On a lark I took a piano class in college and the only sheet music I could find for my recital was Everything I Do. Quite a sweet song, actually, once the lyrics are removed, lol.
Bryan Adams got a song on a record, on the air and in a movie that many people still remember, still play and still love. I really don’t see a negative here.
He didn't do any of those things, though. The song was written by someone else, chosen by someone else for a movie made by someone else. Adams was just slotted in as a suitable voice.
For about 20 years I was a videographer, as a side job, mostly weddings. During that time at least a dozen couples picked "Everything I do...." for their bridal dance. Taping and watching their faces while they danced. They universally took on a dreamy look. When my editing software improved I would use my assistant's main video and their faces as an overlay. I learned to love this song.
I played a wedding, ~300 people, all ages, and that whole newly mixed family had one song, and it blew my mind. Never Been Any Reason by Head East, which happened to be my own favorite song, though not many people even seem to know it. They kept requesting it all night, so we played coy, "We'll see if we can do it... not sure. We haven't rehearsed that one in years..." (It was already in our setlist, and we played it quite well.) We saved it till the end. Nobody had left. We teased them with the intro. "We're gonna try our best with this. A lot of people have been requesting this, no promises..." We hit that first downbeat, those first synth notes, and the place erupted! Everyone who could stand was dancing, and Grandma in her wheelchair was moving her head from side to side with a huge smile. They all seemed to know every word to it too, even the little kids. Of all songs! That's something you don't get playing in bars - little kids dancing to your music! Working weddings isn't a bad gig really. It can bring those unexpected moments of pure joy. This particular moment had me scratching my head, but it was a pleasure to be part of it. Some weddings are... well, I prefer not to remember them all. Others, well, I've never felt so happy after a gig in my life. That was nearly 20 years ago, and someone else's wedding 20 years ago was one of my happiest moments.
This was the movie I took my wife to on our first date. She has always called it “our song” while I denied it as I simply balked at how sappy it was and how overplayed it was… But when I see the smile on my wife’s face when this comes on the radio… I can no longer deny it. It has such deep meaning for her… and because of that it does for me too. I have come to accept the label my wife has given it.
Love "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", and love the movie "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves" because it has my favourite on-screen kiss. It doesn't happen until near the end, but there was so much leading up to that moment and there was pretty much no physical touching between Robin and Marian.
Bryan is one of the musicians whose material I heard when I was in my first half-decade of life but didn't learn the name of - then. My first song of his (and favorite) is "Heaven". It was with the Robin Hood soundtrack and "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" that I finally properly learned Bryan's name and started getting around to his wider body of hits. For my part, I never had a problem with the song or Bryan's delivery of it.
Yes! This right here. Your journey was exactly the same as mine. Everything I Do opened the doors for me to get into Bryan's 80s albums. The same thing happened with Phil Collins and Genesis of the 80s, where I had no idea of the Gabriel era Genesis.
I've followed Brian from the start. I remember hearing songs from his debut album. I heard lonely nights, and I was hooked. Then the hits started coming. Cuts like a knife was a great album, and then the epic album, Reckless.
Oddly enough, it was not completely overplayed in Canada because it didn't qualify as Canadian content under the then CRTC rules. So there were limitations on just how much it could be played by radio stations over the course of a day. It was still played a lot, just not to insane levels.
I've never thought of this song as being a career-ender. He's had similar ballads before with "Heaven" and "Straight From The Heart". In fact, I've always thought of it as the opposite. It was the peak and climax of his career. In the early copies of the movie, they didn't just try to hide it in the end credits. The end credits rolled over basically a music video showcasing Bryan Adams himself singing the song. You didn't see that in other movie's end credits. I always felt that Adams was actually getting more of a prominent role in the movie by getting an appearance in the end credits. And, if you were to ask my then-wife about it, she would tell you it was her favorite song by Bryan Adams. It was huge. I couldn't tell you how many weddings I've been to since where that was "their" song. Anyway, I personally liked the song, and still do. Along will all of his other great songs.
@@ProfessorofRock - oh sorry! I should've classified my comments better, Adam :) the career ending part of what I said was in response to your video title - "Execs Told ICON-If You Release This Song-It'll RUIN Your Career…". I was basically saying I disagreed with them.
Every rock band/solo artist (if they’re smart) eventually does a ballad, something for the ladies. This was no different. What he perhaps should’ve done was work harder on his uptempo pop/rock singles, because throughout the late 80s/most of the 90s, he mostly delivered mediocre rock songs.
I'm a huge Bryan Adams fan, had all of his albums back when that was a thing lol, and saw him in concert several times. This is a song that I skip to this day. Not that there's anything wrong with the song itself, but because of how much it was played back then, I'm still tired of it. I feel the same way about Don't Stop Believin.
Quincy is definitely going to be missed. The bridge lyrics of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" that we "leave only a mark". Quincy did leave his.
I was in my mid twenties, recently divorced, and a newly single mother of an infant son with myriad serious health issues. It was tough and there were days when I didn’t see how I was going to make it. It was during this period, the lowest of my life, that Every Thing I Do hit the airwaves. It washed over me like a prayer sent to give me strength. I would look at my precious, very ill son and sing the song to him. Believe me when I say Everything I Do became my anthem and to this day, with my son now a happy, healthy 40 year-old husband and father, I burst into tears every time I hear this song.
Years ago, I went to a Brian Adams concert at the Moncton NB Coliseum. They were only 3 musicians on stage, him on bass, a guitarist and a drummer. It was amazing. Even his most sappy ballads were rocking solid! It gave me a long lasting impression. There's more to Brian Adams than what we hear on the radio. This guy can rock!
We all have those songs Forever what reasons they may be that we just can't listen to. Whether it's personal reasons or just annoys us. Another amazing video professor.
Foreigner’s “I want to Know What Love Is” is that song for me. The chorus is fingernails on a chalkboard. I actually have a physical reaction when that song comes on.
@@kevinstarski1598 I like all kinds of songs, including love songs/ballads. I’ve even composed a couple rather sappy love songs myself on the piano. The Foreigner song is the ONLY song (of all types) that gives me such a reaction. So it’s not about the genre or type of song, there is just something about that song that I can’t stand. Isn’t there a song or two you strongly dislike, even within a genre that you generally like?
@@joeterp5615 Absolutely. There's always exceptions. I just know some people don't like certain genres (music or movies) and when they say that don't like particular movie/song (from that genres) , the statement doesn't say much obviously so that's why I asked :-)
As a Canadian I have listened to Bryan Adams since '79 when he first jumped into the music scene. I was proud of his accomplishments. Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless are masterpieces of the Rock era! Then he released today's song. Ugh! It is one of the most formulaic pedantic hackneyed sappy simping songs every put to tape/vinyl/plastic/digital. No wonder grunge took off after this song's release. Ballads were never the same afterwards. And yes, Adams has never been the same since. That is the truth. Look, I know this song is extremely popular and touched hearts all over the world. I don't fault people for liking it. Songs are touchstones of events in our lives. Continue to enjoy them. All I know is when this song comes on the oldies station I hit the scan/next button. Give me Summer of '69 any day!
@@ProfessorofRock - I will say one nice thing about this song, and I picked that up from Rick Beato; the song has exceptional production values. I'll give him that. 😃 BTW - love your content Adam - you've got a great channel! Keep it up brother!
Brings back lots of memories. Graduated in 91 and that summer this song was on the radio all the time. Brings me right back with lots of emotions from that summer.
I honestly can't remember how I felt about the song when it came out, but when I had a female friend who loved the song (she was 90% deaf but cranked music up very loud to hear) I liked it a lot. When she died from an accident, it became my way of remembering her and your show brought tears to my eyes. I think I do the song justice at karaoke lol. Maybe it just has to hit you a certain way...
