Does anyone else make the mistake of watching these two just before bedtime, thinking they will just watch a couple of vides then suddenly it's the early hours of the morning? I love these two.
What makes 80s videos so great is there was no blue print for "making" a video, they were all unique, low budget, minimal production value & zero special effects....and yet they're iconic
100%, and that applies to a lot of 1980s films too. And what do we have nowadays? Bulletproof CGI and amazing stunts but zero originality and very few ‘wow’ films anymore. Seemed like almost every fortnight there was an iconic film come out in the 80s.
Impossible to hear this song and not see Elizabeth Shue (she played Ali), from Karate Kid, having fun on the beach, and pausing to give Ralph Macchio (played Daniel) a glance….Fun memories.
@@laurakali6522 have you ever heard will Smith summertime,I can feel the hot pavement under my feet when I listen to that song,when I hear gimme shelter I picture Vietnam war in my head
AHHHHH, One of my FAVORITE acts ever. They had sooooo many songs that are still on my playlist after all these years. They dont get much love here in the U.S. though. This made my day. 🤗
I lived it and I regret not stopping and smelling the roses not realizing how good life was in the 80s, we were all to busy partying and having fun, the 80s was a completely totally different world it was true freedom, we assumed the future would even be better, not knowing the future would be a dystopian hell hole.
"I Heard a Rumor", "Venus", "Robert De Niro is Waiting", and "Only Your Love" are next videos for yall to check out. They were a fun poppy new wave, Eurodance group back in the '80s and early '90s. Pretty women, too. They were like the '80s, early '90s version of Spice Girls. Lex will love them! lol They influenced Spice Girls in some ways as well.
In the 9th grade my boyfriend went on vacation with his family for 2 weeks, and I cried to this song every day. My friend from that time still laughs about it and will send me voice messages of clips of this song. Oh to be young and so overdramatic.
You've opened the English Ska band family association with Bananarama. If I remember correctly, the ladies were first the back up singers for The Specials (Ska Gods). Then they became their own group. After the Specials broke up, some of them became the Fun Boy Three and sometimes partnered with Ban. English Beat, The Selector, Bad Manners, Madness, Special Beat Service, General Public.
Okay, to according to Sara Dallin (the tall blonde one, she is almost always in the middle), the song deals with the “darker side” of the traditional summer songs which often have happy themes. It is about the sadness of being all by oneself in the midst of the scorching heat of the summer, thus the title “cruel summer”. About the guffyness act - the Britpop songs from that time was like that - fun fun fun - no matter the lyrics lol - and they were on coke when they made that video - which also were normal in the UK at that time :-) Upon the song’s released in 1983, it was initially not internationally famous until it appeared in the hit 1984 martial arts drama movie 'The Karate Kid' and it moved fast :-) In addition to Cruel Summer being one of the most famous summer songs ever released, the song was included in the list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s by VH1. Cruel Summer peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart and number 9 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 10. Since its release in 1983, the song has appeared in many famous films, most notably The Karate Kid. Other notable films to have featured this song include the following: 1985 comedy film 'Fraternity Vacation' 1997’s comedy film 'Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion' 2015’s comedy film 'The Final Girls' directed 1984 The song appeared in the American TV series 'Knight Rider' - 'K.I.T.T vs K.A.R.R' Since the song came out in 1983, many artists and bands has covered that song, most notably the Swedish group 'Ace of Base' in 1998. 'Ace of Base' later covered the song again that same year with the French band 'Alliage'.
Love this track. It's almost like an acapella parallel of cool different beats and melodies. The Wikipedia on this track is pretty eye-opening: "After an exhausting morning shooting in the city in brutal August heat, the band returned to the tavern for lunch. They made the acquaintance of some local dockworkers, who, upon learning of their situation, shared vials of cocaine with them. "That was our lunch," said Fahey, who had never tried the drug before. "When you watch that video, we look really tired and miserable in the scenes we shot before lunch, and then the after-lunch shots are all euphoric and manic."[8]"
Loved this song so much. It dropped the summer between my sophomore and junior years in HS when my family moved across the country to FL. I was pretty bummed out. This song was simultaneously both representative of my feelings, but also too much of a happy vibe to let me stay depressed.
