*Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" story:* January 1980, Huntsville, AL, Grissom High School cafeteria. "Another Brick in the Wall" had recently been released and a few of the students started singing the children's chorus. Other students started joining in. Pretty soon, the whole cafeteria was singing the song. The teachers monitoring the cafeteria had never heard the song before and were terrified that this was some kind of uprising..."Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!" Police were called.
I was in kindergarten when this song came out and as if osmosis took over it seemed we all knew the chorus too 😂😂 I remember a few of us pushing our boundaries and chanting it as well one Friday. Teacher didn’t let us even get close to getting cops called but that is always a great memory for me. My parents didn’t listen to that sort of music and I have no idea how I knew it but we were all in on something.
I agree with you about that line. I used to think about that line often when my first marriage was crumbling… thinking about when we first married and I thought at that time that we’d always be together. Fortunately, I’ve since remarried and I’m much happier now
Gary Numan's Cars came on the radio last week when I was driving my 6th grade son to school. He started bobbing his head and grooving to the song. It was a great bonding moment with him, thanks to Numan. Such a great song, I've loved it since I first heard it on the radio when I was a kid myself.
If he likes metal, you should introduce him to Fear Factor's cover of it. Numan recorded vocals for it with them. It's so different stylistically, but is still the same outstanding song.
Holy moly...what a fabulous Top 10 you have there! Each song brings back great memories. Nothing like what our ears have to endure these days. The coolest thing is the variety of genre that are represented. Just awesome! Great job as always Prof!
Yes, Queen was one of those bands where every member could have been the heart of a really good band. That they lasted that long together is a testament to their friendship and their respect for each other. Other bands, with other people, ego would have torn them apart...
It was the best of times and it was the worst of times .... 1980 I became a "metalhead" labeled that by those around me. Hard year as I spent almost 11 months in the hospital having surgeries so that I could walk for the rest of my life. Now at 56 I look back and release how much I grew up that year and all that pain and struggle helped determine what kind of man I would be !
I've always said one of the most powerful lyrics ever was "wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" thank you professor for agreeing with me. I was so excited when you focused on that line! Keep up the good work!
The album Duke by Genesis was my go to album in 1980. It was the year I moved from California to Colorado in my mid 20s. "Turn It On Again" is such an emotionally packed song. I met my future husband shortly after moving to Colorado. Fogelberg’s "Longer" was the theme song for our wedding in 1981.❤️ Glad it was mentioned.
@@ProfessorofRock "Duke" is a great record. "Turn It On Again" is one of the best Genesis songs, but the whole thing (minus perhaps "Misunderstanding") is just a great listen from start to finish. The quieter songs are the best to me now.
Been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album Duke. Before that I didn't really understand any of their work, it was too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.
He certainly has aged well, handsome fella! I didn't know he was on the spectrum, but it makes sense. Probably one of the reasons I love his music and personality. I too find driving to be somewhat terrifying at times, especially since I'm very passive. I drive to town once or twice a month at most, because being around people is exhausting. I can't wait to get back home and hug my goats!
Another excellent entry into your library, Adam. Bob Seger is a poet and a forever classic. I enjoyed his time with the Eagles after Glen died. Sublime.
I lost my virginity to his song, "Night Moves". "We weren't in love, oh no, far from it We weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit We were just young and restless and bored..." That really did explain that situation perfectly! I had nothing in common with that boy, but he sure was cute. Every time "Night Moves" is on the radio, I can't help but smile, remembering his Monte Carlo with a too-small backseat and two dumb teenagers without a clue. Good times!😉
Akron Ohio's own Chrissy Hynde! Love the Pretenders. And an added bonus of a countdown episode. I am lucky to get my tests done early today. Thanks Professor! Have a great Thursday.
I graduated high school in 1979, and the 1980s music was EPIC! I believe that I am going to have to agree with your picks this time! Thank you for the trip down memory lane!!!
I think the decade you change from a child to an adult is always going to be your favourite. It was the eighties for me, no doubt. It started with me seeing Madness as a 15 year old in 1982, and ended with me seeing the Pixies at Reading in 1990, happy days.
1980 I was a 21 year old homesick, overworked and underpaid soldier. I'd lay on my bunk with headphones and escape into the music. Against the wind was one song that I loved and remember it taking me away from that place.
I can still remember riding on a bus coming home from a week long camping trip with my high school youth group. “Shook me all night long” was blasting from someone’s radio, and we were all singing it. It cracks me up when I think about how one of the guys who was singing it the loudest later became a priest. 🤟🏻
I was ten in 1980, and it took me some years to find out what "Brass in Pocket" meant. In my later years, I've found Frank Turner's music. His song "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous" has the line "We were paying with coppers to get our rounds in at the bar" and, from the context, its meaning was clear, and it reminded me of "Brass in Pocket."
Against The Wind by Bob Seger was used in the movie Forest Gump so perfectly. This countdown brings me back to the roller skating rink. Songs to roller dance.
AC/DC Back in Black was my wife of 42 year’s and mine summer of ‘81 dating album! Every weekend at the lake it blasted away on the boom box while we were making out or sailing in the wind. Every time we hear a song from that album it reminds us of that summer of romance, truly the sound track of the beginning of our everlasting relationship!
