I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
How many of us now in our 50's(or late 40's) look back upon songs like this and realize how we took it so for granted back in that era when there were so many incredible songs/bands. . . truly feel grateful to have been in my 20's during the 80's.
+NS9213 People of that age now will be saying the same thing just as our parents did before us so just imagine how awful music will be in the late 2040s early 2050s.
That's true! My entire teenage years were 1980-1986 and twenties were 1987-1989. I'm very biased because the 80s was indeed the best decade of music (not that the 50s, 60s, 70s and the 90s weren't good, they were but not the best, IMHO). :D
Can’t believe Dale(and the band) weren’t noted to be innovators to the music industry. Severely underrated music. Great memories of my older sisters listening to their cassettes
Pretty broad statement to say they weren’t known as innovators, but yeah… I gotta agree with you. This is absolute peak music of a well known genre, but not famous stuff at all by today’s standards
I remember her porn star status as being a drawback to the people, I mean the average folk of the day, it was a bit much, her having a garbage bag skirt ant fish bowls on her ta ta's..tags... lol I loved it tho , and the other cool kids did too
The eighties were everything for me with practically a song for every moment. Roller skates, break dancing, Walkmans, spandex, neon, big hair, Miami Vice, etc. And we had MTV which exposed us to so many talented singers, bands and song writers. Then they came together to make Band Aid and Live Aid and Christmas Albums. Feel so fortunate to be born in a time where I got to hear the best across 3 decades of sound: 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Keeps me smiling and rocking to this day. ❤
OMG, did you mention Miami Vice?? Hot pink suit, Lamborghini, 9mm semiauto gun, Tubbs at my side, and a mix cassette of Genenis and Missing Persons. I just need to work on my 80's hair...
I remember watching this video on MTV!!!! Back in 82!!!!😊😁🙂😄😃 When my parents finally got cable TV with HBO!!!!! L.O.L.!!!!😂😂😂😂 I never thought the 80s would ever go away!!!! Such good times for me and the music was "Totally Awesome"!!!! Totally For sure!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 I'm 51 years old and this song never gets old for me!!!! I love Missing Persons!!!! The Spring Session M album is a classic Pop New Wave Rock album!!!😃😃😃🙂🙂 P.S. point of trivial interest!!! If you re arrange the letters in Spring Session M it Spells out Missing Persons!!!!!😄😄😄😄🙂👍👍👍👍
definitely!.. I literally could not get it out of my head when they came out... I felt like I discovered a new kind of Future for Mankind...you know, totally freakin happy every minute .. it was the Fountain of Youth in my ears..and what a hottie! with such a unique sound.. I still only want to hear new and unique music at the age of 57.... Any one heard of the Minneapolis band called Hippocampus.. they are unique to me and classy, very fresh and diverse..I'm not advertising, and I don't even know if I spelled it correctly but check them out..maybe you will dig them..seen them at the Mn. state fair and was floored...maybe it was the Leinenkugels'
ToyotaGuy1971 Dale Bozzio is one of Greatest Rock drummers of all time! He and Stewart Copeland were playing Polyrhythms back when most people didn’t even know what that term meant. They are the two top drummers of the Eighties! Percussionists, if you like!
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I'm a total metalhead and NWOBHM fanatic myself but when I discovered Missing Persons, which wasn't until about '87, I became a big fan. The EP and first album are gold.
In 1983 my girlfriend recorded this song on a cassette tape over and over on both sides and played it over and over that whole summer. I'm 60 now and don't know whatever became of Lisa, but in my mind the summer of 83 is this song.
The first time I saw the "words" video when it and MTV was brand new ,I was fkn floored! It was like music from outer space but the lyrics were so humanly real! Fkn awesome artists to never forget!❤One of the worlds' pinnacle creations.
The irony... Here I am on a Friday night having a few beers and playing my 'playlist' of 80's tunes, reminiscing of 'the good ole days'. I graduated high school in '79, and college in '83 and had my 'coming of age in the early 80's. And, like the song says: Life is so strange - destination unknown. When I listened to it 30 years ago I thought: hmmm, where will I end up, what will life be like? Now, 30 years later, life is good for me. My wife and I (college sweethearts) make good incomes, have a nice house, great kids, a happy life, etc. So now I'm sitting here with a few beers waiting for my 21 year old daughters (twins) to get home for the weekend from college (where I was when I heard this tune). And I wonder for them: life is so strange, destination unknown. I wonder where life will take them??? The irony...
