Vision Quest - 1985 - my senior year in high school. Red Rider, John Waite, Don Henley, Sammy Hagar, Foreigner, Dio, Journey, & Madonna on the soundtrack!!
Amber, you're so right. Not agreeing with someone should open dialogue not cancel those who don't agree. We're in a bad space right now with cancel culture
Just wow...I never ever put that together. I went and looked at the lyrics and it is crazy how right she is. Jun. 30, 1981 1 Viewer 28.9K Views 15 Contributors Lunatic Fringe Lyrics Lunatic fringe I know you're out there You're in hiding And you hold your meetings I can hear you coming I know what you're after We're wise to you this time (wise to you this time) We won't let you kill the laughter Lunatic fringe In the twilight's last gleaming But this is open season But you won't get too far Cause you've got to blame someone For your own confusion We're on guard this time (on guard this time) Against your final solution We can hear you coming (we can hear you coming) No, you're not going to win this time (not gonna win) We can hear the footsteps (we can hear the footsteps) Hey, out along the walkway (out along the walkway) Lunatic fringe We all know you're out there Can you feel the resistance Can you feel the thunder
Tom Cochrane is a criminally underappreciated artist. Red Rider put out a string of catchy songs with very literate lyrics that touched on many deep subjects. In fact they had an album, Neruda, named after Nobel prize winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. This and a couple of Red Rider tracks charted in the US, but his solo song "Life is a Highway" went top 10.
When this was released the "lunatic fringe" in society seemed to be so far away in the distance and didn't have much of a voice. Thanks to today's technology the lunatic fringe is practically at everyone's front door banging to get in. Super eerie song but so great from another tremendous Canadian band.
Louden Swain approves of your reaction and worked his Ass off cutting weight....he’ll be waiting for your movie reaction...thanks for your lovely reactions and enjoy the rest of memorial weekend...
Great Canadian band led by Tom Cochrane (Life Is A Highway), some other high Q singles from them include White Hot, Don't Fight It, Human Race, and Young Thing, Wild Dreams. Yay Canada!
Lol, Glass Tiger is their next reaction video. Neruda was played non-stop for about 4 years after it came out. Napoleon Sheds His Skin, Power and Crack The Sky(Breakaway) are great songs
I read that Tom Cochran wrote this song after reading a book by Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish citizen who, during World War 2 saved thousands of Jews from Budapest by arranging for passports and finding safe houses for them. I thought that was amazing!!
I'm not sure about the origin of the lyrics of this song, but just the fact that he references the "final solution" leads me to believe it has something to do with what you read. Make no mistake, this song is not about "both sides" or anything like that. It's a defiance instead. The song is pretty chilling in what it's trying to say. But it flat out rocks at the same time, always loved this. Never gets old.
Actually it is about the rise of fringe hate groups that had started up in the 80s (or may have had their germ - [that germinated] from the 70s), in Europe ie. England & Germany especially with the "skinheads" & the "neonazis" that were into violence, destruction, hatred, racism & anti-government. They were small groups on the "fringe" of society but still significant enough in number to be concerned about. Of course, we had seen what happens when fringe, violent, hate groups are allowed to grow without being stopped & how it lead to World War II. This is what Tom Cochrane had in his thoughts as he wrote this song. Then, when a person, using deliberate violence, shot John Lennon dead, he thought it was important that this song be put out, in order TO CAUTION about what can happen when hate & violence are allowed to grow unimpeded & the catastrophic effects that it can lead to. We have seen what it could lead to in the U.S. in the last few years with the attempted January insurrection of the American government (never mind how much worse it could have been if a few of those elected officials had been gotten at) & now what is happening to the ENTIRE civilian population of Gaza - children & babies included. This song is EVEN MORE relevant today than ever - I think BECAUSE NOBODY IN POWER ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE HATRED & VIOLENCE & therefore unimpeded (or sometimes even with deliberate help from those in high positions) IT GROWS - TO CATASTROPHIC OUTCOMES. The music in this song IS GREAT & creative, very imaginative, but the message, UNFORTUNATELY is timeless. I WISH our leaders would actually LEARN from this & from history or, as they say, "history repeats itself", time & time again. It is also a caution to people to not get caught up in any talk of this hateful variety that is out there & then become a number added to the simmering violent mob. It is a tale of caution - to be ever watchful of such sources that could come "knocking on your door."
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 that’s correct. I rechecked what I wrote and found that Tom Cochran read a book ABOUT Wallenberg, not BY him. That book led him to write Lunatic Fringe. I’m so sorry to have gotten that fact mixed up!
Lunatic fringe I know you're out there You're in hiding And you hold your meetings I can hear you coming And we know what you're after We're wise to you this time (We're wise to you this time) We won't let you kill the laughter Lunatic fringe In the twilight's last gleaming This is open season But you won't get too far 'Cause you've got to blame someone For your own confusion We're on guard this time (on guard this time) Against your final solution Oh no We can hear you coming (We can hear you coming) No, you're not going to win this time (You're not gonna win) We can hear the footsteps (We can hear the footsteps) Way out along the walkway (along the walkway) Lunatic fringe We all know you're out there Can you feel the resistance? Can you feel the thunder? Oh no
Vision Quest should definitely be on your list for movie reactions! It has a fantastic soundtrack, and Madonna makes a guest appearance as a singer in a bar!
Written by Tom Cochrane. He was the lead singer. Then, the band broke up. Cochrane wrote this after being concerned about antisemitism in the 1970s. This song was recorded shortly after John Lennon was shot dead. RIP 🙏 Suggested video 📹: Tom Cochrane sings Life Is a Highway 🛣
No 👎 1 of the great songs in 1991. Bryan Adams might have thought so: that was Song of the Year for June's in 1992. But that was because of the overreach of CanCon, punishing Canadian singer/songwriters who collaborate with non Canadians, in his case Mutt Lange.
