Yes thanks Professor! Music has honestly carried me through really great times and really dark times in my life. I eagerly wait for your videos to see where my memories take me to that day. Thanks a million Adam. 😘
When I hear Adam my minds eye goes back to my childhood in the early 80's, driving up to Northern WI from Milwaukee where we were on the road for four hours, and hearing Casey Kasem's smooth but passionate voice present to us the Top 40's.
I turned 18 in '88. great memories! i remember buying the Appetite album on cassette and excitedly poppin' it in to my tape deck in my '75 Plymouth Fury
Outrageous really. Considering they was the only rock band of the 80s to have had two consecutive selling 10 million + albums that decade in America (from what I remember). All the 7 releases off Hysteria was worthy of being a no1 hit. Really surprised songs like photograph and rock of ages didn't get a no1 either.
I also grew up listening to Casey Kasem's top 40 countdown. "Keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars. I love the 80s. ❤ I look forward to more countdowns in future videos. I have to say I liked "Don't Worry Be Happy" back in the day. I even memorized the lyrics.
@@ProfessorofRock Sadly by the week you are reviewing in 1988, Casey Kasem's classic AT40 era had come to an end in August '88 -- Roll with It by Steve Winwood was the last Number One song called out by Casey -- and the Shadoe Stevens era was in full swing by September 17th, 1988.
Here is the good news. a lot of radio stations (at least 3 that I know of; Omaha, Las Vegas, and Sacramento, and they are all online or have an app to listen with) have their hands on the original AT40 countdowns, and are airing them in their original formats, taking this particular week in a given year, and are airing them every Saturday or Sunday. So we can listen to them all again as if they were airing for the first time!
The first concert I ever went to was Motley Crue and some band nobody had ever heard of called Guns N Roses in November of 1987. I was only 14, but scored seats right beside the stage because one of the chicks I went with had a mom that was a DJ at a local radio station. When those lights went out and Guns N Roses hit the stage, my life was changed forever, and that's not being hyperbolic. They were absolutely ecstatic, larger than life characters one and all, with a front man you couldn't take your eyes off. I never sat down the whole time, and it was funny because these 2 kids I went to school with were somehow a couple of rows in front of us, the "leader" sitting in his chair trying to act like he wasn't impressed. I just laughed at him. GNR blew the roof off the joint (and blew Motley Crue offstage), and damn near blew my ears off my head. When Motley Crue came on, I was so disappointed at the letdown that I sat down while everybody else stood up, and when I got home my little brother, who was wearing his Motley Crue shirt, ran up to me and asked "WELL HOW WAS IT?" I was like "DUDE! There's this band called Guns N Roses..." and went on a tirade while he looked at me, frozen, and completely confused. After that it I was all about all things Guns N Roses, and it was Slash and Izzy's timeless dynamic that pushed me beyond all inhibition and caused me to pick up a guitar and start to play. One of those life changing moments for sure.
Sir, I met Kasey in person at a restaurant i worked at in 1990. I was a cook n heard that iconic voice, looked up, saw him, and just STOPPED. He saw me and nodded. Later I went out and when he was done I got an autograph of our menu. He was so freaking nice!!!
Best year of my life. Hysteria was so huge. Like you said, everyone had the album and everyone knew every song on it, not just the ones that were released for radio play. Appetite for Destruction was the same. There were so many great acts with albums out that year. Besides Def Leppard and GNR, there was Cheap Trick, Ratt, Aerosmith, White Lion, Bon Jovi, Poison, Europe, John Mellencamp, Rod Stewart, INXS, U2, George Michael, the Bangles, Belinda Carlisle and the list goes on.
Bravo, bravissimo bello!...I had just arrived in NYC a few months prior and was able to watch Guns&Roses, live at the Meadows Land in New Jersey...I was 19. It brings tears to my eyes to remember that era and how great America really was.
I'll be 51 towards the end of this month, and I remember ALL of these songs. That VH song was awesome. I didn't know Robert Palmer has passed(did a wiki check and he died on my birthday in 2003. Such an underrated voice. Peter Gabriel and Steve Windwood come to mind as well. Adam the blue Zenni's look very cool.
It was a shock when Robert Palmer died. He did a local television interview in Yorkshire just before he died and did not look well in retrospect. I recommend 'Know By Now' and 'You Blew Me Away' from his album 'Honey Lingers', both excellent tracks which showcase the power of his voice.
