We were the cool ones, I swear that era can't be repeated. There just so many things that made us unique, the list is as follows Run DMC, Van Halen, Prince & Purple Rain, Madonna, Michel Jackson, Springsteen, Beastie Boys, Hall & Oates, Motley Crue, Quuen, Pet Shop Boys, UB40, Foreigner,NXS, LL Cool J, St Elmos, Terminator, Sudden Impact, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, Nightmare on Elm Street, Coming to America, Beverly's Hil Copl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Glory Halloween, and a list of video games like Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Super Mario. Turbo, Frogger and a million other things
@autumnbarajas9819 I can't define being an 80s kid to ther generations we were left to our own adventures we thought arach other the mistakes we learned on our own and grew up to idipendent free thinkers we didn't even know what race or color or class identity was we were all just kids having fun together
I still love the boundless optimism of the 80s. That feeling that life itself was a wonderful adventure and if you had the courage to take the reigns you could have it all.
Yes! Women began to know our value, we were all very hopeful about the explosion of technology, options widening, the world getting more accessible, but not too much so like today. We still had to go through more channels for things, but it taught us skills to last a lifetime. Gen X and very early millennials know this was a unique transition time that was so very special
Released in 1985 just after my parents' bought there first home in the summer of that year - was about to start second grade in a new school district. This song is still burning in me 39 years later!!
Carry on Fellow Gen Xer - I am of your time too - Unlike the Boomers and Millennials nobody speaks about us but our awesome music is still here speaking for itself!
@SSKRevCom, we're the same age!! Holy Guacamole Dip!! That was such an amazing and awesome decade!! ❤ Really wish I could go back to the Awesome 80's!!! Times were so much better and less stress and so freaking much fun!!! And the MUSIC was the BEST!!! Idc what anyone says!! The 80's wins all the time HANDS DOWN!!!! ❤❤❤
I am SO happy that I got to grow up in the 80's and I'm so grateful that I got to hear these songs when they first came out. The memories I have attached to this song are AMAZING
I was ten. My Dad was in his prime at 41 years old. Now I'm 49 and Dad is gone, but listening to this it's almost like I'm ten again and he's still here.
John Parr's 'St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)' isn't just a song; it's an anthem for the relentless pursuit of dreams, the fiery passion that drives us forward against all odds. As we listen, we're reminded that within each of us lies the power to ignite change, to become the 'man in motion' propelling ourselves towards greatness. Let this timeless classic be more than just a melody; let it be the spark that ignites your inner fire.
The song was actually inspired by a man who went around the world in a wheel chair. The line, I can be a man in motion all I needs this pair of wheels, was not artistic license but the attitude of the songs subject.
My childhood and adolescence were difficult due to years of turmoil and tragedy in my family. I had to grow up fast and felt like I was mostly on my own. I made it through due to a few good friends and the awesome music of that era. I'm much better as an adult now. This was one of my anthems. The lyric "you broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man". I live by that
@@zootsoot2006 did you mean 200 years after declaring independence from the British !? 🤔. Back to the music .yes it was amazing and i am blessed to have it as a soundtrack to my life ! keep 80's music alive CHEERS .mate
I love how distinctive each decade was. 70's, 80's, 90's, etc. The 80's really added a modern feel to what the 70's had started, and absolutely paved the way for the 90's to come in hot. The 80's added a lot more guitar distortion, and electronic boosts to music in general. It's amazing how you can place the decade on a lot of music from these decades, and the 00's as well.
I turned 21 in the summer of 1980. I got to spend my 20's enjoying this decade. What a great time I had. The music, movies, etc. and yes Reagan, it was a magical decade in my life. I'll always cherish the 80's. YT, thanks for the memories.
I've just been listening to classics for my whole life in the car so my music taste is stuck in the 80's even though I didn't even see the 2000's decade.
I introduced myself 76 year old Dad to this tune in the car the other day, he cranked it up and turned up to give me a lift the next day playing it! Salute to my Dad!
Sorry Claire, but how do you introduce a man who was only 36 years old when this song came out. What was he living in a hole in the ground in the 80's. I am 20 years younger and even I know this song. I think you are telling lies or your dad was so drugged stuffed that he couldn't tell what year he was in. STOP YOUR LIES GIRL.
The aesthetic of the 80s seems like it was more like 82-92. Takes a couple years for the feeling and the pop culture of a decade to really kick in (and the early 90s still seemed 80s)
Suuuure it was. Bar the impending nuclear doom, the ranging Aids epidemic, the War on Drug kicking into full steam, the race riots, the death of the Rust Belt, the various waves of terrorism sweeping across Europe, the crime rate being off the charts, the lead in the water etc. The bestest of times.
Being young in the 80's was a great time, no social media crap, great music on the radio, and not to mention no mobile phones. It was a great time to be alive. The kids today don't know what they have missed. These are crazy times. Stay Safe everyone.
You said it. I graduated HS in 90’. I got to live my youth in the best decade ever. Wish I could go back and stay there. Those were the best times ever.
@@jasonlommen4769 I will build a time machine and we all go back, and have a great time. Because you are right, they were the best years to be alive in. Miss my youth and the great music.
This takes me back to when I met my husband Gareth in the 80's. We had 34 yrs together lost him to cancer at 58 yrs old this takes me back to those lovely times. Love you Gar miss you love ❤️❤️
' jus nuts ' you don't need to be a squaddie to relate to them lyrics !!! people in the ' real world ' probably have a lot more experience to relate to these lyrics !!! Most ex squaddies I know have repressed there emotions/feelings that long they don't know how they really feel !!! just saying!!! Feel free to tell me I'm wrong,
This song was actually inspired by the life story of a paraplegic Canadian Rick Hansen, whose ambitions for a better world for disabled people like him, made him tour around the world(on his wheelchair) to raise funds and awareness on spinal cord injuries which he suffered from his teenage years. His tour was called 'Man in Motion', it's also here in yt
I was 6 when the 80's ended, had no idea I was in the last great decade... I need an island, and 80's lovers to populate it with. No social media, mobile phones, just glorious music and hair.