My youngest brother loved this song when it came out. He was 6 or 7 years old and would put the Soundtrack in the CD player, put the extended version on repeat, and sing it at the top of his lungs. We finally had to hide the CD from him after an extended performance of him singing the song on repeat for 3 hours. He never got sick of it but we sure did.
This song has shined a different light in my soul since my wife passed away in 2022. Up to that moment this was one of those songs that felt a little sappy to me but my wife liked it.
It really is amazing what happens to the decision to like or dislike a song when you do a deep dive on the song and find out the meaning, back story, and the people involved in the creation of the song. Sometimes the behind the scenes things make a difference to our listening pleasures.
I couldn't stop listening to "This Time" since it was a) great and b) a perfect fit to what was up in my life at the time. Man, thanks for jogging my memory of him.
Yes. Professor, this song was a rapid station changer for me too! One song I don't think Bryan got enough credit for, though, is his early hit "Lonely Nights"....
As a guitarist since 1976 I still think, "Please Forgive Me" is Bryan Adam's best ballot. The guitar work of Keith Scott is absolutely phenomenal. The tone on that old Fender Stratocaster through whatever amp he was using is some of the best I have ever heard. Bravo Keith!
I have always been a Brian Adams fan... Summer of '69, Straight From The Heart (very similar to Heaven'), and Everything I Do top my list of favorites. Being fortunate enough to land front row tickets to the Bryan Adams concert held last year at the Prudential Center, and to be tossed a guitar pik by the man himself, I'm still blown away by his vocals. He sounds exactly like he did in the 90's. Judging from the crowds reaction, Summer of ’69 is the far and away favorite followed by this song. IMHO, Heaven doesn't come in the top 10 of Bryan Adams songs. But to each his own. I couldn't imagine anyone but Bryan Adams being picked to sing this song. One more comment... recording it in C# is definitely an unusual choice and may have contributed to it's success. As an amateur pianist, I've transcribed many popular songs recorded in the key of C, into the key of C#. One of the best reactions to the key switch I've had is Imagine my John Lennon originally recorded in C but played by myself in C#. Not sure why, but the crowd is especially blown away by this simple key alteration. 99.9% of the folks out there have no idea what's different, if anything, but they certainly hear it even though they don't know what they are hearing.
Hey Professor… Your youthful experience with this song reminds me a lot of myself, only a decade or so earlier. I was a hard rock headbanger when Disco made the scene and took over the music business. I hated Disco with a passion. I hated the culture, the fashion, all the trappings. I hated how it negatively affected the popularity of hard rock bands I loved and the sales of their records. And, I was a bit myopic about music appreciation as an idealistic youth. It wasn’t until my teenage son, decades later, told me he had discovered Disco, and how cool he thought the music was… that I could look at it objectively. He didn’t live through the all-consuming pop culture of the Disco era, and was judging the songs on their musical merit. The beat you can dance to, and the fun subject matter of the lyrics. Fair enough. I had to admit that Disco was fun and made you want to dance. Just without all the cultural baggage that went with it back in the day. There’s a lesson to be learned from this, that you and I both learned in our own decade. Sometimes we just have to remove the pop culture, and just appreciate the music for the melody, the beat, the emotion, and the feelings it invokes. For the record, I was a Bryan Adams fan early in his career, and the ballads he made didn’t make me think less of him. Cheers… Keep up the good work.
I was 14 when this song dropped. My musical tastes were all over the place, between Metallica & GNR, to The Cure, Skinny Puppy and Front 242. Music was (and is still) a curated reflection of whatever emotion I was feeling. Balancing out my metal and industrial leanings were artists like Tracy Chapman and Phil Collins. "Everything I Do" resonated for me in that narrow feeling of dreamy lovesick longing and optimism.
Put this one in the 'hated' category for me too. So absolutely run into the ground when it came out. 30 years later, I've still heard it more than I'll ever need to.
Sometimes this is EXACTLY what you do for me, you’ll feature a song, or even a group/artist, that I NEVER liked but when I listen to you talk about it I get this knew appreciation and suddenly I LOVE whatever it was that I thought I hated!! (IE; as a 70’s girl I always called GNR a “wannabe-bubble-gum-pop-band” but you featured “Welcome To The Jungle” and now I really love them… who knew!? Ha!!)❤😊
actually I never really listened to any of their songs, I grew up with 70’s rock and I saw them as talentless pretenders so when they came on the radio I turned the channel, I never paid attention to them until Adam featured them, go figure… ha!!
I loved this song. But I was weird back then and now and loved a sappy love story or ballad. Bran Adams is by far one of my favorite singers from the 80's. My ultimate favorite is "It's Only Love" with Tina Turner. Two of the 80's rock powerhouse singers all in one song.
Cheap Trick is still irked that The Flame is there only #1, forced on them by the label. Rockers have a love/hate relationship with ballads, but those definetly have a broader appeal and high chance of success.
@@robpaxson4455 I hate Aerosmith ballads WAY more than I could bother to hate Bryan Adams. Also, Cheap Trick should take their money and be happy that they got paid to sing that song and not someone else.
Happy Monday guys. My ex-wife LOVED this song. It was hugely popular, and I don't think it ruined Bryan Adams career at all. Thanks Professor for this. Great shirt, and everyone have a great day. ❤
This song gives me bad flashbacks. I went on a road trip with a friend to visit her college the year this came out Midwest summer, big old van with velour interior and no ac, the stink of burning oil. She played this song on repeat for the entire 3 hour drive. THREE HOURS. I don't think it's a bad song, I just can't listen to it more than once every few years.
This is a song my entire family enjoyed. Dad for the rock elements, Mom for the ballad, myself and my brothers for the movie tie in. I just love all of Adam’s work. And the soundtrack to this film was a mainstay in our house during gaming sessions.
I don’t think it destroyed his credibility. He had a #1 hit with “Heaven” which was also a ballad. I wasn’t a huge fan of his biggest song either Either way, Bryan Adams RULED!
@ Gotcha. I still don’t think it did. A lot of rock stars, and rock bands biggest hits are ballads. Kiss, Journey, Foreigner etc. Always love your videos, brother!
True story. After viewing Robinhood prince of thieves... Before the credits rolled I said. All this film needs now is a sappy love ballad. Roll credits.. nailed it.
Summer of ‘91, the Robin Hood video for this and Terminator 2 “You Could Be Mine” by Guns N Roses were in constant play. It was almost like going to the movies without going to the movies.
Adam! I LIKE the a-ha shirt! I was still spinnin’ tunes on the Radio when “Take On Me” was in the hot rotation, and the pencil-animation video was all over MTV. That video was a work of genius! The song is no slouch, either. There’s no way I could know who your TV provider is, but You Tube was recently added to Spectrum, which is my TV provider. So it’s a real pleasure to be able to see your channel on a 53” screen instead of an i-Pad! And the audio’s MUCH better, too, especially through Boston Acoustics sound bar! I have this feeling I will be watching you on the BIG TV from now on! Keep up the great work, my friend! Ed Ryba
@@ProfessorofRockThere's a fantastic phenomenal event that had happened at a Bryan Adams concert in Germany in the 2000s. 12 years before that concert, a 12 year old girl was in an accident and hospitalized in a coma for 12 years. Her mom and dad was with her taking turns every 12 hours every day for 12 years. She adored Bryan Adams and wallpapered her room with posters and pictures of him. On the day that Bryan was to perform, her parents thought it a great idea to take her to the concert. Four tickets for the family and a nurse to monitor the equipment she needed. The hospital was happy to get them out for a few hours. As soon as Bryan Adams came on stage, the girl turns her head and with a smile yells "MOM!" She came out of a 12 year coma at the start of Bryan Adams concert. I had heard all about every detail on a Glenn Beck talk show. He took a half hour to tell this story on his show. Then, before every commercial break, he would say "Bryan Adams?", or "Bryan friggin Adams!" or "Br I an Ad daaaams." through the rest of his 3 hour show. He couldn't believe that the healing miracle of the decade happened because of Bryan Adams. That was the best show Glenn Beck ever did. The way he presented that story was the best half hour of talk radio in history. "Br I an frick in Add daaaams!"
