Footage of teenagers shopping at a mall for clothes and other items. Shots of different stores, employees checking out customers, etc... This video is a short one and last 4 minutes. #hottopic #payless #pacsun #betterthanezra
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@NewBeginning509 Жыл бұрын
Dude, these videos are bad ass. In an era now where everything is recorded, these videos are special because almost nothing outside tv and radio were recorded in that time.
@Clay3613 Жыл бұрын
I never knew Hot Topic tried to be normal, even their original store looks a lot like the current/2000s locations.
@mokshamishka6101 Жыл бұрын
You can see this one had a lot of skater style clothes, and those boots and wallets considered punk style. There was one like that nearby me that was well-lit at the time the rest of them were dark and super goth.
@BlackSabbathfan11 ай бұрын
two types of Hot Topics during that time: These typea (in the video) and the super dark ones with the satan logo.
@oblongfan111 ай бұрын
@@BlackSabbathfan satan logo? lol. but i do miss the REAL goth hot topic before it turned emo and normal
@BlackSabbathfan11 ай бұрын
@@oblongfan1 The real Hot Topic was both Goth and Emo, as well as Scene and Punk. Now it's just commercialized crap
@oblongfan111 ай бұрын
@@BlackSabbathfan not in 1999-2004. it was mostly goth. with some punk. but after that when emo started to become popular they changed their format and thats when it went downhill.
@kyledodson2992 Жыл бұрын
Sad thing is that guy in the tie at Payless (probably a manager of some sort) made enough money to support his family and house at the time. After the 07 recession the way big business cut salaries and full time positions, changed our economy forever. Now it would be one or 2 managers and a bunch of part timers who would be scolded for going over hrs.
@mplslawnguy33897 ай бұрын
Not really lol. You still didn’t make much back then. I remember being excited when I found a job that paid $8/hr. You could support yourself, but definitely not a family.
@rocknroller777 ай бұрын
Exactly. It wasnt the 70s@mplslawnguy3389
@mingo20242 ай бұрын
Don't romanticize it lol. This guy was lucky if he was married, definitely had no kids, most likely had an alcohol problem and managed a staff of teenage girls to learn how to understand women. 😂
@depletable Жыл бұрын
Damn, I didn't even remember Hot Topic's sign looking like that.
@izthewiz-rb9np Жыл бұрын
Back to School shopping in the 90's was legendary. Mom and dad would save a little here and there then freak out when you wanted $80 Jnco jeans.
@SleepyJoe4087 ай бұрын
Back when jnco jeans were “normal” from the width. lol Now they took it way too far
@jimrockford4968 Жыл бұрын
Back when $20 got you a good pair of shoes!!
@_stxrblazerr Жыл бұрын
Nah fr, now that can get u basically nothing
@mascara1777 Жыл бұрын
Not true. I was 16 then and I remember wanting classic Adidas and they were $65 and never, ever went on sale.
@ryanhilliard1620 Жыл бұрын
Those were Payless shoes. They were not good shoes. I’m sure those young ladies had very sore feet by the end of homecoming.
@ville666sora11 ай бұрын
@@ryanhilliard1620 I've bought payless shoes that were the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned, and wore them every single day for a couple of years until they were too worn out to stay on my feet lol. Bought them to wear to a wedding actually. Payless did have good shoes, but it probably depended on what pair of shoes you bought.
@k.t.164110 ай бұрын
Hell no it didn’t 40 bucks maybe but that’s on sale
@matthewbaduria Жыл бұрын
The 90s were an amazing decade.
@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын
especially 1990-1992.
@DrummerJacob7 ай бұрын
? @@robroy6374
@ronhoover55163 ай бұрын
Everyone says it was the 80s, but the 90s were really kinda the decade where affluenza and the 'more of everything' consumerism mentality really took hold. You can see it in the malls of the 80s vs those in the 90s.
