The Romantics - What I Like About You (Video)

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  • @Ludlam19
    @Ludlam19 Рік тому +661

    To play the drums while singing this high-energy song is true talent. Song never gets old.

    • @F.HeatherJoseph
      @F.HeatherJoseph 9 місяців тому +10

      It's true , 🇨🇦🎶❤️🦅

    • @tonykimble3848
      @tonykimble3848 9 місяців тому

      Remined me of Peter Criss. . .

    • @IrishMan441
      @IrishMan441 9 місяців тому +19

      And being the ultra rare left handed drummer was well.

    • @Linda-e7w8i
      @Linda-e7w8i 8 місяців тому +6

      You got that right

    • @banxious
      @banxious 8 місяців тому +6

      The vocal track on this video is 100% done in the studio. That's not the way that mic sounds, or the way the voice would come out with his head moving around and drum sticks flying by. Here it is actually done live. ua-cam.com/video/DVwNl0qRzZM/v-deo.html

  • @hmackie6823
    @hmackie6823 2 роки тому +38

    another great Detroit Band

    • @dougaustin1328
      @dougaustin1328 20 днів тому

      Yep!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @Ariovistus1
    @Ariovistus1 5 років тому +2501

    Got to Love a Drummer who can sing and play Drums simultaneously! Have to keep a Beat and a Melody ! The mark of True Talent!

  • @palcanon6888
    @palcanon6888 Рік тому +906

    I'm a 70 yr old African American old as lady and what I like about this song is it's purity. No gimmicks. Just plain good music and musicians!

    • @stevebc957
      @stevebc957 Рік тому +45

      Gotta love a guy who beats his drums like they owe him money. 😆

    • @garycallihan4206
      @garycallihan4206 Рік тому +15

      I remember this song with a an ex-wife in Norfolk, VA...at a concert....damn good...around 1982.

    • @palcanon6888
      @palcanon6888 Рік тому +8

      Ha Ha Ha Ha Thanks

    • @johnparks75
      @johnparks75 Рік тому +5

      Imom

    • @lisamcbride8921
      @lisamcbride8921 Рік тому +18

      Remember music has no color! ❤

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 8 місяців тому +71

    This is just a really feel good song.❤❤

  • @elthe3rd
    @elthe3rd 8 років тому +3304

    Talented rockers. Very rare to see a drummer singing lead too!

    • @tallrnu
      @tallrnu 8 років тому +112

      Phil Collins comes to mind (probably one of the best Drummer/Singers).

    • @motorcityman401
      @motorcityman401 8 років тому +80

      +tallrnu
      Naw.....best drummer singer is Don Henley from EAGLES, but Jimmy from Romantics is good too.
      ALSO drummer from NIGHT RANGER was good.

    • @Jeffnham
      @Jeffnham 8 років тому +44

      Peter Rivera from Rare Earth, and also Don Brewer from Grand Funk Railroad. More Michigan greats!

    • @mayodec
      @mayodec 8 років тому +30

      also The Monkees

    • @crazyman8472
      @crazyman8472 8 років тому +12

      +tallrnu Yeah, but Phil came out from behind the drums to take center stage. This guy, not so much. 😜

  • @jordanbrooks8164
    @jordanbrooks8164 Рік тому +299

    I was blown away when I saw this music video and discovered that the drummer was the lead vocalist. Many ppl don’t understand how difficult it is to play drums and sing that well at the same time

    • @johnferlazzo3315
      @johnferlazzo3315 Рік тому +10

      Drummers🥁Rule! We Use Both Hemispheres of Our Brain🤯Rock Hard😎Gen_X

    • @KittyGrizGriz
      @KittyGrizGriz 11 місяців тому +9

      Same thing with bassists, love the drumming-singing here, it’s GREAT!! 🎉

    • @molturnal
      @molturnal 9 місяців тому +2

      Occasionally,but in live both Wally and Jimmy sing it. Drummer also sings in Rock You Up

    • @heliodorogarciagarcia1973
      @heliodorogarciagarcia1973 8 місяців тому +1

      But he made it seems so easy!

    • @WALTERBROADDUS
      @WALTERBROADDUS 7 місяців тому +7

      It's a very small number of people who can sing lead and drum. Karen Carpenter and Sheila E come to mind.🥁

  • @CoreyGallant-h7x
    @CoreyGallant-h7x 2 місяці тому +24

    There is nothing greater than a lead vocals songwriter who kicks all kind of ass on drums.

    • @lenaanderson2295
      @lenaanderson2295 2 місяці тому

      ❤❤❤

    • @dougaustin1328
      @dougaustin1328 20 днів тому

      Talent!!!!!!!!!!!!° qaaaaaa%#+&=÷&"#!

    • @markzack7838
      @markzack7838 7 днів тому +2

      Your dam straight!!!! I drum and it's hard to sing and drum any song....

