Many will disagree, but as a child of the eighties, I can honestly say that no other musical era comes even close! I am now 46 years old and I am still stuck musically in that wonderful decade, unable to move on!
I've been going through the Billboard charts since 1977 (I'm up to 1987 obviously) and I have found absolutely every song that ever hit the charts (even for just a week!) here on RUclips. Incredible!
The Hooters and Big Country are two of my favorite and underrated bands of the 80's. Both bands have urgency to their vocals..and their use of non-rock instruments (fiddle and bag pipes) just add so much. Love these guys!
@@awaken77 Well since Big Country were primarily Scottish, and used the guitars to great effect to emulate that Scottish sound, the album 'The Crossing' is a fine example. No bagpipes but you could almost hear them.
@@MrMaddy70 Big country were able to create their own sound but got slated for it. Twin guitars at their best but when lizzy and maiden done it they were lauded.
Being born early 50's and raised in 60's I waa exposed to all the great music of the time but this loaded song and video is still one of my all time favourites
as it is often said, "criminally underrated band", especially when you consider their influence on other musicians and the songs they wrote for Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osbourne and so on This is an absolute gem
Thirty two years later and the Fallwells are still playing in the dirt. www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive/exclusive-trump-fixer-cohen-says-he-helped-falwell-handle-racy-photos-idUSKCN1SD2JG
This song is really awesome, also the videoclip with so many cool details, the reaction of the child and the angry looking older lady and all the happy people (the crowd), the boy with the musical instrument.
"And should you Falwell it's ok." That was a clever dig at a loathsome person. I'd never heard this song until today. Professor of Rock prompted me to check it out. This is a really good song. The guitar arpeggios are amazing.
Went four weeks ago with my brother to the hooters concert in germany, dusseldorf! I think we were the youngest over there, 35 and 37! They played so awesome and pure, the harmony was so incredible! Even shaked the hand of Eric Bazillian!! Best memories!
Kann ich nur bestätigen ich war vor 3 Tage in bad krozingen beim hooters Konzert. Ich bin 42 . Selten so eine klasse Band gesehen einfach der absolute Hammer.
John Dixson Fortunately or unfortunately all their hits were in the heyday of MTV. They just got overshadowed by so many great songs from the mid 80’s when Michael Jackson, Bruce, Madonna, Prince and Whitney ruled the music scene. The Hooters were the definition of underrated.
i don't give 2 hoots what people think about this song!!! i think it's brilliant!! this must have been a big hit in australia, surely? 'men at work' meet 'mumford & sons'!!!
People are disappointed by the church. The church who didn't show love and merci but judgement and fear for God. These kind of songs are the result. Btw the melody is awesome.
I'm Irish, and I love this band from Philadelphia. A message of meaning and purpose in the evangelical church and exploitations of people, as important today, as it was then, and I'm catholic. I call a spade, a spade. Love this song, has that carnival like American keyboard style fused with a Scottish like rock, guitar riff from the band Big Country. I remember hearing this song as an eleven year at the Listowel Races, Bird's Amusements Funfair, The Market in September 1987.
I remember loving this when it first came out and it stands up to this day. One of the greatest singles of the 80s, for the message and patent unveiling of the utter stupidity and vapidity of televangelism, but also for its excellent guitar swagger and insane catchiness. Always brings on a turn-it-up-to-11 moment when I hear it on the radio.
Today was the first time I heard this song. Fits today's churches PERFECTLY! catchy tune! I bet my kids heard it back then. I let life just pass me by, I was busy trying to raise 4 children, working so many hours!
You hear it on the radio? I’m 50 and had never heard it before a few years ago; I randomly found it on RUclips. So it’s cool if anyone is playing it on the radio! :)
This video is a gem. This reminds me of the 80's vibe. Equally important is the subject of the video; after 40 years nothing has changed. Some people are still ignorant.
