @mlmartin2922 6 місяців тому +4

      @@amarbaha He has said that many of his movies came from his own life experiences. 🙂

    • @matthewgoodtimes3555
      @matthewgoodtimes3555 6 місяців тому +1

      UH" I totally agree!! I grew up in Chicago inda 80s and I could relate to all his films like I was living them. Some kind of wonderful was near the end of his classics. Quote me if I'm wrong but I remember seeing that in the theatre in 87. I left that shithole that same year! Lmao!! Still love all these movies tho! ✌🇺🇸🏁♥

  • @mykemech
    @mykemech 3 місяці тому +27

    Back when I was still filled with hope. Hurts too much to visit here very long.

    • @beepbeep164
      @beepbeep164 3 місяці тому +3

      Before the world turned sour and the black winds howled…..

    • @ripvanwinkle3509
      @ripvanwinkle3509 3 місяці тому +2

      Exactly this :(

    • @earthcomedy
      @earthcomedy Місяць тому +1

      then the cordless phones debuted....analog at first....

  • @slowman8742
    @slowman8742 Рік тому +149

    The man was a legend. Responsible for so much of the culture in the 80s.

  • @kootybear
    @kootybear 6 місяців тому +140

    He made teenage boys feel like we had a fighting chance in both life and love. His movies are a huge part of my childhood and growing up. He like so many of the 80s are forever gone and never forgotten. I wish every day it was still the 80s. Having a world that was able to start being themselves without alot of judgement and people just seemed alot happier.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  6 місяців тому +8

      all we had to do was put a bra on our head and harness the power of the PC!

    • @The2ndFirst
      @The2ndFirst 5 місяців тому +2

      @@gen-x-dad It seemed reasonable at the time.

    • @foodetc.
      @foodetc. 2 місяці тому +3

      I'm over 50. My buddy said it best: we just all got along back then.

    • @jackietcarroll5679
      @jackietcarroll5679 2 місяці тому

      @@foodetc. 🥰

  • @heyguyslolGAMING
    @heyguyslolGAMING 6 місяців тому +121

    John Hughes was the Mr. Rogers for us teenagers. RIP
    “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller

  • @jasonlommen4769
    @jasonlommen4769 8 місяців тому +49

    The 80’s man, what a time to be alive. I was 8-18 during the best decade ever. I enjoyed every Fn day of it!!

    • @mrs.h4484
      @mrs.h4484 6 місяців тому +4

      It was for me too. I was 13 to 23 in the best decade ever.

    • @ozyankee4403
      @ozyankee4403 6 місяців тому +3

      18 to 28…. Graduated high school 80, graduated college 84, joined military 85, …
      The 1980s was the decade of decadence.
      The 80’s were a transition from heavy metal hair band rock, early pre gangster rap, decline of Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, spies, the AIDS epidemic, early internet, and PC computers, which include day glow neon spandex, big hair, emergence of Nintendo…. MTV, Video arcades, VHS… cable television… decent movies.. decent soundtracks… the brat pack

  • @keithdixon3896
    @keithdixon3896 3 місяці тому +15

    Today's world is pretty awful compared to those times.... I feel very lucky to have been there 😊

    • @GTRJohn13
      @GTRJohn13 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah NO TRUMP ZOMBIES!!!

  • @akboles
    @akboles 5 місяців тому +23

    There will NEVER be another time like the 80's! Not in television, or movies, or music, or life itself. I wish I could go back to those times.

  • @mastercly4031
    @mastercly4031 Місяць тому +4

    The memories we made in the 80's were the best... talking on a land line all night with your friends, hanging out at the mall, partying in the woods, MTV jams, Saturday morning cartoons, life was so much simpler ! The good times !

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      yip, topless girls at the lakes, good music....
      traveling to other countries.....
      i am European, we drunk beer at 16...legal...and its still legal,
      we drove to Paris for breakfast, Amsterdam for dinner....my old passport is fully stamped...!

  • @noelyboy6969
    @noelyboy6969 6 місяців тому +26

    If I could go back to the 80s I would in a heartbeat.

