How many of us now in our 50's(or late 40's) look back upon songs like this and realize how we took it so for granted back in that era when there were so many incredible songs/bands. . . truly feel grateful to have been in my 20's during the 80's.
+NS9213 People of that age now will be saying the same thing just as our parents did before us so just imagine how awful music will be in the late 2040s early 2050s.
That's true! My entire teenage years were 1980-1986 and twenties were 1987-1989. I'm very biased because the 80s was indeed the best decade of music (not that the 50s, 60s, 70s and the 90s weren't good, they were but not the best, IMHO). :D
I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
The eighties were everything for me with practically a song for every moment. Roller skates, break dancing, Walkmans, spandex, neon, big hair, Miami Vice, etc. And we had MTV which exposed us to so many talented singers, bands and song writers. Then they came together to make Band Aid and Live Aid and Christmas Albums. Feel so fortunate to be born in a time where I got to hear the best across 3 decades of sound: 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Keeps me smiling and rocking to this day. ❤
OMG, did you mention Miami Vice?? Hot pink suit, Lamborghini, 9mm semiauto gun, Tubbs at my side, and a mix cassette of Genenis and Missing Persons. I just need to work on my 80's hair...
Can’t believe Dale(and the band) weren’t noted to be innovators to the music industry. Severely underrated music. Great memories of my older sisters listening to their cassettes
Pretty broad statement to say they weren’t known as innovators, but yeah… I gotta agree with you. This is absolute peak music of a well known genre, but not famous stuff at all by today’s standards
I remember her porn star status as being a drawback to the people, I mean the average folk of the day, it was a bit much, her having a garbage bag skirt ant fish bowls on her ta ta's..tags... lol I loved it tho , and the other cool kids did too
@@malena2467 INCOMPARABLE 2 WHOM?🌻 👀🌷melena🪻🌹 [never🌒🌘 VELNA?]. I WOULD VENTURE, TO PUT FORWARD THE REALITY 💐 OF DBZIO HERSELF IS BOTH UNIQUE + CANNOT BE COMPARED 😲 NOR EVER COMPARTMENTALIZED 😠.UN ABRIGED ,SHE IS , IN'IT ?
I remember watching this video on MTV!!!! Back in 82!!!!😊😁🙂😄😃 When my parents finally got cable TV with HBO!!!!! L.O.L.!!!!😂😂😂😂 I never thought the 80s would ever go away!!!! Such good times for me and the music was "Totally Awesome"!!!! Totally For sure!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 I'm 51 years old and this song never gets old for me!!!! I love Missing Persons!!!! The Spring Session M album is a classic Pop New Wave Rock album!!!😃😃😃🙂🙂 P.S. point of trivial interest!!! If you re arrange the letters in Spring Session M it Spells out Missing Persons!!!!!😄😄😄😄🙂👍👍👍👍
this sounds absolute crap. CD preference then here: ua-cam.com/video/Zt5WpNZj9QI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MissingPersons-Topic or This is a delight ua-cam.com/video/gw2dQrlZrQQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MY1VICE
I'm a total metalhead and NWOBHM fanatic myself but when I discovered Missing Persons, which wasn't until about '87, I became a big fan. The EP and first album are gold.
definitely!.. I literally could not get it out of my head when they came out... I felt like I discovered a new kind of Future for Mankind...you know, totally freakin happy every minute .. it was the Fountain of Youth in my ears..and what a hottie! with such a unique sound.. I still only want to hear new and unique music at the age of 57.... Any one heard of the Minneapolis band called Hippocampus.. they are unique to me and classy, very fresh and diverse..I'm not advertising, and I don't even know if I spelled it correctly but check them out..maybe you will dig them..seen them at the Mn. state fair and was floored...maybe it was the Leinenkugels'
ToyotaGuy1971 Dale Bozzio is one of Greatest Rock drummers of all time! He and Stewart Copeland were playing Polyrhythms back when most people didn’t even know what that term meant. They are the two top drummers of the Eighties! Percussionists, if you like!
The irony... Here I am on a Friday night having a few beers and playing my 'playlist' of 80's tunes, reminiscing of 'the good ole days'. I graduated high school in '79, and college in '83 and had my 'coming of age in the early 80's. And, like the song says: Life is so strange - destination unknown. When I listened to it 30 years ago I thought: hmmm, where will I end up, what will life be like? Now, 30 years later, life is good for me. My wife and I (college sweethearts) make good incomes, have a nice house, great kids, a happy life, etc. So now I'm sitting here with a few beers waiting for my 21 year old daughters (twins) to get home for the weekend from college (where I was when I heard this tune). And I wonder for them: life is so strange, destination unknown. I wonder where life will take them??? The irony...
