Anyone else feel a strangely profound sense of gratitude for being a teen/young adult in the 80? God knows I do (I'm 54), and the nostalgia is so painful at times... Little did we know how crappy it would all turn, and perhaps how little we appreciated what we had.
@@saulramirez6117 Hi Saul. I wish I could take you back... The feeling of unbridled freedom was so much greater, and it felt more live and let live. Life now is a chaotic mess, filled with so much hate and anger, surveillance, tons of sour people, and so many who are cruel simply because they enjoy it, and nothing is done. Sure, violent crime stats were a LOT HIGHER then, and nuclear destruction at a moment's notice hung over all of us, but we as a nation were more cohesive, more relaxed, not so faux fancy, tougher, and more on a common path to help each other. It feels like another, lousy world today in the US, and I can't tell one year since around 2008 from any other since.
@@debralol8447 I'm glad Debra, nice to read of others who are on the same (sane) page. If not for my 26 y/o child, I really don't feel much need to continue on as it is. Not depressed - Simply so weary of being who I am, in this mess of a nation that I do not fit in at all anymore. I feel so sorry that we have to exist in such a crappy country, and not from the lack of us trying to make it better.
The original version was recorded in German by the Austrian singer Falco, who had a #1 hit in the US in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus." His version of "Der Kommissar" was a dance-floor favorite in Europe, but unlikely to crack the American charts, so Falco encouraged English-speaking bands to record this song so he could make inroads in the States. After The Fire was a British foursome whose most notable member was former Yes synth-man Peter Banks. They released three fairly successful albums in England before their label, CBS Records, issued the Der Kommissar album in America. The title track became the group's only hit - their follow up was a song called "Dancing in the Shadows," which topped out at #85 in the US.
There's a theory that something terribly catastrophic happened in the 80s that was so terrible, the timeline had to be completely reset. It's why the 80s were so extremely unique, and why the 90s didn't seem to follow, almost like someone intentionally reset the timeline. Everyone has a yearning to return to the 80s because that was the actual, original timeline.
@@validpoint9849 Many other great decades but something about the80s..Id gladly go back never to return. Have no use for all the tech and online garbage. Life was so simpler
19 years old in early 1983 when this was playing on the radio. I was racing my first car, a 1973 Mercury Capri in the streets of Los Angeles, trying not to get tickets and spending time with my first girlfriend. I blinked my eyes and now I'm 58. So many people are not here anymore. It's scary how fast time goes... This music makes it all good
Nice! I was driving a ‘76 Capri in ‘82 and am 59 years old. That was one fast little car………made in West Germany and badged as a Mercury. Mine was a 2.8L V6, 4 speed, dual exhaust, moon roof, A/C, nice little car.
I remember when this song came out, I was walking down a dark deserted highway one night in 8th grade with my buddy who had a giant boom box cranking this song! Simple times, the best of times.
The 80’s…. I’m 48, there was absolutely no better time to be a kid in the history of the world. Best… decade…. Ever!!!! Thx mom and dad, u were a huge part!!
Oh, yeah.. I remember coming home from school as a young kid.. and my mom said we just got cable TV and they have a channel MTV we're they play music videos.. hooked ever since.. thanks TH-cam..and the people that post old videos..
70's were better, we saw ACDC perform in a school hall, in front of a dozen teenagers, before they were a thing. If mobile phones were invented back then, imagine what that video would be worth these days. o_O
Dont argue about it , back in the 80s we wouldnt have argued. We would have listened to both and liked both or not . That's the problem , since the 1990s and then especially turn of the century and TH-cam and all . All people want to do is pick a fight , argue and insult . I'm sick of everyone all these years. Opinions are overrated, the 1980s rule , all the songs
Is there still MTV? I remember the first week of MTV, my older cousins bought it and we happen to visit them in Anaheim, CA. this was 1980 or 81, I was in disbelief that MTV played music 24/7.
I can remember when MTV premiered. I think the very first video was " Video killed the radio star " by The Buggles. 1980 or 81. There was an older female VJ named Nina Blackwood that I had a crush on. And Martha Quinn.
