GTR - When The Heart Rules The Mind.
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- GTR were a rock band founded in 1985 by former Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.
In comparison to the two leaders' earlier work within progressive rock, GTR's work followed more of an Adult Oriented Rock format.
The band was short-lived, lasting for two years and one album. Hackett has subsequently been strongly critical of the project,though not necessarily of the other musicians involved in it.
This song is a rare gem. It never got the recognition it deserved. Bring back the 80s!!
Hi I Recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
You are absolutely correct. This song has/had relevance that I still can't wrap my head around.
Be well Ms. Forgione.
@@redskies4530 Hey I just listened to the Robert Nix song.I don't know why you are recommending that, I was expecting something that sounded like GTR, but that song is nothing like When the heart rules the mind.Thats Goth rock sounding kinda like Peter Murphy but he is 10 times better than this Robert Nix guy.I thought you were thinking about a great, forgotten hit from the 80s.All of us listeners were left disappointed.Thats not a good song.Sounds kinda dorky and stupid if you ask me.Nothing like GTR.
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I was 14 when this song came out (1986) and haven't heard it since back then. It came on our radio today at work....I almost keeled over from shock/nostalgia, LOL. 😮🎶🎵
I'm 53 grew up in the 80s and I agree this is one of a great songs that was underrated
Hackett still does it on some of his tours. Sad about their bass player. He was one of the greats.
@@frankgarnevicus1187 54 here. You nailed it. This song hits hard.
53 here absolutely
I'm 55 and a great completely this is underrated. Loved it when it came out has a great sound to it.
So did you ever go backwards and buy the old albums by Yes and Genesis? Some great stuff in both catalogs.
In 1986 I was 17 yrs old & in 11th grade...I thought that this song was THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST SONG IN 1986!!!
The 80s...THE ABSOLUTE AWESOME DECADE OF MUSIC TO EVER COME AROUND IN MY OPINION!!!
So many GREAT MEMORIES!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Yes it it was.....good times
Yo 7 fue genial
Same age too I'm 56 now 80' s music rocked AS I was lead gtst in a band we did this sing at Prom we played at
70s mate
This is one of those songs that you wish would never end.
Hi I recommend checking out an indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
洋楽史上最高傑作のイントロだと思います。何度も聴きたい名曲です😆
懐かしいです！
本当にもったいない。
細々とでもいいから続けて欲しかった。
今でもアルバム聞いてる！
ハンターが好きでした。
Greetings from Chile...🤘🍺🤘
Goosebumps. Real music, real musicians. Pure talent. I miss the 80's.
Amen and well said.
My first diehard favorite band was TOTO, then inmediately arrived ASIA .. I was too natural for me to like GTR so quicky... Just for Steve Howe
And i started to go back and then appreciated all the YES and GENESIS first period stuff with Howe and Hackett
My mind was so blowed away!!!
It is just timeless music
Absolutely
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
I could not agree more, my friend!!
This is one of the hidden gems from the '80s, the greatest decade of music ever. What a glorious song! Follow your dream!
Life can be real cruel.
1 of the greatest super groups to exsist..a progressive superhouse!!!80s rocked
Agreed!
i think the 70s are on par with the 80s as far as music - but i do agree with your sentiment. music today SUCKS.
The lyrics are slim and trite. Musically, all of them could do better. That's why they tanked after one album.
Max bacon (The singer) is my grandad
Wow, seriously,cool.
dude.
I know him too. He's my cousin
+Cathy Wood. I would like to get in to contact with him. I'm in Australia. Can you do that? My number here: +61 4240440013 It's been so long -and life is short. We're kind of related too!
+Viral Videos Your granddad had a great voice.
+BigDaddy5155 HAS (present tense)...lol. I believe he's still alive! (I know Hackett and Howe are. In fact, I just talked to Hackett last week.)
The best rock song no one has ever heard of.
Yea, this and "Touch and Go" by Emerson Lake and Powell both songs came out in 86 and were the bands only hits. Except for Asia and Damn Yankees, the 80's super groups didn't have too much success. HSAS and The Firm didn't have a lot of success either.
@@ss_whole
1986 didn't seem to be a very good year for many elder statesmen of '60s/'70s rock 'n roll.
ONE of the greatest!...
Well I'm not one of those "no one"s - this song came out smack in the middle of my "wonder years" in Jr high school. If there's one good thing about "hashbrownCurrentYear" it's that we now have all of our life's back catalog at our fingertips. But aside from that I miss the days when, if you wanted "friends", you had to actually go out and have friends. Another song that is part of it that nobody's ever heard of is "Hanging on a Heart Attack" by Device.
