What is youth culture | Have your say | Mods | Punks | 1980s Youth | White Light | 1980 

Man the 80s, what a time to be alive

The bloke down front with Rockabilly look ended up as one of main characters in TV programme Londons Burning

People forget just how violent and how much an atmosphere of violence pervaded youth life during that time. I hate it when people look back only with rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia as if everything was “wonderful”.

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

We had a huge advantage compared to today’s kids and that was the music

I was a rocker in the 80s , am still a rocker now , will still be a rocker on my "deathbed"

You had something to be into in those days , I was a Skinhead with no racial intentions , It was a look I liked and the music reggae and ska , I loved Punk ,later I was a mod which was not that far away from the skinhead look . later I was a casual But looking back I loved so many different styles of dress and music . I hung around with people of both black and white decent colour was never chatted about we was friends and that was that. But the 80s gave you so many looks /fashions from Skinheads to mods to punks and goths , Rockers to rockabillies , Soulies to Northern soul , New wave and early indie to new romantics even a few Hippies . Music was our life and the 80s gave us every kind of sounds you can imagine I am not saying these where perfect times But I felt safer walking the streets back then than I would today at that age . Today there is nothing both fashion wise and music wise and someone would rather stick a blade into than mix with you.

And a rare appearance from Daley Thompson down at the front there 😄

That poor bloke who got jumped in Camber Sands... he was trying to give his story and everyone was laughing but he was just so dead serious!! Bless him 🤭

I was a mod early 80s but had mates who were skinheads punks rockabilly rockers used to mix and had a great time to be honest I did get some hassle occasionally but luckily nothing serious 😅

All of them now in their 60s and thinking about retirement. I wonder what life had in store for them the last 40 years

"Nozin' Aroun' Nozin' Aroun'..... Nozin' Aroun'..."

i was borning in 82, remember most things from 85 onwards tbh but i sometimes wish i was born a bit earlier so i could have witnessed all of the 80s

Do you have any other footage from those shows? The Meteors first appeared on TV on White Light in the same month, their drummer speaks on this, finding that would be cool.

"THE VOICE OF YOUTH"! HE'S STILL WEARING *FLARED TROUSERS*!

The girl who said about thinking about the future and not creating any trouble - she'd got on the Thatcher bus.

Never heard of Mods and Skinheads getting into scraps, a lot of Mods morphed into skinheads.

I've been a mod since 78. I've had plenty of bother through the years, but generally it's been good. I've had skin and punk mates for years.

Was indeed the best time I had growing up.

The tribalism of 80s youth culture was everything- whether you liked Crass or the Exploited or whether you listened to two tone or followed Oi! But one thing I’ll never forget is the fear of seeing packs of skinheads walking towards you.

Odd how back then people who are in their teens look way older than what they were, half of these look in their 30s when really they are alot younger lol

Is that Daly Thompson in the front row? Also listening to their accents makes me realise just how much London has changed .As this programme demonstrates it was a lot more diverse back then.

James Maw in this. His accent :) compared to the other youth talk he then did in 1981 with loads of posh kids so he put on a posh accent :)

I'm 29 but i miss these days which i never experienced

Wow thats Mark Robinson from the Early Meteors.

The presenter pretending to be down with the kid's 🤣👍

James Maw was a very presenter.

I've been finding that very, very, very few people remember the Futurist sub-culture from the early 80s.

Is this where The Young Ones got that youth culture on tv scene from? Uncanny!

Add subtitles to these videos. I am a non-British person, and I have to admit that the English spoken by ordinary English speakers is very different from the English that is shown on our British TV shows, and it is difficult to understand what these people have to say. This youtube channel is great, but please add subtitles

1:50 Ross Boatman :) you then went on to be in Londons Burning and then, later, became a professional poker player :)

Hahaha this has made me chuckle, the poor old skinhead who has been bared from all the old hostileries in Richmond, along with his mates, the Venue he refers to in association to the Mod theme every Wednesday and Sunday was Cheeky Pete's ...long gone unfortunately as I myself frequented it along with my friends I certainly have a different take on this, as the skinhead pricks who use to hang around that area weren't proper skinheads at all but glue sniffing racist thugs....on another note funny hearing the young Rockabilly talking about being jumped and given a good slap he is in fact the Actor Ross Boatman who is also a poker player ....what lovely times we had back then, glad I was born when I was .

One of those rockerbilly guys is an actor. He was in London Burning right?

The Brits were (and are) a hell of a lot more articulate than the yanks.

Working class vs working class. It’s a shame

It’s July 2024 and I just watched this on Instagram. At over 60 now, I lived all that nonsense if that be the word to use, but when you compare it to today’s cultural melting pot, it was actually safer back then if you rolled with a group and styled yourself accordingly compared to nowadays. Much safer and better as had more imagination and better manners.

One of those kids is an actor who was in londons burning/eastenders

Is that Ross Boatman from London's Burning 01:49 ?

4:47 the kind of plain jane middle class girl. Her opinions on society are quickly brushed off by the younf presenter who just wants to move on.

The guy at l.49 is an actor off London burning..

Is it just my eyes, or is the guy at 1:49 the actor who played 'Derek' in the BBC's 'Mum'?

It was "Casual" for me.!!! Never got a kick in. To worried about getting me Clobber dirty.!!!

Bet most of these music fans are still the same today. Although nowadays the different genres are less likely to take lumps out of each other. I've heard first hand accounts from many back in the day 😳

LAMO, youth culture of the 1980s, those were the days that hold the secrets of our youth.🤣🤣🤣

Her at 5.00 sounds fun lol

1.48 A 16 year old actor Ross Boatman from London's Burning etc etc.

Kevin Medhurst from London's Burning at 1.49

Vyvyan and spg shoulda been there......

I had left school in May 1981 and was never a Mod or a Punk but i loved the music and fashion back then. What was Youth Culture in the 80's - to me social norms of children, adolescents and young adults. Today its called CANCEL CULTURE. Guardian reading, champagne sipping, oyster eating SNOWFLAKES, the Me Too Campaign, Millennials and Lefty

Even now still hate boneheads

Where can we find the whole episodes....?

Nosin’ around

Strange now how back then it was seen as a big deal or issue if you had shaved head or coloured hair. while i love the 80s times are better now for people who are different and want to be different and freedom of expression. not perfect but it will never be for some people

The lad at 1:56 he’s an actor can’t remember his name.

Has anyone seen Kelly was here from 1980 I am trying to access this but can’t find it anywhere

Ah, the 1980's.. Yooth kulcha. Yooth fashn. 🤔 And my favourite, Yooth a Joyce.

We have certainly moved on....

I'm guessing it's in the very early 1980s, certainly no later than 84 🤔

I loved the 80s nearly as much as I did the 70s.

A very young Kevin from London burning

Everyone had cockney accents back then 😂

Anyone spot the lad from minder?

Tell a Hells Angel how to dress & where to go & see what happens. . . .

I absolutely love their looks! So what? They are probably all tax payers now😂

er....rock on.

Fraid the so called 'mod revival' of 1980 was a phenomenon almost entirely manufactured by a youth hating media. All it basically involved was a few parka wearing young people from london's suburbs riding down to brighton on lambrettas on bank holiday weekend and kicking a few deck chairs over. Trust me by 1980, outside of a few towns in southern england like merton and woking, you would have struggled to find a mod or modette even if you looked for one

The presenter's accent/voice is sooo nasily. It sounds like he needs his adenoids removed.

Being an American, I have no idea what most of these kids are saying. I don't know if that's a good thing.

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