Once again, JAXON WAS BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION! He knows his stuff! We accept him as a millenial! Also, we love that he is embracing his natural hair!
Rick Astley is still awesome on social media. Feels pretty unfair to put other artist's "American hits" on here but not Roxette's "It must have been love". That goes for The Pogues as well. Edit - Also an observation: whe they hear a slow song the first thing they think about is taking out there phones, not dancing close with a person.
80s videos are always full of British artists I love it! 🇬🇧😎, 8 of them were in this, and The Pogues are Irish but most of them are actually from England I think
A few things here, from my memory: Roxette "The Look" - the American exchange student who went to Sweden dropped it off at his local Top 40 station in Minneapolis, not college rock. But still that's where it was first heard in America and spread throughout the country. The Pretenders "Don't Get Me Wrong" - the video is an homage to the popular '60s British TV spy series "The Avengers". New Order "Blue Monday" - the dog is a Weimeramer, the video director's dog. Bonus points for including The Pogues, Echo and PSB (known for SO MUCH MORE than "West End Girls").
Lady In Red was my wife and I song. Made her dance with me whenever we heard. She has been gone almost 2 years and I can still feel her dancing with me ...
I've barely listened to Duran Duran and I knew immediately that the first song was by them, haven't heard that song before. It's crazy how distinct their sound can be even to someone who doesn't really know their music.
I love working with my direct supervisor. She's all "get your speaker!" and then we play 80s music for the whole shift. Our friendship started when I put on Hall & Oates and we both sang the same part at the same time. I'm white, she's black, and 20 years older than me, but we enjoy all the same music.
This was my Decade. I’m a Gen-X and proud of it. However the irony is that so many Millennials and Gen-Z that really enjoy the 80’s and everyone recognise the music of the 80’s.
should do: joy division - love will tear us apart again (though disorder is better song), smiths (anything really), and something pop like Squeeze (tempted, black coffee, etc)
The Neverending Story fir me as a child is both mesmerizing and terrifying at the same time Especially when the horse Atrax that scene was depressing and horrifying as a child.
The definition of a deep cut is "a piece of music by a singer or group that is little known in comparison to their other music." _The Look_ by Roxette doesn't exactly qualify as a deep cut. It hit #1 on the US Billboard Top 100 chart and was certified gold in the US, selling over 500,000 copies. Classifying _Let's Dance_ by David Bowie as a deep cut is absolutely ludicrous. It is probably better known than most of David Bowie's other songs, hitting #1 on record charts around the world. UB40's version of _Red Red Wine_ was their most famous song and hit #1 on the US Billboard Top 100. So another song that could not classed as a deep cut. _West End Girls_ by Pet Shop Boys is yet another song that hit #1 on the US charts.
They are deep cuts for these kids bc they don't know these 80s songs. There's other 80s songs that are bigger hits that they do know. Just appreciate the fact that they were grooving to songs they hadn't heard before.
While I agree with the technicalities you bring up, we should obviously consider how this works for the video. For a lot of millennials (and maybe some early gen Z) several of these may still have been in the general conscious, but while they were huge hits at the time, they aren't necessarily the first tracks that come to mind when trying to define the 80s, so they aren't as easily recognised by a younger audience, which is the crux of a video like this. In that respect calling New Order a deep cut is the most surprising to me, because I feel that is very much still a dancefloor staple (though that may be my European perspective talking). From the standpoint of production you want to land somewhere between discovery and recognition, both for the reactors in the studio as for the viewers. This is not a music channel actually trying to guide you into the depths of EBM, early house and techno, coldwave, hardcore punk, ... or whatever else could be properly called a deep cut (while to people who enjoy those genres still being the most obvious picks), it's targeted at a broad audience that also wants to recognise, remember a couple of the tracks and enjoy how others react to it.
@@nickelcapoccia2773 That some Gen Z kid has never heard a song doesn't make it a deep cut. It just means the kid has never heard the song and, quite possibly, has never even heard of the artist.
Some one black did sing a reggae version of red red wine before UB40! Look up the Tony Tribe version from ‘69. UB40 were known for covering classic Jamaican songs as well as classic soul songs.
Roxette "The Look" brought me back to recording the radio on a cassette tape! 👍 😁 my friend played me the remix of "Red Red Wine" by UB40 and it was so good! I love the remix version. "The Lady In Red" too! That Rick Astley song I've never heard before just "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever".
If you're gonna do some 80's, I got a few: Pixies - Here Comes Your Man, Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio, Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That, Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait, and Romeo Void - Never Say Never...just to name drop a few
One of my favorite decades for music. Not to nitpick but a handful of these songs are not deep cuts. Red Red Wine and Let's Dance were everywhere just for starters.