Dale's husband (at the time), Terry Bozzio is one of the greatest drummers of all time, and wrote or co-wrote every Missing Person's songs. He's the was the brain child of this great band.
Dale was a former Playboy Bunny at The Playboy Club in Boston during the mid 70's and posed for Hustler magazine in March 1979 and February 1980, appearing on both covers.
There is no era of music better than the 1980s. I am on social media for those 30 years of age and under and they listen to music from the 80's more often than you might believe.
Started the 80s as a high school student and ended it a college grad married with two kids. I remember listening to this song over and over since my destination was unknown. What a time to be alive.
@@billdavis6900My dad was born then too. I’ve always wanted to be born in 1969-1970, kinda mid way between my mom and dads birthday. Glad you guys got to experience such a rad time
I remember early 80s, I was 11-14 and we lived in a valley (diamond bar) in California with no tv reception so we had to get basic cable, local channels only. Those old TV's would have the rotary knob for channels and a tuner knob. I discovered that if I went to channel 13 and kept turning the tuning knob, I got MTV! This is one of those videos
I'm 62 and think this song is cool. Last week I called for an office visit by some of clients. They arrived early to find me at my old school drawing board, in my suit and tie, listening to this on my office stereo. We got along famously!
In 1983 my girlfriend recorded this song on a cassette tape over and over on both sides and played it over and over that whole summer. I'm 60 now and don't know whatever became of Lisa, but in my mind the summer of 83 is this song.
It was so much fun going to clubs back in the 80s, dancing all night to great bands and music. Thank you Missing Persons for all the wonderful memories.
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am proud to be listening to this song very, very loud on November 14th 2023. I wish peace and happiness to all who read this! Aloha!
I miss the 1980's... A magical moment in time that I was very blessed to witness and to be a part of. I lived in Los Angeles when the Missing Persons made there debut.
Hard to believe..this came out 40yrs. Ago. 1982.I saw her perform this at a dive bar south of BOSTON. sadly...the place was nearly empty, I guess most folks don't know this band.It was around 2002. I am 61..still digging this. ;)
One of the *BEST* 1980'S Songs! (There are SO many!!) This song had a special feeling about it that was relative to the time at hand. Plus, it was quirky, true and of it's time. Love this song SO MUCH!
+ThatOneGuy Good for you for having an open mind, you have a cool mom. New wave was a cool dance-able offshoot of punk, not my favorite genre but much better then modern pop/dance music, they had real singers and real musicians.
+ThatOneGuy Well little one, thanks to the magic of UA-cam you and your mom can sit together and she can show you all the cool songs that made the 80's what it was and if nothing else at least it will bring you and your mom closer than you probably already are. Good luck and enjoy. (^_^)--b
+ThatOneGuy Thanks for the comment, ThatOneGuy. I'm actually a 70s guy, and my daughter loves 70s music. Good to hear your mom turns you onto good music.
God you guys are so lucky to be alive during the 80s I wish I was one of you guys to got to experience the culture the music and the feeling I'm really sad I couldn't be apart of that I just had to be born in 1997 :(
Merica1776 It's a shame that music isn't such an important part of young people's lives like it was back in the 70's and 80's, and even the early 90's. I got to live through all the quantum leaps in youth culture, from glam to punk to rave and it was all kind of taken for granted. Every ten years or so a new thing took off and It's only now you can look back and see just how great it was! It looks like Grunge was the last big youth culture phenomenon as far as music was concerned. It seems like video game culture has taken over from music for the youth of today, more's the pity for us music fans! But at least there's UA-cam where all the great music lives on! You should be thankful for that as we had nothing like that back in the day!
music is still pretty important to young people even though it hasn't evolved as much. also edm has been popular. but anyway i mean most your people still listen to music. but anyway theres been emotionally hip hop and edm since the mid 90s. i don't think music will ever not be popular, humans will always love melodies
The sound and visuals of a time so confusing and colorful. This band had virtuosos in it, and Dale was the perfect face of this strain of New Wave. What a fun song.
Missing Persons is one of the most successful and underrated bands of all time. I love their music and they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Missing Persons rules forever !
The early 80's had some of the best alternative music that laid the groundwork for later generations. I was young but can remember and love this music.
Back when MTV was MTV. Now I have MTV on demand on my cell phone watch anything I want and everything I want and I can sit here and watch my videos and smoke pot and forget about how the world outside my door has sank into a cesspool in the last 40 years. Can you imagine all of us when we were in nursing homes we're still going to be listening to the '80s music you betcha!