1 million views says otherwise
THIS SONG WAS THE SONG THAT HELP ME FALL FOR MY LATE WIFE, GONE 4 YRS. ON THIS DATE. LOVE YOU LINDA
Sorry about that Jim was it the summer of 86???
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'm sorry for your loss.
What a sweet sentiment. So sorry for your loss James.
Sorry for your loss.
A massively underappreciated tune. Wow I am getting old.
Graduated from h.s. in 1985. Excellent memories from this song!
Ahhhhh.the 80s...when u bought the whole album just to hear the 1 or 2 songs that you like..haha..love it and miss those days
Yeah!..but this is NOT the case with this record....
Or discovered great songs that never got any airplay .
So me wow I thought I was the one lol
Davis Foghorn -long live physical media!
And the sound quality ....the depth. Not there in digital format.
Damn, 1986 was a great year to have been a member of Genesis. "Invisible Touch," "Sledgehammer," "All I Need Is a Miracle," "Take Me Home," and Mr. Hackett were all circulating the Top 40.
Invisible Touch?? Yuck.
What a year! There where more songs from the "Invisible Touch" circulating the Top 40, i believe that "Big Time" was also there, dominating the charts, that should be a record.
@@jonhohensee3258 Thank you. Absolute rubbish. Just like this puffery. Just look at Hacket's posh "medals" on his jacket. What a twat.
@@rollomaughfling380 - ???
@@jonhohensee3258 right pal, "invisible touch" is a radio-friendly song.
Damn, I don’t know what it is but this song has stuck with me since I was at least 8 . Ahhh growing up in the 80s, when is poor asses watched Friday night videos
This is one of those songs that if you had never heard it before you would know it is from the 80s.
It screams 80's awesomeness!
Because it’s generic trash. Steve Howe should be embarrassed and he probably is.
Hidden gem of the 80's that probably not too many really remember.
summer 86 texas tech univ.
I do... First concert. Boston,Ma.
Remember ALL of it...:)
Td Hooper still waiting for someone to invent the time machine so I can go back to the 80's come on doc brown
Love moment that time!!!
Underrated group tbh. For those that know this group, we know!! Love them!
They're awesome.
I love Howe and Hackett...
Totally agree
63 now..absolutely love this song. Steve Howe is nothing short of amazing. Asia got me following him
I was fortunate enough to see GTR in 1986 at The Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh. I was 23. It was a great show and I still listen to them to this day. 2/8/2025
I can't understand how this song and this duo did not get more attention. To me, this song is in my top 10 hard rock songs all time.
Hard rock?????. This is pansy rock. HahahhahahahahahajajajjajhjaahahhahhahahhhahhHHahahahahah
ABSOLUTELY you got that right! GREAT TUNE !
Just one problem - very few people would classify this as hard rock. But a great song nonetheless.
It was a super group at the time of people from multiple bands
Actually this song and it's album featured prominently in the heavy metal charts when it was released. I can't recall anything controversial about their inclusion at the time!
This morning my wife started rattling off random lyrics trying to remember the song. A quick Google search and here we are. Thanks for sharing. The memories will last forever.
This music... those memories... God I wish I could go back.....
I'm 68. Have always loved this song from the first time I heard it. In addition to being a good rock song musically it actually has some pretty meaningful lyrics.
Yep ..I'm 69 too, good stuff
Had this album on cassette. Bought it for this and "The Hunter". Never understood why GTR was so criticized, the songs are great.
I still have the LP on vinyl
I don't remember anyone ever criticizing this band. Everyone loved their songs and musicianship.
They wouldn’t kiss
the ring
Same here. Wore it out. Amazing supergroup
Same
Awesome song! 5 members of Genesis represented in the top 40 of June 7, 1986:
#37- Invisible Touch/ Genesis (Phil, Mike & Tony)
#35- This song (featuring Steve Hackett on guitar)
#32- Sledgehammer/ Peter Gabriel
#26- Take Me Home/ Phil Collins
#5- All I Need Is A Miracle/ Mike + the Mechanics
yes! those days... when Genesis were everywhere (but I did not know the deep connections :D )
Never knew that had occurred. I wonder if there are more associates to those bands as well. Like what yes had out and so on. Because there were definitely a ton of other musicians associated with many members from other bands that played with these musicians. But either way that’s a really cool thing they were all so talented!
Phil Collins and Steve Hackett were not original members of Genesis.
@@M.Robespierre3691 They both were in the last 5-man version though. Quite an astounding amount of talent in that band.