So many of their song are still relevant especially in today's world. There is a big message in so many of their songs. I had 2 of their albums(Amore & Nervous Nights) back in the day. Wish I still had all my vinyls from the 80's & 90's. Was a pleasure to be taken back to their musical brilliance Thanks!
@@normankennith7919 I can hear Joel Osteen preaching that song! Who was that woman with the mile long eyelashes? The husband was putting up satellites all over world,? In truth he was buying his wife her $100 eyelashes! It was a program called "Praise the Lord!"
@@normankennith7919 huh?? Besides being catchy as heck powerpop, they are lyrically brilliant too...love the satire on televangelism & fundamentalist Christianity...it helps that they are Jewish, you would not dare have Christians do this song, as they would be ostracized...and Joel Osteen is Jewish, conning as an evangelical Christian...this song would either be his biggest nightmare or he would never get the joke if he embraced it...I'd personally blast it in his face!!
Awesome track, I first heard it on a brilliant and much missed BBC2 show in England called 'No Limits' back in the 80's, I've been hooked on their music ever since, it's now 2022, I've transferred all The Hooters tracks to a memory stick and listen to it in my car and van!!
Impossible to try and make people understand how big the Hooters were in Philadelphia in the 1980's. Ya hadda be there! Could sell out the Spectrum arena.....nearly 20,000.
Here in Italy this charted #1 in 1985 year-end national charts. Hooters were my dad's favourite group in 1987-88 when he was in Italian Army... great years
A good friend of mine is from Philly, and when this came out we were both in Louisiana.... She told me how popular they were. Easy to see why. They were sooooo good.
"Hey, satellite man, your time has come, your word received by everyone, and should you fall, well that's ok, you love the ones that you betrayed." I love this song! The 80's had the best music and the best music videos.
“Satellite” by the Hooters resonated with the listeners who were up to their eyeballs as I was with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals in 1987. It also resonates with those of us who have followed the excesses of Paul and Jan Crouch, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Paula White, and the rest of the hot air artists trying to sell salvation through them, instead of preaching salvation through Jesus Christ. When these hucksters of holiness have their meeting with God in the hereafter and exclaim “Lord, didn’t we preach in Your name?”, He will say “Depart from Me, I never knew you”. Private jets? Mansions? Luxury cars? Air-conditioned shelters for cats and dogs? Really?
Re: Your Tweet asking for memories from 31 years ago: My dad let me take a day off from school to wait in line for concert tickets in Pittsburgh. You guys were touring with Bryan Adams but I only wanted to see you. Then you performed at Allegheny College in NW PA. My sister was a student there so I went up to see you guys perform. As we were walking back to her dorm after the show, we saw your bus and some people standing near it. We went to join them, and one by one you guys came out of the bus to talk with us & take pics with us. This was way before cell phones, but luckily I met a great person who took pics of me with you guys and she promised to mail them to me, which she actually did. I know this is a long (and boring lol) story but you guys meant everything to me and brought so much happiness to me. Each of you took the time to talk to your fans that night and made us feel like the most special people on the planet. I will never forget that evening and how much it meant to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My dad & sister have both passed away from cancer but they will forever be a part of this story.
Love this song I often get 80's songs pop into my head but this has to be the weirdest one I literally haven't heard it for 30 years then one day I find myself singing it word for word awesome
My Brother took me to some college in PA to see these guys so many years ago, I was 15 then. Love them so much. This was one of my favorites of theirs.
Never ever thought I'd hear this again after 30 odd years brings back all my childhood memorizes where I was born and bred as they say!!! Love it,love it,love it!!!
What a tune! I've forgotten all about this lovely Gem 😍... It came into my head this morning all of a sudden... That riff.. And the meaning... Satellite The Hooters should have more air play... Thankyou!