    • @lenaanderson2295
      @lenaanderson2295 7 днів тому

      @markzack7838 I saw The Romantics live in 1981. They were fantastic, and that began my love of drummers that sing.
      I'm not sure if you've heard about The Elvis Brothers. They opened for TR.
      Good times I was in high-school.

  • @suzannadannaTARDIS
    @suzannadannaTARDIS 4 роки тому +1828

    Never gets old. One of my 'instantly makes me happy' songs.

  • @b.w.barbee2269
    @b.w.barbee2269 5 місяців тому +101

    I am 76 and these guys are GREAT!!!.......That harp makes this song!!!.....PLAY.....it......LOUD!!!

  • @TomMannis
    @TomMannis 2 роки тому +290

    My God. Still sounds fresh after decades. Classic.

    • @stevenrobert8567
      @stevenrobert8567 Рік тому +5

      Everything was better before the Net, and now AI is going fuk up music, art, actors, the world.

    • @kellyhall2325
      @kellyhall2325 Рік тому +2

      You're whispering in my ear

    • @stevenrobert8567
      @stevenrobert8567 Рік тому +1

      @@kellyhall2325 can you hear me twinkling.

    • @rileyjones3703
      @rileyjones3703 Рік тому +2

      ​@@stevenrobert8567 Agreed. If we weren't sure before that we weren't gonna ever get great music and art like this again, AI has removed all doubt.

    • @PedroCampos-r1j
      @PedroCampos-r1j 7 місяців тому +1

      Hey sonnng.

  • @cheflegere
    @cheflegere 6 місяців тому +191

    3 guitars, a drum set and that wailing harmonica. Great 80's song. The song that gets everybody on the dance floor.

  • @michellebobier4471
    @michellebobier4471 11 місяців тому +39

    Man, this band was tight. Like a well-oiled machine. So much energy and so much fun.

    • @timfronimos459
      @timfronimos459 4 місяці тому +2

      not the same band without drummer Jimmy Marinos.

  • @tschriv
    @tschriv 6 місяців тому +123

    I saw these guys live in 88, and NO-ONE was sitting when this song played. Everyone dancing in the aisles, on their seats. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.

    • @andyevans2336
      @andyevans2336 5 місяців тому +2

      Worked that tour! Rockin' show indeed

    • @jspee1965
      @jspee1965 5 місяців тому +2

      Word.

    • @tranzco1173
      @tranzco1173 5 місяців тому

      Wow, a whole arena of people with really bad taste? Must have been sucky/good for you.

    • @josefinagarza241
      @josefinagarza241 4 місяці тому +1

      That harmonic ❤aye

    • @653j521
      @653j521 4 місяці тому

      Used for South Dakota on the 2024 DNC roll call dance party.

  • @carobinsonrobinson3109
    @carobinsonrobinson3109 5 років тому +790

    I want to buy a ticket to the 80s please.

    • @krisjohnson5804
      @krisjohnson5804 5 років тому +7

      I'd step into the time warp.lol

    • @stevejohnson1577
      @stevejohnson1577 5 років тому +3

      Nahhh i was a teen in the 80s... ill pass

    • @raymondweaver8526
      @raymondweaver8526 5 років тому +9

      Graduated HS in 82 and undergrad in 86...sign me up

    • @d.hayward5232
      @d.hayward5232 5 років тому +12

      @@stevejohnson1577
      So was I - can I have your ticket? LOL...

    • @fredgerken8095
      @fredgerken8095 5 років тому +12

      College in late 70's, early 80's. You will not believe how much fun you will have on that trip!

  • @slicplaya
    @slicplaya 2 роки тому +41

    Always love the rare drummer lead singing

  • @robertprevite9806
    @robertprevite9806 Рік тому +45

    Pure, simple, direct, unadulterated rock 'n roll. So rare today.

  • @pigletjt
    @pigletjt 3 місяці тому +21

    Met these guys in a small bar in the early 90's, they were just average guys having fun, not hitting on the girls, just hanging out drinking and enjoying life, I was a fan before but left that night with a new respect.

  • @rockytopronnie
    @rockytopronnie 2 роки тому +184

    Love the high energy of this band!

    • @lindahoeymakers8898
      @lindahoeymakers8898 2 роки тому +1

      Wow.....I LIKE THIs IT"S THE SPOUND.................................................................................................................SOUND..............

  • @petebellini1511
    @petebellini1511 Місяць тому +17

    Straight up rock and roll. Where has it gone?

  • @rtrepsas
    @rtrepsas 7 місяців тому +39

    Wikipedia - "What I Like About You" is a song by American rock band the Romantics. Written by band members Wally Palmar, Mike Skill and Jimmy Marinos in 1979, the song is included on the band's self-titled debut album (1980), and was also released as a single in late 1979. Marinos, the band's drummer, is the lead vocalist on the song. The band filmed a music video for the song that appeared frequently on MTV during the early 1980s.

