Great song by The Payolas, The Eyes of a Stranger. I've said it before and I will say it again "If you got to grow up anytime in the 50's through the 90's with all the golden classic movies, music and concerts, YOU were blessed!" Rock on!
Valley Girl always makes me remember. Heavy rotation on KQAK San Francisco. One of the best FM stations of the era. Later Live 105, but the QUAKE was there at the very start.
@@jaymeskasp5267 from the movie Valley Girl with Nicholas Cage and Michael Bowen. About 15 or 20 minutes into the movie, maybe a 1/2 hour, when they're cruising Hollywood Boulevard for the 1st time in the movie. Michael Bowen's daughter, Alexa, is a friend of mine. I've hung out with him a little. He's a super cool cat!!
I told that to my wife whilst driving in a rough part of town; our 8 year age difference was evident! Of course it didn’t make sense given the radio/touch screen of modern cars but was funny. Nice pull!
I'm wiping away a tear ..... This is 2020 and I was 20 when this song came out (1982) lol. I remember that summer well. A lot of great songs came out that summer. This was definitely one of my favorites. Never get tired of hearing it to this day. Thankyou mister Hyde!
outside the orpheum. what a great place to see live music. my memories were granville street, hastings street smiling budda commodore . all of it. life was good music was great and it lives on.
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@@deborahchesser7375 Great times🕐, great music🎶🎸, great tv📺, great movies🎥, and great comicbooks📚. And the ice cream🍦tasted better. Oh and the girls were prettier too 👢 😄 just like you. Have a gnarly day🌞🏄🏼♀️🏄🏻♂️
" Can I touch you to see if your real " has to be one of the best opening lines of any 80's song ever. It hooks you in almost immediately and the guitars in sync with the synthesizers works perfectly.
Man! I almost completely agree with you... I just told my wife the other day the opening line has to be the best ever man! I really can't think of any other song lyric that catches you this quickly. Definitely hooks you immediately!
This song brings out a wave of emotions...love, hate, wanting, loneliness & a wish to have a time machine to take everything back and finish what we started...funny how music you love can bring so much pain😔💔
it is not the early 80's without this song and without valley girl !! I remember having the movie soundtrack ; I love every song. It was late spring 1983. I saw it at the drive in and at the theater in Washington DC on a huge curved screen .
I love what Randy was about here, same with Julie; they were both unique Characters (Randy was punk, Julie had parents who ran a health food shop). I feel they were different, but not really.
The girl working the theatre box office is named "Jade Blade" (stage name) she was the founding member /singer/guitarist of one of the first "all female Punk bands" The Dishrags. Originally from Victoria BC, Canada (based in Vancouver) Releases : Past Is Past (1979) ep 7" Death In The Family (1980) ep 7' Love/Hate (1996) complete discography cd
One of the reasons this song sounds so great (in addition to being a terrific song from the start) is because it was produced by the late, great Mick Ronson, David Bowie's right hand man and guitar player in the Spiders from Mars. ("Suffragette City", "Jean Genie", etc. - examples of Mick's work from the Ziggy era). Great band, The Payolas.
OH OH OH A true believer HA ! Mick WAS ZSATSFM and Transformer (lou REED) To this day the licks on" Im so Free" "Moonage Daydream" are not surpassed . The fucker was a monster RIP M.R.
@@mrfrogg46able Lol, they're definitely a Canadian band... Only the singer, Paul Hyde, was British born and moved to Canada in his teen years. The rest were Canadian born and i'm pretty sure Hyde eventually became a Canadian citizen and still lives in Canada. So regardless of what you claim, they're definitely a Canadian band and have always been one.
@@mrfrogg46able - Actually only one was an english immigrant, and he immigrated at like 13. He very much considers himself Canadian. Thus it's a Canadian band. Cope.
This takes me back to the mid-1980s, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills....staggers my mind to see how far I've gone from where I was raised. I'm sure this sense of nostalgia is felt by many who came of age in the 1980s. What a wild ride to come into adulthood - Less Than Zero was the reality.
I spent many an 80's weekend in Hollywood via Palm Springs. I MISS those days. I was a very different person back then. Hollywood has changed drastically as well. This song encapsulates that heady time.
