IS THIS MISOGYNY?! | Dr. Hook | "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" (REACTION)

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[@mikematusek4233]

The change came, in my mind, with the birth of MTV. Pre MTV, Ugly people that could sing could make it, After MTV, it was looks.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

MTV had a significant impact on the multimedia renaissance which defined the '80s, which actually started in 1979 (examine the charted hits of '79).

[@lawrenceblack8968]

Christopher Cross sort of comes to mind

[@peterburrell007]

I hate to agree with you but that's probably true. Oh what shallow people we have become.

[@tombaranyai6683]

Definitely! MTV was the game changer. Prior to MTV all that mattered was how talented you were, not how you looked.

[@BigBri550]

Well, I disagree about "Ugly people," but with the advent of MTV, there was a definite shift. I don't know if it actually changed music, but it definitely changed the way music was marketed.

[@Coachdoug4life]

The one with the patch is mr Ray Sawyer he died 12-31-2018. RIP sir

[@larrywright3132]

He wore an eyepatch because he lost his right eye in a car wreck

[@FloydConnerley]

RIP RAY

[@socalpaul487]

Dr. Hook has a bunch of great songs "Sylvia's Mother". "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk" "Sharing the Night Together" "Only Sixteen" "Sexy Eyes" "A Little Bit More" "I Don't Want to be Alone Tonight"

[@jamescofer3261]

"I Got Stoned And I Missed It",was left off your list. It is one of my favorites.

[@ripvisitor]

Yep "Sharing the night together " is very ... mmmmmmm oh yes !

[@badplay156]

The reason they did Only Sixteen was because they needed to have a song where Ray Sawyer could discreetly leave the stage and clean out his eye.

[@dtw63]

@@ripvisitor Reminds me of “ Breaking Bad” when Todd had Jesse in the trunk and was singing along to that song.

[@sixpakshaker88]

You left "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball," off your list.

[@debcombs7153]

Sylvia's mother is one my favorites. I love your reactions.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Dr. Hook was so good, many hits. The 80s had the 70s sound until about 1983, then the 80s sound took over.

[@cwn89015]

New age did start in the 70s, and there are songs like Kiss's Made For Lovin' You sounds 80s, but you're right, it is about '82 into 83.

[@chrisoakley5830]

@@cwn89015 Yes, there were a handful of songs in the late 70s and very early 80s that helped shape the 80s sound, but it was around 83 that the permanent 80s vibe really took hold.

[@CaptLawrenceD]

they were kinda garbage bro compared to what was going on back then to be honest this song was middling at best

[@jealousjelly1]

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was a hoot. So many of their most fun songs were written by the great Shel Silverstein. Next time you're in the mood for a kick, react to Dr. Hook's song "Cover of the Rolling Stone." It'll make you smile. Guaranteed. I think the leap from '70s music to '80s music occurred the moment Kim Carnes sang "Bette Davis Eyes." It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for NINE straight weeks and won the 1982 Grammy for song of the year. You can't hear that song without recognizing it as '80s music.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

I also liked her songs CRAZY IN THE NIGHT and DRAW OF THE CARDS.

[@walterpanovs]

They were known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show when they first hit with "Sylvia's Mother." The name was shortened to just Dr. Hook in 1975. The smooth lead singer was Dennis Locorriere (b. 1949). As for the music switch into the synth-pop '80s, that seemed to start with robotic songs like "Cars" by Gary Numan and "Pop Muzik" by M. Pretty soon everyone, including Bruce Springsteen "Dancing in the Dark," his biggest hit) were using synthesizers and/or drum machines. Michael and Janet Jackson had many hits with that sound (listen to the opening of "Billy Jean," that's the '80s sound).

[@dsusan17]

My husband use to sing this to me. Misogyny, NO! It's a great song. I love Dr. Hook. Great reaction!

[@quixote6942]

The Songs not about her, it's about the men TRYING to tempt her. And even though you may be 99% sure of what you have, that 1% gets Really Loud sometimes. In my day, it was called the "BBD"... The Bigger, Better Deal... And it goes both ways, because the minute THEY See a "BBD', they're gone as well.

[@benflat7691]

A few years before the band's formation, Sawyer lost his right eye in a car accident; Sawyer wore an eyepatch that made him resemble the Peter Pan villain Captain Hook,..Hook & the Medicine Show (shortened to Dr. Hook in 1975)..I sound old....Much Luv from Pcola....Salt Life...😎

[@keymack2477]

Britt, I love your reaction as always - the other commenters who are making comments that are commenting that your next reaction should be to "Sylvia's Mother" are 100% right!! As always with Dr. Hook look for a live version!! Now go have that talk with your hubby!!

