Being born in '72, this song is my life. My mom cried like a baby when Elvis died. I remember the day the space shuttle fell from the sky. Just like the song, I have a mortgage and two suvs. It brings back all kind of memories every time I hear it!!! LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!
12years later I was born in 99 I turn 25 this year I’ll be lucky if I can ever afford or qualify for a mortgage at this rate wish I’d have been born in yalls decade haha 😂
I was born in 1975 and the first time I heard this song, all I could remember was that I couldn't wait to grow up and be on my own. Oh, what a poor dream choice that was.....
I was born in 1969 and the first time I heard this song I was by myself in my car and I cried like a baby. Not even sure why. I wish I could go back and do it all over again knowing what I know now.
@@christiancrihfield Im 53 years old and my experience has taught me that knowing what you really want out of life is the secret to success. If you are doing something you love you will never work a day in your life. Life is hard and it's full of ups and downs but putting your focus on and trusting in God makes it a whole lot easier. I'm not saying that troubles won't come your way but dealing with those troubles is easier when you have a relationship with God.
I was born in 1968 and got to see it all! Now I'm 56 and life was great! Got to see B&W TV, eight track cassettes, tapes, CDs, DVDs, Blockbuster Video, Computers, Internet, Peer2Peer File-sharing, got my B.Ed, & M.Ed. degrees, got & survived Covid19, Gulf War, and 9/11.
I was born in 1982 and I got to see Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Everything, Van Halen, WWF Live, WCW, The best Horror movies, Rental movies. The 80's are the best!
Born in 1968, I can relate to EVERYTHING in this song. From Star Wars, Evil Keneviel, Stretch Armstrong, when Dallas was America's team. I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard the news about Elvis dying (and my Mom did cry), and where I was when I heard the news the Challenger exploded on Jan 28, 1986. This song is my childhood.
I don't remember Elvis dying, but I do remember Challenger. Then Oklahoma City, then the Towers... School for Challenger, at home for Oklahoma City, working for the Towers.
@@Iris_Collins I was born in 1994; so my generation is associated with the bombing in Oklahoma City, "Scream" reviving the horror genre of movies, Princess Diana losing her life in a car crash, Bill and Monica, Columbine, Y2K hysteria, 9/11, Nickelodeon being the kids network to watch, etc.
@@michaellovely6601 I remember Oklahoma City; I don't remember what i was watching on TV before the news report came on, but I do remember the wreck of the building and the crying kids from the day care center. Made my heart hurt looking at them.
I miss those days sometimes - I'm happy and blessed today with two grown sons and my precious granddaughter. 🥰 But still "I would't trade those days for nothing - It was 19 somethin'!"
I was an 80s baby and a 90s teen. I remember the 80s memories and relate to the songs. I am listen in 2023. I turn 41 this Fall. May God bless you, Mark Wills! Thanks for sharing!
I turned 43 two weeks ago and remember when this song first came out. Even then, I instantly got taken back to my days of tights under a skirt, wearing two pairs of different colored crunch socks, crimped hair and feathered bangs. And, yes, I had a few pairs of parachute pants! Also, Bugle Boys....colorful, but, god-awful! I thought I looked good back then, though. 😂
80s baby and 90s teen I love this song and always have! It still brings a tear to my mothers eyes hearing it. She was a early 60s baby had me early 80s. I now know how she felt when she heard it for the first time. 😢
I was born in December 1969 and I tell you that this may be the truest song of ANY classification! MTV did play 24 hours of videos... What a much simpler life back then.
First time I heard this I got a tear in my eye. Born in 66. Teenager in the best decade of all time. Enjoyed the 60's, 70's and 80's music while a teenager. I know all what this song is about.
I remember meeting you briefly when I was little, you went to high school with my mother in riverdale. this song is awesome even though I was born in the 90s, this song will forever remind me of my mother and how much she admired you. you're awesome, keep doing what you are doing.