I swear I'm not exaggerating: This song was the gate to my own individual musical pathway when I randomly discovered 'One Way Home' in a public library at the age of maybe 8 and simply went for it because something about the cover art must have looked interesting. What a journey it was (and still is); now I listen to anything with soul from Jazz, Classic, Progressive Metal, Drum and Bass, 50/60s Pop, 80/90s Rock and so much more, I play the trumpet, the guitar, the piano and I DJ ... and I'm literally not exaggerating attributing a huge chunk of all of that to This One Song staying with me since then over 15 years ago now and gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it ... Fkn amazing, Cheers boys.
Mio padre era militare a Tarvisio quando hanno messo in radio questa, nell'inverno 1987... mitici Hooters peccato la loro fama non sia stata nazionale da noi in Italia, dato che si limitò al nord e culminò solo nel 1983 con "All You Zombies" e nel 1988-89 con questa e la loro versione di "500 Miles"... grandi Hooters, per sempre nella storia, simbolo di un'epoca in cui la musica aveva anima e personalità... 💗💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻⚡🔥🔥🔥🌠
Omg. This came out when I was 7. I remember it well. It became one my favorites instantly. I can't believe I forgot about it. I just found it again. It brought tears to think I forgot all the good times back then. And to think our future generations will never know the freedom and fun we had.😞😞😣😭
Just a great song FROM a great band!! Best band 2 come out of philly so talented and also these guys played a variety of INSTRUMENTS!!! And Eric bazilian was a really good guitar player very underrated!!!
I'd completely forgotten about this tune, until they played it on the Top 10 at 10 on Key2 (local radio station) yesterday. It was great to hear just how good this song is again :o)
Sitting here in quarantine reliving some wonderful memories. You guys will always be my favorite band. Got to go to one of your concerts when you opened for Bryan Adams in PA and had an awesome time. Stay safe! 😘💖
This video is so cheesy, and it's just perfect. I've always, always loved this song. The Hooters were never sufficiently appreciated. That was one helluva good band.
Great track from a fun band!! I watched the Thanksgiving concert on MTV in I think it was 87 or 88 with my Dad and he even thought that they were cool. He heard this track and he smiled at the parody of it all. I would love to see them live, but they don't play too many US dates, much less in the Great Lakes region
Surely the best ever treatment of televangelists! The leading lady, for want of a better word, invariably has me in stitches no matter how many times I see this video ...
The Hooters ARE a Christian band in some respects, inasmuch as they are Christians, so far as I can tell, but they can't stand US-style fundamentalism and evangelicalism. I mean, in a similar way you can make the case that Nick Cave is a Christian singer, but he has a very complicated relationship with Christianity.
In 1987 I bought the single as a kid, and was pretty sure it was No.1 material, but it only made 22 in the UK. Listening now I can hear The Who's Baba O'Riley and Boston's More Than A Feeling in there, a perfect influence without actually ripping them off!
When I first heard this back I don't know when ( 1987/8 I think ? ) I was in a bad place really having lost really close members of family .From the opening " shock " verve coupled with the innocence of a young girl stumbling on the hypocrisy of evangelism it almost felt like I was in the position of the young girl in the video emotionally/ life speaking. The lyric's " Jump in the river and learn to swim " were a real catalyst, realizing that in the end it was me that had to cope and me that had to deal with everything and carry on, which I think ( know ! ) I have. I still visit and listen to this song and it gives me as much enthusiasm as when I first heard the song at 04:00 in the morning back then on MTV before going to work down the mine. I am now in a very different and more positive place and would like to personally thank the Hooter's for the guidance that the song/ video and lyrics's gave to me and my " now " family.
Wow - what a song to bring back memories of Christmas in 1987! I was 15 when this tune came out - the Hooters were such an underrated Scottish band too
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Many will disagree, but as a child of the eighties, I can honestly say that no other musical era comes even close! I am now 46 years old and I am still stuck musically in that wonderful decade, unable to move on!
This is the best comment I've ever read about 80's music, absolutely I think the same
Feel the same.
Totally agree!
I agree, Duncan. I love the Hooters and 80s music.
Sorry bro but you can't beat the '70s and i'm a '80s child myself
One thing I love about You Tube, without it, songs like this would be gone forever.