I had a very close female friend (with benefits) that had an uncanny resemblance to the BEAUTIFUL young lady in this video. She's been gone 22 years now. Lung cancer @ age 29. I think of her every time I watch this. It's rough. GREAT SONG.
Payola guitarist Bob Rock (the one in the glasses) went on to be a major rock producer. His credits include Metallica's Black album, he's also produced for Loverboy, Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and even Michael Buble. Quite a career for the payola guitarist.
Tom Dulle But Bob Rock is not nice as a person. He deliberately let the Metallica's St. Anger album go out of the studio unfinished and terribly produced.
I never understood why Metallica worked with him again. I had heard the "Black" sessions were very contentious. so as the old saying goes...fool me once shame on you. fool me twice shame on me. They knew what they were getting into working with Bob again, so they are at least 50% to blame, and Metallica has done a wonderful job over time of alienating themselves in the industry. They should have had their pick of producers. I'm guessing that St Anger is a situation where they pissed off better options. A good producer is a good producer, but that doesn't mean that they are a good fit with everyone.
Funny to hear all these keyboard warriors calling out Bob Rock. I bet none of you twerps have ever met him let alone be in his company. Metallica certainly choose who they work with and what they release not Bob. It's not all $$ with Mr Rock..he does some punk/indie stuff too for projects he likes.
Can I touch you to see if you're real? 'Cause in nothing there's something I feel Will my heart take the strain Or will it break down again? In your lips I sense a danger You've got the eyes of a stranger Have I been sleeping for all these years? Is it magic that makes you appear? When you walked in the room I felt my heart race But knew I'd been fooled when I looked at your face In your lips I sense a danger You've got the eyes of a stranger In your lips I see a danger You've got the eyes of a stranger In your lips I sense a danger You've got the eyes of a stranger In your lips I see a danger You've got the eyes of a stranger You've got the eyes of a stranger You've got the eyes of a stranger You've got the eyes of a stranger You've got the eyes of a stranger
No, it could not be a hit today, precisely because it's good. The music industry, like the film industry, is going through a self inflicted imploding process.
@@robertthomas2601 exactly,it could not be a hit today because woke millennials would find some obscure person offended by something insignificant in the song or video
I walked in on them rehearsing at A & M Records legendary sound-stage (built by Charlie Chaplin) and watched them play this live 3 times... just WOW. These guys ROCK.They should tour NOW!
This song was on the 1983 "Valley Girl" soundtrack that starred Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman. Its my favorite soundtrack for a movie and this was my favorite song from it!!!!!
i watched a video about Nic Cage and sa a comment about this movie. I didn't know about it so i just watched it. And during the scene with this song, i said to myself that this song was great. ^^ Definitely nice song. Very heighties, noone can deny that haha
@@davidellis5141 tragic isn't it. A couple years back I came across a video of him - apparently pursuing a solo career perhaps, talking about the music hevwas into he took the viewer on a bit of a tour of his home studio and just had a very upbeat personality - you could tell he was excited about his musical future. RIP Josh,💜
I remember seeing the Payolas singing this song in Calgary at the Max Bell Arena in 1982. The song wasn"t even on the radio yet, but I was singing it the next day and then the radio joined in . Good times ! Ticket was twelve dollars, general admission. Place rocked.
Nothing quite like Running down the Trans Canada Highway is a 1985 Volkswagen Scirocco Listening to great 80's canadian music, in heat so bad you stick the the vinyl 80's car interiors.
@Mr and Mrs. Smith not to mention they only have one good song lo...im canadian we are dog shit in music, about equal as shit under the boots of american and british musak
This kind of Music is to be expected for a normal radio station in Canada, which I will miss in Germany.... Haha, had a VW Jetta MkIV in Toronto and moved it to Montreal for work and the stereo played all kinds of music, strange to my European ears.
I feel like the late 70s through to the mid 80s were when the UK and the Commonwealth countries really came through with amazing music and damn near dominated the global music market.
Early 80's...The beginning of musical change /genres....A musical revolution/revolt of the norm...Awesome decade of influence and diversity and creativity~
love the Payolas. Actually I love that Reggae/New Wave/Ska sound of quite a few bands of the era. The Specials, Police, Madness, Tenant's... great music from the 80's that I can't seem to let go of.