I moved from a catholic school to a public school where I was the new kid, this song was brand new, I remember staring out the bus window on my way to my first day of 7th grade with this song on the radio... never forget, all time favorite
When this came out I was in my early 20s and more into classic rock and soul, but after nearly 40 years now I enjoy this song as much as any other from that era...
Missing Persons ROCK!!!!! Love all their music!! They are the best man!! With a bad ass super nice stereo system you can rock the hell out of this song. JL Audio, Fosgate, whatever, super-nice and crystal clear mids and highs and little bit of bass and it will be just like you are back in that time-warp man, vintage 80's concerts man to the core!! Most don't understand what good music is, and this is exactly what great music is man!! Timeless. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was a little boy, back in the 70s, my mom told me to appreciate all the quality around me. Of course, I wasn't able to completely understand what she meant until I became much older. There is still quality out there, but you really have to dig through a lot of garbage to find it. Missing Persons is a shining gem of the times.
I think the 60's, 70's and 80's had this perfect recipe that may never exist again. It was a combination of just the right amount of technology combined with social revolution combined with the simple fact that kids were still learning instruments. This resulted in an explosion of the best music ever.
This album was right in there with my ac/dc,led zep, Nazareth, ozzy, pink floyd and the 100 other vinyls I have in my collection to this day..class of 83. Stateliner !!
When you look at Lady Gaga, smile to yourself knowingly cause it's all been done before, Dale Bozzio was ahead of her time definitely. A lot people don't realize that before Missing Persons, she & Terry Bozzio (now ex-spouse), were members of musicians who played with Frank Zappa (she was like a session musician, backup singer, from mid to late '70's). So she definitely had credentials, some of the most nuanced & refined despite the often zany satire of Zappa, he demanded nothing but the best from those who worked with him. Plus, Dale Bozzio had about the cutest petite figure on MTV back then, the ensemble she wore in "What are Words For" was an epic look.
You are right. Gaga is nothing new. To be Zappa you had to be on your game. I grew up with Warren Curacullo who also played with him. Zappa was a note by note master.
The first time I saw the "words" video when it and MTV was brand new ,I was fkn floored! It was like music from outer space but the lyrics were so humanly real! Fkn awesome artists to never forget!❤One of the worlds' pinnacle creations.
i first heard this in a cafe in okla,city eating breakfast, a classic rock guy and i just was paralized, it was the duran duran, devo , talking heads era. this song is cool.
Nothing comes close to the MTV videos of the early 80's...they took their time, put in so much creativity...videos these days go at about 120 miles an hour and they all seem the same. I miss this time period. :(
The 1st rock video I saw on Mtv was Def Leppard "Let it Rock". They were like 16-17. Hard to believe that was close to 40 years ago. I miss those days.
My dad’s band had one of the earliest videos on MTV. Steel Breeze -You Don’t Want Me Anymore- He thinks early music videos were “funky assed” because of their experimental nature and frequent corniness.
Who remembers the US Festival in California. 4 days of incredible bands and artists.
I remember! Glen Helen park in San Bernardino, memorial weekend ‘83.
I lived in Rialto CA. at the time, close to Kolb Jr. High. Could hear the music from there.
The Judas Priest performance is the peak of metal. Note: not saying there isn't great metal till this day but never that good.
How many of us now in our 50's(or late 40's) look back upon songs like this and realize how we took it so for granted back in that era when there were so many incredible songs/bands. . . truly feel grateful to have been in my 20's during the 80's.
+NS9213 People of that age now will be saying the same thing just as our parents did before us so just imagine how awful music will be in the late 2040s early 2050s.
I agree 100%. I'm glad I grew up in those times. So much innocence and fun. Kids don't have that anymore.
+bohdilama lol
That's true! My entire teenage years were 1980-1986 and twenties were 1987-1989. I'm very biased because the 80s was indeed the best decade of music (not that the 50s, 60s, 70s and the 90s weren't good, they were but not the best, IMHO). :D
CLASS OF 84 HERE, AND YES IT WAS THE BEST TIME TO BE A TEEN. THIS ERA WAS AWESOME!!!! SUPER 70'S AND AWESOME 80'S FOREVER!!!!. ROCK ON DFM!!!.
I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.
That's so cool!
Saw her backstage with a Flock of Seagulls. I have hung out with Mike. Dale had my wife and I hold her dogs as she got ready.
She does seem like she would be approachable, nice to know that she actually is. Thanks for sharing that.
@@LordHolley you’re very welcome, yes she was great!
Totally cool
One huge thing about the 80s: We KNEW we had it great. None of us took it for granted.
The 80s: _Lived ‘em. Loved ‘em. Miss ‘em._
I took it for granted to be sure. I never thought the decline like this would ever happen.
