Even more brilliant considering Britta Phillips (singing voice of Jem) was a self proclaimed grunge rock singer who took the gig on a whim. She had to learn up to 20 songs a week and sing 1 to 2 octaves higher than she’d normally sing. She delivered everytime ❤️❤️❤️
For those who want to know the last note at the end, it was a high Soprano C (C6). The highest belted note Jem ever hit was a B5 in "Show Me the Way". If she kept hitting high notes in many of her songs and that her upper middle notes (E5-A5) was where she was at her best, Jem must be a true soprano. Usually, a pop singer would be a mezzo soprano (the most common female voice type) who usually sings best at the lower middle (Bb4-Eb5), but Jem must be lucky.
I remember when I was a kid and got the Glitter And Gold Jem doll. I put in the cassette tape, and this was the version I heard. And I got goosebumps! The high note at the end is the highest note Jem ever hit, and it blew me away! At 41 years old, it still does today. :)
Hey, some sellers have that Jem doll on eBay; some are even NIB. The "Rockin Roadster," too. I've even seen some of the fashions sold, too. Jem is ICONIC 🎤
Fun Fact: Jem & The Holograms is an American production that can also be technically labeled as an anime, as it was animated by Toei, way back in the 80's while they were in the middle of working on Dragon Ball/Z.
The signature song from the final episode of season 1, created to launch a new doll line. The song and the episode were home runs. Alas, the doll sales weren't. Can't win them all, I guess.
They fought Matels endless bin of money with high production, more songs then a cover band, and real talent. They crashed and burned in the toy isle but live on in people's hearts. If only the property could catch a break.
My dream is to see a movie/TV series that is similar to Grease or Glee but with Jem & The Holograms. And that it stays true to the cartoon. Small modifications is ok but pls nothing like the actual poop live action movie that came out and flopped hard. Or to see real life singers in their character's outfits/makeup/hair and just have them actually sing a bunch of the songs from the show LIVE! I'd pay $200 general admission to see that! Pls. But I guess it must be super hard nowadays to find someone with an amazing voice like Britta Philips or Samantha Newark!
If I were making a Jem movie I'd try to stay as true to the 80s cartoon as possible and would include Eric, the Misfits, and the Starlight Girls and try to replicate the events of the first season. I'd even want to set it in the 80s, because Jem is an iconically 80s series and it should be the 1980s. And maybe include a scene at the end with the band performing a reunion tour in the present day (like I imagine that the band might have taken a hiatus to work on solo careers since the girls do tend to have their own interests). Though really I'd just want to see that idea that Christy Marx had for a Jem movie with the Mongrels and Entropy. That idea sounds so exciting.
I know Britta is the singer, but I met Samantha Newark yesterday at a con and man oh man is she a darling! She was super sweet and gahhh. She talked to me about the movie and how people should take it as an alternate universe and give it a second chance.
Tigress good advice. I think it was IDW's John Barber that summed it up best; the whole point of a reboot is to appeal to both the old audience with references, while appealing to a new audience with new elements.
Tigress I can't speak for everyone else but from my point of view it's just very hard because I was waiting for that movie since I was a child... no rio no synergy no misfits
My one major con was synergy....she wasnt cool just a f'n robot that responds to music and her dad's last msg to her....that was all synergy was...I wound up liking it in the end. The misfits was shown in thw last clip. This was a prequel . Unfortunately, between nobody spending on a theatre ticket and outright hating the promo....bombed. If the promo had been better...a better outcome. I myself didnt go fot both reasons and waited til redbox. If a movie doesnt look really good( worth the ticket)...not going.
Lol Kimber and Aja have contrasting dresses to their hair. At first I thought the pink would be something Kimber wears, and blue for Aja. But now, it looks good as an adult watching
Leave the SBF alone, this is classic animation from the 80s/90s, you know when cartoons was good? I grew up in the same age as these guys (save Baby Liam) and spent my puphood watching a shit ton of beast wars, gargoyles and my little pony. Jem is just good shit! If you took all the animated music from the 80s and 90s and compared them to ANYTHING from the 2000s, shit son..forget about it. Hell the Lion king sound track ALONE pwns the modern age of music. Much love Zaibatsu, forever your loyal fan!
