Ian Hunter - All of the Good Ones Are Taken

[@WoodysTherapist]

I worked on this video as a production assistant. He was a really nice guy. And I always thought it was such a catchy tune.

[@HaggertyDogTraining]

You must have met my dad. Captain Haggerty

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

Great work on the diner scene at the end.

[@winross62]

Ha ha my moment of fame. At 1:38 there’s a blur of a person in a red tee shirt can barely make it out but that’s me and my girlfriend Debbie. Was at the boat pond in Central Park when they were filming the rowboat scene. Complete coincidence but she recognized Ian immediately. It was the summer of 82, I think. Long time ago and she has since passed away, but a wonderful moment in time. Carefree college days with a very cool lady. Was 9 years older than me but we just hit off and had a wild summer fling. Good times!

[@daviddallas7848]

I saw you and your Girlfriend..Debbie...👍

[@nyc9993]

God Bles you may she RIP

[@shafersongs]

Sounds like a song.

[@LS1LT1]

You were among those that Ian was referring to when he'd sang "watching the lovers go by"! 😀

[@rv6205]

debbie would have been 73 now ..wow how time flys

[@simplechronology2605]

A very rare glimpse of Hunter without shades...

[@whitliramapithecus5880]

Ian Hunter is one of the top five best songwriters ever produced in rock ‘n’ roll. He’s also got a great stage presence when he was younger. The fact that he’s 83 and working with all these superstars in the business show how important he was to rock ‘n’ roll from the early 70s till now. It’s a crime that he is not in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. I think he race lyrics is good as Bob Dylan and certainly sing better than Bob Dylan. Let’s get Ian Hunter into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame so how.

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

There's something special about this guy. I don't know. Did you ever feel you knew someone when you first met them? His songs display great intelligence.

[@caseyvee4419]

Ian Hunter may be the most underrated artist in history. If you count his solo work, and that with MOTT, plus songs he wrote that others covered, it is a big body of great work.

[@ranxerox76D]

he's close to the most underrated. but I'd have to say the kinks are...

[@caseyvee4419]

***** OH, yeah, I am with you on The Kinks, but during the 60s, they actually got quite a bit of resepect for a while. It's a close call.

[@ranxerox76D]

Casey Vee yeah but the kinks are beatles, stones level but for some reason aren't...

[@LS1LT1]

While I was never a big Mott The Hoople (I do like 'All The Young Dudes') or Ian Hunter fan, I do happen to LOVE this song and video. Probably one of my favorite music videos of all time. And famous New York DJ Carol Miller is in it as well (black dress at the very beginning)!

[@anthonyheflin8856]

@@ranxerox76D yeah!! I agree, but also Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe should be in the conversation!!

[@CMKseven]

That chorus is one of the best I've ever heard....Truly my mantra during my single years. Thank you Ian an unforgettable song!

[@scottmallender9738]

This was one great song. I could never figure out why this song wasn’t on regular rotation on the radio? …

[@Clarence2Worley]

I saw it on a lot in the summer of 83.

[@stacyflood4319]

It was huge on MTV. Love this song!!!

[@andrewk2996]

Blimey Ian thankfully is still with us at 85 yrs. Hope you're enjoying life still Ian

[@kennygr8ify]

Ian Hunter is ridiculously underrated!

[@BobDavis-c8l]

I've listened to it at least once a day, every day since my last comment five days ago. I just recently found it again after years of not hearing it. Takes me back to the very early years of my life after I found and married my wife. It's like reliving a bright Saturday morning with her all over again. I miss you everyday hon. Don't forget to come get me when my time comes, can't wait to hold you again.

[@zoozoopeddles114]

Came here to count all the underrated comments. As I’ll add my own.

[@eddievinson5436]

I love this guy!

[@Mark-td5ux]

Got your heart broken in the 80s this was your theme song.

[@SickBoy99a]

I honestly think this is one of the coolest videos of the 80's, but for some reason it's always overlooked. I was 16 when I saw it. I'd never even heard of Mott the Hoople. Ian Hunter hooked me with this video.