@@ristokolttonen9208I 100% agree with this statement; who would have ever thought music would descend to these lows.. 😩
BEST Decade EVER
@@larana2988music and our country. Vote trump 2024
Amen.
This is one of those songs that aged so incredibly well and sounds better with each passing year. A true classic.
TOTs
Agree 100%
Yes!! 😁
life IS strange
yes
The eighties were everything for me with practically a song for every moment. Roller skates, break dancing, Walkmans, spandex, neon, big hair, Miami Vice, etc. And we had MTV which exposed us to so many talented singers, bands and song writers. Then they came together to make Band Aid and Live Aid and Christmas Albums. Feel so fortunate to be born in a time where I got to hear the best across 3 decades of sound: 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Keeps me smiling and rocking to this day. ❤
90's were pretty great lyrically with Tupac etc
OMG, did you mention Miami Vice?? Hot pink suit, Lamborghini, 9mm semiauto gun, Tubbs at my side, and a mix cassette of Genenis and Missing Persons. I just need to work on my 80's hair...
Thanks! Shhhh...don't tell your husband I love you...
And nobody gave a shit about what color you were!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved the 80's and 90's.
Parachute pants that gave us rashes lol
Spring Session M is HIGHLY underrated, anyone that hasn’t heard it will be blown away
Absolutely 💯🎯
Spring Session M was the letters of Missing Persons rearranged. Anagram.
Can’t believe Dale(and the band) weren’t noted to be innovators to the music industry. Severely underrated music. Great memories of my older sisters listening to their cassettes
Pretty broad statement to say they weren’t known as innovators, but yeah… I gotta agree with you. This is absolute peak music of a well known genre, but not famous stuff at all by today’s standards
I agree, they 'Missing Persons' occupied a neat little space all on their own.
I remember her porn star status as being a drawback to the people, I mean the average folk of the day, it was a bit much, her having a garbage bag skirt ant fish bowls on her ta ta's..tags... lol I loved it tho , and the other cool kids did too
All the band members except the keyboard player did work with Frank Zappa.
This is the one time i agree that a band is underrated... They really should have gone big and international.
Dale Bozzio's voice is unique and incomparable.
The intro to this is incredible
@@malena2467 INCOMPARABLE 2 WHOM?🌻 👀🌷melena🪻🌹 [never🌒🌘 VELNA?]. I WOULD VENTURE, TO PUT FORWARD THE REALITY 💐 OF DBZIO HERSELF
IS BOTH UNIQUE + CANNOT BE COMPARED 😲 NOR EVER COMPARTMENTALIZED 😠.UN
ABRIGED ,SHE IS , IN'IT ?
The 80's were great. Wish I could go back and do it again.
I'm 63 but reeling in years this song was one of those that was totally addictive
The things that pass for knowledge
I can't understand ;)
Apologies, couldn't pass up Steely Dan :) 🤟
I'm watching this video again about 40 years later (I'm now 52) and somehow this still seems futuristic after all these years
I remember watching this video on MTV!!!! Back in 82!!!!😊😁🙂😄😃 When my parents finally got cable TV with HBO!!!!! L.O.L.!!!!😂😂😂😂 I never thought the 80s would ever go away!!!! Such good times for me and the music was "Totally Awesome"!!!! Totally For sure!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 I'm 51 years old and this song never gets old for me!!!! I love Missing Persons!!!! The Spring Session M album is a classic Pop New Wave Rock album!!!😃😃😃🙂🙂 P.S. point of trivial interest!!! If you re arrange the letters in Spring Session M it Spells out Missing Persons!!!!!😄😄😄😄🙂👍👍👍👍
I was thinking the same!
Gen X forever!
My favorite song by them! ❤
@@beansngreens8006 It's a great one.
You don't realize what you have until it's gone. Damn, I miss the 80s.
❤
I realized...so did many. The airwaves glutted with fine artists...😊
I know. I always wonder what happened to the 42 years since this song was out?
@DarthVader19-77 right?
One of the very best songs of the 80s new wave.
There was nothing like the 80s! So incredible! I want them back!!!
Many do, but the Corporate Radio Masters and their advertisers won't have this joyful, uplifting music. Psyop
Amen!!!!!
You mean you don't like the dystopian future we are living in now? 🤔
Right! I will gladly give up today’s garbage especially today’s music fakebook , Netflix internet , all of it! To go back to the 80s!
I dunno the threat of nuclear winter, the fear of HIV, & Ray Gun's decimation of worker unions wasn't so great, though.
It’s 2022 and this sounds just as good as when it came out!
this sounds absolute crap. CD preference then here: ua-cam.com/video/Zt5WpNZj9QI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MissingPersons-Topic or This is a delight ua-cam.com/video/gw2dQrlZrQQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=MY1VICE
True
Yup!!, so does "Walking in LA"
Maybe better.