Karen Woodward later married Andrew Ridgeley of music duo Wham! Siobhan Fahey (pronounced Show-bon Fay-hee) went on to form the 90s group Shakespeare's Sister.
Here is an interesting fact about these ladies, their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group.
Is this true? More than the Supremes, Destiny's Child, TLC, the Go Go's, all of whom were more commercially successful? I mean, especially the Supremes, who were second only to the Beatles with #1 hits going into the 1970's?
@@macc.1132 Bananarama were huge in the UK, Australia, much of Europe, and elsewhere, over several decades, but their popularity in the US was much more limited for some reason, so Americans often don't realize how popular their music was globally, and well beyond the 80s.
@@Xman156 I wonder why it was played on every New Wave station in Los Angeles when it came out and not the Pop stations, and they were on the New Wave concert venues instead of the pop venues. And actually when they came to the USA they were part of the New British invasion. But it's your right to call it what you want.
@@kurtsaxton823 It's strange because in NY it was played a lot in mainstream pop stations. I think the term new wave is too loosely defined, but this song at least doesn't sound like what I used to call new wave in the 80s.
Early MTV was a great way for Artists to sell ... it was a whole new industry, with schools for music video including art, video, photography, fashion and bussiness degrees. Was the internet before the internet.
As a young teen in the 80's you can guess what I thought of Bananarama. My fave was Keren and that wasn't solely for her singing talent. And this song is a banger. Who thought dungarees could look so good.
It is so funny how Brad is always trying to analyze the text and the meaning of the song, while Lex is like "I like the vibe and the melody, I was not paying attention to the text" 🙂.
Time for “Walking In L.A.” by Missing Persons or “The Metro” by Berlin or “I Know What Boys Like” by The Waitresses or “Boys In Town” by the Divinyls or “Heart and Soul” by T’Pau or “Voices Carry” by Til Tuesday and so many more!!!
They did Voices Carry, iirc. Walking In LA w/ lyrics would be good. Berlin has a few songs they need to get to. Sex (I'm A) would be cool. But w/ the highly dated video instead of just the lyrics.
easy and fun song to dance to....... !!!!!! ha ha ha... want to dance..... you all are good ..... like your reactions......... you two should be dancing to this one....!!!
Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! The eighties was a crazy time to grow up. You could literally get away with anything musically. NuWave had some crazy bands. Haircut 100, the Thompson Twins, ABC, Men Without Hats, Flock of Seagulls. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
Siobhan Fahey went on to do Shakespear's Sister with Marcella Detroit aka Marcy Levy. Check out Stay, Hello (Turn The Radio On), I Don't Care, You're History or Break My Heart
Love these ladies... listen to their cover of the song VENUS...another favorite of mine is I HEARD A RUMOR from the 1987 movie Disorderlies starring the Hip Hop trio, The Fat Boys. Siobhan Fahey left Bananarama and became a duo in Shakespeare's Sister...listen to their song STAY.
I experienced some heavy bullying when I was growing up after my family moved to another state and this song had a lot of meaning for me. There were a lot of cruel summers.
British comedian Jennifer Saunders said she based her characters Eddy and Patsy from the comedy series 'Absolutely Fabulous' on the girls from Bananarama, as she said they partied harder than anyone.. :O
Yesss, ive always thought 1984 was THE pinnacle year for music in my opinion. Definitely those 5 years though. 1986 seemed to mark the beginning of the end for such fun vibrant creative music. Imagination was on another level during that time..
@@jaywillingham4085 yes...1984 was the best year for music ever...Springsteen-Born in the usa,metallica-ride the lightning,van halen(1984),U2-the unforgettable fire,bryan adams-reckless and many other great albums were released this year!
Does anyone else make the mistake of watching these two just before bedtime, thinking they will just watch a couple of vides then suddenly it's the early hours of the morning? I love these two.