I’m amazed how many people have not heard these classic songs, I guess when you grow up listening to them you take it for granted how good the music really is!
One of my favorite 80's songs that doesn't get enough recognition! I've been listening to it a lot the past few years and it's absolutely still relevant as we can see today. Actually more on point in current society then when I first heard it. Back then it was more of a 'never forget, lest history repeat itself' vibe, and now it seems chillingly prophetic.
I’m with Jay. I hardly ever get the lyrics right away. Absolutely. You can’t teach OR learn if you’re not willing to talk. And it’s possible for people who don’t agree on every point to still be friends.
This was a big hit in Canada in 1981. What made it big in America was Miami Vice! Miami Vice showcased the song in the Classic episode "Smuggler's Blues" (S01E15) which aired Feb/1/1985. I remember in Canada it was all over the news that the song was played on the new phenomenon Miami Vice. You've already listen to the title episode song by Glen Frey.
"Cause you've got to blame someone... for your own confusion. We're on guard this time... against your "Final Solution". What group of people does it sound like he's talking about? You know who it is.
This was written in the early 1980"s about the rising antisemitism at that time...about how hatred can lead to extremism ...but also about how to stop it... by not hating in the first place!!!!
@@waynethera2712 Yep! I know I thought we were doing well then these past few years it’s starting all over again. The devil hates Jews anyone that would support them. Which christian’s would be in the category. So pertinent now
I was just a youngster with a buddy on a NE Ohio snowing evening in the early 80's in my 69 Chevelle. This tune come through the radio and gave me a heavy foot and before I knew it I was in a ditch. A few passersby stopped and helped get my car out and we all went our separate ways. I reminisce whenever I hear this.
Another absolutely amazing Canadian band, glad you picked up on this one. I grew up in the 70s in the 80s, and it was the absolute best time for music.
Lunatic Fringe is such a great song to listen to while driving at night... that mysterious intro and the content of the lyrics? Ooof! Sends chills up my spine every time!
My father was a 16th 17th century English doctoral scholar , what I learned from him was Unmeasurable, he said the written word is the most important thing in history!! God bless stay safe
Growing up in Canada, I've always been a huge fan of Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. With a string of 18 hit singles, including 'Life is a Highway' and 'Lunatic Fringe', they're an integral part of our country's music heritage. As someone who's been listening to their music since I was a kid, I think it's awesome that you're featuring them on your channel. Would love to see more Red Rider tracks in the future - maybe even a reaction to their iconic Edmonton Symphony Orchestra sessions? Either way, keep up the great work!
Tom Cochran said in an interview as they we’re about to lay down the vocal track, for this song he heard that John Lennon had been shot. So they dimmed the lights in the studio and that how you get that haunting atmosphere in the music.
As Tom said in the interview they’d heard over the radio that John Lennon had been killed... by a “Lunatic “ fan , so when he put down the vocal track they dimmed the lights in the studio and of course the music had been done.but he was shot the night they recorded the vocals.
I saw Red rider for the first time in 1979 In Ottawa as the opening act for April Wine! I saw them again when I was stationed in Germany back in 1992. Tom Cochrane rejoined Red Rider for this opportunity to entertain the troops! Another awesome Canadian band!!!
From the movie Vision Quest. High school coming of age movie featuring wrestling. I don’t remember the details of the movie, so it would be great to re-watch through your eyes!
Tom Cochrane actually wrote the song because up in Canada around the time the song was written there is this surge of white supremacists or skinheads. Which faded out almost as fast as it began. So the song is basically referring to how Nazi Germany caught the rest of the world off guard, that's way you hear one of the lyrics say "Were on Gaurd this time against your final solution" at the end of the song. But if you read the lyrics the refreces are plenty." Lunitic Fringe we all know your out there your not gonna win this time" or " your in hiding holding your meetings" or " we wont let you steal the laughter" " We can hear you coming " "we'll rise to you this time" of course none of them are in any oder i just wanted to write a few of the lyrics down sometimes it's hard to understand what the singer saying. I didn't know for years what he was saying I mean years. I thought it was something completely different I had no no clue what the referencing was. Anyway hope some of that made sense
I'll never forget when I first heard this song on MTV back in the 80's. The darkness of the song, the long/creepy intro, the lyrics, the ambulance siren, the era this song was written in (Soviet cold war), even the name of the band (Red Rider)...all oif it added up to give me vibes of someone trying to escape from a Communist country to freedom.
The first time I heard this when it came out I thought it was Pink Floyd. and I instantly loved it. Then found out it wasn't and was like who is this!!! Definitely must check out movie Vision Quest!
When this song came out, some friends and I were teenagers - we would stupidly jump off a highway bridge at night into a lake. I don’t remember why, but we called it “David Letterman Bridge.” After this song, it became “Lunatic Bridge.” Walking towards it in the dark singing “lunatic bridge… I know you’re out there.” lol
Could it be that you called it “David Letterman Bridge” because Dave used to drop objects out of a five-story tower to see how they splattered on the ground?
@@honkoff99 makes sense, but we never made sense - one kid was a huge letterman fan. The more I think about it, I think he just named a random bridge in honor of Dave, lol.
