+Massimo Masotti Pretty insane when you think about it,, it was a much more fun time in music,,world of music sucks today,, and I'm not repeating what my parents said, they listened to music that had no resemblance to the 80's or to today's music,,
Well, Thriller was released November 30th, making it too late to be an entry for the 1983 awards (held in Feb of 83) Thriller the song was the final single from the album, and wasn't released until 1984, which is when the stunning music video came out, hence it being up for awards the following year. The Grammy's are held every February, and the cut off for eligible albums is September 30th of the previous year. So an album released in October of 2017 won't be eligible for a grammy until the February 2019 awards shows. Weird, I know. The album of course was huge, its almost always at the very top of every list for best albums of the 1980s, and best pop albums ever. But that being said, there are rules for when music is up for awards, and it has to have had release within a window of dates. And that is why this song was eligible. Otherwise, we probably would have seen all his albums up for awards all over again in 2010, with the awards that followed his 2009 death.
Micheal Jackson had (Vincent) Price. Did Prince have Price? Hell, no. Michael should have won, on that fact, alone, but, Prince did have "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan at his side, so, it should have been a tie, with the tiebreaker being Fred Armisen does a better Prince, than Prince, therefore, Michael (and Vincent Price) should have won. May whom the hell ever has died, Rest, In Peace.
Lionel is like wtf. But that black album title is stupid. As if only blacks could buy the album. I grew up on all black music and my family is white. Stupid
@@STARLIGHT_KSA They're talented but nowhere near as ground breaking and popular as the artist from the 80's and 90's. I'm sure there are ground breakers out there right now but they aren't getting the attention the artist did back then. Keep in mind there was no internet, no social media, etc... EVERYONE got their music from basically the same sources and there were only a few media outlets at the national and global level. The different musical sounds from those eras had never been heard before and there were so many different kinds and styles. The talent was real talent not computer assisted vocals or instrumentation.
@@snowflake6421 Who are you to tell us what to do? People compare things all the time. It's weird that you have a problem with it. Today's music is simply trash compared to previous musicians. The bar is set so low today bc everyone must get a trophy. At least back then they EARNED it.
"Industry" is definitely right. It was all about record companies and big artists making big money. Thankfully the internet has destroyed that industry.
@@realdavidjones1623 In the 80's , some artists became enslaved in contracts requiring them to churn out records by the dozen . Record companies tied them into ridiculous 10 record deals which the likes of George Michael and Sony battled out and Prince was in a battle with Warner Bros . That was when Prince changed his name to Love Symbol or the artist formerly known as Prince . Could be why he's looking so pissed off here .
This is the Madonna I loved and adored. Right on the cusp before she achieved superstardom! The scrappy little girl from Detroit mowing down everything in her way. Priceless!
im sad for you cuz you didnt aquired the taste of modern music like trance, it take times, i come from a classical music background so i understand the walls
@@tasmangirl it's not. 82 baby here so 90s we're really my decade. Yall have it bad. We admired the greats of earlier decades 60s 70s etc and u had mad respect for them. Today no respect and forgettable 15 min fame music. And! No new trends! We created all the trends rap, pop, rock etc. Yall still doing C level rap and pop on on most days
He did not like the industry. And fair enough, they’re notorious for treating the musicians like crap and trying to take everything from them. Like creative control.
I was 24 then. Believe me the 80's is the best decade in music. Madonna, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis & The News, Spandau Ballet, Tears For Fears etc. Truly the best music artists. I wish i have a time machine to go back in that era. Philip from Manila, Philippines.
People never got it... that Prince and MJJ were so shy. But yet, they both ruled The Pop Music World along with Madonna all those years ago. Bravo! Brava!
Underground, not here. So much good music that didn't make mainstream radio, but later evolved into "alternative", finally breaking into the mainstream in the early 90s.
Madonna really is remarkable. No artist before or since has changed so quickly from one “era” to another. Here she is as a refined dance-punk goddess in 100lbs of studs, crosses and rubber bracelets, then arrives as a trimmed-up, platinum blonde starlet for True Blue the next year.
Check out what Prince did every year from '79 to the mid 90s. A different sound and look every single year - and he produced it all himself. Madonna never managed that, and when she did change her sound, it was courtesy of new producers. She was great, but she was slow compared to Prince.
For your eyes only, prince was a very shy person and yes noticed the body guard and he was a private person and was uncomfortable with people in general so that's why had the body guard also.
There's a MAGICAL feeling in those times!! I mean, nowadays we have good songs, great artists etc... But it's different with the 80's (and I was born in 1994 😂😂😂) but it's so COOL to watch these moments!!
Born 82 here u are so correct. Anyone who remembers the 80s says it was magical. The awards shows alone were very prestigious at that time and literally the star power in a room was astounding. Just crazy star power. Soooooo much talent in the audience too full of famous artist all in one place.
Wow, Prince won all the categories and beat out MJ! Thriller was an extremely popular album at the time, but Purple Rain I think demonstrated exceptional musical creativity so I am glad Prince won those awards.
Wonderful how Prince stood back in the aisle and wanted his fellow band members to walk ahead of him from their seats and out onto the stage. It's the little things. He was so talented. Ahead of his time.
