I love how she said "nothing sounds like this today" This song is 100 times better than the garbage that comes out today. I grew up during the 80's. I was a hard rock/classic rock guy who really didn't listen to New Wave at the time. But over the years I've learned to appreciate it and really enjoy listening to it. It does make me feel nostalgic. A song like this makes remember whats its like to 13 in 1986. by any standards, this is a great song. If you dont get it you dont get great music
it's freaking amazing, I'm always trying to get people to listen to it, it's proof of how powerful music can be, not just a song, it's healing, if this came out today..it's a mic drop
Just discovered this channel. I wouldn't be as unnecessarily rude and cruel as to call her "nuts," but this is a good tune, imho. Facts aren't up for debate, but opinions are, and she stated her subjective opinion. As everyone is allowed ✌️💙
Just in case nobody else mentioned it... Simple Minds are SCOTLAND's finest. The video was actually shot in upstate New York (not Ireland) in the summer of 1985. But you weren't a million miles out thinking they're Irish, just a short hop over the water to Dublin. I feel lucky to have grown up with this band's music. Jim & Charlie are lovely guys, met them several times. Anyway the guy here gets it and maybe in time as the lady broadens her musical tastes it might appeal - try listening on your own, with some headphones, and without the datestamped video playing - that might workout better for you. Whilst this song came out at the height of the 80's, it's actually kinda timeless and is one of my favourite SM songs. It's hard to nail this band by any one song, so many albums, so many styles of music dating back almost 45 years now. I think if you're gonna check another one out - try 'Belfast Child' next - SM's only UK number one song - completely different to anything else you've ever heard.
This song is one of the greatest songs from the 80's... and is still played on radio. This is a song that new artist today use to make the crap they call music today... calm at the start and a freaking party further on🤘
I simply do not understand someone not liking 80s music - especially new wave - especially a great song like this. I just can't wrap my head around it.
Simple Minds are Scottish, actually have two periods where they started as a synth group and ended up stadium rock, worth exploring the early stuff especially New Gold Dream
This song is magical. It’s awesome. It’s okay. Whoever does not enjoy it, that is fine. I will love it till I die. It brings this amazing energy to me!!
fun fact: drummer Mel Gaynor played the first 1 min 15 seconds of this song with one hand. Someone handed him a beer right before they hit record, and he finished it off before he did that fill at 3:05. Another one-take wonder.
The lyrics and music to this song represents a celebration of life. The majestic setting is part of that message as well. That is the meaning behind this song
Well with myself being a musician, songwriter and a vocalist I do like a lot of different types of music, but I can understand where she's coming from with liking the newer music better given that she's not as familiar with some of these different music types. But I did see a pole not long ago that was taken with younger people from ages about 11 to 20 asking them if they thought that the older music from the 70's, 80's and 90's was either better then todays music, just as good as todays music or not as good as todays music and I was surprised on how it came out. It said that 23 percent thought that todays music was better. 18 percent thought it was about the same and just as good, but 59 percent thought that the older music was better. I didn't expect that many to be into the older music. But I guess a lot of them do like it.
I am in 💯 agreement with the guy who explained this song exactly how I feel it, it’s been my fave simple minds since 85 and I still get chills! Please please since you love new wave react to Depeche Mode!! So many amazing synth pop and lyrically beautiful songs. Also try “All the things she said” by Simple Minds
Simple Minds are Scottish. Jim Kerr the lead singer, and Charlie Burchill the lead guitarist were born in Glasgow. The other band members, Mel Gaynor (drums), Derek Forbes (bass and the guy standing on the edge of the cliff), Michael MacNeill (keyboards) and the coloured lady Robyn Clarke are also from Scotland.
“All the things she said” should be the next song to react from Simple Minds Actually the entire “once upon a time” album in your spare time you won’t regret it.