[@brittreacts]

Great suggestion!

[@hibhibb5429]

@@brittreacts I Agree!! "SYLVIA'S MOTHER" is Awesome!!! 🥰

[@hibhibb5429]

💙The man with the eye patch is Ray Sawyer. He was in a car accident and lost his eye. So the eye patch is for real not a prop. I love the energy of Ray. It was always, still is through videos, fun to watch him on stage!! He had charisma, sex appeal, energy. He was so talented!! Sadly, he passed away in 2018. RIP Ray. You'll never be forgotten. ❤

[@bbqujeh]

It was 1983, rock, funk, and disco bled over and became pop music.. You know he's not lying, when you're in love with a beautiful woman it's very hard.

[@karenschoon4222]

I love this kind of music and the singer's we don't have that in these times. I love the generation I grew up in music doesn't sound like this anymore and I listen to older music because of that reason. GOD BLESS EVERYONE 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️

[@jr.resendes7373]

Great question Britt. Easy for me to anewer because I lived though it all. The transition occurred due to the following music influences 1) 60's classic rock and mainstream stereo, 2) 70's psychedelic/hard/synth/progressive rock as musicians had fun with stereo and technology in music, 3) Disco, 4) MTV (1981) made visuals equally important to music which pissed many musicians off, 5) MTV gave birth to 80's pop and punk rock; From there, everything went to shit, songs about the sweetness of love, amazing relationships and being true ended. The music industry shifter to 7) rap/hip hop and artists focused on guns, crime, hoes, gansta life and how bad the world sucks.

[@leepatrick9432]

Punk rock was mid 70s to 1980.MTV didn't give birth to it,it wasn't around until 81

[@jr.resendes7373]

@@leepatrick9432 Great point.

[@galaxycoder]

The overall sound of music changed in the early 80's when Roland, Moog and Korg Synthesisers became polyphonic, When the Roland Jupiter 8 ( the king of all synths) came out, the 80's sound really took off.

[@nostalgiaprincess]

nope. this is truth

[@mchandaltx]

The Cult of Beauty.

[@chrisalldis3375]

Hey Britt no such word as misogyny in the 70's

[@CaptLawrenceD]

the feminists would differ with that; the word was all over their publications back then

[@johnshimizu]

When we were on a driving holiday in Oz us kids got to choose a cassette tape for the trip. We chose Dr Hook's Greatest Hits as the cover looked nice. Mum always thought it funny when Love You A Little Bit More came on. We didn't understand the lyrics, but they're out there :)

[@terryaustin5976]

Before 1975 they were Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show from New Jersey Shortened to just Dr. Hook

[@jimmywilmore1881]

Yes

[@ydqpljn]

There is much more: "Sexy Eyes"' , "A Little Bit More", and other. Ray's eye was lost in an auto accident, sadly he died 12-31-2018. RIP!

[@Wyrmksc]

Theoretically summer of 1982 was the beginning of "new wave" or The Second British invasion when Synth-Pop really took off. If you want an older and complimentary song give "Jimmy Soul - If you want to be happy" a listen.

[@conservativecoffee]

I think it happened abruptly 😂😂😂😂 Ps... Britt, I love the lines in your chin when you talk, smile and laugh 😊

[@MaS-es9rv]

The song doesn't claim she is easily swayed or tempted, he is just tired of them trying. Men have the same problem with women.

[@annepinkerton6280]

It's Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show! That was the name of their group! Love this old music ... takes me back!

[@kimchipancake7651]

There was a watershed of music in the sixties. We were still hearing established artists: Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennet, Sammy Davis Jr, the jazz guys (be-bop, big band, Ella, Sarah Vaughan). Motown came onto the scene. Elvis caused the country crowd to crossover to pop, and vice-versa. The British invasion struck hard with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and dozens of artists scoring big hits. The Beach Boys spawned the surfer genre (Jan & Dean, Surfaris). We had no internet, just radio and TV, so orchestral music (not classical) still held a place in the Billboard charts with Henry Mancini, Percy Faith, who appeared on television regularly. Stars emerged from musical theater and produced hits: Streisand, Robert Goulet, many others. Stan Getz (jazz) went to Brazil to experience samba, but he returned with Bossa Nova, which America knew nothing about; it exploded here. Other Latin music was mostly limited to movies and night clubs except for the great Xavier Cugat a Cuban bandleader who was the house band at NYC's Waldorf Astoria Hotel and was prominent on TV. Latin music grew only when the country's Latin population reached critical mass. I was a teenager in the early sixties and did not realize what a phenomenon it was. Popular music has changed very much along the way. But in my lifetime no era was as talent-rich or diverse as the sixties.

