Wait, so Barbie _literally and canonically solves all global conflict?_ Wow, I guess no-one can ever give Barbie any shit for living an indolent, carefree lifestyle, cuz she damn well earned it!
a world of multiple kens all living different lives trying to escape? police officer ken, firefighter ken, surgeon ken... barbie bonfire ken? oh that could go to dark places :/ although lone man of the mountain ken sounds like a hilarious one as well as Kung Fu Master Ken.. but Ken exists as one of barbies excessories to extend her own enjoyment of the world and therefore only exists in ways that allows him to be various forms of excessories to Barbies Hubris and Id. It actually sounds like a super concept to explore for a robot chicken movie that would be live action and with high budget and actual.... people dressed as barbies and kens instead of the usual stop motion etc
@@radiactivemermaid8691 That's actually the point! This doll line was made to steal Gem's thunder. I think the Barbie and the Rockers dolline hold the record for the fastest time between conception and release.
Raisin companies were really pushing for product placement in the mid-1980s. They tried to get prominently featured in Back to the Future but the producers turned them down because raisins look like shit on film.
I actually really love the aesthetic of this whole special. Like the plot and dialogue is terrible but... I love the way it looks and the sounds of the music.
Scootakip It's delivery was very stilted and unnatural to... Turns out Barbie's big change was actually making Barbie into a god like figure, for whom they would be willing to spend billions of dollars on pink space ships, and flower based space stations. All for there time traveling pink god whom would one day would come again for the first time! Everyone loves Barbie! Forever! Hail Barbie!
Toby F. Is Barbie the God-Empress? Should we replace our Ultramarines with the Sisters of Style or something? Someone should make a custom chapter for this, we might have something here.
I loved the hell out of this as a kid but I gave away my tape as a teen, like an idiot. When I was cruising eBay, about 8 years ago, looking for a replacement, I stumbled onto something- The Soundtrack!!!!! There was an actual music, not included with the dolls, soundtrack cassette! I don't know if you've been to my channel in past but I do have the FULL LENGTH VERSIONS of the songs up for people to listen to. If you haven't heard the full songs yet, oh, prepare yourself; You'll never look back once you've have. I'm glad to see someone who gushes over this as much as I do! And, yes, I would love to see other VHS reviews.
Due to the coronavirus, I'm stuck at home and rewatching old Barbie movies. I remembered this one and _oh my god_ I wish this had become a full series.
I am currently watching "Barbie Life in the dreamhouse", a kind of self-parody show, and it's incredible how their tongue-in-cheek "Barbie's the most popular person ever" approach is similar to the one played completely straight in this cartoon. I am planning to watch it as soon as I have a chance, thanks for showing this treasure!
Yeah, this really feels like someone decided to make a Jem knockoff with Barbie, but without the interesting premise or surprisingly-decent-for-SatAM writing.
As a Barbie phobe, I know that's EXACTLY what Mattel did. JEM & The Holograms came out, and Mattel got early word of it coming out, so they conceived the Barbie & The ROCKERS line to compete. Mattel knocks off everyone and everything since 1959 when they knocked of the German street walker Bild Lilli doll and called her Barbie!
I still think Jem and the Holograms were better.... well Actually... the Misfits' song's were better. They were the Misfits. The Misfits! And they're gonna get her... Too bad Glenn Danzig quit though...
well that's cause they had conflict which is always more interesting. This barbie special, despite having the characters do interesting things like perform concerts, fly to space and even TRAVELLLLL THROUGH TIIIIIIIME, they're less interesting cause nothing really happens with those setpieces.
While the lack of characterization for Barbie's friends and the crazy way the time travel thing happens, I really do appreciate the way the movies were trying to make Barbie contemporary to the time of the movies production AND honor her roots in the 50's. Perhaps it would have been better to make her have episodic quantum leap type of stories through time.
In the UK, a VHS tape was released called Barbie: Double Bill which contained both episodes and the series was called Barbie and the Rockstars. For some reason, on that tape, they switched the order of the episodes playing Rockin’ Back to Earth first and then Out of This World when it should be the other way around. Not sure why they did this. 🤷♀️
I used to LOVE Barbie and the Rockers' original tunes, and as a kid, listened to my sisters' tape over and over again. A perfect audio aesthetic. Thanks for shedding some light on this great band, too rad to be real.