I say the same thing about the 90's that when the music went completely wild and experimental until the entire industry died at the turn of the millennium
Not me Christopher. I was born the first week of 81, so that makes me one of the oldest millennials on the planet lol. I remember the 80s like it was yesterday. I was obsessed with the culture back then, and I still am.👍
Look at what is going on in this video and in the song's lyrics, what kind of values were they celebrating? What kind of values are we celebrating today?
Sou de 1976 e vivi minha infância nos anos 80 intensamente e parece que foi ontem.Anos 80 estão encalacrados na minha alma! Estou com um copo de limonada na minha mão,me saúda também??? Abraços do Brasil!
I was born in 87. I’ve always loved 80s music to the music nowadays. Resonates with me so much proper lyrics that really cut deep. It’s like when I hear them I instantly feel happy
There are great musicians who are producing great songs today, but they're not being marketed publicly or by anyone with the influential means to draw attention to them and it is by design in my opinion.
Do you know why we miss the 80s, because we were young and beautiful, we had the world in front of us life was a mystery, and now we are pushing 60ty.....
@@the406seadonkey6 Its really nasty shit and for everyone on it, get help and get off. Life's tough enough without dealing with illegal drugs along with it. God Bless.
Born in 63 in lived through the 70's and 80's and that fabulous music will never return. What nowadays is called a musical talent, through some talent show (where the whole repertoire exists of one copied song) wouldn't even stand in the shadow of these wonderfull musical years.
There are a few 80’s songs that can instantly transport me back to the 80’s. This is one of them. My mom driving me to baseball practice or swimming lessons in the summer as a kid. Great time to grow up.
@@rzh3369 Not the guy you were responding to, and I was born in 2001 lol. But if I can contribute, I would also list off Danger Zone, Playing With The Boys, and I'm Free(Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins. Then Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man, I Need You Tonight, all by ZZ Top from Eliminator. Photograph and Rock of Ages by Def Leppard. Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross (1979 but still pretty great). Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean. And finally, Big Log by Robert Plant.
Bon Jovi (during 80’s), Survivor, Journey, Ozzy Osborne, Mr Mister, Winger, REO Speedwagon, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Queen…Eagles, Pink Floyd …and that’s just immediately off the top of my tires and forgetful brain right now. I have no doubt I’ve not even named the best ones yet lol so many
God I miss the 80s. Born in 79, my entire childhood was the 80s. We had hope that we could do anything in America!!! 🇺🇸 I miss we we had hope and life was an adventure. Why do you think so many of us are all feeling the same exact way!?
Fun fact: The reason this was so motivational is because it was inspired by a man in a wheel chair. David Foster and John Parr were contracted to write a song for the film but Parr struggled with inspiration for the lyrics. Foster showed Parr a news clip about the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the "Man in Motion Tour." Parr decided to help the campaign by writing words that would fit vaguely with the film, but which directly referenced Hansen's efforts. Although public attention was low at the beginning of the tour, Hansen soon attracted international media attention as he progressed on a 26-month trek, logging 40,075 km through 34 countries on four continents (North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia) before crossing Canada. He averaged 8 hours of wheeling and 85 km a day. He was also inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and was one of the final torchbearers in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
It was funny because the song had nothing to do with that disaster of a film. I too looked up the origin of the song and found this info, making the song that is detached from the movie, make sense lol.
Coming back to listen to this as it's helping me deal with a back break-up, especially where it says " you broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man " then " once in your life a man has his time, and my time is now I'm coming alive " Guys going through breakups, hang in there, always a better tomorrow. Namaste
@JL keeping the 80's fire alive , a great era for all of us who grew up around this era it was an incredible time for music , fashion , games and other trends [alright maybe the fashion doesn't hold up very well ] it always does sem better looking back on it NOStalgia always need a slice of that to make my days lighter , don't let the fire go out be safe CHEERS mate!!
@@pvtrichter88 It will never go out. Clothes and hair were no problem back when we were in them. If you had 3 Sisters like me, the cloud of hair spray in the bathroom (and I used a shit ton of it) could settle on and extinguish CHERNOBYL after "he's delirious." Seriously the cloud would beat that fire like it owed Dyatlov money.
This is one of those songs that gives me goosebumps. Why don't they make songs like this anymore? I miss the days when songs were uplifting, inspiring, that made you feel like shooting for stars. That made believe anything was possible.
Call me crazy but I truly believe that during the 80s, earth was passing through a very positive energy zone in our Universe. I mean everything was great in general, music, movies, family, people could take a joke without getting offended, etc… What a great time it was to be alive and growing up! Miss those days!!
It was an unbelievable time to be alive and in your 20's. There was plenty of EVERYTHING to go around and believe me when i say that me and my friends took full advantage of all of it. Im 57 years old now and for the life of me i have no idea how im alive. Honestly brother,i never expected to live this long. Im glad im still here though.
@@wayneerickson6178 I hear you Wayne, those times will never come back and we are lucky to have lived in those days. I wish we get to see some positive changes in our society!
This movie and there song brings back two feelings: 1) sadness that those times are gone and we live in such a confusing and complicated time and 2) grateful for those times. The 80s seem so pure compare to these days.
Seemed pure perhaps. Was pure...well depends on what circles you ran in. Everything was on the table in the 80's. Decadence of every sort was readily available if that was your jam. If it wasn't that was fine as well. Most of it was never recorded certainly not on cell phones so what happened at the party stayed at the party one might say.
@@jenniferdriggs8719 I was only 10 in 1989 but some buddies and I would have the radio on every Saturday night at work and we'd all bet when St. Elmo's Fire would be played on the retro jam. We'd have some little prize for the winner.
