The Motels- "Only The Lonely" 1982 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
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Martha Davis has one of the most sultry voices ever 🖤
Yeeeeep!
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Absolutely!
Matches her beautiful sultry looks.
1982 was one of the best years of my life. How I miss the days of no responsibility, great musicians and beautiful woman. Peace
I might even say beautiful _women_ -- because I feel like there's more than one -- but that's just me.
No rabbit holes
Completely agree, the best time to be alive and young.
Agree agree agree
Yeah, relatively peaceful times when I was young. Our generation sure produced some phenomenal music.
It's 2022 and this is still a great song 40 years later.
40 years mate (1982) but yes a timeless song.
@@curcumin417
Thanks typo corrected.
2023 here
2024!
Will ALWAYS be 😊
Timeless.
I remember when this song came out as I graduated from college.
Now 63, I wonder where time has gone.
Same here !
We wished it a way instead of living in the moment.
'83 - graduated HS. brings me back to more innocent times.
@@miguelcadete2495 exactly
Yup 1984! Me and my lady from 82 still enjoy it👍🏼
Born in 1964 and this song came out the year I graduated from high school!! Fast forward to this year 2022 and who's with me listening to this great song?
same here ... I remember this being a hit in 1983 ...
me to .. i learned it on my bass .. just because i liked the song.. plus ALL the cool music that came out during that era
Graduated in ‘83, and remember the feelings like it was yesterday. I turned 21 in 1985 and it was such an amazing time to come of age with Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson having a huge impact on music. Today’s world is a hot mess compared to when I joined the Army, graduated college and got married. The world I knew is gone, sadly…
@@runnn3107 And Van Halen.
@@runnn3107🎉❤1980s ..4 ever!
Wow! What a beautiful voice!!!
Man. It would have been great to be alive in 1982. I can't imagine that world compared to now. No internet, no video on demand like TH-cam, no social media, no cell phones. I bet it was so chill.
It was indeed a time to live.....and raise my kids.....
I remember when this song first debuted. It was indeed, a beautiful time to be alive!
Yes it was so much fun, wish you could have experienced that time!😉👍
There was A LOT to like about those days
It was very chill!!
Just another example of the great tunes from the 80s. I had forgotten about this gem.
Music in the 1980s sucked. Just ask anyone who lived thru the 1960s.
@@acousticshadow4032 I was around then..60s and 70s for me were the best but the 80s had their moments too.
My very first cassette tape was a Solid Gold Hits from 1983 which included some great bands. I played this song on my Pioneer radio cassette player that my dad bought me. In fact we bought the radio cassette player and the cassette tape at the same time. Because he thought I’d play the music too loud, he asked about a head set. Those days they were chunky but the quality was superb. This song was so much of my life growing up, at the time I was 14. My father has gone now, too soon. Miss you dad! I learnt so much from you, and I’ll never forget that day when we bought that sound system. ❤❤❤❤beautiful memories.
Beautiful
The best of times. Roller rinks, hamburger joints and so many first crushes.
Omg the 80s❤
... and Martha Davis
😎🙂 i was 8 i think
Yes life was so good and unforgettable experiences and un fortunately will never experience that again in our life I'd go back in a new York minute'''
@@vannjunkin8041 the best of times ,,,
What a great gem from the 80s. It takes me back to my 20s, and I’m 65 now. Thanks for posting.
I saw them at the coffee house on the Stanford campus just as this album was catching on. They were very late and super apologetic about it, then gave one of the best shows I’ve ever seen to an audience of about 100. She was very charismatic and, yes, sounded every bit as good live as on the record, if not better.
You sae history
Must have been pretty cool!
Was that around the time John Elway was at Stanford?
What a beautiful voice. I had 2 of thier albums. Sadly, never got an opportunity to see them.
"Well I don't remember, all I know is it makes me feel good now" That line gives me shivers every time.
Absolutely ICONIC
Wow, a performance doesn't get any better than this! What a gem!
It's the record. Not live.
@@ulphil08 it's live
It's hard to tell, but I think it's the recording. They were professional enough to match everything they did on the record without actually playing. Although I'd prefer a real performance, including flaws, a popular group like that wouldn't risk making mistakes or being mixed badly because the general populace is enticed more by "perfection" than reality.
No, it is not!@@joejones9520
It’s a recording
This song decrbribes my 80's musical history when I was an undergrad. Such fond memories!
