Bonnie Tyler - 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Reaction! Considered the Best Power Ballad of All Time?!

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  • @mixy5179
    @mixy5179 Місяць тому +74

    Nailed it. Jim Steinman wrote this song and also wrote for Meatloaf.

    • @christianmarler2253
      @christianmarler2253 Місяць тому +4

      He shouldn't have written for meatloaf. He should have insisted on money.
      But seriously, folks... Of all the many things I didn't know, that was one of them.
      Good ear, Fenom202!! Way to call that one! And thanks, mixy5179!!

    • @johndonovan758
      @johndonovan758 Місяць тому +5

      And he wrote similarly dramatic megahits for Air Supply and Celine Dion.

    • @viceman8152
      @viceman8152 Місяць тому

      and Meat Loaf absolutely loved this song and was incredibly disappointed that he chose Bonnie Tyler over him to sing it.

  • @shanedesselle2590
    @shanedesselle2590 Місяць тому +50

    Holding Out for a Hero!

    • @metaluna72
      @metaluna72 Місяць тому

      Best!

    • @floriangrogoll5206
      @floriangrogoll5206 Місяць тому

      Like Nowehre Fast, tonight is what its means to be young... I love Jim and his arrangement.

  • @penname5766
    @penname5766 Місяць тому +18

    The video is VERY weird, but the song and Bonnie’s voice are phenomenal

  • @claret6937
    @claret6937 Місяць тому +4

    Legend has it that quite recently Bonnie was on a normal commercial plane and people recognised her and begged her to sing one of her classics, which she did, and everyone joined in - but the Crew or Captain, on the grounds of health and safety, they were all made to stop. Very sad.

  • @katieeverett3272
    @katieeverett3272 Місяць тому +7

    This Song came out when I was 18 !! I love her voice!!

  • @kevin982
    @kevin982 Місяць тому +21

    For me she is the Rod Stewart of female singers.

    • @k.e.g2133
      @k.e.g2133 Місяць тому +1

      @@kevin982 I agree Kevin yes a female Rod Stewart total Eclipse another great song Kevin.

    • @k.e.g2133
      @k.e.g2133 Місяць тому +1

      @@kevin982 Ireland here ! 👍☘️

    • @ruff500
      @ruff500 Місяць тому

      @@k.e.g2133Dia duit

  • @thegorn68
    @thegorn68 Місяць тому +44

    RIP Jim Steinman. He wrote songs for other artists as well like Air Supply "Making Love Outta Nothing At All"

    • @christianmarler2253
      @christianmarler2253 Місяць тому +2

      It's hard not to like Air Supply. Good songs and vocal performances, and a string of big hits.

    • @paulmellette8925
      @paulmellette8925 Місяць тому +3

      Interestingly, Making Love Out Of Nothing At All was number two on the charts when this song was number one.

    • @christianmarler2253
      @christianmarler2253 Місяць тому

      @@paulmellette8925 Wow! That's amazing!
      [EDIT: Sometimes I say stupid stuff, so rather than contributing to an already chaotic world, I've removed a bit of it that no one will miss whatsoever.]

  • @cellyblank9919
    @cellyblank9919 Місяць тому +2

    This was another 80s 'proof song' meaning if you liked someone you would always save them this song for a slow dance at school dances. This was one of the greatest songs of the 80! Great reaction This Is It!

  • @CG68810
    @CG68810 Місяць тому +10

    For those under the age of 45, 1980s videos make absolutely no sense and are bizarre (the medium just started in the early 80s), but that is what makes them even better because they are so weird. I guess those of us that grew up on that music and videos, we are just used those types of videos. The music back then was so diverse and good.

  • @vinasel96
    @vinasel96 Місяць тому +2

    Jim Steinman and that voice? A guaranteed classic!

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta Місяць тому +58

    Silly video- GREAT TUNE! Bonnie could sang! ❤ I believe the composer of this one also wrote Meatloaf’s big ballads as well. Jim Steinman?

