@@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♫
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.
Class of 86 here. Spent my entire teen years in the 80s and was a road trip concert junkie. Saw Cinderella open up for Bon Jovi on their Slippery When Wet Tour. Freaking amazing concert. One of the best I ever attended and I've been to too many to count. A year earlier I saw Bon Jovi open up for Ratt. Another great concert. Even as a teen back then you could easily afford to go to these amazing concerts with all your friends unlike the sick prices of today.
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.
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!
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!!!! ❤
@@amycrittendon3269 I’m so sorry for the loss of your dad thank you so much keeping his memories alive, and your mom for sharing it’s not easy but God has seen you through Im so proud of the professor of rock thank you so much for sharing with the world I remember my nephew Shawn years ago book Ben E King in grand maries Louisiana which is Jeanerrett/ new Iberia it was wonderful I never knew he was with the drifters learn something new
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.😅
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.
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.
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."
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..
This is CRAZY! I was thinking about Duran Duran and they popped up in the video. I was going to click off and look for the Cherry 7UP commercial for another nostalgia boost, and you actually had it in the video! Dude, stop reading my mind! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
@@ProfessorofRock oh how I miss the 80’s (Class of 84). Always loved pop music, the 70’s music was fantastic but the variety the 80’s brought to pop music…. No comparison RIP Eddie Money- met him sev times when I was a teen and even did yard work at his house once.
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.
Bruce Hornsby is criminally underrated as a musician, a pianist, and a songwriter. Mandolin Rain is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, for my money's worth, anyway, and his lyrics have always been able to transport me to a place and time when the world seemed a lot bigger, brighter, and honestly a lot better than it is today. From all accounts, he's a pretty good guy, too.
@@submandave1125 That's a heck of a sentence lol... but also not surprising. Bruce seems to be one of those studio session musicians who can come in and sprinkle a little magic on whatever he touches.
@ You really didn’t know that he filled in on keyboard after Brett died until they got a permanent replacement? IIRC Bruce opened for the Dead several times before and he’d sat in with them before he became an unofficial member.
@@submandave1125 Sorry, but, spare for "Touch of Grey," and I am not really up on TGD. It's not a knock on them, more on me for not being more in the know. I just for whatever reason, never really listened to TGD.
Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" will always be one of my all-time favorite albums. I was a Junior in HS and was with my first GF (and broke up with her) at the time, so many a memory went with the songs on there.
I did "Walk Like an Egyptian" as a kid in 1987-ish. I loved seeing the video on MTV. The Honda CRX was a great car, by the way! Great songs for the year. Keep rockin', Professor of Rock, and everyone out there!
Fall of '86. I was in 10th grade. My girlfriend was hosting a beautiful girl named Anna from Finland as an exchange student. She was a huge fan of Euprope and had the t-shirts.
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. 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
@@randytessman6750 "Master Of Puppets" was such a groundbreaking record. People forget how huge that album was in terms of it's underground popularity.
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.
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!!
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
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.
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
It’s crazy, but I’m set to receive the “Stand By Me” 4K today, and I clicked on this video having no idea the song would be discussed. Hell of a coincidence, and I love it.
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.
Ahhhh, 1986..... The Sunset Strip was rockin' every Friday & Saturday night. So many great bands to see back then. What a time to be alive & what fond memories I have!
It's unfortunate that it seems Susanna Hoffs' looks are the main thing people (men) mention when it comes to The Bangles, as they were a wonderful talented rock band who came from a real underground scene that revived jangly 60's harmony pop and could also really rock when they wanted to and also made some strong albums. I'm a big fan of theirs.
Their talent and commitment to their musicianship only made them more ❤️🔥. Shame that the mass media publicity machine enabled by their record label marginalized everyone in the band other than Hoffs.
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. ❤
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!