I am surprised that some would think rockers doing a ballad would ruin them. I think everyone knew they wanted a radio friendly song to help pay the bills
@@ProfessorofRock Of course he had more rock hits after that! Including how the next single "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" was a rocker that reached #2 in the US, #2 on the US mainstream rock chart and #1 in Canada!
I like it just because Brian Adams sang it…. It wouldn’t be the same if a pretty voice had done it, and it isn’t just the “gravel” in his voice… it’s his control… and his range is remarkable as well… reminds me a lot of Rod Stewart in that regard… and even Robert Palmer… able to take that “not so perfect” voice as an instrument and hit every note “perfectly”…. Incredible musicianship!!
I have MS & it caused me to have heart disease and my first heart attack at 39. So my heart goes out. Now I like it more. It's always hard to hear you don't like a song. But still you are the The Great Professor!!
All For Love was featured in the 1993 version of The Three Musketeers. Honestly I can see how the songs can get confused given that they sound similar, plus the movies were set in the medieval/renaissance eras where fashions didn't really change all that much.
I've always loved "Everything I Do", but "Heaven" is definitely my favorite. Whenever I want to just vibe and get lost in a song, I put on my Sennhiser headphones and just crack Heaven and sit back in my chair. That song is an experience and his best. "Cuts Like A Knife" is another banger and probably my second favorite of Bryan's.
PLEASE do a deep dive on "All For Love"! I would love to know the story behind getting those 3 epic singers together. Also, the movie Three Musketeers is very, very underrated. It features one of Tim Curry's finest performances. It's actually the first "risque" Disney movie ever made, because it predates the Pirates of the Caribbean by more than a decade. And also, many fans consider it to be in the same universe as Pirates of the Caribbean, as it has the exact same type of tone and humor and costuming.
I LOVE that song but avoided the movie for 30 years because people trashed it. You're right though it is underrated and I find myself really enjoying it. Let's call it a guilty pleasure.
I always felt that that song was the 3 tenors for pop-rock. 😂 I thought it was like using the same voice from three decades: 70’s (Rod Stewart), 80’s (Sting), and 90’s (Adams). And yes, Tim Curry’s performance in 3 Musketeers was STELLAR. He was SO EVIL! It was also the start of my love affair with Oliver Platt. Mmmmmm. :)
this video kinda reminds me of the time you revisited ABBA at the request of several thousand viewers. i'm glad you're able to reopen your ears and hear how good some songs actually are. this particular song is essential Bryan Adams, and it's really one worth opening up to. and there's nothing wrong with liking both Everything I Do and Heaven. both have great merit
Never listened to that song on purpose, and I'm big fan of Bryan Adams. Not repulsive, just not for me. Probably due to the association with that movie, just looked too Hollywood to me, fake, the hero predictably goes and falls in love... and now there's a song they're hawking, no thanks! Thanks for the insight and ALL you do Professor. There is a "love" song I'd like to know more about maybe for an episode sometime. It's a song off the Almost Famous movie (not soundtrack) called "Love Comes and Goes" by Stillwater. I thought it was Bad Company and somehow I'd missed it in my collection. Finally after years of searching, I found it, it's out of print and rare so I had to pay a dear price to get a used example, worth every penny.
While this song did not cross my radar growing up, I always loved “when you love someone” from Hope Floats much to my mom’s dismay. She hates how sappy it is. But the movie has a special place in our hearts because we see our relationship in Bernice’s and Birdie’s dynamic. Like “everything I do..”, when you love someone was played during the ending scene and it fit perfectly in the film and helped tie up the arcs of the characters. I thought the way they shot the scene and edited the song into it was so well done, I only associate the song in this film. And of course, the second favorite ballad of mine is “we’re in heaven”. It is hard not to like that song.
I saw Bryan Adams in concert last year in NJ - and when that song came on, the entire audience sang along with him. A beloved song not only by fans, but music lovers everywhere.
I absolutely love this song and got a better understanding of Bryan Adam’s because of this song. Finding out that Michel kaman was diagnosed with MS in 1997 blows me away I to have MS diagnosed in 09 after years of looking for a diagnosis and was found that I have had it since 1997. I have PPMS and fight every day to keep going. So the song will now have even more significant to me. God speed
Seems like the mid 80s began with a bang with the British show "Robin of Sherwood" with an amazing atmospheric soundtrack by the Irish band Clannad; and the 80's ended with a whimper with "Prince of Thieves" with its modern soundtrack and American accents
The key is, "If you don't C sharp, you will B flat!" I'm with you, Professor. I've always hated this song (though I loved the movie), but if I had a program like yours, hating it wouldn't stop me from doing an episode on it.
@@ProfessorofRock I was in highschool when this song came out and I remember it feeling like adult contemporary rock rather than anything edgy and cool. I don't remember it being super popular with my classmates but I might not have been paying very close attention. I agree with you on some of your other songs by Brian Adams. Also the story was quite interesting. I never did actually see that movie it was in my the way. It looked dumb and I never bothered with it.
"Everything I do" has a very special place in my heart. My youngest brother and his beautiful bride used this song in their wedding (she and the entire party walked in while it played). Awww, just beautiful, still to this day trying to figure out why we cried like babies. LOL! Our mom adored this ballad so much that I made her a copy of it played in repetition, thinking she'd tire of it. Sadly she played it until the tape broke on her. So definitely a good memory from this one. Honestly there are way too many beautiful ballads/songs to choose any one favorite.
I’m a hard rocker. Not a big fan of ballads, but “Everything I Do,” to me is a great song. From someone that is not a big ballads guy, that is saying a lot.
Everything I Do is one of those LOVE songs that almost every female, young are old, will get lost in. Every time they hear it. This is an episode of Professor of Rock I will watch over and over. Adam, you did a great job with all the background and history and you seemed very upbeat through the whole show. I have very little musical knowledge but I have learned a lot just from watching your programs. Now I have to look up the video for Everything I Do, I Do It For You and close my eyes and smile and sing along!
I recall recognizing Adams' song as we sat through the movie credits at the theatre. I had already heard it on FM stations and suspect anyone else who sat through the movie recognized it, too. That gave Adams' "schmaltzy" song the context it needed so people could appreciate it in relation to Robin Hood and Maid Marian. I understand many people dislike the song but I like it and enjoyed the movie; it was one of the first dates my late husband and I went on at the beginning of our 'WE-ness'. If we could start a discussion on music that's like "nails on a blackboard" mine would always be anything by Guns and Roses. The nasal quality of the frontman's singing is torturesome and I almost always turn the volume waaaaaaay down.
As a musician, I loved the guitar work on this. The whole song builds ... many rock ballads blow it out in the first verse. Gorgeous mix too. Btw, the movie was terrific... what a cast.
I considered this my favorite song throughout most of my high school years, and while I still like it, I don’t listen to it very often anymore. I don’t know if I got tired of it from being on the radio so much or just moved on to other favorites, but I’m glad that you re-introduced me to this song as well as telling the story. I do agree with you that Heaven is a better song and another one of my favorites from Bryan Adams.
This song brings back great memories from the summer of 1991. I was about to go to university and the movie I guess was the last film I saw as a kid. The song ruled the UK charts for the entire summer. Every time I hear its sickly notes, it brings me back to that summer.
Brian showed he could also sing a love song, he did a great job. He is one of the best artist and he can sing more rock and also a song people used in weddings.
I'm so amazed that you don't like this song! It's a great love song, and I've always loved this song, along with Heaven! I've always considered them two of Bryan Adams' love songs. I covered this a few years ago on my channel, and it actually made my wife get teary-eyed when she heard it. I hope you gain a new appreciation for it someday!