Agreed! But heck what I remember oh so painfully well is finally seeing Back to the Future Part 2 when it finally came out, and seeing that frickin' ENDING which was nothing but a cliffhanger and a commercial for Back to the Future Part 3, including no less than ZZ Top with their spinning guitars! I'll never forget how collectively P***ED nearly the entire audience was while walking out of that theater on feeling we were ripped off by seeing what felt like in the end nothing but a two hour commercial for the next movie! :D I also wonder to this day if I'm the only person on that planet that was hurt a little bit on seeing that DeLorean being smashed to bits.... :)
I feel like the older generation x had an entirely different experience than you guys. I saw the first Back To The Future but I don’t recall seeing the sequel until I saw it at someone’s house a few years later on VHS. I didn’t even have a VCR until my 20s.
About as brutal as waiting for them to come out with Start Wars on VCR tape (1982) back in the day. People were practically begging Lucas for it. I remember first seeing Star Wars on a friend's laser disc player (1977) way before the VCR release and I couldn't believe it. Guess I'm showing my age.
@@kenperk9854 He was cutting edge -- he was covering/collaborating with Gary Numan as far back as '79 (ruclips.net/video/n_2X31K61Wk/видео.html) and his follow-up to "Addicted..." was a DEVO cover(ruclips.net/video/soYcEpWfSrI/видео.html)
Yes, this is a must be a reoccurring feature. This countdown time traveled me back to summer just ending and me starting my junior year of high school. Basketball season just started and this was the first year my dad became my coach. Ahhh such great memories! Thanks for this great video!
That was a great Year. I graduated from High School that Year.. My Primary music then was Hair Bands (Bon Jovi, Quite Riot, GNR, Motley Crue) and other Hard Rock Bands..
@@ProfessorofRock 1988 was one of my fave years of music. I loved the late 70s and early 90s Pre Grunge. I feel like it does not get its due. My fave years of music are from 1986-1991. I loved seeing GnR at the top spot. I am a huge 80’s rock/glam rock/hair band fan. This is also the year my wife was born 1988. Keep up the great work and btw, I just got 2 pairs of Zenni glasses and dropped your name. I could not be happier with them and will be getting more pairs of glasses and so will my wife.
Adam you have found a way to fill the empty spot in my music life that used to be filled with Casey’s top 40 count down. Like you I grew up listening to the count down every week I even remember if you were in your car listening and you pulled into your driveway you would keep listening until a commercial then run inside the house and quick turn on the radio to finish it lol. Thank you for sharing your love of music especially the 80’s and back. Listening to you discuss the songs and artists takes me back to the top 40 count down like nothing else does. You now have that special place in the hearts of those of us who loved Casey’s top 40 show. 3 chords, truth, and Cheers
And whenever Sweet child of mine was a banger back then!!!!!!! And me and my twin brother had found Guns and roses on Headbanger's Ball" AND we went and bought the cassette!!!!!! And played this song every single day !!!!!!!! God bless you all today Shalom 🙏
Love, love, love the fact that you’re making this a new segment Adam. I was 2 weeks into my freshman year of college and hearing these songs just transports me back to that time. Such wonderful memories. Seems like a much more innocent time, a simpler time. Thank you for the gift of time travel.
sep 17 th 1988 was as saturday, the end of my first week of my senior year. the last few years here in phoenix one of the stations has had Casey Kasem's old shows playing on saturday morning, thought it seems lately they have stopped. I remember that summer a friend of mine played me "Don't worry be happy" and i couldn't comprehend what i was hearing it's so different. Still like Love Bites the best that week.
1988 was a great year in music... I was 18 years old, I met my wife 4 months after my 18th birthday, and I was in the Navy living in the Philippines and traveling the world.
That was an excellent video. I greatly remember this Top 10 countdown like it was yesterday. I was just starting my 10th grade year in high school at the time.
Agreed! This is such a creative mix of his unparalleled interviews, viewer input, The Professor's thorough research and interpretation, and nostalgia. ❤️🙏
@@alliswede42 totally. Love all his content. But doing a top ten from a certain week, month, or year is always extra hot sauce. And yeah, the nostalgia always hits hard when I click on a video of the professors. He's the master of hitting me right in the feels.😂🙏🏻❤
That Year In May the 6th I celebrated my 18th Bithday. One of the Presents was a EP from Guns´n´Roses... I can´t recall how many times Paradise City was played this evening... the xtended Version!
