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- Coming up, we’re going to go count down the Top 10 songs of this very same week from the year 1983. It’s the lates edition of our program the hit song redux … And after we count them down, we are going to recalibrate them… revise them based on their all time performance since then. We’re going to show you what the real Top 10 is. Plus, we’re giving you exclusive artist commentary on the songs and including your memories and dedications… So who is the real #1? Is it David Bowie? Daryl Hall & John Oates, Pat Benatar, John Mellencamp, Michael Jackson, a one hit wonder or a maybe an ex-Beatle. Let’s find out next as we compare it to today’s mainstream music.. and it isn’t pretty...
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It’s time for another edition of our show the Hit Song Redux where we travel back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and re-rank the top 10 songs of THAT SPECIFIC week based on their legacy since THEIR PEAK POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. Just to clarify, this isn’t my Top 10. This is the actual Top 10 from this same week in 1983 . As always, we include your stories, your dedications, and get a first hand look what the artists themselves have to say about their hit songs. This show is a Tribute to my hero Casey Kasem. So this time we travel back to December of the year 1983.
So, its been 39 years. But back then at the movie theaters you could catch Tom Cruise in one his early roles... All the Right Moves. Or could see the multi-Oscar winner The Right Stuff which actually bombed at the box office, but picked up steam on home video. Or there was the all-time holiday classic, A Christmas Story. On television you could catch the first season of Fraggle Rock, Love Connection, The A-Team, and Friday Night Videos or you could run to the mall and watch parents kill each other to try and get a cabbage patch kid for their children.
So, let’s get into the countdown.
Coming in at #10 it’s the smooth voiced cross dressing brit and his colorful band , Culture Club with their lead-off single from their quadruple platinum sophomore album Colour by Numbers. The song is Church of the Poison Mind. Harbingers of the “new pop” movement that swept through the UK charts in the early 80s, Culture Club consisted of Boy George on vocals, Roy Hay on guitar and keyboards, Mikey Craig on bass, and John Moss on drums. Their first album ‘Kissing to Be Clever’ featured the #2 US hit Do you Really Want to Hurt Me, and then followed that up with another #2 song, Time (Clock of My Heart).
By this time, George was one of pop’s major talking points with his dreadlocks, make-up, and androgynous persona. The launch of MTV ensured that many UK acts were infiltrating the US charts and the colorful persona of George, coupled with the irresistible charm of Culture Club’s melodies, effectively broke them in America early in 1983. Church Of the Poison Mind, helped push this success forward. It was a stomping, Tamla-Motown style song with Helen Terry singing backing vocals. Although Church of the Poison Mind would peak at #10 in the US, it reached #2 in the UK, only kept from the top spot by David Bowie's ‘Let's Dance’. - บันเทิง
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest single and album of 1983?
Metal Health - THE Quiet Riot. One of the most influential albums ever putting metal on the map & knocking Jackson off #1
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club (single)
Pyromania - Def Leppard (album)
But soooooo many other faves, it’s really tough to pick just one!
...nope, NOT doing it...If you were THERE in '83, you KNOW... ; ) ....
“Billie Jean”-“Thriller”.
Singles:
The Smiths - This Charming Man
New Order - Blue Monday
The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Albums:
R.E.M. - Murmur
New Order - Power Corruption & Lies
Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
What a year, 1983. Such memories. I was 12 in December. After years of active alcoholism, my mother had just completed 8 months at a women’s rehabilitation facility. My mom finally sober, I could just be a kid for the first time in my life. All that fear and anxiety of my homelife was behind me. From this point on, life became really really good.
Many PRAYERSNLUV 👼👼❤️🔥❤️🔥💝💝🌹🌹🕊️🕊️
Now that's a great memory. So happy for you.
Didn't expect that. Made my day.
I was 12 in December as well ! I loved reading your post, I'm very glad that your mother got herself some help & that it made everyones life better...that is wonderful
happy your mom got better so you could enjoy your childhood.
There is real music out there, it's just not on the "charts" anymore. The "charts" are now a platform to advertise product rather than the celebration of talent they once were.
That's why I "tune in" here every day, it's a celebration of talent. Thanks Professor!
A LOT of great music is being made these days. Like you said just not on the charts. Independent radio is the place to discover new amazing music.
JJ Grey & Mofro Check him out. That's something you won't hear on the radio but is worth more of a listen than anything the hot 100 has listed in 10 years.
I totally agree!
Beck is still rocking. I love his recent albums. I think Journey's new songs are solid too. I enjoyed Together We Run.
Every generation says that same old thing … my era’s music movies blah blah is the best of all time 😂😂😂
1982-1985 was probably the best 4 years in music of the decade. They had so many great songs throughout the 80's that the decade will always be known for the decade of music. No other decade ever came close, and will never come close again. Long live the 80's. So many genres of awesome music.
I vote for 1983 and 1984 as the peak time in pop culture history.
Uhhh... did you ever hear about a decade called the 70’s?
I always thought 1986 was the best year. Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, Peace Sells, Life's Rich Pageant, The Queen is Dead, Rapture, So, License to Ill, Control, Graceland. That's 10 albums off the top of my head that are all considered the very best of one of the best from some of the biggest musicians of the time. Then there are the singles when the decade was all its own with none of the 70s hangover. It's just an opinion, but for me I would take 86 music over any other year.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 To be more exact, mid 82 to mid 84.
@@superturtle61177 I dont argue that 1986 was a great year, but it seems 82-85 were just the best ones. The Cars, Duran Duran, Chicago, Air Supply, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, man just too many to list. No disrespect to the rest of the 80's though.