Man what a blast from the past. I still remember hearing Shook me all Night Long on the radio for the first time in the kitchen washing dishes working for my allowance or weekend beer money. The soundtrack for 1980 young, wild, and free at 16 y/o. What a year that was.
Man, 1980 was such a great year in music. I was in high school and bought my first three records that year: Glass Houses, Queen's Greatest Hits and The Game.
@ Yep, he was a protege' of Giordio Moroder. They both also contributed to the _Top Gun_ soundtrack--well, Moroder wrote "Take My Breathe Away," which was recorded by Berlin, and Faltermeyer did the actual soundtrack itself.
As an American woman, I loved Brass in Pocket - with no clue what the title meant, lol. It had the 'New Wave' sound. There is strength to a woman coming out of the 70s proclaiming to the world, "Im special. So special." and demanding what she wanted. "Ive got to have some of your attention, give it to me!" Graduated High School, class of 1980.
The 80's were my years especially from 1980 to 1983 which were my high school years i was into a lot of these artists both from radio and of course MTV and later VH1 with the Pretenders, Pete Townshend, Gary Numan, Bob Seger, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Loggins, Blondie, Queen, Pink Floyd and AC/DC as always thank you for the memories of rock, pop and other genres of music thank you Professor.🎶📻🎶
Finally got Frank Sinatra in an episode and an icon song that can't be denied even on a rock channel! This was my junior year in highschool and Loved your picks but wished Escape (The Pina Colada song) and Smokey Robinson 's Cruisin would have gotten an honorable mention. Great year for music!
I thought of those two songs but honestly hard because the flood gates were open with disco, rock, pop and country. What an awesome year. Commodore's and Spinners too
You do realize, don't you? - that the Piña Colada song is regularly voted as being among the most hated songs of the entire decade. Right? I always loathed it myself. But when I got a little older, I started looking at it from the perspective of the craft of songwriting. I do still loathe it! But objectively speaking, I also think it was brilliant. If anyone ever deserved to get rich from writing just one song, that guy is right up there. ... I do recall that PoR did an episode about him - but if you haven't seen it, I can't think of how to tell you to search for it, because as you know he always obscures his topics, only giving hints in the titles. Maybe if he's listening, he can tell you what the episode was called.
Omg I love You Shook Me All Night Long! I know the story. I have great memories of singing it in the car with friends in college after nickel beer night! Great times! Malcolm is indeed a fantastic riff and melody maker. Angus is an awesome guitarist too! ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
1980 was a great year for music! Three albums that consistently come to mind for me are Van Halen's Women and Children First, Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion, and Steely Dan's Gaucho.
yehlast sunday time warp radio show vh everybody wants some eds awesome solo lasy year i found a nice copy of passion pat neil gerardo great la sound city band
Against The Wind became my anthem the moment I heard it, and it has just gotten stronger with the passing of time. The high point of my concert-going was being there for a live performance.
Yes, Pretenders - great debut album 1980. "Mystery Achievement" is the best track on it for me. I remember playing Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open The Door" on my college radio station. I can't forget 1980 - Rush -"The Spirit of Radio"; The Police - "Don't Stand So Close to Me; Bruce Springsteen -"The Ties That Bind”; Tom Petty -"Here Comes My Girl”; Billy Joel -"It's Still Rock&Roll to Me"; John Lennon -"(Just Like) Starting Over"; Huey Lewis News -"Now Here's You".
mystery achievement always gets max volume treatment when it comes on...and then again...and again... just hope i'm not driving past any speed cameras at the time!
Love these tracks. These songs grab you right from the start. “Let my Love” is featured in one of my all time favourite movies Grosse Pointe Blank and it makes that scene so perfect when John and Minnie are dancing slow.
Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend a man for all generations. Hanging in there at age 79. Pete will turn 80 in May. Still writing, still playing his guitar, still singing, still performing live. Incredible performances from Woodstock to the Isle of W, to the Metropolitan Opera House to the Concert for Kampuchea.
I am 63and When you shook me all night long debuted on American top 40 I didn’t know who AC/DC was, but the song is captivating and infectious and now I’ve got a lot of AC/DC CDs
I got married in England in April 1986 and “New York, New York” when it hit the charts there - it was a huge hit then and became a signature track for our wedding at the reception
I remember back in the early 80s, there was a comercial for a car stereo. A couple kids driving, music full blast, windows open. As the camera pans out, you realize they’re driving the hearse with the deceased. A line of cars behind, probably friends and family. The song? Another one bites the dust.
Hahahahaha! I don't remember that one - I probably never saw it, not being all that regular aTV viewer. But I do remember that every once in a great great while, someone would make a TV commercial that was genuinely funny - like the one you just described. Thanks for that!
Off-topic, Adam, but today it occurred to me that 1971 also brought us the Doors’ “LA Woman”, as one of your recent videos on the topic came to mind. The story behind its recording is also great, by the way.
I made a 1980 Top Ten. Here goes: 1) Heartache Tonight. One of those songs you crank up in the car! 2) You May Be Right. Another song you crank up in the car. Might be BJ's best rocker. 3) Cruisin'. Smokey at his smoothest. 4) Crazy Little Thing Called Love. I thought it was Elvis the first time I heard it. 5) Another One Bites The Dust. THAT bass..........6) Coward Of The County. Few were better at the country story song than Kenny. 7) Off The Wall (single). Michael was set to explode. 8) The Long Run (single). For a long time I couldn't get this tune out of my head. 9) Shining Star. From the underrated and underappreciated Manhattans. 10) Take The Long Way Home. LOVE the opening riff!