A buddy of mine growing up. Was a crazy fan of Guns N Roses. Everyone was at the time but he was a super-fan. And everyone knew Sweet Child o Mine was his favorite song of all time. He passed away at 16 years old from leukemia and the song was played at his service. Not a single person in that hall had a dry eye. I still think about him every time I hear that song. RIP, G.C.R.
"Strangelove" by Depeche Mode was only #81 that week. More streams on Spotify and RUclips than "Simply Irresistible", "If It Isn't Love", and "Love Bites". Depeche Mode were ahead of their time.
Huey Lewis and the news were one of my favorite bands back when!!!! And their still alright with me!!!!!!! And Robert Palmer was pretty good too!!!! Just Saying Y'ALL!!!!? God bless you all today Shalom 🙏
This “show” should be a mainstay on national TV somehow. I think it would be a huge success. Quality content and I always feel better, happier after watching each one. They go by so fast….and always want more, get a better metric of good content.
@@kenperk9854 Amen. The 80's had its moments but are at the same time way overrated, specially when considering how much of a peak in music the 60's were and that the 70's were mostly better too.
@@Epupify Yeah, nah. The 60s and 80s are on par with each other as equals and the 70s was the overrated one. Most shit back then was massively underproduced and mediocre, ESPECIALLY Bad Company.
@@deathtowrestling2518 I used to think the same about the 70's, but have found way more value in 70's music with time. Though you are somewhat right about lots of 70's artist and hits, that all makes up for at least a tie between the 80's and 70's. But no way the 80's are that much better. Second half was particulary bad. And Bad Company is pretty good though.
My greatest musical memory from 1988 was when my big brother bought me my very first cassette for Christmas, Rattle and Hum by U2. I was eleven years old. I listened to it religiously for days on end. I studied the liner notes for the lyrics and even guest artists like Bob Dylan and BB King. I fell in love with the band and they became my favourite for many years. They taught me to appreciate the art of music instead of just enjoying it in the background. While I am no longer a mega fan of theirs, I really do appreciate they're 80s and 90s stuff as it had such an impact on my musical journey through life. I wouldn't be such a music fan if it were not for U2.
Robert Palmer is under appreciated. A Brit with a range of musical exploration. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley with Little Feat - American music by the awesome Brit.
Our first child was born May 1988. Heard sweet child of mine the summer of 88 so it’s mostly about my oldest son that I think of. He’s a sweet child of mine and so are my other two that came later. God bless.
1987 - 88 was a great time to be alive and entering the teen years with the music, TV shows, and movies out at the time. The '90s didn't do it as much for me as the '80s. I remember a major shift taking place, and it just wasn't the same.
Hey Professor! I just stumbled on this channel and have been eating it up like there'll be no tomorrow. I have never had so many goosebump moments as I have watching these Kasem-inspired countdowns. Just amazing. Thank you for that! My story: This Gen Xer picked up the guitar in 1988 after hearing Guns N Roses chart hit after hit and absolutely HAD to learn how to do what Slash did. His riffs spoke to me so strongly! 33 years later, I'm no Slash, but I have performed a couple GnR songs at gigs and happy to say I am still playing and I still follow Slash and the Guns. 3 Chords and the truth!!!
Just getting to seeing this and i can honestly say Sweet Child O Mine is by far my favorite my song. Every time I hear it today it brings ne back to my 80's, sometimes even sometimes with a sigh for a bygone simpler time.
1988, what a year...not just in music but the memories left in Anniston, Al. Great year if not one of my best of the decade. INXS's New Sensation sounded a lot but it's not mentioned...
My 11-year-old son also discovered Rick Ashley on a RUclips meme and has since been one of his favorite artists. Timeless music always seems to keep alive through the generations.
👍For comparing Robert Palmer to James Bond... Well put, sir. Bryan Ferry - Also under-appreciated, and also super-smooth. (Thanks for featuring him recently.)
I met her backstage at one of her Club performances during the 80's and she was a very sweet lady who took the time to talk to us about her music since we were also musicians. A Class Act.
“Sweet Child Of Mine” is one of those songs that, later in your life, evokes a little smile that your present wife just doesn’t understand! And “Simply Irresistible” with Robert Palmer and his small army of lookalike models, is a tune that has a way of tattooing itself on your frontal lobes!
I know young guys, who rarely listen to modern songs. They are in their 20a and 30s and bought phonographs with bluetooth. Ive even noticed the change after 88
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Thank you for taking me back in time to my childhood time after time
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You're MY Casey Casem Professor!