@ToeTag9899 Жыл бұрын
Everytime I see these old 90 videos I'm reminded how lucky I was to grow up in that era. I couldn't imagine being born now into this dystopian hellhole.
@DANNY10MADRID Жыл бұрын
Everything was better. From Music with Rock, hip hop, and even night clubs with better dance hits, sports like MJ dominating the basketball world, and sit coms, and cartoons like south park, beavis butthead, and much more. We cant forget for those who are wrestling fans from the past during the attitude era, and the monday night wars with wcw and then nWo
@ToeTag9899 Жыл бұрын
@@DANNY10MADRID Yep, you nailed it the 90's was on fire it had so much amazing things going on. It was the last great decade I like to say.
@Wald4267 Жыл бұрын
My childhood had minecraft buddy.
@ToeTag9899 Жыл бұрын
@@Wald4267 I'm so sorry.
@sarcasmenul Жыл бұрын
lol things didnt really change, you’re just old and jaded
@miata350 Жыл бұрын
That looks like a pretty tame Hot Topic. The one I worked at in 1997 had all kinds of black latex, fishnet, body jewelry, spiked collars, goth and rave clothes...
@ville666sora11 ай бұрын
Exactly. Even the Hot Topic stores we have today are more "goth" than this one.
@BlackSabbathfan10 ай бұрын
@@ville666sora I wouldn't say that.
@whoami77217 ай бұрын
@@ville666soraI went to a Hot Topic two Christmases ago and got her a dress. It's cool how there are always teenagers who want to dress Goth, punk, etc., even tho those subcultures originated in the 1970s and '80s. I never went to Hot Topic during my punk teen/ young adult years in the '90s, as there were other stores that "weren't corporate, man". Funny enough, my niece will go to Hot Topic but prefers a non-corporate store nearby that sells everything from clothes, T-shirts, and records.
@TheMasterofDisaster4812 күн бұрын
What you're saying doesn't surprise me. The 2000's fashion/culture/aesthetic began in 1997. Before 1997 it was pure retro cheese.
@skeletonmandiecastcollector4 күн бұрын
I used to live in California in the mid 90s when I was 13 and our mall had two Hot Topics inside but i forgot what the reason was for the other store 🤷🏼♂️and there was a virgin music store where you could enter from one end then out the other with the neon red virgin music hanging from above. I used to love going to the bookstore to purchase Beavis & Butthead merchandise and then this other store to buy more pogs from the allowance I got as a kid for helping around the house.
@WolfenEXE Жыл бұрын
I can smell the scent of shoes from Payless.
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@thevegantitian Жыл бұрын
I loved the way Payless smelled.
@robthesloth934 Жыл бұрын
I really wish people could share their experiences at hot topic in the 90s-2000s more and share pictures and videos of them viewing or shopping there seeing this video is really cool thanks🙂
@zms8092 Жыл бұрын
The peak of America was this decade. Bring me back.
@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын
80s actually
@cosmeticscameo8277 Жыл бұрын
@@robroy6374 if you guys know what decade pax americana was it.. was in the 1950s to early 1960s. 1970s was when america started going downhill.
@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын
@@cosmeticscameo8277 nope. that's your opinion
@cosmeticscameo8277 Жыл бұрын
@@robroy6374 no that's not my opinion have you ever heard of anyone calling the 1980s the peak of pax americana....
@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын
@@cosmeticscameo8277 nope. that's your opinion, as usual
@AurumUsagi Жыл бұрын
Hot Topic before their emo phase!
@aortaplatinum Жыл бұрын
Right? I didn't even know there WAS a time Hot Topic didn't have a grunge/emo look
@AurumUsagi Жыл бұрын
@@aortaplatinum I was very surprised seeing as I've been familiar with HT's emo phase, but never seen a HT in a much older format in real life until this video.
@wandaborowy9400 Жыл бұрын
People using cash , no debt card no tapping . Forgot what a cash register sounded like. I miss Payless Shoes it was Canada but can't remember for how long.