I'm a total metalhead and NWOBHM fanatic myself but when I discovered Missing Persons, which wasn't until about '87, I became a big fan. The EP and first album are gold.
Missing Persons MASTERED the New Wave/80's Rock Sound of the time. They had tremendous talent.
They were consummate perfectionists. Especially the drummer.
definitely!.. I literally could not get it out of my head when they came out... I felt like I discovered a new kind of Future for Mankind...you know, totally freakin happy every minute .. it was the Fountain of Youth in my ears..and what a hottie! with such a unique sound.. I still only want to hear new and unique music at the age of 57.... Any one heard of the Minneapolis band called Hippocampus.. they are unique to me and classy, very fresh and diverse..I'm not advertising, and I don't even know if I spelled it correctly but check them out..maybe you will dig them..seen them at the Mn. state fair and was floored...maybe it was the Leinenkugels'
@@ToyotaGuy1971 "oh yeah"!!!!
ToyotaGuy1971
Dale Bozzio is one of Greatest Rock drummers of all time! He and Stewart Copeland were playing Polyrhythms back when most people didn’t even know what that term meant.
They are the two top drummers of the Eighties! Percussionists, if you like!
@@ToyotaGuy1971 Of course, he played with Zappa before that.
God how I miss the 80's I wanna go back. Best time of my life
I also love the 50's through the 80's classic rock...todays' music sucks ass!.
Brian Powers ain't that it
Red Clark me too! Lets go!
I'll second that.
You bet, man. Me too.
I love how positive and awesome everyone is in this feed.
Never lose that people
Destination Unknown.......
NOT KNOWN!
Because we lived the 80’s!
I LOVE This Song from Missing Persons !!! 👍
The irony...
Here I am on a Friday night having a few beers and playing my 'playlist' of 80's tunes, reminiscing of 'the good ole days'. I graduated high school in '79, and college in '83 and had my 'coming of age in the early 80's. And, like the song says: Life is so strange - destination unknown. When I listened to it 30 years ago I thought: hmmm, where will I end up, what will life be like? Now, 30 years later, life is good for me. My wife and I (college sweethearts) make good incomes, have a nice house, great kids, a happy life, etc. So now I'm sitting here with a few beers waiting for my 21 year old daughters (twins) to get home for the weekend from college (where I was when I heard this tune). And I wonder for them: life is so strange, destination unknown. I wonder where life will take them??? The irony...
+tomcellar It sounds like you won big time in the game of life so far. Keep that streak going!
tomcellar You are very blessed. I'm happy for you.
Nice to hear someone who feels blessed the way I do.
I love this!! I think the same thing listening to all this music!
I hope I'm as lucky as you
Missing Persons mastered the New Wave sound of the 80's!
Dale was in a league all her own!
It's a real new wave song
Don't forget Ultravox!
Bro you just copied the comment above you 😆
Lady GAGA owes her a big THANK YOU
@@luannabbate2624 Totally!
Dale's husband (at the time), Terry Bozzio is one of the greatest drummers of all time, and wrote or co-wrote every Missing Person's songs. He's the was the brain child of this great band.
One of my all-time favorite songs.
Dale was a former Playboy Bunny at The Playboy Club in Boston during the mid 70's and posed for Hustler magazine in March 1979 and February 1980, appearing on both covers.
THANKYOU sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
I remember that
owo!
I've seen that one, her hair is so loooonnnggg!
Cheers!
Oh man I so miss these days.....the 80's were and will always be the absolute best of times
I Love Missing Persons..........!!!! Been Listening Since I was 16.....I AM 46 Now.
Monica Moments Keep going and rocking😀😀 I was dancing in my wheelchair earlier today; been 80s binge (ing?) today 😀😀
im 61 now missing 80S !!!!
, 🎧🎼🎵🎶🎹🎻🎤🎷🎸🎺🎉 , ⤴✔💝💟🎹🎸🎤🎤✔🎹✔
There is no era of music better than the 1980s. I am on social media for those 30 years of age and under and they listen to music from the 80's more often than you might believe.
I'm an 80s girl and I'm pretty mad I just learned about this group today! I love her voice!! It's the definition of the 80s sound!!
Just leaned about them? Sounds like you've been missing out on great 80s music.
Welcome to the party!
The 80's Lady Gaga!
if you lived on Long Island you'd know about it on WLIR New Wave back in early mid 80s'. the greatest radio station on planet at the time
@@johnluna9286agreed! She reminded me more of Dale, than Madonna.
"There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy."