I was born in April 1972 and this song describes my whole life even down to the black Trans-Am. Great memories I wish I could live all over again. Sure do miss a lot of my friends I grew up with. Some who moved away, some I just don't see anymore and a few that have passed away. 😕
Tomorrow, I turn 50. Although I was born in 64, I was raised in the 70's and 80's. I have never been one to boo-hoo about time gone by, growing up in my family wasn't anything I've missed. But I now realize how very much I miss my friends. Hanging out with them is what saved my life. I do miss the 70's, and the 80's: more than I ever knew.
Yes for sure. I was born in 72. This song takes me way back. Mark is performing in my town this Sunday. Hope he does this song live. It's gonna be great
I was born in 1971, in what was then a small town in GA. I don't live far from my parents home. Times have changed so much. At times it doesn't feel like the same world. This song hits so close to home with me. I can still remember me and my dad, mom, and brothers watching the Dukes of Hazzard on friday nights. I still remember me and my brothers going to the arcades playing video games like pac man, defender, and so many others. I still remember us playing outside even after the sun went down. Chasing lighting bugs in the summer. Waking on saturday mornings and watching cartoons til noon. Then getting our fishing poles and heading to a small pond near the house to catch bass or bluegill bream. Or catching catfish . Great times. Very great times.
I've had the privilege to see Mark Wills 3 times. Once at the Kinney Store in Kinney Texas right in front of the stage. I filmed the whole 2 hour concert and was even recognized by Mark for doing so. Mark Wills has been a part of my life ever since the early 90's. His music speaks to everyone who hears it's soul.
Born in 1966 lyv this Cowboy music there nothing better then playing all my favorite never gets old playing them ever day always This Little Country Cowgirl thank u cowboy ❤❤❤❤❤
This song just popped up , I am in my car crying and thinking just how wonderful it was and understanding everything in this song . Born in 71 , I wouldn’t change a damn thing about my life from back then
@@SgtE5 I was in 2nd grade when the Challenger went up, and it's my generation's "where were you" moment. And my first grade teacher showed up at my job a few years ago.
@@stephaniegittinger7980 I was getting a haircut when I watched the Columbia burn up on TV. Teacher wheeled a TV into my class and watched as the second plane hit.
I was in 4th grade, watching it happen on Live TV as our school hosted a special classroom presentation for all grades to watch the first teacher go into space...
I was in 5th grade. My school of 16 kids in Montana were watching the launch live when it happened. As kids we knew something bad just happened but really didnt sink in till later. School was let out early that day.
This song describes my whole life growing up in the 70's, 80's. I'm getting near 50 now and wish I could live all those years over again. I loved the Dallas Cowboys, had a stretch Armstrong, had a few bike crashes, still love Star Wars and I remember watching my mom cry when Elvis died. Same with the 80' s.....I remember all of it. From the Rubik's cube to the Challenger Explosion and my first car......A brand new black Pontiac Firebird. Good times.........👍
I was born in 1994; so I mostly grew up during the 2000's. I remember the 2000 election, the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Bali bombings of 2002, the power outage of 2003, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans, the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, the 2006 Amish schoolhouse murders in Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech in 2007, the election of Barack Obama in 2008, and the death of Michael Jackson in 2009.
I was born in 1970 and this song brings so many memories. Getting up early on saturday mornings and watching all the great cartoons and spending the evenings playing in the woods and fields around our farm. Like the song says i would not trade those days for anything.
I was born in ‘95 and I heard this song growing up and yearned for an experience that I’ll never know. Y’all really got to experience the absolute crest of American civilization and many of my generation will forever envy the lives that you guys got to live. 🥲
I was born in 2001 and I wake up everyday wishing that it was 1970 or 1980 something and I had a chance to live like they did. It actually affects me everyday. sometimes I wish it didn’t because it gets in the way of me living my current life to the fullest. But I just can’t help it sometimes. It physically hurts.
@@tiaschofield8348 I grew up in just like the video. Even still have some the things in video. Yeah, it was great. No cell.😢 But life goes on. Get out and enjoy life, don’t get stuck in a virtual world..
Was listening to this in our car two nights ago with my 14 year old daughter and I was explaining to her the lyrics and when he said "space shuttle fell out of the sky" I completely lost it. I've never done that before infront of her. It was uncharacteristic, but all of these 80's emotions flooded me. I was in 4th grade and remember that day very well. Man, what a song.