My name is Jamie, I would love to start the 80s all over again. The 1980s were a blast for playing great music. The 1980s were a great era for playing great music. I hope my eyes our not of a stranger. I am writing for Toronto, Ontario.
+harry Hand The 70,s were better though IMO ..i was born in 1976 but love the 70,s more than the 80s ''both were good though'' I am from Ireland but i love the early 80,s Canadian new wave bands ..
You know Jamie, if you can hire a venue, and get a DJ to play nothing but 80's all night. I bet you would have the best time of your life! You know we are never too old to re-start something bold!
One of the best songs of the 80's hands down....the lyrics were well thought out and the music was authentic..not so much synth and his voice - so strong and clear. They didn't get enough recognition but KROQ in LA was the GO-TO radio station that broke everyone that was then considered "ALTERNATIVE' annd they played the other Payolas songs....I listen to this now and I think, wow so powerful.
Because youre getting older. Im 49, dont let fear of whats new hurt you. I like this song better than 99% of new music too, but if I was 17 I wouldnt. The way it goes...
With UA-cam, it is and you don't have to be limited by the cash in your wallet like you did back in the 1980s or be at the whim of whether the band or label had paid enough to get their record aired by any specific radio station or network of stations, which is what the band's name refers to.
Beavis and Butthead would tear this video apart.. I always loved the hook, I never noticed the reggae Police like sound before, haven't heard this in years. Another memorable song from my misspent youth!
This is one of those "car ride" songs, when you're just reaching 2 and 3, and becoming conscious of music playing on the car radio as they drove you around shopping and such... one of those songs that's tattooed to my DNA...
Thank u for the sweet,poignant, great memory of me sitting on a bridge alone when i 18 staring down at the city of angels wondering what its all about..
Remember hearing them as the opening act on a Loverboy show, if I recall. This guy had the loudest voice ! This song had a magical effect on the teen that I was then. Their song called "Where is this love" was pretty good too.
The 80s spoiled us…Proof! I must admit, until now, I have completely forgotten about The Payolas. Amazing songs. Having access to MuchMusic, from Canada, I was able to glean music and bands MTV didn’t air. The whole world was a stage. And music fans were not without a menu full of options. The Payolas came with a bit of a punch. Great music. The 80s spoiled us…
Spot on in your comments ... Such a distinctive, individual sound ... This is a great song, and the whole "No Stranger To Danger" album was brilliant ...I still love listening to it ... Wayne
I remember driving down West Broadway in Vancouver to my internship at Bullfrog Recording Studios. As I'm driving past the Hollywood they're putting 'Payolas' up on the Marquee, and I remember thinking, "That's weird, the boys are playing in the movie theatre?" Very early days of story-based rock videos in '82.
It’s the 80’s screaming at us for what we’ve become. What a decade, what a song 🔥🤌
We have fallen so very far.
Sting and the Police and Peter Gabriel had a love child in Canada. That child is this song.
The question is "Why was the Bastard an Irish Jamaican?"
(When you forget all these bands were influenced by Jamaican rock.)
Seriously, remember when MTV actually showed great music videos like this one? Man I miss those days.
Most Americans (Yanks, as we like to call them up here) don't know this song!
Canada had a great music scene in the 80s
There was something in the air and water in the 80s. Great song
Intelligence, fear, talent, drive, space, crowd.
Great song by The Payolas, The Eyes of a Stranger. I've said it before and I will say it again "If you got to grow up anytime in the 50's through the 90's with all the golden classic movies, music and concerts, YOU were blessed!" Rock on!
1960s-90s PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌💖☮
@@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman How many wars through the 1960s-1990s?
@@spartacusyoya whats that got to do with the price of a hooker?
😅😊 1:01
Why do you limit to those years? You don't think people were blessed before and after?
You did not come looking for this song.
This song came looking for you.
That is accurate.
how true, im not a fan of this song and suddenly it was in my head for a couple of days for no reason
Valley Girl always makes me remember. Heavy rotation on KQAK San Francisco. One of the best FM stations of the era. Later Live 105, but the QUAKE was there at the very start.
