Amen! I was living my best life in 1987 at 18 years old as a club kid in an rave dance club. Not a care in the world! I’d go back in a heartbeat if I could!
The 80's : A decade that all the social problems today were solved. There was all kinds of people, Punks, heavies, preps, rappers. many men painted their faces like women, Gay, straight, any race etc... What I'm trying to say is that no one care how people look, everyone was having fun. Diversity was our union.
Right. We've been there and done that. All future generations have to do is look to the 80s. We were not extreme like kids today. So dramatic. We were sensible. We said discrimination is wrong and we changed mindsets by showing them not yelling at them or forcing insanity on them. We stopped listening to both sides and did what was right!
I was an 80s teenager. MTV shaped us. Music videos were the ultimate form of expression for artists who not only had unique sounds but visually compelling ways to present their music. I think it ultimately taught us Gen X kids to be creative, resourceful and that it's cool to be weird.
Ah yes, Gen X - we of the most-maligned generation at the time, the most-overlooked and dismissed one now. As far as I'm concerned, we're still the cool kids, ha.
A new wave group during the 80's that I really liked was Missing Persons. Their lead singer Dale Bozzio was the 'original' Lady GaGa in my opinion. 'Mental Hopscotch' and 'Destination Unknown' are two of their biggest hits.
This song was HUGE in the 80s. That keyboard riff was everything but the whole song was good. You could not help but sing along. The 80s was the BEST decade of music because it was all over the place and there was something for everyone. It was pretty great across the board.
Yeah, made huge by the pre-teen Gen X'rs. Was a crap bubblegum pop song then, is now. A catchy beat is easy to achieve, but a catchy beat does not a good or great song make.
Many musical genres everywhere with their fandom. Too much variety, and MTV played music videos 24 hrs a day. Every friday, they would have a "Top 20 video Countdown" at around 7pm eastern time. A re-run the next day in case you missed it.
I was born in 1964, love my 60s, 70s, and 80s music, and I'm a TOTAL 80s GIRL! I graduated in 1982, so this was my late teens and early twenty's days. These were the days when we could get into clubs and DANCE OUR ASS OFF!! This is one of my favorite dance songs, but I never and I really couldn't tell you if any of my friends nit-picked it apart like y'all did. That's not what we did with our music...yeah some listened closely to the words, but when we were young back then, we just wanted to sing and dance. I hit the clubs every Friday after work then again on Saturdays...dressed in my 80s best with Aqua Net stuffed in my purse to make sure my "big hair" didn't fall by the end of the night...cause we had to hit the Denny's or any all night breakfast places to eat after drinking so much and watch the front door to see who was coming and meet new people. THE 80s WAS A BLAST and I'd live it all again if I could!! This is a BANGER SONG...and a great dance song...even great for nights at the roller skating rink!!
Yes, yes, and yes! We are the same age, and I couldn't have described it better (Aqua Net and all) lol. I'd go back in a second too. I would actually like to go back to the early/mid 70's and start there before landing permanently in the 80's 😊 If only ...
Hell yeah I was just saying in a big ass comment of my own how great the '80s were. I was born in 78 though. So I viewed the '80s through much different set of eyes than those of people a little older than me like yourself. The '80s were amazing though absolutely
Yup!!! That's the 80s right there in a nutshell! Clubs, clubs, and more clubs!!! Dancing our asses off all night!!! What a time to be alive and young!!!!! I feel sorry for the later generations who never had what we had!!!!
The 80's, when a whole generation took off the blinkers, turned up the volume and the colour, and just went for it! Last generation of going out with friends to hang out anywhere and everywhere, flipping from one music style to another as you discovered something else new and exciting. It literally was the decade that most resembled watching the Wizard of Oz when it flipped from black and white to technicolour!!
I graduated in 1986 so I "became of age" during this time. Experimental is a good word for the 80's. Not just music but fashion and hair too. My boyfriend at the time had longer, and bigger hair than I did and I heard his father say "can't tell who's who from the back". Haha I have lots of great memories! The Gen-X generation were known as latchkey kids because most of our parents worked and there really wasn't any day care to speak of. We considered ourselves feral. Lol We would be out until dinner time or later and our parents never really knew where we were. Or they would drop us off at the mall or six flags (until one of us got a car). No cell phones or any way to be tracked down, we were free!
I was a Gen-X latch key kid. I did have older siblings but they were usually out with their friends so when I got out of school I walked home, made myself a snack, and watched cartoons until my mom came home around 5:30.
An '86er here as well! We are BY FAR the most "80s" of all since we tured 13 in '81 and 21 in '89. Middle, high school and College ALL IN THE 80s! Best time EVER!!!!!
This song was so iconic not for the lyrics but for the music the riffs and the synthline and the music were used in nearly EVERY sports stadium and movie in some form in the 80s even commercials were featuring it, when someone talks about the music of their childhood this songs music is what they mean
Definition of the 80s right here! Please check out "Situation" by Yaz/Yazoo. Amber will love all the "sound effects" used throughout that banger. Also, "Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go)" Full Version by Soft Cell. Love you guys so much, keep smiling!! 🎶😎🎶 edited to *Yaz/Yazoo* - Originally the band was "Yazoo" but later they had to change it to "Yaz" in the North American market. Albums and singles can be found under *both* names, but I came to know the band as "Yaz" when I first heard "Situation" on the radio as a kid and was introduced to the band and their history and members, like the talented Alison Moyet. Just saying, I'm aware of *both* names and majority of fans know the band as Yazoo. It's all good! 💛😉👍
I was definitely obsessed with “Obsession”! Loved the 80’s. Another great song is “I Know There’s Something Going On” by Frida who was one of the lead singers of ABBA.
An 80s CLASSIC! The duo in front are Astrid Plane (isn't that a great name??) and Bill Wadhams. They didn't have a ton of hits, but "Obsession" is still played today. "Room to Move" and "Let Him Go" are two of their other hits, but my personal second-favorite of theirs is "I Engineer". And if I may, there's another 80s band (from the Netherlands) that had a hit called "Obsession". The band is called Xymox (or Clan of Xymox), and if you love the 80s synth sound, you'll love this one too. Finally, it's long past time you gave Howard Jones a try. "No One Is to Blame" or "What is Love" would be great introductions.
Astrid Plane is such a great name, I wished it was my name after I became aware of her, ha. This is one of THE major hits of 1985, for me. Still love it nearly 40 years later! As for Xymox, the only song of theirs I'm familiar with is "Imagination." Was a minor radio hit as far as I can remember, but it stuck in my head and I was able to find it many years later with an internet search. It's a really cool song and totally underappreciated, IMO.
Yes, Howard Jones! That will give me some good memories. When I was in college, Event Organisation was part of our course. Our teacher had the brilliant idea to take us to one of the largest concert halls in our small country for a tour. And additionally we could catch a free concert! Howard Jones was one of the artists performing that night. We all went home with a hoarse voice, lol.
I have 100s of favourite 80s memories: going to the roller rink, drive-in cinemas, and hanging out in video arcades at the mall. The fashion was crazy, extreme, diverse but always FUN. I loved how individualism and creativity was prized. It wasn't about aping what everyone else was doing but being carefree and self effacing. Dance the way you want, look the way you want. This was before Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter so it was about being in the moment not documenting what you were doing to show other people.
This is as 80's as 80's got. I loved it when they dropped this song on the dance floor. The beat is still sick. My favorite 80's memory was about '83, they had just opened a water park with a slide and a lake and camping and a whole bunch of other stuff. Never seen anything like that before and it blew my mind. We used to go there for youth group outings in the summer. Most blessedly happy 80's memory for me and my sis.
This is one of a dozen or so songs that really defined the 80s sound. A big part of 80s sound was the development of computer-related electronics. The 80s is the decade when the personal computer first came out, for instance, the first Walkman type personal music players, and digital music / the compact disc format.
A couple of other great tracks from the 80s I would recommend would be "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q, and "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk 3.
Since I was a kid in 1980s, my favorite memories are from the Malls. They had Arcades, movie theaters, food court, Tower Records, video stores, comic book shops, Hifi Buys, Spencer's Gifts, Brock's candy stores, you could spend an entire day in the mall and never see the same thing twice. Believe me, Malls today are nothing like they used to be.
Tower Records is making a bit of a comeback. The last physical store still operates in Tokyo, Japan. But, they have started a website and are selling music on it. Shipping everywhere. They did a documentary film a couple of years ago on it....it renewed interest in the brand. So, while it will probably never be the same experience as the stores in the 80's, it is worth at least checking out.
So grateful to have grown up in the 80s. Cannot describe that time to people now. Had to live it. We knew all this tech was coming. We knew we had incredible music and artists that would be legends, never to be repeated again.
As an 80s kid I can honestly say that I feel sorry for those who missed it. My favorite memory of the 80s would have to be how carefree it felt. It wasn’t a perfect time, bad things still happened, but in the whole, life seemed so much more enjoyable. Hard to explain, but watch a few more 80s movies and you’ll probably start feeling it. I recommend 16 Candles and/ Pretty in Pink. That’s some pure 80s right there.
