@@randytessman6750 ♫"N'oubliez Jamais", I heard my father say Every generation has it's way A need to disobey N'oubliez Jamais, it's in your destiny A need to disagree When rules get in the way N'oubliez Jamais♫
Hey, Professor! Great episode!! Way back in 1961, when my parents married, “Stand By Me” was their favorite song. My daddy was killed in a horrible wreck on January 31, 1969, just one week after his 28th birthday…I was only 20 months old. It wasn’t until February of this year that my mama told me how my daddy loved this song. It’s just always been too painful for her to share much about him with me. How well I remember this hitting the charts in 1986! I liked “Stand By Me” then, but I LOVE it now. I listen to it daily!! Thanks for keeping the memories of incredible music alive!!!! ❤
I met Bruce Hornsby many years ago. I sat next to him on a flight to San Francisco from Dallas. I had no clue who he was, other than he introduced himself as Bruce. We chatted the entire flight. Talked a little about several things. Told me he was a huge basketball fan. He was headed to the NBA All-Star game. We landed and said goodbye, wished each other luck. As I was leaving, one of the flight attendants asked me if I knew who I was talking to. Just some guy named Bruce. That's when she told me who he was.
15 year old me is absolutely bawling right now. I would sell my soul to go back to 1986 and do it all over. That being said, Susanna Hoffs still looks AMAZING at nearly 66.
Funny story, I wasn’t allowed to watch MTV as a kid. One day I was in the living room and my dad was flipping channels and landed on MTV, and The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby was playing. He listened to the entire song even after me reminding him this was MTV. Such an important statement that song had!
BONUS EPISODE! Love these countdown episodes. What happened to music? Auto tune. Make everyone sound the same. Restrict creativity. Blah. Thanks Professor. This helps make the weekend better!!
1986 is of the greatest years in music history! Movies & TV shows were great! Giants won The Super Bowl! 1986 was just a great year, in general, to be a kid! I love the Redux videos! Probably my favorite series on this channel, and all the videos are great!
I agree. I know Professor thinks otherwise, but I think 86 was the best, especially for the genres I like. Hard rock/heavy metal had Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, and Peace Sells. That's the unquestioned 1/2 of the genre, and another top 10 all time. For college rock/alternative you had The Queen is Dead and Life's Rich Pageant. Since of the best albums from some of the best bands.
Bon Jovi actually had a song called "Shot Through the Heart" on their debut album (the album with Runaway). When I was 10 I accidentally bought this thinking it was You Give Love a Bad Name
The video for Mandolin Rain was filmed on my grandparent's ranch, largely in their house and playing my grandmother's piano. The drummer was playing with my dad's dog and got his nose bit.😅
Thank you sooooo much for making this video. 1986 is my favourite year in music. I begun that year to hear the american top 40, and nothing would be the same again.. Bruce Hornsby is my favourite group I have all their cds.. and from this video wan chung, toto, bangles, carly simon , billy Idol (for me his best song) and of course human.. are in my soul forever..
1986, 1987. Not the best years for top 40 radio in my opinion. I think the glory years of top 40 began to fade after 1982 and were only kept alive through 1983 by new wave and "Thriller".
I was the same age and I know what you mean. I was getting into Pink Floyd (who were not that big in my town), Skinny Puppy and indie Canadian bands (I grew up in Canada).
Jersey Girl here. Must I? I'll still give it to Toto for "As Soon as my heart stops breaking" Michael McDonalds subtle but amazingly stand out vocals really helped the song call out to me. ❤
Synchronicity! Just now, I finished watching your Top 10 of Late November of '87. I Love your chart videos, keep up the good work! You (and a deejay friend of mine) led me into doing my private old-school top 40 show at home, where I play the top 40 songs of that week, and go in-depth with the songs, and the musicians and producers behind them, and my folks love it, and they call me "old-school "and "somebody from WKRP from Cincinnati" And also, I play the songs that didn't go to the top (as I don't feel like leaving them behind, I use to play a few hidden gems when I first started, now I play a lot, and I didn't realize until I started doing it, Songs that are now classics now like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" "Lights" etc. Weren't hits when they came out, that's interesting. So thanks to you, I now do that at home cause I love these old behind the scenes stories behind these songs, and love looking at the old top 40 charts, as most of the songs are songs I'm familiar with. And like you, at every end of the show, I do these back and forth comparison of Today's Music vs. Old Music😆 Funny comparing Today's Music with the Masterpieces that came out in the past.
