Greg Kihn Live at The Country Club 1981 - The Breakup Song

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  • Greg Kihn Live at The Country Club 1981 - The Breakup Song

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  • @mckessa17
    @mckessa17 11 років тому +137

    They don't write songs like this anymore........

  • @martinjubb9470
    @martinjubb9470 Рік тому +73

    The backbeat on this just drives it right through your spine!

  • @mattarmstrong1562
    @mattarmstrong1562 7 місяців тому +35

    That live guitar is amazing!

  • @beavis408
    @beavis408 9 років тому +224

    This song is fucking timeless. A classic.

    • @bagley232
      @bagley232 8 років тому +7

      +beavis408 I'm with you man. still gets played in the ride. my teenage sons love it

    • @beavis408
      @beavis408 8 років тому +8

      +bagley232 I used to be in a band, and we played this song. The guitar isn't anything special, but the song, the vocals are so awesome, so much fun to sing! Wish I still had time to be in a band....

    • @mindsigh4
      @mindsigh4 Рік тому

      @@beavis408
      the guitar in this song is what i remembered, had to play it in my mind a few times before the chorus hit (title) & then i was able to find the song...
      used to annoy me when the title of the song was different from the line u would remember recognize, so u'd be at the record store looking for it & buy the album that didn't have that tune...

    • @johnc.8298
      @johnc.8298 4 місяці тому

      I recall driving across New York State and this song came on the radio. The proverbial hook was so strong, I pulled over and called the radio station to find out who it was. Fabulous song. Where did the 43 years go since this concert was performed?

  • @starletohara1631
    @starletohara1631 2 роки тому +61

    Classic early 80s guitar-driven rock doesn't get much better than this.😊

    • @hanovergreen4091
      @hanovergreen4091 6 місяців тому +4

      Man I miss the 80's.

    • @starletohara1631
      @starletohara1631 6 місяців тому +2

      @@hanovergreen4091 Me too! Greg Kihn hit the nail on the head when he sang "they just don't write 'em like that any more." 😎

    • @user-cf1vb6op5h
      @user-cf1vb6op5h 6 місяців тому +2

      If you don't already know him, check out Dave Edmunds. If you already know him tell someone else!

    • @starletohara1631
      @starletohara1631 6 місяців тому

      @@user-cf1vb6op5h Is he the one who did "I Hear You Knockin' "? Great song!☺

  • @mitch6969123
    @mitch6969123 3 місяці тому +14

    This song brings me back..

  • @1stand2ndtimearound67
    @1stand2ndtimearound67 Рік тому +5

    why I am STUCK in the 80's...

  • @Stogie2112
    @Stogie2112 3 місяці тому +4

    One of the best riffs ever. It hasn't aged at all.

  • @chrishardison1823
    @chrishardison1823 Місяць тому +5

    Man oh man the memories 😊

  • @ronb1057
    @ronb1057 Рік тому +41

    I was 24 when I first heard this song on the radio back in 1981 on my way home after a full long day of work. The rhythm and beat of this song along with the words energized me in minutes and I was charged up in a few minutes, even though I was feeling pretty whipped just minutes before the song came on. Even today, this song still gives me a jolt. Amazing! This one and 'Jeopardy' were his two big hits.

    • @tygertone
      @tygertone Рік тому +2

      I was about 16; they never gave it enough airplay! At least, here in LA.

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 8 місяців тому +1

      Yep it definitely makes u feel good😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 8 місяців тому +1

      @@tygertonewas on the radio all the time here in Kansas City 👏👏👏

  • @bayrondiaz3012
    @bayrondiaz3012 Рік тому +27

    Absolutely great, blessed are those generations that had the opportunity to have artists and music of this type, today nothing is the same!!

  • @buckles923
    @buckles923 9 місяців тому +13

    This sounds so much better than the studio recording. Has a great edge to it.

    • @user-cf1vb6op5h
      @user-cf1vb6op5h 6 місяців тому +1

      In a medium-sized-ish club Kihn was an astoundingly good performer; really feelgood shows (though I never got to see him do Madison Avenue Man)

    • @user-jj5ue2ls7n
      @user-jj5ue2ls7n День тому +1

      This backbeat I feel in my bones. Possibly the best live song ever. Such good energy.

