Alphaville - Big In Japan (Official Music Video)

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  • You're watching the official music video for Alphaville - Big In Japan from the 1984 album Forever Young.
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    Lyrics:
    Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions that I'd ever find a glimpse of
    Summer's heatwave in your eyes
    You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin
    Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo? Or should I go
    And change my point of view for other ugly scenes?
    You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @rhino
    @rhino  4 года назад +1716

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    • @hoi4noob765
      @hoi4noob765 4 года назад +53

      Still hoping for a real one

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      @andyou292 4 года назад +19

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    • @andyou292
      @andyou292 4 года назад +12

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    • @talischaefer1131
      @talischaefer1131 4 года назад +3

      Qq

  • @peternicklin2693
    @peternicklin2693 2 месяца назад +165

    This masterpiece sums up the 80s, brilliant decade.

    • @leestavola6183
      @leestavola6183 Месяц назад +2

      I so agree 💯

    • @shenayduffy4043
      @shenayduffy4043 16 дней назад +2

      My fave 80s record..the one that I still play and never forgot

  • @LoneShot95
    @LoneShot95 5 лет назад +6305

    fun fact: when this came out, the singer Marian Gold was still working as cooks mate in his hometown in Germany. it got a lot of radio airplay and so one of the cooks said: "son, they are playing your song all day long" and fired him. so the singer was fired because his boss didn't want him to waste his career peeling potatoes

    • @sacraynpirozhkov
      @sacraynpirozhkov 4 года назад +56

      Herford

    • @norbort1692
      @norbort1692 3 года назад +595

      The boss said " Du bisch zu gut du arroganter Arsch. Geh naus und zeig dene wer dr Chef isch. Aber du musch mir trotzdem noch die 5 Euro vom Dorffescht letschtes Jahr geben"

    • @aydankhaliq2967
      @aydankhaliq2967 3 года назад +68

      Sauce or fake

    • @RioMuc
      @RioMuc 3 года назад +76

      @@norbort1692 Stimmt das wirklich? Hat er so auf Schwäbisch geschwätzt?

    • @Mrstachu9972
      @Mrstachu9972 Год назад +4

      Rly ?

  • @brucelee6967
    @brucelee6967 Месяц назад +178

    From 1984 to 2024. 40 years 👏👏👏

    • @robertalf454
      @robertalf454 Месяц назад +3

      I was just 7 Years old when that Song came out!

    • @leestavola6183
      @leestavola6183 Месяц назад +1

      Too bad it went by in a flash 😢

    • @danielkiruri4882
      @danielkiruri4882 26 дней назад +1

      Yup 1984 Nairobi dancing on a Saturday morning

    • @markrasmussen1784
      @markrasmussen1784 25 дней назад +2

      As one day 😢🎉❤

    • @memphisiv
      @memphisiv 23 дня назад +1

      One of the greatest masterpieces in pop music history.

  • @shinjukuman9850
    @shinjukuman9850 7 месяцев назад +358

    I am Japanese teenager and this masterpiece caught my heart❤
    Traditional music video is definitely amazing!!🇯🇵🇩🇪

    • @LonelayerLTM
      @LonelayerLTM 4 месяца назад +9

      Wen du Deutsch bis muß ich dir leider sagen das big in Japan ein anderen Hintergrund hat Hals fihle denken 😂

    • @1963Victory
      @1963Victory 4 месяца назад +1

      Genau

    • @1963Victory
      @1963Victory 4 месяца назад +3

      Very sad indeed, the real meaning of this masterpiece

    • @Willburys
      @Willburys 4 месяца назад +4

      Das gleiche Schicksal fand ich als ich zum ersten Mal von den Stranglers mit Golden Brown hörte!

    • @stephanieroumeguere353
      @stephanieroumeguere353 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@1963VictoryI think I missed something ...🤔

  • @aqswde110
    @aqswde110 Год назад +2226

    How did the 80s manage to both be so ridiculously random and so amazingly awesome at the same time?

    • @marinoskostouros6896
      @marinoskostouros6896 Год назад +95

      then the mind used it for right things and not for the nonsense of today 🙂

    • @diggerbrains1967
      @diggerbrains1967 Год назад +78

      we were so blessed to live in such wonderful freedom

    • @mplparsa1774
      @mplparsa1774 Год назад +16

      hahahahha you are right

    • @paultwiss199
      @paultwiss199 Год назад +67

      The 80s were the beginning of the tech age but it went to shit after the 80s.