This was my FAVORITE movie as a kid :) and honestly? If I’m in a crappy mood or feeling down, even though I’m 33 now I’ll still watch it lol and it holds up. I love everything about it
1-The coreography looks like it was made in a way that girls could immitate with their dolls...or as the Nostalgia Critic puts it, "the trying to kill a spider while having a headache" kind of moves. 2- So, that message in the end of the first short was inspired by Superman 4?
I just wanted to say that I've struggled heavily with depression this year and your videos really make my day. I've watched you for years now and you've helped me through some tough times.This video is especially fun. Seeing your happy singing and dancing brings a smile to my face. So thank you for inadvertently being one of the best parts of my life. :) Okay end sappy comment.
"It's going to be, Out... of this world." I'd always heard this doll line and movie were made to stop the Jem & The Holograms line. But I didn't know they even went so far as to get as close as they could to even imitate the iconic catchphrases. You can't tell me that paused wasn't there on purpose to make you think she was going to say "Outrageous!"
I was a subscriber a before I took an extended social media break, but when I came back I couldn’t remember your channel name. I am so glad I’ve come across this channel again. It’s such a cozy nostalgic place.
The animation in these specials look surprising really good, especially when you compare it to gem and the holograms... don't get me wrong I love that absurd ass show with the only good animation occurring in the intro to each episode, but god was the animation atrocious in an absolutely comedic way.
I somehow, years ago, managed to find someone who had transferred their VHS onto DVD format. I own this on DVD. Proof that this was not just a childhood fever dream. Also, the soundtrack is BANGIN'
We appreciate when you switch up the formula every now and then. It keeps us alert! Go with the flow and create what entertains you because we'll feel the genuineness. We can wait on the video game entries if they're not ready.
I Was The Only Little Girl in my Family Who Hated Barbie With a Passion Until I 1st Saw Her Kick Ass in Toy Story 3,I Never Knew Barbie Could be so Badass
Hi Roses! I'm coming out from just lurking, and commenting to say that I love your videos! even though I'm not into retro games and such, you add a lot of your own style and creativity in your videos which made them thoroughly enjoyable to watch! I'd love to see you continue on VHS specials, and see your take/pov on them.
This Cartoon screams 80s. The Animation is actually pretty good and somehow the artsyle look like a mix between 80s Anime and American Cartoons from the period
Right in the nostalgia, I remember my sister owning this on VHS back in the day. Never knew this was the name of it. Since the copy we had just Barbie Double Bill on it in pink with a random barbie doll on the front.
So Barbie's musical act was sorta the polar opposite of Dethklok? Most popular act in the world, but rather than ruining economies and the environment everywhere they go, they're just... popular. And they do a concert in space rather than, say, in the Mariana Trench.
I was going to say that this is giving me serious Metalocalypse vibes, but sanitized and therefore more boring, (which is similar to what I think of Jem and the Holograms).
Do you wanna dance was in my head everyday for years and years even after I lost the tape and before the Internet came into it's own. Iconic moment for me 😃
Something tells me that you love Tiffany's You and Me and I Always Thought I'd See You Again from the Jetson's Movie. Also have you checked out the IDW Jem and the Holograms Comics? If not they are pretty amazing.
Barbie’s speech about world peace sounds a bit cultish which oddly seems appropriate since she is practically a goddess given her huge influence in this universe’s version of Earth.
Little late to the party here, but I found your channel via the video you did on Hey Dude, which I remember watching as a kid on Nickelodeon. As a result I've been sitting here binging on your videos on the old TV shows that were on when I was a kid. I love your reviews and your presentation style. Thanks for bringing back these little treasures from my youth!