I'm 52 and I lived through it all. I was 15 in the mid-80s and it was AMAZING! But there are a few things you have to understand. Synthesizers were NOT in every band and some used them a LOT better than others and managed to make sounds that are STILL good today. The 80s was a mix of EVERYTHING in a 10-year experiment that ended good AND bad. Some bands like New Order, The Cure, and Depeche Mode were HUGE synth users, but their sound is STILL good today. Some that went more with a pure 80s sound that was in fashion for about 2-3 years are lost in time. They just don't fit our musical tastes anymore. Kind of like Brown Corduroy and satin shirts are not in anymore either. The GOOD Stuff was all of that progressive Rock we got (U2!!!!) that led to the 90s great rock bands that used synth for ROCK instead of pop. Like GnR and the transition, Aerosmith did with stuff like Walk this way... Until the end of the 90s, EVERYBODY in North America KNEW the names of the bands... All the electronic innovations pushed on by the bands demanding new sounds and the GOOD sounds we get now from artificial instruments were GREAT in creating new things to make us wonder all over again... The moment when everything changed and music lost its soul, was when Vanilla Ice sampled "Under Pressure" in Ice, Ice Baby!!! It was GAME OVER after that! Sure, he got sued, and you can't really blame ONE GIUY for this whole mess. BUT, it garnered worldwide publicity, and it opened up the possibilities of NOT creating anything anymore and just using a be4at or riff and build around that. And since being creative takes WORK and EFFORT, we got what we did. The result of laziness. Now, there are HUNDREDS of bands with the same sounds and with unpronounceable names for the bands & the tunes.
Just hopped on here. I am 51 yo, so I was about 16 when this was on the radio. One of my absolute favorite tunes of the 80s, just great times. Agree with the guy 100%. You were born in the wrong era! You "get" it! You both are great!!
This generation will never get it. It was great to be alive in the 80s as for the music. We'll never hear music like that again sadly. Give her Auto tune music and walk away...
it's alright buddy, I was around when this one came out, yes, it WAS epic. the sound was BIG. a few songs around the 80s used delay on the guitar which emphasized the big sound.
80's music wasn't "cheesy," any more than any other decade. There was a lot of seriously good music in the 80's, including this song, which isn't cheesy in the slightest.
I love you guys, I love the fact you are experiencing music together and enjoying the many different genras , I have a suggestion I'd like for you to react to Ms Minnie Ripperton she's a artist from the 70's and the morher of SNL Mya Rudolph, the song is entitled Lovin You, there's a live version from the 1970's show Midnight Special.. it's gonna knock your socks off.. keep up the good work
I actually do know the song but I’m positive she’s hasn’t heard it so will have to do this at some point....I’ve not seen that version though and didn’t know that was Myas mom!
I’m patiently waiting for a swarm of MJ Reactions Let’s Go!!!!!! (Btw great reaction & next time don’t cut her off when she mentions The King MJ brotha lol🙈👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯)
Dude i used to listen to this whole album along with glass tiger when I was younger especially when my mom cleaned house and I'd lip synch along using the broom as a microphone 😄 the best memories
Its ok my guy , your friend is clueless to what really good music is. The video is so awesome and it brings back memories when i was younger. Yeah its sad about what music not all but mostly is at now days.
I actually like this one better than "Don't You Forget About Me" - I mean, I love their more famous one, but this one has a lot of different aspects, a lot of change-ups. So cool!
Great reaction.... She clearly doesn't hear the music like You do. Are You a musician. We musicians hear music different and understand more than people that don't play an instrument. They don't understand what we hear
I was a new waver. We shaved the sides of our hair and turned it some outrageous color. This music is nostalgic and makes me happy. My hubby and I are the same age and he doesn't like this kind of 80s music either. I was dancing in underage clubs while he grew up hanging in the woods, but to each his own.
Glorious song, whats not to like -smashing drums, killer synth/piano, awesome back up singer and Kerrs voice is just epic. I wish music was still being made thats this good, its hard to find anything. Some indie groups are pretty or punk but nothing this crossover with instrument breakdowns but still mainstream. What happened to the damn sax solo *laugh*
Even after almost 40 years, this song still ROCKS!!!!! Your sister just doesn't have good musical taste, that's all ;) ... just joking. Edit: This is a Scottish band, by the way.