Great track…..(1981) got to see them live Sept. 30th 1981 at the Providence Civic Center opening up for The Kinks ! Same year I seen Journey at the Boston Gardens (Escape) Tour ❤️🔥🎸 ……P.S. also seen Ozzy (Blizzard Of Oz) AC/DC (For Those About To Rock) Tours ! that same year. Back then Tickets we’re under $15 !!! Ozzy tixs were $8.50. Those were the days when you could go and see 6-8 concerts a year ! I’ve seen Tool 3 times since 2019, average tix were $300 per show 😢
The first big time concert I attended was Red Rider and Pat Benatar. Red Rider opened the show with this song and I still remember the seats vibrating and the adrenaline high I got feeling the music in my whole body.
According to Wikipedia: Guitarist Tom Cochrane wrote the song after becoming concerned about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was also inspired after reading a book about Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued Jews from The Holocaust during World War II.
Tom Cochrane (/ˈkɒkrən/ KOK-rən; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman for the rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009, he was inducted onto the Canadian Walk of Fame. After meeting at the El Mocambo tavern in Toronto, Cochrane joined the Canadian rock band Red Rider in 1978 and served as their lead singer and main songwriter for more than ten years. Cochrane launched his solo career in 1991 with the release of the song "Life Is a Highway" that went to #1. Other hit songs he had as a solo artist "Mad Mad World" & "No Regrets" with the band Red Rider other hit songs are.... "Human Race", "Boy Inside the Man" & "Big League"
Then there's the guy that has to quote wikipedia as a comment. Did you happen to meet him/them, did you happen to have a story of seeing them in a bar or concert? Did your sister get busy with the bassist in the tour bus? Maybe bring something more than cut & paste
@@vampfashions who cares they never read Wikipedia or they would know the answers themselves and this is the way for them to get the information they asked for without having to read the whole page on Wikipedia & for me to come up with stuff with out having to forget half the information and word it all wrong. I pick and choose parts to send them that makes the most sense for what they asked for and reword some of the other parts and add some of my own stuff.
This Was a top hit December 1981 (Number 1) in Canada. It wasn't even known about in the US. I graduated from Highschool June 1982, and remember my Cousins and friends from the States (mstly NYC) never even heard this song at all. Tom Cochrane (the lead singer) had a huge Hit a few Years later. "Life is a Highway"
Great pick, Canadian Classic band-after 1986 became Tom Cochrane and red Rider then just Tom Cochrane-Known for the huge hit Life is a Highway(the original not the later remake) i
I saw a band try to play this song one night in a small club called Cavi's in Utica, Michigan. When it got to the slide guitar solo it was so incredibly awful that the poor guitarist was making cringe faces at his own playing.
Tom Cochrane had some great solo songs after Red Rider. You should check out "Big League", "Life Is A Highway", "Sinking Like A Sunset", "Boy Inside The Man", and many more.
Back in the day, we didn't have smartphones or the internet and I can remember, if I couldn't sleep and just needed to do something, I would jump in my car, roll the windows, hit the highway, and drive the loop around OKC, just jamming. This would have been one the songs I would have jammed too. Seems like there were a lot of really good songs in the 80's and early 90's that were perfect for night driving on the highway with the windows down, volume cranked.
The brother who plays the bass is Jeff Jones, whom Geddy Lee replaced as the lead vocalist and bassist of Rush in the beginning. Check out his videos "Diamond Light" and "In Through The Out Door."
I can not emphasize how BADLY you have to watch “Vision Quest.” It is THE single greatest movie ever made about high school wrestling and the individual athlete’s journey.
This song is from a movie in the 80' s called "Vision Quest" about a young ambitious wrestler played by Matthew Modine. The sound track is great. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
This is Canadian wine. Great song. Amber I'm Gen X and your right there was back and forth to learn, and from older generations ( not just Gen X ) as well. But...there was also a LOT of allowance because of that ease, allowance of things that never should have happened so your generation and ones following that cancel, the intent is correct, though prudence is sacrificed. That's the thing about life it's always a balancing act.
One of those 80s songs that I forgot I loved! They were a Canadian band (might still be around) and their singer wrote this song right after John Lennon was unalived in New York.
Red Rider was an amazing band, and Tom Cochrane had continued success as a solo artist! Born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. A small mining town in northern Manitoba (same province that produced The Guess Who, Crash Test Dummies, Streetheart, BTO, and where Neil Young got his start) .....he came a very long way, literally and figuratively!
I'm pretty sure that they did that one a long time ago. It wasn't a great version of the song - I think it was live & was a bad recording but I do believe that they did it. (I guess we'll all have to look it up in their catalogue & check.)
Nice that you visited this Red Rider classic from their second studio album "As Far as Siam" (1981). Try out their song "Don't Fight It" (1979) from their first studio album of the same name.
Amber is so right. In the 70s 80s and 90s we learned to accept differences of opinions, be cool about it, and share society and space without holding grudges.
Just like " Glass Tiger" the same year 1985 I saw "Red Rider" in a bar called the "Crazy Horse" in Nova Scotia Canada and fell in love with them. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
I 2nd the comments about "Vision Quest". A fun movie to check out and this song features prominently in it. Not a lot of wrestling movies out there, especially back in the 80's! There's also a live musical appearance by a mostly unknown singer at the time that you'll definitely recognize!
Red Rider has a unique sound because of their instrumentation. The lead guitar is a pedal steel run through a distortion pedal, which sounds kind of like a regular guitar being played with a slide. The keyboard-sounding high notes in the introduction is also played on a pedal steel. Did not even realize it until I saw them live and then it all made perfect sense.
So glad you said that, Amber, about cancel culture and words. I could not agree more!! And speaking of "Words" that is also the title of a great song by The Bee Gees, one of their earlier songs, and well worth a reaction if you haven't done it already!!
