I can't listen to this song without balling my eyes out. Somehow it reminds me of my Mom who passed away. I grew up in the best decade with her and I miss her so much.
I feel you. This song was played at my baby sister’s funeral. I play this to remember her. Sending love to you and your Mom who I’m sure watches over you always.
Me too! 😭 I just learned tonight - from my lost love, that there are LYRICS! Ripped my heart out anew. I don’t know if I recommend that you look them up. 💔
Being a latch-key kid sucked, but the music was awesome! This music reminds me of screwing off on my Commodore 64 and pirating games. I know it was wrong, but I was just a kid.
For us that were coming of age in this wonderful decade (19-24 years old) this song conjures up obvious sentiments regarding our youth and how everything seemed possible. Most of us probably are already in our early to mid 50's and all this does is remind us of our mortality. Not a bad thing. If we sigh when we hear this beautiful piece, it's our hearts and memories that are just longing for a specific time and place and for a moment...just freeze it. I took a nap and all of a sudden this song was 36 years old. Amazing isn't it. ..To my 80's brothers and sisters in here; we had it good and we're just now realizing JUST HOW GOOD it was...the magical 80's.... God bless....
Well said. I’m 53 an reflecting on the wonderful years and memories of college. The friendships, the moments, the experiences. I would not have trade them for anything.
1981 - Graduated high school. 1991 - seventh year in career, married five years, three kids. 2022 - retiring at end of year, married 36 years, two awesome grandsons. I listen to this song and I am filled with cherished memories of all those years gone by and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Makes me cry happy tears and I am not one to cry.
@@zapkvr It's a melody played by musical instruments in a rhythmic fashion. Also, it's my memory and opinion. Go get a life. It's people like you that is what's wrong with this entire world.
Damn the song is a haunting reminder of the simpler and wholesome times. Family values and comrodery with friends and neighbors . I felt so alive back then.
yeah, I was a senior in college for this one.... and when I hear it, my thoughts are consumed until it's over. We didn't know it then, but living in one of the most iconic decades of the century.... the 80's aren't felt for others like they are for those 18-28 yrs old in that decade. We are especially affected ...the comments tell it all.
Just imagine if you will; it's a Saturday night, you're listening to the radio, and it's Requests Night. You had this song playing in your head hours ago and want to hear it in real-time for old time's sake, so you call up the radio station and say "I'd like to hear that song from St Elmo's Fire". Naturally, the DJ is going to assume you meant "Man In Motion" and he plays that instead. And so you sit there listening and cursing to yourself, and all because you weren't specific.
Take me back to the 80's and just leave me there, I would be fine. No cell phones, internet, social media. Great music and rich person to person relationships. Simpler times.
Peter I too never tire of this beautiful piece of 80's classic. The Brat Pack will always rule. Thanks for placing a comment worth responding to. Take care friend. 👍😁👍😁
We all longingly look back at the days of our youth: where we had innocence, love, great friends, adventure, health and hope for a future with unlimited expectations of life before us.
And no smart phone nor personal computers.... Just friends, a bicycle, time on our hands, bold hearts, no money but good times made out of nothing. And great music vibes .
i lost my brother in 96, and my sister in 02, then my dad in 04..miss them very much...sometimes i feel like im all alone in the world without them..but i am a strong person, and ill think ill be just fine...but i will always have thoughts and memories.. R.I.P. all .
Wow life was so beautiful for me back then. I had a devine childhood with a great family life. The air was different the feeling of peace and love was in the air. I always felt safe and secure but now years later as ive grown the world is so different. Glad I had the chance to experience those great times. Love love love the 80s
You took the words right out of my mouth..it seems this decade and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..my mom has passed on and I miss her.
In a way it's a sad sad song, bc it reminds me of a wonderful era, the 80's and there will never be another 80's for me. But anyway a great song, and the sax, wow still blows me away
Couldn't agree more! I figure the only way I can come even remotely close to replicating the way the 80s were is to try my best to build a serene life filled with wonderful, positive people with similar interests. At 38, it ain't an easy endeavor but I remain hopeful.
It was the best years for us, yes (I was born in the early 70s). But we cannot repeat it and appreciate it the same again. Would not work but certainly, great music could return. And it should!
