The tune, the synth, the voice, the chord progression, the emotion, the mix of country, rock and new wave - this is and will always be one of my Desert Island Discs. Cheers Kim.
Bette Davis Eyes - 100 million views on RUclips .... I am so honored, and a big fat Thank you to my wonderful , loyal fans..! I appreciate you sooo much!! -Kim
I was wearing my headphones playing the drums and had some music playing on the computer. I wasn't listening to it, just had it on in the corner. Heard some melody that bled through my headphones that instantly reminded me of this song. Took some help online to remember the song. Earliest memories of being alive just come flooding back. What a great song. Wish I could experience those times again, to feel the love of my family when were all closer, living in the same house and not out of the nest yet.
I am 75 and remember growing up watching Bette Davis reruns. The song goes a long way in capturing Bette Davis. But Kim Carnes has by far done a superlative performance of this song. I remember Kim's rendition of this song in the early 1980's What an outstanding performer Kim Carnes is.
I didn't get to know my mom.. she passed when I was three.. but her friend told me what her favorite song was.. and when I feel I need a hug.. I play it.. makes me sad.. but better at the same time.. wishing you well through your journey in life..
This song defined my childhood. I distinctly remember waking up to this song after having eye surgery, this song playing on the radio. I had no idea whether I would be able to see at all, but this song playing in the background, comforted me, its light, memorable guitar line echoing through the post-operation room. As much as I tried to open my eyes, they remained shut, as if stitched shut. At only 8 years old, and unsure of whether I would see again, I clutched onto my mother's hand, trembling in fear. My mom reassured me that the operation was a success, and that I would see with time. As this song played on, I felt her move her hands to the throbbing beat of this song, and I once more willed open my eyes, a shadowy figure of my mom emerging from my small slit of vision. As this song ended, I felt a tear land on her hand -- and then Credence Clearwater Revival began to play.
It's because the synthesizer was so prevalent in the 80's. Furthermore, use of the synthesizer implies that the atmosphere is quiet, and who doesn't like peace and quiet? In a room full of noise one might still be able to hear a guitar being plucked in the corner but a synthesizer would be lost in the din. So when our mind hears a synthesizer it is happy because that means the atmosphere must be quiet enough for our ears to hear it.
80s music has all those bouncy tunes, even with a somewhat dark tone in the lyrics, while in the 90s it was all angst. Now that I said that, Jackie DeShannon recorded this in 1974 as more of an R&B take.
I think part of the magic is that music was defined by talent more than appearence. Now you just need to have a "look" and auto-tune will handle the rest. When you open up the field to even the "ugly" people, you are exposing yourself to a wider range of talent and potentially great music. When your looks are what matters most, the field narrows drastically.
🎶She's as pure as New York snow😎🎵 Gonna need a HIV test🩸this is the 80s, ➕ 🟰 death sentence☠⚰ 😵🪦 RIP to the guy who boinked the loose chick with the sexy 👀 who had the 🏳🌈 and/or 👨🏿🦱 disease . This song took a dark turn😓 LOVE THIS SONG -💓
That melody, that voice, that atmosphere. This song, in addition to bringing good energy, produces an inexplicable nostalgic feeling, congratulations Kim Carnes
When I was pregnant with my son 20 years ago, every time this would come on the radio or I would play it, he would start dancing in my belly. After he was born it continued. Car seat dancing. Hanging onto the sofa dancing. Grabbing mom to dance. And of course as soon as he started talking he was singing it. Today it’s part of his play list along with some of the other best of the time. ❤
I suppose your son son was born in 2002 just 4 years before the birth of my son, Back in 2003 I was constantly listening to this song but I was not pregnant obviously I'm a man
This song is close to my heart. It reminds me of my mom, and our long drives. She is gone now, but this song was her anthem. When I hear this song I can see her in the front seat of her beloved 1979 Z28. I miss her.
This song reminds me of why I liked the 80's so much. Great music and fun times. This song was #1 for nine non-consecutive weeks. It was bumped from the top spot for a week only to regain it a week later, a truly remarkable feat for a song to do. Great voice Kim, rock on🤟.
Sometimes there is a certain heartache to be had when reminiscing, especially to this timeless classic. I remember all my old friends who I have not seen in decades. Where are they now, what are they doing, how did their lives turn out? This is a very beautiful song and I would not have it any other way.
Hi my friend I say the same thing all the time..know why?because I compare our beloved days back then to now..and guess??there is no comparison..we had been blessed with all with talent that took a year or more writing music or train there voice for years now you can run a computer and have a shit voice and no talent that’s award winning..the fun we had the kids in playgrounds..knowing family outings suppers and just hanging out together..all the I love you’s and all the awesome tv shows variety shows and everything just about on tv and the silver screen..kids that had respect for parents and teachers until some bullshit political correctness allows the old wrong be today’s right and and today’s right to be definitive wrong for yesterday..that’s what the fk is wrong!purposely and deliberately to turn our youths brains into obedient duck shit no lies here is truth in nutshell
I remember the year my Dad gave me this album for my birthday. Barking at Airplanes is excellent, she had serious talent and Oh! that voice!! It had JUST come out, only 15 days before my 11th birthday, and I listened to that cassettte over and over and over until it finally got eaten by my tape player in the early 90's. I'd always meant to replace it with a CD, but never got around to it. Maybe I can remind my Dad about this; I'm about to turn 44 and I would still love to have this album! (Knowing Dad, he'll think it very sweet that I loved his gift so very much that I want it again, 33 years later!!)
Gift yourself, and him with the CD (if its a good quality print). I turned my mother on to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane, and she found new layers and meaning in that until the day she passed. We had some amazing conversations about what we found in the songs on that album. Music really can transcend generations.
6 лет назад
k8fearsnoart Only thing is, Bette Davis Eyes isn't on that album. (It's called Voyeur).
