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Eric Clapton - “Bad Love”. Runnerups: Steve Winwood “Roll With It”, Paul McCartney - “Maybe I'm Amazed”, Paul Simon “Kodachrome” and “Love's Me Like A Rock”, John Lennon - “(Just Like) Starting Over”, Peter Gabriel - “In Your Eyes", Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do with It".
Phil Collins is an icon. He took over as front man for an established band and then took them to new heights, then went solo and blew them away. Genesis..what a band.
Stevie Nicks had a house in Phoenix, her father owned Compton Terrace in (86) I was a valet at the Paradise Country Club where she was a member as well as her Dad, Alice Cooper and Glen Campbell, all 4 were extremely kind and crazy tippers, especially Campbell
Picking one Phil Collins solo hit from the 80s for this list could not have been easy. As great as "In the Air Tonight" is, "Against All Odds" is equally incredible. Whether as a solo artist or in Genesis, Phil Collins ruled the 80s.
And I remember especially after No Jacket Required came out, how much hell he caught for the softer sound in certain circles... I'm a rocker from way, way back, but Phil's music was just so freaking good! Genre was irrelevant.
Phil had several hits that were up there with those two you mentioned. I especially luv “Another Day in Paradise” and “Don’t Lose My Number”. Many of his album tracks like “Long Long Way To Go” with Sting and “Roof Is Leaking” were also fantastic.
That song is such a great ' freshly ended ' relationship because it reminds you of all the attempts to keep it going, times he wrecked a reconciliation by cheating & lying or blaming you for stuff that never happened or just plain treated you like crap! Really helps you break free of the 'newly single blues! '
Midnight Blue by Lou Gramm was a song that got me through my breast cancer. I was so grateful for that song. It had a line in it that I felt described my spirit; “I’m the one who can feel the sunlight riding in the pouring rain”. Thank you, Lou. ❤
I'll never forget the time after "In the Air Tonight" had just finished playing on the radio, and the DJ said, "everyone turns up the volume on the drums". Great song.
In regards to Stevie Nicks, it’s important to remember and mention the contribution of Tom Petty in getting Stevie to record her solo album. She openly talked about how if not for the support and assistance of Tom, her entire solo career never would have happened.
It is also of the utmost importance to point out to those that may not be familiar with her, most radio DJs affectionately referred to Stevie as the Goatlady, because of her poor attempt at vibrato.
I've heard in the air tonight on the radio and actually bought the face value tape in the early '80s, but I didn't realize how powerful it was as far as visual goes until I saw Miami vice and its pilot episode. It was put in exactly where it should been and used exactly as it should have. It really enhanced the scene near the end of the show.
As a huge Genesis fan, I bought Face Value on release, as a fan and curiosity. Before I had even heard the divorce story, I was instantly hit by the raw emotion that comes through in the album. You can hear it come through the music, time after time. Far and away his best writing.
Don Henley's Heart Of The Matter showed what a talented songwriter he was beyond The Eagles!! Frida's I Know There's Something Going On shows she can sing other styles of music besides ABBA!! I love all 5 of your choices!! They're all amazing songs!! Keep the videos coming, Professor Of Rock!! Cindy Snow
Steve is one of the all time greats. He’s another reason I feel so lucky being born in 1964…sixty years ago today, Prof! Cheers from Tulua, Colombia Colombia 🇨🇴
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I'm in my 60's now and I'm grateful for that music! I was with someone in her 20's driving along and listening to foreigner in the background. Waiting for a girl like you came on. I turned it up in her request. She asked me who it was and I said that's the voice of Lou Graham. She said WOW! He can sing! We listened to a few more selections from other bands of that era, after about an hour driving. She said, she was sad that music died in the '90s! That really struck me. We were blessed to have some of the greatest bands and vocalists in music history! Thanks for a great show
I have always said it takes a strong person to be in a relationship with a musician. Thankfully my momma stayed by my dad's side until she passed in October. 57 years. I can remember telling my husband on our first date, "Never try to come between me and my music because music will win every time." 😂17 years later He supports and trusts me 100% even the times he isn't with me.
The first time I heard this--"In the Air Tonight"--I was blown away--and I was a sober 37-year-old! It changed my life. Now I'm a sober 70+-year-old (Yeow! How did I get here?) and I never went back.
We are a privileged club, my friends. And for me, at any rate, it's still that attitude of gratitude! And Phil rocked this song, and it rocked me, too!❤
Whenever I listen to in the air tonight definitely gives me the chills doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold whenever I listen to it I just feel like oh my goodness it’s such a good song
You forgot to mention that "In The Air Tonight" also inspired another singer who broke away from her group: Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) from ABBA. Her "I Know There's Something Going On" was, in fact, produced by Phil Collins who also provided the drums.
