My dad was 25 when I was born. Back in the 80s. He’d stand on the table and sing this to me as a toddler. He said he wanted his baby girl to be proud of him someday. He died last week. RIP dad. Thank you for loving me
May he rest in eternal ieace, thanks you for sharing part of your life. Take good care of family and friends still with us, I'm now reminded to do the same.
@@MichaelSniff I truly miss his morning weather reports.... ONE thing that came out of the "time which shall not be named" that did ***NOT*** suck dead bunnies through a straw.
In 2003 in third grade our ‘class’ t shirt was a sun with sunglasses saying “my futures so bright, I’ve gotta wear shades” It was shortly after No Child Left Behind was passed and they were very hopeful about it at the time.
The members of Timbuk 3 have been offered a lot of money on many occasions by sunglasses companies to use this song in their advertising. They've always said no. I can respect that.
I read somewhere a long time ago that Budweiser offered them a ton of money, in the six figures range, to use this song in a commercial. "Nope" they said. That could be just a rumor. If so, it's a good one.
Am I the only one who enjoys the irony of this? I wasn't much for Pop music but this is a gem. Whenever things are going poorly--and getting worse--even now, 50 years later it's "the future's so bright, I gotta wear I gotta wear shades."
I always remembered the 50 Thou a year will buy a lot of Beer. When this song came out the average salary in the US was 16 thousand dollars a year. Miniman wage was 3.35 an hour.
These days the average U.S. salary is about $64k. So if Mr. Nuclear Science was making about 3x today's average... "200 thou a year will buy ALOT of beer!" 😂 🍺
@@Artchick1972 Few people realize that, just like how few people realize Every Breath You Take by The Police is about a crazy stalker, not a love song.
Just played this song for my son ,as I was driving him home from school.. released in 1986,,I told him they played the crap out of this song on the radio, the following spring and summer of 1987 ,, as I was going home from college for the summer! It was perfect and exciting for heading down the interstate 94.. 😎🌞🐦
When Harold "Hal" Everett Medlin was a student, he loved this song as it described how he felt about life. He had beaten cancer and was in Engineering school, making good grades. His future was so bright! Unfortunately, the cancer came back. He was a good friend and he is missed.
I will light a candle, at church, for Hal Medlin, on Saturday, when I go to mass. I'm sure that Hal is more alive now, in heaven, than we've ever been on earth. All hail Hal! Live long & prosper, brother (cue: Volcan salute).
This is one of the best songs ever. Not just from the 80's either. I remember i saw this on MTV more than I heard it on the radio. This song was criminally underplayed when it came out...
When this husband/wife band broke through, I was very impressed they even did their stage shows with just the two of them. I still like their style and this song.
if I remember right, the song was kind of tongue and cheek. People able to go to college and get that kinda money, all while the cold war was still going on and nukes could hit at any time
This is gunna be my new UPLIFTING song for my #4 Chemo Session! LOVE THIS!! Makes me feel stronger even when I'm not. :D HUGE THUMBS UP on this classic.
I was working at a record store in SoCal when this was released - Music Plus #25 in Chino, for anyone wondering. I was unpacking the shipment, and I find a promotional 45 of this song. Store policy was that we couldn't play something if it wasn't in stock; we had a turntable and pretty much played what we wanted with only the previously-mentioned restriction. So that basically meant promos went home with whoever processed the shipment, or else whoever wanted it. 38 years later and I still have it, along with maybe a dozen promo LPs! If you don't know, there's a gold (usually) imprint on the album cover - and sometimes the album - stating that it's for promotional use only and to be returned upon the record labels request.
Timbuk 3 is a genius band. This song got me to by their debut album and after that i bought all 6 or 7 they released. The music is always fun and the lyrics very intelligent. Highly reccomend you all find copies of their albums. I love them more than just about any other music i own.
I miss MTV what it was and how, if you were lucky enough, you could catch the same video on VH1 about to start again. I think that set up the 2's my limit on repeating a song..
Gettin ready for school in the morning with my friends.. Tossin the clothes around and spraying up our bangs with the Aqua Net!!! 😂 This song was always blasting in the background.. Aww the 80’s!!!! Sunglasses 😎
What a great tune! I'm surprised this song doesn't get more nostalgia-love in retro-themed media. I've always considered it one of the most iconically "1980's" of all 1980's one-hit-wonders. The irony-tinged optimism of the lyrics perfectly captures a pervasive attitude of those times.