I've been going through the Billboard charts since 1977 (I'm up to 1987 obviously) and I have found absolutely every song that ever hit the charts (even for just a week!) here on RUclips. Incredible!
Great observational comment.
Aye agree...
Truth
We were able to buy older songs before the internet was invented... you just had to put a lot more effort in back in those days :)
The Hooters and Big Country are two of my favorite and underrated bands of the 80's. Both bands have urgency to their vocals..and their use of non-rock instruments (fiddle and bag pipes) just add so much. Love these guys!
they have touch of Irish folk music
@@awaken77 Well since Big Country were primarily Scottish, and used the guitars to great effect to emulate that Scottish sound, the album 'The Crossing' is a fine example. No bagpipes but you could almost hear them.
@@MrMaddy70 Big country were able to create their own sound but got slated for it. Twin guitars at their best but when lizzy and maiden done it they were lauded.
Big country and the hooters are the best greatest band of the 80s
Being born early 50's and raised in 60's I waa exposed to all the great music of the time but this loaded song and video is still one of my all time favourites
One of Dad’s favourite songs in the year I was born. Miss you old man x
Most underrated band of the 80's - they're so fuckin' great..
Agreed. I've said for years that two of the best albums of the 80s were "Nervous Night" and "One Way Home" Really great musicians.
Your absolutel right
stimme zu, nächstes jahr spielen sie ine konzert hier, bin dabei
True
Awesome band
that riff is insanely catchy
as it is often said, "criminally underrated band", especially when you consider their influence on other musicians and the songs they wrote for Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osbourne and so on
This is an absolute gem
Saw these guys 2 nights ago in Fort Worth, after last catching them 35 years ago. Still frickin' AWESOME.
Thirty years later and the message of this song and video are still spot-on -- a testament to what good music is all about!
there will be other testaments about us here and now.
Thirty two years later and the Fallwells are still playing in the dirt. www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-falwell-exclusive/exclusive-trump-fixer-cohen-says-he-helped-falwell-handle-racy-photos-idUSKCN1SD2JG
Gives a justifiable "F@#% YOU" to the (ir)religious right!!!
Oh, goodness yes, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Grifters, both.
With the evangelical Trump cult, they double down these days...
"You love the ones that you betray" OMG what a perfect incredible line!
This song is really awesome, also the videoclip with so many cool details, the reaction of the child and the angry looking older lady and all the happy people (the crowd), the boy with the musical instrument.
This is still a great song, hasn't aged a bit.
If only they still made music like this today. Can't beat 60s, 70s, 80s!
Saw them open up for Bryan Adam's in '87. Awesome show. We'll never see the fun we all had in the 80's again.
"And should you Falwell it's ok." That was a clever dig at a loathsome person.
I'd never heard this song until today. Professor of Rock prompted me to check it out. This is a really good song. The guitar arpeggios are amazing.
I always understood "Farewell"
This whole album is great.
Went four weeks ago with my brother to the hooters concert in germany, dusseldorf! I think we were the youngest over there, 35 and 37! They played so awesome and pure, the harmony was so incredible! Even shaked the hand of Eric Bazillian!! Best memories!
I hope you didn't have to drive 500 miles to see them 😉
Haha it were 100 miles, but even 500 miles would be totally worth it!
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a bit late. but I am the brother 😂 this year we are going again!!!!
Kann ich nur bestätigen ich war vor 3 Tage in bad krozingen beim hooters Konzert. Ich bin 42 . Selten so eine klasse Band gesehen einfach der absolute Hammer.
One of the most under-rated bands of the 80s. Great songwriters and a genuinely unique sound. I still have the picture disc single of this song!
Including Rob Hyman co-writing Time After Time.
These guys released some really good and unique music and I've forgotten just how many hits they had.
John Dixson Fortunately or unfortunately all their hits were in the heyday of MTV. They just got overshadowed by so many great songs from the mid 80’s when Michael Jackson, Bruce, Madonna, Prince and Whitney ruled the music scene. The Hooters were the definition of underrated.
five days later. Hooters were my homework assignment just to reach out. God bless!
