I remember being under the age of ten and watching this movie over and over....Just a few months ago I watched it with my soon to be 20 year old daughter and she loved it!!!! It never gets old!!!!
I bought this album when the film first came out. Used to play the album & in particular this song on the spare CB channel, enroute home to see my girl - all the way from Dover. So she would know I was on my way. My rig was a little 'different' from the normal set-ups you could buy over here in UK, at the time. LOL
I don't f***g believe I found this song ! I was looking for it for 30 years ! Like a long lost love after having watched the movie. I was 17 back then. Please pardon the language but this is incredible. 80's forever no matter what the cost was ! When cost didn't count.
We were spoiled in comparison to todays music and entertainment. It’s heartbreaking to see political ideals and agendas as the center of everything, they wanted people divided, they got it. God help us in the future.
She went from an underrated movie like this to an overrated Superhero Movie that just recently came out in theaters this past March 25th. I feel sorry for that woman who's singing because she just lost her alien son who sacrificed his life defeating Doomsday
Jeahav Valentin I have no idea what you're talking about. I stopped paying attention to pop culture around the time _The Simpsons_ used a Ke$ha song instead of their usual theme song.
+ᒍᗩᗰᕮᔕ ᑭᗩᗯᔕOᑎ I'll explain to you what I'm caucasing about here, that actress who plays the singer in this movie is diane lane. She plays Supermans earth mother Martha Kent in Man Of Steel and Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice. If you've seen Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice that already hit theaters this past Friday March 25th on a good Friday Easter you'll know what I'm saying. In Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice her alien kryptonian son aka Superman sacrificed his life fighting and defeating Doomsday while simultaneously Doomsday stabbed Superman with a sharp kryptonian spear while thus far Superman killed Doomsday at the expense of saving humanity once again by being killed. So at the end temporarily Superman died at the end of Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice, so therefore she lost her alien kryptonian son
Jeahav Valentin Haha, ok-- thanks for explaining. I am pretty sure I am never going to see that movie. A Diane Lane movie I do like is _Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains._ Funny to see the arc her career took.
I love the vocals of Holly Sherwood! She is just as beautiful as Diane Lane, too. It is time she received credit for her contribution to this song. Smiles :))
if you look at the movie credits it says Laurie Sargent sang both both "Nowhere fast" an "tonight it what it takes to be young". then if you have just the soundtrack it has fire inc.
Jim Steinman wrote and produced this song. He is known for 'Total Eclispe of the Heart' sung by Bonnie Tyler and 'I'd do anything for love but I won't do that' by Meat Loaf. Steinman's music is classic and second to none!
Being 75 years old, I can say that I have watched this movie a lot of times. It is awesome. I also like Eddie and the Cruisers. I'm not into musicals but these two movies are truly works of art.
I’m 79 and loved the music from this movie.I listen to rock & roll and doo- wop to this day as it was a great time.From drive in movies,sock hops, penny candy and just great music.
Being 53 years old, I´ve never watched the movie. Somehow I got the soundtrack into my hands and couldn´t stop listening. It´s been 40 years now... and I´m still thrilled by the music!
@@kaikreutzfeldt4021 Same here my friend, same age although I did see the movie a few years later. And fell in love with Diane Lane like 99% of teenagers I guess. She was and still is just perfect
While I am still not that old, and was only a small child when this movie was released, this song still invokes feelings of loss over a misspent youth. I regret not what did, but what I did not do: Deeds never done, risks never taken, dreams never chased, women never loved. You only have one life to live, but the best time of your life is your youth - your teens and twenties - enjoy it while it lasts, because nothing you ever do or experience afterwards can compare to how it was when you were young.
Around new year's eve 1984, one of the major tv networks played a show called, Playback '84. My family didn't have cable, so anything that showed music videos was an absolute treat! I recorded the whole tv show on my fisher-price tape recorder. They played this video, and became OBSESSED over this song. I was in 4th grade, but I would still call radio stations and ask them to play it, but I never knew the name of the band or artist. Pretty much everyone I ever spoke to about this song was clueless. Some time in the mid/late 90s, I was flipping through late night tv and saw this scene in the movie, and just about died from joy. However, before the age of the internet and lacking tv guides, I had no idea what movie it was. I am so thankful for youtube, because I can still obsess over this song...it will forever be one of my favorites! BTW, I still have that cassette tape, it is one of my most prized possessions!!
Heared this song a few times on Radio some years back but never new title or singer.By voice was always looking for Bonnie Tyler.Now listening did not pay much attention though it started to sound familiar.While reading your post similarities came up and here we go...got it.One of those many great songs you may have heared somtime somewhere and never had a chance to know. Also straight out of the 80's.Best time ever.Was a great experience,Glad to have been there.
That's a great story! I can totally understand loving this song. It's awesome! I saw the movie in the theater (yeah, I'm getting old) and I thought it was totally cool. This song blew my mind. I like how the movie is in a fictional world that has aspects from the forties to the eighties, and it all works. Streets of Fire wasn't profitable, and I suspect it's because there was too much really good competition. It also was difficult to market: was it a guy movie or a girl movie? I think it was both. It was also fun for the under-30 crowd (I was well under 30). This movie should have been a hit (IMHO).