1986 still had some great movies, TV shows and of course music from the Outfield, Europe, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money among many others. I was 22 years old at the time and thanks again for the awesome memories of Rock and Roll Professor. 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
I like all your top ten songs better than the real top ten!! Bruce Hornsby is very underrated!! I would put his piano playing in the same category as the late great Floyd Cramer!! He makes the piano sound like it's singing!! Have a great weekend Professor Of Rock!! Looking forward to Monday!! Cindy Snow
1986 was a great year for music. Finally, my small town in Washington State got MTV. It was one of the most talked about among my 6th grade classmates.
@ - You’re from nearby Idaho, right? We were a little bit slower in getting things in our part of the country. Going to Seattle for me was a special treat because it was access to what was the newest music and clothes out there.
Moonlighting was one of my favorite TV shows. Use to do my homework while watching it. I loved the intro so much that I would rush to the TV before 9pm just to catch it.
@@ProfessorofRock - I could binge watch that show for sure. Even though I knew about Anita Baker from her debut album prior, I was so stoked when they featured her song, “Sweet Love.” Which was great PR for her to crossover and win a Grammy.
Wow, good list. My wife has You Give Love and Bad Name as her ringtone. What tennage guy didn't like the Bangles back then? And who didn't want to Wang Chung?😂
1986… my little brother just came into the world. Mom was teaching me Chopsticks on the piano. Dad was constantly flying teaching young AF pilots tactics. And my older brother would allow me to lay on his bed listening to him either playing records or practicing guitar. Oh, and we were getting ready to move to Japan…
I agree completely with you about the Bangles! They were popular, but not as popular as i thought they should be! Of course one look at Susannah Hoffs, & a man was hooked!
I was... well, 10. But the Wang Chung song was definitely THEE New Years Eve song that year. I think I got to have my first very tiny glass of champagne.
It's so amazing to hear some of these songs being backlit by history. The ones that stand the test of time really do stand out. The "hyper production" of the 80's gets a little old, though. I'd really love to hear the artists do some "stripped down" versions where the raw beauty of the music can shine.
So glad to see Coming Around Again on this list. Love when she sings "...and I believe in love...what else could I do...I'm so in love with you..." So romantic.
Peter's faith in Amy Grant was well warranted. I loved her songs as a kid. Every Heartbeat was my favorite. I was 4 in 1987, so I don't really remember the debut of Cherry 7-Up, but I'll never forget 7-Up popsicles; which came in both regular and cherry flavor.
I really like this episode thank you. Peter Cetera and Amy Grant I like them both but was never a mega fan by any means. No I grew up in a racing family and was very involved in racing. In 1993 Peter Cetera raced at the Moosehead Grand Prix in Halifax Nova Scotia and I met him. It was an amazing week of racing I met Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Zanardi who became huge IndyCar Stars. But I also met Peter Cetera racing in a support class. He was so genuine and sincere and we spoke for quite a Time. I really like his music but I really like him as a person. You brought back a great memory thanks I always enjoy your show.
Whenever I hear that Bangles tune I have to smile. When it hit radio the 7 year old daughter of friends fell in love with it and sang it almost constantly for several days before her mother actually heard what she was singing. The daughter couldn't quite understand the lyrics and thought the band was singing, "Walk like an erection."
Eternal Flame still gives me goosebumps! I can't believe Bruce Hornsby was the keyboard player for Sheena Easton's band before he made it big. I was watching Sheena Easton appearance on Solid Gold on UA-cam recently and she introduced the band.