  • @deebedwell580
    @deebedwell580 Рік тому +17

    Such an underrated song.

  • @rantingdictator8562
    @rantingdictator8562 11 років тому +35

    So much better than the recorded version. I never get tired listening to this.

    • @skipacuff5104
      @skipacuff5104 3 роки тому +4

      The lead guitarist is allowed some room to shine in this one. And shine he does. RIP Dave Carpender www.gregkihn.com/dave_carpender.html

  • @Landoyo
    @Landoyo 11 років тому +92

    This is still one of my favorite songs to perform.

  • @windovrwatergirl
    @windovrwatergirl 2 роки тому +49

    I was just at a bar and the band was playing this song it was awesome still rocking in 2021😂💃🏻

  • @candywright64
    @candywright64 6 місяців тому +4

    I have loved this song from the first time that I heard it. Still listening to it & probably will be forever.

  • @LesHaskell
    @LesHaskell 3 роки тому +10

    Charlie Daniel's death brought me here. I saw the Greg Kihn Band, the Charlie Daniel's Band, and the Grateful Dead April 22, 1979 at Spartan Stadium, in San Jose, California.

  • @frankterrebrood5261
    @frankterrebrood5261 Рік тому +15

    Definitely one of the best songs of the 80's! The Greg Kihn Band kicks ASS!!!

  • @KingofKarnies
    @KingofKarnies 2 роки тому +8

    RIP Cousin Steve. You were one hell of a bassist/song writer.

  • @lindaknight1775
    @lindaknight1775 Рік тому +9

    Only heard this a few weeks ago for first time. Wtf. Love it so much.

    • @johndelben53
      @johndelben53 Рік тому

      IF YOU LIKE THIS ONE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ALDO NOVA FANTASY LET ME KNOW

  • @SH-su9jh
    @SH-su9jh 3 роки тому +6

    screaming in tune - impressive

  • @irenehenjumfineart
    @irenehenjumfineart 10 місяців тому +5

    This is one of the great songs of my generation. I was in an on again, off again relationship in high school when this came out and, it was perfect and still is.

  • @kevinchristman9658
    @kevinchristman9658 Рік тому +4

    They were badass back in the day!!!!!

  • @ihrable438
    @ihrable438 9 місяців тому +2

    We grew up in the best place possible, Berkeley in the 60s 70s and 80s. Just out of high school we used to go to see these guys in the small clubs (esp the one on UniversityAve which I can't remember the name of right now!) and Sproul Plaza in B-town every chance we could, and traveled around the Bay Area too. We loved them! I haven't listened to them in years. I just saw that Steve died in '17. He was my heart throb. Very sad. And no they don't make 'em like that anymore. Nor the music. 🎉

  • @ladyevil64
    @ladyevil64 2 роки тому +12

    I loved watching this video on MTV. Got to see these guys open for Journey in May of 1982, right before graduation. Journey was good, but just kinda going through the motions. The Greg Kihn Band blew them off the stage. It was amazing! 🤘💖

    • @johnnyappleseed5029
      @johnnyappleseed5029 2 роки тому +3

      I always hated how the Greg Kihn Band didn't get the respect and recognition they deserved. They flat out rocked....

  • @mattstaten1271
    @mattstaten1271 9 років тому +34

    Great Performance. Classic!!

  • @ginamirarchi1494
    @ginamirarchi1494 2 роки тому +3

    SPOT ON...
    THEY DONT WRITE LIKE THAT ANYMORE...
    This was the BEST of the BEST....
    This will song is LEGEND❤
    Who's listening in Sept 2021

    • @theLoveInUrEyes
      @theLoveInUrEyes 2 роки тому

      March 2022. First time heard it and love it only understand part of the song.

  • @taimeuppe6174
    @taimeuppe6174 2 роки тому +3

    40 years flew by

  • @ahgeez943
    @ahgeez943 9 років тому +19

    Great live performance.