Sometimes I wonder if people from younger generations can handle some of the movies and music from our time bc they were shaped in a time where people get offended and are super careful about what they say and how they say it. We were NOT. 😂 That's what made it so free. I don't know if they'll be able to unknow how they were shaped to be able to have a peek into a time that was so very different, and still be able to appreciate it without being shocked or offended. I don't say any of this to offend them. It just is what it is. You know what I mean?
@@user-or1ye3iz6dI know.. So many youngsters take so much seriously. It was a different time. We did have a lot of freedom and people didn't get offended in those days compared to nowadays.
A great 1980's movie to add to your movie reaction channel is "Valley Girl" starring a young Nicholas Cage in one of his first movies. "Valley Girl" is so 80's and defines the decade perfectly (especially the mall culture of that time and the outrageous clothing) and I love two of the songs that were featured in the movie: "Electric Avenue" sung by Eddie Grant and one of my favorite 80's songs, "I Melt With You" by Modern English. Those two songs would be great to review and I second the notion on "Waiting For a Star To Fall". They absolutely have got to review that one. Amber would especially like it and it's such an uplifting song.
I was a teenager in the 80s and really, the sound of a song was what captured me, it was all about the sound ….. most often I didn’t actually listen to the lyrics until much later. Certainly a diverse decade. Living in the 80s wasn’t as crazy as the videos would make you think …..
As someone who spent the first half of the 80s as a kid and the second half as a teen, I can tell you...it was a fun decade during which to grow up. In some ways, the 80s were the best of times.
It's a medley of Animotion's greatest hit! Great Rock of the '80s song. Another group from this era that you would enjoy is Missing Persons. They had a couple of songs worth checking out: "Words" and "Destination Unknown." Remember guys, the reason the '80s produced such crazy videos was because MTV (Music Television, which began as a network that only played music videos, not the crap they show today) debuted in the early '80s. So record companies suddenly started spending money producing videos to go along with the records they released.
I hope y’all consider more ladies of the 80’s like Suzanne Vega ft. DNA, “Tom’s Diner”, the Mary Jane Girls, “In My House” (written by Rick James), and Jody Watley, “Looking For A New Love” just to name a few. These songs were all hits of the 80’s 😎
I was 20 years old in 1980 and it seemed like there was a new artist or a new sound every week. Getting to see Talking Heads live is a favorite memory of mine.
The 80's videos LOL, the lyrics ".. who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me" haha, the 80's are simply FANTASTIC! It's no wonder back then we'd all run home from school to watch music videos on MTV (in my case here in Canada, MuchMusic!) and this track was the theme/intro song to one of the most watched TV shows back then Fashion Televsion with your host Jeanne Beker! (sorry couldn't help it!)
I have to say that in the 80s as someone in their late teens and early twenties in Los Angeles, I was able to explore personalities. I went through my Pet Shop Boys fashion phase, Boy George flamboyant phase, my Duran Duran boy-toy phase, my Depeche Mode gothic phase, and my Prince mysterious-enigmatic phase. The clothes were outrageous, the hair was outrageous, the attitudes were outrageous, and it was all fun. I was at the dance club two or three times a week dancing my little butt off for hours either with someone or alone, it didn't matter to me.
Starting in the mid to late 70s through the 1980s, music was very experimental. And the biggest reason was due to the synthesizer. The synthesizer, like the internet today, removed a lot of obstacles for musicians, singers, and songwriters. You no longer needed a full band when you can sample, tune, mix, and arrange an entire album from your garage. If it wasn't for the synthesizer rap & hip hop never would have gotten off the ground.
More specifically the MIDI. That meant synthesizers went from huge studio sets only producers and studio technicians could use to portable instruments anybody who could play a piano could use and easily transport to any gig. And yes, it also meant a lot of new experimental sounds became readily available to musicians willing to try and discover them. The Fairlight CMI sampler which was introduced around 1980 also meant you could incorporate any recorded sound into your music. A *lot* of previous limitations and obstacles were gone and the sky was the limit.
The 70s was a time of enormous creativity. Still, the 80s have it all: fantastic creativity, experimentation, economic boom and consequent generalization of technology that made electronic music possible for almost everyone, humor sense and, above all, freedom.
Memories of the 80s. Oh my gosh, MTV, princess phones, bright clothes, big hair, colorful makeup, going to the Victory (a historic theater turned into an under 21 club with a disco style light-up floor), getting to see the video to Thriller for the first time at that same club, watching HBO and Cinemax when you weren't supposed to, lol...
In the early 80s, synthesisers suddenly became affordable and many bands based their sound on them. Also, many of the pop culture icons were evolving such as Terminator, Aliens, Rambo, Packman etc that we still see today. So it was a very memorable time.
Both the 70s and 80s produced very eclectic music. We had it all! A story: I went to my first concert in 1980. It was DEVO in a place called the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon. Each member stood with a giant strobe light behind them. My friend and I were in the back row of this smallish venue. With every beat, their strobe lights flashed. Because of the heat from those lights, we were both sweating like pigs throughout the show.
One of my favorite memories....sitting up all night on Saturdays watching MTV with my cousins... Wham Duran Duran Bruce Springsteen ... So many great artists... I remember Whitney Houston's first song ... Cyndi lauper... I think I spelled it right.. Madonna... Michael Jackson .... The list goes on and on
The music shaped the 80s. It was everywhere. All of my memories involve music. We had the start of MTV and VH1. Nights at the skating rink, in the arcade, at the bowling alley, weekends at the lake, all with an 80s soundtrack in the background. A lot of the best movies were remembered for the soundtracks.
The biggest thing I remember about the 80's was the premier of MTV. Thought that was the greatest thing ever. Was able to listen to it through my stereo. Do I really miss those days. The music and videos were phenomenal. The bigger the TV got the better.
Everything involved music as a kid in the 80's. Boombox with a super long extension cord to reach the curb of the street, so we could rock out while we roller skated in the streets. MTV gave us the latest music hits to watch and listen to in our homes 24/7. Each video more outlandish than the next to compete for priority time slots. Music became obsession with getting to see all the performers every day. If we weren't outside off on our own, we were inside watching MTV.
Could not have told you who the artist was, but I certainly danced to this dozens of times. I'm 72 now and have an observation for you young'uns: NEVER STOP DANCING. NEVER. ❣
It's called the 80s excess. I graduated in 84 and we indulged in all the music , the partying, the Friday night cruising and just the freedom that we had to experience everything. And our parents knew nothing about it.
This sticks in your head forever…uggg…I still remember when it came out. Oh my gawd. I grew up through the 80s and there is just too much. I miss it though because it fit my personality.
I can comprehend why so many people often say '84 was their favorite '80s year in music, it was after all a year where many new pop artist became superstars of the charts but for me the best part of the '80s was actually the very early years, in particular 1981 was a crucial banner year in popular music because there was so much important new stuff coming out in all genres around that time, that all made a lasting impression on the whole popular music scene. The last truly excellent classic '80s year, I'd say was '87 although there'd still be good stuff coming later on as well.
Lucky yes, those carefree days are over though as the world's gotten smaller which is both good and bad, it's good because you can bring attention to bad stuff very quickly now which you coudn't do so easily before. As for the arts overall, not so good because the 'isolation' of the continents back then did bring us much different stuff that began locally whereas music seems a lot more samey now as the world's connected. Oddly enough.
MTV gave bands that were still trying to figure out who they were musically become stars. An interesting look plus a unique sound were all a struggling band needed. And each new band that made it inspired others to keep experimenting. Thus a whole decade full of surprises. Bravo for noticing.
80s memories- watching Live Aid on TV, boom boxes, video jukeboxes, New Coke, Member’s Only jackets, and white Calvin Klein jeans. Oh, those were the days!
You want, A, story from the eighties. That is an impossible task. The 80's was such a fast paced time, it was like putting 4 whole decades into 1. I was 6 in 1980, and by the end I was 16. As a small child just leaving the 70's, the 80s was like hitting the ground at a full blast sprinting. The music, the movies, the culture, the slang, everything was up for grabs. And the motto for the decade was, More. It's wasn't just one thing to focus on, it was a million and one things to look at, feel, and experience. There is no way of telling what the 80s was. The only way to know what the 80s was is to have lived it. Older generations will say it was just another decade. But to be young and living thru the 80s was magical. It happened in the flash of the eye and it was over. And the world has never seen anything like it since. If I could I would spend my entire life trapped in the 80s. And still would have experienced everything that it had to offer. The excesses of life, money, drugs, and rock n' roll. And everyone was living it together. It was an amazing time. We started with techno music and bright colors, and ended with the beginnings of technology. We started with records and cassette tapes, and ended with CDs and internet. We started with Atari and ended with Nintendo. In 10 short years we made more than just simple changes, it was a culture and technology revolution. It lead the way for the technology of today. It was the explosive beginning into the future. How do you put that into a simple story.
We jammed this song back in high school, parents were concerned because the lyrics, but we didn’t care, we partied to this jam. Man the 80s were so much fun!