You mean the Shout Factory release? Definitely. Rhino utilized the original 35mm broadcast masters while Shout used a lower quality and clearly damaged master.
mariah carey is crazier than a pole-cat in a room full of rocking chairs. crazier than a sidewinder in a sand storm. crazier than a June-bug in November. crazier than a 3 and-a-half dollar bill. Crazier than... well you get the idea.
@@ToyotaGuy1971 I miss the old Mariah. The one who just starting out and was quiet, dignified, humble and respectful. Not this materialistic, blabbering airhead she's evolved into.
80s and 90s had the most amazing cartoons, most of them had a deep meaning, they also have poor techonolgy and so amazing realistic drawing and now is the opposite... amazing technology and no tallented drawers and directors etc... fortunately internet exist and we can watch again our precious and beloved cartoons
I love this cartoon series to death but i’ve always thought that the holograms’ outfits are never as stylish as Jem’s. It’s like how Beyonce’s outfits are always flashier than the other members of destiny’s child. 😂😂
La voz de esta mujer, por favor! Me parece maraviloso lo bien hechas que estaban las canciones, sobretodo pensando que era un dibujito para nenes creado para vender muñecas.
Now I remember that this was the very video that started your Master Tape Collection, on which you've updated the video and sound on both English and Spanish-sung songs, TMF. Good things to remember by...
Fantastic upload of a fantastic clip! The vibrant colors, the properly-paced motion, and the audio... wonderful! :D The noise removal is a tad too heavy-handed in my opinion though, causing a sort of blobbing effect that makes background forms look more featureless. But, it's always a tough compromise when you take media meant for CRT and analog signals, and convert them to high-res and digital. Old media looks best in its native format, and it's difficult to really emulate that in modern videos. Just like how with old 8 or 16-bit video games, load 'em up on an emulator or run them on your HD TV (hopefully with the picture forced back to 4:3 resolution as intended).... and it's like "Man, those graphics looked so much better to me back then, guess it's cuz it's old." But if you run it on a CRT monitor/TV, lo and behold, they still look good in their at-the-time way! The pixel art and animations were made specifically to work around the screen's pixels, to creatively use signal noise, etc. Same with animations from back then; they could use coloring tricks to fill in the illusion of detail, but those tricks fall apart when viewed without the lower resolution connecting those dots, and even more is lost and blended together with noise removal such as used in this clip. To us nowadays, those old low resolutions seemed to restrict media at the time. However, when you take those "restrictive" elements away, you get an image that's NOT what was originally intended. So yeah, in our quest for crisp clear picture, old media like this ends up suffering a good bit when it's cleaned up and over-perfected. A small bit of grain is a GOOD thing in many cases. The age of the format wasn't so much restricting the art, more like the art *embraced* the format it partnered up with to bring us these excellent oldskool animations. Uh, now that my nerdy tangent is out of my system... I still am amazed at the pure, stable picture and audio quality here from the source. It must've been pretty darn well kept and converted. I'm impressed! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. It's really something that the official company's upload of this clip is riddled with combing (jagged rows of lines between frames) due to a TERRIBLE attempt to convert the interlaced video to progressive format. So to get this with the smooth motion intact is super friggin' awesome. :D Yes, the frame-rates in these old shows were clumsy (they looked quite a bit better at the time in their native interlaced format, but like I said, today's screens just do NOT play nicely with interlacing, so a good bit of smoothness is lost in the conversion even when done as perfectly as possible)... but they worked by hand on painted cels, their budget was limited, and they were basically told "We're making toys, make these characters do stuff so the toys get popular." And yet, so many of those producers NAILED it. They weren't just half-hour toy commercials, they were works of vision, passion, and true art. Time and again, the quality of the toys themselves were cheap and shallow compared to the shows that had been commissioned to sell them! Though I have heard great things about certain merchandise too.... I missed a lot of that due to poverty at the time, but I watched He-Man/She-Rah, My Little Pony (G1), Thundercats, Transformers, Centurions, and of course Jem, as much as I possibly could. They had compelling stories (even if rushed/simplified for young audiences), interesting characters, and in many cases, AMAZING music. And those were elements kids of any gender could enjoy, as well as even adults on an artistic level. And man, did Jem deliver, both on the music, and the 'truly outrageous' fashion of the time. These mini music-videos