WHAT the HELL Happened to Good Music? This 80s Top 10 Will Make You Wonder! | Professor of Rock
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- Coming up, we’re going to go behind the Top 10 songs of this very same week from the year 1982. But that’s not all. After we count them down, we’re re-ranking each song according to all-time streams and views, to find out which song has made the biggest mark on history. So who do you think will take the top spot today? Will it be a veteran band like Journey, a previous chart-topping act like Rick Springfield, or the J. Geils Band? Or maybe a surprise one-hit wonder? Or could it be an 80s hit machine like Huey Lewis and the News? Stick around and find out if any of these contenders can make a run for the top spot… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Guess what my friends! It’s time for another edition of our well-traveled countdown show the Hit Song Redux where we travel back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and re-rank the Top 10 songs of THAT SPECIFIC week based on how much the world has listened to them since THEIR PEAK POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. As always, we’re including artist interviews, in-depth commentary, as well as your stories and dedications. And I want to make sure I”m clear… this is not my personal top 10. and it’s not the top 10 for the whole year… It’s the actual top 10 from this exact week in 1982. First, we count them down as they were, then and then we run them through a recalibration process to find out the real top 10 based on all-time streams and views.
Before we get started though I have to give a shout-out to my hero, the great Casey Kasem and his program the American Top 40 Countdown. This show is a tribute to him.
So, to get us into the proper pop culture context of the day, let’s talk movies and television. If you went to the movie theater around this time you could catch a young Tom Cruise in Taps, or the supernatural horror flick Cat People, or the inspiring sports drama Chariots of Fire. And on television, you might tune into the Tom Selleck classic Magnum PI, the 6th Season finale of Dallas, or you could watch the final few episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati. it was a great time to be alive! As for Saturday morning cartoons, Spiderman and His Amazing Friends and The Smurfs were both at the top of the list.
So alright, let’s get started. Coming in at #10, it’s the brave little bar band who could. it’s Do You Believe in Love by Huey Lewis and the News. No doubt about it, Huey Lewis was one of the premier acts of the 80s, turning in a slew Hot 100 hits. In fact from 1983 to 1988, Huey and his band the News had 11 Top 10 hits and two #1 albums. Back then they had a 5 year run that you could put up against just about any artist or act in the rock era. And actually, Huey was one of only 7 artists in the rock era to release at least 2 albums with a least four Top 10 hits each… - Розваги
Poll: What is your pick for the best album and song of 1982?
Song: Rosanna - Toto Album: Prince - 1999. 1999 released late October’82, Thriller late November’82.
Tough one....
Album is "English Settlement" by XTC
Song is "Situation" by Yaz (or Yazoo in the UK)
Duran Duran Rio album.
Song- Africa by Toto
Also one of my favorite Billy Joel songs, Allentown.
Caught up in you - 38 Special
Don’t talk to strangers- Rick Springfield
Album 38 Special-Special Forces not a bad song on the album
Signals - Rush
The 80s blows away anything that is out today. Hands down.
True that!!!
I agree but that's not saying much because I wouldn't even call this new stuff music.
Today's music is pure garbage....every single song is absolute dong, pure trash.
It was truly a magical decade for music. I'm glad I lived it.🕶
Totally agree !
I feel very blessed to have the 80s as my formative music years. I appreciate the 60s and 70s, but the 80s will always be my favorite music decade.
...who YOU tellin!? ...I just gave the 1983 Top Ten to Taco's "Puttin' On The Ritz" YT last night, and Taco HIMSELF, 'hearted' me comment! ...I feel like a STAH! ...ha-HAA!
Same!
You took the words right out of my mouth
@@vinezero I'm also a 1983 High School graduate and agree with everything you said. The 70's and 80's were awesome years for music. Unfortunately, the Grunge apocalypse (along with rap going mainstream) of the early 90's came and music started to die. It never recovered.
I like music from about 1992 all the way back to the Big Band days like The Glen Miller band. Todays music all seems to have a weird choppy beat. It reminds me of the old King Kong movie I saw in the 70's when they were trying to call King Kong to them so they could trap him. This modern music makes me want to walk around dragging my knuckles on the ground and act like an ape.
Open arms was my wedding song in 1990!! Journey with Steve Perry was amazing 🥰🤩
I graduated from high school 1984, what a great music era to live in 👍
Same year I graduated, fun times for sure!!