Love this song. You may not like it but you do respect it for the beautiful music and Brian Adam’s vocals and the effort that went into it. Respect is everything.
One of my fav BA songs is "The Best was Yet to Come". Thanks for this. It was a great take on that song. I'm actually friends with a couple of BA's bandmates. I now live in Japan and when they recently came here I got backstage passes at the Budokan and hung out with the band. Keith Scott is a legand and also extremely humble & kind. A great Canadian trait. 🤗In fact, the whole band is stellar. Bryan was very polite, too.
I'll Be Right There is such a beautiful song and one of his hidden gems. I love hard rock, but I've seen Bryan live. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. He's much better live and really enjoys his audience. He's an awesome & down to Earth guy.
This was my wife's and my wedding song. When asked what he thought about it, the dj at our reception said, "It's nice. Kind of codependent, but nice." You really get to comprehend how long this song is when you dance to it as the choice for the bride and groom song and everyone is watching you. It's a funny memory that I wouldn't trade.
Hello, Adam, from Saskatchewan F'N Canada! To start off, I'd like to express my appreciation for what you do and present on a daily basis. I would also like to applaud your Canadian material. Because let's face it...alot of good stuff has come from the great white north. My take on this song that you speak of? I loved it from start, man. Once I heard it, I knew it was one of Bryan Adams' bests. But hey, I'm a sucker for a good ballad, which this song took his career to a whole new level!! But the main reason why I come to you on this particular upload is to ask you a question. Do you have any links you can share that showcase the music you have been a part of. Especially any lead vocals that you belted out. I'd sure love to hear them, Adam. Much love from Sask! Keep on Keepin on, Brother.
My favorite Bryan Adams ballad is “Let’s Make A Night To Remember”. Thanks for this episode, Adam!❤
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Professor - I'm a little disappointed in your dislike of this Bryan Adams song. This was actually our wedding song in 1996 as my wife and I both love that movie. Our second song was another Bryan Adams song along with Rod Stewart and Sting - All for One, All for Love. My best man is a guy I've been friends with since 4th grade and my 2 groomsmen, I've been friends with since high school. We are still known today as the 3 Musketeers, the 4 of us, such as the movie that song came from. Yes, both kind of sappy power ballads of the time, but the best memories of my life and wedding to my wife of 28 years. Thanks again for the great memories of the past. Keep on rockin'!
Bryan Adams was the first concert my husband went to when we first started dating January 25, 1985 in Pullman, Washington. Unfortunately he had COVID, so our daughter was my date January 21, 2024 when Bryan came to Spokane for his So Happy It Hurts tour. Bryan rocked it the entire night, and his voice hasn't lost a beat in the 40 years I had seen him last live. Bryan can sing any song he wants and this old rock and roll girl will be happy.
"Waking Up The Neighbors" is a very underrated album. From the first to song fifteen, the entire album is really, really good. You can hear literally every instrument clearly, which is very rarely done. The last two minutes of "Everything" truly makes the song complete and lifts both the music and the voice.
Imho Bryan Adams' best songs for me are the three he recorded for movies; this, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman and All For One with Sting and Rod Stewart. I love those songs!
The first BA song I liked was Lonely Night and I enjoyed all his hits (even those from Into the Fire, which I think deserved better) so you could say I was a fan. I was happy for him that this song was huge and rejuvenated him chart-wise. His following album had numerous hits.
My first job was at a movie theatre in 1991. Robin Hood was the 3rd movie I ever worked and I loved this song. It was a big part of that high school era of my life and reminded me of a certain girl I used to work with.
I've seen him Live twice and he's incredible in person. Love the song and the movie is one of my all time favourite movies. Thanks Adam, need more Canadian content please 🙏
Professor, being a new wave fan, you should give a listen to a song he did with the electronic artist "Chicane" from 2000 called "Dont Give Up" In the electronic world this song was huge. Yes you read that correctly, Bryan Adams did a "Rave" track and it was big for years. Chicane featuring Bryan Adams, "Dont Give Up" on xtravaganza recordings. It's not Rock n Roll its not adult contemporary, yet it show the depth of his artistry as a writer and singer. 24 years later a DJ can put this on and it still moves the dance floor
Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST BALLAD of ALL TIME?
Summer of 69 hehehe
If - Bread
jealous guy
UFO - Love To Love
Save your love- Great White
Song has fantastic lyrics
Regardless of how much (Everything I Do) I Do It For You is loved or hated, Bryan Adams is one hell of a musician!!
I agree 100!
@@davidmack4185an amazing lineup of music.
On a lark I took a piano class in college and the only sheet music I could find for my recital was Everything I Do. Quite a sweet song, actually, once the lyrics are removed, lol.
Reckless is like a greatest hits album. I put it on and listen from start to finish.
@@davidmack4185ABSOLUTELY. I was there. Shi many good memories.
Bryan Adams got a song on a record, on the air and in a movie that many people still remember, still play and still love. I really don’t see a negative here.
That's a good way of looking at it!
@@ProfessorofRockYou are right about Heaven. A very beautiful ballad.
All I say is, good for him!
He didn't do any of those things, though. The song was written by someone else, chosen by someone else for a movie made by someone else. Adams was just slotted in as a suitable voice.
@@MykeLewisMusiche and Mutt wrote the lyrics. Smarten up.
For about 20 years I was a videographer, as a side job, mostly weddings. During that time at least a dozen couples picked "Everything I do...." for their bridal dance. Taping and watching their faces while they danced. They universally took on a dreamy look. When my editing software improved I would use my assistant's main video and their faces as an overlay. I learned to love this song.
I've been to three different weddings where this was the song
It’s become a dance staple.
I played a wedding, ~300 people, all ages, and that whole newly mixed family had one song, and it blew my mind. Never Been Any Reason by Head East, which happened to be my own favorite song, though not many people even seem to know it. They kept requesting it all night, so we played coy, "We'll see if we can do it... not sure. We haven't rehearsed that one in years..." (It was already in our setlist, and we played it quite well.) We saved it till the end. Nobody had left. We teased them with the intro. "We're gonna try our best with this. A lot of people have been requesting this, no promises..." We hit that first downbeat, those first synth notes, and the place erupted! Everyone who could stand was dancing, and Grandma in her wheelchair was moving her head from side to side with a huge smile. They all seemed to know every word to it too, even the little kids. Of all songs!
That's something you don't get playing in bars - little kids dancing to your music! Working weddings isn't a bad gig really. It can bring those unexpected moments of pure joy. This particular moment had me scratching my head, but it was a pleasure to be part of it. Some weddings are... well, I prefer not to remember them all. Others, well, I've never felt so happy after a gig in my life. That was nearly 20 years ago, and someone else's wedding 20 years ago was one of my happiest moments.
This was the movie I took my wife to on our first date. She has always called it “our song” while I denied it as I simply balked at how sappy it was and how overplayed it was…
But when I see the smile on my wife’s face when this comes on the radio… I can no longer deny it. It has such deep meaning for her… and because of that it does for me too. I have come to accept the label my wife has given it.
Love "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", and love the movie "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves" because it has my favourite on-screen kiss. It doesn't happen until near the end, but there was so much leading up to that moment and there was pretty much no physical touching between Robin and Marian.
Bryan is one of the musicians whose material I heard when I was in my first half-decade of life but didn't learn the name of - then. My first song of his (and favorite) is "Heaven". It was with the Robin Hood soundtrack and "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" that I finally properly learned Bryan's name and started getting around to his wider body of hits. For my part, I never had a problem with the song or Bryan's delivery of it.
Very cool. Thanks Eric!
Yes! This right here. Your journey was exactly the same as mine. Everything I Do opened the doors for me to get into Bryan's 80s albums.