15:55 -- Just as long as you don't pay the ferry man; don't even fix a price.. till he gets you to the other side.. (Older people will get my reference) 😉
Chris de Burgh's "Into the Light" album is underrated. "Fire on the Water", "Ballroom of Romance", "Say Goodbye to It All", "The Spirit of Man", "The Leader", "The Vision", among others are awesome songs! Many only know about "Lady in Red", but that album's FIRE!!!
Holiday Road. All lead and backing vocals, as well as instrumental performances, were all done by Lindsey Buckingham. That’s his tendency in all his solo work.
As a 16 year old male in 86, i can absolutely confirm that every one of my friends hated Lady in Red. The only thing it was good for was the last dance in nightclubs in the late 80s when you were trying to pull 😂😂😂
THAT ROXETTE STORY IS JUST LIKE JAI PAUL, HE HAD HIS LAPTOP STOLEN, THE MUSIC WAS RELEASED WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, HE CAME BACK TO PERFORM LATER AT COACHELLA AND SAID "THIS IS MY SONG!" AAAAAAND THAT SONG WAS: 'BTSTU'
Once again, JAXON WAS BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION! He knows his stuff! We accept him as a millenial! Also, we love that he is embracing his natural hair!
Have you seen the interview he did where he explained his experience with this show and his music history. Great watch
Exactly he is the wrong generation lol, I'm 49 and the first thing I listen to is the bass line and his old/young self did the same 😂
He's an honorary zillennial.
He’s a bit of a try hard sometimes.
he knows nothing about music dude
Jaxon is what we call "cultured"
Rick Astley is still awesome on social media.
Feels pretty unfair to put other artist's "American hits" on here but not Roxette's "It must have been love". That goes for The Pogues as well.
Edit - Also an observation: whe they hear a slow song the first thing they think about is taking out there phones, not dancing close with a person.
Let's Dance.... one of the best songs to come out of my birth year!
The fact that Paulina called Rick Astley a ginger Elvis just has me dying in laughter! 🤣🤣🤣☠☠☠
Congrats Joe. Finally some DEEP cuts. The Pouges!?! Jesus.🎉
R.I.P Ronnie James Dio Holy Diver is just a classic
Seriously, Limahl just has those songs that are complete earworms, like when he was still part of Kajagoogoo with their song Too Shy.
80s videos are always full of British artists I love it! 🇬🇧😎, 8 of them were in this, and The Pogues are Irish but most of them are actually from England I think
If you were born around when Red, Red Wine came out , UB40-ish 😂🤣
I wish you would more of these, of 80's and 70's.
Thanks
Faith no more deserved better scores come on man!
A few things here, from my memory:
Roxette "The Look" - the American exchange student who went to Sweden dropped it off at his local Top 40 station in Minneapolis, not college rock. But still that's where it was first heard in America and spread throughout the country.
The Pretenders "Don't Get Me Wrong" - the video is an homage to the popular '60s British TV spy series "The Avengers".
New Order "Blue Monday" - the dog is a Weimeramer, the video director's dog.
Bonus points for including The Pogues, Echo and PSB (known for SO MUCH MORE than "West End Girls").
As a fan of Duran Duran, I approve of the song choice!
The woman singing in the Limahl is Beth Andersen
I never realized that Notorious was considered a deep cut. Always loved that track.
Blue Monday is a staple of 80s night at the club.
The Pretenders are so good. Chrissie Hynde is amazing.
R.I.P Marie gone but never forgotten Roxette will always be on my play list.
agreed
that was my favorite song today
The credits @8:49 😂😂😂😂
Edward Norton on a good day!!!
Also here's another fun fact David Bowie plays a role as the Goblin King in the 1986 movie called Labyrinth.
Holy hell, never thought I would see The Pogues on here! Fantastic!
Everything counts from Depeche Mode is clearly missing there.
I'd go with "Just can't get enough" instead.
Or people are people, blasphemous rumours, enjoy the silence etc
Lady In Red was my wife and I song. Made her dance with me whenever we heard. She has been gone almost 2 years and I can still feel her dancing with me ...
I’m so sorry for your loss my dude. Hold on to the good memories
I JUST KNOW THAT JOE WANTED THAT 1 FAITH NO MORE SONG IN THERE hahahahahahaha
The Guitar riff in Let's Dance was actually played Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Bowie pretty much gave him his launch
The 80's will always be the best time for music by far for me...