Absolutely LOVE this song. “Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” It gives me chills whenever I hear it. So many times I’ve thought that. I worked for Capitol Records and I got to meet him, he is the loveliest person. Just a fabulous human being. One of the kindest famous persons I ever met. ❤
I love AC/DC. A friend of mine complained that all their songs are exactly the same but I argued that I could tell which song of theirs was being played within the first five seconds and proved it. That kind of shut him up.
IIRC, a lot of their songs tended to be written around a main riff. Whichever one of them it was who was writing them, he did indeed write a lot of outstanding, highly recognizable ones. And then of course there was Hell's Bells - which DID have a great riff, if the chiming wasn't enough of a hint.
Mal was the leader. The riffmaster. The driving force and dedicated to never changing their sound. He said we play rock n roll. Somebody once asked Angus if he thought he was the best guitatist in rock. Angus replied im not even the best guitarist in our band. Mals part in Thunderstruck impretty simple. But amazingly complex in the mix.
I remember seeing the video for "Brass In Pocket" when I was a kid. Chrissie Hynde played such a convincing part as a waitress that I thought she was a legit actress hired to play that part. I didn't realize that she was the actual lead singer until a few years later, when I saw The Pretenders playing live on a television show.
I wasn't born until '82 but 1980 had so much phenomenal music that set up the rest of the decade. The Cure's Seventeen Seconds dropped. An album that saw them start to shake off their post-punk persona and shift into the Goth gods we know and love. A Forrest will always be one of their stand out tracks for me and one that doesn't get enough love. The bass lines, the melody and Robert Smiths haunting vocals just made such a great track. 1980 also saw another underappreciated album; Sandinista by the Clash. What some people see as self-indulgent and meandering I see it as a band at the top their game; experimenting and embracing ska and dub. Both musical genres that were gaining a lot of traction in London, Camden and the UK as a whole. And talking about punk... this is also the year that Dead Kennedys dropped their debut album. Arguably kick-starting one of my favourite eras of punk. 80's American Hardcore. The fast and frenzied playing, Jello Biafra's lyrics and delivery. For me it stands with TSOL's Beneath The Shadows as one of the greatest American Hardcore albums of all time. Then there's Blizzard Of Oz, Iron Maiden, Heaven & Hell and British Steel. 4 albums that you could argue that ensured that 1980s were also going to be a decade of amazing Heavy Metal.
yes a friend of mine got seventeen seconds faith twofer 81 clash sandanista i have the 80 3lp set missing the liner notes so got just a few dollars cbd records many clash fans hate but has some of their best songs cbs records of course plus ozzy those metal records a said to other viewer we had aor indie radio so they played pretty much everything all genres agree por classic a forest last year got a used copy of cure show great version of a forest only show i attended was the dism tour encore primary and closer a forest
In elementary school we used to have a good guy's area where we could play records. Without a doubt, each week we'd hear Pink Floyd's the wall. It eventually got banned because the entire cafeteria would sing. "Hey teachers, leave us kids alone!" OAN: Brass in Pocket is my main karaoke song ❤
Great top ten! That’s so cool that you interviewed Gary Numan. I would love to see some interviews with some of the New Wave guys like Nick Beggs or Limahl from Kajagoogoo.
I’ve got a story from my late husband from his teen years. He lived and worked in Walnut Creek California at a movie theater during the day and at the McDonalds across the street at night. He was at the movie theater and Eddie Money with his wife came in to see The Color Purple. A few days latter while he was working his night shift at McDonalds Eddie came in with his wife while he was working the cash register and my husband was finally able to get his autograph on a special order ticket. I now have the autograph with several others from concert tickets and other musicians he had met in a very large picture frame in my office. It was one of his favorite stories and he would tell it fairly often with his buddies. He even has stories of running into Bill Walsh at the local hardware store in town several times, Bill Walsh being probably the greatest football coach of all time and was the coach for the 49er’s.
I'm from the UK. In 1980 I was 12 years old and in a British school. I hated school but I loved my childhood and I loved the 1970's and 1980's. As soon as I heard Another Brick In The Wall it sent chills down my spine and took me back to a very happy time. The name of a school principal in the UK was a Headmaster or Headmistress (nowaday's they are probably simply called a Head Teacher). A few years after this song came out we had a change of Headmistress to a new Headmaster. It was the Headmaster from that school in Islington.
mate i always think of the smiths headmaster ritual my introduction to uk schools was hawes primary kids all dressed alike same sedbergh young men white shirts black tie and trousers black loafers carried laptops books in a shoulder bag and a black blazer with the school emblem young men cafe sedbergh none had cell phones either just books 08 i took the commuter train manc airport local mate pointed out where marr rourke were from moz a few stops later ironically but yeh those students another brick in the wall lady i wemt with said strict regimen uk schools even in a small towm like hawes she had some postcards isling ton her late husband from old bramley leeds
Before Cars, Numan crafted the epic Concept Album “Replicas” containing classics like Down In The Park & Are Friends Electric? Hard to believe it’s drawn from the source material as the movie Blade Runner.
funny of all songs sinatra new york was on last week local radio and by coincidence rerum of married with children on yesterday love and marriage no sorry meant monday was fly me to the moon
Excellent year for albums... ACDC- Back on Black Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion Pretenders- debut Devo- Freedom of Choice Journey - Departure Billy Joel- Glass Houses Pink Floyd - The Wall Police- Zenyatta Mondatta
Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST SONG and/or ALBUM of 1980?
