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Hey John! Love the AW pick! That explains Menudo. Good luck!

Amazing releases for sure. 1984 was a strong year. My year of graduation. I went in the USAF in the summer, and on my way from basic training to tech school, the long bus ride, a friend loaned me a copy of Purple Rain on cassette, and I got my first listen to that fabulous album.

Hey John... that was hilarious and thanks for the shoutout! Sometimes I feel like i live in the North pole, no doubt! I try to pride myself on knowing Canadian music, but I've never heard of Kick Axe (and yes, that's a terrible name)... I'll need to ch3ck it out. Cheers and good luck in the contest. Darryl

Nice entry! the early Rod Stewart stuff is really good. Cool Fagan/Jazz connection1 good luck!

Hey John! I got dragged to too many Fogelberg concerts back in the day by an old girlfriend. Cool Sabbath memory, and also my fav band. Jeff from Speeker's Corner sent me your way, gave you a sub. Hope you make it to the Motherland someday! Cheers!

I just subbed your channel after Jeff at Speakers Corner gave you a shout out..look forward to seeing your content…I am huge bluegrass fan and that is a great album..happy you picked hockey, but…GO LEAFS...👍❤glen

I loved your opening words. “We, partly because I’m fat and I could be more than one person” 😂…Ireland’s a place I’d like to go as well. I don’t get the Pantera sound either, and I do enjoy metal sometimes. Interesting jazz tie in with the Donald Fagen record. Fun C&W album. I never see David Allen Coe records for sale. It’s fun party music. Raven! I have a CD copy of Mob Rules. I am a fan of Dio’s vocals. Kick Axe! “One of the dumbest names of any of the artists I’ve ever loved” 🤠 I love Rolling Stones too. Awesome video John! ✌️

SCORES! La-la-la-la-la LaFontaine! RJ's classic call was a beauty - even for non-Sabres' fans. Hi John. As a Canadian, your references and appreciation of hockey shone like a beacon (and you're a Stones' guy!). Enjoying your videos and this response for Mike and Patty is good fun. Very cool to see the Mob Rules tour. You have a great, out-going demeanor and great taste in music. I look to shout you out in my response. Keep up the great work. Cheers, Jeff

Splendid entry 😊 Hockey too. Brave honesty on the dislikes. Best of luck in the contest. Cheers from Morten

Hey John. New subscriber here. Mike at MGK Boston directed me over. Like you, that period really had music steal most of my attention. Don't know Tony Rice, but will check him out. Look forward to catching more from you. Cheers, Jeff

Hello John...came here from MGK channel, subbed up. I just wrapped up my series The Album & The Concert with 1984 so this was cool to see your picks. Deep Purple a banger right out of the gate !! Rush a underrated record for sure as I did a video on that also. Marley, Ratt, Prince, Savatage nice picks!!! Cheers!!!!

Hey there. Mike at MGKBoston sent me over. Great review of 1984! I was a wee wee lad at the time so a lot of the old music is new to me 😊. I especially like the reggae in the mix. I’ve been on a reggae journey as of late and there aren’t a lot of channels that show reggae. All subbed up, looking forward to checking out more videos. Cheers

Hey! Just found your channel and subbed. 😊

The year I got my drivers license

I call that Deep Purple album their comeback. Love it! The music video for Perfect Strangers is a winner too. I saw Rush in concert on the Power Windows tour a year or so after that album you showed. Saw Psychedelic Furs too in /86. A band called The Mission IK opened up. That band was fronted by a guy named Wayne Hussey who was previously in the Sisters Of Mercy. I played the he’ll out of that Marley record in my freshman year at university in /87. Steel Pulse are great too. Tony Rice is a new name to me. RATT! VH!

Awesome video guys! I am a huge Scorpions fan. Only saw them live once in /92 in Ottawa. Klaus killed it as the best front man. I loved that penpal story with the mixed tape. Master Of Puppets was my first year at university and was a party soundtrack in /87. ✌️

Terrific video guys! It was 1981 for me, I brought home Iron Maiden Killers from the record store, never heard them before. The moment the needle hit the vinyl my life changed forever. From there it spread like wildfire, but mostly the NWOBHM bands that I couldn't get enough of. Over 40 years later I still love all things NWOBHM. 100's of amazing bands, most of which either only made it on a compilation album or just released one single. Keep up the great work, cheers!

Really enjoyed watching. I love The Spinners and recently discovered all those amazing artists such as Thee Sacred Souls and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings on Daptone Records with their old school soul sound. Fantastic you featured the amazing Intruders too.

I love that "Thunder in the East" was one of the five. I played the crap outta that album at the time!

Interesting take on Tears for Fears for sure. That is a stellar Loudness album. The Loudness writing kind of looks like a signature, but the face it is on both sides, makes me think someone wanted to deface it so as not to allow it to be returned. Maybe a promo. SAVATAGE RULZ! ROUGH CUTT RULZ!! I still buy most any release Paul Shortino does. I wish I had gotten to see them live. I saw Dio in 85, but they had Dokken with them. Thanks for the tag and letting me discover your channel.

Just subscribed. I loved your take on Tears For Fears. The technical stuff is a bit outside of my realm, but has me ready to revisit my Tears For Fears albums. Loved that Loudness story. “They went off with much better looking women than we had” 😂….How awesome is it that you love Steel Pulse? I love them too, and have that album among several others. Rough Cutt is a new one for me. I’ve always been on the periphery with heavy metal. Duke Fame! So funny! I have to go back and look up that clip from the movie. 😂

Cool response, can't believe you have that metal massacre, and a leathur records version of too fast, that garage days is awesome, super cool stuff man. thanks for sharing.

Hey John, thanks so much for the shoutout for both our review videos and The Frigidaires. Great channel and videos, looking forward to seeing more!

Hi John Im Paul...to go from Beatles to Scorps to Brubeck to Menudo...definitely exploring that musical spectrum...kove the Specials shirt btw..great stuff great video thanx for sharing and take care

Hi John, I noticed you had subbed my channel a little bit ago and checked out your videos here. Welcome to the VC and I wish you well with your channel. Man, Houses of the Holy. That's a great album that I think is often overlooked by the Zeppelin community. It's not an album that gets trash talked, but it also doesn't get talked about very much. It's an album that I remember from when I was a kid that my dad had (it was his favorite Zeppelin album I think). Wishing you the best from Canada. Cheers, Darryl.

I feel the same way about "Ingénue". It was the only k.d. lang album I ever cared for. And I played it quite a bit.

That could be an idea for a thread!