Single mother of 2, packs up her kids, moves to LA and starves for a few years, then, BIG TIME!! The woman is amazing, and still is to this day. MARTHA DAVIS. A force to be reckoned
If I married her she wouldn’t have to change her name because we share it. Love this song till I leave this world.
She believed in her dream.
A true beauty
Outstanding 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Great song then and now
This was when music was real and the lyrics and composition was superb in the 1980's! What an era of music of which many of us shall never forget that lived during this "Special" time in music history. One of my teammates in H.S. personally knew the Merv Griffin family as they were close friends with the family in New Jersey during the mid 1970's!
The motels they are phenomenal Great lead guitarist the rhythm is wonderful in this particular song the sax player great and that pretty little baby's got a beautiful the motels great 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎵✌️
I was there, loved it then….in retrospect the 8os were absolutely terrible, so plastic and synthy after 1982. Now, I realize the 197os was absolute quality.
@@11dsw ~ Agree with your assessment of 80s music, which with few exceptions, was nothing but trash. All Big Hair, Spandex & Drum Machines. None of it could hold a candle to the 1960s. Motown alone blew the doors off the 1980s.
@@11dsw I grew up in the 70's and the women stunk. So there's that.
@@11dsw Look just because you can't get laid anymore you don't have to be mad at everyone on here.
1983, I graduated from college. The world looked good and things were looking up. 41 years of battles and fights, scars and bruises, the body and soul aren't very good anymore, but this song remains wonderful and reminds me of some of my last happy days in school going to a club dancing with a pretty gal to this song.
rock in roll will save the world. Think about it
@@paulvon2378Rock and roll can save the world ! I sound like such a Dick 😂
I had the hugest crush on Martha back then, and her voice so melts me ❤❤❤
My generation knew how to make music! Man, I miss the 80s!
Probably not as much as I miss the 70's 😊
She had a Beautiful Voice ! Calming and Soothing! 1982!
one of my all time favorites that i keep on replay for ever its just so soothing mesmerising and spiritual and relaxing
The Motels have tour dates scheduled for this year! TheMotels.com
Wayland! And has! Still touring in 2021 beginning this August!
And still does !
One of the most sultry voices ever 🖤
Never get tired hearing this. Takes me back to summer nights cruising in the 80's❤
I miss the 80's. Bring it back please.
I wish we could!
I'll go, lets go!
No kidding. What a great time to be a teenager. Magic.
I graduated HS in 86. I guess I thought the music would always be that good. 100% agree with you.
Absolutely!!
It's amazing how listening to this song brings me right back to 40 years ago at 11 years old. Such a great song.
Great classic!! I get goosebumps every time I listen to this. Wonderful musicians here!
This song is so beautiful. It has so much sentiment to it. One outstanding Artist. An unforgettable song, and what amazing saxophone notes. Lovely, and classic.
❤️🌟✨💗
I was 16 in 82. What a blast it was to live in the crazy 80’s
I like this tune. My favorite song 🎵
I've always liked this song!
The rhythm hits all the right strings in the soul
All these years later when they hit that “come on here we go” part it still gives me shivers
Timeless!!!! Forever 80's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a pretty and most fascinating woman ,hello my darling ?
I always loved this song, so beautiful. And Martha Davis's voice, so lovely. 💕
What a voice! Love the motels... Favorite song suddenly last summer
Seriously underrated guitar tone on that solo!!! Damn I love this song.
Amazing that it survived the dreaded TV audio mix.
After those born in the 50's, 60's and 70's it's a shame music like this will be forgotten. When Music was music.
Agree. Something better has GOT to replace the absolute shyte we have now.
@@alanserjeant4947 Turns out there are about a million "reaction" channels where "new" people are giving us Oldsters a place to yell "That's not music! Listen to this and you'll understand!!"
@@vampfashions You mean there's hope ? 🙂😂🤣
@@alanserjeant4947 We can only ever hope and pray and thrust guitars, bass, and drums into the hands of every kid we see, with speakers blaring "oldies" in the background, parents be damned lol
@@alanserjeant4947 Something I gave up on...
Some say I wish I could go back, I say I’m glad I experienced what I did and have great memories. Back then I wondered what I’d become - today I’m grateful for a life full of wonderful family and great friends. God Bless.
