I was 16 when this came out, and I remember watching it when my step dad was in the room, and he said, incredulously, "you like that stuff? Just wait until you get older, you will see how ridiculous this is" I am 53, and you know what? It still kicks ass!"

@LenapeSF

4 жыл бұрын

I was a young mom when this came out & I still listen to it a lot. Dale Bozzio is so original.

@LenapeSF

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 64 yo & still get a kick out of this video. In my opinion, Stefani & Gaga are pale imitations, no disrespect intended.

@gregroeper2976

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Still awesome today. Your step dad sounds like my dad back in the day.

@koishooter

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 56 and I finally fully appreciate this. It's also clear what a talentless hack Lady Gaga is.

@crisprtalk6963

4 жыл бұрын

damn right!!

Missing Persons, Berlin, QuarterFlash, Motels, Blondie... great and unfortgeteable part of our adolescence soundtrack...

@raydanielz9408

2 жыл бұрын

You got it man. All in my 80's download playlist✊

@D33Lux

2 жыл бұрын

Stacey Q, Ultravox, The March Violets, Tryangz, Tubeway Army, TransX, David Bowie, Prince, Billy Idol, A Flock of Seagulls.

@justjeph6927

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, and don't forget The Specials!

@crapple009

2 жыл бұрын

Altered Images, Pretenders, The Photos to name a few more good ones..

@justjeph6927

2 жыл бұрын

@@crapple009 and X, of course

I love this song! I actually met the lead singer Dale Bozzio years ago in LA. My friend and I were shopping at a beach shop on Venice Beach and I saw her in the store. I instantly recognized her blond/pink hair. I went over and just told her I was a big fan and loved her music. She was extremely friendly and gracious and she spoke with my friend and I for about 10 minutes. She introduced us to her children who were with her. She told us about the upcoming plans the band had and what they have been up to. She was really cool and sweet. I didn’t expect her to be so chatty and friendly. I always appreciated that.

@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848

Жыл бұрын

That's cool! Thanks for sharing that.

@susannpatton2893

Жыл бұрын

I met Lita Ford and same thing. Very down to earth and friendly. We snapped a photo that I lost in many moves across the USA

@steveslivemusic

Жыл бұрын

@@susannpatton2893 that’s so awesome! I love Lita Ford, too, she is fantastic.

@gmar7836

Жыл бұрын

She was arrested for animal cruelty. Google it

@victortexis4279

11 ай бұрын

👍

I love how Dale just jumps all over the vocal range like a boss who gives zero fucks. Quite possibly the most underrated 80's "pop" band.

I have to laugh when people say Lady Gaga is so "innovative" when Dale was 30 years ahead of Gaga's persona.........

@ryanbarker5217

23 күн бұрын

she's just one of the ppl gaga stole their style from.

I’m 50 years old and I still sing this out loud in the car, including the high pitch squeaky bits, while my wife looks at me over her glasses and wonders if it’s too late for an annulment.

@EdEpic

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂🥰😘

@ge2623

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 57 and if my wife looked at me for a divorce after hitting those high squeaks I'd grant it.

@guarddog318

3 жыл бұрын

@@ge2623 - I didn't bother waiting for the high notes. lol

@nonbass

3 жыл бұрын

the squeaks are the best part

@billbair6204

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO...i can relate..my wife always ask me if i need to goto the hospital

The sound, the costumes and make up, the edditing made this one the greatest videos of the 80s.

I’m 73 in 2023 and still digging Dale Bozzio.😍

@thegapinglotusexperience1251

4 ай бұрын

Her Hustler spreads back in the day...

@elrafa3957

4 ай бұрын

🤘🏼 Rock On

@wholenewearth2729

4 ай бұрын

😍🥰😍

@lenahowery9894

3 ай бұрын

yeah baby

@RonnieMJr2000

3 ай бұрын

I love seeing comments like this. I was 8 years old when this came out, and it’s still so awesome. I get really nostalgic when they break it down at 2:09. Such an amazing 80’s sound!

I’m 50 now...still love this song and all 80’s music. These are real musicians.

@DavidGCG

3 жыл бұрын

51 here. And I totally agree with you. Best decade of music.

@Peter8Luigi

3 жыл бұрын

I have the Roku stick. I'm watching this video right now on the channel: Flashback 80s

@wolvieb3317

3 жыл бұрын

And you are damn beautiful!