  • @dennismetzger9287
    @dennismetzger9287 9 місяців тому +3

    Heard this as a youngin in a bowling alley with my mother. One of the few memories i have with her. Never knew the name to the song but knew the uh uh uh part. Heard this on the radio the other day and am glad i know the name to the song.

  • @CurvyJaneMusic
    @CurvyJaneMusic 3 роки тому +13

    Still my fav from back in the day. Long time, Greg...Sacramento girl greetings from Australia!🤘😎

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 3 роки тому +6

    79 to 85 best music. By the way 2020 sucks........

  • @donrutter6765
    @donrutter6765 6 років тому +11

    Ibanez tube screamer, Boss stereo chorus. Classic guitar tone of the 80's.

    • @davidjameschamberlain
      @davidjameschamberlain 3 роки тому +2

      The original recording is the quintessential Roland Jazz Chorus/Boss CE1 sound

  • @williamskinner
    @williamskinner 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes they were in Denver back in the eighties and opened up for Journey. One of the best concerts back then...

  • @Borgy1
    @Borgy1 Рік тому +5

    Love this song!!! So many good high school memories with music like this...

  • @54321snoopyman
    @54321snoopyman Рік тому +3

    Bad ass this epitomize the '80s this dude was the real deal he deserves everything on the planet for this song this song is what made the '80s stand out give her some others but this is the top of my book and I was born for this kind of music..

  • @Mitzihunt1313
    @Mitzihunt1313 3 роки тому +41

    They just don't write them like this anymore ..
    Damn they were right ! I was 15 in 2009 when I've heard this song i love it I've an old soul I love the 70's 80's 90's

    • @CZECHMATE650
      @CZECHMATE650 2 роки тому +5

      Good for you Kid I was like 6yrs old when I heard that song on MTV (they used to play music videos). Now I miss the 90's like hippies miss the 60's! KEEP REAL MUSIC ALIVE!!

    • @bahastar6688
      @bahastar6688 2 роки тому +3

      I was 9 and i love this shit we were born in the wrong era lol

    • @leart78
      @leart78 Рік тому

      b-shit, it you are 15 in 2009 can't understand a thing about what life was in 80s and 90s

    • @Mitzihunt1313
      @Mitzihunt1313 Рік тому +2

      @@leart78 lmao you don't know anything about me, I'm a 90's kid not an 80's kid unfortunately. True I did not live the 80's live but I know how life used to be like then than now. I' hate it nowdays,still I'm all and always was into old music,anything that's pretty much old. Things that had a meaning and character to it.

    • @Mitzihunt1313
      @Mitzihunt1313 Рік тому +1

      @@CZECHMATE650 yeaaaaah!

  • @howie9751
    @howie9751 5 років тому +8

    Rock Kihn Roll!

  • @olben1095
    @olben1095 3 роки тому +16

    As a high school senior this was the s-it!

    • @jedsteelwell2354
      @jedsteelwell2354 3 роки тому +2

      Was you singing along going a aa aa aa 😭

    • @tygertone
      @tygertone 2 роки тому

      Yes, and even as a high school Junior!

  • @monsieurmike2072
    @monsieurmike2072 3 роки тому +5

    Yup!... Live Baby!🤘⚡...2021 and still rockin'..🤘🤘🤘⚡🔥...80's fuckin' RULE...⚡🔥

  • @fractalika3018
    @fractalika3018 10 років тому +7

    Let me in brought me here. However, quoting Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestrel (more or less) "...and then came kurt cobain and spolied all the fun.." I was raised through the glorious and epic 80's. I'm so happy to see that great movies such as The wrestler, Let me in, use songs like this to emphasize key scenes.

  • @1218Draco
    @1218Draco 9 років тому +6

    Happy Birthday Greg Kihn, Mr.Breakup-Song

  • @sandradufrene9536
    @sandradufrene9536 Рік тому +2

    I can listen to this every day... especially to be in a happy place 😂

  • @sandiwilliamson2764
    @sandiwilliamson2764 Рік тому +8

    Absolutely ❤️ this song

  • @jeffutigard861
    @jeffutigard861 10 років тому +13

    Keep rockin GK... turn it up!!!