@@SirMannyOfStyria irgendwann kommen auch bessere zeiten ;D ich muss mit depressionen klar kommen,aber es werden auch wieder bessere phasen kommen.Lass den kopf nicht hängen möchte ich damit sagen ;D
how about the music from the 60's and 70's, not to take away from the 80's since I had a lot of fun in college back in the 80's, but I grew up with the bands that inspired these bands
No autotune! No mimicking! No pretentiousness! Just Pure Raw Genious! Pure Awesomeness! I was there back in the early 80’s witnessing this timeless classic reaching the stardom!
I am an old Boomer now...By the end of the 1970s, I had pretty much given up on popular music, having been so immersed in the fabulous 1960s, and early 1970s music explosion...But when MTV showed up, I began to appreciate such masterful artists as this fine, talented woman!...A voice almost like Rod Stewart, looks like a supermodel, and incorporating very infectious Synthethiser riffing!...She deserved to be a major force in the ensuing decades. Her career behind the music scenes is very interesting. I admire this woman very much!
Someone REALLY needs to write a sequel to this Timeless Classic titled , " She's Got Kim Carnes Sultry Voice " 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 LOVE LOVE LOVE KIM'S VOICE 💖💖💖💖💖💖
more like who is betty davis. that is what i said the first time i heard it. well i knew who she was but never paid attention to her eyes before this song.
@@swompy5146la pura crema y nata de la Sociedad Musical. !!!!!!! My Angel de el Cielo !!!!!!! Mi Bonita ever forever KIM CARNES. Tu Voz es Eterna !!!!!!! con esta bella canción inolvidable !!!!!!! I Mi Bonita KIM ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I Love You. !!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I 'll be back goodbye goodbye !!!
Watching these amazing 80s music videos on RUclips is such a wonderful escape…..and makes me realize how much of our humanity and enjoyment we have lost in the last four decades.
I think this is one of the best performances in the history of popular music; it's as if Kim Carnes was born to sing Bette Davis Eyes. Of course, the song itself is fundamentally good and the arrangement is on point, but it wouldn't be nearly as memorable if it didn't have Carnes on vocals. What I have always liked most about this song is the way that Carnes almost speaks certain lines in a kind of subdued way, only to blast out subsequent lines in full voice and completely in tune. Her instincts in performing Bette Davis Eyes were masterful and she is the reason that the song will continue to mesmerize future generations.
"She's got Bette Davis Eyes" means she's a femme fatale who's out to ruin a man for revenge, money or both through seduction, abuse, deception and manipulation Bette Davis is known for these roles
The beat, the lyrics, the sound of Carnes and the video signifies just how talented the 80s Popstars were. Their hits are timeless and forever classic.
I was obsessed with this song when it came out. As others have mentioned, this song (among many others of the era) is a perfect time machine! Close your eyes and you are transported to those places that were special to you where you heard your favorite songs. This song feels as contemporary as anything i listen to today by current artists, yet I first heard it approximately 40 years ago.Remember Gen Z, we Baby Boomers and Gen Xers were once your age and we lived large out in the world because there were no PCs, Macs, or similar - and certainly no such thing as video games beyond those found in pizza parlors and arcades. So if you see us dancing or moving our out of shape bodies or tapping our feet with closed eyes, please know we are not in the present - we have been transported to the past.
So true. One of my favorite things (I miss) from that era was when a great band came out with an album, me and my friends would just hang out and play the entire album end to end, getting lost in the music. Great memories centered around great songs.
ooh that voice and that synth backing so simple and so seductive a loop. 80's classic that never seems to age. I see similarities to Lauper's time after time that's equally catchy. Great songs!
Wow, this song is amazing. I listened for the 1st time, 3 days ago, I am addicted it. Kim's rusky voice is wonderful. The rhythm is great, what a great vibe
This was my dad's favorite song. I used to play it for him all the time on my record player. He died a little over 2 months ago. I miss you dad and will always think of you when I hear this song.
I *love* Kim Carnes's smokey voice, the old movie references, the metaphorical colloquialisms and the overall sound of this song. This is one of the first videos that I remember seeing when MTV came out (along with Modern English's 'I'll Stop The World and Melt With You', Blondie's 'Heart of Glass' and Rod Stewart's 'Young Turk's) and I instantly fell in love with it. God how I *still* *love* 80's music.
Quote from the keyboardist: "Anyway, we cut ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ totally live at Record One: every note, the percussion, even the [electronic] Synare and Kim's vocals; there was never an overdub. I think we did three takes and the one we used was take one." This song sounds so incredibly sublime and the fact that it was recorded live on the first take makes this even more amazing.
Kim Carnes is a boss and this song rules just as it did back in '81, when I first saw the video. I was four at the time and didn't realize she was making music history. It's cool that Bette Davis herself was flattered by the song as such an honor to her and it was a fitting tribute. Songs like this come along only once in a while.
This song broke all records as it sat at #1 for months, it wasn't broken until "Old Town Road by Lil Naz X broke the record in 2020, almost thirty years later.
This song brings me an incredible mix of good memories and nostalgia that I can't even explain! 🎶 Every time I listen to *Bette Davis Eyes* by Kim Carnes, it transports me to those magical moments, like everything I lived back then rushes back in a wave of emotion. What a masterpiece!
It's the voice, the music, and the lyrics that make this an amazing song. I believe that 100 years from now, people will still be listening to this song.
My mother passed away 3 months ago and in all this time I am remembering the beautiful moments with her and her tastes. One of her tastes was good, classical music, and I have copied that. She really liked this song. I downloaded songs that she liked and she always played them on the speaker through a USB. She very happy. Beautiful memories through good music. Thank you Kim Karnes for tuning in to this beautiful song. Thanks to her I learned to listen to good music. I play drums and guitar. That's all. I can't help but cry. I miss you and love you so much mom. Love her mother very much. Greetings from Peru.
