I was 16 when this came out, and I remember watching it when my step dad was in the room, and he said, incredulously, "you like that stuff? Just wait until you get older, you will see how ridiculous this is" I am 53, and you know what? It still kicks ass!"
I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
@@jwalkinit I'm just saying they definitely don't get the amount of attention or recognition as they should these days. I barely remember seeing the Destination Unknown video on MTV when I was a kid, when compared to larger acts. I also wasn't considering them pop music personally which is why the word was in quotes. They could easily fit into multiple genres, probably that time spent with Zappa coming through. Fun band, definitely deserved more accolades.
Legend has it that the weekend before he died, Prince walked into a used record store in Minneapolis and bought 4 albums, with one of them being the Missing Persons' "Spring Session M". His Purple Majesty always had impeccable taste.
I love seeing comments like this. I was 8 years old when this came out, and it’s still so awesome. I get really nostalgic when they break it down at 2:09. Such an amazing 80’s sound!
I’m 50 years old and I still sing this out loud in the car, including the high pitch squeaky bits, while my wife looks at me over her glasses and wonders if it’s too late for an annulment.
Hi, This was a great shoot at A&M Records on La Brea. I was the SPL Visual Effects cameraman at MC2 part of Kramer Rocklin who got the production. Great Band and fun people Great music.
ray wojdynski Wow great work! So was this for MTV? Or was it promo to shop around? Also- did they play this down live for the vid? Any lip sync involved? Thanks!
How wonderful. You are not forgotten. To b part of this shoot that has attempts but no real copies. I adore her more than anything. I wanted to be her so badly. Still do.
Moved to LA in 1981 from San Diego, fell in love with KROQ radio... Traveled to Hawaii in 1982 and fell in love with MTV (back when they were a video music station worth listening to). I Loved this song, not to mention the girl singing it. A young conservative kid, loving the life in LA back then. Worked with some beautiful women in TV back in those days (behind the camera). Amazing people back then. People today can't hold a candle to what they were all about. Great song, thanks for sharing.
What's brilliant about this video is that they performed it "live." no overdubbing and could easily pass for a studio recording. Zappa told Dale to not perform anything in the studio she couldn't replicate live. They were the best and taught by the best in the biz. Still one of my favorite bands of that era and go as far as saying of all time.
Had a minute after a show in Colorado where Dale told me she "fell out of a second story window and landed on my head" then Zappa and his wife helped get her on her feet/start a band... kissed her cheek and got hair in my mouth 🤣😎
Zappa's ! Opinion ! I just that ! Nothing more ! And has nothing to due with this video. Some ! Songs are basically studio songs and that's the way it is. They were good ! But so we're dozens of other groups at this time era. Basta !;!
I saw them in 82 and 95. They jam playing live. I think they sound better live than recorded. Terry’s drum solo was out of this world. I had front row seats in 95. A lot of people arrived late so I was one of the few people sitting in front and she waved to me a few times. Good times.
The magic of the 80s was you didn't even realize you were living through them until the ×%$* music of the next decades came along. It was just another week with the latest fantastic hit.
I am 79 and I still love to sing that song . At a Missing Person concert I got squeezed against the metal fence who separated the public from the band as people from far behind the stage pushed everybody forward, and here I was up front about to faint, a good Samaritan helped me to move to the side. Thank you Sir, I was relieved to be able to get some fresh air. This memory never left me. Vive le rock and roll!
In 2002, i was at Star Lake watching a bunch of bands on different stages... SevenDust was on the main stage at this moment I'm speaking of, under the Pavillion, and we were standing in the walkway when something extremely similar happened. Me and Samwich were suddenly being shoved down the walkway by a huge sea of people, lmao!!!!!! Security were waiting with their flashlights and we're like "NO, no, NO NO NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Me and Samwich, laughing our asses off, created a sort of barrier at the front of this human flood, and were able to dig in, arms out like gates, and stop this flood from pouring into the lower Pavillion, and onto the flashlight swinging security guards. Whooooo, it was nuts!!! A bunch of people shoving in one direction can be a heck of a lot of force!!!! You're lucky you didn't get smashed!!! Glad you were ok!!!
@@jlay9944 Terry bozzio is one of the best drummers on the planet I think you need to go and find the Justin Bieber or the Katy Perry page zoomer dip 💩
Evan Michael Here’s the thing although Dale should be much richer today. She knows in her heart and when she sings today that she is the Rock singer all these bitches take after.
@@HerrinSchadenfreude Nina is perhaps the first female punk rock vocalist/performance artist/comedienne/musical innovator and trend setter I can recall......her voice is as unique as Dale's...
Dale's husband is the drummer in this video, Terry Bozzio, who was in the top tier of great drummers in the late 70s and 80s. As someone else pointed out, he cut his teeth on some of the most difficult music ever written with Frank Zappa, then later with UK and Jeff Beck and many, many others. Amazing talent.
Such a beautiful young lady She also made her own outfits and as musicians they were extremely underrated very technical they never missed a beat was some great fun back in the 1980s. !!!!
@@paul6925 Yup, running over to the boom box near the end of the previous song, putting your finger on the record button, and hoping the song you want comes on next 🤣🤣🤣
This LIVING BARBIE DOLL was drop dead GORGEOUS..her frown,her smile,body,voice,everything about her was PERFECT! I had such a crush on her and the song Rocks!!!
Remember this from the 80s. The amazing thing is they actually did it live. No lip syncing and no pre-programming instrumentation. They may not have had a lot of hits, but this song is a classic.
Interesting - I always assumed this was a conventional lip-synched music video, but indeed the differences between this and the studio album cut are clear.