Yes thanks Professor! Music has honestly carried me through really great times and really dark times in my life.
I eagerly wait for your videos to see where my memories take me to that day.
Thanks a million Adam. 😘
@@Geolaw1 Wow. Thank you!
Guns N Roses, Poison, Van Halen and Def Leppard were my jams back in 1988
I agree. I’ve also always loved the medley of “Sailing Shoes ,” Hey Julia,” “Sneakin Sally Through The Alley.”
Hey Adam! Really like your new segment!! Yeah, you ARE the new Casey Kasem…
Wow... Thank you!
@@ProfessorofRock You could do it, for sure....but you'd have to start saying, "Well, (viewer name), there's your answer. Now back to the Countdown."
MTV Classics should have Adam do a series of Top 10's exactly how he does it on his You tube channel. I would definetly watch!!
When I hear Adam my minds eye goes back to my childhood in the early 80's, driving up to Northern WI from Milwaukee where we were on the road for four hours, and hearing Casey Kasem's smooth but passionate voice present to us the Top 40's.
He certainly has a good voice and cadence. This will definitely increase the views, wise move.
I turned 18 in '88. great memories! i remember buying the Appetite album on cassette and excitedly poppin' it in to my tape deck in my '75 Plymouth Fury
I remember all of these songs, I graduated high school in 1988. Great times!!!!!
Very cool.
Class of 89.
Class of 88
Me too! Great Year… great music! LOVE the yearly Redux idea. Very 😎
Hilarious when that MAD magazine popup came on the screen. And Alfred E. Was wearing the same hat and glasses as you. Brilliant!!!!
It's hard to believe "Love Bites" was Def Leppard's only #1 hit on the Hot 100.
Outrageous really. Considering they was the only rock band of the 80s to have had two consecutive selling 10 million + albums that decade in America (from what I remember).
All the 7 releases off Hysteria was worthy of being a no1 hit.
Really surprised songs like photograph and rock of ages didn't get a no1 either.
I know right?
@@ProfessorofRock Yes.
@Anna Trail My favorite of theirs is "Bringin' on the Heartbreak".
@Anna Trail hope they come back to the uk next year. Can't wait to see them again.
I still love this song to this day sweet child of mine
I also grew up listening to Casey Kasem's top 40 countdown. "Keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars. I love the 80s. ❤ I look forward to more countdowns in future videos. I have to say I liked "Don't Worry Be Happy" back in the day. I even memorized the lyrics.
Very cool. Great last saying from Casey. Always loved that!
@@ProfessorofRock Sadly by the week you are reviewing in 1988, Casey Kasem's classic AT40 era had come to an end in August '88 -- Roll with It by Steve Winwood was the last Number One song called out by Casey -- and the Shadoe Stevens era was in full swing by September 17th, 1988.
Here is the good news. a lot of radio stations (at least 3 that I know of; Omaha, Las Vegas, and Sacramento, and they are all online or have an app to listen with) have their hands on the original AT40 countdowns, and are airing them in their original formats, taking this particular week in a given year, and are airing them every Saturday or Sunday. So we can listen to them all again as if they were airing for the first time!
@@cbl1984 You're exactly right. I always hopped over to Casey's countdown...
We all grew up with Casey and Bandstand!
Huey Lewis and Robert Palmer back to back. Awesome.
Kids today don't understand the pain of "6-8 weeks for delivery"
All for a penny! Lol
I LOVED "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
Robert Palmer was great! And his cover, as lead singer of Power Station, of "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" is, in my humble opinion, a rock classic.
Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
Oh..1988 - back then it was a "perfect world" for great music.🔥💯🎶
Hysteria was the very 1st concert I saw. Awesome.
Definitely a recurring segment that I would love to do for other weeks/years. So many years I can’t wait to rediscover through these videos.
Will do. Please share it so we can make a regular feature!
@@ProfessorofRock Your content is ALWAYS an instant share on my social media.
Yes it proves music in the top of the charts could suck back then just like they can now. One good song out of 10. That's about the sand as this week.
Yesss!