I graduated in 1985......loved the music of the 80's......Voices Carry, safety dance, tainted love, boom boom boom let's go back to my room, rebel yell ( I was in Love with Billy Idol! Lol) Berlin, Roxette, Blonde, the Cars...... brown Eyed Girl, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis ( all of it....Country, Rock, Gospel.....my Mom was a Huge fan of his music.) Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osborne, Meatloaf, ect.....there were too many great songs to list! Missing Persons, Ratt, AC/DC! 😊👍
Could either be New Wave or Techno for genre! Yes, we had R&B, Soul, Country, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, New Wave, Techno, Dance, Rap, Punk, Celtic, Classical, Grunge, and Industrial music genre's 🎶. 1980s was Mallrats, Arcades, and acid washed or florescent clothing!!! You really want to see a throwback nod to 1980s watch "Hot Tub Time Machine" starring John Cusack!!!
I graduated high school in 1986 and I have to say that there has never been a time like it. Just sitting on the porch drinking beer with my friends and relaxing on a hot summer night while these songs played on the radio - not as oldies, but as current hits, over and over - is something that is unforgettable. And yes, 1986 ws the year that the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 for beer..... 11 days after my 18th birthday, so I granfathered into legally drinking beer --- barely! I remember drinking with my friends at a drive-in screening of Porky's II and being so drunk that it took 3 of us to drive home (I was in charge of the emergency brake). A few fun songs from the era you should check out are "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, "Beds Are Burnin'" by Midnight Oil and "Run, Run Away" by Slade. Love your channel! Keep up the good work! Long live the 80's!!!
I grew up in the 80s in a small town called Angus, in Southern Ontario. The closest city was Barrie, and every year in Molson's Park in Barrie they had a big all-day concert on Canada Day, with a fireworks show at night. Most of the bands that played the concert were Canadian, and the main one I remember was The Northern Pikes, doing "Teenland". Iconic early 80s Canadian rock, probably worth a reaction.
I grew up in the 80's graduated HS in 88. The craziest stories I guess I have are me and my friends driving around back roads in the middle of the winter at night sliding into snowbanks on purpose. Driving out on the (hopefully) frozen lakes. Partying in the woods all weekend and somehow our parent's not freaking out about it. We are the latchkey generation. I was coming home to an empty house at 10. Doing laundry, cooking my meals, whatever. During the summers we would be out for maybe days at a time. Hanging at this or that friend's house. It's funny, when you talk about 80s music it's hard to think or it as one style or sound. You can divide it up into like 2yr sections and each one would be different than the last or the next. Some stuff (like this song) are guilty pleasures, others I have revisited and really maintained a love for. For truly great songs with an 80s vibe similar (but better) than Animotion check out Howard Jones (What Is Love, New Song, or No One Ever Is To Blame) or Paul Young (Every Time You Go Away).
Yes. The 80’s was truly diverse. The culture was all about if you have something to say or do- here’s the microphone and there’s the stage. Everyone rocked out equally then. All unique, all iconic. On the other side the producers and all the creative people involved then are legends now. The greatest on both ends and for all.
New wave, dance-punk, post-punk. The music and the clothes, hairstyle. New wave is an offshoot of punk rock music.. Some say "watered down" punk rock music you can dance to with futuristic sounding synthesizers, heavy bass guitars, catchy drum beats, etc Lot of new wave/post-punk songs are like this. We didn't really noticed, just something to danced and groove to it. lol. Kind of nonchalant. Other songs/videos from this group yall will are "I Engineer", "Let Him Go", "Room to Move". GenXer here, too. We were kids (me) , teens or young adults when this song was huge (mid '80s). Other groups like them were Human League, Thompson Twins, ABC, Ace of Base, Berlin . Check them out! Very 80s! We also had early rap music, pop, punk, metal, rock, R&B/funk, country music, freestyle music, etc. Great movies, tv shows, and malls, video games, arcades, sports, bikes/skating water parks/pools, , lol Great times!
The 80's were magical, best memories were hanging at the Arcade playing Joust, Robotron and Pacman. I grew up in a house with 5 siblings and had to listen to their musical tastes. The summer of 82 I got my own stereo and was listening to the local FM radio and they played the top 30 countdown on Saturday nights. For the first time I heard the music of my generation and it spoke to me. Police "everything she does is magic", J.Giles "Freeze Fame", GoGo's "Our Lips are sealed", Rick Springfield "Jessies Girl", Fleetwood Mac "Hold Me", Huey Lewis, ZZ Top, Styx, Joan Jet, Pat Benatar - Just to name a few. I love all the genre's of the 80's and felt like I was finally grown up at 15 years old.
Not to mention The Movies that were released to us that Summer. Never again will there ever be a blockbuster summer movie releases like the summer of 82. The year itself had such wonderful really great movies that were so well done. Classic year for many things 1982 was.
My best memories from the 80s are from spending my free time between going to the movies and spending hours at the record store. There were also the staples: Neon colors on clothing, freaky new sounds from synthesizers, big hair, shoulder pads, mousse or sculpting gel for hair Before MTV the three most common ways to hear new music was either the radio, TV shows like American Bandstand or hanging out at your favorite record store. When MTV came around they became the new norm, it was exactly like listening to radio, mostly unscripted but still with talking points to hit such as this artist is on tour look for your local listings to see if he's heading your way and let's watch his new video right now. In the beginning there was not too many videos so a lot of them would play a few times a day. So artists were trying to be original in their videos in order to make it on MTV. A lot of us who were teens in the 80s were spoiled with the quality, quantity and variety of hits. I seem to remember you two receiving a book about Billboard magazine. I don't know what the book contains but I know you can check out the hot 100's chart on their website. If you go and punch in today's date but in 1984, out of just the top 10 you will see four songs you have already reacted to. When Doves Cry by Prince, What's Love Gotta Do with It by Tina Turner, Dancing in The Dark by Bruce Springsteen and Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart and and one that have not reacted to because you knew it already, Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. The other artists in the top 10 are all artists you have reacted to, but not to their specific songs. The Jacksons, Elton John, Lionel Richie, Dan Hartman and Rod Stewart. This was all in the same week! As I mentioned, we were spoiled. There is a video online titled "The Very First Two Hours of MTV" maybe you should check it out just to have a feeling of how it was. Something else that could make you have an idea of how it was would be to look at TV commercials from this era. In my generation's case, these are nostalgic but to someone that has not lived through it, it still provides a glimpse of how things were.
Keep feeling "fascination" was a great one, "Don't you want me baby" was another great song as well. I was 17 yrs old in 1982, I was loving all the music, from The Cars to Metallica, GNR, to Billy Idol. We had so much to sample!! It was some of music's greatest breakthroughs!! No matter what you liked❤️
loved this song as an 80s teen. used to do my homework with MTV playing in the background ... ok, i did practically everything with MTV playing in the background back then. 😁
AH, the 80's. The 80's were the Mall where you had everything a growing teen needed, arcade, food court, movie theater, Spencer's, Sharper Image, Waldenbooks, Victoria's Secret and all the teens and twenty somethings rocking the hottest looks off MTV from the Boss, to Madonna to Duran Duran to everything in between & you didn't care or judge b/c you could always find your clique/tribe at the mall in one store or another. Mall people watching was watching packs of people passing other packs going to and fro to then meet at the nearest Denny's at 2 AM on a Fri or Sat after you'd been at a party or getting out of the midnight show at the movies or a club.
The 80s were the middle of the cold war with Russia. They had 1000s of nukes pointed at us. We studied it in school extensively. We all new the world could end at any moment so we lived like there was no tomorrow. Thats basically the 80s and why it was so crazy
My favorite memory of the 80's music-wise would be watching Michael Jackson do the moonwalk for the first time live. Favorite memory overall, now that I look back I would say the severe lack of technology compared to today. My grandparents had a cabin up in the mountains of Santa Cruz in the middle of nowhere and the place didn't even have a phone. As a kid, we would do stuff like fish down by the river which was just a few steps away and play with sticks, listen to the trees, have fun with dirt, watch the hummingbirds, play with real metal diecast toy cars and trucks, hiking, getting chased by aggressive stray dogs. I loved it. I since visited the area back around 2010 and the place has been developed and heavily populated. A travesty.
I love watching y'all listen to 80's music and it always makes my day when an 80's song pops up in one of your videos. Obsession has always been a catchy song in more ways than one. In the quirky 80's category, I would highly suggest Murray Head's One Night in Bangkok. Thanks for all of the smiles!
This song was Animotion's debut hit. The song peaked at the #6 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early spring of 1985. The two original lead singers of this group are Bill Wadhams and Astrid Plane. Astrid is the only member of the group is not born in America. She's from England. This song is a banger indeed!!!
Just like the 1500's was a Renaissance for paintings, sculptures, and engineering, the '80s was a Renaissance for music. There was so many new ideas and experimentation, new digital instruments and media. Just like the canvases and stone of the masters like Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Donatello and others, the '80s saw an explosion of color and vibrancy that had not occurred since Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, etc. It was an awesome time to be a teenager, to have our lives shaped by all the new music of the '80s. I was raised on country, and didn’t understand any other music until a friend played Roxanne and Message in a Bottle by the Police. I was hooked and soon I was listening to Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Psy Furs, B-52s, Oingo Boingo, Missing Persons, Cure, New Order, to name a few. I remember for the first time falling asleep every night to two albums because the were so melodic: Unforgettable Fire by U2 and It's My Life by Talk Talk. I had to flip the cassette tape over to finish the album. Some songs you need to react to: ● Bad by U2 ● Roam by B-52s (nothing like Rock Lobster, Jay) ● Things Can Only Get Better by Howard Jones ● Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls ● The Sun Always Shines on TV by a-ha ● The Promise by When in Rome Have fun exploring the '80s!
