Lol thanks guys! I think Donnie might consider himself a rock artist, though he does have some more synth-heavy songs. They play his music on the classic rock station here. I know he definitely plays guitar (someone else did the solo in this song though, I believe)… not sure if he plays other instruments. His band is called The Cruisers. When playing this song live in recent years, he’s started it off as a ballad… then he breaks out the ROCK! But it’s really cool, I like the switch up 😊 ‘Love is Like a Rock’ might be his next most popular song. ‘I Can’t Hear You’ and ‘Sweet Merilee’ are good ones that also got some radio play here. Love the shirts and the Pittsburgh talk lol. The ‘nebby’ pronunciation needs a slight tweak… it rhymes with Debbie. I would’ve put some pierogies in the Box of Faith, but unfortunately they’re perishable 😆 Btw I think the ‘black and gold’ thing might be because the Steelers, very early on, had black jerseys and gold helmets… I guess the name stuck, even though it’s really black and yellow now (shout out to Wiz Khalifa, who grew up in Hazelwood, where I lived briefly) 🔶♦️🔷 Thank you for the birthday wishes!! 😊♥️
Always knew this song but never knew anything about Donnie Iris. Thank you for the info. This song still gets airplay here in NC. My daughter is named Leah, and from a musical standpoint, if a boyfriend of hers knows the song, she can marry him.
@@donjackson5522you’re welcome! And thanks for your comment. I’m always interested to know how many people outside of the Pittsburgh area are familiar with Donnie… because they REALLY celebrate him in this city lol. And yes I agree about your daughter’s future love interest 😊👍🏽
Heck yea Shan this was awesome and we appreciate the shirts. Almost made us feel like we were from Pittsburgh for a minute there. Thank you for all your love and support on Patreon and again HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Your the definition of a true Trash Talker Shan
@@scottzappa9314 definitely not a one hit wonder! He had 3 top 40 hits as Donnie Iris and wrote a #2 song called The Rapper with the band the Jaggerz in 71'.
This was released in 1981 at the height of the new wave in music, Donnie has a wonderful vocal, a wonderful guitar player, this song has it all, rock, pop, new wave, big bass, loud drums.
Love....love this song!!! My favorite line "I see your lips & I've been wondering who's been kissing them,.... never knew how badly I was missing them".
Thanks Guys and Shan. Cleveland radio blasted Donnie songs back in the day. Now home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Donnie is still played here in Cleveland. Thanks for loving a classic and catchy tune.
1978's finest one hit wonder-I think the dude was from over the border in PA or something, but they played the sh*t out of this WMMS and M105 when I was in jr. high and it still rules. To this day, I've not heard one other song of his on any station anywhere, but I still believe he has other songs. Until that's proven, I have this one.
Good song choice Shan5! Happy Birthday! This song was a breath of fresh air when it came out. It was contemporary for it's pop synth sound mixed with a rock heavy guitar riff. A complete banger for the MTV generation. Who knew this combination would work? Donnie Iris, that's who. Thanks to Shan5, Donnie Iris, Hollywood and Smokey.
Fun Fact: The song has a certain yearning to it. Iris explained: "It sounds kind of passionate, when you talk about not being able to be with a chick, and every time you see this girl, you just go nuts, but it ain't right, you know, something's wrong with it. We thought that it was a passionate kind of tune."
Donnie Iris and The Cruisers. "Love Is Like A Rock" Iris started with a band called: The Jaggerz ...they had a hit with a track called: "The Rapper" [I believe that was in 🤔🤔 1970?]. Besides "Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like A Rock", Donnie had a minor radio song, with "Do You Compute" (EXTREMELY-'80s sounding!). ...but overall: a fine career!