It's probably because of what Huey said when announcing him. "This is gonna come as a surpise, but it's Purple Rain from Prince".. when in fact, the album was everywhere that year.. and it truly was not a surprise that Prince and The Revolution won.
@@TheLongdarktunnel Valid point. My guess is Prince may have taken Huey’s sarcasm too literally, but then again.. Huey may have actually thought MJ was going to win again. lol.
"Prince did not look impressed receiving his best Black single award" Because it is racism to highlight the race of a singer. Why should they mention any color at all?
@@aoibheannnibhroin9951 you’ve heard of BET right? Black entertainment television? There is an entire channel for tv shows with just black people in the shows. White people didn’t do that, I grew up with soul train on television, again white people excluded and not our idea Having awards for people in black entertainment was not the idea of white people to be racist. It was because black people in the industry wanted it. They wanted to have a category where they were not competing with other races in the music industry I personally think there should be no division. If you’re in the industry and up for an award, it should be all inclusive, however Kanye West doesn’t think so.
Well Michael and Prince were already Superstars back then, Madonna was just in the beginning of her Superstardom and was considered by many of her contemporaries that she is a flash in the pan, won't last for 6 months but look at her now still going strong for more than 3 decades.
"Favorite Black album"? I forgot the AMA's had that category. The 80's scene in music was so exciting. Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis & The News, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Prince, Billy Ocean... Prince, music is not the same without you and it never will be. Rest peacefully.
Funny story though.. at the time artists that were born out of the 70s, like Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello, often remarked that 80s music was garbage, and made similar "What the hell happened to music" comments. To this day 80s music has lots of haters. The 80s took rock and punk and made it more commercial with hair bands etc. The movement towards electronic music gave "real musicians" a bad taste in their mouth. A lot of great dance music came out of the 80s, and a lot of great pop. Singer/songwriters and guitar driven bands have long cursed the 80s for being too commercial sounding, and lacking any true talent. The truth is these people were trapped in the past, lacked innovation, and by the 1990s no one was talking about them.
Mick Denis But it's racist because anybody can sing R&B music. You don't have to be Black to sing it. The fact that they called it "Black" single was symbolizing segregation.
purplelove010 It's not racist the word black is not racist - and the charts were referred to as the black charts in billboard and cash box...no one cried racism ! It's what it was called ... and trust me they didn't play white artist on those stations.
+purplelove010 I agree with you and find it strange. Read just the other day that Billboard had purposely changed it from R&B to Black just a year or two before. Makes no sense.
+Da'San Ardis 3 decades later you still have not only racism & homophobia but also xenophobia. The midd-80s had a huge US homophobia society leaded by its president, Ronald Regan & terrible fear about what Aids was.
I'm referring to pop culture, not world politics. There's always good and bad depending on your particular point of view. Pop culture today is about who can be rudest or most vulgar s.o.b. in the room. Not appealing at all (my opinion)
To think that this was THE NIGHT, after this show, that all of the artists involved, got together and recorded "WE ARE THE WORLD" ..AMAZING !!! JUST AMAZING !!!! The 80s were a great era..real talent. true talent..I was so happy to be a teen in the 80s. Great memories.
When I actually liked everybody at The American Music Awards. When performers were original, fashion was unique, music and lyrics were relatable, everyone was either gay or straight, male or female and everybody had a good time!! Including the viewers and fans!!!
+openskies11 amazing... imagine how it will be in another 30!! Really amazing!!! I can't believe they had a category "favourite black album/single" etc!!! ???
George Mac time is the most interesting thing ever to me how all these 80’s kids come on here saying how it pasted makes me kind of depressed and I’m from the 2010s
I remember watching this award show as a child in 4th grade. It was very powerful and exciting, loaded with more epic talent than can be mentioned. Each artist creating their own unique style of music, not even mentioning the dance, fashion, artistic vision of their videos. I'm talking about even the Pointer Sisters seen in the audience, they had huge hits. Everyone brought forth their own talent. It was scary. I thank God I lived through this amazing time of experiencing nuclear explosions of art forms cascading on the radio and tv. I look at music now for the most part in disgust, but moreso understanding the goal of what is promoted by the powers that be. What I mean is, when I see a modern artist with their "huge" pop song on YT with million + views, that's not actual people tally, those are bots. There is no hit. The industry went utterly corrupt mid-90s and fell rock bottom in 2000. The higher levels produced on CDs late 90s reduced sound dynamics, that is the wave form became less peaks and valleys. Then the computers made music artificial and too perfect, lacking human error, subliminal tempo changes, feeling. cRap and shit Hop promoted over the past 20 years on purpose by the New World Order who worship Satan because much of it preaches recidivism, is mid-tempo lacking uplifting dance rythyms. The NWO understand the power of the metaphysical, the power of music on humankind. Oh they attempted to infilitrate music before with heavy metal and all the satanic push. It was rebellious music after all. But even rock was too rebellious to be weighted down by the devil horns. Now the NWO found the perfect medium to poison minds with "music" which really isn't even music. Useful idiots mumbling over repeated computer sounds. That's not creativity. Sure, cRap and shit Hop has their place in the music spectrum of talent, throw it in the narrow gutter where it belongs. You cannot tell me there is not another Whitney Houston level singer on this earth with inspirational songs. Not when we have tech that any person can reasonably purchase and have a home studio at their fingertips. Things artists only dreamed of years ago. You will not hear them because the powers that be will not promote them. When historically these pop songs are mega hits and monetary booms. So....the industry doesn't want this known hitmaking beloved talent and genre heard? No they do not. The NWO want the people disheartened, angry and downtrodden. Not uplifted, inspired. This is a battle of the spirtual. The music industry was destroyed on purpose, the past few decades since 2000 many of those who grew up in 80s can readily see that something is wrong. You will have to seek on other platforms raw talent.