    • @tranzco1173
      @tranzco1173 5 місяців тому +2

      Wow, what else can you copy and paste off Wikipedia? How about "NOT OK BOOMER"?

  • @sprezzatura8755
    @sprezzatura8755 6 місяців тому +166

    Everything a rock and roll song should be: fast, loud and short.

    • @prontsc
      @prontsc 6 місяців тому +11

      And no politics or social statements

    • @davidjenkins2691
      @davidjenkins2691 5 місяців тому +6

      Good points, short and sweet. Just like this tune.

    • @JeriHallbergHarmon
      @JeriHallbergHarmon 3 місяці тому +4

      2024 still Dynamic !!!!!!

    • @tedecker3792
      @tedecker3792 Місяць тому +2

      Like my ex.

  • @bobfenton8814
    @bobfenton8814 4 роки тому +409

    I'm 73 and this song still has me jumping around. Just love this song. Makes you want to dance and rock!!

  • @winston7920
    @winston7920 7 місяців тому +42

    That harmonica tho! Every piece of this song rocks! Timeless feel good!

  • @andyrosten5914
    @andyrosten5914 4 роки тому +118

    I'm shocked that this never made the top 40. One of the greatest rock songs ever. Can never sit still when I hear it.

    • @toddstroger9505
      @toddstroger9505 2 роки тому +2

      I'm pretty sure it made the top 40 or I wouldn't have heard it.

    • @andyrosten5914
      @andyrosten5914 2 роки тому +2

      @@toddstroger9505 Nope. Only made #49 on hot 100

    • @toddstroger9505
      @toddstroger9505 2 роки тому +2

      @@andyrosten5914 what a crime. Maybe I was hip and didn't know it.

    • @usualsuspects42
      @usualsuspects42 Рік тому +2

      @@andyrosten5914 wow. surprised.

    • @PedroCampos-r1j
      @PedroCampos-r1j 7 місяців тому

      Giiitewhime himinite tvunte fawetim hutew miceam.

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 7 місяців тому +110

    The 80s rocked.

    • @rockyracoon3233
      @rockyracoon3233 7 місяців тому +2

      Like no other decade!

    • @stevenrobert8567
      @stevenrobert8567 7 місяців тому +3

      to be young again, ahh....

    • @LynnConrad-084
      @LynnConrad-084 6 місяців тому +3

      Not as much as the '70's, but this is a great song!

    • @tranzco1173
      @tranzco1173 5 місяців тому

      What I loved was all the AIDS and parachute pants. Such a magical time.

    • @RufusdaDufus-q6u
      @RufusdaDufus-q6u 4 місяці тому +1

      @@LynnConrad-084 Sorry but the 80s got this one

  • @Nunyaaa.a
    @Nunyaaa.a Рік тому +14

    Woke up this morning singing this! Haven't heard this in years

  • @manubet100
    @manubet100 2 роки тому +125

    A Masterpiece of rock and roll. Great job the Romántics!!! Pure energy, rithm and talent. Greetings of Perú.

  • @stevebono9058
    @stevebono9058 Рік тому +10

    That drummer is a talented wild man! Awesome

  • @PureJoyful
    @PureJoyful 4 місяці тому +67

    Who's else is still watching and listening to this amazing classic video?

    • @lisaparsons4124
      @lisaparsons4124 3 місяці тому +4

      Still listening in 2024

    • @7071t6
      @7071t6 3 місяці тому +2

      yep nothing beats the 1980's full stop, other than maybe remix versions of all the 1980's hits. ✌✌🦘🦘 2024.

    • @benardlawrence7679
      @benardlawrence7679 3 місяці тому

      Still listening in 2030​@@lisaparsons4124

  • @bradbeck4223
    @bradbeck4223 2 роки тому +56

    Brings me back to Better days. Fantastic Music!!! The 1980s music kicked ass....

    • @barrykime5580
      @barrykime5580 Рік тому +1

      The seventies and eighties best music ever.

    • @bradbeck4223
      @bradbeck4223 Рік тому +1

      @@barrykime5580 So True, some of the best music was made in the 1970s.

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar 3 роки тому +513

    An amazing GUITAR STRUMFEST!

    • @jesussoto1256
      @jesussoto1256 3 роки тому +5

      Cheyenne orviso

    • @donniefrye3649
      @donniefrye3649 3 роки тому +1

      My mother loved her some COZ

    • @Bassman97
      @Bassman97 3 роки тому +4

      Yessir! I also wanna say I love your video of Green Onions cover!

    • @tammymorton6213
      @tammymorton6213 3 роки тому +11

      What about the drummer? He nails this on the drums and lead vocals!

