To this day, if I hear someone say "New York, London" I shout back "Paris, Munich." This song is guaranteed to get people on the dance floor.

@joiedevivre2005

Жыл бұрын

Same dude, same.

@jaewok5G

Жыл бұрын

🎶 _everybody talk about mmm pop music!_

@russelhamm3727

Жыл бұрын

So true, same thing!

@rosiebarker6285

Жыл бұрын

You have to, right? 😂

@JRcomments

Жыл бұрын

Shoobiedooa

As I always say, I never left the 80's, the 80's left me. Lol long live synthpop ❤

@kbrewski1

Жыл бұрын

It was released in 79, but you can have it. Mindless dreck.

@stevenjohnson4190

Жыл бұрын

The 80s was for those who missed the 60s

@shannonnichols3415

Жыл бұрын

Same! I tight rolled my jeans (and other pants) probably until 2000!

@paulhanson5164

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenjohnson4190 True, I was born in '64 and spent a chunk of the 80s riding a Lambretta around England wishing I'd been old enough to be a Mod and a Hippy. In retrospect I think if you were a teen in the 60s, 70s or 80s you were damned lucky...Very very happy days.

@stevenjohnson4190

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhanson5164 happy happy days indeed

This track is 44 years old and still sounds ahead of its time. A pure new wave classic. Imagine a 44 year old song in 1979. It'd be a gramophone record from 1935.

This song is a jumpstart to the 80’s ❤️🔥❤️ The Cars, Gary Numan, Blondie,Herbie Hancock,Devo,(New wave) Evolution of music from the 60’s to the 70’s to the 80’s was so dynamic ❤️ I’m glad I got to experience it all 🔥 …….not silly music Jay, creative Pop Muzic ❤️🔥❤️ P.S. Roller skating Jam back in the day ! 🛼🛼🛼🛼

@houngandave

Жыл бұрын

sorry mike, but no. devo and the cars came before. devo was born from the kent state massacre. so were the pretenders, actually. do a little research.

@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf

Жыл бұрын

@@houngandave 🤡 I put them all in a group , that’s why I listed them all together 🤡 boy ! I know who came first or second 🤡 boy…… I’m from Boston and seen the cars in 1977. They are in fact from the Back Bay in Boston…… M was just 1 of the bands 1979 before the 80’s 🤡 boy ! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

@guymartin6514

7 ай бұрын

Settle guys, play nice :)

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

cars was number 1 in 1979 in the UK

When this song came out, it was so different. If any song put a end to the 1970’s, and ushered in the 1980’s, this was one of them. Heavy rotation on MTV at the time. In my opinion, we need this creativity, catchiness and quirkiness back in music. Music now is in such a bad state of affairs.

One of the one-hit wonders from 1979.

@scottlaughlin9897

Жыл бұрын

Turning Japanese- the Vapors

@thrusta100

Жыл бұрын

Baby it’s You, Promises...

@maryandreana1753

Жыл бұрын

​@@scottlaughlin9897 YES!! @robsquadreaction you need to do the vapors turning Japanese!!!!

@CVBASEBALLCARDCOLLECTOR

Жыл бұрын

M was A Radio DJ.

@dermot2747

Жыл бұрын

Not a one hit wonder in the UK. Moonlight & Muzak was another M hit song here and in Europe.

I love how Amber "gets it" and almost immediately starts doing some funky chair dancing and Jay is like "what the ...??" Watched it 3 times already and laughed each time.

I knew this song would come on this channel one day. I think it's as iconic as the song "Video Killed The Radio Star", the first video on MTV. And songs that you haven't heard yet: "Wordy Rappinghood" (1981) by Tina Weymouth's Tom Tom Club, Lipps Inc. with "Funkytown" (1980) and "Pump Up The Volume" by M/A/R/R/S (1987).

@houngandave

Жыл бұрын

let's not forget genius of love.

@iaincowell9747

11 ай бұрын

Love Missile F1-1

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

funky town also 79 lol

Now you NEED to hear “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” by The Human League. It’s the true epitome of 80s ❤

@seanswinton6242

Жыл бұрын

And "Mirror Man"

@Chris.Davis.2

Жыл бұрын

Human league was definitely different.

@monkeysuncle2816

Жыл бұрын

Don't You Want Me, Louise

@georgedominguez255

Жыл бұрын

Yes! My favorite!