So true
Martha's absolutely *scintillating* voice, looks, and charisma during the end-fade out !! 3:25 ❤️🔥 😍 🔥 ..Camera work was *perfect* there ! 🏆 👍👍
I love Ballads and there were a few Bands in the '80's not ruining music yet. Before the downhill slide, Journey, Quaterflash, Loverboy, Men At Work and several other Bands caught the eye and ear of this retired "60's-'70's Drummer! This is great music!
8nb..
Hard to believe that was almost 40 years ago. Time is just zipping past.
Tell us about... next year.
You're telling me !
Time is but a fleeting moment . My mom loves this song and she's 71 and I love this song even though I'm into heavy metal
Enjoy the life
Martha is 70 now and still touring ( pre Covid anyway)
This is real music, classic forever❤Great and beautiful voice❤
Somehow this song makes me happy and sad at the same time.
Nostalgia... the best explanation is here:
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Me, too. Beautiful sad song, but from a happier time (1980s).
@@carlbaumeister3439 amen life is so diffrent
Same
Yes, me too--bitter but sweet...
That singer so knows how to play to a crowd. Not only are her vocals one of a kind stellar, but those Betty Boop facial expressions, quirky glances & those moments of euphoria when she's lost in a verse... how can you not fall in love with her. That was the good ole days when every component of the song from the synth to the high-hats made them the enigma they were. Makes me mad that the label didn't give them more latitude (and a little $$$) to give us more. They had it in them.
Seriously, she should be on legendary status like Stevie Nicks or Grace Slick, and this band should have been huge.
You describe her perfectly, its how I always envisioned her.
Timeless! This song moves me today just as much as it did in the '80s, if not more! *CHILLS*
I was a HS freshman when this came out. I grew up with great music in the 70's and had so many amazing bands in the 80's to listen to. I wish I knew then how blessed I was to experience everything during that time.
I was 20 in 1982 when this song came out. It's still one of my all time favorite songs. For me, it was one that defined the decade.
Cool! 65 and I have heard and enjoyed the song but till now, I had never heard of The Motels!
Excellent tune and lead singer has a great voice.
Love, love, love her voice. Such a classic, never get tired of this song. Could listen to it a million times ❤
Being a child of the 80s, I was able to enjoy Fleetwood Mac when this album and their green Greatest Hits album were released. I still remember watching their videos and listening to “Little Lies,” and “Seven Wonders.” And I totally agree, they are so good, not only do they sound great but they remind us of the original group with their fantastic looks !!! Thank you so much for sharing your music and keep it up guys !!!
This song is a vibe 👌🏼🔥
I found a great copy of "All Four One" last year, it's a fantastic pressing and a very "audiophile" quality recording.
I have a very nice stereo system and this album will blow you away!
Yes I also have this and Little Robbers 🎉❤
Martha Davis Voice , Sooo Romantic , I still listen to them today , Fantastic...
Insane energy levels. I come back here every couple of months to recharge my batteries 🤗🤗😍😍
Her voice was just incredible! TIght band, great tune and it never gets old!
One of the best songs of the 80’s.
Eu nunca vi uma cantora tão linda e meiga como essa, que jeitinho doce ela tem, simplesmente linda, música perfeita.
A masterpiece!
Amazing voice, amazing song perfectly sung. Her voice and way of singing reminds me of Chrissy Amphlett, the Divinyls
This song is so damn beautiful!!&
even though it fills me w melancolia it also fills me w bliss
Kinda like when u eat the last piece of red velvet cheese cake &
you find out that there's another
whole 🎂 in the fridge!!😞😛😁👍
I was just starting high school when I heard this song on the radio. One of my favourites
The 80's. Goodness, what great music.
OMG - when he spun the album cover around and I saw the picture, I went back 40 years in a second and had to go dig it out the collection. And stick it on the same Pioneer TT I had back then. Nostalgia huh? 🙂
Such a good song. Great performance.
...and fake. It's not being performed.
Not live but they were good live.
Won tix to see then in 84' for my date and I.
Good times
@@mikeuher5054 WHO CARES?
@@KB-ke3fi me.
Love the music and and the "Cat and Mouse build-up to the start of the chase pure brilliance 😊.
Great year and great song 🎶 16 years back in those days. 80s,,,
Takes me back....in college, this song was in constant rotation on FM in LA. The melancholy in Martha's voice was just off the charts.