I had just graduated in June of '83. In December I was in my first apartment with my best friend and we had finally made it to the long coveted freedom of adulthood. The music of the 70s and 80s was so integral to our development, our identities. When I hear those songs today I'm instantly transported at least emotionally to a time of vibrance and hope and especially appreciating deep bonds of friendship. After 45 years we are still friends. In agreement that we had the best soundtrack to grow up with.
How much did you pay in rent for your first apartment in the year 1983?
@@PraveenSrJ01 I don't remember. But I had just left my first job ($1.85hr +tips) and taken my second job which was min. wage @ $4.25hr) and we were still struggling because I was only working 30-32 hours per week. I ended up enlisting in January '85.
This just makes me sad for music today. Yet I’m glad that I was there for the greatest era in music.
No kidding.
I’m 16 and I regret being born in the wrong generation. 🤣
Y'all just gotta seek it out. Pop radio I totally agree, but bands like Amyl & the Sniffers, Gojira (not that new though), Tool (not that new though), Drain (california band), Cold Cave, the Soft Moon, TR/ST, Empathy Test, Sextile, there's still great new songs/artists out there, you just won't find them on mainstream radio... It's harder for us music veterans (ok, us old folks) who grew up with those songs though, since they formed the soundtracks of our lives, and new music has a harder time breaking through, but if you try, you can find you can add new stuff to your soundtrack!
The '60's and '70's?
@@ProfessorofRock... Except for a few shining lights, the '80's were the death of Rock music, can't even compare pre-80's to the 1980's, pre-80's is far superior.
Wow, 1983. I was 8 years old, and there was so much good music on the radio! I used to put in a blank cassette and record my favorite songs off the radio. Good times! 🙂
Compared to today's music damn the 80s music was AMAZING! I'm from the 80s graduated 85. But actually seeing today's and my days music WOW I love 80s music all over again, even the songs I didn't like in the 80s I like now.. they actually had talent unlike today's music.
So many great albums in 1983, SRV, Thriller, Synchronicity, Pyromania, Eliminator, Holy Diver, Let's Dance, Cuts like a Knife, and so many more!
1983 was such a wonderful year for me! 16 years old with my first driver's license in my wallet and these tunes on the radio in my first car, a 1973 Vega that my Dad had driven back and forth to work for 9 1/2 years. So long ago but somehow still fresh in my mind. So many good things from then. I wish I was Marty McFly so I could hop in Doc Brown's Delorean and go back to stay and go through it all again. Back before Tic Toc and MTV was just kicking off. Starting work after school at Little Caesars Pizza and hitting concerts at Toledo Sports Arena with the paychecks. '83 to '87 I got to see a lot of the top bands. First concert was Hall and Oates on the H2O tour. Great times! Thanks for bringing back the memories!
Thanks for sharing the memories!
I had to scroll up to see if I had written this. I was 16 in 1983 driving my first car - a green 73 Chevy Vega! This was the beginning of a fantastic string of great songs!
Great show. Thanks!
Man, you're old!
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Awesome!
So many similar memories
I was driving a beat up ‘72 white Chevy Nova
@@BoffoDennis my Vega was green, too!
I graduated High School in ‘76 so I was fortunate enough to experience the music from the ‘70’s forward. I think the advent of music videos helped ‘80’s music tremendously. There have been many great songs and bands since but the ‘80’s were special. So many memories. Lost my wife to cancer in July 2021 and some of these ‘80’s tunes bring back bittersweet memories. Thanks for the countdown Professor.
A lot of apostrophes there.
My love goes out to you and your wife! Memories remain!!!
@@matthewclay6535Thank You for your comments. they are appreciated. It was 44 years ago Dec 22, 1978 that I met her on a blind date. Many memories do remain!
I’m sorry about your loss, sir👏🏼.
I’m really sorry about your loss and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers
NOTHING better than the 80’s. So fortunate to grow up during this decade. The music - TV - fashion - nothing beats it
We're so lucky ❤
The seventies were way better
Well said. Perhaps the Professor should do a semi-regular show in which he features some of today's lesser known but still quite good music.
Hair mousse and parachute pants 😬
I can’t help but think of, The Legend of Billie Jean, every time I hear, Love is a Battlefield. Singing, Huey Lewis and the News or Billy Joel on the way to his band practice. I was 8 in 1983, and have great memories of singing with my dad in his car, or listening to music through his practice PA that his stereo was ran through. He’s been gone for 8 years now, and your channel has helped me heal from that. Thank You, Adam!
Excellent movie!!
I was 14 & remember all of it.....I was so lucky to have been able to live in that time period....I used to walk two miles to the record shop....I miss the 80s it was the best decade I have lived...and the music brings me to a time and a place every time...
Can I come with you on the DeLorean? 🚘
The years 1983 & 1984 were life changing for me. It’s when I discovered my true love for music. I’d listen to Casey’s AT40 religiously every Sunday night on my Sony Boombox! From Thriller, to Colour By Numbers, all these songs are still the soundtrack to my life…every single day! When I met Culture Club on their tour, in 2016, I told them how much their music influenced my life, and they absolutely loved hearing it! I’m eternally grateful to all these bands, and all their songs for helping shape my life! Cheers! 🤘🏻
So many groundbreaking albums.
1983 was one of the best years for music! Really 1982-83 was magical. There will never be another time like this for music. I was a sophomore in High School. Got my drivers license. Oh what a time it was!!
1983-1984 is my pick for magical periods in music!
Agreed. My favorite 2 years for music too. The 80's were amazing.
82-83!!! The best!
It really was an outstanding time for music.
Van Halen is the reason.
My goodness we had the BEST music back then..... this top 10 is mind blowing, so much musical diversity the songs are so different from each other yet fantastic in their own way. I hope to hear these blasting at my 40 year reunion next year..... Man, I'm getting old.
Ha ha. Me too Bud.