1985 was a year especially busy for Madonna. The video for "Material Girl" came out on 1 February, the movie "Vision Quest" in February & the movie "Desperately Susan" came out in early March. Thanks to the "Vision Quest" soundtrack, especially the single "Crazy For You", Madonna got her 1st Grammy nomination. Also during the shooting of "Material Girl" Madonna knows Sean Penn & married.
Made the 1st tour April - June - the only that wasn't a world tour - just North United States & Canada After The Virgin Tour end, made the Live AID in July.
+Gina Sousa Branco She should have done The Virgin Tour a World Tour. She was already famous enough to do it. Besides, I hate the change of look she took for Live Aid.
Sergio V That look change had a purpose / justification. Madonna's was covered from head to toe - despite the enormous heat - in protest for her nude photos from 1979 published without her permission on the Playboy & Penthouse.
And Lionel Richie said that night, after hosting the AMA he rushed directly to the studio for recording We are The World along with Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Cyndy Lauper and many more. They had been packed in that studio the whole night. A night so unique that cannot be replicated. Wow!!!
I love Prince's persona/attitude. Regardless of his electrifying live performances, he's VERY shy when it comes these things. But anyway he's the best to ever do it, no one can touch him. Never could, and NEVER will!!!!!!
PurpleRain500 though i prefer thriller, purple rain deserved both favorite pop/rock album and soul/r&b album in 1985. rip 2 great legends, and madonna better watch out. she's the only one left.
there was so much energy...in person hanging out with friends, dancing, laughing, playing records, colorful clothes, and fun 80's music! I miss it all...
If only all those people back then knew just exactly whom and what Madonna is going to become !!, A QUEEN OF POP !! The most successful female entertainer ever !!! The LEGEND AM THE ROYALTY ! She's amazing
The caliber of songs and artists...abundance of great quality innovative art..I would underline innovative since today most is a copy of past eras..rock on
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Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Madonna, Prince... the 80s have been really the golden age of the pop...
+Massimo Masotti And always will be, pop really sucks today. That was REAL music played by REAL musicians!
+PurpleRain500 Friend called the song as background? when prince received the second prize receiving it with all your friends
Rock Chingon Hi, I'm sorry, but I didn't quite understand what you were trying to tell me. Could you rephrase your comment. Thanks.
+Massimo Masotti Pretty insane when you think about it,, it was a much more fun time in music,,world of music sucks today,, and I'm not repeating what my parents said, they listened to music that had no resemblance to the 80's or to today's music,,
+Massimo Masotti The 80's & 90's! The 21st century is when it all went to shit.
I can't believe Thriller came in 1982 and was STILL being nominated in 1985... that's how huge that album was. Just unbelievable.
Well, Thriller was released November 30th, making it too late to be an entry for the 1983 awards (held in Feb of 83)
Thriller the song was the final single from the album, and wasn't released until 1984, which is when the stunning music video came out, hence it being up for awards the following year.
The Grammy's are held every February, and the cut off for eligible albums is September 30th of the previous year. So an album released in October of 2017 won't be eligible for a grammy until the February 2019 awards shows. Weird, I know.
The album of course was huge, its almost always at the very top of every list for best albums of the 1980s, and best pop albums ever. But that being said, there are rules for when music is up for awards, and it has to have had release within a window of dates. And that is why this song was eligible. Otherwise, we probably would have seen all his albums up for awards all over again in 2010, with the awards that followed his 2009 death.
+jesse andrew so then in that case, prince beat thriller ?? By AMA standards or wtv. MJ didn't win for thriller.
Same for Prince's " Purple Rain"
1983*
Micheal Jackson had (Vincent) Price. Did Prince have Price? Hell, no. Michael should have won, on that fact, alone, but, Prince did have "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan at his side, so, it should have been a tie, with the tiebreaker being Fred Armisen does a better Prince, than Prince, therefore, Michael (and Vincent Price) should have won. May whom the hell ever has died, Rest, In Peace.
This era can never be replicated. Outrageous!!
You mean Prince..
1 of a kind era
Lionel is like wtf. But that black album title is stupid. As if only blacks could buy the album. I grew up on all black music and my family is white. Stupid
@@gigiduhermoine890 prince overrated 😂
“Heck Yeah!!”
This was during a time when the audience in an award show we’re actually filled with exceptional talent. We’ve fallen so low to the ground since then.
LOL
What about now we have many good people for example, the weekend ,Justin Bieber ,Bts,.....etc
@@STARLIGHT_KSA They're talented but nowhere near as ground breaking and popular as the artist from the 80's and 90's. I'm sure there are ground breakers out there right now but they aren't getting the attention the artist did back then. Keep in mind there was no internet, no social media, etc... EVERYONE got their music from basically the same sources and there were only a few media outlets at the national and global level. The different musical sounds from those eras had never been heard before and there were so many different kinds and styles. The talent was real talent not computer assisted vocals or instrumentation.