were what I really watched for, always so imaginative and purely for audio-visual aesthetic. I miss that sense of confidence the loud proud styles of the 80s (and early 90s) gave me as a little girl. Over time, society tightened up, got more judgmental, formed "cringe culture" to shame anyone for being true to themselves if it happens not conform to some arbitrary level of dignity. So I'm glad the 80s-90s styles of clothing are coming back. I've indulged in some crazy outfits and accessories, and wearing them while reminding myself to stop worrying about what others think of me, has helped me immensely in overcoming my self-esteem and social anxiety issues. So that's why I love to revisit this show, and the others which bravely went forth with passionate ideas. Shows that didn't HAVE to go so hard on creativity, but they did anyway. That bravery of both the teams who brought those shows to life, and the memories and fashion of the times, continue to inspire me, and help me reclaim a decent piece of my life after circumstances tore it apart. Heh... sorry for the rambling (I've got ADHD and boy do I do that, jeez). Just typing what runs through my mind as it does. But I wanted to again thank you for this great upload. This is about as good as we can get on our modern screens, and it's so vital for this classic to be preserved, and passed down over time. This upload does that so much better than the actual property owner, and that's saying something. How over time, corporations may consume the individuals within them and lose touch with audiences, may shrug and give in to demands as they hear them to maximize profits yet not care about the passion behind those properties... but we remember (and Pepperidge Farm remembers! ;D), and we know that these works of art deserve appreciation and care. You never know whose day might be made, who really NEEDS the inspiration or confidence boost of this old media, whose very lives may be saved in part due to these clips being a light in the darkness. True art is both shaped by the world around it, and in turn can continue shaping that same world. A show that combined so many elements of visual and auditory brilliance definitely deserves to keep its place as an inspirational medium, and deserves this respectful, high-quality presentation. Thanks a lot. ^_^
This sounds like Far from Over by Frank Stallone. If you don’t know who Frank Stallone is he is Sylvester Stallone’s younger brother and they look a little alike.
LOL, that's the 80s for ya. It was cringe and camp and exaggeration... but everyone owned it, and weren't hampered down by shame. It was liberating, to dress loud and proud, with big hair and bright colors, strutting with confidence. Nowadays, we're pushed to worry about what others think of us, "cringe culture" passing judgment on anyone who dares to stand out or try something straight from their heart. :( That's why I welcome the fact that 80s-90s styles are returning here and there. Wind-suits, leg-warmers, tucked shirts, bare midriffs on any gender, fluorescent colors... It brings with it that sense of freedom, of not worrying about what others think, and shining as brightly as you want to. Rising above judgment and criticism (as long as you're not hurting anyone). Some people showing their true colors, end up showing garish neon and clashing print patterns. And that's ok! ^_^ So yeah, as an 80s kid who's remained nostalgic for those days, I fully acknowledge that the style taste is awful... but the fascinating part is how colorful self-expression found a way to surface after the drab earth-toned 70s fashion. Like garish, flashy butterflies emerging proudly from a restrictive, brown cocoon. Once you're brave enough to embrace a flashy style you like, and not worry about what others think of it, it really helps to overcome anxiety and low self-esteem. In these troubled times, with depression on the rise, we could use that kind of self-assured freedom to be ourselves, without letting society put an imaginary muzzle on us, woven from made-up rules that we can unmake. I think that's what makes us millenials so nostalgic for those days... Society goes through periods of restriction (We must be dignified!), then liberation (Jeez, lighten up! We only live once!), then restriction again (What were we thinking?! Hashtag CRINGE!). And in the midst of being tied down, well... "I want to break free!"
Wow, that sounds and feels VERY much like a Misfits song. "Aren't I awesome, just look at how amazing I am, I'm just stunning, huh?" sort of stuff. "Turning their heads with glitter and gold"---themes of wealth and the power of shallow appearances--classic class-conscious Phyllis Gabor. "Turning a new page and burning the old"--yep, a Misfit just loves burning down the boring old stuff and making it all new. Even the arrangement is much less sweet and soft than the typical Jem song. The only thing there that Pizzazz wouldn't sing was the line about her heart; leave that out and this sounds very much like it was the Holograms stealing and recording a Misfits song for once. (^_^) I guess turnabout is fair play. I always loved the show, but this has to be in my personal top five worst Holograms songs; blech.