I just wanted to tell you that you are a HUGE inspiration for me and you were the person who gave me that final push that I needed to start my own channel x thank you
I've been subscribed to your channel for a while and I just found this video, and my mind has been blown - I was totally obsessed with Barbie and the Rockers as a child and turned out to be a gothic-metal-whatever chick, and I always KNEW I would find someone else who made the same connection ♥ I feel like we're kindred souls, gimme a hug
I was searching for someone else to go through this special in detail…I literally rewatched it today and couldn’t understand why I loved it so much as a kid. No plot! No conflict! Barbie is such a goody two shoes who never stops smiling and no one ever gives the other guys any credit. They don’t even get to go to the ball!! Music was rad tho
I actually got Barbies 60's outfit as a birthday gift when I was a little kid. (The pink dress and the white and pink leather jacket). And that was before I saw "Barbie and the Rockers" the first time.
i feel such nostalgia. not cause i watched this liking it, but that i somehow had this on tape and watched it when i was sick so it felt like a fever dream
Dear Roses, I really enjoy everything you make. Even videos about Barbie and ancillary materials, and I am a gruff, surly middle man approaching middle age. Thank you for sharing all this cool stuff with us! P.
I started watching your videos last night and I now LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! And it is fantastic to see someone is as passionate and nostalgic about Barbie and The Rockers as I am :D WOOP!!
why have i only just discovered you now??? also thank you so much for reminding me that this Barbie special existed!!! i used to love watching it as a kid, hoping oneday i'd be a rockstar like Barbie! but instead, im in my pjs and dressing gown watching youtube videos all day! still, i haven't given up hope yet!!!
Oh wow. I know this from my sister also watching it 100,000 times when we were kids. Just the sound of the songs brings back so many memories of playing in the house and rotating through VHS tapes all day long.
This is so nostalgic, I used to watch this all the time with my cousin! Our version had the songs translated to brazilian portuguese and til this day i can't take the "best friend" song out of my head! Ah, the good old times!
Barbie and the Last Rockers guest starring Vice Squad might have sold me on this... instead I'm just going to imagine the traumatic events that young girl/grown woman went through over the years without Barbie in her life. Further tragedy would ensue when the rocking started as the young girl was crushed in the pit.
When I was a kid, you were either a Barbie and the Rockers girl or a Jem and the Holograms girl, and I was Jem all the way. This looks fun though. Wondering if you're a Home Movies fan? Your comment to Ken about moving his face reminded me of Coach: "And you really should blink. Because blinking shows that you're human." lol
god I'm so glad someone else knew these existed because rockin' back to earth was my childhood (no, I never wondered why I was missing half the story) and I felt insane when describing it to others
considering I pretty much just had this and spice world on endless loops for the first 10 years of my life, I don't know how my parents didn't murder me
this made me go on amazon and buy like 5 dvd's of shows I loved as a kid. thanks PUR :) I love your channel and constantly watch your videos at random :)
Fun/odd fact: In the UK, it was released as Barbie and the Rockstars and all of the audio said "rockstars". Also, the VHS in the UK had Rockin' Back to Earth before Out of this world, so you saw the 50s time travel adventure first and then got a prequel 😂
Hey Roses, (or Sarah) love the video! If you were into this kind of entertainment when you were younger, then have you tried watching the original Jem and the Holograms? this video definitely sent me those rockin' vibes!
Please, no need for formalities. Call me Roses. ;) I sadly never grew up on Gem. Not sure why, it just never entered my childhood. Though from what I've seen as an adult, they look rad.
They're Totally Outrageous! This video may not have been about video games and it's still a top quality PUR video! (P.S. I totally made a Facebook post about my favorite TH-camr replying to me!!)
If you do plan on checking out there stuff, I recommend the original cartoon (VERY similar to Barbie and the Rockers, from what I see in your video) and the most recent comics. The live-action movie is.....well, it's not bad but it's not Jem. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't call it an adaption.
Jem was the bomb! I haven't watched it in years, but I totally remember the episode in which a girl took drugs and thought she could fly and tried to jump out her window. I don't even think the after school specials of the time took it that far. I think her guitar turned into a demon in that episode too.
I tried one episode of Jem and found it hard to get into as a 30 year male, but I was interested that my favorite Sierra designer, Christie Marx (of Camelot and Longbow fame), was the lead developer of that show (as well as Conan the Adventurer).
My sister used to have the Barbie and the Rockers tape when she was little. I think it might be actually still be in my basement somewhere. Love your dance move at 2:57. Look forward to seeing more VHS reviews from you, Roses!