Can y'all just stop comparing generations to generations?
@@snowflake6421 Who are you to tell us what to do? People compare things all the time. It's weird that you have a problem with it. Today's music is simply trash compared to previous musicians. The bar is set so low today bc everyone must get a trophy. At least back then they EARNED it.
Prince said “thanks” and walked off. ICONIC.
He hated the Illuminati. They are the devil
Outrageous!
More like rude. He would be nothing without his fans.
@@daisygirl1217 Still mad after thirty something years?!🤣🤣🤣🤣
YEEEEEESSSS,!!!!
This is Legendary. Madonna, Prince, Lionel Richie... The best years of the industry
"Industry" is definitely right. It was all about record companies and big artists making big money. Thankfully the internet has destroyed that industry.
BEST!!!!
@@alukuhito explain pls
Don’t forget Tina Turner!
@@realdavidjones1623 In the 80's , some artists became enslaved in contracts requiring them to churn out records by the dozen . Record companies tied them into ridiculous 10 record deals which the likes of George Michael and Sony battled out and Prince was in a battle with Warner Bros . That was when Prince changed his name to Love Symbol or the artist formerly known as Prince .
Could be why he's looking so pissed off here .
This is the Madonna I loved and adored. Right on the cusp before she achieved superstardom! The scrappy little girl from Detroit mowing down everything in her way. Priceless!
Love Madonna
Truth. She was Ssssmknnn hot too.
Holiday 🎶
Celebrate 🎵
As someone who was in high school in the 80s, this was an amazing time for music that has stood the test of time.
80s was the best decade.
So true. More radio stations are playing 80s music than todays. When I was a teenager I never dreamed I would still be listening to the same music
Yep! Class of '85 here. Madonna was my idol. I miss the 80s.
im sad for you cuz you didnt aquired the taste of modern music like trance, it take times, i come from a classical music background so i understand the walls
@A D Me too! I want to do a Back to the Future!
This is so 80s that it's like a parody of the 80s, except it's the actual 80's.
+ScinLaeca358
This is really the 1980s when musicians had actual talent.
+rbeck3200tb40 Exactly! :)
+ScinLaeca358 yes thats exactly what i was thinking! its something they'd parody on SNL rite now.. but its real OMG
+ScinLaeca358 lol i see what u mean especially lionel richie's blazer xD
No shit.
Everyone here is a legend. There aren't artists like this anymore.
Here we go again with the « its not like this anymore « .....
@@tasmangirl it's not. 82 baby here so 90s we're really my decade. Yall have it bad. We admired the greats of earlier decades 60s 70s etc and u had mad respect for them. Today no respect and forgettable 15 min fame music. And! No new trends! We created all the trends rap, pop, rock etc. Yall still doing C level rap and pop on on most days
@@tasmangirl you’re just bitter that your era sucks
💯 modern music suxs
Favorite black artist is it weird to have a race category
Prince is straight out of a comic strip 😂
He literally gives villain vibes 😂
Lol true. Look at his eyes 😂
Not a happy camper 😂
He did not like the industry. And fair enough, they’re notorious for treating the musicians like crap and trying to take everything from them. Like creative control.
I was 24 then. Believe me the 80's is the best decade in music. Madonna, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis & The News, Spandau Ballet, Tears For Fears etc. Truly the best music artists. I wish i have a time machine to go back in that era. Philip from Manila, Philippines.
Excelente comentario y éso que mi época son los 60s
This isn’t about Madonna, this is about Prince winning all the awards. At least he finally talked at the end. 😂
This is about Madonna. Beat it kid.
You mean Madonna won all
One vocalist
Ez for her. @@cynthcorcor126
@@cynthcorcor126 Shes not black, so she was in ineligible at this award show.
Thriller came out in 1982 and it was still in competition in 1985..incredible!
+EVO LUTION lol i know right? proves he really was the king of pop
+noemistephanie93 of course!he still is the king of pop, a legend
its always like this...
Love Thriller; but i'm one of those freaks that consider Off the Wall a superior album [puts riot gear on in preparation for flaming...]
thedy70 where do you rank the bad album
Eighties???.BEST time of my life, even the air smelled different❤️✨🌹
Worst decade of my life by far.
Smelled like cocaine
@@alukuhito losser
@@hueyfreeman6262 What does that mean?
Take me back to the 80s
People never got it... that Prince and MJJ were so shy. But yet, they both ruled The Pop Music World along with Madonna all those years ago. Bravo! Brava!
Outrageous!
This seems like more of a Prince video than a Madonna one.
@Teresa Blanco , I heard Prince was basically a shy person if he wasn't performing. You can tell he was uncomfortable here.
@Teresa Blanco NO
Agahatan constantino dos.santos.deus.edeus frases
Right?! The f*ing clickbait
The title is definitely misleading.
The greatest era in music history.
Underground, not here. So much good music that didn't make mainstream radio, but later evolved into "alternative", finally breaking into the mainstream in the early 90s.
@@alukuhito Imagine The Gun Club or X or Kate Bush winning an award at the Grammys ?