I loved it all. The excitement, the heartaches, the fashion, the music, (MTV when it used to just play music videos)the lessons, the cruising, the crushes, the innocence, all of it! And my 25 year old daughter loves it all, now as well! I had a "Brat Pack" friend group of my own. I don't regret one minute of it! Class of '89
"Brat Pack" is what I think this group of young actors in the '80s was called, it was a wordplay/reference to the "Rat Pack" of the '60s, that was Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, & Joey Bishop. I agree that '80s music was the best, & love this film!
I loved it. I was a preteen, trying desperately to look 17 when I was 12 lol. But I had that Demi Moore (in this film) look. Very Madonna, but I had really long hair I would crimp, and had big bangs. lol-best time EVER! 😎
I was born on this day, september 9th , 1985. this was the song that was topping the world charts. 39YRS later, I can feel the energy in me. i am a man in motion
You can watch all these clips from the 80's all day, and they are great..... but it will never give you the 100% picture of what it was like to grow up from 1980-1989. Unbelievable time that will never be repeated.
1980s where times where motion picture artist actually participate in the official music video. You dont see that anymore. I was born in 1990. But growing up with 80s and 90s music was truly a blessing. Thanks to UA-cam, I am able to access all these beautiful music from the past decades alot easier. 90s generation are probably the last generation that could appreciate music from the past century.
There was something so innocent about the 80s. Freedom of expression was everywhere in fashion, music and tv and you could be yourself without fear of judgement or prejudice. Everyone was in their own lane living their own lives and we had no internet to warp our brains or openly share our opinions about everything and everyone that didn’t concern us. I’m so glad I was born in this era, everything about today makes me crave the old days so bad, we were living our best lives and didn’t even know it 😢
Hindsight is always 2020 The first PFAs from Teflon pans were poisoning us while we innocently cooked our no brand canned goods with lead seams. Which we traded for BPAs. Don't blind yourself, see the truth
This song always hits me in my gut....HARD!! Brings back so many memories. Being a young woman...Hell...being young PERIOD in the 80s was a blessing from God.
"Play the game, you know you can't quit until its won..... Soldier on, only YOU can do what must be done...." These words gave me me the motivation to finish my Masters degree during COVID-19 lockdowns... "Just once in his life, a man has his time... And my time is NOW and I coming alive....." and boy have I ever. Now this song is the soundtrack of my life :)
I've only just graduated high school, and yet I was raised on the music of the 1980s and 1990s. This song in particular has always been a favorite of mine.
Me too! I was in elementary as well! Those days will NEVER come back. So sad these kids will not have that innocence. Yea, it wasn't perfect, but I still found it awesome! Great! Happy 50! I will be fifty this year. 🙂
The 80's was just as great as us Gen-X says it was. I'm very grateful that I was there to experience it. Great memories. Thank you.
I can feel st elmos burning in me
agreed bicyclist. the good ole days
@@raven4k998🔥
I am very grateful for having been young during that time. I
We were the cool ones, I swear that era can't be repeated. There just so many things that made us unique, the list is as follows Run DMC, Van Halen, Prince & Purple Rain, Madonna, Michel Jackson, Springsteen, Beastie Boys, Hall & Oates, Motley Crue, Quuen, Pet Shop Boys, UB40, Foreigner,NXS, LL Cool J, St Elmos, Terminator, Sudden Impact, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, Nightmare on Elm Street, Coming to America, Beverly's Hil Copl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Glory Halloween, and a list of video games like Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Super Mario. Turbo, Frogger and a million other things
The 80's- 90's just had an atmosphere about it...u felt it...i miss how it felt
Like anything was possible.
A little piece of the soundtrack of my life
@autumnbarajas9819 I can't define being an 80s kid to ther generations we were left to our own adventures we thought arach other the mistakes we learned on our own and grew up to idipendent free thinkers we didn't even know what race or color or class identity was we were all just kids having fun together
All of us do
Good comment yea really felt it
I still love the boundless optimism of the 80s. That feeling that life itself was a wonderful adventure and if you had the courage to take the reigns you could have it all.
I recall the same feeling of optimism and freedom I felt in the 90s.
amen
That is so true!! So young were we, so optimistic. Love this musical time machine!
This comment!! I'm born in 1994 and would kill to have been born 20 years earlier, music wise
Yes! Women began to know our value, we were all very hopeful about the explosion of technology, options widening, the world getting more accessible, but not too much so like today. We still had to go through more channels for things, but it taught us skills to last a lifetime. Gen X and very early millennials know this was a unique transition time that was so very special
Released in 1985 just after my parents' bought there first home in the summer of that year - was about to start second grade in a new school district. This song is still burning in me 39 years later!!
"Their"
Carry on Fellow Gen Xer - I am of your time too - Unlike the Boomers and Millennials nobody speaks about us but our awesome music is still here speaking for itself!
@SSKRevCom, we're the same age!!
Holy Guacamole Dip!!
That was such an amazing and awesome decade!! ❤
Really wish I could go back to the Awesome 80's!!!
Times were so much better and less stress and so freaking much fun!!!
And the MUSIC was the BEST!!!
Idc what anyone says!!
The 80's wins all the time HANDS DOWN!!!! ❤❤❤
you're adopted
I was in the 2nd grade in 1985 too lol
There was nothing like 80's, the music, the hair, the people, the life
agreed with the comments,grow up as teen back 80s,,love the 80s decade nothing can change,,,wish can turn the clock
*sigh* back when men were men.
The movies..
Absolutely!!
The fads
I am SO happy that I got to grow up in the 80's and I'm so grateful that I got to hear these songs when they first came out. The memories I have attached to this song are AMAZING
Me too. ❤
I agree! The TV programs were so much better too! The A team, knight rider etc
preach 👍
Hell yes, so glad i grew up in the 80's but back then i didnt realize what an era it was
Me too! The best days of my life
UA-cam is my time machine. Takes me back to the 80's every day.
Yes, 80s the best decade of AOR, Westcoast, Melodichardrock, Hairymetal, Pop&NewWave, Soul, Funky, Jazzfunk, great Soundtracks era
Me too Amigo
🇨🇦😀🖖👊🌍
Yes top answer the question the best eever
Figure out a way to fuck up the continuum so we get stuck in the 80s!
