...who YOU tellin!? ...I just gave the 1983 Top Ten to Taco's "Puttin' On The Ritz" YT last night, and Taco HIMSELF, 'hearted' me comment! ...I feel like a STAH! ...ha-HAA!
@@vinezero I'm also a 1983 High School graduate and agree with everything you said. The 70's and 80's were awesome years for music. Unfortunately, the Grunge apocalypse (along with rap going mainstream) of the early 90's came and music started to die. It never recovered.
I like music from about 1992 all the way back to the Big Band days like The Glen Miller band. Todays music all seems to have a weird choppy beat. It reminds me of the old King Kong movie I saw in the 70's when they were trying to call King Kong to them so they could trap him. This modern music makes me want to walk around dragging my knuckles on the ground and act like an ape.
All these songs are near and dear to my heart. Puts me right back into my senior year of high school. Playing football, hanging out with friends (at the mall of course), getting around in the back of a pickup truck, dating my high school sweetheart (who would become my wife) and be young and naive thinking this is how things would always be for us. Started college in the fall of ‘82 not realizing I was about to start the whirlwind adventure of what would be my life. What a fun decade for me!
The 80s was a great decade for music. I was into Journey, Foreigner, and loved "The Edge Of Seventeen" the music today just doesn't come near to what the 60s , 70s, and 80s gave us. Maybe it's just me but those years will always have a special place that I will never forget
Wow 1982 I was 17 that year hanging out in arcades listening to all of these great songs...what a great time to be that age. There is no comparison to the music of then and now...the quality and the diversity of the music at the time is something we just *don't* get anymore...along with those great arcades. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁
Toronto Born and the music in the 80's was among the worlds best! I did have lots and lots of Great times in the Shaw!! Many great bands played at the Jube and clubs!
My dad laughed until he was crying on that. I bought the DVDs of the first season just so I can rewatch it every year. The true irony is that wild turkeys can fly.
There is no comparison between today's so-called "music" and the hits from the 70's & 80's. I try to keep an open mind about the new stuff, but in my day, we had real music. The kind we could sing to..and dance to. Thanks Adam for keeping the music alive!
If I can stay the age I am, with all the knowledge I have now...I will go back to the 80s with no problems. Now asking me to go back and relive my childhood... it's NEVER HAPPENING! I've finally got through the trauma of it and I'm 54. So, I don't want to have to do it again but just to go back to a time when the music was great and people were really much less stressed out on a regular basis would be nice. There's some movies and bands that I would love to see that I didn't get a chance before. I wonder where the best place to do that would be? What does everyone think? Would it be the East Coast or the West Coast or maybe a big city in the Midwest? Let me know what you think would be the best way to see the most musical acts (bands, individual artists and even touring Broadway shows if it's not New York)? I'm curious what everyone thinks is the best place and remember this was in the 80s but if you want to give thoughts for today, I'll take those too. Thanks for your participation in this thought exercise. Take care all, k
There are smaller known acts that could compete. Beth Hart is one example of that as she has worked with some of the top artists from the '60s. '70s and '80s while she got her career started in the 1990s. Her last album hit #1 on the UK rock chart and was Grammy nominated for a blues album. Starcrawler is another act that could have gone places in the 1980s along with Melody Gardot, ZZ Ward, Joe Bonamassa and Samantha Fish.
@@orlock20 Another good example is my band, The Gringos. We have been trying to get back together for years and finally managed to accomplish that. We are close to finishing our third studio album and just released another single from that body of work. We stopped performing together in early 1980. We figured that music today was nothing special so why not give it another go, even at our age.
Amazing idea Professor! This will be memory lane for me..I remember always listening to the show and having my cassette ready to tape the songs! Great tribute to Casey Kasem.
I’d LOVE to hear your countdown show! This channel is one of the best on YT. Although I like a lot of your interviews with music legends, I like your narration and storytelling more. Thanks for keeping the music alive, Professor! 💜
There was so much good music in the 80s. I used to listen to Casey Kasem every week. It was a tradition with us kids. He was our source for music information. So the sitcoms you mention are also watched weekly. Who shot JR was a popular t-shirt. Thanks, professor.
Oh yeah Dallas was big and though I rarely watched it that phrase "who shot J.R." was so everywhere that what had to happen eventually happened: Bumper stickers reading, I Shot J.R.
@@scotabot7826 ..did you ever see the bumper stickers? I must have laughed for 15 minutes when I first saw the bumper sticker reading I shot JR... Yeah those were the days...
The Top 10 Redux is probably my favorite feature on this channel. What an awesome top 10 from 1982. I remember and love every song on this countdown. I was 17-years-old and a Junior in High School. I religiously followed the pop charts every week and looked forward to listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40. The early 80's was such a great time to be a teenager. The music. movies, and television shows were great. It was a very special time-frame in my life that I will always cherish. That's why I love episodes like this so much. It brings back all the nostalgia and special memories. Today's music is completely inferior to the music of 1982. If today's music sounded anything like 1982, I'd still be following the pop charts. Sadly, that's not the case. Music started going downhill in the 90's and got worse in the 2000's and each passing decade. In my opinion, the 1950s, 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's are the golden decades of music and were the absolute best.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I totally agree with you. The years of 1980 and 1981 had a lot of leftover sounds from the 1970's. It was 1982 where you started hearing less of the leftover sounds from 1970's and more of the sounds that would define the 1980's. So, I would call 1982 as a music transition year and 1983 as the first really definitive 1980's music year (Michael Jackson's Thriller album, The second British Invasion in full swing, etc.)
1982 may be the best year of pop music ever. It's easy to forget how wide open the charts were. You had Juice Newton and Flock of Seagulls, Little River Band and Laura Branigan, Dan Folgerberg and Soft Cell. If you're doing a Kasey Kasem-style countdown, I'm in.
It's not like they all used lutes and harpsichords. I remember when my grandpa complained about electric guitars because they didn't require any talent.
I was fortunate enough to work as a DJ at our college radio station at that time. The signal was only strong enough to cover the tiny campus. And our budget was so low, we relied on staff to bring in current albums. Still, it was a fun time with GREAT music!
CFNY The Edge? They hired media students from Humber College and told them to play what they like from local concerts at the time. Bands would drop into campuses and play on weekends. Bands like Rush, Saga, Triumph, Blue Peter. Local bands around Toronto.
My wife and I got married, 1980 , always bought music, and now have over 100 albums from the 80s and still play them occasionally. I like watching reaction videos of people hearing the old 80s music and seeing their amazement of how good music was back then.
Whether my day is trending the way I want it to or in some other direction, watching Professor of Rock always puts me in a nostalgic and relaxed mindset. Cheers, mate...👌
I remember this era, I was only 7 years old in 1982 but I’ve always loved music and this was when I really started to pay attention to the radio, early MTV and so on. When I think of ‘82, it’s also Thriller, Toto 4, Prince 1999, along with all of these other great ones that were mentioned. My mom and my sisters had a very cool collection of vinyl and cassettes so I was constantly listening to the radio or records. What a great time to be alive, my childhood contains my greatest memories. Keep up the great work professor. Here’s to you! 😎🎵🎶💯
Jett was heavily inspired by Suzi Quatro, who had a lot more success in the U.K., even with her being American. Most Americans knew nothing of her until her recurring role on "Happy Days" & her hit duet with Chris Norman, "Stumblin' In", made her a star stateside. Her career goes back to the mid-'60s, when she formed a band that included her sisters, The Pleasure Seekers. Try listening to their song "What A Way To Die!". Yet, Joan's in the RRHOF (not even with her first band, The Runaways) & Suzi's not!
I would LOVE it to be a full song redux! Every time I see a redux drop, everything else waits, I put in on and listen… it’s my favorite shows of your channel… thanks for a great show Professor!
Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work Shake It Up - The Cars Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates Rosanna - Toto Tainted Love - Soft Cell Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band Don't You Want Me - The Human League Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder Eye of the Tiger - Survivor And no - I can't come up with 1 hit from this year. All oldies for me 🙂
The 1980's as a whole literally rocked. 1982 was a monster year for rock. One of my favourite songs from 1982 was "Hurts so Good" by John Cougar. I also loved "Who can it be now?" by Men at Work. "Juke Box Hero" by Foreigner is still in my playlist as well. Those were the good times for music. Foreigner "4" is one of my favourite albums from 1982.