@@alukuhito 80s was the golden age of Pop music. 90s was the golden age of Alternative music
@@MarvinGuatemalanBoy And the 80s was when all of the alternative rock was bubbling underground, just waiting to blow away everything.
Amen
THE 80'S WAS A MAGICAL DECADE, I WAS A TEEN AND WAS FASCINATED BY ALL THE MUSIC, CLUBS, MEN (OF COURSE), MOVIES, FASHION, AND HAPPENINGS OF THE TIME.
I agree. I always new it was magical.
It's weird seeing this..lived in this era but too young to realize what's going on
Madonna really is remarkable.
No artist before or since has changed so quickly from one “era” to another.
Here she is as a refined dance-punk goddess in 100lbs of studs, crosses and rubber bracelets, then arrives as a trimmed-up, platinum blonde starlet for True Blue the next year.
it's like an episode of supermarket sweeps, just with a clothing store instead....
No artist before or since has changed so quickly from one “era” to another. Sorry to inform you David Bowie has her beat any day.
She gone red hair for Live Aid before the short platinum blonde of True Blue.
@@fullmetalscotsman1306 Was gonna mention Bowie too.
Check out what Prince did every year from '79 to the mid 90s. A different sound and look every single year - and he produced it all himself. Madonna never managed that, and when she did change her sound, it was courtesy of new producers. She was great, but she was slow compared to Prince.
There was something magical about the 80s...
Is everyone going to ignore the fact that Prince hired He-Man as his bodyguard?
Who was he protecting Prince from? Lionel Richie? Prince was outraaageous!
@@johnellizz lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣
For your eyes only, prince was a very shy person and yes noticed the body guard and he was a private person and was uncomfortable with people in general so that's why had the body guard also.
You mean father Christmas
1958 was a pivotal year in history. Michael, Madonna, and Prince came into this world.
1985...😄
So much love Eighties!!!! Music, movies....aaaallll))))
@@leriolerio4733 The Award is from 1985. Michael, Madonna and Prince were born in 1958.
@@rafaelortiz-matias169 AA... Understand...Sorry... English not my native language)
I was 12 in 1984. It was a great time to be young! Still best music ever IMO ❤
I'm your age, and yes! It was a great time to be young!
Nailed it! I was 16! Thankful my youth was from the 80’s ❤
I was in 4th grade and a huge Madonna Wannabe. The music and style of the '80s was truly one of a kind.
@@veronicafleitas412 I love the 80s
Me 2🫶❤️
Lmbo...Prince was such a diva back then
He had good reason to be. I can remember this awards show like it was yesterday.
No just misunderstood
he was awesome!!!!
What's up with big burly white bodyguard? Inside the Grammys you need a bodyguard??
such a diva back then?? as if he is still alive now, then I realized you wrote the comment 6 years ago.
Madonna the last survivor still alive, George Michael, Michael Jackson, Prince and many more all gone too soon....
Lionel is still here
tina turner is still here and she's longer than madonna
um the guy right next to her and the literal presenter are still alive
Huey Lewis is still alive and banging
+he actually just released a new album with "The News" and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's show!!
@@returnofthegmac9203 she's one smart gal....i'll giv her that !
The look on Madonna's face when Huey said "Favorite Black Album" was hilarious. 🤣
Yeah I mean 1985 things were more diverse socially so it must of been awkward to present an award for”favorite black album”
The happiest time of my life..... Amazing 80's .... The best music, the best artists. ...... Please, let me go back in time and be happy again...
Me too.
It was the time were Rap music do not dominate Billboard Chart and Radio and Music Videos airplay .
Prince, Madonna and Michael were three of the biggest stars of their era and all three born in the same year, 1958.
Only one remains :(
🐶🐶🐶
Leilani, Madonna wasn't a musician she was a musicians joke.
@@amandabooth1219 Like it or not she's the only one left, still killing it. GTFO.
Yup all born in the Summer of 1958 and all within the same region of the US - Minnepolis, Gary, Detroit. Astrology is real, y’all.
Madonna is beautiful.
+pmerk36 1985 was her year.
She still is beautiful. I saw her on the Rebel Heart tour and I couldn't believe she's almost 60s. I hope I look hot when I'm her age.
angelinajolie Voight yeah she is...still is honestly
angelinajolie Voight was, time spent
Shes so sexy
There's a MAGICAL feeling in those times!! I mean, nowadays we have good songs, great artists etc... But it's different with the 80's (and I was born in 1994 😂😂😂) but it's so COOL to watch these moments!!
Born 82 here u are so correct. Anyone who remembers the 80s says it was magical. The awards shows alone were very prestigious at that time and literally the star power in a room was astounding. Just crazy star power. Soooooo much talent in the audience too full of famous artist all in one place.
Wow, Prince won all the categories and beat out MJ! Thriller was an extremely popular album at the time, but Purple Rain I think demonstrated exceptional musical creativity so I am glad Prince won those awards.
Only reason Prince won because Thriller came out in 1982 and Purple Rain came out in 1984 but both talented artists r.i.p M.J. n Prince
@Becky Berringer creppy your mom, btch!! , Prince is the greatest musician ever ! Michael the king of pop
MJ mito imortal e Prince não passa de um punhado de cinzas de um recalcado.