Love this song and want to call to attention that Terry Bozzio on drums is one of the most gifted drummers/percussion players on the planet. Classically trained in San Fran., and of course played with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, etc., too.
stop touching your pickle , my uncle is a dental floss rancher in montana and he bet me and Fauna that we couldnt find his zircon encrusted tweezers underneath a sears poncho, down at Joes garage...();}> BUNZ UP from the Ike'ettes
I never took this band seriously until I learned that it consisted almost entirely of former Frank Zappa band members, at which time I immediately checked out Spring Session M - it's a really good album. The musicianship is so tight. Almost every song has a hook. They were an interesting band.
You had to learn that to take them seriously? I took them seriously just by listening to them. It was later that I learned Terry Bozzio, one of the best, was the drummer. This just reaffirmed what my ears already knew.
@@paulvon2378 You said by 10 years? So you mean 1991? when Grunge, House and Hip Hop music were the most popular Genere's of the time. You must be High as i'm hearing. LOL
This is not "oldies but goodies"...this IS the golden age...the apex of creative music, art, culture. Since the early eighties it has been a downhill slide into the dark ages.
I'm a musician and yes you are correct. The amount of skill and work bar none has been sliding since the 90's. Unfortunately this is the sign/decline of a society. Was a fun run though. :) (and no I was just a kid when this stuff was big)
The 90's marked the beginning of the internet age and the end of the musical age. Learning an instrument was replaced with video games and social media. So very sad.
I swear. Bands like Missing Persons and Devo are from the future. They must have traveled back in time after they realized the music from their time lost its soul. Or to warn us.
Devo. Crap now I have to go find the song, I remember but can’t think of the name. I can only remember some of the lyrics but as a teenager I absolutely loved it. Hey little girl with the four red lips never knew love could be like this. They were awesome too.
Yeah...most people have no idea this group had connections to Frank Zappa/Duran Duran (group members) and Beatles/Supertramp (uber producer). One of the best drummers on the planet--listen to 'Windows'.
Damned right. I was eight when this came out and I prefer it today. I think my mother (Same age as Dale) is shocked I know who these people even are, but I remind her my memory is long and just because I wasn't a working adult with bills and problems in 1981/82, I WAS still there.
In 1982, I went to the Coconut Grove in Honolulu to hear Martha Davis sing for The Motels and a little known group called the Flock of Seagulls. On the same bill during that week was even a lesser known band called Missing Persons. I hadn't heard them yet, but later in the same week, I met a fairly drunken couple at the Ala Moana Beach Park that had extremely fair skin and totally east coast accents. They introduced themselves, rather loudly, that their names were Dale and Terry. To be honest, I couldn't remember which was which. So I'm fairly certain that I called Dale "Terry" and Terry "Dale" for most of the afternoon. It made sense at the time. They were totally unequipped for 85 degree beach weather, so I loaned them a spare beach mat and some 50 spf sunblock. That's the first time I've really met anyone without filters or volume control but they were totally delightful people. Honest and open to a fault. They invited me to their gig and I was a dedicated fan from the first lick. Glad they're experiencing a revival with their 80's tour. Good people. Good times. Good music.
+oldsarge101 The wife & I were attacked by a Flock of Seagulls on the Halifax Waterfront. whilst eating fries. Not much to do, but Run... Run away! LOL
+oldsarge101 Great story! '82 was a great year for new music in Hawaii. I graduated from high school that year and practically lived at the Wave Waikiki. (Back then drinking age was 18!) I credit their djs for turning on the island to the best music out there. Saw Romeo Void, Icicle works and many other awesome bands there. Brings back some fun (and a little hazy) memories.
These songs are so dear to my heart. I’m so happy that I grew up in a generation of these amazing brilliant 80s music artists. Missing Persons Starring Dale Bozzio Has Been Such A Treasure To My 16 Year Old Heart and Soul!!! Thank You !
Seeing all the comments, the 80's were the best time to be alive. Coming home when the street light came on, smoking refer and just having a great ole time. I wish this generation could live how we did. I'm 54 and love every minute of my childhood especially listening to Missing Persons.
Back in the early 80's when I was like 8 or 9 years old me and my uncle were walking by some Dance club in Long Beach California. He let me look inside at all the people dancing around with all the crazy 80's fashion and 80's dance moves! This song was what was playing in that club and that whole scene I witnessed will forever be tattooed on my mind. Wish I could go back in time and go in that club so I could get shit faced with all those 80's folks!
@A L yeah well I was a super young little kids so I had no idea what I was looking at. Perhaps you older people knew what was up but I was just too young
In my opinion, the greatest song from the 80's ever! Not only because of the music, but what she can do with her voice. How she gets really high, and then how low she gets and what she's doing with her voice when she is low is something I've never seen!
The absolute insanity of this song to me will ALWAYS be that as catchy and awesomely 80's as this is... THAT is one of the greatest drummers that has ever drawn breath on the planet Earth playing in the background there!!! Terry Bozzio is a fucking GOD with sticks in his hands!!! 💯💯💯💯
This song is so true yet today, whether you try to talk to kids in the age of cellphones, where they text everything and hardly know what it is to have a real conversation with people, or also the great political divide, where you cannot talk any sense to people that have been brainwashed. This song is constantly coming up in spirit for me for so many reasons..I just came here to hear it after so many years! Much love to all 🌟
It unfortunately isn’t just “kids”/ millennials!!! No one LISTENS anymore means no one!!! This song was way ahead of it’s time and actually quite prophetic.
Hell yes. Sadly the young ones aren't able to have a conversation face to face with another. I'm 59 and I have wonderful memories of shooting the s___ with my friends while waiting for the school bus. When we went to concerts we were mesmerized by the band performing every moment. No phones to diminish the experience. Will those times come again??
Audrianna B. I've always thought that "social media" had the wrong name . It really should be called anti social media. Cause it takes out the human element.
Yeah it's hard to convince people set in their ways - No matter how much evidence you give them. It's becomes battle of patience... Watering the plant in their head bit by bit every day, keeping careful not to overwater and overwhelm them.
As a 40something guy, I remember my parents and grandparents generation say the exact same thing about any new and scary phenomenon. It's the old boomer refrain.