I didn’t know they did a cartoon! The only thing I knew about Barbie and the Rockers was the cassette single my sister got once as a promo (I think from Shoppers Drug Mart?) when we were kids. On one side of the cassette, Barbie and the Rockers sing “Rock & Roll Girl”, and on the other side of the cassette they sing “Fille du Rock & Roll”, the same song but in French. It’s a ‘90s-tastic catastrophe of a song, but we played it to death! At the time I didn’t speak French but you can bet I knew the French song as well as the English! 😏
Wait, so Barbie _literally and canonically solves all global conflict?_ Wow, I guess no-one can ever give Barbie any shit for living an indolent, carefree lifestyle, cuz she damn well earned it!
Fors Clavigera this amd the Wyld Stallions. What was with time traveling bands saving the world?
Music is the powerful vibration that shapes the world. Craft perfection and birth a world of ideals given form.
Barbie: *Starts singing*
ISIS: I guess we’ll just stop now
*"Move your face, Ken. That's what makes you human...."*
a world of multiple kens all living different lives trying to escape? police officer ken, firefighter ken, surgeon ken... barbie bonfire ken? oh that could go to dark places :/
although lone man of the mountain ken sounds like a hilarious one as well as Kung Fu Master Ken.. but Ken exists as one of barbies excessories to extend her own enjoyment of the world and therefore only exists in ways that allows him to be various forms of excessories to Barbies Hubris and Id. It actually sounds like a super concept to explore for a robot chicken movie that would be live action and with high budget and actual.... people dressed as barbies and kens instead of the usual stop motion etc
Robot Chicken: Ken in Fight Club!
i just finished watching barbie and i thought of this comment
yes. you are an oracle
Guys holy shit
Your prayers have been answered in 2023❤🥳
This is outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.
It's also unfair
Jem is so much better...
lol this really does remind me of Jem and the Holograms!
@@radiactivemermaid8691 That's actually the point! This doll line was made to steal Gem's thunder. I think the Barbie and the Rockers dolline hold the record for the fastest time between conception and release.
Oooooooo, Jem!
Why haven't they made a thrash metal Barbie figure?
I'd buy it.
I think they did, I've seen a few metal af Barbie designs out there
Black Canary Barbie wears black leather, fishnets and has heavy makeup if that counts lol
MaverickhunterXZero please do not
There’s a Joan Jett and Debbie Harry Barbie
so people in the 50's where left in shock as barbie andthe sensations dissapear and never come back? imagine the depression and anguish of fans
Pinkie and the Brain actually did that right.
no wonder, this didnt become a show. Where's the conflict?
Needs more Misfits
What kind of fucked up ice cream parlor were they in? Who the hell puts raisins on a banana split?
I forgot to mention that but YES. That looks DISGUSTING.
zotar the mighty Did you not see the severs face? He was completely wasted.
Raisin companies were really pushing for product placement in the mid-1980s. They tried to get prominently featured in Back to the Future but the producers turned them down because raisins look like shit on film.
The same people who put pineapple on pizza.
Wait, so the music they played in the 50's still sounded like 80's music? And the people weren't weirded out by all that synth?
barbie and the synthsations ^-^
Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it
Patrick De Brun aha, I see what you did there
Plus one of the band members is black, in the 1950s....
@EarthboundX You've obviously never heard of the Drifters, or Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Or seen the movie that Patrick De Brun quoted.
I actually really love the aesthetic of this whole special. Like the plot and dialogue is terrible but... I love the way it looks and the sounds of the music.
"Barbie is everybody's favorite for all of time" that makes me really uncomfortable for some reason
Glorious unending leader Barbie.
Scootakip It's delivery was very stilted and unnatural to... Turns out Barbie's big change was actually making Barbie into a god like figure, for whom they would be willing to spend billions of dollars on pink space ships, and flower based space stations. All for there time traveling pink god whom would one day would come again for the first time! Everyone loves Barbie! Forever! Hail Barbie!
Barbie is the Alpha and the Omega. There is, was, and never shall be one like her. All must emulate her. All must be Barbie. All must love Barbie.
Barbie will take over the world! And no one can stop her.
Toby F. Is Barbie the God-Empress? Should we replace our Ultramarines with the Sisters of Style or something? Someone should make a custom chapter for this, we might have something here.
