@@randytessman6750 ♫"N'oubliez Jamais", I heard my father say Every generation has it's way A need to disobey N'oubliez Jamais, it's in your destiny A need to disagree When rules get in the way N'oubliez Jamais♫
I met Bruce Hornsby many years ago. I sat next to him on a flight to San Francisco from Dallas. I had no clue who he was, other than he introduced himself as Bruce. We chatted the entire flight. Talked a little about several things. Told me he was a huge basketball fan. He was headed to the NBA All-Star game. We landed and said goodbye, wished each other luck. As I was leaving, one of the flight attendants asked me if I knew who I was talking to. Just some guy named Bruce. That's when she told me who he was.
15 year old me is absolutely bawling right now. I would sell my soul to go back to 1986 and do it all over. That being said, Susanna Hoffs still looks AMAZING at nearly 66.
Hey, Professor! Great episode!! Way back in 1961, when my parents married, “Stand By Me” was their favorite song. My daddy was killed in a horrible wreck on January 31, 1969, just one week after his 28th birthday…I was only 20 months old. It wasn’t until February of this year that my mama told me how my daddy loved this song. It’s just always been too painful for her to share much about him with me. How well I remember this hitting the charts in 1986! I liked “Stand By Me” then, but I LOVE it now. I listen to it daily!! Thanks for keeping the memories of incredible music alive!!!! ❤
Funny story, I wasn’t allowed to watch MTV as a kid. One day I was in the living room and my dad was flipping channels and landed on MTV, and The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby was playing. He listened to the entire song even after me reminding him this was MTV. Such an important statement that song had!
The video for Mandolin Rain was filmed on my grandparent's ranch, largely in their house and playing my grandmother's piano. The drummer was playing with my dad's dog and got his nose bit.😅
1986 is of the greatest years in music history! Movies & TV shows were great! Giants won The Super Bowl! 1986 was just a great year, in general, to be a kid! I love the Redux videos! Probably my favorite series on this channel, and all the videos are great!
I agree. I know Professor thinks otherwise, but I think 86 was the best, especially for the genres I like. Hard rock/heavy metal had Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, and Peace Sells. That's the unquestioned 1/2 of the genre, and another top 10 all time. For college rock/alternative you had The Queen is Dead and Life's Rich Pageant. Since of the best albums from some of the best bands.
Bruce Hornsby is criminally underrated as a musician, a pianist, and a songwriter. Mandolin Rain is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, for my money's worth, anyway, and his lyrics have always been able to transport me to a place and time when the world seemed a lot bigger, brighter, and honestly a lot better than it is today. From all accounts, he's a pretty good guy, too.
BONUS EPISODE! Love these countdown episodes. What happened to music? Auto tune. Make everyone sound the same. Restrict creativity. Blah. Thanks Professor. This helps make the weekend better!!
Moonlighting was one of my favorite TV shows. Use to do my homework while watching it. I loved the intro so much that I would rush to the TV before 9pm just to catch it.
@@ProfessorofRock - I could binge watch that show for sure. Even though I knew about Anita Baker from her debut album prior, I was so stoked when they featured her song, “Sweet Love.” Which was great PR for her to crossover and win a Grammy.
@@ProfessorofRock oh how I miss the 80’s (Class of 84). Always loved pop music, the 70’s music was fantastic but the variety the 80’s brought to pop music…. No comparison RIP Eddie Money- met him sev times when I was a teen and even did yard work at his house once.
Thank you sooooo much for making this video. 1986 is my favourite year in music. I begun that year to hear the american top 40, and nothing would be the same again.. Bruce Hornsby is my favourite group I have all their cds.. and from this video wan chung, toto, bangles, carly simon , billy Idol (for me his best song) and of course human.. are in my soul forever..
Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" will always be one of my all-time favorite albums. I was a Junior in HS and was with my first GF (and broke up with her) at the time, so many a memory went with the songs on there.