I was In 2 nd Grade elementary school in 1987, I was 9 back then, now 41 in 2020. This song made me sad to listen to it back then as it does now, In a good way though, having very vivid picture like memories from back then brings tears to my eyes, missing those times, I can clearly remember where I was and what I was doing when this song was on the radio, and even when I hear it now in 2020! A beautiful timeless classic!
i’m not from the eighties, actually i’m from the 2000’s but somehow i feel part of them. And this song definitely represents that beautiful and cool decade and I love it :’)
1985 was the year I met the love of my life. Drop dead gorgeous, hearing this song while looking at him made me go weak in my knees. A moment frozen in time that only happens once. What a year...what a song!
I kept remembering this great track by David Foster. My parents used to play this when I was a kid. I was really grateful that my parents had a great taste in music. I think that I may be the only teenager today that's listening to this and admiring David's talent.
This composition captures like no other , the mood of those of us who went to school in the 80’s . Nostalgic for all the good times we had together , yet serious about the challenges ahead . It accurately represented the turning point in our lives. A true celebration of who we were as a generation.
So true! I was in highschool when this movie and song came out! Even if someone never seen the cult classic - the song alone is phenomenal 👊👍👏🙌😎great music🎶🖖
I never had my family around. I didn't find my dad until ,I was 28years old. When this was on television ,I always wondered if he cared about me. This show gave me hope, when ,I was a kid.
I can’t listen to this without feeling a million different emotions. Happy, reflective, sad, melancholy…. The list goes on. I have no idea why this makes me feel all of these things. All I know is that I’ll probably own St Elmo’s Fire until my final days. Lol. It’s the weirdest thing in my life. It freezes a moment in my life. I love it.
well put. I have been trying to figure out what it does to me to hear it. That is it. Its like it lives in the corridors of my mind! It puts me in almost a dream state.
Apple Slices Unite you took the words out of my mouth. It also makes me sad that my 80's are long gone. Such a great time I'd relive them for a thousand years!!
When I was in preschool, I'd have my mom rewind and play this song over and over again... Just graduated from undergrad, and now I find myself reflecting upon my journey and the road ahead... Such a timeless masterpiece. I'll always love this song.
I think one of the greatest things about music like this, the stuff the brings you back YEARS, is when you can look into the comments section and take comfort that you're not alone. I'd have to say the bonding thing of our generation was the music.
I was truly blessed to be able to experience the 80s in my late teens' early 20s. There will never be another era like it. John Hughes movies were the best!
I am still listening to this in 2019. Brings me back to my childhood friends, the growing pains of young adulthood, and searching for one's purpose. Beautiful nostalgia 🎶
You walk through life and make new friends leaving the past behind, but sometimes you wish you can revisit even just to say hello. And then this song whisks you back in living color, stereo and you sometimes can feel the smells. What a spell it weaves on the brief trip...even if you can't say hello.
I was 14 on January 1, 1980 and 24 on December 31, 1989. St Elmo's Fire bombed at the box office, but it was the movie of my age cohort--I left home and got my first apartment the year it was released. The 1980s were my teen and young womanly years. I hadn't heard this song in a long time before clicking this link and was sort of amused at the immediate emotional and nostalgic pang that I got hearing those opening strings.
This beautiful song is the soundtrack of my young life. The movie, the music, the era, and the experience paved the road to my destiny. I love this music with every fiber of my being. God I miss the 80's. (sobbing)
A favorite instrumental that takes me on a journey back to the best days of my life - the 80's...all the fun, all the people, all the memories...I wish those days were back...
This decade (80s) and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..since that time I lost a few friends including my best friend growing up..my mom has passed on and I miss her too .
indelible song and great movie! whenever I get melancholy about the past, I remember the great dr suess adage which says, "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" - I try to live in that state of gratitude now
A beautiful, timeless instrumental that brings back the wonderful memories of a time long since gone but I will cherish and keep in my heart forever. I was living some of the best years of my life and would love more than anything to go back and do it all again but sadly those days will never return. Thank you for uploading this classic.