I'm so sorry to hear this, Brother. The pain is a small price we pay for all the love and patience our Moms had with us. I can tell she was a wonderful person who did a great job raising you, based on your message. I recently saw a documentary on infinity by the most renown physicists, with the most elegant equations.. we now know that it is a mathematical certainty that there are planets just like ours and somewhere in the Universe she's there next to you, and always will be. So then love truly will echo through eternity.
Que belleza de canción yo escuchaba de la panza de mi mamá cuando estaba embarazada de mi a mi mamá le encantaba esas músicas de los 90 y 80 mi mamá falleció hace 4 meces y este sábado se cumple 5 meces del fallecimiento de mi mamá y en verdad la extraño muchísimo mi mamá falleció de ☹️ anseimer 😢 SALUDO DESDE ARGENTINA
@@DeathSOAD gracias si la vida es así nunca vamos a sabervsi mañana estamos o no la vida continua para nosotros mis saludos y mis condolencias para usted y su seres queridos abrazos a la distancia
I was just watching a documentary on tv in the UK about Bette, Boom!! this iconic song was implanted into my head, so here I am listening to a never ageing timeless classic 😃👀😃
I can't believe that this song was released in 1981. It sounds still so relevant today in 2024. One of my favorite 80's songs. A classic of the 80's. What an incredible song.
These stories on this post bring tears to my eyes. I was only 13 when this song came out. I never found the love of my life, but I still enjoy this song and will remain a hopeless romantic.🥰
Mi milagros un México oyendo buena música porque la música mexicana es de lo peor que yo e escuchado después del reguetón prefiero reguetón que la música mexicana 🤮💩
Yes! I was 18 in 1984! Long live the 80s! Great music! Great times! I miss it tremendously! High School class of 1984! From LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA! 😎😎🎤🎤
Me too man, I really miss those days. My daddy and momma took me to South Dakota 2 times a year, and when I hear this song it reminds me of those times when my family was all together as one.
GregJoseph1978 sorry for your family lost there's something strange about death it.like you know the person died and never comes back but you hope it a day when the dead person appear all. out of the blue like nothing really happen I'm 46 and death still kinda scares me
Sorry dude. I lost my dad when I was 21. That was 83. Then my first wife and I split in 85. Then though I met the love of my life. So the 80s bring back some bittersweet memories. Oh and my first wife looked like Kim Carnes.
I am fortunate enough to have been a teenager in the 80's. I remember listening to this song on the radio when it was climbing the charts. I had no clue that it was going to be a classic.
This was one of those songs that, growing up, entered my radio listening conscience just at the very end of its life on the air. When I heard it last year, I hadn't heard it in all of those 20 years and I was bowled over. What a great song
Weird. It entered my consciousness tonight. I have no idea what the video has to do with the song though. Actually I have no idea what the song is about either. 🤷
the commitment on belting out some of those notes. her vocals are unreal. i mean you can see her diaphragm hitting like a speaker. you can see her passion for singing and how much she gets into the music in this video. geez. this woman was something else..... this is still a great song.
This song is from 1981 so the real Bette Davis was still alive when this song came out. She was interviewed that year and they asked her what she thought about the song. She said she LOVED the song!! She said her grandkids wore the record out and it made her feel so proud. She also wrote a letter to Kim Carnes thanking her! How cool is that?
DRock6906 great information thank you! my father love kim karmes and so..me too and specialy this song " betty davis eyes"...it's exellent in 2018 again and the music is intemporel. .so..bye and kiss from France because...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! !!! !!;-)
Assistindo a esse vídeo da Kim Carnes, fico imaginando como naquela época em que essa música estourou nas paradas de sucesso e não se tinha os recursos audiovisuais de hj e mesmo assim pudemos desfrutar de tantas músicas que se tornaram hinos em nossas vidas! Ainda bem que temos o RUclips para recordar os bons tempos da músicas pop!!!!
Eu estou ouvindo agora dancei muito essa música 🎶 na minha adolescência até os 21 anos. Estou com 59 anos 😅😅ouço sempre pelo RUclips. Eu tinha 15 anos na época
Yep..me too! .I had started working as a bartender at a sports bar in new town. This song blared out of the stereo speakers. I wonder what happened to a few of the special people who I met at that stint.
The tune, the synth, the voice, the chord progression, the emotion, the mix of country, rock and new wave - this is and will always be one of my Desert Island Discs. Cheers Kim.
Well spoken
I´m having a deesert while I read your coment...
brilliant comment
@@centinela24542 why do you eat sand?
Way before the internet, compact discs. I still have her cassette, up in the attic. Today's music is garbage. All computer generated. 😢
Bette Davis Eyes - 100 million views on RUclips .... I am so honored, and a big fat Thank you to my wonderful , loyal fans..! I appreciate you sooo much!! -Kim
Thanks for giving me something to connect with my mother. Thanks Kim
This song is a Evergreen and still and forever in my heart.
NINGUÉM ama esta música mais que eu❤💝💖
Bette Davis' eyes deserve it.
They tease you after they seduced you saying to you, '' I like to Kiss you, but i ve just washed my hair..bye!''
First time hearing this song my favourite now
I was wearing my headphones playing the drums and had some music playing on the computer. I wasn't listening to it, just had it on in the corner. Heard some melody that bled through my headphones that instantly reminded me of this song. Took some help online to remember the song. Earliest memories of being alive just come flooding back. What a great song. Wish I could experience those times again, to feel the love of my family when were all closer, living in the same house and not out of the nest yet.
The way she says "Ferocious" and "precocious" gives me goosebumps. The sheer mastery she has over her vocal fry is astounding.
I feel the same way, luv luv luv those magical words 😊
I am 75 and remember growing up watching Bette Davis reruns. The song goes a long way in capturing Bette Davis. But Kim Carnes has by far done a superlative performance of this song. I remember Kim's rendition of this song in the early 1980's
What an outstanding performer Kim Carnes is.