I was just watching Kuffs and this song came on. It's amazing what you forget over the years and then when you rediscover them it's often like striking gold.
@@heatherc0823 Same here, I love films that break the fourth wall. Kuffs, Wayne's World, Deadpool, there's just something cool about feeling included in the story.
I didn't care for this song when it came out back in the Fall of 1986, because my life was an utter shit storm back then. No job, no money, no hope. The future was so dark, I needed a flashlight to see.
They definitely don't make them like this anymore.. What a tune. About the only thing that's aged is "Fifty Thou a Year, buy alotta beer". With inflation now a days, not so much...
First time I played this in years, and its so much better than I remembered it. This is a damned good side, and, incredible as it seems to people half my age this was a pretty good video in 1986 when I first saw and heard it on a visit to the USA. I don't know why I've ignored Timbuk 3 for over twenty years, must investigate their other stuff. Still curious about 'new' music in in my 70s - though 'new' doesn't necessarily mean 'this year' - there are a hundred years of recordings to root through.
Of course most people regard this as a mere novelty song.... However, the truth is it is socially and culturally emblematic of the 80s.... The 80s was an era of individualism, and optimism rooted in renewed confidence and the concept of futurism
From their Website Timbuk3 is still performing. I've always loved this song. The harmonica on it is terrific and the lyrics are the perfect commentary on the 80s and 90s.
i was living in austin, texas when this song was big on the radio.....bought the album and played it for two years....EVERYWHERE you went in austin this song or album was playing ...nukes, graduation, beer....what more is there?....oh wait, i forgot haircuts and attitudes
At least we've gotten away from tape cassettes and 3 channels on the tv. 80s cars sucked too. Fast food was better back then with the styrofoam containers and fries fried in real fat. A whole generation has never had good french fry.
"The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted." ~Isaiah 30:26
Today, I randomly remembered my dad singing this around the house when I was a kid, and after humming the lyrics myself for a bit I realised I've never actually heard the song played before. Not dissapointed that I looked it up.
The 3rd member of the band is the boombox, hence Timbuk3. A close musician friend who’d joined the migration to Austin in the 80’s knew these guys. That’s what he told me.
I remember Timbuk3 playing at Hole in the Wall, I dive bar on the Drag in Austin when I was in college. What we really remembered was thinking how hard up they must be to have to use a beat box instead of a drummer...
I too saw Timbuk3 and several other great Austin/Texas bands at Hole in the Wall during the 80-93 period - including during early years of SXSW. Fond memories.
Karl Melvin I do understand that but I was making a reference to the system display mode not the operating system, dos did have graphics modes and that is why I said what I did. But I will admit "switched to DOS" might have been funnier.
Art Nearly Approaching its Finest! Just like Sisyphus, the "JOB" is never finished! Precisely the whole meaning of ART and likely LIFE. Great Work(s) by these two Artists for Sure! Breaking the Band Width way back when? Thanks!
I had two unskippable 15 second ads to watch this, and then another ad when it was over. Under this video is a banner ad in the mobile app advertising sunglasses. Future so bright alright
1985❤heart of the 80s my heart ❤1987 and the pinnacle 1989 beats anything and everything now and forever the last 30 or so years downward spiral.Life is short but she packs a punch bigtime
"The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades" references the bright explosion of a nuclear bomb. This song is a reminder that it would only take some miscommunications between countries that don't have regular communication to set off an automatic chain reaction of nuclear bombs that would kill most -- remember the effects of radioactivity on people, how long it lasts, and how far it can travel. I find it surprising and strange that anyone could hear this song positively, or as a graduation song.
Just shared this on a Twitter thread about Pinkerton's anticipating great business opportunities as climate change brings drought and famine. Gotta protect the rich people's stuff.
TLKoerber Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
Park yourself out in a desert, put a TV on a donkey's back and get your little brother to do some computer art and presto; you got yourself a 1986 music video
At least, you HAD music videos on MTV...Now, you have trash like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant on there and NO music videos. So much for Music Television. Unreal
This song originally came out when I was in grade school. I thought it was pretty cool that two of the band members of Timbuk 3 were teachers before forming a band.