I was 10 in 1983. I used to sit and braid my babysitter’s hair while she watched MTV. I’ve been searching high and low for this video and am so happy I found it in an obscure chat room after I googled “80s music video tarantula “
I'm so glad to have grown up in the greatest generation ever! End of the 70's leading into the 80's, and then into the 90's! Music will never be the same. TV will never be the same! MIAMI VICE, HAIR, ROLLERSKATING, we just didn't know that it would end up with crap on TV, crap on the radio...
I was stationed in Germany from 81 to 84. I discovered this little club in Frankfurt called Cookies. I believe I was the only GI who ever went there. This song was on the charts. Good times. I am 62 now. The best three years of my life were in Germany.
Great! I was stationed at Kirchgoens the rock from 82-84 3rd AD. We were in Cookies a bunch of times. We hung out at Sachsenhausen, Marburg...great college town and Geissen.
Holy $hit, you seen ELO live? Blessed! My favourite band of ALL time. And to think After the fire, opened for them. Must of been an epic day! Wishing you all the best.
Falco was Austrian, but he sang in German. I remember back when these were new they did play both on the radio stations, but this one got more airplay. I like Falco's version better personally, but this is a close second.
Aahh the early days of Mtv, the best times of my life as a kid, never to return again. Mtv, He-man, Gi joe, Transformers, Atari2600, Rubik's cube, Saturday morning cartoons, Alex Lee (my best friend as a kid). How I long for the happier care-free times of yesteryear.
And back then 20 dollars meant something. You could get a steak dinner, or fill your gas-tank, see a movie in the theater first run and prime-time and also buy a large popcorn and pop and still have money left over. Nowadays the only steak dinner you can get at a restaurant for 20 dollars is chopped steak. In other words essentially hamburger steak.
Growing up in the '80s with a true gift. We had so much fun, awesome trends, and the best music ever. I just wish that I appreciated it then as much as I do now.
Great song so yes I am listening to Falco during quarantine. Brings back great memories of being in middle school taking a Student Council field trip to Little Rock, AR on a school bus with this blasting on a ghetto blaster. LOL!
This was on my dad's 80s mix tape that we listened to in the car growing up, definitely one of the best songs on there. Years later I heard the original by Falco and now this version doesn't do it for me anymore. Just listen to them back to back, Falco's kicks so much more ass!
Yeah, just because one is better, it doesn't mean the other is worthless. We do that in this current culture all the time; "Anything that isn't first place is losing!" Ridiculous! Also, it's a logical fallacy.
Guys, just calm down already. Don't think of it as an insult, rather consider it as a tribute to Falco's song. The beat is nearly identical and the lyrical translation is almost 100% accurate. America loved the song and wanted to make a version everybody could understand. That's how much of an influence in pop music Falco had back then!!
Plus, during the 80's, this version got more radio play in the states, because it was all in English. Falco's was better, but this one was a fixture of that time frame.
I'm 45 and I've just heard this version for the first time in my life. Growing up in the communist Czechoslovakia was not easy, but in the south we could catch Austrian TV and that meant, among other things, Falco.
@@katty01 I love both versions, each one stands out on its own. Falco's has a more analog early-80s minimal sound while ATF has a fuller acoustic sound. I personally prefer the latter but Falco's is also unique :D
40 años desde que la programaban en todas las radio emisoras pop de Chile ( 1983 ) ! Como no recordar tan hermoso tema que trajo tanta alegría en mi juventud ! Thanks a Lot After The Fire !🎸🎸🎸🥁🎹
I love Falco's original German version the most, but I also love this English version as well. Thank you for uploading this version with the English subtitles.
Best era in music by far , and still kicking ass! Don't think I go a week without hearing an 80's song in some tv show or movie . If you didn't grow up in that time period, it's ok we got all the music on these new things called cd' s, they are great ! 😎🤘
Love it this era was just records on LPs then CDs and imgination. Same as movies after the turn of the century VHS tapes and imagination made my adolescense. Jean claude van dammes round houses, schwarzenneggers Ill be backs and get downs.. Bruce Willis' yippee ki yay mofo's I could go on forever and ever
Goodness, I was 17 when this song came out. While I was living through the 80s, I had no idea how wonderful our music was. I mean, I loved it, but I just figured all eras of music were and would always be that good. But here we are in the era of Cardi B., Ed Sheeran, and Justin Bieber, which convinces me that we have fallen from musical heaven and are being tormented in musical hell, ladies and gentlemen. Scary times we're living in.