Barbie goes up to Space, and suddenly becomes Princess Peach. :p
I loved the hell out of this as a kid but I gave away my tape as a teen, like an idiot. When I was cruising eBay, about 8 years ago, looking for a replacement, I stumbled onto something- The Soundtrack!!!!! There was an actual music, not included with the dolls, soundtrack cassette! I don't know if you've been to my channel in past but I do have the FULL LENGTH VERSIONS of the songs up for people to listen to. If you haven't heard the full songs yet, oh, prepare yourself; You'll never look back once you've have. I'm glad to see someone who gushes over this as much as I do! And, yes, I would love to see other VHS reviews.
MollyAnnMissie where can I get hold of the soundtrack???
I had that as a kid. Probably in my mom's attic somewhere now, but I played it all the time. I had the VHS too. So many memories watching this.
upload it for everyone to enoy! Jem and the holograms-songs are very popular n youtube and Barbie had some sweeeeeet 80s tunes in this film!
The creepy deadpan stares in this show...they're penetrating my soul...
Cheap animation for you.
Huhuhu... *penetrating*
Due to the coronavirus, I'm stuck at home and rewatching old Barbie movies. I remembered this one and _oh my god_ I wish this had become a full series.
I am currently watching "Barbie Life in the dreamhouse", a kind of self-parody show, and it's incredible how their tongue-in-cheek "Barbie's the most popular person ever" approach is similar to the one played completely straight in this cartoon.
I am planning to watch it as soon as I have a chance, thanks for showing this treasure!
Let's see
80s pseudo-anime art style?✔
synthpop/hi-nrg soundtrack that I unironically enjoy?✔
Being truly truly truly outrageous? * buzzer sound*
The anime animation is undercut by the bleh American character designs
I wonder if that was so, because it was make by a japanese animation studio?
Yeah I think it was@@SoramimiKeiki
In that case I must recommend a film called Interstella 5555.
"The beautiful but perfectly empty Derek" Hahaha so true!!
i have a feeling you'd like Jem and the Holograms as a kid.
Yeah, this really feels like someone decided to make a Jem knockoff with Barbie, but without the interesting premise or surprisingly-decent-for-SatAM writing.
As a Barbie phobe, I know that's EXACTLY what Mattel did. JEM & The Holograms came out, and Mattel got early word of it coming out, so they conceived the Barbie & The ROCKERS line to compete. Mattel knocks off everyone and everything since 1959 when they knocked of the German street walker Bild Lilli doll and called her Barbie!
But she is too young to know
I still think Jem and the Holograms were better....
well Actually... the Misfits' song's were better. They were the Misfits. The Misfits! And they're gonna get her...
Too bad Glenn Danzig quit though...
Ah well, at least we got "Mother" out of it
well that's cause they had conflict which is always more interesting. This barbie special, despite having the characters do interesting things like perform concerts, fly to space and even TRAVELLLLL THROUGH TIIIIIIIME, they're less interesting cause nothing really happens with those setpieces.
Barbie and the Rockers was actually ripped off of Jem because Jem dolls were outselling Barbie.
Atleast Jem had its heart at the right place and teached good morals, Barbie and the rockers is clearly mindless fluff
Dexter Riley Jem turned into a Martian, whoaoooooo!
While the lack of characterization for Barbie's friends and the crazy way the time travel thing happens, I really do appreciate the way the movies were trying to make Barbie contemporary to the time of the movies production AND honor her roots in the 50's.
Perhaps it would have been better to make her have episodic quantum leap type of stories through time.
OMG! I remember the commercials for the dolls. If I remember it was an attempt to compete with Jem and the Holograms back in the day.
You should do a video on Jem & the Holograms! I've been obsessed with that series of late.
This looks like something I would’ve loved as a kid as I adored Jem and The Holograms - yes I’m getting the Jem vibes from this 😄
In the UK, a VHS tape was released called Barbie: Double Bill which contained both episodes and the series was called Barbie and the Rockstars. For some reason, on that tape, they switched the order of the episodes playing Rockin’ Back to Earth first and then Out of This World when it should be the other way around. Not sure why they did this. 🤷♀️
I used to LOVE Barbie and the Rockers' original tunes, and as a kid, listened to my sisters' tape over and over again. A perfect audio aesthetic. Thanks for shedding some light on this great band, too rad to be real.
8:17 Sweet non-euclidean guitar tricks
Geez, Barbie's popularity had hannah montana's popularity before hannah montana was even a thing!
please do more of these videos on childhood shows. I had so much fun watching this video.