    • @Moondog-wc4vm
      @Moondog-wc4vm Год назад +31

      Because actual talent made it big because more people voted to spend actual money for the records based on actually liking them than voted for a puerile TV entertainment show because they were sucked in by the hype and fomo? Just guessing, I could only afford to buy one or maybe two singles per week in the 80's, but voting a few pennies while sitting on my ass using my phone appears easier nowadays. I don't bother doing it, never have, but it still has the appeal of being simple and inexpensive. BTW I still have all the records I bought and a record player so i can listen to any of the music I originally thought was worthwhile. About 5% of it gets ignored, the rest gets a listen at least once a year, much more for some great songs! I feel like I got value for what I spent back in the day. Personally I would rather be able to still listen to the media I bought for as long as i like than have a stream removed because some beancounter exec decides it isn't making enough revenue. I grew up being able to do that and simply don't like companies taking away what I paid for because they already got my money and don't care if I get value or not so long as they get their profit.

  • @GamerGod7_
    @GamerGod7_ 2 года назад +4565

    40 Years passed by and this song is still a masterpiece

    • @lisaharkins8447
      @lisaharkins8447 2 года назад +61

      This whole album is absolutely incredible. I cannot believe more artists haven’t sampled their stuff today!

    • @tomashejda
      @tomashejda 2 года назад +23

      Yeah I was enjoying my prenatal time back then. Incredible times.

    • @bailybaily3618
      @bailybaily3618 2 года назад +42

      i was so young then now 53

    • @whatdothlife4660
      @whatdothlife4660 Год назад +19

      How would it stop being a masterpiece?

    • @florianlebreton1056
      @florianlebreton1056 Год назад +5

      38 ans

  • @abdulhameedmalki8837
    @abdulhameedmalki8837 20 дней назад +28

    52 yr old and still listening to this wonderful song - May 2024

    • @Zeezazz
      @Zeezazz 18 дней назад

      Me too. I feel like this song should have been sampled more

    • @MaryDoyle-xl2ri
      @MaryDoyle-xl2ri 18 дней назад

      ❤❤🎼🎼

    • @valeron7617
      @valeron7617 12 дней назад

      П

  • @user-eu1bl9qt5m
    @user-eu1bl9qt5m 4 месяца назад +456

    It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this banger ️. no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary.

  • @boulosius2518
    @boulosius2518 Год назад +1294

    no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary

  • @drey8
    @drey8 7 лет назад +799

    1:47 "neon on my naked skin...passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins. " Always loved that line.

    • @sonicfoxxmusic4281
      @sonicfoxxmusic4281 5 лет назад +9

      But what does it mean?

    • @nicholavaughan
      @nicholavaughan 5 лет назад +55

      @@sonicfoxxmusic4281 it means you imagine the image and create your own answer.

    • @espirulografo
      @espirulografo 5 лет назад +27

      I readed over there that the center of this song is the heroine, he is not gay he is waiting for his dealer (man)

    • @LoneShot95
      @LoneShot95 5 лет назад +27

      @@sonicfoxxmusic4281 He´s describing the atmosphere. he's looking to score heroin in a big city (Berlin) at night so he's passing by neon shop signs and shop windows

    • @jdmlegent
      @jdmlegent 5 лет назад +41

      @@LoneShot95 Then he says '" Shall I stay here at the Zoo or shall I go and change my other point of view".
      It means shall he stay in the Zoo (Zoo train station in Berlin) where drug addicts used to take a stay... and keep my straggle vs drugs or go away and get clean! Very touchy lines and script, but 1st of all the song is Perfect, even in 2020!

  • @wiser4
    @wiser4 4 месяца назад +348

    I'm an Arabic guy, when i was 15 i found an old cassette thrown on the side of the road, and this song was in the playlist, back then i couldn't understand the lyrics but i was caught in the feel of something extraordinary, and now after all these years i found it.
    My eyes are full of tears from the nostalgia

    • @andresmendez6556
      @andresmendez6556 4 месяца назад

      How is it relevant that you’re Arabic

    • @jacquelinebhg2325
      @jacquelinebhg2325 4 месяца назад +12

      very cool!! ty for sharing that. Now this song is 40 years old today!!

    • @wiser4
      @wiser4 4 месяца назад +8

      It does?!, i didn't know that so ty, no wonder it's Amazing since the music peaked in the 80's

    • @Reno_no.8
      @Reno_no.8 4 месяца назад +2

      Amazing! Thank you for sharing that story 😊

    • @pouyagorji3022
      @pouyagorji3022 4 месяца назад +9

      I love the stories of how we Middle Eastern folk find music in the weirdest ways possible.

  • @apn_sarkari_nahi_sarkar_banega
    @apn_sarkari_nahi_sarkar_banega 2 месяца назад +46

    80-90s music had a different vibe ❤

  • @michelelomartire_634
    @michelelomartire_634 3 года назад +352

    one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!

    • @TheRolemodel1337
      @TheRolemodel1337 2 года назад

      one of the bad things is you're going to die rather soon and miss out on a lot

    • @legende0018
      @legende0018 2 года назад +16

      @@Levuiii but you have to admit that the 80‘s were such an beautiful thing.
      If you compare it to nowadays music, it‘s just perfect and it is this way already to be honest.