I graduated in 1984 also. I totally agree !!
Might as well Jump.
I was '83. That was a great year to! Eye of the Tiger! And our. Mascot was a tiger! Hair bands and concerts were big and fun!
@@kathyk479 Men At Work.
I was born in 73, so I say I grew up in the 80's, man it was the time to be young & alive..Movies, TV Shows & yes, Music..doesn't get any better
I was born a few years before you and agree 80’s music and rock concerts were the best.
I totally agree, we were so lucky to grow up with this awesome music 🎶 🎸 🎤🎙️ 🥁
Comparing this week in 1982 top 10 to today’s -“I’m not saying a word”- actually says it all.
It’s REALLY saying something.
LOL honest I thought turkeys could fly LOL
80's music will never die.
Late last year, I was getting ready to fly to the Caribbean for an excursion like no other, and I ended up sitting next to this one guy who was falling asleep. All of a sudden, while he dozed off, his phone next to him set off a ringtone, none other than Open Arms by Journey. I could not help but sing along to every word at that point. My parents didn’t like it because they thought I wasn’t being respectful to the other people at the terminal, but I did not care one iota. When Steve Perry’s voice is as infectious as it is undeniable, this is what you get.
I still laugh at the WKRP in Cincinnati thanksgiving episode. What a good show.
I agree. Love it.
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” I've never looked at a frozen turkey the same since! 😂
I showed that episode to my son and he thought it was hilarious. It stands the test of time.
My dad laughed until he was crying on that. I bought the DVDs of the first season just so I can rewatch it every year. The true irony is that wild turkeys can fly.
Oh, the humanity! 😮
A Professor of Rock Top 40 as a tribute to Casey Kasem would be awesome!
Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
Absolutely!
Amazing idea Professor! This will be memory lane for me..I remember always listening to the show and having my cassette ready to tape the songs! Great tribute to Casey Kasem.
This would be awesome! Listening to you reminds me of him. I’d be all over that show!
Yes. The snuggles episode
1982 may be the best year of pop music ever. It's easy to forget how wide open the charts were. You had Juice Newton and Flock of Seagulls, Little River Band and Laura Branigan, Dan Folgerberg and Soft Cell. If you're doing a Kasey Kasem-style countdown, I'm in.
There is no comparison between today's so-called "music" and the hits from the 70's & 80's. I try to keep an open mind about the new stuff, but in my day, we had real music. The kind we could sing to..and dance to. Thanks Adam for keeping the music alive!
What in the hell happened to music? None of those artists used auto tune.
That's right!
...ba-BING! ...ha-HAA!
It's not like they all used lutes and harpsichords. I remember when my grandpa complained about electric guitars because they didn't require any talent.
Amen! 🎯
And they still played instruments instead of the same old tired computer loops.
There's no question that music from the 60's, 70's and 80's was a whole lot better than music today.
Heck, even the 90s.
Today's music is absolute and pure garbage....Pure vomit....
Totally agree
There are smaller known acts that could compete.
Beth Hart is one example of that as she has worked with some of the top artists from the '60s. '70s and '80s while she got her career started in the 1990s. Her last album hit #1 on the UK rock chart and was Grammy nominated for a blues album.
Starcrawler is another act that could have gone places in the 1980s along with Melody Gardot, ZZ Ward, Joe Bonamassa and Samantha Fish.
@@orlock20 Another good example is my band, The Gringos. We have been trying to get back together for years and finally managed to accomplish that. We are close to finishing our third studio album and just released another single from that body of work. We stopped performing together in early 1980. We figured that music today was nothing special so why not give it another go, even at our age.
All these songs are near and dear to my heart. Puts me right back into my senior year of high school. Playing football, hanging out with friends (at the mall of course), getting around in the back of a pickup truck, dating my high school sweetheart (who would become my wife) and be young and naive thinking this is how things would always be for us. Started college in the fall of ‘82 not realizing I was about to start the whirlwind adventure of what would be my life. What a fun decade for me!
I'm 58 and man do I miss good music. Songs that told a story, music that got stuck in your head for days. Today can't compare, I said it for you.
They really don't make music like this anymore. Your playlist makes me want to jump into my Delorean and hightail it back to a simpler era. 😍🎶
I'm right there with you Trina.
PLEASE take me with.