@checkthecircuit

Жыл бұрын

When I was young I absolutely loved the song don't you want me because it felt like a movie story I still love that song

This was HUGE here in the UK 🇬🇧 back then. A great song to dance 💃 to. ❤

@VIDSTORAGE

Жыл бұрын

In the US it was huge also.. At the place we went to party it was played on the bar jukebox way too much by the girl crowd and the guys were sick of it after a month or more and asked the bar owner to take it out of the machine ..lol. The 45 single had to have been carved out after that many plays ..

@daleofficer1709

Жыл бұрын

We loved it here in the states as well. I’m surprised M never had any more hits here after this one. I always liked “Moonlight And Muzak” as well.

@dwainwilder7337

Жыл бұрын

This was huge in the US as well! Great beat!

Back then we had never heard ANYTHING like this: not just synth-pop but just the bounciness, the voice, the background vocals, it was simply out of the box amazing.

M was a guy called Robin Scott. He retired very young with the royalties from this massive #1 Hit song. This is one of the smartest songs ever written. DEVO & The B-52s were already in full flight in 1979.

I was 10 when this song came out. My 5th grade music teacher was so cool! He would give us 5 choices of songs. We would write down which one we wanted. He would then count the votes and play the song that had the most votes. This song was so fun! Imagine a bunch of 9&10 year old kids singing and dancing around the big music room. Ahh...thanks for those memories, J & Amber!! ❣️

@joannecunliffe8067

Жыл бұрын

I was 12 and had just started secondary school (UK). All the trendies thought it was so "Eww!" and terrible. Most of us LOVED IT ❤❤❤and didn't care as did it!

@DeAnne1233

Жыл бұрын

Imagine how many kids were dancing around the house to.. Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na back then 😂

@bertisjordan1085

Жыл бұрын

​@@DeAnne1233, I was one of those kids!

@joannecunliffe8067

Жыл бұрын

@@DeAnne1233 Presume you mean the MCR song? (kzread.info/dash/bejne/l5t7mciidZufebg.html). My kids (10 and 7 at the time) did because they loved how shouty it was ... and was an excuse for them to be LOUD! My daughter became a massive MCR fan as a teen.

@DeAnne1233

Жыл бұрын

@@joannecunliffe8067 No, I wasn’t… I was talking about This song, M- Pop Music. Here try this… La La La La La La La La La, La La La La La La La… as a 9 year old I always sang it as Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, it was funny.

When I think of this song, I always think of Cars by Gary Neuman for some reason. I don't know of they were the same year, but they go together in my brain.

@kelqueen9998

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they were because they were both on an album I had called "Rock 80" but I think all the songs were from '78-80.

@melprophet1936

Жыл бұрын

@@kelqueen9998 I think so too...great years for music!

@pipe2devnull

2 ай бұрын

also Are Friends Electric by Numan.

The 80’s were so fun! I’m so fortunate I lived through this music time period!!!

@kingjulien8699

11 ай бұрын

Its from the 70s! Came out in 1979...

@JRcomments

11 ай бұрын

Just a few months from the 80's. Basically the 80's started in '78-'79 music-wise. It's when you began to see music branch out in all sorts of directions. Electronics opened up a whole other world from metal to hip hop.

@RBR-lo2ei

10 ай бұрын

@@kingjulien8699 Yeah, basically an 80s song. By 79 we were already into the 80s, musically speaking.

@dancarter482

9 ай бұрын

Plastic Bertrand

@kadiummusic

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely... when the F word was FUN! 75-85, the greatest decade in pop! 😎

Don't know any kid who didn't love this tune immediately upon hearing it on the radio in '79 or seeing that video on the earliest days of MTV in like, 1981.

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

VIDEOS KILLED THE RADIO STAR THE BUGGLES 1979 ROCK LOBSTER B52S 1979 LOTS AND LOTS OF 79 GREATNESS

This song is so catchy you can’t help but bop to it, lol…Another quirky cool 80s band y’all should check out is The Escape Club, “Wild, Wild West”

@kenclan464

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@megdelaney3677

Жыл бұрын

YES! I love that song!

@gbh0031

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@stephenulmer3781

Жыл бұрын

Great Suggestion ☺

@donferoce5652

Жыл бұрын

"Wild, Wild West" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in November, 1988, making them the only British artist to have a number one hit in the U.S. without charting in the U.K.

So glad I was hitting the night clubs when music like this was big. Need to give "Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing" a listen

@andyhinds542

10 ай бұрын

An absolute classic!