I saw Journey on the Escape tour in 1982. When the opening keyboards started the arena went wild. Saw again in 1983 on the Frontiers tour and Faithfully hit the same with the crowd. Heavy Metal was a great movie and soundtrack.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Journey with Jonathan Cain cranked out a lot of great songs. I go back a little bit earlier when Greg Rolle was still with them. Anyway You Want It, Wheel in the Sky, Feeling That Way/Anytime and Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' are all amazing songs that got massive radio play.
I saw Joan Jett at a fair, in Illinois, in the 2000s. I don't remember the year but I have a guitar pick of her's that she threw into the crowd at me. It was a great concert!
I was 11 in 1982......I remember listening to American Top 40 on a Sunday morning and Joan Jett had been #1 for several weeks. That song was everywhere and still is today. Thanks for kicking up good memories!
Late last year, I was getting ready to fly to the Caribbean for an excursion like no other, and I ended up sitting next to this one guy who was falling asleep. All of a sudden, while he dozed off, his phone next to him set off a ringtone, none other than Open Arms by Journey. I could not help but sing along to every word at that point. My parents didn’t like it because they thought I wasn’t being respectful to the other people at the terminal, but I did not care one iota. When Steve Perry’s voice is as infectious as it is undeniable, this is what you get.
I kinda had the best of both worlds. I grew up in the late 70s and the 80s came in my early adult years. I'd call it the golden era but I'm biased of course.
As always, I enjoyed your video. I would love to see a top 40 video countdown where you play the whole song with the comments. Thank you again for keeping the history of the best music decade ever alive.
I remember 1982 being a very special year for me and music. I don't know if it's just because I was coming of age with my musical tastes at 11 years old or if it truly was a magical time. But for me the music was magic that year.
Personally 1982- was my biggest year for concerts. April-The Police, August-Crosby,Stills & Nash, November- George Thorogood. Great top 10's, great job as always Professor!!
surl.same here police george t. pretty molly.hatchet also got to watch a few songs of the soundcheck was pretty cool ps they blanking rocked ptetty sure that is
I used to hear it on AM twice on Manx Radio (Isle of Man) and then a couple of hours later on American Forces Radio whose signal came through in England after dark. 'Cat People' is the only film I've ever seen in a Hollywood cinema in April, 1982. At the end the small audience stood up and clapped which is something we don't do in the UK. My favourite 1982 single is 'Harden My Heart' by Quarterflash.
Just found you and am addicted already. I love the back stories and the interviews. I loved the stories Casey Kasem told on his show. I’d love to see a full song version. Rock On!
What I always like about Don't Talk to Strangers is Rick Springfield makes it a Sing a long in Concert and includes the kids and normally gets one of little kids to sing it with him, His concerts are so much fun.
I'd listen intently for my favorite songs and then get mad when they weren't #1. I remember sometimes thinking "How did this crap even make it on the charts?" Now I listen to the entire weekly top forty of those days with fondness.
I was another 17-year-old in 1982. I'll admit, I had no appreciation of just how much high-quality music was coming out then. I sure do now! I just knew I loved it. I LOVE the idea of the Casey Kasem-style radio show and playing the songs in their full glory. What an innovative idea!
Because it's been so long, I can't remember when I stopped carrying about listening to the top anything regarding current music "hits". I love music, and I have quite the collection....it just doesn't include current music. I thank you so much for what you do on your program. It definitely keeps the greatest moments of music alive.
Bringing back all the memories while also giving a tribute to the styles of Casey Kasem, would be awesome! I know there will never be another Casey, but this is a way to bring back his memories. I'm all for it!
Yep. She's still a super cutie and I still think brunettes are a hot thing. It certainly beats the "Fifty Shades of Bozo the Clown" that seems to be the style nowadays.
My dad and I loved his soundtrack work for Cosmos. Bought the soundtrack and then the Heaven & Hell album from which it was drawn. An ex-boyfriend scratched it up for which I’ll never forgive him.
Hey, there Professor. I have been watching and enjoying your programs for a while now. At first, I couldn't understand how you could possibly like all of this music so much. Personally, I grew up in the 70s and 80s and liked many groups and artists but also DISliked many as well. Watching your shows has helped me to understand their significance and, though I don't think I will be running out and buying their records, I can now wrap my head around their experiences. You've helped me to pry open my musical tastes and knowledge and to allow my interests to include some people and songs who I had previously dismissed. So, thank you for your teachings and for your open and positive expression of your musical experience. Keep on professing.
The professor will have to compete against classic American Top 40 countdowns available on radio stations and the iHeart app. But otherwise it's a good idea.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Interviewer: So how did you get your name? Max: I was riding down the street and someone said "Hey, there goes Max Headroom....and it stuck" I never heard that but a friend once told me that's what was said when "Max" was asked that question in a fictitious interview...the true story behind the concept is different but sort of similar.
I got to tell Professor Open Arms brings back great memories. I and my high school sweetheart and I used it as our wedding song, and everybody was asking who it was, and they started using it for their wedding song. Sorry it wasn't met to be after 36 years of marriage we went our separate ways. That reminds me of a song. I just found you and your I'll call it your station because you're bring back all these memories Professor. Until the next time, keep playing the hits.
Most of it is. There is still a little out there that has soul but it's usually not what you find on the radio. If I turn on the radio it's either to listen to an oldies station or NPR.
Here are some suggestions of new music as good as the old Hot 100 music: Drive by Joe Bonamasa Goodtime Girl by Starcrawler Spanish Lullabies by Beth Hart Bulletproof by Samantha Fish Sex and Stardust by ZZ Ward Hey You by Dope Lemon The River by Blues Saraceno Sing Along by Sturgill Simpson Keep On by Southern Avenue Preacherman by Melody Gardot
Cool 80s history video. I graduated high school in 1982 and during my college years was a DJ at parties spinning "licorice pizzas" (vinyl records.) My genre of choice was alternative such as Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure, etc. IMO here's 10 reasons much of the music was "magical" in the 80s: 1. Many bands were releasing songs that they themselves liked and were fun and/or evoked emotions that people (especially teenagers) could relate to. 2. Concerts were affordable and you could buy tickets without selling a vital body organ or having to press click as fast as possible on a computer or smart phone. Yeah back in the 80s you had to stand in long lines sometimes to get tickets but that was part of the fun hanging out with like minded people and you weren't competing for buying tickets against the whole world on the internet! 3. MTV was new and bands were clamoring to produce videos as fast as possible. Since there was no internet kids used to hang out all day together and watch MTV for hours just to watch the videos and see band members on TV. 4. Dance clubs were fun to go to with your friends and hear 12" dance records that you didn't hear on most radio stations. When's the last time you heard of people going to dance clubs now just to hear new songs they hadn't heard yet? 5. Going to a record store with your friends and buying records and tapes, then bringing them to your friends and playing then for them and listening to what they bought was fun and a shared experienced. 6. Today it's nice to have streaming music services and TH-cam videos but it's sometimes too much availability of music and people miss out listening together with friends or looking at the artistry of vinyl record album cover artwork. 7. Music in the 80s was edgy, pushing creativity without being too obnoxious. 8. Many Movies and music culture thematically melded into each other in the 80s which resonated with many people. 9. People were excited to hear a new song played on the radio for the first time and would ask their friends did you hear the new song yet? 10. Last but not least 80s music was a movement in a generation about bands and people being excited about discovering and celebrating music that they enjoyed together. Musical artist of today could capture that same 80s magical sound if they really wanted to but it takes risk, thought and creativity and many modern young artists are too busy on social media saying: "hey look at me!" And that's my 80 cents worth from an old DJ who used to get people dancing using the "wheels of steel" to spin those "licorice pizzas!" 😉 Cheers!
Thanks for sharing that and I agree with pretty much everything including your music taste and loving 12” mixes at dance clubs. I had no idea vinyl records were called licorice pizzas though and I was a music junkie with as much vinyl as being a teenager could buy me. Learning something new every day.
@Little Cat Feet yeah 80s were fun! I lived in San Diego during the 80s and we had a record store there called "licorice pizza" which was about as big as a "tower records" store but they didn't have as many stores.
I always remember getting off a train into the city that became my home. Someone was playing Freeze Frame on their stereo. It was the first time I’d heard it. I have always associated that song with my mood that evening- it was winter (southern hemisphere), cold, a bit rainy but I had a sense of excitement and anticipation looking to the future.