Take me with you
Reserve a seat for me too! Today’s music is a dump.
If I can stay the age I am, with all the knowledge I have now...I will go back to the 80s with no problems. Now asking me to go back and relive my childhood... it's NEVER HAPPENING! I've finally got through the trauma of it and I'm 54. So, I don't want to have to do it again but just to go back to a time when the music was great and people were really much less stressed out on a regular basis would be nice. There's some movies and bands that I would love to see that I didn't get a chance before.
I wonder where the best place to do that would be? What does everyone think? Would it be the East Coast or the West Coast or maybe a big city in the Midwest? Let me know what you think would be the best way to see the most musical acts (bands, individual artists and even touring Broadway shows if it's not New York)? I'm curious what everyone thinks is the best place and remember this was in the 80s but if you want to give thoughts for today, I'll take those too. Thanks for your participation in this thought exercise. Take care all, k
Wow 1982 I was 17 that year hanging out in arcades listening to all of these great songs...what a great time to be that age. There is no comparison to the music of then and now...the quality and the diversity of the music at the time is something we just *don't* get anymore...along with those great arcades. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁
My aunt was the same age! I’m a teen today and even I can see the sheer drop in quality over 40 years later.
I turned 16 . Got 1st car , being a happy teenager the best music with the best variety of music styles.
Toronto Born and the music in the 80's was among the worlds best! I did have lots and lots of Great times in the Shaw!! Many great bands played at the Jube and clubs!
I agree I am a few years younger than you and that time was the best, hanging out at arcades l, going to rock concerts when music was at it’s peak.
Rock in the 80 unbelievable what great memories
Being raised on 70s & 80s music was the best education my generation ever received. We were beyond blessed. ❤
My wife and I got married, 1980 , always bought music, and now have over 100 albums from the 80s and still play them occasionally.
I like watching reaction videos of people hearing the old 80s music and seeing their amazement of how good music was back then.
That was my guilty pleasure during the pandemic.
I still love "Do You Believe In Love"
The 1980's as a whole literally rocked. 1982 was a monster year for rock. One of my favourite songs from 1982 was "Hurts so Good" by John Cougar. I also loved "Who can it be now?" by Men at Work. "Juke Box Hero" by Foreigner is still in my playlist as well. Those were the good times for music. Foreigner "4" is one of my favourite albums from 1982.
I was fortunate enough to work as a DJ at our college radio station at that time. The signal was only strong enough to cover the tiny campus. And our budget was so low, we relied on staff to bring in current albums. Still, it was a fun time with GREAT music!
CFNY The Edge? They hired media students from Humber College and told them to play what they like from local concerts at the time. Bands would drop into campuses and play on weekends. Bands like Rush, Saga, Triumph, Blue Peter. Local bands around Toronto.
Great memories!
@@brianpercival1829 That is awesome that the bands dropped in like that. Too bad I wasn't around at this time. I would have had a blast.
Every one of those mentioned are 70s players! LOL
Gen Z here. How did you play the records, by vinyl or cassette? Because this sounds very cool!
The Top 10 Redux is probably my favorite feature on this channel. What an awesome top 10 from 1982. I remember and love every song on this countdown. I was 17-years-old and a Junior in High School. I religiously followed the pop charts every week and looked forward to listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40. The early 80's was such a great time to be a teenager. The music. movies, and television shows were great. It was a very special time-frame in my life that I will always cherish. That's why I love episodes like this so much. It brings back all the nostalgia and special memories. Today's music is completely inferior to the music of 1982. If today's music sounded anything like 1982, I'd still be following the pop charts. Sadly, that's not the case. Music started going downhill in the 90's and got worse in the 2000's and each passing decade. In my opinion, the 1950s, 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's are the golden decades of music and were the absolute best.
I think 1982 is the year when the 80s really started to define itself, and by 1983, the REAL explosions started happening.
I completely agree with you on that. The pop stuff today is really not worth listening to.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I totally agree with you. The years of 1980 and 1981 had a lot of leftover sounds from the 1970's. It was 1982 where you started hearing less of the leftover sounds from 1970's and more of the sounds that would define the 1980's. So, I would call 1982 as a music transition year and 1983 as the first really definitive 1980's music year (Michael Jackson's Thriller album, The second British Invasion in full swing, etc.)