  • @johnt.4947
    @johnt.4947 2 місяці тому +1

    Rockin' the house!!

  • @alejandrohinestrosa2895
    @alejandrohinestrosa2895 3 роки тому +24

    Greg, thank you so much for this excellent and wonderful song. It's amazing to hear it. I'm honest with you, I listened to the song but I didn't know its name or the band that played it. Several years searching on UA-cam and I finally found it. I congratulate you on that great piece of melody. Now I can see and listen to the videos of Song of Breakup👍👍👍

  • @alejandrohinestrosa2895
    @alejandrohinestrosa2895 3 роки тому +5

    Excelent Excelent Excelent. The Best of the Best. Long Life to GK band and The Breakup Song

  • @orcs608
    @orcs608 2 роки тому +3

    hell yeah.

  • @Lab-Mouse
    @Lab-Mouse 10 років тому +9

    Greatness, where's good music today?????

    • @Lab-Mouse
      @Lab-Mouse 10 років тому +3

      Thanks fellow good music lover! I'd say most music died around 2001...

    • @Lab-Mouse
      @Lab-Mouse 10 років тому +2

      Hall and oats man, bring them back to your ears, if you haven't yet too.

  • @latorrekarina3570
    @latorrekarina3570 3 роки тому +8

    Quien sigue escuchando esta obra de arte ?'

    • @fmagalhaes1521
      @fmagalhaes1521 2 роки тому

      @ La Torre Karina, Aun estoy aqui escuchandola in 2021.

  • @lindaknight1775
    @lindaknight1775 Рік тому +2

    Ear worm. Fabulous

  • @manuelacosta2088
    @manuelacosta2088 10 років тому +6

    I love this video, very nice song.

  • @Zooperman89
    @Zooperman89 11 років тому +3

    damn song...now i miss her...

  • @vincegedeon6583
    @vincegedeon6583 10 років тому +9

    love this song!

  • @user-hb1rg5jp9n
    @user-hb1rg5jp9n 7 днів тому

    Greg Khin, Paul Collin’s (The Beat)
    BreakUp Song and Rock n Roll Girl!

  • @lilymac8246
    @lilymac8246 Рік тому +1

    Love The “80”

  • @Zodiac581
    @Zodiac581 9 років тому +3

    what a fuckin voice

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Рік тому +2

    This is better than the studio recording............

  • @davidpotter2720
    @davidpotter2720 Рік тому

    " Listen Carefully "...This is a Song of "PURE ROCK & ROLL!!! It's Just that Simple...

  • @geraldcochlan676
    @geraldcochlan676 11 місяців тому +1

    Just discovered this banger. Has a Ramones vibe to the vocals, i dig it.

  • @lindaknight1775
    @lindaknight1775 Рік тому +2

    Love this. Only heard a few weeks ago.

  • @aliceugarte1073
    @aliceugarte1073 Рік тому +1

    Looks just as I remember in the early 80 's in Berkeley at keystone one night Greg Kihn the next maybe steppenwolf or Jerry Garcia. good old music.

  • @Funk88219
    @Funk88219 Рік тому +5

    Greg, I've always been a real fan of this particular recording because it shows the energy you and your band were receiving and giving with that crowd. Interesting to know where and when this was. I know that you have said you were one of the original "Berkeley bands." This performance shows how comfortable you were with live performances close to the crowd, a feature of playing to college crowds.

  • @karenm8757
    @karenm8757 10 років тому +2

    Woke up singing this!!

  • @edilbertovaravatalopez2166
    @edilbertovaravatalopez2166 11 місяців тому +3

    esta tema me gusta mucho, 👍 excelente canción.

  • @michaelginever732
    @michaelginever732 Рік тому +6

    Love it. Great performance. I just listened to a 2007 and a 2017 performance. It's sad what 26 and then 36 years can do to you. Greg's voice isn't what it was back in 1981.