This era was about videos to market the music, not the music itself. The girls liked Bon Jovi. But dude, Susannah’s eyes on the Bangles WLAE…Wow. Thanks Adam!
This week in 1986 I had just finished student teaching, and was ready to start my "adult life." I remember telling my friend that I student taught with that "wang chung" meant to toss your cookies/ throw up. I figured after having so much fun at a party, that's what happened next. Not sure where I heard that, but always think of it when I hear the song.
You know...the hyper fixation on Susanna Hoffs is what ultimately destroyed The Bangles. I honestly like a lot of songs where Hoffs is not the lead singer, like Michael Steele so going September Girls, Bell Jar, Something To Believe in, etc.
Billy Idol is cool I'm happy he made it in this list. The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian and Bon Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name are amazing fun song I love them. Cool video. ^_^
In december 86 I got made fun off for being a Bon Jovi fan but I was loud and proud with it. I drew their logo on my Trapper Keeper and all my notebooks. I was not going to apologize. I remember being on the Junior basketball team. This was the level under Junior Varsity. Im on the bus going to a game and a team mate says to me, "no one will remember them in 5 years" We know how that turned out don't we LOL
@@constipatedinsincity4424 He does! And Speaking of Philip Michael Thomas, did you know he had a cousin named Stevie Woods and he had a top 25 hit on the chart in early '82 with "Steal the Night"
The song I listened to the most that year - Out in the Cold - Judas Priest Best song released that year - In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel Take Me Home - Phil Collins
I think Peter Cetera did a fabulous job putting Amy in a duet together with him. He just blasted out of no mans land to being in the top 10. I really love the song. If it makes me a nerd, "oh well" Susanna has bedroom eyes! I've been told the same but not like Susanna does. I even think she was hot in "Walk like An Egyptian." Oh man! Bruce Hornsby!! "Thats just the Way it is" is so epic. Yes. Completely stands the test of each generation... #ProfessorOfRock #1986top10 #YouGiveLoveaBadName #BonJovi ❤
Susanna Hoff’s eye roll is the single greatest facial gesture in video history!!! I was putty in her hand at that point!!! EDIT: I wrote this before I realized you said the exact same thing. Sorry!🤷♂️
To one extent or another, all of these songs impacted me while I was six or seven, along with some of the honorable mentions. What I'll not get over anytime soon is how I heard "Shake You Down" by Greg Abbott and (in typical Eric fashion) thought it was Kool and the Gang. It sounds remarkably like "Cherish".
I've been in lust with Susanna Hoffs since the 80's, there is no gettin' over that. Here she is covering "Feel like Makin' Love..." ua-cam.com/video/_rOEf9vF1kc/v-deo.html
I have mixed emotions about Next Time I Fall. I was a big Christian music fan and she was taking heat for leaving Christian music. This song around the same time as she left her marriage to another Christian singer/songwriter, Gary Chapman. They were like the Tim McGraw/Faith Hill of CCM. When asked why they were divorcing, he said they had irreconcilable differences; he wanted to be marriage and she didn't. It felt like the wrong time for those words to be coming out of her mouth. It's definitely a great song, but I was so disappointed in her life choices given she was a mother and had such a huge platform with a good man.
I actually commented on a FB post to a Susanna Hoffs fan page. I made a remark to the effect of what I'd thought of doing to her when they broke through during my high school years. A few months later, i got a notification about a reply to a post. It was her giving a thumbs up to my "imaginative thoughts". I'm probsbly on a watch list somewhere now. But hey, Susanna, you can still call me 😂.
Poll: What is your pick for the BEST SONG from the GLAM METAL/HAIR METAL Genre?
Round and Round - Ratt
@@peterd.9978 I like that one too!
Go with a ballad ... White Lion - When the Children Cry
I'll nominate ... "Nobody's Fool" - Cinderella.
Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
The 80's: The future will be awesome, we can't wait!
The 20's: Send us back to the 80's, please!
Exactly!