I would give it with elvis and jailhouse rock to roughly 92 with painkiller that was the golden era.
I was in college. Good times and good music.
I remember 1982 being a very special year for me and music. I don't know if it's just because I was coming of age with my musical tastes at 11 years old or if it truly was a magical time. But for me the music was magic that year.
The 80s was awesome back then and still is the best music of all time to me
There was so much good music in the 80s. I used to listen to Casey Kasem every week. It was a tradition with us kids. He was our source for music information. So the sitcoms you mention are also watched weekly. Who shot JR was a popular t-shirt. Thanks, professor.
Thanks Jimmy!
One of the greats.
Oh yeah Dallas was big and though I rarely watched it that phrase "who shot J.R." was so everywhere that what had to happen eventually happened:
Bumper stickers reading,
I Shot J.R.
Who shot JR??? Wow, what great times to be alive. My heart just breaks for those times again!!!
@@scotabot7826 ..did you ever see the bumper stickers? I must have laughed for 15 minutes when I first saw the bumper sticker reading I shot JR... Yeah those were the days...
One of my favorites from this time in 1982 was Hall and Oates 'Did It In A Minute', which peaked at #9 in May of 1982.
I love that song.
You better believe it!! H&O ruled the 1980's!! I still love them as much today, if not more!!
This is great content. I love how you reveal the updated top ten list with current streams to date. Please make more of these!
I love these videos. It is my day! I would love more of these!
A very unique decade in history. A lot things just came well together in this decade, especially in the case of music!
So true. Thanks RC32!
There were tons of fascinating music scenes coming alive in the 80s.
Joan Jett, amazing talent. Her cover of "have you ever seen the rain" is amazing and "I hate myself for loving you". What a talent.
Jett was heavily inspired by
Suzi Quatro, who had a lot more
success in the U.K., even with her
being American. Most Americans
knew nothing of her until her recurring
role on "Happy Days" & her hit duet
with Chris Norman, "Stumblin' In",
made her a star stateside.
Her career goes back to the mid-'60s,
when she formed a band that included
her sisters, The Pleasure Seekers.
Try listening to their song
"What A Way To Die!".
Yet, Joan's in the RRHOF
(not even with her first band,
The Runaways) & Suzi's not!
Don’t forget her take on Crimson and Clover and The French Song.
YES! these songs are MUCH BETTER than 'I Love Rock and Roll', WAY BETTER! Thanks for reminding people.
Professor, this channel is incredible. Never stop. Thank you for doing this.
I LOVE your Top 40 show idea! I will definitely watch and share it. Best wishes in getting it produced. Thanks for another great episode here!
Ive said it before and will keep on saying it, i am sooooo glad my Teenage Years were during the '80's....
Lucky you! 🍀
I kinda had the best of both worlds. I grew up in the late 70s and the 80s came in my early adult years. I'd call it the golden era but I'm biased of course.
I saw Joan Jett...FOR FREE. For some reason she played a festival near my home, I was front row, and insane. She even played Cherry Bomb, wow!!
WOW!
I also saw her play for free at a county fair. sometime in the 1990s. Absolutely fabulous!
Now, THAT’s amazing! The Runaways.
I saw Meatloaf for a dollar so Joan Jett for free is pretty good. Meatloaf was great that night. He always left it all on the stage.
I saw Joan Jett at a fair, in Illinois, in the 2000s. I don't remember the year but I have a guitar pick of her's that she threw into the crowd at me. It was a great concert!
The idea of a radio show like this with the full songs sounds great to me! This is my absolute favorite video you do on here. I loved Casey Kasem. Thank you for this channel.
So happy to have discovered your channel. It brings back such wonderful memories. Case in point, I remember doing We Got the Beat for the school air band! ❤
No music will ever be as good as what was made in the 60's, 70"s and early 80's.
I agree 💯 the alternative era from the 90s was pretty good too but I haven't really heard any new "music" in the last 15 years that I'd be willing to spend my money and time on.
just don't look at the pop charts. still some great new music out there, amyl & the sniffers, turnstile, drain, boy harsher, tr/st, and releases from older acts, tool, gojira, deftones, mastodon, lamb of god...
@@marctowersap8018 Wrong. That's not good music.
@@dannschmit8604 it's music. you don't like new bands, that's ok. you are just wrong... ;-)
@@marctowersap8018 No, I'm not wrong.