@lucianofigueiredo7220

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peter8Luigi 😆😆😆😆😆

@fucheduck

2 жыл бұрын

spontanuity is a lost art. the atrophied 2020's.

"What are words for; when no one listens anymore?" So appropriate for 2020.

@greghall4300

3 жыл бұрын

Voughers

@traeucity6087

3 жыл бұрын

@S.M.C. Kennels Thanks. Corrections made.

@Pinky-lg3lz

3 жыл бұрын

With that outfit, I think there was more watching than listening.

@belladonnat4866

3 жыл бұрын

"Do you hear me? Do you care!?"

@traeucity6087

3 жыл бұрын

@@belladonnat4866, That's good, too.

This kids, is what the ‘80s was all about!!!

Hell,I'm still listening in August 2023. 70 years old and still rocking.

Memories of trying to record this song from the radio onto a blank cassette tape!!

@paul6925

3 жыл бұрын

Hah remember waiting and waiting hoping the song would come on... it was much easier if they were playing a top 10 or top 5

@gartmanxxx

3 жыл бұрын

Yup...did the same thing back in the day.

@plan42b

3 жыл бұрын

Ha!!! 😋

@LittleLulubee

3 жыл бұрын

@@paul6925 Yup, running over to the boom box near the end of the previous song, putting your finger on the record button, and hoping the song you want comes on next 🤣🤣🤣

@paul6925

3 жыл бұрын

@@LittleLulubee 😂 I never thought I'd say this ... but kids these days don't know how easy they have it!

This tune was ahead of it’s time , her outfit is perfect.

@mikelikes3570

2 жыл бұрын

Wow this started the transgender movement, amazing!

@MsSmitty9

2 жыл бұрын

She made her own outfits.

@mariposaconsultingllcmarip3889

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@doloreszombory9415

2 жыл бұрын

She used Starbuck’s mocha coffee lids as a bra before Starbuck’s was even born!

@berzerker1100

2 ай бұрын

I thought it was an Album cover 🎶🎵🎼 seriously 😝🤪

I am 57 years old and loveing this music 🎵🎶

@keithinaz9769

26 күн бұрын

86' grad here!

@joneejonee

24 күн бұрын

Me too🤘💚

@VincentWilliams007

23 күн бұрын

@@keithinaz9769 Omg! 85 here. I had this album and I played to the enth degree.

Legend has it that the weekend before he died, Prince walked into a used record store in Minneapolis and bought 4 albums, with one of them being the Missing Persons' "Spring Session M". His Purple Majesty always had impeccable taste.

I'm 92 years old and I just discovered this song, and I love it!

@raylocke282

Жыл бұрын

Im 72.Just a numbo.I feel like 5 years old !

@ttub_waffles

Жыл бұрын

i invented the moon landing and have always love most portions of this song if im in the mood to be hearing it

@whateversmurfette

Жыл бұрын

@@ttub_waffles pump up the mars landing

@charmingjim

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the music !

@mrsrant

Жыл бұрын

so happy to have you here! :D

Hi, This was a great shoot at A&M Records on La Brea. I was the SPL Visual Effects cameraman at MC2 part of Kramer Rocklin who got the production. Great Band and fun people Great music.

@lilorbielilorbie2496

4 жыл бұрын

ray wojdynski You lucky bastard.

@erniechacon5114

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your work, I was in high school at the time !!!!

@dallasstiles118

4 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@stephenanthonythomas3533

4 жыл бұрын

ray wojdynski Wow great work! So was this for MTV? Or was it promo to shop around? Also- did they play this down live for the vid? Any lip sync involved? Thanks!

@cj3126

4 жыл бұрын

How wonderful. You are not forgotten. To b part of this shoot that has attempts but no real copies. I adore her more than anything. I wanted to be her so badly. Still do.

She’s an amazing performer. She’s totally in the character of the song’s narrative.

Dale's husband is the drummer in this video, Terry Bozzio, who was in the top tier of great drummers in the late 70s and 80s. As someone else pointed out, he cut his teeth on some of the most difficult music ever written with Frank Zappa, then later with UK and Jeff Beck and many, many others. Amazing talent.

The magic of the 80s was you didn't even realize you were living through them until the ×%$* music of the next decades came along. It was just another week with the latest fantastic hit.

@james_tiberius_kirk73

5 ай бұрын

This ^

@StevenManor9373

4 ай бұрын

I miss MTV of the 80’s and American Bandstand. Look at the garbage MTV is today. It breaks my heart at what it has become.