Jim and Charlie are from the ghetto of Toryglen (suburb of Glasgow, in Scotland)! The rest of the band are the real musicians, I'm sorry to say (b ut Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill were the writers, so kudos to them)
They were a better band when they started, they were trying to be too commercial from the mid 1980's. I have the same nostalgia thing-I like it because it came out when I was about 9 & liked it then, but I can see why people who weren't around in the 1980's don't care for it much.
I have an honest theory on why she doesn't like this and I could have saved the song for you. She's calculating the social score of the people in the video, not listening with her ears. If you wanted a proper reaction from most women, turn the video OFF, just put the headphones on. Don't let their minds get caught in a mental circus of "wow that shirt is out of style"... "his teeth are crooked".... "that hair style hasn't existed in 30 years"... etc, etc, etc. Women are scientifically programmed to judge a person's social score in nanoseconds. 80's videos are off their charts of comfort and they blue screen because it doesn't make any f'ing sense. Had you turned the f'ing video off and simply let hear ears be the only judge, she would have had to listen of the quality of voice, and everyone who's heard simple minds knows the quality is beyond 99% of whats available today.
I love how she said "nothing sounds like this today"
This song is 100 times better than the garbage that comes out today.
I grew up during the 80's. I was a hard rock/classic rock guy who really didn't listen to New Wave at the time.
But over the years I've learned to appreciate it and really enjoy listening to it. It does make me feel nostalgic. A song like this makes remember whats its like to 13 in 1986.
by any standards, this is a great song. If you dont get it you dont get great music
I share these thoughts as well ...maybe one day she’ll get it lol
it's freaking amazing, I'm always trying to get people to listen to it, it's proof of how powerful music can be, not just a song, it's healing, if this came out today..it's a mic drop
She is nuts. The song is a masterpiece. And they still rock today.
Just discovered this channel. I wouldn't be as unnecessarily rude and cruel as to call her "nuts," but this is a good tune, imho. Facts aren't up for debate, but opinions are, and she stated her subjective opinion. As everyone is allowed ✌️💙
Just in case nobody else mentioned it... Simple Minds are SCOTLAND's finest. The video was actually shot in upstate New York (not Ireland) in the summer of 1985. But you weren't a million miles out thinking they're Irish, just a short hop over the water to Dublin. I feel lucky to have grown up with this band's music. Jim & Charlie are lovely guys, met them several times. Anyway the guy here gets it and maybe in time as the lady broadens her musical tastes it might appeal - try listening on your own, with some headphones, and without the datestamped video playing - that might workout better for you. Whilst this song came out at the height of the 80's, it's actually kinda timeless and is one of my favourite SM songs. It's hard to nail this band by any one song, so many albums, so many styles of music dating back almost 45 years now. I think if you're gonna check another one out - try 'Belfast Child' next - SM's only UK number one song - completely different to anything else you've ever heard.
I always thought Scotland just looked like the Hudson valley.
Simple minds and big country got to be the best Scottish groups ever
@@ferdiegillon5919 don't forget nazerath in that
It was shot at north lake campground in the Catskill escarpment.my place.for years.love this band
This song is one of the greatest songs from the 80's... and is still played on radio. This is a song that new artist today use to make the crap they call music today... calm at the start and a freaking party further on🤘
I simply do not understand someone not liking 80s music - especially new wave - especially a great song like this. I just can't wrap my head around it.
This song is a legit banger. The drummer is a session master mind. His phrasing is spot on. Perfect production as well.
I feel the same way, 80's were a special decade. Alive And Kicking is one of my all time favorites!
Simple Minds are Scottish, actually have two periods where they started as a synth group and ended up stadium rock, worth exploring the early stuff especially New Gold Dream
This song is magical. It’s awesome. It’s okay. Whoever does not enjoy it, that is fine. I will love it till I die. It brings this amazing energy to me!!
Doesnt matter what era that
song is from. It's timeless & stands up today. A masterpiece.
These guys have just completed a tour with 40 years worth of hits, still rocking out & are incredible live.
Arguably the best song of the 80s.