The same thing happened with Phil Collins and Genesis of the 80s, where I had no idea of the Gabriel era Genesis.
I've followed Brian from the start. I remember hearing songs from his debut album. I heard lonely nights, and I was hooked. Then the hits started coming. Cuts like a knife was a great album, and then the epic album, Reckless.
Heaven is a better song than Everything I Do in my opinion.
Man, this song was on every radio station at the time and gosh it was exhausting, to this day cue PTSD. 😁
Ha ha!
Muzak was made for Bryan Adams songs, or is it the other way around?
Oddly enough, it was not completely overplayed in Canada because it didn't qualify as Canadian content under the then CRTC rules. So there were limitations on just how much it could be played by radio stations over the course of a day. It was still played a lot, just not to insane levels.
I've never thought of this song as being a career-ender. He's had similar ballads before with "Heaven" and "Straight From The Heart". In fact, I've always thought of it as the opposite. It was the peak and climax of his career. In the early copies of the movie, they didn't just try to hide it in the end credits. The end credits rolled over basically a music video showcasing Bryan Adams himself singing the song. You didn't see that in other movie's end credits. I always felt that Adams was actually getting more of a prominent role in the movie by getting an appearance in the end credits. And, if you were to ask my then-wife about it, she would tell you it was her favorite song by Bryan Adams. It was huge. I couldn't tell you how many weddings I've been to since where that was "their" song. Anyway, I personally liked the song, and still do. Along will all of his other great songs.
No I didn't say career ender. Did it ruin his rock rep?
If his rock rep was ruined, Heaven did that.
@@ProfessorofRock He wrote "I Love It Loud" by KISS...that will always save his Rock credibility...
@@ProfessorofRock - oh sorry! I should've classified my comments better, Adam :) the career ending part of what I said was in response to your video title - "Execs Told ICON-If You Release This Song-It'll RUIN Your Career…". I was basically saying I disagreed with them.
Every rock band/solo artist (if they’re smart) eventually does a ballad, something for the ladies. This was no different. What he perhaps should’ve done was work harder on his uptempo pop/rock singles, because throughout the late 80s/most of the 90s, he mostly delivered mediocre rock songs.
I'm a huge Bryan Adams fan, had all of his albums back when that was a thing lol, and saw him in concert several times. This is a song that I skip to this day. Not that there's anything wrong with the song itself, but because of how much it was played back then, I'm still tired of it. I feel the same way about Don't Stop Believin.
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I agree 100%
I highly agree. Don't stop believin' is psycho overplayed. Once a good song that I support a ban on.
I understand. It’s definitely overplayed.
Remember when Professor of Rock did an episode on songs a little overplayed and an offer of an alternative?
I do love his performance on the song. He has that voice for rocking songs and ballads! Interesting to hear the background on this one Professor!
You got it!
RIP Quincy Jones
..... *WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!??????* ....I just played the '82 Album he did with Donna Summer LAST NIGHT! ...Ohmygod........
Quincy is definitely going to be missed. The bridge lyrics of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" that we "leave only a mark". Quincy did leave his.
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Yeah, just heard that.
God! We losing everybody!
I was in my mid twenties, recently divorced, and a newly single mother of an infant son with myriad serious health issues. It was tough and there were days when I didn’t see how I was going to make it. It was during this period, the lowest of my life, that Every Thing I Do hit the airwaves. It washed over me like a prayer sent to give me strength. I would look at my precious, very ill son and sing the song to him. Believe me when I say Everything I Do became my anthem and to this day, with my son now a happy, healthy 40 year-old husband and father, I burst into tears every time I hear this song.
Years ago, I went to a Brian Adams concert at the Moncton NB Coliseum. They were only 3 musicians on stage, him on bass, a guitarist and a drummer. It was amazing. Even his most sappy ballads were rocking solid! It gave me a long lasting impression. There's more to Brian Adams than what we hear on the radio. This guy can rock!
Bryan Adams. Nice comment!
We all have those songs Forever what reasons they may be that we just can't listen to. Whether it's personal reasons or just annoys us. Another amazing video professor.
Thanks for watching!
Foreigner’s “I want to Know What Love Is” is that song for me. The chorus is fingernails on a chalkboard. I actually have a physical reaction when that song comes on.
@@joeterp5615 How do you like other love ballads?
@@kevinstarski1598 I like all kinds of songs, including love songs/ballads. I’ve even composed a couple rather sappy love songs myself on the piano.
The Foreigner song is the ONLY song (of all types) that gives me such a reaction. So it’s not about the genre or type of song, there is just something about that song that I can’t stand.
Isn’t there a song or two you strongly dislike, even within a genre that you generally like?
@@joeterp5615 Absolutely. There's always exceptions. I just know some people don't like certain genres (music or movies) and when they say that don't like particular movie/song (from that genres) , the statement doesn't say much obviously so that's why I asked :-)
As a Canadian I have listened to Bryan Adams since '79 when he first jumped into the music scene. I was proud of his accomplishments. Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless are masterpieces of the Rock era! Then he released today's song. Ugh! It is one of the most formulaic pedantic hackneyed sappy simping songs every put to tape/vinyl/plastic/digital. No wonder grunge took off after this song's release. Ballads were never the same afterwards. And yes, Adams has never been the same since. That is the truth.
Look, I know this song is extremely popular and touched hearts all over the world. I don't fault people for liking it. Songs are touchstones of events in our lives. Continue to enjoy them. All I know is when this song comes on the oldies station I hit the scan/next button. Give me Summer of '69 any day!
Wow. Kind of how I fell. But with enough time since my last listen, it was better than I remembered!
How did you get all those words out of my mouth?? 🇨🇦👍
Did Bryan himself say he has never been the same since? He's the ultimate authority on that.
And I don’t like ‘Summer of ‘69’😎
@@ProfessorofRock - I will say one nice thing about this song, and I picked that up from Rick Beato; the song has exceptional production values. I'll give him that. 😃
BTW - love your content Adam - you've got a great channel! Keep it up brother!
Brings back lots of memories. Graduated in 91 and that summer this song was on the radio all the time. Brings me right back with lots of emotions from that summer.
I honestly can't remember how I felt about the song when it came out, but when I had a female friend who loved the song (she was 90% deaf but cranked music up very loud to hear) I liked it a lot. When she died from an accident, it became my way of remembering her and your show brought tears to my eyes. I think I do the song justice at karaoke lol. Maybe it just has to hit you a certain way...
Oh boy, poor Bryan Adams...got stuck slow dancing to this song many times...
Ha ha!
@@davidmack4185 1986?
My youngest brother loved this song when it came out. He was 6 or 7 years old and would put the Soundtrack in the CD player, put the extended version on repeat, and sing it at the top of his lungs. We finally had to hide the CD from him after an extended performance of him singing the song on repeat for 3 hours. He never got sick of it but we sure did.
Haha your poor son.
This song has shined a different light in my soul since my wife passed away in 2022. Up to that moment this was one of those songs that felt a little sappy to me but my wife liked it.
It really is amazing what happens to the decision to like or dislike a song when you do a deep dive on the song and find out the meaning, back story, and the people involved in the creation of the song. Sometimes the behind the scenes things make a difference to our listening pleasures.
I couldn't stop listening to "This Time" since it was a) great and b) a perfect fit to what was up in my life at the time. Man, thanks for jogging my memory of him.
"No way she's gonna get away" (she got away). 41 years (!!!) later still bringing out the emotions. Man so great.
Yes. Professor, this song was a rapid station changer for me too! One song I don't think Bryan got enough credit for, though, is his early hit "Lonely Nights"....
Good call Flave!
As a guitarist since 1976 I still think, "Please Forgive Me" is Bryan Adam's best ballot. The guitar work of Keith Scott is absolutely phenomenal. The tone on that old Fender Stratocaster through whatever amp he was using is some of the best I have ever heard. Bravo Keith!