  • @fnordrabbit1156
    @fnordrabbit1156 9 місяців тому +1

    14 year old me loves songs like this, including “Burnin’ for you” from Blue Oyster Cult and other songs like what David Bowie made like “Let’s Dance”

  • @Stringypete1
    @Stringypete1 6 місяців тому

    I was 11. My Mom bought me the 45. Life was good.

  • @wlodell
    @wlodell 2 роки тому +1

    When music was great.

  • @user-vr9bn2go7i
    @user-vr9bn2go7i 10 місяців тому +1

    ชอบ​มาก​ครับ​❤️🇹🇭

  • @neilbender3050
    @neilbender3050 3 роки тому +3

    Great song and man I miss Jack Tripper

  • @janavalos9792
    @janavalos9792 3 місяці тому +1

    mi canción favorita 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @vrm86gt
    @vrm86gt 2 роки тому +2

    Love it! Thank you, Greg Kihn Band!

  • @MrXtraviado
    @MrXtraviado 2 роки тому +1

    iconic! legend!

  • @oscarsantacruz1200
    @oscarsantacruz1200 2 місяці тому

    La mejor musica q no pasará de moda.

  • @ccllaauucant
    @ccllaauucant Рік тому +2

    Excelent rock! Amazing! BRAZIL 🇧🇷

  • @johnevans7886
    @johnevans7886 9 місяців тому

    My first concert, they opened for Journey, good times!

  • @bestefar_og_jeg
    @bestefar_og_jeg 4 місяці тому

    heard this first time today, repeat since then.

  • @ucdbnxt7318
    @ucdbnxt7318 9 місяців тому

    Grew up in the Valley. Saw Shooting Star there and what a great song kids....

  • @dickgibby1005
    @dickgibby1005 10 місяців тому +1

    I remember going to see a double bill with The Greg Kihn Band and Huey Lewis and the News….great shows in small venues ❤

  • @tammylingle8478
    @tammylingle8478 Рік тому +1

    LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!!

  • @benjham2003
    @benjham2003 2 роки тому +1

    Hit song all the time.

  • @conniehelmick735
    @conniehelmick735 Рік тому +1

    Good song🌹

  • @DetectIQsmarter
    @DetectIQsmarter Рік тому +1

    awesome song

  • @lindaknight1775
    @lindaknight1775 Рік тому +1

    This a get up dance everytime. 👏👏👏

  • @roshandmatabick6676
    @roshandmatabick6676 Рік тому +1

    They don't write songs like this anymore because there are no times like these anymore.

  • @vgshwk
    @vgshwk 9 місяців тому

    I got to see him once great show

  • @tbasshandyman7610
    @tbasshandyman7610 Рік тому

    i saw you at olone college fremont california 1980 what a great great show hope you are well

  • @essiefinch1356
    @essiefinch1356 9 років тому +1

    nice..

  • @user-zn1be9hd5d
    @user-zn1be9hd5d 3 місяці тому

    Swifty here this is a classic

  • @jtt4956
    @jtt4956 Рік тому

    Always will be my fav radio host ever!! Loved hearing his stories about touring back in the day! The one about having to ditch all their drugs before a border check is hilarious!

  • @samcastelvetere1138
    @samcastelvetere1138 Рік тому

    Seen them in Visalia California in about 81/82 while I was stationed in lemoore

  • @rockhelmer4364
    @rockhelmer4364 Рік тому +1

    Met him in Newark, CA in the early nineties broke af! That boy put one million up his nose

  • @bankeokot3658
    @bankeokot3658 Рік тому +1

    สุดๆๆ

  • @tonylawrence0226
    @tonylawrence0226 Рік тому

    Love Jamin this Song People are Surprised, & come up and say Love that Song..

  • @DanielMcHale-ci4gc
    @DanielMcHale-ci4gc 9 місяців тому

    Great rythm section great singing voice

  • @TheTexasDuke
    @TheTexasDuke Рік тому

    Dammit what a jam play this more!

  • @zackdaniels6858
    @zackdaniels6858 Рік тому +1

    I F CKING LOVE THIS☆