No body's fool is awesome songs. 🇬🇧
The first concert I ever went to was Motley Crue and some band nobody had ever heard of called Guns N Roses in November of 1987. I was only 14, but scored seats right beside the stage because one of the chicks I went with had a mom that was a DJ at a local radio station. When those lights went out and Guns N Roses hit the stage, my life was changed forever, and that's not being hyperbolic. They were absolutely ecstatic, larger than life characters one and all, with a front man you couldn't take your eyes off. I never sat down the whole time, and it was funny because these 2 kids I went to school with were somehow a couple of rows in front of us, the "leader" sitting in his chair trying to act like he wasn't impressed. I just laughed at him. GNR blew the roof off the joint (and blew Motley Crue offstage), and damn near blew my ears off my head. When Motley Crue came on, I was so disappointed at the letdown that I sat down while everybody else stood up, and when I got home my little brother, who was wearing his Motley Crue shirt, ran up to me and asked "WELL HOW WAS IT?" I was like "DUDE! There's this band called Guns N Roses..." and went on a tirade while he looked at me, frozen, and completely confused. After that it I was all about all things Guns N Roses, and it was Slash and Izzy's timeless dynamic that pushed me beyond all inhibition and caused me to pick up a guitar and start to play. One of those life changing moments for sure.
Guns N Roses saved hard rock for the late 80's....
Sir, I met Kasey in person at a restaurant i worked at in 1990. I was a cook n heard that iconic voice, looked up, saw him, and just STOPPED. He saw me and nodded. Later I went out and when he was done I got an autograph of our menu. He was so freaking nice!!!
Class of '85. Best music, and the best movies. I'm glad I got to experience the 80s! The best!
Radio station by me plays old Casey Top 40 shows from the 80s.
Best year of my life. Hysteria was so huge. Like you said, everyone had the album and everyone knew every song on it, not just the ones that were released for radio play. Appetite for Destruction was the same. There were so many great acts with albums out that year. Besides Def Leppard and GNR, there was Cheap Trick, Ratt, Aerosmith, White Lion, Bon Jovi, Poison, Europe, John Mellencamp, Rod Stewart, INXS, U2, George Michael, the Bangles, Belinda Carlisle and the list goes on.
You forgot Metallica, Slayer , Megadeth, Nuclear Assault, and Death Angel
@@troublemagnet1 I didn't forget. That's why I put and the list goes on. Just writing about some of my memories of that year as a 13 year old.
I'm about the same age. I never realized how lucky we were back then. Each year things were getting better.
Bravo, bravissimo bello!...I had just arrived in NYC a few months prior and was able to watch Guns&Roses, live at the Meadows Land in New Jersey...I was 19. It brings tears to my eyes to remember that era and how great America really was.
I’ve always felt the Professor has a little Casey Kasem in him. But now he’s flat out channeling him. Well done.
In 1988, I discovered The Dickies'
"Killer Klowns", theme song to the movie,
They Might Be Giants album "Lincoln",
The Primitives' "Lovely".
I'll be 51 towards the end of this month, and I remember ALL of these songs. That VH song was awesome.
I didn't know Robert Palmer has passed(did a wiki check and he died on my birthday in 2003. Such an underrated voice. Peter Gabriel and Steve Windwood come to mind as well.
Adam the blue Zenni's look very cool.
It was a shock when Robert Palmer died. He did a local television interview in Yorkshire just before he died and did not look well in retrospect. I recommend 'Know By Now' and 'You Blew Me Away' from his album 'Honey Lingers', both excellent tracks which showcase the power of his voice.
Yes to this show! Love me a top 10 any topic, era, sales, whatever! And some nostalgia never hurts.
The torture of waiting for Back to the Future 2 was absolutely brutal.
You know what I'm talking about!
Agreed! But heck what I remember oh so painfully well is finally seeing Back to the Future Part 2 when it finally came out, and seeing that frickin' ENDING which was nothing but a cliffhanger and a commercial for Back to the Future Part 3, including no less than ZZ Top with their spinning guitars! I'll never forget how collectively P***ED nearly the entire audience was while walking out of that theater on feeling we were ripped off by seeing what felt like in the end nothing but a two hour commercial for the next movie! :D I also wonder to this day if I'm the only person on that planet that was hurt a little bit on seeing that DeLorean being smashed to bits.... :)
I feel like the older generation x had an entirely different experience than you guys. I saw the first Back To The Future but I don’t recall seeing the sequel until I saw it at someone’s house a few years later on VHS. I didn’t even have a VCR until my 20s.
It was torture BUT we had great movies while waiting not to mention GREAT music. Kids today will never know or experience what we did or went through
About as brutal as waiting for them to come out with Start Wars on VCR tape (1982) back in the day. People were practically begging Lucas for it. I remember first seeing Star Wars on a friend's laser disc player (1977) way before the VCR release and I couldn't believe it. Guess I'm showing my age.