I'm not a country music guy but there is something about this song. It brings me right back to my childhood. So many memories came flooding back watching this. Thanks Mark Wills for putting a smile in my heart.
Have loved this song since it came out, having been born in 1967 totally my life in a song!!! Remember the neighbor in our apartment crying when Elvis died (she was a fanatic). And was standing in the middle of Main Street in Leesburg, FL when the shuttle went up, had the tv blasting so I could hear the countdown and when it exploded I freaked as I knew it was not to do that. Very impactful song for sure. The kids today just wouldn't understand.
I wish I knew Mark Wills so I could thank him. I found myself this evening letting go of a very painful past couple of years regarding my elderly Parents while I go through their/my things. I've loved this song for a long time, but never found myself crying over it. In fact, I always laughed about it (in a good way). But tonight, and this week after some major transition in my life getting past a very very dark time in my life that has spanned several years with Alzheimer's and legal issues by people who need to just stay out of people's lives, I found myself reminiscing and this song really busted my emotions open unexpectedly. I don't cry. Really never have since I was a tiny kid. Always put on the straight face, but I lost it tonight. Thanks @MarkWills for writing/producing/performing this song!
I was born in 1969. I wish we could go back to then. I was 17 in the middle of my 11th grade year in high school when the space shuttle explosion took place.
Born in 75, this brings back memories of being a kid in the 80s. Man do I miss those days, just running a playing and not a care in the world, things were a lot simpler back then.
I was born in 86' so some of these references resonate with me. Played pacman at the arcade. I had a Stretch Armstrong. Had rubix cube. Watched MTV. Went to the skating rink. Miss those so-called simpler times when my parents would just drop me and my brother at the arcade without any concern. Going to the movies every Christmas Eve as a family. Feels like a lifetime ago.
I saw Jurassic Park at least 8 times, had the Mario levels memorized, and iv'e seen the stuff they put inside memory foam, yeah. Well, I was Brett Farve in my back yard, had a shoebox full of Pokemon cards, and a couple of Jackass scars on my right arm, I was a kid when Tupac died, and my momma tried. It was 1990 something, in the word that I grew up in, bowl cut hair due days, plaid shirts, and burn CD's. Lookin' back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy, but I wouldn't trade those days for nothing, Oh it was 1990 something. It was the dawning of a new millennium, we got out first flat screen TV. Dad broke down and finally shaved that 'ol unibrow off. I look the stickers off my Nintendo games, watched Nickelodeon all afternoon. My first love was Amanda Bynes on that stupid show. Terrorists flew 2 planes across the sky.... And the whole wold cried. It was 2000 something, in the world that I grew up in, Skating rinks, and little league games. Hair perms, and throwback jerseys. And lookin' back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy, but I wouldn't trade those days for nothing, Oh it was 2000 something.
Jsmith12292 I wish I could remember everything I wrote when I rewrote it for fun for the 90's and 2000's. I do remember this bit though: "Cell phones got slightly smaller, boy bands made girls holler, looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy, but I wouldn't change those days for nothing, oh it was 1990 something..." "I was the queen of my backyard, had a binder full of Pokemon cards....I was a gilr when Selena died...and a lot of people cried..." and like you did: "The twin towers fell from the sky, and the whole world cried"
Thank you so much Mark for chronicling my life in a video. I'm 48 years old now and you couldn't have said it any better. Wish more songs today could connect with people like you do.
8 track tapes...my nephew was looking through my stuff in the attic...he didn't know what my cassette tapes were at all and was iffy on CDs ...good thing he didn't find a record player up there 😂
Saw Shrek 2 at least ten times Had a PS2 on my TV stand Rascal Flatts was my favorite country band I bought DVD's from a Blockbuster store I had a Spongebob mat on my bedroom floor And a facial scar from when I wrecked an ATV I was a kid when Michael Jackson died And my mama cried It was two thousand and something In the world that I grew up in Pop-punk and crunk-rap days Wore out my Rugrats tapes Looking back, I can see me Oh, man, I looked cheesy I wouldn't trade these days for nothing Oh, it was two thousand and something
People nowadays would be offended to see that sweet ass hot rod in the first few seconds, but I'm proud to see it. Always a fan of you, bub! Love you and this song
That's my uncle Tommy in the black shirt on the far right behind Mark Wills. Met Mark Wills in person and he seemed like a humble man. Still inlove with this song and Marks voice!