[@etiennedevignolles7538]

This video was the first time I saw what he looked like without shades! I've been a fan of his since about 1972.

[@MrGoog-ty2hi]

37 years later, I still love this song and video.

[@sspaay]

I love the way hot women looked in the 80's.

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

I bought the album as soon as it came out (my favorite Ian Hunter album), but I only found out there was a video for this song a few years ago (wasn't much of a TV watcher).

[@talileali]

This dude had a way of delivering a song that felt so right and down to earth! Thank You Ian Hunter! Loved so many of your songs! This one being one of so many!

[@russellsimonds7148]

Absolutely!

[@timjones1863]

Omg, did you see hunter without his shades. Remember his brilliant album shades . if he walked past me without his shades, I wouldn't recognise him, and I'm his biggest fan in the whole wide world. My hero and mentor..

[@stefannilsson4608]

Yeah! He is a rockn'roll hero.

[@messano7]

Ian Hunter's parody video of the movie Author with Dudley Moore &Liza Minnelli.

[@danielc1978]

@@messano7 never thought of that...good call!

[@motleyhoople3657]

Ian Hunter is one of my top 4 rock n roll heroes, along with Lennon, Townshend and Lynott. Love this song, great memories of watching this video on TV back in the early '80s.

[@maxthepupp]

I'd totally buy @motleyhoople3657 A pint! This guy get it 🤘😎🤘

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

He's in my top three too. Rory Gallagher, Dave Edmunds, Ian Hunter.

[@nba2kchannel490]

Going back to the summer of 1983. Just one of those songs which is so instantly recognizable. When music videos ruled the airwaves. Growing up in Canada I didn't have access to MTV but living only 45 minutes from Northwest New York State I had realitves there. That's how I was able to watch MTV. My cousin passed away in 2007. But those are everlasting memories . By the time Canada eventually got MTV around 2000.But by then it was Trash.

[@grdluc]

Ian is a genius, sad that he never got the recognition he deserved (ofc he's famous and all but he should be at top of the list of legends)

[@LorenStClair]

Song = Good = LUV

[@indavewetrust]

I actually recorded this music video with my VCR when it first aired on FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS in the 80's.

[@Joskemom]

I also recorded on my VCR. Almost wore it out replaying it over and over again because the babes were so damn good lookin and I could relate to the song.. The women in this vid did not have to be half naked to look good.

[@joeleone2228]

Friday Night Videos too !

[@jamesdemetro8819]

Vcr.. I loved my tapes... I recorded thriller when it was first played on mtv ...and the police every little thing she does is magic..eooo.eooo

[@danielestebansantanaalmanz894]

MTV también lo pasaba de vez en cuando en su programación

[@ricksiddiqui8354]

Same here!!!!

[@whitliramapithecus5880]

I saw Mott on the Broadway tour in 1974 in Toledo. Kansas opened the show. But Ian Hunter was someone who had the world in his hands.

[@MysterFade]

Awesome song! I remember first seeing this on NBC's Friday Night Videos back in the 80s. I guess it was the network's way of competing with upstart channel MTV at the time. Ian Hunter is the man.

[@tvmonte]

I first watched this video on that show's first ep!

[@vxy357]

Same here.

[@stacyflood4319]

Same here. Was watching videos before MTV too. I got MTV at the start but already knew these videos. I miss that time soooooooo much

[@moony9472]

This is a great song that got some radio airplay in the mid-1980s and then disappeared (for those of us who didn't have the album/CD). Yet the melody, lyrics and plaintive message never left my mind. Thank goodness for the opportunity to rediscover these lost gems (and a bit of our youth)!

[@DavidGangemi]

Great video. Amazing song! And those women....❤❤❤

[@Hero3128]

Great song... and sadly, so true

[@flamary429]

Unfortunately yes...sadly.

[@susanconolly1978]

Trust me good men are everywhere....It takes until about 40 to realized the exciting bad boys are not the mates they are cracked up to be!! Girls to not tend to like Good, solid men....they find them quite boring...until they mature....xo

[@krisscanlon4051]

You can 'ave couple of the old ones in me past one vey lol

[@BobDavis-c8l]

Man, I really like this song. I've listened to it four times already this morning, and I'm going in for a fifth!!