...you!?? ....I still remember the CLOTHES I wore, when "Crumblin' Down" was nestled in that Top Ten! ....I'M Old, Man.....eeeeyikes.... 😉 ...
This was the year my aunt graduated high school and went to college.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 ...same, HERE! ....Oh the memories of Hot Dogs for Lunch, between classes! ...I'm surprised my STOMACH is still standin'! ..ha-HAA!!
I am 57 and find plenty of music I like but you can no longer rely on the radio and top xx lists to find it. Bands don't even have to be signed to release music. There are so many sources with so much material that you will never find it all. Some of it isn't good some of it is. It's just harder to find all of it.
The 80s has such a variety of genres
I started with my current employer in January of 1983. So next month it will be 40 years. 1983 was a HUGE year for me. I moved to a big city where I knew no one and started my career. But music was my constant companion, as it was for so many other people. I remember the old guys at work would even sing along to Michael Jackson. They were probably younger than I am now. And of course there was MTV. Thanks for the reminders of those days, Adam.
Wow, so much time flies.
Wow, congrats on 40 years with the same company! That's almost unheard of these days.
I was an 80's kid who loved Joy Division, The Cure, and The Smiths and still loved Quiet Riot and Pat Benatar. What an incredible decade in music.
So you would have been a waver/stoner hybrid.
@@GenXstacker Absolutely! Eclectic taste I guess. The 80s were spectacular in that various and different genres were easy to get exposure too and were not terribly expensive. I had a double cassette player so. like so many I would guess, would borrow friends music to copy. Great time, musically.
Such a memory trip. I was 17 in 83 and a senior in high school when this list came out. Such a variety of music you won't see that any more Quiet Riot and Culture Club on the same list? Not today, now days it's all the same cookie cutter can't sing bands. I still fondly remember Friday Night Videos and as I didn't have cable in my rural home this was my MTV. I spent the time hitting record as soon as the next video started and then if it was one I had or a song I didn't like, I erased it and restarted the wait. I made 2 8-hour VHS tapes that way and still have not only the tapes but the VCR i recorded them on. Such a great time. Now I have all but two of these on CD, I don't have Islands in the Stream as I was never into the country sound that much. I respect the song a lot and have always liked Kenny but the song didn't do anything for me. The other song was the Uptown Girl. I couldn't stand the 80's Billy Joel. Loved the 70's but not the 80's I go through and play the rest every so often. Thanks for highlighting those memories POR.
Thank you!
I was 12, but enjoyed it just as much!
I remember getting the story from one teacher who had vivid memories of being into Casey Kasem, MTV, Friday Night Videos, and British new wave. 80s baby! 😊
Yup! Nailed it!
I was 17 also.
You asked what happened to music. Back in the Spring of '86 I was a young sailor stationed in Scotland, and one Saturday while washing my car and listening to the top 40 (on VOA radio I believe), the fill-in host mentioned the studio heads had gotten together in California and had a meeting where they decided to shift from hard rock/heavy metal to rap music. The host went on to say they designated one from among them to meet with the big name promoter of rap music at the time, I believe it was Russell Simmons but I could be wrong. He then said after the break he'd be playing the next song on the countdown which was the first attempt to get kids used to listening to rap, a re-make of Aerosmith's 'Walk this Way' with Run DMC. Made no sense to me at the time. They were making money hand over fist on hard rock/heavy metal, why change to rap? It ended up affecting a lot of genres of music, including pop & smooth R&B. It also had a devastating affect on the community I grew up in in East Toledo. After I got out of the Navy in January of 1990 I saw a huge change in the white culture back home in my old neighborhood. Without going into further details I'll just say I've often wondered if that was the objective all along, for whatever reason. There were bands that had music recorded that all of a sudden couldn't get their music label to release it. Would like to ask you to research this topic and find out what really happened and why, although it might be deemed controversial if your conclusion is the same as mine. Love this channel, keep rollin' and strollin' putting out the videos.
Sounds a bit conspiratorial 🤔.. but get what you’re saying 👍🏽
Around the same time (1985) Television decided to promote unattractive women. Benny Hill's Angels were gone. Three's Company became Three's a Crowd. Ally Sheedy was portrayed as being sexy. Never knew the name of the individual who did that.
@@robrichardson1284 "conspiratorial"
thanks for putting a word on their suspicious acts and deeds
I believe it was done intentionally to destroy American culture. Racism and violence is the result of rap.
Was a time when the owners of the privat prison industry met the music bosses and some rappers to push gangster rap. Have a look at the statistics how the prison population has skyrocketed in the US since the 80's. It is only a coincidence of course.
Police - Synchronicity
I was 13 in ‘83. I had my first kiss after slow dancing to “Every Breath You Take” at a Junior High dance. So I’m a little biased toward that album. But Dio “Holy Diver” and Def Leppard “Pyromania” are definitely up there, too. Love your channel, man. You’re very respectful of the 80’s nostalgia and I can tell you’re a genuine music lover. 🙌
That moment when we all eventually realized that "Every Breath You Take" is actually a song from a stalker's pov 😳
I was 13 in 83 too! Had pyromania on cassette. I still have Rock of Ages on my phone. I about jumped off my couch when Supernatural used it in a scene for the season five finale. I loved that show as much for the music as the storyline.
One of my favorites was "In A Big Country" - I only had my mom's old record player at the time, with one speaker not working - so I didn't get to experience that song loud until I bought my first walkman. Truly am surprised I still have good hearing today....
Thanks so much for this list, Adam, I can't believe that all of these songs are almost 40 years old. It makes me feel nostalgic for an era I wasn't even alive in. 🥰
No kidding. 40 years old. MJ Thriller just turned 40 yesterday...
It was a wonderful time. The last great decade in large part because it was the last analog decade.