This was my FAVORITE movie as a kid :) and honestly? If I’m in a crappy mood or feeling down, even though I’m 33 now I’ll still watch it lol and it holds up. I love everything about it
Corniness and cheesiness overload, those can be some of the best things life can offer somehow.
1-The coreography looks like it was made in a way that girls could immitate with their dolls...or as the Nostalgia Critic puts it, "the trying to kill a spider while having a headache" kind of moves.
2- So, that message in the end of the first short was inspired by Superman 4?
I just wanted to say that I've struggled heavily with depression this year and your videos really make my day. I've watched you for years now and you've helped me through some tough times.This video is especially fun. Seeing your happy singing and dancing brings a smile to my face. So thank you for inadvertently being one of the best parts of my life. :) Okay end sappy comment.
YES ROSES. JUST YES.
And now I think you're commenting on Cadbury's Roses. Just yes!
"It's going to be, Out... of this world." I'd always heard this doll line and movie were made to stop the Jem & The Holograms line. But I didn't know they even went so far as to get as close as they could to even imitate the iconic catchphrases. You can't tell me that paused wasn't there on purpose to make you think she was going to say "Outrageous!"
I was a subscriber a before I took an extended social media break, but when I came back I couldn’t remember your channel name. I am so glad I’ve come across this channel again. It’s such a cozy nostalgic place.
The animation in these specials look surprising really good, especially when you compare it to gem and the holograms... don't get me wrong I love that absurd ass show with the only good animation occurring in the intro to each episode, but god was the animation atrocious in an absolutely comedic way.
I somehow, years ago, managed to find someone who had transferred their VHS onto DVD format. I own this on DVD. Proof that this was not just a childhood fever dream. Also, the soundtrack is BANGIN'
I really like the way the eyes look in this. It's a shame we didn't get more of this.
We appreciate when you switch up the formula every now and then. It keeps us alert! Go with the flow and create what entertains you because we'll feel the genuineness. We can wait on the video game entries if they're not ready.
Did this come out after Jem? I freaking loved that show as a kid!
This special and the dolls came out in 1986 a year after the Jem cartoon and dolls came out, and the Sensations one came out in 1987
I Was The Only Little Girl in my Family Who Hated Barbie With a Passion Until I 1st Saw Her Kick Ass in Toy Story 3,I Never Knew Barbie Could be so Badass
I remember the old version of this video you had back in the day. This new one is super well done. It's always good finding a new old song.
Hi Roses! I'm coming out from just lurking, and commenting to say that I love your videos! even though I'm not into retro games and such, you add a lot of your own style and creativity in your videos which made them thoroughly enjoyable to watch! I'd love to see you continue on VHS specials, and see your take/pov on them.
I appreciate this muchly! Thank you!
PushingUpRoses curious different topic who did you vote for in last election?
Actually this is based on a real life building here in America .Google Space Needle in Seattle .
This Cartoon screams 80s. The Animation is actually pretty good and somehow the artsyle look like a mix between 80s Anime and American Cartoons from the period
i miss this artsyle of Cartoons today they don't make cartoons like this today
Right in the nostalgia, I remember my sister owning this on VHS back in the day. Never knew this was the name of it. Since the copy we had just Barbie Double Bill on it in pink with a random barbie doll on the front.
Oh wow, the music in this thing sounds actually pretty good!
Jem and The Holograms was my show though the plot was everywhere. I never heard of this barbie special.
Chris Burks Jem and the Holograms was a very good show
So Barbie's musical act was sorta the polar opposite of Dethklok? Most popular act in the world, but rather than ruining economies and the environment everywhere they go, they're just... popular. And they do a concert in space rather than, say, in the Mariana Trench.
I was going to say that this is giving me serious Metalocalypse vibes, but sanitized and therefore more boring, (which is similar to what I think of Jem and the Holograms).
My sister had the doll and the cassette tape. So I remember hearing 🎶Barbie, and the Rockers🎶
This video is pure nostalgia for me, I also played this VHS on repeat. It was so good!
This looks very Jem-ish.