Guilty!!!! Sorry ... not sorry lol
Hahaha! It's 4 am and I'm still watching!
I did it.last nite. Nostalgic time machine.A blast to the PAST.
Fuck yes,
It's like 3am and I get up at 5am for work🤦♂️
All the time! 🤣🤣👌
What makes 80s videos so great is there was no blue print for "making" a video, they were all unique, low budget, minimal production value & zero special effects....and yet they're iconic
Exactly, it was all new and people were figuring it out as they went along
Not totally low budget but not as high budget as in modern times
100%, and that applies to a lot of 1980s films too. And what do we have nowadays? Bulletproof CGI and amazing stunts but zero originality and very few ‘wow’ films anymore. Seemed like almost every fortnight there was an iconic film come out in the 80s.
@@FrankCastlesConscience except for Top Gun Maverick. Good story and real jets
They were little pieces of video art.
I love these 80's Pop Songs so much
They sound so happy and excellent
Impossible to hear this song and not see Elizabeth Shue (she played Ali), from Karate Kid, having fun on the beach, and pausing to give Ralph Macchio (played Daniel) a glance….Fun memories.
Lol man first thing I thought of! God if I could be a kid in the 80’s again for a few days.
Watch Cobra Kai, they bring it back! Sick as
That movie is an 80's time capsule.
I always think of the parking lot outside the school in Karate Kid with this song.
Totally agree with you, yes--- Karate Kid all the way 😊
An automatic transport back to the 80’s summers. Such a nostalgic song.
sweet!
It actually makes me think of hot humid days in summer ,awsome!?
@@mikehardesty98 right? I love songs that actually have a feel to them.
@@laurakali6522 have you ever heard will Smith summertime,I can feel the hot pavement under my feet when I listen to that song,when I hear gimme shelter I picture Vietnam war in my head
@@mikehardesty98 I wonder if these emotions are why people with dementia do so well with music therapy?
This song is practically the definition of 80s vibe
AHHHHH, One of my FAVORITE acts ever. They had sooooo many songs that are still on my playlist after all these years. They dont get much love here in the U.S. though.
This made my day. 🤗
It's the 80s.. and man I wish I could have been a part of it what a great generation for music and pop culture!
I lived it and I regret not stopping and smelling the roses not realizing how good life was in the 80s, we were all to busy partying and having fun, the 80s was a completely totally different world it was true freedom, we assumed the future would even be better, not knowing the future would be a dystopian hell hole.
Very well said, even more relevant a year later.@@nelms78
I wish everyone could experience what I did during the eighties.
The 80s is my childhood. Born in the 70s. There's just no other era like it. It's not just nostalgia, it was truly a great time to grow up.
I love how they're in baggie overalls and not all sexed up like a lot of girl groups were forced to be even in the 80s.
They did get sexed up in their Venus video. Not that I'm complaining 😁
They were fashion students and made their own clothes
TLC, 3 person girl band in hip hop/RB, had that general overall thing goin too. Maybe influenced by this vid a tiny bit?
To me that made them even more attractive and desirable.
Yeah,so true. I still love and enjoy this song,nostalgic ride down memory lane. A much different america back then. MUCH DIFFERENT.
Genre - 80's English New Wave
Another great 80s dance tune...you couldn't help get out on the floor.
"I Heard a Rumor", "Venus", "Robert De Niro is Waiting", and "Only Your Love" are next videos for yall to check out. They were a fun poppy new wave, Eurodance group back in the '80s and early '90s. Pretty women, too. They were like the '80s, early '90s version of Spice Girls. Lex will love them! lol They influenced Spice Girls in some ways as well.
UK girls in US. Another 80s gem. Loved the funky guitar on this always.
This song was in the original Karate Kid film. Great song, film, and reaction!
Oh,man,the Karate Kid such a GREAT movie.And the 2nd one was GOOD too.
In the 9th grade my boyfriend went on vacation with his family for 2 weeks, and I cried to this song every day. My friend from that time still laughs about it and will send me voice messages of clips of this song. Oh to be young and so overdramatic.
