1987 in Review: Music, Movies, TV, Fashion, Toys & the News That Shaped a Generation
Take a trip back to 1987 — from Michael Jackson’s Bad, U2’s The Joshua Tree, Dirty Dancing, The…
Smells Like Gen X • Video Format Archive
Video Format: Commentary
This is the filtered video lane for this format inside Smells Like Gen X — a cleaner way to browse the archive by how the nostalgia gets delivered.
Use this page when you want a specific presentation style instead of bouncing through every type of Gen X chaos at once.
Commentary Video Lanes
Use these routes when you want to narrow this format by decade or by topic.
70s
Warm analog damage
Filter this format through the 70s if you want the earlier, stranger, softer-lit version of the same Gen X brain rot.
80s
The flagship overkill era
Use the 80s route when you want the loudest, strongest, most chemically imbalanced version of this format.
90s
The cooler hangover
Use the 90s route when you want the glossier, more cynical version of this same delivery style.
Music
Songs, charts, and radio damage
Open the music lane when you want this format aimed straight at songs, countdowns, radio trauma, and chart rot.
Movies
Multiplex and VHS brain rot
Open the movie lane when you want this format filtered through box office damage, VHS immortals, and blockbuster excess.
Gen X Life
Attitude, jokes, and daily damage
Open the Gen X Life lane when you want this format pointed at survival humor, adult disappointment, and your generation’s favorite emotional defects.
Featured Commentary Video
Start here if you want the fastest hit of Commentary-specific Gen X damage.
The Dark Story Behind “Maniac” from Flashdance
Rewind the strange origin story behind Michael Sembello’s “Maniac,” the Flashdance soundtrack hit that started with a much darker idea before becoming pure 1983…
Commentary Videos
Everything currently tagged into the Commentary video archive.
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Commentary is only one delivery system.
Go broader with all videos, jump by decade or topic, or head back to YouTube for the full mess.