    • @THEPATRIOT1000
      @THEPATRIOT1000 Місяць тому

      Aye

    • @ruff500
      @ruff500 Місяць тому +3

      For 1983 a normal video

    • @wheredidthetimego8087
      @wheredidthetimego8087 Місяць тому

      @@ruff500granted they were not good videos then but that one was weird.

    • @Jake-jr2zh
      @Jake-jr2zh Місяць тому

      She can’t cut the mustard live , she’s a studio singer.

    • @davidlionheart2438
      @davidlionheart2438 Місяць тому +1

      One of the greatest videos of the 80s. One of the greatest videos ever made.

  • @guillermojoaquinbello448
    @guillermojoaquinbello448 Місяць тому +4

    She's one of the greatest vocalists in music history but quite underrated despite all her success. The song is a masterpiece. Jim Steinman was a genius.

    • @Jake-jr2zh
      @Jake-jr2zh Місяць тому

      She is so NOT. She’s just a studio singer she’s can’t cut it live on stage .

    • @trhansen3244
      @trhansen3244 Місяць тому

      @@Jake-jr2zh I see her sing live. I hear her sing live. You wrong. You lie. You just liar fish face.

  • @robertp6458
    @robertp6458 Місяць тому +13

    I will never understand the video, but what a great vocal performance...

    • @chrisjamieson3452
      @chrisjamieson3452 Місяць тому +3

      The song was meant to be about Vampires. The video was probably about as obscure.

  • @k.e.g2133
    @k.e.g2133 Місяць тому +2

    Bonnie’s other songs great It’s called lost in France thank you for playing these reaction videos 👍

  • @itsakittyting
    @itsakittyting Місяць тому +3

    Everyone can relate to the loneliness described in this song, that's what made it such a huge hit

  • @Shabenn
    @Shabenn Місяць тому +10

    She had a pretty big hit prior to this in the 70's called It's a heartache. Y'all should check it out. Good one here, guys.

    • @sarahdixon1943
      @sarahdixon1943 Місяць тому +1

      That was her song?? I didn't know that!! Thanks for the info. 😊😊

  • @museworx6066
    @museworx6066 Місяць тому +2

    Jim Steinman wrote and composed this song just for her, Bright eyes she was one of his favorite female vocalist's and also mine, Yes this is awesome and powerful, It is sad that Bonnie, JIM and MEATLOAF passed away in the same year...RIP HEROES....I'M still crying and missing you guys!

    • @MKins71
      @MKins71 Місяць тому

      Bonnie Tyler is still alive!

  • @hookedonreactions7649
    @hookedonreactions7649 Місяць тому +9

    8:32 The reason it reminds you of Meatloaf is because the person who wrote most, if not all, of the Bat Out Of Hell album also wrote this song.
    His name is (was?) Jim Steinman and in addition to the above, he also wrote the following hits: Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply, Read ‘Em And Weep - Barry Manilow, and It’s All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion. I’m sure people will add any I missed.
    I read up on him some years ago and if I remember correctly, I’m sure I’ll be corrected if I’m wrong, he wrote this song as part of a rock opera he was writing about vampires.

  • @alantoker1301
    @alantoker1301 Місяць тому +5

    Enjoy watching you guys. I have to agree. I have listened to and loved her singing this song for many years... but I have never seen the video before. Very, very odd.

  • @beadybaby
    @beadybaby Місяць тому +1

    This song was huge on the pop charts.❤
    I was about 15 when it came out so it hit. Every. Hormone. Lol.

  • @catherinemontgomery7130
    @catherinemontgomery7130 Місяць тому

    there is a brilliant video on youtube, the owners of a lovely dog have put on. they have a speaker on a low table and the dog has its nose almost on the speaker which is playing this song, every time they sing turn around, the dog turns around, it is hilarious

  • @BestofItMoviedoc
    @BestofItMoviedoc Місяць тому +1

    The Dan Band! There was a two year period when I’d see them sing with a group of friends at a venue in Hollywood on Friday nights-there was plenty of singing along, laughter and alcohol consumed. Bravo taped one of their concerts in Vegas, would air it randomly for a two year period. This song was one of The Dan Band’s encore songs to close the show!