@@SKarlsson So that's where i heard this??
Watched it the other day.
One of the coolest songs of the 80's
this is such an exquisite, unique song that I never understood how little recognition it received
Probably because they're Canadian? Only thing I can think of. Same story with Fly By Night.
"If they attack the car, save the radio..."
Whats that from lmao
@@jaymeskasp5267 from the movie Valley Girl with Nicholas Cage and Michael Bowen. About 15 or 20 minutes into the movie, maybe a 1/2 hour, when they're cruising Hollywood Boulevard for the 1st time in the movie. Michael Bowen's daughter, Alexa, is a friend of mine. I've hung out with him a little. He's a super cool cat!!
HBB yes! 🎶✌
Great soundtrack from a great movie!
I told that to my wife whilst driving in a rough part of town; our 8 year age difference was evident!
Of course it didn’t make sense given the radio/touch screen of modern cars but was funny. Nice pull!
If this song/video doesn't show the 80s, I don't know what does. I listen to this song at least once a day. It's a must.
Love Hammer and a Drum and also his colab with Carol Pope and Rough Trade. Great artist.
Video for Parachute Clubs "Rise up" is the ultimate 80s Canadian vibe.
I'm going back to the 80's! Who's coming with me?
Bill & Ted: excellent!!
I didn't miss the bus leaving did I?!
I'm down...
@@salinacarter1342 We'll pick you up!
@@jodikaye670
Sweet!!!!
I'm in
I'm wiping away a tear .....
This is 2020 and I was 20 when this song came out (1982) lol.
I remember that summer well. A lot of great songs came out that summer. This was definitely one of my favorites. Never get tired of hearing it to this day. Thankyou mister Hyde!
Paul Hyde is the best.
ok boomer
I was twelve when this came out. I too remember that summer well and agree that some really great music came out that year.
@@iamnotdislikedbypeople1553 And soooo proud of it!!!(considering what's come since lol).
@@jeffsullivan2044 Good for you I guess😊
This song is throwing a huge wave of memories over me. It's almost overwhelming.
I agree with you.
outside the orpheum. what a great place to see live music. my memories were granville street, hastings street smiling budda commodore . all of it. life was good music was great and it lives on.
same. very early memories. kinda makes me sad:/
@@billycooke6208 Me too.
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I stupidly forgot the login password. I would love any tips you can offer me
I'm getting chills just hearing this..I hope this band know how valuable this song is 30+ years later
Try 40 years later; hard to believe it's been that long huu🤔
@@deborahchesser7375 Great times🕐, great music🎶🎸, great tv📺, great movies🎥, and great comicbooks📚. And the ice cream🍦tasted better. Oh and the girls were prettier too 👢
😄 just like you.
Have a gnarly day🌞🏄🏼♀️🏄🏻♂️
Another excellent Canadian band. Fantastic lyrics.
They're english immigrants to canada, thet are not fucking canadians
The 80's were amazing! If only we could go back.
Hell yeah...
I ruled the school yard .
Right this way and step into my delorean
Ive never had my ribs done. Haha
Haha covid wont kill as many a a regular flu
@red ryno We can go back...courtesy of an invention called...you tube. (*_*)
" Can I touch you to see if your real " has to be one of the best opening lines of any 80's song ever. It hooks you in almost immediately and the guitars in sync with the synthesizers works perfectly.
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Man! I almost completely agree with you... I just told my wife the other day the opening line has to be the best ever man! I really can't think of any other song lyric that catches you this quickly. Definitely hooks you immediately!
Makes for a great pickup line too.
Also the echo the added to guitars
Absolutely agree. Love this. Be this now
Can't understand why this great, great song wasn't a world wide hit???
It was. Italian here....I remember it from my youth
I had not heard this song since the 80s. My God. We had really good music to dance to back then. I really really miss the 80s.
same
Same here to... The 80's👌
I just miss being young and good looking with no thoughts of the future… everything was new
"Can I touch you to see if your real ?"
BEST opening line in a song EVER !
This song brings out a wave of emotions...love, hate, wanting, loneliness & a wish to have a time machine to take everything back and finish what we started...funny how music you love can bring so much pain😔💔
yes i would like to go back and never start what I did .