The production on this song is simply brilliant. So much depth and details. There is no one doing stuff like this today.
i don't give 2 hoots what people think about this song!!! i think it's brilliant!!
this must have been a big hit in australia, surely? 'men at work' meet 'mumford & sons'!!!
Ghost is doing this and more. Their music is phenomenal
@@mikebower4582 maybe they should be called the 'wooters'!!
80ies, heard first time in a Mami Vice Episode:-) Make the 80ies and Miami Vice great again:-)!!!
Ow yeahhhh
As long as the Church of Prosperity remains, this song will be there to make a mockery out of it.
People are disappointed by the church. The church who didn't show love and merci but judgement and fear for God.
These kind of songs are the result.
Btw the melody is awesome.
I'm Irish, and I love this band from Philadelphia. A message of meaning and purpose in the evangelical church and exploitations of people, as important today, as it was then, and I'm catholic. I call a spade, a spade. Love this song, has that carnival like American keyboard style fused with a Scottish like rock, guitar riff from the band Big Country. I remember hearing this song as an eleven year at the Listowel Races, Bird's Amusements Funfair, The Market in September 1987.
I’ve been to Listowel a couple of times. I’ve always felt welcome.
I'm 73 just heard this first time in England on cwr radio my ex is from listowel my dad was a cavan man bro in law tipperary x
Holy crap!!!! I forgot how good this band was!!!!
I don't know if this song is timeless, or simply nothing has changed.
I remember loving this when it first came out and it stands up to this day. One of the greatest singles of the 80s, for the message and patent unveiling of the utter stupidity and vapidity of televangelism, but also for its excellent guitar swagger and insane catchiness. Always brings on a turn-it-up-to-11 moment when I hear it on the radio.
11... Why not 10 ?
Today was the first time I heard this song. Fits today's churches PERFECTLY! catchy tune! I bet my kids heard it back then. I let life just pass me by, I was busy trying to raise 4 children, working so many hours!
@@seanchriscraft are you perhaps not au fait with the origin?
Love it😅
You hear it on the radio? I’m 50 and had never heard it before a few years ago; I randomly found it on RUclips. So it’s cool if anyone is playing it on the radio! :)
Not just one of the best songs of the 80s, but one of the best songs of all time.
You got that right.❤
This video is a gem. This reminds me of the 80's vibe. Equally important is the subject of the video; after 40 years nothing has changed. Some people are still ignorant.
I am 70 now, great song, cheers from cologne 😀🍷🎉
So many of their song are still relevant especially in today's world. There is a big message in so many of their songs. I had 2 of their albums(Amore & Nervous Nights) back in the day. Wish I still had all my vinyls from the 80's & 90's. Was a pleasure to be taken back to their musical brilliance
Thanks!
Timeless classic song, never get tired of listening to it, could play it on a loop for ages.
lyrically, not the greatest song but one of the catchiest, musically!!!
@@normankennith7919 I can hear Joel Osteen preaching that song! Who was that woman with the mile long eyelashes? The husband was putting up satellites all over world,? In truth he was buying his wife her $100 eyelashes! It was a program called "Praise the Lord!"
@@jesusnova5329 WAS SHE THE LADY IN THE RED DRESS?
@@normankennith7919 huh?? Besides being catchy as heck powerpop, they are lyrically brilliant too...love the satire on televangelism & fundamentalist Christianity...it helps that they are Jewish, you would not dare have Christians do this song, as they would be ostracized...and Joel Osteen is Jewish, conning as an evangelical Christian...this song would either be his biggest nightmare or he would never get the joke if he embraced it...I'd personally blast it in his face!!
@@jesusnova5329 a satire on Tammy Faye Bakker...
One of THE best 80s tracks, such a feel good song
80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !
A very UNDERRATED Hooters Song...