All Jim Steinman songs have that "familiar" thing about them. Of course, you were thinking Bonnie Tyler, as Jim wrote some of her biggest hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" The progressions and structure of his music is so similar....I love his music, from Meatloaf to Celine Dion, you can always pick out a Jim Steinman song.
I was 17 ... at the '84 hearing this song again and again, ... and again make our 'old cracked' memories hit hard our heart great memories of younger,simpler, and reckless thing happens in our lifes ... so much better time in '80 ... the GREAT AGES ... no shit like smarphones, pad, or pinterest, instagram ... yyeaaahhh ... no shit social media and computers, only good tv and best radio
I can't get enough of this song.. I know I've played it over a thousand times. Jim Steinman is a genious and thank you to Holly Sherwood for the incredible vocals..
Music nowadays will never have this kind of effect on me. This song is soulful and uplifting. You have to look to the past for the magic. There is no magic today.
Take the genius of Jim Steinman as a songwriter, the ability of Diane Lane to sell the songs in the movie, and what has been described as the best fake band ever, and you have an unrecognised classic. The soundtrack to this movie should be celebrated.
@@johnmcbride311 Haven't heard that, but t was a good fit. The other guy I think who was equally brilliant was Paul O'Neill, the mastermind behind Savatage.
@@mdp4022 You're talking Jim Steinman, the Wagner of Rock and Roll. Operatic is the word. Diane Lane lip synched to the track, but the actual vocals were by Holly Sherwood, who worked with Steinman a lot, and sang backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', another Steinman classic.
@@mdp4022 Just try listening to 'Ride of the Valkyries' from the Ring Cycle of operas to get an ideal of what Wagner could be like at full throttle. A pretty unpleasant personality, and not everyone wants to sit through the whole of his operas, which can be a bit like hard work, but he wrote some impressive music.
Amazing! I wish they still made movies and music like this. Truly one of the most under rated films and songs of all time. The 80's left us this beautiful music, thanks.
Jim Steinman packs more lyrics in a short space, sung at an intensity matched by no other song writer. Pure magic. One of Meatloaf's interviews he was asked if he could keep up with the lyrics or told just keep going if he couldn't and pick up what he could. Meat had no problem, It takes a special singer to stand tall and not miss a word in a Steinman song, but when you get that match, you get an outstanding performance. Meatloaf and Holly Sherwood were born for Steinman's brand of music. Is Steinman's style recognizable? Yes. Is it all the same? Not in my mind, but I would be hard pressed to name a Jim Steinman song I don't like.
Mr.Rumph I agree Steinman is a great writer just look at Meat Loaf for that little fact , however the production of this song is what in my opinion makes it. I believe Holly Sherwood(the actual voice in case some don't know) said they used something like 72 vocal tracks for this song to create a wall of sound. Absolutely brilliant in my humble opinion.
Is fair to say that the composer behind this magical song is Jim Steinman, one of the most important and sadly unkown figures of modern Rock. From his pen and imagination full genders of Rock developed after years to come, as Gothic, Symphonic Metal and has been inspiration of may bands that admire his genious!!! Hurray for Jim!!!!
I've got a dream 'bout an angel on the beach And the perfect waves are starting to come His hair is flying out in ribbons of gold And his touch has got the power to stun I've got a dream 'bout an angel in the forest Enchanted by the edge of a lake His body's flowing in the jewels of light And the earth below him's starting to shake But I don't see any angels in the city I don't hear any holy choirs sing And if I can't get an angel I can still get a boy And a boy'd be the next best thing The next best thing to an angel A boy'd be the next best thing I've got a dream 'bout a boy in a castle And he's dancing like a cat on the stairs He's got the fire of a prince in his eyes And the thunder of a drum in his ears I've got a dream 'bout a boy on a star Looking down upon the realm of the world He's there all alone and dreaming of someone like me I'm not an angel but at least I'm a girl I've got a dream when the darkness is over We'll be lying in the rays of the sun But it's only a dream and tonight is for real You'll never know what it means But you'll know how it feels It's gonna be over (over) Before you know it's begun (Before you know it's begun) It's all we really got tonight Stop your crying hold on (tonight) Before you know it it's gone (tonight) Tonight is what it means to be young Tonight is what it means to be young Let the rebels begin Let the fire be started We're dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted Let the rebels begin Let the fire be started We're dancing for the desperate and the broken-hearted Let the rebels begin (Tonight is what it means to be young) Let the fire be started (Before you know it it's gone) We're dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted Let the rebels begin Let the fire be started We're dancing for the desperate and the broken-hearted Say a prayer in the darkness for the magic to come No matter what it seams Tonight is what it means to be young Before you know it it's gone Tonight is what it means to be young Before you know it it's gone I've got a dream when the darkness is over We'll be lying in the rays of the sun But it's only a dream and tonight is for real You'll never know what it means But you'll know how it feels It's gonna be over (over) Before you know it's begun It's all we really got tonight Stop your cryin' hold on (tonight) Before you know it it's gone (tonight) Tonight is what it means to be young Tonight is what it means to be young The things they say And then the things they do Nothin's gonna stop us if our dream is true
I saw this movie at the age of 18, now i am 58 and i love it so much, also the vhs, cd and mc and vinyl is mine. I miss this time sooo hard. Thanks for the memories
this movie and this song and other songs of this movie is my childhood...... great movie incredible soundtrack let me back 30 years ago to my child time.......