I saw Journey on the Escape tour in 1982. When the opening keyboards started the arena went wild. Saw again in 1983 on the Frontiers tour and Faithfully hit the same with the crowd.
Heavy Metal was a great movie and soundtrack.
My personal favorite is Who’s Crying Now, but Don’t Stop Believin’ is also great as well.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Journey with Jonathan Cain cranked out a lot of great songs. I go back a little bit earlier when Greg Rolle was still with them.
Anyway You Want It, Wheel in the Sky, Feeling That Way/Anytime and Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' are all amazing songs that got massive radio play.
@@vernhoke7730 All great songs. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ is sooooo goood!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 if you watch their "Live in Houston 1981" concert, that's the tour I saw them on in the summer of '82.
I saw Journey in 81 I believe. Our seats were so good my ears are still ringing. Loverboy was the opening act and they threw down.
Fast Times was a great movie, my favorite back in the day. Phobe Cates, am I right? Wow.
...ya had to ASK!? ...She was E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E!! ...she made Brunettes a Hot thing, for awhile....
Yep. She's still a super cutie and I still think brunettes are a hot thing. It certainly beats the "Fifty Shades of Bozo the Clown" that seems to be the style nowadays.
Nothing better than that Moving in Stereo pool scene!
You're so right. I'm sure there's many VHS tapes out there that are completely ruined from pausing and rewinding the diving board scene.
The Top 10/Top 40 Radio Show you mentioned at the end of the vid would be INCREDIBLE! Love this series! Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into these videos! 💜
I’d LOVE to hear your countdown show! This channel is one of the best on YT. Although I like a lot of your interviews with music legends, I like your narration and storytelling more. Thanks for keeping the music alive, Professor! 💜
Wow. 1982 I was 14 yrs old. The 80s were the best decade for music...wish I could go back
Makes me believe in time travel.
Modern music is so joyless.
I’m 17 years old and I agree.
Yes!!!
Most of it is. There is still a little out there that has soul but it's usually not what you find on the radio. If I turn on the radio it's either to listen to an oldies station or NPR.
Here are some suggestions of new music as good as the old Hot 100 music:
Drive by Joe Bonamasa
Goodtime Girl by Starcrawler
Spanish Lullabies by Beth Hart
Bulletproof by Samantha Fish
Sex and Stardust by ZZ Ward
Hey You by Dope Lemon
The River by Blues Saraceno
Sing Along by Sturgill Simpson
Keep On by Southern Avenue
Preacherman by Melody Gardot
@@orlock20 thanks, I've screenshot those and will check them out. Always looking for good new music, as sparse as it is 😁
Cool take! thanks for mixing it up.
I was another 17-year-old in 1982. I'll admit, I had no appreciation of just how much high-quality music was coming out then. I sure do now! I just knew I loved it. I LOVE the idea of the Casey Kasem-style radio show and playing the songs in their full glory. What an innovative idea!
Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
Shake It Up - The Cars
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Rosanna - Toto
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
And no - I can't come up with 1 hit from this year. All oldies for me 🙂
All great songs, except Ebony and Ivory, which is really problematic for me. But Shake it Up is one of my faves!
I totally agree Professor ! Great music in 1982 in the countdown once a week on Sundays especially with the legendary Casey Kasem (RIP)
Keep those 70s musicians Rolling!!
American Top 40!
I used to hear it on AM twice on Manx Radio (Isle of Man) and then a couple of hours later on American Forces Radio whose signal came through in England after dark.
'Cat People' is the only film I've ever seen in a Hollywood cinema in April, 1982. At the end the small audience stood up and clapped which is something we don't do in the UK.
My favourite 1982 single is 'Harden My Heart' by Quarterflash.
I just discovered your channel this evening! WOW! I walked out of the room and I could swear I was listening to Casey Kasem…. This takes me back to my teenage years. GREAT content! Keep up the good work!
The 80s was a great decade for music. I was into Journey, Foreigner, and loved "The Edge Of Seventeen" the music today just doesn't come near to what the 60s , 70s, and 80s gave us. Maybe it's just me but those years will always have a special place that I will never forget
Ah, my Freshman year in high school. Music meant more to me than anything at the time. I think I memorized the top 10 songs every week!
I remember those days! Writing them down in my Trapper Keeper!