Some future 80s songs to consider if you're game (not sure if you may have already reviewed some): Yazoo - Only You New Order - Bizarre Love Triange Peter Shilling - Major Tom How Soon is Now - The Smiths Love Plus One - Haircut 100 Wouldn't it Be Good - Nick Kershaw Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth Come Dancing - The Kinks Wild One - Iggy Pop Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer ...I could go on and on....such an amazing musical era. 🙂
80’s memories here!! Ok, This song came out when I was 7 yrs old and was one of my *FAVORITE* songs at the time. My mother taught aerobics and weight lifting to other young women and mothers in our small town. Yes, think Jane Fonda’s workout (which we had on cassette tape btw, and I had the Strawberry Shortcake workout cassette tape as well, hello 80’s!) My mom went to buy some records to make a workout mixtape for her class, and I *begged her* to get Madonna’s “Material Girl”. She did not come home with Madonna, and I was disappointed, but she did get this single on vinyl and used it in her mixtape. She also used songs from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, the Pointer Sisters and Axel F, and probably something from Flashdance (which you should do music and movie reactions too!) Anyway, I fell in love with this song and would dance to it in our living room so hard! 🤩 Of course, never really paying attention to the lyrics. Side note: for the Abs and Cool Down section of her workout she raided my dad’s jazz records and used Herbie Mann. I used to think the record covers of his albums were hilarious. *Edit: I forgot my favorite part! My mom made t-shirts for her students that were pink tank top half shirts that had a duck lifting weights on them that said “Body by Judy” (my mom’s name) 😂
This week we lost the Gord Lewis, guitarist from Canada's 80's band "Teenage Head" here in Hamilton ON. They were one of the early punk rock bands. RIP.
FAVOURITE MEMORY THAT CAPTURES MY TEENAGE 80’s Senior high Prom. OMG this took me right back!! Oh we thought we were cool. I couldn’t sit up in the Limo because my hair was so big. I had to lean forward almost to my knees because it was about 12” tall, black and Bright Blue, a bleached white braided, ultra thin “rats tail” hanging from the bottom of the mullet, in the nape of my neck, and a bright blue double breasted suit, and BAGGY, high waist MC Hammer pants. Oh what a decade to be young and free and living in the Rich Western world
Fun fact, the pool in this video is the same pool in Beverly Hills Cop where the shoot out happens. This was Animotion's biggest hit their "2nd biggest hit" was a 1989 song called Room To Move. I put that in quotes because the record company owned the rights to the name Animotion, and they changed both lead singers for that song. The female lead on Room To Move was a woman named Cynthia Rhodes who at the time was married to singer songwriter Richard Marx. She is also the same Cynthia Rhodes who played Penny, the woman who has a botched abortion, in Dirty Dancing.
I always think of Cynthia Rhodes first and foremost as the girl who played Rosanna in Toto's video. I was amazed when she appeared a few years later as one of the leads in the sci-fi movie Runaway with Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons! Then Dirty Dancing and then yeah, "Animotion". Plus she was married to Richard Marx and appeared in one of his videos. Crazy career!
I dunno we just grew up around this type of art and it was normal for us. Hearing a masterpeice on the radio every other day was totally expected. Now we realize we were spoiled. We didn't see ourselves as quirky or weird...the world was different back then and we as kids were pretty wild and fearless. We did everything over the top (especially our hair) as a sign of either rebellion or just self-expression.
I was a Freshman in college when MTV premiered. It was 100% music videos, 24/7, & the VJs were instantly famous. THAT is why the 80s videos are SO "EXTRA". 😎🎶 "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles was the very 1st video shown on MTV.
This is one of my favourite songs from the eighties, I love how sinister it is under a great dance vibe. I was a young mum in the eighties and I just remember big hair and shoulder pads, and lots and lots of gaudy colours. I loved men wearing makeup and dressing like they didn’t feel the need to be macho. I think it was so experimental musically because of the discovery of electronic music in the mid to late seventies. Incidentally I couldn’t help but notice Amber had a butterfly on her t shirt!
As an 80's guy (class of '85) that's a PERFECT description of the 80's: experimental. Plus, add in the failed movie cinematographers and producers using all these special effects and camera techniques that were available at the time that weren't really appropriate or needed for movies, and making these crazy, but awesome videos! It was a really fun time! Btw, on a side note, my friend and I were the original Beavis and Butthead! We watched MTV and made fun of all the videos that "sucked", and then cheered when a good one would come on!! Fun times!
Glad y'all picked up on how eclectic and experimental popular music was in the 80s. Being a young kid, I didn't know any better than to think men looking like Boy George wasn't "normal". Didn't know that it wasn't "normal" to hear a song by Duran Duran followed by Prince followed by Metallica followed by Run DMC. It was great to just have this musical and cultural stew just thrown at me from day 1. Can't help but think it played a role in me having pretty eclectic tastes myself.
I have two words to describe the 80's, FUN and FASHUN. My best memory was going as a kid to the skating rink at the church's basement on Friday nights. The weekend would start by getting back home from school, having diner and going skating and dancing with my friends. I remember us going back home on our skates in the streets late at night. Montreal was a great city to grow up in during the 80's cause we also had good French music.
I did the whole of my teens and all of my "firsts" in the 80s.It really was the best of times!The music was so varied-we ran free as there were no mobile phones or tech.We roamed in packs but not to cause trouble.No way to be in touch without being together so we made the most of every moment.My most vivid memory is repeatedly laughing until we literally rolled on the floor or our school desks x
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The most disappointing part of the 80's is that we thought those days would last forever.
Hah!! Speak for yourself….I thought disco 🕺🏾 in the 70s would last forever until 1981 when the second British Invasion came along 😒
For sure! We should have known better, but we were too enraptured by it to know or care.
Amen! I was living my best life in 1987 at 18 years old as a club kid in an rave dance club. Not a care in the world! I’d go back in a heartbeat if I could!
@@kerrijohnson2303 I wish it every single day!
Definitely miss those days. Great music
The 80's : A decade that all the social problems today were solved. There was all kinds of people, Punks, heavies, preps, rappers. many men painted their faces like women, Gay, straight, any race etc... What I'm trying to say is that no one care how people look, everyone was having fun. Diversity was our union.
Right. We've been there and done that. All future generations have to do is look to the 80s. We were not extreme like kids today. So dramatic. We were sensible. We said discrimination is wrong and we changed mindsets by showing them not yelling at them or forcing insanity on them. We stopped listening to both sides and did what was right!
I was an 80s teenager. MTV shaped us. Music videos were the ultimate form of expression for artists who not only had unique sounds but visually compelling ways to present their music. I think it ultimately taught us Gen X kids to be creative, resourceful and that it's cool to be weird.
Ah yes, Gen X - we of the most-maligned generation at the time, the most-overlooked and dismissed one now. As far as I'm concerned, we're still the cool kids, ha.
I was going to type pretty much the same thing so - -yeah, nailed it.
YESSS!!!
120 Minutes was the best show on MTV 😁
@@nancysmith8626 we sure are!
Need to add Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax as another unforgettable 80s song.
Yes .... With the Original Video!
Absolutely LOVE that song!!!
Oh man!
...Don't Do It!!! Younger kid me singing out loud in public. Now finally, really listening to the lyrics.... 😳
Its An Awesome Song....RELAX!!!!
A new wave group during the 80's that I really liked was Missing Persons. Their lead singer Dale Bozzio was the 'original' Lady GaGa in my opinion. 'Mental Hopscotch' and 'Destination Unknown' are two of their biggest hits.
Their song "Words" is brilliant.
Yes! Missing Persons
Lady Gaga ripped off everything about Missing Person's and this generation has no idea.
I agree!
Yes! Yaz was one of my favs too. 🤗 Don’t Go was a good one too by them. 👍🏽
This song was HUGE in the 80s. That keyboard riff was everything but the whole song was good. You could not help but sing along. The 80s was the BEST decade of music because it was all over the place and there was something for everyone. It was pretty great across the board.
AMEN.
Yeah, made huge by the pre-teen Gen X'rs. Was a crap bubblegum pop song then, is now. A catchy beat is easy to achieve, but a catchy beat does not a good or great song make.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 Tell us how you REALLY feel, ha.
Many musical genres everywhere with their fandom. Too much variety, and MTV played music videos 24 hrs a day.
Every friday, they would have a "Top 20 video Countdown" at around 7pm eastern time. A re-run the next day in case you missed it.
I was born in 1964, love my 60s, 70s, and 80s music, and I'm a TOTAL 80s GIRL! I graduated in 1982, so this was my late teens and early twenty's days. These were the days when we could get into clubs and DANCE OUR ASS OFF!! This is one of my favorite dance songs, but I never and I really couldn't tell you if any of my friends nit-picked it apart like y'all did. That's not what we did with our music...yeah some listened closely to the words, but when we were young back then, we just wanted to sing and dance. I hit the clubs every Friday after work then again on Saturdays...dressed in my 80s best with Aqua Net stuffed in my purse to make sure my "big hair" didn't fall by the end of the night...cause we had to hit the Denny's or any all night breakfast places to eat after drinking so much and watch the front door to see who was coming and meet new people. THE 80s WAS A BLAST and I'd live it all again if I could!! This is a BANGER SONG...and a great dance song...even great for nights at the roller skating rink!!