@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 Жыл бұрын
Debit cards were a thing back in 1982
@ville666sora11 ай бұрын
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 Sure, but you didn't really see people using them at checkouts to pay for things though. That started more in the 2000's.
@Thewolfguys.cartoons200011 ай бұрын
@@ville666sora oh
@thenegociater3387 Жыл бұрын
80's was frigid, 90's was sub zero. Man this brings back a feel I haven't had in a long time. Thank you
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
You're welcome 😁
@MyAccountIs17YearsOld Жыл бұрын
I took my teenage daughter (goth) to Hot Topic a couple years back. It was a cool connection to my past and now I can show her how different yet the same it is. Thank you for the upload.
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad you liked it...hope she does as well 😊
@lootpack27 Жыл бұрын
Everyone paying in cash!
@andisaidhey9088 Жыл бұрын
Continue paying in cash. Prevent the cashless society.
@aortaplatinum Жыл бұрын
This one is a GEM, I'd love to see more malls and theaters
@TheStevenWhiting Жыл бұрын
I was born in the 70s. 80s were OK but the 90s I really loved. Looking back now, I like the good memories I have of the 80s but because I remember the 90s so much more, that's the decade I love the most. Although not a fan of wondering round shops, its still very odd that big shopping malls (centres as we in the UK call them) are slowly dying. I like Commando mainly for the shopping mall bit as its so 80s America and we all grew up with American shows and culture. Appears the mall is quite different now, just found this "The Original Sherman Oaks Galleria" (assuming links are disabled so just given the title)
@danielsantana540 Жыл бұрын
Out of 1990-1999 which period was most memorable early 90 s mid 90 s late 90 s
@donnytucker Жыл бұрын
@@danielsantana540 For me the early and mid 90s were amazing. The early 90s still felt and looked like the 80s. We dressed the same as the 80s for the most part until it started changing around 94, at least in my area in Florida. In the early 90s we had rock music, grunge just started, we had hip hop, and punk music as well. The mid 90s seemed more rap than hip hop. The mid 90s also were great, especially the malls. Skateboarding was so fun in the 90s, surfing as well. The only reason I didn't like the late 90s was because at that point I was around 20-22 years old and all my friends from high school either moved away, had jobs, and everything seemed different. Once high school ended it was like damn, now I have to be serious and figure out life. I also didn't want the 90s decade to end. We were all scared into thinking that either the world would "end" or there would be massive chaos due to the Y2K scare which meant all the computers of the world wouldn't know how to work once it became January 1st, 2000.
@TheMasterofDisaster4812 күн бұрын
@@danielsantana540Late 90's for me. I like the mid 90's, but not a fan of the early 90's. 1998-2008 had such a vibe unlike other eras. And in that era, all kinds of media and fashion, you name it, was at its peak.
@AO-mx9tk8 ай бұрын
I worked at a Payless at University Mall in Tampa from 96-98. That store closed down many years ago. Still remember those times well too. Great memories!
@CryptoOldSchool11 ай бұрын
That was part of my peak teen years right there, but people sometimes forget that even back in those days the mall was hella expensive. You figure the min wage was $5.15 per hour and even CDs alone cost about $20 a pop, clothes were way more than that. I usually went to the mall if I got a big paycheck from bagging groceries and friends wanted to go, otherwise I'd stick to used CD places or hand me down clothes. But we were poor enough where one family Mcdonalds trip a year was a treat.
@landmarkcreations1183 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting vids like this one. It brings me a kind of peace that’s hard to find these days
@yvngxcvnt Жыл бұрын
Now all I need is footage of 2000s hot topic during the emo/scene years
@razvandobos9759 Жыл бұрын
Miss the old Hot Topic. Back when it was about music.
@ville666sora11 ай бұрын
They're still about music, and pop culture. I only ever went there to buy music tee's and merch, which they still sell.