From Sneakin’ Sally until his passing, Robert Palmer was terrific.
From what I'm reading below. Robert Palmer is still under appreciated.
Robert was a 70s star.
@@kenperk9854 He was cutting edge -- he was covering/collaborating with Gary Numan as far back as '79 (ruclips.net/video/n_2X31K61Wk/видео.html) and his follow-up to "Addicted..." was a DEVO cover(ruclips.net/video/soYcEpWfSrI/видео.html)
Not by me! 😄
@KenPark -- I mean, if you don't count his extremely popular solo hits in the 80's AND his turn with Power Station. 🤷
His hits in the 80s were fun, powerful and danceable joys! They really capture the innocence and hope for a happy future that we had back then.
Aah 1988,what a great year
Yes, this is a must be a reoccurring feature. This countdown time traveled me back to summer just ending and me starting my junior year of high school. Basketball season just started and this was the first year my dad became my coach. Ahhh such great memories! Thanks for this great video!
Memories!!!! Thank You for this.
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" still haunts me... I couldn't get away from it be changing stations!
I was a freshman in high school. Great times.
The New Edition biopic gave their catalog a great boost!
Thanks for the memories...MAN!
That was a great Year. I graduated from High School that Year.. My Primary music then was Hair Bands (Bon Jovi, Quite Riot, GNR, Motley Crue) and other Hard Rock Bands..
Man... what some classic music... New Edition, Taylor Dane, Def Leopard, Palmer, and VH!!
Absolutely love this feature Professor of Rock!
Great to hear. Please share it!
@@ProfessorofRock 1988 was one of my fave years of music. I loved the late 70s and early 90s Pre Grunge. I feel like it does not get its due. My fave years of music are from 1986-1991.
I loved seeing GnR at the top spot. I am a huge 80’s rock/glam rock/hair band fan. This is also the year my wife was born 1988. Keep up the great work and btw, I just got 2 pairs of Zenni glasses and dropped your name. I could not be happier with them and will be getting more pairs of glasses and so will my wife.
Thanks!
Adam you have found a way to fill the empty spot in my music life that used to be filled with Casey’s top 40 count down. Like you I grew up listening to the count down every week I even remember if you were in your car listening and you pulled into your driveway you would keep listening until a commercial then run inside the house and quick turn on the radio to finish it lol.
Thank you for sharing your love of music especially the 80’s and back. Listening to you discuss the songs and artists takes me back to the top 40 count down like nothing else does. You now have that special place in the hearts of those of us who loved Casey’s top 40 show.
3 chords, truth, and Cheers
Your voice. It's cadence, tone, and affectations remind me quite a bit of Casey Kasem. It is part of the reason this channel is so enjoyable.
And whenever Sweet child of mine was a banger back then!!!!!!! And me and my twin brother had found Guns and roses on Headbanger's Ball" AND we went and bought the cassette!!!!!! And played this song every single day !!!!!!!! God bless you all today Shalom 🙏
Fantastic idea! Love this!!! 💖
This needs to be a regular feature!
Please share it, so it can be!
Man I am just devouring these top 10 vids of yours. Was grade 12 in 1987 so the tune of my memories
This is the greatest music channel of all time. This idea is amazing!!!
Referring to RR HOF episode. Thank you Billy Squire definitely is unique vocals and now at least i have found a new appreciation for his music.
Love, love, love the fact that you’re making this a new segment Adam. I was 2 weeks into my freshman year of college and hearing these songs just transports me back to that time. Such wonderful memories. Seems like a much more innocent time, a simpler time. Thank you for the gift of time travel.
sep 17 th 1988 was as saturday, the end of my first week of my senior year. the last few years here in phoenix one of the stations has had Casey Kasem's old shows playing on saturday morning, thought it seems lately they have stopped. I remember that summer a friend of mine played me "Don't worry be happy" and i couldn't comprehend what i was hearing it's so different. Still like Love Bites the best that week.
1988 was a great year in music... I was 18 years old, I met my wife 4 months after my 18th birthday, and I was in the Navy living in the Philippines and traveling the world.
We had it so good in Australia...best of the US, British and British New Wave, and it was the golden era of Australian rock and pop music!
Plus an odd Kiwi hit here and there
Professor, we would have been best friends if we had met in the 80s
I think we are really close in age I was born in 1978
LOVE THIS FEATURE!!!