I was born in 1984 so I don't remember much, of course. But I have super fond feelings for the early 2000's. And as I was living through it I *DID* notice how awesome it was, luckily.
You wrote this three years ago and I just saw it today! This is funny as hell! "Don't turn around, uh-oh! Your in-laws are in town, uh-oh," (Joelzalott, 2015). Yessss!
Absolutely. I am 58 and it saddens me how things have turned out. Just bought Amiga forever - a computer emulation and also listening to the exciting early computer music too and times..
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Anyone else feel a strangely profound sense of gratitude for being a teen/young adult in the 80? God knows I do (I'm 54), and the nostalgia is so painful at times... Little did we know how crappy it would all turn, and perhaps how little we appreciated what we had.
JF so true my thoughts exactly
Im from 93... and honest truth i envy you... You ppl lived in a great era to be alive....
@@saulramirez6117 Hi Saul. I wish I could take you back... The feeling of unbridled freedom was so much greater, and it felt more live and let live. Life now is a chaotic mess, filled with so much hate and anger, surveillance, tons of sour people, and so many who are cruel simply because they enjoy it, and nothing is done.
Sure, violent crime stats were a LOT HIGHER then, and nuclear destruction at a moment's notice hung over all of us, but we as a nation were more cohesive, more relaxed, not so faux fancy, tougher, and more on a common path to help each other. It feels like another, lousy world today in the US, and I can't tell one year since around 2008 from any other since.
@@debralol8447 I'm glad Debra, nice to read of others who are on the same (sane) page. If not for my 26 y/o child, I really don't feel much need to continue on as it is. Not depressed - Simply so weary of being who I am, in this mess of a nation that I do not fit in at all anymore. I feel so sorry that we have to exist in such a crappy country, and not from the lack of us trying to make it better.
Preach!💯 I'm 51, so I definitely get it.
The original version was recorded in German by the Austrian singer Falco, who had a #1 hit in the US in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus." His version of "Der Kommissar" was a dance-floor favorite in Europe, but unlikely to crack the American charts, so Falco encouraged English-speaking bands to record this song so he could make inroads in the States.
After The Fire was a British foursome whose most notable member was former Yes synth-man Peter Banks. They released three fairly successful albums in England before their label, CBS Records, issued the Der Kommissar album in America. The title track became the group's only hit - their follow up was a song called "Dancing in the Shadows," which topped out at #85 in the US.
Yea , I remember, I was there but thanks anyway lol
Thank you
I had heard it before in the 80s, but didn't know it was Falco until a few weeks ago. Falco came up during a convo at work and Googled Falco
Peter Banks from Yes is ot the same person as Peter Banks from After The Fire
Peter Banks is not the same Peter Banks from Yes, which is why in some recordings he's listed as 'Memory Banks'
Golden days of MTV, the 80's were a fantastic time to be alive! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Back when they actually played *Music* !
It was! MTV made the 80's Special.
@@LoneLee2022 Among a lot of other things...
@@SuperDavidmills Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll for me. 3 concerts a month.
Should've bin around in the 60's
I'm realizing I grew up in the greatest time to be alive for music and entertainment. Thank you GOD!
Fukkin sucks doesn't it.......KNOWING it will never be like this again.
The kids today have no idea what they missed.
There was this thang and ALL will Enjoy!?! Right? Now, in 2024 we have 'Black' Pope's & Nazi's! TURN-AROUND! Uh Ohh.
The first Year of MTV was AMAZING! (1982 for ME!) 45 mins of MUS-VIDS & 15 mins of Lava Flowing. THOSE were the DAYS!
Best music of all time matched by the best movies of all time -- anything John Hughes.
There are certain 80's songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
The 80s defined right here
As does I Ran, Hungry Like the Wolf, One Thing Leads to Another, and Hurts So Good.
