Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose

Number one 80's hit "Tokyo Rose" by Idle Eyes featuring Phil Robertson on drums:
www.e-studio-dr...

[@mikebasil4832]

This is one of Canada's most timeless classics. 👏🏻

[@batman1169]

Also a one hit wonder or two like Men without Hats

[@phylliskumi4355]

I remember this song so well. Wooow. I did not know they are Canadian. This song really holds up all these years later.

[@davidwright8371]

Canadian rock radio staple for sure.

[@lisanickerson2231]

i just lost my uncle whom I was very close

[@jkent6526]

Oh for SURE!!

[@Theartfuldoodlerio]

I live in Toronto, so this song comes on quite a bit. Love it!

[@dakodasavag3]

sucks the lead is a convicted child sex offender ... vancouver, BC this songs played daily on all the classic stations

[@davidwright8371]

@@dakodasavag3 just looked it up wow that's fucked up took a long time but it caught up with him

[@markfabricius1361]

The Bass is just killer in this song

[@mikekaraoke]

@@skysurfyou Miles "Foxx" Hill!

[@CostumeJewelryHome]

'Idle Eyes' was an underappreciated band...memories of 1980's

[@T1MVA]

This has that vibe from Men at Work, The Police and Glenn Frey. Long forgotten gem, one of the best of its time.

[@sandymcquat3877]

Never get tired of hearing this song

[@TheGoodkarm]

SAME! :)

[@TwistedMarksman]

Reminder to listen again

[@j.w.2391]

Me too !!! something "timeless" about it.

[@tracylynnw]

This song never gets old, classic!

[@mustang8230]

We are the best Canadian boys what awesome band. Canadians are dominated in 80s what great era to live on

[@ijvno]

some of my earliest memories was sitting on my dads lap while he blasted this song on his computer. it’s times like those where it doesn’t seem like much in the moment, but those are some of the few good memories i had with him. i grew a part from him during my adolescence because of his poor coping mechanisms. when i grew older and had time to process things that happened in the passed, i began to forgive him and wanted to fix our father daughter relationship; that’s all i wanted for the longest time, to be daddy’s little girl again. unfortunately, he passed away in march due to a heart attack. i have so much guilt built up now. i wish i could have been a better daughter towards him. 2 years ago though, i went to his house after school without my mom knowing. he was telling me how much he cared for me, and started crying. that was the first time i ever saw him cry and in that moment, i knew he really did love me. after so many years of thinking he hated me, i’m very grateful i got to have that moment with him. ik he tried his best to be the best dad he could be, which i’ll forever be grateful for. rest in peace papa, you had really good music taste

[@reingelreingel]

I’m so sorry to hear about this, may his soul rest well.

[@jencameron8124]

The lead singer, David Bruce Campbell, has a beautifully full and unmistakable voice. This song takes me back to one of my first haircuts with my Mom...great and happy memories - great music always stays in your head as well!

[@tomsamuel77]

Went to one of their bar gigs back in the eighties. Had a great conversation with the lead singer at the mens washroom urinals. It was odd at first but he was a really nice dude.

[@BangkokBoy101]

I remember this tune on the radio in the mid 80's. Loved those years.

[@wonderXweapon]

Our Band opened for Idle Eyes in Grande Prairie years ago when they first broke this song Tokyo Rose and I’ve got to say they were really nice group of guys. Not only to us but to the hotel staff and servers just all round good Canadian gents. So I was about 19 or 20 and the lead guitar player in our band, and I noticed the guitar player had a Roland Jazz 120 amp for clean tone and I believe either a Vox or Marshall for his overdriven tone. I also had the Jazz 120 but had not had luck hooking it up to my Marshall head so that it would seamlessly mesh instead of “POP” Buzzzzzz then play lol, so I was talking to him about it and he simply said here let’s go up onstage and I’ll show you how myself and a tech did it …and I went up and he did just that , really helped me out and didn’t treat me as a lesser player. I was so impressed with him for that act of kindness and never forgot it. Later on we had bands open for us and I got the chance to repay that favor. The singer was pretty shy and loved the hot tub at the hotel so didn’t see much of him but the rest of the band and crew were good dudes all round. I’ll bet someone reading this has one experience like this and still remembers it. The lesson “Be kind, it only takes a minute to help another and make them feel important and special and those memories last a lifetime” I bought all their albums they were a great band with great tone and impressive lights too. Lyrically I thought their songs were well written ,produced, and engineered. I should look them up and see what happened after that original hit for them. Park

[@daveford7414]

Saw them in concert on Vancouver island in 1988.saw tragically hip in Victoria same year.👍

[@tamaradavidson4616]

I’m 23 and glad my daddy introduced me to the real shit! and all the stories of his gangster life back in that day lmao 😂 ahh majestic as fuck!