I was ten. My Dad was in his prime at 41 years old. Now I'm 49 and Dad is gone, but listening to this it's almost like I'm ten again and he's still here.
❤
I feel ya guy.
I feel the same…even the same age! Feels like yesterday!
I was born in 1966 so I remember the 80s well too
Just like me n my mom
Songs like this are why the 80’s had the best music ever.
YES
And there after so many of them, just shows how good we had it back then
Await the invasion of the southern country's the 80s will vanish
Definitely not but your opinion too much of it sounded the same
@@ShutdownWellspanMedical You sound jealous! You should be. 😂
Never realised at the time just how special the 80s were. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
I'd go back in a heartbeat too, if only a time machine were available.
Me too..
@@shervinbehrad1848 You do have a time machine, it's called UA-cam. Lol
Same here Brother!
See you all in San Junipero.
1985 a great year for music and movies
John Parr's 'St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)' isn't just a song; it's an anthem for the relentless pursuit of dreams, the fiery passion that drives us forward against all odds. As we listen, we're reminded that within each of us lies the power to ignite change, to become the 'man in motion' propelling ourselves towards greatness. Let this timeless classic be more than just a melody; let it be the spark that ignites your inner fire.
Perfeito!!! Parabéns do Brasil!
The song was actually inspired by a man who went around the world in a wheel chair. The line, I can be a man in motion all I needs this pair of wheels, was not artistic license but the attitude of the songs subject.
Well Said!
My childhood and adolescence were difficult due to years of turmoil and tragedy in my family. I had to grow up fast and felt like I was mostly on my own. I made it through due to a few good friends and the awesome music of that era. I'm much better as an adult now. This was one of my anthems. The lyric "you broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man". I live by that
Well said about something that’s so very true. If we all looked at it this way things would be so much better.
The 80s had so many great songs
and fantastic movies.
The Soundtracks to the movies
made the 80s so damn awesome.
And mostly scored by Brits. How ironic, 200 years later.
Indeed !
A time of star wars, top gun and queen i wish i was there
@@zootsoot2006 did you mean 200 years after declaring independence from the British !? 🤔. Back to the music .yes it was amazing and i am blessed to have it as a soundtrack to my life !
keep 80's music alive CHEERS .mate
True!!!
Absolutely love this tune❤, don’t be sad the 80s are over, be happy they happened and you were there to live it💪🏼❤
so true
100%
❤❤
Absolutely
Well Said
I thought my life would ALWAYS be like the 80s. I took it for granted... God what I'd give to go back
You just spoke my heart
truer words were never spoken. Never thought I would get "old!"
me too
Me to. I wish I knew now what I thought I knew then!
You and me both. I think we all took it for granted... We grew up in the best decade ever.
When thinking of the '80s, it is like a long lost friend...
Agreed my friend 🧡
HAHAHAHA you're old. Hold on oh hell so am I
@@mohag100 Ha. Quite,😊
Verdade. Um amigo que a gente morre de vontade de reencontrar e conversar sobre os bons tempos...😢
I miss those days.
I love how distinctive each decade was. 70's, 80's, 90's, etc. The 80's really added a modern feel to what the 70's had started, and absolutely paved the way for the 90's to come in hot. The 80's added a lot more guitar distortion, and electronic boosts to music in general. It's amazing how you can place the decade on a lot of music from these decades, and the 00's as well.
70s = the lead up to the night, 80s = night of the party 🎉 90s = the aftermath hangover trying to fig. out wut happened the previous night .....
hte 80s had it all...music, TV, movies, optimism, normal life !! i miss it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before everyone was apologising for everything, being cancelled or being told to feel bad about themselves.
U and me both.....if I had 1 wish is 2go back 2da 80s 1 more time....life was good people respected each other
@@geecee310 just enjoy the music ignore the craziness music is for our souls which no one can destroy
Optimism nailed it on the head
The 70s were 1,000 times better.
I am proud to be Gen-x person! The late 70s to late 80s was the best time to ever grow up.
So true
I was born in 88. Wish I got to experience the 80s!
That’s a boomer
yep
By miles Brother!
Born in 70s, fun in 80s, best time to growth up, best music, best movie, real friendship that can't be replaced
Dokładnie tak.😊
I love you 80's ❤❤❤
This reminds me of my youth. They were golden days. I can't believe how fast life moves on. It seems like yesterday.
Me too. I can't believe I'm still alive.
I absolutely HATE my 40s, lol... (sorry for the brutal honesty) These songs are definitely therapy.
yes agree feel the same , wish I could go back ,.....
I turned 21 in the summer of 1980. I got to spend my 20's enjoying this decade. What a great time I had. The music, movies, etc. and yes Reagan, it was a magical decade in my life. I'll always cherish the 80's. YT, thanks for the memories.
I've just been listening to classics for my whole life in the car so my music taste is stuck in the 80's even though I didn't even see the 2000's decade.
I introduced myself 76 year old Dad to this tune in the car the other day, he cranked it up and turned up to give me a lift the next day playing it! Salute to my Dad!
Sorry Claire, but how do you introduce a man who was only 36 years old when this song came out. What was he living in a hole in the ground in the 80's. I am 20 years younger and even I know this song. I think you are telling lies or your dad was so drugged stuffed that he couldn't tell what year he was in. STOP YOUR LIES GIRL.
You have a really cool dad :)
@@LuisDiaz-zr2vs I do! Gonna really get his ear drums going crazy with some stuff I have lined up for him! Not sure how he managed to miss this one!
Your father is great!
You have a very cool dad that likes good music! Long live the 80s! 😊
I was 29 in 1985. Loved the 80s. I miss the 80s. Maybe I shouldn't wish this, but I wish I could re-live the 80s.
💪
To be fair I was born in 1997. And even I think that the 1980s was the Greatest music style of all time
1985 the year i was born! A special year for sure!
I don't think it would hurt any of us we had some good times and yes I would go back
1985 was the year I turned 13 and it was a cool year.