Dale was a former Playboy Bunny at The Playboy Club in Boston during the mid 70's and posed for Hustler magazine in March 1979 and February 1980, appearing on both covers.
I'm 62 and think this song is cool. Last week I called for an office visit by some of clients. They arrived early to find me at my old school drawing board, in my suit and tie, listening to this on my office stereo. We got along famously!
It was so much fun going to clubs back in the 80s, dancing all night to great bands and music. Thank you Missing Persons for all the wonderful memories.
Started the 80s as a high school student and ended it a college grad married with two kids. I remember listening to this song over and over since my destination was unknown. What a time to be alive.
@@billdavis6900My dad was born then too. I’ve always wanted to be born in 1969-1970, kinda mid way between my mom and dads birthday. Glad you guys got to experience such a rad time
I remember early 80s, I was 11-14 and we lived in a valley (diamond bar) in California with no tv reception so we had to get basic cable, local channels only. Those old TV's would have the rotary knob for channels and a tuner knob. I discovered that if I went to channel 13 and kept turning the tuning knob, I got MTV! This is one of those videos
One of the *BEST* 1980'S Songs! (There are SO many!!) This song had a special feeling about it that was relative to the time at hand. Plus, it was quirky, true and of it's time. Love this song SO MUCH!
There is no era of music better than the 1980s. I am on social media for those 30 years of age and under and they listen to music from the 80's more often than you might believe.
Hard to believe..this came out 40yrs. Ago. 1982.I saw her perform this at a dive bar south of BOSTON. sadly...the place was nearly empty, I guess most folks don't know this band.It was around 2002. I am 61..still digging this. ;)
When you look at Lady Gaga, smile to yourself knowingly cause it's all been done before, Dale Bozzio was ahead of her time definitely. A lot people don't realize that before Missing Persons, she & Terry Bozzio (now ex-spouse), were members of musicians who played with Frank Zappa (she was like a session musician, backup singer, from mid to late '70's). So she definitely had credentials, some of the most nuanced & refined despite the often zany satire of Zappa, he demanded nothing but the best from those who worked with him. Plus, Dale Bozzio had about the cutest petite figure on MTV back then, the ensemble she wore in "What are Words For" was an epic look.
You are right. Gaga is nothing new. To be Zappa you had to be on your game. I grew up with Warren Curacullo who also played with him. Zappa was a note by note master.
The sound and visuals of a time so confusing and colorful. This band had virtuosos in it, and Dale was the perfect face of this strain of New Wave. What a fun song.
God you guys are so lucky to be alive during the 80s I wish I was one of you guys to got to experience the culture the music and the feeling I'm really sad I couldn't be apart of that I just had to be born in 1997 :(
Merica1776 It's a shame that music isn't such an important part of young people's lives like it was back in the 70's and 80's, and even the early 90's. I got to live through all the quantum leaps in youth culture, from glam to punk to rave and it was all kind of taken for granted. Every ten years or so a new thing took off and It's only now you can look back and see just how great it was! It looks like Grunge was the last big youth culture phenomenon as far as music was concerned. It seems like video game culture has taken over from music for the youth of today, more's the pity for us music fans! But at least there's TH-cam where all the great music lives on! You should be thankful for that as we had nothing like that back in the day!
music is still pretty important to young people even though it hasn't evolved as much. also edm has been popular. but anyway i mean most your people still listen to music. but anyway theres been emotionally hip hop and edm since the mid 90s. i don't think music will ever not be popular, humans will always love melodies
I miss the 1980's... A magical moment in time that I was very blessed to witness and to be a part of. I lived in Los Angeles when the Missing Persons made there debut.
That song is 42 years old and just on the radio this morning on the way in the city. A 42 year old song back when this song came out would have been big band or swing music.
The 80's pop future cyber punk music. It's incredible. The keyboard was so new so many wild ideas. Musical exploration at its best. 80's I now best era of music.
i first heard this in a cafe in okla,city eating breakfast, a classic rock guy and i just was paralized, it was the duran duran, devo , talking heads era. this song is cool.
Missing Persons is one of the most successful and underrated bands of all time. I love their music and they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Missing Persons rules forever !