    • @thegreenbird795
      @thegreenbird795 3 роки тому +1

      this band always reminded ne of the Hollies

  • @esportswomen
    @esportswomen 2 роки тому +24

    Classic. Top 100 Songs Of All Time.

  • @benmaharaj6854
    @benmaharaj6854 4 роки тому +61

    I've heard this song many times but not until now did I realize how much energy they put into it. Can you imagine bringing it like this in concert after concert? Impressive

  • @stcharlesanglicanchurchhun8643
    @stcharlesanglicanchurchhun8643 Місяць тому +11

    when music was fun and the bands had true talent!

  • @vintageflyfisher
    @vintageflyfisher 6 місяців тому +25

    I was 20 when this came out. 80’s were fun!!!
    And the music still makes me feel alive!!!

  • @johnnyvlee
    @johnnyvlee 3 роки тому +148

    The rhythm playing on this song - especially the intro - is freaking fantastic. It's one thing to be able to mimic it but these guys came up with this. The picking approach and choice of chord voicings creates SO MUCH energy. I've seen a lot of cover bands do pale imitations, but never seen anyone but the Romantics do justice to this song.
    I've seen them live in a big venue and I've seen them on a day they'd probably like to forget at FSU campus - for me it was awesome to see them up close and personal but it was clear that this gig was not set up to do them justice.

    • @carolwickowski7169
      @carolwickowski7169 2 роки тому +14

      My grandma loved this song at 93 she would get up and dance
      She asked me who dose this song and told her it was the
      Romantics. We played it at her wake, I know she was up their dancing we all pictured her kicking up her feet and smiling and clamping her hands together in joyfullness, this song is PURE ROCK & ROLL, precise,
      harmony, soulful, a master piece
      One for all the ages
      TIMELESS LUV U GrandMa

    • @JohnnyRamonesT-Shirt
      @JohnnyRamonesT-Shirt 2 роки тому +8

      Especially with that rhythm section being played with a Rickenbacker 325 too. One of the best for rhythm, for obvious reasons.

    • @davebryan8416
      @davebryan8416 2 роки тому +2

      Agreed. I’ve been trying to learn that intro for the past couple days and the strumming and chord changes make it a pretty tough one to get down properly.

    • @johnnyvlee
      @johnnyvlee 2 роки тому +2

      @@davebryan8416 I'm sure you know this, but your best bet is to loop the intro and play it at 1/2 speed (or less?) over and over until you cannot get it wrong (i.e. until you're so sick of it you never want to hear it again! LOL!). Then start doing it at a slightly faster speed. Rinse/repeat until full speed.

    • @rodney7979
      @rodney7979 Рік тому +1

      Stay out of my yard though!!!

  • @tamiweber9409
    @tamiweber9409 Рік тому +48

    The drummers expressions ❤ singing, beating the drums and that scream is "Priceless." Today you still want to get up and "Dance" to this "Classic."❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @stevenrobert8567
      @stevenrobert8567 7 місяців тому

      This song is forever and then some. (--:

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 5 місяців тому

      I think his Dad was the lead singer of the Animals.

    • @tranzco1173
      @tranzco1173 5 місяців тому

      He looks like his taking a really constipated shit the whole time! Priceless.

  • @gracehoffman6058
    @gracehoffman6058 3 місяці тому +13

    fantastic song, back in the day when music was great, not the stuff of today, bring it back

  • @spookedhorse
    @spookedhorse 3 роки тому +68

    Don't matter how many times I've heard this.......such a rockin' song.
    that "Hey" is belted out in all the right places. This song smokes.

  • @zmanftw
    @zmanftw 4 роки тому +415

    This song's actually better if you think about someone you love or have a crush on.

    • @FritzHu420
      @FritzHu420 4 роки тому +16

      Been doing it for years

    • @ddrissel
      @ddrissel 4 роки тому +24

      I think I have a crush on the drummer in this song. Hah

    • @vitotms4865
      @vitotms4865 4 роки тому

      So very true cabrey thinking about u

    • @JW-hn5nt
      @JW-hn5nt 3 роки тому +7

      that's what I like about me

    • @xmanclan
      @xmanclan 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks for reminding me that no one like me 😀

  • @linasbutcher1914
    @linasbutcher1914 Рік тому +404

    This song still rocks in 2023. Such raw talent and energy to match. It’s a timeless classic that’ll live on forever. #NeverForgetThe80s 💖💖💖

    • @danniflood812
      @danniflood812 Рік тому +3

      I am so in love with you and you turn away, you got nothing to say, your tongue is tied in knots. Take a crow bar to your heart and pry it loose just don't blow a fuse your life is lived below

    • @rashadjonas229
      @rashadjonas229 Рік тому

      @@danniflood812 wow are those Justin Bieber lyrics

    • @rashadjonas229
      @rashadjonas229 Рік тому

      @linasbutcher 1914 yeah this song still Rocks. The Jonas brothers song sucker Sounds Like this song

    • @jonmacneil1350
      @jonmacneil1350 Рік тому +3

      I only discovered it about a month ago, I’m 40 so not sure how I’ve missed it up to this point, absolutely brilliant wee song..