[@markmartineau1015]

Try Sylvia’s Mother next Loved this one

[@dtw63]

Always makes me cry. Great song.

[@6916dog]

​@dtw63 It's the quaver in his voice when he sings "Please Mrs. Avery". Gets me every time

[@victoriataylor6741]

You absolutely crack me up! You remind me so much of my cousin. We're the same age & growing up (and to this day) I still laugh at things she says now. 😊

[@brittreacts]

Love that!

[@GrandmaShirley-op4jm]

Love this. So many great songs from them. Saw them twice at a biker bar. Hubbys favorite band.

[@richardlord8126]

Why this band isn't in the ROCK AND ROLL hall of fame is beyond me

[@joepangia4413]

“Sharing the night together”. Has got to be their greatest hit of all!

[@artfisk3]

"sylvia's mother " and "carry me carrie " my two favorites of theirs

[@solfly6]

You could say the change came with MTV's first video - "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. To me, hearing "She Blinded Me With Science" made me think "we're not in the 70's anymore" or "Cars" by Gary Numan. Certainly by the time you've heard Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These), you know that you're hearing something different (and seeing something different).

[@randywissler9923]

Well, Cars by Gary Numan came out in 79. But I get what your saying. That song had new wave written all over it.

[@solfly6]

@@randywissler9923 Yeah, I know but it was one of the tunes that was prefiguring what was to come. I was gonna bring-up the band the Cars who obviously came out in the 70’s but were at the forefront of New Wave.

[@randywissler9923]

@@solfly6 same with Blondie.

[@randywissler9923]

@@solfly6 same with Blondie.

[@teej-h7w]

I saw these guys, for free, at the Calgary Stampede. I was 14. They blew my mind. And i still smile!

[@hockemeyer1]

No one on KZbin has the moxy to react to Jimmy Soul "if You Want To Be Happy"!!!

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Britt, the change from 70's style popular music was the emergence & eventual domination of 'New Wave' music. New wave was very accessible because it combined elements of punk rock, mainstream pop music, art rock, synth pop, funk, and reggae. Have you reacted to the Thompson Twins song 'Hold Me Now'? It is a quintessential new wave song.

[@marc_leblanc]

I had never heard of Dr Hook until I heard George Jones do a collab with Dennis & Ray called I Still Hold Her Body (But I Think I've Lost Her Mind). I heard it back sometime in the 80s although I think it's from 1979. The high vocal harmonies are quite nice.

[@Paladin70]

Now that you’ve heard this, you MUST hear it’s opposite, “If You Want To Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life” by Jimmy Soul where Jimmy tells you to “never make a pretty woman your wife” and advises you instead to “get an *ugly girl* to marry you.” Catchy tune too…..and funny!!!👍🏼😂

[@tnolddawg]

@Paladin70 my brother wanted them to play that at his wedding 😂🤣😂

[@Paladin70]

@@tnolddawg I sense that your brother and I would get along very well!!! 😂😂😂

[@barrymacaukiner963]

New era started with the 2nd wave of british pop.

[@rittherugger160]

Yes, Hook is the eyepatch. Please react to 'baby Makes Them Bluejeans Talk'.

[@darinmetzger9346]

Love 70’s music. 80’s music, half and half…maybe🤷‍♂️🙏

[@VikingJeff]

I think the synthesizer started becoming popular in the early to mid eighties. I agree with the comment about 1983 being the turning point. Just started sounding more mechanical.

[@davidholden4543]

I think the song “Tainted Love” was a pivot point. It always reminded me of a warning for a train coming in at the metro station. 70s sound was a hodgepodge of many different influences and then we got these affordable synthesizers and everything turning into a BART station for the next couple of years.

[@CaptLawrenceD]

it became popular in the 1970s; stevie wonder and others like parliament/funkadelic, and zapp w/roger troutman used it back then (roger was the first to use 'autotune' way back then--- not to make his voice sound better but to create vocal notes that sounded like an INSTRUMENT)

[@chrisholland6052]

Since you liked this one, you should check out J. Geils Band, Centerfold. Also about a beautiful woman.