I grew up with it too. My sister looks just like her. Down to the shades.
Better than most music now days for sure
I didn't get to know my mom.. she passed when I was three.. but her friend told me what her favorite song was.. and when I feel I need a hug.. I play it.. makes me sad.. but better at the same time.. wishing you well through your journey in life..
ray peters Sending prayers your way
I love u right now fella
This made me cry!
I feel that dude..
I'm crying😭
The first time I heard this son as a teen I fell instantly in love with it. Kim's husky melodic voice is like a cool breeze.
Kim Carnes...underrated and wonderful. Thank you for your voice and artistry.
This song defined my childhood. I distinctly remember waking up to this song after having eye surgery, this song playing on the radio. I had no idea whether I would be able to see at all, but this song playing in the background, comforted me, its light, memorable guitar line echoing through the post-operation room. As much as I tried to open my eyes, they remained shut, as if stitched shut. At only 8 years old, and unsure of whether I would see again, I clutched onto my mother's hand, trembling in fear. My mom reassured me that the operation was a success, and that I would see with time. As this song played on, I felt her move her hands to the throbbing beat of this song, and I once more willed open my eyes, a shadowy figure of my mom emerging from my small slit of vision. As this song ended, I felt a tear land on her hand -- and then Credence Clearwater Revival began to play.
I love this story omg and then credence what could be better. Miracles of good strong women and music.
Schöne Story 😢
Так же и у меня, запомнилось в детстве сильно
How's your vision now this brought tears to my eyes...
God bless you amigo mio
No one else could sing this song, Kim Carnes had the perfect voice, rugged and throaty. Bravo!
👍❤
Agree
Janis Joplin would absolutely crush this song
Tylko ona jest w stanie tak zastosować naturalną chrypkę❤
Agnetha has been said to sound like spun sugar
there's something spectacularly special about the sound of 80s!
It's because the synthesizer was so prevalent in the 80's. Furthermore, use of the synthesizer implies that the atmosphere is quiet, and who doesn't like peace and quiet? In a room full of noise one might still be able to hear a guitar being plucked in the corner but a synthesizer would be lost in the din. So when our mind hears a synthesizer it is happy because that means the atmosphere must be quiet enough for our ears to hear it.
80s music has all those bouncy tunes, even with a somewhat dark tone in the lyrics, while in the 90s it was all angst. Now that I said that, Jackie DeShannon recorded this in 1974 as more of an R&B take.
They had life tougher but were still hopeful....
True !
I think part of the magic is that music was defined by talent more than appearence. Now you just need to have a "look" and auto-tune will handle the rest. When you open up the field to even the "ugly" people, you are exposing yourself to a wider range of talent and potentially great music. When your looks are what matters most, the field narrows drastically.
Kim Karnes vocals, the only one to instill this to our lives. Thank You Ms. Karnes.....
This song is timeless, it could have been written at anytime in the last 80 years and have the same effect, PRICELESS
Not true
@@clubfillerspinkknickers9791 lol troll
It’s comforting to know that this masterpiece is still appreciated by all of you wonderful people.
0:53
🎶She's as pure as New York snow😎🎵
Gonna need a HIV test🩸this is the 80s,
➕ 🟰 death sentence☠⚰
😵🪦 RIP to the guy who boinked the loose chick with the sexy 👀
who had the 🏳🌈 and/or 👨🏿🦱 disease .
This song took a dark turn😓
LOVE THIS SONG -💓
And you are appreciated by me. X
I was born in 1998 and I still listen to this song nowadays
@@ValdeniceMaciel-up6vga1
Without doubt one of the greatest songs of an era, and just listen to the innuendos, stunning brilliant lyrics and the perfect voice
Great piece. Will be remembered. Well done, Kim.
Gives me goosebumps!!.. you can feel the emotion in her voice 🥰🥰😍😍
That melody, that voice, that atmosphere. This song, in addition to bringing good energy, produces an inexplicable nostalgic feeling, congratulations Kim Carnes
Ohh sí !!!!
hablá en español no ves que soy de boca
@@Camilita1788 foarte frumos!!! 🤗
Agreed
Very nostalgic. Many memories..
When I was pregnant with my son 20 years ago, every time this would come on the radio or I would play it, he would start dancing in my belly. After he was born it continued. Car seat dancing. Hanging onto the sofa dancing. Grabbing mom to dance. And of course as soon as he started talking he was singing it. Today it’s part of his play list along with some of the other best of the time. ❤
That is adorable. Love it.
I suppose your son son was born in 2002 just 4 years before the birth of my son, Back in 2003 I was constantly listening to this song but I was not pregnant obviously I'm a man
That baby had taste in music before he was born❤ Although I know now he is a man😂
Quick question, are you still pregnant? 😅🤣
Wow - love it ❤
What a masterpiece. Thank you Kim, for bringing some joy to my life. ❤
This song is close to my heart. It reminds me of my mom, and our long drives. She is gone now, but this song was her anthem. When I hear this song I can see her in the front seat of her beloved 1979 Z28. I miss her.
My mom had a 77 1/2 Z28 and she used to play this and god forbid blondie.
This made me cry
A wonderful, fascinating woman with a stunning voice ... I could listen to her hours and hours and never get tired ...
This song reminds me of why I liked the 80's so much. Great music and fun times. This song was #1 for nine non-consecutive weeks. It was bumped from the top spot for a week only to regain it a week later, a truly remarkable feat for a song to do. Great voice Kim, rock on🤟.
Indeed! Glory days.....
Kim Carnes singing and performing style plus amazing voice deserves billions of views on you tube.
This song is such a masterpiece.. time passes by so quickly, but we always remember those fond beautiful memories.. the ones of happiness and purirty
si a mi me paso lo mismo con mi señora siempre escuchabamos este tema y hacíamos el dulce amor toda la noche
Her voice is effortlessly unique.