    • @ksvoiceoveractingandmore
      @ksvoiceoveractingandmore Рік тому +1

      Applebees food brought me here

  • @peterwright871
    @peterwright871 Рік тому +142

    This is the best 3 minutes of Rock & Roll ever recorded. Its perfect & stands the test of time. Every move by the band is just outstanding. Look at the opening move by the drummer in the background, followed by everything the band does after that. It just rocks. Wow!

    • @kaila62kaila
      @kaila62kaila Рік тому +6

      I'm listening now and I agree!

    • @jeffreywilliamson79
      @jeffreywilliamson79 Рік тому +8

      It also sounds just like the music from Neil Diamond's song "Cherry". Just thought I'd mention that in case nobody else ever noticed this.

    • @Individual245
      @Individual245 Рік тому +2

      You said it very well. So true. TRUE Rock & Roll.

    • @alphalax7747
      @alphalax7747 Рік тому

      Are you insane?

    • @cynsi7604
      @cynsi7604 Рік тому +2

      @@jeffreywilliamson79 Wow, I haven’t heard that song in ages! I was in 5th grade (1973) & my friend’s dad work for a radio station or something back in the day & she brought a butt load of 45s over for me and this was one of them! Thanks for the blast from the past. ✌🏻

  • @conniewiesemann2246
    @conniewiesemann2246 2 місяці тому +15

    Love the old rock ❤❤ this was one of the great ones!! Makes you want to dance I'm 72!

  • @carolynbryant1658
    @carolynbryant1658 3 роки тому +42

    Saw these guys live at Massey Hall a million years ago. One of the best live bands I've ever seen.

  • @micahclawrence
    @micahclawrence 2 роки тому +33

    Underrated band.

  • @ClassicTVMan1981X
    @ClassicTVMan1981X Рік тому +23

    Co-written by drummer Jimmy Marinos and guitarist Mike Skill; lead vocals by Jimmy Marinos. Harmonica solo by Wally Palmar, who was the rhythm guitarist and was also usually the band's lead singer.

  • @marcosgonzalez4525
    @marcosgonzalez4525 Рік тому +16

    Alive and kicking here at 70 ! I can still move and rock to this !

  • @GSXK4
    @GSXK4 4 роки тому +40

    Jimmy Marinos great vocals. And funny facial expressions.

  • @christiane.g.4142
    @christiane.g.4142 5 місяців тому +36

    4 talented Italian-American musicians from Detroit

    • @JuanMejia-zo4dy
      @JuanMejia-zo4dy 5 місяців тому +3

      Actually the lead singer of the band, Wally Palmer, is from Ukranian immigrant parents.

    • @gib59er56
      @gib59er56 5 місяців тому

      @@JuanMejia-zo4dy Thank you.

    • @gib59er56
      @gib59er56 4 місяці тому

      @@stevenrobert8567 you,

    • @stevenrobert8567
      @stevenrobert8567 4 місяці тому

      @@JuanMejia-zo4dy This America, and we damn well do not care about that. Dig?

    • @timfronimos459
      @timfronimos459 4 місяці тому

      Jimmy Marinos is Greek American.

  • @rickkernell6131
    @rickkernell6131 7 років тому +453

    Not a big Romantics fan but this song has to go down as a rock anthem...

    • @danbam3411
      @danbam3411 5 років тому +7

      Rick Kernell I’m not too keen on their later material like “Talking in Your Sleep” but I was just listening to their self-titled Romantics album and tbh, it’s pretty damn good. Very “no bs” rock and down to the point.
      I highly recommend it.

    • @rkernell
      @rkernell 5 років тому

      @@danbam3411 I will have to listen to it.Thanks...

    • @raymondweaver8526
      @raymondweaver8526 5 років тому +1

      Reminds me of the Ramones

    • @hmackie6823
      @hmackie6823 5 років тому +5

      another fine band out of Michigan...I told u...it's in the soul...I mean soil

    • @hmackie6823
      @hmackie6823 5 років тому

      have u listened to "One in a Million"...I think u'd like it :)

  • @djarock93
    @djarock93 5 років тому +230

    How can you possibly keep still when that song comes on? Still one of the best ever made!
    This song rocks!!, and it's sadly underrated...