@@ronnopotterTrue to a T - the fact the main cast were adults in their 20s & NOT teenagers showed that you don’t always need adolescents to carry a show, adults can have just as many adventures & trials as any kid coming of age.
Dammit, Zaibatsu. This Pseudo-80's shit was terrible, lol. I've got a friend who mentioned that he liked this show, now I'm even more confused as to why.
This is one music video from a show that has a plot, characters, and what I consider a good story. It was pretty highly rated if you check the wikipedia article.
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Even more brilliant considering Britta Phillips (singing voice of Jem) was a self proclaimed grunge rock singer who took the gig on a whim. She had to learn up to 20 songs a week and sing 1 to 2 octaves higher than she’d normally sing. She delivered everytime ❤️❤️❤️
Jermaine Daniels so badass 🖤
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
The kicker is her demo is what they used as the final cut for the show's theme. And she had a cold...
Can we talk about how the holograms are slaying those background vocals
FACTS
Complete slayage
Big Facts
Yes we can! I don't care if you commented this four years ago!!
Let's talk about it!!!
Jem is a f*cking BEAST! Her high notes are amazing!
Britta Phillips is a BEAST.
I read an interview where she was actually uncomfortable singing that high.
You should listen to Stryper, their frontman Michael Sweet has even cooler high notes.
She hit that note at the end.
For those who want to know the last note at the end, it was a high Soprano C (C6). The highest belted note Jem ever hit was a B5 in "Show Me the Way". If she kept hitting high notes in many of her songs and that her upper middle notes (E5-A5) was where she was at her best, Jem must be a true soprano. Usually, a pop singer would be a mezzo soprano (the most common female voice type) who usually sings best at the lower middle (Bb4-Eb5), but Jem must be lucky.
she has a heck of a range!
better than taylor swift
I remember when I was a kid and got the Glitter And Gold Jem doll. I put in the cassette tape, and this was the version I heard. And I got goosebumps! The high note at the end is the highest note Jem ever hit, and it blew me away! At 41 years old, it still does today. :)
I always wanted that doll. I think you can get the car separately. It was awesome.
Hey, some sellers have that Jem doll on eBay; some are even NIB. The "Rockin Roadster," too. I've even seen some of the fashions sold, too. Jem is ICONIC 🎤
U know it's a hit when jem starts with that rasp in her voice
Fun Fact: Jem & The Holograms is an American production that can also be technically labeled as an anime, as it was animated by Toei, way back in the 80's while they were in the middle of working on Dragon Ball/Z.
So that explains Dio and Jotoro showing up in the show.
@@philiphamel8504 wait WHAT?
@@SpookyBiscuitsit's a reference to the Rio-Riot fight 💀💀💀
@@SpookyBiscuits Jericha's boyfriend looks like Jotoro, and the male lead for the Stingers band looks like Dio.
(I was just trying to be funny
A lot of western animation has been outsourced to asian companies
Jem just fucking KILLED that last note!! I'd pay good money to see her live!
The high notes gave me goosebumps.
I did a tone generator match for Britta Phillips' high note: C#7Db7. That is not an easy note for many female singers to hit. Wow!!
Every little detail. .... Man , this is magic . The moment right before they show shana's sketches.... The way Jem just falls into a pose . Wow
BEST JEM SONG EVERRRRR
Christian this was briefly the theme song.
Jem & The Holograms MURDERED THIS!!!!
👐👐👐
Britta did that!!
Absolutely iconic. Pop stars take notes
Each of the songs from "Jem & the holograms" (misfits & co too) are tiny masterpieces. such quality was put in these series.
0:51 lol turning a new page and burning the old, damn just broke up with someone today. Such a true coincidence
The songs still sound dope and the fashion still rocks... the favorite song is “Like a Dream”
how iconic this cartoon is ,best ever,i love this song
The signature song from the final episode of season 1, created to launch a new doll line.
The song and the episode were home runs. Alas, the doll sales weren't. Can't win them all, I guess.