@@ckmoore101aà
Basically copied the comment above
..it is what it is. Predictably...if you pay attention :)
If I could go back to the 80s I would never come back
Just remember, it's one pellet one trip--unless you have a Mr. Fusion.
There's a theory that something terribly catastrophic happened in the 80s that was so terrible, the timeline had to be completely reset. It's why the 80s were so extremely unique, and why the 90s didn't seem to follow, almost like someone intentionally reset the timeline. Everyone has a yearning to return to the 80s because that was the actual, original timeline.
@@validpoint9849 Many other great decades but something about the80s..Id gladly go back never to return. Have no use for all the tech and online garbage. Life was so simpler
19 years old in early 1983 when this was playing on the radio. I was racing my first car, a 1973 Mercury Capri in the streets of Los Angeles, trying not to get tickets and spending time with my first girlfriend. I blinked my eyes and now I'm 58. So many people are not here anymore. It's scary how fast time goes... This music makes it all good
✌
So true!
56 for me and I totally agree
1983 Los Angeles was very different from 2022 Los Angeles.
Nice! I was driving a ‘76 Capri in ‘82 and am 59 years old. That was one fast little car………made in West Germany and badged as a Mercury. Mine was a 2.8L V6, 4 speed, dual exhaust, moon roof, A/C, nice little car.
The 80s were the GREATEST 💯
So we're the 60s!
YEP U GOT THAT RIGHT.
nicee
@@donnahalczyszak7057
80’s were better because we had the 60’s too! hehe
Seems like everything changed after 9/11, doesn't it?
I remember when this song came out, I was walking down a dark deserted highway one night in 8th grade with my buddy who had a giant boom box cranking this song! Simple times, the best of times.
Was the cool wind in your hair?
@@jameswalker3729 And the warm smell of colitis rising up through the air
@@tsti1es Fairly certain this is the original release by this group
@@tsti1es Falco's German version is the original.
Wish I could've been there with you
I'm addicted to music from the 80s...
They were artistic, and could make ANY sound with the new synths.
my entire music library is 80s.... well yeah one hit wonders too , but hey.... ALL GOOD
The 80’s…. I’m 48, there was absolutely no better time to be a kid in the history of the world. Best… decade…. Ever!!!! Thx mom and dad, u were a huge part!!
Oh, yeah.. I remember coming home from school as a young kid.. and my mom said we just got cable TV and they have a channel MTV we're they play music videos.. hooked ever since.. thanks TH-cam..and the people that post old videos..
70's were better, we saw ACDC perform in a school hall, in front of a dozen teenagers, before they were a thing. If mobile phones were invented back then, imagine what that video would be worth these days. o_O
I totally agree!!
You guys are old and collecting dust
Haha 😂
80s were the decade of music!! Miss it so bad this 58 year old man in 2023!!
💯💯💯💯💯✌️✌️✌️✌️
I'm going to say you're 58 yrs young and I'm only 2 yrs ahead (@ 60) 😉, well it's now 2024.
63 years old here, loved the 80s.
I'll be 60 July 12 I miss it.
check out GUNSHIP when you grow up your heart dies official music video. Huge 80's love song.
Great song......lets not forget about Falco, rip
olemissfan91 maybe to you because it’s in English
@olemissfan91 Falco Version is MUCH better. You have no clue wtf you're talking about. Go get new ears yours are obviously broken lol.
R I P
This song made Falco rich and it introduced me to him in the 80's while in the US so I'm sure he wouldn't mind,,,RIP genius Falco!
Dont argue about it , back in the 80s we wouldnt have argued. We would have listened to both and liked both or not . That's the problem , since the 1990s and then especially turn of the century and TH-cam and all . All people want to do is pick a fight , argue and insult . I'm sick of everyone all these years. Opinions are overrated, the 1980s rule , all the songs
That guitar rip never gets old.
Ja
Or The bass guitar.
For sure
Never
Surprised it never got heavy metaled by one of those nu metal bands or sampled into a rap song 🤔
When MTV didn't suck!
MTV classic is doing a pretty good job at playing music videos!!!