You've opened the English Ska band family association with Bananarama. If I remember correctly, the ladies were first the back up singers for The Specials (Ska Gods). Then they became their own group. After the Specials broke up, some of them became the Fun Boy Three and sometimes partnered with Ban. English Beat, The Selector, Bad Manners, Madness, Special Beat Service, General Public.
80s new wave is just fun music, thanks for the vid.
this is such a crush for me. I'm a big burly guy that listens to the most brutal metal, but Bananarama will make me stop and just be soo happy
If you promise not to report me, I'll second that, just substitute your Bananarama for my NKOTB. "If it's too loud, you're too old!"
heard this song a million times in the 80's it was huge. Always just felt fun. :)
Love this girls vibe u can tell shes a fun person
Okay, to according to Sara Dallin (the tall blonde one, she is almost always in the middle), the song deals with the “darker side” of the traditional summer songs which often have happy themes. It is about the sadness of being all by oneself in the midst of the scorching heat of the summer, thus the title “cruel summer”. About the guffyness act - the Britpop songs from that time was like that - fun fun fun - no matter the lyrics lol - and they were on coke when they made that video - which also were normal in the UK at that time :-)
Upon the song’s released in 1983, it was initially not internationally famous until it appeared in the hit 1984 martial arts drama movie 'The Karate Kid' and it moved fast :-)
In addition to Cruel Summer being one of the most famous summer songs ever released, the song was included in the list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s by VH1.
Cruel Summer peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart and number 9 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 10.
Since its release in 1983, the song has appeared in many famous films, most notably The Karate Kid.
Other notable films to have featured this song include the following:
1985 comedy film 'Fraternity Vacation'
1997’s comedy film 'Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion'
2015’s comedy film 'The Final Girls' directed
1984 The song appeared in the American TV series 'Knight Rider' - 'K.I.T.T vs K.A.R.R'
Since the song came out in 1983, many artists and bands has covered that song, most notably the Swedish group 'Ace of Base' in 1998. 'Ace of Base' later covered the song again that same year with the French band 'Alliage'.
YES! Thanks guys, I was waiting for you to get to this classic.
Love this track. It's almost like an acapella parallel of cool different beats and melodies. The Wikipedia on this track is pretty eye-opening: "After an exhausting morning shooting in the city in brutal August heat, the band returned to the tavern for lunch. They made the acquaintance of some local dockworkers, who, upon learning of their situation, shared vials of cocaine with them. "That was our lunch," said Fahey, who had never tried the drug before. "When you watch that video, we look really tired and miserable in the scenes we shot before lunch, and then the after-lunch shots are all euphoric and manic."[8]"
Love it! Damn the 80’s were amazing!!
So freaking amazing. I really miss the 80’s 🥲.
Yes I totally agree with you I truly believe that we were blessed to have experienced those days...
Loved this song so much. It dropped the summer between my sophomore and junior years in HS when my family moved across the country to FL. I was pretty bummed out. This song was simultaneously both representative of my feelings, but also too much of a happy vibe to let me stay depressed.
Unusual the have a vocal group that does not harmonize, but it worked for them. Iconic song.
I loved this song so much as a kid. I used to always see this video on MTV. One of my all time favorites next to Karma Chameleon by Culture Club.
I am so happy that the prime of my life was based in the 70's and 80's. I live in NYC and this was filmed in Brooklyn I believe.
One of my fav songs.. great reaction guys.. Brad you are foetunate with a girl like Lex beautiful with a Bubbly personality!! 👌
Ahh... the silliness and beauty of the 80s, good times.
They are great!! I enjoy watching these two. 😊
Loved Bananarama as a kid, so 80s.
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "Shy Boy", "Venus" and "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"
(with Fun Boy Three)!!
Don't forget Robert DeNiro's Waiting!
Gotta love the Fun Boy Three. I'd add "He Was Really Saying Something" for the ultimate in low-production, high-fun '80s video vibe.
This is a feel good song for me,love new wave songs.