This is so good in so many ways, the voice, the makeup, the sound, the inflections, the amount of exposed flesh. She was the best vocalist at that time, hands down.
I hate what MTV has become, but thank the gods for the 80's version. There is just about no way I would have been exposed to great bands like this on my own.
I remember when MTV played music videos with no commericals, just Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn during the few breaks. Kind of like TH-cam in the beginning. Ads ruin everything.
@ KoolGrannie Nance - Bingo! I think so too. See US Festival '83 - broad shoulders, flat back, no hips, Adam's apple (8:04 and elsewhere). See recent photos as well. Btw, Gaga's a male, also.
@@fusionhead1 Gaga was born female. So was this one. I still can't believe men can't tell the difference between men pretending to be women and actual women.
@C. Morris I’m partially right. Gibb wrote a song called Words. You were correct that they, Missing Persons, wrote What are words for. Oops, I stand corrected, carry on. :)
We loved them, we listened to them, had their albums and enjoyed the music and that time period. The 80s was the best in the music and in entertainment in general. Her voice and the music was amazing and still enjoy it up to this day. I just turned 57 and this music makes me nostalgic and I enjoy it even more knowing that it was the best era in music.
Love this song. I remember I was sitting on my Aunt’s bed watching her get ready to go to her High School football game and this song was playing. I’ve always loved the beat and reminds me of the most awesome simplistic innocent time of my life❤️
I remember the first time I saw Dale in her plastic dress. She totally changed my life. It's a wonder sometimes how any of us alive in the 80's actually survived the 80's.
Mneisbaar...I don’t smoke weed. Terry Bozzio played drums for Missing Persons a band he formed with his now ex wife singer Dale Bozzio. Terry played with Frank Zappa and played the drums on one of the most complex pieces of music written by FZ called The Black Page. Search him and watch him play. He is amazing
Mneisbaar this exchange of ideas began when you chose to criticize my opinion. I am a musician, played professionally for a number of years, mostly bass with some six string when needed. I hope you can agree that musical tastes are varied and personal, rock, jazz, classical, etc. I prefer more sophisticated and musically complex harder edge rock like Yes, Zappa and Crimson in the good old days to Dream Theater, Alterbridge and Tremonti theses days. There are also people who like more simple pop stuff like Tom Petty, Springsteen and Green Day. That’s cool too. I have no beef with anyone’s taste. Hey go pull out them drums and pounding them skins again. Once a musician always a musician!
that is what you say when you only know 4 drummers. He is a good drummer and made a mark and deserves to be recognized. Plenty who are much better at many more styles.
@@morbidmanmusic know only 4 drummers? What are you talking about? I have my opinion based on playing guitar and bass for over 40 years, and you have yours. No reason to be condescending. By the way have you ever heard a piece of music called “The Black Page”?
This song brings back fond memories of my college days back in the early 80s. Amazing as I hadn't heard this in years and just stumbled upon it and it still sounds great after 35 effing years! (2016) Long live 80s New Wave!!! It was an amazing time to be alive.
Back when music was music and when television was television with awesome Saturday morning shows and evening shows such as Knight Rider, A-Team, Hart 2 Hart, etc,.,
I was 18 living on Fort Lauderdale Beach, She was playing at the then called "Candy Store" A night I'll never forget. She had the longest legs a teenage boy can dream off.
I was 16 when this came out, and I remember watching it when my step dad was in the room, and he said, incredulously, "you like that stuff? Just wait until you get older, you will see how ridiculous this is" I am 53, and you know what? It still kicks ass!"
I was a young mom when this came out & I still listen to it a lot. Dale Bozzio is so original.
I'm 64 yo & still get a kick out of this video. In my opinion, Stefani & Gaga are pale imitations, no disrespect intended.
Agreed. Still awesome today. Your step dad sounds like my dad back in the day.
I'm 56 and I finally fully appreciate this. It's also clear what a talentless hack Lady Gaga is.
damn right!!
I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
That's cool! Thanks for sharing that.
I met Lita Ford and same thing. Very down to earth and friendly. We snapped a photo that I lost in many moves across the USA
@@susannpatton2893 that’s so awesome! I love Lita Ford, too, she is fantastic.
She was arrested for animal cruelty. Google it
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Missing Persons, Berlin, QuarterFlash, Motels, Blondie... great and unfortgeteable part of our adolescence soundtrack...
You got it man. All in my 80's download playlist✊
Stacey Q, Ultravox, The March Violets, Tryangz, Tubeway Army, TransX, David Bowie, Prince, Billy Idol, A Flock of Seagulls.
Ah, and don't forget The Specials!
Altered Images, Pretenders, The Photos to name a few more good ones..
@@crapple009 and X, of course
Dale is just from another planet. That voice, the quirky little squeak, the pout. And legs right up to her neck.
I read that she's only 4' 11". That can't be right.
She modelled for Hustler before doing Missing Persons. Lucky Terry...
I love how Dale just jumps all over the vocal range like a boss who gives zero fucks. Quite possibly the most underrated 80's "pop" band.
They got plenty of positive attention in their time. We all recognized the genre as new wave, not pop.
@@jwalkinit I'm just saying they definitely don't get the amount of attention or recognition as they should these days. I barely remember seeing the Destination Unknown video on MTV when I was a kid, when compared to larger acts. I also wasn't considering them pop music personally which is why the word was in quotes. They could easily fit into multiple genres, probably that time spent with Zappa coming through. Fun band, definitely deserved more accolades.
Legend has it that the weekend before he died, Prince walked into a used record store in Minneapolis and bought 4 albums, with one of them being the Missing Persons' "Spring Session M". His Purple Majesty always had impeccable taste.
He dated Dale for a while.
What happened to the woman singing here ? Where is she now ?
I love the little squeak at the end of those verses
Me too!!
Can't spell it. Agh
I do too !!😂
Hell,I'm still listening in August 2023. 70 years old and still rocking.