[@chrisboardman1013]

That has gotta be the coooolest suit ever and a top toon to boot!

[@eggbass]

One of my favorite videos of all time. Classic!

[@Chalwa]

That was a fun time for music. Miss it.

[@CoffeeinAmerica]

Great video from the golden age of MTV!

[@GordMcknob]

Always loved Ian,, I've seen him many times in Toronto back in the 80's ... Kind of miss Rono (RIP) ,, they made such a great duo... Gru up on the whole Bowie / Mott The Hoople / Lou reed / Iggy POP stuff.. I still listen to it and still love it to this day !!..

[@joshuamuthafknblake4456]

listen , in the face of all the crappy writing that was shoved down our throats and faces when M.T.V so thoughtfully decided what they would show us all artists they would favor. It all became very repetitive .Somewhat Boring for lack of a worse description .Ian comes up behind and managed to pen another gem that somhow had that era"s acceptable pop feel. He's a great writer.Quite underrated and overlooked of course and like many, one of the best! Reign on Ian! Cheers to the great Mott the Hoople the originals who paved the way for many to follow.So good ,Bowie himself made sure they stuck around.Cheers Ian, your the tops in my world! Not to mention The Hunter/ Ronson Band one of RnR's VeryBest! Very grateful having seen them perform together at the Central Park music festival in 79 or 80 ,at a lose for which year it was.What can i say? I sat 2nd row rt in front of Ronno, I waited in line all day .When they let us in, i ran like hell to grab that seat It was just Fantastic !

[@TommyRibs]

Possibly the most under-appreciated and un-recognized genius in the history of Rock. Mott the Hoople should have been one of the best ever, instead of an also-ran. Ian still had a great career.

[@leeherring8880]

Not everyone gets to influence David Bowie, The Clash, GnR and the Sex Pistols. I think that puts them up there with the best.

[@藤田昭-y8r]

発売当時、この曲が大好きでした。たまたまyoutubeで、この曲のMVに出会えて懐かしく嬉しかったです。 最新のイアンのCDもお気に入りです。

[@541967]

If there were more justice in this world throughout the Godforsaken 80's then this single would've climbed up the charts.

[@667buddy]

That guy is a genius song writer of all times!!

[@kurtmax]

Very nice song and music video.

[@jamess.8223]

this is one of the best songs ever written thank you Ian Hunter

[@acesteele8559]

What a great song! Loved this when it came out, & love it now... Ian Rules! Mott the Hoople rules!

[@kristoscan]

beyond adorable. ians lil Arthur routine is a hoot!

[@krisscanlon4051]

kris s holy throwback its my goofy post from years ago. ian such a regular guy but still a brit. loveable funny UK schlub. perfect tude for rock.

[@nosehair351]

Such a fun video❤❤❤❤❤

[@lazerlazer]

Who’s watching in 2000? What I did is just sat back and thought of all the great songs from the 80s so this is what came up as one of my favorites all the English hit one hit wonders. sit back and enjoy. Such catchy music and so true lyrics ha ha.

[@chokyturmales5067]

A few days ago, I lost a good friend, who was such great inspiration to me. This song just gives me a little comfort.

[@danielbuchanan6069]

I still remember this song/video being in regular rotation for a while on Night Tracks on WTBS in Atlanta (Ted Turner town back then) as a kid staying up past curfew with an earphone plugged into my little TV. Night Tracks was a good source for not only a wider variety of music genres than MTV was playing at the time, but also for the more "obscure" tracks in the 80s that had their own videos too. It was also a good alternative for those of us who grew up poor and didn't have a cable subscription but could still tune into TBS on the UHF dial and keep the rabbit ears positioned just right :-) Always loved this song & I had a massive crush on the waitress too!

[@EskrimaTiger]

Man, I loved Night Tracks! Some of the best videos were on that .

[@williamabigana4580]

Great video! The Arthur angle was a stroke of genius!

