love it when they use the term punkers.man the people in 1984 seemed so closed minded.growing up close to L.A. I guess we had it slightly better.My mom hated it but let me do it without much problems.teachers and principles at school were alittle different.got called into the office for no reason all the time about my attire.
Same here..I dyed my hair in '84 when I was a 14 year old and got a lot of shit from the teachers and some of the students. This was in Orange County, CA
If you were called to the office for your attire then that is why you were called to the office...your attire. To say there was no reason when you gave a reason makes you sound foolish.
you prolly dont care but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times you can watch pretty much all the new movies on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown :)
"what is their future" that's a freaking riot...a lot of the old punks I know who would have been kids when this was on have done great with their life. Just among my old friends there are multiple people who (a) have advanced degrees, (b) hold responsible positions at major companies, (c) write for major newspapers and/or have published books, (d) have toured all over the country and/or world with bands, (e) became college professors. Silly old bat!
This whole show- “We just want to dress like this” “But it’s not normal” “Well maybe something is wrong with ‘normal’” “But.... normal is normal!” “Do you have an intellectual argument against the way I dress” “It’s.... not normal!”
This was the era of Ronnie Reagan; America was supposed to return to its' conservative 1950's glory. For the parents, funky hair cuts and strange clothing/piercings worked like holding a mirror up to their souls. They could see themselves, cowering in confusion, unsure how to confront these "wild" children.
@SaucyWench7 yeah believe it, I was a 20-year-old punk when this was on and I dressed pretty much like that blonde long-haired punk girl in the audience they keep showing. I'm 48 now and when I'm back in my hometown I still hang out with a lot of my old punk friends from back then at bars and shows.
@Freshlinens Punk in 80s America started with college art/ music heads and also kids in the suburbs. Malcolm McLaren tried to market punk to the poor kids in the USA thinking they'd be interested, but at that point, they mostly weren't. The suburban kids were into punk as a rebellion against their being forced to conform by their parents and by society. In my town at least, poor kids did get into punk but it took a few more years, by then the 80s were over.
I would have been more punk if my parents hadn't been so exhausting. It's amusing to me to watch this with parents freaking at the idea of kids with "pink hair." My daughter wanted a blue streak at 12 and I'm the one who put it in. At 22, she's stuck for a year with close cropped on one side, bleached and green and longer on the other, and it looks good on her. Her dad and j decided before I was born that hair grows back and clothes are temporary and would be the kid's choice.
It is not only the way we look but how every one else looks at us. I try to work every day but it is the people I work for that keep me from going forward.
@Freshlinens Kids from middle class backgrounds can still see the injustices going on around them. Maybe they deserve credit for the fact that they're attempting to buck the system from their side?
Well, assuming you are around my age. mid 20s to early 30s, correct me if i'm wrong if you would. Punk rock is not a monolithic genre of music, nor a monolithic sub-culture. I fell into Punk Rock because I found an old Ramones record, and started checking out more Ramones music, and related bands. Coincidently, the west coast/skatepunk craze started at that time. I hated skatepunk and westcoast punk but I am not gonna sit here and attempt to say I know anything about the 80s punk culture.
@aaronwanker1, true, but then it wasn't just white America being intolerant back then, trust me, you'd get offers to get beat up on a daily basis from all the races. At any rate, all of it was a great incubator for creativity if you could stand the heat.
Not sure, but non-conformity was the thing. It was music outside of the mainstream, it was clothing that made other people frightened or uncomfortable. Bout all their is to it. When it comes down to things, it was about music. Music set the tone for the punk. As music was always a cornerstone of young people's lives it makes sense to deduce that it was inevitably about music. If you want to know why they dress as they did. Look no further than the Sex Pistols who brought that fashion here.
I was born in 84 and went through a punk phase in my life. I now have a Bachelors degree and am pursuing a degree to be a registered respiratory therapists. I still have some of the same values. I have just toned down the dress sometimes but not all the time.
This isn’t the real punk. When punk started it wasn’t about fashion nor colored hair. Real punks were actually against the so called punks that started getting into this fashion punks with the hair styles and the cloths. If anything real punks would dress like normal people. They were wearing varsity jackets and basketball shorts.
1984. Skinheads in America began in 83 because punk Rockers became hippy like in their additutes. Whining, crying why can't you accept me whaaaah. The music was changing into pop. We want to continue to slam so metal filled in the gap. Even hardcore turned Metalic. And look how society changed. The punk hair style is pretty much main stream.
@SaucyWench7, hard to believe but we old punks started out young once...;) Live fast, die young is for suckers.
Fantastic show. Hard to believe all these punkers on the show would be in their late 40's or well into thier 50s by now.
officially old these days. my mom is 50- she was only a 14 year old little “punker” then. She’s also the biggest ministry fan i’ve ever encountered.
We are in our 60s, still pogoing, wearing black, skulls, and colorful hair. Oiiiiiii!
love it when they use the term punkers.man the people in 1984 seemed so closed minded.growing up close to L.A. I guess we had it slightly better.My mom hated it but let me do it without much problems.teachers and principles at school were alittle different.got called into the office for no reason all the time about my attire.
Same here..I dyed my hair in '84 when I was a 14 year old and got a lot of shit from the teachers and some of the students. This was in Orange County, CA
If you were called to the office for your attire then that is why you were called to the office...your attire. To say there was no reason when you gave a reason makes you sound foolish.
lol you look so millenial
you prolly dont care but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times you can watch pretty much all the new movies on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown :)
@Arthur Jacoby yup, have been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself :D
"what is their future" that's a freaking riot...a lot of the old punks I know who would have been kids when this was on have done great with their life. Just among my old friends there are multiple people who (a) have advanced degrees, (b) hold responsible positions at major companies, (c) write for major newspapers and/or have published books, (d) have toured all over the country and/or world with bands, (e) became college professors. Silly old bat!