Especially freaking THRILLER. 40 already?! Damnit, I’m 16 and even I feel old too.
@@ProfessorofRock ...Oh my GOD.... got the LP with me Aunt, downtown Bklyn in '82 ...She bought it, because I STOLE her 45 of "The Girl Is Mine" and, she loved that Song! ...ha-HAA!! ...NEVER leave 45's around sticky-fingered Nephews! ....mmmmeemmoriees....
@@markallen2984 It was the confluence of influences that made the decade great...kids back then knew music amd style going back to the 1940's because of reruns and commercials selling K-Tel collections. Grandparents were listened to and respected, plus we received a ton of new, great music/cinema to go along with all of that...
I have always been a huge Huey Lewis fan. I can remember him in the 80s looking 40 and 25 years later he still looked 40 lol! I was thinking “damn, does he age at all?” I miss the 80s. Music was so real, so great. I remember sitting in my parents room listening to the radio while my mom got ready. Those were the best days! Rock on brother!
Such great memories. Let's go back...
...ha-HAAA!! ...EVERYONE thought Huey looked Old!! ...but ain't that the BEST way to age!?? ...It gets ya in the Clubs earlier! ...ha-HAA!!
Huey Lewis is a cool as hell dude. I never lived it sadly, but I wish I could travel back to the 80s.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 ....you missed it, Lady Lily...why do you think we Oldsters reminisce SO dearly, here!??
Some of he ‘80’s was very good though I was not crazy about the drum machine which was used too often .The ‘70’s was by far the most diverse and greatest of all time!
1983 - I graduated high school in June. Michael Jackson's Thriller will always be the album I think of, but so many great songs, albums and musicians. I'm always so blown away with Billy Joel's range in genres and vibes. So many different sounding songs in his repertoire. I can't think of any Billy Joel song I do not like.
My aunt graduated high school in May 1983 and she remembers all the blockbuster records from that spring!
In my opinion, “The Longest Time” is Billy Joel’s best 80’s song.
Same here including high school graduation in summer'83 down in Venezuela
In 1983, I was a freshman in college, studying Geology, 19 years old. I was pretty deep into Peter Gabriel, but the instant I heard Big Country, I was blown away! I played The Crossing so much, I about wore the tape out! If you have never listened to that album, other than the title track, you missed out!
13 Valleys is a good one.
I miss the 80s so much...
Same! Ugh.
I wish I could go back…
I was 22 years old, started what became my career, and got to meet Barry Gibb, and Donna Summers. And, I was clubbing it every Friday and Saturday nights. Disco was dead, and music was changing. Still it was fun. Thanks!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing Andy!
Cool! What were their personalities like? Were they nice people?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yes, both of them. Very fan friendly.
@@AZD2169 I wish I met Donna Summer. R.I.P.
83 was a great year, 80-87 some of the best music ever. Thanks Professor, always good.
Remember the playlist I’m making for that math teacher? All these songs are in there, including Church of the Poison Mind, an underrated gem of a song. The more I tell him about how great of a year 1983 was, the more I share with him commercials, vintage MTV footage, and personal anecdotes from the Professor of Rock community about 1983, the more obsessed I get with British new wave music, the more I want to go back to 1983, Marty McFly-style. I truly believe this is one of the peak years of the 80s.
For sure. Just behind 1984
@@ProfessorofRock most definitely, as the year *began* with Van Halen's 1984 -- one of the all time greatest albums in any genre.
Damn right 🍻
It was an awesome time and awesome music but like any time in history there was also bad going on. The music and the good of the time is worth remembering. Some of the artists used their music fame to try and help bring attention to some of the bad, Pat Benatar's "Hell is for Children" brought some attention to child abuse and was still a great song. The commercials from the 1980s are fun to watch, especially seeing the British ones compared to the North American commercials. Some late 1980s Head bangers ball is fun to watch also. Early 1980s is great but things like the headbangers ball did not start till late 1980s, the worst music from the decade is still better than much of the music now.
@@ProfessorofRock Totally agree! Such a close second.
Weren't my very favorite songs at the time ,but they bring back very fond memories of these years. Memories of times and people gone.
Every time that I hear Come On Feel the Noize I can picture myself as a child jumping on my bed and belting out the lyrics right along with the song. I was around 4 years old, but it is a vivid memory for me.
One of the big album releases of 1983 was the U2 album WAR, and then a few months later the release of the U2 album Live at Red Rocks. Those where the ones that put U2 on the map.
Loved some of these songs and others I couldn’t deal with, but there was so much variety and depth in this 1983 Top 10. Us 80s kids lived in such a golden age without knowing it.
Sometimes you could not predict all this music would come crashing down in the worst way possible come 2000.
Followed by western civilisation itself.
@@beingsshepherd I don't think Easter Civilization is doing too well either.
I’ll be 46 this year. Lived through it. And for the most part, I think we had an idea that it was great while it was happening. And I’ll tell you why. When we were born, all the Beatles were still alive. We were less than 20 years from their height. Elvis died just after I was born. We knew what the music was standing on. But it was so colorful and imaginative. And that went for every creative medium. Art, movies, music, television, it was abundant, and creative, and we knew it was newer and fresher than what mom and pop had. Yet, we also had an affinity for the clean tv shows and the rockabilly and the doo wop that they loved. But our music and television really stood out creatively because the computer age was dawning. It was fresh and new and the good stuff was floating to the top everywhere. It was He Man and Star Wars. Everything was over the top. It wasn’t until gangsta rap and grunge came along that it all began to fall. And I’m a guy that loved the early iterations of both. But it changed everything. It wasn’t fun anymore. It was dark and brooding and ugly and depressing. All those things wanted to come out of the dark and be addressed. What was quiet was now making it’s own noise. And we felt at the time and it was important and necessary. But looking back, it stole our creative escapism, for better, and for worse. So my generation saw it rise, and fall, over about a 20 year period. Now, we see all the remakes of 80’s and 90’s era art. It’s a clamoring for a more innovative and innocent time by those of my generation who are trying to recapture the moment, the vibe. It’s all a little contrived, if not nostalgic; it sells tickets for sure. But in the 80’s, it was just being done authentically, with abandon, and it felt like it.