Matthew Collins but a lot worst
Roses is so adorable when she does “clouds in the sky!”- I almost died.
this whole video feels like a Jem rip off hahaha Barbie and her tyrannical peace initiative is a better group name
HAHAHA TYRANNICAL PEACE 🤣🤣🤣
Barbie and the Rockers was created as a response to Jem. Beat Jem to market, too.
Do you wanna dance was in my head everyday for years and years even after I lost the tape and before the Internet came into it's own. Iconic moment for me 😃
It just seems like a Jem and the hologram cash in. But hey that just me.
Jepp, it was. Mattel wanted to get rid of Jem and the Holograms with Barbie and the Rockers.
Inspired to revisit this because of you-know-what film and your recap is still golden! 🎉
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS TAPE SINCE I FIRST SAW IT AS A YOUNGIN 💘 THIS MADE MY DAY 😆👍
Came here from Film Theory. Subscribed because of the sound of your voice.
...why the fuck are the winking noises louder than goddamn speech?!
Because I added them for fun. ;) They aren't in the original.
PushingUpRoses Oh. Derp.
PushingUpRoses I love your channel. How old are you? I'm 28.
Something tells me that you love Tiffany's You and Me and I Always Thought I'd See You Again from the Jetson's Movie. Also have you checked out the IDW Jem and the Holograms Comics? If not they are pretty amazing.
She's old enough to get wasted playing a King's Quest drinking game at 3 in the morning with LGR and PBG.
Barbie’s speech about world peace sounds a bit cultish which oddly seems appropriate since she is practically a goddess given her huge influence in this universe’s version of Earth.
I'm impressed that they had a period-accurate American Flag in the 1950s.
Considering Hawaii became a state in 1955, I believe.
Little late to the party here, but I found your channel via the video you did on Hey Dude, which I remember watching as a kid on Nickelodeon. As a result I've been sitting here binging on your videos on the old TV shows that were on when I was a kid. I love your reviews and your presentation style. Thanks for bringing back these little treasures from my youth!
I loved that tape growing up. I even had a few of the Barbie and the Rockers dolls passed down from my mom.
That Ford Fusion IN THE NAME OF THE MOON ad played after your video....all in all this is a great combo of AD & video lol
I just wanted to tell you that you are a HUGE inspiration for me and you were the person who gave me that final push that I needed to start my own channel x thank you
I've been subscribed to your channel for a while and I just found this video, and my mind has been blown - I was totally obsessed with Barbie and the Rockers as a child and turned out to be a gothic-metal-whatever chick, and I always KNEW I would find someone else who made the same connection ♥ I feel like we're kindred souls, gimme a hug
I was searching for someone else to go through this special in detail…I literally rewatched it today and couldn’t understand why I loved it so much as a kid. No plot! No conflict! Barbie is such a goody two shoes who never stops smiling and no one ever gives the other guys any credit. They don’t even get to go to the ball!!
Music was rad tho
I love everything about this film
I actually got Barbies 60's outfit as a birthday gift when I was a little kid. (The pink dress and the white and pink leather jacket). And that was before I saw "Barbie and the Rockers" the first time.
What about Jem and the Holograms? That was awesome
dang it I was ninjad!
i feel such nostalgia. not cause i watched this liking it, but that i somehow had this on tape and watched it when i was sick so it felt like a fever dream
Dear Roses,
I really enjoy everything you make. Even videos about Barbie and ancillary materials, and I am a gruff, surly middle man approaching middle age.
Thank you for sharing all this cool stuff with us!
P.
I started watching your videos last night and I now LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!! And it is fantastic to see someone is as passionate and nostalgic about Barbie and The Rockers as I am :D WOOP!!
6:21 she became princess peach
After reading about the hell it was to make this video on your twitter, I'm really glad to see it completed. Worth the wait!
This was a wonderfully fun review! Please review more VHS specials in the future!
I remember my sister had this tape when we were kids too. It's still awesome.
why have i only just discovered you now??? also thank you so much for reminding me that this Barbie special existed!!! i used to love watching it as a kid, hoping oneday i'd be a rockstar like Barbie! but instead, im in my pjs and dressing gown watching youtube videos all day! still, i haven't given up hope yet!!!
Oh wow. I know this from my sister also watching it 100,000 times when we were kids. Just the sound of the songs brings back so many memories of playing in the house and rotating through VHS tapes all day long.