Let my love open the door
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell was pretty good.
Fame!
"Magic" Olivia Newton-John
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Seventeen Seconds from The Cure
(My 3rd Favorite Cure Album)
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Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
David Bowie
*Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" story:* January 1980, Huntsville, AL, Grissom High School cafeteria. "Another Brick in the Wall" had recently been released and a few of the students started singing the children's chorus. Other students started joining in. Pretty soon, the whole cafeteria was singing the song. The teachers monitoring the cafeteria had never heard the song before and were terrified that this was some kind of uprising..."Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!" Police were called.
😂😂😂
Haha!
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Awesome story lol
I was in kindergarten when this song came out and as if osmosis took over it seemed we all knew the chorus too 😂😂 I remember a few of us pushing our boundaries and chanting it as well one Friday. Teacher didn’t let us even get close to getting cops called but that is always a great memory for me. My parents didn’t listen to that sort of music and I have no idea how I knew it but we were all in on something.
"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" is one of the best lyrics ever. Against the Wind really grows in power as we get older.
To the heart and mind , ignorance is kind ....
A couple of follow up songs from Seger that hit a similar vein for me: "Like a Rock" and "Understanding".
I agree with you about that line. I used to think about that line often when my first marriage was crumbling… thinking about when we first married and I thought at that time that we’d always be together.
Fortunately, I’ve since remarried and I’m much happier now
Damn, same Seger.
My mom loved this song. She loved Bob all the way around I think lol
Gary Numan's Cars came on the radio last week when I was driving my 6th grade son to school. He started bobbing his head and grooving to the song. It was a great bonding moment with him, thanks to Numan. Such a great song, I've loved it since I first heard it on the radio when I was a kid myself.
For sure! What a classic!
Me too. I still have 45, lol.
Same here!
If he likes metal, you should introduce him to Fear Factor's cover of it. Numan recorded vocals for it with them. It's so different stylistically, but is still the same outstanding song.
Holy moly...what a fabulous Top 10 you have there! Each song brings back great memories. Nothing like what our ears have to endure these days. The coolest thing is the variety of genre that are represented. Just awesome! Great job as always Prof!
Thank you! I love sharing the music of this golden era.
Yes, Queen was one of those bands where every member could have been the heart of a really good band. That they lasted that long together is a testament to their friendship and their respect for each other. Other bands, with other people, ego would have torn them apart...
Amen!
It was the best of times and it was the worst of times .... 1980 I became a "metalhead" labeled that by those around me. Hard year as I spent almost 11 months in the hospital having surgeries so that I could walk for the rest of my life. Now at 56 I look back and release how much I grew up that year and all that pain and struggle helped determine what kind of man I would be !
Thanks Randy!
Glad you made it through. We’ve got your back Randy.
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@ Thank you
I remember in 1980 when kids back then would argue what was better, punk or metal.
I've always said one of the most powerful lyrics ever was "wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" thank you professor for agreeing with me. I was so excited when you focused on that line! Keep up the good work!
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The album Duke by Genesis was my go to album in 1980. It was the year I moved from California to Colorado in my mid 20s. "Turn It On Again" is such an emotionally packed song. I met my future husband shortly after moving to Colorado. Fogelberg’s "Longer" was the theme song for our wedding in 1981.❤️ Glad it was mentioned.
Great record!
@@ProfessorofRock "Duke" is a great record. "Turn It On Again" is one of the best Genesis songs, but the whole thing (minus perhaps "Misunderstanding") is just a great listen from start to finish. The quieter songs are the best to me now.
I love _Duke_ so much.
Been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album Duke. Before that I didn't really understand any of their work, it was too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent.
@@blebhan8213 Starts up chainsaw...lol
Cars was ahead of its time. Road rage and now we all are addicted to our smartphones! ❤
So true!
Our friends electric indeed. 😉
Check out the live Nine Inch Nails version of this where Gary fronts on vocals!!!
And friends after all are electric.
It's Fear Factory, not NIN...@@williamyates694
Seeing Gary Numan live (finally) back in 2023, was simply amazing!
yep, saw him in about 2006, he rules live!!
Right? He's still GOT IT!
@@DC8091 So good!
He certainly has aged well, handsome fella! I didn't know he was on the spectrum, but it makes sense. Probably one of the reasons I love his music and personality. I too find driving to be somewhat terrifying at times, especially since I'm very passive. I drive to town once or twice a month at most, because being around people is exhausting. I can't wait to get back home and hug my goats!
Is Numan Human?♥️
Another excellent entry into your library, Adam. Bob Seger is a poet and a forever classic. I enjoyed his time with the Eagles after Glen died. Sublime.
Thank you!
Just love Bob Seger . You could always tell it was him the minute the song started. That Voice. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Amen!