[@davidpeters7953]

Remember first seeing this as a 13 year old, loved it way back then, love it now

[@flamary429]

How could you NOT love this guy? Looks just like Robert Plant and is wildly cool...And look at his butler when he swigs from the champagne bottle in 1:25..heehee . This is the best of the 80's!!

[@yosemite-e2v]

I think I saw this video once in 1983 (most likely at a friend's house on USA's Radio 1990), and I'm not sure if I ever heard this song on the radio then, but I still remember it vividly. Styx's Mr. Roboto was a huge hit in '83, and this just slid under the radar? There is no justice.

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

The song is good enough to stand firmly on its own, but they did a great job with this video, as well. I loved the scene in the boat. It's strange, though, hearing this song and after it finishes, not hearing, "I used to see you on the avenue..."

[@chuckppyro3137]

Great song from when i was 17❤

[@PC3900]

The butler was played by Arthur J. "Captain" Haggerty (1931 - 2006). He had an interesting background - check his IMDB page.

[@jim2lane]

Hold on a sec, this was filmed in 1982 - you're telling me that the guy playing the butler in this clip was 51 years old? No way! That man looks like he's in his 20's

[@HaggertyDogTraining]

@@jim2lane he had great genes. Until cancer got him at age 74.

[@edwardsinchuk8199]

Love this song

[@mikethewaiterchicago]

That's The Big Man on sax.

[@bill3901]

it is? I never knew

[@tsetuck]

@wildcatter63 YOU COULDN'T TELL , THAT IS THE NEXT KING OF ENGLAND

[@patriciascully2765]

❤❤❤

[@patriciascully2765]

We Love Clarence !

[@BrooklynAvenue]

maybe I was mistaken, maybe I got it wrong, but all of the good ones are taken in my song! great line!

[@leeturiano4419]

Always loved this song. Who knew Don Imus could sing? lol Great song...

[@northboy7039]

Saw this once on MTV waaay back in '84 when cable tv was a luxury. Heard it twice over the past 30 years but never 4got it. Just one of those songs that's so good it stays with you. Great to hear it again, great hooks...

[@funkmike]

I know what you mean. I haven't heard this song for over 30 years, but it somehow flashed into my mind, and thanks to KZbin I could look it up.

[@charliebe28]

I REMEMBER seeing the title of this song in a newspaper article back during the mid-1980s -, but I never wound-up hearing the actual song itself. Even on the "retro" music-video shows that were often aired during the early 1990s (for instance -, VH-1's "The Big `80s"), or on the "VH-1 Classic" cable-channel -, I have never wound-up seeing hearing/seeing this song/video. None-the-less, I had always though that the song's title/hook-line was such a "truism", that it wound-up sticking in my memory for all of these decades. ~ Sooo -, about 30 years after-the-fact, on the Sept. of 2014 night that I am writing this -, I FINALLY searched-out and heard this song FOR THE FIRST TIME. ... and that causes me to ask the questions: WHY wasn't this song a bigger "hit" back then ? ... and WHY has it (seemingly) been forgotten since then ?

[@donvreeland8844]

I saw it on a 'M' TV - maybe not 'MTV' but VH1. I loved it immediately when 20 something. Now with internet I sought it out and (sign) so true at 52ish. Others were cool, "Save, Save, Save Me From Tomorrow....Ship of Fools" and "Beautiful World" (Devo). and 15 years in the future I'll look back at "How We End Up Alone" Hurt. (I miss Mahrya 3:55).

[@fishtaco77]

Pure gold!

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Great song! ❤️ Should be way bigger hit.

[@MikeBat68]

NBC's Friday Night Videos use to showed this back in the day.

[@tvmonte]

I first watched this video on that show's first ep!

[@Joskemom]

One of my favorite videos of all times. I like the babes in this vid.

[@Pibbs1]

Always dug Ian's voice!!! Song holds up well for being 20 years old

[@jimthompson973]

Done with great class. Great song as well. Which I have to ask: How in the hell did we end up with Bieber, and Mylie?

[@broncycolon7020]

Not me....

[@messano7]

Ian Hunter's parody video of the movie Author with Dudley Moore &Liza Minnelli.

[@TheNeverposts]

how brilliant is that shot of the girls in the rain? I mean, c'mon...