    • @jezzdogg6857
      @jezzdogg6857 5 років тому

      Im here after seeing Trump :)

    • @wendystwitter7199
      @wendystwitter7199 5 років тому +4

      It’s very well known, how is it underrated? I’m not taking away from it tho, I love this song

    • @daveg4236
      @daveg4236 5 років тому +1

      Underrated? Nooooooo

    • @heavnnnsent
      @heavnnnsent 3 роки тому

      Underrated? They didn't even rate it yet.... pretty insane

    • @Dahlia4777
      @Dahlia4777 3 роки тому

      I was trying to run a brake press with this song jamming in my head...... needless to say my parts didn't come out right and my boss thinks I'm nuts!😎

  • @Soundmanfh
    @Soundmanfh 7 місяців тому +14

    It is my absolute favorite song to play for any 3 minute filler. It always fits, no matter the show or event.

  • @RdyVt05
    @RdyVt05 6 місяців тому +2

    I was 13 when this timeless gem was released!! Never get tired of listening to their music!! Awesome band!

  • @strat8333
    @strat8333 8 років тому +18

    Great performance!! Drummer singing lead and nailing it. Thanks guys.

  • @Rick_Foley
    @Rick_Foley 5 років тому +3101

    This song got me evicted from two dorms, one apartment, three home owners associations and two retirement communities.

    • @Arakasi22
      @Arakasi22 5 років тому +403

      Have them play it at your funeral so you can get kicked out of there and live forever.

    • @debbieritter1551
      @debbieritter1551 5 років тому +61

      Hahaha .... I hear ya .... good one! Rock on ... you know you'll never be kicked off of YT and turn it up as loud as you want .... I (nor any of the rest of us) sure don't mind! I think it'd be cool to be your neighbor if you rock on to great music! :)

    • @wadesaleeby2172
      @wadesaleeby2172 5 років тому +28

      Rock on!

    • @johnmorale4
      @johnmorale4 5 років тому +20

      Funny...but agree

    • @Thunderlion-yd4nv
      @Thunderlion-yd4nv 5 років тому +6

      You could have refused to leave.

  • @iamhistorygeek
    @iamhistorygeek 6 років тому +70

    Got straight up chills when I saw the harmonica player playing. Dude now I see this song differently other than just hearing it on the radio. It's legit musicianship.

  • @jimmccoy8947
    @jimmccoy8947 7 місяців тому +6

    A lefty singing drummer. That’s awesome.

  • @alejandrolongopas8685
    @alejandrolongopas8685 8 років тому +56

    This is the closest thing to enjoying the music!
    The drummer is a great motivator!

  • @MILUNGAO
    @MILUNGAO 2 роки тому +309

    80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !

    • @Krausecrew
      @Krausecrew 2 роки тому +7

      EVEN 90's MUSIC NEVER DIES

    • @dumbumbumbum8649
      @dumbumbumbum8649 2 роки тому +2

      It’s kind of hard for something that was never alive to die. Now tortoises. There’s something with an impressive life span

    • @brianvincentdoucet4273
      @brianvincentdoucet4273 2 роки тому

      Never die indeed!

    • @zubilize
      @zubilize 2 роки тому +4

      60/70s >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 80s

    • @monkeydui7241
      @monkeydui7241 2 роки тому +5

      True but technically this is 1979

  • @mikesimon3585
    @mikesimon3585 7 років тому +182

    The drummer from The Romantics, Jimmy Marino's was an amazing powerful physical drummer! He is the man!

    • @HiTechOilCo
      @HiTechOilCo 5 років тому +7

      IS an amazingly powerful physical drummer! :)

    • @delshoemaker7616
      @delshoemaker7616 5 років тому

      Hard to drum and sing! Try it!

    • @basketbabe7
      @basketbabe7 5 років тому +3

      He’s my husbands uncle.

    • @balanb312
      @balanb312 5 років тому

      That 's Jimmy Marino. Okay.

    • @agustin.54
      @agustin.54 5 років тому

      True, what also impressed me about his drumming style is that being right handed uses his left to mark the rhythm and the right on the snare

  • @KittyGrizGriz
    @KittyGrizGriz Рік тому +3

    Lead singer~drummer’s are fabulous, I like when he starts whispering “that’s what I like about you” ~getting softer & softer with the fade out . . .

  • @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442
    @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442 4 роки тому +434

    Who else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one🖐🏼✌🏼️

  • @joesmith5302
    @joesmith5302 5 років тому +136

    Rock the way it's supposed to be ... young, energetic, rhythmic and movin.

  • @dakotaslim
    @dakotaslim 6 місяців тому +27

    The rare perfect song.

    • @keithhayes844
      @keithhayes844 4 місяці тому

      I don’t often agree with statements like that, but in this case I must

    • @alans9806
      @alans9806 Місяць тому

      Perfect pop:
      1 a melody that hits you straight away
      2 chorus that's repeated just twice
      3 it's short and makes you want more

  • @GTH321
    @GTH321 27 днів тому +2

    It went to one of the worst times to be alive to the greatest, awesome way to go out.