I can't believe that this song is now 41 years old!!
Na verdade essa é uma regravação
@@Halpin2006 older than 41 homie. Song was first released in 1974. 48 years!!
Sometimes there is a certain heartache to be had when reminiscing, especially to this timeless classic. I remember all my old friends who I have not seen in decades. Where are they now, what are they doing, how did their lives turn out? This is a very beautiful song and I would not have it any other way.
Hi my friend I say the same thing all the time..know why?because I compare our beloved days back then to now..and guess??there is no comparison..we had been blessed with all with talent that took a year or more writing music or train there voice for years now you can run a computer and have a shit voice and no talent that’s award winning..the fun we had the kids in playgrounds..knowing family outings suppers and just hanging out together..all the I love you’s and all the awesome tv shows variety shows and everything just about on tv and the silver screen..kids that had respect for parents and teachers until some bullshit political correctness allows the old wrong be today’s right and and today’s right to be definitive wrong for yesterday..that’s what the fk is wrong!purposely and deliberately to turn our youths brains into obedient duck shit no lies here is truth in nutshell
Btw, the song "Reminiscing", by The Little River Band, is also good; just remembered, when you used the word, lol.
I just love how she’s roaring into the mic yet it still sounds like a smoky whisper with a “secret “❤
Another beautiful artist with an unmistakable voice from the best decade in human history!
I remember the year my Dad gave me this album for my birthday. Barking at Airplanes is excellent, she had serious talent and Oh! that voice!! It had JUST come out, only 15 days before my 11th birthday, and I listened to that cassettte over and over and over until it finally got eaten by my tape player in the early 90's. I'd always meant to replace it with a CD, but never got around to it. Maybe I can remind my Dad about this; I'm about to turn 44 and I would still love to have this album! (Knowing Dad, he'll think it very sweet that I loved his gift so very much that I want it again, 33 years later!!)
Gift yourself, and him with the CD (if its a good quality print). I turned my mother on to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane, and she found new layers and meaning in that until the day she passed. We had some amazing conversations about what we found in the songs on that album. Music really can transcend generations.
k8fearsnoart Only thing is, Bette Davis Eyes isn't on that album. (It's called Voyeur).
Aw that's a cute story
This song always makes me want to cry.Because listening to her, I recall all the joyful and happy moments of my life!
Come on bro now I’m sad,
Same
I'm only 19 and I have to cry so much. I cry for moments I never experienced in this life. It's like I'm crying for a life I lived before.
@@SirMannyOfStyria irgendwann kommen auch bessere zeiten ;D ich muss mit depressionen klar kommen,aber es werden auch wieder bessere phasen kommen.Lass den kopf nicht hängen möchte ich damit sagen ;D
@@-Procy danke für deinen Kommentar. Du hast ja recht ^^
woher wusstest du, dass ich deutsch spreche?
Just another example of how BAD ASS!! the music from the 80's was and still is..!!
.... and always will be :)
DomBros. Tradition I'm with you, and I was born in 85
DomBros. Tradition Today's mainstream music will NEVER topple the 80's.
how about the music from the 60's and 70's, not to take away from the 80's since I had a lot of fun in college back in the 80's, but I grew up with the bands that inspired these bands
Lived them all and the 80s, HANDS DOWN, killed it.
Such an incredible heartfelt delivery! Just beautiful every nuance is emotionally fraught. Thank you so much for sharing this punchy piece of life.
I'm 83 years old and still listen and enjoy. What a fabulous voice Kim Carnes possesses.
your never too old to enjoy good music, rock on!
@@chattykit500 I totally agree with you!!
RUclips and smart phones are like a time travel machine.
Who do you think had a more
Raspy voice, between her and
Bonnie (Total Eclipse Of The Heart)?
Me too
No autotune! No mimicking! No pretentiousness! Just Pure Raw Genious! Pure Awesomeness! I was there back in the early 80’s witnessing this timeless classic reaching the stardom!
You’re kidding, right? This is about as over-produced as song can be and not sound like a robot singing.
I am an old Boomer now...By the end of the 1970s, I had pretty much given up on popular music, having been so immersed in the fabulous 1960s, and early 1970s music explosion...But when MTV showed up, I began to appreciate such masterful artists as this fine, talented woman!...A voice almost like Rod Stewart, looks like a supermodel, and incorporating very infectious Synthethiser riffing!...She deserved to be a major force in the ensuing decades. Her career behind the music scenes is very interesting. I admire this woman very much!
She got Larry David eyes
Gorgeous, talented and by God that raspy voice! What more could you want? Awesome talent and amazing song!
Like Bonnie Tyler too, which is a rarity these days.
i love the raspy voice
markandryanpresents Or heroin.
markandryanpresents Not always though.
Amazing subject...
Someone REALLY needs to write a sequel to this Timeless Classic titled , " She's Got Kim Carnes Sultry Voice " 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
LOVE LOVE LOVE KIM'S VOICE 💖💖💖💖💖💖
I love this song and Kim's raspy voice is classic gold. Thanks Kim. And Bette Davis my favorite actress of all time. ♥️🙂
Wish Miley Cyrus would remake this.
One of my favorite songs from the 80s.
mine too
See... us cowboys got a sensitive side , I love this song too.
@@Contakumein super Song
Kim Carns ist oder war wundervoll
Mine as well
If you listen to this song nowadays, you gonna feel that "OMG, I need to come back in time now!"
Just amazing song!
more like who is betty davis. that is what i said the first time i heard it. well i knew who she was but never paid attention to her eyes before this song.
What a Very Beautiful Song with Great Pure Fresh Voice of The 80's ❤❤❤
The way this song was delivered was beyond perfection!