Yes, yes, and yes! We are the same age, and I couldn't have described it better (Aqua Net and all) lol. I'd go back in a second too. I would actually like to go back to the early/mid 70's and start there before landing permanently in the 80's 😊 If only ...
Hell yeah I was just saying in a big ass comment of my own how great the '80s were. I was born in 78 though. So I viewed the '80s through much different set of eyes than those of people a little older than me like yourself. The '80s were amazing though absolutely
I was thinking the same thing. We NEVER picked any songs apart like this.
Yup!!! That's the 80s right there in a nutshell! Clubs, clubs, and more clubs!!! Dancing our asses off all night!!! What a time to be alive and young!!!!! I feel sorry for the later generations who never had what we had!!!!
I was born in 1960.........Loved the 70's and 80's...........I loved the disco era too............
The 80's, when a whole generation took off the blinkers, turned up the volume and the colour, and just went for it! Last generation of going out with friends to hang out anywhere and everywhere, flipping from one music style to another as you discovered something else new and exciting. It literally was the decade that most resembled watching the Wizard of Oz when it flipped from black and white to technicolour!!
80s was awesome. If I could pick to go back...I would do the entire decade over again.
Yes absolutely! Me toooooo
"the pop, the rap, the... whatever THIS is..." 🤣🤣🤣 This song is a BANGER!!! One of my faves-- reminds me of freshman year of high school!
I graduated in 1986 so I "became of age" during this time. Experimental is a good word for the 80's. Not just music but fashion and hair too. My boyfriend at the time had longer, and bigger hair than I did and I heard his father say "can't tell who's who from the back". Haha I have lots of great memories! The Gen-X generation were known as latchkey kids because most of our parents worked and there really wasn't any day care to speak of. We considered ourselves feral. Lol
We would be out until dinner time or later and our parents never really knew where we were. Or they would drop us off at the mall or six flags (until one of us got a car). No cell phones or any way to be tracked down, we were free!
but do you remember that public service announcement that used to come on ... "it's 10pm, do you know where your children are?"
I was a Gen-X latch key kid. I did have older siblings but they were usually out with their friends so when I got out of school I walked home, made myself a snack, and watched cartoons until my mom came home around 5:30.
Fellow '86er!!! 😋
An '86er here as well! We are BY FAR the most "80s" of all since we tured 13 in '81 and 21 in '89. Middle, high school and College ALL IN THE 80s! Best time EVER!!!!!
Absolutely ... 💯
And we ROCKED it!!
We killed it ... Had so much FUN and still turned out GREAT!! 😀👊
This song was so iconic not for the lyrics but for the music the riffs and the synthline and the music were used in nearly EVERY sports stadium and movie in some form in the 80s even commercials were featuring it, when someone talks about the music of their childhood this songs music is what they mean
Definition of the 80s right here! Please check out "Situation" by Yaz/Yazoo. Amber will love all the "sound effects" used throughout that banger. Also, "Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go)" Full Version by Soft Cell. Love you guys so much, keep smiling!! 🎶😎🎶
edited to *Yaz/Yazoo* - Originally the band was "Yazoo" but later they had to change it to "Yaz" in the North American market. Albums and singles can be found under *both* names, but I came to know the band as "Yaz" when I first heard "Situation" on the radio as a kid and was introduced to the band and their history and members, like the talented Alison Moyet. Just saying, I'm aware of *both* names and majority of fans know the band as Yazoo. It's all good! 💛😉👍
Love Tainted Love 🙂
agree Yaz- Situation is a must!! They reacted to Tainted Love about 10 months ago
@@surlechapeau oh dang, I missed their reaction to Tainted Love!! Thank you, I'll go check it out!! 😁
Tainted Love is the quintessential song of the 80's. Along with Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
@@mikekling you're welcome!
Sooooo 80’s.......massive hit in the UK......still got the 12” 👍❤️
'experimental' is a very good description of the 80s sound and the culture. we (gen-xers) were both retrospective and forward-looking in our outlook.
She sang that?! Oh wow!!
I was definitely obsessed with “Obsession”! Loved the 80’s. Another great song is “I Know There’s Something Going On” by Frida who was one of the lead singers of ABBA.
Yeah, a bit more of a rock sound, but very 80s as well.
That was a GREAT song!!
An 80s CLASSIC! The duo in front are Astrid Plane (isn't that a great name??) and Bill Wadhams. They didn't have a ton of hits, but "Obsession" is still played today. "Room to Move" and "Let Him Go" are two of their other hits, but my personal second-favorite of theirs is "I Engineer". And if I may, there's another 80s band (from the Netherlands) that had a hit called "Obsession". The band is called Xymox (or Clan of Xymox), and if you love the 80s synth sound, you'll love this one too. Finally, it's long past time you gave Howard Jones a try. "No One Is to Blame" or "What is Love" would be great introductions.
I engineer is a great tune
Astrid Plane is such a great name, I wished it was my name after I became aware of her, ha. This is one of THE major hits of 1985, for me. Still love it nearly 40 years later!
As for Xymox, the only song of theirs I'm familiar with is "Imagination." Was a minor radio hit as far as I can remember, but it stuck in my head and I was able to find it many years later with an internet search. It's a really cool song and totally underappreciated, IMO.
Would *love* to get some HoJo in the mix!!! I'd go with "Life in One Day" or "Things Can Only Get Better" for openers, but he's got a great library!
@@matthewteague623 disagree, start where it started with New Song...the lyrics are perfect for these two...
Yes, Howard Jones! That will give me some good memories. When I was in college, Event Organisation was part of our course. Our teacher had the brilliant idea to take us to one of the largest concert halls in our small country for a tour. And additionally we could catch a free concert! Howard Jones was one of the artists performing that night. We all went home with a hoarse voice, lol.
I have 100s of favourite 80s memories: going to the roller rink, drive-in cinemas, and hanging out in video arcades at the mall. The fashion was crazy, extreme, diverse but always FUN. I loved how individualism and creativity was prized. It wasn't about aping what everyone else was doing but being carefree and self effacing. Dance the way you want, look the way you want. This was before Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter so it was about being in the moment not documenting what you were doing to show other people.
This is as 80's as 80's got. I loved it when they dropped this song on the dance floor. The beat is still sick.
My favorite 80's memory was about '83, they had just opened a water park with a slide and a lake and camping and a whole bunch of other stuff. Never seen anything like that before and it blew my mind. We used to go there for youth group outings in the summer. Most blessedly happy 80's memory for me and my sis.
This is one of a dozen or so songs that really defined the 80s sound. A big part of 80s sound was the development of computer-related electronics. The 80s is the decade when the personal computer first came out, for instance, the first Walkman type personal music players, and digital music / the compact disc format.
A couple of other great tracks from the 80s I would recommend would be "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q, and "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk 3.
Yes!! Love those two songs!
😎👍😃❣️😃👍😎
The 80s were so Experimental!! Great word!! You just had to be there!! Class of '89🤘🤘
Class of ‘85 here!
Class of 1990 here
When 88 is dead and gone, 89 will party on!
@@robertherring9277 we’re alive in ‘85!
Since I was a kid in 1980s, my favorite memories are from the Malls. They had Arcades, movie theaters, food court, Tower Records, video stores, comic book shops, Hifi Buys, Spencer's Gifts, Brock's candy stores, you could spend an entire day in the mall and never see the same thing twice.
Believe me, Malls today are nothing like they used to be.
Malls were our hangout spot too.
Tower Records is making a bit of a comeback. The last physical store still operates in Tokyo, Japan.
But, they have started a website and are selling music on it. Shipping everywhere.
They did a documentary film a couple of years ago on it....it renewed interest in the brand.
So, while it will probably never be the same experience as the stores in the 80's, it is worth at least checking out.
Malls are dying. But maybe that's a good thing 🤔
So grateful to have grown up in the 80s. Cannot describe that time to people now. Had to live it. We knew all this tech was coming. We knew we had incredible music and artists that would be legends, never to be repeated again.
It's true. You HAD to be there to get it.
As an 80s kid I can honestly say that I feel sorry for those who missed it. My favorite memory of the 80s would have to be how carefree it felt. It wasn’t a perfect time, bad things still happened, but in the whole, life seemed so much more enjoyable. Hard to explain, but watch a few more 80s movies and you’ll probably start feeling it. I recommend 16 Candles and/ Pretty in Pink. That’s some pure 80s right there.
Yess!!!!
Those are 2 of my faves!!
Sometimes I wonder if people from younger generations can handle some of the movies and music from our time bc they were shaped in a time where people get offended and are super careful about what they say and how they say it. We were NOT. 😂 That's what made it so free. I don't know if they'll be able to unknow how they were shaped to be able to have a peek into a time that was so very different, and still be able to appreciate it without being shocked or offended. I don't say any of this to offend them. It just is what it is. You know what I mean?
@@user-or1ye3iz6dI know.. So many youngsters take so much seriously. It was a different time. We did have a lot of freedom and people didn't get offended in those days compared to nowadays.