Every generation has thought the same thing ....lol
"The 20's Make Stuff Great Again11!!!" FTFY
@@randytessman6750 ♫"N'oubliez Jamais", I heard my father say
Every generation has it's way
A need to disobey
N'oubliez Jamais, it's in your destiny
A need to disagree
When rules get in the way
N'oubliez Jamais♫
I’ve never heard more of fact. I’d give anything to go back to the 80’s
Hey, Professor! Great episode!! Way back in 1961, when my parents married, “Stand By Me” was their favorite song. My daddy was killed in a horrible wreck on January 31, 1969, just one week after his 28th birthday…I was only 20 months old. It wasn’t until February of this year that my mama told me how my daddy loved this song. It’s just always been too painful for her to share much about him with me. How well I remember this hitting the charts in 1986! I liked “Stand By Me” then, but I LOVE it now. I listen to it daily!! Thanks for keeping the memories of incredible music alive!!!! ❤
Thanks for sharing such a touching story!
@@amycrittendon3269
🙏❤️🙏
Have you seen Susan Hoffs today???? Holy crap! That woman is a fine wine that only gets better with age! 😍😍😍😍
No lies detected...
She's still very hot 🔥🔥🔥
I met Bruce Hornsby many years ago. I sat next to him on a flight to San Francisco from Dallas. I had no clue who he was, other than he introduced himself as Bruce. We chatted the entire flight. Talked a little about several things. Told me he was a huge basketball fan. He was headed to the NBA All-Star game. We landed and said goodbye, wished each other luck. As I was leaving, one of the flight attendants asked me if I knew who I was talking to. Just some guy named Bruce. That's when she told me who he was.
That's so rad! I interviewed him! He's a great guy!
I remember being asked about the Bangles “which one do you fancy?” The answer: “the one with the eyes”, and everybody knew who you meant.
Exactly!
Boys loved her girls wanted to be her!
@@davidcrowe9003 Susannah Hoffs!!!!!
@@laureencriss8220 Exactly!
Met Susanna back in the day and she was soooo sweet!
15 year old me is absolutely bawling right now. I would sell my soul to go back to 1986 and do it all over. That being said, Susanna Hoffs still looks AMAZING at nearly 66.
Funny story, I wasn’t allowed to watch MTV as a kid. One day I was in the living room and my dad was flipping channels and landed on MTV, and The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby was playing. He listened to the entire song even after me reminding him this was MTV. Such an important statement that song had!
If only to go back in 1986, ahhh memories.
No kidding. as the Eddie Money song goes: I Wanna Go Back!
BONUS EPISODE!
Love these countdown episodes.
What happened to music? Auto tune. Make everyone sound the same. Restrict creativity. Blah.
Thanks Professor.
This helps make the weekend better!!
...I KNOW! ....I just wished the "Top Ten" came on before the AC/D-C post, I was READY for reminiscin'! ...ha-HAA!!
You're exactly right! Thanks Roger!
@@RBS_ Sorry!
It ain't even Tuesday
1986 is of the greatest years in music history! Movies & TV shows were great! Giants won The Super Bowl!
1986 was just a great year, in general, to be a kid!
I love the Redux videos! Probably my favorite series on this channel, and all the videos are great!
Thanks!
I agree. I know Professor thinks otherwise, but I think 86 was the best, especially for the genres I like. Hard rock/heavy metal had Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, and Peace Sells. That's the unquestioned 1/2 of the genre, and another top 10 all time. For college rock/alternative you had The Queen is Dead and Life's Rich Pageant. Since of the best albums from some of the best bands.
Bon Jovi actually had a song called "Shot Through the Heart" on their debut album (the album with Runaway). When I was 10 I accidentally bought this thinking it was You Give Love a Bad Name
How confusing!
I was in the desert at 29 Palms this week in 1986. Marine Corps memories.
Thanks for sharing!