@melissaatkin-ivanovich169

3 ай бұрын

That song is absolute banger

In the late 90s, U2 opened their concert on their Pop Mart world tour with a cover of this song. It was great!

@seangates1451

Жыл бұрын

That was actually the only context I’ve ever heard the song in. And I’m 46!

@Problembeing

Жыл бұрын

I was there 🙌

@kenbongaards554

Жыл бұрын

So happen to have a vhs copy of that concert and was fortunate to see that concert in Vancouver

@Problembeing

Жыл бұрын

@@kenbongaards554 one of the most craziest concerts I've ever been to. I went to Wembley Stadium, and I swear, I was shifted from one side of the stadium and back to the other side over the course of the show without my feet even touching the ground.

@kenbongaards554

Жыл бұрын

@@Problembeing i have fond memories of that concert for sure when i saw them in Vancouver

Well, as a 54 yr old woman I can tell you this was a huge hit back then! Brings me wayyyyy back! 😅 Thanks for reacting to this song! 😊 And as a request, please React more to some Dr. Hook!! 🙏 They're my favorites. 💜

@wendyjenae

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same age you are. It's funny to think of how this song came out when we were 10 years old and we were bopping to it! Didn't the song Born To Be Alive come out around the same time? And yes to more Dr. Hook!

@darrellberger4066

Жыл бұрын

I just turned 57 feels weird to be this old doesn't it

@andreadeamon6419

Жыл бұрын

I just turned 56. I miss the older music

@echobeefpv8530

Жыл бұрын

58 here, and I don't care, I still listen to all this great stuff, as most of today's music leaves me cold. 60's, , 70's and 80's is my go to. Lots of radio , apps,etc. have music that suits me. Rap / hip hop etc just has no appeal for me, and I've tried, for my nephew's sake.

@ginettetrudel716

Жыл бұрын

@@wendyjenae it is! I loved music since I was a toddler, and being raised with 5 older siblings, 70s music was a huge part of my listenings. Imo, 70s & 80s music was the best of all time!! 🥰

This Song was a Sensation back in the day, different from everything else on the radio. Glad you found this one !! it made me Smile. !

@monkeysuncle2816

Жыл бұрын

Same time as "Cars" by Gary Neumann

Wow, haven't heard this one in YEARS! When it came out, pretty much everyone was influenced to move to it. Nice to know it still has that impact, all these years later.

I was 9 years old, and my parents just bought me a "Walkman". I remember listening to this song, in the bus home from school.

For many of us this song and Gary Numan's "Cars" were the first "synth" songs we'd ever heard -- pretty sure it was 1979 for both. Earlier stuff I didn't hear until later were songs by Kraftwerk ("The Robots" and "Trans Europe Express") -- the pioneers of electronic music -- but also Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" which came out in '77. Of course the 70s synth stuff doesn't really sound "80s" -- but I tend to like it more.

@rickycole6327

Жыл бұрын

Pop Muzik is from 1979 Cars is from 1980.

@screwyootube1

Жыл бұрын

@@rickycole6327 Actually, Cars came out in 1979.

@jessicabelle2011

Жыл бұрын

Soft Cell Tainted Love was the first I remember.

@shannonkoelbl909

Жыл бұрын

I had a couple of Kraftwerk's cd's back in high school.

@ednicholson7839

Жыл бұрын

@@screwyootube1 I think Ricky is right in that Cars was released/charted in the US in 1980 - but ‘79 in the UK

Yes, I was there. I was riding in the car with friends in 1979 and this came on the radio and we were like What? Damn this is awesome! True story.

I always thought of it as Europop---so many of the songs in the genre came through European groups. Back in 1979 we didn't classify it as "synth pop" ; it all seemed as if electronic-oriented groups like M and Kraftwerk were stepping in with their own take on disco/new wave---it was made for dancing, and very catchy. Giorgio Moroder, as a German-Italian, contributed a lot to a European interpretation of electronic disco.

This song came out in the 70’s . I got the 45 record when I was 11. Yes I still know every word💯🤣⭐️

@davidbenkert1062

Ай бұрын

Totally hear ya - led the way for 80s music!

@paulamoya7956

Ай бұрын

@@davidbenkert1062 ⭐️☑️

I was 11 when this came out. My mom just looked at me, with her mouth open, when I played this on the record player. Love the way that Amber just immediately drops into enjoying this.