[@jrdlabs]

During the, so-called, 'disco backlash' of the early 80's, Barry Gibb (of the Bee Gees) was asked if he still embraced the disco thing. His reply was, paraphrasing here, that he was still very proud of the music they created. Besides, everyone, he said, did a disco song, at some point, Rolling Stones (Miss You), Eagles (One of These Nights), and many more. Here's another example. Dr. Hook started as a, sort of, quasi 'hippie' band in the early 70's with songs like, "Cover of the Rolling Stone", etc. By the late 70's, they had, totally, changed their musical direction.

[@CaptLawrenceD]

the bee gees were never doing "disco" music... the writers/producers of the movie "saturday night" heard songs from the bee gees new album "night fever" and decided to feature THEIR music in the movie changing the movie title to "saturday night fever" same with many "disco hits" --- it was just music that became popular in dance clubs like studio 54 in many ways the term "disco music" just meant "black peoples club music" and thus it was hated by the white establishment although it was VERY successful for a long time

[@jrdlabs]

@CaptLawrenceD I don't necessarily disagree with anything you've said. What the fact of the matter is that, for a number of years, the BeeGees were PERCEIVED as being a disco group. That's undeniable, despite the fact that Barry Gibb always maintained that they recorded pop songs that happened to have a dance beat. Maybe that's a distinction without a difference. Certainly, they did not start the disco movement or intentionally strive to make 'disco' music, per se. But if you ask anyone to identify the type of music that is "Night Fever" or "Stayin' Alive," most folks will say that it is disco.

[@CaptLawrenceD]

@@jrdlabs yes it was definitely considered 'disco music'; that was a funny time

[@jrdlabs]

@@CaptLawrenceD Indeed! (lol)

[@jodigirl6610]

I watch their videos when I'm in a bad mood. I love them! ♡

[@ruserious9577]

The "defining line" that you mention, I believe was the result of DISCO. When disco became a thing, suddenly everyone tried to get mileage out of it. As if by magic, suddenly it was OK for bands to play stuff we'd never heard from them before...and somehow just be ok with it! Example :Kiss, I Was Made For Lovin You. Queen, Another One Bites The Dust. Stones, Miss You, Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2/Run Like Hell For many, these massive departures from the norm were the source of much angst and derision. And they certainly helped usher in a more pop music world. But that's just a few examples, and many folks in music-media have written much about the very question you asked. Best!

[@msadventure49]

Yes!

[@CaptLawrenceD]

this song is NOT disco not even close this was something played on a.m. radio on sunday afternoons bro

[@sandgrownun66]

The advent of Synth Pop at the end of the 1970's, was the transition point in popular music. The Human League, Tubeway Army, OMD, and Depeche Mode, are just a few examples.

[@spruce381]

It’s not misogyny, it’s all about insecurity. You said it as I was typing Britt - he’s got no confidence in his ‘friends’ That said the song is a groove ❤️ Punk was the transition in the UK - 1977, we went from flares and long hair to drainpipes, short hair and attitude.

[@joeb4274]

The guy with that patch is Ray Sawyer. The eye patch is a medical necessity from an accident. The original name when they rose to fame was Dr Hook and the Medicine Show. Not a single member was Dr Hook.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 The change from 70s pop was when Saturday night fever came out 😊

[@gibbopg]

Here guys were all over the radio in the 70’s. The first I recall was Sylvia’s Mother and the they had a strings of hits with a greatest hits album in the early 80’s. No other band had as much fun on stage! Just like many bands of the time ... things went south between the main singers!

[@luckylady7542]

Your husband better be watching his back, you beautiful lady.😊❤ this guy has one of the best unique voices. I love them.

[@susanrombak7959]

I love your expressive looks with the comments! 😂 🥰

[@brittreacts]

😅

[@starman2337]

The "lines" seem more defined by the middle of decades: '55 to '65, '65 to '75, 75 to 80...

[@chrisoakley5830]

@@starman2337 I kinda agree, it always takes a few years for the new decade to find its own sound.

[@CaptLawrenceD]

there were no lines; it's arbitrary ...like the generations e.g. baby boomers, gen x, millenials...

[@GranpaMike]

"When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it gets hard." It certainly does.

[@duncanny5848]

Loved the comment 'That girl was a pick-me girl!!' First thought I heard Pigmy!! I thought, what is she saying? Still love that term though. So good, won't forget that in a hurry! 🤣

[@renyauger4560]

Interesting trivia, almost every Canadian Gen X’er born in the mid to late 60’s saw Dr. Hook as their first concert. They toured a lot. It’s a great first show!

[@brittreacts]

Interesting!