    • @brianwaller9232
      @brianwaller9232 5 місяців тому +3

      ...and stay forever

    • @atpcliff
      @atpcliff 5 місяців тому +1

      Find what you like with now, and focus on how today is good. Use your Free Will to LOVE!

    • @atpcliff
      @atpcliff 5 місяців тому

      @@brianwaller9232 Find what you like with now, and focus on how today is good. Use your Free Will to LOVE!

  • @williamwolfe3277
    @williamwolfe3277 5 місяців тому +35

    The 80s were the greatest decade to be a young adult, so many changes, the music, it was fabulous!

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      13 - 23, got drafted into the military in late 1990!
      good music, good movies and for us North Europeans, a lot of naked girls at our swimming lakes here...beer at 10, harder stuff at 12...we had freedoms, we still have!
      i liked the 70s too, for their girls with short skirts....

  • @HappyBanjo-oc3pc
    @HappyBanjo-oc3pc 3 місяці тому +8

    No decade can come close to the 80s for greatness.

  • @scottkelley9418
    @scottkelley9418 Місяць тому +11

    I can't believe how far the world has fallen since then

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      yip, the Americans cant wait to elect a dictator!

  • @barrybrennan5877
    @barrybrennan5877 6 місяців тому +56

    I get real emotional when i see and hear these films and songs. Brilliant times.

    • @matthalpin1981
      @matthalpin1981 6 місяців тому +2

      Me too, mate. Couldn't agree more.

  • @KlausM81
    @KlausM81 Місяць тому +7

    " Some Kind of Wonderful" Watts ....what a great movie. loved it

  • @emmarae4322
    @emmarae4322 Місяць тому +5

    I was 10~20 years old during the 80s. I miss it everyday.😢❤

  • @crosisofborg5524
    @crosisofborg5524 5 місяців тому +9

    The girls of the 80s were best ever.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  5 місяців тому +1

      yes they were/are

  • @holgerschink1341
    @holgerschink1341 Рік тому +117

    Every movie from him has a special place in my heart.

  • @j.jmcquade5278
    @j.jmcquade5278 Місяць тому +6

    Where has the time gone? I remember all of these moments like they were just yesterday. So powerful

  • @injanhoi1
    @injanhoi1 5 місяців тому +9

    A lot of things in the 80's will never be forgotten. A lot of things from 2000 to 2020 will be forgotten.

  • @davepedersen2115
    @davepedersen2115 Рік тому +51

    Brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.😊😢

  • @james_tiberius_kirk73
    @james_tiberius_kirk73 3 місяці тому +12

    Graduated High School (Australia) in 1984. John Hughes films were hugely important to the 80's Pop Culture vibe. I guess you had to be there to understand it. I still only listen to 80's music even today at 56 years old. I'd go back tomorrow if I could.

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      i left regular school in 83 here in Germany...
      the 80s didnt been that pink times, fear for WW3,
      Russians invaded Afghanistan,
      750.000 Russian soldiers just 25km away from my place!
      we had a army of 600.000 man standing by!
      now, its under 200.000 with 20 million more citizens!

  • @mikehawk7307
    @mikehawk7307 6 місяців тому +9

    We will never have movies like this anymore.

    • @sharonjensen3016
      @sharonjensen3016 6 місяців тому +2

      No we won't, more's the pity. I don't like the kind of films Hollywood is churning out today, and I'm not afraid to say so.

  • @prieta8475
    @prieta8475 2 роки тому +55

    RIP John Hughes And John Candy

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  2 роки тому +3

      John Candy was so beloved, especially up here in Canada.

    • @user-td4hd9sk2j
      @user-td4hd9sk2j 2 роки тому +1

      @@gen-x-dad And in Siberia too

    • @user-td4hd9sk2j
      @user-td4hd9sk2j 2 роки тому +1

      My favorite director and actor

    • @jamieteal2107
      @jamieteal2107 9 місяців тому

      Absolutely love ya big JOHN CANDY your the man could brighten up anyones day sure did mine many a time 👍🇦🇺

    • @dukey19941
      @dukey19941 6 місяців тому

      @@gen-x-dadbeloved here in the states as well. I miss him.