I'd listen intently for my favorite songs and then get mad when they weren't #1. I remember sometimes thinking "How did this crap even make it on the charts?" Now I listen to the entire weekly top forty of those days with fondness.
@@ProfessorofRock 😄
I just wish I was born way earlier than I was…I envy you guys.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 You would have loved the 80s. It was a fun time to be alive.
What I always like about Don't Talk to Strangers is Rick Springfield makes it a Sing a long in Concert and includes the kids and normally gets one of little kids to sing it with him, His concerts are so much fun.
As always, I enjoyed your video. I would love to see a top 40 video countdown where you play the whole song with the comments. Thank you again for keeping the history of the best music decade ever alive.
wow. you bring back so many emotions and great music and days i will never forget. thanks
I would LOVE it to be a full song redux! Every time I see a redux drop, everything else waits, I put in on and listen… it’s my favorite shows of your channel… thanks for a great show Professor!
Definitely do the Casey Kasem Style show! It would be awesome!
A great tribute show.
The professor will have to compete against classic American Top 40 countdowns available on radio stations and the iHeart app. But otherwise it's a good idea.
What a summer that was! Oh the memories. Brings a big smile to my face.
Whether my day is trending the way I want it to or in some other direction, watching Professor of Rock always puts me in a nostalgic and relaxed mindset. Cheers, mate...👌
Music THEN!!!! Today's so called music is crap!! I was born in January 1971, I'm 52 and I wouldn't change places with these children of today for ANYTHING!!!
These kids today missed out.
I desperately miss the music of the 80s, 70s, 60s and back....
I would love to travel back with you to the 80s. I was born in the wrong era.
The quality of voice and musicianship actually is even better in the 30s to 50s, but I am a 70s, 80s fan for creativity for sure.
RIP Vangelis - You’ve given us a groundbreaking and beautiful body of work… thank you!
I second that.
My dad and I loved his soundtrack work for Cosmos. Bought the soundtrack and then the Heaven & Hell album from which it was drawn. An ex-boyfriend scratched it up for which I’ll never forgive him.
Vangelis has a real nice song that builds up at the end named "Nina Pinta Santa Maria."
I was so sad when he passed! Chariots of Fire…a work of art.
Vangelis? I just looked and I still have my copy of Friends of Mr. Cairo.
Hey, there Professor. I have been watching and enjoying your programs for a while now. At first, I couldn't understand how you could possibly like all of this music so much. Personally, I grew up in the 70s and 80s and liked many groups and artists but also DISliked many as well. Watching your shows has helped me to understand their significance and, though I don't think I will be running out and buying their records, I can now wrap my head around their experiences. You've helped me to pry open my musical tastes and knowledge and to allow my interests to include some people and songs who I had previously dismissed. So, thank you for your teachings and for your open and positive expression of your musical experience. Keep on professing.
Especially fun and interesting episode Professor. Thanks. The Top 40 countdown would be like reliving a great memory, so I am all for that. Also, Anna is distinctly awesome and we look forward to hearing what she had/has to say!
Personally 1982- was my biggest year for concerts. April-The Police, August-Crosby,Stills & Nash, November- George Thorogood.
Great top 10's, great job as always Professor!!
Thanks my friend!
Thorogood AND the DE Destroyers dude ;)
surl.same here police george t. pretty molly.hatchet also got to watch a few songs of the soundcheck was pretty cool ps they blanking rocked ptetty sure that is
I saw The Police when they reunited... It was amazing!
Those concerts sounded bad to the booooooooooowwwwwwwwne.
Here's a memory for you Adam...."If you remember Max Headroom and Spuds McKenzie, you're going to love this channel" 😁
Love it!
Max Headroom was the only good thing about new coke.
“M-M-Max Headroom!”
“Kids, what are you watching?”
“An educational program.”
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Interviewer: So how did you get your name?
Max: I was riding down the street and someone said "Hey, there goes Max Headroom....and it stuck"
I never heard that but a friend once told me that's what was said when "Max" was asked that question in a fictitious interview...the true story behind the concept is different but sort of similar.
@@coachhumph5524 Wow, that’s pretty interesting. The most apt name for a robot.
What a great video! Amazing.
I really love this title. Not only there was great music, but there was also really great memories. Keep on keeping my man.
As a teenager who loves 80s music, I really enjoy watching your reduxes. It would be awesome if you made this a radio show.