    • @alfreddiaz5405
      @alfreddiaz5405 2 года назад +7

      Agree with you

    • @larsjonkhans3789
      @larsjonkhans3789 Год назад +8

      I am realy jealous i am 20 years old and all i wanted is to be a 80s teen

    • @sbinsdca
      @sbinsdca Год назад +5

      And the women in the videos aren't all skanked out with tattoos and piercings.

  • @TheHiddenKun
    @TheHiddenKun 2 года назад +1235

    This song and this group are not well-known in Japan for some reason, but I'm a big fan. No matter when you listen to it, it's fresh no matter how many times you listen!
    80s synth music is immortal forever.
    Greetings from Big in Japan.🇯🇵

    • @GilesMcRiker
      @GilesMcRiker 2 года назад +73

      They lied to us!

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago 2 года назад +20

      Moshi Moshi : )

    • @RamadhanAli
      @RamadhanAli 2 года назад +7

      @@GilesMcRiker how 🤔 🤔❓

    • @itsisk2043
      @itsisk2043 2 года назад +61

      Oh! We all thought that they were 'Big in Japan'! 😂

    • @Lacaframalama
      @Lacaframalama 2 года назад +27

      They’re honestly not that well known in America either. I’m a child of the 80’s and first heard this a few years ago

  • @user-ef5fr8pw6y
    @user-ef5fr8pw6y Месяц назад +28

    This was real music these times back then.

  • @user-nd5bo5db1o
    @user-nd5bo5db1o Месяц назад +30

    Москва 24.04.2024.мне 53 года...слушаю..дискотека..молодость...восьмидесятые.....❤

  • @JJ-xm5eg
    @JJ-xm5eg 8 месяцев назад +33

    Hell yea! Long live the 80's!!!✊🏽

  • @jury7228
    @jury7228 4 месяца назад +456

    If you're still here after 40 years you're a legend

    • @vessto
      @vessto 4 месяца назад +11

      Yes. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @Giovanni024
      @Giovanni024 4 месяца назад +12

      but bro im only 25

    • @mariaealcalde7511
      @mariaealcalde7511 4 месяца назад +4

      😮😅😮😅

    • @user-hu7yn1yq7s
      @user-hu7yn1yq7s 4 месяца назад +4

      Always here bro

    • @Kerosene92
      @Kerosene92 4 месяца назад +6

      I am a legend, thanks to my dad for making me listen to this marvel when I was still a child, I became addicted

  • @alexdays54
    @alexdays54 4 дня назад +4

    I was 15 in 84!! I WANNA GO BACK SO BAD!!!!!

  • @cherryhazard8002
    @cherryhazard8002 2 месяца назад +33

    I'm happy for the fact this song exists, I'm not happy by the fact we'll never have masterpieces like this again.

    • @matty6598
      @matty6598 2 месяца назад +4

      every single new song sounds like literal shit and most people can't even sing anymore so they need autotune. 80s music sounds like the future and modern music sounds like the stereotypical future if you know what I mean

    • @raufguner4720
      @raufguner4720 2 месяца назад

      sanırım dünya da müzik kalitesi düştü.@@matty6598

  • @skay9071
    @skay9071 Месяц назад +49

    This music never die!..1984- 2024...hello from Azerbaijan

  • @tangerine825
    @tangerine825 Год назад +40

    Alphaville,Erasure,Pet Shop Boys,Depeche Mode,OMD,Eurythmics...Great Synthpop Groups 80's ! Greets From Poland ;-)

  • @esrausluer449
    @esrausluer449 5 месяцев назад +153

    I'm 46 years old and I still listen to this song. This song will be legendary forever❤❤❤❤❤

    • @kayaman2048
      @kayaman2048 5 месяцев назад

      How does this song feel so pure and forlorn

    • @1masivac
      @1masivac 5 месяцев назад +2

      Because good taste never gets old❤

    • @noelmurphy406
      @noelmurphy406 5 месяцев назад +1

      50 and remember it like it was only released yesterday

    • @Caipipoca
      @Caipipoca 3 месяца назад +2

      Im 45 from Brazil!

    • @hooikaika69
      @hooikaika69 3 месяца назад +3

      I’m 59 and still listen to it

  • @tracylane8098
    @tracylane8098 2 месяца назад +25

    the best music came from the 80s, loved it then (i was in my teens) had my 55th birthday on the 3rd of march 2024 still love the 80s , in the words of sinead , nothing compares x

    • @dabeezkneez8716
      @dabeezkneez8716 Месяц назад +1

      The words of Prince also sung by Sinead.

  • @lambrosm770
    @lambrosm770 3 года назад +827

    German artists brought out some killer hits that era.