Born in '72... love this
Now I wanna watch that movie with Tilda Swinton playing Juliana and Jaime played by Edward Norton on a good day. 😂
Anything David Bowie is an immediate 10/10
I've barely listened to Duran Duran and I knew immediately that the first song was by them, haven't heard that song before. It's crazy how distinct their sound can be even to someone who doesn't really know their music.
"West End Girls"... that's a solid 9. A 10 at Vanilla Unicorn.
Holy Diver is my favorite song on this list
Holy Diver is a 10!
The journey that Joe's hair is taking is crazy 😂
I think Joe's moustache is growing in inverse proportion to Jaxon's hair.
Finally. Been waiting for this. Keep it coming...
Ok thank you Joe for the very random Astley and especially for The Pogues!!!!
I love working with my direct supervisor. She's all "get your speaker!" and then we play 80s music for the whole shift. Our friendship started when I put on Hall & Oates and we both sang the same part at the same time. I'm white, she's black, and 20 years older than me, but we enjoy all the same music.
UB40 got their name as they were unemployed and at the time in the UK the form you filled in to get unemployment benefit was called UB40
Faith No More!!!
Never ending story made me tear up. I loved that movie and song when i was a kid.
21:04 Lance Vance mission: "From Zero to Hero"
Lance: "Looks like your friend Martinez finally showed up..."
David Bowie - Let’s Dance is not a deep cut, it was a huge hit.
I was today years old when I realized Savage Garden totally took their sound from Roxette.
This was my Decade. I’m a Gen-X and proud of it. However the irony is that so many Millennials and Gen-Z that really enjoy the 80’s and everyone recognise the music of the 80’s.
Wrong! Millennials like 90s music 🎼🎶 best music ever
No one walked that way listening to Notorious.
should do: joy division - love will tear us apart again (though disorder is better song), smiths (anything really), and something pop like Squeeze (tempted, black coffee, etc)
The Neverending Story fir me as a child is both mesmerizing and terrifying at the same time
Especially when the horse Atrax that scene was depressing and horrifying as a child.
More Gen Z react 70s, 80s and 90s music. Great episode 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I was waiting for the fun fact of Dio popularizing the heavy metal hand sign! sign of the horns
The definition of a deep cut is "a piece of music by a singer or group that is little known in comparison to their other music."
_The Look_ by Roxette doesn't exactly qualify as a deep cut. It hit #1 on the US Billboard Top 100 chart and was certified gold in the US, selling over 500,000 copies.
Classifying _Let's Dance_ by David Bowie as a deep cut is absolutely ludicrous. It is probably better known than most of David Bowie's other songs, hitting #1 on record charts around the world.
UB40's version of _Red Red Wine_ was their most famous song and hit #1 on the US Billboard Top 100. So another song that could not classed as a deep cut.
_West End Girls_ by Pet Shop Boys is yet another song that hit #1 on the US charts.
They are deep cuts for these kids bc they don't know these 80s songs. There's other 80s songs that are bigger hits that they do know. Just appreciate the fact that they were grooving to songs they hadn't heard before.
While I agree with the technicalities you bring up, we should obviously consider how this works for the video. For a lot of millennials (and maybe some early gen Z) several of these may still have been in the general conscious, but while they were huge hits at the time, they aren't necessarily the first tracks that come to mind when trying to define the 80s, so they aren't as easily recognised by a younger audience, which is the crux of a video like this. In that respect calling New Order a deep cut is the most surprising to me, because I feel that is very much still a dancefloor staple (though that may be my European perspective talking).
From the standpoint of production you want to land somewhere between discovery and recognition, both for the reactors in the studio as for the viewers. This is not a music channel actually trying to guide you into the depths of EBM, early house and techno, coldwave, hardcore punk, ... or whatever else could be properly called a deep cut (while to people who enjoy those genres still being the most obvious picks), it's targeted at a broad audience that also wants to recognise, remember a couple of the tracks and enjoy how others react to it.
Like an albums B Side
Thank you. I didn't know what a "deep cut" was. I just know in my teen years all these songs were very well known.
@@nickelcapoccia2773 That some Gen Z kid has never heard a song doesn't make it a deep cut. It just means the kid has never heard the song and, quite possibly, has never even heard of the artist.
I really didn't expect The Pogues to show up here
Some one black did sing a reggae version of red red wine before UB40! Look up the Tony Tribe version from ‘69. UB40 were known for covering classic Jamaican songs as well as classic soul songs.
Cutting Crew should have made the list, as well as Tears for Fears. Throw in some Madonna hits, too. And maybe some of Michael Jackson's bangers.
I'll never forget that poor goldfish at the end of epic.