I moved from a catholic school to a public school where I was the new kid, this song was brand new, I remember staring out the bus window on my way to my first day of 7th grade with this song on the radio... never forget, all time favorite
When this came out I was in my early 20s and more into classic rock and soul, but after nearly 40 years now I enjoy this song as much as any other from that era...
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am proud to be listening to this song very, very loud on November 14th 2023. I wish peace and happiness to all who read this! Aloha!
Nothing comes close to the MTV videos of the early 80's...they took their time, put in so much creativity...videos these days go at about 120 miles an hour and they all seem the same. I miss this time period. :(
The 1st rock video I saw on Mtv was Def Leppard "Let it Rock". They were like 16-17. Hard to believe that was close to 40 years ago. I miss those days.
My dad’s band had one of the earliest videos on MTV. Steel Breeze -You Don’t Want Me Anymore- He thinks early music videos were “funky assed” because of their experimental nature and frequent corniness.
+Annabell Mendez Be happy now, Annabell. For no good reason, just decide you're happy and then find out why. Look around, yeah there are shitty aspects of life, but would you give it up for the alternative?? If you lived in Seattle, I'd take you out dancing until 4 am. :)
Daniel, how you read that as a come on is beyond me. i've been living a little differently with a Stage 4 cancer in my chest. I seek joy, I try to spread joy, including to you. If you lived in Seattle I'd take you out for a beer.
Life is so strange when you don't know How can you tell where you're going to? You can't be sure of any situation Something could change and then you won't know You ask yourself Where do we go from here? It seems so all too near Just as far beyond as I can see I still don't know what this all means to me You tell yourself I have nowhere to go I don't know what to do And I don't even know the time of day I guess it doesn't matter any way Life is so strange Destination unknown When you don't know Your destination Something could change It's unknown And then you won't know Destination unknown Life is so strange Destination unknown When you don't know Your destination Something could change It's unknown And then you won't know Destination unknown You ask yourself When will my time come? Has it all been said and done? I know I'll leave when it's my time to go 'Til then I'll carry on with what I know Life is so strange Destination unknown When you don't know Your destination Something could change It's unknown And then you won't know Destination unknown Life is so strange Destination unknown When you don't know Your destination And something could change It's unknown And then you won't know Destination unknown Life is so strange
@@underthebluetakemein. Too me it means if you have no plans how do you know if they have been changed? If you have no purpose, how will you know when you met you purpose? And when you die did you meet your purpose?
I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
That's so cool!
Saw her backstage with a Flock of Seagulls. I have hung out with Mike. Dale had my wife and I hold her dogs as she got ready.
She does seem like she would be approachable, nice to know that she actually is. Thanks for sharing that.
@@LordHolley you’re very welcome, yes she was great!
Totally cool
How many of us now in our 50's(or late 40's) look back upon songs like this and realize how we took it so for granted back in that era when there were so many incredible songs/bands. . . truly feel grateful to have been in my 20's during the 80's.
+NS9213 People of that age now will be saying the same thing just as our parents did before us so just imagine how awful music will be in the late 2040s early 2050s.
I agree 100%. I'm glad I grew up in those times. So much innocence and fun. Kids don't have that anymore.
+bohdilama lol
That's true! My entire teenage years were 1980-1986 and twenties were 1987-1989. I'm very biased because the 80s was indeed the best decade of music (not that the 50s, 60s, 70s and the 90s weren't good, they were but not the best, IMHO). :D
CLASS OF 84 HERE, AND YES IT WAS THE BEST TIME TO BE A TEEN. THIS ERA WAS AWESOME!!!! SUPER 70'S AND AWESOME 80'S FOREVER!!!!. ROCK ON DFM!!!.
Dale Bozzio's voice is unique and incomparable.
The intro to this is incredible
One huge thing about the 80s: We KNEW we had it great. None of us took it for granted.
The 80s: _Lived ‘em. Loved ‘em. Miss ‘em._
I took it for granted to be sure. I never thought the decline like this would ever happen.
@@ristokolttonen9208I 100% agree with this statement; who would have ever thought music would descend to these lows.. 😩
BEST Decade EVER
@@larana2988music and our country. Vote trump 2024
Amen.
Can’t believe Dale(and the band) weren’t noted to be innovators to the music industry. Severely underrated music. Great memories of my older sisters listening to their cassettes
Pretty broad statement to say they weren’t known as innovators, but yeah… I gotta agree with you. This is absolute peak music of a well known genre, but not famous stuff at all by today’s standards
I agree, they 'Missing Persons' occupied a neat little space all on their own.