@jmac3977

Жыл бұрын

“Record player”” says it all

@warrenjohn

Жыл бұрын

Love Amber dancing on this video 👍

You guy have to remember in April 1979 when this came out the charts had been full of Disco & Punk Rock so this new sound blew our minds. The following month "Are friends Electric" hit the charts and shot to Number 1, Tubeway army were fronted by Gary Numan and this was the start of the deeper full on synth music in the UK. However the German group Kraftwerk are widely credited as being the innovators and pioneers of synth music and they would finally get a UK number 1 hit record in 1982 with "The Model".

@deborahpaley21

Жыл бұрын

The Model is great.

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars

Жыл бұрын

Whilst what you say is quite true, if you listen to Kraftwerks stuff like Autobahn, Trans Europe Express and Tour de France. You'll hear music that was literally EVERYWHERE in the 70's and early 80's!

@mossyman65

Жыл бұрын

@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars Yes but you also have to remember that Autobahn was first recorded in 1972 & The Model in 78, all before Pop Muzik.

This song has the 80s sound, but it is actually from 1979, which is when it was released and reached it peak on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

NOOO LATE 70s sound the 70s made the early 80s

The 80s was a time of musical tech innovation. I've over 45 years as a session musician working in studios and the invention of MIDI (musical instrument digital interphase) and digital synths such as the Yamaha DX7 really changed everything., Being able to connect a limitless amount of keyboards, drum machines and samplers together with a sequencer or a bit later a computer was an absolute blast. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

I remember hearing this song for the first time. Coming from the disco age, it was quirky and rather refreshing, and I fell in love with it. Bought the 45 (how many kids know what that means these days) and played it over and over.

@playmeri

Жыл бұрын

I remember it was a yellow label.

@kathyastrom1315

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I heard this on the radio when I was in 8th grade, and it was so completely different than those disco songs that had been so dominant in the four years prior. I also had the 45. When my big brother and sister didn’t love it like I did, well, that was the first hint that our music tastes had diverged. They never liked synth-pop or New Wave, whereas that was my jam!

@jlcutright0723

Жыл бұрын

Same here! Played it on my faux denim portable record player :-D

@ezpzeee

Жыл бұрын

Me too-- MY JAM, and nobody in my family got it! But I did not care.

@BrianMyersDr

Жыл бұрын

My older brother sent this clip to me, because I replayed the 45 relentlessly.

Now, get your kids dancing to... Pop Muzik. Thanks for the smile.

Thanks a lot guys! I haven’t heard this song for many years. And now thanks to you I haven’t been able to get this ear worm out of my head. It was one of the first big MTV hits for a reason.😂

I was an elementary school kid in a bowling league when this was popular. To this day, I can’t hear this song without hearing bowling pins being crashed into in the background- that’s how strong the connection is

@BIGBLOCK5022006

Жыл бұрын

That's the neat thing about music. Certain songs can give you that nostalgic feeling when you get older. For example, if I hear "Woman" by Legs Diamond, it reminds me of when I lived in San Antonio and Cibolo.

@kenbongaards554

Жыл бұрын

Now that's a unique childhood memory!!

@professornuke7562

11 ай бұрын

Really? It's a roller skating rink for me.

Great catchy song. The bass player featured on this song is the great Mark King of Level 42! They has released their debut album that same year.

@coolcpa3321

Жыл бұрын

Love Level 42!

@jdw5678

Жыл бұрын

@@coolcpa3321 Level 42 would be a good '80s group for them to hit soon.

In 1977, the synth pop sound showed in Donna Summers, "I Feel Love" truly a classic, the driving baseline was the standard for the sound. Kraftwerk was around then too.

@The80sCat

Жыл бұрын

Been asking for "I Feel Love".

@theodoreritola7641

2 ай бұрын

other songs in the mid 70s also

This is one of those few songs that come along and completely changed things. I heard this in junior high and it was instantly my favorite and opened me up to an entirely new genre - truly a new wave pioneering track.

Unlike most other synth-pop songs, this one hit #1 and stayed there forever. It reached #1 on US Billboard Hot 100 on November 3, 1979, and continued to sell well into 1980, finishing in the top40 songs of that following year (1980). If one looks back at the singles from 1980, there was nothing like this one. It was completely against popular norm. 1980, the "Call Me" year, is one of the best years of singles in modern music

Talking about M, there was a fabulous group from the 90s called M-People. "Moving On Up" 1993. "Search For The Hero" 1994. 2 of their biggest hits for you to start with. ❤🎶🎼🇬🇧

@JohnLovesSpain

Жыл бұрын

Heather small fantastic voice 🎤

@fayesouthall6604

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunsmith2914moving on up is fantastic 😊

@alisonboydell7143

Жыл бұрын

I love m people

@22tango79

Жыл бұрын

talk about pop music..Spring Session M, the 1982 album by Missing Pesons is another stunning 🎉 work of art y’all should check out-some of those hits where seminal MTV and new wave hits. They’ve got some excellent live KZread videos (former players with Frank Zappa).