[@1001Hobbies]

I would say 79, 80, and 81 were the transition years. Disco died during this time, the 70's flavor morphed some, and there was some punk influence as well, and when it was over we had some of the most incredible music ever. I was a teenager through those years and so fortunate to have been. 79 to 84 are my favorite years for music, but of course I also love the 70's and 60's too.

[@d.erueti5156]

27 yrs old, loved this jam most my life, my parents used to have big drink ups to all these old school jams 💯

[@Boa_Omega]

I saw them play at the local club in the early 00's. My Dad enoyed the music.

[@flipAnt66]

For me, it was 1980 when an Australian group called "The Monitors" released a song called "Singing in the 80s" that brought with it that signature 80s vibe. I.E.Electronic drum machine, synthesizers, and the MTV style video rather than footage of the band playing on a stage. The song asks how will music transition from the 70s to the 80s. It was considerably prophetic, and it's a great song as well. Take a look, it is so 80s you will see what I mean.

[@bbeighey]

For me the transition was 1980 when the band Devo came out with "Whip it" wearing the weird hats. Lol

[@DjMistoffelees]

There's a period at the end and beginning of every decade where music transitions. It's not a hard stop thing. Disco might have died at the end of 70's but it lingered for a few years into the 80's. Hair bands of the 80's continued into the 90's for some time before loosing out to the grunge movement. Grunge had it's years in the 00's. Every decade has bleed over.

[@Joe-o8f]

Britt I always thought eye patch was Dr. Hook when they came on the scene.! 😂

[@HectorJulio-xo5bd]

For me 70's ended about 84 when sequencers and electric drums took the scene completly.

[@darcieturner5423]

'i got stoned and i missed it' is such a classic from them, def worth the listen xo

[@jimmyholliman7103]

Sharing the night together is one of my favorites

[@johnhextall1136]

Great innuendo Britt!

[@keithcoeburn2163]

The 70s had the BEST MUSIC.. Thank God i grew up in the 70s.. Love songs from the 70s could melt butter and panties..lt

[@TheVigilant109]

Dr Hook were wonderful. I suggest you listen to Sylvia's Mother. Regarding the music transition from the 70s to the 80s was just the natural evolution of music

[@daz_n]

Check out their session on Shel Silverstein's Houseboat... They are all baked off their heads, but they are so good and you'll see Ray with the eyepatch at his absolute (and craziest) best!

[@tumairatu1818]

It's endless time of sounds, still relevant as long as people of that time are still alive....like me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤much love sis

[@Crueligan]

"Queen Of The Silver Dollar", "A Couple More Years" and "Sharing The Night Together" are my Hook favourites...

[@roelmendoza7638]

I feel that the transition had definitely occurred when synthpop began to dominate esp. when those songs' videos began to be shown on MTV. The first sign of 80s-style synthpop was I think "Cars" by Gary Numan and a few other songs in 1979!!!

[@mustangsallie]

Disco was coming into style but so many rejected disco and stayed with pop. I liked both so Dr Hook was very well liked by me. I worked at Disney and another girl and I went looking around backstage and came face to face with them. We ran cause we weren’t supposed to be there! Dr Hook will always be a fav of mine.

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction, Britt! The name of the group was Dr Hook and The Medicine Show. You should watch Sylvia's Mother next. It is great story telling.

[@brittreacts]

Thanks for the info!

[@leonardpoindexter5289]

I met my beautiful woman in 79 and married her in 82.

[@ChristopherNorris_CopyGhosting]

The boundary between the 1970s and the 1980s was punk music. If you want to experience the cutting edge, check out "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols, their first single 🎉

[@ronniesmith8941]

I have the 45 with this song on one side and Knowing She's There on the other side

[@AP-gb3eh]

We had an Embarrassment of Riches when it came to music. There were dozens of genres that were all on the air at the same time. We all had our favorites but so much inter flowing creating new hybrids every day.

[@318greenman]

You're a bop... Great song great memories! 💚

[@adolfomcasasjr4668]

I was in HS senior. To me the transition happened from disco to new wave was with Gary Neuman's Car new sound

[@grahamjeffries4566]

Beautiful summers day,bricklayer by trade repairing a chimney stack ,all fine till 11 o’clock when suddenly the pub next door starts playing dr hook the best of .for the next 6 hours

[@phillipschwoerke8374]

For me, when MTV hit that is when the 80s started! Shout out to galaxycoder who talks about the synthesizers which was a giant part of the 80s music.