Okay so true story in a small valley Town a radio station came in that would only play classic rock music they play this on the radio but not only did they play it on the radio a dear friend of mine kinda like a family friend of mine had been married to a cool dude who when this somg came on would turn up the sound of this tune that dude since passed snd that radio station is no longer a classic rock only station they play today's hits so im here for the memories of a one cool dude i got to meet along my road in life
This song came out right as I was starting my first semester of college and had just pledged a fraternity so I was inspired by it, plus the timing was perfect.
@@Psychol-Snooper One of the nice things about growing up in California during the 80s was that we were too busy having earthquake drills to bother with all of the other reasons people in Denver or Dallas were told they needed to duck and cover.
@@ericfleming5522 I remember the earthquakes, but no earthquake drills. I remember a fire drill where I just went home to the sound of a very angry teacher's threats. Did I get suspended for that? YEP!
Speaking of nukes, Back in 1982 when I was a freshman my English teacher told us we might all die from a nuclear missle attack from Russia. We both had enough bombs then to destroy the world several times over.
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My dad was 25 when I was born. Back in the 80s. He’d stand on the table and sing this to me as a toddler. He said he wanted his baby girl to be proud of him someday. He died last week. RIP dad. Thank you for loving me
May he rest in eternal ieace, thanks you for sharing part of your life. Take good care of family and friends still with us, I'm now reminded to do the same.
Sounds like he got his wish. Thanks for sharing this little piece of your life.
Thank you for sharing that......
Moments like that are what all of life is truly about.
That's sweet. RIP
He was one cool cat. Music is the closest thing we have to time travel. Miss you dad
Back when MTV played music videos 24/7 and this song was on a lot, I miss the 80s so much.
me too, except we never had cable. I only saw it at a friends house
How many times have we all used that great catchphrase "my future's so bright I gotta wear shades."
i never have
but that's because my future has never been bright either.
The first time I heard this was from David Lynch lol
@@MichaelSniff I truly miss his morning weather reports.... ONE thing that came out of the "time which shall not be named" that did ***NOT*** suck dead bunnies through a straw.
In 2003 in third grade our ‘class’ t shirt was a sun with sunglasses saying “my futures so bright, I’ve gotta wear shades” It was shortly after No Child Left Behind was passed and they were very hopeful about it at the time.
@@hurricanefury439 And why has your future never been bright?
The members of Timbuk 3 have been offered a lot of money on many occasions by sunglasses companies to use this song in their advertising. They've always said no. I can respect that.
I read somewhere a long time ago that Budweiser offered them a ton of money, in the six figures range, to use this song in a commercial. "Nope" they said.
That could be just a rumor. If so, it's a good one.
Considering they did a song, "Shame on You", about selling out it's not surprising.
Because they are socialist liberals. An quite STUPID... Bet they wish they took that 900k from AT&T now LMAO
@@stevep8445 I am sure they piss on AT&T every time they can
Because Music is What Is
Am I the only one who enjoys the irony of this? I wasn't much for Pop music but this is a gem. Whenever things are going poorly--and getting worse--even now, 50 years later it's "the future's so bright, I gotta wear I gotta wear shades."
i didn't think of that
This isn't pop. It's rock
I always remembered the 50 Thou a year will buy a lot of Beer. When this song came out the average salary in the US was 16 thousand dollars a year. Miniman wage was 3.35 an hour.
These days the average U.S. salary is about $64k. So if Mr. Nuclear Science was making about 3x today's average... "200 thou a year will buy ALOT of beer!" 😂 🍺
😂❤ Dont do beer
I vote for beer.
that $50,000 a year is like $125,000-150k today
My son just called me on his1st day of his last semester at college He was excited about about his future. It made me think of this song.
It’s about nuclear war 🤣
@@Artchick1972 Few people realize that, just like how few people realize Every Breath You Take by The Police is about a crazy stalker, not a love song.
Just played this song for my son ,as I was driving him home from school.. released in 1986,,I told him they played the crap out of this song on the radio, the following spring and summer of 1987 ,, as I was going home from college for the summer! It was perfect and exciting for heading down the interstate 94.. 😎🌞🐦
That's so sweet!