  • @robertmcdowell3769
    @robertmcdowell3769 Місяць тому +11

    Yeah, I knew you guys had heard it before. Unless you had your radio turned off for like 40 years.😀😀😀

  • @scooter2501
    @scooter2501 Місяць тому

    The songs an 80s classic but Id forgotten how amazing the video is. Every frame is like a wonderful image. so much visual creativity. Even lots of choreography with Ninjas & fencers. It really suits the epic sound of the song. It looks rich & expensive. so many iconic references also. The kids are like village of the damned with the eyes. Its very 80s horror in theme.

  • @willynilly2545
    @willynilly2545 Місяць тому +1

    This song was originally written as part of a rock and roll opera about vampires that never materialized.

  • @sharonchaput9705
    @sharonchaput9705 Місяць тому +12

    Bonnie Tyler is Welsh- from Wales.

    • @annephillips8494
      @annephillips8494 Місяць тому

      Yup, live in Swansea.Hwyl.👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @Belluser-we1uc5cb2l
    @Belluser-we1uc5cb2l Місяць тому +1

    80's MTV favorite video ❤

  • @Citizenesse8
    @Citizenesse8 Місяць тому +3

    This song was supposed to be a love ballad for a vampire movie that didn't happen. Yes, the video is very overdramatic but I still love it anyway. When I heard it when I was little I had no idea that it was supposed to have been for a vampire movie. It just sounded like this sad love song. I'll always love its melodrama.

  • @annabrisley479
    @annabrisley479 Місяць тому

    Beautiful

  • @ericaweiler94
    @ericaweiler94 Місяць тому +17

    This video didn't seem so weird back in the day... at least not in my 9 year old brain. Haha! But it certainly hits different when you're older. 😂 Almost on the verge of inappropriate for some. For me, it's frickin' weird but I'm fine with it. The song on the other hand is fantastic. I love the rasp in her voice. You should check out Holding Out for a Hero next! I think you'll recognize it and love it. Much love from Oregon! ❤

  • @deathandthehermit4283
    @deathandthehermit4283 Місяць тому +8

    Honestly, I think I was so entranced by the perfectly feathered hair that I missed how bizarre this video was.🤭

  • @davidgore3261
    @davidgore3261 Місяць тому +1

    The song was originally conceived to be part of a musical about vampires, which goes some way to explain the video

  • @Clovka
    @Clovka Місяць тому

    I can't help but bust up laughing when I see this music video.EVERY.TIME.

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta Місяць тому +5

    My guys, you would LOVE “ Misheard Lyrics” by Peter Kay- comedian. We all mishear lyrics- and these are hilarious and spicy. ❤

  • @WandaDodson-n7f
    @WandaDodson-n7f Місяць тому +2

    She was beautiful

  • @Mallykins
    @Mallykins Місяць тому

    This was supposed to be with a movie that never happened. I’m like wondering the connotations with the story. lol. Anyway, I love her. I think you all would like Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes.. They both have a raspy sound. Oh, also Bonnie Tyler’s It’s a Heartache is super good.

  • @lamusiclover2264
    @lamusiclover2264 Місяць тому +2

    All of Jim Steinman's productions are mini rock operas.

  • @Brian_S_1971
    @Brian_S_1971 Місяць тому +3

    This is the short version of the song. There is a verse that is missing from this -
    Every now and then, I know you'll never be the boy
    You always wanted to be
    (Turn around)
    But every now and then, I know you'll always be the only boy
    Who wanted me the way that I am
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then, I know there's no one in the universe
    As magical and wondrous as you
    (Turn around)
    Every now and then, I know there's nothing any better
    There's nothing that I just wouldn't do

  • @carlpeterson8182
    @carlpeterson8182 Місяць тому +16

    This is a terrific song. The girl can sing!!! As good as the song is how bad the video is. It is just horrible and weird. But the song is so terrific. So much power. She really needs him tonight!