Synchronicity! Just now, I finished watching your Top 10 of Late November of '87. I Love your chart videos, keep up the good work! You (and a deejay friend of mine) led me into doing my private old-school top 40 show at home, where I play the top 40 songs of that week, and go in-depth with the songs, and the musicians and producers behind them, and my folks love it, and they call me "old-school "and "somebody from WKRP from Cincinnati" And also, I play the songs that didn't go to the top (as I don't feel like leaving them behind, I use to play a few hidden gems when I first started, now I play a lot, and I didn't realize until I started doing it, Songs that are now classics now like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" "Lights" etc. Weren't hits when they came out, that's interesting. So thanks to you, I now do that at home cause I love these old behind the scenes stories behind these songs, and love looking at the old top 40 charts, as most of the songs are songs I'm familiar with. And like you, at every end of the show, I do these back and forth comparison of Today's Music vs. Old Music😆 Funny comparing Today's Music with the Masterpieces that came out in the past.
Bon Jovi actually had a song called "Shot Through the Heart" on their debut album (the album with Runaway). When I was 10 I accidentally bought this thinking it was You Give Love a Bad Name
1986 still had some great movies, TV shows and of course music from the Outfield, Europe, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money among many others. I was 22 years old at the time and thanks again for the awesome memories of Rock and Roll Professor. 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
In december 86 I got made fun off for being a Bon Jovi fan but I was loud and proud with it. I drew their logo on my Trapper Keeper and all my notebooks. I was not going to apologize. I remember being on the Junior basketball team. This was the level under Junior Varsity. Im on the bus going to a game and a team mate says to me, "no one will remember them in 5 years" We know how that turned out don't we LOL
Ahhhh, 1986..... The Sunset Strip was rockin' every Friday & Saturday night. So many great bands to see back then. What a time to be alive & what fond memories I have!
Whenever I hear that Bangles tune I have to smile. When it hit radio the 7 year old daughter of friends fell in love with it and sang it almost constantly for several days before her mother actually heard what she was singing. The daughter couldn't quite understand the lyrics and thought the band was singing, "Walk like an erection."
Cherry 7-Up was epic. Matt LeBlanc was in one of the commercials playing the heartthrob guy waiting for the cute cashier to close the store so he could share a can of it with her. Good times.
This is CRAZY! I was thinking about Duran Duran and they popped up in the video. I was going to click off and look for the Cherry 7UP commercial for another nostalgia boost, and you actually had it in the video! Dude, stop reading my mind! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
So glad to see Coming Around Again on this list. Love when she sings "...and I believe in love...what else could I do...I'm so in love with you..." So romantic.
Jersey Girl here. Must I? I'll still give it to Toto for "As Soon as my heart stops breaking" Michael McDonalds subtle but amazingly stand out vocals really helped the song call out to me. ❤
I did "Walk Like an Egyptian" as a kid in 1987-ish. I loved seeing the video on MTV. The Honda CRX was a great car, by the way! Great songs for the year. Keep rockin', Professor of Rock, and everyone out there!
Eternal Flame still gives me goosebumps! I can't believe Bruce Hornsby was the keyboard player for Sheena Easton's band before he made it big. I was watching Sheena Easton appearance on Solid Gold on TH-cam recently and she introduced the band.
This era was about videos to market the music, not the music itself. The girls liked Bon Jovi. But dude, Susannah’s eyes on the Bangles WLAE…Wow. Thanks Adam!
Remember every summer my dad would take my twin brother and I fishing and he would always play Bruce Hornsby and Thin Lizzy. Man. The 80s were just awesome as a kid
1986… my little brother just came into the world. Mom was teaching me Chopsticks on the piano. Dad was constantly flying teaching young AF pilots tactics. And my older brother would allow me to lay on his bed listening to him either playing records or practicing guitar. Oh, and we were getting ready to move to Japan…
I like all your top ten songs better than the real top ten!! Bruce Hornsby is very underrated!! I would put his piano playing in the same category as the late great Floyd Cramer!! He makes the piano sound like it's singing!! Have a great weekend Professor Of Rock!! Looking forward to Monday!! Cindy Snow
It's so amazing to hear some of these songs being backlit by history. The ones that stand the test of time really do stand out. The "hyper production" of the 80's gets a little old, though. I'd really love to hear the artists do some "stripped down" versions where the raw beauty of the music can shine.