Wow, Professor! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…you keep getting better and better! What a phenomenal countdown! Desert Moon is one of those songs I indulge in almost daily…. I was 17 when the song came out. I had suffered the loss of my grandmother (paternal) and grandfather (maternal) and was pregnant by a “friend” who took advantage of me one night. The song really carried through those times. When I listen now, I’m reminded of overcoming major obstacles to have my beautiful baby girl. Life is good! Thank you for always bringing it, Professor! God bless and Merry Christmas!! 🎄 ❤
What an interesting take on band members going solo. I remember as a kid being dismayed whenever a singer would separate themselves from a band to pursue their own inclinations. Biggest case that comes to mind is David Lee Roth & Van Halen! I remember being such a fan of VH that I wanted them stay together for the duration. My teenage mind couldn’t wrap itself around why anyone would want to work outside the band dynamic. LoL! You did a fantastic job of explaining this phenomenon. Great stuff as always I’m a huge fan of your channel and you have been a huge influence on me as a YT creator myself showing vinyl records. Thanks for all you do Adam! Keeping the Music alive! Peace ✌️👽
I listened to “Eat ‘em and Smile” the other day for the first time in years. It holds up for me. It’s really a great album with great musicians. I didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I did.
I saw Foreigner back in 2002, Lou's final tour with the band. Foreigner did play "Midnight Blue" as one of the encores with Bruce Turgeon on guitar & Mick on bass.
I cannot listen to Phil Collins solo stuff. It’s bitter ragey “ it came out of nowhere™️“ divorced man misogynistic 💩, and we all know exactly why she ran for the hills based on a half dozen miserable, vindictive songs, lamenting his poor state as a megarich dude who (wah) is lamenting the oldest story in patriarchy: a “possession” that ran away from him
I remember "Oh Sherry" by Steve Perry very well from 1984. At the time, I didn't know the band Journey. I knew Styx well, and knew Dennis de Young was the lead singer of Styx, but never knew the song "Desert Moon". That is, until in 2017 I married a Filipina grandmother, moved from Australia to Mindanao Philippines, and found that Desert Moon was often sung on karaoke here. As for the band Journey, they are very popular here. A Filipino ex-street kid called Arnel Piñeda became lead singer for Journey, and their songs, "Open Arms" and "Don't Stop Believing" are karaoke favourites here. Thanks again, Prof, for an excellent video.
I am 60ty years old and I love a lot of different music all types from the 50tys to some of today's but honestly in my opinion the 80s is a time in music that can never be replaced or duplicated 🤔❤️👍🔥🧨💯%
I can totally relate being 61, and I 100% agree; musically, there wasn't a decade like the 80s. Sadly, it will be a very long time we see a decade like that again.
I'm 71. When I go through my music collection I can convince myself that the 60's or 70's or 80's or 90's or .. had the best music. I can also convince myself that each of these decades had loads and loads of garbage (not the group, I like them). It all depends on what you're remembering at the time. It also mattered what channels you were listening to at the time. The 60's had great AM. FM was king in the 70's because for the first time the DJs and listeners controlled the playlists so we weren't force fed by the corporations. Today I explore the internet to find great music. I haven't listened to radio since the 80's.
While the '70s gave us some truly great music, the '80s saw the advent of MTV and the coolness of Miami Vice. Phil Collins and Glenn Frey were among my favs, but having the sleek visual backdrop was like nothing else. Our local planetarium had light shows set to mid- to late-'80s music, which was fantastic. Those really were the days!
Hey, that's my choice as well 😊 Technically, no it wasn't released as a single until Feb. '90 but, it was on his solo album "The end of the innocence" in late '89. So it still counts. Great song!
Despite the huge success Collins enjoyed as a solo artist, many Genesis fans refused to acknowledge how good he was, blaming him for the switch to more commercial material by the band. It's not fait because Genesis was primarily Banks and Rutherford's band. Oh well. Although I didn't enjoy all of his solo songs, nobody can deny the fact that this man has talent and his songs were well written and produced.
"They aren't very nice songs, anyway let's move on" that literally made me laugh out loud. Amazing stories professor I loved the depth of information on this episode!
Off topic here quickly, R.I.P. to Michael Brewer of Brewer & Shipley Fame (Known for "One Toke Over the Line" a song that was a big hit in '71 that got in trouble during the Nixon Administration Back in the Day) He also had a solo record out in '80 that the great Dan Fogelberg produced called Beauty Lies, May he rest in peace.
As always great video. One of the rumors that went around my school about Phil Collins In the Air Tonight, was that his son or daughter had drowned while on a trip with a friends family to a lake, and the Dad didn't save her. Another was that he was specifically talking about the guy that he knew had slept with his wife. Phil knew who he was, but the guy didn't know who Phil was, or at least didnt know the woman was married to Phil, or maybe didn't care. Hence the line "I dont know if you know who I am". As a kid in the 80's I had only heard the 1st one. Later I heard the 2nd rumor which made more sense. About 8 yrs ago I saw the interview he did with Dan Rather on "The Big Interview" where he addressed the rumors. Phil said it was simply about the heartbreak he felt of his marriage falling apart.
@@ProfessorofRockgood shout how about the flip of what you’ve done here? The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics (Mike Rutherford) Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham Love Will Show Us How - Christine McVie Girls With Guns- Tommy Shaw
Desert Moon was a great pick, so overlooked these days. Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns album is underrated. Kiss Me Hello(Extended Version) is a great track.
I confess to repeating the Phil Collins urban legend breathlessly for at least 10 years too long - to the point that when I read a Collins interview debunking the myth, I didn't believe him.
I’ve heard In The Air Tonight about 6,221 times in my life, at least, and I still get the same chills and the same intake breath when I hear the opening of that song that I got the first time I ever heard it 40+ years ago. I bought Face Value too, and it is a staple in the car CD collection ( yeah, I’m old, my car is old, we don’t do modern technology)..