Hi I'm 55 and luv her music and style😅❤❤❤❤😊
September 22 2024
54 in 2024 and still listening. Love this stuff!!!
I'm 55 and can't sleep and I'm still rocking to this 80s kid forever 😂
love you Grand Pops
I've played drums for 43 years. I can't do that synth bridge then the synth theme at the start of the second verse. Thank God for bands.
45 yr brit drum thank you we never forget pub crawls!😂❤
Underrated new wave band. Hats off to these guys.
No. They kinda sucked.
@@LannieLord Well ok then DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!
I’m 50 now...still love this song and all 80’s music. These are real musicians.
51 here. And I totally agree with you. Best decade of music.
I have the Roku stick. I'm watching this video right now on the channel:
Flashback 80s
And you are damn beautiful!
@@Peter8Luigi 😆😆😆😆😆
spontanuity is a lost art. the atrophied 2020's.
I’m 73 in 2023 and still digging Dale Bozzio.😍
Her Hustler spreads back in the day...
🤘🏼 Rock On
😍🥰😍
yeah baby
I love seeing comments like this. I was 8 years old when this came out, and it’s still so awesome. I get really nostalgic when they break it down at 2:09. Such an amazing 80’s sound!
I’m 50 years old and I still sing this out loud in the car, including the high pitch squeaky bits, while my wife looks at me over her glasses and wonders if it’s too late for an annulment.
😂😂😂🥰😘
I'm 57 and if my wife looked at me for a divorce after hitting those high squeaks I'd grant it.
@@ge2623 - I didn't bother waiting for the high notes. lol
the squeaks are the best part
LMFAO...i can relate..my wife always ask me if i need to goto the hospital
Hi, This was a great shoot at A&M Records on La Brea. I was the SPL Visual Effects cameraman at MC2 part of Kramer Rocklin who got the production. Great Band and fun people Great music.
ray wojdynski You lucky bastard.
Thanks for all your work, I was in high school at the time !!!!
Cool!
ray wojdynski Wow great work! So was this for MTV? Or was it promo to shop around? Also- did they play this down live for the vid? Any lip sync involved? Thanks!
How wonderful. You are not forgotten. To b part of this shoot that has attempts but no real copies. I adore her more than anything. I wanted to be her so badly. Still do.
Moved to LA in 1981 from San Diego, fell in love with KROQ radio... Traveled to Hawaii in 1982 and fell in love with MTV (back when they were a video music station worth listening to). I Loved this song, not to mention the girl singing it. A young conservative kid, loving the life in LA back then. Worked with some beautiful women in TV back in those days (behind the camera). Amazing people back then. People today can't hold a candle to what they were all about. Great song, thanks for sharing.
The sound, the costumes and make up, the edditing made this one the greatest videos of the 80s.
This tune was ahead of it’s time , her outfit is perfect.
Wow this started the transgender movement, amazing!
She made her own outfits.
100% agree
She used Starbuck’s mocha coffee lids as a bra before Starbuck’s was even born!
I thought it was an Album cover 🎶🎵🎼 seriously 😝🤪
What's brilliant about this video is that they performed it "live." no overdubbing and could easily pass for a studio recording. Zappa told Dale to not perform anything in the studio she couldn't replicate live. They were the best and taught by the best in the biz. Still one of my favorite bands of that era and go as far as saying of all time.
Had a minute after a show in Colorado where Dale told me she "fell out of a second story window and landed on my head" then Zappa and his wife helped get her on her feet/start a band... kissed her cheek and got hair in my mouth 🤣😎
The tempo is slower.
Zappa's ! Opinion ! I just that ! Nothing more ! And has nothing to due with this video. Some ! Songs are basically studio songs and that's the way it is. They were good ! But so we're dozens of other groups at this time era. Basta !;!
@@schnellfahren911 yea !;! Right !;!
I saw them in 82 and 95. They jam playing live. I think they sound better live than recorded. Terry’s drum solo was out of this world. I had front row seats in 95. A lot of people arrived late so I was one of the few people sitting in front and she waved to me a few times. Good times.
She’s an amazing performer. She’s totally in the character of the song’s narrative.
At 60 years old i remember rockin to this gem when it first came out, still am today.
62 here and still rocking rocking these great tunes 🤘🤘
The magic of the 80s was you didn't even realize you were living through them until the ×%$* music of the next decades came along. It was just another week with the latest fantastic hit.
This ^
I miss MTV of the 80’s and American Bandstand. Look at the garbage MTV is today. It breaks my heart at what it has become.
The 80's were just as good as the 70's. Amazing music released on a daily basis!
The 90s were awful
Very well said!!
I am 79 and I still love to sing that song . At a Missing Person concert I got squeezed against the metal fence who separated the public from the band as people from far behind the stage pushed everybody forward, and here I was up front about to faint, a good Samaritan helped me to move to the side. Thank you Sir, I was relieved to be able to get some fresh air. This memory never left me. Vive le rock and roll!
How terrifying. Glad you were rescued!
In 2002, i was at Star Lake watching a bunch of bands on different stages... SevenDust was on the main stage at this moment I'm speaking of, under the Pavillion, and we were standing in the walkway when something extremely similar happened. Me and Samwich were suddenly being shoved down the walkway by a huge sea of people, lmao!!!!!! Security were waiting with their flashlights and we're like "NO, no, NO NO NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Me and Samwich, laughing our asses off, created a sort of barrier at the front of this human flood, and were able to dig in, arms out like gates, and stop this flood from pouring into the lower Pavillion, and onto the flashlight swinging security guards. Whooooo, it was nuts!!! A bunch of people shoving in one direction can be a heck of a lot of force!!!! You're lucky you didn't get smashed!!! Glad you were ok!!!
This song will never get old
The 80s synth Pop will Never get old.
"NO one notices, I think I'll dye my hair blue". Sums up this decade. We did it first. Sincerely, Gen X
Pretty sure Dale was a boomer.