I lost my virginity to his song, "Night Moves".
"We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
We weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored..."
That really did explain that situation perfectly! I had nothing in common with that boy, but he sure was cute.
Every time "Night Moves" is on the radio, I can't help but smile, remembering his Monte Carlo with a too-small backseat and two dumb teenagers without a clue. Good times!😉
One of the best male voices of the 70s. Without a doubt
@ I can see how lol. One of my Favorites by him that and Why Don’t You Stay
Whoops. *Seger
Kudos, Professor, this is the FIRST time I realized that was Eddie Money singing on a Kenny Loggins record. Blew my mind.
Awesome!
@@ProfessorofRock Great work, man, keep it up!
Akron Ohio's own Chrissy Hynde! Love the Pretenders.
And an added bonus of a countdown episode. I am lucky to get my tests done early today.
Thanks Professor!
Have a great Thursday.
Thanks Roger!
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I graduated high school in 1979, and the 1980s music was EPIC! I believe that I am going to have to agree with your picks this time! Thank you for the trip down memory lane!!!
What a great way to kick off the greatest era of music. 80’s music is the best! This is a phenomenal list of some of my all time favorites.
No kidding!
I think the decade you change from a child to an adult is always going to be your favourite. It was the eighties for me, no doubt. It started with me seeing Madness as a 15 year old in 1982, and ended with me seeing the Pixies at Reading in 1990, happy days.
@@EyesofCustard I completely agree.
1980 I was a 21 year old homesick, overworked and underpaid soldier. I'd lay on my bunk with headphones and escape into the music. Against the wind was one song that I loved and remember it taking me away from that place.
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I can still remember riding on a bus coming home from a week long camping trip with my high school youth group. “Shook me all night long” was blasting from someone’s radio, and we were all singing it. It cracks me up when I think about how one of the guys who was singing it the loudest later became a priest. 🤟🏻
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I love watching your videos cause it helps me find cool songs to add to my Playlist. ❤
Breaking down the "Against the Wind" lyrics was beautiful, thanks for reminding us why we love the song so much.
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Woooooooooooooo! Great video!!! You should Do videos on some old country too! Unless you dont wanna… or some more 90s stuff too? Keep on Keepin On!!
Thanks!
I was ten in 1980, and it took me some years to find out what "Brass in Pocket" meant.
In my later years, I've found Frank Turner's music. His song "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous" has the line "We were paying with coppers to get our rounds in at the bar" and, from the context, its meaning was clear, and it reminded me of "Brass in Pocket."
Against The Wind by Bob Seger was used in the movie Forest Gump so perfectly.
This countdown brings me back to the roller skating rink. Songs to roller dance.
I loved it too!
I would definitely roller skate to a Chic song or Another One Bites the Dust!
Gary Numan is such a wonderful person to hear speak. I've always loved his interviews.
Cool!
He’s so cool…
1980! The year I was born! A great year for music as well.
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Wow. Didn’t know a lot of that. Remember every song well and loved all of them. You keep the surprises coming! Thank you.
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AC/DC Back in Black was my wife of 42 year’s and mine summer of ‘81 dating album! Every weekend at the lake it blasted away on the boom box while we were making out or sailing in the wind. Every time we hear a song from that album it reminds us of that summer of romance, truly the sound track of the beginning of our everlasting relationship!
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Man what a blast from the past. I still remember hearing Shook me all Night Long on the radio for the first time in the kitchen washing dishes working for my allowance or weekend beer money. The soundtrack for 1980 young, wild, and free at 16 y/o. What a year that was.
Thanks for listening!
Now more than ever, your channel is so important - and of course, very entertaining!
Thanks!
Bob Seger's music has aged so well.
He's become one of my favorites!
As has Bob himself. :)
My wife and I saw Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 3/10/07 Value City Arena Columbus, Oh. Hearing my favorite song "Turn The Page." Wow.
It sure has!
Like a fine wine
Man, 1980 was such a great year in music. I was in high school and bought my first three records that year: Glass Houses, Queen's Greatest Hits and The Game.
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Harold Faltermeyer's synth solo on "Call Me" is absolutely legendary. Hands down my all-time favorite synth solo.
I never knew that was him! I love that synth solo.
If you like that solo, you should listen to the Dr. Who theme.
@ Why? I know the Dr. Who theme quite well, but I don't understand the connection.
@ Yep, he was a protege' of Giordio Moroder. They both also contributed to the _Top Gun_ soundtrack--well, Moroder wrote "Take My Breathe Away," which was recorded by Berlin, and Faltermeyer did the actual soundtrack itself.
As an American woman, I loved Brass in Pocket - with no clue what the title meant, lol. It had the 'New Wave' sound. There is strength to a woman coming out of the 70s proclaiming to the world, "Im special. So special." and demanding what she wanted. "Ive got to have some of your attention, give it to me!" Graduated High School, class of 1980.
So did I. Music was great until we lost John Lennon😢
Thanks for your pov. Nice to hear.
THanks!
@@LisaGemini Very sad year.
The 80s Cruise was made for you! Hope to see you on board one!
The 80's were my years especially from 1980 to 1983 which were my high school years i was into a lot of these artists both from radio and of course MTV and later VH1 with the Pretenders, Pete Townshend,
Gary Numan, Bob Seger, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Loggins, Blondie,
Queen, Pink Floyd and AC/DC as always thank you for the memories of rock, pop and other genres of music thank you Professor.🎶📻🎶
ROGER!