This is one of my favorites!!! Awesome piano, vocals, drums...and the setting is absolutely beautiful!
Being critiqued by someone who doesn’t know the difference between Ireland and Scotland is at best laughable.
I was a Freshman in College when this song came out. one of the finest from the 80"s in my opinion. It pulled you in and the payoff was magical.
probably the best of all the great bands that come from Scotland
fun fact: drummer Mel Gaynor played the first 1 min 15 seconds of this song with one hand. Someone handed him a beer right before they hit record, and he finished it off before he did that fill at 3:05. Another one-take wonder.
There is NOTHING cheesey about this song guys. Its just a great classic song that sounds as good today as it did back then
The lyrics and music to this song represents a celebration of life. The majestic setting is part of that message as well. That is the meaning behind this song
Well with myself being a musician, songwriter and a vocalist I do like a lot of different types of music, but I can understand where she's coming from with liking the newer music better given that she's not as familiar with some of these different music types. But I did see a pole not long ago that was taken with younger people from ages about 11 to 20 asking them if they thought that the older music from the 70's, 80's and 90's was either better then todays music, just as good as todays music or not as good as todays music and I was surprised on how it came out. It said that 23 percent thought that todays music was better. 18 percent thought it was about the same and just as good, but 59 percent thought that the older music was better. I didn't expect that many to be into the older music. But I guess a lot of them do like it.
I am in 💯 agreement with the guy who explained this song exactly how I feel it, it’s been my fave simple minds since 85 and I still get chills! Please please since you love new wave react to Depeche Mode!! So many amazing synth pop and lyrically beautiful songs. Also try “All the things she said” by Simple Minds
“I don’t even know, I guess”.
That summarizes so many things.
Simple Minds are Scottish. Jim Kerr the lead singer, and Charlie Burchill the lead guitarist were born in Glasgow. The other band members, Mel Gaynor (drums), Derek Forbes (bass and the guy standing on the edge of the cliff), Michael MacNeill (keyboards) and the coloured lady Robyn Clarke are also from Scotland.
Thank you for sharing with her anyway.
Don’t get frustrated. She’s listening.
“All the things she said” should be the next song to react from Simple Minds Actually the entire “once upon a time” album in your spare time you won’t regret it.
I'm 52 and I lived through it all. I was 15 in the mid-80s and it was AMAZING! But there are a few things you have to understand. Synthesizers were NOT in every band and some used them a LOT better than others and managed to make sounds that are STILL good today.
The 80s was a mix of EVERYTHING in a 10-year experiment that ended good AND bad.
Some bands like New Order, The Cure, and Depeche Mode were HUGE synth users, but their sound is STILL good today. Some that went more with a pure 80s sound that was in fashion for about 2-3 years are lost in time. They just don't fit our musical tastes anymore. Kind of like Brown Corduroy and satin shirts are not in anymore either.
The GOOD Stuff was all of that progressive Rock we got (U2!!!!) that led to the 90s great rock bands that used synth for ROCK instead of pop. Like GnR and the transition, Aerosmith did with stuff like Walk this way... Until the end of the 90s, EVERYBODY in North America KNEW the names of the bands... All the electronic innovations pushed on by the bands demanding new sounds and the GOOD sounds we get now from artificial instruments were GREAT in creating new things to make us wonder all over again...
The moment when everything changed and music lost its soul, was when Vanilla Ice sampled "Under Pressure" in Ice, Ice Baby!!! It was GAME OVER after that!
Sure, he got sued, and you can't really blame ONE GIUY for this whole mess. BUT, it garnered worldwide publicity, and it opened up the possibilities of NOT creating anything anymore and just using a be4at or riff and build around that. And since being creative takes WORK and EFFORT, we got what we did. The result of laziness.
Now, there are HUNDREDS of bands with the same sounds and with unpronounceable names for the bands & the tunes.
Just hopped on here. I am 51 yo, so I was about 16 when this was on the radio. One of my absolute favorite tunes of the 80s, just great times. Agree with the guy 100%. You were born in the wrong era! You "get" it! You both are great!!
Simple Minds are a Scottish band!