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 was 36 years old when Huey Lewis and the News came out with Hip to Be Square and I only knew about it and Huey because my teenage daughter was a fan. I was probably in my 50's before I realized the lyric was HIP to be square. I always sang it, HIT the bee square, which never really made sense to be me. 🤣 My favorite Hornsby song has always been Every Little Kiss. My husband of 40 years has been gone 10 years now and the lyric "it's what I miss, every little kiss" always makes me emotional. So thankful to the Lord for blessing us with 40 years and so very thankful for the memories. I thought I was subscribed to your channel but saw that I wasn't. Well, I am now!
Bruce Hornsby and the Range played the Garden State Arts Center outdoor venue in New Jersey. The opening act were late. We sat waiting. Finally, tired of waiting, Bruce finally took the stage with his rock accordion and they led off with On The Western Skyline, the most underrated rocker of the 80s. Between originals, they took requests from the audience, and the band was never stumped.
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).
@@ProfessorofRock Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Duran Duran, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, etc. A few years later I discovered hard rock and heavy metal too. Guns 'n Roses, AC/DC, Metallica, Ozzy, Judas Priest, etc...
Cherry 7-Up was epic. Matt LeBlanc was in one of the commercials playing the heartthrob guy waiting for the cute cashier to close the store so he could share a can of it with her. Good times.
I love every one of the songs you mentioned that didnt make the original Top Ten and I'm glad a few made the Top 10 Redux. The Peterson sisters in the Bangles weren't to shabby in the looks department either!
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
My greatest memory of "Walk like an Egyptian" was in 1987. I was travelling by minibus in central Turkey. Not seen an other westerners for days. The minibus was full of local people. Men in traditional dress and women in hijabs. Traditonal music was coming out of the radio. Then suddenly the driver switched channels and the first bars of "Walk Like an Egyptian" sounded. The whole song played out with the people in the bus looking just slightly confused as I sung this song inwardly at the top of my voice! I even went on to feature the scene in my 1996 book From the Ashes of Angels!
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.
Remember every summer my dad would take my twin brother and I fishing and he would always play Bruce Hornsby and Thin Lizzy. Man. The 80s were just awesome as a kid
I love Susanna's story about that move - and I think I heard it during one of your interviews - she wasn't trying to "look sexy". She was looking at a few people in the audience to maintain her eye line during the filming of the video. The camera happened to catch her moving her gaze around. You can actually see her doing it during another shot in the video. But it's this one shot that became iconic. :))
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 😂.
Pretty much if you tell a streaming service to play 80's music or 80's Rock, you're getting You Give Love A Bad Name sooner or later. Really a great opening that just gets you into the song right away.
You could pick any week from 1986, and you can get a great mixed genre collection of fantastic songs...1986 was one of favourite years for pop music ever.
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.
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
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.
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!
Class of 86 here. Spent my entire teen years in the 80s and was a road trip concert junkie. Saw Cinderella open up for Bon Jovi on their Slippery When Wet Tour. Freaking amazing concert. One of the best I ever attended and I've been to too many to count. A year earlier I saw Bon Jovi open up for Ratt. Another great concert. Even as a teen back then you could easily afford to go to these amazing concerts with all your friends unlike the sick prices of today.
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 met this guy who said "Call me Bruce" but I don't think he was Bruce Hornsby since this guy was Korean.
@@cannonball666 That's just the way it is.
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 🔥🔥🔥
Yep, still gorgeous!!
She's Capricorn, the women age the best.
Zooey Deschanel is born the same date.
Let that sink in
Absolutely
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!
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
🙏❤️🙏
❤ so very touching
Great story about your family and yet sad. Hopefully it gets better day by day.
@@amycrittendon3269 I’m so sorry for the loss of your dad thank you so much keeping his memories alive, and your mom for sharing it’s not easy but God has seen you through Im so proud of the professor of rock thank you so much for sharing with the world I remember my nephew Shawn years ago book Ben E King in grand maries Louisiana which is Jeanerrett/ new Iberia it was wonderful I never knew he was with the drifters learn something new
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!