    • @christianmarler2253
      @christianmarler2253 Місяць тому +1

      Weird is the word that sums up the video. I said the same thing after you already had. Weird...weawy, weawy weiwd. Song, great. Bonnie, great. Video, really, really weird.

  • @Bekka_Noyb
    @Bekka_Noyb Місяць тому +3

    her videos always look like Harlequin novels made into videos 😊

  • @tracyjohnson8057
    @tracyjohnson8057 Місяць тому +3

    Lol 80'd vid directors always trying to make a statement but nobody ever knew what they were trying to say.

    • @einahsirro1488
      @einahsirro1488 Місяць тому +1

      "This is your brain on drugs!" LOL

  • @russellstanton7583
    @russellstanton7583 Місяць тому

    Hi lads. Back again. Dire Straits " Sultans Of Swing - Alchemy live. " Reall interesting to hear the WHOLE track and all the guitar solos.

  • @julzy3
    @julzy3 Місяць тому +2

    I have heard this song many many times over the years. I only just took the time to learn the lyrics at 5:58 - "We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks" I think I always just sang it as we're living in a polygag (not a word) & givin' up spots"😂😂

  • @helendunbar1845
    @helendunbar1845 Місяць тому

    Classic track! ❤🤘

  • @diannesequeira8840
    @diannesequeira8840 Місяць тому +2

    Never liked the video kind of weird, but her voice is great. I like the raspy

  • @gpreactions3194
    @gpreactions3194 Місяць тому

    For some reason this sounds like a re-recording of the track. Might be wrong. But great memories of this video, I was 16 at the time.

  • @christopherking4932
    @christopherking4932 Місяць тому

    Awesome video.

  • @ThefetchNZ
    @ThefetchNZ Місяць тому

    Watership Down. ❤

  • @Steffe
    @Steffe Місяць тому

    Ha, never seen the video. But a classic Steinman song.

  • @paulinebentley7547
    @paulinebentley7547 21 годину тому

    Land of song

  • @AE-xs5ze
    @AE-xs5ze День тому

    Love this song but YEESH this video.

  • @brianfagan3367
    @brianfagan3367 Місяць тому

    There is a magnificent recent cover by Allie Sherlock highly praised by Bonnie.Well worth checking out imo.

  • @lori9791
    @lori9791 Місяць тому +7

    Love you guys and this channel. Bonnie is Welsh not British. The backup vocals are done by Rory Dodd, who is an amazing singer in his own right and is rarely credited. Check out their live performance at the Grammys. This song is actually about vampire love (forever's gonna start tonight). There is an alternate version with an additional verse. You can find it on YT, offhand I can't remember it completely. That is the version that appears on the album.

    • @timmistorey5989
      @timmistorey5989 Місяць тому +3

      She's british not English. England ,Ireland Scotland and Wales. GB

    • @Geordiegirl36
      @Geordiegirl36 Місяць тому +1

      And Wales is part of Britain so she also British 😂

    • @seacrestboxers1787
      @seacrestboxers1787 Місяць тому

      Being Welsh makes her British you muppet !

  • @grandpaslayer6232
    @grandpaslayer6232 Місяць тому

    Love your reactions. CK out Pearl jam live on MTV the song Black. CK out Fleetwood Mac on midnight special the song RHIANNON. You guys rock man. #ROCKON

  • @mkap931
    @mkap931 Місяць тому +2

    As with many of Meatloaf tunes, Springsteen's rhythm section is heard backing the track.

  • @wheredidthetimego8087
    @wheredidthetimego8087 Місяць тому

    I had never seen the video! That was strange! But I like the song.