Love this song, this is my 80's, God I miss the 80's , take me back
BANANARAMA & FUN BOY THREE recorded a couple of songs together - “It Ain’t What You Do” & “Really Saying Something”. Both fun songs.
Karen Woodward later married Andrew Ridgeley of music duo Wham! Siobhan Fahey (pronounced Show-bon Fay-hee) went on to form the 90s group Shakespeare's Sister.
one of my fave 80s songs! ♥
I knew Lex was gonna love this one right from the start!
Here is an interesting fact about these ladies, their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group.
Is this true? More than the Supremes, Destiny's Child, TLC, the Go Go's, all of whom were more commercially successful? I mean, especially the Supremes, who were second only to the Beatles with #1 hits going into the 1970's?
@@macc.1132 Yes it is. Here is the source: Carr, Sue (21 June 2010). "Bananarama to headline Hyde's Splendid Festival". Manchester Evening News.
@@macc.1132 Bananarama were huge in the UK, Australia, much of Europe, and elsewhere, over several decades, but their popularity in the US was much more limited for some reason, so Americans often don't realize how popular their music was globally, and well beyond the 80s.
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@@rrwjes1571 Ah, I see, on a global scale. I was thinking just the charts in the states... my reading comprehension needs work!
Even being a Rocker in the 80s I liked a lot of the new wave music, they were definitely quirky and made great videos.
This is not new wave, it's just pop. Otherwise, Madonna would also be considered new wave!
@@Xman156 I wonder why it was played on every New Wave station in Los Angeles when it came out and not the Pop stations, and they were on the New Wave concert venues instead of the pop venues. And actually when they came to the USA they were part of the New British invasion. But it's your right to call it what you want.
@@kurtsaxton823 It's strange because in NY it was played a lot in mainstream pop stations. I think the term new wave is too loosely defined, but this song at least doesn't sound like what I used to call new wave in the 80s.
@@Xman156 either way I like the song and the group.
@@Xman156 it’s New Wave, for sure.
One of the many all girl / girl lead bands of the 80's and a great time for music videos.
Loved this song since my early childhood in the late 80’s so I grew up with this song
There's a lot of songs that are quintessential 80's, but this one has always been the one to take me back to that time...
This song is in heavy rotation on my summer playlists.
Early MTV was a great way for Artists to sell ... it was a whole new industry, with schools for music video including art, video, photography, fashion and bussiness degrees.
Was the internet before the internet.
So were on an '80's pop girl group trip tonight. Yes, I lived this! And I lived to tell the story!!!
Am I the only one who sees a Smokey and the Bandit theme to the latter half of the video?
Lex has a pretty smile and nice energy 😜😜😜😜
LOVED this song when it first came out! Definitely my favorite one by them.
Great band... quality and talent... i hope you do the rest of their hits. Great reaction.
They were singers, not a band.
As a young teen in the 80's you can guess what I thought of Bananarama. My fave was Keren and that wasn't solely for her singing talent. And this song is a banger. Who thought dungarees could look so good.
Did you at least wipe down the walls afterwards, or did you leave that task to your poor mother? Haha.
Karen and Siobhan were both knockouts and are still beautiful to this day!
Oh one of my favorite songs from the 80s - just
It is so funny how Brad is always trying to analyze the text and the meaning of the song, while Lex is like "I like the vibe and the melody, I was not paying attention to the text" 🙂.
Even though they're in the USA Bananarama are British 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Cool song!!
Robert Deniro is waiting is A must
Time for “Walking In L.A.” by Missing Persons or “The Metro” by Berlin or “I Know What Boys Like” by The Waitresses or “Boys In Town” by the Divinyls or “Heart and Soul” by T’Pau or “Voices Carry” by Til Tuesday and so many more!!!
They did Voices Carry, iirc. Walking In LA w/ lyrics would be good. Berlin has a few songs they need to get to. Sex (I'm A) would be cool. But w/ the highly dated video instead of just the lyrics.
Yes!! You hit on some true gems.