Where does the time fly to? POOH!🚀 POOH!🚀 Nostalgia! 1980's. Most awesome, decade , century.. Nothing will ever compare to. 1980's. disco,💃 dancing , hardrock. 🎸🎹 music. Movie's , this St Elmos movie 🎥 📀 🎬🎵🎵, brings back. Memories of fun, innocence , great friend's , phenomenal times of my life.. I watch it repeatly!!😍
David Foster is an incredible talent. I continually stumble onto songs I love and they were written by David. He is a fine man, too. His philanthropic work is to be commended. Please write music forever....PSH
I’m came from a broken home and dysfunctional family. But the experiences, first love, sports and the camaraderie and friends I made through high school and young adulthood in the 80’s will be something I’ll never stop remembering when nostalgia comes knocking. When people had to interact with one another and the mystery of someone you wanted to know gave you butterflies. Those times are gone but never forgotten. Long live the 80’s
I saw Rob Lowe in Vegas a few years ago. He was alone leaning against the wall waiting for his wife to finish shopping staring into space (like most guys!). He is way older than me but he is the best looking guy I've ever seen in person. Like by far. I didn't even recognize him as a celebrity really until my friend pointed it out. he is spectaculary handsome.
I think Billy's wife in St. Elmos is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She was also in Pink Floyd: The Wall. She's quite striking even as an old lady but lord under 50 I would have gone for that.
The first time I heard this music was in the early '90's. I was in my teens...14 or 15 maybe. I was with a group of my friends at a place called carowinds, an amusement park in Charlotte N.C. That period was an extremely romantic time for me! Air Supply, Journey, Bread... The list goes on. So we were at Carowinds. All through the day I kept hearing this music that would play over the speakers in the park. Every time I heard it I couldn't get enough. There was to be an amateur ice skating presentation at 2 pm, and well time got away from us and they had locked the door. (Ice skating had been a huge deal for me, as pairs skating was very romantic.) I began to look for another way in. Sure enough there was a side entrance that was open! It put me directly at the front next to the stage! Front row seats!!! One of the songs they skated to was this music!!! The results have been a life long love relationship with this song!
It is one of those songs, as soon as you hear it , you remember the places you use to hang out at, the people you use to hang out with in your favorite bar and as time goes on you see a little less each year, something we all go thru, but we move on with our lives and will forever love our memories
THIS SONG HAS BEAUTIFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, PURE INNOCENCE, MUCH SIMPLER TIMES, SEATING WITH OUR FAMILIES IN DINNER AND TALKING AND LISTENING TO EACH OTHER, IT REMINDS ME OF HAVING NO WORRIES OR TROUBLES, HAVING OUR FRIENDS AROUND.
My husband played this song in the late 80's when I was on my way to take the boards for my nursing license....to get my brain working. It makes me remember.....great times. I am choosing 'my song' to be played at my nieces' weddings. I think this has to be on the list. Still love it after all these years.
The 80s was the best decade for music and movies.
Cheers to that
Led Zeppelin disagrees with this message.
You said it brother I have been stuck there for a very long time
not only movies and music but a great time to grow thru, you hear this song and the memories come back in your head
the great 80's and 90's
I can't listen to this song without balling my eyes out. Somehow it reminds me of my Mom who passed away. I grew up in the best decade with her and I miss her so much.
I’m sorry, it’s gonna hurt whenever my own mom passes. If you don’t mind my asking when did she pass away?
I’m so sorry
I feel you. This song was played at my baby sister’s funeral. I play this to remember her. Sending love to you and your Mom who I’m sure watches over you always.
I agree with you. I think of it when l walk the streets of Georgetown.
Me too! 😭 I just learned tonight - from my lost love, that there are LYRICS! Ripped my heart out anew. I don’t know if I recommend that you look them up. 💔
What a time to be alive. When small towns had arcade games in gas stations, when everything just made more sense. I miss my childhood.
I'm right behind you I was born in November 1980
Great times! Great memories!
As WE all did.... Some more than others..... 1981
You said it all...
Our local Taco John's had a Pac-Man game in the restaurant! I always wanted to play it, but rarely got to! 1979.
80’s was the best decade. Still waiting on that time machine. Who’s with me ?
ME!
Me
ME thrice!
Waiting on that time machine
me
The 80's were my childhood, the BEST time to be a kid.
better than the 2010's & the 2020's
Absolutely! It was truly the best! 😊
@@Clm0323 I agree!
Thats true.