I teared up reading your post
That last sentence tho 😞😓 it really can 😢
I agree
Feeling the same
it is not the early 80's without this song and without valley girl !! I remember having the movie soundtrack ; I love every song. It was late spring 1983. I saw it at the drive in and at the theater in Washington DC on a huge curved screen .
yes, Randy, Julie and Fred
SUGAR XYLER furrr Shure !!!
My favorite movie 🎥 from the golden age!!!
tyubyulrr to the maaax!
I love what Randy was about here, same with Julie; they were both unique Characters (Randy was punk, Julie had parents who ran a health food shop). I feel they were different, but not really.
Dutchess lust Moon - No but your face is.
The girl working the theatre box office is named "Jade Blade" (stage name) she was the founding member /singer/guitarist of one of the first "all female Punk bands" The Dishrags. Originally from Victoria BC, Canada (based in Vancouver)
Releases : Past Is Past (1979) ep 7"
Death In The Family (1980) ep 7'
Love/Hate (1996) complete discography cd
Has it been 40 years already!! Damn! I'm 16 again when I hear this! ☮💜
Those first few Bass Chords at the beginning, are perfect
One of my favorite Canadian Bands.
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One of the reasons this song sounds so great (in addition to being a terrific song from the start) is because it was produced by the late, great Mick Ronson, David Bowie's right hand man and guitar player in the Spiders from Mars. ("Suffragette City", "Jean Genie", etc. - examples of Mick's work from the Ziggy era). Great band, The Payolas.
Bob Rock was also part of this band, who himself produced many a great album. Great trivia you posted!
RIP Mick. A creator of classic riffs.
Also, Bob Rock, the guitar player went on to be one of the best producers in Rock music -- look at Metallica. Cheers
Tru dat !
OH OH OH
A true believer HA !
Mick WAS ZSATSFM and Transformer (lou REED) To this day the licks on" Im so Free" "Moonage Daydream" are not surpassed .
The fucker was a monster RIP M.R.
Love the great Canadian Bands of the 80's.
They're english immigrants. ENGLISH NOT FUCKING CANADIAN
So English Canadian not French Canadian?
@@mrfrogg46able Lol, they're definitely a Canadian band...
Only the singer, Paul Hyde, was British born and moved to Canada in his teen years. The rest were Canadian born and i'm pretty sure Hyde eventually became a Canadian citizen and still lives in Canada. So regardless of what you claim, they're definitely a Canadian band and have always been one.
@@mrfrogg46able - Actually only one was an english immigrant, and he immigrated at like 13. He very much considers himself Canadian. Thus it's a Canadian band. Cope.
This song symbolizes 80’s music !!
Awesome !!!
This takes me back to the mid-1980s, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills....staggers my mind to see how far I've gone from where I was raised. I'm sure this sense of nostalgia is felt by many who came of age in the 1980s. What a wild ride to come into adulthood - Less Than Zero was the reality.
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I spent many an 80's weekend in Hollywood via Palm Springs. I MISS those days. I was a very different person back then. Hollywood has changed drastically as well. This song encapsulates that heady time.
los Angeles was the 80's
Truth!
So flo /miami was the80$
Some great music came out of Canada in the early 80's
I had a very close female friend (with benefits) that had an uncanny resemblance to the BEAUTIFUL young lady in this video. She's been gone 22 years now. Lung cancer @ age 29. I think of her every time I watch this. It's rough. GREAT SONG.
Classic Miami Vice brought me here. I miss the 80's.
Payola guitarist Bob Rock (the one in the glasses) went on to be a major rock producer. His credits include Metallica's Black album, he's also produced for Loverboy, Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and even Michael Buble. Quite a career for the payola guitarist.
Tom Dulle But Bob Rock is not nice as a person. He deliberately let the Metallica's St. Anger album go out of the studio unfinished and terribly produced.