  • @EarthWalker2023
    @EarthWalker2023 Місяць тому

    🔥

  • @DallasPsyborg
    @DallasPsyborg Місяць тому +1

    The song is great, they video...who knows. It was the early 80s and music videos were something new and no one really knew what to do. Just get one out quickly so they could get it on MTV.

  • @JWH66
    @JWH66 Місяць тому

    Homecoming Dance 1983. My date and I danced all night, got our pics taken. Great night. Went outside for some night air. I asked her to be my steady girl. This song starts playing as she gives me the " be good friends" rejection. It came with a kiss on the cheek. We did date a couple more times under the friend umbrella.
    When those pics arrived in our classroom, people said what a great couple we made. We were such good friends, others thought we were in a serious relationship.
    So this is my long way of saying I hate this song 😂

  • @KDWylde
    @KDWylde Місяць тому

    Bonnie had Vocal cord nodule and had to have surgery that's why her vocals sound almost gritty(in a good way for her) the surgery changed her voice

  • @debibailey2968
    @debibailey2968 Місяць тому +11

    Love the song and Bonnie Tyler can definitely sing!!! But gotta be honest, the video kinda creeps me out. It's certainly a production....but those creepy bright eyes.... Nah baby nah!!! 😮😮😮

    • @nycsue
      @nycsue Місяць тому +2

      Yeah, I don't know what the heck they were going for with that video. I know that there are some really bad videos for really great songs, but this one is just really weird.

  • @farginargle
    @farginargle Місяць тому

    Good call with the Meatloaf similarity!

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 Місяць тому

    Totall eclipse of my farts as we would say in junior high. Good times.

  • @michellemiller5620
    @michellemiller5620 Місяць тому

    This was. A big request for me to sing at karaoke. I also did Janis Joplin . This song was harder for me .

  • @weezy8029
    @weezy8029 Місяць тому

    Good song

  • @ryanparsons403
    @ryanparsons403 Місяць тому +9

    Beautiful song, but whomever made the video is on crack

  • @FavoriteMovieDate
    @FavoriteMovieDate Місяць тому

    I really prefer just listening to a song. Most videos are very distracting to me and don’t enhance the performance in my opinion. There are exceptions, of course, like AHA’s Take On Me and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, which are good videos, but even then I prefer the audio versions. Loved this song when it came out and closing my eyes it still sounds great.

  • @maryford4346
    @maryford4346 Місяць тому +1

    I used to think the title was Turn around bright eyes……

  • @TheDeadmanRules
    @TheDeadmanRules Місяць тому

    Please react to songs from Loza Alexander. His latest three songs are Lying Kamala, Never Surrender and Bum Yum! All are bangers at least they are to me.

  • @NikkieTwix
    @NikkieTwix Місяць тому

    This music video is crazy 😂 but the song is fire

  • @Jake-jr2zh
    @Jake-jr2zh Місяць тому

    Hey you guys want to hear a REALLY Great singer who does in the studio and LIVE , who’s also from the UK , ELKIE BROOKS. aka British Queen of Blues . . She blows this singer out of the water, who can’t cut it LIVE .

  • @hadleygrass
    @hadleygrass Місяць тому

    The Wedding Singer

  • @tessasnow
    @tessasnow Місяць тому

    Please try Hero🖖🏻🇨🇦

  • @KrazyKatLadyx2
    @KrazyKatLadyx2 Місяць тому

    There are some songs that the video is just an injustice to the song, I had to avert my eyes 😅. But I always liked the song.

  • @seacrestboxers1787
    @seacrestboxers1787 Місяць тому

    Still think I would like it more if it had been Meatloaf on vocal. He and Steinman fitted together

  • @desertdee1
    @desertdee1 Місяць тому

    Love the song, have since it came out. The video never made sense, still doesn't. However, this is when most all music had to put out a video, when MTV was really music videos.

