Fucking hell yeah it is brother Reconnecting with ones in er child That last surviving fragment of the innocwbt person we all were in thr years of our personal childhoods once upon a time so very long ago before the workld had its way with each of our lives in its malignabt way As i see it we live in a inherently evil world Ones inner child be thst survivinf fragment of the once innocwnt person they were in childhood This is why i love the 80s the eternal homeland of my inner child My happy place my safe zone as it were
At that time, popular culture reached a peak of quality, and at the same time it was not disturbed by crowds of sheep on the Internet. Really blessed times.
@ExcuseMeBut not nostalgia on my part though The 80s be a huge part of my personal identity thats why i love retro 80z pop culture I be grooving in the past to hold onto some sense of sanity to survive this insane future we all be living in I lived my childhood as a child of the 80s that really was the best period of my life when it comes to the wonder years my friend
I was born in 1973... When I was 15 years old "Miami Vice" was by far my favourite show! Now i am 49 years old and i am almost crying watching this...! I want my 80's back...!!!!
The time has been invented by the human being but in the eternity there is no time, it doesn't exist. Whenever you want to be in the 80's again just think about memories, listen to songs and you will be in the 80's, you will feel it in your heart.
Ur wish might come true... cuz my friend actually works there and they are working on new VICE CITY GTA... like really bigger then the vice city we got 17 years ago but i dont think its 80s i he said its gonna be 1990... or something CJs.. time... i mean GTA SA time... dont know why.. but yeah Vice city probably will be a setting for the next GTA :)
@@Bakero083it's a great reference. Personally I would love to see vice city given the GTA V treatment. They are both incredible games. In fact it's was fun just driving round the neon drenched areas of vice city at night, just listening to the radio.
First time I heard this I was a kid in USSR. I had no clue what this song was called. I remembered this melody for years but couldn’t find it. For some reason I was avoiding watching the Miami Vice. I finally found it today. Thanks to the music gods!!!
I am 52 now. Not only the show, but the 80's in total will stay with me for ever. I feel so lucky l lived this era as teenager. Life was so beautiful, if you want to talk to a girl you had to do it in person not through an application. The Crocket theme still gives me chills after almost 40 years. !!!
My childhood! I’m in my mid 40’s. In the 80’s this show was everything! The 80’s were the best time to be a kid. Just enough technology and innocence mixed together. You can still go out and ride your bikes till’ the sun went down and the porch lights came on and the cartoons were the best!
I know, Miami is my hometown, and I’m blessed to have lived my twenties in The Magical City as it’s called, at this very period of time in the early 80’s. I so miss my city, till this day I still think of her, and at times it brings a tear to my eyes. I miss you my darling. 😢
The show was genius, and Crockett's Theme even more genius. How can a single piece of music convey danger, melancholy, hip, cool, darkness, urban, tropical, laid-back, glam, and action . . . simultaneously? Takes my breath away every time.
If this track doesn't hit you in the nostalgic feels nothing will....especially if you were a kid growing up in the magical 80s......what a feeling, this track is like a time machine for the soul! Wonderful, absolutely love it.
Being from dusty Tucson, Arizona, and growing up in the 80s, this show made Miami truly seem exotic. This theme song made you feel like there was more to life, more to be discovered.
47 yrs old now I listen to this shut my eyes I go back to playing on my bmx in the sun life was simple but happy ppl We’re happy we’ll to me they seemed happy less traffic on the roads the air was fresh 🏴🫶🏻💚
Now is better actually. So many more oportunities to have fun, tech age is the best! You guys in the 80s didnt know how it feels to play online game with your friends while growing up. And i can contact anyone in an instant, i dont need to call his home phone to ask his mom is he at home. Movies and shows are 100x better today, better acting, quality, cgi... Its okay to be nostalgic but dont dare to say 80s were better than now. I was born in 2003. and i like it old man
@@sinsna8331 Still a kid. Weren’t even around when 9/11 happened. We had more fun in the 80’s, because we were actually out, not stuck behind Xboxes, Tik Tok & shit like that, in a social media world which u can’t do shit or say shit in this woke world
Cool cars, cool boats, cool hair, cool suits, money everywhere and the best music....I sure miss the 80's. I was born in 1966 and spent my formative years in the 80's. If I was offered a chance to go back and relive that decade again I would do it in an instant.