  • @leslie1010
    @leslie1010 5 років тому +36

    I remember when I was in high school and this would come on at a party -- everyone would get up to dance. I never knew the drummer did the lead singing. What an timeless, awesome song!

  • @MisterJackson-so9lo
    @MisterJackson-so9lo Рік тому +34

    How blessed I was to have grown up in the generation where creativity was at an all time high and real ingredients were used quick in food. This classic is still killer.

  • @omarvgarcia
    @omarvgarcia 3 роки тому +95

    I loved the 80's! I feel somewhat sorry for those that didn't live through them. It was great!

    • @Just_another_Euro_dude
      @Just_another_Euro_dude 3 роки тому +3

      I lived through most of them... As a toddler. Shit.

    • @slugface322
      @slugface322 3 роки тому +4

      Best danged decade of my life

    • @ZOSO900
      @ZOSO900 2 роки тому +2

      I was born at the tail end unfortunatley. Technically an 80's baby, but my first memories are sometime in '91.

    • @omarvgarcia
      @omarvgarcia Рік тому

      @@ZOSO900 Still a great time fo music

    • @virginiasanchis1717
      @virginiasanchis1717 21 день тому

      1979 🤟🏼

  • @terrycrotts2522
    @terrycrotts2522 4 місяці тому +3

    Freaking harmonica at 1:35 was ear gasm

  • @mcds54
    @mcds54 2 роки тому +30

    Can't help dancing when I hear this song.... brings me to life!

  • @mikehawk8276
    @mikehawk8276 8 років тому +499

    drummer singer legit

    • @jtelefunken7
      @jtelefunken7 8 років тому

      Kingdom Come///

    • @sgtgiggles
      @sgtgiggles 7 років тому

      SavageBoy69Alt Genesis did that too, though they weren't my cup of tea

    • @o-d-cole4088
      @o-d-cole4088 7 років тому +1

      The Eagles - Hotel California.
      The drummer was the singer

    • @Gerkinstock
      @Gerkinstock 7 років тому +1

      Did Phil Collins ever play and sing live?

    • @artdeco18
      @artdeco18 7 років тому +1

      There was a band called the Monkees... their drummer was a singer too.... oh... and a band called the Band had a drummer that could sing... Karen Carpenter was a drummer...

  • @PuppySweets9
    @PuppySweets9 11 років тому +15

    omfg thanks for sending me here ash .. i hope 5sos cover this :)

  • @rongreen4231
    @rongreen4231 6 місяців тому +6

    That's Rock n Roll. Pure and simple. Killer tune.

  • @AudioFileZ
    @AudioFileZ 5 років тому +10

    Frickin' off the charts great single. This is one of my favorite songs and videos ever. OK, I was born in '60, but this stuff is timelessly fantastic. One time where the video actually propelled the song into an even higher gear. This may be the most perfect garage rock song ever!

  • @darrenbedford9346
    @darrenbedford9346 2 роки тому +31

    A classic that always makes you move and groove ! Hey !

  • @adriansmith8572
    @adriansmith8572 Рік тому +17

    Brilliant song. I recall it well.

  • @cheryljimenez8963
    @cheryljimenez8963 Рік тому +5

    Singing AND PLAYING THE DRUMS HELL YEAH!!

  • @xxorionobitxx3992
    @xxorionobitxx3992 10 місяців тому +38

    Who's ever listening to this. You Have an Amazing taste in music. Keep searching 60s and 70s music the attention and comments would hopefully keep those decades alive. ROCK ON!!

  • @viking22
    @viking22 2 роки тому +70

    Love the energy and the feeling of just having a blast at what you do. Rock on guys. Still one of my favorite bands.

  • @sirthomas1001
    @sirthomas1001 10 місяців тому +57

    I find it so cool that the drummer is the lead singer!

  • @TWayneD1020
    @TWayneD1020 10 місяців тому +1

    One of my happy feel good songs of all time !! Thank you so very much !!!

  • @fameliartunes844
    @fameliartunes844 8 років тому +114

    These people are so talented!

    • @nataliesanchez847
      @nataliesanchez847 8 років тому +1

      iabsurdchicken Hi

    • @StMichael7
      @StMichael7 8 років тому +1

      Natalie Sanchez 😉

    • @bethmahoney6259
      @bethmahoney6259 8 років тому +1

      SampanChicken sing with me

    • @lostsoulline
      @lostsoulline 6 років тому

      They are but it’s easy to play on drums, the chords E, A, D in the pattern E, A, D, A the whole way through.