@@el_erin 👍😎😁
Lol
And your Point IS?
I94 where you from, I am a Wisconsin native
When Harold "Hal" Everett Medlin was a student, he loved this song as it described how he felt about life. He had beaten cancer and was in Engineering school, making good grades. His future was so bright! Unfortunately, the cancer came back. He was a good friend and he is missed.
sorry for the world's loss..... cancer sucks!!!!
I will light a candle, at church, for Hal Medlin, on Saturday, when I go to mass. I'm sure that Hal is more alive now, in heaven, than we've ever been on earth. All hail Hal! Live long & prosper, brother (cue: Volcan salute).
Hal is still shining bright somewhere, man, thanks to you.
My condolences to your friend🌹
Death teaches us to treasure life 😢
This is one of the best songs ever. Not just from the 80's either.
I remember i saw this on MTV more than I heard it on the radio. This song was criminally underplayed when it came out...
Yep. I don't think I ever heard it on the radio. Only on MTV.
I used to listen to this in my basement while wearing cowboy boots, dancing around as a child in the 90s. Loved it, and I still do!
When this husband/wife band broke through, I was very impressed they even did their stage shows with just the two of them. I still like their style and this song.
Timbuk 3 had two people and the Thompson Twins had three. It was a very confusing time.
Haha, I never thought of that! 😎👍
thank you, cacking myself laughing at this
I have another one for you. Maroon 5 has six members in the band! I did confused you even more on that one.
The Thompson Twins was actually named after an old comic strip in England.
the third person in Timbuk 3 was the drum machine. Later they added a real drummer
This song represents the thinking of the 80's .
Very different than today.
if I remember right, the song was kind of tongue and cheek. People able to go to college and get that kinda money, all while the cold war was still going on and nukes could hit at any time
I love this song! Lyrically and musically very creative and so catchy!
One of the best forgotten songs of the 80's.
Makes me wonder what happened to this duo.
They got divorced I think.
who forgot it? did you? did i? maybe it isn't forgotten.
@@mechanical_meat It’s largely forgotten. It still sounds so good though
Almost as forgotten as Geggy Tah
Excellent song from my teenage years. Brilliant harmonica work. 🎉
This is gunna be my new UPLIFTING song for my #4 Chemo Session! LOVE THIS!! Makes me feel stronger even when I'm not. :D HUGE THUMBS UP on this classic.
You beat cancer?
@@MintyFreshVA dead.
@@miked4079 oh.
@@MintyFreshVA this hurt my heart
@@alphabetazeta5373 oh
Hey there!
If you folks never do anything else, take a BOW, this song CHANGED THE WORLD.
THANK YOU!
I don’t know about that
overemphasing their WOWness, preferably to Overemphasing their Greatness, is what I'd do.
I loved this album so much that I had to buy a second one. This a very underappreciated band. Love them so much.❤
Timbuk 3 nailed low quality videos with genius precision.
One of my favorite songs of the 80's!
So thankful for this song, it stays in my head randomly throughout the day almost everyday
Not bad, but you may want to see a therapist.
I just Pray to Obama!@@jamese9283
aaaaand here we go again
I was working at a record store in SoCal when this was released - Music Plus #25 in Chino, for anyone wondering. I was unpacking the shipment, and I find a promotional 45 of this song. Store policy was that we couldn't play something if it wasn't in stock; we had a turntable and pretty much played what we wanted with only the previously-mentioned restriction. So that basically meant promos went home with whoever processed the shipment, or else whoever wanted it. 38 years later and I still have it, along with maybe a dozen promo LPs! If you don't know, there's a gold (usually) imprint on the album cover - and sometimes the album - stating that it's for promotional use only and to be returned upon the record labels request.
Hearing that harmonica at the beginning, ALWAYS puts me in a great mood!! 😎
Timbuk 3 is a genius band. This song got me to by their debut album and after that i bought all 6 or 7 they released. The music is always fun and the lyrics very intelligent. Highly reccomend you all find copies of their albums. I love them more than just about any other music i own.
One of my top 10 80s songs. Thats a tough list to make
I had never heard this until today, on oldies radio. It's insanely catchy.