  • @strangelyjamesly4078
    @strangelyjamesly4078 Місяць тому

    It is a real shit video, but Christ what a song. About to break up with my missus soon. I'll play this to her.

  • @topherwhite370
    @topherwhite370 Місяць тому

    The great Jim Steinman. You haven’t heard the whole song, because on the album there’s an additional verse.
    Also off this album is “faster than the speed of night.” Again, the video cuts 3 minutes off the song. Do the 6+ minute version.

  • @christianmarler2253
    @christianmarler2253 Місяць тому +1

    The song is great, the performance is great, the video is weird.

  • @Renkk17
    @Renkk17 Місяць тому +7

    Check out - Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now !! Official Video in a Mansion, Awesome Video and Voice!

    • @toeareg100
      @toeareg100 Місяць тому

      That is such a lame song 👎

    • @Renkk17
      @Renkk17 Місяць тому

      @@toeareg100 Keep your opinions to yourself or make your own separate comments, don't comment on my stuff! You probably didn't even watch the video!

  • @michellemiller5620
    @michellemiller5620 Місяць тому

    It may be the subject matter. I never wanted my man at the time to think this was my true feelings. At my husband now knows I do this song cause he heard me don't believe we were together. And knows people request it

  • @jeffjones6221
    @jeffjones6221 Місяць тому +2

    Bonnie is Scottish I believe...great tune, lovely rasp.

    • @rickb3645
      @rickb3645 Місяць тому +6

      She's from Skewen, Neath in Wales. 👌

  • @dalenikolitch4627
    @dalenikolitch4627 Місяць тому

    Video weird n What??? Catholic school boys? But, Bonnies voice, the lyrics n piano so Good😊

  • @donaldgilbreath4200
    @donaldgilbreath4200 Місяць тому

    I swear this video was created by NAMBLA members.

  • @IxNxFxExRxNxO
    @IxNxFxExRxNxO Місяць тому

    React to Joanna give me hope, then read the lyrics and see what it is about.

  • @SteveMavronis
    @SteveMavronis Місяць тому

    I bet you Meatloaf would have done a great job… Vocal styles similar.

  • @brianburgess3231
    @brianburgess3231 Місяць тому +2

    im sure someone will find a way to cRAPify tho sadly

  • @richardlaroche710
    @richardlaroche710 Місяць тому

    You mean...total eclipse when I fart ...

  • @karenpowell6063
    @karenpowell6063 Місяць тому

    The video was pretty bad but the song🔥

  • @joetoth2564
    @joetoth2564 Місяць тому +1

    Some "Village of the damned" Crap going on there 😂

  • @klauskotowski6588
    @klauskotowski6588 Місяць тому

    Try ->>> CELINE DION: „Its All coming Back To Me Now“ 🙄👉😇👈✅🤝

  • @Nurseynurse282
    @Nurseynurse282 Місяць тому +10

    Great song, typical terrible 80’s video😂

  • @theruzzmon1066
    @theruzzmon1066 Місяць тому

    I perfer Michael Scotts cover called,Total eclipse of the farts.

  • @handsomestik
    @handsomestik Місяць тому

    Recycle this set for Dion and Meatloaf

  • @chrisjenkins6120
    @chrisjenkins6120 Місяць тому

    🎼Forget the video. Just close your eyes and listen to this. It is superb. 🎼☮️

  • @lordessducky8494
    @lordessducky8494 Місяць тому

    Good song , but very bizarre video.

  • @derekbeck9124
    @derekbeck9124 Місяць тому

    This song has over a billion views, it's a good song but damn it's not that great.

  • @Jake-jr2zh
    @Jake-jr2zh Місяць тому

    She a terrible singer live , she’s only a studio singer.

  • @janewatkins9801
    @janewatkins9801 Місяць тому

    Great song but the video is not only dated, it's awful.

  • @honestabe1940
    @honestabe1940 24 дні тому

    Stupid, over produced video distracts from the incredible song!