I've been saying for years now, glad your finally getting into Tom Cochrane and Red Rider! The lead singer is Tom Cochrane and you need to hear his other classic songs like Boy Inside The Man, The Big League, and of course his world wide smash hit Life Is A Highway. He's also been nicknamed the Canadian Boss (ala Bruce Springsteen). He has a wealth of fantastic songs and pure breed Canadian Icon.
The whole"Vision Quest" sound track is great. Journey, Dio, Red Rider, Madonna, Sammy Hagar, Foreigner, Don Henley and more
Ive heard this song 500 times over the years. but I always think of that movie whenever I hear it
@@danhuyck527 me too
Yes, I have the soundtrack. Very nice.
the movie was great as well, my senior yr of Hi Skool ✌💖☮
An amazing soundtrack!!!
The lead singer is Tom Cochrane. He went solo after this and had hits with '"Life is a Highway" and"Big League"
For years, I thought Bryan Adams was singing that song.
"Big League" is also a Red Rider song, actually. Officially "Tom Cochrane and Red Rider". It's from the band's last album, "Victory Day".
I learned something new today. I never knew the Life Is A Highway guy was also in Red Rider!
No he didn't you are thinking of Tom Cochran from canada
@@SaverioPhe was in the movie summer of 69. Red rider is a band from Canada
That song was way ahead of its time! An early 80s song that could've been any decade.
For sure!
Actually it's very Pink Floyd. Tell me that isn't Gilmour style guitar riffs.
@@dimedraweriv258 Now that you mention it...
It's a stupid song we hate it
@@seltonk5136 Don't be silly.
Vision Quest - 1985 - my senior year in high school. Red Rider, John Waite, Don Henley, Sammy Hagar, Foreigner, Dio, Journey, & Madonna on the soundtrack!!
Class of “85”!!
You wrestled
1990
good, story, good film, epic soundtrack
Don't forget Journey! Great movie and soundtrack!
Amber, you're so right. Not agreeing with someone should open dialogue not cancel those who don't agree. We're in a bad space right now with cancel culture
Amber is very insightful. You can tell she's a thinker and does a great job picking lyrics apart.
martinlopez shut up
Just wow...I never ever put that together. I went and looked at the lyrics and it is crazy how right she is.
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Lunatic Fringe Lyrics
Lunatic fringe
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
I can hear you coming
I know what you're after
We're wise to you this time (wise to you this time)
We won't let you kill the laughter
Lunatic fringe
In the twilight's last gleaming
But this is open season
But you won't get too far
Cause you've got to blame someone
For your own confusion
We're on guard this time (on guard this time)
Against your final solution
We can hear you coming (we can hear you coming)
No, you're not going to win this time (not gonna win)
We can hear the footsteps (we can hear the footsteps)
Hey, out along the walkway (out along the walkway)
Lunatic fringe
We all know you're out there
Can you feel the resistance
Can you feel the thunder
@@michealsky-g1r exactly
@@michealsky-g1r 👍😁
Tom Cochrane is a criminally underappreciated artist. Red Rider put out a string of catchy songs with very literate lyrics that touched on many deep subjects. In fact they had an album, Neruda, named after Nobel prize winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. This and a couple of Red Rider tracks charted in the US, but his solo song "Life is a Highway" went top 10.
💯. Even in Canada. It pisses me off he wasn’t even bigger for even longer
When this was released the "lunatic fringe" in society seemed to be so far away in the distance and didn't have much of a voice. Thanks to today's technology the lunatic fringe is practically at everyone's front door banging to get in. Super eerie song but so great from another tremendous Canadian band.
I was about to say that the lunatic fringe has pretty much taken over social media and the mainstream media.
Recorded right after John Lennon was shot. If you listen to the intro, you will hear him say, "See you on the other side,John".
Wow, in all my yrs. I never caught that. Cool 😎
Never heard that, but it's a very interesting piece of trivia about this song. Thanks for sharing!
Louden Swain approves of your reaction and worked his Ass off cutting weight....he’ll be waiting for your movie reaction...thanks for your lovely reactions and enjoy the rest of memorial weekend...
Hes talking about trapper John md
Jesus. I just got chills. All these years loving this song & I never heard that at the beginning
This song was released in 1981. Yep, 43 years ago, kids...lol.
Don't remind us, ha.
God, I feel old.
Yep I knew it was the early eighties!
I remember it well. I was 15 at the time. 🤣
Yeah, sadly only a few short years before the death of music lol
I love how intelligent and thoughtful amber is and I love how much jay obviously appreciates and loves amber
He was so sweet when he appreciated her publicly. I thought the same thing.
Amber is far more intelligent than she realizes.
"Vision Quest" one of the best sports, wrestling, movies ever featured this song. Great reaction!
Had one of the best soundtracks of all time.
Droppin' all the way down to 168. Gonna take on Shute
Watched it not long ago. Great movie and soundtrack.
Exactly!! It should be movie time!
Hopefully they will review "Vision Quest".
So glad I grew up as a teenager in the 80s. Best decade for music.
I TOTALLY AGREE!!! IT'S ALL I LISTEN TO!!!
Nope, the 70s were,sorry 🇨🇦
Or he 70's
It all started in the late 50s. Into the 60s, and the English invasion....😊❤
Right?
Great Canadian band led by Tom Cochrane (Life Is A Highway), some other high Q singles from them include White Hot, Don't Fight It, Human Race, and Young Thing, Wild Dreams. Yay Canada!
All great songs...!!
You only mentioned "Human Race" from the "Neruda" album but I think that entire album is fantastic.