The music was so great in the mid 1980’s that songs as great as this one were passed over and forgotten. Keep searching the deep cuts of 83-85, not just the songs you remember, and you will find more great music.
@Tiddybeth, I couldn't agree more about your statement regarding Jim Steinman. It took me years to learn that the lead singers to this song was Holly Sherwood (Wondergap) and Laurie Sargent (Face to Face). The credit on the soundtrack was listed as "Fire Inc." only. Really? I wanted to know who the singer(s) with the powerful voice(s) on this song was/were... well, I finally did and I wasn't disappointed. These ladies can SANG!
Great job on the video!! just got done watching the movie for about the one hundredth time it never gets old, neither do the songs..what a classic movie. thanks for making this video
What a great movie this is. I can't believe it didn't do well at the theaters. Michael Pare deserves to be right up there with the Brad Pitts, Tom Cruise's and so forth.
Call me creepy but I have been watching and listening to this video every night before I go to bed, it inspires me so much & it brings me so much memories, it makes me feel young! Btw there are no words to describe Diane Lane she's just awesome!!!
***** your not creepy i to long for the past best times of our lives, i have a habit of listening to the song alphaville_ forever young official video call me sentimental but we all have a missing of the past ,but your right makes us feel young again .
***** She was gorgeous and Michael Pare was the perfect hunk. I loved this movie in '84 after graduating college, and still watch it today. I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's sweet and nostalgic.
yes indeed, after >30yrs and many more coming with horrendus graphics effects..... and still nothing near or even beat this epic musical, entertaining Streets Of Fire! its an Epic..... the sets, costumes, and even dialogues were so 'into' the "streets" I always thought there could be a part 2 or even a remake..... its truly a memorable piece from Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young..............
+Maritzah Siarvanaux That woman who's singing on stage I feel very very bad for her because this past March 25th on a good Friday easter she just lost her kryptonian alien son who sacrificed his life defeating Doomsday just for humanity's sake
Amazing soundtrack, a good film, beautiful Diane Lane starting to be a great star and singing like Bonnie Tyler or even better, and Michael Pare more handsome than ever.....
Diane Lane was a stone-cold, drop-dead knock out ! and Holly Sherwood's voice was perfect. this film is a gem, way ahead of it's time. -------------Wolfsky9, 69 y/o
According to Wikipedia, Holly Sherwood did vocal backing and Face to Face's Laurie Sargent was lead singer for both songs.
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Many people mistakenly believed that the bar dancer at 'Torchie's', Marine Jahan, was a man. However, I never shared that view, as I always found her too attractive to be a man. The Blasters, known for their song 'One Bad Stud', are indeed a genuine band. Marine Jahan is also recognized for her role as a dance double for Jennifer Beals in the 1983 movie 'Flashdance'. Nowhere Fast. The moment she dashes onto the stage always sends shivers down my spine. Ex ADF
I was a crewmember aboard USS Midway CV-41, homeported in Yokosuka Japan from 1980-1987. We were in port, I lived on base and went to A-33 for a VHS tape for our Hiachi VHS player recorder. A movie< Streets of Fire was playing on a projection TV in the building. 2 hours later I got home with the tape and my wife asks, where the hell were you? I told her and it has been one of my favorite movies ever since. Go visit Midway, she is a museum in San Diego.
The fact that this is considered a "Cult Classic" is beyond me. This is one of the most artistic, intersting, creative motion pictures EVER. I do agree that it is not a musical. Most of the singing takes place as performances within the music framework -- pure genius. Moreover, the rest of the soundtrack is unmatched (my favorite non-Steinman song is Laurie Sargent's take on Stevie Nicks song "Sorcerer", but all are excellent). This movie should be on the teaching list of every film school in the country!
I was an 80's kid, and I'm still so thankful to have been an early teen when THE best movies, music, and gadgets were introduced. I remember watching this on HBO back in the day when it first came out it seemed to remain a mainstay on that channel for a very long time, so therefore I would watch it over and again every few months and of course got burnt out, BUT...to this day I own it on DVD and will go back and watch it every couple of years and its always just as good, and the same goes with another HBO mainstay from the 80s..."King of the mountain" with Harry Hamlin and Dennis Hopper...BAD ASS movie!
Is there a more unmistakable songwriter in the world than Jim Steinman? This song (while awesome) is a 99% rewrite of Bonnie Tyler's "Holding On For A Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and about a half-dozen Meat Loaf songs. Want melodrama? Want to flick your Bic in the night? Get you some Jim Steinman. :)
When I first heard it, and Nowwhere Fast, I knew it was Jim's handiwork - unmistakable, as you said - I didn't even need to read the cover. I just knew it had to be Jim.
crooked degenerate society like America was and is serve propaganda to eastern countries who was without any crimes in those time how Molotov cocktails , hammer in to head , knife in the stomach is the way to be young and free . lol that was 80s. in those times USA have and had something to rob and today there is no more countries to rob without stepping on " Russian foot " so they are so nostalgic about long lost times when they live good on misery of robbed nations . pathetic
Rode my motorcycle in to town on a summer night in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast, to see it in the movie theatre. Still one of my favourite films of all time. ❤
In winter of '85 I took four days off from the army to come home to watch this masterpiece in real old cinema. After all those years I am sitting in front of tv, waiting for the same unique and incomparable last song. So naive, so funny, Michael Pare is really... but it' s the first Dafoe's role and Ellen is so beautiful, and crazy Sorrels...And above all this SPEEDFIRE is the anthem of our generation, which is just about to start and it's GONNA BE OVER BEFORE YOU KNOW IT'S BEGAN! ETERNAL!