  • @wyatt12358
    @wyatt12358 5 місяців тому +9

    I WAS 10 YEARS OLD IN 1980. I REMEMBER ALL OF THIS AND FRIENDS I WENT TO ALL THOSE MOVIES WITH.

    • @Arltratlo
      @Arltratlo День тому

      i am losing already friends to the death....people i cant talk to about the past anymore!

  • @jerrybranham5386
    @jerrybranham5386 6 місяців тому +12

    One of the best. It is terrible knowing what movies are like now, in 2023. Compared to the 80's and 90's, this generation of movies is horrible.

    • @sharonjensen3016
      @sharonjensen3016 6 місяців тому +1

      I know what you mean. Occasionally there's been a rare gem, but good films are few and far between in the modern world.

    • @emiliomartinez9400
      @emiliomartinez9400 5 місяців тому +1

      Movies of today at the movie theater are only for the kids or an adult with a mind of a ten year old kid 🤣.

  • @imdtap1448
    @imdtap1448 6 місяців тому +27

    Damn...The best times of my life. It's never been the same since. I feel blessed to have grown up to all things 80s

    • @karenrosen2983
      @karenrosen2983 5 місяців тому +3

      I feel exactly the same way ❤

    • @66THEOSU
      @66THEOSU 5 місяців тому +2

      Hands down the best days of my life. Class of 1985.

    • @TheCaptjamestkirk
      @TheCaptjamestkirk 3 місяці тому +1

      Yep, I agree!

  • @famb31
    @famb31 3 місяці тому +16

    John Hughes was a legend! Loved his movies growing up in the 80s ❤

  • @drnv150
    @drnv150 2 місяці тому +3

    For all us as Teens in the 1980's and Geeks / Ham Radio operators, comdex, computers, no cell phones needed, even to this day we have our Radio gear....still a geek today, still communicating with Ham Radio. RIP John Hughes, only the last 15 years realizing how special the 1980's were.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  2 місяці тому +1

      Have you watched Halt and Catch Fire? I loved this show.

  • @ShreddedWheat305
    @ShreddedWheat305 8 днів тому

    The 80's wouldn't have been this awesome without this man!

  • @mdoctor69
    @mdoctor69 4 місяці тому +29

    DAMN.... brings tears to my eyes! Amazing how a few well chosen video clips backed by this heartfelt one hit wonder of a song tugs at your emotions so much. I'm 54 and this sums up my entire childhood. I swear gen Xers must agree we lived in such a special time. Yes, it was the decade of excess and indulgence.... our country was thriving and proud! Our music stands the test of time! So many amazing artists stem from this decade. Best thing is we didn't have to tip toe on eggshells in fear of offending anyone, doing the wrong thing. We all just Got It!

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  4 місяці тому +5

      thanks for the comment, but Pat Benatar was not a one hit wonder!

    • @mdoctor69
      @mdoctor69 4 місяці тому +2

      Oh geeez…. Lol.. I thought I was replying to another 80’s tribute video with the song “Waiting for a Star to Fall”. And yes, of course the great PB was not a one hit wonder:)

    • @monaezytwo6513
      @monaezytwo6513 3 місяці тому +1

      One hit wonder? You don't know Pat Benatar? One of the greatest female rockers of all time.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  3 місяці тому +1

      @@monaezytwo6513 go easy, she already corrected herself

    • @elbob17
      @elbob17 3 місяці тому +1

      Very happy to have grown up in the time I did. Shout out to the Bicentennial babies out there.