[@laurilewerenz5270]

oh 80's was the era of power ballads which was eventually perfected by one of my fav dou/bands Roxette.

[@rayfaircloth8253]

Pretty much, the music began to change in about 1980, but the flow allowed the music fans of the 70's to still experience the good music of the '80's as well. I hit it just right. My teenage years were mid 70's. My favorite music was the music of the mid 70's through the mid '80s and I believe that this was about the best time for music ever.

[@jacksonian8]

I can identify with this classic Dr. Hook tune...I was married to a blonde haired, green eyed girl in the 80's that always got a great deal of attention. On more than one occasion a gentleman had a waiter deliver a note to her while we were dining out. The notes were complementary and respectful, but unexpected. The "gentlemen" had always left or were leaving the establishment when we received the notes. That's probably because I was a competitive weight-lifter in my younger days and they didn't want to stay around for my reaction. Ha! I always considered it a compliment to me as well. Jackson.

[@KathleenGreer-hk6yl]

Loved Dr Hook. His music made you happy.

[@GroovingPict]

Dennis Locorriere (the main vocalist, not the guy with the eye patch) owns the name Dr Hook, so when they split and then later on Ray Sawyer (the guy with the eye patch) wanted to perform under the name "Ray Sawyer and Dr Hook" or whatever it was, he had to pay a license fee to his former buddy for use of the name. When Ray died, they hadnt spoken for decades, which makes me kinda sad; watching the early 70s stuff theyre obviously good friends and having lots of laughs together and then one day it's just... "I dont wanna talk to you again for as long as we both live if I can help it"

[@Dryloch]

Video Killed the Radio Star was one of the major songs that transitioned the 70s to the 80s.

[@lfelton777]

I'm married to a beautiful woman. I trust her. However, she does tells me about the men hitting on her, even at church. It reminds me of the song by Blake Shelton named, I'm Just A Guy With A Girl.

[@tnolddawg]

The shift from 70's to the 80's style of pop music came about the same time we stopped calling them discos and went back to calling them clubs

[@annedurant6000]

Guys have been around since the 60s remember in grade school went to a little restaurant for lunch there songs would be on the Juke box,I was 7-8 there legend you're a great band n funny n yes the eye patch is ❤ necessary

[@kylekerwin4993]

Music like this just doesn’t exist anymore. Music is both a paradox and a paradigm shift. Throughout each era and genre across all music styles is the evolution and creation that will never be of what once was. Rather what it will become next. Music has the ability to be infinite in every nature possible. Past is gone but not forgotten and the future remains to be created. All different but all the same. All comes down to one universal word. Music.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

They started as Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, but shortened it to Dr. Hook. Back in the day, every guy would try and snake a beautiful woman right out from under your nose! Shel Silverstein wrote a lot of their early stuff, including a tear-jerker based on a true story called SYLVIA'S MOTHER (1972), their first hit song.

[@kevincaulder96]

Ok, Britt. The looks of how people looked were drastically amplified with the birth of MTV, as the previous comments say. It is even a part of the first video to play on the channel by the Buggles and the hit VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR, which was the first clip played. Of course, there were exceptions here and there like Twisted Sister, Culture Club, and a few others, but television is a visual medium. It took the direction of fan magazines and the teen girls to hand select to sell and promote music and looks of those artists. It was harkening back to a time on the 196o's when the Baby Boomers were the audience for the British Invasion. The record companies and television executives all wanted a second bite of the apple. I remember hearing a few songs on the radio that didn't really catch on until the video appeared on MTV. And then the inverse happened. MTV was playing music that found its way onto radio playlists. It was fun, colorful, and addicting. You add the fashion and the hair to mix and you can see the early feminization of men in modern times. For a few hours every you could watch new and established artists roll out the latest video. And the next day talk to your friends about it. The wave continued into the nightclubs as the first big screen televisions would play the video while you either danced or prowled the tables for a hookup. Those were the days, Britt. They really were good. Keep going and enjoy the music.

[@stephenadams2008]

"Sharing The Night Together" and "Sweetest Of All" are more of ballads. They had a lot of great songs.

[@grantmiller6570]

Dr Hook was quite simply, great fun.

[@Dehvonne]

It’s hilarious listening to some of the things young people say about lyrics hahah Ahhhh bless ☺️

[@circemuller1933]

This was pure Music for Dancing its my Time

[@akdriller8806]

3:09 yes you do!

[@brenthowell6148]

Check out their songs, She was only Sixteen, Cover of the rolling stone, Spending the night together, Sylvia's Mother. This is just a few of their songs.