I remember her porn star status as being a drawback to the people, I mean the average folk of the day, it was a bit much, her having a garbage bag skirt ant fish bowls on her ta ta's..tags... lol I loved it tho , and the other cool kids did too
All the band members except the keyboard player did work with Frank Zappa.
This is the one time i agree that a band is underrated... They really should have gone big and international.
This is one of those songs that aged so incredibly well and sounds better with each passing year. A true classic.
TOTs
Agree 100%
Yes!! 😁
life IS strange
yes
The eighties were everything for me with practically a song for every moment. Roller skates, break dancing, Walkmans, spandex, neon, big hair, Miami Vice, etc. And we had MTV which exposed us to so many talented singers, bands and song writers. Then they came together to make Band Aid and Live Aid and Christmas Albums. Feel so fortunate to be born in a time where I got to hear the best across 3 decades of sound: 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Keeps me smiling and rocking to this day. ❤
90's were pretty great lyrically with Tupac etc
OMG, did you mention Miami Vice?? Hot pink suit, Lamborghini, 9mm semiauto gun, Tubbs at my side, and a mix cassette of Genenis and Missing Persons. I just need to work on my 80's hair...
Thanks! Shhhh...don't tell your husband I love you...
And nobody gave a shit about what color you were!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved the 80's and 90's.
Parachute pants that gave us rashes lol
I'm watching this video again about 40 years later (I'm now 52) and somehow this still seems futuristic after all these years
I remember watching this video on MTV!!!! Back in 82!!!!😊😁🙂😄😃 When my parents finally got cable TV with HBO!!!!! L.O.L.!!!!😂😂😂😂 I never thought the 80s would ever go away!!!! Such good times for me and the music was "Totally Awesome"!!!! Totally For sure!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 I'm 51 years old and this song never gets old for me!!!! I love Missing Persons!!!! The Spring Session M album is a classic Pop New Wave Rock album!!!😃😃😃🙂🙂 P.S. point of trivial interest!!! If you re arrange the letters in Spring Session M it Spells out Missing Persons!!!!!😄😄😄😄🙂👍👍👍👍
I was thinking the same!
Gen X forever!
My favorite song by them! ❤
@@beansngreens8006 It's a great one.
Missing Persons MASTERED the New Wave/80's Rock Sound of the time. They had tremendous talent.
They were consummate perfectionists. Especially the drummer.
definitely!.. I literally could not get it out of my head when they came out... I felt like I discovered a new kind of Future for Mankind...you know, totally freakin happy every minute .. it was the Fountain of Youth in my ears..and what a hottie! with such a unique sound.. I still only want to hear new and unique music at the age of 57.... Any one heard of the Minneapolis band called Hippocampus.. they are unique to me and classy, very fresh and diverse..I'm not advertising, and I don't even know if I spelled it correctly but check them out..maybe you will dig them..seen them at the Mn. state fair and was floored...maybe it was the Leinenkugels'
@@ToyotaGuy1971 "oh yeah"!!!!
ToyotaGuy1971
Dale Bozzio is one of Greatest Rock drummers of all time! He and Stewart Copeland were playing Polyrhythms back when most people didn’t even know what that term meant.
They are the two top drummers of the Eighties! Percussionists, if you like!
@@ToyotaGuy1971 Of course, he played with Zappa before that.
One of the very best songs of the 80s new wave.
There was nothing like the 80s! So incredible! I want them back!!!
Many do, but the Corporate Radio Masters and their advertisers won't have this joyful, uplifting music. Psyop
Amen!!!!!
You mean you don't like the dystopian future we are living in now? 🤔
Right! I will gladly give up today’s garbage especially today’s music fakebook , Netflix internet , all of it! To go back to the 80s!
I dunno the threat of nuclear winter, the fear of HIV, & Ray Gun's decimation of worker unions wasn't so great, though.
Who remembers the US Festival in California. 4 days of incredible bands and artists.
I remember! Glen Helen park in San Bernardino, memorial weekend ‘83.
I lived in Rialto CA. at the time, close to Kolb Jr. High. Could hear the music from there.
It’s 2022 and this sounds just as good as when it came out!
this sounds absolute crap. CD preference then here: th-cam.com/video/Zt5WpNZj9QI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MissingPersons-Topic or This is a delight th-cam.com/video/gw2dQrlZrQQ/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MY1VICE
True
Yup!!, so does "Walking in LA"
Maybe better.