Same here. I could not project my voice loud enough on the final verse, so they cranked Phil's vocals back up as I turned red and waited to shuffle back to my seat.
Journey was my first concert in summer of 1982. Outdoor concert during the day. Took a city bus with about 5 friends to the outdoor stadium at 13 to the concert. Only older women rode the city buses then during the day. We all packed our lunches...😂 Now a days you can't let kids do that. Everyone was cool at the concert. Brian Adams opened for them. My Dad picked me up after work. I still have photos of the band I took with my terrible Kodak disc camera. 😄
Oh Sherry throws me right back into early teenage house party memories of great loves and extreme heartbreak. It still tugs at my heart strings. It was great to see that Sherry was a real and crazy person
Lou Gramm has a voice that makes every song sound like a prayer! Deep shit man!
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I have loved Dennis DeYoung's Desert Moon since it came out in '84 when my 2 older brothers each bought a 45 RPM record of Desert Moon, and now found out how Dennis came up with the song title Desert Moon is why I love all these backstories of how all these songs came about. I always thought Desert Moon was just a fictitious name of a nostalgic childhood summer camp like how it was depicted in the music video of Desert Moon. I still listen to Desert Moon often along with a lot of my '70s and '80s favorite songs here on YT. I love Lou Gramm's Midnight Blue, and I also love his other solo hit Just Between You and Me. I also remembered Oh Sherry was played a lot on the radio in '84 when the song came out, and Steve Perry was more popular that year than his former band Journey.
Well, except for some of Tony Banks albums. on the other hand, Steve Hackett and Antony Phillips are prolific and very good solo artists. And Peter Gabriel has been as widely recognized for his music as Phil Collins (PG even forming and promoting the WoMaD festival - Genesis had a _'Six of the Best_ concert with Peter to help with that)
I love Phil. Relationships for artists, no matter the medium, are impossible. Because the possessive mistress is always first. And as a result, we live the result of the art produced.
I always thought the line was 'Just like the ONE-WINGED Dove..." until nearly 20 years later! LMAO..... LOVE Steve Perry, Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins, Dennis DeYoung's Desert Moon, and Lou Gramm's Midnight Blue!!! Am kicking myself; Lou Gramm came to a festival not far from me, but I was scheduled to work and didn't go. Just learned he's retiring this year. Really regret not going to his concert.
George Michael, as much as I love him, does not fit the description of an artist that went "solo" and *came* back to their original band - same for Michael Jackson, the Jackson 5 did continue for a short time, but he never returned.
LOL, after the intro, I was just thinking "No way he's going to include Oh Sherry by Steve Perry." Before the thought was done, you started out with Oh Sherry by Steve Perry.
That guitar on 17 wasn't a loop. Waddy played it the entire song. Once he said the song vamped for 18 minutes on stage. He said everytime she calls him to go on tour he has to practice diligently to get his right wrist stamina back.
These songs represent single solo artists hits of the eighties in a unique way to represent these artist so susinctly showcases each artist as the catalyst for the former bands they came from. Don Henley is not there,but boys of summer is a break out wonder,and end of the Innocence is a powerful follow up tune.
Breakup songs hit the popular and high end society just as hard as ordinary folks. And some of those songs are hammered hard with lyrics and that perfect melody. Sadness and anger and pain become an endless washing machine
Great choice for the No1 Adam, Lou Gramm was unquestionably one of the greatest voices (after Steve Perry) in music history. Their Agent Provocateur tour in 1985 remains my favourite ever concert. They were at their peak with I Want To Know What Love Is...what a band!
I love this song, and his voice is amazing on it. I would make cassettes with different themes and this song was always in my love/melancholic ones. Professor, when you mention your Dad it always brings tears to my eyes remembering mine and how he taught me to love music.
Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST SOLO SONG by an Artist who was in a famous band also Go to incogni.com/professorofrock, and use my code PROFESSOROFROCK (ALL CAPS) on the link below to get 60% off an annual plan. Click here: incogni.com/professorofrock
I'm no Angel Gregg Allman
Just one today, Edge of Seventeen--Stevie Nicks
Hero Chad Kroger sorry Adam just love him and Nickelback. I will add Glenn Frey Smugglers Blues and Don Henley End of The Innocence
Eric Clapton - “Bad Love”.
Runnerups: Steve Winwood “Roll With It”, Paul McCartney - “Maybe I'm Amazed”, Paul Simon “Kodachrome” and “Love's Me Like A Rock”, John Lennon - “(Just Like) Starting Over”, Peter Gabriel - “In Your Eyes", Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do with It".
Blaze of Glory - Bon Jovi
Holy Diver - Ronnie James Dio
Phil Collins is an icon. He took over as front man for an established band and then took them to new heights, then went solo and blew them away. Genesis..what a band.
Wholly second that! It birthed guys that will be edged in the music history, forever!
Phil Collins is an icon. My two fav Genesis albums: Trick of The Tail, Wind & Wuthering. Masterpieces.
Much better sticking to the drums and letting Gabriel do the front man thing imo
Tott was very good though
@@cadmcspeed1418 Gabriel left the band, so letting him continue wasn't an option.