I never understood why Metallica worked with him again. I had heard the "Black" sessions were very contentious. so as the old saying goes...fool me once shame on you. fool me twice shame on me. They knew what they were getting into working with Bob again, so they are at least 50% to blame, and Metallica has done a wonderful job over time of alienating themselves in the industry. They should have had their pick of producers. I'm guessing that St Anger is a situation where they pissed off better options. A good producer is a good producer, but that doesn't mean that they are a good fit with everyone.
bob rock is in fact a giant piece of shit.
Funny to hear all these keyboard warriors calling out Bob Rock. I bet none of you twerps have ever met him let alone be in his company. Metallica certainly choose who they work with and what they release not Bob. It's not all $$ with Mr Rock..he does some punk/indie stuff too for projects he likes.
@@tomdulle1707 for the black album james wanted that dr feelgood sound that bob did for them
Just one of those songs that you just can't listen to once. The drummer is awesome!!!!!
Been covering this one in my room along time ✌️👍
took my long time high school girlfriend to see Valley Girl on our first date. Every time I hear a song from that soundtrack I think of her.
Eyes of a stranger is a song you'll never tire of and thank God for that.
I also think of this guy's girlfriend
@@dcarlisle808 😂
I love comments like this.
Can I touch you to see if you're real?
'Cause in nothing there's something I feel
Will my heart take the strain
Or will it break down again?
In your lips I sense a danger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
Have I been sleeping for all these years?
Is it magic that makes you appear?
When you walked in the room I felt my heart race
But knew I'd been fooled when I looked at your face
In your lips I sense a danger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
In your lips I see a danger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
In your lips I sense a danger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
In your lips I see a danger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
You've got the eyes of a stranger
Fantastic, ****ing song. Brings back so many memories of my high school days, in the early 1980's.
Haunting. Perfect. The Payolas are off the chain. Totally dig this. Peace always, Generation X.
this song is still good.....could be released today and be a hit.
+M Brontë I agree with you M- maybe it would even knock Bieber and Lady Gaga off their pedestals- LOL
No, it could not be a hit today, precisely because it's good. The music industry, like the film industry, is going through a self inflicted imploding process.
actually p.o.d did this cover and is pretty good yall should look for it
@@robertthomas2601 exactly,it could not be a hit today because woke millennials would find some obscure person offended by something insignificant in the song or video
@@shelbycm7 Yeah, that's it, woke millennials really hate The Payolas...
I walked in on them rehearsing at A & M Records legendary sound-stage (built by Charlie Chaplin) and watched them play this live 3 times... just WOW. These guys ROCK.They should tour NOW!
what a cool story!
This song was on the 1983 "Valley Girl" soundtrack that starred Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman. Its my favorite soundtrack for a movie and this was my favorite song from it!!!!!
Yes. This is my first time hearing this song outside of "Valley Girl".
I agree. Love the movie and this song.
i watched a video about Nic Cage and sa a comment about this movie. I didn't know about it so i just watched it.
And during the scene with this song, i said to myself that this song was great. ^^
Definitely nice song. Very heighties, noone can deny that haha
David Meredith Great soundtrack! Plimsouls are awesome on that. Saw this band at a small place called "Popeyes" in Binghamton, NY in the early 80's.
This soundtrack sold like fresh hotcakes could 🤗
Over 35 years and it's still AWESOME !!!!!!
This song never gets old. Great song!
His facial expressions are what I live for. It's that hot crazy 80's.
Those are the drugs.
I was thinking the same thing 😎
Cocaine and danger
80s FOREVER!!!!!
An InSecurity episode brought me here. As an Australian I never knew this great Canadian song till tonight. What a vibe.
I love to find obscure songs that are actually good. First time hearing this and I'm hooked.
Thomas Webb search "3 strange days" by School of fish.
@@ms.lisamurphy269 Great song. The singer died very young of cancer.
@@ms.lisamurphy269 that song got lots of airtime when I was in college, so, not terribly obscure.
@@davidellis5141 tragic isn't it. A couple years back I came across a video of him - apparently pursuing a solo career perhaps, talking about the music hevwas into
he took the viewer on a bit of a tour of his home studio and just had a very upbeat personality - you could tell he was excited about his musical future. RIP Josh,💜
Some of The best obscure songs are from valley girl .sixteen candles and breakfast club
This was the 80s. Best Music ever!
wow just discovered this group. what a great song.