I'm a total metalhead and NWOBHM fanatic myself but when I discovered Missing Persons, which wasn't until about '87, I became a big fan. The EP and first album are gold.
I love how positive and awesome everyone is in this feed.
Never lose that people
Destination Unknown.......
NOT KNOWN!
Because we lived the 80’s!
Spring Session M is HIGHLY underrated, anyone that hasn’t heard it will be blown away
Absolutely 💯🎯
Spring Session M was the letters of Missing Persons rearranged. Anagram.
In 1983 my girlfriend recorded this song on a cassette tape over and over on both sides and played it over and over that whole summer. I'm 60 now and don't know whatever became of Lisa, but in my mind the summer of 83 is this song.
Shhh
You don't realize what you have until it's gone. Damn, I miss the 80s.
❤
I realized...so did many. The airwaves glutted with fine artists...😊
One of my all-time favorite songs.
Missing Persons mastered the New Wave sound of the 80's!
Dale was in a league all her own!
It's a real new wave song
Don't forget Ultravox!
Bro you just copied the comment above you 😆
Lady GAGA owes her a big THANK YOU
@@luannabbate2624 Totally!
The first time I saw the "words" video when it and MTV was brand new ,I was fkn floored! It was like music from outer space but the lyrics were so humanly real! Fkn awesome artists to never forget!❤One of the worlds' pinnacle creations.
God how I miss the 80's I wanna go back. Best time of my life
I also love the 50's through the 80's classic rock...todays' music sucks ass!.
Brian Powers ain't that it
Red Clark me too! Lets go!
I'll second that.
You bet, man. Me too.
Ah 1982, I remember it very well and fondly 😊
The irony...
Here I am on a Friday night having a few beers and playing my 'playlist' of 80's tunes, reminiscing of 'the good ole days'. I graduated high school in '79, and college in '83 and had my 'coming of age in the early 80's. And, like the song says: Life is so strange - destination unknown. When I listened to it 30 years ago I thought: hmmm, where will I end up, what will life be like? Now, 30 years later, life is good for me. My wife and I (college sweethearts) make good incomes, have a nice house, great kids, a happy life, etc. So now I'm sitting here with a few beers waiting for my 21 year old daughters (twins) to get home for the weekend from college (where I was when I heard this tune). And I wonder for them: life is so strange, destination unknown. I wonder where life will take them??? The irony...
+tomcellar It sounds like you won big time in the game of life so far. Keep that streak going!
tomcellar You are very blessed. I'm happy for you.
Nice to hear someone who feels blessed the way I do.
I love this!! I think the same thing listening to all this music!
I hope I'm as lucky as you
I LOVE This Song from Missing Persons !!! 👍
I Love Missing Persons..........!!!! Been Listening Since I was 16.....I AM 46 Now.
Monica Moments Keep going and rocking😀😀 I was dancing in my wheelchair earlier today; been 80s binge (ing?) today 😀😀
im 61 now missing 80S !!!!
, 🎧🎼🎵🎶🎹🎻🎤🎷🎸🎺🎉 , ⤴✔💝💟🎹🎸🎤🎤✔🎹✔
Dale was a former Playboy Bunny at The Playboy Club in Boston during the mid 70's and posed for Hustler magazine in March 1979 and February 1980, appearing on both covers.
THANKYOU sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
I remember that
owo!
I've seen that one, her hair is so loooonnnggg!
Cheers!
"There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy."
Dante
I recall that Im happy with no misery, unless you are dying, then reminiscing can be fun.
So true
Tell me about it. I remember the past, and look forward to hell
There is truth to that and yes "Life Is So Strange"
I'm 63 but reeling in years this song was one of those that was totally addictive
The things that pass for knowledge
I can't understand ;)
Apologies, couldn't pass up Steely Dan :) 🤟
An Era long gone but the songs will live on forever. What a Great Era. I'm glad that I lived it.
I'm an 80s girl and I'm pretty mad I just learned about this group today! I love her voice!! It's the definition of the 80s sound!!
Just leaned about them? Sounds like you've been missing out on great 80s music.
Welcome to the party!
The 80's Lady Gaga!
if you lived on Long Island you'd know about it on WLIR New Wave back in early mid 80s'. the greatest radio station on planet at the time
@@johnluna9286agreed! She reminded me more of Dale, than Madonna.