They fought Matels endless bin of money with high production, more songs then a cover band, and real talent. They crashed and burned in the toy isle but live on in people's hearts. If only the property could catch a break.
Because the quality of music, storytelling, and talent (singing and acting) overrode those silly dolls.
I loved my Jem doll I had the regular one AND the glitter and gold doll! And I wore out the tapes
Coated in the sleek, dazzling veneer of the 1980's!
Jem has range!!!!!!!!!
💥😱🤩I'm still losing my mind over this song decades later! It still holds up!TFS!!!💛
My dream is to see a movie/TV series that is similar to Grease or Glee but with Jem & The Holograms. And that it stays true to the cartoon. Small modifications is ok but pls nothing like the actual poop live action movie that came out and flopped hard.
Or to see real life singers in their character's outfits/makeup/hair and just have them actually sing a bunch of the songs from the show LIVE! I'd pay $200 general admission to see that! Pls.
But I guess it must be super hard nowadays to find someone with an amazing voice like Britta Philips or Samantha Newark!
If I were making a Jem movie I'd try to stay as true to the 80s cartoon as possible and would include Eric, the Misfits, and the Starlight Girls and try to replicate the events of the first season. I'd even want to set it in the 80s, because Jem is an iconically 80s series and it should be the 1980s. And maybe include a scene at the end with the band performing a reunion tour in the present day (like I imagine that the band might have taken a hiatus to work on solo careers since the girls do tend to have their own interests).
Though really I'd just want to see that idea that Christy Marx had for a Jem movie with the Mongrels and Entropy. That idea sounds so exciting.
it would be hard to believe that no one recognises her though
Listening to this while GnG Jem and Rio arrive. Outrageous!
Those notes Britta hits in this song are ridiculous!
This episode was aired the day of my 8th birthday
One of those songs that live rent free in my mind 🎶
Jem songs are truly outrageous! love them lol
Same here. Squeaky-clean music.
This gets me in the mood for dancing
Bruh.... SLAY!!!
Tomas Jephersin no dazzle😄
"You see, Mr. Powers.
I love GOOOOOLD."
I know Britta is the singer, but I met Samantha Newark yesterday at a con and man oh man is she a darling! She was super sweet and gahhh. She talked to me about the movie and how people should take it as an alternate universe and give it a second chance.
Tigress good advice. I think it was IDW's John Barber that summed it up best; the whole point of a reboot is to appeal to both the old audience with references, while appealing to a new audience with new elements.
Tigress I can't speak for everyone else but from my point of view it's just very hard because I was waiting for that movie since I was a child... no rio no synergy no misfits
My one major con was synergy....she wasnt cool just a f'n robot that responds to music and her dad's last msg to her....that was all synergy was...I wound up liking it in the end. The misfits was shown in thw last clip. This was a prequel . Unfortunately, between nobody spending on a theatre ticket and outright hating the promo....bombed. If the promo had been better...a better outcome. I myself didnt go fot both reasons and waited til redbox. If a movie doesnt look really good( worth the ticket)...not going.
did u tell her no
As some one born in 1998 and discovered this show when I was 17 I hate the new film i can’t even take it as an alternative universe
Fucking Cash Money Millionaires up in this bitch!
Liam stop being such a creep.
Jem and the Holograms deserves a "Matt's Bomb-Ass Review", ASAP.
I demand to know who in the Zaibatsu likes Jem.
So that we can share our love of this truly outrageous woman.
Truly, truly outrageous.
Brandon D $100 on matt
Ahh glitter and gold Jem , this was my favorite outfit form jem absolutely gorgeous
She SLAYED!!!!!
song always gives me goosebumps because of the high notes.
Lol Kimber and Aja have contrasting dresses to their hair. At first I thought the pink would be something Kimber wears, and blue for Aja. But now, it looks good as an adult watching
glitter and gold is my favorite song by jem and the hologram
I had all the dolls! Even Rio
Leave the SBF alone, this is classic animation from the 80s/90s, you know when cartoons was good? I grew up in the same age as these guys (save Baby Liam) and spent my puphood watching a shit ton of beast wars, gargoyles and my little pony. Jem is just good shit! If you took all the animated music from the 80s and 90s and compared them to ANYTHING from the 2000s, shit son..forget about it. Hell the Lion king sound track ALONE pwns the modern age of music. Much love Zaibatsu, forever your loyal fan!
