The Good Ol' Days : Nostalgic Logos

[MrExctbhj]

BBC,FHE,Viacom,VID,and WGBH were creepy

[bheffley2002]

@MrExctbhj The Viacom logo you were talking about is the V of Doom.

[MrExctbhj]

@bheffley2002 Yeah,it gives a nightmare isn't it?

[gangrel247]

ВИD is a little creepy yes... but view askew... HOLY SHIT! D=

[AmericasSweetheart78]

I never thought I'd say it... I was born in the old days ( 1978) lol

[novaxp1]

I only remember: BBC (from wallace and gromit)

Disney (from most VHS videos)

Paramount (From top gun)

FHE (From the magic school bus I think)

THX (from lots of things)

WGBH but I forgot what It was from

[playlistboyz111]

BND was FUCKING SCARY!

really, I screamed XD

[2020man996]

I remember the FHE, Golden Books, Paramount, THX (who doesn't?), United Artists (the American version, not this one), Video Treasures, (which may I add is a SEPARATE logo ;-) )

[MsBkirk]

RCA Selectavision also makes me think of the New Statesman series, which also used that tune!

[Shicky256]

Is it wierd that even though I was born in 1997, I've still seen half of these since my school still uses mostly VHS?

[GaeliktheWarrior]

@Shicky256 It's not, after all, VHS are more solid than DVDs : when a VHS had some issues, you could arrange with a good ol' scotch-tape. But with every type of CDs, you're fucked.

[snorlaxmd]

A lot of these logos remind me of the future that I figured would come about sooner or later in my childish mind in the '80s. I always pictured buttons everywhere and lasers and all that. Especially the Genesis logo.

Screen Gems never scared me. Viacom does a little, but it also brings back memories. What were the RKO guys thinking?! Too many coke parties in the '80s.

Knowing the histories behind Bryanston and BИD make them that much scarier.

[usagoodbyeisayhello]

Good work here.

[igorac79]

VIEW ASKEW IDENT = PEDOPHILE CLOWN? O.O

[voltaman33]

These are frightening!!!

[cc10266]

The Mark VII's fanfare is the same as Williams Street.

[SuperhyperC]

thx that crap scared the hell out of me when i was little D:

[3089280288]

You left out 80's WWF.

[citizenterryk]

hey, it's great that you had a couple of vintage 60s-70s logos here(yeah, i'm THAT old)......especially the SFH......long live the King!!

[jmm1233]

one logo you missed out is Orion logo

[voltaman33]

BND (shudders)

[TheDemoniusX]

if I seen BND as a kid I'd probably have a heart attack.

[burger414]

The View Askew Productions logo is .... very disturbing! What was the artist thinking???

[drifter402]

why does everybody find old logos so scary?

[davidpar2]

heh--interesting. the first part of the "golden video" logo is creepy, or "scary," if you will. but the second part is relaxing and very pleasant

[Deckardpr]

united artist is very old dude? wheres is MEDIA? watch Critters and you will see it.

[Deckardpr]

where is MEDIA?

[smario3500]

3:10

Sounds familiar...

Atari 8-bit computer sound test :D

[stinkydo0d]

That BP logo is the scariest one next to the VID logo. Okay, maybe the VID one is scarier. What is the name of the BP logo, I mean the company name?

[GaeliktheWarrior]

@stinkydo0d Bryanston Picture ;)

[stinkydo0d]

@GaeliktheWarrior Okay. Thanks. :)

[mrlegofan404]

@stinkydo0d it sounds weird man! :)

[stinkydo0d]

@mrlegofan404 I know. But Bryanston pictures is back, but they are just a private company now.

[mekman4]

Yeah, some of these are pretty jarring. Powerful! Scary! Corporate Logos, Attack! You are on an alien-ship, you are being held against your will and you are being mutated, mwa-ha-ha!

[ILiveForCommenting]

0:16 - 0:30 sounds like Pacman being tortured to death. 0:31 - 0:43 sounds like Giygas.

That's one freaky logo, bro. o_O

[cgsilverscreen2020]

2:11 So THAT'S where Williams Street got the sound!

[MrRidleyDude]

5:23 Ronald McDonald's old job. LoL

[hindsighter]

What do you mean at 4:26 by "this is not old"? That United Artists logo is from the early '80s. And it always gave me the goose flesh, by the way.

[GaeliktheWarrior]

@hindsighter I was talking about the previous logo : THX

[Crispysmith123]

I love the PBS one. Everything about it screams the 70s

[discodizzuck]

3:27 reminds me of xena. <333

[bray124124]

@discodizzuck maybe cause its from xena. :3

[discodizzuck]

@bray124124 duh! el oh el

[bray124124]

@discodizzuck 

[bray124124]

@discodizzuck Me sorry. me not know you knew its from xena. me silly :p

[ciarangordon]

united artists has been going sense the 60s

[TheMooseofBattle]

Did anyone think of adult-swim at 2:10 ?