I saw the Bangles play live in Sheppard's bush in 2001. The thing I remember is that Susanna Hoffs is such a good singer that her voice seems to be toned down to match the other singers. They were a great band and all had lovely voices.
Wow, good list. My wife has You Give Love and Bad Name as her ringtone. What tennage guy didn't like the Bangles back then? And who didn't want to Wang Chung?😂
It's unfortunate that it seems Susanna Hoffs' looks are the main thing people (men) mention when it comes to The Bangles, as they were a wonderful talented rock band who came from a real underground scene that revived jangly 60's harmony pop and could also really rock when wanted to and also made some strong albums. I'm a big fan of theirs.
I really like this episode thank you. Peter Cetera and Amy Grant I like them both but was never a mega fan by any means. No I grew up in a racing family and was very involved in racing. In 1993 Peter Cetera raced at the Moosehead Grand Prix in Halifax Nova Scotia and I met him. It was an amazing week of racing I met Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Zanardi who became huge IndyCar Stars. But I also met Peter Cetera racing in a support class. He was so genuine and sincere and we spoke for quite a Time. I really like his music but I really like him as a person. You brought back a great memory thanks I always enjoy your show.
1986, 1987. Not the best years for top 40 radio in my opinion. I think the glory years of top 40 began to fade after 1982 and were only kept alive through 1983 by new wave and "Thriller".
I was the same age and I know what you mean. I was getting into Pink Floyd (who were not that big in my town), Skinny Puppy and indie Canadian bands (I grew up in Canada).
To one extent or another, all of these songs impacted me while I was six or seven, along with some of the honorable mentions. What I'll not get over anytime soon is how I heard "Shake You Down" by Greg Abbott and (in typical Eric fashion) thought it was Kool and the Gang. It sounds remarkably like "Cherish".
I actually commented on a FB post to a Susanna Hoffs fan page. I made a remark to the effect of what I'd thought of doing to her when they broke through during my high school years. A few months later, i got a notification about a reply to a post. It was her giving a thumbs up to my "imaginative thoughts". I'm probsbly on a watch list somewhere now. But hey, Susanna, you can still call me 😂.
Billy Idol is cool I'm happy he made it in this list. The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian and Bon Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name are amazing fun song I love them. Cool video. ^_^
Susanna Hoff’s eye roll is the single greatest facial gesture in video history!!! I was putty in her hand at that point!!! EDIT: I wrote this before I realized you said the exact same thing. Sorry!🤷♂️
1986 was a great year for music. Finally, my small town in Washington State got MTV. It was one of the most talked about among my 6th grade classmates.
@ - You’re from nearby Idaho, right? We were a little bit slower in getting things in our part of the country. Going to Seattle for me was a special treat because it was access to what was the newest music and clothes out there.
Wow so many memories from 1986 I was 15 & in Grade 10 in highschool. Who knew Walk Like An Egyptian would become the behemoth it was spending 4 weeks at #1. I think many a boy felt a certain way after seeing that video; ah the power of the MTV generation!! Shame to hear many years later that the song which blasted The Bangles through the roof and into the stratosphere was so loathed by the group itself. Certainly a musical moment in time, thanks for bringing it all back to me.
You would put this out and when I missed it. Had a crush on her when I was 12 and then 13 years ago got to meet her and her husband at the first reunion show The Bangles did in 89
Poll: What is your pick for the BEST SONG from the GLAM METAL/HAIR METAL Genre?
Round and Round - Ratt
@@peterd.9978 I like that one too!
Go with a ballad ... White Lion - When the Children Cry
I'll nominate ... "Nobody's Fool" - Cinderella.
Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
The 80's: The future will be awesome, we can't wait!
The 20's: Send us back to the 80's, please!
Exactly!