    • @leejeanwilliams9376
      @leejeanwilliams9376 3 года назад +18

      oh yeah, brilliant tunes

    • @richardbradley2335
      @richardbradley2335 3 года назад +78

      German efficiency........didnt even know they were German !!!!

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 3 года назад +32

      Yea, UFO/MSG, Scorpions, Falco, Goombay Dance Band (maybe not the last one).

    • @sushigirl1069
      @sushigirl1069 3 года назад +19

      @@roylennie8117 😂😂haha Goombay dance band
      Don't forget Nena also Die toten hosen 😁

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 3 года назад

      @@sushigirl1069 Can't remember the last band, don't think they had a hit here did they? How about The Rattles?

  • @lianakar8306
    @lianakar8306 10 месяцев назад +55

    80s music was amazing

    • @fritzsue
      @fritzsue 3 месяца назад

      Yea and no one was offended either was an amazing time

  • @Gildedbutterfly1976
    @Gildedbutterfly1976 6 месяцев назад +36

    The first three seconds of this song are better than any of the garbage out today.

    • @vessto
      @vessto 6 месяцев назад +3

      Perfectly said.

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo 2 месяца назад +1

      Agree it really sets a tone/mood...love music that can provoke this. That is the real mccoy. WHat id give to be a teenager again
      Wait I am!! But theres this long haired old guy looking back in the mirror hanging on lol

  • @hesterrudd8530
    @hesterrudd8530 Месяц назад +12

    Yes, fantastic song. Still beautiful after all these years

  • @TheSpookyDuke
    @TheSpookyDuke Год назад +488

    80s music was rich, opulent, diverse, deep, stunningly creative, melodic, full of rhythm and.... fun!

    • @Bubbles-od2tv
      @Bubbles-od2tv Год назад +30

      And mysterious. And magical. And romantic. And dark.

    • @lzclaudio1
      @lzclaudio1 Год назад +11

      This lyrics are incredibly PERFECT, still today.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Год назад +10

      The 80s are the biggest treasure of the electronic music. The fundamentals of the genre.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Год назад +4

      @Luiz Claudio Lemos Yes, IMHO every person has more or less delusions of being famous and successful somewhere out of the real life. The lyrics, the synths, everything of this song is beyond time. It will ever be actual. Adding the stunning voice and brutal beauty of Marian makes it one of a kind.

    • @user-xp4qc3wz5n
      @user-xp4qc3wz5n Год назад +3

      Так и есть) Привет из России)

  • @marinalima9997
    @marinalima9997 8 лет назад +27

    forever Alphaville!

  • @luisellalonati
    @luisellalonati 11 дней назад +12

    Maggio 2024, sempre meravigliosa 👍👍.....

  • @CutieFakeKirby
    @CutieFakeKirby 22 дня назад +5

    i remember a few months ago, my uncle took me to school and asked me if i like 80s music. i said yes and he put this on, i wanna thank him for introducing me to alphaville lol

  • @mgparis
    @mgparis 10 месяцев назад +258

    I can't even describe how lucky I feel to have been a teenager in the 80s

    • @jimmyj5557
      @jimmyj5557 10 месяцев назад +8

      Same here

    • @meangothlesbian
      @meangothlesbian 10 месяцев назад +25

      as a current teenager, i am embarrassingly jealous!

    • @mgparis
      @mgparis 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@meangothlesbian At least you have excellent taste! :)

    • @meangothlesbian
      @meangothlesbian 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@mgparis aww thank you! so nice to get a reply !!

    • @davehacker7427
      @davehacker7427 9 месяцев назад +8

      I say the same thing all the time. So glad that I grew up in the 70's and 80's. Those were the best decades ever!!!!!!!!! The last truly great decade for music. So diverse and original.

  • @Olimpia50
    @Olimpia50 10 месяцев назад +47

    0% Understand
    100% Joy

    • @vessto
      @vessto 10 месяцев назад +1

      The song is sad indeed. It is about a doubt of a boy if to leave the drug life without his girlfriend or to stay addicted with her. Big in Japan is an idiom and it is the delusion of losers who pretend to be big and popular somewhere far away.

  • @amgaku
    @amgaku 12 дней назад +8

    You know you're a big artist if you're Big In Japan... 😁

  • @elasson
    @elasson 3 месяца назад +24

    Songs like this are classic. They will never fade.

    • @ru9204
      @ru9204 Месяц назад

      True 💯

  • @mdraseljony1529
    @mdraseljony1529 3 года назад +371

    One of the most underrated bands of all time.

  • @will2045
    @will2045 2 года назад +157

    This is a truly masterpiece.