Yeh Isnt Mike Amazing tbh imo
A very underrated band.
Awesome track, I first heard it on a brilliant and much missed BBC2 show in England called 'No Limits' back in the 80's, I've been hooked on their music ever since, it's now 2022, I've transferred all The Hooters tracks to a memory stick and listen to it in my car and van!!
One of the greatest songs and videos ever made. Simply can not be overstated.
Why this band isn't more famous? Great voices, rich instrumentation, catching melodies. Very underrated
This is such an awesome song and I so miss the 80's - The Hooters and Huey Lewis and The News really made my day back then when I was down and blue..
Impossible to try and make people understand how big the Hooters were in Philadelphia in the 1980's. Ya hadda be there! Could sell out the Spectrum arena.....nearly 20,000.
Here in Italy this charted #1 in 1985 year-end national charts. Hooters were my dad's favourite group in 1987-88 when he was in Italian Army... great years
A good friend of mine is from Philly, and when this came out we were both in Louisiana.... She told me how popular they were. Easy to see why. They were sooooo good.
They were one of the best live-acts I saw in the 80’s … Saw them with Loverboy in Feb ‘86 & they should have been headlining.
We we'll knew who they were in England too!
This song always brings a huge smile to my face.
MEGA / me same
that's my favorite song by them(:
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This song absolutely kills -- thanks for posting this old gem!
A TOTAL MASTERPIECE !!! Both the song and this incredible music video !!!!
"Hey, satellite man, your time has come, your word received by everyone, and should you fall, well that's ok, you love the ones that you betrayed." I love this song! The 80's had the best music and the best music videos.
It sounds like "fall, well" but it's "Falwell" as in Jerry Falwell. "And should you, Falwell, that's OK You love the ones that you betray"
“Satellite” by the Hooters resonated with the listeners who were up to their eyeballs as I was with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals in 1987. It also resonates with those of us who have followed the excesses of Paul and Jan Crouch, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Paula White, and the rest of the hot air artists trying to sell salvation through them, instead of preaching salvation through Jesus Christ. When these hucksters of holiness have their meeting with God in the hereafter and exclaim “Lord, didn’t we preach in Your name?”, He will say “Depart from Me, I never knew you”. Private jets? Mansions? Luxury cars? Air-conditioned shelters for cats and dogs? Really?
Testify! But keep it close to the vest. Hit the secular world with too much common sense and they instantly rebel!
That may end up being the case.
This has got to be the funniest video I've ever seen, except for Weird Al! 🤣
One of my favorite songs from The Hooters and heavily played on MTV back in '87.Thank you.
Good to know even a professor enjoys this song
I like how she says "God loves you" as she's getting into her new car. Simply brilliant. That captured EVERYTHING in 5 seconds.
Re: Your Tweet asking for memories from 31 years ago: My dad let me take a day off from school to wait in line for concert tickets in Pittsburgh. You guys were touring with Bryan Adams but I only wanted to see you. Then you performed at Allegheny College in NW PA. My sister was a student there so I went up to see you guys perform. As we were walking back to her dorm after the show, we saw your bus and some people standing near it. We went to join them, and one by one you guys came out of the bus to talk with us & take pics with us. This was way before cell phones, but luckily I met a great person who took pics of me with you guys and she promised to mail them to me, which she actually did. I know this is a long (and boring lol) story but you guys meant everything to me and brought so much happiness to me. Each of you took the time to talk to your fans that night and made us feel like the most special people on the planet. I will never forget that evening and how much it meant to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My dad & sister have both passed away from cancer but they will forever be a part of this story.
I'm 45 almost a f'in half a century. Hard to believe the obvious and still in denial about how we are all going to die once.
Sad but wonderful story. I pray your loved ones are at peace. Michael and 🕊
It's a great story and it's not boring! It was real. Takes just 2 minutes to read and is better than a movie.
Great song from a great era. Good music never dies.
They used to play this on radio Caroline a lot back in 1987.
Only in the 80s would you get a song this good. No other decade comes close.