You are thinking of glass tiger
Lol, Glass Tiger is their next reaction video. Neruda was played non-stop for about 4 years after it came out. Napoleon Sheds His Skin, Power and Crack The Sky(Breakaway) are great songs
Try "White Hot" next (the long version if you can find it). They used to call it the "LP version" or the "album version"
I read that Tom Cochran wrote this song after reading a book by Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish citizen who, during World War 2 saved thousands of Jews from Budapest by arranging for passports and finding safe houses for them. I thought that was amazing!!
I'm not sure about the origin of the lyrics of this song, but just the fact that he references the "final solution" leads me to believe it has something to do with what you read. Make no mistake, this song is not about "both sides" or anything like that. It's a defiance instead. The song is pretty chilling in what it's trying to say. But it flat out rocks at the same time, always loved this. Never gets old.
Actually it is about the rise of fringe hate groups that had started up in the 80s (or may have had their germ - [that germinated] from the 70s), in Europe ie. England & Germany especially with the "skinheads" & the "neonazis" that were into violence, destruction, hatred, racism & anti-government. They were small groups on the "fringe" of society but still significant enough in number to be concerned about.
Of course, we had seen what happens when fringe, violent, hate groups are allowed to grow without being stopped & how it lead to World War II. This is what Tom Cochrane had in his thoughts as he wrote this song. Then, when a person, using deliberate violence, shot John Lennon dead, he thought it was important that this song be put out, in order TO CAUTION about what can happen when hate & violence are allowed to grow unimpeded & the catastrophic effects that it can lead to.
We have seen what it could lead to in the U.S. in the last few years with the attempted January insurrection of the American government (never mind how much worse it could have been if a few of those elected officials had been gotten at) & now what is happening to the ENTIRE civilian population of Gaza - children & babies included.
This song is EVEN MORE relevant today than ever - I think BECAUSE NOBODY IN POWER ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE HATRED & VIOLENCE & therefore unimpeded (or sometimes even with deliberate help from those in high positions) IT GROWS - TO CATASTROPHIC OUTCOMES.
The music in this song IS GREAT & creative, very imaginative, but the message, UNFORTUNATELY is timeless. I WISH our leaders would actually LEARN from this & from history or, as they say, "history repeats itself", time & time again.
It is also a caution to people to not get caught up in any talk of this hateful variety that is out there & then become a number added to the simmering violent mob. It is a tale of caution - to be ever watchful of such sources that could come "knocking on your door."
Raoul Wallenburg died in a Soviet prison.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 that’s correct. I rechecked what I wrote and found that Tom Cochran read a book ABOUT Wallenberg, not BY him. That book led him to write Lunatic Fringe. I’m so sorry to have gotten that fact mixed up!
@@wandacable3739 I wasn't castigating you. You have nothing to be sorry about.
Vision Quest is a movie you might want to check out…this song play a part in it.
Thank you for mentioning the movie. You’ve read my mind. LOL!!
I have the soundtrack from that movie on vinyl
Mine too. I love when they play this in the movie. The sound track of that movie is fantastic
Vision Quest has a tons of great songs but few songs and movies are tied as tightly together as Lunatic Fringe and Vision Quest.
Wrestling movie ftw!
Lunatic fringe
I know you're out there
You're in hiding
And you hold your meetings
I can hear you coming
And we know what you're after
We're wise to you this time
(We're wise to you this time)
We won't let you kill the laughter
Lunatic fringe
In the twilight's last gleaming
This is open season
But you won't get too far
'Cause you've got to blame someone
For your own confusion
We're on guard this time (on guard this time)
Against your final solution
Oh no
We can hear you coming
(We can hear you coming)
No, you're not going to win this time
(You're not gonna win)
We can hear the footsteps
(We can hear the footsteps)
Way out along the walkway (along the walkway)
Lunatic fringe
We all know you're out there
Can you feel the resistance?
Can you feel the thunder?
Oh no
More appropriate now than it was when he wrote it.
@@panamafloyd1469 You know it man !
Their first big hit, at least here in Canada, was White Hot....check it out
Love that song, great suggestion!
This is one of those lost, but incredible 80’s songs that never gets old or sounds dated.
Vision Quest should definitely be on your list for movie reactions!
It has a fantastic soundtrack, and Madonna makes a guest appearance as a singer in a bar!
This song, Journey, Madonna. Such an amazing film and soundtrack. Seen it so many times over the past 40 years.
And we know Jay loves sports movies.
What's so crazy about this song is that when I heard it for the first time...I could have swore it was Def Leppard!!
Written by Tom Cochrane. He was the lead singer. Then, the band broke up.
Cochrane wrote this after being concerned about antisemitism in the 1970s.
This song was recorded shortly after John Lennon was shot dead. RIP 🙏
Suggested video 📹: Tom Cochrane sings Life Is a Highway 🛣
life is a highway stinks
Nah it's unfortunately a classic just give in to it. I used to hate it too
@@marctoad nope it's always been average at best not in his top 10 and i find it insufferable
No 👎 1 of the great songs in 1991.
Bryan Adams might have thought so: that was Song of the Year for June's in 1992. But that was because of the overreach of CanCon, punishing Canadian singer/songwriters who collaborate with non Canadians, in his case Mutt Lange.
Thanks for reviewing this song! Been my favorite for many years! Have a hard day? Put this on and turn it way up!!!!
Another Great Canadian Rock Band with singer Tom Cochrane
I’m amazed how many people have not heard these classic songs, I guess when you grow up listening to them you take it for granted how good the music really is!