  • @user-iy4dm4rd9m
    @user-iy4dm4rd9m 4 месяца назад +89

    Вы заметили, что сейчас все слушают песни тех времен) потому что таких талантов и песен больше никто не сочинил)
    Слезы на глазах наворачиваются, когда слушаю и вспоминаю свое детство ❤
    Браво) это легенды ❤❤❤🎉

    • @Scobar_SPb
      @Scobar_SPb 4 месяца назад +5

      Привет из СПб,42г

    • @TheTamarachik
      @TheTamarachik 3 месяца назад +3

      Это правда

    • @user-pq5eg7xw9b
      @user-pq5eg7xw9b 3 месяца назад +2

      Да, Вы правы

    • @user-pq5eg7xw9b
      @user-pq5eg7xw9b 3 месяца назад +3

      Шикарное было детство. И песни шикарные👍👍👍👍

    • @City2moon
      @City2moon Месяц назад +1

      Привет из Тулуна, 49

  • @galinamalishevskaya9289
    @galinamalishevskaya9289 6 месяцев назад +14

    Россия. Санкт-Петербург. Alphaville!!! Слушали Вас до поздней ночи, сегодня - утром. Зарядите нас огнём😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

  • @erinwalker711
    @erinwalker711 3 года назад +521

    This has to be one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s. I love this and I just think it's perfect.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago 2 года назад +25

      It Was Big Hit In UK. 🙂

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 2 года назад +18

      @@GameBoyyearsago . . . .but not in Japan.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago 2 года назад +20

      @@roylennie8117 But Big In Germany Then Later Japan.

    • @newbarker523
      @newbarker523 2 года назад +12

      @@GameBoyyearsago My mum used to know all the band and said they were big down under.

    • @oni741
      @oni741 2 года назад +5

      @@GameBoyyearsago "It's easy when you're big in *Germany* too"
      😂🇩🇪😂 😎

  • @cookeecutkk
    @cookeecutkk 9 месяцев назад +206

    80s. The last decade where music wasn’t afraid of pure melody and emotion.

    • @nelus7276
      @nelus7276 7 месяцев назад +5

      You mean the last decade where YOU could legally smile at a somebody under 20 😂

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@nelus7276 Still can bro, you'll just get locked up for it! lol
      But had to grow up in the 80s to really 'get' it.
      I appreciate all eras and genres, but the 80s is so varied. Bands were not afraid to mess with keys and chords as cookee says. ;-)
      Thompson Twins, DrDr!

    • @Vsoundproductions
      @Vsoundproductions 4 месяца назад +5

      I agree 100%. I grew up in the 80's and the music had great melodies. I try to incorporate those 80s style melodies into my music, Dream Factory.

    • @Tracker5111
      @Tracker5111 3 месяца назад +1

      And have some sort of story!!!

    • @cookeecutkk
      @cookeecutkk 3 месяца назад

      @@braydonwen3852 No I don’t. The same thing applies in many other genres. I’m old enough to have lived through it.

  • @davidkepesi2412
    @davidkepesi2412 Месяц назад +11

    40 years!

  • @RoganBoss
    @RoganBoss 2 месяца назад +5

    Incredible tune. Still going strong. Born in the 90's but the 80's was where it was at.

  • @masterofpuppets4771
    @masterofpuppets4771 4 года назад +55

    80s' are truly the age of amazing, breathtaking vocalists/frontmans

  • @vangel4201
    @vangel4201 4 года назад +432

    April 2020 : Please take me back to 80s

    • @getsomemtb7427
      @getsomemtb7427 4 года назад +8

      When the drinking age was 18 and music was original. I want a time machine, but I'll just live with the memories. Epic memories!

    • @maxhelbing4465
      @maxhelbing4465 4 года назад +1

      GET SOME! MTB i have no memories because i never lived in the 80s

    • @NATY-vk6jw
      @NATY-vk6jw 4 года назад +2

      Take me too

    • @movesky6696
      @movesky6696 4 года назад +3

      so need a time machine a delorean /bill and ted ex

    • @samedkurt2390
      @samedkurt2390 4 года назад

      How old are you wtf

  • @lilmissemi
    @lilmissemi Месяц назад +9

    The vocals are better than what singers these days are capable

    • @vessto
      @vessto Месяц назад +1

      He has over 4 octaves. If you listen some of their megamixes you can hear his full potential. The Prologue of Forever Young album - A Victory of Love - is sung in 3 octaves.

  • @ahmetozcan4830
    @ahmetozcan4830 3 месяца назад +102

    Anyone 2024?

  • @Threepwoot
    @Threepwoot 5 лет назад +1904

    This song is about a heroin-addicted couple at Berlin Zoo-Station dreaming about what life could be - far far away - without their addicition.
    Thats actually what "Big in Japan" originally meant (its the name of a british band): When you are a loser or an outcast you might be able to have a good life in a place far away.
    This song makes me feel strongly hurt for the many addicted people all over the world who want to have a decent life but just can't break free :'(
    Great song and rightfully an 80's classic.