A great 1980's movie to add to your movie reaction channel is "Valley Girl" starring a young Nicholas Cage in one of his first movies. "Valley Girl" is so 80's and defines the decade perfectly (especially the mall culture of that time and the outrageous clothing) and I love two of the songs that were featured in the movie: "Electric Avenue" sung by Eddie Grant and one of my favorite 80's songs, "I Melt With You" by Modern English. Those two songs would be great to review and I second the notion on "Waiting For a Star To Fall". They absolutely have got to review that one. Amber would especially like it and it's such an uplifting song.
Couldn't agree more
And it's on Prime right now!
Valley Girl has arguably the best ‘80s soundtrack! The Plimsouls, The Psychedelic Furs, The Payolas, Josie Cotton, Felony, and The Flirts too.
@@conrad4667 and Bonnie Hayes' "Girls Like Me"! One of the most underrated '80s jams!
ELECTRIC AVENUE and MELT WITH YOU!!!! 👍😃❣️😃👍
I was a teenager in the 80s and really, the sound of a song was what captured me, it was all about the sound ….. most often I didn’t actually listen to the lyrics until much later. Certainly a diverse decade. Living in the 80s wasn’t as crazy as the videos would make you think …..
As someone who spent the first half of the 80s as a kid and the second half as a teen, I can tell you...it was a fun decade during which to grow up. In some ways, the 80s were the best of times.
It's a medley of Animotion's greatest hit! Great Rock of the '80s song. Another group from this era that you would enjoy is Missing Persons. They had a couple of songs worth checking out: "Words" and "Destination Unknown."
Remember guys, the reason the '80s produced such crazy videos was because MTV (Music Television, which began as a network that only played music videos, not the crap they show today) debuted in the early '80s. So record companies suddenly started spending money producing videos to go along with the records they released.
I hope y’all consider more ladies of the 80’s like Suzanne Vega ft. DNA, “Tom’s Diner”, the Mary Jane Girls, “In My House” (written by Rick James), and Jody Watley, “Looking For A New Love” just to name a few. These songs were all hits of the 80’s 😎
Cover Girls, Company B, Expose', Seduction, Human League, Shannon, Samantha Fox, Lisa Lisa, ABC, so so many more 80s
Yes.
Suzanne Vega has an amazing catalog.. Tom’s Diner isn’t even her best song
I was 20 years old in 1980 and it seemed like there was a new artist or a new sound every week. Getting to see Talking Heads live is a favorite memory of mine.
Lucky you! Talking Heads are one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time.
Love talking heads. If you a minute check out Kermit The From singing Once In A Lifetime. My kids love it
The 80's videos LOL, the lyrics ".. who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me" haha, the 80's are simply FANTASTIC! It's no wonder back then we'd all run home from school to watch music videos on MTV (in my case here in Canada, MuchMusic!) and this track was the theme/intro song to one of the most watched TV shows back then Fashion Televsion with your host Jeanne Beker! (sorry couldn't help it!)
I have to say that in the 80s as someone in their late teens and early twenties in Los Angeles, I was able to explore personalities. I went through my Pet Shop Boys fashion phase, Boy George flamboyant phase, my Duran Duran boy-toy phase, my Depeche Mode gothic phase, and my Prince mysterious-enigmatic phase. The clothes were outrageous, the hair was outrageous, the attitudes were outrageous, and it was all fun. I was at the dance club two or three times a week dancing my little butt off for hours either with someone or alone, it didn't matter to me.
Starting in the mid to late 70s through the 1980s, music was very experimental. And the biggest reason was due to the synthesizer. The synthesizer, like the internet today, removed a lot of obstacles for musicians, singers, and songwriters. You no longer needed a full band when you can sample, tune, mix, and arrange an entire album from your garage. If it wasn't for the synthesizer rap & hip hop never would have gotten off the ground.
Very true.. I'm a musician and started my Band Days back then!!
More specifically the MIDI. That meant synthesizers went from huge studio sets only producers and studio technicians could use to portable instruments anybody who could play a piano could use and easily transport to any gig. And yes, it also meant a lot of new experimental sounds became readily available to musicians willing to try and discover them. The Fairlight CMI sampler which was introduced around 1980 also meant you could incorporate any recorded sound into your music. A *lot* of previous limitations and obstacles were gone and the sky was the limit.
The 70s was a time of enormous creativity. Still, the 80s have it all: fantastic creativity, experimentation, economic boom and consequent generalization of technology that made electronic music possible for almost everyone, humor sense and, above all, freedom.
As a child of the ‘80’s I can definitely confirm it was EXTRA. Try Nu Shooz- I Cant Wait. I still love that song. Sooo totally’80’s, dudes.
Samantha Fox - Naughty Girls Need Love Too
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
All 80's, all need to be checked out.
I agree! Loved the 80s! Still do...
Samantha Fox and her first success "touch me"...
Tarzan Boy … omg, forgot all about that one-hit wonder! Would be good for them to do.
Yessssssss to all. Tarzan Boy is such a guilty pleasure 😂
Memories of the 80s. Oh my gosh, MTV, princess phones, bright clothes, big hair, colorful makeup, going to the Victory (a historic theater turned into an under 21 club with a disco style light-up floor), getting to see the video to Thriller for the first time at that same club, watching HBO and Cinemax when you weren't supposed to, lol...
In the early 80s, synthesisers suddenly became affordable and many bands based their sound on them. Also, many of the pop culture icons were evolving such as Terminator, Aliens, Rambo, Packman etc that we still see today. So it was a very memorable time.
If I could describe the feel of my life during the entire 80s decade in one word, it would be "Music"! We had it all.
Born in 1972 and I love the 80s music. Nice to be among friends. LOL
Both the 70s and 80s produced very eclectic music. We had it all!
A story:
I went to my first concert in 1980. It was DEVO in a place called the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon. Each member stood with a giant strobe light behind them. My friend and I were in the back row of this smallish venue. With every beat, their strobe lights flashed. Because of the heat from those lights, we were both sweating like pigs throughout the show.
Seeing Devo live this summer. I was barely born when they had they heyday and always felt I missed out on great music.
One of my favorite memories....sitting up all night on Saturdays watching MTV with my cousins... Wham Duran Duran Bruce Springsteen ... So many great artists... I remember Whitney Houston's first song ... Cyndi lauper... I think I spelled it right.. Madonna... Michael Jackson
.... The list goes on and on
The clothes, sound, dance moves, hair.. wow these guys are soooo 80s! I had heard the song but hadn’t seen that vid (or not that I remember). Good fun
The music shaped the 80s. It was everywhere. All of my memories involve music. We had the start of MTV and VH1. Nights at the skating rink, in the arcade, at the bowling alley, weekends at the lake, all with an 80s soundtrack in the background. A lot of the best movies were remembered for the soundtracks.
The biggest thing I remember about the 80's was the premier of MTV. Thought that was the greatest thing ever. Was able to listen to it through my stereo. Do I really miss those days. The music and videos were phenomenal. The bigger the TV got the better.
Everything involved music as a kid in the 80's. Boombox with a super long extension cord to reach the curb of the street, so we could rock out while we roller skated in the streets. MTV gave us the latest music hits to watch and listen to in our homes 24/7. Each video more outlandish than the next to compete for priority time slots. Music became obsession with getting to see all the performers every day. If we weren't outside off on our own, we were inside watching MTV.
Could not have told you who the artist was, but I certainly danced to this dozens of times. I'm 72 now and have an observation for you young'uns: NEVER STOP DANCING. NEVER. ❣
It's called the 80s excess. I graduated in 84 and we indulged in all the music , the partying, the Friday night cruising and just the freedom that we had to experience everything. And our parents knew nothing about it.
This sticks in your head forever…uggg…I still remember when it came out. Oh my gawd. I grew up through the 80s and there is just too much. I miss it though because it fit my personality.
Anybody who was a WWF wrestling fan in the 80s would remember this as the Saturday Night's Main Event theme
First thing I think of when I hear any part of the song 😂
I can comprehend why so many people often say '84 was their favorite '80s year in music, it was after all a year where many new pop artist became superstars of the charts but for me the best part of the '80s was actually the very early years, in particular 1981 was a crucial banner year in popular music because there was so much important new stuff coming out in all genres around that time, that all made a lasting impression on the whole popular music scene. The last truly excellent classic '80s year, I'd say was '87 although there'd still be good stuff coming later on as well.
80's music across all genre's were fun. Music wasn't so serious and dark. We were carefree. Definitely a great time to grow up. I really enjoyed it💕
Lucky yes, those carefree days are over though as the world's gotten smaller which is both good and bad, it's good because you can bring attention to bad stuff very quickly now which you coudn't do so easily before. As for the arts overall, not so good because the 'isolation' of the continents back then did bring us much different stuff that began locally whereas music seems a lot more samey now as the world's connected. Oddly enough.
MTV in its hey day. The videos were everything. Hardcore 80's. Whoever recommended it did you right.
I miss MTV
MuchMusic in Canada!! Woo hoo!!!
80s classic! Every time I hear this song, I think Saturday night‘s main event because that was the original opening theme to that wrestling show!
MTV gave bands that were still trying to figure out who they were musically become stars. An interesting look plus a unique sound were all a struggling band needed. And each new band that made it inspired others to keep experimenting. Thus a whole decade full of surprises. Bravo for noticing.