@redriderbbgun8018

4 ай бұрын

The 80's were just as good as the 70's. Amazing music released on a daily basis!

This song will never get old

@sharkclub1

Жыл бұрын

The 80s synth Pop will Never get old.

This band was groundbreaking. Great music, great fashion, and great musicians.

"NO one notices, I think I'll dye my hair blue". Sums up this decade. We did it first. Sincerely, Gen X

@jakovasaur

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Dale was a boomer.

@tracyhall6195

10 ай бұрын

She is 68, soooo..... 🤷‍♂️

@reya346

2 ай бұрын

​@@jakovasaurI think she is Generation Jones- too old to be a GenX-er but too young to be a Baby Boomer.

@gregbors8364

2 ай бұрын

The boomers invented punk, new wave AND grunge. Sorry

@gregbors8364

2 ай бұрын

@@reya346Born in 1955. The baby boomer generation includes everyone born between 1945 and 1964

Back in the day when pelvis solar panels were in style, and no one wore them like Dale. Damn I miss the 80s.

@sambrown329

4 жыл бұрын

STILL got mine--I wear it when I shop at Walmart

@stevedonohu7939

4 жыл бұрын

Good one

@clintonflynn815

4 жыл бұрын

So which side of the panel provides the energy?

@smokeyou812

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Both if it's a top notch panel

@carlsaganlives5112

4 жыл бұрын

" Edgy" before "Edgy"

What's brilliant about this video is that they performed it "live." no overdubbing and could easily pass for a studio recording. Zappa told Dale to not perform anything in the studio she couldn't replicate live. They were the best and taught by the best in the biz. Still one of my favorite bands of that era and go as far as saying of all time.

@schnellfahren911

Жыл бұрын

Had a minute after a show in Colorado where Dale told me she "fell out of a second story window and landed on my head" then Zappa and his wife helped get her on her feet/start a band... kissed her cheek and got hair in my mouth 🤣😎

@ouknow1446

Жыл бұрын

The tempo is slower.

@danielfournier735

Жыл бұрын

Zappa's ! Opinion ! I just that ! Nothing more ! And has nothing to due with this video. Some ! Songs are basically studio songs and that's the way it is. They were good ! But so we're dozens of other groups at this time era. Basta !;!

@danielfournier735

Жыл бұрын

@@schnellfahren911 yea !;! Right !;!

@FlyinZX10R

Жыл бұрын

I saw them in 82 and 95. They jam playing live. I think they sound better live than recorded. Terry’s drum solo was out of this world. I had front row seats in 95. A lot of people arrived late so I was one of the few people sitting in front and she waved to me a few times. Good times.

I am 79 and I still love to sing that song . At a Missing Person concert I got squeezed against the metal fence who separated the public from the band as people from far behind the stage pushed everybody forward, and here I was up front about to faint, a good Samaritan helped me to move to the side. Thank you Sir, I was relieved to be able to get some fresh air. This memory never left me. Vive le rock and roll!

@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848

Жыл бұрын

How terrifying. Glad you were rescued!

Better than the music we're hearing in 2023.

@AnthonyKing-on7gi

7 ай бұрын

How true back in time music today not impressed 12 5 23

@solidwallsofsound950

4 ай бұрын

And 2024!

@Markham12thcentury

3 ай бұрын

Damned right. I was eight when this came out and I prefer it today. I think my mother (Same age as Dale) is shocked I know who these people even are, but I remind her my memory is long and just because I wasn't a working adult with bills and problems in 1981/82, I WAS still there.

Dale Bozzio! The REAL Punk Princess!!! She was amazing! No one can touch her!

80s had the best music..PERIOD

@NYKgjl10

7 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!!

@mikehall4948

7 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree with you the late sixties and in particular the 1970s had the greatest music and the greatest bands.

@amopastorcanadense

7 жыл бұрын

were not better than the 80s.

@Pennywise-xz9cp

7 жыл бұрын

Neil Parga and Reagan was one of the best

@dickersonbilly

7 жыл бұрын

I second that

12 years old with my Walkman and my Spring Session M tape...this band still rocks to this day. Thank you Dale, Terry and Warren!

Seeing all the comments, the 80's were the best time to be alive. Coming home when the street light came on, smoking refer and just having a great ole time. I wish this generation could live how we did. I'm 54 and love every minute of my childhood especially listening to Missing Persons.