This is high school. What a time to be a kid!!! There was such a variety of music to "choose" from. Imagine music tastes going from classic Led Zeppelin and Hippie Music to Bubble Gum, to Nu Wave to the beginnings of Rap with Country sprinkles going on the whole time. A lot like myself, just went ECLECTIC!!! I LIKED EVERYTHING!!! Peace, guys...😊😊😊

@deanarjones9114

Жыл бұрын

We had the best music to grow up with

"Der Kommissar" by Falco is another 80's oiginal sound and "mexican radio" by wall of voodoo, and The Vapors - "Turning Japanese", and Soft Cell - "Tainted Love", and Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy", and Animotion - "Obsession", and Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science" to name a few of the iconic 80's one hit wonders

Ah yes. I remember it well. In the charts the same year we had "Can you feel the force" by The Real Thing. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. "Hit me with your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Drury. "Cool for Cats" by Squeeze. "Olivers Army" by Elvis Costello. Not forgetting Queen who were in they heyday. So much good music in the 1970s

Badass song!! I miss the 80s, I really do. I’m 53 in my husband’s 56 and we were talking about it the other day how much we miss the 80s and we would love a time machine just to go back even for a day.

@kbrewski1

Жыл бұрын

This piece of crapola was in 1979. But you can have it. Right up there with Disco Duck.

This was always being played in our aerobics class! This is quintessential 80’s! 😁 Life was so much simpler and fun back then. I’m so happy I was a teenager in the 80’s ❤This was the first decade where you were free to be totally weird and man did we get weird! 😆

This song, even when first released, became an earworm! Don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing

@bethepperson5363

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! I was a total hippy rocker in the seventies, but this song got in my head! LOL

Pure Brilliance. There will never be another decade in music like the 80s.

@kingjulien8699

11 ай бұрын

...though this is from the 1970s! It came out in 1979.

I remember this track when it was new- and it was very different from what else was about! "New York, London, Paris , Munich......" has to be folowed by "Everyone talkabout Pop Muzik!"

U2 used to come out of the back of a venue thru the crowd with this blasting as they made their way onstage 💥

@KashtukCA

Жыл бұрын

That was the intro music as U2 took to the stage on their Pop Mart tour. 👍

@landisix9709

Жыл бұрын

YES during their PopMart Tour. Pop Muzik right into opening song “MOFO “🎸 🔥

@lynnhoffman247

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s the tour I saw them on. Still have my shopping cart T-shirt 😄

For another piece of addictive synthpop you should try "Einstein a Go-Go" by Landscape and "The Model" by Kraftwerk, who are widely considered the fathers of synthpop and also Techno and Trance

@coachtomas

Жыл бұрын

I just recommended Einstein a Go Go in my comment too !

@PedroConejo1939

Жыл бұрын

I would recommend Monsoon with Ever So Lonely.

Like everyone else, this song was such fun to sing to and dance to on the disco floor even in Melbourne, Australia. I haven't heard it for ages, so it was great to hear it and see you guys bopping to it too 😂😊

Anyone else notice that the lyrics are basically rap style?? in 1979 I was playing bass in a cover band doing Genesis, Pink Floyd, prog stuff. We heard this and just went WFT. Fun little synth tune for sure. Thanks Jay and Amber. Love you two!! Peace and happiness to all my family here.

Takes me back to my teenage years. Please, The Force M.D'S!! Their songs "Tender Love" and "Love is a house" were big hits in the 80's😢

This is one of the songs that anticipated the 80s a little early- M was essentially the brain-child of producer Robin Scott who tried his hand at the synthesized textures and anything-goes spirit that the new wave era offered (similar to what producer Trevor Horn did with The Buggles). Plastic pop music (sorry, "muzik") was never so joyous as the "New York-London-Paris-Munich" album, where this came from ("Cowboys And Indians" is another great song from this album). I remember seeing this video in 1979 (I was 7) on a local Chicago TV show that played really early music videos, and being transfixed by it.