She is 68, soooo..... 🤷♂️
@@jakovasaurI think she is Generation Jones- too old to be a GenX-er but too young to be a Baby Boomer.
The boomers invented punk, new wave AND grunge. Sorry
@@reya346Born in 1955. The baby boomer generation includes everyone born between 1945 and 1964
Terry is an amazing drummer. This whole band was absolutely awesome too.
Is this Terry...😂
@@jlay9944 Terry bozzio is one of the best drummers on the planet I think you need to go and find the Justin Bieber or the Katy Perry page zoomer dip 💩
@@jlay9944 this band and these guys are a protege of Frank Zappa's you don't have a clue what you're jabbering about young one
Totally
@@jlay9944 What you mean?
Criminally underrated band. And Medford, MA's own Dale! She was a blueprint 30 years before she eventually got ripped off. Ladies owe her a debt.
Evan Michael awe ok just listened to an interview of her from a couple years ago and couldn’t place her accent thx
Evan, I agree, I can name so many that copied her and never admit it. She was original.
Agreed. They do ! Dale rules!
Evan Michael Here’s the thing although Dale should be much richer today. She knows in her heart and when she sings today that she is the Rock singer all these bitches take after.
Dales all girl for shure
"What are words for; when no one listens anymore?" So appropriate for 2020.
Voughers
@S.M.C. Kennels Thanks. Corrections made.
With that outfit, I think there was more watching than listening.
"Do you hear me? Do you care!?"
@@belladonnat4866, That's good, too.
I have to laugh when people say Lady Gaga is so "innovative" when Dale was 30 years ahead of Gaga's persona.........
she's just one of the ppl gaga stole their style from.
Just said the exact thing to my wife.
Nina Hagen was doing this even before Dale. There's a long line of them but yeah it's totally true. Gaga is not innovating here at all
@@HerrinSchadenfreude Nina is perhaps the first female punk rock vocalist/performance artist/comedienne/musical innovator and trend setter I can recall......her voice is as unique as Dale's...
@@ryanbarker5217 *inspired by
Dale's husband is the drummer in this video, Terry Bozzio, who was in the top tier of great drummers in the late 70s and 80s. As someone else pointed out, he cut his teeth on some of the most difficult music ever written with Frank Zappa, then later with UK and Jeff Beck and many, many others. Amazing talent.
Ah, didn't know Terry Bozio drummed for Jeff Beck. For an 80's band they really let him loose! Plus, the bass was on louder than many 80's bands.
I'm 92 years old and I just discovered this song, and I love it!
Im 72.Just a numbo.I feel like 5 years old !
i invented the moon landing and have always love most portions of this song if im in the mood to be hearing it
@@pladtoeputh pump up the mars landing
Welcome to the music !
so happy to have you here! :D
12 years old with my Walkman and my Spring Session M tape...this band still rocks to this day. Thank you Dale, Terry and Warren!
Dale Bozzio! The REAL Punk Princess!!! She was amazing! No one can touch her!
Dunno 'bout that - She dated alot, so touching was probably on the menu
Back in the day when pelvis solar panels were in style, and no one wore them like Dale. Damn I miss the 80s.
STILL got mine--I wear it when I shop at Walmart
Good one
So which side of the panel provides the energy?
Lol. Both if it's a top notch panel
" Edgy" before "Edgy"
This kids, is what the ‘80s was all about!!!
This band was groundbreaking. Great music, great fashion, and great musicians.
All 3 of the Missing Person original records were catchy, well played and well arranged. Great band overall.
Such a beautiful young lady
She also made her own outfits and as musicians they were extremely underrated very technical they never missed a beat was some great fun back in the 1980s. !!!!
not without all the make up. And her Hustler spread is one of the grossed things of her. She is a pig.
Memories of trying to record this song from the radio onto a blank cassette tape!!
Hah remember waiting and waiting hoping the song would come on... it was much easier if they were playing a top 10 or top 5
Yup...did the same thing back in the day.
Ha!!! 😋
@@paul6925 Yup, running over to the boom box near the end of the previous song, putting your finger on the record button, and hoping the song you want comes on next 🤣🤣🤣
@@LittleLulubee 😂 I never thought I'd say this ... but kids these days don't know how easy they have it!
A timeless classic 😊
This LIVING BARBIE DOLL was drop dead GORGEOUS..her frown,her smile,body,voice,everything about her was PERFECT! I had such a crush on her and the song Rocks!!!
She was definitely unique. You saw her incredible raw talent. I thought the same thing. She knew how to perform. She knew what she was doing.
Remember this from the 80s. The amazing thing is they actually did it live. No lip syncing and no pre-programming instrumentation. They may not have had a lot of hits, but this song is a classic.
Never heard of this band, good though
LOL the amazing thing is mostly how she looked in that outfit. It's a great tune though. They had something snappy.
yep this is live...sounds VERY much like the actual single release but slightly different take. Goes to show how good musicans they were
Interesting - I always assumed this was a conventional lip-synched music video, but indeed the differences between this and the studio album cut are clear.
Love this song and want to call to attention that Terry Bozzio on drums is one of the most gifted drummers/percussion players on the planet. Classically trained in San Fran., and of course played with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, etc., too.
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stop touching your pickle , my uncle is a dental floss rancher in montana and he bet me and Fauna that we couldnt find his zircon encrusted tweezers underneath a sears poncho, down at Joes garage...();}> BUNZ UP from the
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@Jesse Taylor Me, too. I'm moving to Montara soon, going to be a dental floss tycoon, too. Going to raise it up and wax it down, too
I saw terry Bozzio drum clinic here maybe 5yrs ago ! one the best things i have ever seen , an was only $25.00.
@@johns8848 righteous
Great song and band. Still relevant lyrics, probably more than back in the 80’s.
This songs "Words" by The Missing Persons is an absolute classic and one of my all time favorite songs from the 1980's. I love this song.
What an absolute doll Dale is.