We took the 80s for granted,
We sure did. I wish we realized it then. I would certainly go back and do it all again if I could
I say that all the time
If we knew what was ahead we would have revolted against our governments a long time ago.
Well said!
@gregcosta6965 naw, you wouldn't. If you would have, then you would've done it.
The 80's what a time to be young.
so moving
it was the best
I need more music like this
..my childhood..and it was a wild brighter more romantic time..and so positive and fun
Turns out we were lucky as shit! Who ever thought we'd say that?
What a song. 1980-1989 was the best time on this planet.
The aesthetic of the 80s seems like it was more like 82-92. Takes a couple years for the feeling and the pop culture of a decade to really kick in (and the early 90s still seemed 80s)
Suuuure it was. Bar the impending nuclear doom, the ranging Aids epidemic, the War on Drug kicking into full steam, the race riots, the death of the Rust Belt, the various waves of terrorism sweeping across Europe, the crime rate being off the charts, the lead in the water etc. The bestest of times.
@@MikeBenko You're just a soyboy. You don't count.
@@ChristopherSaindon awwww cupcake. Did I hurt your fee-fees? Do you need a hug? Why are you so fragile?
Yes
Being young in the 80's was a great time, no social media crap, great music on the radio, and not to mention no mobile phones. It was a great time to be alive. The kids today don't know what they have missed. These are crazy times. Stay Safe everyone.
i grieve for the 80s . i blinked and i'm 51 .
You could fuck up and it wouldn’t be recorded for all eternity 😂😂😂
You said it. I graduated HS in 90’. I got to live my youth in the best decade ever. Wish I could go back and stay there. Those were the best times ever.
@@jasonlommen4769 I will build a time machine and we all go back, and have a great time. Because you are right, they were the best years to be alive in. Miss my youth and the great music.
Truly the best years of my life. We didn't even need cell phones, social media life was too exciting to live.
This takes me back to when I met my husband Gareth in the 80's. We had 34 yrs together lost him to cancer at 58 yrs old this takes me back to those lovely times. Love you Gar miss you love ❤️❤️
Not sure what to say. Most Gareth's her on, oddly. Sorry for your loss and god bless.x
YES THE 80' WAS SO GOOD, AND SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
He is with you. God bless you
I am truly sorry for your loss.
My condolences :-(
I've always loved this song! I dedicate this to my son who is struggling with addiction right now. The words are so true.
I hope you son recovers fully 🙏
@@workerskrunch6505 thank you for your kind comment.💕
Prayers for you and your son. I will continue to keep you both in mind.
Oh my. I’m an addict. I feel for you! You’re a fabulous mom for this. You are in tune with him. He’ll be good bc u are standing by him.
How’s your son doing
The 80s had just the right balance of everything. We had a taste of technology but we didn't choke on it like we do today. Forever 80s ❤
Videos were sexy and awesome too!!
So true
True words 👍👍👍
4ever 80’s pal! 👊🏻
Forever 80^s alright. 2022///...👌🌺🌞😏💚🌰🍀
60s - 90s are Untouchable decades that will be cherished FOREVER. 💕
You just made an extremely strong point!!!
Except 90s.
For me 60s till 2000s
My father would say 50s-83 I can't say
@@exaid0556 yeah, kinda started to fizzle about midway didnt it. lol
There's no such thing as time .. the 80s proves this ..memories are TIMELESS
"You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man!"
So much meaning in that sentence....
yes indeed, i agree with you it´s too wise ;)
so literal too...........perfectly describes Rick
Any man that's been in the military can relate to that.
' jus nuts ' you don't need to be a squaddie to relate to them lyrics !!! people in the ' real world ' probably have a lot more experience to relate to these lyrics !!! Most ex squaddies I know have repressed there emotions/feelings that long they don't know how they really feel !!! just saying!!! Feel free to tell me I'm wrong,
@@stephenchapman2332 How can I tell you that you are wrong? And WTF are "squaddies"?? Is that slang for soldiers? IDK.
Some might think it is cheesy, but I literally get goosebumps when I hear this song. Love it.
This song was actually inspired by the life story of a paraplegic Canadian Rick Hansen, whose ambitions for a better world for disabled people like him, made him tour around the world(on his wheelchair) to raise funds and awareness on spinal cord injuries which he suffered from his teenage years. His tour was called 'Man in Motion', it's also here in yt
@@sitadcada1787 Amazing history, greatly appreciate you sharing, makes the song better than ever!!!!
Same here! Can't help but crank this up and just let it take me back!
So do i and I was born in 96
Especially at about 2:30 in the song.
The 80s is the best time to be young. The music, fashion and culture. Nothing beats the 80s!
This is why they were
called
the awesome 80s.
Best decade for ever!
Absolutely
Anyone else instantly taken back 35 years? This song does exactly that....
Mark O'Neill I was! I’m in only 28
Ooooo yes...does it ever....
taken right back to the womb
Oh yeah, to be back there now
Right back 35 years..i was 16 back then & lived through the glorious 80's.
No decade will ever top the 80's!!!
Only the 70's. Sorry
I so agree
70-85 best years ever to be alive. Just block out the horrible racism and crippling drug addiction and poverty and you have great nostalgia.
@@j-tv8890 most of these are still issues...
The 80's will never DIE!!
1985 this song is a masterpiece
2021 this song is a masterpiece
2178 this song's also a masterpiece!
2022 and still a masterpiece
Take it easy
Yea it is!!!
yep. especially when Michael Johns sang this in David Foster's show!
I was 6 when the 80's ended, had no idea I was in the last great decade... I need an island, and 80's lovers to populate it with. No social media, mobile phones, just glorious music and hair.
Excuse me the 90s were great too 😂
@@abdulc5726 thats true.. i was born 84 , and grew up in 90s. Glad my dad is always plays this kind of song in his old radiotape
@@abdulc5726can’t beat the 70’s!
I say the same thing about the 90's that when the music went completely wild and experimental until the entire industry died at the turn of the millennium
@@via_negativa6183 Yup lol.