Stevie Nicks had a house in Phoenix, her father owned Compton Terrace in (86) I was a valet at the Paradise Country Club where she was a member as well as her Dad, Alice Cooper and Glen Campbell, all 4 were extremely kind and crazy tippers, especially Campbell
Alice Cooper LOVES him some Golf, huh?
It's nice to hear Nicks is a kind person and a good tipper.
One of my favorite singers.
I golf with Alice Cooper...
Picking one Phil Collins solo hit from the 80s for this list could not have been easy. As great as "In the Air Tonight" is, "Against All Odds" is equally incredible. Whether as a solo artist or in Genesis, Phil Collins ruled the 80s.
And I remember especially after No Jacket Required came out, how much hell he caught for the softer sound in certain circles... I'm a rocker from way, way back, but Phil's music was just so freaking good! Genre was irrelevant.
Phil had several hits that were up there with those two you mentioned. I especially luv “Another Day in Paradise” and “Don’t Lose My Number”. Many of his album tracks like “Long Long Way To Go” with Sting and “Roof Is Leaking” were also fantastic.
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I also like “We Said Hello, Goodbye” off of “No Jacket Required”.
I gotta think Jon Waite should easily make this list. "Missing You" is an '80s classic!
Totally, one of my favorites!
He had a couple of hits, one from Peter Cris.
Way better than DESERT MOON… 😂
Did he go back to the Baby's after that? I thought he went on to a new band Bad English.
First time I heard it I pulled over at the first record store I saw and had to have it. GREAT song.❤
Another great song of Collins to crank up in the car is I Don't Care Anymore. That drum break is incredible!
no mo no mo no mo no mo
That song is such a great ' freshly ended ' relationship because it reminds you of all the attempts to keep it going, times he wrecked a reconciliation by cheating & lying or blaming you for stuff that never happened or just plain treated you like crap! Really helps you break free of the 'newly single blues! '
Thanks for honoring the Epic LOU Gramm my fave vocalist of all time so much soul! 😺
Midnight Blue by Lou Gramm was a song that got me through my breast cancer. I was so grateful for that song. It had a line in it that I felt described my spirit; “I’m the one who can feel the sunlight riding in the pouring rain”. Thank you, Lou. ❤
Blessings to you, courageous warrior.
Oh bless, 💕🇳🇿🙏
I'll never forget the time after "In the Air Tonight" had just finished playing on the radio, and the DJ said, "everyone turns up the volume on the drums". Great song.
Midnight Blue!! I LOVE that song!! In my car, windows down, wind in my hair, and the song blasting! Goosebumps! 💙
YES!
@ProfessorofRock and the next one I put on is Rev on the Redline!! Top tier! 😊
It's so good! I started fist pumping the air when he put Lou up on the screen and knew it was coming
Great song!
I so miss the possibility & hope in many 1980s songs.
We went crazy last year when we found it on 45.
In regards to Stevie Nicks, it’s important to remember and mention the contribution of Tom Petty in getting Stevie to record her solo album. She openly talked about how if not for the support and assistance of Tom, her entire solo career never would have happened.
True!
Her duet with Tom is my favorite song of his. I never knew that. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! Another great reason to love Tom Petty.
It is also of the utmost importance to point out to those that may not be familiar with her, most radio DJs affectionately referred to Stevie as the Goatlady, because of her poor attempt at vibrato.
Speaking of Tom Petty, "Full Moon Fever" was sans Heartbreakers. He scored several solo hits and then went back to The Heartbreakers.
I've heard in the air tonight on the radio and actually bought the face value tape in the early '80s, but I didn't realize how powerful it was as far as visual goes until I saw Miami vice and its pilot episode.
It was put in exactly where it should been and used exactly as it should have.
It really enhanced the scene near the end of the show.
"MTV Cops" was a great concept and scenes with songs like you mentioned executed it so well . Miami in that era was also the perfect backdrop
I totally agree with what you said about that song on Miami Vice! I will never forget them driving down the highway and that song playing!
In the Air at Night speaks to any heart that has been bruised and beaten. No urban legend needed.
“Against All Odds” by Collins is in my opinion the best song from a movie soundtrack in history!
I Stand Alone by Godsmack...
It truly is phenomenal.
As a huge Genesis fan, I bought Face Value on release, as a fan and curiosity. Before I had even heard the divorce story, I was instantly hit by the raw emotion that comes through in the album. You can hear it come through the music, time after time. Far and away his best writing.
Timothy my favorite is MAMA!
“If you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand”
As a teen, those words struck me as the coldest, bitterest line I’d ever heard.
Don Henley's Heart Of The Matter showed what a talented songwriter he was beyond The Eagles!! Frida's I Know There's Something Going On shows she can sing other styles of music besides ABBA!! I love all 5 of your choices!! They're all amazing songs!! Keep the videos coming, Professor Of Rock!! Cindy Snow
Absolutely all of the above… I don’t have to like Don Henley, but I do like his music 🎶 😅
ABBA was very multi genre anyway so she already had shown that
Steve is one of the all time greats. He’s another reason I feel so lucky being born in 1964…sixty years ago today, Prof! Cheers from Tulua, Colombia Colombia 🇨🇴
Happy birthday!🎉
@ Well thank you.
Feliz Cumpleanos! 🥳🎁
@ Muchas gracias!