  • @stephyheinrich1335
    @stephyheinrich1335 3 года назад +70

    The 80s was perfect. Musicians were able to express themselves through the music. I would never trade growing up in the 80s for anything.

    • @anderpanders6210
      @anderpanders6210 Год назад +1

      Can you tell one nice memory? I wanna know what it was like

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Год назад +3

      Not to mention you could express fascination and interest in other countries without someone digging through everything to find reasons to get offended.

  • @loisemadara6292
    @loisemadara6292 24 дня назад +7

    ❤❤❤❤may 2024. Love Alphaville

  • @BraveJoxer
    @BraveJoxer 4 месяца назад +13

    80's music is something special!

  • @aydnvatansever7145
    @aydnvatansever7145 3 года назад +62

    I love you 80's 90's music...

    • @barscskn9150
      @barscskn9150 3 года назад +4

      Meee too I miss you 80 s 90 years

    • @sirkkusiikanen7870
      @sirkkusiikanen7870 3 года назад

      @@barscskn9150 i miss You too! I am coming from Finland.

  • @Aleja29m
    @Aleja29m 3 года назад +96

    This song should will be considered one of the best song of the history's new wave, isn't?

    • @vooides
      @vooides 2 года назад +1

      Yes,definitely😄

  • @vanalles96
    @vanalles96 2 месяца назад +6

    Fabulous !!!
    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @Bev-xl3wo
    @Bev-xl3wo 13 дней назад +1

    Oh yeah 🎉

  • @v-boy2004
    @v-boy2004 4 года назад +23

    1985: amazing
    2019: still Amazing😍❤️💕

    • @akdn2010
      @akdn2010 2 года назад +1

      Still in 2021 :-) Thanks and lucky me growing on this music as a teenager with more European music influence than American... Stay well safe and healthy you all.

    • @keamogetsoemashile5867
      @keamogetsoemashile5867 2 года назад

      Even I November 2021 🔥🔥🔥

  • @nana-lw1yx
    @nana-lw1yx 3 года назад +420

    Winter's cityside
    Crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions
    That I'd ever find a glimpse
    Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
    Of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo
    Or should I go and change my point of view
    For other ugly scenes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan...

  • @naiemqunibe7033
    @naiemqunibe7033 3 месяца назад +8

    Woooow...took me back to 80's...I'm 53 now..

  • @susannebuchholz72
    @susannebuchholz72 4 месяца назад +40

    The 80ies were a really creative time for music! I really enjoyed it and I will love it forever! ❤️‍🔥💚

    • @gmansi
      @gmansi 4 месяца назад +3

      "A victory of love" another great song

    • @BraveJoxer
      @BraveJoxer 4 месяца назад +2

      my feelings

    • @stupedcraig
      @stupedcraig 4 месяца назад +2

      A time when they left the art to the artist.

    • @susannebuchholz72
      @susannebuchholz72 3 месяца назад +1

      @@gmansi Oh yes! I love it,too! ❣️

    • @gmansi
      @gmansi 3 месяца назад

      Great! @@susannebuchholz72

  • @jhonnydleon
    @jhonnydleon 2 года назад +208

    I will never get tired of listening to this musical masterpiece.

    • @thegame6141
      @thegame6141 2 года назад

      Are you sure, sucker?

    • @Filloh
      @Filloh 2 года назад

      same dude

    • @Filloh
      @Filloh 2 года назад

      @@thegame6141 funny comment. i'm guessing you're trolling, and that's a bit sad ngl :D

    • @thegame6141
      @thegame6141 2 года назад

      @@Filloh hi, i'm guessing you have nothing to do at home, so get a job!

    • @kevfullo
      @kevfullo Год назад

      it's no Safety Dance, but still a classic.

  • @entiar1
    @entiar1 2 года назад +57

    This song in 1984: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 2021: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 2022: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 9997: Absolute success!!!

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 2 года назад

      I love this song but it didn’t do well it was at #60 on the US.

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 2 года назад +1

      @Stefan S. I agree with that last sentence.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago 2 года назад

      @@scooterthepog3763 Hey it Was Succes In UK Mayebe The Were Big In UK With Japan 🙂.

    • @paulaalmazan3529
      @paulaalmazan3529 2 года назад +1

      Estoy de acuerdo ...es para siempre...

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 2 года назад

      @@GameBoyyearsago The song was the only thing they made that charted well in the UK. Terrible shame considering how amazing there debut was.

  • @AAA-wo8hn
    @AAA-wo8hn 5 месяцев назад +46

    I am bloody 60 and this song makes me feel like I am 20!!! The knees may be cracking but the heart beat still can follow😂

  • @eleananianiou6285
    @eleananianiou6285 2 месяца назад +2033

    2024 anyone ?