@Lumindeas

2 ай бұрын

Amen

This video was very important to an 11 year old boy in 1982.

@msmeyersmd8

4 жыл бұрын

Also important to a 23 year old USC Medical Student in 1982.

@frankie1521

4 жыл бұрын

I was 10 and very happy

@knucklesammich6313

4 жыл бұрын

Every time i saw this video on MTV when it was an actual music channel i was a young boy i noticed something going on in my pants.

@rockvilleraven

4 жыл бұрын

@knuckle sammich They used to play this and Destination Unknown on WHFS back around 1981 back while they stsrted playing a lot of New Wave.

@peachbellini2615

4 жыл бұрын

Was she who you modelled your drag queen character after?!

When your grandkids ask what the 80s were like just put this video on and walk away. Nuff said.

@dwilson2548

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark that's the cool or groovy part of the 80s Nu-Wave was coming in we were loving it !!!!! Well some of us were. 🤓

@coastisclear25

4 жыл бұрын

Very well put lol

@brucelong6092

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@brucelong6092

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@brucelong6092

4 жыл бұрын

I just watched this for the first time a few nights ago.I love it!

the 80's without Missing Persons arent 80's

Still here for it in 2023 💙! for my dear friend Heather Valentine who has passed away. We used to rock out to this gem 💎

@georgehilway5453

4 ай бұрын

RIP, Heather Valentine. 🙏

Dale Bozio wearing a solar panel g-string....leading the world in green energy since ‘81👍🏻😂💗

@basilbrush7878

3 жыл бұрын

Yes if Greta Thunberg, looked liked this I think even the most avid climate sceptic would surrender!

@basilbrush7878

3 жыл бұрын

@william bush lol

@paulr.6993

3 жыл бұрын

And sheer to waist pantyhose too.

@tomcorluka5975

3 жыл бұрын

I love it Denise, the Music Artists of 2day think they invented it!!!

@bubblegum6715

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

Terry is an amazing drummer. This whole band was absolutely awesome too.

@jlay9944

Жыл бұрын

Is this Terry...😂

@user-cs6up8eq7s

Жыл бұрын

​@@jlay9944 Terry bozzio is one of the best drummers on the planet I think you need to go and find the Justin Bieber or the Katy Perry page zoomer dip 💩

@user-cs6up8eq7s

Жыл бұрын

​@@jlay9944 this band and these guys are a protege of Frank Zappa's you don't have a clue what you're jabbering about young one

@wowster-so8sx

Жыл бұрын

Totally

@Joker-ig8im

Жыл бұрын

@@jlay9944 What you mean?

I've played drums for 43 years. I can't do that synth bridge then the synth theme at the start of the second verse. Thank God for bands.

Great song and band. Still relevant lyrics, probably more than back in the 80’s.

In 1982, I went to the Coconut Grove in Honolulu to hear Martha Davis sing for The Motels and a little known group called the Flock of Seagulls. On the same bill during that week was even a lesser known band called Missing Persons. I hadn't heard them yet, but later in the same week, I met a fairly drunken couple at the Ala Moana Beach Park that had extremely fair skin and totally east coast accents. They introduced themselves, rather loudly, that their names were Dale and Terry. To be honest, I couldn't remember which was which. So I'm fairly certain that I called Dale "Terry" and Terry "Dale" for most of the afternoon. It made sense at the time. They were totally unequipped for 85 degree beach weather, so I loaned them a spare beach mat and some 50 spf sunblock. That's the first time I've really met anyone without filters or volume control but they were totally delightful people. Honest and open to a fault. They invited me to their gig and I was a dedicated fan from the first lick. Glad they're experiencing a revival with their 80's tour. Good people. Good times. Good music.

@tobycleo

8 жыл бұрын

+oldsarge101 awesome I also liked Martha davis she was great

@oldsarge101

8 жыл бұрын

No shit, Don. And back then she certainly wasn't hard on the eyes, either.

@oldsarge101

8 жыл бұрын

***** LOL! Only in Hawaii. If you couldn't find a Aloe Vera kiosk with 50 spf, you weren't in Hawaii.

@ShellTrek

8 жыл бұрын

+oldsarge101 The wife & I were attacked by a Flock of Seagulls on the Halifax Waterfront. whilst eating fries. Not much to do, but Run... Run away! LOL

@littlewolfandbear

8 жыл бұрын

+oldsarge101 Great story! '82 was a great year for new music in Hawaii. I graduated from high school that year and practically lived at the Wave Waikiki. (Back then drinking age was 18!) I credit their djs for turning on the island to the best music out there. Saw Romeo Void, Icicle works and many other awesome bands there. Brings back some fun (and a little hazy) memories.