Being a latch-key kid sucked, but the music was awesome! This music reminds me of screwing off on my Commodore 64 and pirating games. I know it was wrong, but I was just a kid.
"Once upon a time...when we all were so young, and the world seemed so much brighter..."
Please tell me who said that. That should be quotred at my funeral
Written by the famous porn star Nathan Krushed all cheeks
@@dfelixrx7 your a mean bastard 😂
Melini Gonzalez sorry 🤣
I forgot I had written that 🙂
RoTary PoWer - RX7 😂😂
For us that were coming of age in this wonderful decade (19-24 years old) this song conjures up obvious sentiments regarding our youth and how everything seemed possible. Most of us probably are already in our early to mid 50's and all this does is remind us of our mortality. Not a bad thing. If we sigh when we hear this beautiful piece, it's our hearts and memories that are just longing for a specific time and place and for a moment...just freeze it. I took a nap and all of a sudden this song was 36 years old. Amazing isn't it. ..To my 80's brothers and sisters in here; we had it good and we're just now realizing JUST HOW GOOD it was...the magical 80's.... God bless....
Ruben Cruz. That was beautiful.
Well said. I’m 53 an reflecting on the wonderful years and memories of college. The friendships, the moments, the experiences. I would not have trade them for anything.
👍
❤❤❤🥲🥲 amen
Yes!
1981 - Graduated high school. 1991 - seventh year in career, married five years, three kids. 2022 - retiring at end of year, married 36 years, two awesome grandsons. I listen to this song and I am filled with cherished memories of all those years gone by and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Makes me cry happy tears and I am not one to cry.
Its not a song. For Christ's sake
@@zapkvr It's a melody played by musical instruments in a rhythmic fashion. Also, it's my memory and opinion. Go get a life. It's people like you that is what's wrong with this entire world.
The sound of people having asked you this is vacuous.
Thats a great melody i liked the film but there is something with this music it brings me happy and sad feelings at the same time
Same
Damn the song is a haunting reminder of the simpler and wholesome times. Family values and comrodery with friends and neighbors . I felt so alive back then.
Totally
I really miss all that I really do .
@naturesinfinitewellth Not every generation's music is equal.
So well said
yeah, I was a senior in college for this one.... and when I hear it, my thoughts are consumed until it's over. We didn't know it then, but living in one of the most iconic decades of the century.... the 80's aren't felt for others like they are for those 18-28 yrs old in that decade. We are especially affected ...the comments tell it all.
I'm a massive metal fan but this song always takes me back to an amazing childhood during the 80's. Nostalgia personified.
Same here!!!! 80s were the best and I was very fortunate that I grew up during that amazing era.
I can jam out to this and Cannibal Corpse!
This is one of the most beautiful movie instrumentals of all time. The 80s had amazing music, and this is and always will be an essential 80's song.
The saxophone is the most underrated instrument in music. It's a shame that it does not exist in todays music
You got that right! I love the saxophone, and I wish it was heard more often in music. 🎷🎶 🎷
The unbelievable FACTSSSS of this statement especially in this song specifically that riff at the end...🥹
That’s an alto saxophone.
I danced to this at my wedding as our first dance as husband and wife. I cryed the whole time. It was the most happiest time of my life
That's beautiful!!
80's .. Memories flowing like a river!
Aww that's so sweet! I don't know you but I hope you are still happy Margaret.
This also was played at my wedding 31yrs ago!
That is awesome 😎
The magical decade of the 80’s. It had everything! Thank you Lord for allowing me to live thru it!
X2
Amen!
The nostalgia is strong with this one.
Right.......lol
For real. My soul hurts listening to this song
Yup.
Oh, yeah...like time travel with this one
Ah yes, a time when a woman who didn't go with either male suitor had short hair and was named "Les."
What a time to be alive in the 80’s. I loved being a teenager in the 80’s. So much joy, heat breaks, lessons learned. I miss those times❤
I‘m a teenager now (in my late teens) but I used to listen to this song when I was just 4-5 years old. This song reminds me of my early childhood.
Just imagine if you will; it's a Saturday night, you're listening to the radio, and it's Requests Night. You had this song playing in your head hours ago and want to hear it in real-time for old time's sake, so you call up the radio station and say "I'd like to hear that song from St Elmo's Fire". Naturally, the DJ is going to assume you meant "Man In Motion" and he plays that instead. And so you sit there listening and cursing to yourself, and all because you weren't specific.