Is
Husky, raspy voice of Ms KC was absolutely amazing ❤🎸🎶👍
Una voz icona y Trascendente en el Tiempo musical para siempre
Here that , good beat , luv it. Her voice is so amazing.... Can listen over and over...Thanks Kim!
Es muy hermosa me encanta
Love the song, sang well, good band, I hated her voice
@@swompy5146la pura crema y nata de la Sociedad Musical. !!!!!!! My Angel de el Cielo !!!!!!! Mi Bonita ever forever KIM CARNES. Tu Voz es Eterna !!!!!!! con esta bella canción inolvidable !!!!!!! I Mi Bonita KIM ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I Love You. !!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I 'll be back goodbye goodbye !!!
Watching these amazing 80s music videos on RUclips is such a wonderful escape…..and makes me realize how much of our humanity and enjoyment we have lost in the last four decades.
You got that 100% right... I do the same thing. it brings tears to my eyes sometimes tbh
I think this is one of the best performances in the history of popular music; it's as if Kim Carnes was born to sing Bette Davis Eyes. Of course, the song itself is fundamentally good and the arrangement is on point, but it wouldn't be nearly as memorable if it didn't have Carnes on vocals. What I have always liked most about this song is the way that Carnes almost speaks certain lines in a kind of subdued way, only to blast out subsequent lines in full voice and completely in tune. Her instincts in performing Bette Davis Eyes were masterful and she is the reason that the song will continue to mesmerize future generations.
Song of the year, album of the year, best selling single in the USA that year, spent 9 weeks at number 1 on the charts, and a unique fantastic song!
Bette Davis eyes hit no 1down here in Australia in 1981, one of my favourite songs of the eighties.😊
I had a crush on a girl once, every time I heard this song, it reminded me of her. I guess that's why love songs are eternal, they never get old.
Beautifully said!!!❤❤❤
"She's got Bette Davis Eyes" means she's a femme fatale who's out to ruin a man for revenge, money or both through seduction, abuse, deception and manipulation
Bette Davis is known for these roles
I had too and I was 17 and had an crush to my college class mate... and a girl too if someone wonders:P
Hope you guys meet again
I had a crush on a girl too and this was our song... 9 months later you were born. It must be the genetics...
Songs like this will never die!!!!!
I'm an AA born in 1958 and I found BD so intriguing even as an 8 yr old, she was the best actress I've seen.
❤❤❤
super super j'adore j'ai 77 ans mais je ne lasse pas de ses chansons
The beat, the lyrics, the sound of Carnes and the video signifies just how talented the 80s Popstars were. Their hits are timeless and forever classic.
I was obsessed with this song when it came out. As others have mentioned, this song (among many others of the era) is a perfect time machine! Close your eyes and you are transported to those places that were special to you where you heard your favorite songs. This song feels as contemporary as anything i listen to today by current artists, yet I first heard it approximately 40 years ago.Remember Gen Z, we Baby Boomers and Gen Xers were once your age and we lived large out in the world because there were no PCs, Macs, or similar - and certainly no such thing as video games beyond those found in pizza parlors and arcades. So if you see us dancing or moving our out of shape bodies or tapping our feet with closed eyes, please know we are not in the present - we have been transported to the past.
So true. One of my favorite things (I miss) from that era was when a great band came out with an album, me and my friends would just hang out and play the entire album end to end, getting lost in the music. Great memories centered around great songs.
13Ambro I as well. I as well.😎
ooh that voice and that synth backing so simple and so seductive a loop. 80's classic that never seems to age. I see similarities to Lauper's time after time that's equally catchy. Great songs!
Voice is similar to Bonnie Tyler.
Sounds like a female Rod Stewart too
Wow, this song is amazing. I listened for the 1st time, 3 days ago, I am addicted it. Kim's rusky voice is wonderful. The rhythm is great, what a great vibe
One of the greatest songs of all times and no one else could sing it like Kim Love that voice
Even better than Betty Davis singer.
True
OMG her voice is absolutely magnificent
Yeah, sounds like she's smoked a pack of cigarettes before she's sang. You need to learn real talent.
This was my dad's favorite song. I used to play it for him all the time on my record player. He died a little over 2 months ago. I miss you dad and will always think of you when I hear this song.
that's so touching, RIP
I pray God gives you the strength and courage to bear the lost of your dad...
@@preciousebeli3301 Thanks so much for your kind words. I am getting help dealing with this loss in the best way I can.
@@dhalianazha9195 Thank you.
You are Loved & Loving sooooooo many levels. ❤️
This song is a classic and it still Rocks my World ! ❤
I *love* Kim Carnes's smokey voice, the old movie references, the metaphorical colloquialisms and the overall sound of this song. This is one of the first videos that I remember seeing when MTV came out (along with Modern English's 'I'll Stop The World and Melt With You', Blondie's 'Heart of Glass' and Rod Stewart's 'Young Turk's) and I instantly fell in love with it. God how I *still* *love* 80's music.
***** Wow, well seeing a backward/upside down comment was certainly a first. Lol
Quote from the keyboardist: "Anyway, we cut ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ totally live at Record One: every note, the percussion, even the [electronic] Synare and Kim's vocals; there was never an overdub. I think we did three takes and the one we used was take one."
This song sounds so incredibly sublime and the fact that it was recorded live on the first take makes this even more amazing.
Kim says it was take 2
The great Bill Cuomo on the Prophet Synthesizer
Sounds fantastic and perfect from beginning to end!
Kim Carnes is a boss and this song rules just as it did back in '81, when I first saw the video. I was four at the time and didn't realize she was making music history. It's cool that Bette Davis herself was flattered by the song as such an honor to her and it was a fitting tribute. Songs like this come along only once in a while.
This song broke all records as it sat at #1 for months, it wasn't broken until "Old Town Road by Lil Naz X broke the record in 2020, almost thirty years later.