Dante
I recall that Im happy with no misery, unless you are dying, then reminiscing can be fun.
So true
Tell me about it. I remember the past, and look forward to hell
There is truth to that and yes "Life Is So Strange"
No truer words were ever spoken.
Started the 80s as a high school student and ended it a college grad married with two kids. I remember listening to this song over and over since my destination was unknown. What a time to be alive.
I agree. I basically grew up in the 80’s. I was born in 72 so I was 8 in 1980 and 18 in 1990.
@@billdavis6900My dad was born then too. I’ve always wanted to be born in 1969-1970, kinda mid way between my mom and dads birthday. Glad you guys got to experience such a rad time
It doesn't matter very song
Very good song
Yeah! I was born in 1973. The 80s was fucking awesome!
I remember early 80s, I was 11-14 and we lived in a valley (diamond bar) in California with no tv reception so we had to get basic cable, local channels only. Those old TV's would have the rotary knob for channels and a tuner knob. I discovered that if I went to channel 13 and kept turning the tuning knob, I got MTV! This is one of those videos
An Era long gone but the songs will live on forever. What a Great Era. I'm glad that I lived it.
I'm 62 and think this song is cool. Last week I called for an office visit by some of clients. They arrived early to find me at my old school drawing board, in my suit and tie, listening to this on my office stereo. We got along famously!
I still do my 'big hair' ;-) When you have
nice hair flaunt it, right!?
When this song came out in 82, I was obsessed with it!! Absolutely loved this video and loved watching it on MTV!!!
ME TOO my mom love it very much
This song is fucking epic! Love the video too! Hahahahahaa!
Badass band. These guys and Berlin made great bookends. Dale rocked and Terry is a percussion-pit-fiend. \m/
In 1983 my girlfriend recorded this song on a cassette tape over and over on both sides and played it over and over that whole summer. I'm 60 now and don't know whatever became of Lisa, but in my mind the summer of 83 is this song.
Shhh
Her voice is so beautiful and amazing. This song and another hit called "words" was awesome.
ua-cam.com/video/oIb9QUGjdIc/v-deo.html Berlin-No More Words
A track called "Mental Hopscotch" was on the EP, with a brutal tempo.
Not to mention her looks.....But who's looking
@@Jonathan-st4ed Yes, she was very attractive and sexy, at least back then. I don't know about now though.
Walking in L. A.--
It was so much fun going to clubs back in the 80s, dancing all night to great bands and music. Thank you Missing Persons for all the wonderful memories.
This song is a masterpiece of the 80's and a song I really relate to.
My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am proud to be listening to this song very, very loud on November 14th 2023. I wish peace and happiness to all who read this! Aloha!
Cheers from Hawaii Kai, Butch!
Cheers from Slovenia.....good taste is drifting around❤❤❤
Peace on, Butch. This is good. Music to me has always been best when it was unique. This is certainly that.
Very very loud is the only way to listen to this song! Cheers!
You'll love Mental Hopscotch!
I still love this song after all these years.
I miss the 1980's... A magical moment in time that I was very blessed to witness and to be a part of. I lived in Los Angeles when the Missing Persons made there debut.
Do you remember a club in Hollywood called The Palace? Along with Dillons out in Westwood and Florentine Garden.
@@ronaldcook3840 I vaguely remember Dillons and the Florentine Garden... Why do you ask?
I was a kid when we lived in West Los Angeles.
I just found this song and I've listened to it 50 times already.
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Hard to believe..this came out 40yrs. Ago. 1982.I saw her perform this at a dive bar south of BOSTON.
sadly...the place was nearly empty, I guess most folks don't know this band.It was around 2002. I am 61..still digging this. ;)
DRIVE- IN'S, ROLLER SKATING, PUTT- PUTT. I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE 80'S.
One of the *BEST* 1980'S Songs! (There are SO many!!) This song had a special feeling about it that was relative to the time at hand. Plus, it was quirky, true and of it's time. Love this song SO MUCH!
She was Lady gaga of the eighties
This song is fucking legendary!
2023 and I'm still banging. Fast times, porkies, up the creek, breakfast club, moon unit, bow wow wow. Come on, and I'm a freaking metal head
this is a great album. Terry Bozio is an amazing drummer...he was so ahead of time in the early 80's
My mom loves all these 80's songs, I'm 13 and I love them too! Wish music like this was still around...
The greatest decade!
+ThatOneGuy Pick up some drumsticks or a keyboard or a guitar. You have the power too change things.
+ThatOneGuy Good for you for having an open mind, you have a cool mom. New wave was a cool dance-able offshoot of punk, not my favorite genre but much better then modern pop/dance music, they had real singers and real musicians.