I am late finding this show but my vote would be yes to countdowns from the past with complete songs & the interviews. The whole idea appeals to me. I am 65 and so glad to have found your site. Even in the few shows watched I have learned who sang some of my favourites that I had attributed to the wrong artists all these years. Thank you for the education.
Music THEN!!!! Today's so called music is crap!! I was born in January 1971, I'm 52 and I wouldn't change places with these children of today for ANYTHING!!! These kids today missed out. I desperately miss the music of the 80s, 70s, 60s and back....
The funny thing Is that today’s music does not have the staying power that it had in the 80s and before. The three songs you showed from today will not be played, and loved, in 50 years like the rest of the top 10 today will still be doing. - I would love a weekly show like that! You go Professor.
Yes to the Top 40 show! Yes! Long story short, but I was a Top 40 addict growing up but my husband missed out. I would love for him to have another chance. We love you work and intend to become Patrons in a few short months (after we are moved into our new place and aren't bleeding money). Thanks for everything, Adam.
I just discovered your channel this evening! WOW! I walked out of the room and I could swear I was listening to Casey Kasem…. This takes me back to my teenage years. GREAT content! Keep up the good work!
I still listen to Casey Kasem on Sirius XM every Saturday and Sunday on the 70's channel. Wish they would expand it to the 80's channel, but they have the VJ top 40 there.
April 5th 1982 I was a junior at Ingraham highschool in Seattle, Wa. Our top ten fav groups on tour on the radio at that time: 1. RUSH 2. AC⚡️DC 3. QUEEN 4. Journey 5. REO Speedwagon 6. Cheap Trick 7. Foreigner 8. Ozzy Osbourne 9. Loverboy 10. Black Sabbath w/DIO
80’s music rocked! We had new wave, punk, rock, hair bands, R&B, rap and pop. Who wasn’t great in the 80’s? My iTunes is filled with 80’s music mostly new wave greats from the cure because they are the best band ever❤
The Top 10/Top 40 Radio Show you mentioned at the end of the vid would be INCREDIBLE! Love this series! Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into these videos! 💜
one of my biggest regrets is not going to the 'sock hop' dances in middle school in the 80's. our family was very conservative and although my parents did not 'ban' me from going, i never learned how to dance and felt too embarrassed to go. what fun it would have been bopping to 80's music
foreigner 4 had singles that came out before jbh, urgent, and the supermassive hit waiting for a girl like you. I think people were foreigner'd out. plus many people bought the album by then, which also cut into single sales...
Dear Professor, I never thought about the major difference between 80’s songs and todays until you played the comparison of them. Wow! The difference is ACTUAL INSTRUMENTS! The 80’s songs had people who excelled at their craft of musicianship and todays music is very thin, synthesized music played by a minimal amount of people.( perhaps one) There is no “meat” to todays music. Only country artists still require actual players on their songs! Thank You for pointing that out Adam! I like how after you compared the music you just told the listeners that you wouldn’t offer an opinion on the comparison, you basically said figure it out for yourself! Brilliant! Jersey John( I’m a Floridian)
I grew up in Southern California in the 1980’s when music and MTV were both at their peak. I love music from the 1970’s through the early 1990’s. I went to awesome concerts like Elton John, The Go Go’s, Metallica, and Guns and Roses. I am saddened that music today is so awful. WTF happened? I like that you featured women who rocked like Joan Jett, Go Go’s, and Stevie Nicks.
The best hit single of 1982 was Take Off by Bob and Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee. Still Geddy Lee's highest charting US single. Would love to see the professor do a video on this.
I'm a rare old fart that can appreciate music from before my time, during my time, and after my time. I think the biggest problem nowadays, is that a couple guys hired by record companies write everyone's songs for them. There has always been some of that, sure. But it's gotten to the point, "artist" don't write at all, or even sing live. They're Just actors, not musicians. And the result is music no one cares about including the artist, a year later. Kind of sad.
The idea of a radio show like this with the full songs sounds great to me! This is my absolute favorite video you do on here. I loved Casey Kasem. Thank you for this channel.
Ease of purchase happened. Back in the day, you had to walk, bike or take your car to a record store to buy a record with your hard-earned money. You could feel the medium, read the liner notes and lyrics. Promotion was either on the radio, word of mouth, bootlegs, etc... Everything was commercial, but way less so than today. Now people watch everything for free on TH-cam, Spotify pays pennies to artists, the biggest names are the ones with the biggest Instagram following («15 million subscribers? he/she MUST be doing something good, right?»), so people go see the shows as a happening, not because they want to hear the music. And since everything is one click away these days, lazy ass kids don't want to spend hours on end discovering a whole record, what song comes next, how it ties into the whole concept, which part of an 8-minute song gives them goosebumps, etc... And you had to ge home to listen to it, unless you had a Walkman and then a Discman, and it had to be charged. And you could listen to one artist at a time. Now, they want to consume a formatted 3:30 song when and how they want, and move on to their Facebook feed. Fuck that shit, as far as I'm concerned. I still listen to physical CDs, but I've fallen victim to buying off the iTunes store as well. At least, I buy complete albums, and listen to them all. And VERY LITTLE of what I listen is on the radio (I guess, I don't listen to it EVER). But I doubt that Overkill, Lovebites, Maiden and super old Bob Seger and Fleetwod Mac and synthwave bands get much airplay.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Which are such misleading concepts. They don’t create much, and they influence even less. Or if they influence you, you’re an idiot.
And today's generation actually think that music not on a computer grid sounds weird due to human timing. They are so used to everything being created on a PC by someone just dragging and dropping pieces of files onto a time grid. All this crap is just stolen sound bites from actual recordings from decades ago when musicians played music on instruments. Today nobody except maybe a few producers actually have any clue how to play anything. It's mostly comprised of only a beat and that ain't music. Melody is a concept they are unaware of and when someone does happen upon a musical idea it is just looped over and over with no nuance of slight variance in verse whatsoever. Lyrics? Mostly it's just the N word the F word and the B word with a bit of the D and P mixed in. I refuse to state any of these here out of respect for all of you and Adam. Oh and of course when you can't find something to rhyme you just use "Uhh" or some other vocal noise that isn't a word. I don't know what ever happened to the FCC's rules on vulgarities on the radio. None of it would be playable on the radio in decades past by a long shot. Because it's not heard on the radio but on Spotify or whatnot today none of that matters anymore. Anything goes and all the kids will hear it all despite the best parent's efforts. It's all part of the moral decay of our society. I don't care how old this makes me sound either. Our earlier generations were right. It's just all so much more true now than back then. How innocent the `80s were by comparison. The biggest difference between past generations complaints and ours is that while they didn't appreciate our music at least it was music. Now, there is nothing worthy about almost all of it. The only genre that is somewhat music is country and even that is uninspired garbage produced the same way, copy and paste. Rip a file off of some `80s riff and drop it on a Pro Tools grid with a mouse over and over. Repeat some line they thought was clever over and over with no variance from bar to bar even. Yup even what is done by a human sounds as repetitious as a robot. Even country sounds like rap now. After all they grew up on that same trash. The only difference might be that they might have heard some classic rock around the house from their parents when they were kids,, if they were lucky. I think due to lack of radio influence younger generations are not getting exposed to any of this music deemed air-worthy and instead only hear what is popular via social media influencers or whatever is trending on Instagram or Spotify or worse yet TikTok. The only hope I can foresee is new ACTUAL MUSICIANS, if any exist, creating new ACTUAL MUSIC today and getting it shared around to reach the ears of the kids. Essentially similar music to what we did in the past but new so as to not be dismissed as "oldies" by those that won't appreciate anything older than this year. Maybe we should all pray for that. :)
@@WhoWouldWantThisName The irony is, musicians of the 70 and 80s were influenced by the level of talent existing back then. They then took it to some insane level, and the internet came along. In 1980, a 20 y.o. could try to emulate John Bonham. Today, any 12 y.o. can learn how to emulate Dave Lombardo or Mike Portnoy, yet the quality of the music itself has not benefitted from this, so the few actual musicians out there are crazy good, but who gets airplay and the $ that come with it? Bieber.