This is true talent. Todays music mostly sucks with no talent hacks. Thanks for playing this song. One of my faves.
Simple minds en concert c'est magnifique !!! I love Jim Kerr 💗
I get the idea that she might like 'Spandau Ballet - True' as that is smooth and has been sampled s lot, she might know parts of it already.
I just subscribed and liked. I was laughing at the way you both went back and forth 🤣 Really straight forward talk.
They are Scottish!! They were a fantastic live band.
Music today is complete garbage. It's not about musical talent anymore. This is amazing music and takes you on an emotional journey. It's cathartic.
This generation will never get it. It was great to be alive in the 80s as for the music. We'll never hear music like that again sadly. Give her Auto tune music and walk away...
Hey guys meant to say they were a Scottish band not Irish !
I’m patiently waiting for you guys to React to Michael Jackson “Stranger In Moscow” & “Give In To Me”🤗🙌🏽👑❤️🔥✨
Form Glasgow
it's alright buddy, I was around when this one came out, yes, it WAS epic. the sound was BIG. a few songs around the 80s used delay on the guitar which emphasized the big sound.
PS you could try simple minds "love song". she will probably definitely hate that one.
The Hunter and the Hunted. Theme for Big Cities. The whole of Sparkle in The Rain album.
80's music wasn't "cheesy," any more than any other decade. There was a lot of seriously good music in the 80's, including this song, which isn't cheesy in the slightest.
My favorite is a live version from a concert. It is awesome
I love the 80s man! .... I was around 13 or 14 when I first listened to this.... simple minds is an underrated band
Guys, Simple Minds are Scottish, not Irish. From Glasgow.
Come on ..This is a Classic!!! Music of My Teens .. Such a Great Song .. Pure 80's "The Decade of Excess" .. Definitely on My 80's Hits List.
I love you guys, I love the fact you are experiencing music together and enjoying the many different genras , I have a suggestion I'd like for you to react to Ms Minnie Ripperton she's a artist from the 70's and the morher of SNL Mya Rudolph, the song is entitled Lovin You, there's a live version from the 1970's show Midnight Special.. it's gonna knock your socks off.. keep up the good work
I actually do know the song but I’m positive she’s hasn’t heard it so will have to do this at some point....I’ve not seen that version though and didn’t know that was Myas mom!
I’m patiently waiting for a swarm of MJ Reactions Let’s Go!!!!!! (Btw great reaction & next time don’t cut her off when she mentions The King MJ brotha lol🙈👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯)
Dude i used to listen to this whole album along with glass tiger when I was younger especially when my mom cleaned house and I'd lip synch along using the broom as a microphone 😄 the best memories
Would love to see some Oasis and Arctic Monkeys reactions. Start from the beginning with both of them 👍
Its ok my guy , your friend is clueless to what really good music is. The video is so awesome and it brings back memories when i was younger. Yeah its sad about what music not all but mostly is at now days.
I have been in love with the drum groove I’m this song since it came out.
My favourite song of there's absolutely blast this in my car!!
you need a time machine friend and find your previous life, that nostalgia of the eighties is for something
Scottish. I'm Irish. In Taiwan. You guys are fun!
Scottish Not Irish Best Live Band Do New Gold Dream if she dislikes Synth.
I would recommend “and we danced” by the hooters
You could react to some REM. Maybe she'll like them.
Simple Mind from Scotland, precisely from Glasgow!
Took me until 2021, 49 years into my life, to hear the worldwide success-enjoying Scottish band Simple Minds described as... "Irish" ...
They from Scotland. Simple minds fantastic live.
How can you NOT like this song girl?
I actually like this one better than "Don't You Forget About Me" - I mean, I love their more famous one, but this one has a lot of different aspects, a lot of change-ups. So cool!
Irish???! Come on guys! 😦
This is the finest Scottish product since Robert Burns!!!
Great reaction.... She clearly doesn't hear the music like You do. Are You a musician. We musicians hear music different and understand more than people that don't play an instrument. They don't understand what we hear
Great reactions. Listen to Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Also listen to Chris Issak: Wicked Ways.