I remember seeing the Payolas singing this song in Calgary at the Max Bell Arena in 1982. The song wasn"t even on the radio yet, but I was singing it the next day and then the radio joined in . Good times ! Ticket was twelve dollars, general admission. Place rocked.
When this sing came out I had it on my walkman..I went to France and ket everyone listen to it. You are welco e Europe. 😂
Remember this song. Very police sounding. Great memories!
I don't hear this song often...I always forget how f***ing good this song is
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I was only 11 years old when this song came out, but I've never not gotten chills hearing it. Love the reggae and oi influences.
One of the most iconic choruses of any 80s song.
Nothing quite like Running down the Trans Canada Highway is a 1985 Volkswagen Scirocco Listening to great 80's canadian music, in heat so bad you stick the the vinyl 80's car interiors.
you sound like a nationalist
@Mr and Mrs. Smith not to mention they only have one good song lo...im canadian we are dog shit in music, about equal as shit under the boots of american and british musak
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This kind of Music is to be expected for a normal radio station in Canada, which I will miss in Germany.... Haha, had a VW Jetta MkIV in Toronto and moved it to Montreal for work and the stereo played all kinds of music, strange to my European ears.
@Mr and Mrs. Smith Wait...I only know of Rush and Bryan Adams...
Such an amazing song. 💘💘💘💘💘
+Sheels1976 Was 1981 when I first heard this song. Still love it..
+Ca Lonny Yes wonderFul I remeber I lived in Italy if fact !981
GREAT Tune!!! Days of KROQ in LA!
And before KROQ was Rock n rhythm KNAC 105.5 IN L.A.
Sheels1976 The old over-the-air Heavy Metal radio station KNAC 105.5 "If it's too loud, you're too old!" KROQ from my hometown. Those were the days!
Canada had some killer bands during this time. Great time to be a kid, having this kind of music as the backdrop for the ears. Awesome!
Triumph!😍
I feel like the late 70s through to the mid 80s were when the UK and the Commonwealth countries really came through with amazing music and damn near dominated the global music market.
@@k-leb4671 true, but we had some cool LA bands too: X, Black Flag, Missing Persons...all I can think of right now...
They are english
@@mrfrogg46able Sorry my friend but they were formed in, and are listed as from Canada. Singer Paul Hyde is British yes.
Early 80's...The beginning of musical change /genres....A musical revolution/revolt of the norm...Awesome decade of influence and diversity and creativity~
love the Payolas. Actually I love that Reggae/New Wave/Ska sound of quite a few bands of the era. The Specials, Police, Madness, Tenant's... great music from the 80's that I can't seem to let go of.
Nah, and it won't let go of you! When we're old, we'll be rockin to it in our rockers @ the home, with our shades on, of course🙃😎
These guys sound like the Police
@@charleswoodhouse4754No. No they don't.
Ever tried DOE MAAR? A Dutch Ska band of that era.
If you want some amazing music while driving, the whole album is incredible.
Among other things...I Absolutely Love the guitar work in this song!!!!!!!!!!
"Where is this love" is a Payolas song that needs the kind of views this great song gets.
Why is it that this music never ages
oh but it does, just like fine wine
Paul Hyde is an awesome artist, songwriter, singer and human being. One of our greats!
Love the percussion in this song. Epic '80s!
This song has been a summer cruising ditty for nearly 40 years, on a hot night with the windows rolled down this is my jam!
This is a sweet reminder of Rosarita Beach B.C and world famous KROQ!
My name is Jamie, I would love to start the 80s all over again. The 1980s were a blast for playing great music. The 1980s were a great era for playing great music. I hope my eyes our not of a stranger. I am writing for Toronto, Ontario.
+harry Hand The 70,s were better though IMO ..i was born in 1976 but love the 70,s more than the 80s ''both were good though'' I am from Ireland but i love the early 80,s Canadian new wave bands ..
Greetings from Toronto
You know Jamie, if you can hire a venue, and get a DJ to play nothing but 80's all night. I bet you would have the best time of your life! You know we are never too old to re-start something bold!
I'm from Vermont, used to listen to this on CHOM from Montreal.
I would take a Time Machine ..a 1 way trip...