[@baqikenny]

25 here, been listening to 96.9 all the time like I actually lived in the 80s lol

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

FUCK this song is so fucking good. This was back when music was amazing

[@billielittle]

I love this song. Another great band from my beautiful hometown of Vancouver.

[@duffduck]

a great Vancouver Band

[@paullucasjr7899]

Best melodic tune

[@robhanik420]

Actually from Trail Bc

[@jarridc3405]

Nailed it!

[@xasthurhead]

I feel like I'm in the 80s, chainsmoking in a cheap motel room with a neon sign hanging outside, streetlights shining through the blinds, and waiting for a girl. Wicked track

[@pvtrichter88]

xasthurhead I'm actually doing that right now!![just having a laugh with you !} and yes i do agree with you even calling it wicked kind of reminds me of the 80'S!!

[@hickman7909]

with a bottle of cheap whiskey on the night stand

[@SleepyDroid]

@@hickman7909 @xasthurthead same feeling.

[@billmcintosh220]

2020 still chain-smoking, and they sound like Men at Work, love this decade. Streetlights, a fishing pier, fog, you tell a story.. through a smoky haze

[@jkent6526]

Night Heat on in the background with no volume on the shitty, no cable tv in the dingy corner

[@fuiplu]

A great song from my teen years. Miss those days

[@Dino_Buk]

While listening to the music like this, it makes you happy and sad at the same time. Happy for the music that you can truly enjoy with your heart and brain, but sad because the times like that are long gone bye now, and will never return...

[@الوطنالعربي-و5خ]

Dino B. Very true

[@scotonfire1]

A good definition for nostalgia:)

[@nightlytunes]

it's not gone. you just need to know where to look. There is lots of new age music with soul and passion, you just have to sift through all the crap that's put out. making statements like the one you just made makes you sound old and stuck in both the past and your old ways

[@ehtafrica]

Feeling the same. Bittersweet....

[@amplecleaner]

True

[@anunentitledmotivatedmille7731]

Tokyo Rose (alternative spelling Tokio Rose) was a name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to all female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.[1] The programs were broadcast in the South Pacific and North America to demoralize Allied troops abroad and their families at home by emphasizing troops' wartime difficulties and military losses.[1][2] Several female broadcasters operated under different aliases and in different cities throughout the Empire, including Tokyo, Manila, and Shanghai.[3] The name "Tokyo Rose" was never actually used by any Japanese broadcaster,[2][4] but it first appeared in U.S. newspapers in the context of these radio programs in 1943. Legend says at one time she told the people of Hiroshima that they had nothing to worry about while the bomb dropped.

[@beyondwhatisknown]

By using slang, idiom, and doublespeak, Tokyo Rose would motivate Americans but make the Japanese captors believe that she was trying to demotivating them. The soldiers loved listening to her.

[@9graff9]

I imagine driving a Ferrari into the sunset while this song plays.... man I miss those early years.

[@Hot80s]

make mine a 1984 Ferrari GTO

[@HW_DD_I_GT_HR]

I feel more like a Nissan 180sx or Toyota ae86

[@SonOfTamriel]

You don't get it @how_something_rather lol

[@chrisloewen2994]

I'll be riding my velomobile

[@nic5250]

Son of Tamriel I don’t. What early years?

[@peterjeffery8495]

totally underestimated 80's tune from a terrific Westcoast Cdn band, Great song, Thanks for posting edrummer!.

[@pvtrichter88]

vastly underratted song from the 80's along with a montage of classy women from the classic era of Hollywood!!

[@kingpindaflyer4577]

whats the name of the first lady?

[@geoffedwards2802]

Always liked this song. Another great 80's song.

[@dinomorrone6251]

One of my favourite songs ever

[@luisadell4421]

This one Canadian band with a Awesome song that will stand till end of time.!!!!

[@tamipopoff3083]

I met the leader singer today - June 22, 2019 in Grand Forks, B.C.

[@robhanik420]

He’s originaly from Trail

[@bigpun7916]

Whats he doing now ? I was wondering where these guy's are now ? Great song , always liked it .

[@TheGoodkarm]

@@robhanik420 I'm from Cranbrook, but am now in Ottawa. It would be so cool to meet him... have had a bit of a crush for eons. Update: to steer clear if the charge and conviction is true, then my crush is over! Lord hear my Prayer: "Please never permit me to be separated from Your Truth!!"