@@JoeVideoed Absolutely!
Wow. This song takes me back. It was summer of 1986. I just graduated from high school and enlisted in the ARMY. I was also madly in love with the one who got away. We all remember our first love. Man, to go back and relive those days. Its one thing to hear music from the 80s. Its something much different when you lived it. I'm so glad I was an 80s teen. "Follow your dream."
I think it's safe to say you weren't a popular guy.
@@edwardwright2989 why would you say something like that?
Me too 1986 I was 14 years old. Memories
A SUPER GROUP misunderstood in its time . . . NOW missed . . .
Just like Asia, Yes (90125) and King Crimson (discipline, beat, three of a perfect pair) Rush (grace under pressure, power windows, hold your fire, presto, roll the bones) among others...
How were they misunderstood?
@@carlosalomar7877 Man, you're really putting Yes, King Crimson and Rush in the same category as GTR?? lololol, c'mmon man, GTR is a cheesy 80s band with two UBER talented guitarists that had done way better work elsewhere.
45 years old in February 2018 and still listening!...GTR ROCKS!...MASTERPIECE!....Greetings for everyone from Santiago, CHILE!
62 yo March 2018 and we are still rocking in Santiago Chile too......and Howe and Hacket still rock too!!!!
Hola Sergio...¿en qué comuna vives en Santiago?, ¿dónde y cuándo escuchaste "When The Heart Rules The Mind" por primera vez?
Greetings from the USA, 64 here & still rocking!
Hi Dillon...¿Where do you live in USA?
Long live prog-rock!...
steve hackett is a great guitar player as well as steve howe,
I'm 72 and still love the 80s! Love this song!
Hace años que no escuchaba este tema, tengo todos los pelos parados y los ojos con lágrimas ...cuantas bandas fantásticas tuvimos en los 80's ??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😃😃🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Of the more than three thousand videos from MTV, VH-1, AND OTHER VIDEO PLATFORMS I've seen and remembered over the years, this is one of my all time favorites...
Steve Howe is an incredible guitarist.
don't forget Steve Hackett
+Prog Fan don't forget steve morse lol
***** I said Hackett because he's with Howe in this group
+Prog Fan I know dude, I'm a GTR fan, and i said morse only because he is also steve. All those three guys are incredible artists
Hackett's looking mighty handsome here!
I'm 65 and this is the first time hearing this. It's like being born again. . ....
Best one hit wonder of the 80s imo. Tremendously talented band!
The Hunter was a semi hit too!
@@ricomajestic I quite like Jekyll And Hyde too.
Lirics (Howe&Hackett)
Mother protect me, protect me from myself
Lately I can't tell, who really are my friends
Burning the candle, the candle at both ends
Through crowds, across floors
Each night I just pretend
When the heart rules the mind
One look and love is blind
When you want the dream to last
Take a chance forget the past
Watching the actor, that takes the stage by storm
Stealing the limelight, while we're in the wings
Sometimes the hero, must play the underdog
But I don't feel the same
I must have everything
When the heart rules the mind
One look and love is blind
When you want the dream to last
Take a chance forget the past
Seasons will change
You must move on
Follow your dream....
Tema ctm bueno
Look how creative music was then.......I'm so glad I grew up in that era.....
Una auténtica joya de los 80. Es magistral, poderosa y con mucha energía. Una canción no tan reconocida como debería.
En Argentina fue muy escuchada pero merecia estar en el olimpo de la musica, una grande obra de arte
This song makes me feel sad, can't believe 32 years has gone by.
+Farhad Firouzi came out in 1986, so next year will be 30 years, even that is hard to believe
+TOMMY GUNN Yes because I was in my senior year of high school when this came out. Oh man, 30 years.
+Deborah Kerns Me too Deborah! I was pretty much absent though ditched a lot haha
SoCal Indi LOL!!!! Did you finish anyway?
+Deborah Kerns Yes the school office tried to get me in trouble with my mom by calling her at work and saying I had a stack of unexcused absences. My mom played it so cool and told the office lady "Oh I forgot to sign off for her." My mom said she could literally hear the lady's mouth drop haha
The most underrated song. The most underrated band of the 80's. This song was magic in my teens. I'm 50 now. Just as amazing. Just as magical. I'm also a pro singer and a tenor. This guy had one of the best voices in history. Bass player is exceptional too.
Awesome underrated song from the best decade of music...and the last decade of actual music.
I'll love any band with Steve Howe in the line up
YES was awesome!
@@StevenHavill No, Yes IS awesome!....
Yeah, until he breaks them up with his attitude.