Moved to LA in 1981 from San Diego, fell in love with KROQ radio... Traveled to Hawaii in 1982 and fell in love with MTV (back when they were a video music station worth listening to). I Loved this song, not to mention the girl singing it. A young conservative kid, loving the life in LA back then. Worked with some beautiful women in TV back in those days (behind the camera). Amazing people back then. People today can't hold a candle to what they were all about. Great song, thanks for sharing.

After 42 years, I still adore this band. Dale you are the best female singer entertainer ever!!!!!

One of the best drummers of all time! Absolute legend

Criminally underrated band. And Medford, MA's own Dale! She was a blueprint 30 years before she eventually got ripped off. Ladies owe her a debt.

@dyanalynn6698

4 жыл бұрын

Evan Michael awe ok just listened to an interview of her from a couple years ago and couldn’t place her accent thx

@cj3126

4 жыл бұрын

Evan, I agree, I can name so many that copied her and never admit it. She was original.

@poanochung-wahlee1567

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. They do ! Dale rules!

@SuperMatrix59

4 жыл бұрын

Evan Michael Here’s the thing although Dale should be much richer today. She knows in her heart and when she sings today that she is the Rock singer all these bitches take after.

@dannyhillhouse454

4 жыл бұрын

Dales all girl for shure

I’m 53. Radio announcer for 20 years. This album is top 5 all time for me.

@OttoByOgraffey

Жыл бұрын

Really? I'd like to hear what the other 4 are?

@user-xk6dn7tu5d

Жыл бұрын

Top 5?? Of All Time? I love Missing Persons but that's a bit much man.

@SilverGoldStackAttack

11 ай бұрын

@@user-xk6dn7tu5d- He said “for him.” His choice.

We loved them, we listened to them, had their albums and enjoyed the music and that time period. The 80s was the best in the music and in entertainment in general. Her voice and the music was amazing and still enjoy it up to this day. I just turned 57 and this music makes me nostalgic and I enjoy it even more knowing that it was the best era in music.

I love the little squeak at the end of those verses

Back in the early 80's when I was like 8 or 9 years old me and my uncle were walking by some Dance club in Long Beach California. He let me look inside at all the people dancing around with all the crazy 80's fashion and 80's dance moves! This song was what was playing in that club and that whole scene I witnessed will forever be tattooed on my mind. Wish I could go back in time and go in that club so I could get shit faced with all those 80's folks!

@stringbender11672

8 жыл бұрын

+Spyder Fweek very cool story!!! :)

@elmelomanoescritortv7130

8 жыл бұрын

Very good song.

@spokanetomcat

8 жыл бұрын

I would not be surprised if you saw me in there at that time you looked in there. I hope I didn't etched too bad of a image for you...LOL

@mountainman4987

8 жыл бұрын

+Dan M , if you were indeed in there I would only have to say one thing! Thanks!

@spokanetomcat

8 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Take care.

back when MTV was watchable

@MontagZoso

7 жыл бұрын

Yep! I was there from the beginning when MTV played its first video. What a ride. So much creativity and color...now MTV is reality trash. :(

@Catnip11147

7 жыл бұрын

As was I. I was only 15. And I had a mad crush on Martha Quinn!

@brianleblanc7893

7 жыл бұрын

I Was 21 And Had A Crush On Martha Quinn

@jayman6677

7 жыл бұрын

brian leblanc or Nina Blackwood

@haroldbarnes506

7 жыл бұрын

I did too

How true is that! Everybody listens, ..but, nobody speeks, listen to the music,.. and there you have it,.! Michael.

Remember this from the 80s. The amazing thing is they actually did it live. No lip syncing and no pre-programming instrumentation. They may not have had a lot of hits, but this song is a classic.

@rickcarvell4597

3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of this band, good though

@charleswiggins6684

2 жыл бұрын

LOL the amazing thing is mostly how she looked in that outfit. It's a great tune though. They had something snappy.

@DarrenGlen

2 жыл бұрын

yep this is live...sounds VERY much like the actual single release but slightly different take. Goes to show how good musicans they were

@humanbeing2420

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting - I always assumed this was a conventional lip-synched music video, but indeed the differences between this and the studio album cut are clear.