I adore this song! Also…For some reason, every time I hear it I think of the Muses from Hercules…I could see them singing this as well 💖
my fav jem song 😘😘😘
This quality is superior to the DvD set...
You mean the Shout Factory release? Definitely. Rhino utilized the original 35mm broadcast masters while Shout used a lower quality and clearly damaged master.
Favorite Jem song for sure!
Here comes gold!
Jem is so good!😇🤩🤩🤩
This sounds amazing, !!! so clear..
This song is so rare!
still fire
Jem is better than mariah carey
mariah carey is crazier than a pole-cat in a room full of rocking chairs. crazier than a sidewinder in a sand storm. crazier than a June-bug in November. crazier than a 3 and-a-half dollar bill. Crazier than... well you get the idea.
@@ToyotaGuy1971 I miss the old Mariah. The one who just starting out and was quiet, dignified, humble and respectful. Not this materialistic, blabbering airhead she's evolved into.
@@FaytLinegod The Mariah you see is only her persona. She uses it to fuck with people.
@@ToyotaGuy1971 Okay, "Rogue 💁♀️" 😏 @ "polecat in a room full of rocking💺" reference
I love this cartoon Jem I used to watch it when I was younger and I loved it I wish they had a set of this gem-set I would buy it right away
80s and 90s had the most amazing cartoons, most of them had a deep meaning, they also have poor techonolgy and so amazing realistic drawing and now is the opposite... amazing technology and no tallented drawers and directors etc... fortunately internet exist and we can watch again our precious and beloved cartoons
I love this cartoon series to death but i’ve always thought that the holograms’ outfits are never as stylish as Jem’s. It’s like how Beyonce’s outfits are always flashier than the other members of destiny’s child. 😂😂
I'm sensing that The Misfits' Abracadabra and Krissie's You May Be A Star sampled this.
I love this song!
This is gold.
This is off the free mail away cassette it also had back in shape
My #2 fave song in the series! #1 for me is Top of the Charts because all three main bands are singing together. It's my fave Holograms song, though.
Las mejores caricaturas como estas ningunas
They're pushing to ban glitter! and this was the first thing that came to mind
La voz de esta mujer, por favor! Me parece maraviloso lo bien hechas que estaban las canciones, sobretodo pensando que era un dibujito para nenes creado para vender muñecas.
Now I remember that this was the very video that started your Master Tape Collection, on which you've updated the video and sound on both English and Spanish-sung songs, TMF.
Good things to remember by...
I love this song ❤❤❤❤
heh.. i wanted these doll so bad as a kid. My family was pretty dammed poor.. so it never happened but i woulda loved em.
Bro something about the way the hair is drawn just tickles my brain.
Thanks zaibatsu needed this
Why isn't this Goldust's entrance theme?
Songi26 you're comment made me smile, thank youu :)
Fantastic upload of a fantastic clip! The vibrant colors, the properly-paced motion, and the audio... wonderful! :D
The noise removal is a tad too heavy-handed in my opinion though, causing a sort of blobbing effect that makes background forms look more featureless. But, it's always a tough compromise when you take media meant for CRT and analog signals, and convert them to high-res and digital. Old media looks best in its native format, and it's difficult to really emulate that in modern videos.
Just like how with old 8 or 16-bit video games, load 'em up on an emulator or run them on your HD TV (hopefully with the picture forced back to 4:3 resolution as intended).... and it's like "Man, those graphics looked so much better to me back then, guess it's cuz it's old." But if you run it on a CRT monitor/TV, lo and behold, they still look good in their at-the-time way! The pixel art and animations were made specifically to work around the screen's pixels, to creatively use signal noise, etc. Same with animations from back then; they could use coloring tricks to fill in the illusion of detail, but those tricks fall apart when viewed without the lower resolution connecting those dots, and even more is lost and blended together with noise removal such as used in this clip. To us nowadays, those old low resolutions seemed to restrict media at the time. However, when you take those "restrictive" elements away, you get an image that's NOT what was originally intended.