Always like this song
This song brings me an incredible mix of good memories and nostalgia that I can't even explain! 🎶 Every time I listen to *Bette Davis Eyes* by Kim Carnes, it transports me to those magical moments, like everything I lived back then rushes back in a wave of emotion. What a masterpiece!
It's the voice, the music, and the lyrics that make this an amazing song.
I believe that 100 years from now, people will still be listening to this song.
If they have any taste and sense of the cool...
This song can continue to accumulate years of antiquity and will continue to sound a thousand times better than any song of today.
i agree with you music sucks now adays
Life sucks nowadays lol
It's like a great wine
Facts.. 80s was golden
Especially Ed sheeran lol
My mother passed away 3 months ago and in all this time I am remembering the beautiful moments with her and her tastes. One of her tastes was good, classical music, and I have copied that. She really liked this song. I downloaded songs that she liked and she always played them on the speaker through a USB. She very happy. Beautiful memories through good music. Thank you Kim Karnes for tuning in to this beautiful song. Thanks to her I learned to listen to good music. I play drums and guitar. That's all. I can't help but cry. I miss you and love you so much mom. Love her mother very much. Greetings from Peru.
I'm so sorry to hear this, Brother. The pain is a small price we pay for all the love and patience our Moms had with us. I can tell she was a wonderful person who did a great job raising you, based on your message. I recently saw a documentary on infinity by the most renown physicists, with the most elegant equations.. we now know that it is a mathematical certainty that there are planets just like ours and somewhere in the Universe she's there next to you, and always will be. So then love truly will echo through eternity.
Great comment respect from Manchester 🙏
Que belleza de canción yo escuchaba de la panza de mi mamá cuando estaba embarazada de mi a mi mamá le encantaba esas músicas de los 90 y 80 mi mamá falleció hace 4 meces y este sábado se cumple 5 meces del fallecimiento de mi mamá y en verdad la extraño muchísimo mi mamá falleció de ☹️ anseimer 😢 SALUDO DESDE ARGENTINA
@@lucascoronel7188 , comparto tu dolor. La vida es así. Saludos estimado. 😢🤟🤟
@@DeathSOAD gracias si la vida es así nunca vamos a sabervsi mañana estamos o no la vida continua para nosotros mis saludos y mis condolencias para usted y su seres queridos abrazos a la distancia
I was just watching a documentary on tv in the UK about Bette, Boom!! this iconic song was implanted into my head, so here I am listening to a never ageing timeless classic 😃👀😃
I can't believe that this song was released in 1981. It sounds still so relevant today in 2024. One of my favorite 80's songs. A classic of the 80's. What an incredible song.
MaXXXine
@@coolhand1966IM HERE FOR THIS MOVIE!
You are so right too oh yes.
Wow! That year I was born❤
Eternal❤
What a record, what a voice, what a gorgeous woman!
I never knew Kim was so incredibly beautiful.
Yes she is
Diddo!
A great song from a GREAT era of music.
I miss those days.
God, I miss it.
I LOVE THIS SONG!! Its in my new list of " Top 25 Favorite Songs Of The 1980's" You should check it out!
George Vreeland Hill me too
George Vreeland Hill u are not the only one that miss the 80's
George Vreeland Hill wish i was alive in this era :
this what real music should sound like
These stories on this post bring tears to my eyes. I was only 13 when this song came out. I never found the love of my life, but I still enjoy this song and will remain a hopeless romantic.🥰
Soy un hombre de 56 años de Sonora México. Y estas canciones las escuchaba cuando estaba en secundaria que tiempos. Pura nostalgia.
Mi milagros un México oyendo buena música porque la música mexicana es de lo peor que yo e escuchado después del reguetón prefiero reguetón que la música mexicana 🤮💩
Me hace derramar una lágrima pensando en mi futuro yo 😢
我是最爱这首歌的！
Y UD está sano o padece alguna enfermedad crónica la neta diga la neta
Pos nomás...pura nostalgia pero gracias a Dios todo muy bien de salud... bendiciones a ustedes.... Perú 🇵🇪🇷🇺🇵🇪
The 80's! I'm so lucky to have lived through them, best years of my life!
I agree, I was a preteen/teen during the 80's and it was the best time. Also, the best moments of pop culture's past were born during the 80's.
Yes! I was 18 in 1984! Long live the 80s! Great music! Great times! I miss it tremendously! High School class of 1984! From LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA! 😎😎🎤🎤
Something about this song makes me sad. Anytime I hear it I miss my Mom and other family members that passed on. I really wish they were here.
Me too man, I really miss those days. My daddy and momma took me to South Dakota 2 times a year, and when I hear this song it reminds me of those times when my family was all together as one.
GregJoseph1978 sorry for your family lost there's something strange about death it.like you know the person died and never comes back but you hope it a day when the dead person appear all. out of the blue like nothing really happen I'm 46 and death still kinda scares me
+GregJoseph" Please accept my condolences.
This broke my heart, I’m sorry for your losses
Sorry dude. I lost my dad when I was 21. That was 83. Then my first wife and I split in 85. Then though I met the love of my life. So the 80s bring back some bittersweet memories. Oh and my first wife looked like Kim Carnes.
Another 80s classic!! Let’s go back in time 😜 🎸 🔥
I was born 1983, Im listening today 😊 Poland
Jeez, That croak in Kims voice when she sings the chorus is just perfect ! ! ! !.
Indeed it is.
It's magical 🎉❤😎
Some Rod Stewart goo in her throat i think
I still love her voice & this song
"she's pure as new york snow" Love that line.
🤔
New York snow is some of the dirtiest snow I have ever seen. After a morning of traffic it's black.
Brian Koerperich cocaine, not actual snow
@@briankoerperich7571 For sure but MAYBE she's talking about upstate new york snow :-p
@@garrettdoucette3961 i thought same LMAO
Beautiful woman, amazing voice, iconic song...