Where I live now, Every Saturday morning, the radio station out in Orlando - 105.9 FM -plays the full encore presentation of Kasey Kasem's American Top 40, using the current callender week, to play that same week's top 40 hits from any year from the '80s. I listen to it whenever possible, and I'm immediately taken back to that time in my life. I feel so lucky to have lived my later teen years and early 20's in the '80s.
Today's music sucks my kids agree and they are late teens early twenties. YES...YES...YES, to you doing a weekly top music show in the veins of Casey Kasem!!!!!!
Key Largo? Never heard that. But if it came on the radio at the time. I’m sure I immediately changed the channel. Joan Jett deserves #1 Jukebox Hero close 2nd. Stevie Nicks great song. Rarely does the best song get to #1. At anytime. Thanks ✌🏼🍀🤞🏼
So happy to have discovered your channel. It brings back such wonderful memories. Case in point, I remember doing We Got the Beat for the school air band! ❤
@@constipatedinsincity4424 I do. I was once late to my first day in a Sainsbury's supermarket in 1990 in Leicester where I went to university on account of Boney M being played very loudly on repeat at a party in the same block. I had to meet the head of HR to explain why I had overslept- I managed to do so without mentioning Boney M but uttering a lot of profuse apologies. To add insult to injury they had already called home near Liverpool to see if I had done a runner for the weekend. Very embarrassing, the only time I have ever been late for work anywhere, and all because of Boney M. So yes, I cannot forget them.
I think autotune has destroyed music. I listen to a large variety of music and I cannot stand much of the new music it sounds so fake. There are some artist I do not like their music but I respect they can still sing without autotune but so much just sounds weird because of autotune. Joan Jett rocks glad she kept number one spot, but also love Stevie Knicks. I would enjoy a long version of your program, it would make a long video but you can always stop and start a video later on. Charoites of Fire I admit I went to the movie with a girl friend, she said it was perfect I held her hand and her tight the entire movie and never once snorted or commented on the movie, she thought if I had stayed awake it would have been nice but she was happy I held her hand, snuggled her and never snorted at any lines. Hey two out of three ain't bad. Prof when your son makes his time machine can you swing by and take me with back to the concerts in the 1980s?
I grew up through 4 decades of music. I was born in 1970 and now living in the 5th and really liking a bunch. I knew great grandparents. The 80's were good times. I never stopped there music wise and music is not a first focus that I build my life around. You are a good TH-camr and bring interesting stuff. I hate everything popular now. I at least had some appreciation then but it wasn't ever the end all be all. I guess that I like your interviews and getting how the sausage was made. I don't get down with any countdowns.
Poll: What is your pick for the best album and song of 1982?
Song: Rosanna - Toto Album: Prince - 1999. 1999 released late October’82, Thriller late November’82.
Tough one....
Album is "English Settlement" by XTC
Song is "Situation" by Yaz (or Yazoo in the UK)
Duran Duran Rio album.
Song- Africa by Toto
Also one of my favorite Billy Joel songs, Allentown.
Caught up in you - 38 Special
Don’t talk to strangers- Rick Springfield
Album 38 Special-Special Forces not a bad song on the album
Signals - Rush
I feel very blessed to have the 80s as my formative music years. I appreciate the 60s and 70s, but the 80s will always be my favorite music decade.
...who YOU tellin!? ...I just gave the 1983 Top Ten to Taco's "Puttin' On The Ritz" YT last night, and Taco HIMSELF, 'hearted' me comment! ...I feel like a STAH! ...ha-HAA!
Same!
You took the words right out of my mouth
@@vinezero I'm also a 1983 High School graduate and agree with everything you said. The 70's and 80's were awesome years for music. Unfortunately, the Grunge apocalypse (along with rap going mainstream) of the early 90's came and music started to die. It never recovered.
I like music from about 1992 all the way back to the Big Band days like The Glen Miller band. Todays music all seems to have a weird choppy beat. It reminds me of the old King Kong movie I saw in the 70's when they were trying to call King Kong to them so they could trap him. This modern music makes me want to walk around dragging my knuckles on the ground and act like an ape.
I was born in 73, so I say I grew up in the 80's, man it was the time to be young & alive..Movies, TV Shows & yes, Music..doesn't get any better
I was born a few years before you and agree 80’s music and rock concerts were the best.
I totally agree, we were so lucky to grow up with this awesome music 🎶 🎸 🎤🎙️ 🥁
Open arms was my wedding song in 1990!! Journey with Steve Perry was amazing 🥰🤩
They're pretty good with a stand-in, too, especially considering how long they have been around. 😂❤
All these songs are near and dear to my heart. Puts me right back into my senior year of high school. Playing football, hanging out with friends (at the mall of course), getting around in the back of a pickup truck, dating my high school sweetheart (who would become my wife) and be young and naive thinking this is how things would always be for us. Started college in the fall of ‘82 not realizing I was about to start the whirlwind adventure of what would be my life. What a fun decade for me!
The 80s was a great decade for music. I was into Journey, Foreigner, and loved "The Edge Of Seventeen" the music today just doesn't come near to what the 60s , 70s, and 80s gave us. Maybe it's just me but those years will always have a special place that I will never forget
Wow 1982 I was 17 that year hanging out in arcades listening to all of these great songs...what a great time to be that age. There is no comparison to the music of then and now...the quality and the diversity of the music at the time is something we just *don't* get anymore...along with those great arcades. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁
My aunt was the same age! I’m a teen today and even I can see the sheer drop in quality over 40 years later.
I turned 16 . Got 1st car , being a happy teenager the best music with the best variety of music styles.
Toronto Born and the music in the 80's was among the worlds best! I did have lots and lots of Great times in the Shaw!! Many great bands played at the Jube and clubs!
I agree I am a few years younger than you and that time was the best, hanging out at arcades l, going to rock concerts when music was at it’s peak.
Comparing this week in 1982 top 10 to today’s -“I’m not saying a word”- actually says it all.
It’s REALLY saying something.
LOL honest I thought turkeys could fly LOL
I still laugh at the WKRP in Cincinnati thanksgiving episode. What a good show.
I agree. Love it.
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” I've never looked at a frozen turkey the same since! 😂
I showed that episode to my son and he thought it was hilarious. It stands the test of time.
My dad laughed until he was crying on that. I bought the DVDs of the first season just so I can rewatch it every year. The true irony is that wild turkeys can fly.
Oh, the humanity! 😮
I graduated from high school 1984, what a great music era to live in 👍
Same year I graduated, fun times for sure!!
I graduated in 1984 also. I totally agree !!
Might as well Jump.
I was '83. That was a great year to! Eye of the Tiger! And our. Mascot was a tiger! Hair bands and concerts were big and fun!
@@kathyk479 Men At Work.
There is no comparison between today's so-called "music" and the hits from the 70's & 80's. I try to keep an open mind about the new stuff, but in my day, we had real music. The kind we could sing to..and dance to. Thanks Adam for keeping the music alive!
They really don't make music like this anymore. Your playlist makes me want to jump into my Delorean and hightail it back to a simpler era. 😍🎶
I'm right there with you Trina.
PLEASE take me with.
Take me with you
Reserve a seat for me too! Today’s music is a dump.
If I can stay the age I am, with all the knowledge I have now...I will go back to the 80s with no problems. Now asking me to go back and relive my childhood... it's NEVER HAPPENING! I've finally got through the trauma of it and I'm 54. So, I don't want to have to do it again but just to go back to a time when the music was great and people were really much less stressed out on a regular basis would be nice. There's some movies and bands that I would love to see that I didn't get a chance before.
I wonder where the best place to do that would be? What does everyone think? Would it be the East Coast or the West Coast or maybe a big city in the Midwest? Let me know what you think would be the best way to see the most musical acts (bands, individual artists and even touring Broadway shows if it's not New York)? I'm curious what everyone thinks is the best place and remember this was in the 80s but if you want to give thoughts for today, I'll take those too. Thanks for your participation in this thought exercise. Take care all, k
There's no question that music from the 60's, 70's and 80's was a whole lot better than music today.
Heck, even the 90s.
Today's music is absolute and pure garbage....Pure vomit....
Totally agree
There are smaller known acts that could compete.
Beth Hart is one example of that as she has worked with some of the top artists from the '60s. '70s and '80s while she got her career started in the 1990s. Her last album hit #1 on the UK rock chart and was Grammy nominated for a blues album.