Semper fi 👊🏻
Once a Marine always a Marine. Thank you for your service 🇱🇷
The video for Mandolin Rain was filmed on my grandparent's ranch, largely in their house and playing my grandmother's piano. The drummer was playing with my dad's dog and got his nose bit.😅
Is that right? Tell us more!
It blows my mind how many amazing songs there were in just one week that have stood the test of time after 38 years!
So true.
1986... Aliens, Metallica's Master of Puppets and Europe's The Final Countdown... What a year~!
Love the redux videos
Awesome! thanks for watching!
The year I started high school! Love it!
This was a lot of fun, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I still have a crush on Susanna Hoffs to this day.
Same here! Trying to get an interview!
@@ProfessorofRock💓😉
Thank you sooooo much for making this video. 1986 is my favourite year in music. I begun that year to hear the american top 40, and nothing would be the same again.. Bruce Hornsby is my favourite group I have all their cds.. and from this video wan chung, toto, bangles, carly simon , billy Idol (for me his best song) and of course human.. are in my soul forever..
Cinderella is so underrated.
This list absolutely reminds me why 15 year old me took a turn away from pop music and steered to alternate music.
What alternate music?
1986, 1987. Not the best years for top 40 radio in my opinion. I think the glory years of top 40 began to fade after 1982 and were only kept alive through 1983 by new wave and "Thriller".
I was the same age and I know what you mean. I was getting into Pink Floyd (who were not that big in my town), Skinny Puppy and indie Canadian bands (I grew up in Canada).
Jersey Girl here. Must I? I'll still give it to Toto for
"As Soon as my heart stops breaking" Michael McDonalds subtle but amazingly stand out vocals really helped the song call out to me. ❤
Thanks!
Synchronicity! Just now, I finished watching your Top 10 of Late November of '87. I Love your chart videos, keep up the good work! You (and a deejay friend of mine) led me into doing my private old-school top 40 show at home, where I play the top 40 songs of that week, and go in-depth with the songs, and the musicians and producers behind them, and my folks love it, and they call me "old-school "and "somebody from WKRP from Cincinnati" And also, I play the songs that didn't go to the top (as I don't feel like leaving them behind, I use to play a few hidden gems when I first started, now I play a lot, and I didn't realize until I started doing it, Songs that are now classics now like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" Cheap Trick's "Dream Police" Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" Journey's "Wheel in the Sky" "Lights" etc. Weren't hits when they came out, that's interesting. So thanks to you, I now do that at home cause I love these old behind the scenes stories behind these songs, and love looking at the old top 40 charts, as most of the songs are songs I'm familiar with. And like you, at every end of the show, I do these back and forth comparison of Today's Music vs. Old Music😆 Funny comparing Today's Music with the Masterpieces that came out in the past.
THanks!
1986 still had some great movies, TV shows and of course music from
the Outfield, Europe, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money among many others. I was 22 years old at the time
and thanks again for the awesome memories of Rock and Roll Professor.
🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
Great year for music!
Who Made Who, Somewhere in Time and of course Master of Puppets, those albums made it great year in Metal too
I'm early even though I'm late! 🤔
Your redux videos are my favorite! 🎶
Hurray for Toto! 🎉
Happy holidays! 🎄🎅🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like all your top ten songs better than the real top ten!! Bruce Hornsby is very underrated!! I would put his piano playing in the same category as the late great Floyd Cramer!! He makes the piano sound like it's singing!! Have a great weekend Professor Of Rock!! Looking forward to Monday!! Cindy Snow
Thanks Cindy! I agree! He's so talented!
I love Floyd Cramer!
1986 was a great year for music. Finally, my small town in Washington State got MTV. It was one of the most talked about among my 6th grade classmates.
I got it a year later!
@ - You’re from nearby Idaho, right? We were a little bit slower in getting things in our part of the country. Going to Seattle for me was a special treat because it was access to what was the newest music and clothes out there.
I always think of that movie “stand by me” whenever I hear the song “stand by me”.
Same!
Moonlighting was one of my favorite TV shows. Use to do my homework while watching it. I loved the intro so much that I would rush to the TV before 9pm just to catch it.