And a real sweetheart from all I've heard.
I never took this band seriously until I learned that it consisted almost entirely of former Frank Zappa band members, at which time I immediately checked out Spring Session M - it's a really good album. The musicianship is so tight. Almost every song has a hook. They were an interesting band.
So many great original songs too
She's also a unique singer
And the album title is an anagram of "Missing Persons."
Her ex-husband, Terry (whom she met while working with Zappa), went on to make Guitar Shop with Jeff Beck - one of his best albums.
You had to learn that to take them seriously? I took them seriously just by listening to them. It was later that I learned Terry Bozzio, one of the best, was the drummer. This just reaffirmed what my ears already knew.
No way!!
When I saw this on MTV back in the day, I didn't realize it was a live performance in some studio. Such musicianship is humbling ...
Very underrated band that was ahead of their time. No band looked or sounded like this in 1981. #1
AHEAD OF THEIR TIME? SO WHAT DECADE SHOULD THEY BE IN? THE EARLY 80'S IS YOUR ANSWER...PERFECT TIME
@@pepsiq11965 by 10 years kiddo
Underrated by who??? 5 top 100 charted singles. Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo played with Zappa. You’re high.
@@jumpinjojo you are too
@@paulvon2378 You said by 10 years? So you mean 1991? when Grunge, House and Hip Hop music were the most popular Genere's of the time. You must be High as i'm hearing. LOL
This is not "oldies but goodies"...this IS the golden age...the apex of creative music, art, culture. Since the early eighties it has been a downhill slide into the dark ages.
Every. Single. Generation. We all say this. And, it's truth. To each one of us.
I'm a musician and yes you are correct. The amount of skill and work bar none has been sliding since the 90's. Unfortunately this is the sign/decline of a society. Was a fun run though. :) (and no I was just a kid when this stuff was big)
I agree but even if I am(only) 50 I also think the 1960s/70s are art and pure expression of one's true emotions!
man wearing make up and a purple haired woman. I dare say the 80s were the beginning of weimerica.
The 90's marked the beginning of the internet age and the end of the musical age. Learning an instrument was replaced with video games and social media. So very sad.
Dale Bozio wearing a solar panel g-string....leading the world in green energy since ‘81👍🏻😂💗
Yes if Greta Thunberg, looked liked this I think even the most avid climate sceptic would surrender!
@william bush lol
And sheer to waist pantyhose too.
I love it Denise, the Music Artists of 2day think they invented it!!!
🤣
One of the best drummers of all time! Absolute legend
I swear. Bands like Missing Persons and Devo are from the future. They must have traveled back in time after they realized the music from their time lost its soul. Or to warn us.
An alternate 80s created in 'Back to the Future II'
Devo's band name is short for de-evolution (for real) - and they must have been from the future because their prediction was spot on!
Huh..so...too late?! 😕
Devo. Crap now I have to go find the song, I remember but can’t think of the name. I can only remember some of the lyrics but as a teenager I absolutely loved it. Hey little girl with the four red lips never knew love could be like this. They were awesome too.
Who STILL thinks this rocks as hard in 2024 as it did in 1981?
2022 here still rocking it
Very underrated band.
Myself definitely! Far ahead of their time, but also very much in punk/New Wave scene in the early 80's/ late 70's, Missing Persons!
FUCK YES!!!!
Yep
This was a polished act. Very influential. Outstanding musicians, to boot.
Yeah...most people have no idea this group had connections to Frank Zappa/Duran Duran (group members) and Beatles/Supertramp (uber producer). One of the best drummers on the planet--listen to 'Windows'.
@bcdhifi
The charming Mary in Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt (originally titled Wet T-Shirt Night)
Better than the music we're hearing in 2023.
How true back in time music today not impressed 12 5 23
And 2024!
Damned right. I was eight when this came out and I prefer it today. I think my mother (Same age as Dale) is shocked I know who these people even are, but I remind her my memory is long and just because I wasn't a working adult with bills and problems in 1981/82, I WAS still there.
In 1982, I went to the Coconut Grove in Honolulu to hear Martha Davis sing for The Motels and a little known group called the Flock of Seagulls. On the same bill during that week was even a lesser known band called Missing Persons. I hadn't heard them yet, but later in the same week, I met a fairly drunken couple at the Ala Moana Beach Park that had extremely fair skin and totally east coast accents. They introduced themselves, rather loudly, that their names were Dale and Terry. To be honest, I couldn't remember which was which. So I'm fairly certain that I called Dale "Terry" and Terry "Dale" for most of the afternoon. It made sense at the time. They were totally unequipped for 85 degree beach weather, so I loaned them a spare beach mat and some 50 spf sunblock. That's the first time I've really met anyone without filters or volume control but they were totally delightful people. Honest and open to a fault. They invited me to their gig and I was a dedicated fan from the first lick. Glad they're experiencing a revival with their 80's tour. Good people. Good times. Good music.
+oldsarge101 awesome I also liked Martha davis she was great
No shit, Don. And back then she certainly wasn't hard on the eyes, either.
***** LOL! Only in Hawaii. If you couldn't find a Aloe Vera kiosk with 50 spf, you weren't in Hawaii.
+oldsarge101 The wife & I were attacked by a Flock of Seagulls on the Halifax Waterfront. whilst eating fries. Not much to do, but Run... Run away! LOL
+oldsarge101 Great story! '82 was a great year for new music in Hawaii. I graduated from high school that year and practically lived at the Wave Waikiki. (Back then drinking age was 18!) I credit their djs for turning on the island to the best music out there. Saw Romeo Void, Icicle works and many other awesome bands there. Brings back some fun (and a little hazy) memories.
This video was my life circa 1982. I would wait for HOURS for MTV to play it.
Yes....the 80s were the best time to be young indeed. MTV in the 80s were the best unlike the garbage they play now.