Every generation has thought the same thing ....lol
"The 20's Make Stuff Great Again11!!!" FTFY
@@randytessman6750 ♫"N'oubliez Jamais", I heard my father say
Every generation has it's way
A need to disobey
N'oubliez Jamais, it's in your destiny
A need to disagree
When rules get in the way
N'oubliez Jamais♫
I’ve never heard more of fact. I’d give anything to go back to the 80’s
I met Bruce Hornsby many years ago. I sat next to him on a flight to San Francisco from Dallas. I had no clue who he was, other than he introduced himself as Bruce. We chatted the entire flight. Talked a little about several things. Told me he was a huge basketball fan. He was headed to the NBA All-Star game. We landed and said goodbye, wished each other luck. As I was leaving, one of the flight attendants asked me if I knew who I was talking to. Just some guy named Bruce. That's when she told me who he was.
That's so rad! I interviewed him! He's a great guy!
Have you seen Susan Hoffs today???? Holy crap! That woman is a fine wine that only gets better with age! 😍😍😍😍
No lies detected...
She's still very hot 🔥🔥🔥
Yep, still gorgeous!!
She's Capricorn, the women age the best.
Zooey Deschanel is born the same date.
Let that sink in
Absolutely
I remember being asked about the Bangles “which one do you fancy?” The answer: “the one with the eyes”, and everybody knew who you meant.
Exactly!
Boys loved her girls wanted to be her!
@@davidcrowe9003 Susannah Hoffs!!!!!
@@laureencriss8220 Exactly!
Met Susanna back in the day and she was soooo sweet!
15 year old me is absolutely bawling right now. I would sell my soul to go back to 1986 and do it all over. That being said, Susanna Hoffs still looks AMAZING at nearly 66.
Hey, Professor! Great episode!! Way back in 1961, when my parents married, “Stand By Me” was their favorite song. My daddy was killed in a horrible wreck on January 31, 1969, just one week after his 28th birthday…I was only 20 months old. It wasn’t until February of this year that my mama told me how my daddy loved this song. It’s just always been too painful for her to share much about him with me. How well I remember this hitting the charts in 1986! I liked “Stand By Me” then, but I LOVE it now. I listen to it daily!! Thanks for keeping the memories of incredible music alive!!!! ❤
Thanks for sharing such a touching story!
@@amycrittendon3269
🙏❤️🙏
❤ so very touching
Funny story, I wasn’t allowed to watch MTV as a kid. One day I was in the living room and my dad was flipping channels and landed on MTV, and The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby was playing. He listened to the entire song even after me reminding him this was MTV. Such an important statement that song had!
The video for Mandolin Rain was filmed on my grandparent's ranch, largely in their house and playing my grandmother's piano. The drummer was playing with my dad's dog and got his nose bit.😅
Is that right? Tell us more!
Whoa!👍👍
1986 is of the greatest years in music history! Movies & TV shows were great! Giants won The Super Bowl!
1986 was just a great year, in general, to be a kid!
I love the Redux videos! Probably my favorite series on this channel, and all the videos are great!
Thanks!
I agree. I know Professor thinks otherwise, but I think 86 was the best, especially for the genres I like. Hard rock/heavy metal had Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, and Peace Sells. That's the unquestioned 1/2 of the genre, and another top 10 all time. For college rock/alternative you had The Queen is Dead and Life's Rich Pageant. Since of the best albums from some of the best bands.
Bruce Hornsby is criminally underrated as a musician, a pianist, and a songwriter. Mandolin Rain is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, for my money's worth, anyway, and his lyrics have always been able to transport me to a place and time when the world seemed a lot bigger, brighter, and honestly a lot better than it is today. From all accounts, he's a pretty good guy, too.
It blows my mind how many amazing songs there were in just one week that have stood the test of time after 38 years!
So true.
I still have a crush on Susanna Hoffs to this day.
Same here! Trying to get an interview!
@@ProfessorofRock💓😉
Please get that interview and tell her that l love her more than anyone else.
BONUS EPISODE!