+Everything80s So true!
I dont know. The 1960s had some pretty good stuff
What a cliche' you are.
Got to love 1989! ...and all the other '80s too.
yeah no
Love this song I often get 80's songs pop into my head but this has to be the weirdest one I literally haven't heard it for 30 years then one day I find myself singing it word for word awesome
I was in the 6th grade when I got their tape.. I was obsessed with this song. I really miss that era. Sigh
My Brother took me to some college in PA to see these guys so many years ago, I was 15 then. Love them so much. This was one of my favorites of theirs.
Maybe Millersville? Was it outdoors? 1985? Cops came and pulled the plugs. I was there.
Honestly .... I think this has got to be one of my all time favourite songs certainly of all time and music vids .... no joke
Man, I've been trying to find this song for ages -- a great rock classic -- thanks so much for posting! Gotta love those '80's tunes!
Robert Young got this on vinyl for about 50p
GOD BLESS YOUUU
All you zombies Was just as good
Never ever thought I'd hear this again after 30 odd years brings back all my childhood memorizes where I was born and bred as they say!!! Love it,love it,love it!!!
What a tune! I've forgotten all about this lovely Gem 😍... It came into my head this morning all of a sudden... That riff.. And the meaning... Satellite The Hooters should have more air play... Thankyou!
One of my favorite songs by The Hooters 🎵❤
I swear I'm not exaggerating: This song was the gate to my own individual musical pathway when I randomly discovered 'One Way Home' in a public library at the age of maybe 8 and simply went for it because something about the cover art must have looked interesting. What a journey it was (and still is); now I listen to anything with soul from Jazz, Classic, Progressive Metal, Drum and Bass, 50/60s Pop, 80/90s Rock and so much more, I play the trumpet, the guitar, the piano and I DJ ... and I'm literally not exaggerating attributing a huge chunk of all of that to This One Song staying with me since then over 15 years ago now and gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it ... Fkn amazing, Cheers boys.
Mio padre era militare a Tarvisio quando hanno messo in radio questa, nell'inverno 1987... mitici Hooters peccato la loro fama non sia stata nazionale da noi in Italia, dato che si limitò al nord e culminò solo nel 1983 con "All You Zombies" e nel 1988-89 con questa e la loro versione di "500 Miles"... grandi Hooters, per sempre nella storia, simbolo di un'epoca in cui la musica aveva anima e personalità... 💗💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻⚡🔥🔥🔥🌠
Saluti da Foggia! ❤
@@davis_taylor.1984 altrettanti da Padova🇮🇹❤
Omg. This came out when I was 7. I remember it well. It became one my favorites instantly. I can't believe I forgot about it. I just found it again. It brought tears to think I forgot all the good times back then. And to think our future generations will never know the freedom and fun we had.😞😞😣😭
Just a great song FROM a great band!! Best band 2 come out of philly so talented and also these guys played a variety of INSTRUMENTS!!! And Eric bazilian was a really good guitar player very underrated!!!
What a cracking song. Just one of many.
A classic that was played a lot during this time. Had it on an old cassette that was in the car! Still likes it a lot!!
what a fantastic song brings back memories, love this 😊
This was one of my favorite albums. I saw the Hooters just outside Philadelphia in the 80s where they originated. Great song!
One of my favorite video's of all time. One of my favorite bands of all time also.
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Classic! Brilliant! This is a tune!
I wandered drunken through the British countryside when I remembered this song...
...that's a compliment!
I loved this so much, my mum and dad bought me the album on cassette for my birthday. Still got it!
The best song that has ever been ever comopzed!!!!
Sorry dudes but ever is two times to much, did I mention ever again? I will never, EVER mention that world again,. Wurld
Great song unheralded genius from The Hooters again.
Heard my dad singing it one day. Same source for many songs and whole genres. My dad absorbed alot of things since the 60's
I haven't heard this song in over 30 years. I never learned what the name of the band or song was until today.