@@rickkelley4618 I do like the way you put that, and I agree music was very exciting and fresh then. I listened to my share of dark and brooding music in the 80s, but it was lush and didn’t make us want to off ourselves. In fact, The Smiths’ lyrics often made me laugh and lifted me out of depression and they were considered the ultimate sad bedsit band. And yes, we had so many options from rockabilly to metal (I also loved Motown and Atlantic soul and 20s New Orleans jazz. I think what I meant was our expectation that life, music and art was just going to keep getting better. Now I can’t imagine a music golden age happening soon, and the remakes and endless Marvel movies (the latter whittled down to CGI nothing because they’re designed to appeal to foreign markets instead of just being appealing worldwide) don’t give me hope for the immediate future. But maybe young people will be so fed up with the current creative wasteland that they’ll discover or make new movies/music/shows.
I'm just thinking about how blessed we are to have this POF channel. Imagine how much more awesome life would be if we had a Professor of Rock for every decade since recorded history!!!
Thanks Dar!
...WHO YA TELLIN!? ...I'm here every DAY, and, I can't even start me chores, without me "Prof.-fix".....
@@ProfessorofRock I listen and relisten to your artist interviews while driving my truck. I have spent many enjoyable miles with you in the cab my friend. 🙂👍
@@ProfessorofRock Dolly Parton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I would love to see you do an interview with her!!!
@@RBS_ I know... Right??? LOL
Wonderful segment, Adam! The talent in this Top10 lineup is jaw dropping. Makes one long for the good old days. Much simpler and happier times, for sure!
No kidding. I long for those days too.
I wish I experienced it. 😢
Being in 7th grade at the time, I have very strong memories from this period, connecting songs and sounds to faces, classmates, and experiences from that time. Things like this make me wish I had a time machine just to go back and spend a day there.
I’m only halfway through the video and the nostalgia is overwhelming! Thanks for this video!
This has quickly become my favorite YT channel. Thanks for all you do, Adam. I turned 18 in 1983, and Hall & Oates were my jam. ❤️
My mom loved Hall and Oates.
I always eagerly await and eventually greatly indulge in these Top 10 lists from the 80s, Prof! Thank you as always. Can't wait till the next!
I love all the music on here. Thank you professor. I love your channel on here and I can’t get enough as I learn so much about music that I still would listen to. Keep up the good work. ❤❤❤
This channel is keeping me sane. Seriously. Love everything you do Professor!! Today another 10/10!! 💜
I was 18 in 1983 and it was one of the best years ever for music. Men at Work, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, After the Fire...
Der Kommissar has always been one of my favorites. Driving back and forth from Ohio to Colorado for my first year of college, that song was on the radio all the time. Also remember "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris de Burgh being played a lot.
I mean, does it NOT get any better than that?!
Those were just music to me with lyrics, chords, and beats that i can relate to. Who the heck knew that there was punk, new wave, rock and roll, r&b, country, and rap... To my young teenage self.. those were all beautiful music that i connected to. As always, thank you for bringing us back in time.
This channel has to be one of the best on you tube. I'm so I found it. This channel brings back so many memories from my teen age years and beyond.
Being Australian we had a very different chart. Some of these songs we didn't get till 84 and some where never hits for us. We also had our own hits. One thing I do remember are kids in the playground talking about who was better. Boy George or Michael Jackson. We discovered both at the same time. Also how huge Flashdance and Fame were as a movies, songs and tv show
I'm English, but was living in Australia at that time, so I was listening to a lot of oz/nz music ,thanks to Australian tv shows like countdown, sounds, Rock arena, and john torvs music video . I moved back to UK in 1986 and remember watching Casey kasem american top ten on late night TV in the central region of England. Great memories 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇸🎸🎶😊
In Britain we got most of the same stuff as America, apart from some of the boring country rock rubbish, and we exported some of the new wave synth pop things, but one of the most striking things was the music, movies, and dancing crossovers. In the space of eighteen months there were three significant all-singing and dancing movies that had huge pop hits. And they all began with F: Fame, Flashdance, and Footloose.
The early 80's music was great I wasn't always keen on the top 40 as I listened to Triple J radio in Sydney as it played all alternative/ new wave music. I remember buying the first hit for TFF on import. I still listen to the music that I loved then The Cure, Culture Club, Human League, The Jam, The Clash, B52's, UB40, The Specials, Echo & the Funnyman to name a few. I quite like Pat Benatar and I didn't mind Billy Joel but I mostly listened to JJJ radio and some of those bands crossed over to huge success on commercial radio. There was also lots of great local Aussie and Kiwi bands around at the time that you could see live on the pub scene. Great times indeed.
Professor, out of all the great subject episodes you do, my favorite is the Hit Song Redux, I love it when you go back in time to a year and countdown a specific week's top 10. You really picked a great one from 39 years ago in 1983. I have every one of those songs in my record collection. That top 10 is terrific and flawless. 1983 had great music everywhere. How I miss those days. From the 90's to today, finding good music released is far more difficult. They are now hidden gems that you won't find on the top 10 of the pop charts. If the music quality could be like it was back then, I'd still be listening.
This one is probably my favorite redux he’s done this year.
This is my absolute favourite year for rock music! Such an impact on me musically. Thanks for posting this!
Love these time travels back to the songs of my teen years! Another stellar job Prof!