Michael was HUGE during this era, but Prince literally blew him away over night with Purple Rain, it was my number one at the time, just 17 or 18
Prince wrote and produced all of it. MJ could sing and move, but Prince was a musical genius. MJ had Quincy Jones. ;)
Wonderful how Prince stood back in the aisle and wanted his fellow band members to walk ahead of him from their seats and out onto the stage. It's the little things. He was so talented. Ahead of his time.
Well, yes, he was really gentle with his band mates, but as a person he could be better, he did some uncool things
@@ThomasJr And those uncool things are?
@@snowflake6421 BS, such as disparaging the people of the countries he visited. Though many bands did that in the unPC 80's and early 90s
@@snowflake6421 He was a little snob
@@ThomasJr True, he is a diva.
Prince did not look impressed receiving his best Black single award....
It's probably because of what Huey said when announcing him. "This is gonna come as a surpise, but it's Purple Rain from Prince".. when in fact, the album was everywhere that year.. and it truly was not a surprise that Prince and The Revolution won.
@@AtmosphereOfSound I mean that just sounds like sarcasm to me, but then again I'm British so...
@@TheLongdarktunnel Valid point. My guess is Prince may have taken Huey’s sarcasm too literally, but then again.. Huey may have actually thought MJ was going to win again. lol.
"Prince did not look impressed receiving his best Black single award"
Because it is racism to highlight the race of a singer. Why should they mention any color at all?
@@aoibheannnibhroin9951 you’ve heard of BET right? Black entertainment television? There is an entire channel for tv shows with just black people in the shows. White people didn’t do that,
I grew up with soul train on television, again white people excluded and not our idea
Having awards for people in black entertainment was not the idea of white people to be racist. It was because black people in the industry wanted it. They wanted to have a category where they were not competing with other races in the music industry
I personally think there should be no division. If you’re in the industry and up for an award, it should be all inclusive, however
Kanye West doesn’t think so.
Prince knew how great he was before anybody else did, he was one of a kind
Not only usa but all over the world talented singers poped out in the 80's .Isnt it amazing?
so many artiest that no longer exist or are irrelevant yet Madonna is still here
yes she madonna ;)
Yep, long reign the Queen of Pop
Adzetto Ciccone fgjj
shes a pig
Christian Rosales yes, exactly! She’s a survivor and a trendsetter
I miss those times. When the 80s had it all. I wouldn’t trade me growing up in the 80s for anything
Me too
same
"Best black song" You might be the only one who would love living in a racist 80s.
Ditto!
I feel sorry for anyone not around when this music was king.
"Life is death without adventure and adventure only comes to those who are willing to be daring and take chances"- PRINCE
💜💜
1984 the best year for music hand's down. My senior year in high school. Nothing can touch 1984.
That room was FILLED with talented, singular people- it's not like that anymore.
Wow! What a time to be alive for pop music! Just look at those pop giants... Madonna, Michael and prince!!!
Well Michael and Prince were already Superstars back then, Madonna was just in the beginning of her Superstardom and was considered by many of her contemporaries that she is a flash in the pan, won't last for 6 months but look at her now still going strong for more than 3 decades.
Legendary AMAs of 85'. Packed with ICONS
I turned 21 in 84'. What an amazing decade!! The best of everything!! 💙
4 years old, still could remember it.
She’s never looked better. It’s good to remember her this way.
I liked Madonna then to.
@@allylou5151 She was great back in the day... She should never had fired Stephen Bray in the first place. Her songs went crappy after that.
QUIEN LA MORENA O LA BLANCA . O HABLAS DE TI
She looks like an alien now. Her plastic surgeon and her stylist should be fired immediately.
@@lassel1644 What are you talking about? Madonna in the 90s was fire. After that too.
Prince deserved everyone of those Awards...so happy he won them! He was so shy, but when he sang, that all went away. Rip Prince
The absolute PINNACLE of popular music in the history of mankind was approx. 1985 +/- 2yrs.
Back when Hulk Hogan was Prince’s bodyguard
Santa´s day off
😂😂😂😂
@@362436yy that was his side gig😂
MADONNA was and is still a sensation....
+Frankly Speaking TV New York She is so intelligent...so natural...she was born for this
Agree.
+Frankly Speaking TV New York yes!
Agree
+Frankly Speaking TV New York Madonna is not a sensation anymore she is a joke
I love Prince for just saying thank you and then leaving the stage. So refreshing!
The Humblest Musical Genius of All Time !!!💜💜💜
What a moment in music history.
Prince standing back, his band walking to the stage ahead of him. Now that's class.
Madonna is so beautiful 😘😘😘😘
oh yes stunning
Incredible
"Favorite Black album"? I forgot the AMA's had that category. The 80's scene in music was so exciting. Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis & The News, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Prince, Billy Ocean... Prince, music is not the same without you and it never will be. Rest peacefully.
i was born 1986 but still love her songs.
I can't believe I lived through all this crazy shit and just thought it was normal. "Outrageous"!
Me too. Lol
lol the best
How you diggin 2020? :D
Lol! Same here🤪🤣
Agahatan constantino dos.santos.deus.edeus frases
Where the hell did all the good music go....80's rocked.
Conglomerates all merged and now fewer entities run the (mainstream) show.