@coachtomas

Жыл бұрын

Great memories and insight ❤

I was a child when I heard this song for the first time. Everyone loved this song for what is was, a super fun song in the disco music era. You heard it everywhere.

The guy behind M was Robin Scott and they had a couple of quirky minor hits but this one was huge in 1979 and a number 2 hit in the UK.. Unbelievably catchy and almost a parody of the electronic music that was starting to become popular. An 80s hit before the 80s had started ..Infact 1978 and 1979 in the UK was the start of 80s music. There were so many quirky tracks like the M track back then.. Seek out the band Quantum Jump and the track The Lone Ranger and After The Fire with the song One Rule For You...Examples of the 80s in the late 70s. British music then was just so inventive. There are so many great tracks you've yet to discover from that era but loved your reaction to M because it kind of blew your minds. 😂❤👍

📜Y'all are ticking down my list! Thanks! X -Heart and Soul - T'Pau X -One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head X -Our House - Madness X -The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats In a Big Country -Big Country Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox Wild Wild West - The Escape Club X-Pop Muzik - M Under The Milky Way - The Church Tainted Love - Soft Cell She's So High - Tal Bachman Wouldn’t it Be Good - Nik Kershaw Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 99 Red Balloons 99 Luftballons -Nena

@dalelawrence8374

Жыл бұрын

Great list of songs

@echobeefpv8530

Жыл бұрын

Great list, can I add " Unguarded Moment " by The Church " as well ? Mexican radio fo sure !!

@mikenichols3965

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Mexican Radio!

@leephillips2837

Жыл бұрын

this is a great list. I add Der Komissar by Falco and Amedeous by Falco ~ the first synth-pop-rap in German

@TammyBeth1015

Жыл бұрын

love your list. In the same vein... Tarzan Boy Somebody's Watching Me West End Girls and also, while not goofy like these, I never miss a chance to promote "Life in a Northern Town"

This came out at the tail end of disco. It was absolutely a fresh new sound and made people excited about where the 80s would take us. It went to #1 here in Canada and lots of other places.

techno pop reminds of being a kid at high school , at the time it was way ahead of its time....and seemed amazing. still fills any dance floor even just for a laugh.😄

From the good old days of MTV! And yes, 80s synthpop is the best! 🖤

I was in high school and this song was AWESOME and fun to dance to. It seemed like the period roughly 1979-1982, the early New Wave years, were full of fun and exploratory music. As New Wave became more mainstream it began to mature. As a young person, it was those early New Wave years when it was the most exciting.

@Xiroi87

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more, new wave, dark wave, post-punk, synth, new-romantics. Everybody was trying new sounds with the brand new "toys" and all of it was regularly played in commercial radio.

@deborahpaley21

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@bishopman2308

Жыл бұрын

To me all of the 80's music was about having fun, even rap music. In the 90's, alot of music, especially rap, turned more dark.

@sexpistol7712

Жыл бұрын

The 70s created almost all 80s music .

@sheflyshigh

Жыл бұрын

Same!

A song that was way ahead of its time and was basically the 70s sound turning into the 80s sound was Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”. Well worth a listen.

A lot of the early synth pop like this wasn’t always played on regular mainstream radio stations 1st, & the records weren’t always available in every record store either. They were played on indie or college radio stations that were already playing some experimental music. My older brother is a musician who also worked in an indie record store, back then was into lots of the early synth music/musicians - Switched on Bach, Fripp & Eno, early Kraftwerk, so my ear was already in tuned to listening to what was then some unusual sounding music. He was able gift me some amazing music of bands that never really hit big but were very vool (Nervus Rex, The Flirts, Josie Cotton) Then when this kind of music broke into the mainstream w/MTV videos it was like an explosion of sounds, colors, fashions, design & decor that was ushered into very futuristic themes that went into everything from mall design to hairstyles, amazing time to be a teenager

I was a teenage when this song came out and I still remember all the words! As soon as it came on, everyone would get up to dance and we'd all be singing along, bopping away.

The fact that Devo and Rock Lobster were just on the tip of your tongue is just so awesome. Loved this vid from y'all. It reminds me of your One Night in Bangkok and then Vangelis's Friends of Mr Cairo 😂

We used to sing this during school choir practice to annoy our teacher. 😄 Try "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100.

@mkmstillstackin

Жыл бұрын

Ah man, "Love Plus One" one of my all-time favs!

@LMmccallL57

Жыл бұрын

​@@mkmstillstackin Mine, too. 🙂 I watched the video about two weeks ago, along with a few other favorites from the 80s.