Love these countdown episodes.
What happened to music? Auto tune. Make everyone sound the same. Restrict creativity. Blah.
Thanks Professor.
This helps make the weekend better!!
...I KNOW! ....I just wished the "Top Ten" came on before the AC/D-C post, I was READY for reminiscin'! ...ha-HAA!!
You're exactly right! Thanks Roger!
@@RBS_ Sorry!
It ain't even Tuesday
Moonlighting was one of my favorite TV shows. Use to do my homework while watching it. I loved the intro so much that I would rush to the TV before 9pm just to catch it.
It's so good! My wife and I just watched it all the way though again!
@@ProfessorofRock - I could binge watch that show for sure. Even though I knew about Anita Baker from her debut album prior, I was so stoked when they featured her song, “Sweet Love.” Which was great PR for her to crossover and win a Grammy.
One of my favorite shows!!!
I agree...why not on any streaming services right now. Bruce was so freaking handsome
@ it’s on HULU!! I watch it all the time!! And I agree! He was so handsome!
I was in the desert at 29 Palms this week in 1986. Marine Corps memories.
Thanks for sharing!
Semper fi 👊🏻
Once a Marine always a Marine. Thank you for your service 🇱🇷
Cinderella is so underrated.
That's a laughable statement !!!
Agreed
If only to go back in 1986, ahhh memories.
No kidding. as the Eddie Money song goes: I Wanna Go Back!
@@ProfessorofRock oh how I miss the 80’s (Class of 84). Always loved pop music, the 70’s music was fantastic but the variety the 80’s brought to pop music…. No comparison
RIP Eddie Money- met him sev times when I was a teen and even did yard work at his house once.
Love the redux videos
Awesome! thanks for watching!
Thank you sooooo much for making this video. 1986 is my favourite year in music. I begun that year to hear the american top 40, and nothing would be the same again.. Bruce Hornsby is my favourite group I have all their cds.. and from this video wan chung, toto, bangles, carly simon , billy Idol (for me his best song) and of course human.. are in my soul forever..
I graduated HS in 1986.....what a great time to be young! I wish I can remember all the concerts i attended.....lol.
Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" will always be one of my all-time favorite albums. I was a Junior in HS and was with my first GF (and broke up with her) at the time, so many a memory went with the songs on there.
Synchronicity! Just now, I finished watching your Top 10 of Late November of '87. I Love your chart videos, keep up the good work! You (and a deejay friend of mine) led me into doing my private old-school top 40 show at home, where I play the top 40 songs of that week, and go in-depth with the songs, and the musicians and producers behind them, and my folks love it, and they call me "old-school "and "somebody from WKRP from Cincinnati" And also, I play the songs that didn't go to the top (as I don't feel like leaving them behind, I use to play a few hidden gems when I first started, now I play a lot, and I didn't realize until I started doing it, Songs that are now classics now like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" "Lights" etc. Weren't hits when they came out, that's interesting. So thanks to you, I now do that at home cause I love these old behind the scenes stories behind these songs, and love looking at the old top 40 charts, as most of the songs are songs I'm familiar with. And like you, at every end of the show, I do these back and forth comparison of Today's Music vs. Old Music😆 Funny comparing Today's Music with the Masterpieces that came out in the past.
THanks!
Watched Bruce Hornsby live in 1986 at Manchester, England. He opened for Huey Lewis.
One of my best experiences in the 80s.
1986... Aliens, Metallica's Master of Puppets and Europe's The Final Countdown... What a year~!
Crap movie…crap songs. You must’ve been in elementary school.
Bon Jovi actually had a song called "Shot Through the Heart" on their debut album (the album with Runaway). When I was 10 I accidentally bought this thinking it was You Give Love a Bad Name
How confusing!
Fareheit ?(I can't remember the #.) Lol
@@rollinronin8125 7800 degrees Fahrenheit was their second album before Slippery When Wet 🙂
@@rollinronin8125 Bon Jovi's debut album was self-titled, 7800 Fahrenheit was their second album.