I have always been a Brian Adams fan... Summer of '69, Straight From The Heart (very similar to Heaven'), and Everything I Do top my list of favorites. Being fortunate enough to land front row tickets to the Bryan Adams concert held last year at the Prudential Center, and to be tossed a guitar pik by the man himself, I'm still blown away by his vocals. He sounds exactly like he did in the 90's. Judging from the crowds reaction, Summer of ’69 is the far and away favorite followed by this song. IMHO, Heaven doesn't come in the top 10 of Bryan Adams songs. But to each his own. I couldn't imagine anyone but Bryan Adams being picked to sing this song.
One more comment... recording it in C# is definitely an unusual choice and may have contributed to it's success. As an amateur pianist, I've transcribed many popular songs recorded in the key of C, into the key of C#. One of the best reactions to the key switch I've had is Imagine my John Lennon originally recorded in C but played by myself in C#. Not sure why, but the crowd is especially blown away by this simple key alteration. 99.9% of the folks out there have no idea what's different, if anything, but they certainly hear it even though they don't know what they are hearing.
Hey Professor… Your youthful experience with this song reminds me a lot of myself, only a decade or so earlier. I was a hard rock headbanger when Disco made the scene and took over the music business. I hated Disco with a passion. I hated the culture, the fashion, all the trappings. I hated how it negatively affected the popularity of hard rock bands I loved and the sales of their records. And, I was a bit myopic about music appreciation as an idealistic youth. It wasn’t until my teenage son, decades later, told me he had discovered Disco, and how cool he thought the music was… that I could look at it objectively. He didn’t live through the all-consuming pop culture of the Disco era, and was judging the songs on their musical merit. The beat you can dance to, and the fun subject matter of the lyrics. Fair enough. I had to admit that Disco was fun and made you want to dance. Just without all the cultural baggage that went with it back in the day. There’s a lesson to be learned from this, that you and I both learned in our own decade. Sometimes we just have to remove the pop culture, and just appreciate the music for the melody, the beat, the emotion, and the feelings it invokes. For the record, I was a Bryan Adams fan early in his career, and the ballads he made didn’t make me think less of him. Cheers… Keep up the good work.
I was 14 when this song dropped. My musical tastes were all over the place, between Metallica & GNR, to The Cure, Skinny Puppy and Front 242. Music was (and is still) a curated reflection of whatever emotion I was feeling. Balancing out my metal and industrial leanings were artists like Tracy Chapman and Phil Collins. "Everything I Do" resonated for me in that narrow feeling of dreamy lovesick longing and optimism.
my taste is still all over the place...just the way I like it.
Put this one in the 'hated' category for me too. So absolutely run into the ground when it came out. 30 years later, I've still heard it more than I'll ever need to.
Sometimes this is EXACTLY what you do for me, you’ll feature a song, or even a group/artist, that I NEVER liked but when I listen to you talk about it I get this knew appreciation and suddenly I LOVE whatever it was that I thought I hated!! (IE; as a 70’s girl I always called GNR a “wannabe-bubble-gum-pop-band” but you featured “Welcome To The Jungle” and now I really love them… who knew!? Ha!!)❤😊
You used to hate Welcome to the Jungle?! Surprise surprise!
actually I never really listened to any of their songs, I grew up with 70’s rock and I saw them as talentless pretenders so when they came on the radio I turned the channel, I never paid attention to them until Adam featured them, go figure… ha!!
I loved this song. But I was weird back then and now and loved a sappy love story or ballad. Bran Adams is by far one of my favorite singers from the 80's. My ultimate favorite is "It's Only Love" with Tina Turner. Two of the 80's rock powerhouse singers all in one song.
Cheap Trick is still irked that The Flame is there only #1, forced on them by the label. Rockers have a love/hate relationship with ballads, but those definetly have a broader appeal and high chance of success.
Very true!
Aerosmith with I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, I know Steven likes it but I bet Joe feels otherwise
@@robpaxson4455 I hate Aerosmith ballads WAY more than I could bother to hate Bryan Adams. Also, Cheap Trick should take their money and be happy that they got paid to sing that song and not someone else.
Yep!
Waaa! I love all of the songs you've mentioned in this thread
Happy Monday guys.
My ex-wife LOVED this song. It was hugely popular, and I don't think it ruined Bryan Adams career at all.
Thanks Professor for this. Great shirt, and everyone have a great day. ❤
You have an even better day Roger!
Oh it certainly didn't ruin his career. I mean did it ruin his ROCK CRED.
@@ProfessorofRock "Rock Credibility" is a matter of individual opinion.
No it didn’t. This wasn’t even his final #1!
This song gives me bad flashbacks. I went on a road trip with a friend to visit her college the year this came out Midwest summer, big old van with velour interior and no ac, the stink of burning oil. She played this song on repeat for the entire 3 hour drive. THREE HOURS. I don't think it's a bad song, I just can't listen to it more than once every few years.
Whoa! That's torture!
I feel like I’d get weary and worn over that song too.
This is a song my entire family enjoyed. Dad for the rock elements, Mom for the ballad, myself and my brothers for the movie tie in.
I just love all of Adam’s work. And the soundtrack to this film was a mainstay in our house during gaming sessions.
I don’t think it destroyed his credibility. He had a #1 hit with “Heaven” which was also a ballad.
I wasn’t a huge fan of his biggest song either
Either way, Bryan Adams RULED!
I meant Rock Cred.
@ Gotcha. I still don’t think it did.
A lot of rock stars, and rock bands biggest hits are ballads. Kiss, Journey, Foreigner etc.
Always love your videos, brother!
@@ProfessorofRockthe guy became a rock star despite 'Let me take you dancing'. There's that.
No it didn’t destroy his career that’s for certain!
True story. After viewing Robinhood prince of thieves... Before the credits rolled I said. All this film needs now is a sappy love ballad. Roll credits.. nailed it.
Summer of ‘91, the Robin Hood video for this and Terminator 2 “You Could Be Mine” by Guns N Roses were in constant play. It was almost like going to the movies without going to the movies.
Good call.
Adam!
I LIKE the a-ha shirt! I was still spinnin’ tunes on the Radio when “Take On Me” was in the hot rotation, and the pencil-animation video was all over MTV. That video was a work of genius! The song is no slouch, either. There’s no way I could know who your TV provider is, but You Tube was recently added to Spectrum, which is my TV provider. So it’s a real pleasure to be able to see your channel on a 53” screen instead of an i-Pad! And the audio’s MUCH better, too, especially through Boston Acoustics sound bar! I have this feeling I will be watching you on the BIG TV from now on! Keep up the great work, my friend!
Ed Ryba
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Brian Adams' birthday is tomorrow.
Great timing!
@@ProfessorofRockThere's a fantastic phenomenal event that had happened at a Bryan Adams concert in Germany in the 2000s. 12 years before that concert, a 12 year old girl was in an accident and hospitalized in a coma for 12 years. Her mom and dad was with her taking turns every 12 hours every day for 12 years. She adored Bryan Adams and wallpapered her room with posters and pictures of him.
On the day that Bryan was to perform, her parents thought it a great idea to take her to the concert. Four tickets for the family and a nurse to monitor the equipment she needed. The hospital was happy to get them out for a few hours. As soon as Bryan Adams came on stage, the girl turns her head and with a smile yells "MOM!" She came out of a 12 year coma at the start of Bryan Adams concert.
I had heard all about every detail on a Glenn Beck talk show. He took a half hour to tell this story on his show. Then, before every commercial break, he would say "Bryan Adams?", or "Bryan friggin Adams!" or "Br I an Ad daaaams." through the rest of his 3 hour show. He couldn't believe that the healing miracle of the decade happened because of Bryan Adams. That was the best show Glenn Beck ever did. The way he presented that story was the best half hour of talk radio in history.