Funny story though.. at the time artists that were born out of the 70s, like Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello, often remarked that 80s music was garbage, and made similar "What the hell happened to music" comments. To this day 80s music has lots of haters. The 80s took rock and punk and made it more commercial with hair bands etc. The movement towards electronic music gave "real musicians" a bad taste in their mouth. A lot of great dance music came out of the 80s, and a lot of great pop. Singer/songwriters and guitar driven bands have long cursed the 80s for being too commercial sounding, and lacking any true talent. The truth is these people were trapped in the past, lacked innovation, and by the 1990s no one was talking about them.
Boulderpits All the good music is taking a sad backseat to crap these days.
Agahatan constantino dos.santos.deus.edeus frases
And where did time go???🙈😱
Prince thanks God!!
Couldn't get away with that on an Awards show today!
He was always a man of faith.
Everyone forgets that!
Golden era esp for us the teenagers in the 80s.🎉
Madonna was in her 20's! omg! She looks amazing! Fast forward 30 years and she still looks amazing! Madonna is flawless!
u can say that again? Madonna was and still hot! the only 80d singer who is still popular
26 yrs old
@chilvari
Madonna doesn’t even look like an ltaIian anymore due to all of her plastic surgery! Lol! She literally looks like an Azzian.
she became more beautiful in Erotica era.
She looks like Perri Edwards of Little Mix.
Her confidence is legendary.
Truly a genius
I love how Prince let all of his bandmates out of the aisle first and he walked behind them on stage.
I was 12 or 13. These artists and albums were Perfection. Sheer genius.
It's so weird there was a time - and the 80s - when there was a separate category for blacks!
***** It's how the R & B category was referred to at the time. I can't believe people are so stupid.
Mick Denis But it's racist because anybody can sing R&B music. You don't have to be Black to sing it. The fact that they called it "Black" single was symbolizing segregation.
purplelove010 It's not racist the word black is not racist - and the charts were referred to as the black charts in billboard and cash box...no one cried racism ! It's what it was called ... and trust me they didn't play white artist on those stations.
+purplelove010 I agree with you and find it strange. Read just the other day that Billboard had purposely changed it from R&B to Black just a year or two before. Makes no sense.
Lianne Green Teena Marie sung R&B music and she was White.
Way back when the world was fun and exciting.
+Boy Doll and musicians had talent
Except the racist and homophobia and everything world was going through!!!
+Da'San Ardis 3 decades later you still have not only racism & homophobia but also xenophobia.
The midd-80s had a huge US homophobia society leaded by its president, Ronald Regan & terrible fear about what Aids was.
I'm referring to pop culture, not world politics. There's always good and bad depending on your particular point of view. Pop culture today is about who can be rudest or most vulgar s.o.b. in the room. Not appealing at all (my opinion)
Boy Doll I mean "Black album" thats in pop culture in the 80's lol
Love watching this.. its like watching old family movies /seeing old familiar faces you have grown up with..thanks for uploading this , Sonique 👌😁
Madonna is still ALIVE and Creating!
This was way back when the award shows were good. Smiles
I don't know what was weirder...The "black" category or Prince's "performance"....
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or the kitsch jackets of Lionel...
Life was so good back then-was a pre-teen and just time seemed more meaningful-music was so good! Best of times.
1980-85 was the best times I was age 9-14 then. Arcades, great music, great movies and fashion.
Madonna the Queen, the legend is still here making music, art, DEAL IT!!!
To think that this was THE NIGHT, after this show, that all of the artists involved, got together and recorded "WE ARE THE WORLD" ..AMAZING !!! JUST AMAZING !!!! The 80s were a great era..real talent. true talent..I was so happy to be a teen in the 80s. Great memories.
When I actually liked everybody at The American Music Awards. When performers were original, fashion was unique, music and lyrics were relatable, everyone was either gay or straight, male or female and everybody had a good time!! Including the viewers and fans!!!
Prince was very mute for the first two awards that he won, as if he knew he would clean up & eventually give a speech. Like a boss! :)
Damn Madonna looked so good back then!!😍😍
Huey is surprised that prince beats MJ. Thriller was great. But prince was also breaking barriers back then. Awesome competition.
beautiful beautiful epic years of true songwriters who will never come back
The 80s willl never be topped! The raw talent, hair, leather, and sequins,. I miss those days!
Lived it, loved it. The '80s were great years for pop music and Mtv.
This was 30 years ago this year. Can you believe it?
my god, and im almost 30 "/ time flyes
+openskies11 makes me want to vomit,,time is flying by and in 20 years, I will be Bowie's age (when he passed),,it is really crazy how time flies,,
+openskies11 amazing... imagine how it will be in another 30!! Really amazing!!! I can't believe they had a category "favourite black album/single" etc!!! ???
No I can not
Dunno where it all went bloody 46 this year
I was 20 ten mins ago lol
Glad we witnessed them all
George Mac time is the most interesting thing ever to me how all these 80’s kids come on here saying how it pasted makes me kind of depressed and I’m from the 2010s
I still remember i was in london city 1985 1987 flew from milan to New york
Thank you very much
1984 is one of the best year in music. ever.
Now this was REAL MUSIC, played by REAL MUSICIANS!