80s memories- watching Live Aid on TV, boom boxes, video jukeboxes, New Coke, Member’s Only jackets, and white Calvin Klein jeans. Oh, those were the days!
Bring back New Coke!!!!
Haha! Remember all that hype about New Coke?! I didn't like New Coke, after all that. 😂
This song was a HUGE hit back when I was in junior high. I wish I had a dime for every time it came on the radio back then!
You want, A, story from the eighties.
That is an impossible task.
The 80's was such a fast paced time, it was like putting 4 whole decades into 1.
I was 6 in 1980, and by the end I was 16.
As a small child just leaving the 70's, the 80s was like hitting the ground at a full blast sprinting.
The music, the movies, the culture, the slang, everything was up for grabs. And the motto for the decade was, More.
It's wasn't just one thing to focus on, it was a million and one things to look at, feel, and experience.
There is no way of telling what the 80s was.
The only way to know what the 80s was is to have lived it.
Older generations will say it was just another decade.
But to be young and living thru the 80s was magical.
It happened in the flash of the eye and it was over. And the world has never seen anything like it since.
If I could I would spend my entire life trapped in the 80s. And still would have experienced everything that it had to offer.
The excesses of life, money, drugs, and rock n' roll.
And everyone was living it together.
It was an amazing time.
We started with techno music and bright colors, and ended with the beginnings of technology.
We started with records and cassette tapes, and ended with CDs and internet.
We started with Atari and ended with Nintendo.
In 10 short years we made more than just simple changes, it was a culture and technology revolution.
It lead the way for the technology of today.
It was the explosive beginning into the future.
How do you put that into a simple story.
We jammed this song back in high school, parents were concerned because the lyrics, but we didn’t care, we partied to this jam. Man the 80s were so much fun!
My favorite thing about the 80's was no social media therefore we actually talked face to face.
Great line. "The 80's. You can get synth, the pop, rap, and whatever this is." I spit out my drink when you said that. Love it.
I graduated in 1985......loved the music of the 80's......Voices Carry, safety dance, tainted love, boom boom boom let's go back to my room, rebel yell ( I was in Love with Billy Idol! Lol) Berlin, Roxette, Blonde, the Cars...... brown Eyed Girl, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis ( all of it....Country, Rock, Gospel.....my Mom was a Huge fan of his music.) Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osborne, Meatloaf, ect.....there were too many great songs to list! Missing Persons, Ratt, AC/DC! 😊👍
One of the coolest songs of the 80's!!! 🙂
Could either be New Wave or Techno for genre! Yes, we had R&B, Soul, Country, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, New Wave, Techno, Dance, Rap, Punk, Celtic, Classical, Grunge, and Industrial music genre's 🎶. 1980s was Mallrats, Arcades, and acid washed or florescent clothing!!! You really want to see a throwback nod to 1980s watch "Hot Tub Time Machine" starring John Cusack!!!
Sooo 80’s the music just knocks on your door and says 80’s! The era was really the most creative time for music and much more!
I graduated high school in 1986 and I have to say that there has never been a time like it. Just sitting on the porch drinking beer with my friends and relaxing on a hot summer night while these songs played on the radio - not as oldies, but as current hits, over and over - is something that is unforgettable. And yes, 1986 ws the year that the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 for beer..... 11 days after my 18th birthday, so I granfathered into legally drinking beer --- barely! I remember drinking with my friends at a drive-in screening of Porky's II and being so drunk that it took 3 of us to drive home (I was in charge of the emergency brake). A few fun songs from the era you should check out are "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora, "Beds Are Burnin'" by Midnight Oil and "Run, Run Away" by Slade. Love your channel! Keep up the good work! Long live the 80's!!!
This is my absolute greatest guilty pleasure song from the '80s. So cheesy, so catchy.
I grew up in the 80s in a small town called Angus, in Southern Ontario. The closest city was Barrie, and every year in Molson's Park in Barrie they had a big all-day concert on Canada Day, with a fireworks show at night. Most of the bands that played the concert were Canadian, and the main one I remember was The Northern Pikes, doing "Teenland". Iconic early 80s Canadian rock, probably worth a reaction.
I grew up in the 80's graduated HS in 88. The craziest stories I guess I have are me and my friends driving around back roads in the middle of the winter at night sliding into snowbanks on purpose. Driving out on the (hopefully) frozen lakes. Partying in the woods all weekend and somehow our parent's not freaking out about it. We are the latchkey generation. I was coming home to an empty house at 10. Doing laundry, cooking my meals, whatever. During the summers we would be out for maybe days at a time. Hanging at this or that friend's house. It's funny, when you talk about 80s music it's hard to think or it as one style or sound. You can divide it up into like 2yr sections and each one would be different than the last or the next. Some stuff (like this song) are guilty pleasures, others I have revisited and really maintained a love for. For truly great songs with an 80s vibe similar (but better) than Animotion check out Howard Jones (What Is Love, New Song, or No One Ever Is To Blame) or Paul Young (Every Time You Go Away).
Yes. The 80’s was truly diverse. The culture was all about if you have something to say or do- here’s the microphone and there’s the stage. Everyone rocked out equally then. All unique, all iconic. On the other side the producers and all the creative people involved then are legends now. The greatest on both ends and for all.
Huge hit in the 80's. Clubs and radio played this song like crazy. New wave was big and this song with its techno feel was awesome!
New wave, dance-punk, post-punk. The music and the clothes, hairstyle. New wave is an offshoot of punk rock music..
Some say "watered down" punk rock music you can dance to with futuristic sounding synthesizers, heavy bass guitars, catchy drum beats, etc
Lot of new wave/post-punk songs are like this. We didn't really noticed, just something to danced and groove to it. lol. Kind of nonchalant.
Other songs/videos from this group yall will are "I Engineer", "Let Him Go", "Room to Move".
GenXer here, too. We were kids (me) , teens or young adults when this song was huge (mid '80s).
Other groups like them were Human League, Thompson Twins, ABC, Ace of Base, Berlin . Check them out!
Very 80s!
We also had early rap music, pop, punk, metal, rock, R&B/funk, country music, freestyle music, etc. Great movies, tv shows, and malls, video games, arcades, sports, bikes/skating water parks/pools, , lol Great times!
You could pretty much count on artists to release good stuff on a regular basis, new albums coming out every year.
The 80's were magical, best memories were hanging at the Arcade playing Joust, Robotron and Pacman. I grew up in a house with 5 siblings and had to listen to their musical tastes. The summer of 82 I got my own stereo and was listening to the local FM radio and they played the top 30 countdown on Saturday nights. For the first time I heard the music of my generation and it spoke to me. Police "everything she does is magic", J.Giles "Freeze Fame", GoGo's "Our Lips are sealed", Rick Springfield "Jessies Girl", Fleetwood Mac "Hold Me", Huey Lewis, ZZ Top, Styx, Joan Jet, Pat Benatar - Just to name a few. I love all the genre's of the 80's and felt like I was finally grown up at 15 years old.
Not to mention The Movies that were released to us that Summer. Never again will there ever be a blockbuster summer movie releases like the summer of 82. The year itself had such wonderful really great movies that were so well done. Classic year for many things 1982 was.
My best memories from the 80s are from spending my free time between going to the movies and spending hours at the record store. There were also the staples: Neon colors on clothing, freaky new sounds from synthesizers, big hair, shoulder pads, mousse or sculpting gel for hair
Before MTV the three most common ways to hear new music was either the radio, TV shows like American Bandstand or hanging out at your favorite record store.
When MTV came around they became the new norm, it was exactly like listening to radio, mostly unscripted but still with talking points to hit such as this artist is on tour look for your local listings to see if he's heading your way and let's watch his new video right now. In the beginning there was not too many videos so a lot of them would play a few times a day.
So artists were trying to be original in their videos in order to make it on MTV.
A lot of us who were teens in the 80s were spoiled with the quality, quantity and variety of hits. I seem to remember you two receiving a book about Billboard magazine. I don't know what the book contains but I know you can check out the hot 100's chart on their website.
If you go and punch in today's date but in 1984, out of just the top 10 you will see four songs you have already reacted to. When Doves Cry by Prince, What's Love Gotta Do with It by Tina Turner, Dancing in The Dark by Bruce Springsteen and Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart and and one that have not reacted to because you knew it already, Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. The other artists in the top 10 are all artists you have reacted to, but not to their specific songs.
The Jacksons, Elton John, Lionel Richie, Dan Hartman and Rod Stewart. This was all in the same week! As I mentioned, we were spoiled.
There is a video online titled "The Very First Two Hours of MTV" maybe you should check it out just to have a feeling of how it was. Something else that could make you have an idea of how it was would be to look at TV commercials from this era. In my generation's case, these are nostalgic but to someone that has not lived through it, it still provides a glimpse of how things were.
Great comment
80s was my favorite decade. I was in high school at the start of the 80s, and lived through all of the best music around.