I was born in 76, I always thought Hysteria and Slippery When wet were monster albums of my childhood. Those two albums made a huge impact on me .
That was an excellent video. I greatly remember this Top 10 countdown like it was yesterday. I was just starting my 10th grade year in high school at the time.
I love music memories! Great video 👌🏼
Thanks for watching!
Long live the Professor! Great videos. Magic songs
Love this kind of video, professor. This was a great idea.🤟
Agreed! This is such a creative mix of his unparalleled interviews, viewer input, The Professor's thorough research and interpretation, and nostalgia. ❤️🙏
@@alliswede42 totally. Love all his content. But doing a top ten from a certain week, month, or year is always extra hot sauce. And yeah, the nostalgia always hits hard when I click on a video of the professors. He's the master of hitting me right in the feels.😂🙏🏻❤
Thank you! Please share it, so we can make it a regular feature.
@@alliswede42 For sure! Love sharing your stories!
@@ProfessorofRock I will shout it from the rooftops if I have too.😂👍
That Year In May the 6th I celebrated my 18th Bithday. One of the Presents was a EP from Guns´n´Roses... I can´t recall how many times Paradise City was played this evening... the xtended Version!
Love this new segment. The 80’s were the best. Thanks for keeping the music alive for all us music junkies!!
A buddy of mine growing up. Was a crazy fan of Guns N Roses. Everyone was at the time but he was a super-fan. And everyone knew Sweet Child o Mine was his favorite song of all time. He passed away at 16 years old from leukemia and the song was played at his service. Not a single person in that hall had a dry eye. I still think about him every time I hear that song. RIP, G.C.R.
"Strangelove" by Depeche Mode was only #81 that week. More streams on Spotify and RUclips than "Simply Irresistible", "If It Isn't Love", and "Love Bites". Depeche Mode were ahead of their time.
Hysteria and Violator remain two of my all-time favorite LPs.
@@austintrousdale2397 Same :)
Best RUclips channel right here! Love the content
I was so lucky to see Robert Palmer live at First Avenue/7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. Gone way too soon. RIP.
Huey Lewis and the news were one of my favorite bands back when!!!! And their still alright with me!!!!!!! And Robert Palmer was pretty good too!!!! Just Saying Y'ALL!!!!? God bless you all today Shalom 🙏
This “show” should be a mainstay on national TV somehow. I think it would be a huge success. Quality content and I always feel better, happier after watching each one. They go by so fast….and always want more, get a better metric of good content.
An under-appreciated Huey Lewis & The News song - "Trouble in Paradise", especially the live version.
Wow what a top 10!!! The 1980s was a real cool decade for music. Such variety and uniqueness. An awesome decade to grow up in.
Got a LONG way to go to catch the 70s or 60s! It ain't happening.
@@kenperk9854 Amen. The 80's had its moments but are at the same time way overrated, specially when considering how much of a peak in music the 60's were and that the 70's were mostly better too.
@@kenperk9854 70s music is massively overrated. Only a handful of 70s bands are genuinely good.
@@Epupify Yeah, nah. The 60s and 80s are on par with each other as equals and the 70s was the overrated one. Most shit back then was massively underproduced and mediocre, ESPECIALLY Bad Company.
@@deathtowrestling2518 I used to think the same about the 70's, but have found way more value in 70's music with time. Though you are somewhat right about lots of 70's artist and hits, that all makes up for at least a tie between the 80's and 70's. But no way the 80's are that much better. Second half was particulary bad. And Bad Company is pretty good though.
17:40 we did not have the "To be continued..." on the big screen of Back to the Future. It was added to the video release.
Taylor Dane is still looking good after all these years.
Agreed, honestly better now than then.
She was a powerhouse!!! What a voice and beauty!! 😍
Sweet child of mine came out way back then. It seems like yesterday.
Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible" is in my current, ongoing playlist. It definitely stands the test of time!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this format! Very cool! Feel of ABS or something
My greatest musical memory from 1988 was when my big brother bought me my very first cassette for Christmas, Rattle and Hum by U2. I was eleven years old. I listened to it religiously for days on end. I studied the liner notes for the lyrics and even guest artists like Bob Dylan and BB King. I fell in love with the band and they became my favourite for many years. They taught me to appreciate the art of music instead of just enjoying it in the background. While I am no longer a mega fan of theirs, I really do appreciate they're 80s and 90s stuff as it had such an impact on my musical journey through life. I wouldn't be such a music fan if it were not for U2.