[@robhanik420]

Tami Popoff last I heard he lived in Mexico. He grew up with my dad in trail and his parents had a place by us in Christina lake

[@TheGoodkarm]

Oh wow! What a shock! I pray for the child! ... Child abuse cries to heaven for vengeance. As a traditional Latin right Catholic, we just celebrated the Feast of the Holy Innocent. Thanks be to God for my connection to an authentic and Holy FSSP Priest ***who was raised in Creston!*** Here we are now...living in the Capital... in walking distance of each other... and it is such a blessing that he has been able to continue serving Mass to the faithful, albeit under unfair and extraordinary conditions! (JMJ... I love you, save souls!)

[@McdonaldsInFallujah]

Never heard this in America, great song fellas. 🇺🇲👌🇨🇦

[@kingali851]

still sounds fresh in 2023

[@Ayla59]

It sounds even better now than when it was new... WHAT a song! Thanks for sharing this video!

[@lightblueeyedgirl1442]

I don't remember this song, but I like it! It sounds like something you'd hear in a dark bar.

[@willboske]

My cousin and the keyboard player used to do rails off the zamboni rack in copps coliseum in 87! Good times!

[@jackquick8752]

willboske too funny!!

[@madisonemsley7466]

That’s Hilarious hahaha I actually live about 10 minutes away, It’s called First Ontario Centre now

[@wp1260]

Song deserve Song of the Year !!!

[@petrusdecourtrai]

definitely in the Top 100 of Best New Wave Songs Ever Made.

[@ChrisEmish]

This album is just wonderful... all the tracks. LOVE this album....

[@14dogday]

what a great song i just heard it again after years , kinda forgot all about it

[@alejandrosb3398]

80s songs simply best ever

[@RoosterStone]

I grew up listening to this music, Tokyo Rose was one of the first bass lines I ever learned (after picking out the guitar part of course), back when you had to re-tune your instrument to your 'getto blaster' as tapes tended to play at slightly different speeds. This video is why I got a yellow strat with white pick- guard too. This is one of my many favorite tunes still to this day. Excellent song, and yes Phil, great drum track!

[@danlindstrom2137]

I love this song. I was a teen guy hanging out with older women and learning about life.

[@harryhand5046]

My name is Jamie, I would love to go back into a time machine so badly. The 1980s were a blast for playing great music. I would love to go to Tokyo for a vacation.

[@grahamjones1421]

I was in Canada then

[@johnnyenglish9622]

+Graham Jones So was i too.

[@grahamjones1421]

+Johnny English hello John English we about

[@attilamolnar1859]

I'm very glad to find my piece of my youth from a VHS of MTV selection.. thanks:)

[@SepBan]

I only miss the music. People are a lot more accepting today then they were then.

[@Andybullejeartist]

Los 80's, que hermosas joyas aguardan, sonidos atmosféricos que te atrapan..

[@joeyhandeland983]

Bass groove, like the world has never heard! Great memories ❤️

[@brutus4013]

Great , great song . Love it !

[@javierszapari5836]

True 80's sound

[@MoonLight-id9kk]

Great memories this song brings !!!

[@JennyLeighton]

Favorite song one of many faves❤❤

[@spookerredmenace3950]

pure Canadian can on! love it! this and the man in motion song i love so much and will stop what i am doing and listen

[@bryanskyff9522]

Hace poco descubri esta joya musical de los 80s como amante de la musica de esta epoca solo puedo desir que es una pieza de arte👌🎶🔥

[@TStewartfan09]

LOVE this song!

[@kahanasam]

Vancouver to the core. Played it on CFUN a lot!

[@Myself-yf5do]

Where are you? What are you waiting for? This is not a race Are you trying to spend my time, spend time You in the corner, come closer I can see your face I can see it in mine Oh I see it in mine You tell a story like Tokyo Rose I got the picture from the stains on your clothes Didn't they tell you 'bout the shape I'm in? In this condition of carnal sin Confuse me, try to talk Like those stains on the sidewalk It's what she said, gets in my head The sun's up, you wake up That beauty at the bus stop Turns my head, go back to bed You tell a story like Tokyo Rose I got the picture from the stains on your clothes Didn't they tell you 'bout the shape I'm in? In this condition of carnal sin We'll be alright, we'll be alright We'll be alright, we'll be alright I tried to warn you I tried to warn you We'll be alright, alright You tell a story like Tokyo Rose I got the picture from the stains on your clothes Didn't they tell you 'bout the shape I'm in? In this condition of carnal sin You tell a story like Tokyo Rose I got the picture from the stains on your clothes Didn't they tell you 'bout the shape I'm in? In this condition of carnal sin You tell a story You tell a story You tell a story

[@sherihello4054]

I love this track ! He s Australian living in Canada .

[@Hot80s]

Love It. Always will.