Yes. Yes it is.
I'm one of those old farts that remembers when MTV first started. This will always be an essential part of those days, unforgettable
I miss MTV what it was and how, if you were lucky enough, you could catch the same video on VH1 about to start again. I think that set up the 2's my limit on repeating a song..
Me too, heard this on an obscure local oldies radio, not a particular fan of the song itself personally but the lyrics caught my attention
"Oldies radio" lol! I'm 44 and I remember when this was new. I was young, but I definitely remember it 😂
The love of music brought me here. Not a show on TV.
Gettin ready for school in the morning with my friends.. Tossin the clothes around and spraying up our bangs with the Aqua Net!!! 😂
This song was always blasting in the background..
Aww the 80’s!!!! Sunglasses 😎
Thanks for making a song that will allow me to tell the world what an Award Winning Writer I'm going to be Starting Tomorrow! 😎😐❤️🍻🤙
This song pops up in my mind and stays for days. I finally had to show it to my wife.
Yeah...just great! My mom just posted this to our family whatsapp chat because it was stuck in her head 🤣😂
I heard this amazing song from the movie, Tommy Boy. And I love it too. 03/20/2024👍👍👍👍
Saw Timuk 3 at Joe's Generic Bar on 6th street in Austin just as this song first started getting airplay.. They rocked the place.
What a great tune!
I'm surprised this song doesn't get more nostalgia-love in retro-themed media. I've always considered it one of the most iconically "1980's" of all 1980's one-hit-wonders. The irony-tinged optimism of the lyrics perfectly captures a pervasive attitude of those times.
I was just watching Kuffs and this song came on. It's amazing what you forget over the years and then when you rediscover them it's often like striking gold.
I love that film! Cheesy but still makes me smile. 😎😎😎
@@heatherc0823 Same here, I love films that break the fourth wall. Kuffs, Wayne's World, Deadpool, there's just something cool about feeling included in the story.
LOve this 80's cult classic from Timbuk 3, SONGS ABOUT THE FUTURE THIS WEEK!!, the dj
The 80,s was a great time to be a teenager
I didn't care for this song when it came out back in the Fall of 1986, because my life was an utter shit storm back then. No job, no money, no hope. The future was so dark, I needed a flashlight to see.
Mercury Retrograde starts again today .. perfect song for it! Ty for posting it!!! 🧿💎💟♒️💙
The 80s music will never die.
@@simonmarshall19 God, I hope it doesn’t! So many great songs to dance to!!😂
Thanks for putting this up! Love this song!!
They definitely don't make them like this anymore.. What a tune. About the only thing that's aged is "Fifty Thou a Year, buy alotta beer".
With inflation now a days, not so much...
I gotta love how the camera cuts to a harmonica on the ground as the solo starts. Something about that just really gets me!
First time I played this in years, and its so much better than I remembered it. This is a damned good side, and, incredible as it seems to people half my age this was a pretty good video in 1986 when I first saw and heard it on a visit to the USA. I don't know why I've ignored Timbuk 3 for over twenty years, must investigate their other stuff. Still curious about 'new' music in in my 70s - though 'new' doesn't necessarily mean 'this year' - there are a hundred years of recordings to root through.
The 80's were a wild and crazy time
They were? They seem so innocent and calm compared to the 2020s.
Being old enough to remember dancing to this at parties brought me here. LOL
Love this song!!
And yes the future was so bright!
Of course most people regard this as a mere novelty song.... However, the truth is it is socially and culturally emblematic of the 80s.... The 80s was an era of individualism, and optimism rooted in renewed confidence and the concept of futurism
My teacher told me to look up this song. Best homework ever!
From their Website Timbuk3 is still performing. I've always loved this song. The harmonica on it is terrific and the lyrics are the perfect commentary on the 80s and 90s.
Oh wow.. now this one brings back so many memories of my life.. absolutely love it
I forgot about this song. I love it. Just added to my daily hoop rotation!
i was living in austin, texas when this song was big on the radio.....bought the album and played it for two years....EVERYWHERE you went in austin this song or album was playing ...nukes, graduation, beer....what more is there?....oh wait, i forgot haircuts and attitudes
Oh, I love the southwest! I wouldn't mind living in a little camper like that.