Singer has a great voice, higher pitched by today's standards yet far more masculine and appealing to listen to.
One of the best songs of the 80's hands down....the lyrics were well thought out and the music was authentic..not so much synth and his voice - so strong and clear. They didn't get enough recognition but KROQ in LA was the GO-TO radio station that broke everyone that was then considered "ALTERNATIVE' annd they played the other Payolas songs....I listen to this now and I think, wow so powerful.
80's music is awesome - experiencing it as a teenager, priceless. 80's club music, all kinds, awesome.
Takes me back to a much simpler time, if only I knew then to enjoy them more
Why cant music be like this today?
Because of 3 words....Digital Audio Workstations. Everybody's got them and it's taking over real musicians, like The Payolas.
Because youre getting older. Im 49, dont let fear of whats new hurt you. I like this song better than 99% of new music too, but if I was 17 I wouldnt. The way it goes...
@@1111nolanc I am 24 and this song is 100% better than any of the trash on Contemporary Hit Radio in 2019.
Because evil is everywhere ...
With UA-cam, it is and you don't have to be limited by the cash in your wallet like you did back in the 1980s or be at the whim of whether the band or label had paid enough to get their record aired by any specific radio station or network of stations, which is what the band's name refers to.
Beavis and Butthead would tear this video apart.. I always loved the hook, I never noticed the reggae Police like sound before, haven't heard this in years. Another memorable song from my misspent youth!
BEST song ever! LOVE these guys!
Just learnt the bass for this song and I can’t stop playing it! I’ve just been playing it over and over again😄
this song always makes me think of the movie " Valley Girl "
Which is what brought me here
This is one of those "car ride" songs, when you're just reaching 2 and 3, and becoming conscious of music playing on the car radio as they drove you around shopping and such... one of those songs that's tattooed to my DNA...
For me, that's "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli.
This song is a extra special kind of "classic"...:)
It's almost 2021, and that theatre is still standing in Vancouver
Great 80's tune. Love 80's music and Canadian singers/groups.
English. Paul immigrated to canada(one fucked up country)
Love the guitar in this fantastic 80s song.
Definitely a memorable track from my high school days. An excellent mix of new wave reggae.
73 LTD with a set of jensen triax 2 in the back deck&40 watt power booster,Thats the way it was back then.
Good Times
That's back when our ears worked better .... awesome memories
Dude, we got the 'eye' thing the first time! lol Fantastic song - takes me back to the clubs!
Thank u for the sweet,poignant, great memory of me sitting on a bridge alone when i 18 staring down at the city of angels wondering what its all about..
Remember hearing them as the opening act on a Loverboy show, if I recall. This guy had the loudest voice ! This song had a magical effect on the teen that I was then. Their song called "Where is this love" was pretty good too.
Gotta love this song and the fact that Bob Rock is the guitarist.
The 80s spoiled us…Proof!
I must admit, until now, I have completely forgotten about The Payolas. Amazing songs. Having access to MuchMusic, from Canada, I was able to glean music and bands MTV didn’t air. The whole world was a stage. And music fans were not without a menu full of options.
The Payolas came with a bit of a punch. Great music.
The 80s spoiled us…
One of the best song of Canadian rock, top 3 for sure
These guys were amazing...very creative, different with haunting melodies. This one has remained one of my favorites.
Spot on in your comments ... Such a distinctive, individual sound ... This is a great song, and the whole "No Stranger To Danger" album was brilliant ...I still love listening to it ... Wayne
"Eyes of a stranger.." Mysterious. Love it!
Is it magic that makes you appear? ❤❤ I freaking love this song 💕💕💕
How could a band with Bob Rock in it not be more popular?
Valley Girl - I love this song
I remember driving down West Broadway in Vancouver to my internship at Bullfrog Recording Studios. As I'm driving past the Hollywood they're putting 'Payolas' up on the Marquee, and I remember thinking, "That's weird, the boys are playing in the movie theatre?" Very early days of story-based rock videos in '82.
Smokin tune, doesn't get the hype it deserves, still loving the 80's
The 1980s were the pinnacle of musical creativity. No other decade comes closes, the 70s as 2nd place and the 60s as third