So yeah, in our quest for crisp clear picture, old media like this ends up suffering a good bit when it's cleaned up and over-perfected. A small bit of grain is a GOOD thing in many cases. The age of the format wasn't so much restricting the art, more like the art *embraced* the format it partnered up with to bring us these excellent oldskool animations.
Uh, now that my nerdy tangent is out of my system... I still am amazed at the pure, stable picture and audio quality here from the source. It must've been pretty darn well kept and converted. I'm impressed! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. It's really something that the official company's upload of this clip is riddled with combing (jagged rows of lines between frames) due to a TERRIBLE attempt to convert the interlaced video to progressive format. So to get this with the smooth motion intact is super friggin' awesome. :D
Yes, the frame-rates in these old shows were clumsy (they looked quite a bit better at the time in their native interlaced format, but like I said, today's screens just do NOT play nicely with interlacing, so a good bit of smoothness is lost in the conversion even when done as perfectly as possible)... but they worked by hand on painted cels, their budget was limited, and they were basically told "We're making toys, make these characters do stuff so the toys get popular." And yet, so many of those producers NAILED it. They weren't just half-hour toy commercials, they were works of vision, passion, and true art. Time and again, the quality of the toys themselves were cheap and shallow compared to the shows that had been commissioned to sell them!
Though I have heard great things about certain merchandise too.... I missed a lot of that due to poverty at the time, but I watched He-Man/She-Rah, My Little Pony (G1), Thundercats, Transformers, Centurions, and of course Jem, as much as I possibly could. They had compelling stories (even if rushed/simplified for young audiences), interesting characters, and in many cases, AMAZING music. And those were elements kids of any gender could enjoy, as well as even adults on an artistic level. And man, did Jem deliver, both on the music, and the 'truly outrageous' fashion of the time. These mini music-videos were what I really watched for, always so imaginative and purely for audio-visual aesthetic.
I miss that sense of confidence the loud proud styles of the 80s (and early 90s) gave me as a little girl. Over time, society tightened up, got more judgmental, formed "cringe culture" to shame anyone for being true to themselves if it happens not conform to some arbitrary level of dignity. So I'm glad the 80s-90s styles of clothing are coming back. I've indulged in some crazy outfits and accessories, and wearing them while reminding myself to stop worrying about what others think of me, has helped me immensely in overcoming my self-esteem and social anxiety issues.
So that's why I love to revisit this show, and the others which bravely went forth with passionate ideas. Shows that didn't HAVE to go so hard on creativity, but they did anyway. That bravery of both the teams who brought those shows to life, and the memories and fashion of the times, continue to inspire me, and help me reclaim a decent piece of my life after circumstances tore it apart.
Heh... sorry for the rambling (I've got ADHD and boy do I do that, jeez). Just typing what runs through my mind as it does. But I wanted to again thank you for this great upload. This is about as good as we can get on our modern screens, and it's so vital for this classic to be preserved, and passed down over time. This upload does that so much better than the actual property owner, and that's saying something. How over time, corporations may consume the individuals within them and lose touch with audiences, may shrug and give in to demands as they hear them to maximize profits yet not care about the passion behind those properties... but we remember (and Pepperidge Farm remembers! ;D), and we know that these works of art deserve appreciation and care.
You never know whose day might be made, who really NEEDS the inspiration or confidence boost of this old media, whose very lives may be saved in part due to these clips being a light in the darkness. True art is both shaped by the world around it, and in turn can continue shaping that same world. A show that combined so many elements of visual and auditory brilliance definitely deserves to keep its place as an inspirational medium, and deserves this respectful, high-quality presentation. Thanks a lot. ^_^
Jem 🤔 my next tattoo
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When you can get around to it, I'd love to hear the steams to this (Acapella and instrumental). Good work mister!
The word OUTRAGEOUS gets thrown around a lot in these comments.
theyre queens
The dancing animation at 0:38 is giving me flashbacks to that one scene from Rock Me Twinkle Nora :'D
jem & holograms = madonna ...the misfits=cyndi lauper xD
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I love The Misfits Album Cover, I feel they were robbed. I know there Album went platinum too. 😅
I hope they bring this back and no, not in the fashion of that fuck shit live action film either. The REAL Jem and the Holograms.