Whoa!👍👍
His *nose* ?! Bruh
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.
That was the whole 70s and 80s. It was pure bliss to live thru it!
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.
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.
One of my favorite shows!!!
I agree...why not on any streaming services right now. Bruce was so freaking handsome
@ it’s on HULU!! I watch it all the time!! And I agree! He was so handsome!
I graduated HS in 1986.....what a great time to be young! I wish I can remember all the concerts i attended.....lol.
Bruce Hornsby's song made everyone wish they could play the piano.❤
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 😁
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..
This is CRAZY! I was thinking about Duran Duran and they popped up in the video. I was going to click off and look for the Cherry 7UP commercial for another nostalgia boost, and you actually had it in the video! Dude, stop reading my mind! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
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 🇱🇷
29 Stumps!
Always funny seeing old commercials featuring actors before they were famous.
If only to go back in 1986, ahhh memories.
No kidding. as the Eddie Money song goes: I Wanna Go Back!
@@ProfessorofRock oh how I miss the 80’s (Class of 84). Always loved pop music, the 70’s music was fantastic but the variety the 80’s brought to pop music…. No comparison
RIP Eddie Money- met him sev times when I was a teen and even did yard work at his house once.
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!
Bruce Hornsby is criminally underrated as a musician, a pianist, and a songwriter. Mandolin Rain is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, for my money's worth, anyway, and his lyrics have always been able to transport me to a place and time when the world seemed a lot bigger, brighter, and honestly a lot better than it is today. From all accounts, he's a pretty good guy, too.
Did some great live work with the Dead, too.
@@submandave1125 That's a heck of a sentence lol... but also not surprising. Bruce seems to be one of those studio session musicians who can come in and sprinkle a little magic on whatever he touches.
@ You really didn’t know that he filled in on keyboard after Brett died until they got a permanent replacement? IIRC Bruce opened for the Dead several times before and he’d sat in with them before he became an unofficial member.
@@submandave1125 Sorry, but, spare for "Touch of Grey," and I am not really up on TGD. It's not a knock on them, more on me for not being more in the know. I just for whatever reason, never really listened to TGD.
@ No worries, you dig what you dig. Enjoy the music and let there be songs to fill the air.
Love the redux videos
Awesome! thanks for watching!
love this channel. Bringing me back to my childhood when radio was something we all shared!!! Radio was a shared experience. I miss those days!
Bruce Hornsby's "The Way It Is" will always be one of my all-time favorite albums. I was a Junior in HS and was with my first GF (and broke up with her) at the time, so many a memory went with the songs on there.
I did "Walk Like an Egyptian" as a kid in 1987-ish. I loved seeing the video on MTV. The Honda CRX was a great car, by the way! Great songs for the year. Keep rockin', Professor of Rock, and everyone out there!
I absolutely love this particular spot you do on your channel. Please do it more!!!
1986... Aliens, Metallica's Master of Puppets and Europe's The Final Countdown... What a year~!
Crap movie…crap songs. You must’ve been in elementary school.
@williamwilson6499 🤣🤣🤣
Fall of '86. I was in 10th grade. My girlfriend was hosting a beautiful girl named Anna from Finland as an exchange student. She was a huge fan of Euprope and had the t-shirts.
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
@@randytessman6750 "Master Of Puppets" was such a groundbreaking record. People forget how huge that album was in terms of it's underground popularity.
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!
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
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!
Fareheit ?(I can't remember the #.) Lol
@@rollinronin8125 7800 degrees Fahrenheit was their second album before Slippery When Wet 🙂
@@rollinronin8125 Bon Jovi's debut album was self-titled, 7800 Fahrenheit was their second album.
You can't hold back a classic classic like "Stand By Me" Ben E. King!
that's a forever song.
No mention of Tear For Fears? I was so into them by 86, and Midnite Oil, INXS....