Bringing back all the memories while also giving a tribute to the styles of Casey Kasem, would be awesome! I know there will never be another Casey, but this is a way to bring back his memories. I'm all for it!
I was 11 in 1982......I remember listening to American Top 40 on a Sunday morning and Joan Jett had been #1 for several weeks. That song was everywhere and still is today. Thanks for kicking up good memories!
You're doing such a great job with this channel. I don't recall ever not being impressed.
Yes, do the big show with the full hits, pleeeze!
Let's not forget Canadian rock band Triumph, such amazing songs!
They’re very underrated.
Yes! Lay it on the Line is my top favorite.
@@amskazetoame Great song! But Magic Power will always be my favorite.
Genius of Love was one of the first songs I fell in love with - so glad you included it!
Dude! Great vid! And yes, please do the radio show!!!! That would be my new weekly listen!!!
I still listen to Casey Kasem on Sirius XM every Saturday and Sunday on the 70's channel. Wish they would expand it to the 80's channel, but they have the VJ top 40 there.
I find old Casey Kasem takes on Internet Archives.
Love your channel!! You are so down to earth and I love the interviews you do with the artists. One funny thing though. When you show the videos on the background of the record player the left hand side of the record player looks like a guy wearing a Speedo with a belt and the table looks like his leg.😂 😂😂😂 Thanks for your wonderful work. My favourite was with Randy Bachman and the song You ain’t seen nothin yet. Thanks.
there is music this days?i dont think so,these brings up so many memories! thanks man and keep up the good work!
Cool 80s history video. I graduated high school in 1982 and during my college years was a DJ at parties spinning "licorice pizzas" (vinyl records.)
My genre of choice was alternative such as Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure, etc. IMO here's 10 reasons much of the music was "magical" in the 80s:
1. Many bands were releasing songs that they themselves liked and were fun and/or evoked emotions that people (especially teenagers) could relate to.
2. Concerts were affordable and you could buy tickets without selling a vital body organ or having to press click as fast as possible on a computer or smart phone. Yeah back in the 80s you had to stand in long lines sometimes to get tickets but that was part of the fun hanging out with like minded people and you weren't competing for buying tickets against the whole world on the internet!
3. MTV was new and bands were clamoring to produce videos as fast as possible. Since there was no internet kids used to hang out all day together and watch MTV for hours just to watch the videos and see band members on TV.
4. Dance clubs were fun to go to with your friends and hear 12" dance records that you didn't hear on most radio stations. When's the last time you heard of people going to dance clubs now just to hear new songs they hadn't heard yet?
5. Going to a record store with your friends and buying records and tapes, then bringing them to your friends and playing then for them and listening to what they bought was fun and a shared experienced.
6. Today it's nice to have streaming music services and UA-cam videos but it's sometimes too much availability of music and people miss out listening together with friends or looking at the artistry of vinyl record album cover artwork.
7. Music in the 80s was edgy, pushing creativity without being too obnoxious.
8. Many Movies and music culture thematically melded into each other in the 80s which resonated with many people.
9. People were excited to hear a new song played on the radio for the first time and would ask their friends did you hear the new song yet?
10. Last but not least 80s music was a movement in a generation about bands and people being excited about discovering and celebrating music that they enjoyed together.
Musical artist of today could capture that same 80s magical sound if they really wanted to but it takes risk, thought and creativity and many modern young artists are too busy on social media saying: "hey look at me!"
And that's my 80 cents worth from an old DJ who used to get people dancing using the "wheels of steel" to spin those "licorice pizzas!" 😉 Cheers!
Thanks for sharing that and I agree with pretty much everything including your music taste and loving 12” mixes at dance clubs. I had no idea vinyl records were called licorice pizzas though and I was a music junkie with as much vinyl as being a teenager could buy me. Learning something new every day.
@Little Cat Feet yeah 80s were fun! I lived in San Diego during the 80s and we had a record store there called "licorice pizza" which was about as big as a "tower records" store but they didn't have as many stores.
How did Juke Box Hero not chart higher?!? I know back then I played my heart out on my air guitar to push it to the top.
It’s easily my favorite Foreigner song.
Juke Box Hero was way ahead of its time, and would've easily been a #1 song any week, month, or year after that
foreigner 4 had singles that came out before jbh, urgent, and the supermassive hit waiting for a girl like you. I think people were foreigner'd out. plus many people bought the album by then, which also cut into single sales...