@@Adriana-eu6ty I live in the UK..born and bred in the UK...I used to listen to this at 5am on my way to work in a factory at 6am...I liked the song ....It was nice.
@@Adriana-eu6tyNo I don't. Reagan was my hero then and now. It was because of President Reagan that the culture became as free and experimental as it did; even if the artist were anti-Reagan. He saved the US from the late 70s malaise of President Bean Farmer. He was reelected in a landslide and his Vice President was elected comfortably, even if for only one term. Despite what you were told by revisionists, he and his politics were loved by a huge number of people. Not only in the United States.
It was the slickest thing on TV back in the day - i was a teenager so watched the odd episode though I dont really remember specifics. The mid 80s was a great time for American pop culture.
Die zwei best angezogenen Ermittler aller Zeiten!👍👍 Es war eine tolle Serie aus einer tollen Zeit, die nie wieder zurückkehren wird. Das Lied ist ein Meisterwerk. ❤
I remember watching this and Knight Rider with my parents. I wasn't even in school yet. We visited Disney World in '89. Florida was so much brighter then.
Miami Vice, Literally a series that was ahead of it's time. What an era. The nostalgia is real man. Been re-watching the entire series these past months, and what a time. Don't think any show can come close too it these days. Sad that the era, is long past. Iconic storyline, themes, instrumentals, characters and so much more. Legendary.
I feel you bro. The 80s was such a great decade. We had the technology we needed, but we weren't hooked on it. We had time to enjoy a good movie or videogame, but also we played on the streets. And, oh boy the music. Those were the days you had to buy the whole album if you wanted to listen to your favorite song or wait for it on the radio🥲🥲. Let's build a Delorean with a flux capacitor and go back there. But first we have to trick some Libyans to steal their plutonium so we can generate the 1.21 gigawatts we need.
Nothing can beat the 80's...NOTHING. Lots of negative things happened to me in life, but at least I can say I grew up in the 80's, lived the 80's, breathed the 80's, immersed in the 80's.. the greatest 10 years ever. Of that I am supremely proud and grateful to God.
I remember being like 13 when Gta Vice City came. I played it through like in 2 days because it was addictive as fuck. Doing some epic missions and driving a car near the beach at sunset. Those were the good days. Nowadays it's nothing but financial and relationship problems lol :D
I hear you man.. I remember driving through vice city when the sun was setting, sweet tune on the radio and that sense of freedom in a game.. Those were the good times indeed..
No offense to both of you but when I was a kid we did things in the real life sunshine outside with our friends. GTA Vice City was an impressive game though I'll give you that. 80s music is just great all around no matter how, when, and where you hear it from.
Blahbevava We went outside and a lot!! but I mean the best way for kids of my generation to understand the lifestyle, music, etc. from the 80's was due to GTA Vice City and this Tv series. That's why I'm here today. For nostalgic emotions even though i was born in 1990 :D
Fructuoso Torres-Leite I hear ya man, It's just the way some kids talk about video games now days gives one the impression that they have no life outside of video games. Good to know some kids still went out to play like we did. I mean heck we had Nintendo and Sega growing up but the games were generally pretty short so we spent maybe and hour or two on them and went back outside again. I've just noticed a huge decrease in the number of kids playing outside especially within the last 14 years or so. I blame the fear mongering media mainly.
I turn 46 today, and I wanted to see & hear this again. Reminds of my great time in the80`s . What a era we lived in, awsesome. I love Miami vice with the great cars and the awesome clothing. Come on & admit , jeans/trousers +Tshirt +jacket + sneakers-+sun glasses, how cool was/is that. Maybe I getting my late mid-life crisis now, but I going to re-life some of those things:clothing & car is on my list to do this year,. I think anyone from this era agree that it is still cool , right?
I live in south Florida and graduated high school, Class of '86. This series inspired me to become a cop, and in '88 I became one. I served 25 years and although my body count wasn't quite as high as Crockett's, (ok, I actually have a body count of zero) I did have one hell of a run!
The 80's were my childhood, and were the best times of my life. Miami vice and especially this theme is awesome, I find those days the best because life was much simpler and less stressful, no cell phones or smart phones, internet or computers. The most complicated item in our household was the brand new color tv that dad got, and people looked for you if they wanted to talk to you, not call you or text you, people walked or drove to stores and tried stuff on, they didn't order them online. I miss those days. And in 2015, I still listen to this kind of music. thx for the song.
xxdamonxx77 My friend and I took our first London trip during the Miami Vice years. When people learned we were from Miami, they asked "aren't you afraid of people shooting you"? We tried to explain that it wasn't like that but after awhile we just played along. "Yeah, we pretty much dodge bullets every day".