This song carried me through a divorce and dissertation (on Nuclear Safety--for real).
How Wonderful; it still holds up.
The entire album, Greetings From Timbuk 3, is terrific; sadly, it is underrated and mostly unknown.
And the album is pretty bleak and dark. This song was meant to be sarcastic.
I remember as an 80s teenager actually feeling that there was a great future ahead. Hard to believe now looking at the world of the 21st Century
If you got the feeling of a great future from THIS song, you were hearing the lyrics wrong. It's about a guy becoming a nuke weapons specialist.
Technically that is still very bright at times...
At least we've gotten away from tape cassettes and 3 channels on the tv. 80s cars sucked too. Fast food was better back then with the styrofoam containers and fries fried in real fat. A whole generation has never had good french fry.
@@bluenami7520 At least they made Cars during the 1980s. It mostly Trucks and SUVs now.
Technically. But pat mAcdonald is better than that...
i think hard, what did i love about the 80's, and this always comes to mind, so blessed.
This is a great tune that someone should cover. Banging harmonica solo too.
I love the song and the video's vibe. One of my all-time favs
The 80s ❤️
We miss it 😢
Saw them live in Paris when this album came out and i recall they were really good on stage
Timbuk 3
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
Greetings From Timbuk 3
I.R.S. Records, 1986
Great song with a trippy music video.
This song fuckin rules!
Girl was kind of cute, if to damn skinny.
im high rn and its so good
Trippy? Can't a guy play guitar in the desert while waiting for a burro to deliver his TV without judgment?
"The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted." ~Isaiah 30:26
IDK why but that "I gotta wear shades" line is both hilarious and HYPE
Jep,love those words🙃☻😎
One of the great underappreciated bands. I remember playing this LP in the dorm.
Today, I randomly remembered my dad singing this around the house when I was a kid, and after humming the lyrics myself for a bit I realised I've never actually heard the song played before.
Not dissapointed that I looked it up.
The 3rd member of the band is the boombox, hence Timbuk3. A close musician friend who’d joined the migration to Austin in the 80’s knew these guys. That’s what he told me.
$50k a year in 1986 is like $50,000 in 1986 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $135,000 in 2022. Man :\
I remember Timbuk3 playing at Hole in the Wall, I dive bar on the Drag in Austin when I was in college. What we really remembered was thinking how hard up they must be to have to use a beat box instead of a drummer...
I was at that show! The Hole was where I learned to drink Shiner Bock after class in CMA.
Terrific musician's insight, into a song I remember very well from 8th grade. Insightful writing. When can I read your autobiography?
I too saw Timbuk3 and several other great Austin/Texas bands at Hole in the Wall during the 80-93 period - including during early years of SXSW. Fond memories.
Song came out the week I got an A in my first MBA class. If that ain’t an 80s statement, then I’ll eat my pastel suspenders and mauve tie
“Richard! You’re a riot! Stop The Car! My thing got stuck in my zipper and I got piss all over my pants” -Tommy Callahan
This video is so 1980's my computer just switched to text only mode.
It's called DOS..
Karl Melvin I do understand that but I was making a reference to the system display mode not the operating system, dos did have graphics modes and that is why I said what I did. But I will admit "switched to DOS" might have been funnier.
Song was just referenced in the Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 finale part 1
He might use UNIX
I miss the 80's :(
Probably the only time in history where it was okay for MS Paint-style graphics to be in a video
They wish they had MS Paint as an option when this came out.
they really made it awful ...like the sound production of the song. if they intended to make it disturbing they really managed to succeed.
It is too sophisted for a PC. I think it was done on an Amiga.
Art Nearly Approaching its Finest! Just like Sisyphus, the "JOB" is never finished! Precisely the whole meaning of ART and likely LIFE. Great Work(s) by these two Artists for Sure! Breaking the Band Width way back when? Thanks!
I had two unskippable 15 second ads to watch this, and then another ad when it was over. Under this video is a banner ad in the mobile app advertising sunglasses.