@victorc8804 Жыл бұрын
You know what 🤔 .....you got me hooked on this channel.....I think you got a great thing going here ,I feel like I'm in a time machine I was 15 years old in 1996 I remember like if it was not yesterday but just a few short years ago but I'm in no rush to be 90 years old in 2071 lmao
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣 Yeah. Let's not rush it Victor. Times goes by to fast.
@oldradiosnphonographs Жыл бұрын
I was only 6 so my memories of this time are getting blurrier and blurrier. Unfortunately it’s becoming like that with every year before 1998-1999. That’s why I tend to focus on those years and 2000-2007 the most.
@1wyco Жыл бұрын
I'm the same way, I was born in 99. I feel strongly for the first half of the 90s. 97 to 02 is what I'm familiar with though. I'm also a march baby too
@Wald4267 Жыл бұрын
The 2070s will be nothing like the 1970s were same thing goes for the 2080s and 2090s
@sgissweet845 Жыл бұрын
I'll be 90 in 2071 too! I love this channel, it takes me back to a much less stressful and laid back time. These days stress is an ongoing ordeal.
@claudia62782 Жыл бұрын
Man, I miss Payless
@iamsage99 Жыл бұрын
Same, I used to wear some shoes from there as a kid.
@branevans37057 ай бұрын
Haha the stores I took my daughter for back to school-Payless and Hot Topic. Nice memories
@zkoopa4445 Жыл бұрын
Weird to see HT at a time before Funkos, Disney merch, and anime stuff invaded the shelves. Heck there wasn't even Invader Zim merch because even that Hot Topic icon didn't exist. They were still in the primitive state you could say. Or just had what was cool then.
@miaomiaochan Жыл бұрын
My favorite mall of all was the one with the arcade that had a room especially for the DDR machine. I'd visit regularly just to watch others play, as I was too self-conscious to play in front of others. The room even had seating for spectators!
@mariposamoreno Жыл бұрын
HOT TOPIC 🖤🖤 my go-to store in the mid to late 90s
@static_Tricolor_camry4 ай бұрын
Payless shoes. This took me back to my childhood days, this is where my parents took me when I needed a new pair of shoes.
@joem3502 Жыл бұрын
Do you by any chance have any old footage of Suncoast Video? That was my favorite mall store back in the 90s.
@jg14697 ай бұрын
Damn, memory lane!! Back when Hot Topic was all about the music 🎶
@Karenforcompassion7 ай бұрын
This makes me miss Payless so much omg 😢 I was a teenage girl back then so I remember red eye and rave and anchor blue and Charlotte Rousse and wet seal.Spencers was so much better back then. Still better than online shopping to me.
@brismithejedi Жыл бұрын
Look at all that flannel!
@Purplenpinkk Жыл бұрын
Crazy to thing that the girl buying the boots at payless is now in her 40s!
@TheAssclown213 Жыл бұрын
Don't remind me... Lol
@synystergates07 Жыл бұрын
Hey, I've been watching your channel for a while now but never commented before, but just wanted to say that the footage you have is absolutely amazing and so unique and reminds me of so much of my own life growing up. I don't know if it's all personal footage or collected from various sources but I hope it keeps on coming for a long time to come! Thank you so much for the trips down memory lane!
@strawberrybananapeel2538 Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
Thank you John. This comment makes me happy 😀
@mickandme1 Жыл бұрын
Before Hot Topic went goth.
@bctvgreen Жыл бұрын
Miss these days
@z.poindexter79216 ай бұрын
Payless had really nice shoes especially for girls… I’m so sad they went out of business. #longlivethe90’s 💯
@ectoplasmicentity7 ай бұрын
I was 14 years old during this time. I worked with a painting crew during the summer, saved and bought my first and only pair of Nike's.
@LB-uo7xy7 ай бұрын
Hot topic was very sporty skater-y in the '90s.