That’s why we love our Prince❤
Purple reign forever👑💖
I remember watching this award show as a child in 4th grade. It was very powerful and exciting, loaded with more epic talent than can be mentioned. Each artist creating their own unique style of music, not even mentioning the dance, fashion, artistic vision of their videos. I'm talking about even the Pointer Sisters seen in the audience, they had huge hits. Everyone brought forth their own talent. It was scary. I thank God I lived through this amazing time of experiencing nuclear explosions of art forms cascading on the radio and tv.
I look at music now for the most part in disgust, but moreso understanding the goal of what is promoted by the powers that be. What I mean is, when I see a modern artist with their "huge" pop song on YT with million + views, that's not actual people tally, those are bots. There is no hit. The industry went utterly corrupt mid-90s and fell rock bottom in 2000. The higher levels produced on CDs late 90s reduced sound dynamics, that is the wave form became less peaks and valleys. Then the computers made music artificial and too perfect, lacking human error, subliminal tempo changes, feeling.
cRap and shit Hop promoted over the past 20 years on purpose by the New World Order who worship Satan because much of it preaches recidivism, is mid-tempo lacking uplifting dance rythyms. The NWO understand the power of the metaphysical, the power of music on humankind. Oh they attempted to infilitrate music before with heavy metal and all the satanic push. It was rebellious music after all. But even rock was too rebellious to be weighted down by the devil horns. Now the NWO found the perfect medium to poison minds with "music" which really isn't even music. Useful idiots mumbling over repeated computer sounds. That's not creativity. Sure, cRap and shit Hop has their place in the music spectrum of talent, throw it in the narrow gutter where it belongs. You cannot tell me there is not another Whitney Houston level singer on this earth with inspirational songs. Not when we have tech that any person can reasonably purchase and have a home studio at their fingertips. Things artists only dreamed of years ago. You will not hear them because the powers that be will not promote them. When historically these pop songs are mega hits and monetary booms. So....the industry doesn't want this known hitmaking beloved talent and genre heard? No they do not. The NWO want the people disheartened, angry and downtrodden. Not uplifted, inspired. This is a battle of the spirtual. The music industry was destroyed on purpose, the past few decades since 2000 many of those who grew up in 80s can readily see that something is wrong. You will have to seek on other platforms raw talent.
Lmao the NWO GTFOH.
Prince's bodyguard was Hulk Hogan?
santa on steroids.
its not hulk hogan.
Lmao
No lol but wow he’s huge
Peggy Sullivan no Prince was little
1985 was a year especially busy for Madonna.
The video for "Material Girl" came out on 1 February, the movie "Vision Quest" in February & the movie "Desperately Susan" came out in early March.
Thanks to the "Vision Quest" soundtrack, especially the single "Crazy For You", Madonna got her 1st Grammy nomination.
Also during the shooting of "Material Girl" Madonna knows Sean Penn & married.
Made the 1st tour April - June - the only that wasn't a world tour - just North United States & Canada
After The Virgin Tour end, made the Live AID in July.
+Gina Sousa Branco She should have done The Virgin Tour a World Tour. She was already famous enough to do it. Besides, I hate the change of look she took for Live Aid.
Sergio V That look change had a purpose / justification.
Madonna's was covered from head to toe - despite the enormous heat - in protest for her nude photos from 1979 published without her permission on the Playboy & Penthouse.
Yes, but she also said "I'm not ashamed". I don't know... I just really dislike that look and love the look form the Virgin era.
+Sergio V That Live AID 1985 look was cause of what I said to you.
Also that Live Aid 1985 look was in Virgin era to True Blue era trancision
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back to 80's. So fortunate to have grown up in such an influential decade.
And Lionel Richie said that night, after hosting the AMA he rushed directly to the studio for recording We are The World along with Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Cyndy Lauper and many more. They had been packed in that studio the whole night. A night so unique that cannot be replicated. Wow!!!
I love Prince's persona/attitude. Regardless of his electrifying live performances, he's VERY shy when it comes these things. But anyway he's the best to ever do it, no one can touch him. Never could, and NEVER will!!!!!!
May he rest in peace
clue104
Yes.
PurpleRain500 though i prefer thriller, purple rain deserved both favorite pop/rock album and soul/r&b album in 1985. rip 2 great legends, and madonna better watch out. she's the only one left.
clue104 Her, Mr. Wonder and Boy George are all that we have.
PurpleRain500 yeah but i said madonna becuase she is the only one left in the trinity.
Huey and Madonna! What a cool pairing! I’m soooo jealous of her standing that close to him!😍
I was born one year after that, wow what a legacy these people left for us.
The Queen Madonna and Prince, ICONIC
It seems those days are much fun than ours!!
They were life is boring these days
Internet has ruined us all now how Ironic is that as I type a reply😀😁
They were!!!!🤩🤩🤩
there was so much energy...in person hanging out with friends, dancing, laughing, playing records, colorful clothes, and fun 80's music! I miss it all...
more creativity
Yup they were and no social media! It was amazing!
If only all those people back then knew just exactly whom and what Madonna is going to become !!, A QUEEN OF POP !! The most successful female entertainer ever !!! The LEGEND AM THE ROYALTY ! She's amazing
Iconic!
The caliber of songs and artists...abundance of great quality innovative art..I would underline innovative since today most is a copy of past eras..rock on