The evolution- the modern musical... back then. What it Meant to be Young- is what IT WILL BE to those for whom it will Always mean, no matter their age ... to be Young.
I was just a kid when i saw this movie for the first time, but still today it's one of my top 10 movies ever...and the soundtrack is my no.1.... Great video
Music, youth, gangs , cars , motorcycles, beautiful girls , leather jackets and a lot of rock and roll.
this film has it allexcellent !!
OMG can' belive its been 32 years and this movie and this song still rocking... she was and still gorgeous... God I miss the 80's !!!
the 80s and my youth :(
@@ronaldsylvia7736 mine too - the time, where the music was still good
You're not the only one who misses the 80's and Yes, Diane Lane is a beautiful woman.
I can't believe it's been 8 years since this comment!
In my opinion it is one of the best songs ever written in human history.
Yes great voice
Jim Steinman at his over the top best
Jim Steinman, R.I.P. music for the angels.
Y-E-S !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Good song. yes. But you must be easily entertained if you give it that much credit.
I remember being under the age of ten and watching this movie over and over....Just a few months ago I watched it with my soon to be 20 year old daughter and she loved it!!!! It never gets old!!!!
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This is simply one of the best soundtracks in the history of cinema...
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@AriusBLSo TRUE...K
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agreed
i agree totally
This is what the 80’s was all about - great music and songs.
OMC! BEST song of the ENTIRE movie! I seriously bought the entire soundtrack JUST to get this song!
Yeah, me too. I bought it for 3:41 when the song goes to 11.
I bought this album when the film first came out.
Used to play the album & in particular this song on the spare CB channel, enroute home to see my girl - all the way from Dover. So she would know I was on my way. My rig was a little 'different' from the normal set-ups you could buy over here in UK, at the time. LOL
Me to on both LP and CD..................::))
Me too!
This is nice..........2013 HD
Nowhere Fast - Streets of Fire
I don't f***g believe I found this song ! I was looking for it for 30 years ! Like a long lost love after having watched the movie. I was 17 back then. Please pardon the language but this is incredible. 80's forever no matter what the cost was ! When cost didn't count.
I hear you - yes likewise and I have it on vinyl as well - red vinyl - mini coup!!!!!
We were spoiled in comparison to todays music and entertainment. It’s heartbreaking to see political ideals and agendas as the center of everything, they wanted people divided, they got it. God help us in the future.
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Absolutely the most underrated movie ever.
She went from an underrated movie like this to an overrated Superhero Movie that just recently came out in theaters this past March 25th.
I feel sorry for that woman who's singing because she just lost her alien son who sacrificed his life defeating Doomsday
Jeahav Valentin
I have no idea what you're talking about. I stopped paying attention to pop culture around the time _The Simpsons_ used a Ke$ha song instead of their usual theme song.
+ᒍᗩᗰᕮᔕ ᑭᗩᗯᔕOᑎ I'll explain to you what I'm caucasing about here, that actress who plays the singer in this movie is diane lane.
She plays Supermans earth mother Martha Kent in Man Of Steel and Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice.
If you've seen Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice that already hit theaters this past Friday March 25th on a good Friday Easter you'll know what I'm saying.
In Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice her alien kryptonian son aka Superman sacrificed his life fighting and defeating Doomsday while simultaneously Doomsday stabbed Superman with a sharp kryptonian spear while thus far Superman killed Doomsday at the expense of saving humanity once again by being killed.
So at the end temporarily Superman died at the end of Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice, so therefore she lost her alien kryptonian son
Jeahav Valentin
Haha, ok-- thanks for explaining. I am pretty sure I am never going to see that movie.
A Diane Lane movie I do like is _Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains._ Funny to see the arc her career took.
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音質映像パーフェクトだと思います
これほどしびれる映画は未だかつて見たことがありませんです
そしてこれほど繰り返し見た映画も後にも先にもありません
あの感動を今まさにまた味わうことができ少し泣けてしまいました
この曲の邦題は今夜も青春です
まさに僕の青春でした
上げて下さった方 感謝致します
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I love the vocals of Holly Sherwood! She is just as beautiful as Diane Lane, too. It is time she received credit for her contribution to this song. Smiles :))
if you look at the movie credits it says Laurie Sargent sang both both "Nowhere fast" an "tonight it what it takes to be young". then if you have just the soundtrack it has fire inc.
Jim Steinman wrote and produced this song. He is known for 'Total Eclispe of the Heart' sung by Bonnie Tyler and 'I'd do anything for love but I won't do that' by Meat Loaf. Steinman's music is classic and second to none!
That figured! No wonder all the songs sound the same.
Thank you for letting us know. As soon as I heard it I thought it sounded like both of those songs, but I didn't know who wrote them.
I thought the song had a strong resemblance to the style of Meat Loaf.
Diane Lane man... This soundtrack too... Perfect 80's movie.
I discovered this movie in 1991. It has always been one of my favorite movies. Love the Soundtrack. It is truly a GREAT movie.