Oh man I so miss these days.....the 80's were and will always be the absolute best of times
I'm 62 and think this song is cool. Last week I called for an office visit by some of clients. They arrived early to find me at my old school drawing board, in my suit and tie, listening to this on my office stereo. We got along famously!
I still do my 'big hair' ;-) When you have
nice hair flaunt it, right!?
It was so much fun going to clubs back in the 80s, dancing all night to great bands and music. Thank you Missing Persons for all the wonderful memories.
I still love this song after all these years.
When this song came out in 82, I was obsessed with it!! Absolutely loved this video and loved watching it on MTV!!!
ME TOO my mom love it very much
This song is fucking epic! Love the video too! Hahahahahaa!
Started the 80s as a high school student and ended it a college grad married with two kids. I remember listening to this song over and over since my destination was unknown. What a time to be alive.
I agree. I basically grew up in the 80’s. I was born in 72 so I was 8 in 1980 and 18 in 1990.
@@billdavis6900My dad was born then too. I’ve always wanted to be born in 1969-1970, kinda mid way between my mom and dads birthday. Glad you guys got to experience such a rad time
It doesn't matter very song
Very good song
Yeah! I was born in 1973. The 80s was fucking awesome!
this is a great album. Terry Bozio is an amazing drummer...he was so ahead of time in the early 80's
This song is a masterpiece of the 80's and a song I really relate to.
I remember early 80s, I was 11-14 and we lived in a valley (diamond bar) in California with no tv reception so we had to get basic cable, local channels only. Those old TV's would have the rotary knob for channels and a tuner knob. I discovered that if I went to channel 13 and kept turning the tuning knob, I got MTV! This is one of those videos
Her voice is so beautiful and amazing. This song and another hit called "words" was awesome.
th-cam.com/video/oIb9QUGjdIc/w-d-xo.html Berlin-No More Words
A track called "Mental Hopscotch" was on the EP, with a brutal tempo.
Not to mention her looks.....But who's looking
@@Jonathan-st4ed Yes, she was very attractive and sexy, at least back then. I don't know about now though.
Walking in L. A.--
One of the *BEST* 1980'S Songs! (There are SO many!!) This song had a special feeling about it that was relative to the time at hand. Plus, it was quirky, true and of it's time. Love this song SO MUCH!
She was Lady gaga of the eighties
This song is fucking legendary!
There is no era of music better than the 1980s. I am on social media for those 30 years of age and under and they listen to music from the 80's more often than you might believe.
One of the MOST underrated/overlooked bands of the era if not more so.
Super-fantastic band of the early 80's.
Hard to believe..this came out 40yrs. Ago. 1982.I saw her perform this at a dive bar south of BOSTON.
sadly...the place was nearly empty, I guess most folks don't know this band.It was around 2002. I am 61..still digging this. ;)
YES. When my friends would got out dancing for retro 80s night, we always pick this song. Waiting to do that again. HANG IN THERE GUYS.
The 80's were great. Wish I could go back and do it again.
Walking in L.A., Words, & Destination Unknown might be the greatest 3 songs from the same band in the 1980s‼️🎶
When you look at Lady Gaga, smile to yourself knowingly cause it's all been done before, Dale Bozzio was ahead of her time definitely. A lot people don't realize that before Missing Persons, she & Terry Bozzio (now ex-spouse), were members of musicians who played with Frank Zappa (she was like a session musician, backup singer, from mid to late '70's). So she definitely had credentials, some of the most nuanced & refined despite the often zany satire of Zappa, he demanded nothing but the best from those who worked with him.
Plus, Dale Bozzio had about the cutest petite figure on MTV back then, the ensemble she wore in "What are Words For" was an epic look.
Besides Dale and Terry the other original members were Warren Cucurullo and Patrick Ohearn also from Zappa's band!
If you weren't the real deal you couldn't play with Zappa. They all were. Warren was a local Brooklyn boy to me who did good.
You are right. Gaga is nothing new. To be Zappa you had to be on your game. I grew up with Warren Curacullo who also played with him. Zappa was a note by note master.
Yes
💯. THIS WAS 2 YEARS •BEFORE• MADONNA‼️‼️
I just found this song and I've listened to it 50 times already.
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As an 80’s kid… life is so strange. We had a great soundtrack.