It's so good! My wife and I just watched it all the way though again!
@@ProfessorofRock - I could binge watch that show for sure. Even though I knew about Anita Baker from her debut album prior, I was so stoked when they featured her song, “Sweet Love.” Which was great PR for her to crossover and win a Grammy.
I listened to this countdown last week on Sirius XM
I miss hearing those! I've gotta get Sirius again!
Really? Cool.
Always funny seeing old commercials featuring actors before they were famous.
Don't feel bad, when those eyes moved the floor feel away. By then, I was 32. Nice one, Professor.
Ha ha!
The cut of the eyes is indeed iconic! Suzanna is decades older now, but still has that "Je ne sais qua" about her.
Emotion in Motion by Ric Ocasek is a HIGHLY underrated song.
Wow, good list. My wife has You Give Love and Bad Name as her ringtone. What tennage guy didn't like the Bangles back then? And who didn't want to Wang Chung?😂
Ha ha ha! Love it.
Girls appreciated Hoffs, too--wanted, to have what she had. I saw Wang Chung in concert! Oh my youth!
The biggest surprise to me was "Hip to be Square" coming in ninth. I would have expected it to be higher.
Especially with American Psycho!
Great episode. I really enjoyed it.
No mention of Tear For Fears? I was so into them by 86, and Midnite Oil, INXS....
Ah Professor making me feel young, the year and week I turned 18
My cousin was John Bongiovi’s high school guidance counselor.
Serious? That's rad!
Susanna Hoffs did a live cover of Bad Company's Feel Like Makin Love. Can't watch that one too much
Have you noticed that the blonde guy in Wang Chung is David Hyde Piece Niles Crane Frasiers brother!
No kidding! You Nailed it!
@ProfessorofRock As usual!
@@constipatedinsincity4424 Yep!
Here I thought it was you in a wig brother Wang 😆
⭐ 1986 ⭐ Another fantastic year for music 🖤
What a great list. 86 seems like a springboard year for all the great late 80's music.
1986… my little brother just came into the world. Mom was teaching me Chopsticks on the piano. Dad was constantly flying teaching young AF pilots tactics. And my older brother would allow me to lay on his bed listening to him either playing records or practicing guitar.
Oh, and we were getting ready to move to Japan…
Thanks for sharing! Loved the 80s!
I actually remember what I was doing this week in '86 🙂 December '86 was full of amazing experiences & now memories ✌️thanks
I miss regular tv and terrestrial radio.
Same!
I agree completely with you about the Bangles! They were popular, but not as popular as i thought they should be!
Of course one look at Susannah Hoffs, & a man was hooked!
I was... well, 10. But the Wang Chung song was definitely THEE New Years Eve song that year. I think I got to have my first very tiny glass of champagne.
Cool!
It's so amazing to hear some of these songs being backlit by history. The ones that stand the test of time really do stand out. The "hyper production" of the 80's gets a little old, though. I'd really love to hear the artists do some "stripped down" versions where the raw beauty of the music can shine.
So glad to see Coming Around Again on this list. Love when she sings "...and I believe in love...what else could I do...I'm so in love with you..."
So romantic.
So good!
My personal favorite year in music. So looking forward to this!
Awesome!
Oh yeah!!! Was 14 years old and what a great time that was.
Hope you enjoy it!
When I found out that my parents were buying me a CD player in 1986, the first CD I went out and bought was Amy Grant's "Unguarded".
i'm with you on the s hoff and her eyes. breathtaking!
OMG Heartburn is one of my all time favorite movies!!
Peter's faith in Amy Grant was well warranted. I loved her songs as a kid. Every Heartbeat was my favorite.
I was 4 in 1987, so I don't really remember the debut of Cherry 7-Up, but I'll never forget 7-Up popsicles; which came in both regular and cherry flavor.