The 80s so care free and fun . Some beer and MTV with friends on a Saturday night. Millennials you missed out sorry 😎 1986 still rocks!
The late millenials have no idea what the 80´s was, I feel sorry for them
Not me Christopher. I was born the first week of 81, so that makes me one of the oldest millennials on the planet lol. I remember the 80s like it was yesterday. I was obsessed with the culture back then, and I still am.👍
@@centinela24542 I think he meant early millennial like me, especially if he grew up in the 80s. Millennials are from 1981 and onwards.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage I was born three months later!!!!
@@cftvnetwork 80s was the best time to be a kid. 80s culture will never be beaten.
Why was the 80s so fucking fantastic? The music, the movies, everything was just so much better.
Because entertainment was mostly sincere, which in these ironic times is often lost.
Farzin thinks so too
Look at what is going on in this video and in the song's lyrics, what kind of values were they celebrating? What kind of values are we celebrating today?
The 80's were the most pure time in life 🙏 if you're here with a drink then I salute you🥃
Sou de 1976 e vivi minha infância nos anos 80 intensamente e parece que foi ontem.Anos 80 estão encalacrados na minha alma!
Estou com um copo de limonada na minha mão,me saúda também???
Abraços do Brasil!
I’m 22 but I fw 80’s pass da blow and salud
Here with a big stiff drink on new years eve ha ha whoevers reading this then I wish you health wealth n happiness for 2023🎉🎊🎉
Cheers
cheers bro!!
Mr. Parr really captures the energy and emotion of this movie, of the whole 80s. Wow! Bravo!
It's got nothing to do with the movie. It's about the Canadian Hero, Rick Hansen
I don’t always listen to Saint Elmo’s fire ...but when I do my neighbors do too
Keep listening my friend
Best.
@LogicalSchizoid gab be h B CFC go ghtujhg
@LogicalSchizoid tushfd
@LogicalSchizoid ... get yourself a life kiddo, go look for the attention elsewhere troll (yawn).
I was born in 87. I’ve always loved 80s music to the music nowadays. Resonates with me so much proper lyrics that really cut deep. It’s like when I hear them I instantly feel happy
It’s truly baffling how 2 or 3 decades later there is no songs as memorable that are uplifting and never get old like this
Because the spirit and soul of this country is gone and what remains is an empty husk now.
Nah, you got old, dude. Suck it up and make the best of it.
Yeah with songs like W.A.P. that's a true classic. I heard of it listened then looked up lyrics. Feminist ought be real proud of this future classic.
@@randolphpinkle4482 This song's greatness cannot be denied and has withstood the test of time. Suck on it!
There are great musicians who are producing great songs today, but they're not being marketed publicly or by anyone with the influential means to draw attention to them and it is by design in my opinion.
The fire inside, the optimism, the power, the boldness, the strugle to achieve greatness, no pain no gain attitude = 80's.
What a song and what a film, the 80’s will never be bettered
Do you know why we miss the 80s, because we were young and beautiful, we had the world in front of us life was a mystery, and now we are pushing 60ty.....
No, it really was better.
Just jumped over the 60's barrier..will be 62 this September. miss the 80's so much. would go back in a heartbeat.
Yeah, the only thing in front of me is the graveyard. Ha! Ha!
I miss the 80s because any decade after sucked when compared. I spent all my teen years in the 80s and would go back if I could :)
@@silikon2 We all know youre a Justin Bieber fan so yeah.
When music was actually music...no auto tune just pure talent. I miss the 80s what a great song
Just once in his life a man has his time... And my time is now... I'm coming alive! I miss the 80s so much 💖
Cocaine's a hell of a drug...
@@the406seadonkey6 Its really nasty shit and for everyone on it, get help and get off. Life's tough enough without dealing with illegal drugs along with it. God Bless.
Same here also 90s
Me too. 80s and 90s.
@@the406seadonkey6 If you could have afforded it
Born in 63 in lived through the 70's and 80's and that fabulous music will never return. What nowadays is called a musical talent, through some talent show (where the whole repertoire exists of one copied song) wouldn't even stand in the shadow of these wonderfull musical years.
There are a few 80’s songs that can instantly transport me back to the 80’s. This is one of them. My mom driving me to baseball practice or swimming lessons in the summer as a kid. Great time to grow up.
Name a few more, I wanna make a nice CD. Cheers.
@@rzh3369 Not the guy you were responding to, and I was born in 2001 lol. But if I can contribute, I would also list off Danger Zone, Playing With The Boys, and I'm Free(Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins. Then Gimme All Your Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man, I Need You Tonight, all by ZZ Top from Eliminator. Photograph and Rock of Ages by Def Leppard. Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross (1979 but still pretty great). Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean. And finally, Big Log by Robert Plant.
Bon Jovi (during 80’s), Survivor, Journey, Ozzy Osborne, Mr Mister, Winger, REO Speedwagon, Poison, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Queen…Eagles, Pink Floyd …and that’s just immediately off the top of my tires and forgetful brain right now. I have no doubt I’ve not even named the best ones yet lol so many
Kyrie Mr Mister, AHA Take on me, Duran Duran, OMD, Nick Heywood.
God I miss the 80s. Born in 79, my entire childhood was the 80s. We had hope that we could do anything in America!!! 🇺🇸 I miss we we had hope and life was an adventure.
Why do you think so many of us are all feeling the same exact way!?
The 80’s had some great music, and excellent soundtrack to music
this took everything of the 80's and put it into one song
Spaghetti I agree
jip so true
How about One Night in Bangkok. That has the line "I get my kicks above the waste line, Sunshine." Hard to top that one.