This whole show-
“We just want to dress like this”
“But it’s not normal”
“Well maybe something is wrong with ‘normal’”
“But.... normal is normal!”
“Do you have an intellectual argument against the way I dress”
“It’s.... not normal!”
lol now is not much different really
This was the era of Ronnie Reagan; America was supposed to return to its' conservative 1950's glory. For the parents, funky hair cuts and strange clothing/piercings worked like holding a mirror up to their souls. They could see themselves, cowering in confusion, unsure how to confront these "wild" children.
What a darling conversation. Respect all the way around on this one.
3:18..... "i just think we should all just get along". 😂😂😂 Yep. Thats Me. Oh brother.
Serena Dank: biggest, most prominent teeth in the world. Not that that means a thing, but it's kind of fun to say.
@SaucyWench7 yeah believe it, I was a 20-year-old punk when this was on and I dressed pretty much like that blonde long-haired punk girl in the audience they keep showing. I'm 48 now and when I'm back in my hometown I still hang out with a lot of my old punk friends from back then at bars and shows.
i swear, that chick's mom is a will ferrel charactor
Daryth lucked out it seems.
10:43 - mainstream marketing hits the new wave punk scene..
@Freshlinens Punk in 80s America started with college art/ music heads and also kids in the suburbs. Malcolm McLaren tried to market punk to the poor kids in the USA thinking they'd be interested, but at that point, they mostly weren't. The suburban kids were into punk as a rebellion against their being forced to conform by their parents and by society. In my town at least, poor kids did get into punk but it took a few more years, by then the 80s were over.
I kind of wish I could have been a part of this back in the day.
I would have been more punk if my parents hadn't been so exhausting.
It's amusing to me to watch this with parents freaking at the idea of kids with "pink hair." My daughter wanted a blue streak at 12 and I'm the one who put it in. At 22, she's stuck for a year with close cropped on one side, bleached and green and longer on the other, and it looks good on her. Her dad and j decided before I was born that hair grows back and clothes are temporary and would be the kid's choice.
lol yeah but now it´s like people emulating old stuff like normies playing dress up with old styles
It is not only the way we look but how every one else looks at us. I try to work every day but it is the people I work for that keep me from going forward.
That girl on the phone just won't stop yapping lol
I love Mrs. Morrissey! Edward Scissorhands wife!
6:32 Holy shit! That is the ugliest smile i have ever seen!
Gees, does anyone in this video have the right to judge anyone else's hair?
If they knew that doc martens would be mall fashion in 2021...
lol.
Al Jourgenson is high.
Viktor Greeson always!! Lol
I dress this way just to keep 'em ha-pay 'cos Halloween is everyday-hay!
he’s havin’ a good time
@Freshlinens I'm middle class and I'm pissed about the rich, the government, the culture, etc.
Misses Morrissey looks like John malkovich in drag
@Freshlinens Kids from middle class backgrounds can still see the injustices going on around them. Maybe they deserve credit for the fact that they're attempting to buck the system from their side?
WHI is the dude at 7:10 with the BA in politics? Hes pissed and radical
Do not want any change. 1980s. Issue of the man
Well, assuming you are around my age. mid 20s to early 30s, correct me if i'm wrong if you would. Punk rock is not a monolithic genre of music, nor a monolithic sub-culture. I fell into Punk Rock because I found an old Ramones record, and started checking out more Ramones music, and related bands. Coincidently, the west coast/skatepunk craze started at that time. I hated skatepunk and westcoast punk but I am not gonna sit here and attempt to say I know anything about the 80s punk culture.
@Freshlinens- Maybe it's because of all those people who hate middle class fuckers?
Specifically, from the Far Side.
@aaronwanker1, true, but then it wasn't just white America being intolerant back then, trust me, you'd get offers to get beat up on a daily basis from all the races. At any rate, all of it was a great incubator for creativity if you could stand the heat.
3:40 is that Patty ?
Not sure, but non-conformity was the thing. It was music outside of the mainstream, it was clothing that made other people frightened or uncomfortable. Bout all their is to it. When it comes down to things, it was about music. Music set the tone for the punk. As music was always a cornerstone of young people's lives it makes sense to deduce that it was inevitably about music.
If you want to know why they dress as they did. Look no further than the Sex Pistols who brought that fashion here.
I was born in 84 and went through a punk phase in my life. I now have a Bachelors degree and am pursuing a degree to be a registered respiratory therapists. I still have some of the same values. I have just toned down the dress sometimes but not all the time.
Hi fellow '84 baby! I was more of a hip-hop child but am into punk/ska now too. Anything anti-establishment basically :)
2:55 , are those guys saluting?
Raising hands to speak?
Donahue acts so rude!!!
god i love it when the conservatives start to go feral on this show. every time it’s just “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT”. I wanna see blood.
OMG!!! O_o 6:33
This isn’t the real punk. When punk started it wasn’t about fashion nor colored hair. Real punks were actually against the so called punks that started getting into this fashion punks with the hair styles and the cloths. If anything real punks would dress like normal people. They were wearing varsity jackets and basketball shorts.
You mean like The Sex Pistols? Because that was absolutely about fashion.
dude you avatar styled like my culture and how we grew up ? why are people playing dress up with how we grew up ?
@@hitakkjismith3115 punk never died their are still punk scenes the Differents is now it's not something new or fresh
1984. Skinheads in America began in 83 because punk Rockers became hippy like in their additutes. Whining, crying why can't you accept me whaaaah. The music was changing into pop. We want to continue to slam so metal filled in the gap. Even hardcore turned Metalic.
And look how society changed. The punk hair style is pretty much main stream.