Starcrawler is another act that could have gone places in the 1980s along with Melody Gardot, ZZ Ward, Joe Bonamassa and Samantha Fish.
@@orlock20 Another good example is my band, The Gringos. We have been trying to get back together for years and finally managed to accomplish that. We are close to finishing our third studio album and just released another single from that body of work. We stopped performing together in early 1980. We figured that music today was nothing special so why not give it another go, even at our age.
A Professor of Rock Top 40 as a tribute to Casey Kasem would be awesome!
Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
Absolutely!
Amazing idea Professor! This will be memory lane for me..I remember always listening to the show and having my cassette ready to tape the songs! Great tribute to Casey Kasem.
This would be awesome! Listening to you reminds me of him. I’d be all over that show!
Yes. The snuggles episode
80's music will never die.
I’d LOVE to hear your countdown show! This channel is one of the best on YT. Although I like a lot of your interviews with music legends, I like your narration and storytelling more. Thanks for keeping the music alive, Professor! 💜
There was so much good music in the 80s. I used to listen to Casey Kasem every week. It was a tradition with us kids. He was our source for music information. So the sitcoms you mention are also watched weekly. Who shot JR was a popular t-shirt. Thanks, professor.
Thanks Jimmy!
One of the greats.
Oh yeah Dallas was big and though I rarely watched it that phrase "who shot J.R." was so everywhere that what had to happen eventually happened:
Bumper stickers reading,
I Shot J.R.
Who shot JR??? Wow, what great times to be alive. My heart just breaks for those times again!!!
@@scotabot7826 ..did you ever see the bumper stickers? I must have laughed for 15 minutes when I first saw the bumper sticker reading I shot JR... Yeah those were the days...
Being raised on 70s & 80s music was the best education my generation ever received. We were beyond blessed. ❤
The Top 10 Redux is probably my favorite feature on this channel. What an awesome top 10 from 1982. I remember and love every song on this countdown. I was 17-years-old and a Junior in High School. I religiously followed the pop charts every week and looked forward to listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40. The early 80's was such a great time to be a teenager. The music. movies, and television shows were great. It was a very special time-frame in my life that I will always cherish. That's why I love episodes like this so much. It brings back all the nostalgia and special memories. Today's music is completely inferior to the music of 1982. If today's music sounded anything like 1982, I'd still be following the pop charts. Sadly, that's not the case. Music started going downhill in the 90's and got worse in the 2000's and each passing decade. In my opinion, the 1950s, 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's are the golden decades of music and were the absolute best.
I think 1982 is the year when the 80s really started to define itself, and by 1983, the REAL explosions started happening.
I completely agree with you on that. The pop stuff today is really not worth listening to.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I totally agree with you. The years of 1980 and 1981 had a lot of leftover sounds from the 1970's. It was 1982 where you started hearing less of the leftover sounds from 1970's and more of the sounds that would define the 1980's. So, I would call 1982 as a music transition year and 1983 as the first really definitive 1980's music year (Michael Jackson's Thriller album, The second British Invasion in full swing, etc.)
I would give it with elvis and jailhouse rock to roughly 92 with painkiller that was the golden era.
I was in college. Good times and good music.
I'm 58 and man do I miss good music. Songs that told a story, music that got stuck in your head for days. Today can't compare, I said it for you.
1982 may be the best year of pop music ever. It's easy to forget how wide open the charts were. You had Juice Newton and Flock of Seagulls, Little River Band and Laura Branigan, Dan Folgerberg and Soft Cell. If you're doing a Kasey Kasem-style countdown, I'm in.
What in the hell happened to music? None of those artists used auto tune.
That's right!
...ba-BING! ...ha-HAA!
It's not like they all used lutes and harpsichords. I remember when my grandpa complained about electric guitars because they didn't require any talent.
Amen! 🎯
And they still played instruments instead of the same old tired computer loops.
I was fortunate enough to work as a DJ at our college radio station at that time. The signal was only strong enough to cover the tiny campus. And our budget was so low, we relied on staff to bring in current albums. Still, it was a fun time with GREAT music!
CFNY The Edge? They hired media students from Humber College and told them to play what they like from local concerts at the time. Bands would drop into campuses and play on weekends. Bands like Rush, Saga, Triumph, Blue Peter. Local bands around Toronto.
Great memories!
@@brianpercival1829 That is awesome that the bands dropped in like that. Too bad I wasn't around at this time. I would have had a blast.
Every one of those mentioned are 70s players! LOL
Gen Z here. How did you play the records, by vinyl or cassette? Because this sounds very cool!
My wife and I got married, 1980 , always bought music, and now have over 100 albums from the 80s and still play them occasionally.
I like watching reaction videos of people hearing the old 80s music and seeing their amazement of how good music was back then.
That was my guilty pleasure during the pandemic.
Whether my day is trending the way I want it to or in some other direction, watching Professor of Rock always puts me in a nostalgic and relaxed mindset. Cheers, mate...👌
I remember this era, I was only 7 years old in 1982 but I’ve always loved music and this was when I really started to pay attention to the radio, early MTV and so on. When I think of ‘82, it’s also Thriller, Toto 4, Prince 1999, along with all of these other great ones that were mentioned. My mom and my sisters had a very cool collection of vinyl and cassettes so I was constantly listening to the radio or records. What a great time to be alive, my childhood contains my greatest memories. Keep up the great work professor. Here’s to you! 😎🎵🎶💯
Joan Jett, amazing talent. Her cover of "have you ever seen the rain" is amazing and "I hate myself for loving you". What a talent.
Jett was heavily inspired by
Suzi Quatro, who had a lot more
success in the U.K., even with her
being American. Most Americans
knew nothing of her until her recurring
role on "Happy Days" & her hit duet
with Chris Norman, "Stumblin' In",
made her a star stateside.
Her career goes back to the mid-'60s,
when she formed a band that included
her sisters, The Pleasure Seekers.
Try listening to their song
"What A Way To Die!".
Yet, Joan's in the RRHOF
(not even with her first band,
The Runaways) & Suzi's not!
Don’t forget her take on Crimson and Clover and The French Song.
YES! these songs are MUCH BETTER than 'I Love Rock and Roll', WAY BETTER! Thanks for reminding people.
I would LOVE it to be a full song redux! Every time I see a redux drop, everything else waits, I put in on and listen… it’s my favorite shows of your channel… thanks for a great show Professor!
Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
Shake It Up - The Cars
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Rosanna - Toto
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
And no - I can't come up with 1 hit from this year. All oldies for me 🙂
All great songs, except Ebony and Ivory, which is really problematic for me. But Shake it Up is one of my faves!
The 1980's as a whole literally rocked. 1982 was a monster year for rock. One of my favourite songs from 1982 was "Hurts so Good" by John Cougar. I also loved "Who can it be now?" by Men at Work. "Juke Box Hero" by Foreigner is still in my playlist as well. Those were the good times for music. Foreigner "4" is one of my favourite albums from 1982.
Totally love Professor of rock, it definitely takes me back to when Casey Kaseem did the top count down. Keep it going. I Watch all your shows!
A very unique decade in history. A lot things just came well together in this decade, especially in the case of music!
So true. Thanks RC32!
There were tons of fascinating music scenes coming alive in the 80s.
I saw Journey on the Escape tour in 1982. When the opening keyboards started the arena went wild. Saw again in 1983 on the Frontiers tour and Faithfully hit the same with the crowd.
Heavy Metal was a great movie and soundtrack.
My personal favorite is Who’s Crying Now, but Don’t Stop Believin’ is also great as well.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Journey with Jonathan Cain cranked out a lot of great songs. I go back a little bit earlier when Greg Rolle was still with them.
Anyway You Want It, Wheel in the Sky, Feeling That Way/Anytime and Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' are all amazing songs that got massive radio play.
@@vernhoke7730 All great songs. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ is sooooo goood!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 if you watch their "Live in Houston 1981" concert, that's the tour I saw them on in the summer of '82.
I saw Journey in 81 I believe. Our seats were so good my ears are still ringing. Loverboy was the opening act and they threw down.
I saw Joan Jett...FOR FREE. For some reason she played a festival near my home, I was front row, and insane. She even played Cherry Bomb, wow!!
WOW!
I also saw her play for free at a county fair. sometime in the 1990s. Absolutely fabulous!