@lydialoud11 ай бұрын
Wow weird seeing Hot Topic a few years before they went mallgoth. Then would spend hundreds of dollars on trenchcoats, Tripp pants, and later on trying to be the best goth princess around
@wvgirl7264 Жыл бұрын
Omg my Dad would always tell me not to spend all of my back to school money at Hot Topic! 😂
@rocknroller777 ай бұрын
The year I graduated. Forgot how noisy malls where. Even the most traffic ones now are ghost towns in comparison.
@dillonbuffington303 Жыл бұрын
What a bro! he for sure didnt want to break down 97 cents lol
@dillonbuffington303 Жыл бұрын
And poor girl after her didnt do the bogo with the lady in front woulda got that bogo!
@curteye22 Жыл бұрын
You are doing the Lord’s work, Vampire.
@maturitycomeswithexperienc3388 Жыл бұрын
The baby in the stroller is an adult. The blonde girl was rocking the same style I was.
@thatjpwing Жыл бұрын
IBM 4683s at the Payless Shoes. They ran that system well into the 2000s.
@AurumUsagi Жыл бұрын
In the UK, these EPOS systems were largely replaced by the newer SurePOS series, but the John Lewis Partnership's department stores still continued to use them until around 2008-9, with the original Model 2 printers intact (though a handful of stores that were new 90s openings used 4694s, presumably with the Model 4 printers). TRU in the UK also used them, though their printers were replaced with SureMarks in the 00s.
@flutebasket4294 Жыл бұрын
Now you just need scenes from inside Above the Belt and Mr. Rags
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@victorc8804 Жыл бұрын
2023 👉 time machine 🚀..............1996
@stevenrunyon1707 ай бұрын
This must be 1996 cause them people are actually paying for the shoes and not running out with them.
@jcas98jc8 ай бұрын
Take me back to the 90s so that I can buy loads of band shirts just to resell them today…
@Lovelyaribb11 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting these
@nerdbamarich2063 Жыл бұрын
Wishing I could go back
@theone9705 Жыл бұрын
The only reason Payless went out of business is kids now prefer Jordan's, Yeezys, (probably) & Dunks
@ville666sora11 ай бұрын
All of which are ugly as heck lol
@BokBokBok1 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou for this channel
@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын
😀
@chellastation10 ай бұрын
Oh Payless, how we miss you. As for Hottopic, thank goodness it has not changed too much and staff in my area are super nice 🛍
@Charmedone9805 Жыл бұрын
thats how i remember hot topic looking, hope you have some other old footage from this era, id love to see caldor
@marlowkaplan358410 ай бұрын
Those were the days
@mostlypeacefulmisterputin Жыл бұрын
*Hey you potheads, grunge went out like 2 years ago!*
@jermaineallen12979 ай бұрын
Oh my God, I remember those registers as a kid
@matmangrl5 ай бұрын
Now we are in our 40’s. I just turned 18 in 96.
@ascap2854 Жыл бұрын
I took my niece birthday shopping at Hot Topic last month, There was a 6'4 400lb dude wearing neon green fishnet shirt and a jean skirt with long blonde hair. I thought it was was trying to be trans but when he walked past he said "excuse me boss" in a very deep masculine voice. Never stepping foot in that store again.
@ganymededarling Жыл бұрын
Lol it's been goth/pink since the late 90s
@RinaShinomiyaVal Жыл бұрын
😂
@tonelow59 ай бұрын
Pacsun was at its prime in the 90s The fat wide skate shoes . All the adios they had stocked on there shelves Everything today suxx in clothing stores !!! Nothing beats the 90s and 2000s
@TheeDeadDoll7 ай бұрын
I can only imagine the amount of cool band Ts in hot topic at that time. Now when I go in there it’s sooooo scarce. 😖
@mikelinsky7 ай бұрын
I had never seen that Hot Topic logo before! So cool!
@MightGuy15 Жыл бұрын
Wow It's so hard to believe How quickly time passes. I was four years old when this video was recorded and now I am hitting thirty one.