"Br I an frick in Add daaaams!"
Bryan.
@@shiroibasketshoes Oops, my bad. BRYAN. 😊
Oh really? Holy shit.
When a song is 30+ years old and can still have an impact, you cannot deny it is truly a masterpiece composition… ❤
I am surprised that some would think rockers doing a ballad would ruin them. I think everyone knew they wanted a radio friendly song to help pay the bills
He didn't have another rock hit though!
@@ProfessorofRock I admit I did cringe on that song at first. Maybe it was the movie scenes behind the song that did not help.
@@ProfessorofRock Of course he had more rock hits after that! Including how the next single "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" was a rocker that reached #2 in the US, #2 on the US mainstream rock chart and #1 in Canada!
I like it just because Brian Adams sang it…. It wouldn’t be the same if a pretty voice had done it, and it isn’t just the “gravel” in his voice… it’s his control… and his range is remarkable as well… reminds me a lot of Rod Stewart in that regard… and even Robert Palmer… able to take that “not so perfect” voice as an instrument and hit every note “perfectly”…. Incredible musicianship!!
I have MS & it caused me to have heart disease and my first heart attack at 39. So my heart goes out. Now I like it more. It's always hard to hear you don't like a song. But still you are the The Great Professor!!
Love this Movie, favorite actor Alan Rickman, love this song, because of Sting and Bryan and Rod Stewart. Oh yes!
You mean ALL for Love!
All For Love was featured in the 1993 version of The Three Musketeers. Honestly I can see how the songs can get confused given that they sound similar, plus the movies were set in the medieval/renaissance eras where fashions didn't really change all that much.
“With a spoon … it’ll HURT MORE!”😂 That movie started my love affair with Alan Rickman. ❤❤❤
I've always loved "Everything I Do", but "Heaven" is definitely my favorite. Whenever I want to just vibe and get lost in a song, I put on my Sennhiser headphones and just crack Heaven and sit back in my chair. That song is an experience and his best. "Cuts Like A Knife" is another banger and probably my second favorite of Bryan's.
PLEASE do a deep dive on "All For Love"! I would love to know the story behind getting those 3 epic singers together. Also, the movie Three Musketeers is very, very underrated. It features one of Tim Curry's finest performances. It's actually the first "risque" Disney movie ever made, because it predates the Pirates of the Caribbean by more than a decade. And also, many fans consider it to be in the same universe as Pirates of the Caribbean, as it has the exact same type of tone and humor and costuming.
I LOVE that song but avoided the movie for 30 years because people trashed it. You're right though it is underrated and I find myself really enjoying it. Let's call it a guilty pleasure.
Exactly! I thought the same thing. All the same people… Mutt, Kamen, Adams but Sting and Rod get involved.
I always felt that that song was the 3 tenors for pop-rock. 😂 I thought it was like using the same voice from three decades: 70’s (Rod Stewart), 80’s (Sting), and 90’s (Adams).
And yes, Tim Curry’s performance in 3 Musketeers was STELLAR. He was SO EVIL! It was also the start of my love affair with Oliver Platt. Mmmmmm. :)
@DawnDavidson Dude, Platt is a BOSS 😎 Seek out his performance in X-Men First Class.
I have yet to see that movie but I might run into a Three Musketeers ride at Disney World pretty soon!
this video kinda reminds me of the time you revisited ABBA at the request of several thousand viewers. i'm glad you're able to reopen your ears and hear how good some songs actually are. this particular song is essential Bryan Adams, and it's really one worth opening up to. and there's nothing wrong with liking both Everything I Do and Heaven. both have great merit
Just saw that Prince of Thieves is free on YT. Not a fan of Bryan Adams but I do like Run to You 🌟
That's a true classic!
Never listened to that song on purpose, and I'm big fan of Bryan Adams. Not repulsive, just not for me. Probably due to the association with that movie, just looked too Hollywood to me, fake, the hero predictably goes and falls in love... and now there's a song they're hawking, no thanks! Thanks for the insight and ALL you do Professor. There is a "love" song I'd like to know more about maybe for an episode sometime. It's a song off the Almost Famous movie (not soundtrack) called "Love Comes and Goes" by Stillwater. I thought it was Bad Company and somehow I'd missed it in my collection. Finally after years of searching, I found it, it's out of print and rare so I had to pay a dear price to get a used example, worth every penny.
I would rather listen to "Everything I Do" then some other overplayed songs of my youth.
Achy Brakey Heart still haunts my nightmares.
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Oh yeah that song blows.
When I'm forced to listen to it, all I hear is the Weird Al version.
While this song did not cross my radar growing up, I always loved “when you love someone” from Hope Floats much to my mom’s dismay. She hates how sappy it is.
But the movie has a special place in our hearts because we see our relationship in Bernice’s and Birdie’s dynamic.
Like “everything I do..”, when you love someone was played during the ending scene and it fit perfectly in the film and helped tie up the arcs of the characters. I thought the way they shot the scene and edited the song into it was so well done, I only associate the song in this film.
And of course, the second favorite ballad of mine is “we’re in heaven”. It is hard not to like that song.
Was our wedding song
I saw Adam's live my senior year in 86 at reunion arena. Great show!!! I love Adam's, have 4 of his vinyls! And Keith was INCREDIBLE!!!
One of Bryan's most underrated ballads is The Best Was Yet To Come from Cuts Like A Knife album.
Good call!
Personally I think that’s his best-written song. It’s fantastic. Thanks for chiming in!
I saw Bryan Adams in concert last year in NJ - and when that song came on, the entire audience sang along with him. A beloved song not only by fans, but music lovers everywhere.
14:04 "...inconsistent English accent." Don't you mean NONEXISTENT?😂 My bro DIDN'T EVEN TRY!! But hell, I still loved the movie as a kid.
Line from Cary Elwes in Robin Hood: Men in Tights - "...Unlike SOME Robin Hoods, I can speak with a British accent!"
IIRC, they ordered him NOT to try! He’s just THAT bad! 😂
I absolutely love this song and got a better understanding of Bryan Adam’s because of this song. Finding out that Michel kaman was diagnosed with MS in 1997 blows me away I to have MS diagnosed in 09 after years of looking for a diagnosis and was found that I have had it since 1997. I have PPMS and fight every day to keep going. So the song will now have even more significant to me. God speed
I actually like this track. Is it against Cuts Like a Knife? No but I think it's a good song.
Agree both songs are good.
Seems like the mid 80s began with a bang with the British show "Robin of Sherwood" with an amazing atmospheric soundtrack by the Irish band Clannad; and the 80's ended with a whimper with "Prince of Thieves" with its modern soundtrack and American accents
Great song
The key is, "If you don't C sharp, you will B flat!"
I'm with you, Professor. I've always hated this song (though I loved the movie), but if I had a program like yours, hating it wouldn't stop me from doing an episode on it.
I am with you on disliking this song even though I like Brian Adams.
Cool. Interesting story though!
Bryan.
@@ProfessorofRock I was in highschool when this song came out and I remember it feeling like adult contemporary rock rather than anything edgy and cool. I don't remember it being super popular with my classmates but I might not have been paying very close attention. I agree with you on some of your other songs by Brian Adams.
Also the story was quite interesting. I never did actually see that movie it was in my the way. It looked dumb and I never bothered with it.
"Everything I do" has a very special place in my heart. My youngest brother and his beautiful bride used this song in their wedding (she and the entire party walked in while it played). Awww, just beautiful, still to this day trying to figure out why we cried like babies. LOL! Our mom adored this ballad so much that I made her a copy of it played in repetition, thinking she'd tire of it. Sadly she played it until the tape broke on her. So definitely a good memory from this one. Honestly there are way too many beautiful ballads/songs to choose any one favorite.
I’m a hard rocker. Not a big fan of ballads, but “Everything I Do,” to me is a great song. From someone that is not a big ballads guy, that is saying a lot.