Morning guys! This was an awesome reaction! Enjoyed the gift opening and t shirt sayings/wearing. And I remember this song shan!!! I haven't heard it in many years! But I remember! Was good to watch y'all get into it!! Made my day! Thanks guys and shan5!!!!!! Hope it was an awesome bday friend!!!💯❤️👍🤓
A "Yinzer" is, basically, a Pittsburgher. "Yinzer" is a modified "epithet"-"ical". The source is from: people from south of a certain area, generally, use the expression: "Y'all" ("y'awl..." 😛😋🤪) whereas, another cordon of people use the expression: "you'ns" ("yoo-inz") for the same thing. So to refer to someone who uses (or comes from an area known to commonly use): "you'ns." ...As, phonetically, long vowels (and vowels, overall) are 'the first to get lost '(🙄) (and/or: truncated!), "you'nz," pronunciatively, sounds more like: "y'in'z" (from "you'ns" or "y-ins" already 🤷)... ...and so, that became "a yinzer." [Note the Pittsburgh accent, as well.] -and, yes (although I do not know the history, it ties into the Dutch-Irish, local, cross-pollination & identity!) STEELERS RULE ! NOLL IS LORD ! 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🖤💛 [And it IS BLACK & GOLD (THERE WAS no such thing as "metallic colored paint" in the '70s, yo!!! - DEFINITELY NOT EARLIER!!!!!)]
Old song-Leah was legit. "Big Gun" by AC/DC Arnold Schwarzenegger carries Angus around on his shoulders. Classic. Only AC/DC song not on one of their albums. Playlist material.
Loved this song as a teenager, still do, holds up after all these decades ✌😎💚 Happy Birthday Shan5 ~ Hope you have a day full of joy ~ have fun, do bad things, don’t get caught. Make sure you wake up in the morning lol have a good one!!! ✨🥳🦀💐🌙🎆♋💟🥂
Alright, new wave itch scratched ….I suggest you guys go back through the comments of your others videos and find some tunes we’ve suggested. Cause bruhs, this ain’t it. 😒
Lol thanks guys! I think Donnie might consider himself a rock artist, though he does have some more synth-heavy songs. They play his music on the classic rock station here. I know he definitely plays guitar (someone else did the solo in this song though, I believe)… not sure if he plays other instruments. His band is called The Cruisers. When playing this song live in recent years, he’s started it off as a ballad… then he breaks out the ROCK! But it’s really cool, I like the switch up 😊
‘Love is Like a Rock’ might be his next most popular song. ‘I Can’t Hear You’ and ‘Sweet Merilee’ are good ones that also got some radio play here.
Love the shirts and the Pittsburgh talk lol. The ‘nebby’ pronunciation needs a slight tweak… it rhymes with Debbie. I would’ve put some pierogies in the Box of Faith, but unfortunately they’re perishable 😆 Btw I think the ‘black and gold’ thing might be because the Steelers, very early on, had black jerseys and gold helmets… I guess the name stuck, even though it’s really black and yellow now (shout out to Wiz Khalifa, who grew up in Hazelwood, where I lived briefly) 🔶♦️🔷
Thank you for the birthday wishes!! 😊♥️
Always knew this song but never knew anything about Donnie Iris. Thank you for the info. This song still gets airplay here in NC. My daughter is named Leah, and from a musical standpoint, if a boyfriend of hers knows the song, she can marry him.
@@donjackson5522you’re welcome! And thanks for your comment. I’m always interested to know how many people outside of the Pittsburgh area are familiar with Donnie… because they REALLY celebrate him in this city lol. And yes I agree about your daughter’s future love interest 😊👍🏽
Happy birthday shan!!!!! Real og!!! It's lukas, but I'm the fmchef!!!
@@fmchef25thank you Lukas! 😊
Heck yea Shan this was awesome and we appreciate the shirts. Almost made us feel like we were from Pittsburgh for a minute there. Thank you for all your love and support on Patreon and again HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Your the definition of a true Trash Talker Shan
He played guitar for Wild Cherry...."Play that Funky Music White Boy"
Very talented
What a great song.I Ioved it when it came out. I still love it!
Banger alert! One of my all time favorites!!✌️😊🔥
Love Donnie Iris Pittsburgh girl here! 💛🖤💛🖤
LOVE this song! This song came out when I was ten. Still love it at 55. It's a "banger" as my 24 year old daughter says.
Another one of Donnie's hits is "love is like a rock". Its a certified banger!!!🔥🔥🔥
Rocked out to that a lot, too. Great stuff still
Or he's a one hit wonder. Either way.