Being 75 years old, I can say that I have watched this movie a lot of times. It is awesome. I also like Eddie and the Cruisers. I'm not into musicals but these two movies are truly works of art.
I’m 79 and loved the music from this movie.I listen to rock & roll and doo- wop to this day as it was a great time.From drive in movies,sock hops, penny candy and just great music.
Being 53 years old, I´ve never watched the movie. Somehow I got the soundtrack into my hands and couldn´t stop listening. It´s been 40 years now... and I´m still thrilled by the music!
@@superjody56 We’re just two old souls that love the music.
@@kaikreutzfeldt4021 Same here my friend, same age although I did see the movie a few years later. And fell in love with Diane Lane like 99% of teenagers I guess. She was and still is just perfect
While I am still not that old, and was only a small child when this movie was released, this song still invokes feelings of loss over a misspent youth. I regret not what did, but what I did not do: Deeds never done, risks never taken, dreams never chased, women never loved. You only have one life to live, but the best time of your life is your youth - your teens and twenties - enjoy it while it lasts, because nothing you ever do or experience afterwards can compare to how it was when you were young.
STREETS OF FIRE and the EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS movies were some of my absolute favourites growing up and I still love them today
Around new year's eve 1984, one of the major tv networks played a show called, Playback '84. My family didn't have cable, so anything that showed music videos was an absolute treat! I recorded the whole tv show on my fisher-price tape recorder. They played this video, and became OBSESSED over this song. I was in 4th grade, but I would still call radio stations and ask them to play it, but I never knew the name of the band or artist. Pretty much everyone I ever spoke to about this song was clueless. Some time in the mid/late 90s, I was flipping through late night tv and saw this scene in the movie, and just about died from joy. However, before the age of the internet and lacking tv guides, I had no idea what movie it was. I am so thankful for youtube, because I can still obsess over this song...it will forever be one of my favorites! BTW, I still have that cassette tape, it is one of my most prized possessions!!
over 30 years AND this song STILL ROCKS!!!
I was a Chung_a_ling my nomad ,now I'm a siviling
Heared this song a few times on Radio some years back but never new title or singer.By voice was always looking for Bonnie Tyler.Now listening did not pay much attention though it started to sound familiar.While reading your post similarities came up and here we go...got it.One of those many great songs you may have heared somtime somewhere and never had a chance to know.
Also straight out of the 80's.Best time ever.Was a great experience,Glad to have been there.
That's a great story! I can totally understand loving this song. It's awesome!
I saw the movie in the theater (yeah, I'm getting old) and I thought it was totally cool. This song blew my mind.
I like how the movie is in a fictional world that has aspects from the forties to the eighties, and it all works. Streets of Fire wasn't profitable, and I suspect it's because there was too much really good competition. It also was difficult to market: was it a guy movie or a girl movie? I think it was both. It was also fun for the under-30 crowd (I was well under 30).
This movie should have been a hit (IMHO).
All Jim Steinman songs have that "familiar" thing about them. Of course, you were thinking Bonnie Tyler, as Jim wrote some of her biggest hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" The progressions and structure of his music is so similar....I love his music, from Meatloaf to Celine Dion, you can always pick out a Jim Steinman song.
This is when they knew how to make action movies with great music. A classic by far.
I was 17 ... at the '84
hearing this song again and again, ... and again
make our 'old cracked' memories hit hard our heart
great memories of younger,simpler, and reckless thing happens in our lifes
... so much better time in '80 ... the GREAT AGES ...
no shit like smarphones, pad, or pinterest, instagram ...
yyeaaahhh ... no shit social media and computers,
only good tv and best radio
I can't get enough of this song.. I know I've played it over a thousand times. Jim Steinman is a genious and thank you to Holly Sherwood for the incredible vocals..
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Music nowadays will never have this kind of effect on me. This song is soulful and uplifting. You have to look to the past for the magic. There is no magic today.
Yes, when I think about it. There is so much truth. You speak well.
Jim Steinman was a genius.
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I was young in the 80's... This song will always take me back. Goosebumps, every time.
とにかくいい曲づくめの映画。その中でも一番好きな曲✨80年代は映画と共にサントラもヒットした時代でした。今聴いてもテンション爆上がりするなぁ〜❤
This song should have been a hit. It's my favorite song on the soundtrack.
One of my top favorites from the 1980's. Great soundtrack, great cast, great movie... I'm surprised that it's become a little bit forgotten.
Take the genius of Jim Steinman as a songwriter, the ability of Diane Lane to sell the songs in the movie, and what has been described as the best fake band ever, and you have an unrecognised classic. The soundtrack to this movie should be celebrated.
Jim Steinman was really a genius. A lot of Meat Loaf songs are masterpieces as well.
I loved the stories about how Jim was looking for a voice for his songs and was about to give up when meatloaf auditioned.
@@johnmcbride311 Haven't heard that, but t was a good fit.
The other guy I think who was equally brilliant was Paul O'Neill, the mastermind behind Savatage.
@@mdp4022 You're talking Jim Steinman, the Wagner of Rock and Roll. Operatic is the word. Diane Lane lip synched to the track, but the actual vocals were by Holly Sherwood, who worked with Steinman a lot, and sang backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', another Steinman classic.