Keep feeling "fascination" was a great one, "Don't you want me baby" was another great song as well. I was 17 yrs old in 1982, I was loving all the music, from The Cars to Metallica, GNR, to Billy Idol. We had so much to sample!! It was some of music's greatest breakthroughs!! No matter what you liked❤️
loved this song as an 80s teen. used to do my homework with MTV playing in the background ... ok, i did practically everything with MTV playing in the background back then. 😁
AH, the 80's. The 80's were the Mall where you had everything a growing teen needed, arcade, food court, movie theater, Spencer's, Sharper Image, Waldenbooks, Victoria's Secret and all the teens and twenty somethings rocking the hottest looks off MTV from the Boss, to Madonna to Duran Duran to everything in between & you didn't care or judge b/c you could always find your clique/tribe at the mall in one store or another. Mall people watching was watching packs of people passing other packs going to and fro to then meet at the nearest Denny's at 2 AM on a Fri or Sat after you'd been at a party or getting out of the midnight show at the movies or a club.
The 80s were the middle of the cold war with Russia. They had 1000s of nukes pointed at us. We studied it in school extensively. We all new the world could end at any moment so we lived like there was no tomorrow. Thats basically the 80s and why it was so crazy
My favorite memory of the 80's music-wise would be watching Michael Jackson do the moonwalk for the first time live. Favorite memory overall, now that I look back I would say the severe lack of technology compared to today. My grandparents had a cabin up in the mountains of Santa Cruz in the middle of nowhere and the place didn't even have a phone. As a kid, we would do stuff like fish down by the river which was just a few steps away and play with sticks, listen to the trees, have fun with dirt, watch the hummingbirds, play with real metal diecast toy cars and trucks, hiking, getting chased by aggressive stray dogs. I loved it. I since visited the area back around 2010 and the place has been developed and heavily populated. A travesty.
I love watching y'all listen to 80's music and it always makes my day when an 80's song pops up in one of your videos. Obsession has always been a catchy song in more ways than one.
In the quirky 80's category, I would highly suggest Murray Head's One Night in Bangkok.
Thanks for all of the smiles!
This song was Animotion's debut hit. The song peaked at the #6 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the early spring of 1985. The two original lead singers of this group are Bill Wadhams and Astrid Plane. Astrid is the only member of the group is not born in America. She's from England. This song is a banger indeed!!!
Just like the 1500's was a Renaissance for paintings, sculptures, and engineering, the '80s was a Renaissance for music. There was so many new ideas and experimentation, new digital instruments and media. Just like the canvases and stone of the masters like Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Donatello and others, the '80s saw an explosion of color and vibrancy that had not occurred since Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, etc. It was an awesome time to be a teenager, to have our lives shaped by all the new music of the '80s.
I was raised on country, and didn’t understand any other music until a friend played Roxanne and Message in a Bottle by the Police. I was hooked and soon I was listening to Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Psy Furs, B-52s, Oingo Boingo, Missing Persons, Cure, New Order, to name a few. I remember for the first time falling asleep every night to two albums because the were so melodic: Unforgettable Fire by U2 and It's My Life by Talk Talk. I had to flip the cassette tape over to finish the album.
Some songs you need to react to:
● Bad by U2
● Roam by B-52s (nothing like Rock Lobster, Jay)
● Things Can Only Get Better by Howard Jones
● Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls
● The Sun Always Shines on TV by a-ha
● The Promise by When in Rome
Have fun exploring the '80s!
Some future 80s songs to consider if you're game (not sure if you may have already reviewed some):
Yazoo - Only You
New Order - Bizarre Love Triange
Peter Shilling - Major Tom
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Love Plus One - Haircut 100
Wouldn't it Be Good - Nick Kershaw
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Come Dancing - The Kinks
Wild One - Iggy Pop
Johnny and Mary - Robert Palmer
...I could go on and on....such an amazing musical era. 🙂
80’s memories here!! Ok, This song came out when I was 7 yrs old and was one of my *FAVORITE* songs at the time. My mother taught aerobics and weight lifting to other young women and mothers in our small town. Yes, think Jane Fonda’s workout (which we had on cassette tape btw, and I had the Strawberry Shortcake workout cassette tape as well, hello 80’s!) My mom went to buy some records to make a workout mixtape for her class, and I *begged her* to get Madonna’s “Material Girl”. She did not come home with Madonna, and I was disappointed, but she did get this single on vinyl and used it in her mixtape. She also used songs from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, the Pointer Sisters and Axel F, and probably something from Flashdance (which you should do music and movie reactions too!) Anyway, I fell in love with this song and would dance to it in our living room so hard! 🤩 Of course, never really paying attention to the lyrics.
Side note: for the Abs and Cool Down section of her workout she raided my dad’s jazz records and used Herbie Mann. I used to think the record covers of his albums were hilarious.
*Edit: I forgot my favorite part! My mom made t-shirts for her students that were pink tank top half shirts that had a duck lifting weights on them that said “Body by Judy” (my mom’s name) 😂
You need to give Nu Shooz a listen. Particularly "I Can't Wait" and "Point Of No Return". Those are 2 bona-fide 80's bangers.
This week we lost the Gord Lewis, guitarist from Canada's 80's band "Teenage Head" here in Hamilton ON. They were one of the early punk rock bands. RIP.
LOL...."if someone dedicates this song to you...run!" OMG...that just cracked me up. 😀
FAVOURITE MEMORY THAT CAPTURES MY TEENAGE 80’s
Senior high Prom. OMG this took me right back!! Oh we thought we were cool. I couldn’t sit up in the Limo because my hair was so big. I had to lean forward almost to my knees because it was about 12” tall, black and Bright Blue, a bleached white braided, ultra thin “rats tail” hanging from the bottom of the mullet, in the nape of my neck, and a bright blue double breasted suit, and BAGGY, high waist MC Hammer pants. Oh what a decade to be young and free and living in the Rich Western world
Fun fact, the pool in this video is the same pool in Beverly Hills Cop where the shoot out happens. This was Animotion's biggest hit their "2nd biggest hit" was a 1989 song called Room To Move. I put that in quotes because the record company owned the rights to the name Animotion, and they changed both lead singers for that song. The female lead on Room To Move was a woman named Cynthia Rhodes who at the time was married to singer songwriter Richard Marx. She is also the same Cynthia Rhodes who played Penny, the woman who has a botched abortion, in Dirty Dancing.
And that house with the pool was built by and belonged to gangster Bugsy Siegel, it's a pretty famous location.
I thought I was imagining Cynthia Rhodes as a singer. Now I have to go listen to Room to Move.
I always think of Cynthia Rhodes first and foremost as the girl who played Rosanna in Toto's video. I was amazed when she appeared a few years later as one of the leads in the sci-fi movie Runaway with Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons! Then Dirty Dancing and then yeah, "Animotion". Plus she was married to Richard Marx and appeared in one of his videos. Crazy career!
I dunno we just grew up around this type of art and it was normal for us. Hearing a masterpeice on the radio every other day was totally expected. Now we realize we were spoiled. We didn't see ourselves as quirky or weird...the world was different back then and we as kids were pretty wild and fearless. We did everything over the top (especially our hair) as a sign of either rebellion or just self-expression.
Blame it on the 70s!! Shag carpet, wood paneling and Soft Rock made us wanna get out and be Wild!! What a Blast!!
Nailed it!
I was a Freshman in college when MTV premiered. It was 100% music videos, 24/7, & the VJs were instantly famous. THAT is why the 80s videos are SO "EXTRA". 😎🎶 "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles was the very 1st video shown on MTV.
This is one of my favourite songs from the eighties, I love how sinister it is under a great dance vibe. I was a young mum in the eighties and I just remember big hair and shoulder pads, and lots and lots of gaudy colours. I loved men wearing makeup and dressing like they didn’t feel the need to be macho. I think it was so experimental musically because of the discovery of electronic music in the mid to late seventies. Incidentally I couldn’t help but notice Amber had a butterfly on her t shirt!
As an 80's guy (class of '85) that's a PERFECT description of the 80's: experimental. Plus, add in the failed movie cinematographers and producers using all these special effects and camera techniques that were available at the time that weren't really appropriate or needed for movies, and making these crazy, but awesome videos! It was a really fun time! Btw, on a side note, my friend and I were the original Beavis and Butthead! We watched MTV and made fun of all the videos that "sucked", and then cheered when a good one would come on!! Fun times!
When i watch these old videos it reminds me of just how strange and unique of a time i grew up in. Good times!
Even though you've watched a lot of videos already, there are still TONS of greats that you still haven't seen. Just scratched the surface. 💜
Glad y'all picked up on how eclectic and experimental popular music was in the 80s.
Being a young kid, I didn't know any better than to think men looking like Boy George wasn't "normal". Didn't know that it wasn't "normal" to hear a song by Duran Duran followed by Prince followed by Metallica followed by Run DMC. It was great to just have this musical and cultural stew just thrown at me from day 1. Can't help but think it played a role in me having pretty eclectic tastes myself.
I have two words to describe the 80's, FUN and FASHUN. My best memory was going as a kid to the skating rink at the church's basement on Friday nights. The weekend would start by getting back home from school, having diner and going skating and dancing with my friends. I remember us going back home on our skates in the streets late at night. Montreal was a great city to grow up in during the 80's cause we also had good French music.
I did the whole of my teens and all of my "firsts" in the 80s.It really was the best of times!The music was so varied-we ran free as there were no mobile phones or tech.We roamed in packs but not to cause trouble.No way to be in touch without being together so we made the most of every moment.My most vivid memory is repeatedly laughing until we literally rolled on the floor or our school desks x
I can't count the number of times I danced to this song with my man, at the time. Love it!