This just covers one particular week.
"Songs From The Big Chair" had it's last single "Head Over Heels" on the charts in fall of '85. Great record.
@@dustybrandNope! That would be “Mother’s Talk” in Spring of 1986!
@@kissfanmac totally forgot that one. great song.
Thanks for sharing! Slice of life. This takes me back. I grew up the 80s. Cheers! 😎🍻
Jerry O'Connell was in it, too
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.
That was a magical time, thanks for the trip down memory lane
Shake You Down is so smooth. I'll Be Over You and Coming Around Again are so earnest and heartfelt. Great tunes all.
I'll Be Alright Without You ... Yes Professor... It's a hidden gem
Expanding the re-deux to 10 spots is a good change, thanks for adding the content.
Emotion in Motion by Ric Ocasek is a HIGHLY underrated song.
I'm early even though I'm late! 🤔
Your redux videos are my favorite! 🎶
Hurray for Toto! 🎉
Happy holidays! 🎄🎅🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the top 10 redux! Thanks Adam!
I still have a crush on Susanna Hoffs to this day.
Same here! Trying to get an interview!
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Please get that interview and tell her that l love her more than anyone else.
If I recall, Susan Hoffs starred in a movie back in the day: The Allnighter
The year I started high school! Love it!
This was a lot of fun, thanks!
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!
Don't feel bad, when those eyes moved the floor feel away. By then, I was 32. Nice one, Professor.
Ha ha!
My senior year of high school.
Never knew how great it was until it was over.
Great show! ❤
It’s crazy, but I’m set to receive the “Stand By Me” 4K today, and I clicked on this video having no idea the song would be discussed. Hell of a coincidence, and I love it.
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.
The cut of the eyes is indeed iconic! Suzanna is decades older now, but still has that "Je ne sais qua" about her.
Ahhhh, 1986..... The Sunset Strip was rockin' every Friday & Saturday night. So many great bands to see back then. What a time to be alive & what fond memories I have!
1986? INXS, Sade, The Waterboys, Paul Simon's entire 'Graceland', World Party, Kate Bush, Run DMC, Enya, and thank you Bruce, Carly, and Prince.
It's unfortunate that it seems Susanna Hoffs' looks are the main thing people (men) mention when it comes to The Bangles, as they were a wonderful talented rock band who came from a real underground scene that revived jangly 60's harmony pop and could also really rock when they wanted to and also made some strong albums. I'm a big fan of theirs.
Their talent and commitment to their musicianship only made them more ❤️🔥. Shame that the mass media publicity machine enabled by their record label marginalized everyone in the band other than Hoffs.
@@austintrousdale2397 Yeah, singling her out didn't help.
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!
I remember I had to SING INTO THE FAN to get the Cinderella vocals just right!🤣
Cinderella is so underrated.
That's a laughable statement !!!
Agreed
@@stevenslane3074Yeah, not really.
Watched Bruce Hornsby live in 1986 at Manchester, England. He opened for Huey Lewis.
One of my best experiences in the 80s.
What a great list. 86 seems like a springboard year for all the great late 80's music.
I always think of that movie “stand by me” whenever I hear the song “stand by me”.
Same!
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?
I actually remember what I was doing this week in '86 🙂 December '86 was full of amazing experiences & now memories ✌️thanks
I’m 60 and have a Bangles playlist on my Spotify! I was already in my 20s when they were famous but still love them.
I love these episodes Professor. Keep them coming! And yes, Susana Hoffs is my perfect 80's crush.
This made reminisce back then when I sang "Stand By Me" and every kindergarten classmates of mine asked "where did you heard that?"
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".