Happy birthday! I hit that milestone next year.🎉
I love all these 80's hits. I remember when they were new. Thank you.
Yeah, Me Too
When I was a kid, I thought the lyrics were "I can feel it comin' on the edge of night" because my mom used to watch that soap opera 😂
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Thanks!
Right on POR. Thanks for posting these greats from my HS days. Now, I'm not feeling 57. I'm feeling 17!
That hat is bigger than it looks.
It’s a very deep and mysterious hat 🎩 that has lots of elves inside of it doing his research who may be out of work as AI develops 😂
Steve Perry, the man with the iconic vocals! Ballad or rocking out, he's just so amazing! Love the Gumby and Pokey shirt Professor!
They're my favorite!
Blockheads are naughty.
@@TreeCamper 😁👍
Gumby and Pokey were popular when I was in high school
I'm in my 60's now and I'm grateful for that music! I was with someone in her 20's driving along and listening to foreigner in the background. Waiting for a girl like you came on. I turned it up in her request. She asked me who it was and I said that's the voice of Lou Graham. She said WOW! He can sing! We listened to a few more selections from other bands of that era, after about an hour driving. She said, she was sad that music died in the '90s! That really struck me. We were blessed to have some of the greatest bands and vocalists in music history! Thanks for a great show
If we're going to talk about leader singers with hits after they left Genesis, how about Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill"?
Adam’s condition is that they went back to the band after their solo hit. Peter Gabriel never did that.
Sledgehammer, Biko, etc
@@Diane-g5k I love Peter Gabriel, but I was not a Genesis fan.
That song still gets me every time!
Why didn't Gabriel continue an act dressing up in costumes and feathers after he exited Genesis?
I have always said it takes a strong person to be in a relationship with a musician. Thankfully my momma stayed by my dad's side until she passed in October. 57 years. I can remember telling my husband on our first date, "Never try to come between me and my music because music will win every time." 😂17 years later He supports and trusts me 100% even the times he isn't with me.
For sure!
Gosh I'd love to meet someone like that.
I knew this girl once. "She had Marty Feldman Eyes"
Yeah, but if you’re lucky, you’ll find one with Betty Grable thighs!
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“I got that reference”
Yikes!
@@cannonball666 love that!😝
Aw yeah. Abby. Abby Normal. Cool chick.
I remember the first time I heard In the Air Tonight and I literally stopped thinking holding my breath.
Lou Graham was right! Foreigner failed because they went to soft ballads from superb rock. Great top 5 Adam! Thank you
I agree with 100%. Same with REO Speedwagon.
They were THE sound track for my adolescence! Best album ever, Foreigner 4
@@darkstar92772When Kevin Cronin joined REO Speedwagon,REO Speedwagon became an adult contemporary band.
Foreigner didn't fail they just petered out like most bands
The first time I heard this--"In the Air Tonight"--I was blown away--and I was a sober 37-year-old! It changed my life. Now I'm a sober 70+-year-old (Yeow! How did I get here?) and I never went back.
Like me, you've been sober at least twice in your life. Cheers!
We are a privileged club, my friends. And for me, at any rate, it's still that attitude of gratitude!
And Phil rocked this song, and it rocked me, too!❤
One day at a time
Whenever I listen to in the air tonight definitely gives me the chills doesn’t matter if it’s warm or cold whenever I listen to it I just feel like oh my goodness it’s such a good song
You forgot to mention that "In The Air Tonight" also inspired another singer who broke away from her group: Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) from ABBA. Her "I Know There's Something Going On" was, in fact, produced by Phil Collins who also provided the drums.
Thanks!
Someone saw the Drumeo feature with Phil!
Friday already had a solid career prior to Abba
@maureenmackellar7604 Any hits, though?
Thank you for mentioning this. Phil produced and provided drums for so many artists from the 1970's till the 1990's.
As a music lover I cant tell you how much I enjoy your stories. One of the best channels on UA-cam! 😊
Don Henlye's 'The boys of Summer' ...no? The whole album that it came with was outstanding.
Wow, Professor! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…you keep getting better and better! What a phenomenal countdown! Desert Moon is one of those songs I indulge in almost daily…. I was 17 when the song came out. I had suffered the loss of my grandmother (paternal) and grandfather (maternal) and was pregnant by a “friend” who took advantage of me one night. The song really carried through those times. When I listen now, I’m reminded of overcoming major obstacles to have my beautiful baby girl. Life is good! Thank you for always bringing it, Professor! God bless and Merry Christmas!! 🎄 ❤
What an interesting take on band members going solo. I remember as a kid being dismayed whenever a singer would separate themselves from a band to pursue their own inclinations. Biggest case that comes to mind is David Lee Roth & Van Halen! I remember being such a fan of VH that I wanted them stay together for the duration. My teenage mind couldn’t wrap itself around why anyone would want to work outside the band dynamic. LoL! You did a fantastic job of explaining this phenomenon. Great stuff as always I’m a huge fan of your channel and you have been a huge influence on me as a YT creator myself showing vinyl records. Thanks for all you do Adam! Keeping the Music alive! Peace ✌️👽
I know what you mean!
I listened to “Eat ‘em and Smile” the other day for the first time in years. It holds up for me. It’s really a great album with great musicians. I didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as I did.