[@LS1LT1]

While I was never a huge Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter fan, I have loved this particular song (and video) for 30 years now, even spent a lot of time in the '90s trying to find the damn album/CD with no luck. But I had NO IDEA that Carol Miller was in this video until I just read it here in some of the comments, pretty damn cool. :-)

[@LS1LT1]

Now almost 40 years and I am STILL loving this song and music video. 8-)

[@KOSMICKEN09]

how true is this, all the good ones are taken...

[@RubHerSoul1]

Now that, people, is a great song!

[@okinawadoc]

I remember when MTV used to play quality tunes like this all the time... *sigh*

[@brentfinklea103]

SirusXm's Carol Miller is the girl rolling her eyes at 0:13.

[@savagerick6171]

I love Ian Hunter, I love this song! Thanks for the posting

[@LeaveItWithSin]

I have loved this song from childhood!!!!

[@groundhog713]

This is one of the few times you see Ian without his shades....

[@spankyx8606]

Great song, it's got like 20 hooks

[@krisscanlon4051]

OMG more hooks than a pirate parade ! It's a quasi new Mott song in essence

[@messano7]

Ian Hunter's parody video of the movie Author with Dudley Moore &Liza Minnelli.

[@durangosteve]

Dam ! I don't know why I love this song so much!

[@KeithLenn]

My favorite Ian Hunter song!

[@Martin-wg4id]

Salt in my tears, Martin briley, thanks

[@russellsimonds7148]

You're not wrong Ian

[@kascnef]

Just saw you in concert at mt tabor I standed all the way back to the wall wearing a ny giants jacket! ! U still kicking it at 75 keep up the good work!!!

[@playa3232]

A blast from the past, my past.

[@LEEFORDJAGG]

Should have been a big hit. I love the slow version too.

[@Braindazzled]

I don't know the name of the bald butler, but he was a popular character actor in the 80s. For the fans--Not only is Ian sans-shades in a few scenes, but he's strumming his signature "H" guitar, which I've heard, has since been lost to time. I really liked htis song a lot when it came out..

[@HaggertyDogTraining]

@@Braindazzled that was Captain Haggerty. His bigger claim to fame was as a prolific dog trainer and a pioneer in the field of dog training.

[@elks1988]

always loved this underrated song !!!!

[@johngregory9389]

Truth

[@duffbaker9554]

On top of his game here!

[@RobertLane78]

Great video. I love it. He wore that suit well.

[@wilrolandocascante6458]

El gran Ian Hunter 😎 q calidad y q voz...... 2021 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@endresolbakken178]

That's so nice with a cool and a good song, people who hate the song, hate it because they don't understand! LOL!

[@TheAquabears]

This has to be the perfect music video. An entire mini-movie with a story, characters and a conclusion. Peak perfection.

[@MichaelELambert]

This song breaks my heart! I kinda feel his pain!

[@eggbass]

One of the first videos I saw on MTV. Great tune.

[@eightiesrarevideos]

Thanks for the post -- great to see Carol Miller back in the day, too.

[@vicjames2743]

What a great guy. I remember this video early MTV days. Love his music, especially this song

[@HaggertyDogTraining]

@Skulldini No, his name was Captain Haggerty. He passed in 2006. He was a prolific pioneer in the dog training world. he wasn't in the Popeye movie but he was in a lot of other movies.

[@rocknrollgirl39]

I love a great fast tune re-imagined from great slow one and vise/verse. He slays both versions. Thanks, Ian - both tunes sit justly in my RocknRollgirl Hall of Fame. ; )

[@mus1cat]

Amazing how many albums he's done that are great from start to finish, this one too. And there is another, slower version of this song on the album. Not a remix or slowed down like with today's stuff but a totally different arrangement.

[@drlarrymitchell]

Tune like peanut butter in the brain, and I ain't never seen a guitar like that.

[@Holiday-hi6vv]

Ian, is the best! This is a cool video for the MTV era!

[@motorcop505]

I love this video. I enjoy it much more than the slow one, which is so sad (it should be though). I like his humor i it. Ian is still the man.