I absolutely love this particular spot you do on your channel. Please do it more!!!
You can't hold back a classic classic like "Stand By Me" Ben E. King!
Thanks for sharing! Slice of life. This takes me back. I grew up the 80s. Cheers! 😎🍻
Jerry O'Connell was in it, too
Emotion in Motion by Ric Ocasek is a HIGHLY underrated song.
The year I started high school! Love it!
This was a lot of fun, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
1986 still had some great movies, TV shows and of course music from
the Outfield, Europe, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money among many others. I was 22 years old at the time
and thanks again for the awesome memories of Rock and Roll Professor.
🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
Great year for music!
Who Made Who, Somewhere in Time and of course Master of Puppets, those albums made it great year in Metal too
Bruce Hornsby's song made everyone wish they could play the piano.❤
In december 86 I got made fun off for being a Bon Jovi fan but I was loud and proud with it. I drew their logo on my Trapper Keeper and all my notebooks. I was not going to apologize. I remember being on the Junior basketball team. This was the level under Junior Varsity. Im on the bus going to a game and a team mate says to me, "no one will remember them in 5 years" We know how that turned out don't we LOL
Ahhhh, 1986..... The Sunset Strip was rockin' every Friday & Saturday night. So many great bands to see back then. What a time to be alive & what fond memories I have!
I remember I had to SING INTO THE FAN to get the Cinderella vocals just right!🤣
Whenever I hear that Bangles tune I have to smile. When it hit radio the 7 year old daughter of friends fell in love with it and sang it almost constantly for several days before her mother actually heard what she was singing. The daughter couldn't quite understand the lyrics and thought the band was singing, "Walk like an erection."
Ha ha! That's too funny!
@@ProfessorofRock 😁
Cherry 7-Up was epic. Matt LeBlanc was in one of the commercials playing the heartthrob guy waiting for the cute cashier to close the store so he could share a can of it with her. Good times.
This is CRAZY! I was thinking about Duran Duran and they popped up in the video. I was going to click off and look for the Cherry 7UP commercial for another nostalgia boost, and you actually had it in the video! Dude, stop reading my mind! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
No mention of Tear For Fears? I was so into them by 86, and Midnite Oil, INXS....
This just covers one particular week.
This made reminisce back then when I sang "Stand By Me" and every kindergarten classmates of mine asked "where did you heard that?"
My senior year of high school.
Never knew how great it was until it was over.
Great show! ❤
So glad to see Coming Around Again on this list. Love when she sings "...and I believe in love...what else could I do...I'm so in love with you..."
So romantic.
So good!
Jersey Girl here. Must I? I'll still give it to Toto for
"As Soon as my heart stops breaking" Michael McDonalds subtle but amazingly stand out vocals really helped the song call out to me. ❤
Thanks!
I did "Walk Like an Egyptian" as a kid in 1987-ish. I loved seeing the video on MTV. The Honda CRX was a great car, by the way! Great songs for the year. Keep rockin', Professor of Rock, and everyone out there!
Eternal Flame still gives me goosebumps!
I can't believe Bruce Hornsby was the keyboard player for Sheena Easton's band before he made it big.
I was watching Sheena Easton appearance on Solid Gold on TH-cam recently and she introduced the band.
This era was about videos to market the music, not the music itself. The girls liked Bon Jovi. But dude, Susannah’s eyes on the Bangles WLAE…Wow. Thanks Adam!
Right?
Remember every summer my dad would take my twin brother and I fishing and he would always play Bruce Hornsby and Thin Lizzy. Man. The 80s were just awesome as a kid
Always funny seeing old commercials featuring actors before they were famous.
Long format closing was great. Extending the review to more notables, and full ten was great.
Mahe Ohna ✌️ Favour ALL
I'm early even though I'm late! 🤔
Your redux videos are my favorite! 🎶
Hurray for Toto! 🎉
Happy holidays! 🎄🎅🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
1986… my little brother just came into the world. Mom was teaching me Chopsticks on the piano. Dad was constantly flying teaching young AF pilots tactics. And my older brother would allow me to lay on his bed listening to him either playing records or practicing guitar.