Always loved the song, but I remember the Simply Irresistible video making me feel some kind of ways when i was a kid, lol.
Absolutely love this series. Please keep them coming
I loved Casey's & Shadoe's AT40....they were legendary for me.
Living color Cult of personality was the song of the summer of 88 for me.
And yet I remember it from 1989 when it charted and was all over MTV.
This is the most under rated channel on RUclips. And we don't have talent like G&R, VH and Robert Palmer, Kenny Loggins around any more.
Robert Palmer is under appreciated. A Brit with a range of musical exploration. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley with Little Feat - American music by the awesome Brit.
Yeah, Robert Palmer was an amazing musician/vocalist. Gone way too early. Still playing his hits today :)
One of the top 5 greatest voices in rock history, if not the greatest. RP could sing a phone book and make it sound great.
Our first child was born May 1988. Heard sweet child of mine the summer of 88 so it’s mostly about my oldest son that I think of. He’s a sweet child of mine and so are my other two that came later. God bless.
1987 - 88 was a great time to be alive and entering the teen years with the music, TV shows, and movies out at the time. The '90s didn't do it as much for me as the '80s. I remember a major shift taking place, and it just wasn't the same.
The 90’s just weren’t as fun, the happy go lucky feeling of the 80’s were swept away by political correctness.
It was the time for the Grunge that displaced the Glam/Heavy Metal and the era of the Boys Bands. Nothing like the 70s and 80s =(
Hey Professor! I just stumbled on this channel and have been eating it up like there'll be no tomorrow. I have never had so many goosebump moments as I have watching these Kasem-inspired countdowns. Just amazing. Thank you for that! My story: This Gen Xer picked up the guitar in 1988 after hearing Guns N Roses chart hit after hit and absolutely HAD to learn how to do what Slash did. His riffs spoke to me so strongly! 33 years later, I'm no Slash, but I have performed a couple GnR songs at gigs and happy to say I am still playing and I still follow Slash and the Guns. 3 Chords and the truth!!!
You are at 350K subs. Man, I am hoping, praying some big wigs discover you so you become nationwide. You deserve it, Adam.
Bad and Nationwide!
Just getting to seeing this and i can honestly say Sweet Child O Mine is by far my favorite my song. Every time I hear it today it brings ne back to my 80's, sometimes even sometimes with a sigh for a bygone simpler time.
So glad POR expanded this to a top 10 redux.
1988, what a year...not just in music but the memories left in Anniston, Al. Great year if not one of my best of the decade. INXS's New Sensation sounded a lot but it's not mentioned...
This whole album was awesome I remember seeing the video for the song MTV and I was just blown away
If you need a criminal to confess, just play "Don't Worry--be Happy", over and over again until he breaks!
Either that or Tom's Diner.
Macarena works every time… trust me😱😭😨
Rick Astley would do it for me-just need to play it once tbh.
Or...any Celine Dion song. That Titanic song is soporific.
I would never confess. I would start acting like Robin Williams and Bill Irwin!! LMAO
My 11-year-old son also discovered Rick Ashley on a RUclips meme and has since been one of his favorite artists. Timeless music always seems to keep alive through the generations.
👍For comparing Robert Palmer to James Bond... Well put, sir.
Bryan Ferry - Also under-appreciated, and also super-smooth.
(Thanks for featuring him recently.)
Great list, great presentation and obviously GREAT YEAR (I was 18 in 1988) thanks professor
I almost forgot about Taylor Dane. She was a juggernaut for a few years back in the 80's. Very powerful vocally. Good to see her on it.
I met her backstage at one of her Club performances during the 80's and she was a very sweet lady who took the time to talk to us about her music since we were also musicians. A Class Act.
Taylor Dane still hits this song I saw her here in NJ she did a free show in Sea Side HTS wow she's still amazing
Hey Prof. LOVE THIS CONTENT. I am also a former devotee of America's Top 40. This format takes me home. Well done.
So, so good. Thank you, Adam.
“Sweet Child Of Mine” is one of those songs that, later in your life, evokes a little smile that your present wife just doesn’t understand! And “Simply Irresistible” with Robert Palmer and his small army of lookalike models, is a tune that has a way of tattooing itself on your frontal lobes!
I know young guys, who rarely listen to modern songs.
They are in their 20a and 30s and bought phonographs with bluetooth.
Ive even noticed the change after 88
I LOVED Rick Astley!!!