I haven't heard this song in nearly 20 years but listening to this again melts my heart. 🥰
Beautiful isn't it :-)
💛
It is
Me too
Lppppppp0pp00ppp00pp
This song takes me to a time I never lived through but wish I did...
I am fortunate enough to have been a teenager in the 80's. I remember listening to this song on the radio when it was climbing the charts. I had no clue that it was going to be a classic.
So relatable
@wude I’d do ANYTHING to visit it no matter how weird!!! Give me Reagan, give me Cyndi lauper give me JANE FONDA dance videos
I lived thru it. I wish you did too. Blows today away.
@@JustCallMeKen 💋💨 sure does !
I was so happy when they played this at the end of MAXXXINE i've always loved this song
Me too girlfriend! 👏👏😘👍
ME!!!
😊😊😊@@brischarrer
I bet the song was the inspiration for the girl Maxxxine
What de funk is maxxxie 🤦
❤❤I love this song soo much
This was one of those songs that, growing up, entered my radio listening conscience just at the very end of its life on the air. When I heard it last year, I hadn't heard it in all of those 20 years and I was bowled over. What a great song
Weird. It entered my consciousness tonight. I have no idea what the video has to do with the song though.
Actually I have no idea what the song is about either. 🤷
the synths... are...so...freakin...perfect 😫
I couldn't agree more. Love the synths in this song
For real
Add the chorused guitars
at least a decade ahead of its time!
That 80's sound in (march 1981) Impressive.
Love Kim's vocal delivery... Whispery, raspy & sweet.
the commitment on belting out some of those notes. her vocals are unreal. i mean you can see her diaphragm hitting like a speaker. you can see her passion for singing and how much she gets into the music in this video. geez. this woman was something else..... this is still a great song.
This song is from 1981 so the real Bette Davis was still alive when this song came out. She was interviewed that year and they asked her what she thought about the song. She said she LOVED the song!! She said her grandkids wore the record out and it made her feel so proud. She also wrote a letter to Kim Carnes thanking her! How cool is that?
Great comment!!!!
DRock6906 awesome story ❤️
DRock6906 so cool.
Very cool comment and some great information to boot.
DRock6906 great information thank you! my father love kim karmes and so..me too and specialy this song " betty davis eyes"...it's exellent in 2018 again and the music is intemporel. .so..bye and kiss from France because...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! !!! !!;-)
From the moment I first heard this at age 7, I got goosebumps up & down my arms. I’ll be 50 in 7 weeks- the effect is still the same! 🤩
Amen sista!❤
40 here. Still loving it.
60❤
지금도 좋아합니다^^
keep rockin on! my dad of 70 introduced this to me a few months ago
@@bkdmd5352Czy masz na myśli to, że zawstydza Cię ta piosenka swoją doskonałością?
Una de las canciones más hermosas de la época de oro gracias DIOS por permitirme nacer para disfrutar esta época dorada de esta musica
I just cant stop listening to this song ❤ from Jamaica
This song was the shit back in the day!!! 80's music forever!!!
REAL SHIT IS ALL TIME SHIT
The better part is that Bette Davis herself liked the song a lot.
A song that’s aged so damn well. No. 1 hit in 1981.
fuck you
It's crazy how many people come back to this everyday.This song is legendary♪
So true
Bro you comment on every single video from Taylor swift to Justin Bieber to fucking acdc go away you bot
Lies again? BDS BDE
YEAH BOIIIIIIII
FAKE BOT COMMENTING ON EVERY SONG ON FKING RUclips
Cadê os fãs até 2024?????? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yo la escuché porque la hija de Will Smith me sonó parecida.❤😊❤
eu 😘
Excellent músic beatifull.kimm I love
Clássico dos Clássicos uma Canção Eterna 😊💖✌️
Fã até morrer sempre.
An absolute classic 40 odd years old and still going strong.
Her voice is so sultry. Absolute gem!
Yes it is.
Raspy maybe like Bonnie Tyler
@@gtdude2883 raspy sexy voice as hell
what bout the Guitar 🎸
I really love her voice.
One of the more lucid, conscious, unique songs I've ever heard. It takes one to know one
You are bless ❤
❤спасибо
This unbelievable song never gets old; Still and Always is one of my favorites!
Amazing song!
Assistindo a esse vídeo da Kim Carnes, fico imaginando como naquela época em que essa música estourou nas paradas de sucesso e não se tinha os recursos
audiovisuais de hj e mesmo assim pudemos desfrutar de tantas músicas que se tornaram hinos em nossas vidas!
Ainda bem que temos o RUclips para recordar os bons tempos da músicas pop!!!!
Somos do tempo em que se tinha boas músicas.
Sou de 1971 eu não tenho a menor dúvida ❤
We love you Kim!
What a music,..what a voice,...What a woman! OMG! (2024)
Eu estou ouvindo agora dancei muito essa música 🎶 na minha adolescência até os 21 anos. Estou com 59 anos 😅😅ouço sempre pelo RUclips. Eu tinha 15 anos na época
She's got Bette Davis voice.
@@mickistevens4886 and age
👍👍👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
I’m hearing this song for the first time and I love her voice!
Coincido plenamente contigo soy un amante del rock argentino y de esta musica maravillosa
Summer 1981. I had just left school and waitressing and I remember hearing it on the radio playing all the time when I went in the kitchens at work.
Yep..me too! .I had started working as a bartender at a sports bar in new town. This song blared out of the stereo speakers. I wonder what happened to a few of the special people who I met at that stint.
Great song. Sadly they don't make it like this today. I love older music it's the best!
Born in 00’ and I first heard this on American Horror Story. But why do I feel nostalgic for a Era I never experienced? Weird.
Lunched at a diner everyday. Reached behind the jukebox and hit the little known volume up for this.
You made a pro blush with that volume knob secret.