I saw Foreigner back in 2002, Lou's final tour with the band. Foreigner did play "Midnight Blue" as one of the encores with Bruce Turgeon on guitar & Mick on bass.
Very cool!
Hard to separate In the Air a tonight from Miami Vice and them driving in the Ferrari towards a dramatic conclusion.
LOVED that show as a teenager. It was the first time I heard “in the air tonite.”
I cannot listen to Phil Collins solo stuff. It’s bitter ragey “ it came out of nowhere™️“ divorced man misogynistic 💩, and we all know exactly why she ran for the hills based on a half dozen miserable, vindictive songs, lamenting his poor state as a megarich dude who (wah) is lamenting the oldest story in patriarchy: a “possession” that ran away from him
I think of Mike Tyson singing it in the hangover.
@@CreativeMagique lol OK
That is such an iconic scene from the show too!
I remember "Oh Sherry" by Steve Perry very well from 1984. At the time, I didn't know the band Journey. I knew Styx well, and knew Dennis de Young was the lead singer of Styx, but never knew the song "Desert Moon". That is, until in 2017 I married a Filipina grandmother, moved from Australia to Mindanao Philippines, and found that Desert Moon was often sung on karaoke here. As for the band Journey, they are very popular here. A Filipino ex-street kid called Arnel Piñeda became lead singer for Journey, and their songs, "Open Arms" and "Don't Stop Believing" are karaoke favourites here. Thanks again, Prof, for an excellent video.
Great anecdote!
I am 60ty years old and I love a lot of different music all types from the 50tys to some of today's but honestly in my opinion the 80s is a time in music that can never be replaced or duplicated 🤔❤️👍🔥🧨💯%
Agreed!
I can totally relate being 61, and I 100% agree; musically, there wasn't a decade like the 80s. Sadly, it will be a very long time we see a decade like that again.
Gen x here 55. Totaly agree. If you didn't live through it you will never understand it.
I'm 71. When I go through my music collection I can convince myself that the 60's or 70's or 80's or 90's or .. had the best music. I can also convince myself that each of these decades had loads and loads of garbage (not the group, I like them). It all depends on what you're remembering at the time. It also mattered what channels you were listening to at the time. The 60's had great AM. FM was king in the 70's because for the first time the DJs and listeners controlled the playlists so we weren't force fed by the corporations. Today I explore the internet to find great music. I haven't listened to radio since the 80's.
While the '70s gave us some truly great music, the '80s saw the advent of MTV and the coolness of Miami Vice. Phil Collins and Glenn Frey were among my favs, but having the sleek visual backdrop was like nothing else. Our local planetarium had light shows set to mid- to late-'80s music, which was fantastic. Those really were the days!
omg, Desert Moon! I haven't thought about that one in ages.
Don Henley's "Heart of the Matter" is a Top 5er in my book...
No question. It wasn't released in the 80s though.
"Heart Of The Matter", great one. Have the CD and still forgot it 🙂
Mine too, great song! So we'll written and executed.
Don’s solo album was exemplary!
Hey, that's my choice as well 😊 Technically, no it wasn't released as a single until Feb. '90 but, it was on his solo album "The end of the innocence" in late '89. So it still counts. Great song!
That was the song that they started to play before us finding out who was our secret music act for our private concert. Thanks Stevie 😊
Which Private Concert?
@ProfessorofRock Stevie Nick's it was 100 people in the audience.
Phil Collins was such a master with music and instruments , I don't think there was a song of his I didn't like 💪👍
For sure!
I highly recommend Drumeo's documentary on Phil Collins that just came out a couple days ago. Two hours well spent!
Despite the huge success Collins enjoyed as a solo artist, many Genesis fans refused to acknowledge how good he was, blaming him for the switch to more commercial material by the band. It's not fait because Genesis was primarily Banks and Rutherford's band. Oh well. Although I didn't enjoy all of his solo songs, nobody can deny the fact that this man has talent and his songs were well written and produced.
@@jean-philippeperetti8463
And Rutherford became Mike & the Mechanics. Fans... 🙄 Musicians gonna do where they gonna go 😏
He was an amazing drummer!
Midnight Blue is absolutely one of my favorite songs EVER!!
Good music never dies. I still play Lou Gramm after all these years.
"They aren't very nice songs, anyway let's move on" that literally made me laugh out loud. Amazing stories professor I loved the depth of information on this episode!
Glad you like them!
Haha…man I wasn’t expecting that.
Faithfully was a so-so song that was elevated to greatness by the singer and the musicianship of the rest of the band.
Good call!
There were so many great singers in the 80s. It's hard to choose the best one. What a decade.
For sure!
The soundtrack of my youth. and early adulthood.
IMHO the absolute Worst decade of music So Painful
Off topic here quickly, R.I.P. to Michael Brewer of Brewer & Shipley Fame (Known for "One Toke Over the Line" a song that was a big hit in '71 that got in trouble during the Nixon Administration Back in the Day) He also had a solo record out in '80 that the great Dan Fogelberg produced called Beauty Lies, May he rest in peace.
Love One Toke !
@@ManfromHell83 Also
RIP Dan Fogelberg
@@michaelbaucom4019 Hope He is Home Free !
Thanks for the shout out!
As always great video.
One of the rumors that went around my school about Phil Collins In the Air Tonight, was that his son or daughter had drowned while on a trip with a friends family to a lake, and the Dad didn't save her.