Katrina Corine amen
Fap
Katrina Rosiak Same here...I would try to mimic Terry Bozzio's drum licks
I’m 53. Radio announcer for 20 years. This album is top 5 all time for me.
Really? I'd like to hear what the other 4 are?
Top 5?? Of All Time? I love Missing Persons but that's a bit much man.
@@SlumsofCalabasas- He said “for him.” His choice.
These songs are so dear to my heart. I’m so happy that I grew up in a generation of these amazing brilliant 80s music artists. Missing Persons Starring Dale Bozzio Has Been Such A Treasure To My 16 Year Old Heart and Soul!!! Thank You !
Nina Hagen, Siouxsie, Bozzio, Lene Lovich, Blondie, Diamanda Galás... what a wonderful ladies...
Aimee Mann, Martha Davis, Deborah Iyall.
love Siouxsie
add one more, Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics. R.I.P. doll
Don't forget DEVO and the B-52's!
@@uldi1s yes love the B52s
Seeing all the comments, the 80's were the best time to be alive. Coming home when the street light came on, smoking refer and just having a great ole time. I wish this generation could live how we did. I'm 54 and love every minute of my childhood especially listening to Missing Persons.
Amen
2019 (soon to be 2020) and this song is still futuristic.
So much Talent!
Back in the early 80's when I was like 8 or 9 years old me and my uncle were walking by some Dance club in Long Beach California. He let me look inside at all the people dancing around with all the crazy 80's fashion and 80's dance moves! This song was what was playing in that club and that whole scene I witnessed will forever be tattooed on my mind. Wish I could go back in time and go in that club so I could get shit faced with all those 80's folks!
+Spyder Fweek very cool story!!! :)
Very good song.
I would not be surprised if you saw me in there at that time you looked in there. I hope I didn't etched too bad of a image for you...LOL
+Dan M , if you were indeed in there I would only have to say one thing! Thanks!
You are welcome. Take care.
It is Unbelievable how much talent was in that group and we did not really even know at the time
Yes…all zappa guys…unbelievably talented
Um.....open your eyes I knew watching them I didnt need someone to tell me they played with someone else
@A L yeah well I was a super young little kids so I had no idea what I was looking at. Perhaps you older people knew what was up but I was just too young
I had this on cassette in my 69 Chevy Ss 396 on repeat when I was 16 in 1983 😅
Almost 40 years later and this song is as relevant now as it was then. Perhaps more so..
Even more so - way more. When this song came out people would use a phone (landline) to talk. There way no texting or even email yet
I am 57 years old and loveing this music 🎵🎶
86' grad here!
Me too🤘💚
@@keithinaz9769 Omg! 85 here. I had this album and I played to the enth degree.
58 and same!
Class of 84 😎
In my opinion, the greatest song from the 80's ever! Not only because of the music, but what she can do with her voice. How she gets really high, and then how low she gets and what she's doing with her voice when she is low is something I've never seen!
they were ahead of their time
@@tangel476 They were. Missing Person, Thompsons Twins, Steven Strange influenced the 80's fashion so much.
The absolute insanity of this song to me will ALWAYS be that as catchy and awesomely 80's as this is...
THAT is one of the greatest drummers that has ever drawn breath on the planet Earth playing in the background there!!! Terry Bozzio is a fucking GOD with sticks in his hands!!! 💯💯💯💯
This song is so true yet today, whether you try to talk to kids in the age of cellphones, where they text everything and hardly know what it is to have a real conversation with people, or also the great political divide, where you cannot talk any sense to people that have been brainwashed. This song is constantly coming up in spirit for me for so many reasons..I just came here to hear it after so many years! Much love to all 🌟
It unfortunately isn’t just “kids”/ millennials!!! No one LISTENS anymore means no one!!! This song was way ahead of it’s time and actually quite prophetic.
Hell yes. Sadly the young ones aren't able to have a conversation face to face with another. I'm 59 and I have wonderful memories of shooting the s___ with my friends while waiting for the school bus. When we went to concerts we were mesmerized by the band performing every moment. No phones to diminish the experience. Will those times come again??
Audrianna B. I've always thought that "social media" had the wrong name . It really should be called anti social media. Cause it takes out the human element.
Yeah it's hard to convince people set in their ways - No matter how much evidence you give them. It's becomes battle of patience... Watering the plant in their head bit by bit every day, keeping careful not to overwater and overwhelm them.
As a 40something guy, I remember my parents and grandparents generation say the exact same thing about any new and scary phenomenon. It's the old boomer refrain.
Still here for it in 2023 💙!
for my dear friend Heather Valentine who has passed away. We used to rock out to this gem 💎
RIP, Heather Valentine. 🙏
When your grandkids ask what the 80s were like just put this video on and walk away. Nuff said.
Hey Mark that's the cool or groovy part of the 80s Nu-Wave was coming in we were loving it !!!!! Well some of us were. 🤓
Very well put lol
Yup
Yup
I just watched this for the first time a few nights ago.I love it!
One of many bands with a timeless sound for its decade. ALL HAIL THE 80s!!! 😎🎸🕹
This is so good in so many ways, the voice, the makeup, the sound, the inflections, the amount of exposed flesh. She was the best vocalist at that time, hands down.
the 80's without Missing Persons arent 80's
All I can say is this is FUCKING AWESOME LOVE IT NEVER WILL YOU GET MUSIC LIKE THIS AGAIN .
I hate what MTV has become, but thank the gods for the 80's version. There is just about no way I would have been exposed to great bands like this on my own.
If it weren't for MTV these bands probably would never be known. MTV made alot of these bands in the 80s
I remember when MTV played music videos with no commericals, just Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn during the few breaks. Kind of like TH-cam in the beginning. Ads ruin everything.
Words can't explain how awesome you guys were in the 80s!!!!
MTV rocked. My gen was so lucky!
80s had the best music..PERIOD
Amen to that!!
I have to disagree with you the late sixties and in particular the 1970s had the greatest music and the greatest bands.
were not better than the 80s.