NOT surprised with Bon Jovi, i STILL remember where i was the FIRST time i heard that on the radio! and STILL listen to it today lol
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 was 36 years old when Huey Lewis and the News came out with Hip to Be Square and I only knew about it and Huey because my teenage daughter was a fan. I was probably in my 50's before I realized the lyric was HIP to be square. I always sang it, HIT the bee square, which never really made sense to be me. 🤣 My favorite Hornsby song has always been Every Little Kiss. My husband of 40 years has been gone 10 years now and the lyric "it's what I miss, every little kiss" always makes me emotional. So thankful to the Lord for blessing us with 40 years and so very thankful for the memories. I thought I was subscribed to your channel but saw that I wasn't. Well, I am now!
Bruce Hornsby and the Range played the Garden State Arts Center outdoor venue in New Jersey. The opening act were late. We sat waiting. Finally, tired of waiting, Bruce finally took the stage with his rock accordion and they led off with On The Western Skyline, the most underrated rocker of the 80s. Between originals, they took requests from the audience, and the band was never stumped.
With the exception of Cinderella, you're rattling off my daily UA-cam Music playlist. Love the show.
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).
@@ProfessorofRock Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, Duran Duran, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, etc. A few years later I discovered hard rock and heavy metal too. Guns 'n Roses, AC/DC, Metallica, Ozzy, Judas Priest, etc...
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 was worth the price of admission of this video!
Awesome!
Cherry 7-Up was epic. Matt LeBlanc was in one of the commercials playing the heartthrob guy waiting for the cute cashier to close the store so he could share a can of it with her. Good times.
@professorofRock excelent countdown.
Don't recall the year, Cindirellas
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone), two thumbs up!
I love every one of the songs you mentioned that didnt make the original Top Ten and I'm glad a few made the Top 10 Redux. The Peterson sisters in the Bangles weren't to shabby in the looks department either!
the only thing I have to say is "I can't believe that Nobody's Fool wasn't a top 10 hit." I love it!
"Either you love it or you're lying about it." That was a great line.
Long format closing was great. Extending the review to more notables, and full ten was great.
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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
Ah Professor making me feel young, the year and week I turned 18
I felt the same way about Walk Like an Egyptian! That look!!! Every guy's 80s crush!
My greatest memory of "Walk like an Egyptian" was in 1987. I was travelling by minibus in central Turkey. Not seen an other westerners for days. The minibus was full of local people. Men in traditional dress and women in hijabs. Traditonal music was coming out of the radio. Then suddenly the driver switched channels and the first bars of "Walk Like an Egyptian" sounded. The whole song played out with the people in the bus looking just slightly confused as I sung this song inwardly at the top of my voice! I even went on to feature the scene in my 1996 book From the Ashes of Angels!
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!
Saw Bruce Hornsby in podunk Casper, WY. It was a small crowd, but he still played his butt off. One of the best concerts I've gone to.
Remember every summer my dad would take my twin brother and I fishing and he would always play Bruce Hornsby and Thin Lizzy. Man. The 80s were just awesome as a kid
I agree, the Bangles are supremely underrated. And Bruce Hornsby is a savant with a pure heart.
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!
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 😆
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr shh keep it on the down low 🤫
I love Susanna's story about that move - and I think I heard it during one of your interviews - she wasn't trying to "look sexy". She was looking at a few people in the audience to maintain her eye line during the filming of the video. The camera happened to catch her moving her gaze around. You can actually see her doing it during another shot in the video. But it's this one shot that became iconic. :))
One of my favorite musical treats was seeing Bruce Hornsby playing a bunch of shows with the Grateful Dead. His musicianship fit in perfectly.
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.
Pretty much if you tell a streaming service to play 80's music or 80's Rock, you're getting You Give Love A Bad Name sooner or later. Really a great opening that just gets you into the song right away.
You could pick any week from 1986, and you can get a great mixed genre collection of fantastic songs...1986 was one of favourite years for pop music ever.
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.
❤EPIC!!! Good stuff Prof.!!!
Final score: 1986 TEN, today zero.
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No joke!
Another Great Countdown ---Cheers