All great artists.
Awesome year Professor! Great memories of my High School days! One of my favorite years in music!👍
Right on!
Good morning Professor and community! It's another lesson from a great year 1980.
Good morning!
Good morning
Good morning Robert.
Hello my friend!
@@Whisper_292 Hey Whisper!
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Ah yes 1980. Left school and started College. Very much a headbanger then.
Finally got Frank Sinatra in an episode and an icon song that can't be denied even on a rock channel! This was my junior year in highschool and Loved your picks but wished Escape (The Pina Colada song) and Smokey Robinson 's Cruisin would have gotten an honorable mention. Great year for music!
I thought of those two songs but honestly hard because the flood gates were open with disco, rock, pop and country. What an awesome year. Commodore's and Spinners too
You do realize, don't you? - that the Piña Colada song is regularly voted as being among the most hated songs of the entire decade. Right?
I always loathed it myself. But when I got a little older, I started looking at it from the perspective of the craft of songwriting. I do still loathe it! But objectively speaking, I also think it was brilliant. If anyone ever deserved to get rich from writing just one song, that guy is right up there.
... I do recall that PoR did an episode about him - but if you haven't seen it, I can't think of how to tell you to search for it, because as you know he always obscures his topics, only giving hints in the titles. Maybe if he's listening, he can tell you what the episode was called.
Omg I love You Shook Me All Night Long! I know the story. I have great memories of singing it in the car with friends in college after nickel beer night! Great times! Malcolm is indeed a fantastic riff and melody maker. Angus is an awesome guitarist too! ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
It's so good!
we probably did the same a bit snookered two dollar pitcher night the awesome young bros. guitars intro
These 6th grade songs are bringing back a lot of great memories of friends and girl crushes. Thanks for the memories, Professor.
1980 was a great year for music! Three albums that consistently come to mind for me are Van Halen's Women and Children First, Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion, and Steely Dan's Gaucho.
Thanks for watching!
Sail away with someone's daughter 👽🗿👽
@@marklar7551ha that was a good one last week om radio everybody wants some one of eddies best solos
yehlast sunday time warp radio show vh everybody wants some eds awesome solo lasy year i found a nice copy of passion pat neil gerardo great la sound city band
Against The Wind became my anthem the moment I heard it, and it has just gotten stronger with the passing of time. The high point of my concert-going was being there for a live performance.
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Yes, Pretenders - great debut album 1980. "Mystery Achievement" is the best track on it for me. I remember playing Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open The Door" on my college radio station. I can't forget 1980 - Rush -"The Spirit of Radio"; The Police - "Don't Stand So Close to Me; Bruce Springsteen -"The Ties That Bind”; Tom Petty -"Here Comes My Girl”; Billy Joel -"It's Still Rock&Roll to Me"; John Lennon -"(Just Like) Starting Over"; Huey Lewis News -"Now Here's You".
Amen!
mystery achievement always gets max volume treatment when it comes on...and then again...and again... just hope i'm not driving past any speed cameras at the time!
I've always liked "Tattooed Love Boys."
All great ones.
Love these tracks. These songs grab you right from the start. “Let my Love” is featured in one of my all time favourite movies Grosse Pointe Blank and it makes that scene so perfect when John and Minnie are dancing slow.
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Only 1980! Where/When else could you have Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd and AC/DC on the same top 10 list? Awesome!
Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend a man for all generations. Hanging in there at age 79. Pete will turn 80 in May. Still writing, still playing his guitar, still singing, still performing live. Incredible performances from Woodstock to the Isle of W, to the Metropolitan Opera House to the Concert for Kampuchea.
Rod Stewart just turned 80!
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🎵 Boom & the P. Of Rock drops! 🎵
Ha!
I am 63and When you shook me all night long debuted on American top 40 I didn’t know who AC/DC was, but the song is captivating and infectious and now I’ve got a lot of AC/DC CDs
Let my love open the door to your heart was the song I sang at my friends wedding . That was across street from Pat Benatars house.
Very cool!
Really?
I got married in England in April 1986 and “New York, New York” when it hit the charts there - it was a huge hit then and became a signature track for our wedding at the reception
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It's crazy how many important bands came out of Akron, Ohio: Chrissie Hynde, DEVO, Pere Ubu, The Cramps, The Waitresses, and The Black Keys.
THanks!
I saw Devo new years eve 1980. They were really good.
The last time I followed new music was 2010-15.
The Black Keys are one of the eras best.
WOW! Why isn’t Akron mentioned as a music city as much as Cleveland and Seattle and Minneapolis and NYC and the rest of the lite?
Professor, maybe you could do a few vids showcasing the bands by city.
I remember back in the early 80s, there was a comercial for a car stereo. A couple kids driving, music full blast, windows open. As the camera pans out, you realize they’re driving the hearse with the deceased. A line of cars behind, probably friends and family. The song? Another one bites the dust.
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Hahahahaha! I don't remember that one - I probably never saw it, not being all that regular aTV viewer. But I do remember that every once in a great great while, someone would make a TV commercial that was genuinely funny - like the one you just described. Thanks for that!
