Reacting to The Most Popular Song Each Month in the 80s

[@Ojisan642]

I was born in the 70s so this 80s music is my growing up. I might be biased but the 80s was absolutely stacked with amazing music.

[@route2070]

I enjoyed the 90's and 00's music grew up with but 65-89 was insane for music.

[@lilyz2156]

@@route2070 If I was only born during Woodstock, I would've loved to be a fly on the wall there.

[@plother4242]

@@lilyz2156 I wasn't old enough to go to woodstock but I remember my older sister wanting to go and begging my mom but we lived in Arizona and it was too far for a teenager to travel alone so she didn't get to go. I was born in 1958 so I wasn't even a teenager during woodstock but I had always wished that I could have gone.

[@lilyz2156]

@@plother4242 My uncle went to Woodstock and his stories of watching The Who, Santana and Jimi Hendrix perform captured my attention. I knew he was a hippie in the 60's while my mom was a Beatles fanatic.

[@lilyz2156]

@Legends World As a kid, my dad used to play Jail House Rock to get us up for school, Elvis played all day every day, Barbra Strisand, Abba and the threee Neils: Diamond, Sedaka and Young. My dads music. Chores on weekends as a kid to Elvis playing. Afternoons, elvis movies all of them. Yes my father was obsessed.

[@jlpack62]

Take on Me was an absolutely revolutionary music video and holds its own even today. MJ's Thriller Album as HUGE, HUGE, HUGE in 1983. It was clearly the pinnacle of his career. His tour was the most coveted ticket in the world that year. Madonna's music in the 80s was enormous. I feel old that you don't know any of these songs!

[@fredericb873]

You should check out the slow version of Take On Me by the same singer, some 30 years later.

[@jamesmarciel5237]

The Thriller album was actually released in 1982.

[@jlpack62]

@@jamesmarciel5237 I know that, but it was huge in the subsequent year as the litany of its singles were released and charted.

[@lilyz2156]

Had the Thriller album and saw MJ and his brothers in concert, my best friend and I used to play Thriller on the record player and scare my younger twin brothers with it, tuned of the lights and blasted the song to scare them. 1 was pissed and the other cried, as the older sis I laughed.

[@mikekaraoke]

The fact he doesn't know any Madonna songs has just blown my mind as it makes nooooooooooo sense! She is just in pop culture and her stuff still plays on Radio/TV documentaries/music channels, at family parties/shopping centres etc over the years So makes nooooooooooo sense-could understand if he lived in Nigeria, I'm a Brit and really embarrassed by this video.

[@francisnguyen5700]

In the 1980s, Madonna was very famous. She was one of the most defining musical figures of the time due to her rebellious image, controversial actions, and songs with provoking lyrics and messages.

[@Music-tg5is]

I only really like Madonna songs from the 80s and 90s. Not really a fan of her newer stuff.

[@jericoba]

I don't think many young people really get that.

[@BadAssSykO]

I Will Always Love You was written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1974. Whitney Houston covered it in 1992 for the movie The Bodyguard.

[@BadAssSykO]

@Derek Holcomb, Dolly has said that Whitney sung it "better" and she isn't upset that most people thinks the song is Whitney Houston's song. Dolly has made more money off the song, thanks to Whitney Houston. Dolly even said in an interview that when she first heard Whitney singing the song, which was on the radio while she was driving, she almost had an accident but was able to pull over and listen. Dolly said she was STUNNED at Whitney's voice.

[@rubewaddell1704]

And Dolly's version is much better.

[@davidstratton696]

Wait I knew it was originally by Dolly but I just thought Whitney just covered it just to cover it I didn’t know it was for a movie. The more u know I guess 😂.

[@davidstratton696]

@@rubewaddell1704Nah Whitney’s better. Vocally she did much better (which is not surprising cause it’s Whitney and it’s hard to compete with that) and honestly to me it felt far more emotional.

[@BadAssSykO]

@@davidstratton696, 2 different types of music. Whitney Houston's was sung from vocals, whereas Dolly Parton's was sung from the heart. Both are great.

[@TheCsel]

Careless Whisper in 1985, you'd probably recognize its saxophone solo. It ranks as one of the most recognizable saxophone solos ever . lol

[@rumblebird9888]

Same for Baker Street

[@steven-yu3tu]

Madonna had a string of 17 straight top 10 Billboard singles from 1983-1989. She then went on to score an additional 21 top 10 singles to date giving her a total of 38…..thus far….

[@dalemoore8582]

All without being to carry a tune

[@nucl3arboNg]

@@dalemoore8582 Her tune > Your English

[@JohnDuke9261]

Who's Madonna?

[@Christian_Adonis1]

@@dalemoore8582shut the fuck up with that ignorant bullshit already, clearly has never been the case, you pushy ass haters just have no better insults at this point.

[@crystalpender2345]

Kool and the Gang have numerous hits. Definitely not a one hit wonder. The songs are amazing and oh the memories. Great reaction Lav Luka

[@marydavis5234]

I bought Kool and the gangs greatest hits cd set.