[beautifulpromisex3]

OMG lmao, thanks for uploading these !

WTF's with the view askew one... little boy sitting playing with a ball, clown comes in, gets undressed, comes back out wearing glittery heels and sexy socks XD..as if clowns weren't freaky enough.

[zperra]

I remember the first time I saw that THX logo. I had the TV volume really loud and scared the shit out of me.

5:44 WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT THAT ON A LOGO?!

[mattiek93]

okay tht renaisance pictures logo is scary shit.

[whammy850]

FINALLY a good quality version of Simitar!!! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!

[Natasmai56667]

theyre in alphabetical order.

[crazzyhourse]

the ring one is well creepy

[veelalynne]

Yeah...that View Askew one creeped me out -all "John Wayne Gacy"- and all...and the Renaissance one was scary as hell.

[cookie123456789012]

I love the PBS logo it sounds lovely!

[DanZero77]

AND THE ONTARIO EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY TRIED IT'S DAMNDEST TO EMULATE THE BP LOGO IN TERMS OF SCARINESS.... but BP is still scarier.

[DanZero77]

Ok that BP logo isn't exactly what I'd call "Nostalgic", it was DOWNRIGHT scary, a combination of Scanimate, Atari sounds and maybe something from an old episode of Doctor Who.

[coolpiza]

Ha Aphex Twin and TV Idents: you are a man after my own heart.

[MordaciousFilms]

I always found the music for the BBC logo very depressing and cold when I would watch my Wallace and Gromit tapes.

[MJandST2926]

I <3 CTW and RCA, OECA scared the crap outta me.

[borgduck]

Pity you did not include the early 80's BBC video star logo. Now THAT was scary!

[v10lini5t19921993]

at 4:25...THX...sorry, it's the logo...er...Thanks for the warning

at 4:26...The Secret of NIMH came out in 1982...if they worried about mental health, this logo would be certifiable

[burger414]

The BP logo has got to be the most SILLYEST logos I've ever seen with all those silly sound effects. Maybe it's intent was to really scare you.

[TopGun904]

Why are TV logos scary?

[burger414]

The Video Treasures logo sounds like a Mac starting up.

[RobinSandza]

I love logos! Great collection! Short and creative they're kind of "appetizers" before the "main dish" eh eh!!

[DerekBayRoberts1]

That UA logo that starts at 4:29 was very nervewracking.

[macarion]

fuck i HATE the THX one, always scared the shit out of me as a kid

[CrystalJupiter]

In my opinion, old TV logos were way too ominous and scary. They made you feel like something scary was going to happen soon.

And then left you with a void of silence for about 3 minutes.

[borgduck]

@CrystalJupiter What about darkness if you're watching at night?

[davidevgen]

the (sega) genesis logo is awesome!

[TheNoSensei]

WTF.

That View Askew one scared the fuck out of me. lmao.

[RetroVideoFan]

@TheNoSensei I was just confused as hell by that one.

[kgrkid]

@TheNoSensei Absolutely hideous looking logo!!

[bluetoad76]

i actulally like the screen gems music! :)

[jammer1]

I used to have the THX "music" on minidisc just to have it as my alarm in the morning. These are great.

[EverywhereWest]

I still think that RKO 9 is the scariest...but the OECA logo is in a close second!

Great compilation, and pretty good quality on some of those.

[Meatpies62]

Ya know, the View Askew logo was just um... wrong. Seriously. Great compilation! The VID logo... goodness, do Russians really dig that kind of scary stuff?

[cheno95]

3:26 is the scariest one.

[DXwarrior100]

The Paramount ident i have never seen until it was put on You Tube. It really one of the scariest with the overkill music.

[SourApplez1211]

Bryanston Pictures is the scariest logo.

[SourApplez1211]

5th.

[GaeliktheWarrior]

Fail !

[SourApplez1211]

Just reached a 750 view milestone.

[TelephoneRock4ever]

Walt Disney Home Video (0:54), Mark VII (2:08), PBS (2:57), THX (4:10), and WGBH (6:01) never spooked me one bit. But I can't even watch the VID TV logo. That's the only one that scares me.

[MrMetalhead1990]

The VID logo sure was scary but for me, It wasn't

[BaronCreel]

5:37 wtf?

[WhoMelissa]

@BaronCreel

I agree with you. WTF indeed. Although I think that the View Askew logo isn't scary, just weird.