Who else likes 80s music. This song is fire 🔥👍😊👍
I do ...cause I grew up with it 👍❤️
@@JoseGonzalez-pf4vx😊👍
Fun fact: The reason this was so motivational is because it was inspired by a man in a wheel chair. David Foster and John Parr were contracted to write a song for the film but Parr struggled with inspiration for the lyrics. Foster showed Parr a news clip about the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the "Man in Motion Tour." Parr decided to help the campaign by writing words that would fit vaguely with the film, but which directly referenced Hansen's efforts. Although public attention was low at the beginning of the tour, Hansen soon attracted international media attention as he progressed on a 26-month trek, logging 40,075 km through 34 countries on four continents (North America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia) before crossing Canada. He averaged 8 hours of wheeling and 85 km a day. He was also inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and was one of the final torchbearers in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
It was funny because the song had nothing to do with that disaster of a film. I too looked up the origin of the song and found this info, making the song that is detached from the movie, make sense lol.
How long you were writing this? 1 hour?
@@janmr3 who cares how long it took? It’s appreciated by most people who scroll through the comments. Knowledge is a good thing.
@@canadianguy7777 No it fucking well isn't.
Great story. Thank you for sharing
Coming back to listen to this as it's helping me deal with a back break-up, especially where it says " you broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man " then " once in your life a man has his time, and my time is now I'm coming alive "
Guys going through breakups, hang in there, always a better tomorrow. Namaste
Fellow 80s kids let's keep our 80s decade spirit alive.
@JL keeping the 80's fire alive , a great era for all of us who grew up around this era it was an incredible time for music , fashion , games and other trends [alright maybe the fashion doesn't hold up very well ] it always does sem better looking back on it NOStalgia always need a slice of that to make my days lighter , don't let the fire go out be safe CHEERS mate!!
I was born in 2008 lol
@@pvtrichter88 It will never go out. Clothes and hair were no problem back when we were in them. If you had 3 Sisters like me, the cloud of hair spray in the bathroom (and I used a shit ton of it) could settle on and extinguish CHERNOBYL after "he's delirious." Seriously the cloud would beat that fire like it owed Dyatlov money.
I triple digited your likes!
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This is one of those songs that gives me goosebumps. Why don't they make songs like this anymore? I miss the days when songs were uplifting, inspiring, that made you feel like shooting for stars. That made believe anything was possible.
Totally. And the key changes… omg
LOLWUT?!🤣
@@KahlessTheUnforgettable If you grew up during the 80's, you would know what they're talking about.
@@westendgirl444 I grew up in the 80s honey; but I wasn’t listening to this corny dogshit.
Yep, go get the rocky 4 album for workout music
70's, 80's, and 90's best music, movies, and television. Glad I was born in 1971 to enjoy it all. Now this world is just crap :(
Very right😆
i disagree animation level over all has improved massively
great boys and girls in their time , 80s 90s are best time music and movies
Call me crazy but I truly believe that during the 80s, earth was passing through a very positive energy zone in our Universe. I mean everything was great in general, music, movies, family, people could take a joke without getting offended, etc… What a great time it was to be alive and growing up! Miss those days!!
It was an unbelievable time to be alive and in your 20's. There was plenty of EVERYTHING to go around and believe me when i say that me and my friends took full advantage of all of it. Im 57 years old now and for the life of me i have no idea how im alive. Honestly brother,i never expected to live this long. Im glad im still here though.
@@wayneerickson6178 I hear you Wayne, those times will never come back and we are lucky to have lived in those days. I wish we get to see some positive changes in our society!
It was magical times
I was there!
Cold War was still a thing though.
No other music decade as diverse and lyrically as fun as the 80’s.....and never will be.....
Totally agree!
So eighties it hurts!!!!
But so awesome at the same time!
Dat 80's hair......WOW.
+1vw4me It's all about the aquanet lol
what hurts the most is how shitty music has become compared to this.
It hurts a lot... What a sound!...
Whos still listening in 2024 😁😁 one of the best from the 80's
Me! It's been a while since I thought of it, so I searched came in. When it was on the Billboard chart, I was a 9th grader and now I'm in my 50s.
Me, I watched the movie too. It's such a good movie
I'm in Australia and a few radio stations have been playing this weekly atm
❤ me here in Idaho
Happy day!
I do at full VOLUME!! Even in work it's playing on the radio but at home, I put it to speakers
This movie and there song brings back two feelings: 1) sadness that those times are gone and we live in such a confusing and complicated time and 2) grateful for those times.
The 80s seem so pure compare to these days.
The sad times make or break you they can make you stronger or make you give up
Seemed pure perhaps. Was pure...well depends on what circles you ran in. Everything was on the table in the 80's. Decadence of every sort was readily available if that was your jam. If it wasn't that was fine as well. Most of it was never recorded certainly not on cell phones so what happened at the party stayed at the party one might say.
well said brother, from England.
One of the greatest songs from the '80's!! 💘 🎶 💃 🏫 👪 😍 🎼 🌈 🚗
And one of the greatest ALL TIME! 😎
😊
I was born in 1971!! Thank you dear God ❤
Me toooooooo! Graduated in 89
@@jenniferdriggs8719 I was only 10 in 1989 but some buddies and I would have the radio on every Saturday night at work and we'd all bet when St. Elmo's Fire would be played on the retro jam. We'd have some little prize for the winner.
1972 vintage here
I was too
Same, Dec. 29th….. 71” i got here as fast as I could!!! HOWDY FROM WAXAHACHIE TEXAS!!! 🤘🏻🤠🤘🏻
The movie and its song depicts the eternal spirit of teenage. I was 14 back then and yes, 80s is unforgettable.
This song was out when I graduated College in 1985. Can't believe it is 39 years ago today. Here's to all fellow 1985 Graduates ❤🎉
Same here!❤
Same here and after graduation got a job in Georgetown . 💕
me also...... We didn't know how good we had it then.
Thank you God for allowing me to be born in the 70’s so I was able to grow up in the 80’s and able to experience that wondrous decade first hand!
Yup, you nailed it! ❤️
Same here.
Same, born 75 and grew up a teen in the 80’s. Fantastic music, movies and excess.
Aye. 75 was a great year to be born.
Agree..I was born on 1977 in Russia
We didn't know what we had growing up in the 80's..... Awesome Sauce!!!