Another piece of David Foster's genius.
You’ve said it!!
YES!
And have you seen his young son with Katherine McPhee the drums to this?
All of it....but....that sax at the end...
Whew. Another time another place, this song takes you there.
Take me back to the 80's and just leave me there, I would be fine. No cell phones, internet, social media. Great music and rich person to person relationships. Simpler times.
I'm with you!!!!
This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Tugs at the heartstrings every time I hear it.
One of the best instrumental songs ever!
Yep
Absolutely
Thanks to Mr. David Foster & his crew.
I second that
Peter I too never tire of this beautiful piece of 80's classic. The Brat Pack will always rule. Thanks for placing a comment worth responding to. Take care friend. 👍😁👍😁
We all longingly look back at the days of our youth:
where we had innocence,
love,
great friends,
adventure,
health
and hope for a future with unlimited expectations of life before us.
And no smart phone nor personal computers.... Just friends, a bicycle, time on our hands, bold hearts, no money but good times made out of nothing. And great music vibes .
I have tears pouring down my face. So many memories. Bittersweet memories. Love this movie and song.🎶❤
MegaGivenGrace an amazing track and brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it ❤️
Me too . So glad i have found it . Love the film and this song is just so emotional
Could not have said it better myself 🙏🏽
Me too. Thing's have got to get better?.. I hope 😢🙏
I Hera you sister!
i lost my brother in 96, and my sister in 02, then my dad in 04..miss them very much...sometimes i feel like im all alone in the world without them..but i am a strong person, and ill think ill be just fine...but i will always have thoughts and memories.. R.I.P. all
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scott grooves sorry to hear that but they are with you I promise u just cant see them and u willl be togethee one day forever
God bless you always 🙏🤩
Hope you’re well 7 years later.
Prayers go out to you Scott, may ever day after make you stronger and stronger
I know how you feel….my condolences
One of the most beautiful musical pieces of all-time. :)
Anyone else listening to this amazing song in 2019??
Pauly Toy Box A Beautiful 80s memory! I think about my youth in the 80s ! The best years of my life 1984 and 1985 !
My best years too Lynnedelle
When music could talk to you...Simply amazing
Me👌
@@ellgee611 The Magic of David Foster wow August 9th 2019
I proposed to my wife in 1985. This music makes me remember those days and how much I really love my wife.
One of the greatest instrumentals ever.
Absolute!!
Wow life was so beautiful for me back then. I had a devine childhood with a great family life. The air was different the feeling of peace and love was in the air. I always felt safe and secure but now years later as ive grown the world is so different. Glad I had the chance to experience those great times. Love love love the 80s
You took the words right out of my mouth..it seems this decade and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..my mom has passed on and I miss her.
@@xplo5 ❤❤❤
Faith White I lived my youth back then Beautiful 80s memory
Yes the 80’s were the very best❤️
Well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Song makes me wanna go home and see the people I can't see anymore
Really missing my folks right about now
In a dream when you see them.. its a visit. Beleive.
I can relate
I can relate to that I have lost a couple of my dear friends that are no longer here but in heaven and life is not the same
So sad...
Best beat to remind me of my teenage love year's. Teen's today will never know.
I‘m a 2006 kid and this was my childhood…so I know
Wonderful how you say this
In a way it's a sad sad song, bc it reminds me of a wonderful era, the 80's and there will never be another 80's for me.
But anyway a great song, and the sax, wow still blows me away
Kim Hugo Jørgen Rasmussen Yup 100% true. I was just thinking of that too.
I so agree! The 80's was the best time to be alive!
Couldn't agree more! I figure the only way I can come even remotely close to replicating the way the 80s were is to try my best to build a serene life filled with wonderful, positive people with similar interests. At 38, it ain't an easy endeavor but I remain hopeful.
It was the best years for us, yes (I was born in the early 70s). But we cannot repeat it and appreciate it the same again. Would not work but certainly, great music could return. And it should!
I cry my eyes out every time I hear this beautiful music.
Absolutely CANNOT listen to it just once. The soundtrack to our lifetime
Brian Stewart
Brian Stewart I had just restated the song as I got to your post.
Brian Stew...FACT!!!