[@TheRealdal]

😂

[@dalemoore8582]

Love Kool and the Gang

[@chrisstott4100]

Thurston, Wham! was very popular on this side of the pond. You should do reactions to a group of songs from one artist or group. Great to be a teenager in the 80's!

[@firebird7479]

They were originally called Wham UK!

[@Reba-123]

@@firebird7479errr no George went solo from Wham and this was his first solo song… although he put Andrew as Co writer so that he would also get royalties even though George wrote the whole song

[@Carlos559Caps]

I’m pretty sure if all these songs played for like 5-10 more seconds or at a different part I’m sure you’d recognize ALOT more. Some stop right before key melodies or they play parts that aren’t the as recognizable to those not familiar with the music. That’s about all the compilations you’ve been watching lately. Start up the music reactions to these classics, your channels will grow a TON!

[@jwiderstra]

70s, 80s music is banging. So much that all of us could tell you about each of those artists, songs and where we were/ what we were doing. There's a reason so much from this era is sampled today

[@turdcurd9082]

Yeah man who cares about the 60s and the Beatles

[@Fridge56Vet]

Thriller came out in late 1982 and featured "Billie Jean," "Beat It," and "Thriller." One of the greatest albums of all time. Laughed when you saw Maddona now. 🤣 Saw a meme the other day that was basically "Imagine going back in time to 1988 and telling people in 2023 that Roseanne Barr will look better than Madonna." Scary, but true.

[@xzonia1]

Eh, give it 6 months and she'll have changed her look again. Madonna is all about change.

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

Lets talk about how Michael Jackson looked before he died then 🤡

[@famousyt2266]

madonna can looks terrible, but michael scared to every kids after his cirugys💀

[@sadfaery]

Wow, the sheer number of these songs you don't know makes me feel so old. These songs were the soundtrack of my childhood, and the music was SO good in the 80s. The fashion left a lot to be desired, but the music was amazing.

[@ericabunin]

I was born in '77 so these were my jams growing up. To this days I listen to 80s music playlists on Spotify.

[@trappestarrgaming3422]

Bro I was born in 88 and didnt discover the 80s til my madonna deep dive. 1 of the best decisions of my life

[@LovelessTaicho]

Oh the nostalgia. I was born in '91 to parents who just turned 20 so this was basically my early introduction to music along with the 90s (as they came). I knew about 95% of all these songs.

[@shannonh9726]

You've got to react to some of Madonna's videos. Her catalog of hits is unsurpassed. 50 number 1 dance songs! Like a Prayer, 4 minutes, vogue, hung up.....

[@annajosullivan]

The 80s had the best music ever!

[@darrinlindsey]

The compilation of music from the 80s, might never be equalled. So many different sounds, but all wonderful.

[@randychampion184]

I like the fact that Lav will stop the video to look up stuff related to the video!! Tryinng to learn as much as you can is always a great thing!!

[@gopies1456]

Madonna is the highest selling female recording artist of all time with 350 million records sold worldwide and has the most no.1 hits of each month out of any artist. Madonna had 7 songs in the 80’s, 4 songs in the 90’s and 4 songs in the 00’s!!

[@kristianberg4264]

It’s sad you judge Madonna as going down , just based in her looks,as she’s had hits for 40yrs and most recently as 2019.You really should go through her entire catalog of released songs, absolutely stunning work.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

She had some fun songs back in the day and always pushed the envelope with her behavior. Its sad to see what she's done to herself.

[@krisskross6074]

As a former fan of Madonna, I too feel like Madonna is going down. There is a thing called aging with grace and Madonna does not know that for sure. There is no doubt that she was the queen of pop for almost 2 decades. She was one of the top artists in the 80s and 90s, and even had hits in early 2000s. I still listen to her old songs. But post 2010 and currently, her music is not good. And frankly she looks horrible. Grandma needs to retire.

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

​@@krisskross6074stfu. You old bat Madonna fans are annoying. She doesn't need to do anything. She has a hit with the weeknd out rn that's really good. Plus her rebel heart album is good. She doesn't need to retire, maybe you just need to stfu and if you don't like her new music, then don't listen? Not a hard concept to grasp. As for aging gracefully, who gives af? In a million years, we're all just gonna be bones anyways, so how judgemental and mean you have to be to judge madonnas looks now

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

​@@krisskross6074Stop listening to any of her music. We don't need your toxicity in the fandom. You don't deserve to listen to any of her music. I wish you misogynists would stop telling women in music to retire.

[@JohnDuke9261]

No thanks

[@michaeltnk1135]

I didn’t realize some of these song were made by certain bands

[@OGGuy-xb1yk]

I’m not sorry, the 80s had the best music and the best cartoons.

[@imheel9727]

That’s the early 2000s for me when talking about cartoons

[@robja19]

Best music, best movies, best tv shows. Everything was just better

[@firebird7479]

I'm sorry. It did not. Best cartoons came out of the 1940s and 50s and the best music was between the late 60s to the early 80s.