@@mdp4022 Just try listening to 'Ride of the Valkyries' from the Ring Cycle of operas to get an ideal of what Wagner could be like at full throttle. A pretty unpleasant personality, and not everyone wants to sit through the whole of his operas, which can be a bit like hard work, but he wrote some impressive music.
this one of the most underrated movies of its time.......................its awesome!
Amazing! I wish they still made movies and music like this. Truly one of the most under rated films and songs of all time. The 80's left us this beautiful music, thanks.
This movie had great music and it had William Dafoe. One of the great actors of our time.
Best soundtrack ever!!! It still gives me goosebumps after all these years, Diane Lane is the most gorgeous actress of our generation!
There is NO Opera Rock that can even measure to this one...!!! To the desperates and the broken hearts!!
É verdade 👏
@@clovisribeiro8592Then you have never seen Jesus Christ Superstar!
Mr Steinman's masterpiece....He should be proud
Diane Lane was so beautiful and talented in this movie, it's been so long since I watched, I need to watch it again.
Diane Lane...To this day, beautiful as ever...
Eternal Beauty 💘
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毎年ほぼ季節毎に見る私的最高峰映画。ロックンロールの寓話というのはサブタイトルとして秀逸。 日本における異世界モノの源流かもしれない。
４０年前になるのかな～懐かしいな～サントラ買ったな～辛い中学生時代を思い出します
が元気が出る曲でした ありがとう
なんと！もう４０年にもなりますか！！道理で。
❤who's still listening in 2024
Me: Age 62
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80’s music was the best. I remember watching all these movies with my mom.😢God rest her soul.
Yup...one of the great songs of the 80s!
best song
One of my favorite movies ever, partly for the soundtrack
I was obsessed with the soundtrack as a kid. Brings back memories of blasting this on my walkman
Jim Steinman packs more lyrics in a short space, sung at an intensity matched by no other song writer. Pure magic. One of Meatloaf's interviews he was asked if he could keep up with the lyrics or told just keep going if he couldn't and pick up what he could. Meat had no problem, It takes a special singer to stand tall and not miss a word in a Steinman song, but when you get that match, you get an outstanding performance. Meatloaf and Holly Sherwood were born for Steinman's brand of music. Is Steinman's style recognizable? Yes. Is it all the same? Not in my mind, but I would be hard pressed to name a Jim Steinman song I don't like.
18-year-old Diane Lane was a gem. Too fucking gorgeous for mere words, man.
Yes, she really is.. My first thought at seeing this video was "Jesus, Holly Sherwood was hot." Come to find out it was a young Diane Lane lol.
Here here.
Query her name her Nate, she hasn't lost it, hardly aged a day!!
True. I was so in love with her. And now, she's Superman's mom.
Nate Broadus love that
Jim Steinman can write man. All of his stuff is not just good. Really really good. Filled with feeling.
jim steinman is awesome. used to compile all his songs into one CD and listened to them on road trips
Mr.Rumph I agree Steinman is a great writer just look at Meat Loaf for that little fact , however the production of this song is what in my opinion makes it. I believe Holly Sherwood(the actual voice in case some don't know) said they used something like 72 vocal tracks for this song to create a wall of sound. Absolutely brilliant in my humble opinion.
Fire Inc. should have been SO much bigger. This is so good and so unbelievably 80s
one of thegreatist movies of the 80's
Is fair to say that the composer behind this magical song is Jim Steinman, one of the most important and sadly unkown figures of modern Rock. From his pen and imagination full genders of Rock developed after years to come, as Gothic, Symphonic Metal and has been inspiration of may bands that admire his genious!!! Hurray for Jim!!!!
I've got a dream 'bout an angel on the beach
And the perfect waves are starting to come
His hair is flying out in ribbons of gold
And his touch has got the power to stun
I've got a dream 'bout an angel in the forest
Enchanted by the edge of a lake
His body's flowing in the jewels of light
And the earth below him's starting to shake
But I don't see any angels in the city
I don't hear any holy choirs sing
And if I can't get an angel
I can still get a boy
And a boy'd be the next best thing
The next best thing to an angel
A boy'd be the next best thing
I've got a dream 'bout a boy in a castle
And he's dancing like a cat on the stairs
He's got the fire of a prince in his eyes
And the thunder of a drum in his ears
I've got a dream 'bout a boy on a star
Looking down upon the realm of the world
He's there all alone and dreaming of someone like me
I'm not an angel but at least I'm a girl
I've got a dream when the darkness is over
We'll be lying in the rays of the sun
But it's only a dream and tonight is for real
You'll never know what it means
But you'll know how it feels
It's gonna be over (over)
Before you know it's begun
(Before you know it's begun)
It's all we really got tonight
Stop your crying hold on (tonight)
Before you know it it's gone (tonight)
Tonight is what it means to be young
Tonight is what it means to be young
Let the rebels begin
Let the fire be started
We're dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted
Let the rebels begin
Let the fire be started
We're dancing for the desperate and the broken-hearted
Let the rebels begin (Tonight is what it means to be young)
Let the fire be started (Before you know it it's gone)
We're dancing for the restless and the broken-hearted
Let the rebels begin
Let the fire be started
We're dancing for the desperate and the broken-hearted
Say a prayer in the darkness for the magic to come
No matter what it seams
Tonight is what it means to be young
Before you know it it's gone
Tonight is what it means to be young
Before you know it it's gone
I've got a dream when the darkness is over
We'll be lying in the rays of the sun
But it's only a dream and tonight is for real
You'll never know what it means
But you'll know how it feels
It's gonna be over (over)
Before you know it's begun
It's all we really got tonight
Stop your cryin' hold on (tonight)
Before you know it it's gone (tonight)
Tonight is what it means to be young
Tonight is what it means to be young
The things they say
And then the things they do
Nothin's gonna stop us if our dream is true
Jules Love Let the “revels” begin, not rebels
I saw this movie at the age of 18, now i am 58 and i love it so much, also the vhs, cd and mc and vinyl is mine. I miss this time sooo hard. Thanks for the memories
this movie and this song and other songs of this movie is my childhood...... great movie incredible soundtrack let me back 30 years ago to my child time.......