+ThatOneGuy Well little one, thanks to the magic of UA-cam you and your mom can sit together and she can show you all the cool songs that made the 80's what it was and if nothing else at least it will bring you and your mom closer than you probably already are. Good luck and enjoy. (^_^)--b
+ThatOneGuy Thanks for the comment, ThatOneGuy. I'm actually a 70s guy, and my daughter loves 70s music. Good to hear your mom turns you onto good music.
80s. Best decade of my life!!! Life is still good though!!!
and you even got those times?
Ah 1982, I remember it very well and fondly 😊
YES. When my friends would got out dancing for retro 80s night, we always pick this song. Waiting to do that again. HANG IN THERE GUYS.
ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80'S MUSIC RULES!! the dj
Nebraska? Same here!
@@christinelawver1317 YOU KNOW IT!! the dj
The only difference in this music and what they produce now is TALENT…a word from the past that will remain there.
One of the MOST underrated/overlooked bands of the era if not more so.
Man, this song takes me right back to the 80's. What a time ! Seems like a whole different lifetime ago.
You said it....that and life was so much better back then than nowv:/
God you guys are so lucky to be alive during the 80s I wish I was one of you guys to got to experience the culture the music and the feeling I'm really sad I couldn't be apart of that I just had to be born in 1997 :(
Merica1776 It's a shame that music isn't such an important part of young people's lives like it was back in the 70's and 80's, and even the early 90's. I got to live through all the quantum leaps in youth culture, from glam to punk to rave and it was all kind of taken for granted. Every ten years or so a new thing took off and It's only now you can look back and see just how great it was! It looks like Grunge was the last big youth culture phenomenon as far as music was concerned. It seems like video game culture has taken over from music for the youth of today, more's the pity for us music fans! But at least there's UA-cam where all the great music lives on! You should be thankful for that as we had nothing like that back in the day!
Yea true ... But I think I could live without all this technology really I can it's would be better knowing I can hang out with friends better
music is still pretty important to young people even though it hasn't evolved as much. also edm has been popular. but anyway i mean most your people still listen to music. but anyway theres been emotionally hip hop and edm since the mid 90s. i don't think music will ever not be popular, humans will always love melodies
Saw them in 1983...life was great. I had such a blast standing just off stage watching them rock the audience. I was so connected.
Super-fantastic band of the early 80's.
NS9213 you are so right.thank you for reminding me that the 80s are by far the greatest era of music ever!!!
As an 80’s kid… life is so strange. We had a great soundtrack.
The sound and visuals of a time so confusing and colorful. This band had virtuosos in it, and Dale was the perfect face of this strain of New Wave. What a fun song.
One of the best songs to come out of the 80's, period!
What a complex, convoluted joy!
Such is the magic of the most wonderful music, that makes us, love the 80s so very much!
Missing Persons is one of the most successful and underrated bands of all time. I love their music and they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Missing Persons rules forever !
Walking in L.A., Words, & Destination Unknown might be the greatest 3 songs from the same band in the 1980s‼️🎶
This has such a great 80's feel. Everytime I hear it it brings me back to wonderful times.
+Troy Owens I know what you mean. I am nearly 40 and like much of this sort of music.
One of my favorites from back in the day when MTV used to play music videos that were fun to watch
The early 80's had some of the best alternative music that laid the groundwork for later generations. I was young but can remember and love this music.
The videos from this time were incredible. Early mtv was magic.
I miss the 80s so much and this band they were so ahead of their time i was in love with dale what an era for music those times rocked
Back when MTV was MTV. Now I have MTV on demand on my cell phone watch anything I want and everything I want and I can sit here and watch my videos and smoke pot and forget about how the world outside my door has sank into a cesspool in the last 40 years. Can you imagine all of us when we were in nursing homes we're still going to be listening to the '80s music you betcha!
Sounds good! I love to smoke weed too!
I moved from a catholic school to a public school where I was the new kid, this song was brand new, I remember staring out the bus window on my way to my first day of 7th grade with this song on the radio... never forget, all time favorite
Last seen them in Atlanta,New Years,Dale is 🔥, Great Singer,thank you.Ur the Best Bilismo,Chow Lio,from Galveston,ty
I love this song . I'm glad I've found it I love (1980's) music New Wave & Punk Rock stuff.
It's been over 30 years ago and I was young and happy. Life happened and I am old and happy. Music is coming back again.
80s music NEVER LEFT😃😕
When this came out I was in my early 20s and more into classic rock and soul, but after nearly 40 years now I enjoy this song as much as any other from that era...