Is there still MTV? I remember the first week of MTV, my older cousins bought it and we happen to visit them in Anaheim, CA. this was 1980 or 81, I was in disbelief that MTV played music 24/7.
hey if you have seen mtv at riddulous neess inet clips >< see the air head white american women @ (channel west coast ) what is mtv ?? so sad ..
Right!!
We need MTV from 80s again.
I’m 29 I grew up in the early 2000s but I feel like I’m stuck in the 80s . I love 80s movies , music , makeup , clothes, etc !! Take me back
You are an anachronism, especially being so young and listening to this 80s classic! :)
@@edlisinski9666 😏
I grew up in the 80s and it was amazing. You have really great taste.
for me its the 1880s
❤
Remember when MTV actually used to play music??
Ah, those were the days...
I can remember when MTV premiered. I think the very first video was " Video killed the radio star " by The Buggles. 1980 or 81. There was an older female VJ named Nina Blackwood that I had a crush on. And Martha Quinn.
@Jamie Petteford Not entirely sure what that is but okay.
Yes I do
yes i do
This song is an absolute time machine!! I instantly return to the 80's 🎶🎵🎹
Me too !!
RIGHT?
@@phil7691 definitely!
@Brenda K
Deutschland Deutschland Uber Alles
I hate this cover. I prefer the original by Falco.
I was 10 in 1983. I used to sit and braid my babysitter’s hair while she watched MTV. I’ve been searching high and low for this video and am so happy I found it in an obscure chat room after I googled “80s music video tarantula “
WHO ARE HERE TO LISTEN IT AGAIN IN 2024 💥💥💥💥
Me
@@springfieldmugshotshouser5113 me too
Me
I’m here 😂
brilliant.
God I so miss the 80's. This song so takes me back to when MTV aired videos 24/7.
They gave us about 14 years of great music videos.
Nothing compares to the original Version of the Legend Falco
Yeah! Wth I didn't even know another version existed. Wish I still didn't know, ❤ Falco !
Yes agreed But we needed a English version to help the song cross over to a larger audience
@@powerlocalmedia5130 nein this sucks
If You listen to Falco's version He does leak some English words.
I find them both unique.
I'm so glad to have grown up in the greatest generation ever! End of the 70's leading into the 80's, and then into the 90's! Music will never be the same. TV will never be the same! MIAMI VICE, HAIR, ROLLERSKATING, we just didn't know that it would end up with crap on TV, crap on the radio...
Seriously
Me tooo
I grew up in the 80’s I am 50 now. My mind is a jukebox that just constantly plays 80’s hits and hair band songs all day long! Am I alone?
Definitely not
This era of music was a great time to grow up in!
Got that right!! Dave from Maine
YUP!!!
The best
I agree with you.
Video killed the radio star
Man who remembers the 80's like I do?
"The more you live the faster you will die."
AKA burning the candle at both ends.
There is so much truth to that...
The days go by, like a week. The years go by, like a day ☹️
In german the line (roughly translated) is "If He asks you and you know why tell him your life is killing you" :)
ignore my cheap its all abot
Who is listening in 6/2024 to this song that get's stuck in your head?
I do take requests😅
July 21st 2024
Lol, looked it up because of Falco
👌7/26/24❤❤
Ditto!!@@Noelove78
Love BOTH versions ....80s rule 🤘🏼
Agreed.
I believe ya gotta give every version of our favourite songs atleast one try
👍 Me too!
Laura Branigan has a version of it called
Deep In The Dark
I like both versions but prefer Falco’s because it sounds cleaner/crisper to me. Both are great though.
This has to be one of the most successful cover tunes of the 80's
Give a thumbs up if you miss the 80s!! Dave from Maine
Absolutely! Miss just bout everything from that decade
I love the 80s! It was the best decade
@@pauliewalnuts7088 Yup
I missed them completely.
Me too.from Tucson
I was stationed in Germany from 81 to 84. I discovered this little club in Frankfurt called Cookies. I believe I was the only GI who ever went there. This song was on the charts. Good times. I am 62 now. The best three years of my life were in Germany.