The music was so great in the mid 1980’s that songs as great as this one were passed over and forgotten. Keep searching the deep cuts of 83-85, not just the songs you remember, and you will find more great music.
Uma nostalgia incrível essa explosão ❤😢 outubro de 2024 alguém mais???
Very stylish 80's cinema. Stunning visuals. Powerful... inspiring lyrics. Epic and blissful times.
Diane Lane is probably one of the most beautiful actresses of all time. So goddamn beautiful in her prime.
Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Amy Madigan and Rick Moranis. What a cast.What an adventure. Still one of my all-time favorites. Thanks, Walter Hill.
@Tiddybeth, I couldn't agree more about your statement regarding Jim Steinman. It took me years to learn that the lead singers to this song was Holly Sherwood (Wondergap) and Laurie Sargent (Face to Face). The credit on the soundtrack was listed as "Fire Inc." only. Really? I wanted to know who the singer(s) with the powerful voice(s) on this song was/were... well, I finally did and I wasn't disappointed. These ladies can SANG!
when i saw the movie i saw laurie sargent (face to face) when i bought the soundtrack i did see another name probably holly sherwood.
Great job on the video!! just got done watching the movie for about the one hundredth time it never gets old, neither do the songs..what a classic movie. thanks for making this video
This the movie that turned many boys and man into the beautiful and inimitable Diane Lane.
What a great movie this is. I can't believe it didn't do well at the theaters. Michael Pare deserves to be right up there with the Brad Pitts, Tom Cruise's and so forth.
I dont know here but in my country I think did well in the teather
Adam's Co. remember .. it was a time before irony >= )
After I watched MP in this I was sure he was the next big thing! I wonder what happened…
My daughter and I loved this movie. She was wild about this song. Nice to see HD and the song and all the scenes. Thanks!!
nice..
Nowhere Fast - Streets of Fire
I loved too
Call me creepy but I have been watching and listening to this video every night before I go to bed, it inspires me so much & it brings me so much memories, it makes me feel young! Btw there are no words to describe Diane Lane she's just awesome!!!
***** and gorgeous
Juan Colón So true bro!
***** your not creepy i to long for the past best times of our lives, i have a habit of listening to the song alphaville_ forever young official video call me sentimental but we all have a missing of the past ,but your right makes us feel young again .
James mullin sr Thanks, I also love that song!
***** She was gorgeous and Michael Pare was the perfect hunk. I loved this movie in '84 after graduating college, and still watch it today. I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's sweet and nostalgic.
The ultimate date movie, action music romance and a freaking pick-axe fight.
Excellent point!
Sledgehammers. Definitely sledgehammers. But you are so right! This is drive-thru gold.
I can get all the picture of the story just by watching this PV… So simple and straight to the point of our stereotype image of ideal hero!!!
yes indeed, after >30yrs and many more coming with horrendus graphics effects..... and still nothing near or even beat this epic musical, entertaining Streets Of Fire!
its an Epic..... the sets, costumes, and even dialogues were so 'into' the "streets"
I always thought there could be a part 2 or even a remake..... its truly a memorable piece from Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young..............
80's was a Good Times much simpler times it was all about having fun.
We were young!!!
_Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Diane Lane._
+trha2222 was that really her singing? That is impressive--I didn't know she sang, too.
... it isn't her singing. I am just a big fan of her, and my comment above was a play on the title of an earlier film she also lip-synced in.
+Rand Sollie Holly Sherwood on vocals
+Rand Sollie The song is by Fire Inc. ;-)
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Ladies & Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains!
Diane Lane is eternally beautiful...we began together early ...today we walk among legend...
Streets of Fire, Eddie & the Cruisers and The Outsiders. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
+dizzotizzo69 the three greatest movies EVER :)
+Jaki Gardiner dont forget about "point of impact".
+Maritzah Siarvanaux That woman who's singing on stage I feel very very bad for her because this past March 25th on a good Friday easter she just lost her kryptonian alien son who sacrificed his life defeating Doomsday just for humanity's sake
+Jeahav Valentin neva saw da movie u fuckin a. rab
Jeahav Valentin what a dummy
behold what used to be the power of music.
Love this movie, the soundtrack and Michael Pare back then, meow!
IMO the most underrated movie of the 1980's.
Amazing soundtrack, a good film, beautiful Diane Lane starting to be a great star and singing like Bonnie Tyler or even better, and Michael Pare more handsome than ever.....
The best rock musical there is, shivers going down my spine everytime I watch this!