@cosmeticscameo8277 Жыл бұрын
the days are long...but the years are short you think that's bad imagine the teenagers in 1996.... theyre 41-45 now..
@zen_mindset1 Жыл бұрын
@@cosmeticscameo8277 42 here😊
@cosmeticscameo8277 Жыл бұрын
@@zen_mindset1 the last of an era.
@martianmanhunter338 ай бұрын
i am surprised how familiar this all looks, girls seem to be wearing the same outfits even today.
@texasborn19977 Жыл бұрын
Wow that's what the hot topic sign looked like back in the 90s that's so cool!
@jackilynpyzocha6628 ай бұрын
I grew up in the 1970s, but the new clothes, lunch boxes were the "thing" then! Monson, MA
@ChemicalCorpse91 Жыл бұрын
No idea hot topic excited in 1996 i thought hot hopic was a 2000s thing when the emo trend was hot at the time lol
@1trumantucker110 ай бұрын
Everyone paying in cash and getting change back ....
@Mars.2244 ай бұрын
The 90s went hard asf man!! Why tf did I have to be born in 2001??😭 I just wish there was away I could experience life back then, I’d literally do ANYTHING! Just to spend one day in 1999 with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera !! 😭
@Momsdailyagenda9 ай бұрын
I loved shopping at, Rave❤❤❤
@ezzyalvarez72068 ай бұрын
Back then when hot topic was cool..
@Jp-md3ir3 ай бұрын
Back before hot topic became a Gadzooks/Spencer’s love child..
@anthonyrowland907211 ай бұрын
1:30 how i dressed in 1996 make it like a looney tunes or duck's unlimited shirt or something and gimme a cleveland indians hat. lmao
@TheIcecoldorange7 ай бұрын
I really miss anchor blue and Mervyns.
@gregoryjones8923 Жыл бұрын
Love the 90s and shopping was awesome for school too specially with the clothes i shop for name brand clothes for school and shoes
@missesreyes09 Жыл бұрын
Back when it was “Pacific Sunwear” lol
@jaygriffin5710 Жыл бұрын
Payless hasn't changed even slightly in 25 years
@Mr.Timwell7 ай бұрын
Kiss had returned at this time
@Mayrita1111 Жыл бұрын
Everyone well focused on what they were doing! No phones distracting!
@thisisnt_brndn Жыл бұрын
This is what Hot Topic looked like back in the 90s?
@robthesloth934 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@s.sflower Жыл бұрын
Super cool
@newatlantisrepublic68443 ай бұрын
The year of ID4
@arcane64654 ай бұрын
Do you notice there’s a lot of Americans around because it’s before the foreign invasion in the late 90s
@thetruthiswhatitis759910 ай бұрын
I feel old 😢… ..that’s a great deal though!
@brokelesnar137511 ай бұрын
Hot Topic AND Payless? Was it somebody's birthday? 😏
@superboy3229 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know that Hot Topic was in 90s I was a junior kiddo in 1996.
@TheDude0315 Жыл бұрын
Like that LA Rams Jerome Bettis jersey that chick was wearing at Payless
@Flosseveryday7 ай бұрын
Hot Topic before it went full EMO lol
@SigmaNuHE481 Жыл бұрын
Nice Bettis jersey
@ronhoover55163 ай бұрын
Wish you had a Dick's Sporting Goods or some other equivalent store from back then...be cool to see the prices vs now.
@danielleslater23174 ай бұрын
Do you have any footage from Hulen Mall in the year 1997?
@mrhappy8966 Жыл бұрын
I swear the guy at the beginning who walks through the camera looks like linus sebastion from ltt lmao
@oscarmorales897910 ай бұрын
Back before Hot Topic was cluttered with merch from mediocre animes and also this was right before they went goth.
@GasMaskParade Жыл бұрын
Human nature remains,but the trappings are so alien to one another,decade to decade.