Who STILL thinks this rocks as hard in 2024 as it did in 1981?

@BillCodyTN

2 жыл бұрын

2022 here still rocking it

@garyrossetti2443

2 жыл бұрын

Very underrated band.

@johnhenni2808

2 жыл бұрын

Myself definitely! Far ahead of their time, but also very much in punk/New Wave scene in the early 80's/ late 70's, Missing Persons!

@kevinstl9428

2 жыл бұрын

FUCK YES!!!!

@johnacord6224

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

Im 74 years old, by crackie!! I loved them then and I love them now. Great song and GREAT lyrics.

For sure I've been rocking this....

Youth is fleeting.....I see these videos and I think about all of the crazy things we did back in the day.....Life goes by real fast...enjoy it

@brokenrecord3523

2 ай бұрын

I sometimes remember I'm in my 60's and I ask myself, Where does that highway go to? Am I right, am I wrong? My God, what have I done?

This is when music was not bullshit , it was meaningful .

@4406bbldb

5 жыл бұрын

Ha I say that about the 60s. But I get it.

@melissa2688

3 жыл бұрын

@@4406bbldb these guys were in Frank Zappa's band during the 70s. Hard to believe but true. So you know they can play. You take care and stay safe 😷

@fucheduck

2 жыл бұрын

SJW and all the censors say otherwise. because they take out the good stuff from any who try and put real talent up on the limelights.

@morbidmanmusic

2 ай бұрын

says every generation ever... stop being a cliche.

Hi, love her! Her voice is like no other! Brings back so many memories, of the younger years!

My cover band had this song constantly in rotation through the 80s. A lot of 80s music has not aged well, but I still love this one.

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

Жыл бұрын

Terry Bozzio is a Zappa alumnus and world class talent. It's no wonder they had lasting popularity. Dale is a beauty that puts Gaga to shame and she invented her style without ripping it off.

All 3 of the Missing Person original records were catchy, well played and well arranged. Great band overall.

Very underrated band that was ahead of their time. No band looked or sounded like this in 1981. #1

@pepsiq11965

3 жыл бұрын

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME? SO WHAT DECADE SHOULD THEY BE IN? THE EARLY 80'S IS YOUR ANSWER...PERFECT TIME

@paulvon2378

3 жыл бұрын

@@pepsiq11965 by 10 years kiddo

@jumpinjojo

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated by who??? 5 top 100 charted singles. Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo played with Zappa. You’re high.

@paulvon2378

3 жыл бұрын

@@jumpinjojo you are too

@pepsiq11965

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulvon2378 You said by 10 years? So you mean 1991? when Grunge, House and Hip Hop music were the most popular Genere's of the time. You must be High as i'm hearing. LOL

I can't get enough of the syncopation in this song against that steady synth bass. So good!

I've seen Missing Persons live twice, both times in Santa Cruz, CA in the 80s. First at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and then at the Catalyst... All I can say is WOW!... Dale and her band mates were just awesome... I still remember it as if it was yesterday...

This video was my life circa 1982. I would wait for HOURS for MTV to play it.

@gmlasam

7 жыл бұрын

Yes....the 80s were the best time to be young indeed. MTV in the 80s were the best unlike the garbage they play now.

@SuperBoomshack

6 жыл бұрын

Katrina Corine amen

@larryhendrickson6830

6 жыл бұрын

Fap

@billyg5803

6 жыл бұрын

Katrina Rosiak Same here...I would try to mimic Terry Bozzio's drum licks

I swear. Bands like Missing Persons and Devo are from the future. They must have traveled back in time after they realized the music from their time lost its soul. Or to warn us.

@castlebound2010

4 жыл бұрын

An alternate 80s created in 'Back to the Future II'

@CDavis-jt5fh

4 жыл бұрын

Devo's band name is short for de-evolution (for real) - and they must have been from the future because their prediction was spot on!

@plan42b

3 жыл бұрын

Huh..so...too late?! 😕

@tufelhunden5795

4 ай бұрын

Devo. Crap now I have to go find the song, I remember but can’t think of the name. I can only remember some of the lyrics but as a teenager I absolutely loved it. Hey little girl with the four red lips never knew love could be like this. They were awesome too.

I love it when she hits that high note!

@leftoverporkchop9972

7 ай бұрын

there's a live version where she does it actually a little too much!