Badass band. These guys and Berlin made great bookends. Dale rocked and Terry is a percussion-pit-fiend. \m/
She was Lady Gaga about thirty years before her time!
The sound and visuals of a time so confusing and colorful. This band had virtuosos in it, and Dale was the perfect face of this strain of New Wave. What a fun song.
They rocked the early 80's.
2023 and I'm still banging. Fast times, porkies, up the creek, breakfast club, moon unit, bow wow wow. Come on, and I'm a freaking metal head
Saw them in 1983...life was great. I had such a blast standing just off stage watching them rock the audience. I was so connected.
One of the best songs to come out of the 80's, period!
It's been over 30 years ago and I was young and happy. Life happened and I am old and happy. Music is coming back again.
80s music NEVER LEFT😃😕
This song is seriously FUCKING GREAT!
Man, this song takes me right back to the 80's. What a time ! Seems like a whole different lifetime ago.
You said it....that and life was so much better back then than nowv:/
God you guys are so lucky to be alive during the 80s I wish I was one of you guys to got to experience the culture the music and the feeling I'm really sad I couldn't be apart of that I just had to be born in 1997 :(
Merica1776 It's a shame that music isn't such an important part of young people's lives like it was back in the 70's and 80's, and even the early 90's. I got to live through all the quantum leaps in youth culture, from glam to punk to rave and it was all kind of taken for granted. Every ten years or so a new thing took off and It's only now you can look back and see just how great it was! It looks like Grunge was the last big youth culture phenomenon as far as music was concerned. It seems like video game culture has taken over from music for the youth of today, more's the pity for us music fans! But at least there's TH-cam where all the great music lives on! You should be thankful for that as we had nothing like that back in the day!
Yea true ... But I think I could live without all this technology really I can it's would be better knowing I can hang out with friends better
music is still pretty important to young people even though it hasn't evolved as much. also edm has been popular. but anyway i mean most your people still listen to music. but anyway theres been emotionally hip hop and edm since the mid 90s. i don't think music will ever not be popular, humans will always love melodies
ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80'S MUSIC RULES!! the dj
Nebraska? Same here!
@@christinelawver1317 YOU KNOW IT!! the dj
I miss the 1980's... A magical moment in time that I was very blessed to witness and to be a part of. I lived in Los Angeles when the Missing Persons made there debut.
Do you remember a club in Hollywood called The Palace? Along with Dillons out in Westwood and Florentine Garden.
@@ronaldcook3840 I vaguely remember Dillons and the Florentine Garden... Why do you ask?
I was a kid when we lived in West Los Angeles.
That song is 42 years old and just on the radio this morning on the way in the city. A 42 year old song back when this song came out would have been big band or swing music.
I love this song . I'm glad I've found it I love (1980's) music New Wave & Punk Rock stuff.
Late Summer, early Fall 1982...good times!!!
Last seen them in Atlanta,New Years,Dale is 🔥, Great Singer,thank you.Ur the Best Bilismo,Chow Lio,from Galveston,ty
Terry Bozzio and I took drum lessons from the same teacher-Chuck Brown in mill valley CA.
Very under-appreciated song! This song is as good today as it it was back then!
This has such a great 80's feel. Everytime I hear it it brings me back to wonderful times.
+Troy Owens I know what you mean. I am nearly 40 and like much of this sort of music.
One of the few cassettes I still own.
I've always liked missing persons she's so beautiful
The 80's pop future cyber punk music. It's incredible. The keyboard was so new so many wild ideas. Musical exploration at its best. 80's I now best era of music.
Truly unforgettable vocals, band & video. Bozzio has timeless appeal. She's like a new wave Marilyn Monroe for lack of a better description.
love this song ..I love the 80's music.. I love her voice..
i first heard this in a cafe in okla,city eating breakfast, a classic rock guy and i just was paralized, it was the duran duran, devo , talking heads era. this song is cool.
NS9213 you are so right.thank you for reminding me that the 80s are by far the greatest era of music ever!!!
If you listen to the lyrics this song is actually very deep with, yes, spiritual meaning. One of my all-time favorites.
Missing Persons is one of the most successful and underrated bands of all time. I love their music and they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Missing Persons rules forever !
I moved from a catholic school to a public school where I was the new kid, this song was brand new, I remember staring out the bus window on my way to my first day of 7th grade with this song on the radio... never forget, all time favorite
This song takes me to a Desination Unknown. Love it!