Off-topic, Adam, but today it occurred to me that 1971 also brought us the Doors’ “LA Woman”, as one of your recent videos on the topic came to mind. The story behind its recording is also great, by the way.
I know! I got an earful from Robby Krieger about it! It was COOL
Love that song!
I made a 1980 Top Ten. Here goes: 1) Heartache Tonight. One of those songs you crank up in the car! 2) You May Be Right. Another song you crank up in the car. Might be BJ's best rocker. 3) Cruisin'. Smokey at his smoothest. 4) Crazy Little Thing Called Love. I thought it was Elvis the first time I heard it. 5) Another One Bites The Dust. THAT bass..........6) Coward Of The County. Few were better at the country story song than Kenny. 7) Off The Wall (single). Michael was set to explode. 8) The Long Run (single). For a long time I couldn't get this tune out of my head. 9) Shining Star. From the underrated and underappreciated Manhattans. 10) Take The Long Way Home. LOVE the opening riff!
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Had to pause the video to go and listen to "Let my love open the door." Classic.
I automatically think of the getting pregnant scene in ‘look who’s talking’… ❤❤😂😂
Caddyshack! Everytime I hear I'm Alright I think of that movie. 🎤🎸🇨🇦
YES!
AC/DC on top! No doubt❤
Absolutely LOVE this song. “Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” It gives me chills whenever I hear it. So many times I’ve thought that. I worked for Capitol Records and I got to meet him, he is the loveliest person. Just a fabulous human being. One of the kindest famous persons I ever met. ❤
I would live the summer of 1980 for 99 years if I could. Great music great memories 😎
I hear ya!
I wouldn’t. I was 6 and had a crap time with the kids in school. I wasn’t really focusing on the music of the time. Although I did soon thereafter
Yes. I was wishing I was older so I could have appreciated the songs even more. Kinda spoiled, assuming the great music would never end.
I love AC/DC. A friend of mine complained that all their songs are exactly the same but I argued that I could tell which song of theirs was being played within the first five seconds and proved it. That kind of shut him up.
IIRC, a lot of their songs tended to be written around a main riff. Whichever one of them it was who was writing them, he did indeed write a lot of outstanding, highly recognizable ones.
And then of course there was Hell's Bells - which DID have a great riff, if the chiming wasn't enough of a hint.
For us in the west, "Brass In The Pocket" means a whole other brass! Almost Friday! 🤠
I always thought it was brass knuckles!
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Thanks for bringing back great memories!
Boy you brought me back to the 80s when you mentioned the magazine Cream. I also remember Hit Parader
"CREEM" yup. 👍
yes was telling por our local indie store sells vintage creem hit parade rolling stones spin
Mal was the leader. The riffmaster. The driving force and dedicated to never changing their sound.
He said we play rock n roll.
Somebody once asked Angus if he thought he was the best guitatist in rock. Angus replied im not even the best guitarist in our band.
Mals part in Thunderstruck impretty simple. But amazingly complex in the mix.
Still love those first 2 Pretenders lp's 🔥
Ues, they were fresh and chimney
One of the greatest debut albums EVER .
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Absolutely!
yes middle of the road on in the car last week you have to sing the whoooh ooh ohh part
You can listen thoughtfully to a bop and dance at the same time.
I remember seeing the video for "Brass In Pocket" when I was a kid. Chrissie Hynde played such a convincing part as a waitress that I thought she was a legit actress hired to play that part. I didn't realize that she was the actual lead singer until a few years later, when I saw The Pretenders playing live on a television show.
So good!
You brought me back to my last year in highschool. Thanks Professor!
I am a Gen Xer and I had no Idea new york new york wasn't from the 50s.
Rock on!
Same here!
Me either
Me neither. I actually appreciate the YOUTH of New York, New York.
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“Cars” blew me away in the 7th grade. I couldn’t get enough of it.
Greetings Profesor Rock 🎼🎵🥁🎸 Rock Is King 🎼🎵🥁🎸
I wasn't born until '82 but 1980 had so much phenomenal music that set up the rest of the decade. The Cure's Seventeen Seconds dropped. An album that saw them start to shake off their post-punk persona and shift into the Goth gods we know and love. A Forrest will always be one of their stand out tracks for me and one that doesn't get enough love. The bass lines, the melody and Robert Smiths haunting vocals just made such a great track. 1980 also saw another underappreciated album; Sandinista by the Clash. What some people see as self-indulgent and meandering I see it as a band at the top their game; experimenting and embracing ska and dub. Both musical genres that were gaining a lot of traction in London, Camden and the UK as a whole. And talking about punk... this is also the year that Dead Kennedys dropped their debut album. Arguably kick-starting one of my favourite eras of punk. 80's American Hardcore. The fast and frenzied playing, Jello Biafra's lyrics and delivery. For me it stands with TSOL's Beneath The Shadows as one of the greatest American Hardcore albums of all time. Then there's Blizzard Of Oz, Iron Maiden, Heaven & Hell and British Steel. 4 albums that you could argue that ensured that 1980s were also going to be a decade of amazing Heavy Metal.