2024 anyone??? 🔥🤘

@elterrifico9522

Ай бұрын

Great album

@lilorbielilorbie2496

Ай бұрын

Ninija22. Never stopped. Been here since the beginning. Squeak.

@jorgegonzalezobrgegon4193

Ай бұрын

Me, from Mexico City

@keithinaz9769

26 күн бұрын

Our year, 3077. WE ❤ this song. 👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽👽

Such a beautiful young lady She also made her own outfits and as musicians they were extremely underrated very technical they never missed a beat was some great fun back in the 1980s. !!!!

@morbidmanmusic

2 ай бұрын

not without all the make up. And her Hustler spread is one of the grossed things of her. She is a pig.

This LIVING BARBIE DOLL was drop dead GORGEOUS..her frown,her smile,body,voice,everything about her was PERFECT! I had such a crush on her and the song Rocks!!!

@sarahalvarez-singer8605

4 жыл бұрын

She was definitely unique. You saw her incredible raw talent. I thought the same thing. She knew how to perform. She knew what she was doing.

Saw at US Festival and in the Bay Area.. blown away then and still now.

I love this when it came out. I spent every day after school watching MTV just to catch this video.

What an absolute doll Dale is. And a real sweetheart from all I've heard.

Almost 40 years later and this song is as relevant now as it was then. Perhaps more so..

@Peter-vi3sx

Жыл бұрын

Even more so - way more. When this song came out people would use a phone (landline) to talk. There way no texting or even email yet

This is so 80s I had to mop a puddle of 80s of the floor, my polo turned into a jean jacket, and I found bandanas tied around both my legs. I love it!

@awjaaa

Жыл бұрын

eeeeyyyyy -fonzie thumb-

This songs "Words" by The Missing Persons is an absolute classic and one of my all time favorite songs from the 1980's. I love this song.

Nina Hagen, Siouxsie, Bozzio, Lene Lovich, Blondie, Diamanda Galás... what a wonderful ladies...

@raudiaz6245

4 жыл бұрын

Aimee Mann, Martha Davis, Deborah Iyall.

@Peter-rl4nc

4 жыл бұрын

love Siouxsie

@leonardhopper857

3 жыл бұрын

add one more, Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics. R.I.P. doll

@uldi1s

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget DEVO and the B-52's!

@Peter-rl4nc

3 жыл бұрын

@@uldi1s yes love the B52s

She is simply sheer class 😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

I saw this on MTV and about had a meltdown over her and that outfit!😍

@jonowens460

Жыл бұрын

She was a Doll😊❤

In my opinion, the greatest song from the 80's ever! Not only because of the music, but what she can do with her voice. How she gets really high, and then how low she gets and what she's doing with her voice when she is low is something I've never seen!

@tangel476

5 жыл бұрын

they were ahead of their time

@philipjames751

3 жыл бұрын

@@tangel476 They were. Missing Person, Thompsons Twins, Steven Strange influenced the 80's fashion so much.

Love this song and want to call to attention that Terry Bozzio on drums is one of the most gifted drummers/percussion players on the planet. Classically trained in San Fran., and of course played with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, etc., too.

@pablomalaga4676

2 жыл бұрын

UK

@bungieflute

2 жыл бұрын

stop touching your pickle , my uncle is a dental floss rancher in montana and he bet me and Fauna that we couldnt find his zircon encrusted tweezers underneath a sears poncho, down at Joes garage...();}> BUNZ UP from the Ike'ettes

@michaelgreen5206

2 жыл бұрын

@Jesse Taylor Me, too. I'm moving to Montara soon, going to be a dental floss tycoon, too. Going to raise it up and wax it down, too

@johns8848

2 жыл бұрын

I saw terry Bozzio drum clinic here maybe 5yrs ago ! one the best things i have ever seen , an was only $25.00.

@bungieflute

2 жыл бұрын

@@johns8848 righteous

Only a few years prior to this, Terry was playing The Black Page, singing homoerotically about Punky Meadows, and chugging along with whatever weirdness Frank Zappa threw down on his music stand, not counting (or discounting) his UK stint. Truly a versatile dude, and these folks were tight. \m/

@shac9131

4 ай бұрын

The Bass player is Duran Duran

Dale's look is absolute perfection, ahead of its time, and would be rock star fire today.