Great! I was stationed at Kirchgoens the rock from 82-84 3rd AD. We were in Cookies a bunch of times. We hung out at Sachsenhausen, Marburg...great college town and Geissen.
I used to run home from school to watch MTV back in the early 80's and now I drive home from work watch TH-cam, what the hell happened?
Jajaja!!
What happened: Time...that slippery son of a Bitch. Thank Time's dad for TH-cam though.
Listen to land of the lost on WXPN.org Last Friday night each month, it’s all about the 80’s. Thanks
Remember when they said everything will be at your fingertips in the future?... Welcome to it.
TH-cam is a time machine
Originally by Falco. Sadly he was drugged out beyond all recognition and died in a car accident. He was such an amazing musician.
He died in a drunk driving accident. I went to his funeral. He had battled addiction for many years. It was very sad.
@@melindahajdin You're BOTH correct. He had both plus marijuana in his system when he collided with a bus in the Dominican Republic on Feb. 6, 1998.
Leon from South Dakota here. The 80's frickin Rocked I don't care what anyone says!!
Bruce Springsteen is a draft dodger
Saw them live in Bonn, West Germany 1982 they were warm up for ELO whose drummer was ill so Pete King stood in for him.
Holy $hit, you seen ELO live?
Blessed! My favourite band of ALL time.
And to think After the fire, opened for them. Must of been an epic day! Wishing you all the best.
I grew up only knowing this version, but I like both this and Falco's original German version.
Have you heard Laura Branigan's version? It's called Deep In the Dark.
How falco is not here
@@marioiacolucci he is, look at the bartender at the end. If you need to stop the vid. :)
@@davidmiller9485 no that isn't.
Falco was Austrian, but he sang in German. I remember back when these were new they did play both on the radio stations, but this one got more airplay. I like Falco's version better personally, but this is a close second.
The golden age of music videos
listen to the original
La época de oro de los videoclips
Got a link?
it's as easy as typing it in the search bar dumbass.
Spring 1983 as MTV lives! 33 and a half years have passed. The longer we live the faster we will die...
I so miss this great time in my life
Me too.
I'm 57 now. I agree with below. Song rocks. Good times.
This song just sounds wrong
Understandably one of the most significant tracks of the 80s
This song was in heavy rotation in my early 20s while in college. It still sounds good with such a great back beat.
Aahh the early days of Mtv, the best times of my life as a kid, never to return again. Mtv, He-man, Gi joe, Transformers, Atari2600, Rubik's cube, Saturday morning cartoons, Alex Lee (my best friend as a kid). How I long for the happier care-free times of yesteryear.
Society in general was better. The era where you could leave your door unlocked and not have a panic attack about it.
I hear you there, if there was a time machine I'd spend every dollar I had to go back to the 80's one more time..
And back then 20 dollars meant something. You could get a steak dinner, or fill your gas-tank, see a movie in the theater first run and prime-time and also buy a large popcorn and pop and still have money left over. Nowadays the only steak dinner you can get at a restaurant for 20 dollars is chopped steak. In other words essentially hamburger steak.
Yes, those were the good old days.
Gone forever!
Growing up in the '80s with a true gift. We had so much fun, awesome trends, and the best music ever. I just wish that I appreciated it then as much as I do now.
80s was real music 😎
Agree 100%!
Who is with me listening Falco in quarantine?
I'm essential. I listen to this when the polizei pull me over asking for my docs lol.
I came here from a video about the CS80 Synthesizer. It's Iconic.
me as well. working in the garden.
Great song so yes I am listening to Falco during quarantine. Brings back great memories of being in middle school taking a Student Council field trip to Little Rock, AR on a school bus with this blasting on a ghetto blaster. LOL!
This is not Falco bro.
Takes me right back to the high school days. Viva the '80s!
The singer has a very unique voice.
This is one of the most 80s things there ever was. This and like, maybe Pac Man and the Atari 2600.
the 80
+Helium Road words missing person
Anthony Harn Rush Tom Sawyer
great drums
this is a cover tho
Happy 40 years 1983-2023 from CHILE.