@mkmstillstackin

Жыл бұрын

@@LMmccallL57 very cool. Always a treat listening to good 80s classics

@LMmccallL57

Жыл бұрын

​@@mkmstillstackin I agree. 👍🏽

This song was awesome when it came out. The lyrics are just so silly, but combined with the cadence of the music you just can't help but smile and move your body

Yes, this was one of the Gateway Songs into new wave back then. I was 12 years old and this wanted me to find more of this! So goofy, yet so good!

I loved this when it came out and still do! We loved dancing to it. Another British song from about this time was Cockney Rebel who had a huge hit with “come up and see me and make me smile….”

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's "(Make me Smile) Come up and see me" is a great track! However, it appeared in 1975 almost four years before "Pop Muzik" was a hit.

Having been conditioned to every genre of music being legendary in the 1970s, I embraced it for its quirkiness & futuristic vibes.

This song was so insanely popular because it was so different. We'd heard nothing like it before. even us metalheads were into it. Many tried to imitate it afterwards but none even came close.

Robin Scott has a career that goes over six decades, this is probably his most famous song, it was even covered by U2! The backing singer is his wife Brigit Novak (in the blue dress), the dancers in the video didn't actually sing. Bernice Scott is Robins and Brigit's daughter and is a singer who has performed with Simples Minds amongst others. The thing you have to remember about this song is it was released at a time in the UK that when you look back could have seemed quite grim, there was no internet/Social Media/Cell Phones, in the UK we had three TV channels of which one spent most of the day off the air. Kids generally met up in Youth Clubs and the highlight would be the Youth Club Discos, On a Thursday night would be the Top of the Pops music show on BBC1, and every Sunday we would listen to the Top 40 Music chart on AM radio! Trying to record our favourite songs with a tape recorder and a C90 tape trying to make sure we didn't record the DJ!

Robsquad, try 'Mental Hopscotch' by Missing Persons. Have you tried 'Cars' by Gary Numan? How about '19' by Paul Hardcastle? How about 'A E I O U' by Ebn Ozn?

A classic of its time. Closer to spoken word or rap than singing (other than the backing singers). Cool to hear it for the first time in forever.

I never really thought the song was "silly" back then, it was just REALLY REALLY cool! (But watching the video now, I can see why you might think that.) This song hit #1 on the charts in the US and lots of countries. The only other song by M that I know is "Moonlight and Muzak" which was on the B side of the 45 - nice, but kinda weird. Try also "Being Boiled" by The Human League and "Fade to Grey" by Visage for other great synthpop tunes.

@jgreen6772

Жыл бұрын

Should have also included "Looking from a Hilltop" by Section 25.

@paulocarvalho6480

11 ай бұрын

​@@jgreen6772Fade to Grey is without any doubt one song that best describes the beginning of the 80's.

The earliest days of MTV...

I remembered and sang the whole thing but was cracking up watching yall! 😂😂

Jay, Amber, if you like 80s synthpop then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do Fascination by The Human League! It was a hit and it was a real earworm! Great bass riffs included! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I loved it when I first heard it and played the 45 over and over until my mother told me she was banning the song in the house, but yeah Robin Scott is very instrumental in opening the door for New Wave

I'm so enjoying the fact that younger folks get to discover these fab songs from the late 70s & the 80s. Back then the music was so innovative it was outta this world.

@EctoBuzz

11 ай бұрын

Now play it again and as David Bowie would put it... Lets Danse!

This song was a huge hit.

@stephenulmer3781

Жыл бұрын

Yes Worldwide. I remember ☺

That was such a huge hit . those were the days

I loved this song when it came out! I was 10 and remember hearing it on the radio and just getting it stuck in my head. Bought it on 45 and played it to death!

💃 🕺 Pop 🕺 💃 Pop 🕺 💃 Pop Musik. Great track and great reaction. It was a huge hit at the time.

More synth pop like Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short, Ultravox, Vienna, would be great! ❤

M wasn't really a group it was a project headed by one person Robin Scott. He wrote, produced, and performed his own songs with people helping him. For example the woman singing backup in that song was his wife. The guy playing the bass was his brother.