Read rob lowes memoire. It a good book
"The soundtrack to our lifetime" Nailed it!
DAAAAMN...I miss this era...was the best times of my LIFE...!!!
waitnbleedforu Dam it, they won't let me give you 100 👍
Me tooooo
I agree great time
1985 best year of my life go Philippines
Could not agree with you more.
I dont know why I tear up when I hear this... even as a little kid I would get sad! I love it though❤
Love without words it just grabs your soul!
Same here !!!!
You are in good company, I am almost 54 years old and I still tear up.
I did
I was In 2 nd Grade elementary school in 1987, I was 9 back then, now 41 in 2020. This song made me sad to listen to it back then as it does now, In a good way though, having very vivid picture like memories from back then brings tears to my eyes, missing those times, I can clearly remember where I was and what I was doing when this song was on the radio, and even when I hear it now in 2020! A beautiful timeless classic!
i’m not from the eighties, actually i’m from the 2000’s but somehow i feel part of them. And this song definitely represents that beautiful and cool decade and I love it :’)
Thanks from the 80’s
You're a clown gtfo
Having a bad time, but this song is reminding me to keep going. Beautiful ❤❤
Great song, great feelings. Reminds me of a time when movies and music actually meant something. Glad I’m a product of the 80’s.
I am very thankful that I got to grow up in the eighties. What a decade!
1985 was the year I met the love of my life. Drop dead gorgeous, hearing this song while looking at him made me go weak in my knees. A moment frozen in time that only happens once. What a year...what a song!
Are you and the love of your life still together?
Awesome, I was 10. My favorite number 😊love❤
@@dsm8282
No. He married someone else. Took me 5 years to get over him.
I kept remembering this great track by David Foster. My parents used to play this when I was a kid. I was really grateful that my parents had a great taste in music. I think that I may be the only teenager today that's listening to this and admiring David's talent.
This composition captures like no other , the mood of those of us who went to school in the 80’s . Nostalgic for all the good times we had together , yet serious about the challenges ahead . It accurately represented the turning point in our lives. A true celebration of who we were as a generation.
reminds me of being a kid....went by so fast
Erin James That's what happens when it's sooo good.
So true! I was in highschool when this movie and song came out! Even if someone never seen the cult classic - the song alone is phenomenal 👊👍👏🙌😎great music🎶🖖
The rest of your life will go even faster, ask any elderly person
@@go-goakins1489 yes. the 80' was a great time for the 1x years. ;)
Time flies like you wouldn't believe.And I remember I was just a lad now I'm 46,how time flies..
The 80's was truly the best decade. My 24-year-old daughter tells me I was lucky to grow up in that decade.
Takes me back to the time when all those I loved were still alive.
Ik the feeling
P51ride Dam now I'm getting emotional. Maybe that's why we all loved the 80's. The people we love were all there. So many gone now.
Yup
P51ride thats right
😢
I never had my family around. I didn't find my dad until ,I was 28years old. When this was on television ,I always wondered if he cared about me. This show gave me hope, when ,I was a kid.
I can’t listen to this without feeling a million different emotions. Happy, reflective, sad, melancholy…. The list goes on. I have no idea why this makes me feel all of these things. All I know is that I’ll probably own St Elmo’s Fire until my final days. Lol. It’s the weirdest thing in my life. It freezes a moment in my life. I love it.
well put. I have been trying to figure out what it does to me to hear it. That is it. Its like it lives in the corridors of my mind! It puts me in almost a dream state.
The memories just start to flow...growing up in the 80's .....best years of my life....🤗🕴🕺💏🙌
This song ALWAYS sends chills up and down my arms when ever i hear it! NEVER gets old. I came back for the memories. very nice. Thanks for sharing
Same here
Whatever happened to instrumentals?
Apple Slices Unite mine too
Same here.
Apple Slices Unite you took the words out of my mouth. It also makes me sad that my 80's are long gone. Such a great time I'd relive them for a thousand years!!
When I was in preschool, I'd have my mom rewind and play this song over and over again... Just graduated from undergrad, and now I find myself reflecting upon my journey and the road ahead... Such a timeless masterpiece. I'll always love this song.
I think one of the greatest things about music like this, the stuff the brings you back YEARS, is when you can look into the comments section and take comfort that you're not alone. I'd have to say the bonding thing of our generation was the music.