Definitely great memories of the 80s .. love it
I'm 61 years old and still a teenager on the inside
Ain't that the truth, my joints just don't know it 🤣.
I turned sixty-one last month; this song turns the clock all the way back for me.
Me, too!!!
Me 3
I totally agree
This was on my dad's 80s mix tape that we listened to in the car growing up, definitely one of the best songs on there. Years later I heard the original by Falco and now this version doesn't do it for me anymore. Just listen to them back to back, Falco's kicks so much more ass!
Yes THIS is shit
Falco was one cool mf thats why
@@jeroensierhuis2131 no, not shit, but the original German version is defo better
Yeah, just because one is better, it doesn't mean the other is worthless. We do that in this current culture all the time; "Anything that isn't first place is losing!" Ridiculous! Also, it's a logical fallacy.
@@robertmcpherson1617 I'd argue that most cover songs are worthless, even the good ones usually don't live up to the original.
Oh, please ..... let's turn around and go back to the 80's
Make America Fun Again!
I call shotgun!!
Sorry that can happen what was done is done we can't go backwards hopefully we get some good going forward
I've been trying man, time won't let me.
Don't turn around oh ohh! time travels illegal Oh ohh!
This is one of the rare occasions when the original and the cover are great, and none of them sound poor after years.
Music is a time machine and TH-cam is the perfect medium for it! I love that I grew up in the 80's! Thank you, God! 🙏🤘🎵😎❤
Word!
I've only just come across this song I absolutely love it 😍
Great song for a great decade
I would put this in the top 10 for best 80s songs. This song has such an interesting structure and it's guaranteed to turn the party.
I definitely took 80's music for granted growing up in it
We all did. I thought it would just last forever. Happy fool i was.
i love how the opening vocals of this song are spoken word kind of like RAP music, random access poetry to a rhythm
If you really want a treat, watch the original German version by Falco
Falco is the best!!!
Man I keep playing this song over and over love it !!!!!
I'M AN 80'S CHILD!, 80'S FOREVER!.
YEAH! Me too!
ME TOO🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Falco but great song! 👏 greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Guys, just calm down already. Don't think of it as an insult, rather consider it as a tribute to Falco's song. The beat is nearly identical and the lyrical translation is almost 100% accurate. America loved the song and wanted to make a version everybody could understand. That's how much of an influence in pop music Falco had back then!!
ATF were from England, not America.
Oh, you're right!! I don't know why America came to my mind, sorry for that :)
Plus, during the 80's, this version got more radio play in the states, because it was all in English. Falco's was better, but this one was a fixture of that time frame.
But Falco didn't authorize them to use this the record label did and he was upset about it that's why the record industry is Crooks
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This song rocked my world in the old 80’s.. The 70and80’s were a great time to be young…
Just a great 80's song. I've danced to it more times than I can count.
Great song and video. She's a beauty alright. It never gets old.
Makes me glad we have this technology so we can still HEAR the 1980's!
I'm 45 and I've just heard this version for the first time in my life. Growing up in the communist Czechoslovakia was not easy, but in the south we could catch Austrian TV and that meant, among other things, Falco.
Yep, the 80s had the best music by far.
Ohhhhh lordy do I ever! I can't express how much I loved 80's music 🎶 and the aura of it! Keeps me going!
I'm nearly 18 yet I can't stop listening to this! Long live the 80s
I'm 18 years old and I love this song!
@@jesusdominguez105 🙌
@@laredogrande6183 glad I got the opportunity to grow up with that too! 😆
Oh honey, u gotta listen to Falco. 100x better! That's what my dad payed to me when I was 5 in 2006 with our old DVD 🥺
@@katty01 I love both versions, each one stands out on its own. Falco's has a more analog early-80s minimal sound while ATF has a fuller acoustic sound. I personally prefer the latter but Falco's is also unique :D
Anyone else dressing up in 2024?😊
40 años desde que la programaban en todas las radio emisoras pop de Chile ( 1983 ) ! Como no recordar tan hermoso tema que trajo tanta alegría en mi juventud ! Thanks a Lot After The Fire !🎸🎸🎸🥁🎹
I love Falco's original German version the most, but I also love this English version as well. Thank you for uploading this version with the English subtitles.