Pat Benatars drummer, Myron Grombacher, lived 2 blocks away from me. Great guy, and was my first introduction up close to a rock band.
The music today really isn't music. It's autotune with words. No soul, no meaning. Total blah.
Friday Night Videos and Fraggle Rock for the win!!
Thanks Professor! 😁
Ha ha. Love it. Thanks Roger!
And the artists and record labels only want fame and money.
There has ALWAYS been a lot of crap on the charts.
I always say the cream floats floats to the top, but sometimes turds float too.
The pop crap is like turds, eventually the turds sink away and only the cream remains.
You need to listen to Seether, The Revivalists, and plenty of others.
What the "Industry" boosts onto the charts aren't often the best, just the ones they wanna "sell' and sounds like every other"star".
Many of the "stars" fade away, the real stars remain. I remember the "Eagles' seemed to be hated by the "Industry" and constantly run down by them.
How many of those pop "Stars" are forgotten, and country stars are making homage albums to the Eagles.
Uptown Girl actually started as Uptown Girls (note the "S"). It wasn't about one girl in particular, and was an homage to the Four Seasons, but more specifically their song "Rag Doll", flipping the roles of the boy and the girl.
Interesting!
Thanks for this... and for what you do. Keeping it alive! Cheers!
I have a lovely memory of being 9 years old travelling on the motorway in the car with my parents, and Lionel Richies new song "All Night Long" came on the radio. I blasted out my best karaoke much to the delight of my parents who also joined in halfway through due to my enthusiasm.
Great days. 🥰
1983 was my year for music just 5 years young and with so many blockbuster albums such as pyromania, thriller, synchronicity and so much more it was that rare year in pop culture where every artist was truly on their a game
So many blockbuster albums. It makes your head spin.
An Innocent Man, Sports…
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 those are great to a few more honorable mentions Robert Palmer pride, ewf electric universe, Ian Hunter all of the good ones are taken, Duran Duran seven and the ragged tiger that's my favorite Duran Duran album by the ways a flock of seagulls listen these are a few lesser known albums from this year that I really enjoy
@@georgemathie8123 Seven and the Ragged Tiger is simply pure bliss.
Wow. The comparison at the end. Give me the 80's ANYDAY when groups used their voices and not auto tune.
These Redux Videos are the best to see how the songs play out with the younger generation.. and it great to see the Greatest Music ever written still makin impact in lives all these years later . Thanks for your work on these shows! Mad Respect!
1983.....what a great year! Saw Judas Priest, Billy Squier, Rush, Journey, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, Dead Kennedys, Quiet Riot, Saga, Ozzy and others that year...
I was 11 in 1983. I say this every day: I’m so grateful to have grown up during the 1980s. So many great memories. So much great music.
My parents had “Rock and Soul Part 1” on cassette and wore it out. Or should I say, my mom wore it out? I now have it on CD.
I’m still shocked that many people have no idea that Slade did “Cum On Feel The Noize” first. It’s a shame you never got to interview Kevin from Quiet Riot. I think he would have loved your channel.
“This Night” by Billy Joel could have been a hit song had it been released as a single. One of my favorite deep cuts. But “The Longest Time” was probably a better choice as a single. It’s a song with fingers snapping and a capella vocals. No drums. No guitars. Pretty incredible for 1983 when you think of how so many pop and rock songs back then had that big drum sound.
“Say Say Say” was one of my favorites back in the day. Whatever people think of Michael Jackson based on what was reported a decade later, he truly was a genius. “Thriller” just celebrated its 40th anniversary. If you get a chance to listen to the Dolby Atmos mix on Apple Music, I highly recommend it.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family, Professor!
Merry Christmas!
The Longest Time is definitely a throwback.
My favorite series of you and one of the best years ever in music. Thanks, Professor.
Thanks for watching!
I totally agree!
Same here!
Wow, you touched on probably my favorite year of my childhood, going back to the music and the memories of that year. I love that you got comments from people who were 12 years old that year because so was I! Thanks for sharing this.
Un verdadero placer ver este top 10 junto a tus explicaciones. Me encantó, congratulations!
1983 was still a very transitional year because MTV was starting to bring in the more edgy British new wave acts, but the American top 10 still had a lot of the Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, air supply type of music that was permeating contemporary music at the time. You know, the soft rock sound which didn’t really end until the next year
I graduated high school in 83. This collection is one of the reasons grunge happened. Yes it is a Casey Kasem pop list, and I will give it my due respect for nostalgia sake. Of you were of the liking of the great rock bands of the 70's, you were wondering what the hell happened to music.
Great presentation and video though. I enjoyed it. Thank you!
Thank God for your channel and for TH-cam so we can keep these amazing songs alive!
In 1983,I graduated from college-These songs bring back a boatload of memories.
Yes Professor- they don’t make good music like they used to
I’m thankful to have grown up in an era of good music with good lyrics and good artists
It's so sad.
I never lived the 80s, but I am thankful exploring REAL TALENT is my pastime. Diving straight into these great songs of the past. I am so thankful for that.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I lived the 70s, 80s, 90s , 2000s and 2010 decades - lots of songs I grew up with - hard to recall all of them!
But the best decades of good songs I lived through personally were the 70s , 80s and 90s decades
I still love 60s decade songs and a few late 50s songs too even though I wasn’t born in those decades
@@duromusabc There are so many great memories to choose from, let’s go back to the 80s a la Marty McFly!
Damn I so wish that you would do these more often. While my first memory of music was Wolfman Jack playing Queen's we will rock you, my obsession with music really started with ONJ's Totally Hot album. For me the early/mid eighties were the pinnacle of pop music.