Esta canción me enchina el cuerpo - solo el que vivió esa época sabe el sentimiento que envuelve esta canción - los recuerdos hermosos de los 80’s
I was truly blessed to be able to experience the 80s in my late teens' early 20s. There will never be another era like it. John Hughes movies were the best!
Great music and movie from the best decade of all time I think )))
I am still listening to this in 2019. Brings me back to my childhood friends, the growing pains of young adulthood, and searching for one's purpose. Beautiful nostalgia 🎶
A great era! The big 80s 😁 I miss that decade 😢 I was in my 20s and loved every minute of it 💚 look back with fond memories of my youth 😁💚🙏
You walk through life and make new friends leaving the past behind, but sometimes you wish you can revisit even just to say hello. And then this song whisks you back in living color, stereo and you sometimes can feel the smells. What a spell it weaves on the brief trip...even if you can't say hello.
it sure takes one back, unfortuanately just briefly
Nick P so true!!
Truth!! It's bittersweet.
I feel the same. Nostalgia can be so bittersweet!
This made me cry... Wow. 80s felt magical,,, beyond magical
Today’s life was so different from what we have when we were younger. I will do it again if given a chance.
The more I listen to this melody of my time, the more I like it. I remember my graduation. Greetings to lovers of instrumental music.
I was 14 on January 1, 1980 and 24 on December 31, 1989. St Elmo's Fire bombed at the box office, but it was the movie of my age cohort--I left home and got my first apartment the year it was released. The 1980s were my teen and young womanly years. I hadn't heard this song in a long time before clicking this link and was sort of amused at the immediate emotional and nostalgic pang that I got hearing those opening strings.
This beautiful song is the soundtrack of my young life. The movie, the music, the era, and the experience paved the road to my destiny. I love this music with every fiber of my being. God I miss the 80's. (sobbing)
stfu you're a beta male from the early 2000's.
@@the-beneficiary1809 I’ll shut you up personally you little bitch.
If I knew in 85 what I know now, I would have dropped out of school and would have just enjoyed the 80s doing whatever I wanted to do.
These were the best days ever.
Im just now getting into this song and the movie! Iv'e always been a 80s r&b girl but i must say i love this song an the movie...
I loved this song in the 80's. It's just unforgettable. Even now it sounds fresh and new.
The beautiful 80's. Why can't we go back ? I miss it so
the 80,s were so good music, movies, just plain good times!!!!
There was a lot of innovation in those areas..
So..true..so true...If I had a time machine I would go back.
This!!! Will always remind Me of the Best Days of My Life. Classic. Forever.
A favorite instrumental that takes me on a journey back to the best days of my life - the 80's...all the fun, all the people, all the memories...I wish those days were back...
My daughter was ina beauty pageant,this song was their song for their formals they all looked so beautifull that night but in a haunting way.
This decade (80s) and innocence of life resonates with everyone around the world..I am from Malaysia. ..the music, movies..lifestyle..since that time I lost a few friends including my best friend growing up..my mom has passed on and I miss her
too .
It brings all my memories back to the 80’s, so missing that love scenes from my teenage years…..
the most beautiful masterpiece ever made that I never feel tired of listening to it
indelible song and great movie! whenever I get melancholy about the past, I remember the great dr suess adage which says, "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" - I try to live in that state of gratitude now
Always makes me cry! Love it and the times it reminds me of! 80's LOVE!!!!
Amanda I was born in November 1980 and trust me if I could go back in time I would!!
How happy teenager was then. Thanks for sharing. From Buenos Aires, Argentina ❤️🇦🇷
If there was ever a song that would make me cry? My friends you are listening to it. It reminds me of how selfish and stupid I was back then.
When we were Young and full of confidence. Those were the days my friend.
A beautiful, timeless instrumental that brings back the wonderful memories of a time long since gone but I will cherish and keep in my heart forever. I was living some of the best years of my life and would love more than anything to go back and do it all again but sadly those days will never return. Thank you for uploading this classic.