Best memories of the 80's in Edmonton was Bullwinkle's Family and Fun, explosive fire crackers you could get at 7-11, and slurpees while playing the videogames there.
My wardrobe was the same as yours, everyone wanted to be Sonny Crockett. He started a tread that lasted for years. The clothes, the music, the show, the memories, born in 68.
Because in the 80's there were musicians and arrangements most of the time. Today you have patterns and loops and and 99% of the music is not played by a musician but by a guy who is a music fan, the difference is big. The doom of the 80's was when "free style" came, a very simplistic and stupid way that took the corniest to the extreme. But you have INXS, Depeche Mode and many other bands who had musicians like Queen, Pink Floyd and many others.
vjrei Modern pop music is intentionally homogenizing the sound because it's easier and more cost-effective to use a similar template for most tracks. They've always done this, but it's more prevalent now because it's easier. Just take a few sounds that are popular right now (piano mixed with a layered synth, then add a 4x4 beat and make it as loud as possible). This is the train of thought most producers have these days, and you can't even get a job (like making a song for a commercial) if you don't approach it like this.
They key lies in 80's musical production: highly synthesised instrumentation mixed with overly raw organic sounds (i.e combination of synths, tenor sax ; in this this case heavenly synths juxtaposed with xlyophone, strained guitars). Similarly the juxtaposition of youthful, light, ultra commercial production and visuals yet all the time delivering super serious themes and romantic messages. These two juxtapositions are the key to that feeling you describe in my opinion.
koto ayodeji yes, I think you nailed it...there seems to be a deconstruction in all those juxtapositions and conventional assumptions are replaced with something different.
best tv show of all times!! nothing will ever compare! best music, best duo/partners/brothers, best scenes get emotional just thinking of it all. wtf happen all we have is garbage today!
easy answer, they simply don't have the budgets from back then you don't see any TV show with chases and crashes on regular basis this days , or shooutouts with explosions
It was probably one of the last (seductive and tragic) vestiges of American culture that actually had meaning. I'm pretty sure what's left of us is simply fucked, regardless of who is "steering the boat."
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Yeah, that Times where Pablo - Don Patron - Escobar made the Kokain, befor Guzman did it :-) I love the DEA - dealing with them, especially El Chabo - mutated to a kind of CIA. Serving the Society at the End? Sad that Escobar couldn´t by the military Russian Submarine. Or Reagen, bringing Narcissism back in the Politics and Society (esp. Business), like Noam Chomsky excellent shows and argues.
If you grew up as a teen during the 80s like I did you know how fortunate we were to grow up in this decade of brilliance. A time when we had the perfect balance of hope, love, opportunity, and fun. We had a taste of technology but we didn't choke on it like we do today.
Exacly. What happened was techonological advance and cultural degeneration. Enterpreneurs and scientists did their jobs, but the academic left, Hollywood and the media helped to destroy the Golden age. I'm quite young, but even in the early 2000's here in Brazil i was able to see what remained of sanity in popular culture, now it's about snowflakes and their radical activism destroying liberty and free speech.
I was in my 20's during the eighties. It was more than special. There has never been a decade like it, before or since. If only we could go back....just for a little while. I find it incredible that so many people feel the same way. Forget the 60's, the 80's was the time to really live.
+Martin Courtenay-Blake - I was in my 20's also. The 80's had the best music ever from pop to heavy metal. Great clothes, style, fabulous cars, and nice dressed guys. Men looked great back then.
Let's Go Brandon is fucking Things up so badly that it will herald a new dawn of Big Hair...Fast Cars....Speedboats. Helicopters....Fun and Free spirited carefree living..... Or.... Communism...Marxism....Tyranny....Hatred....Racism....Blm....Antifa....Lgbtq....and a world that no one wants to live in....Stay safe an dx believe.... Let's Go Brandon
I remember watching it when it premiered in 1984! I was in High School. Friday Nights @ 10:00 PM on NBC In Los Angeles! When Season 3 started in 1986, I was in Naval Basic Training in Orlando,FL! During Season 5, I was stationed in South East Asia! Now I am Retired & still watching this Awesome Show on Starz! Lots of Great Memories!