"love can rock you" haha corny tunes from my childhood
@@scottzappa9314 definitely not a one hit wonder! He had 3 top 40 hits as Donnie Iris and wrote a #2 song called The Rapper with the band the Jaggerz in 71'.
This was released in 1981 at the height of the new wave in music, Donnie has a wonderful vocal, a wonderful guitar player, this song has it all, rock, pop, new wave, big bass, loud drums.
Love....love this song!!! My favorite line "I see your lips & I've been wondering who's been kissing them,.... never knew how badly I was missing them".
Donnie Ierace.
Pittsburgh legend.
'80s legend. 🤘🤘🔥
We down here in Georgia always considered this a rock song since they played it on 96 ROCK, the greatest radio station of all time 1974-2006 RIP ✌💖☮
Luv luv this song... yes!!..thank u for doing this one
And oddly, I never got tired of it. Still love this song. B
My favorite reaction yet! Yinz guys are awesome!
I remember that song was everywhere.
Was popular in Massachusetts!! I loved it!
A lot of bands were labeled as "New Wave" at the time, but artists like Donnie, The Cars, etc. were always just good rock bands to me.
Here we goooooo again. AHHHHHHHH LLLEEEAAHHHH...Nice one guys! ☘️🚬
Greetings from the Great White North 🇨🇦 This a huge hit in the Toronto area as well. Great tune! Another great reaction guys.👍
Thanks Guys and Shan. Cleveland radio blasted Donnie songs back in the day. Now home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Donnie is still played here in Cleveland. Thanks for loving a classic and catchy tune.
You’re welcome 😊
1978's finest one hit wonder-I think the dude was from over the border in PA or something, but they played the sh*t out of this WMMS and M105 when I was in jr. high and it still rules. To this day, I've not heard one other song of his on any station anywhere, but I still believe he has other songs. Until that's proven, I have this one.
Good song choice Shan5! Happy Birthday! This song was a breath of fresh air when it came out. It was contemporary for it's pop synth sound mixed with a rock heavy guitar riff. A complete banger for the MTV generation. Who knew this combination would work? Donnie Iris, that's who. Thanks to Shan5, Donnie Iris, Hollywood and Smokey.
Thank you for the birthday wishes! 😊
@@ShanLH5 You're welcome.
Fun Fact: The song has a certain yearning to it. Iris explained: "It sounds kind of passionate, when you talk about not being able to be with a chick, and every time you see this girl, you just go nuts, but it ain't right, you know, something's wrong with it. We thought that it was a passionate kind of tune."
IMO this can be filed under Pop Rock - Definitely a Stand-Out BANGER
Donnie Iris and The Cruisers.
"Love Is Like A Rock"
Iris started with a band called: The Jaggerz
...they had a hit with a track called: "The Rapper"
[I believe that was in 🤔🤔 1970?].
Besides "Ah! Leah!" and "Love Is Like A Rock",
Donnie had a minor radio song, with "Do You Compute" (EXTREMELY-'80s sounding!).
...but overall: a fine career!
I live 1 hour north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Donnie is a music god here! This is where he is from!
Killer song
Christ I think he’s 80 now
And still rocking hard!
He had a hit with the Jaggers in the 60's called The Rapper
Morning guys! This was an awesome reaction! Enjoyed the gift opening and t shirt sayings/wearing. And I remember this song shan!!! I haven't heard it in many years! But I remember! Was good to watch y'all get into it!! Made my day! Thanks guys and shan5!!!!!! Hope it was an awesome bday friend!!!💯❤️👍🤓
Bahahahahahaha! Loving the t shirts shan sent y'all! That's great!❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
Great song!!!!!
🔥🔥🔥
Happy Birthday Shan🎉
Great suggestion! I love this song
Thank you Kim! 😊
Distinctive early 80's rock sound. think of Aldo Nova's "Fantasy" or Don Felder's "Heavy Metal".
LOOOVE the shirts!!! Pittsburgh represented 👌🏻
He’s in lots bands wild cherry 🍒 and he a song called the rapper
Donnie had another hit with the song "Sweet Merilee"
It's like Tommy 2 tone and the cars mixed!!
A "Yinzer" is, basically, a Pittsburgher.