'Have you ever loved a woman' is my favourite Bryan Adams song. I like 'Everything I do well enough', but not enough to pay money for it.
Everything I Do is one of those LOVE songs that almost every female, young are old, will get lost in. Every time they hear it. This is an episode of Professor of Rock I will watch over and over. Adam, you did a great job with all the background and history and you seemed very upbeat through the whole show. I have very little musical knowledge but I have learned a lot just from watching your programs. Now I have to look up the video for Everything I Do, I Do It For You and close my eyes and smile and sing along!
Oh, I'm 68 years old. 😉
I recall recognizing Adams' song as we sat through the movie credits at the theatre. I had already heard it on FM stations and suspect anyone else who sat through the movie recognized it, too. That gave Adams' "schmaltzy" song the context it needed so people could appreciate it in relation to Robin Hood and Maid Marian. I understand many people dislike the song but I like it and enjoyed the movie; it was one of the first dates my late husband and I went on at the beginning of our 'WE-ness'.
If we could start a discussion on music that's like "nails on a blackboard" mine would always be anything by Guns and Roses. The nasal quality of the frontman's singing is torturesome and I almost always turn the volume waaaaaaay down.
As a musician, I loved the guitar work on this. The whole song builds ... many rock ballads blow it out in the first verse. Gorgeous mix too.
Btw, the movie was terrific... what a cast.
I considered this my favorite song throughout most of my high school years, and while I still like it, I don’t listen to it very often anymore. I don’t know if I got tired of it from being on the radio so much or just moved on to other favorites, but I’m glad that you re-introduced me to this song as well as telling the story. I do agree with you that Heaven is a better song and another one of my favorites from Bryan Adams.
How could anyone loathe this beautiful song?
Makes me question your sanity
This song brings back great memories from the summer of 1991. I was about to go to university and the movie I guess was the last film I saw as a kid. The song ruled the UK charts for the entire summer. Every time I hear its sickly notes, it brings me back to that summer.
Brian showed he could also sing a love song, he did a great job. He is one of the best artist and he can sing more rock and also a song people used in weddings.
I'm so amazed that you don't like this song! It's a great love song, and I've always loved this song, along with Heaven! I've always considered them two of Bryan Adams' love songs. I covered this a few years ago on my channel, and it actually made my wife get teary-eyed when she heard it. I hope you gain a new appreciation for it someday!
Great song. Great memories. I remember hearing it at lots of high school dances. I love it. Thank you.
Love this song. You may not like it but you do respect it for the beautiful music and Brian Adam’s vocals and the effort that went into it. Respect is everything.
One of my fav BA songs is "The Best was Yet to Come". Thanks for this. It was a great take on that song. I'm actually friends with a couple of BA's bandmates. I now live in Japan and when they recently came here I got backstage passes at the Budokan and hung out with the band. Keith Scott is a legand and also extremely humble & kind. A great Canadian trait. 🤗In fact, the whole band is stellar. Bryan was very polite, too.
I'll Be Right There is such a beautiful song and one of his hidden gems. I love hard rock, but I've seen Bryan live. It was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. He's much better live and really enjoys his audience. He's an awesome & down to Earth guy.
This was my wife's and my wedding song. When asked what he thought about it, the dj at our reception said, "It's nice. Kind of codependent, but nice." You really get to comprehend how long this song is when you dance to it as the choice for the bride and groom song and everyone is watching you. It's a funny memory that I wouldn't trade.
My favourite Bryan Adams song is “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” from the movie “Don Juan DeMarco”.
This song has meant so much to me it's crazy.
Have always loved the song...but then again I loved Heaven too!! Thanks Professor for doing the inside scoop on the tune!!
Hello, Adam, from Saskatchewan F'N Canada!
To start off, I'd like to express my appreciation for what you do and present on a daily basis.
I would also like to applaud your Canadian material. Because let's face it...alot of good stuff has come from the great white north.
My take on this song that you speak of?
I loved it from start, man.
Once I heard it, I knew it was one of Bryan Adams' bests.
But hey, I'm a sucker for a good ballad, which this song took his career to a whole new level!!
But the main reason why I come to you on this particular upload is to ask you a question.
Do you have any links you can share that showcase the music you have been a part of. Especially any lead vocals that you belted out.
I'd sure love to hear them, Adam.
Much love from Sask!
Keep on Keepin on, Brother.
Can't think of, in fact there is NO bad Bryan Adam's song..Singer, songwriter, musician, photographer, one of Canada's finest.
My favorite Bryan Adams ballad is “Let’s Make A Night To Remember”. Thanks for this episode, Adam!❤
Professor - I'm a little disappointed in your dislike of this Bryan Adams song. This was actually our wedding song in 1996 as my wife and I both love that movie. Our second song was another Bryan Adams song along with Rod Stewart and Sting - All for One, All for Love. My best man is a guy I've been friends with since 4th grade and my 2 groomsmen, I've been friends with since high school. We are still known today as the 3 Musketeers, the 4 of us, such as the movie that song came from. Yes, both kind of sappy power ballads of the time, but the best memories of my life and wedding to my wife of 28 years.
Thanks again for the great memories of the past.
Keep on rockin'!
All for one was great
Happy 65th birthday to Bryan Adams today! November 5th.
Sometimes I seriously question your musical tasted p.o.f. lol great video .thank you for it.
Bryan Adams was the first concert my husband went to when we first started dating January 25, 1985 in Pullman, Washington. Unfortunately he had COVID, so our daughter was my date January 21, 2024 when Bryan came to Spokane for his So Happy It Hurts tour. Bryan rocked it the entire night, and his voice hasn't lost a beat in the 40 years I had seen him last live. Bryan can sing any song he wants and this old rock and roll girl will be happy.
"Waking Up The Neighbors" is a very underrated album. From the first to song fifteen, the entire album is really, really good. You can hear literally every instrument clearly, which is very rarely done. The last two minutes of "Everything" truly makes the song complete and lifts both the music and the voice.
Imho Bryan Adams' best songs for me are the three he recorded for movies; this, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman and All For One with Sting and Rod Stewart. I love those songs!
This song holds a special place in my teenager memories. Love the song, always have always will.
Less than a minute in and I’m excited that you’re featuring a song that you didn’t like originally. This is gonna be a fun watch.
The first BA song I liked was Lonely Night and I enjoyed all his hits (even those from Into the Fire, which I think deserved better) so you could say I was a fan. I was happy for him that this song was huge and rejuvenated him chart-wise. His following album had numerous hits.
My first job was at a movie theatre in 1991. Robin Hood was the 3rd movie I ever worked and I loved this song. It was a big part of that high school era of my life and reminded me of a certain girl I used to work with.
I'm glad I got to see Adams live in an awesome performance.
I love the videos you make where you say, “This is one that I never quite got.”
I've seen him Live twice and he's incredible in person.
Love the song and the movie is one of my all time favourite movies.
Thanks Adam, need more Canadian content please 🙏
Bryan Adams is a name I haven't heard in awhile. I may have to have to revisit his tunes which I enjoyed as a young lad.
Do it!
He has many good catchy tunes, even on his earliest albums.
You won't find too many of them here at YT. I hear Bryan wants people to pay to listen to his music.
1 She's Got a Way
2 Please Forgive Me
3 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman
4 Everything I Do
5 Heaven
Professor, being a new wave fan, you should give a listen to a song he did with the electronic artist "Chicane" from 2000 called "Dont Give Up" In the electronic world this song was huge. Yes you read that correctly, Bryan Adams did a "Rave" track and it was big for years. Chicane featuring Bryan Adams, "Dont Give Up" on xtravaganza recordings.
It's not Rock n Roll its not adult contemporary, yet it show the depth of his artistry as a writer and singer. 24 years later a DJ can put this on and it still moves the dance floor