Love A FOREST!
yes a friend of mine got seventeen seconds faith twofer 81 clash sandanista i have the 80 3lp set missing the liner notes so got just a few dollars cbd records many clash fans hate but has some of their best songs cbs records of course plus ozzy those metal records a said to other viewer we had aor indie radio so they played pretty much everything all genres agree por classic a forest last year got a used copy of cure show great version of a forest only show i attended was the dism tour encore primary and closer a forest
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Is a great list. How well I remember the popularity of those songs. One song I believe that could have made this list... Starting Over by John Lennon.
In elementary school we used to have a good guy's area where we could play records. Without a doubt, each week we'd hear Pink Floyd's the wall. It eventually got banned because the entire cafeteria would sing. "Hey teachers, leave us kids alone!"
OAN: Brass in Pocket is my main karaoke song ❤
You and Scarlett Johanson (in Lost In Translation)
One of my very favorite top 10 lists!
Chrisy Hines and the PRETENDERS - OG G.O.A.T !!!!!!
When I meet this girl who was from LA and moved to be with her mom and we met in highschool. The Pretenders was the one group we both agreed on.
Really looking forward to this one! Age 14 in 1980. Thanks professor 👍
Numan, Segar & The Chairman back to back, now we’re talkin! Heh sounds like one of my playlists 🤘🤘
Ha ha!
It’s so fabulous! Haha!
Cars is like one of my first musical memories. I was 4 when this was out and still love that song.
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To me the 80s music is the best of all times
To me it's the '70s. That decade had the most diverse, widest range of styles and genres than any other decade.
@warrenmilford6848 let's just say late 70s to 80s
Great top ten! That’s so cool that you interviewed Gary Numan. I would love to see some interviews with some of the New Wave guys like Nick Beggs or Limahl from Kajagoogoo.
I’ve got a story from my late husband from his teen years. He lived and worked in Walnut Creek California at a movie theater during the day and at the McDonalds across the street at night. He was at the movie theater and Eddie Money with his wife came in to see The Color Purple. A few days latter while he was working his night shift at McDonalds Eddie came in with his wife while he was working the cash register and my husband was finally able to get his autograph on a special order ticket. I now have the autograph with several others from concert tickets and other musicians he had met in a very large picture frame in my office. It was one of his favorite stories and he would tell it fairly often with his buddies.
He even has stories of running into Bill Walsh at the local hardware store in town several times, Bill Walsh being probably the greatest football coach of all time and was the coach for the 49er’s.
Thanks for sharing! Peace to you!
Thank you for sharing your memories! ❤
Every time I watch this channel I have a list of songs to go find when it's over!😂
In 1980 someone would had to explain it too me!! I was young!!
The year I graduated High school. Great music that year.
Another great one my brother profess 👍 Bob Seger had such great music he was a master at what he did just like Phil Collins 👍💪🔥
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Great choice for #1 It is one of my all time favorites rock songs.
I thought brass in pocket meant she had a set of brass knuckles on her.
I can understand!
That what I thought too
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I'm from the UK. In 1980 I was 12 years old and in a British school. I hated school but I loved my childhood and I loved the 1970's and 1980's. As soon as I heard Another Brick In The Wall it sent chills down my spine and took me back to a very happy time. The name of a school principal in the UK was a Headmaster or Headmistress (nowaday's they are probably simply called a Head Teacher). A few years after this song came out we had a change of Headmistress to a new Headmaster. It was the Headmaster from that school in Islington.
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mate i always think of the smiths headmaster ritual my introduction to uk schools was hawes primary kids all dressed alike same sedbergh young men white shirts black tie and trousers black loafers carried laptops books in a shoulder bag and a black blazer with the school emblem young men cafe sedbergh none had cell phones either just books 08 i took the commuter train manc airport local mate pointed out where marr rourke were from moz a few stops later ironically but yeh those students another brick in the wall lady i wemt with said strict regimen uk schools even in a small towm like hawes she had some postcards isling ton her late husband from old bramley leeds
31:28 Was there something missing there?
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I think his editor missed the clip that was supposed to go there.
"Another Brick in the Wall" has a disco beat? Mind. Blown.
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Before Cars, Numan crafted the epic Concept Album “Replicas” containing classics like Down In The Park & Are Friends Electric?
Hard to believe it’s drawn from the source material as the movie Blade Runner.
Down in the Park is one of my favorite songs ever!
This one was awesome Professor. Man I the 80's
Frank Sinatra is kept out of the Rock N’Roll Hall Of Fame and yet, they put people who don’t even sing in there now.
no shit, he shoulda been in the first year
He's the single biggest influence in music history. The swagger and the voice is more rock and roll than anything!
Amen!
I know, it’s so ridic!
funny of all songs sinatra new york was on last week local radio and by coincidence rerum of married with children on yesterday love and marriage no sorry meant monday was fly me to the moon
Some of the songs are older than I had thought (Brass on Pocket, Against the Wind), but I thought that New York, New York was much older.
Excellent year for albums...
ACDC- Back on Black
Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion
Pretenders- debut
Devo- Freedom of Choice
Journey - Departure
Billy Joel- Glass Houses
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Police- Zenyatta Mondatta
FLAVE!
Great taste! (Have six of those myself... 🙄)
I really enjoyed this show Adam, thanks so much. PS you can’t ever go wrong with Bob Seger.
❤❤❤ Great stuff ❤❤❤ keep doing what you’re doing❤❤❤
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