It Was...A GREAT TIME To Be Young & Alive!
@The_Jaguar_ Knight Yeah I fucking hate myself for not having experienced the 80s. Seriously.
I was unfortunately way too young. Born in '81. I wish I was born at least ten years sooner.
It was if one wasn't being tortured by family problems.
Yeah it was
@@lulolancy l was...Still Somehow Graduated from UCLA & held down a part-time job & squeezed in just enough fun! TRY THAT TODAY, WEAK SUCK MILLENIALS!
Best era in music by far , and still kicking ass! Don't think I go a week without hearing an 80's song in some tv show or movie . If you didn't grow up in that time period, it's ok we got all the music on these new things called cd' s, they are great ! 😎🤘
Love it this era was just records on LPs then CDs and imgination. Same as movies after the turn of the century VHS tapes and imagination made my adolescense. Jean claude van dammes round houses, schwarzenneggers Ill be backs and get downs.. Bruce Willis' yippee ki yay mofo's
I could go on forever and ever
@@jonw8435 it was great they was no political brainwashing in the movies well only against the Russians lol 😂
The good old days! I love that hissing sound at the end of the video must be off the original VHS tape from MTV.
Same
Great song!! 👏
Every time I hear the song start, it takes me back to those great years of awesome music and events that we lack at today's artists!
I was an exchange student in Denmark when this was a hit. Always amazed me when I came home how many German songs were hits - loved the 80’s!!!
Good song here! The 1980s was definitely a good time period for music.
This song had a regular rotation on MTV back in the 80's. Loved watching it stoned I would just trip out on all the videos.
... alles klar Herr Kommissar - Great 80's
Damn she is gorgeous
Bomb Tombadil and right now there are little kids running around somewhere that simply know her as "grandma".
Married to Midge Ure IIRC.
@@Dog6Romeo Who have no idea they aren't even a fifth as pretty as their grandmother was.
Probably still is.
Bomb Tombadil Legend has it that she's the girl reading this.
MTV memories from the 80's brought me here.
What a great tune. This and the original, love it.
Love 80’s .. there is nothing to compare. Great hit 👍🏻😊
Such a catchy chorus in both versions! I love it!
Goodness, I was 17 when this song came out. While I was living through the 80s, I had no idea how wonderful our music was. I mean, I loved it, but I just figured all eras of music were and would always be that good. But here we are in the era of Cardi B., Ed Sheeran, and Justin Bieber, which convinces me that we have fallen from musical heaven and are being tormented in musical hell, ladies and gentlemen. Scary times we're living in.
True my friend oh, so true
Good job comparing Ed Sheeran to Justin Bieber...
@@Atombender , thanks. I have listened to both artists, and I am dumbfounded by how insipid and predictable their music is.
I was born in 1984 so I don't remember much, of course. But I have super fond feelings for the early 2000's. And as I was living through it I *DID* notice how awesome it was, luckily.
I totally agree! Who knew music would ever get bad
Thanks to youtube, you can relive your childhood. I miss my MTV though!
Back to the roller rink.......all skate.......love the 80.s
"Don't turn around... uh-oh! Your in-laws are in town... uh-oh!"
You wrote this three years ago and I just saw it today! This is funny as hell! "Don't turn around, uh-oh! Your in-laws are in town, uh-oh," (Joelzalott, 2015). Yessss!
And as the old saying goes... the best Christmas lights are the tail lights of the in laws leaving out of the driveway.
Yo G its "Dont turn around, uh-oh. Der Kommisars in town, uh-oh
run for the bar uh-oh!
Donowan Kenobi you joking right if not then whoosh
Oka! BACK TO THE 80's.... very good songs 🎧🎵
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Ah growing up during the New Wave days was fun.
A fast 40 years. Still love this one.
Loved the 80’s especially in Hawaii where I grew up.
I've had the phrase "The more you live the faster you will die" on my checks since 1990.
Absolutely. I am 58 and it saddens me how things have turned out. Just bought Amiga forever - a computer emulation and also listening to the exciting early computer music too and times..