“I Know What Boys Like” by The Waitresses is a must. I can picture Brad's WTF face and Lex bouncing around in a bop.
easy and fun song to dance to....... !!!!!! ha ha ha... want to dance.....
you all are good ..... like your reactions......... you two should be dancing to this one....!!!
The 80's music broke music barriers
The HEAT of the summer and the COLD of the cruel betrayal. A classic that's not easily ignored.
Lex always has the best reactions. So fun and appreciative of all genres.
These old songs are like wallpaper. Been looking at em for decades.
My 80's childhood in Brooklyn. Makes me sad how much time has gone by.
Bananarama has a Mew Album coming July that include 11 brand new songs.
Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! The eighties was a crazy time to grow up. You could literally get away with anything musically. NuWave had some crazy bands. Haircut 100, the Thompson Twins, ABC, Men Without Hats, Flock of Seagulls. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
$1.48 a gallon? I'm crying...😭
Daniel Son Karate Kid . 80’s great decade
Siobhan Fahey went on to do Shakespear's Sister with Marcella Detroit aka Marcy Levy. Check out Stay, Hello (Turn The Radio On), I Don't Care, You're History or Break My Heart
Remember it so well from Karate Kid part 1 :-)
Born in 1970 loved the 80’s
Love this song. Brings back memories...
They were massive in the 80's
One of my favorite 80s jam . Thanks guys
Love these ladies... listen to their cover of the song VENUS...another favorite of mine is I HEARD A RUMOR from the 1987 movie Disorderlies starring the Hip Hop trio, The Fat Boys.
Siobhan Fahey left Bananarama and became a duo in Shakespeare's Sister...listen to their song STAY.
All the girl bands of the ‘80s were so cool
The Original Karate Kid Movie used this when he moved from jersey to Cali in the beginning of the movie....classic 80's man
So '80s, forevermore. We all crushed on all 3 of them.
British girls having a laugh their first times in the States!
I experienced some heavy bullying when I was growing up after my family moved to another state and this song had a lot of meaning for me. There were a lot of cruel summers.
Undeniably great song.
I love your energy, lex!
Love this song , and always on playlist! A really good vibe!
I love this track
Brad stopped paying close attention to the lyrics and was caught up in the music and the video. We just witnessed a breakthrough.
Everybody of my Generation knows the Lyrics for sure....a Mega Hit over here in Germany.....
This song could loop for a long time and i wouldn’t stop it.
Very 80s.
Oh man, did I ever have a teenage crush on Keren Woodward!! Along with Susanna Hoffs of course!
The music group "Ace of base" did a "cover" of this song in 1998 . For t
he Bananarama version , the sound , the beat , and the video is way better.
Banaramas are very famous in Britain for their constant parties and heavy drinking, they lived their lives in their own way! I really love them
Let’s build a statue!
good idea,they certainly deserve it
1984 was a cruel summer. I remember having to pay $40 to put 50 gallons of gas in my pickup that summer 😁😁🤣🤣
Not saying they are, but their music is in the direction of New Wave.
Evanescence version she sang with just the piano is brilliant.
British comedian Jennifer Saunders said she based her characters Eddy and Patsy from the comedy series 'Absolutely Fabulous' on the girls from Bananarama, as she said they partied harder than anyone.. :O
This is one of my all time favorites!
I wish I was young again and listen to this band again for the first time.
This video is like if beastie boys were born dorky girls 😂
The 80s were even better than they seemed to be...especially 80-85.
Yesss, ive always thought 1984 was THE pinnacle year for music in my opinion. Definitely those 5 years though. 1986 seemed to mark the beginning of the end for such fun vibrant creative music. Imagination was on another level during that time..
@@jaywillingham4085 yes...1984 was the best year for music ever...Springsteen-Born in the usa,metallica-ride the lightning,van halen(1984),U2-the unforgettable fire,bryan adams-reckless and many other great albums were released this year!
@@jims1046 Ahhh the memories.
True, I was living in Los Angeles at that time and having a frickin blast.
@@jaywillingham4085 wholly agree
great song reminds me of summer of 85! love the reaction. ; )
This song always reminds me of Karate Kid. Love it!