  • @djrom66
    @djrom66 5 місяців тому +8

    High school and college in the 80’s were the best of times. 😋👍

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  5 місяців тому +1

      I preferred my Jr High and H.S., for me University was a large commuter campus, not exactly Animal House

  • @tinapico5166
    @tinapico5166 9 місяців тому +18

    His movies defined my teen years. So many iconic memories, he was a movie genius.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  9 місяців тому +1

      he defined teenage angst

  • @Dan-oi4kt
    @Dan-oi4kt 17 годин тому

    I was 20 in 1980, so I spent my whole 20s in the decade, what an incredible time it was

  • @JH-lc8xd
    @JH-lc8xd 3 місяці тому +4

    The 80s was not only a special decade, was the last great decade. It was also the last of the golden years for hollywood

  • @wademeeker425
    @wademeeker425 6 місяців тому +10

    How lucky we all were to grow up in the 80’s. I think back often at to what a magical time it was. Greatful for every single day of it.

  • @jameschatterton3541
    @jameschatterton3541 3 місяці тому +5

    The 80s were the best time of My life

  • @TheReckoningBeginsToday
    @TheReckoningBeginsToday 4 місяці тому +5

    As a GenX dad. I miss the 80’s & 90’s.

  • @billsuszynski6549
    @billsuszynski6549 Рік тому +15

    John Hughes, best director that defined my 80's growing up. I miss you! :(

  • @wisecrack4645
    @wisecrack4645 6 місяців тому +13

    Yep, the 80's belonged to the genius John Hughes. RIP legend!

  • @cassiejoubert7140
    @cassiejoubert7140 4 місяці тому +4

    those were the best time of my life

  • @Dealtoth
    @Dealtoth Місяць тому +1

    Wish we could go back to the 80s was best of times!

  • @Eve_xx932
    @Eve_xx932 22 дні тому +1

    80s was just epic. Never to be repeated

  • @dorkqueen7136
    @dorkqueen7136 9 місяців тому +22

    My favorite director. All his movies have so much meaning for me. They defined my youth.

  • @robsanz9746
    @robsanz9746 4 місяці тому +5

    I grew up in the 80's (graduated high school in '85, and as "magical" that time period was...this song Transcends it. 💚

  • @aslkdjfzxcv9779
    @aslkdjfzxcv9779 2 місяці тому +4

    the 80's were amazing.

  • @JerryNoel-th7wh
    @JerryNoel-th7wh 6 місяців тому +7

    I owe my childhood to john hughes, thank u so much for giving us outcast 80s kids a voice

  • @matthewpace5834
    @matthewpace5834 2 місяці тому +3

    18 to 28. No better decade to spend the best years of my life.

  • @daveinspace5999
    @daveinspace5999 5 місяців тому +12

    Yes, the films of John Hughes made it to Germany as well and I simply loved them. Coming of age myself in the eighties, I couldn't help but find myself in one or another of Hughes' characters and I think we all did, right? Even today, when I come across films like "The Breakfast Club" or "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" on the tv, everything else has to wait. Doesn't matter that I have watched them a thousand times, they are still working the way they were made. You can't say that about too many films of that era. John Hughes just knew how to do it.

  • @AfghanVetRTF3
    @AfghanVetRTF3 Місяць тому +2

    For those of us who grew up in the 80s, this was our golden age. Some really beautiful comments on here. Oh, to have the ability to turn back time.

  • @paully173
    @paully173 3 місяці тому +3

    No other decade will ever beat the 80’s!! I was there and loved it!!!!

  • @phillyphlyers
    @phillyphlyers 4 місяці тому +3

    Man the 80s and 90s were the best. Beat movies, best music EVER!!!!! 🙏🏻🤙🏼

  • @josephmitchell740
    @josephmitchell740 20 днів тому

    I was 14 when ‘90 rolled around. I’m so fortunate to have lived during the “good ole days”.

  • @princejohn6560
    @princejohn6560 20 днів тому

    I never had the internet or a mobile phone in the 80s but it was still the best time of my life

  • @anynomous2024
    @anynomous2024 5 місяців тому +4

    Man…. I miss the 80’s best decade ever!

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq 11 місяців тому +20

    John Hughes is a legend & inspiration to us all

  • @kevinlocke3400
    @kevinlocke3400 15 днів тому

    Hughes was the visionary for all of us who lived the 80s. He was our voice and eyes.