Oh, and we were getting ready to move to Japan…
Thanks for sharing! Loved the 80s!
The cut of the eyes is indeed iconic! Suzanna is decades older now, but still has that "Je ne sais qua" about her.
Don't feel bad, when those eyes moved the floor feel away. By then, I was 32. Nice one, Professor.
Ha ha!
I like all your top ten songs better than the real top ten!! Bruce Hornsby is very underrated!! I would put his piano playing in the same category as the late great Floyd Cramer!! He makes the piano sound like it's singing!! Have a great weekend Professor Of Rock!! Looking forward to Monday!! Cindy Snow
Thanks Cindy! I agree! He's so talented!
I love Floyd Cramer!
It's so amazing to hear some of these songs being backlit by history. The ones that stand the test of time really do stand out. The "hyper production" of the 80's gets a little old, though. I'd really love to hear the artists do some "stripped down" versions where the raw beauty of the music can shine.
Expanding the re-deux to 10 spots is a good change, thanks for adding the content.
The biggest surprise to me was "Hip to be Square" coming in ninth. I would have expected it to be higher.
Especially with American Psycho!
I loved the Bangles... The voices were great together
I saw Bruce and he takes requests and I did reference you Professor when I turned it in .
I always think of that movie “stand by me” whenever I hear the song “stand by me”.
Same!
Have you noticed that the blonde guy in Wang Chung is David Hyde Piece Niles Crane Frasiers brother!
No kidding! You Nailed it!
@ProfessorofRock As usual!
@@constipatedinsincity4424 Yep!
Here I thought it was you in a wig brother Wang 😆
I actually remember what I was doing this week in '86 🙂 December '86 was full of amazing experiences & now memories ✌️thanks
That was a magical time, thanks for the trip down memory lane
I saw the Bangles play live in Sheppard's bush in 2001. The thing I remember is that Susanna Hoffs is such a good singer that her voice seems to be toned down to match the other singers. They were a great band and all had lovely voices.
Shake You Down is so smooth. I'll Be Over You and Coming Around Again are so earnest and heartfelt. Great tunes all.
love this channel. Bringing me back to my childhood when radio was something we all shared!!! Radio was a shared experience. I miss those days!
I'll Be Alright Without You ... Yes Professor... It's a hidden gem
Susanna Hoffs was worth the price of admission of this video!
Awesome!
Wow, good list. My wife has You Give Love and Bad Name as her ringtone. What tennage guy didn't like the Bangles back then? And who didn't want to Wang Chung?😂
Ha ha ha! Love it.
Girls appreciated Hoffs, too--wanted, to have what she had. I saw Wang Chung in concert! Oh my youth!
It's unfortunate that it seems Susanna Hoffs' looks are the main thing people (men) mention when it comes to The Bangles, as they were a wonderful talented rock band who came from a real underground scene that revived jangly 60's harmony pop and could also really rock when wanted to and also made some strong albums. I'm a big fan of theirs.
Ben Orr also had an under rated solo hit that year Stay The Night . Peaked at 24
I agree. Love him!
Can't believe that Ocasek and Orr are both gone!
That was the year I graduated high school. Great walk down memory lane
Thanks for watching!
I really like this episode thank you. Peter Cetera and Amy Grant I like them both but was never a mega fan by any means. No I grew up in a racing family and was very involved in racing. In 1993 Peter Cetera raced at the Moosehead Grand Prix in Halifax Nova Scotia and I met him. It was an amazing week of racing I met Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Zanardi who became huge IndyCar Stars. But I also met Peter Cetera racing in a support class. He was so genuine and sincere and we spoke for quite a Time. I really like his music but I really like him as a person. You brought back a great memory thanks I always enjoy your show.
Thanks David!
My cousin was John Bongiovi’s high school guidance counselor.
Serious? That's rad!
One of my favorite musical treats was seeing Bruce Hornsby playing a bunch of shows with the Grateful Dead. His musicianship fit in perfectly.