Now, THAT’s amazing! The Runaways.
I saw Meatloaf for a dollar so Joan Jett for free is pretty good. Meatloaf was great that night. He always left it all on the stage.
I saw Joan Jett at a fair, in Illinois, in the 2000s. I don't remember the year but I have a guitar pick of her's that she threw into the crowd at me. It was a great concert!
wow. you bring back so many emotions and great music and days i will never forget. thanks
I was 11 in 1982......I remember listening to American Top 40 on a Sunday morning and Joan Jett had been #1 for several weeks. That song was everywhere and still is today. Thanks for kicking up good memories!
Late last year, I was getting ready to fly to the Caribbean for an excursion like no other, and I ended up sitting next to this one guy who was falling asleep. All of a sudden, while he dozed off, his phone next to him set off a ringtone, none other than Open Arms by Journey. I could not help but sing along to every word at that point. My parents didn’t like it because they thought I wasn’t being respectful to the other people at the terminal, but I did not care one iota. When Steve Perry’s voice is as infectious as it is undeniable, this is what you get.
One of my favorites from this time in 1982 was Hall and Oates 'Did It In A Minute', which peaked at #9 in May of 1982.
I love that song.
You better believe it!! H&O ruled the 1980's!! I still love them as much today, if not more!!
Ive said it before and will keep on saying it, i am sooooo glad my Teenage Years were during the '80's....
Lucky you! 🍀
I kinda had the best of both worlds. I grew up in the late 70s and the 80s came in my early adult years. I'd call it the golden era but I'm biased of course.
As always, I enjoyed your video. I would love to see a top 40 video countdown where you play the whole song with the comments. Thank you again for keeping the history of the best music decade ever alive.
I remember 1982 being a very special year for me and music. I don't know if it's just because I was coming of age with my musical tastes at 11 years old or if it truly was a magical time. But for me the music was magic that year.
Personally 1982- was my biggest year for concerts. April-The Police, August-Crosby,Stills & Nash, November- George Thorogood.
Great top 10's, great job as always Professor!!
Thanks my friend!
Thorogood AND the DE Destroyers dude ;)
surl.same here police george t. pretty molly.hatchet also got to watch a few songs of the soundcheck was pretty cool ps they blanking rocked ptetty sure that is
I saw The Police when they reunited... It was amazing!
Those concerts sounded bad to the booooooooooowwwwwwwwne.
I totally agree Professor ! Great music in 1982 in the countdown once a week on Sundays especially with the legendary Casey Kasem (RIP)
Keep those 70s musicians Rolling!!
American Top 40!
I used to hear it on AM twice on Manx Radio (Isle of Man) and then a couple of hours later on American Forces Radio whose signal came through in England after dark.
'Cat People' is the only film I've ever seen in a Hollywood cinema in April, 1982. At the end the small audience stood up and clapped which is something we don't do in the UK.
My favourite 1982 single is 'Harden My Heart' by Quarterflash.
Just found you and am addicted already. I love the back stories and the interviews. I loved the stories Casey Kasem told on his show. I’d love to see a full song version. Rock On!
What a summer that was! Oh the memories. Brings a big smile to my face.
What I always like about Don't Talk to Strangers is Rick Springfield makes it a Sing a long in Concert and includes the kids and normally gets one of little kids to sing it with him, His concerts are so much fun.
Wow. 1982 I was 14 yrs old. The 80s were the best decade for music...wish I could go back
Makes me believe in time travel.
Ah, my Freshman year in high school. Music meant more to me than anything at the time. I think I memorized the top 10 songs every week!
I remember those days! Writing them down in my Trapper Keeper!
I'd listen intently for my favorite songs and then get mad when they weren't #1. I remember sometimes thinking "How did this crap even make it on the charts?" Now I listen to the entire weekly top forty of those days with fondness.
@@ProfessorofRock 😄
I just wish I was born way earlier than I was…I envy you guys.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 You would have loved the 80s. It was a fun time to be alive.
I was another 17-year-old in 1982. I'll admit, I had no appreciation of just how much high-quality music was coming out then. I sure do now! I just knew I loved it. I LOVE the idea of the Casey Kasem-style radio show and playing the songs in their full glory. What an innovative idea!
Because it's been so long, I can't remember when I stopped carrying about listening to the top anything regarding current music "hits". I love music, and I have quite the collection....it just doesn't include current music. I thank you so much for what you do on your program. It definitely keeps the greatest moments of music alive.
Bringing back all the memories while also giving a tribute to the styles of Casey Kasem, would be awesome! I know there will never be another Casey, but this is a way to bring back his memories. I'm all for it!
Fast Times was a great movie, my favorite back in the day. Phobe Cates, am I right? Wow.
...ya had to ASK!? ...She was E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E!! ...she made Brunettes a Hot thing, for awhile....
Yep. She's still a super cutie and I still think brunettes are a hot thing. It certainly beats the "Fifty Shades of Bozo the Clown" that seems to be the style nowadays.
Nothing better than that Moving in Stereo pool scene!
You're so right. I'm sure there's many VHS tapes out there that are completely ruined from pausing and rewinding the diving board scene.
RIP Vangelis - You’ve given us a groundbreaking and beautiful body of work… thank you!
I second that.
My dad and I loved his soundtrack work for Cosmos. Bought the soundtrack and then the Heaven & Hell album from which it was drawn. An ex-boyfriend scratched it up for which I’ll never forgive him.
Vangelis has a real nice song that builds up at the end named "Nina Pinta Santa Maria."
I was so sad when he passed! Chariots of Fire…a work of art.
Vangelis? I just looked and I still have my copy of Friends of Mr. Cairo.
The 80s was awesome back then and still is the best music of all time to me
Hey, there Professor. I have been watching and enjoying your programs for a while now. At first, I couldn't understand how you could possibly like all of this music so much. Personally, I grew up in the 70s and 80s and liked many groups and artists but also DISliked many as well. Watching your shows has helped me to understand their significance and, though I don't think I will be running out and buying their records, I can now wrap my head around their experiences. You've helped me to pry open my musical tastes and knowledge and to allow my interests to include some people and songs who I had previously dismissed. So, thank you for your teachings and for your open and positive expression of your musical experience. Keep on professing.
As a teenager who loves 80s music, I really enjoy watching your reduxes. It would be awesome if you made this a radio show.
Definitely do the Casey Kasem Style show! It would be awesome!
A great tribute show.
The professor will have to compete against classic American Top 40 countdowns available on radio stations and the iHeart app. But otherwise it's a good idea.
Here's a memory for you Adam...."If you remember Max Headroom and Spuds McKenzie, you're going to love this channel" 😁
Love it!
Max Headroom was the only good thing about new coke.
“M-M-Max Headroom!”
“Kids, what are you watching?”
“An educational program.”
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Interviewer: So how did you get your name?
Max: I was riding down the street and someone said "Hey, there goes Max Headroom....and it stuck"
I never heard that but a friend once told me that's what was said when "Max" was asked that question in a fictitious interview...the true story behind the concept is different but sort of similar.
@@coachhumph5524 Wow, that’s pretty interesting. The most apt name for a robot.
I got to tell Professor Open Arms brings back great memories. I and my high school sweetheart and I used it as our wedding song, and everybody was asking who it was, and they started using it for their wedding song. Sorry it wasn't met to be after 36 years of marriage we went our separate ways. That reminds me of a song. I just found you and your I'll call it your station because you're bring back all these memories Professor. Until the next time, keep playing the hits.
Modern music is so joyless.
I’m 17 years old and I agree.
Yes!!!
Most of it is. There is still a little out there that has soul but it's usually not what you find on the radio. If I turn on the radio it's either to listen to an oldies station or NPR.
Here are some suggestions of new music as good as the old Hot 100 music:
Drive by Joe Bonamasa
Goodtime Girl by Starcrawler
Spanish Lullabies by Beth Hart
Bulletproof by Samantha Fish
Sex and Stardust by ZZ Ward
Hey You by Dope Lemon
The River by Blues Saraceno
Sing Along by Sturgill Simpson
Keep On by Southern Avenue
Preacherman by Melody Gardot
@@orlock20 thanks, I've screenshot those and will check them out. Always looking for good new music, as sparse as it is 😁
Yes, do the big show with the full hits, pleeeze!