One of my favorite 80's songs that doesn't get enough recognition! I've been listening to it a lot the past few years and it's absolutely still relevant as we can see today. Actually more on point in current society then when I first heard it. Back then it was more of a 'never forget, lest history repeat itself' vibe, and now it seems chillingly prophetic.
Right??
So true. I try to get as many reactors to react to this song as possible.
Absolutely!
I’m with Jay. I hardly ever get the lyrics right away.
Absolutely. You can’t teach OR learn if you’re not willing to talk. And it’s possible for people who don’t agree on every point to still be friends.
Agreed. Witness the current political climate, families being torn apart because of an opinion, it's silly.
Amber & J; I'm so proud we have young educators with "traditional" morals & values. Y'all give me hope for this weary, crazy world's future.✌️❤️
This song was a MASSIVE HIT when it came out.
No, it really wasn't. It's grown over the years.
This was a big hit in Canada in 1981. What made it big in America was Miami Vice! Miami Vice showcased the song in the Classic episode "Smuggler's Blues" (S01E15) which aired Feb/1/1985. I remember in Canada it was all over the news that the song was played on the new phenomenon Miami Vice. You've already listen to the title episode song by Glen Frey.
"Cause you've got to blame someone... for your own confusion.
We're on guard this time... against your "Final Solution".
What group of people does it sound like he's talking about?
You know who it is.
Yep
The democratic cult !
😂 Everyone points to the other person.
The liberals
@@WattsJon12 Sure
This was written in the early 1980"s about the rising antisemitism at that time...about how hatred can lead to extremism ...but also about how to stop it... by not hating in the first place!!!!
thank god things have changed since then...
@@flerbusit did change for quite some time. But division is critical to control populations, that is exactly what is going on today.
@@waynethera2712
Yep! I know I thought we were doing well then these past few years it’s starting all over again. The devil hates Jews anyone that would support them. Which christian’s would be in the category. So pertinent now
I was just a youngster with a buddy on a NE Ohio snowing evening in the early 80's in my 69 Chevelle. This tune come through the radio and gave me a heavy foot and before I knew it I was in a ditch. A few passersby stopped and helped get my car out and we all went our separate ways. I reminisce whenever I hear this.
One of my favorite cars!
This song and Madonnas Crazy for you, and Journeys Only the Young make Vision Quests soundtrack amazing
Agreed. Madonna's The Gambler as well.
Pardon me, but in my opinion, Madonna sucks.
Another absolutely amazing Canadian band, glad you picked up on this one. I grew up in the 70s in the 80s, and it was the absolute best time for music.
Lunatic Fringe is such a great song to listen to while driving at night... that mysterious intro and the content of the lyrics? Ooof! Sends chills up my spine every time!
Yes!
I was in high school when this came out and we thought he was saying "let me take reds". I really have to listen to hear Lunatic Fringe now, lol.
Another Banger from Red Rider is "White Hot". A couple years older but has a similar feel.
I agree. great song
White Hot is so underrated ! Go Canada !
White Hot is a much better song
It's on the 1985 soundtrack to "Vision Quest" starring Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, and Madonna!
Another Canadian, from Lyne Lake, Manitoba, Tom Cochrane the lead singer for Red Ryder and also a solo musician.
Life is a highway.😋
This song is still valid today and has not gone out of style. The only difference is the Lunatic Fringe is much bigger now.
Ha ha ha! Touché
You guys gotta watch the movie….Vision Quest! From the 80s about a high school wrestler. This song is featured. Jay would love it!
My father was a 16th 17th century English doctoral scholar , what I learned from him was Unmeasurable, he said the written word is the most important thing in history!! God bless stay safe
The way this song is used in the movie Vision Quest is absolutely perfect. I listen to it to get pumped up for a run.
40+ yrs later and still part of my exercise playlist.
Growing up in Canada, I've always been a huge fan of Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. With a string of 18 hit singles, including 'Life is a Highway' and 'Lunatic Fringe', they're an integral part of our country's music heritage. As someone who's been listening to their music since I was a kid, I think it's awesome that you're featuring them on your channel. Would love to see more Red Rider tracks in the future - maybe even a reaction to their iconic Edmonton Symphony Orchestra sessions? Either way, keep up the great work!
Tom Cochran said in an interview as they we’re about to lay down the vocal track, for this song he heard that John Lennon had been shot. So they dimmed the lights in the studio and that how you get that haunting atmosphere in the music.
How would darker lights affect the song ? That’s lame - the music was already written
Another commenter here pointed out that at the beginning of the song, very quietly, you can hear him say "see you on the other side, John"
As Tom said in the interview they’d heard over the radio that John Lennon had been killed... by a “Lunatic “ fan , so when he put down the vocal track they dimmed the lights in the studio and of course the music had been done.but he was shot the night they recorded the vocals.
I saw Red rider for the first time in 1979 In Ottawa as the opening act for April Wine! I saw them again when I was stationed in Germany back in 1992. Tom Cochrane rejoined Red Rider for this opportunity to entertain the troops! Another awesome Canadian band!!!
Lahr or Baden ? I was in Lahr @888 TacHel 89-92🫡
@@Sodonewithchaos same here…Lahr with @8CH, 88-93! Did you also get to see the Tragically Hip when they came through?
RR and AW, what a show!
@@wayneandrews1022 Red Rider opening for April Wine sellout Halifax Metro Centre 10k. That was my first show.
This song always puts me in my car, driving down the highway at about 80 mph around midnight, windows down, on a warm summer night.