I really like this episode thank you. Peter Cetera and Amy Grant I like them both but was never a mega fan by any means. No I grew up in a racing family and was very involved in racing. In 1993 Peter Cetera raced at the Moosehead Grand Prix in Halifax Nova Scotia and I met him. It was an amazing week of racing I met Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Zanardi who became huge IndyCar Stars. But I also met Peter Cetera racing in a support class. He was so genuine and sincere and we spoke for quite a Time. I really like his music but I really like him as a person. You brought back a great memory thanks I always enjoy your show.
Thanks David!
Stand by me is my favorite song
Very cool!
Whenever I hear that Bangles tune I have to smile. When it hit radio the 7 year old daughter of friends fell in love with it and sang it almost constantly for several days before her mother actually heard what she was singing. The daughter couldn't quite understand the lyrics and thought the band was singing, "Walk like an erection."
Ha ha! That's too funny!
@@ProfessorofRock 😁
Eternal Flame still gives me goosebumps!
I can't believe Bruce Hornsby was the keyboard player for Sheena Easton's band before he made it big.
I was watching Sheena Easton appearance on Solid Gold on UA-cam recently and she introduced the band.
Final score: 1986 TEN, today zero.
☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶
No joke!
You can't hold back a classic classic like "Stand By Me" Ben E. King!
This era was about videos to market the music, not the music itself. The girls liked Bon Jovi. But dude, Susannah’s eyes on the Bangles WLAE…Wow. Thanks Adam!
Right?
That was the year I graduated high school. Great walk down memory lane
Thanks for watching!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. The best song of the bunch for me is Nobody's Fool! Great show! Thanks!
Have an awesome weekend! 😊
Love it!
I love Gregory Abbott I play that album often. So many great songs
This week in 1986 I had just finished student teaching, and was ready to start my "adult life." I remember telling my friend that I student taught with that "wang chung" meant to toss your cookies/ throw up. I figured after having so much fun at a party, that's what happened next. Not sure where I heard that, but always think of it when I hear the song.
Ben Orr also had an under rated solo hit that year Stay The Night . Peaked at 24
I agree. Love him!
Can't believe that Ocasek and Orr are both gone!
Susanna Hoffs ❤❤❤❤
She's the best!
Cetera and Grant have such unique, quality voices.❤️
Together they are a powerhouse!
Susanna Hoffs was worth the price of admission of this video!
Awesome!
Matt LeBlanc is also in Alanis Morissette's video for "Walk Away" from 1991.
That's right!
You know...the hyper fixation on Susanna Hoffs is what ultimately destroyed The Bangles. I honestly like a lot of songs where Hoffs is not the lead singer, like Michael Steele so going September Girls, Bell Jar, Something To Believe in, etc.
I agree.
Be With You, with Debbi Peterson singing lead is another good one.
Billy Idol is cool I'm happy he made it in this list. The Bangles Walk like an Egyptian and Bon Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name are amazing fun song I love them. Cool video. ^_^
Thanks!
@@ProfessorofRock You're welcome. ^_^
In december 86 I got made fun off for being a Bon Jovi fan but I was loud and proud with it. I drew their logo on my Trapper Keeper and all my notebooks. I was not going to apologize. I remember being on the Junior basketball team. This was the level under Junior Varsity. Im on the bus going to a game and a team mate says to me, "no one will remember them in 5 years" We know how that turned out don't we LOL
1986 was the year of driving too fast to Judas Priest's Turbo Lover.
Awesome!
Gregory Abbot was married to Freda Payne who sang with this band of gold
I interviewed here and she told me!
@@ProfessorofRock You should put it up! My mother loves "Band of Gold"
@@MrCee71 Sounds good!
@ProfessorofRock I remember seeing that doing the lock down. He looked like Philip Michael Tomas from Miami Vice
@@constipatedinsincity4424 He does! And Speaking of Philip Michael Thomas, did you know he had a cousin named Stevie Woods and he had a top 25 hit on the chart in early '82 with "Steal the Night"
That glance from Susannah Hoffs...I ain't gonna lie...my trigger just got tripped...