This list absolutely reminds me why 15 year old me took a turn away from pop music and steered to alternate music.
What alternate music?
1986, 1987. Not the best years for top 40 radio in my opinion. I think the glory years of top 40 began to fade after 1982 and were only kept alive through 1983 by new wave and "Thriller".
I was the same age and I know what you mean. I was getting into Pink Floyd (who were not that big in my town), Skinny Puppy and indie Canadian bands (I grew up in Canada).
To one extent or another, all of these songs impacted me while I was six or seven, along with some of the honorable mentions. What I'll not get over anytime soon is how I heard "Shake You Down" by Greg Abbott and (in typical Eric fashion) thought it was Kool and the Gang. It sounds remarkably like "Cherish".
A study says we treasure the music most that we listened to at 12 to 13!
When I found out that my parents were buying me a CD player in 1986, the first CD I went out and bought was Amy Grant's "Unguarded".
I actually commented on a FB post to a Susanna Hoffs fan page. I made a remark to the effect of what I'd thought of doing to her when they broke through during my high school years. A few months later, i got a notification about a reply to a post. It was her giving a thumbs up to my "imaginative thoughts". I'm probsbly on a watch list somewhere now. But hey, Susanna, you can still call me 😂.
That's hilarious.
17:40 I believe that's Joey from 'Friends' before he became famous? In the Cherry 7-UP commercial.
I saw that and thought “holy crap!” 😮😊
Billy Idol is cool I'm happy he made it in this list. The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian and Bon Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name are amazing fun song I love them. Cool video. ^_^
Thanks!
@@ProfessorofRock You're welcome. ^_^
Susanna Hoff’s eye roll is the single greatest facial gesture in video history!!! I was putty in her hand at that point!!!
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I wrote this before I realized you said the exact same thing. Sorry!🤷♂️
I listened to this countdown last week on Sirius XM
I miss hearing those! I've gotta get Sirius again!
Really? Cool.
Matt LeBlanc is also in Alanis Morissette's video for "Walk Away" from 1991.
That's right!
Ah Professor making me feel young, the year and week I turned 18
⭐ 1986 ⭐ Another fantastic year for music 🖤
Yeah...Susanna Hoffs in that video. I was was eight years old and I didn't know what it was about it that I liked, but I knew I liked that.
1986 was a great year for music. Finally, my small town in Washington State got MTV. It was one of the most talked about among my 6th grade classmates.
I got it a year later!
@ - You’re from nearby Idaho, right? We were a little bit slower in getting things in our part of the country. Going to Seattle for me was a special treat because it was access to what was the newest music and clothes out there.
Love Carly Simon's Coming Around Again. It remains my favorite album of hers.
I love these episodes Professor. Keep them coming! And yes, Susana Hoffs is my perfect 80's crush.
Wow, i just turned 20 in dec. '86... I wanna go back !!😭. Now im going on 59, late next year thst is.
Great episode. I really enjoyed it.
@professorofRock excelent countdown.
Don't recall the year, Cindirellas
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone), two thumbs up!
Wow so many memories from 1986 I was 15 & in Grade 10 in highschool. Who knew Walk Like An Egyptian would become the behemoth it was spending 4 weeks at #1. I think many a boy felt a certain way after seeing that video; ah the power of the MTV generation!! Shame to hear many years later that the song which blasted The Bangles through the roof and into the stratosphere was so loathed by the group itself. Certainly a musical moment in time, thanks for bringing it all back to me.
What a great list. 86 seems like a springboard year for all the great late 80's music.
Final score: 1986 TEN, today zero.
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No joke!
Cetera and Grant have such unique, quality voices.❤️
Together they are a powerhouse!
You would put this out and when I missed it. Had a crush on her when I was 12 and then 13 years ago got to meet her and her husband at the first reunion show The Bangles did in 89
Great list! I think Susanna Hoffs stirred many a young man with that gesture in that music video. I know I was. Great reliving these music memories.