Where does the time fly to? POOH!🚀 POOH!🚀
Nostalgia! 1980's. Most awesome, decade , century.. Nothing will ever compare to. 1980's. disco,💃 dancing , hardrock. 🎸🎹 music. Movie's , this St Elmos movie 🎥 📀 🎬🎵🎵, brings back. Memories of fun, innocence , great friend's , phenomenal times of my life.. I watch it repeatly!!😍
David Foster is an incredible talent. I continually stumble onto songs I love and they were written by David. He is a fine man, too. His philanthropic work is to be commended. Please write music forever....PSH
I’m came from a broken home and dysfunctional family. But the experiences, first love, sports and the camaraderie and friends I made through high school and young adulthood in the 80’s will be something I’ll never stop remembering when nostalgia comes knocking. When people had to interact with one another and the mystery of someone you wanted to know gave you butterflies. Those times are gone but never forgotten. Long live the 80’s
This was one of my favorite songs in the 80's and still is now.
Can't agree more....its a beautiful piece of music... I hv loved it and still do!! So glad it was composed!!
I have looked for this song for no less than a decade. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
It's 2019 & I'm still listening to this!
For me it's the best instrumental theme song!
This song reminds me of everything wonderful. The very best days.
I saw Rob Lowe in Vegas a few years ago. He was alone leaning against the wall waiting for his wife to finish shopping staring into space (like most guys!). He is way older than me but he is the best looking guy I've ever seen in person. Like by far. I didn't even recognize him as a celebrity really until my friend pointed it out. he is spectaculary handsome.
Rob Lowe is a gorgeous man! That will never change.
I like Andrew Mc Carthy more as Rob
I once had a poster of him he definitely is amazing
I think Billy's wife in St. Elmos is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She was also in Pink Floyd: The Wall. She's quite striking even as an old lady but lord under 50 I would have gone for that.
Meaning, when she was under 50. Her name is Jenny Wright. I am still under 50 lol
The first time I heard this music was in the early '90's. I was in my teens...14 or 15 maybe. I was with a group of my friends at a place called carowinds, an amusement park in Charlotte N.C.
That period was an extremely romantic time for me! Air Supply, Journey, Bread... The list goes on.
So we were at Carowinds. All through the day I kept hearing this music that would play over the speakers in the park. Every time I heard it I couldn't get enough.
There was to be an amateur ice skating presentation at 2 pm, and well time got away from us and they had locked the door. (Ice skating had been a huge deal for me, as pairs skating was very romantic.) I began to look for another way in. Sure enough there was a side entrance that was open! It put me directly at the front next to the stage! Front row seats!!!
One of the songs they skated to was this music!!! The results have been a life long love relationship with this song!
It is one of those songs, as soon as you hear it , you remember the places you use to hang out at, the people you use to hang out with in your favorite bar and as time goes on you see a little less each year, something we all go thru, but we move on with our lives and will forever love our memories
and sad to announce my drinking buddy passed away 9 14 2021, this song means even more
Born in 1973 grew up in the best era of the 70s n 80s and this song certainly takes me baxk in time to a time of innocense !!!!!!! 🥹💙
THIS SONG HAS BEAUTIFUL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, PURE INNOCENCE, MUCH SIMPLER TIMES, SEATING WITH OUR FAMILIES IN DINNER AND TALKING AND LISTENING TO EACH OTHER, IT REMINDS ME OF HAVING NO WORRIES OR TROUBLES, HAVING OUR FRIENDS AROUND.
I walked down the aisle 21 years ago to this beautiful track :-)
Miss these simple days.
December 27, 2020 and this instrumental still rocks. Missed the good old days when life was simply beautiful.
Sorry, life is good for me in 2022 I'm not complaining
This theme reminds me of my dearly departed lady friend, Patty Jo, gone since 1999, but still in my heart.
This timeless instrumental captures the golden era and fond memories. Listening to this beautiful music, i am travelled back in time to the 80s.
Beautiful memories of a time that never comes back. We were happy, innocence prevailed... I was 20 years old, met my first single great love 😍
My husband played this song in the late 80's when I was on my way to take the boards for my nursing license....to get my brain working. It makes me remember.....great times. I am choosing 'my song' to be played at my nieces' weddings. I think this has to be on the list. Still love it after all these years.
Our wedding song when the wedding party entered the hall. LOVE this still...30 years later and it never get old!!!!!
Did the wedding party go sodeo at the wedding?
This music is beautiful. Where has the beauty gone?