This is so nostalgic, I used to watch this all the time with my cousin! Our version had the songs translated to brazilian portuguese and til this day i can't take the "best friend" song out of my head!
Ah, the good old times!
As someone who grew up with Jem it's pretty neat to see Mattel's response to Jem and the Hologram's popularity.
Barbie and the Last Rockers guest starring Vice Squad might have sold me on this... instead I'm just going to imagine the traumatic events that young girl/grown woman went through over the years without Barbie in her life. Further tragedy would ensue when the rocking started as the young girl was crushed in the pit.
When I was a kid, you were either a Barbie and the Rockers girl or a Jem and the Holograms girl, and I was Jem all the way. This looks fun though. Wondering if you're a Home Movies fan? Your comment to Ken about moving his face reminded me of Coach: "And you really should blink. Because blinking shows that you're human." lol
I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH! Looking back now I guess that´s why I listen to 60s songs and dress up vintage ....
god I'm so glad someone else knew these existed because rockin' back to earth was my childhood (no, I never wondered why I was missing half the story) and I felt insane when describing it to others
considering I pretty much just had this and spice world on endless loops for the first 10 years of my life, I don't know how my parents didn't murder me
Has anyone noticed Daria Morgendorffer in a pink shirt at 1:44?
So many good gifs can be made from the live action parts of this. Great job Roses, I am going to use your dancing and thumbs up all the time!
this made me go on amazon and buy like 5 dvd's of shows I loved as a kid. thanks PUR :) I love your channel and constantly watch your videos at random :)
Thank you for this video - Barbie and the Rockers was my favourite video growing up. Bless u Derek.
My older sister would watch this all the time. I probably watched dozens of times as a kid.
Doctor Merryhew? No, that's clearly Cyril Figgis, from Archer.
Fun/odd fact: In the UK, it was released as Barbie and the Rockstars and all of the audio said "rockstars".
Also, the VHS in the UK had Rockin' Back to Earth before Out of this world, so you saw the 50s time travel adventure first and then got a prequel 😂
Hey Roses, (or Sarah) love the video! If you were into this kind of entertainment when you were younger, then have you tried watching the original Jem and the Holograms? this video definitely sent me those rockin' vibes!
Please, no need for formalities. Call me Roses. ;) I sadly never grew up on Gem. Not sure why, it just never entered my childhood. Though from what I've seen as an adult, they look rad.
They're Totally Outrageous! This video may not have been about video games and it's still a top quality PUR video! (P.S. I totally made a Facebook post about my favorite TH-camr replying to me!!)
If you do plan on checking out there stuff, I recommend the original cartoon (VERY similar to Barbie and the Rockers, from what I see in your video) and the most recent comics. The live-action movie is.....well, it's not bad but it's not Jem. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't call it an adaption.
Jem was the bomb! I haven't watched it in years, but I totally remember the episode in which a girl took drugs and thought she could fly and tried to jump out her window. I don't even think the after school specials of the time took it that far. I think her guitar turned into a demon in that episode too.
I tried one episode of Jem and found it hard to get into as a 30 year male, but I was interested that my favorite Sierra designer, Christie Marx (of Camelot and Longbow fame), was the lead developer of that show (as well as Conan the Adventurer).
My sister used to have the Barbie and the Rockers tape when she was little. I think it might be actually still be in my basement somewhere. Love your dance move at 2:57. Look forward to seeing more VHS reviews from you, Roses!
OH MY FUCKING GOD! IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS MOVIE FOR YEARS! I couldn’t remember the name of it- just random clips in my memory. Thankkk youuu
You have a great voice. It sounds so crisp and clear.
have you ever heard of Barbie living in the dream house? Is a great and funny show and wonderfully selfaware. XD
this feels like an episode of Futurama.... and it's wonderful!
I didn’t know they did a cartoon! The only thing I knew about Barbie and the Rockers was the cassette single my sister got once as a promo (I think from Shoppers Drug Mart?) when we were kids. On one side of the cassette, Barbie and the Rockers sing “Rock & Roll Girl”, and on the other side of the cassette they sing “Fille du Rock & Roll”, the same song but in French. It’s a ‘90s-tastic catastrophe of a song, but we played it to death! At the time I didn’t speak French but you can bet I knew the French song as well as the English! 😏