    • @vessto
      @vessto 2 месяца назад +13

      🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @maxomas4803
      @maxomas4803 2 месяца назад +9

      🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @alphawolf566
      @alphawolf566 2 месяца назад +6

      (Y)

    • @Spirit_United
      @Spirit_United 2 месяца назад +6

      Here!

    • @maxkrawec6189
      @maxkrawec6189 2 месяца назад +17

      Listening to this on a train to munich right now

  • @AlphamattEntertainment
    @AlphamattEntertainment 11 месяцев назад +23

    I don't know how this band come to the idea of this song. 👏👏👏
    I lived and studied in the city where this band comes from...the small, beautiful and clean city of Münster.💚
    Six years in Münster and Münster is my home town in Germany.
    Up to this day 10.06.2023, I am still playing this song loud and in a row in my Studio.
    The sound is so great and timeless, it makes you just wanna dance.
    The voice from Marian is crystal clear and energetic.
    I mastered the lyrics and any day I am in Japan.
    I will go to a park full of people, stand in the middle and will sing this song acapella as loud as possible.
    I will be 'Big In Japan'😎

    • @jasonhoogland1309
      @jasonhoogland1309 3 месяца назад +1

      It's about his sordid life near the zoo.. drugs etcetera.. it's great

  • @djm2459
    @djm2459 Год назад +34

    16 years old, here listening to this classic oldie because today‘s music is just not the same as it was back then.

    • @samuelgirven3488
      @samuelgirven3488 Год назад +2

      ayyy! 16 year old here as well. This is my favorite song.

    • @Alpacher
      @Alpacher Год назад +1

      @@samuelgirven3488 21 yo, heard this song on my ride home with a taxi, instantly saved it lol

    • @dmyt21
      @dmyt21 Год назад +3

      23 yrs old. 90 percent of tracks from my playlist are 80s hits. 80's earth is Heaven.

  • @MaestroDaVila
    @MaestroDaVila 5 месяцев назад +14

    Don't let this classic die!

  • @mfairelabelle
    @mfairelabelle День назад +1

    Помню, на семейном компьютере этот клип всегда был. Отец с матерью любили песню, а я вот как-то не очень. А клипа и вовсе побаивалась - мрачным казался и непонятным... А сейчас смотрю и слушаю с такой ностальгией. Песня просто невероятная, очень красивая! Да и клип мне теперь заходит гораздо больше!
    Спасибо, Альфавилль, что создали этот шедевр❤

  • @danielsramos87
    @danielsramos87 Год назад +20

    one of the best intros in all music history....

  • @ucvu2898
    @ucvu2898 2 года назад +19

    I wanna deplore any music critics, reporters all of whom dared to call Alphaville the 1 hit wonder band, this song was literally extraordinary, should have been promoted much harder than only Forever Young

  • @Cheers12324
    @Cheers12324 7 дней назад +1

    For sure❤

  • @hansyolo9649
    @hansyolo9649 Месяц назад +9

    As a teenager I had a huge crush on that girl...

  • @EXIDLEGGO1989
    @EXIDLEGGO1989 11 месяцев назад +17

    2023 and still rocks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @Memories-gb3fm
    @Memories-gb3fm 8 месяцев назад +26

    MASTERPIECE

  • @igorskridlevskiy3016
    @igorskridlevskiy3016 8 дней назад +1

    This is the best track I've heard

  • @stefaniamorichelli752
    @stefaniamorichelli752 2 часа назад

    Forever alphaville❤

  • @DeadBlonde_80
    @DeadBlonde_80 Год назад +274

    Masterpiece!
    Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions that I'd ever find
    A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, where the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
    Of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo
    Or shall I go and change my point of view
    For other ugly scenes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan

  • @AshleyOulton
    @AshleyOulton 3 года назад +79

    What can I say about Alphaville? Really love their sound got into their music whilst travelling around the world living out of a suitcase...and they still stimulate my senses 35 years later

    • @AleXander-uc7lo
      @AleXander-uc7lo 2 года назад

      Sandy, it's international music, pride is global

  • @tfwnoyandere
    @tfwnoyandere 5 дней назад +1

    proud to have had this blasting in my earphones while i touched down in tokyo

  • @DonMefiu
    @DonMefiu Месяц назад +5

    BANGER 🔥🔥🔥 I cant stop shaking my head

  • @NRF-ee6cp
    @NRF-ee6cp 5 лет назад +49

    Alphaville had amazing synth and vocals.

  • @room156dronevids3
    @room156dronevids3 Год назад +32

    I absolutely love 80s music and I don’t understand how this song got passed me. It’s so good. I miss the good ol days.

  • @familjensiresi7918
    @familjensiresi7918 16 дней назад +2

    Soon, in only 55 years we will hopefuly enjoy the 80s again :) HOPEFULY!