"Yinzer" is a modified "epithet"-"ical".
The source is from:
people from south of a certain area, generally, use the expression:
"Y'all" ("y'awl..." 😛😋🤪)
whereas, another cordon of people use the expression: "you'ns" ("yoo-inz") for the same thing.
So to refer to someone who uses (or comes from an area known to commonly use): "you'ns." ...As, phonetically, long vowels (and vowels, overall) are 'the first to get lost '(🙄) (and/or: truncated!), "you'nz," pronunciatively, sounds more like: "y'in'z" (from "you'ns" or "y-ins" already 🤷)...
...and so, that became "a yinzer."
[Note the Pittsburgh accent, as well.]
-and, yes (although I do not know the history, it ties into the Dutch-Irish, local, cross-pollination & identity!)
STEELERS RULE !
NOLL IS LORD ! 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🖤💛
[And it IS BLACK & GOLD (THERE WAS no such thing as "metallic colored paint" in the '70s, yo!!! - DEFINITELY NOT EARLIER!!!!!)]
The black and yellow song by wiz khalifa is so dope.😉🌱
My Girl was a cool tune.
Banger 🤘🤘
🔥
The video for this great song was perfect as well.
Omg I love the yinzer shirts! 💜😂
😆😆😆
I remember when MTV kicked off. The drain is picking up steam
❤️🔥
Happy birthday, Shan!!! I grew up in NJ and actually never heard this song or even of this artist at all! It reminded me a lot of The Cars. I dig it!
Thank you Karl! Yes Donnie is quite celebrated in the Pittsburgh area 😊
Listen to The Warning - Hell You Call a Dream -Live from Pepsi Center CDMX
Fear Factory!!!! Powershifter!!!!
Ian!
Hey, there's a connection between this song and "Play That Funky Music"....tell em about it you guys
Happy bday Shan! Liked the cross between a J Geils type sound and new wave
Thank you Mike! 😊
Old song-Leah was legit.
"Big Gun" by AC/DC Arnold Schwarzenegger carries Angus around on his shoulders. Classic. Only AC/DC song not on one of their albums. Playlist material.
I bought the Last Action Hero soundtrack just so I play Big Gun on the amusement park ride I was running at the time.
@donjackson5522 which makes you awesome and a Joe Dirt bad ass running that ride ! HELL YA
Happppppppppppppy bdayyyyyyyyyyy shan!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤗❤️
Thank you Krista! 😊
Happy Birthday Shan! Go grab a chipped ham or a jumbo sammich at Giant Iggle
Lol heck yeah! Thank you! 😊
Today is Friday happy Friday is there a cradle of filth coming out on filthy Fridays
Nice shirt, Hollywood. But, I'm curious. Have you ever even heard an Obituary song? I would love to see you guy react to one.
Loved this song as a teenager, still do, holds up after all these decades ✌😎💚
Happy Birthday Shan5 ~ Hope you have a day full of joy ~ have fun, do bad things, don’t get caught. Make sure you wake up in the morning lol have a good one!!! ✨🥳🦀💐🌙🎆♋💟🥂
Thank you Genny!! 😊💕
Nobody knows what Yinzr Nebby means, LOL. The other shirt most of us can understand.
Haha! I think Smokey said it, but for anyone who didn’t catch it, it means ‘you all are nosy’ or ‘you need to mind your business’ 😆😊
Happy bday Shan5! Great song choice! LOVE the shirts, too!
Thank you! 😊
He is a guitar guy , rythm
Happy birthday Shan5
Thank you! 😊
Twisted insane underground psycho plz
He be dipping? Lol
Happy Birthday Shan5!!
Thank you Shane! 😊
Alright, new wave itch scratched ….I suggest you guys go back through the comments of your others videos and find some tunes we’ve suggested. Cause bruhs, this ain’t it. 😒
Thanks for the birthday wishes! 😊
Great request shan
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@@ShanLH5 happy 🎂 day
@@msfoodiediva thank you Andrea! 😊💕
@@ShanLH5 you're welcome!!
I guess if you can rhyme two words you’re considered a rapper now
Since you guys are rappers. You should watch The Rapper by the Jaggerz video. Not the jagoffs Smokey.