Future so bright alright
Still love this in August 2023 #GenX 💛✨
1986 awesome yr
1985❤heart of the 80s my heart ❤1987 and the pinnacle 1989 beats anything and everything now and forever the last 30 or so years downward spiral.Life is short but she packs a punch bigtime
...year I left Juniors, Mexico '86 n all that, was in Bournville, S.Brum, as in Cadburys chocolate / Willy Wonka...
Brings back memories of waking up as a high school sophomore to my radio alarm with this song blaring, and saying, "Fuck, gotta go to school".
"The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades" references the bright explosion of a nuclear bomb. This song is a reminder that it would only take some miscommunications between countries that don't have regular communication to set off an automatic chain reaction of nuclear bombs that would kill most -- remember the effects of radioactivity on people, how long it lasts, and how far it can travel. I find it surprising and strange that anyone could hear this song positively, or as a graduation song.
It’s not a song to make kids stay in school?
Just shared this on a Twitter thread about Pinkerton's anticipating great business opportunities as climate change brings drought and famine. Gotta protect the rich people's stuff.
Loved this when it came out
Still sounds damn cool
Gotta wear more than shades these days
These could have just as easily been a Huey Lewis & The News Song! Same vibe!
TLKoerber Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
Park yourself out in a desert, put a TV on a donkey's back and get your little brother to do some computer art and presto; you got yourself a 1986 music video
+nzoz1981 Would you believe the "effects" were done on the directors "home computer"
+nzoz1981 You forgot a cool and feel good tune.
+nzoz1981 Looks like the Santa Monica Mountains to me me. Maybe near Malibu or Simi Valley.
You're most likely right. Thanx. But still, aside from the location, I was right about the rest
At least, you HAD music videos on MTV...Now, you have trash like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant on there and NO music videos. So much for Music Television. Unreal
Absolutely great song that never gets old. I own the album. Timeless song that fits pretty much every generation😊
The future's so bright, I gotta give praise!
This song originally came out when I was in grade school. I thought it was pretty cool that two of the band members of Timbuk 3 were teachers before forming a band.
Song ROCKS!
Dream a little Dream 👍
I'm on an 80's binge today! I feel so nostalgic, I gotta get the time machine!
All you need is a Delorean, a flux capacitor, and some plutonium.
I got to sit with this couple and share stories and beer before this hit. They were really nice. Between their sets at my local club.
2022 and this song is more relevant now.
100,000 vaporwave producers wish they could match the A E S T H I C S of these graphics...
LaysnetopArt assthiccs
This is basically 2005 reaction images.
I was just saying these guys were pretty vaporwave
For a song about the end of the world, it's surprisingly upbeat.
Its about the end of the world? Says who?
Welcome to 1980s music!
@@HelpMeFindTheseSongs That's what it's about. Nuclear annihilation. The future is "bright" because it's full of exploding bombs.
congratulations. you just discovered irony. have a cookie. now be quiet and sit in the corner like you were told.
@@HelpMeFindTheseSongs Pat McDonald, the writer and singer. It's about nuclear war.
Okay so true story in a small valley Town a radio station came in that would only play classic rock music they play this on the radio but not only did they play it on the radio a dear friend of mine kinda like a family friend of mine had been married to a cool dude who when this somg came on would turn up the sound of this tune that dude since passed snd that radio station is no longer a classic rock only station they play today's hits so im here for the memories of a one cool dude i got to meet along my road in life
This song came out right as I was starting my first semester of college and had just pledged a fraternity so I was inspired by it, plus the timing was perfect.
Really sums up the optimistic attitude of the late 80's. A great decade!
lol it's about everyone getting nuked
@@Chinchillazilla54 God, people don't realize that every song in the 80s had some uneasiness about nuclear war. We were scared.
@@joshuascholar3220 Was it the air raid sirens they would test every month? XD
@@Psychol-Snooper One of the nice things about growing up in California during the 80s was that we were too busy having earthquake drills to bother with all of the other reasons people in Denver or Dallas were told they needed to duck and cover.
@@ericfleming5522 I remember the earthquakes, but no earthquake drills. I remember a fire drill where I just went home to the sound of a very angry teacher's threats. Did I get suspended for that? YEP!
Speaking of nukes, Back in 1982 when I was a freshman my English teacher told us we might all die from a nuclear missle attack from Russia.
We both had enough bombs then to destroy the world several times over.