I was a kid in 1983, i can remember most of these songs on MTV and airwaves. Many of them i still listen to today in 2022 like Uptown Girl, ALl night long, and many others which are still damn good songs. The 80s had the best music and movies and music today will NEVER be as good nor even close to it. Great memories watching them on tv, on LP and cassette tapes and hearing when they first released.
This was the year that I became a rocker and really got into the music of the 80's. It later opened the world of music to other decades and styles, but my heart will forever be closest to the 80's. It was Def Leppard's Pyromania that started my love for music. I remember these top 10's songs as some of the first songs that I paid close attention to, watching them on TV50 Music Videos, a station from Detroit and Video Hits, a Canadian TV show on CBC. Thanks for the info and the memories!
New Number #1 deserves it. Great to see the comparison with today's music hits. Excellent review Professor!
I was a sophomore in high school at this time and although I was primarily a heavy metal guy, I also listened to pop such as Culture Club, we all did. Who remembers Friday Night Video fights on MTV? Out of all of your top 10 countdown, Quiet Riot was the only album I bought. The rest of the songs I would record off the radio, didn’t have the funds to buy too many albums. The other thing we did was my friends and I would buy different albums and then we would pass them around so we could make our own cassette copies. We bought albums because they were the cheapest at the time, ranging from 5.99 to 8.99 if memory serves me correct. Anyway, those were great times!
Great vlog...
Great music....
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Man I wished someone back then explained how time disappears like water down the drain. To really live in the moment everyday.
I graduated from high school in 83. Hearing these songs again takes me back to that time. We really had the best artists in our era. My girls love the music from the 80s. My oldest daughter is 30 and she always tells me how lucky i was to grow up in the time period.❤
I was 11 but I have strong memories of this year. Michael Jackson dominated the year. Only 1 single from Thriller was released in 1982, all the big hits came in '83. I was very much a fan of British new wave / synth pop even as a kid. I was into Thompson Twins, Human League, Culture Club, Heaven 17, Flock of Seagulls, etc. I recently discovered Naked Eyes, who never had a hit in the UK even though they were British. Their album Burning Bridges is great. Other songs I loved are Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Elton John's I'm Still Standing, Rod Stewart's Baby Jane. Also RIP Irene Cara. Flashdance - What A Feeling is still a fantastic song.
So many great songs and albums.
I have a funny story about "Islands In The Stream." I was 11 when it hit #1, and a Casey Kasem listener pretty much my whole life. I thought guys from Billboard actually went to every store to count how many of each single was left, so they could accurately do the countdown. In one of our local stores, they had a section where they had the top 10 Hot 100 songs in order of chart position. Then they had the top 10 country songs. "Islands In The Stream" was #1 on both. I LITERALLY grabbed all of the 45's from the country section & moved them to the pop section, because I wanted it to drop out of #1 on the Hot 100! 🤣 I thought I was really making a difference. 😎
Islands in the Stream was the #1 song when a teacher at my school was born. You’ve seen my comments about a playlist that I’m making for him to commemorate the year he was born, 1983, right? Islands is such a great song, sung by two absolute legends, and it was a HUGE crossover, which is why I don’t think of it as just a country song. It’s one of the great pop culture phenomenons of 1983 as well. Do you have any more suggestions for what I should put on my playlist?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 "Urban Cowboy" the movie and soundtrack accelerated a country-pop crossover trend that was active at the start of the 80s with songs like Ronnie Milsap's "Smoky Mountain Rain," Eddie Rabbitt's "I Love a Rainy Night" and the Oak Ridge Boys' 'Elvira." The best late 70's example was probably Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" or Dolly Parton's "Here You Come again." Plus of course many Kenny Rogers and Anne Murray songs. Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle's crossover "You And I" was released in late 1982, but that may be of interest to you, as well as Alabama hits.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Here's my 1983 list on my all-time favorite songs list. Hopefully you can use some from this list. :)
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"- Bonnie Tyler
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes"- Asia
"Love Is A Battlefield"- Pat Benatar
"I Won't Hold You Back"- Toto
"Never Gonna Let You Go"- Sergio Mendes
"Goody Two Shoes"- Adam Ant
"Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy"- Sammy Hagar
"Hold Me 'Til The Mornin' Comes"- Paul Anka (feat. Peter Cetera)
"Baby Come To Me"- Patti Austin & James Ingram
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"- Culture Club
"Stray Cat Strut"- The Stray Cats
"Sharp Dressed Man"- ZZ Top
"You Got Lucky"- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Billie Jean"- Michael Jackson
"Beat It"- MIchael Jackson
"Der Kommissar"- After The Fire
"Africa"- Toto
"My Love"- Lionel Richie
"Major Tom (Coming Home)"- Peter Schilling
"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"- Air Supply
@@bobdavis4848 Adore Crystal.
@@BillGraper Ooh, some GEMS here! Thank you for the suggestions!
Great video. You make me enjoy music more than what I already do. Your videos are joyful, fun and make me feel good.
This is a great theme video. I would love to see you make more like this one. Also, you are so articulate. You inspire me to learn how to better express myself.
This is a great idea! So fun! I stopped listening to the replay of Caseys top 40 the 80s to hear your show instead! Keep doing these!
I turned my son onto older rock and my daughter to alternative.
I saw Culture Club live. So good. No music is better than the 80's.
I saw them too! Loved them
Love these episodes! Always puts a smile on my face! Thanx Adam....you rock bro!
1st time viewer...brand new subscriber!!! what a great trip down memory lane that was for me. thank you so much.
You hit the nail square on the head. They sure don’t make them like the old gems today. I remember a lot of parties (I was 19) dancing and singing along to these tune and some lesser known groups like The Nylons. Great memories and fantastic tunes. I love what you do so please keep on doing it!
You could also go to a roller rink and dance to Debbie Deb’s When I Hear Music! 🎶
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I remember going to the roller rink Neal my high school and listen to Echo Beach and Love Shack
@@LindaSmith-vq1br Those dance tunes made you feel on top of the world.