This was a fun, fun, fun video! Thank you for posting this. :)
Nice that the list wasn't dominated by US-only tracks for a change.
Duran Duran was a great band.
React: Do Americans Know Canadian Singers & Bands? (Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Loverboy)
People vs Food: Do Americans Know Canadian Food?
Bieber and Drake too
20:43 Not written for Neil Diamond, written by Neil Diamond.
Maybe you should make a video with Italo Disco tracks. Scotch, Valerie Dore, P.Lion - the girls and guys have probably never ever heard of them.
"You thought i was in Black Sabbath, but it was me in Dio" sorry not sirry to made this 😂
Roxette "The Look" brought me back to recording the radio on a cassette tape! 👍 😁
my friend played me the remix of "Red Red Wine" by UB40 and it was so good! I love the remix version.
"The Lady In Red" too! That Rick Astley song I've never heard before just "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever".
Every time they showed Joe, I kept thinking about the Pringle man 😂
Lol that’s funny!
Lady In Red is a deep cut??? I feel old asf lol
If you're gonna do some 80's, I got a few: Pixies - Here Comes Your Man, Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio, Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That, Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait, and Romeo Void - Never Say Never...just to name drop a few
I IMMEDIATELY knew Notorious. We got that song on the USB in my car!!
Love the music selection. Joe looks like Brad Delp of the legendary band Boston.
The Pretenders are amazing
Epic was in the 80s? Oh, now I feel old.
Straddles the lien - it gets played on both the 80s channel and 90s channel on SiriusXM
One of my favorite decades for music. Not to nitpick but a handful of these songs are not deep cuts. Red Red Wine and Let's Dance were everywhere just for starters.
didn't realize red red wine and epic were deep cuts I hear them all the time at my work
That wasn't the original version of Blue Monday but the 1988 remix.
The Pogues yessss!!!
Of course Jaxon’s in this episode
Opening with Duran Duran, funny enough, they're still making bangers
Let's Dance, UB40's Red Red Wine... Deep cuts?
...Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?!
Your videos are an example of what quality content on RUclips should be. Keep it up!🖕🎲😺
David Bowie's most famous song ever is a deep cut now,?
Exactly. Lol
Personally, David Bowie always reminds me of the babe....
The dissing of Blue Monday is frankly shocking 😮
Grew up with all of this music and still listening to most of it today.
15:55 -- Just as long as you don't pay the ferry man; don't even fix a price.. till he gets you to the other side.. (Older people will get my reference) 😉
Don't Pay The Ferryman is one of my favorite Chris de Burgh songs!
Chris de Burgh's "Into the Light" album is underrated. "Fire on the Water", "Ballroom of Romance", "Say Goodbye to It All", "The Spirit of Man", "The Leader", "The Vision", among others are awesome songs! Many only know about "Lady in Red", but that album's FIRE!!!
Needed to have The Cure & INXS.
Are they considered deep cuts though?
I recommend "Lean on Me" covered by Club Nouveau (1987) for next time, or for Original vs Cover! It sounds so different from the original.
Another great song from The Pretenders is Brass In Pocket.
This is good stuff Faith No More is iconic.
A 5 for holy diver pisses me off more than it should
Joe is changing his hair and facial hair every episode he’s on 😊
“Bring Out The Dancing Horses” by Echo and The Bunnymen is a much better deep cut.
More 70s & 80s, PLEASE!
I WISH the Kylie/New Order mashup of “Can’t Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head” wasn’t mentioned 😂😂😂
Awesome freaking song selection in this video
Holiday Road. All lead and backing vocals, as well as instrumental performances, were all done by Lindsey Buckingham. That’s his tendency in all his solo work.
As a 16 year old male in 86, i can absolutely confirm that every one of my friends hated Lady in Red. The only thing it was good for was the last dance in nightclubs in the late 80s when you were trying to pull 😂😂😂
Wow i always thought Epic came out in the late 90s.
Shoutout to Joe for adding the DB classic that is Holiday Road, I know somewhere Mike and Steve are smiling down
Next time, you need to include Madness, but not "Our House." Pick another one of their songs.
Baggy Trousers!
really enjoyed this episode joe
loved the songs and reactors
Im 40 and Epic by Faith No More is a banger
I am 50 and agree. Also midlife crisis. The song not what I am going through right now.
THAT ROXETTE STORY IS JUST LIKE JAI PAUL, HE HAD HIS LAPTOP STOLEN, THE MUSIC WAS RELEASED WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, HE CAME BACK TO PERFORM LATER AT COACHELLA AND SAID "THIS IS MY SONG!" AAAAAAND THAT SONG WAS: 'BTSTU'