Well considering he had Steve Hackett playing along side him couldn’t hurt.
'Boy .......And Howe!....
Boy I remember switching from VH-1 to MTV to see who was on those were great days.
Young memories gone by...
I'm an 80's kid through and through and without their 80's music I would have never been able to discover their respective awesome progressive work. So I'm grateful that the likes of Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, John Wetton and Ian McDonald contributed to 80's arena rock. They have been an enrichment for the music scene regardless and even if songs like "When The Heart Rules The Mind" may sound awfully corny and sappy in the ears of some sophisticated prog listeners they have the right to exist. Thanks for posting! :)
this surely brings back memories for me !
Tatjana Lutz Indeed, and as far as prog pop goes this song is fairly complex. Then again, most sophisticated prog listeners only pretend to be THAT sophisticated. Every chef has a secret hankering for mac 'n cheese!
+philosopher2king LOL, I love your analogy, too funny.
Funny how I still remember the lyrics to this day. Great song. Really liked this album a lot. What a line up too. Great sound. Pure 80's and it's great.
I knew not until recently, that Steve Howe was a member of this band. I only knew it was a high-flying song I can almost never get tired of. One of THE most incredible guitarists of the modern world, and I don't know how The Lord sees him, but I want to recommend him as a hero in spirit. This is one of those songs that SAYS SOMETHING, and I wish that was as important, these days, as it used to be.
Steve will be in Heaven, no doubt in my mind. The man has always had a gentle, expressive, and joyful soul, and is 100% dedicated to his Guitar calling. He’s a disciplined, loyal, amazingly fluid, and versatile player. I’m a lifelong Drummer, though I started on guitar, and it always has driven my bandmates crazy over the decades how much I talk about Howe’s greatness (Bill Bruford is my #1 drumming influence, along with Alan White, Carl Palmer, Tony Thompson, Neil Peart, and many others…Howe, Ty Tabor, Alex Lifeson, Elliot Easton, Robert Fripp for Guitar). Cheers!
Memories of driving my 73 Monte Carlo doing 70 mph with this song cranked in 1985 😃
Saludos a todos dios los bendiga y doy gracias a dios por en los 80s vivir mi juventud disfrutando toda la buena música
When the GTR album first came out, many longtime Howe/Hackett fans dismissed it for being "too commercial" and "not progressive enough." But, damn, quality arena rock has never sounded better!
I was in high school when this came out also :) I woke up today with it going through my head for some reason. I must have been dreaming about school because I had totally forgot about this tune. I made my coffee and had to get on youtube to find it. We had awesome times in the 80's for sure!
Yes we did!!!
Genesis and Yes guitars, together, awesome
Holy crap..totally forgot how much i liked this song!
This song is exactly why I love 80s rock. The lead vocalist has an amazing voice and harmo is and guitar work is out of hand.
I've been on stage with the lead singer (Max Bacon) a few times. After GTR he owned a pub at the end of my road and Sunday night was karaoke, he'd always do backup vocals, I know 2 of his kids aswell, Alex was in year above me at school and Samantha was in same year as me. Years later Alex was my boss at work for a brief time and Samantha was once working in a pub, I didn't recognise her til she was serving me and said "Hello Michael!"
@@mikedickens7957 thanks, I was wondering who the singer was.
@@fsinjin60 you're welcome
Max Bacon and Dennis DeYoung (Styx) have a similarly wonderful quality in their voices.
Beautiful vocals.
Totally agree ! I was sure this was Dennis lol
Dennis DeYoung , is at least 73 , still has a great voice. Saw him live a couple years ago , still amazing
Thank you! You are absolutely right. There’s definitely some similarity to Styx. Helps explain why I couldn’t remember this particular song, but sound was just SO FAMILIAR!
I'm 56. I feel like flying back to 80s.
What a great decade..
Same here, brother! Same here.
I felt in love with this song back in the 80's. Until now I'm still a GTR fan
Rest in peace Phil Spalding. Brilliant bass player. I was lucky enough to see him play live in the early 80s.
Such a great song. I remember the first time I heard this on MTV. Loved it then, still love it now. I miss the 80s!
Steve Hackett + Steve Howe = a match made in heaven.
Proud to own this album.
I wish I did back in 1986, now it kinda hard to find.
I love how they kinda do arena rock with a seasoning of prog. The classical breakdown at 3:22 is so distinctive. GTR should have done as well as Asia.