It is Unbelievable how much talent was in that group and we did not really even know at the time

@thomasgallagher7092

2 жыл бұрын

Yes…all zappa guys…unbelievably talented

@AL-sf6wh

Жыл бұрын

Um.....open your eyes I knew watching them I didnt need someone to tell me they played with someone else

@m.christopher8824

Жыл бұрын

@A L yeah well I was a super young little kids so I had no idea what I was looking at. Perhaps you older people knew what was up but I was just too young

@2005deluxe

11 ай бұрын

I had this on cassette in my 69 Chevy Ss 396 on repeat when I was 16 in 1983 😅

This is not "oldies but goodies"...this IS the golden age...the apex of creative music, art, culture. Since the early eighties it has been a downhill slide into the dark ages.

@mikelouis9389

3 жыл бұрын

Every. Single. Generation. We all say this. And, it's truth. To each one of us.

@jaymichaelmichaels

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a musician and yes you are correct. The amount of skill and work bar none has been sliding since the 90's. Unfortunately this is the sign/decline of a society. Was a fun run though. :) (and no I was just a kid when this stuff was big)

@fucheduck

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but even if I am(only) 50 I also think the 1960s/70s are art and pure expression of one's true emotions!

@revanite2982

2 жыл бұрын

man wearing make up and a purple haired woman. I dare say the 80s were the beginning of weimerica.

@automnejoy5308

2 жыл бұрын

The 90's marked the beginning of the internet age and the end of the musical age. Learning an instrument was replaced with video games and social media. So very sad.

Yesterday, I sang this chorus to my wife because her head was stuck in her phone. She asked me if this was real song. i found it on YT and played it for her. I have not heard it 30+ years. I dont know why my mind remembered this song.

Saw them in Lubbock TX October 28th 1982 greatest show ever they were KILLER!!!!!

I hate what MTV has become, but thank the gods for the 80's version. There is just about no way I would have been exposed to great bands like this on my own.

@craigyoung4156

3 жыл бұрын

If it weren't for MTV these bands probably would never be known. MTV made alot of these bands in the 80s

@reesedaniel5835

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when MTV played music videos with no commericals, just Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn during the few breaks. Kind of like KZread in the beginning. Ads ruin everything.

One of many bands with a timeless sound for its decade. ALL HAIL THE 80s!!! 😎🎸🕹

It surely will Rock On n on n on... The delivery and expressions from her are incredibly bangin'!

2019 (soon to be 2020) and this song is still futuristic.

Missing Persons concert was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Saw them in the early 80's

@TheMark2667

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky bastard

When I think about early 80's music 🎵 this song comes front and center.

Saw them at Cal State Northridge, first row. Terry Bozzio was amazing ... 40 years later I saw him again and he's still a top 10 drummer.

@morbidmanmusic

2 ай бұрын

top 10 based on what? No he isn't. I love him to death. BUT he isn't. He is just YOUR top 10. Please realize that is much different.

The absolute insanity of this song to me will ALWAYS be that as catchy and awesomely 80's as this is... THAT is one of the greatest drummers that has ever drawn breath on the planet Earth playing in the background there!!! Terry Bozzio is a fucking GOD with sticks in his hands!!! 💯💯💯💯

This was a polished act. Very influential. Outstanding musicians, to boot.

@scottmuhlbaier1945

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah...most people have no idea this group had connections to Frank Zappa/Duran Duran (group members) and Beatles/Supertramp (uber producer). One of the best drummers on the planet--listen to 'Windows'.

@zolarczakl3880

5 жыл бұрын

@bcdhifi The charming Mary in Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt (originally titled Wet T-Shirt Night)

Can't believe this song idea was before smartphones... now I really want to "pull the plug" and shout, "do you hear me?" Great stuff.

i remember the day mtv played this for the first time and also walking in l.a,after hearing other songs on this album i went and bought the album,every song on this album is great.

Classic 80s song, I was blessed to be a teenager in the 80s...

@sealskin5221

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. WOULD NOT want to be formulating myself during this time. We can't even agree a line is a line. Eighties forever!

@stephenwright8824

2 жыл бұрын

Same, In spades.

@antoniomcmahon3499

2 жыл бұрын

Between this song and the lead chick singing "i want candy" and Pat Benetar full black catsuit, i was hooked on white girls,lol. Ijs!!

@luannabbate2624

2 жыл бұрын

Lady Gaga owes her Royalties!!!

This is so good in so many ways, the voice, the makeup, the sound, the inflections, the amount of exposed flesh. She was the best vocalist at that time, hands down.

Always loved this song. I was a college freshman when it was released, and it still sounds fresh to this day.