Yeah...Susanna Hoffs in that video. I was was eight years old and I didn't know what it was about it that I liked, but I knew I liked that.
Love Carly Simon's Coming Around Again. It remains my favorite album of hers.
17:40 I believe that's Joey from 'Friends' before he became famous? In the Cherry 7-UP commercial.
Once I heard Guns-N-Roses' "Appetite For Destruction", I knew that music was on a death spiral.
YUP!
I knew about Amy Grant's "Find A Way" before her duet with Mr. Cetera. I like 'em both. She blew up as a pop star in the early 90s, of course.
Poll: What is your pick for the Best Artist, Song or Album of 1986?
Reign in Blood, SLAYER
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Queen with Who Wants To Live Forever…
The song I listened to the most that year - Out in the Cold - Judas Priest
Best song released that year - In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Take Me Home - Phil Collins
I'll nominate:
Artist: Whitney Houston.
Song: "That's What Friends Are For" (popularize by Dionne & Friends).
Album: Invisible Touch (Genesis).
I think Peter Cetera did a fabulous job putting Amy in a duet together with him. He just blasted out of no mans land to being in the top 10. I really love the song. If it makes me a nerd, "oh well"
Susanna has bedroom eyes! I've been told the same but not like Susanna does. I even think she was hot in "Walk like An Egyptian."
Oh man! Bruce Hornsby!! "Thats just the Way it is" is so epic. Yes. Completely stands the test of each generation...
#ProfessorOfRock
#1986top10
#YouGiveLoveaBadName
#BonJovi ❤
Thanks Chris!
1986? INXS, Sade, The Waterboys, Paul Simon's entire 'Graceland', World Party, Kate Bush, Run DMC, Enya, and thank you Bruce, Carly, and Prince.
Susanna Hoff’s eye roll is the single greatest facial gesture in video history!!! I was putty in her hand at that point!!!
EDIT:
I wrote this before I realized you said the exact same thing. Sorry!🤷♂️
Funny comment about your reaction to Susan's eye movement, Professor! 😆
To one extent or another, all of these songs impacted me while I was six or seven, along with some of the honorable mentions. What I'll not get over anytime soon is how I heard "Shake You Down" by Greg Abbott and (in typical Eric fashion) thought it was Kool and the Gang. It sounds remarkably like "Cherish".
A study says we treasure the music most that we listened to at 12 to 13!
I would love to know how many times the "Susana Hoffs side to side look" clip has been played vs. the rest of the song.
nice
I've been in lust with Susanna Hoffs since the 80's, there is no gettin' over that.
Here she is covering "Feel like Makin' Love..." ua-cam.com/video/_rOEf9vF1kc/v-deo.html
She's amazing.
Bill Idol can practically take any song and make it a hit, his way.
I use to Walk 🚶♂️ like a Tarkanian with the moist towel
Jerry!
Every time I hear everybody wang Chung tonight I think of the episode of Cheers where Frazier quotes it very dryly. So funny.
I have mixed emotions about Next Time I Fall. I was a big Christian music fan and she was taking heat for leaving Christian music. This song around the same time as she left her marriage to another Christian singer/songwriter, Gary Chapman. They were like the Tim McGraw/Faith Hill of CCM. When asked why they were divorcing, he said they had irreconcilable differences; he wanted to be marriage and she didn't. It felt like the wrong time for those words to be coming out of her mouth. It's definitely a great song, but I was so disappointed in her life choices given she was a mother and had such a huge platform with a good man.
I actually commented on a FB post to a Susanna Hoffs fan page. I made a remark to the effect of what I'd thought of doing to her when they broke through during my high school years. A few months later, i got a notification about a reply to a post. It was her giving a thumbs up to my "imaginative thoughts". I'm probsbly on a watch list somewhere now. But hey, Susanna, you can still call me 😂.
That's hilarious.
I was 6 years old this week in 1986, and I loved Shake You Down even then. Obviously, I had no idea what it meant.
Ha ha!