I still write: when it was 'cool' being a 'cop.' Approximately 23 years of honorable service between civilian and military police. Blessed are the Peace Makers. So, Don Johnson and Philip Thomas: you made me strive to be a detective: Detective Sergeant. It was my best time to be a cop. I was careful about civil rights; I saved lives; I put evil people in jail and prison. And I am certain, never an innocent fellow human. I'm glad for the time God allowed me to be a law enforcement officer. Thanks for the encouragement! I'd be so glad to hear from either of you. You're both classy actors and were absolutely perfect for your roles. The Internet is amazing and I hope someone will forward my thoughts to both of you. Blessings! Keith
Too many of the hillbilly cops around my area get really upset when you say “ you’ve obviously watched too much Miami Vice” You should run for office as a Democrat, you’d fit right in with your revisionist history
People often ridicule Miami Vice: that is flashy, tacky and shallow. But in my opinion this is one of the best TV shows ever. Which changed almost everything. Was almost a decade ahead of its time. And music by Jan Hammer is outstanding. Dobrá práce! 😎
Far more than that, it it one of the great tragedies. In the end, Crockett's leave the job with almost nothing. One wife divorced, a kid he almost never sees and his new bride dead........
@@jasonallman696 This was what the show was about. Everything was flashy and nice on the surface, even and in particular the bad guys, but beneath the flashy nice surface, it was the cruel side of reality. One of the rare cop shows were the cops often failed to catch the bad guys. That made Miami Vice quite unique.
I was born in 82. Just got into this show three months ago. Already ordered the box set, the shoulder holster and the sport coat that didn’t look too cheesy. It’s gray, goes with a lot. But I really want the sky blue and white one
Call me what you want, but to me 80's was the best era of all. Look at the hair, the cars, let's not forget the music, neon lights and where wearing blazers and shades were cool and stylish. #80'sforever
Magnus Fullauto 80s was a great time but in Miami which is where I am and have been since birth there was a lot of real sit happening too. Cocaine was big on the streets and every night gunshots were fired. I witnessed many things one was aftermath of a bomb attempt few blocks away! Years later I got to see the hit man who set that off in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys. I flipped when he told the story because I remember it happening and how the ground shook when it went off. Crazy Shit it was in that time here.
Jade1_nl i was born in 2003 and think the 80s had the best music best style, the music coming out now is mostly trash, i say mostly because there were a few good bands out there but the fashion and music is shit now, i wish i could've lived in the eighties
People were so civilized and very tolerant and very down to earth and so open minded and i am talking about Americans and all people but all that has changed forever .
This instantly transports me to 1986. I was born in 1967. I lived in Huntington Beach in the 80s, graduated high school in 1985, worked at Music Plus on Beach Blvd. - the best place to live and work in the 80s! Coke in the backroom (the store was always clean! Haha!) Was exposed to ALL the music genres. TicketMaster in the store. Lots of concerts at Irvine Meadows. Such an incredible time to be alive! If only I'd known what a special time it was... I would have taken more pictures and savored the time.
When I saw it we had two (2) TV-channels to chose from and off course only VHS video if nothing good was on TV. You can be very sure we did not miss many Miami Vice episodes....
So much greatness lost.... The time we live in is horrible. Everything is too fast, too cruel and life is hopeless. When I have time to stop and think I feel a void deep inside me. An emptyness in my soul that crushes me because of what was lost and what it used to be and is now gone. I cant even express how terrible and sad this time is. This song takes me back there and makes me emotional :(
Dude, people said that exact same thing about the 80's DURING the 80's. Mankind has spent millennia yearning for a fictional past, it's always been too fast and too cruel, lighten up and enjoy the present!
Life isn't hopeless at all. Media wants to make you think otherwise, but if media reported on reality, then we'd see reporters tripping over themselves to show you the newest scoop on a dog peeing on a lamppost. "But Hans, everybody knows dogs pee on lampposts, why would media need to cover that" To that I ask "If media doesn't cover what 'everyone knows' because you can see it every day, why do we need media to tell us daily how bad entire swathes of our populations are?" With this perspective, you can be freed. Everything bad and hopeless in media is acted. It only gets bad the moment people start believing in it and behaving like it's reality. But since it never was reality, even those who think it's reality can simply convert back to dismissing it, without any ill effect.