  • @setoredan
    @setoredan 6 місяців тому +26

    Truly miss the 80's. For me I had friends, good times, great music and movies. Great tribute to the 80's

  • @3rdFloorDownStudios
    @3rdFloorDownStudios 5 місяців тому +4

    46 still trying to find myself. I think I am almost there. I miss the 80's.

    • @gen-x-dad
      @gen-x-dad  5 місяців тому +2

      just keep going, what matters really seems to change

  • @Michelle-CraftyWACatLady
    @Michelle-CraftyWACatLady Рік тому +41

    What an excellent 80s tribute that brings back so many memories. Thank you

  • @geobloxmodels1186
    @geobloxmodels1186 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm nearly 62. Yeah, the 80's were good. When I hear that old music I can remember delivering pizzas to pay for college. No debt! I took my little sister to see Duran Duran. During the summers I delivered office supplies and remember listen to Raspberry Beret on a local Houston AM station in the company pickup truck.
    I think I'm gonna need a DeLorean, a flux capacitor, and 1.21 gigawatts to get outta this awful time!

  • @antoniodagostino2291
    @antoniodagostino2291 4 місяці тому +2

    Gen X here, I've watched so many of 80s movies multiple times and I'll do it again....can't beat the classics

  • @Supernaturalshowcase01
    @Supernaturalshowcase01 Рік тому +14

    My life's a john Hughes movie

  • @patsalas5170
    @patsalas5170 3 місяці тому +4

    Mary Stuart Masterson was a great actress and under appreciated ❤

  • @claydupuy7327
    @claydupuy7327 3 місяці тому +2

    The 80s, such a brilliant decade.

  • @Kingbisaya
    @Kingbisaya 3 місяці тому +2

    I’m a Proud Gen X. 80s is the era when USA was a champion of world peace, unity, love, fun, music and charity. Wish the 80s spirit comes back in today’s troubled times.

  • @lauraluffman6177
    @lauraluffman6177 6 місяців тому +4

    John Hughes was a blessing to 80s kids everywhere 😂

  • @gregm8418
    @gregm8418 3 місяці тому +3

    The best generation ever! I’m in my fifties now and my children are so jealous that I grew up in the 80’s.

  • @Pondjumper1
    @Pondjumper1 2 місяці тому +1

    My 18 birthday was in 1980…. Perfect age to enter the 80’s in the UK.

  • @NipItInTheBud100
    @NipItInTheBud100 3 місяці тому +3

    John Hughes movies are in a category of their own! They still hold up today and are garnering the attention of a whole new generation! Most of my favorite movies are John Hughes movies!!

  • @penandroll9287
    @penandroll9287 6 місяців тому +7

    the best days of my life...what a decade 🤩🤩🤩

  • @stephb3321
    @stephb3321 6 місяців тому +16

    Loved this so much. John Hughes was the epitome of the 80’s. So glad I grew up in that decade. 💕

  • @user-ed2et3er1g
    @user-ed2et3er1g 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow 😊 I'm an old maniac from the 80s so many beautiful memories

  • @michaelbroadway643
    @michaelbroadway643 5 місяців тому +3

    John Hugh’s movies are timeless in so many ways.

  • @FirstNameLastName-oo1zm
    @FirstNameLastName-oo1zm Рік тому +9

    Captured the 80s in film better than anyone

  • @DBZluvz
    @DBZluvz 3 місяці тому +1

    no decade comes close to the clothes, games, cartoons (the thundercats, transformers, she-ra and silverhawks) music and movies of the 80's! i was born in 1982 but even at a young age i can still remember the feeling of riding with my parents and listening to Reo Speedwagon, Journey, Starship, Kenny Loggins and so on. i would've loved to be a teenager in that decade but i'm thankful for experiencing what i did of the 80's.

  • @johnsambo9379
    @johnsambo9379 Місяць тому +2

    I forgot how beautiful the actresses were then. What a great time for movies!

  • @ChrisWardofLegalShield
    @ChrisWardofLegalShield Рік тому +8

    Great job. Gen X represent!!!