Thank you RUclips and the Hooters!
I'd completely forgotten about this tune, until they played it on the Top 10 at 10 on Key2 (local radio station) yesterday. It was great to hear just how good this song is again :o)
Sitting here in quarantine reliving some wonderful memories. You guys will always be my favorite band. Got to go to one of your concerts when you opened for Bryan Adams in PA and had an awesome time. Stay safe! 😘💖
This video is so cheesy, and it's just perfect. I've always, always loved this song. The Hooters were never sufficiently appreciated. That was one helluva good band.
The cheesy was on purpose...
Great track from a fun band!! I watched the Thanksgiving concert on MTV in I think it was 87 or 88 with my Dad and he even thought that they were cool. He heard this track and he smiled at the parody of it all. I would love to see them live, but they don't play too many US dates, much less in the Great Lakes region
i saw them in Hershey in August of '86 but i don't know why we left after the Nervous Night album tracks. we missed Adore because we were in a hurry.
This song is fantastic!!
I've always loved this song and still do
Surely the best ever treatment of televangelists! The leading lady, for want of a better word, invariably has me in stitches no matter how many times I see this video ...
Love this song the video just adds to it.
Same As Jesus he knows me .. Genesis
Why can’t they make music like this today I’m so glad I grow up in the 80s and witness it
Jesus is lord, I wish I would have started younger, by god's grace here we are still standing tall!
I am 70 and I love this song
Among the best bands, I could see live.
First heard these guys on the radio and thought "This Christian band is unusually good"
Saw this video
"Ooohhh I get it now"
The Hooters ARE a Christian band in some respects, inasmuch as they are Christians, so far as I can tell, but they can't stand US-style fundamentalism and evangelicalism. I mean, in a similar way you can make the case that Nick Cave is a Christian singer, but he has a very complicated relationship with Christianity.
@@KaitainCPS I can get behind that.
LMAO
I've been listening to this great song for quite a while. I love it!!! Cordoba Argentina.
Still one of my favourite songs of all time
My favorite song by the Hooters!
In 1987 I bought the single as a kid, and was pretty sure it was No.1 material, but it only made 22 in the UK. Listening now I can hear The Who's Baba O'Riley and Boston's More Than A Feeling in there, a perfect influence without actually ripping them off!
I can say i was going for Enywistle with the bass part....for sure...:)
very byrds with a bit of the boss
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! I am SO glad that I found this song and this group!!!
And We Danced?
I remember this song, but never saw the video until now.........almost four decades later!
Criminally Underrated Tune and Great Video! Song still stands up after all these years.
Absolutely correct, and the message about these religious charlottes is as relevant today as ever.
Great album, as well.
When I first heard this back I don't know when ( 1987/8 I think ? ) I was in a bad place really having lost really close members of family .From the opening " shock " verve coupled with the innocence of a young girl stumbling on the hypocrisy of evangelism it almost felt like I was in the position of the young girl in the video emotionally/ life speaking. The lyric's " Jump in the river and learn to swim " were a real catalyst, realizing that in the end it was me that had to cope and me that had to deal with everything and carry on, which I think ( know ! ) I have. I still visit and listen to this song and it gives me as much enthusiasm as when I first heard the song at 04:00 in the morning back then on MTV before going to work down the mine. I am now in a very different and more positive place and would like to personally thank the Hooter's for the guidance that the song/ video and lyrics's gave to me and my " now " family.
Fantastic on every level
I love this track, humorous yet on point.
Was only small when this came out but I loved it even before I knew what it was about.
classic eighties
we need a satellite right now
Nostalgic and absolutely brilliant. Kids you’ve missed a trick. X
this is the best description of trumps americs
or his followers
Bloody brilliant.
Prophetic. ..."Look to the heavens and see it shine." Further, I love me some HOOTERS.
Wow - what a song to bring back memories of Christmas in 1987! I was 15 when this tune came out - the Hooters were such an underrated Scottish band too
This song is the definition of underrated