Missing Persons ROCK!!!!! Love all their music!! They are the best man!! With a bad ass super nice stereo system you can rock the hell out of this song. JL Audio, Fosgate, whatever, super-nice and crystal clear mids and highs and little bit of bass and it will be just like you are back in that time-warp man, vintage 80's concerts man to the core!! Most don't understand what good music is, and this is exactly what great music is man!! Timeless. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
It is sad that some modern day losers do not even have a decent stereo system! I even have a fantastic ReVoX reel to reel hifi system. Hahah!
was a sophomore in high school when this came out. Top 5 for me from the 80's. The 80's without doubt the best gen. of music bar non!!
When I was a little boy, back in the 70s, my mom told me to appreciate all the quality around me. Of course, I wasn't able to completely understand what she meant until I became much older. There is still quality out there, but you really have to dig through a lot of garbage to find it. Missing Persons is a shining gem of the times.
I think the 60's, 70's and 80's had this perfect recipe that may never exist again. It was a combination of just the right amount of technology combined with social revolution combined with the simple fact that kids were still learning instruments. This resulted in an explosion of the best music ever.
Thanks again to her for sharing this song with us all
I never took the talent of this band for granted. Their set at the US Festival was stellar.
I was at US '83. Saw Missing Persons there. Their set was perfect.
This album was right in there with my ac/dc,led zep, Nazareth, ozzy, pink floyd and the 100 other vinyls I have in my collection to this day..class of 83. Stateliner !!
Great music sir!
Very under-appreciated song! This song is as good today as it it was back then!
Sweeties...I'm 67 and I've been rocking 2 this tune since it hit tha airwaves..it was somewhat of an anthem, darlings
They rocked the early 80's.
the best song 80"-best song New wave and beautiful Dale Bozzio❤❤❤
love this song ..I love the 80's music.. I love her voice..
Never left since i first heard it in 1981, i was 10 yrs old and loooooved it! And now i play it gor my grands and they looooove it too
If you listen to the lyrics this song is actually very deep with, yes, spiritual meaning. One of my all-time favorites.
When you look at Lady Gaga, smile to yourself knowingly cause it's all been done before, Dale Bozzio was ahead of her time definitely. A lot people don't realize that before Missing Persons, she & Terry Bozzio (now ex-spouse), were members of musicians who played with Frank Zappa (she was like a session musician, backup singer, from mid to late '70's). So she definitely had credentials, some of the most nuanced & refined despite the often zany satire of Zappa, he demanded nothing but the best from those who worked with him.
Plus, Dale Bozzio had about the cutest petite figure on MTV back then, the ensemble she wore in "What are Words For" was an epic look.
Besides Dale and Terry the other original members were Warren Cucurullo and Patrick Ohearn also from Zappa's band!
If you weren't the real deal you couldn't play with Zappa. They all were. Warren was a local Brooklyn boy to me who did good.
You are right. Gaga is nothing new. To be Zappa you had to be on your game. I grew up with Warren Curacullo who also played with him. Zappa was a note by note master.
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💯. THIS WAS 2 YEARS •BEFORE• MADONNA‼️‼️
UNKNOWN SONG IN UPSTATE NEW YORK..NEVER PLAYED..1ST HEARD IN 2012. I LOVE THIS SONG, ALL TIME MY PERSONAL TOP 5. I LOVE THIS.
The first time I saw the "words" video when it and MTV was brand new ,I was fkn floored! It was like music from outer space but the lyrics were so humanly real! Fkn awesome artists to never forget!❤One of the worlds' pinnacle creations.
This is of course is back when MTV was great. I loved this video.
Going to be 42 in 5 days and absolutely wish it was the 80’s all over again! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
And we that young and live all over again
This song takes me to a Desination Unknown. Love it!
i first heard this in a cafe in okla,city eating breakfast, a classic rock guy and i just was paralized, it was the duran duran, devo , talking heads era. this song is cool.
Nothing comes close to the MTV videos of the early 80's...they took their time, put in so much creativity...videos these days go at about 120 miles an hour and they all seem the same. I miss this time period. :(
I agree,there was also so much hope in America in that era.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little... The great Ronald Reagan???
The 1st rock video I saw on Mtv was Def Leppard "Let it Rock". They were like 16-17. Hard to believe that was close to 40 years ago. I miss those days.
My dad’s band had one of the earliest videos on MTV. Steel Breeze -You Don’t Want Me Anymore- He thinks early music videos were “funky assed” because of their experimental nature and frequent corniness.
Boospoochie Better than the Democrat choice at that time.
Truly unforgettable vocals, band & video. Bozzio has timeless appeal. She's like a new wave Marilyn Monroe for lack of a better description.
Late Summer, early Fall 1982...good times!!!
Spring Session M is an early 80's new wave masterpiece.
The name of the album is an anagram