I don't care what generation you're from. If this song doesn't connect and make you happy, you have no soul.
Have her try "Sanctify Yourself", or most any song from album, Good news from the next world.
'These guys are SCOTTISH!'
I was a new waver. We shaved the sides of our hair and turned it some outrageous color. This music is nostalgic and makes me happy. My hubby and I are the same age and he doesn't like this kind of 80s music either. I was dancing in underage clubs while he grew up hanging in the woods, but to each his own.
I could actually see myself breaking up over this. She actually thinks “music” today is better!!!!! Think about the insanity of that statement.
He's right. Next!
“SCOTLAAAAAAND!”
Welcome to an 80's anthem!
Twelve Foot Ninja-Oxygen. Love this!!! So many changes. It's really 👍
Please do falling in reverse. Popular monster. Great song, great video, great talent, I am 67 please do it
I'm irish and we can only wish these were Irish, but unfortunately their our cousin's over in Scotland ☘️🦄
Music stopped at the beginning of this century and now it's mindless garbage played over and over again. This song is epic and so moving.
This is a GREAT song!!!
Please let her listen to Simple Minds "Belfast child " curious about her take on it
Good job troops check out Glasgows musicians Gerry Rafferty paolo nutini fratellis Travis Amy macdonald primal scream very well suggested 😁🏴👍🏻
MJ plz
Michael Jackson - BAD
Her half smile gave it away, like wtf!! Ha ha!!
They are from Scotland
Waterfront.
Glorious song, whats not to like -smashing drums, killer synth/piano, awesome back up singer and Kerrs voice is just epic. I wish music was still being made thats this good, its hard to find anything. Some indie groups are pretty or punk but nothing this crossover with instrument breakdowns but still mainstream. What happened to the damn sax solo *laugh*
Wee gathering this🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
The World really should despair at American geography-ignorance. They're from Scotland...here mates...in this minor encounter.
They're Scottish.
"If it ain't Scottish, it's crap!"
These guys are scottish
It still sounds great after all this time,proper music ! Current music is mostly c*** !
You are right, she is wrong. Apt intro. No offence to her, she seems nice and is very beautiful :)
Two people reviewing a timeless masterpiece when in reality they couldn’t even turn on a washing machine...think about that for a moment
What the he'll music do u like?
Don't give up. Keep trying. There are plenty of 80s music for her to listen to.
Even after almost 40 years, this song still ROCKS!!!!! Your sister just doesn't have good musical taste, that's all ;) ... just joking.
Edit: This is a Scottish band, by the way.
I honestly think she may not have a soul. How can anyone not like this song...
Jim and Charlie are from the ghetto of Toryglen (suburb of Glasgow, in Scotland)! The rest of the band are the real musicians, I'm sorry to say (b
ut Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill were the writers, so kudos to them)
Lol just told my wife she's from the Ghetto! 😂🤣
They were a better band when they started, they were trying to be too commercial from the mid 1980's. I have the same nostalgia thing-I like it because it came out when I was about 9 & liked it then, but I can see why people who weren't around in the 1980's don't care for it much.
I like early simple minds quite a bit but I like their more commercial stuff just as much if not more
try to try love song without video, just for a try. ...but also be interested in Laure Anderson - Blue Lagoon.
I have an honest theory on why she doesn't like this and I could have saved the song for you. She's calculating the social score of the people in the video, not listening with her ears. If you wanted a proper reaction from most women, turn the video OFF, just put the headphones on. Don't let their minds get caught in a mental circus of "wow that shirt is out of style"... "his teeth are crooked".... "that hair style hasn't existed in 30 years"... etc, etc, etc. Women are scientifically programmed to judge a person's social score in nanoseconds. 80's videos are off their charts of comfort and they blue screen because it doesn't make any f'ing sense. Had you turned the f'ing video off and simply let hear ears be the only judge, she would have had to listen of the quality of voice, and everyone who's heard simple minds knows the quality is beyond 99% of whats available today.
Love that song
She is not used to knowing what real talent is... Give her time.. play the Everly Brothers "she has lost that loving feeling"...