Great year for music love your videos ✌️
I would love to see you do a version of the top 40. I know you would do a wonderful job of it. You are doing a great thing here. I am glad I found this place.
The best hit single of 1982 was Take Off by Bob and Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee. Still Geddy Lee's highest charting US single. Would love to see the professor do a video on this.
I just listened to that with my kids!
@@ProfessorofRock hoser.
That would be great! I also love Bob and Doug's version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.
Haha all the work Geddy put into Rush and Take Off was his highest charting single,. That's life for ya.
Coo loo coo coo, coo coo coo coo! Take off, eh!
one of my biggest regrets is not going to the 'sock hop' dances in middle school in the 80's. our family was very conservative and although my parents did not 'ban' me from going, i never learned how to dance and felt too embarrassed to go. what fun it would have been bopping to 80's music
I think we had a “sock hop” like that in elementary school.
Same here, never went to a any school dance or football game for that matter. Oh the opportunity to meet girls...what a dumb ass I was!
The Hit Song Redux is my absolute favorite series of yours, Adam. I enjoy all of your other series as well, but this one hits home for me.
With that said, YES!!!! Do the Top 40 Countdown that you mentioned!! Thank you for keeping the music alive my friend!
I am late finding this show but my vote would be yes to countdowns from the past with complete songs & the interviews. The whole idea appeals to me. I am 65 and so glad to have found your site. Even in the few shows watched I have learned who sang some of my favourites that I had attributed to the wrong artists all these years. Thank you for the education.
80’s music rocked! We had new wave, punk, rock, hair bands, R&B, rap and pop. Who wasn’t great in the 80’s? My iTunes is filled with 80’s music mostly new wave greats from the cure because they are the best band ever❤
I'm a rare old fart that can appreciate music from before my time, during my time, and after my time. I think the biggest problem nowadays, is that a couple guys hired by record companies write everyone's songs for them. There has always been some of that, sure. But it's gotten to the point, "artist" don't write at all, or even sing live. They're Just actors, not musicians. And the result is music no one cares about including the artist, a year later. Kind of sad.
And you can't have lyrics with any substance because they might offend someone.
Nobody can really sing anymore. The theme of songs is all boyfriend/girlfriend petty revenge shit.
Not sure I agree with you. There's always great music you just have to search harder to find it.
So glad I grew up in the 80s ! Great video 👊🏼🕶
Ahhh the memories. I was in 10th grade in '82 and was glued to the radio most of the time. I would LOVE to see a countdown like this with the full songs! Pretty please!!
April 5th 1982
I was a junior at Ingraham highschool in Seattle, Wa.
Our top ten fav groups on tour on the radio at that time:
1. RUSH
2. AC⚡️DC
3. QUEEN
4. Journey
5. REO Speedwagon
6. Cheap Trick
7. Foreigner
8. Ozzy Osbourne
9. Loverboy
10. Black Sabbath w/DIO
Great list.
@@ProfessorofRock
I forgot to add Judas Priest.
1982 was a great year for them.
The world vengeance tour.
They had the looks, the chops, the rocking style…
The funny thing Is that today’s music does not have the staying power that it had in the 80s and before. The three songs you showed from today will not be played, and loved, in 50 years like the rest of the top 10 today will still be doing. -
I would love a weekly show like that! You go Professor.
Fantastic channel. Fabulous content. Deserves at least three times the amount of subscribers. Keep on! s
Wow! A top 10 or top 40 really would be amazing... and bring back some memories. I'd love to see and hear that.
I grew up in Southern California in the 1980’s when music and MTV were both at their peak. I love music from the 1970’s through the early 1990’s. I went to awesome concerts like Elton John, The Go Go’s, Metallica, and Guns and Roses. I am saddened that music today is so awful. WTF happened? I like that you featured women who rocked like Joan Jett, Go Go’s, and Stevie Nicks.
"That Girl" is a masterpiece. One of his top 3 best songs imo. That middle section ("I've been hurting for a long time etc.) kills me every time!
....I loved the backgrounds..."ahhhh.....AHHHH....ahhhh,ahhh..ahhhh..." ...ha-HAA!
Love all these songs! What a week for music!
I love these Redoux bits. Keep 'em coming!