In 1980 I was a 13 year old eighth grader. 3650 days later, as the decade dwindled to a close, I had just secured my first job post college graduation, sporting my new (Cheesy) 1989 Candy Apple Red Camaro RS with matching mag wheels, had an apartment, a pretty college sweetheart and a slew of college buddies. So my experience living the 80's have defined who I am. In 2003, I was going through a sudden and unexpected divorce when this song popped on my car radio on night while driving home after trying to drown my sorrows at a local joint. Three lines in to the tune I began to cry so hard, that I had to pull over to the shoulder of the road. This song, that for most people of my generation should have been one of the happiest, left me- that night- so pathetically lonely and so distant from those happy times, then just a few years back. Now, all these years later, I feel a bit silly about crying to such a great but cheesy song. I guess that country music for ya.
I’d love to be a ‘70s and ‘80s kid like several of my cousins, my stepbrother and stepsister. But everything in God’s timing. I was an ‘80s and ‘90s kid and I share some of these memories. Dealing with responsibilities and rarely seeing family that I grew up with “makes me wish sometimes” that it was 1980 something! God bless!
I remember those days well! Doesn't seem that long ago! This song brings tears to my eyes just listening to the lyrics. I miss those days! Wish I could go back!
This song is so true i had a black trans am and spent every weekend at roller rink i had a stretch arm strong and it brings me back .was nothing better 80s forever . will never outgrow my youth im 54 and listen to 80s music everyday .im stuck .
I was born in 2002 and I wish kids would respect their elders like they did in the 50's and 60's. Man those were the good old days, and I wish I could go back in time to experience those times.
I was born in 1967. This song is spot on!! From Star Wars on....I remember where I was when I heard about the Challenger. This part of the song makes me tear up a little every time.
As a 48yr old man, this song holds memories of days gone by... I have to Quote Ralph Spangler " I’m last of the generation that can relate to a lot of this. I hope and pray that young men open doors and wait on women. Love your wife/girlfriend and cherish every moment. Treat others with respect and take advice. Most importantly don’t work yourself to death, take the vacation days and spend every free moment doing what you love. Say “I love you” as often as you can to those you hold dear, don’t hold grudges and forgive the ones who did you wrong. Lastly let a greater power into your life." Amen Ralph and thank you.
I’m an 80s kid and I remember the challenger explosion. The one that hit close to home for me was when the six Kansas City firefighters died in the explosion while fighting a fire. I grew up near Kansas City and I remember watching the funeral service at arrowhead stadium on the local news channels.
Love this song, it brings back so many memories. I had just about all of the toys it shows in the video. Lol I saw Mark last year, he's a real class act. He sings real country music.
TY Mark. you looked way too young to be around in the 70s, till i remembered how old this song is. I find myself walking down memory lane more and more. Keep up the good work.
Born in 71...yep...70s were nice...80s were the shiiiittt.....90's were pretty good... starting in 2000 the liberal democrats and hollywood destroyed America....
I love this song, I just adore the stories to it :D I remember the days where me and my buddies would stay out from morning to midnight riding bikes and playing games! What great days~ :D
I discovered him last week 09SEP22 at the Grand Ole Opry and just fell in love with him and his music. This was the first song he sang and it talks about all my childhood, Dukes of Hazards (me it was Beau and Luke Duke) Star Wars, Rubik's cube, etc. I Loved the show.
Love this song. I remember every thing he sang in this song. Those were the good ol days. I have some great childhood memories from the 70's. The 80's are some of the best times for me. The world now is in a great big mess. Seems to get worse. Thankful for this video to bring back those good ol memories. Thanks Cowgirl Cindy!
@@judeproulx9683 Mississippi. I just have alot of great memories that this song talks about. I love old school music. My cousin actually got to meet Mark Wills. She's into music, sings, goes all over. She has a great job in the country music Business. Lucky Cowgirl!