  • @declanhandley-byrne4335
    @declanhandley-byrne4335 4 роки тому +644

    It's not easy to organically work a harmonica into a classic rock song, but somehow, the Romantics did it flawlessly

    • @burkewillis
      @burkewillis 3 роки тому +6

      You must like the Pretenders Middle of the Road: ua-cam.com/video/hONtmFgh3IQ/v-deo.html

    • @dougbroad7847
      @dougbroad7847 3 роки тому +17

      what about Black Sabbath's the Wizard

    • @covakk
      @covakk 2 роки тому +16

      The beatles also

    • @Spgonahan
      @Spgonahan 2 роки тому +8

      When the Levee Breaks

    • @declanhandley-byrne4335
      @declanhandley-byrne4335 2 роки тому +1

      @@Spgonahan Good point

  • @therealdibabe
    @therealdibabe 4 роки тому +355

    Love how they are all just playing their hearts out. The energy in their performance here is something every new artist should watch. The shoulder turn at the end of the song, too. Just magic. This song is timeless and I hope the guys are doing well and that they are happy that they had such a MONSTER hit that still stands the test of time. #DetroitRocks #❤️TheRomantics

    • @sheilameyers152
      @sheilameyers152 2 роки тому +5

      What I like about you…..is multi-fold!

    • @brianvincentdoucet4273
      @brianvincentdoucet4273 2 роки тому +5

      1980s music will live on!

    • @davedriscoll6324
      @davedriscoll6324 2 роки тому +5

      lol yea dude really gets the role in his videos!

    • @kingarthur4ever
      @kingarthur4ever Рік тому +4

      They were such a great bar band....used to see them in South Chicago every time they came to town. Energy level 200%, nobody sat down, the air was all sweat, suds and rock 'n' roll for hours!

    • @SuperbonyTheCat
      @SuperbonyTheCat Рік тому

  • @day500champ15
    @day500champ15 7 років тому +18

    There is one thing this song has that no cover has ever done justice.
    That f***en awesome harmonica solo! Until a cover can match that, this original will always be the best, period.

  • @felixramos3078
    @felixramos3078 Рік тому +1

    Man, that drummer is amazing! It reminds me the original drummer of the Who's Band, Keith Moon.

  • @guyinsf
    @guyinsf 2 роки тому +10

    One of those immortal songs that epitomize rock and roll!

  • @Danny-xp6wf
    @Danny-xp6wf Рік тому +68

    If you're here in 2023, you are legend. Rock on.

    • @talon1706
      @talon1706 11 місяців тому +2

      I am. You too.

    • @1nfamyX
      @1nfamyX 11 місяців тому +4

      2024. I have this song, have had it for a long time, but the music video itself is so hype i come back to watch it periodically 😆

    • @dillonpitt
      @dillonpitt 7 місяців тому

      I'm here!

    • @Debi-gz1nq
      @Debi-gz1nq 6 місяців тому +1

      July 4th 2024 Happy 4th ❤️🤍💙

    • @monicadoran3092
      @monicadoran3092 Місяць тому

      November 23, 2024

  • @danaventura5998
    @danaventura5998 11 місяців тому +12

    Such a great party song.

  • @ChrisMilne-pc8ij
    @ChrisMilne-pc8ij Місяць тому +4

    It is the best song

  • @nacona5114
    @nacona5114 2 роки тому +10

    Biggest kick-ass song of the 80s!!! Never get tired of it!

  • @leestamm3187
    @leestamm3187 Рік тому +10

    If you have any sense of rhythm at all, this song will find it.

  • @robcampbell698
    @robcampbell698 5 років тому +35

    I consider this great song to be definitive of Rock and Roll. It will live on forever.

    • @ttgyuioo
      @ttgyuioo 3 роки тому

      Rock and roll never dies... Neil young.

  • @holtridge7337
    @holtridge7337 Місяць тому +2

    This song has been stuck in my head all night.

  • @Cynthia-eu7yu
    @Cynthia-eu7yu Рік тому +52

    My gosh, I forgot how crazy good these guys really were. I'm a boomer and I adore 80's rock.

  • @garla5851
    @garla5851 7 місяців тому +18

    SO MANY PHENOMENAL GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL MUSICAL TALENT IN THE 70’S ,80’S, and 90’s !!🤗

  • @Rob954ever
    @Rob954ever 2 роки тому +87

    This song had a nostalgic feeling to it back when it was originally released in 1980.... Now it's true groovin' nostalgia. Great song! 😎👍🏼

    • @johnanderson8046
      @johnanderson8046 2 роки тому +6

      Exactly! Its a eighties song with a sixties feel.

    • @Doperooni
      @Doperooni Рік тому

      It came out the year I was born. Yet I really DON'T know how to dance. :(

    • @luchilds
      @luchilds Рік тому +2

      Definitely has a 60s sound the back-up singers and the tune

  • @jeanetteanderson3339
    @jeanetteanderson3339 Місяць тому +7

    Yep ME. 2024.GREAT SONG.AMAZING beat and vocals!!!

  • @YZ250W1
    @YZ250W1 8 років тому +29

    I was 15 when this came out, simple and ageless. Loved it then and still do today. The only reason I'm here is this song and the band.