[@mikeoneill3212]

Awesome song and artistry. He's got some great new stuff too! He's a good friend of mine.

[@seekhim777]

Gym music or driving ..Love it

[@repro7780]

Such a chill song......

[@tomherman9293]

Excellent memories, the bar scene, tune's and beautiful women.............

[@Razlo5000]

In case anyone is interested, "Tokyo Rose" was the title given to English speaking japanese women who were broadcasting anti-Allied propaganda on the radio in the pacific during World War 2. They would play the musical hits of that time to get those boys listening.

[@OpinionsAnimationStudios]

@DiaSonador Ditto. I wish WE Stateside woulda gotten this..I was lucky enough to catch this on a visit to Ottawa Back In The Day.. Thanx fer this classic, m8..

[@billmcintosh220]

2020, still ahead of its time.

[@josephgarcia6725]

Awesome tune !

[@timsevenoaks193]

Tad Campbell writer,singer,pretty good hockey player, Beaver Valley rocks

[@rwrodger424]

classic rock! still on the playlist today 2018- creds on good shit music!

[@senioraces]

this song is part of my life

[@NTPTM]

A very nice 80's song that is a bit forgotten but oh yes nice music from 1985 love it.

[@LighthouseProductions1]

These guys should be legends for writing this, it goes well with a lot of settings

[@ricardobargayo5764]

I feel like I’m in a sweatshop working and about to end my day

[@jacqueslecours9756]

i LOVE your music.

[@eivlysfonon5585]

Auoye c'est tellement bon

[@juno89.]

Thanks to Boom 97.3 for playing this!

[@ricoveleztube]

;)))))

[@claudekim7876]

I heard it on 107.1 all the time lol

[@thisisdwayne5000]

Up 93.1 Fredericton and 103.9 Moncton

[@ElenaCoker]

Tad Rocks!!!

[@ThePeresada]

Best tune ever???

[@darkangel333ful]

Love this song

[@upfrontbear74]

I see on Amazon due to be released on June 27th by Wounded Bird records, Idle Eyes and Love's Imperfection the first 2 CDs by Idle Eyes, and Wounded Bird have also released Forward Your Emotions by One To One. Wounded Brird have done 1000s more of CDs as well, god I wish I wasn't from the UK, there was tons of top music out in Canada during 80s, early 90s, you lucky Canadians.

[@mikekaraoke]

Well I went to Canada many times for a holiday in the 80's + 90's as a kid, And got music from there back to the UK-The ones that never got released in the UK

[@TheGoodkarm]

I just met a fellow in Poland who looks like this singer... so fine! :)

[@davesendit1348]

Incredible song

[@MarvelGirl100]

JOAN CRAWFORD FROM RAIN BETTE DAVIS FROM OF HUMAN BONDAGE. GREAT ACTRESS IN THE REST OF THE VIDEO THAT I CANNOT NAME. ANY CLUES ANYONE???? HELP ME PIECE THE SONG TO THE OLD MOVIE CLASSICS. PLEASE. JULY 20 2024.

[@Myself-yf5do]

Are those the people in the black and white segments?

[@MarvelGirl100]

@@Myself-yf5do YES THEY ARE FEMALE ACTRESSES FROM THE THE 1920 TO 1940'S

[@grantchow13]

Amazing song

[@sonicloud7774]

It truly is.

[@Darryl6636]

Great sounding bass guitar

[@robertwwylie1443]

such a great song never hear it on radios in the states

[@honeybear8485]

I love this song ♥️👍👉

[@wispothewindchimemeadow8973]

this song is so frigen awesome

[@nestorlopezvilla8439]

Bien saludos desde nayarit mexico!!!

[@thenrfor1]

Anybody listening to this in 2023?

[@SimulatorsStudio]

no

[@thenrfor1]

@@SimulatorsStudio ok

[@rdcurrey]

My buddy Tad My buddy Dave played bass for this band back in the day. Hope we can connect again. Best wishes Dale.

[@psykonauttija2012]

Has the Miami Vice feel in it.

[@travisslaunwhite8888]

love this song,

[@Travellators1982]

such a beautiful song but only 237 k likes, what’s wrong with people

[@shewhoisaudacious]

sudershan janwadkar I said the exact same thing.

[@amplecleaner]

CANADA ROCKS!!!

[@SleepyDroid]

Find this song recently so many hidden treasures.

[@Myself-yf5do]

Who are the people in the black and white segments?

[@erikavanessacordovabonilla666]

Saludos desde la peñita tiene dos años que no viene a México restaurant pollito

[@donniedowner1686]

Awesome!

[@heatheriverson6693]

very good song hear all the time on the radio

[@greg5683]

Great memories.