I loved it all. The excitement, the heartaches, the fashion, the music, (MTV when it used to just play music videos)the lessons, the cruising, the crushes, the innocence, all of it! And my 25 year old daughter loves it all, now as well! I had a "Brat Pack" friend group of my own. I don't regret one minute of it! Class of '89
The Rat Pack together in one film. Outstanding film music from the 80s. For me the best time with the best music
80's culture was just so fun!
"Brat Pack" is what I think this group of young actors in the '80s was called, it was a wordplay/reference to the "Rat Pack" of the '60s, that was Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, & Joey Bishop.
I agree that '80s music was the best, & love this film!
its the brat pack lol Rat pack was Frank , Dean ect
I was born in 1972 and the 80's were he greatest. I wanna go back!!
All the reasons I love the 80’s, nothing but pure, unadulterated motivation. Go be awesome!
Absolutely Agree
Yep! You could dream to be anything.
You get it!
On one hand I thought; it would be sweet to go back. On the other hand; I try to make now, just like then.
The power this song gave you as a child.I still feel the goosebumps as a grown man.This song is amazing and brings back great memories!
So many 80s songs have that power
Nothing can beat the 80's 90's musics,a legend that I can say
1990s...🔥🔥🔥
80s music goes from 76 to 93 and ended when Nirvana made Grunge.
Release and reception. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released to radio on August 27, 1991
@@spencerallison3196 I would agree with this view.
I can’t agree with you more
During a time when music was great and life was so simple. Today’s kids will never know how great music was back in the 80’s.
Being a teen in the 80s was brilliant everyone got on and good music
Graham Mcrobert I 'member! Everyone was white, straight, and things just worked out.
Great movies and pop culture that can’t ever be reached again!
@@RespectMyArthurity
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I loved it.
I was a preteen, trying desperately to look 17 when I was 12 lol. But I had that Demi Moore (in this film) look. Very Madonna, but I had really long hair I would crimp, and had big bangs. lol-best time EVER! 😎
@Randy Rodes , you can call it racist, but for him, that was the reality
We are lucky to have experienced the 80's
Farzin wants to go back
Born in 55 went through the 60s, 70s, 80 and nineties. Nothing can beat eighties music.
DITTO
I was born on this day, september 9th , 1985. this was the song that was topping the world charts. 39YRS later, I can feel the energy in me. i am a man in motion
You can watch all these clips from the 80's all day, and they are great..... but it will never give you the 100% picture of what it was like to grow up from 1980-1989. Unbelievable time that will never be repeated.
1980s where times where motion picture artist actually participate in the official music video. You dont see that anymore. I was born in 1990. But growing up with 80s and 90s music was truly a blessing. Thanks to UA-cam, I am able to access all these beautiful music from the past decades alot easier. 90s generation are probably the last generation that could appreciate music from the past century.
There was something so innocent about the 80s. Freedom of expression was everywhere in fashion, music and tv and you could be yourself without fear of judgement or prejudice. Everyone was in their own lane living their own lives and we had no internet to warp our brains or openly share our opinions about everything and everyone that didn’t concern us. I’m so glad I was born in this era, everything about today makes me crave the old days so bad, we were living our best lives and didn’t even know it 😢
I hear you Sister.
Hindsight is always 2020
The first PFAs from Teflon pans were poisoning us while we innocently cooked our no brand canned goods with lead seams. Which we traded for BPAs.
Don't blind yourself, see the truth
Vote maga in November so that we can have that again! And have future! Called freedom!😊😊😊❤❤❤😮😅😊
@@JohnDixon-m2lUm…that’s in exact direct opposition to the ideals listed here, but thanks for the suggestion.
This song always hits me in my gut....HARD!! Brings back so many memories. Being a young woman...Hell...being young PERIOD in the 80s was a blessing from God.
It sure was!
just listened to it on the radio when driving from the airport, such a good song, it gets you instantly energised! simply love it !
My mom always has to up the volume when it comes on
You just can't match this!!!The 80's had a feeling all its own.
had the most number 1 hits of any decade
Yeah, that feeling is called youth.
"Play the game, you know you can't quit until its won..... Soldier on, only YOU can do what must be done...." These words gave me me the motivation to finish my Masters degree during COVID-19 lockdowns... "Just once in his life, a man has his time... And my time is NOW and I coming alive....." and boy have I ever. Now this song is the soundtrack of my life :)
Great story! Good luck!!
Your gorgeous Shannon!!
thank you bud . play your own song now
Hello, Thank you for choosing.. me as your favorite celebrity. Where are you from ?
Born in the 60's, teenager in the 70's & new mom in the 80's best time of my life!!!!!!!
The ultimate 80’s song!!!!!
I've only just graduated high school, and yet I was raised on the music of the 1980s and 1990s. This song in particular has always been a favorite of mine.
well done!
Thank your parents.
@@bicyclist2 I absolutely do!
I only graduated high school in 2017 and I love this song. This song is timeless. Long live the 80’s.
I was an elementary school girl when I first heard and loved this song. I will be 50 next year. I still love it. 🎉❤
You're a superb judge. Have a bit on you, but this era was that good, I'm convinced today's generation would love it. ❤😂
Just looked it up, and indeed I was at Elementary School in Canada in about '88. Tiffany tape. Looking back, it might have worked for this Brit.
Me too! I was in elementary as well! Those days will NEVER come back. So sad these kids will not have that innocence. Yea, it wasn't perfect, but I still found it awesome! Great! Happy 50! I will be fifty this year. 🙂
@@adibogdan Thank you so much for the birthday greeting! Happy 50 to you this year! 🎂 Hello from the Philippines.
❤
1984 and 1985. Two best music years in the 80's.
I'm so glad I grew up in the 70's and 80's. Awesome music
Wow, great rock anthem. That dude has a great voice and rocked that mullet
Dooood.
It's not a mullet. It's a bi-level haircut.
Oh the 80's, how I wish for those times! We were so resilient, and pure and raw, they had only generation X to call us!