Killer tune
Amazing live performance!!! I freaking love this song which is packed with love, emotions and soul. ❤ Thank you The Motels!!!
I think Jewel listened to a lot of The Motels growing up, of course Martha Davis was a big influence on lots of vocalists as was Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons. They both deserve much more credit than they get.
Awesome song one of my favorites.
Reminds me of being 20 working at marina on long island new York.
Thank you so much for the memories
Great music, great memories. Thank you.
Otra inolvidable rolita de esta muy chingona agrupacion, me van a hacer llorar canijos, recordando mi hermosa juventud, ¡ gracias !. Saludos desde Monterrey N. l. Mexico vatos.
One of my favorite songs and bands from the 80s
This song has always been on my playlist
I love her music during the 80s.
When this song came out, WLS in Chicago still played music and they always played the top songs A LOT. I didn't mind it with this song because it's a great song and I still love it.
Lágrimas brotan al escuchar esa hermoza canción tan bien interpretada por Martha D 😍😍😍
Debbie! As always! You’re so sweet and beautiful! You were my childhood crush ! And you still are ! God Bless You !!
I find it so hard to believe that this song is now over 40 years old. We were all in High School back then or just young adults. I don't think the 1980's truly went away......it's more a situation that our generation just all grew up, that's all. We went on to have relationships, were married, had and raised kids, bought homes. and some of us focused on our careers. And now when we take the time to look back at that time in life, we remember just how great it was being young with all of the music back then. Being nostalgic is a good thing. While the 1980's have "technically" passed, we are still a part of that decade and we "all" were the 1980's. We all lived them, and will always have the memories of a better time gone by.
*I was 24 and you couldn't tell me nothing♥️*
Born in 62, this music makes part of my life
Desde q escuché esta pieza por primera vez en los 80's, me encantó y hasta la fecha 😄
Some of the best, if not the best Lip Sync if ever saw ... love them and the early eighties
The lip sync was right on and it's nice for the audiences to hear the song just like the record sounds. Martha looks amazing here.
@@scdevon was thinking that myself! she looks beyond incredible for this shoot! damn....woman! rockin that pants suit and heels! and the voice? forget about it! lip sync or not...she went into a studio and got that sound!!!
Take your fanboy goggles off ..... The sloppiness of them fumbling thru this lip sync is obvious if you are paying attention.
@@avolite719 OK, OK, drummer Brian Glascock hit the crash cymbals a number of times more than what was heard on the "Playback Tape", but other than his add-libbing a bit too much, most everyone else was fairly spot-on.
BCRadio
@@avolite719 give them a break, I am sure it gets old doing tv show circuit and being able to play live.
Beautiful lady! Beautiful voice!❤️
Love this song. It takes me way back.
Back on the Block.
What an EPIC song!
She looked so good here. I miss those good old days.
I was alive in 1982. Just graduated High school and on top of the World. It was chill. Just like you wondered there was none that technology around MTV was it! Still listening in 2025. This is MikeNCFL
Anyone who was a teenager at this time remembers their heart aching
This song is still fantastic 42 years later. Martha's voice and just the way she carried herself. Wowza.
I Love It. My kids will know her music and hear it. Pass the music on
Thanks so much for this video! Love The Motels.
Her voice is like the recording live🔥
Uhhh I dont think its live
That's because it's playback.
Lip sync pro
@@dicko195 As is the case with most musical acts who appear on shows like this.
She can still hold a note till this day, one of the most sultry voices ever 🖤
"So hold on, Here we go" We went! I was 21 when this came out. I was into metal, but this stuff was on every radio. It's like the soundtrack to my youth. What a ride!
Yep, same rock on my fellow 1980s 🎉❤fan
Quantas sensações boas de relembrar essa música, que fez parte da minha juventude.
This is one of those, very special, tunes you feel as much as hear. My favorite kind of song.
One of the greatest songs of all time.
Bro, cmon...this song is good, but greatest? cmon bro!
Managed to see them about this same time at Gammage Auditorium in Tempe Az. It was an intimate affair and they were awesome on stage. The song Total Control has a special place in my heart. Martha slithered across the stage and sang directly into the sax while the sax player held that instrument between his legs. It was an forgettable visual!
Can someone bring back good music and the saxophone please?
Jack Black did with the saxaboom.
Fast cars and having a good time precious moments