Neil Parga and Reagan was one of the best
I second that
She's percolating at 30 seconds. Bubbly. Squeaks like Lauper, rattles like Hepburn. Versatile. Better than a cup of coffee.
Also has the vibes of Marilyn Monroe
A man?? With those legs?? Give me a break!
@ KoolGrannie Nance - Bingo! I think so too. See US Festival '83 - broad shoulders, flat back, no hips, Adam's apple (8:04 and elsewhere). See recent photos as well.
Btw, Gaga's a male, also.
KoolGrannie Nance
Yes. Great comment. Witty.
Love that HHC troika.
@@fusionhead1 Gaga was born female. So was this one. I still can't believe men can't tell the difference between men pretending to be women and actual women.
Missing Persons concert was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Saw them in the early 80's
Lucky bastard
After 42 years, I still adore this band. Dale you are the best female singer entertainer ever!!!!!
Haven"t heard this song in years,got goosebumps.
Prophetic “words” considering the sorry state of America today. Great song, great performance!
Had the same feeling.
Funny part about this song is that Barry Gibb wrote this for them.
@@jonemnemonicjustjohnny7012 me too
@C. Morris I’ve always been told that it was Barry Gibbs. But if I’m wrong I’ll stand corrected.
@C. Morris I’m partially right. Gibb wrote a song called Words. You were correct that they, Missing Persons, wrote What are words for. Oops, I stand corrected, carry on. :)
I loved this song then 81 and still 💘 it. She Rocks. Lady Gagas got nothing over her.
Yep she, Lady Gaga, copies Dale and David Bowie. The androgynous thing has been done before.
except an actual singing voice.
@@morbidmanmusic
Says you
We loved them, we listened to them, had their albums and enjoyed the music and that time period. The 80s was the best in the music and in entertainment in general. Her voice and the music was amazing and still enjoy it up to this day. I just turned 57 and this music makes me nostalgic and I enjoy it even more knowing that it was the best era in music.
Love this song. I remember I was sitting on my Aunt’s bed watching her get ready to go to her High School football game and this song was playing. I’ve always loved the beat and reminds me of the most awesome simplistic innocent time of my life❤️
Cool memory
I remember the first time I saw Dale in her plastic dress.
She totally changed my life.
It's a wonder sometimes how any of us alive in the 80's actually survived the 80's.
Right 😆
Luck
Eric Bukley They tell me that I had a really good time in the 80,s.
True that!
LOL yes we survived LOL :D
Terry Bozzio, one of the greatest drummers of all time!
Mneisbaar...I don’t smoke weed. Terry Bozzio played drums for Missing Persons a band he formed with his now ex wife singer Dale Bozzio. Terry played with Frank Zappa and played the drums on one of the most complex pieces of music written by FZ called The Black Page. Search him and watch him play. He is amazing
Mneisbaar this exchange of ideas began when you chose to criticize my opinion. I am a musician, played professionally for a number of years, mostly bass with some six string when needed. I hope you can agree that musical tastes are varied and personal, rock, jazz, classical, etc. I prefer more sophisticated and musically complex harder edge rock like Yes, Zappa and Crimson in the good old days to Dream Theater, Alterbridge and Tremonti theses days. There are also people who like more simple pop stuff like Tom Petty, Springsteen and Green Day. That’s cool too. I have no beef with anyone’s taste. Hey go pull out them drums and pounding them skins again. Once a musician always a musician!
check out drummer for Blondie!
that is what you say when you only know 4 drummers. He is a good drummer and made a mark and deserves to be recognized. Plenty who are much better at many more styles.
@@morbidmanmusic know only 4 drummers? What are you talking about? I have my opinion based on playing guitar and bass for over 40 years, and you have yours. No reason to be condescending. By the way have you ever heard a piece of music called “The Black Page”?
They were looking at the FUTURE with anxiety like me, now here we are and I looking the PAST with more anxiety, sadness and desperation.
Classic 80s song, I was blessed to be a teenager in the 80s...
Yes. WOULD NOT want to be formulating myself during this time. We can't even agree a line is a line. Eighties forever!
Same, In spades.
Between this song and the lead chick singing "i want candy" and Pat Benetar full black catsuit, i was hooked on white girls,lol. Ijs!!
Lady Gaga owes her Royalties!!!
This song brings back fond memories of my college days back in the early 80s. Amazing as I hadn't heard this in years and just stumbled upon it and it still sounds great after 35 effing years! (2016) Long live 80s New Wave!!! It was an amazing time to be alive.
Back when music was music and when television was television with awesome Saturday morning shows and evening shows such as Knight Rider, A-Team, Hart 2 Hart, etc,.,
I was 18 living on Fort Lauderdale Beach, She was playing at the then called "Candy Store" A night I'll never forget. She had the longest legs a teenage boy can dream off.
That's interesting 'cause she's only 4' 11" tall.
I can dream about her legs quite a bit.
those legs went all the way up
She’s absolutely gorgeous.
I lived in fort liquerdale for 30 yrs was there also
For sure I've been rocking this....
Youth is fleeting.....I see these videos and I think about all of the crazy things we did back in the day.....Life goes by real fast...enjoy it
I sometimes remember I'm in my 60's and I ask myself,
Where does that highway go to? Am I right, am I wrong? My God, what have I done?
This is when music was not bullshit , it was meaningful .
Ha I say that about the 60s. But I get it.
@@4406bbldb these guys were in Frank Zappa's band during the 70s. Hard to believe but true. So you know they can play. You take care and stay safe 😷
SJW and all the censors say otherwise. because they take out the good stuff from any who try and put real talent up on the limelights.
says every generation ever... stop being a cliche.
I can't think of another official music video where the band actually performed the song live. I'm sure they're out there but this is remarkable.
Exactly
I bought this album back in the 80s and still have it. This music stands up damn well.
Dale's look is absolute perfection, ahead of its time, and would be rock star fire today.