It probably seems a bit anal to talk about "a few years" especially those of us who were teens then and hitting 50 these days, however, GTR was surfing into the last few waves of 80s prog rock where as Asia was square in the middle of the best years for that style of music. I liked this song quite a lot - I would really crank it up in my car, but I also felt the cringe hearing the song because I understood it was already out of date by 1986. Again, it is an awesome song, but I wish it had been a song in 1982....it would have been big.
You nailed it Dave. For weeks, the memories of this song were bouncing around my brain. I could have sworn it was Asia who performed this song and could not find it on any Asia album. It wasn’t till my brain remembered enough of the lyrics that I found this UA-cam post. Agreed, these guys definitely just as good as Asia.
I agree with both David and Warren. Great song and album... Just a couple years late to the party's. Had this on tape and can remember blasting it and thinking it was underrated. Just a litt late.
I love even more the silent re-setin at 3:36
I Love this song!!
Remembering 1986 when I was young and when Music was the best ever!!!!
Wow on of the best songs of the 80s that didn't get alot of attention. Listen to how he reaches those vocals DAMN 😀
Hackett y Howe, de los mejores guitarristas progresivos de su época en un mismo proyecto, súper grupo
This might be the most 80s thing that ever 80d.
2019 still waiting the time machine for go back to the best decade 💖💞
Beautiful Lyrics to Live by ❤️🙏🏾✌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Best era of music, ever
One of those songs in the 80s that you turned the volume
full blast when it came on MTV!
This is a really great song. A forgotten '80s gem. It's a shame this super group did not stick around longer and that Steve Hackett is unhappy with it's work.
I'm a Professional Musician (Drummer). This song came out when I was a kid but the (Follow your Dreams ❤️) always stayed with me. 💯💪🏻🥁🥁🥁
Never forget the summer this was the biggest hit on Rock radio. I was 17 and a drum student with big dreams. Very important song to me!
Video director to singer: “Can you do “The Charleston Dance” throughout the video while singing?
Singer: YES
Remember very good years.... when we had good music to listen.
For five minutes and five seconds, I was back in the summer after freshman year, cruising with my buddy Eddie in his black Mustang, going nowhere in particular without a care in the world.
great lost gem of the 80's
Listened to this song a lot when I worked at a golf course in Texas during the summer of 1997. One day, I found a tarantula in my shoe.
Fantastic song and great musicians. I never get tired of this song.
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Oh my gosh I remember this song when I was younger and I loved it and I forgot all about it and yesterday I was listening to yacht rock and this came on and I’m like I forgot all about this song it’s a great song 🤭
Man I miss the 80's. This song was a Fav!
I could have swore I commented on how perfect this song is. Very underrated but a gem from start to finish. Vocals, lyrics, musicianship. Perfect.
Great song and a phenomenal group! The 80's were the best
What a Brilliant Excellent Glorious Lovely Amazing Song
Follow Your Dreams...
Cannot believe such a beautiful young lady such as yourself likes 80's music like this. Baffles me.
Why? It's the best music
Yep, it is.
I see ya here as well Jamila. I can see you have great parents!
Seasons will change
You must move on......
One of the best concerts I have ever attended with some awesome guitar solos. Love this song!
You saw the band live how was it
Loved this song since I was like 14... who knew it would hit home so deep, for a "metal head" like myself.
+Steve Sullivan I'm a metalhead too, but there are certainly a lot of great guitarists out there that aren't metal. Hackett and Howe are two of them.
@@imthedorf1964 Check out Alex Lifeson (Rush) too!...
How the hell did I miss theses guys? WTF! ;)
It happens.
This song is on the billboard cassette big ten vol 5, th 85 am from Semarang Indonesia still remember this song 👍
Songs are not made today like they used to. Awesome powerhouse ensemble here.
That's what makes the 80's great. Look at how polite they dressed up while they are rockers
When I hear this song I enter a state of bliss.
Me and my best friend Jarrod use to jam this song when it came out. He's been gone 20 plus years. Rest in peace brother! ❤🎸
Love this song.I was 16 yrs young when it was released. Lots of great memories 😊❤
One of the best songs of the 80s people forget about way too easily.
Played this song with the band and it was one of my very faves !!! Beautiful music!!! Ni doubt this was when bands played their own music and genuinely sang their own songs !! I’m an 80s kid and I love that I am !!! Very proud !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was actually a great song. Love that acoustic interlude. I wonder if Steve Howe or Steve Hackett ever play this song these days.
Back from my High school days. the most beautiful band ,until ASIA. The best ever! GTR rules still.
One of the greatest!...
Steve Howell and Steve Hackett awesome !
A great underrated tune! I love that shot at 1:44
I remember watching this video on MTV back in the 80s. Still love it!