The strange thing about the Huey Lewis 'Sports' album was its time-delay effect of becoming huge the next year in 1984. For my money the real 'impact' songs of 1983 were 1) She's a Beauty -The Tubes, 2) What a Feeling -Irene Cara, 3) Our House -Madness, 4) Come Dancing -The Kinks, 5) Rock the Casbah -The Clash, 6) Every Breath You Take -The Police, 7) I'm Still Standing -Elton John, 8) Electric Avenue -Eddie Grant, 9) Hungry Like the Wolf -Duran Duran and 10) Modern Love -David Bowie.
Love your channel!!!!!!! Keep up the great work
Great video and lots of memories. The comparison at the end with today’s music was jarring LOL!
Boy George appearing in 'The A Team' was stranger than Bowie duetting with Bing Crosby.
Ha ha. I remember. Gotta love the 80s!
That was weird!
Great episode though...cowboy George? Was the title?
Professor I’m kind of surprised you did not mention that Stevie Nicks sings background vocals on Crumbling Down
Hidden tidbit right there!
All of your videos are informative and good. This one really knocked it out of the park. Very well done.
Thank you, Mr. Professor. I was 17 in 1983! I'm amazed, in a good way, to hear all of those great songs get so many downloads! Peace, from Florida.
We'll probably never have music this good again.
Great music lives forever though!
Huey Lewis' early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
These songs were my life back then. I was a MASSIVE Pat Benatar fan. The tour for Metal Health was my first ever concert. I really liked Quiet Riot, but I really went to see opening act Girlschool. A couple of songs on this list I hated, but they all take me back . . . I loved MTV!! If I could ever go back in time, it would be to experience that era. I could sit and watch MTV for hours and be captivated!
TRUE STORY: I'm from Springfield, MA... and back in the early 90's on a Sunday morning I was in church (a Catholic church) and at the part in the Mass where you shake hands with the people in front + behind you... I turned around to shake hands with the people behind me... and lo and behold... who did I shake hands with? Pat Benatar!! Couldn't believe it!! I was pretty sure it was her... and then remembered that she had a concert in town the night before. (NOTE: This was some unusual tour in which she did not play a single one of her massive hit songs. I think it was all Classical/Soprano songs that she sung.) A thrill for me... as I've always been a fan!
@@matthewclay6535 I'd be all stupid-star struck if I was that close. In the early 2000s, I had just moved to California. The week before, Pat & Neil were in my hometown. It was my first time seeing her live. 3 songs in, some drunk chick tried to start a fight with my sister. I tried to stop it so we didn't get kicked out, but security jumped on us and we got kicked out. I was so bummed. Well, they were playing in Palo Alto 2 months after I moved, so I went. It was a small club, and standing in line before the doors opened, i look over and there was Neil taking a smoke break with about 5 other people. No one else knew it was him. But, I didn't wanna be all fangirl and bother him. To this day, I wish I would've went over and told him that he really shaped my guitar playing. During the show, they were commenting how great it was to be back in California and Neil said "It's so cool how fans are different depending on what part of the country we're in. West coast folks are fun and want to have a good time. Midwest fans are fighting in the audience and getting kicked out". I was "hey, that was me!" He heard me and pointed "was that you? Yeah, that was you". I know he didn't really recognize me, but it was so funny!
I 100% FEEL YOU... I hope one day we'll all be together in Heaven... experiencing what happened together when we were teens.
@@L4u84S Great story!!! Wish we could all go back in time and experience what you were talking about. I know what you're saying... and I love you for saying it.
Such an amazing top 10 ... literally songs are incredible.
Greetings from France PoR !
Hey Professor of Rock, best wishes for Xmas and the upcoming year! Just found out why I like your show: your stories remind me of the times when I listened to Mr Casey Casem an dhis American Top 40! Thanks!
I was never a pop fan, but I remember when Quiet Riot made the charts with Come on Feel the Noize. It was finally acceptance to the Heavy Metal/Hard Rock I grew up on in the 70's and the early 80's. Many of my Metal friends said it was a "sell out", but I took it as an open door to Heavy Metal newbies and opened up the genre for many more fans.
That's right. It was a great moment.
I’m so glad that song hit the mainstream.
When people asked me to compare the greatest year in music of the 1980's, I always had a hard time trying to pick between 1983 and 1984 until it dawned on me that the two years were a continuous awesome period in music. There have always been particular awesome periods in music, such as the summer of 1967, or the winter of 1991-1992, but those usually spanned a few months. There had never been a time of amazing music that spanned nearly two years, but this period may have been the first I was aware of.
I’m right there with you! Both years are amazing in their own ways.
I just LOVE your channel Adam!! You remind me of myself back then but I’m a little older than you. (59) Idk, maybe a lot older. And I absolutely love when you share your stories growing up in Idaho. Saving money to go buy the newest release by someone. Anyway, I’m so glad I grew up during a time when music was so darn good. Makes me smile. And I too passed that to my children. Not too many twenty something year olds know who The Hollies are. Or Grand Funk Railroad. Mine do and they love them just like we do. It’s a bond and something we share together. And I in turn listen to their music bc they do listen to modern music. I always tease them about it. Saying it’s a good thing I taught them who good artist were/are. Ha! Anyway, thank you Adam for this channel. You are so appreciated. Merry Christmas!!
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I love when you use the Techiques SL1200 MK4 as your backdrop. It stirs up my memories as a young 30's club DJ in this golden Era ! Still got the 2 of them sitting in a coffin case. Thanx for another great episode Professor !
Thanks!
"Say it isn't so" is the most favorite pop song ever for me. I still feel sorry that it did not reach to #1 spot. So unlucky.