Another was that he was specifically talking about the guy that he knew had slept with his wife. Phil knew who he was, but the guy didn't know who Phil was, or at least didnt know the woman was married to Phil, or maybe didn't care. Hence the line "I dont know if you know who I am".
As a kid in the 80's I had only heard the 1st one. Later I heard the 2nd rumor which made more sense. About 8 yrs ago I saw the interview he did with Dan Rather on "The Big Interview" where he addressed the rumors. Phil said it was simply about the heartbreak he felt of his marriage falling apart.
Great selections. Peter Cetera's Glory of Love was also one of my favorites
Also
Belinda Carlisle-Heaven is a place on Earth
Benjamin Orr-Stay the Night
David Lee Roth-California Girls
LEt's do part 2!
@@ProfessorofRock Yes please. I love all three of those songs.
@@ProfessorofRockgood shout how about the flip of what you’ve done here?
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics (Mike Rutherford)
Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
Love Will Show Us How - Christine McVie
Girls With Guns- Tommy Shaw
Or “Emotion in Motion” by Ric Ocasek…
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I too was going to recommend Emotions in Motion as well, but looks like you beat me to it.
Desert Moon was a great pick, so overlooked these days. Tommy Shaw's Girls With Guns album is underrated. Kiss Me Hello(Extended Version) is a great track.
Could not agree more. Love Desert Moon and Girls with Guns is a regular in my playlist. Over here in Australia no-one really knows they exist.
I can't believe you included Desert Moon, I love that song! I didn't think anyone else was even aware of that song.
Great video! Nailed it with Loy Graham at #1! Lou is an incredible talent!
I love learning the stories behind the songs.
When you yell you're gonna drown, I'll get dressed and go to town, just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait!
Ah haha Enry Iggins! Oh ho ho Enry Iggins! Just! You! Wait!
Jimi Jamison - I Can't Hold Back. His voice was amazing!!! Gorgeous too!!!
I confess to repeating the Phil Collins urban legend breathlessly for at least 10 years too long - to the point that when I read a Collins interview debunking the myth, I didn't believe him.
Ha ha!
LOL exactly
So did the girlfriend think they were going to feature a man in the song?
I’ve heard In The Air Tonight about 6,221 times in my life, at least, and I still get the same chills and the same intake breath when I hear the opening of that song that I got the first time I ever heard it 40+ years ago. I bought Face Value too, and it is a staple in the car CD collection ( yeah, I’m old, my car is old, we don’t do modern technology)..
I once sang "In the Air Tonight" at karaoke. I got complimented on how cool the drums sounded. I'm a terrible singer lol!
Haha that’s awesome!
What an awesome comment and it’s so funny!
Same here. I could not project my voice loud enough on the final verse, so they cranked Phil's vocals back up as I turned red and waited to shuffle back to my seat.
Stevie Nicks was such a Queen it's a shame all the crap she went through but she Rose above it all 👍❤🙏
Indeed!
I love Stevie, but most of the crap she went through was her own doing. She admits such in interviews, detailing her drug addictions.
Surgically restored cartilage that she burned out of her nose with the Massive coke use sure ruined her singing but not her decision making process 🙄
She caused a lot of it.
What’d she go through? Coke and peen?
Journey was my first concert in summer of 1982. Outdoor concert during the day. Took a city bus with about 5 friends to the outdoor stadium at 13 to the concert. Only older women rode the city buses then during the day. We all packed our lunches...😂 Now a days you can't let kids do that. Everyone was cool at the concert. Brian Adams opened for them. My Dad picked me up after work. I still have photos of the band I took with my terrible Kodak disc camera. 😄
I was at that tour too.
Oh Sherry throws me right back into early teenage house party memories of great loves and extreme heartbreak. It still tugs at my heart strings. It was great to see that Sherry was a real and crazy person
Thank you for putting Desert Moon on this list. A great song and great artist!
You're welcome!
It is a great song.
As soon as you started talking about solo songs. I started singing Oh Sherry.
I started on In The Air Tonight lol That was absolutely the first song that came to mind for me.
Lou Gramm has a voice that makes every song sound like a prayer! Deep shit man!
I have loved Dennis DeYoung's Desert Moon since it came out in '84 when my 2 older brothers each bought a 45 RPM record of Desert Moon, and now found out how Dennis came up with the song title Desert Moon is why I love all these backstories of how all these songs came about. I always thought Desert Moon was just a fictitious name of a nostalgic childhood summer camp like how it was depicted in the music video of Desert Moon. I still listen to Desert Moon often along with a lot of my '70s and '80s favorite songs here on YT. I love Lou Gramm's Midnight Blue, and I also love his other solo hit Just Between You and Me. I also remembered Oh Sherry was played a lot on the radio in '84 when the song came out, and Steve Perry was more popular that year than his former band Journey.
Totally agree on Midnite Blue! Best offering by Lou, ever.
I like just between you me better
This should be a good one. The members of Genesis going solo jut added to their great catalog
Yes it did! Love their solo records!
@@ProfessorofRock So much good music, so little time to listen :)
Well, except for some of Tony Banks albums. on the other hand, Steve Hackett and Antony Phillips are prolific and very good solo artists. And Peter Gabriel has been as widely recognized for his music as Phil Collins (PG even forming and promoting the WoMaD festival - Genesis had a _'Six of the Best_ concert with Peter to help with that)
Desert Moon is timeless. "Don't Wait for Heroes" is another fantastic song on that album.