I am so happy you two are safe 🥰 am I the only one here who feels Pink Floyd vibes from this song? In any case it Is an awesome song 😊
it's the moodiness and use of negative space, especially at the begining
Hearing this and seeing in context with Visionquest is amazing
From the movie Vision Quest. High school coming of age movie featuring wrestling. I don’t remember the details of the movie, so it would be great to re-watch through your eyes!
It's IN the movie Vision Quest, but it was out before that.
you rock , bless you, I do this song in my band.
Tom Cochrane actually wrote the song because up in Canada around the time the song was written there is this surge of white supremacists or skinheads. Which faded out almost as fast as it began. So the song is basically referring to how Nazi Germany caught the rest of the world off guard, that's way you hear one of the lyrics say "Were on Gaurd this time against your final solution" at the end of the song. But if you read the lyrics the refreces are plenty." Lunitic Fringe we all know your out there your not gonna win this time" or " your in hiding holding your meetings" or " we wont let you steal the laughter" " We can hear you coming " "we'll rise to you this time" of course none of them are in any oder i just wanted to write a few of the lyrics down sometimes it's hard to understand what the singer saying. I didn't know for years what he was saying I mean years. I thought it was something completely different I had no no clue what the referencing was. Anyway hope some of that made sense
I'll never forget when I first heard this song on MTV back in the 80's. The darkness of the song, the long/creepy intro, the lyrics, the ambulance siren, the era this song was written in (Soviet cold war), even the name of the band (Red Rider)...all oif it added up to give me vibes of someone trying to escape from a Communist country to freedom.
Gotta love a good Canadian boy ... Tom Cochrane and Red Rider was way ahead of its time
It’s not six minutes, it’s what happens in that six minutes. Best sports speech of all time.
Golden age MTV Stuff right there
Much Music in Canada.🇨🇦
The first time I heard this when it came out I thought it was Pink Floyd. and I instantly loved it. Then found out it wasn't and was like who is this!!! Definitely must check out movie Vision Quest!
Tom Cochrane was one of the choir Singers on the Canadian African famine relief song, Tears are not enough
One of the more chaotic endings to a rock song, and that is what is makes it damn great.
When this song came out, some friends and I were teenagers - we would stupidly jump off a highway bridge at night into a lake. I don’t remember why, but we called it “David Letterman Bridge.” After this song, it became “Lunatic Bridge.” Walking towards it in the dark singing “lunatic bridge… I know you’re out there.” lol
Could it be that you called it “David Letterman Bridge” because Dave used to drop objects out of a five-story tower to see how they splattered on the ground?
Teenage stupidity was better in the 80's. Lol
@@honkoff99 makes sense, but we never made sense - one kid was a huge letterman fan. The more I think about it, I think he just named a random bridge in honor of Dave, lol.
@@6916dog lol
Great track…..(1981) got to see them live Sept. 30th 1981 at the Providence Civic Center opening up for The Kinks ! Same year I seen Journey at the Boston Gardens (Escape) Tour ❤️🔥🎸
……P.S. also seen Ozzy (Blizzard Of Oz) AC/DC (For Those About To Rock) Tours ! that same year. Back then Tickets we’re under $15 !!! Ozzy tixs were $8.50. Those were the days when you could go and see 6-8 concerts a year ! I’ve seen Tool 3 times since 2019, average tix were $300 per show 😢
This song never gets old.
The bass player in this band is Jeff Jones. He was the original bass player in Rush before being replaced by Geddy Lee in 1968
Anybody ever tell you two that you're getting really, really good at this?!!!! Very nice analysis covering a multitude of areas. Thank you!
Well said,agree totally!
The first big time concert I attended was Red Rider and Pat Benatar. Red Rider opened the show with this song and I still remember the seats vibrating and the adrenaline high I got feeling the music in my whole body.
Vision Quest......great movie and sound track. Sound track to my highschool years.
Dio, Journey, Madonna, Red Rider, Sammy Hagar, Foreigner....
According to Wikipedia: Guitarist Tom Cochrane wrote the song after becoming concerned about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was also inspired after reading a book about Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued Jews from The Holocaust during World War II.
Now you have to watch "Vision Quest" where they played this song.
This song was in the movie Vision Quest.
Tom Cochrane (/ˈkɒkrən/ KOK-rən; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman for the rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009, he was inducted onto the Canadian Walk of Fame. After meeting at the El Mocambo tavern in Toronto, Cochrane joined the Canadian rock band Red Rider in 1978 and served as their lead singer and main songwriter for more than ten years. Cochrane launched his solo career in 1991 with the release of the song "Life Is a Highway" that went to #1. Other hit songs he had as a solo artist "Mad Mad World" & "No Regrets" with the band Red Rider other hit songs are.... "Human Race", "Boy Inside the Man" & "Big League"
Then there's the guy that has to quote wikipedia as a comment. Did you happen to meet him/them, did you happen to have a story of seeing them in a bar or concert? Did your sister get busy with the bassist in the tour bus? Maybe bring something more than cut & paste
@@vampfashions who cares they never read Wikipedia or they would know the answers themselves and this is the way for them to get the information they asked for without having to read the whole page on Wikipedia & for me to come up with stuff with out having to forget half the information and word it all wrong. I pick and choose parts to send them that makes the most sense for what they asked for and reword some of the other parts and add some of my own stuff.
@@sgrabtune3950 So you're google for the comment section...
@@vampfashions soooooooo what go bug someone eles LOL LOL LOL😎😁😃😁
This Was a top hit December 1981 (Number 1) in Canada. It wasn't even known about in the US. I graduated from Highschool June 1982, and remember my Cousins and friends from the States (mstly NYC) never even heard this song at all.