I never took the talent of this band for granted. Their set at the US Festival was stellar.
I was at US '83. Saw Missing Persons there. Their set was perfect.
This song is the story of our lives.
On the video young people got freedom to go to the world and the destination was unknown 😃 Good music and feelings
I always thought these folks managed to carve out a special sound, even while being Totally 80s.
When this came out I was in my early 20s and more into classic rock and soul, but after nearly 40 years now I enjoy this song as much as any other from that era...
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am proud to be listening to this song very, very loud on November 14th 2023. I wish peace and happiness to all who read this! Aloha!
Cheers from Hawaii Kai, Butch!
Cheers from Slovenia.....good taste is drifting around❤❤❤
Peace on, Butch. This is good. Music to me has always been best when it was unique. This is certainly that.
Very very loud is the only way to listen to this song! Cheers!
You'll love Mental Hopscotch!
My destination is unknown to me, great classic song by this band. ❤
Nothing comes close to the MTV videos of the early 80's...they took their time, put in so much creativity...videos these days go at about 120 miles an hour and they all seem the same. I miss this time period. :(
I agree,there was also so much hope in America in that era.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little... The great Ronald Reagan???
The 1st rock video I saw on Mtv was Def Leppard "Let it Rock". They were like 16-17. Hard to believe that was close to 40 years ago. I miss those days.
My dad’s band had one of the earliest videos on MTV. Steel Breeze -You Don’t Want Me Anymore- He thinks early music videos were “funky assed” because of their experimental nature and frequent corniness.
Boospoochie Better than the Democrat choice at that time.
This is of course is back when MTV was great. I loved this video.
UNKNOWN SONG IN UPSTATE NEW YORK..NEVER PLAYED..1ST HEARD IN 2012. I LOVE THIS SONG, ALL TIME MY PERSONAL TOP 5. I LOVE THIS.
No question that MP was one o f the best new wave bands. What a great song.
Thanks again to her for sharing this song with us all
Spring Session M is an early 80's new wave masterpiece.
The name of the album is an anagram
I was young and happy then
+Annabell Mendez Be happy now, Annabell. For no good reason, just decide you're happy and then find out why. Look around, yeah there are shitty aspects of life, but would you give it up for the alternative??
If you lived in Seattle, I'd take you out dancing until 4 am. :)
+David McGeoy Thanks for the fine example of 'How to write a creepy come-on to a complete stranger'. Over-assumption of familiarity much?
Daniel, how you read that as a come on is beyond me. i've been living a little differently with a Stage 4 cancer in my chest. I seek joy, I try to spread joy, including to you. If you lived in Seattle I'd take you out for a beer.
+Daniel Fuller Nothing sadder than men calling other men creepy.
David McGeoy I'd go dancing
Very good band, a shame that weren't be aired on my country at that time, it would be a big success for sure♥️♥️♥️
80s. Best decade of my life!!! Life is still good though!!!
and you even got those times?
I miss the 80s so much and this band they were so ahead of their time i was in love with dale what an era for music those times rocked
Life is so strange when you don't know
How can you tell where you're going to?
You can't be sure of any situation
Something could change and then you won't know
You ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
It seems so all too near
Just as far beyond as I can see
I still don't know what this all means to me
You tell yourself
I have nowhere to go
I don't know what to do
And I don't even know the time of day
I guess it doesn't matter any way
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don't know
Your destination
Something could change
It's unknown
And then you won't know
Destination unknown
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don't know
Your destination
Something could change
It's unknown
And then you won't know
Destination unknown
You ask yourself
When will my time come?
Has it all been said and done?
I know I'll leave when it's my time to go
'Til then I'll carry on with what I know
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don't know
Your destination
Something could change
It's unknown
And then you won't know
Destination unknown
Life is so strange
Destination unknown
When you don't know
Your destination
And something could change
It's unknown
And then you won't know
Destination unknown
Life is so strange
Thank you for posting the lyrics
I still don't know what this all means to me....in 2020 🙂🙃😊😇😋♾🏳️🌈!!!
Life is so strange 😂
@@underthebluetakemein. Too me it means if you have no plans how do you know if they have been changed? If you have no purpose, how will you know when you met you purpose? And when you die did you meet your purpose?
wow super song! the style and sound is very current and in! it's fashion that's coming! obviously in a modern way!