Diane Lane was a stone-cold, drop-dead knock out ! and Holly Sherwood's voice was perfect. this film is a gem, way ahead of it's time. -------------Wolfsky9, 69 y/o
According to Wikipedia, Holly Sherwood did vocal backing and Face to Face's Laurie Sargent was lead singer for both songs.
Many people mistakenly believed that the bar dancer at 'Torchie's', Marine Jahan, was a man. However, I never shared that view, as I always found her too attractive to be a man. The Blasters, known for their song 'One Bad Stud', are indeed a genuine band. Marine Jahan is also recognized for her role as a dance double for Jennifer Beals in the 1983 movie 'Flashdance'. Nowhere Fast. The moment she dashes onto the stage always sends shivers down my spine.
Ex ADF
When I tried to explain to my kids how smoking hot Superman's mom used to be i showed them this video.
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Boa guerreiro 😂
Diane Lane is absolute perfection in that red dress!!! And that movie is just fantastic!!!
One of the best unknown movies ever.
Every time I recommend this movie to someone who has never seen it they come back and say” how have I never seen this before”?
I was a crewmember aboard USS Midway CV-41, homeported in Yokosuka Japan from 1980-1987. We were in port, I lived on base and went to A-33 for a VHS tape for our Hiachi VHS player recorder. A movie< Streets of Fire was playing on a projection TV in the building. 2 hours later I got home with the tape and my wife asks, where the hell were you? I told her and it has been one of my favorite movies ever since. Go visit Midway, she is a museum in San Diego.
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This movie was produced in 1984 and I was born in 1985 😁 amazing effect and good story ❤❤ Golden memories ❤❤
My youth! Diane Lane is beautiful! Amazing! ゾクゾクする！
Amo essa musica
The fact that this is considered a "Cult Classic" is beyond me. This is one of the most artistic, intersting, creative motion pictures EVER.
I do agree that it is not a musical. Most of the singing takes place as performances within the music framework -- pure genius. Moreover,
the rest of the soundtrack is unmatched (my favorite non-Steinman song is Laurie Sargent's take on Stevie Nicks song "Sorcerer", but all are
excellent).
This movie should be on the teaching list of every film school in the country!
October 2024?
9th Nov
I was an 80's kid, and I'm still so thankful to have been an early teen when THE best movies, music, and gadgets were introduced. I remember watching this on HBO back in the day when it first came out it seemed to remain a mainstay on that channel for a very long time, so therefore I would watch it over and again every few months and of course got burnt out, BUT...to this day I own it on DVD and will go back and watch it every couple of years and its always just as good, and the same goes with another HBO mainstay from the 80s..."King of the mountain" with Harry Hamlin and Dennis Hopper...BAD ASS movie!
Is there a more unmistakable songwriter in the world than Jim Steinman? This song (while awesome) is a 99% rewrite of Bonnie Tyler's "Holding On For A Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and about a half-dozen Meat Loaf songs.
Want melodrama? Want to flick your Bic in the night? Get you some Jim Steinman. :)
Benjamin Duffy don't forget "It's All Coming Back to me Now"
Casey Strapp Yes! Great example. No matter who is singing, it's so obviously Jim. :)
When I first heard it, and Nowwhere Fast, I knew it was Jim's handiwork - unmistakable, as you said - I didn't even need to read the cover. I just knew it had to be Jim.
***** Before you go any further do ya love me?
I would do anything for you....but I won't do that. I mean c'mon. Jasus.
I had a crush on Diane lane when I saw that movie 40 years ago. One of my favorites movies, hope dont make a remake on this one.
Another Time Another Place - Streets of Fire
+Andy Cruise Classic Andy Classic...
Yeah... A simpler time and a better place.
crooked degenerate society like America was and is serve propaganda to eastern countries who was without any crimes in those time how Molotov cocktails , hammer in to head , knife in the stomach is the way to be young and free . lol that was 80s. in those times USA have and had something to rob and today there is no more countries to rob without stepping on " Russian foot " so they are so nostalgic about long lost times when they live good on misery of robbed nations . pathetic
Rode my motorcycle in to town on a summer night in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast, to see it in the movie theatre. Still one of my favourite films of all time. ❤
Man....I'd give my soul to be young again....
Beautiful! I dont see any angels in the city. Me too. Got the soundtrack just for this song. Great memories.
32 years later I still love you, Diane!
She's got a beautiful voice. Still love this after all these years ❤
カッコイイー！映画も最高だったけど曲は史上最強の名曲！素晴らしい！アップ蟻10！
In winter of '85 I took four days off from the army to come home to watch this masterpiece in real old cinema. After all those years I am sitting in front of tv, waiting for the same unique and incomparable last song. So naive, so funny, Michael Pare is really... but it' s the first Dafoe's role and Ellen is so beautiful, and crazy Sorrels...And above all this SPEEDFIRE is the anthem of our generation, which is just about to start and it's GONNA BE OVER BEFORE YOU KNOW IT'S BEGAN! ETERNAL!
The evolution- the modern musical... back then.
What it Meant to be Young- is what IT WILL BE to those for whom it will Always mean, no matter their age ... to be Young.
I was just a kid when i saw this movie for the first time, but still today it's one of my top 10 movies ever...and the soundtrack is my no.1.... Great video
a wonderful song, love it. Never gets old.