Okay, I was about 12. Bear in mind there was no Internet or music channels. We had Top of The Pops once a week on TV. Me and my sister knew there was this song we loved but couldn't find out who it was... or what it was called because we thought they were singing "Bop, bop, bop Suzi!" 🤣🤣🤣 I'd heard about something called 'The Logical Song' that was creating quite a buzz at the same time, so I thought it was probably that and took my pocket money to the local record shop and bought that. When I played it, it was actually another great song by Supertramp, so I didn't mind too much, but I'd spent my pocket money 😫 Thankfully, M were on Top of The Pops performing 'Pop Musik' that week so at least I knew what to ask for the next week! 😅❤️‍🔥

"What I Like About You" by the Romantics, is generally considered the very best dance tune ever.

@dangeroreilly2028

7 ай бұрын

I've never heard that, and I was a young adult in the era. But I have heard it's one of the greatest party songs ever!

I think the man behind M was more of a music producer than a band, so I can't think of any other tunes but this hit was HUGE! RSR has already featured most of the synth pop I could think of, but there are still a few in the same range: Dead and Alive, "You Spin Me Round" or my ultimate Synth Pop hit, weirdly, Donna Summer's "I Feel Love." Female Friday Electronic Jam!!!

That is the definition of a one hit wonder

The 1980's were FUN. A booming economy, low crime, lots of good entry level and mid level jobs. The pop music reflected the times. It was a great time to go clubbin' in the cities where you found tons of young people who were riding this wave. No cynicism, no dystopian culture, no woke, no cancel, no polarism. Just fun times.

@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax

Жыл бұрын

You don't even no what woke means and the 80's weren't great for everyone. Take off your rose coloured glasses. It's embarrassing.

@charmaine1884

11 ай бұрын

I take it you’re not from the north of England

@tommoore8726

11 ай бұрын

@@charmaine1884 No I am not. That is why I have plenty of room for groups such as The Clash. When it comes to art and music I believe we can walk and chew gum at the same time.

I was born in 77 but remember hearing this as a kid, to this day I find my self bouncing in my seat to it..and I'm 26 by now...lol

Herbie Hancock's "Rock it" changed the game

@kenhayhurst374

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Had this in my head but couldn't remember who did it!

@mikenichols3965

Жыл бұрын

A great video, too!

I've said it before and am going to say it again, you can not have a synth pop playlist without Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?, Ultravox - Vienna, Visage - Fade to grey, OMD - Enola Gay & Maid of Orleans, Blancmange - living on the ceiling, Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy & Why and Kraftwerk - The Model. Having lived though the synth/new wave era these were the game changers along with Eurythimcs - Sweet dreams which you have already reacted to 🙂.

@lilasmauve4930

Жыл бұрын

and "The The"...

This was one of my favorite songs growing up! I’m a child of the 80s so of course everybody song is awesome but this one I love so much

Me and my friends were hard-core disco fans in the late 70s and we were at the clubs 4 nights a week. I loved this song when it came out because it was so different, but my friends didn't like it for that same reason. I was ready to move on...they weren't. So this song brings back a flood of memories. Thanks for listening to it!

A great 70's song that you can't figure out the lyrics but will have you singing the chorus is Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the light" it gives off Pink Floyd journey in your head vibes.

@john-daviddennison2862

Жыл бұрын

I still prefer Springsteens original...

@frankbustamante6833

Жыл бұрын

@@john-daviddennison2862 I don't know about that. Manfred Mann took it to No.1.

@john-daviddennison2862

Жыл бұрын

@frankbustamante6833 sure they did... they made it very catchy and popular,... it's a personal preference of style I guess... after hearing both versions play pretty much since they debuted .... I will still get right into Bruce's version, but at same time if MM.'s version comes on I'm usually hitting skip...

The English Beat - Save It For Later (Official) 👍👍👍

M’s concept of the song was this “I was looking to make a fusion of various styles which somehow would summarise the last 25 years of pop music. It was a deliberate point I was trying to make. Whereas rock and roll had created a generation gap, disco was bringing people together on an enormous scale. That's why I really wanted to make a simple, bland statement, which was, 'All we're talking about basically (is) pop music.”

When I was in the navy in Hawaii, a favorite hangout for us was a small hotel bar called Ferdinand's. They had a juke box in the bar that had all kinds of music, I guess, to try and please the variety of people who might visit a hotel in Waikiki. At any rate, Pop Muzik was a selection on that juke box and any of us who put money in for songs usually played it because there wasn't a lot of music on it that we actually cared for. I'm sure the bar staff must have gotten sick of the song, considering how much we played it. I have fond memories of sitting around, drinking and talking about everything under the sun with my friends and crew mates while that song played in the background. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.