Tom Cochrane (the lead singer) had a huge Hit a few Years later. "Life is a Highway"
Great pick, Canadian Classic band-after 1986 became Tom Cochrane and red Rider then just Tom Cochrane-Known for the huge hit Life is a Highway(the original not the later remake)
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I saw a band try to play this song one night in a small club called Cavi's in Utica, Michigan. When it got to the slide guitar solo it was so incredibly awful that the poor guitarist was making cringe faces at his own playing.
Tom Cochrane had some great solo songs after Red Rider. You should check out "Big League", "Life Is A Highway", "Sinking Like A Sunset", "Boy Inside The Man", and many more.
Big League is one of those (TRUE) "story-telling" songs that J. & Amber like so much.
Back in the day, we didn't have smartphones or the internet and I can remember, if I couldn't sleep and just needed to do something, I would jump in my car, roll the windows, hit the highway, and drive the loop around OKC, just jamming. This would have been one the songs I would have jammed too. Seems like there were a lot of really good songs in the 80's and early 90's that were perfect for night driving on the highway with the windows down, volume cranked.
The brother who plays the bass is Jeff Jones, whom Geddy Lee replaced as the lead vocalist and bassist of Rush in the beginning.
Check out his videos "Diamond Light" and "In Through The Out Door."
“Vision Quest” is a must for your movie day! 💯🔥🤙🏽😎
You have to see the movie vision quest where this song is from absolutely great movie. You will love it.
I can not emphasize how BADLY you have to watch “Vision Quest.” It is THE single greatest movie ever made about high school wrestling and the individual athlete’s journey.
This song is from a movie in the 80' s called "Vision Quest" about a young ambitious wrestler played by Matthew Modine. The sound track is great. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
Great driving song. One of my favorites. Love Red Rider.
This is Canadian wine. Great song.
Amber I'm Gen X and your right there was back and forth to learn, and from older generations ( not just Gen X ) as well. But...there was also a LOT of allowance because of that ease, allowance of things that never should have happened so your generation and ones following that cancel, the intent is correct, though prudence is sacrificed. That's the thing about life it's always a balancing act.
Definitely a vibe Halloween time
You guys were in my prayers yesterday, I'm glad you're alright!
One of those 80s songs that I forgot I loved! They were a Canadian band (might still be around) and their singer wrote this song right after John Lennon was unalived in New York.
Finally!!! Another one of Canadas treasures!!!!!! We’ve got The Best Bands in the world!!!🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦🤟🇨🇦
Chilliwack 👍👊🤘
Headpins and Prism also!!!
Blue rodeo. The trews .
April Wine
@@bobbiemcewan8233 seen April Wine in Ketchikan, Alaska 1997👍🤘
Red Rider was an amazing band, and Tom Cochrane had continued success as a solo artist!
Born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. A small mining town in northern Manitoba (same province that produced The Guess Who, Crash Test Dummies, Streetheart, BTO, and where Neil Young got his start) .....he came a very long way, literally and figuratively!
So happy that you and your children are safe and sound. Take care and God bless you always.
Another wild rock song from around the same time is Fantasy by Aldo Nova. I bet Jay will like that one.
I'm pretty sure that they did that one a long time ago. It wasn't a great version of the song - I think it was live & was a bad recording but I do believe that they did it. (I guess we'll all have to look it up in their catalogue & check.)
Nice that you visited this Red Rider classic from their second studio album "As Far as Siam" (1981).
Try out their song "Don't Fight It" (1979) from their first studio album of the same name.
Amber is so right. In the 70s 80s and 90s we learned to accept differences of opinions, be cool about it, and share society and space without holding grudges.
That is not true or accurate at all.
@@matthewcranney6576 Case in point.
Just like " Glass Tiger" the same year 1985 I saw "Red Rider" in a bar called the "Crazy Horse" in Nova Scotia Canada and fell in love with them. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
I 2nd the comments about "Vision Quest". A fun movie to check out and this song features prominently in it. Not a lot of wrestling movies out there, especially back in the 80's! There's also a live musical appearance by a mostly unknown singer at the time that you'll definitely recognize!
"White Hot", "Boy Inside the Man", "Napoleon Sheds His Skin" Amber is going to die for the intelligent lyrics.
The lyrics in this song have never been more relevant.
The song definitely has a Pink Floyd feel to it especially the clean guitar riff in there
I think the slide solo is very Gilmour sounding.
@@shadeshadyshade254 yes , it is definitely Much so with the slide for sure 👍
Red Rider has a unique sound because of their instrumentation. The lead guitar is a pedal steel run through a distortion pedal, which sounds kind of like a regular guitar being played with a slide. The keyboard-sounding high notes in the introduction is also played on a pedal steel. Did not even realize it until I saw them live and then it all made perfect sense.
So glad you said that, Amber, about cancel culture and words. I could not agree more!! And speaking of "Words" that is also the title of a great song by The Bee Gees, one of their earlier songs, and well worth a reaction if you haven't done it already!!
This song on full blast driving to California at 2 a.m. with the T-Tops off hitting about 90 mph through the Desert . Nothing better!
And the warm smell of colitas rising up through the air !!! 😄
I've been saying for years now, glad your finally getting into Tom Cochrane and Red Rider! The lead singer is Tom Cochrane and you need to hear his other classic songs like Boy Inside The Man, The Big League, and of course his world wide smash hit Life Is A Highway. He's also been nicknamed the Canadian Boss (ala Bruce Springsteen). He has a wealth of fantastic songs and pure breed Canadian Icon.
And sinking like the sunset
Yes, Big League
There you go close your eyes and let the music flow through you and enjoy the gifts those artist left us before they left this earth !