  • @shadow.walker7
    @shadow.walker7 Месяц назад +3

    Melody of this song is from heaven

  • @TheMasterOfWishes
    @TheMasterOfWishes 8 лет назад +38

    This slowed-down version is much better than the original. And the music video, it's just brilliant. Such powerful imagery.

    • @MrMHughes68
      @MrMHughes68 8 месяцев назад

      It was directed by Dieter Meier of Yello.

  • @theodora_pilates
    @theodora_pilates 2 года назад +83

    This song has been huge in Greece literally ever since it came out. I was 5 or 6. And I've been dancing and singing to it all my life since then. To me it's perfection, it's what music should be like, I can't imagine anyone not liking it.

    • @the_bimmer_boy6957
      @the_bimmer_boy6957 2 года назад

      Mee to bro ,my dad's fav song . He used to play it in the car when i was 6 yr old . Now I'm 16 and I'm addicted to it 🥰

    • @theodora_pilates
      @theodora_pilates 2 года назад

      @@the_bimmer_boy6957 lol I'm 44, I've been listening to it for 40 years 😂

    • @the_bimmer_boy6957
      @the_bimmer_boy6957 2 года назад

      @@theodora_pilates yeah this song has a great vibe 🥰

    • @emilialorenz5109
      @emilialorenz5109 2 года назад +1

      TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO ES MARAVILLOSA!!👍

  • @aldebaran6688
    @aldebaran6688 7 месяцев назад +11

    What a wonderful voice !!!!
    💖👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @JordanSanchez-rp2el
    @JordanSanchez-rp2el Месяц назад +18

    IM OUT IN TOKYO BECAUSE IM IN BIG IN JAPAN

  • @konstantinoskaragiannis1596
    @konstantinoskaragiannis1596 4 года назад +19

    This is the most classic disco song! It's fantastic!

  • @cwbrooks5329
    @cwbrooks5329 Год назад +14

    HIGNFY sent me here! Thanks Mel!

  • @jipsumies3435
    @jipsumies3435 25 дней назад +4

    Back when music videos were a story

  • @gordonk1217
    @gordonk1217 2 месяца назад +3

    Just moved into my council flat in Leeds, I'm 55 years of age and big in Japan, thank gjk xx

  • @brutalee8213
    @brutalee8213 Год назад +272

    I've been had this song on repeat without stopping and I'll never get tired of it

    • @vessto
      @vessto Год назад +4

      Same here. And same about SLAM.

    • @watherby29
      @watherby29 11 месяцев назад +6

      since 1984

    • @stonec2166
      @stonec2166 7 месяцев назад +1

      Me too and for decades now

    • @markjones1109
      @markjones1109 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@vessto timeless xx

    • @Sonnny...xxssxxvttz
      @Sonnny...xxssxxvttz 5 месяцев назад

      Recommend DURAN DURAN -- Come undone ..and Ordinary world ...

  • @4exgold
    @4exgold Год назад +22

    people say that pop music cant be timeless but I beg to differ. Superb tune and the lyrics behind it have a poetic message too.

    • @monica5494
      @monica5494 Год назад +1

      idk i like how pop get dated like u listen to synth pop and u can tell its from the 80s but in a good way

  • @namrocks1505
    @namrocks1505 6 месяцев назад +10

    80's personified!! Awesome tune!!

  • @funfan515
    @funfan515 5 месяцев назад +8

    His voice is so powerful, it stay with you, resonate with your heart and soul…
    Anyone would love to go back to those years?
    Music is the best time traveling system… so far.

  • @JacobTheLoofah
    @JacobTheLoofah 7 лет назад +517

    I dunno why but I love this version of the song better than any other version. I just love how it sounds a little bit deeper and slower, it's amazing

    • @Crytoma
      @Crytoma 7 лет назад +22

      Because it has been slowed down a bit

    • @AgentDanielCross
      @AgentDanielCross 6 лет назад +61

      Ghoulin_ Its actually the original. What you talking about is the album version.

    • @rkabanlit
      @rkabanlit 6 лет назад +19

      I agree, I like this slower version better ...

    • @KingKamidereSama
      @KingKamidereSama 6 лет назад +8

      Ane Brun tho.... nothing beats her version

    • @cletustheslob5237
      @cletustheslob5237 6 лет назад +9

      daniel cross was the original slowed down tho? I dont know if its because ive heard the other version so much, but this one just seems like hes singing so slower and im not sure if he sang it this slow or they slowed the track down?

  • @shahinshah81
    @shahinshah81 10 месяцев назад +17

    The 80s was a vibe, something about the 80s sound of snare never gets old

  • @technohamster4783
    @technohamster4783 Месяц назад +4

    This today is still a masterpiece tune 👍

    • @vessto
      @vessto Месяц назад +1

      👍👍👍👍👍👍