Cool 80s history video. I graduated high school in 1982 and during my college years was a DJ at parties spinning "licorice pizzas" (vinyl records.)
My genre of choice was alternative such as Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure, etc. IMO here's 10 reasons much of the music was "magical" in the 80s:
1. Many bands were releasing songs that they themselves liked and were fun and/or evoked emotions that people (especially teenagers) could relate to.
2. Concerts were affordable and you could buy tickets without selling a vital body organ or having to press click as fast as possible on a computer or smart phone. Yeah back in the 80s you had to stand in long lines sometimes to get tickets but that was part of the fun hanging out with like minded people and you weren't competing for buying tickets against the whole world on the internet!
3. MTV was new and bands were clamoring to produce videos as fast as possible. Since there was no internet kids used to hang out all day together and watch MTV for hours just to watch the videos and see band members on TV.
4. Dance clubs were fun to go to with your friends and hear 12" dance records that you didn't hear on most radio stations. When's the last time you heard of people going to dance clubs now just to hear new songs they hadn't heard yet?
5. Going to a record store with your friends and buying records and tapes, then bringing them to your friends and playing then for them and listening to what they bought was fun and a shared experienced.
6. Today it's nice to have streaming music services and TH-cam videos but it's sometimes too much availability of music and people miss out listening together with friends or looking at the artistry of vinyl record album cover artwork.
7. Music in the 80s was edgy, pushing creativity without being too obnoxious.
8. Many Movies and music culture thematically melded into each other in the 80s which resonated with many people.
9. People were excited to hear a new song played on the radio for the first time and would ask their friends did you hear the new song yet?
10. Last but not least 80s music was a movement in a generation about bands and people being excited about discovering and celebrating music that they enjoyed together.
Musical artist of today could capture that same 80s magical sound if they really wanted to but it takes risk, thought and creativity and many modern young artists are too busy on social media saying: "hey look at me!"
And that's my 80 cents worth from an old DJ who used to get people dancing using the "wheels of steel" to spin those "licorice pizzas!" 😉 Cheers!
Thanks for sharing that and I agree with pretty much everything including your music taste and loving 12” mixes at dance clubs. I had no idea vinyl records were called licorice pizzas though and I was a music junkie with as much vinyl as being a teenager could buy me. Learning something new every day.
@Little Cat Feet yeah 80s were fun! I lived in San Diego during the 80s and we had a record store there called "licorice pizza" which was about as big as a "tower records" store but they didn't have as many stores.
I always remember getting off a train into the city that became my home. Someone was playing Freeze Frame on their stereo. It was the first time I’d heard it. I have always associated that song with my mood that evening- it was winter (southern hemisphere), cold, a bit rainy but I had a sense of excitement and anticipation looking to the future.
I am late finding this show but my vote would be yes to countdowns from the past with complete songs & the interviews. The whole idea appeals to me. I am 65 and so glad to have found your site. Even in the few shows watched I have learned who sang some of my favourites that I had attributed to the wrong artists all these years. Thank you for the education.
Music THEN!!!! Today's so called music is crap!! I was born in January 1971, I'm 52 and I wouldn't change places with these children of today for ANYTHING!!!
These kids today missed out.
I desperately miss the music of the 80s, 70s, 60s and back....
I would love to travel back with you to the 80s. I was born in the wrong era.
The quality of voice and musicianship actually is even better in the 30s to 50s, but I am a 70s, 80s fan for creativity for sure.
Rock in the 80 unbelievable what great memories
The funny thing Is that today’s music does not have the staying power that it had in the 80s and before. The three songs you showed from today will not be played, and loved, in 50 years like the rest of the top 10 today will still be doing. -
I would love a weekly show like that! You go Professor.
Yes to the Top 40 show! Yes!
Long story short, but I was a Top 40 addict growing up but my husband missed out. I would love for him to have another chance.
We love you work and intend to become Patrons in a few short months (after we are moved into our new place and aren't bleeding money).
Thanks for everything, Adam.
I just discovered your channel this evening! WOW! I walked out of the room and I could swear I was listening to Casey Kasem…. This takes me back to my teenage years. GREAT content! Keep up the good work!
I still listen to Casey Kasem on Sirius XM every Saturday and Sunday on the 70's channel. Wish they would expand it to the 80's channel, but they have the VJ top 40 there.
I find old Casey Kasem takes on Internet Archives.
April 5th 1982
I was a junior at Ingraham highschool in Seattle, Wa.
Our top ten fav groups on tour on the radio at that time:
1. RUSH
2. AC⚡️DC
3. QUEEN
4. Journey
5. REO Speedwagon
6. Cheap Trick
7. Foreigner
8. Ozzy Osbourne
9. Loverboy
10. Black Sabbath w/DIO
Great list.
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I forgot to add Judas Priest.
1982 was a great year for them.
The world vengeance tour.
They had the looks, the chops, the rocking style…
80’s music rocked! We had new wave, punk, rock, hair bands, R&B, rap and pop. Who wasn’t great in the 80’s? My iTunes is filled with 80’s music mostly new wave greats from the cure because they are the best band ever❤
I really love this title. Not only there was great music, but there was also really great memories. Keep on keeping my man.
The Top 10/Top 40 Radio Show you mentioned at the end of the vid would be INCREDIBLE! Love this series! Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into these videos! 💜
Let's not forget Canadian rock band Triumph, such amazing songs!
They’re very underrated.
Yes! Lay it on the Line is my top favorite.
@@amskazetoame Great song! But Magic Power will always be my favorite.
one of my biggest regrets is not going to the 'sock hop' dances in middle school in the 80's. our family was very conservative and although my parents did not 'ban' me from going, i never learned how to dance and felt too embarrassed to go. what fun it would have been bopping to 80's music
I think we had a “sock hop” like that in elementary school.
Same here, never went to a any school dance or football game for that matter. Oh the opportunity to meet girls...what a dumb ass I was!
How did Juke Box Hero not chart higher?!? I know back then I played my heart out on my air guitar to push it to the top.
It’s easily my favorite Foreigner song.
Juke Box Hero was way ahead of its time, and would've easily been a #1 song any week, month, or year after that
foreigner 4 had singles that came out before jbh, urgent, and the supermassive hit waiting for a girl like you. I think people were foreigner'd out. plus many people bought the album by then, which also cut into single sales...
I LOVE your Top 40 show idea! I will definitely watch and share it. Best wishes in getting it produced. Thanks for another great episode here!
Dear Professor,
I never thought about the major difference between 80’s songs and todays until you played the comparison of them. Wow! The difference is ACTUAL INSTRUMENTS! The 80’s songs had people who excelled at their craft of musicianship and todays music is very thin, synthesized music played by a minimal amount of people.( perhaps one) There is no “meat” to todays music. Only country artists still require actual players on their songs!
Thank You for pointing that out Adam! I like how after you compared the music you just told the listeners that you wouldn’t offer an opinion on the comparison, you basically said figure it out for yourself! Brilliant!
Jersey John( I’m a Floridian)
I grew up in Southern California in the 1980’s when music and MTV were both at their peak. I love music from the 1970’s through the early 1990’s. I went to awesome concerts like Elton John, The Go Go’s, Metallica, and Guns and Roses. I am saddened that music today is so awful. WTF happened? I like that you featured women who rocked like Joan Jett, Go Go’s, and Stevie Nicks.
The best hit single of 1982 was Take Off by Bob and Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee. Still Geddy Lee's highest charting US single. Would love to see the professor do a video on this.
I just listened to that with my kids!
@@ProfessorofRock hoser.
That would be great! I also love Bob and Doug's version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.
Haha all the work Geddy put into Rush and Take Off was his highest charting single,. That's life for ya.
Coo loo coo coo, coo coo coo coo! Take off, eh!
I'm a rare old fart that can appreciate music from before my time, during my time, and after my time. I think the biggest problem nowadays, is that a couple guys hired by record companies write everyone's songs for them. There has always been some of that, sure. But it's gotten to the point, "artist" don't write at all, or even sing live. They're Just actors, not musicians. And the result is music no one cares about including the artist, a year later. Kind of sad.
And you can't have lyrics with any substance because they might offend someone.
Nobody can really sing anymore. The theme of songs is all boyfriend/girlfriend petty revenge shit.