That would be awesome!!!!!
Jojo Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo Opening
This sounds like Far from Over by Frank Stallone. If you don’t know who Frank Stallone is he is Sylvester Stallone’s younger brother and they look a little alike.
Remind me why didn’t get an album? Or 4?
My god, the outfits back then. I don't know if I should be fascinated or horrified.
LOL, that's the 80s for ya. It was cringe and camp and exaggeration... but everyone owned it, and weren't hampered down by shame. It was liberating, to dress loud and proud, with big hair and bright colors, strutting with confidence. Nowadays, we're pushed to worry about what others think of us, "cringe culture" passing judgment on anyone who dares to stand out or try something straight from their heart. :(
That's why I welcome the fact that 80s-90s styles are returning here and there. Wind-suits, leg-warmers, tucked shirts, bare midriffs on any gender, fluorescent colors... It brings with it that sense of freedom, of not worrying about what others think, and shining as brightly as you want to. Rising above judgment and criticism (as long as you're not hurting anyone). Some people showing their true colors, end up showing garish neon and clashing print patterns. And that's ok! ^_^
So yeah, as an 80s kid who's remained nostalgic for those days, I fully acknowledge that the style taste is awful... but the fascinating part is how colorful self-expression found a way to surface after the drab earth-toned 70s fashion. Like garish, flashy butterflies emerging proudly from a restrictive, brown cocoon. Once you're brave enough to embrace a flashy style you like, and not worry about what others think of it, it really helps to overcome anxiety and low self-esteem. In these troubled times, with depression on the rise, we could use that kind of self-assured freedom to be ourselves, without letting society put an imaginary muzzle on us, woven from made-up rules that we can unmake.
I think that's what makes us millenials so nostalgic for those days... Society goes through periods of restriction (We must be dignified!), then liberation (Jeez, lighten up! We only live once!), then restriction again (What were we thinking?! Hashtag CRINGE!). And in the midst of being tied down, well... "I want to break free!"
I'm just saying the cassette had the same stuff as the master they didn't clean it up before putting it on the mail away ^_^
Is there an app or website I can watch the series
Netflix has it
Megan rayner Check out Dailymotion's website and app as every episode of Jem is on there. 😊😃
Tubi
Can I stream the show somewhere?
Amazon prime maybe? It was on Netflix.
@@redrasegarden Ok. Thank you
@@rebeccasjodal9769 hi, me again. So I looked it up and it’s on tubi
While there might be better songs that Jem sung... THIS song is the one that shows how irreplaceable Britta Phillips (singing voice of Jem) was.
Wow, that sounds and feels VERY much like a Misfits song.
"Aren't I awesome, just look at how amazing I am, I'm just stunning, huh?" sort of stuff.
"Turning their heads with glitter and gold"---themes of wealth and the power of shallow appearances--classic class-conscious Phyllis Gabor.
"Turning a new page and burning the old"--yep, a Misfit just loves burning down the boring old stuff and making it all new.
Even the arrangement is much less sweet and soft than the typical Jem song.
The only thing there that Pizzazz wouldn't sing was the line about her heart; leave that out and this sounds very much like it was the Holograms stealing and recording a Misfits song for once.
(^_^)
I guess turnabout is fair play.
I always loved the show, but this has to be in my personal top five worst Holograms songs; blech.
youre in the minority. this is one of their most iconic songs
They need to remake the song so that can be a bit more longer amd find someone who can sing it right
jair hugues They can still get Brittany Phillips to sing the song. Her voice is still fantastic! 💜
People used to watch this?!?!
This cartoon was ahead of its time. Jem was AVANT GARDE.
And still do. I do.
@@ronnopotterTrue to a T - the fact the main cast were adults in their 20s & NOT teenagers showed that you don’t always need adolescents to carry a show, adults can have just as many adventures & trials as any kid coming of age.
Dammit, Zaibatsu. This Pseudo-80's shit was terrible, lol.
I've got a friend who mentioned that he liked this show, now I'm even more confused as to why.
This is one music video from a show that has a plot, characters, and what I consider a good story. It was pretty highly rated if you check the wikipedia article.
"You see, Mr. Powers.
I love GOOOOOOLLLLLLD."