I love Phil. Relationships for artists, no matter the medium, are impossible. Because the possessive mistress is always first. And as a result, we live the result of the art produced.
Midnight Blue...YES! Always has been my sleeper #1...
LOU! Such a great song!
Lou Gramm is a great singer/songwriter. Absolutely love Midnight Blue, the album was solid, but that song was huge.
I always thought the line was 'Just like the ONE-WINGED Dove..." until nearly 20 years later! LMAO.....
LOVE Steve Perry, Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins, Dennis DeYoung's Desert Moon, and Lou Gramm's Midnight Blue!!!
Am kicking myself; Lou Gramm came to a festival not far from me, but I was scheduled to work and didn't go. Just learned he's retiring this year. Really regret not going to his concert.
For years I sang, “Just like the ones we love”. Until I looked up the words finally…
If You Love Someone, Set Them Free - Sting
Hope you all have a nice break! Happy holidays 🎉
Awesome pick of Midnight Blue!! Love love love Lou Gramm
Professor, you are a gem! Keep up the good work and great memories!
Love that you highlighted Desert Moon by Dennis DeYoung! That was an amazing song off of a fantastic album.
So good! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this! I forgot all about midnight blue and desert Moon..... Beautiful songs
I think a couple of guys were missing!
Don Henley... Eagles
George Michael...Wham!
Oh yeah, another guy
Michael Jackson... Jackson 5!
Those are great additions to the list!
George Michael, as much as I love him, does not fit the description of an artist that went "solo" and *came* back to their original band - same for Michael Jackson, the Jackson 5 did continue for a short time, but he never returned.
I've sent them all live.geirge was my favourite .he was just spectacular.
That Desert Moon video made me emotional. I was 18 and never cried.
Funny thing, the many, many first times I heard that song, I thought the words were "Is this the train that doesn't move."
3 sides to every breakup story..... his,hers and THE TRUTH 😂
True.
I have thought for 10 years now, all of Taylor Swift's exes could do a nonprofit fundraiser single, and call it "It Wasn't Just Us..."
Love 'Midnight Blue'! Outstanding song!!
So classic!
The drums entry in Phil's = EPIC
Amen!
LOL, after the intro, I was just thinking "No way he's going to include Oh Sherry by Steve Perry." Before the thought was done, you started out with Oh Sherry by Steve Perry.
That guitar on 17 wasn't a loop. Waddy played it the entire song.
Once he said the song vamped for 18 minutes on stage. He said everytime she calls him to go on tour he has to practice diligently to get his right wrist stamina back.
Thanks!
Waddy Wachtel is one of the most Seriously (but Not in real musician circles) underrated ever - why he played with Linda so long 😋
These songs represent single solo artists hits of the eighties in a unique way to represent these artist so susinctly showcases each artist as the catalyst for the former bands they came from. Don Henley is not there,but boys of summer is a break out wonder,and end of the Innocence is a powerful follow up tune.
Steve Perry is definitely legendary. Blaze of Glory-Jon Bon Jovi was my favorite when I was young.
Breakup songs hit the popular and high end society just as hard as ordinary folks. And some of those songs are hammered hard with lyrics and that perfect melody. Sadness and anger and pain become an endless washing machine
“I told you no more Journey Psyche-Outs” “It’s not Journey it’s Steve Perry” 3:46 (Basketball RULES! 🤘🤣)
"Little Bitch is right.... Dude."
Ha!
❤❤❤ thank you for all your work. Your work lets people know about the story behind rock ‘n’ roll and it’s an amazing story.❤❤❤❤
Great choice for the No1 Adam, Lou Gramm was unquestionably one of the greatest voices (after Steve Perry) in music history. Their Agent Provocateur tour in 1985 remains my favourite ever concert. They were at their peak with I Want To Know What Love Is...what a band!
Agreed!
Nah, Burton Cummings has the best voice.
Great episode! I didn't know about the Professor of Rock website, but am a member now.
Thanks!
One of my favorite albums of all time was Lou Gramm's album, Ready or Not
I think there is another explanation of the song. Something you have not heard of but I have it from a pretty reliable source. Loved your video!!
Sad to admit with song #2 20:01 I never heard this before. This is a true lesson for me. But the angst between Dennis and Tommy is legendary.
Yes I've never heard it before either. Gonna have to look it up. 🤔
Look it up!
@@ProfessorofRock- will do
I love this song, and his voice is amazing on it. I would make cassettes with different themes and this song was always in my love/melancholic ones. Professor, when you mention your Dad it always brings tears to my eyes remembering mine and how he taught me to love music.
I had forgotten about that song until I heard it here but I now I remember it
I had the cassette tape of your number 1 pick, I played that song over and over and over. Still love it today.
What kind of menu items describes a dove?…unless Dove is the main course. I heard those Concorde flights were over bougie back then.
Ha ha!
Midnight Blue has been one of my favorite songs since I first heard it on the radio back in 86 or 87.
It takes me right back to high school.
"In the Air Tonight" was one of the first videos played on MTV, broadcast several times during its first 24 hours.
That's right!
Yes.