Not sure I agree with you. There's always great music you just have to search harder to find it.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I saw Joan Jett open for The Police on April 3rd 1982. It makes me smile every time I think about it.
The idea of a radio show like this with the full songs sounds great to me! This is my absolute favorite video you do on here. I loved Casey Kasem. Thank you for this channel.
Love this Channel! Please doing something on the band Free!
Will do. I have an interview with Paul Rodgers coming up.
80's rock was by far the best decade for music!
Ease of purchase happened. Back in the day, you had to walk, bike or take your car to a record store to buy a record with your hard-earned money. You could feel the medium, read the liner notes and lyrics. Promotion was either on the radio, word of mouth, bootlegs, etc... Everything was commercial, but way less so than today.
Now people watch everything for free on TH-cam, Spotify pays pennies to artists, the biggest names are the ones with the biggest Instagram following («15 million subscribers? he/she MUST be doing something good, right?»), so people go see the shows as a happening, not because they want to hear the music.
And since everything is one click away these days, lazy ass kids don't want to spend hours on end discovering a whole record, what song comes next, how it ties into the whole concept, which part of an 8-minute song gives them goosebumps, etc... And you had to ge home to listen to it, unless you had a Walkman and then a Discman, and it had to be charged. And you could listen to one artist at a time. Now, they want to consume a formatted 3:30 song when and how they want, and move on to their Facebook feed.
Fuck that shit, as far as I'm concerned. I still listen to physical CDs, but I've fallen victim to buying off the iTunes store as well. At least, I buy complete albums, and listen to them all. And VERY LITTLE of what I listen is on the radio (I guess, I don't listen to it EVER). But I doubt that Overkill, Lovebites, Maiden and super old Bob Seger and Fleetwod Mac and synthwave bands get much airplay.
....aaaaaand, SCENE! ...ha-HAAA!! ...pretty spot ON, Man.....
Back then there was no such thing as an “influencer.” There was no such thing as a “content creator.”
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Which are such misleading concepts. They don’t create much, and they influence even less. Or if they influence you, you’re an idiot.
And today's generation actually think that music not on a computer grid sounds weird due to human timing. They are so used to everything being created on a PC by someone just dragging and dropping pieces of files onto a time grid. All this crap is just stolen sound bites from actual recordings from decades ago when musicians played music on instruments. Today nobody except maybe a few producers actually have any clue how to play anything. It's mostly comprised of only a beat and that ain't music. Melody is a concept they are unaware of and when someone does happen upon a musical idea it is just looped over and over with no nuance of slight variance in verse whatsoever. Lyrics? Mostly it's just the N word the F word and the B word with a bit of the D and P mixed in. I refuse to state any of these here out of respect for all of you and Adam. Oh and of course when you can't find something to rhyme you just use "Uhh" or some other vocal noise that isn't a word. I don't know what ever happened to the FCC's rules on vulgarities on the radio. None of it would be playable on the radio in decades past by a long shot. Because it's not heard on the radio but on Spotify or whatnot today none of that matters anymore. Anything goes and all the kids will hear it all despite the best parent's efforts. It's all part of the moral decay of our society.
I don't care how old this makes me sound either. Our earlier generations were right. It's just all so much more true now than back then. How innocent the `80s were by comparison. The biggest difference between past generations complaints and ours is that while they didn't appreciate our music at least it was music. Now, there is nothing worthy about almost all of it. The only genre that is somewhat music is country and even that is uninspired garbage produced the same way, copy and paste. Rip a file off of some `80s riff and drop it on a Pro Tools grid with a mouse over and over. Repeat some line they thought was clever over and over with no variance from bar to bar even. Yup even what is done by a human sounds as repetitious as a robot. Even country sounds like rap now. After all they grew up on that same trash. The only difference might be that they might have heard some classic rock around the house from their parents when they were kids,, if they were lucky.
I think due to lack of radio influence younger generations are not getting exposed to any of this music deemed air-worthy and instead only hear what is popular via social media influencers or whatever is trending on Instagram or Spotify or worse yet TikTok.
The only hope I can foresee is new ACTUAL MUSICIANS, if any exist, creating new ACTUAL MUSIC today and getting it shared around to reach the ears of the kids. Essentially similar music to what we did in the past but new so as to not be dismissed as "oldies" by those that won't appreciate anything older than this year. Maybe we should all pray for that. :)
@@WhoWouldWantThisName The irony is, musicians of the 70 and 80s were influenced by the level of talent existing back then. They then took it to some insane level, and the internet came along. In 1980, a 20 y.o. could try to emulate John Bonham. Today, any 12 y.o. can learn how to emulate Dave Lombardo or Mike Portnoy, yet the quality of the music itself has not benefitted from this, so the few actual musicians out there are crazy good, but who gets airplay and the $ that come with it? Bieber.
Where I live now, Every Saturday morning, the radio station out in Orlando - 105.9 FM -plays the full encore presentation of Kasey Kasem's American Top 40, using the current callender week, to play that same week's top 40 hits from any year from the '80s. I listen to it whenever possible, and I'm immediately taken back to that time in my life. I feel so lucky to have lived my later teen years and early 20's in the '80s.
Professor, this channel is incredible. Never stop. Thank you for doing this.
Definitely better then!!!!
Thanks James!
@Professor of Rock I love your channel BTW keep up the great work
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Today's music sucks my kids agree and they are late teens early twenties. YES...YES...YES, to you doing a weekly top music show in the veins of Casey Kasem!!!!!!
I’m 17 years old and this music is miles better than Taylor Swift will ever get.
Key Largo? Never heard that. But if it came on the radio at the time. I’m sure I immediately changed the channel. Joan Jett deserves #1 Jukebox Hero close 2nd. Stevie Nicks great song. Rarely does the best song get to #1. At anytime. Thanks ✌🏼🍀🤞🏼
Look beyond the summit, crew.
Genius of Love was one of the first songs I fell in love with - so glad you included it!
So happy to have discovered your channel. It brings back such wonderful memories. Case in point, I remember doing We Got the Beat for the school air band! ❤
1982: Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast, Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance, Scorpions - Blackout
Enough said
Both great.
Yup that's what I was listening to! Headbanger through those years!
All juggernauts.
Berti Higgins use to have a nearly daily show here in Las Vegas!
Alex Higgins used to play snooker shows in Britain. He turned up to the chip shop I worked in once in 1986 ordering everything on a separate plate.
@@eightiesmusic1984 Do you remember Boney M?
Really?
Interesting!
@@constipatedinsincity4424 I do. I was once late to my first day in a Sainsbury's supermarket in 1990 in Leicester where I went to university on account of Boney M being played very loudly on repeat at a party in the same block. I had to meet the head of HR to explain why I had overslept- I managed to do so without mentioning Boney M but uttering a lot of profuse apologies. To add insult to injury they had already called home near Liverpool to see if I had done a runner for the weekend. Very embarrassing, the only time I have ever been late for work anywhere, and all because of Boney M. So yes, I cannot forget them.
I think autotune has destroyed music. I listen to a large variety of music and I cannot stand much of the new music it sounds so fake. There are some artist I do not like their music but I respect they can still sing without autotune but so much just sounds weird because of autotune. Joan Jett rocks glad she kept number one spot, but also love Stevie Knicks.
I would enjoy a long version of your program, it would make a long video but you can always stop and start a video later on.
Charoites of Fire I admit I went to the movie with a girl friend, she said it was perfect I held her hand and her tight the entire movie and never once snorted or commented on the movie, she thought if I had stayed awake it would have been nice but she was happy I held her hand, snuggled her and never snorted at any lines. Hey two out of three ain't bad.
Prof when your son makes his time machine can you swing by and take me with back to the concerts in the 1980s?
It started with Cher’s Believe and went downhill from there.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee And it ultimately feeds into the idea of perfectionism.
This is great content. I love how you reveal the updated top ten list with current streams to date. Please make more of these!
I grew up through 4 decades of music. I was born in 1970 and now living in the 5th and really liking a bunch. I knew great grandparents. The 80's were good times. I never stopped there music wise and music is not a first focus that I build my life around. You are a good TH-camr and bring interesting stuff. I hate everything popular now. I at least had some appreciation then but it wasn't ever the end all be all. I guess that I like your interviews and getting how the sausage was made. I don't get down with any countdowns.
It’s very disheartening seeing the interviews with the members of journey knowing how much they hate each other now