[@trumankim6484]

@@robja19 I know what you’re saying, but actually 🤓 everything was not better. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

[@MovieJustin]

The 90s was the era for me 😂 Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, Maxwell, Lauryn Hill, Spice Girls, Britney etc 🎉

[@carro-xb9oz]

over all the 80s and somewhat 90s aswell was the greatest ever!! if i could travel back in time i would absolute go back to my best time ever!

[@greendragonpublishing]

Ah, this was the soundtrack of my youth, since I graduated high school in 1987. All of them brought back memories! There were a few in the 1980 and 1981 group I didn't quite recognize, but might if I listened to the whole song. But after that, boom. And yeah, there were a lot of duos in the 1980s! McCartney did a great job of working with others to keep his music relevant. Lionel Richie was THE MAN in the 1980s. And Whitney. And Madonna. I mean, so many icons. You really should do a deep dive on Madonna's 80s songs. Especially her videos were groundbreaking, like Like a Prayer.

[@TheRealdal]

Fellow 1987 high school graduate here. I remember I joined the Army the following year and was in Germany in 1989. One of the guys in my platoon came to show me this new Madonna single that was just released called Vogue on cd. It had a such a strong dance beat we were dancing around my room! There was a huge cd store down the street from our base and we were there every Saturday.

[@jessynachobusiness8619]

I was born in 86 and it’s so cool to watch this and unlock core memories. My sister was in high school, so we lived and breathed MTV. The videos from 89 were really memorable…

[@harmonium86]

86 here too! Agree with you

[@toddmurphy664]

Lav you did a good job! This was a great time. Thanks! The best decade of music.

[@BigSleepyOx]

You asked if Kool and the Gang = "one hit wonder"? lol. No. No way in hell. Lotta hits. :)

[@dougmitchell2624]

The Prince Batdance one was tied to the Batman movie back then. Made specifically for the movie.

[@dripcaraybbx]

Thurston it has been a privilege hearing your takes on videos these couple of years, but I am really enjoying these music vids most of all

[@dawngw26]

OMG this was such a fun video! I was fascinated to see which ones you've heard of, or not. When I thought you might not know it, you were like "of course I know this!" lol. Great one. Do more!

[@dawngw26]

btw you should listen to more Madonna early music lol! The song you were trying to remember is called "4 Minutes" with Justin Timberlake.

[@sabalomglitz6478]

And with MTV you have the birth of The King of The Parody, Weird Al Yankovic...😊

[@desertrose0027]

I was born in 1980 and songs from Michael Jackson's Thriller album were everywhere when I was a kid. There was a woman who used to babysit me sometimes who had 3 boys of her own and one of my earliest memories is of them running around her house singing Beat It and trying to moonwalk while their mom tried to teach me how to snap my fingers. This era was also the start of MTV so music videos really took prominence. "TV adverts" You know you're getting old when the music from your childhood starts showing up in TV ads. 😆

[@heatsinker_5517]

You ask yourself, "How do I know these songs", its because you like them man.

[@papamaniac2410]

Paul McCartney gave Michael Jackson some financial advice once. Told him that the money in music was to get the publishing rights to music. Then when the Beatles music catalogue came up for sale, Michael out bid Paul for it. That ended that friendship.

[@Tcheera]

Also... Wham! and George Michael were definitely huge in the US, if not worldwide.

[@AlexandreMS71]

There is a video with the SECOND most popular song of every month since the 80s, that is even more interesting.

[@jencrecelius3565]

Such a childhood refresher!! Quite a few of these still hold a special place in my heart and many are still awesome today ❤️

[@plother4242]

I grew up watching Michael Jackson grow up. Michael Jackson was exactly 2 weeks older than me. He was born August 28th 1958 and I was born Sept 12th 1958 so I watched him grow with amazement that someone my age was so talented. He signed with Motown in 1968 when he was 9 years old. I really miss him. He died way too young. He would be 65 this year.

[@lianabaddley8217]

Hey!! My oldest daughter shares your Birthday!! She was born Y2K era. Lol September 12, 1999(09/12/1999). She was due like the 28th but came early. Her Grandpa wanted her to come on 09/09/1999. Cuz that would've been cool but she wasn't ready quite yet. Hope you have a Very Happy Birthday!!

[@emmahowells8334]

The song What a feeling was from a movie called Flash Dance 1983. Take my breath away song was featured in Top Gun 1.

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

1984-1988 were best years in human history.....

[@catsncrows]

Looks at picture of Madonna "I'm so confused" yes, yes we all are

[@Nicholas_Burmeister]

"Is that the first Bowie?" Assemble the angry villagers!!

[@jellyrollnorton]

Madonna was in her 20s for most of these videos (she’ll be 65 this summer). Her biggest selling/streaming song is "4 Minutes," then "Vogue" which is arguably her most associated with song.

[@Dcuniverse60]

Madonna was her mid 20s

[@gotham61]

Did I just hear him say he doesn't know who John Lennon was ???!!! 😱😱😱

[@darijoe1]

No hate here for not knowing a lot of these songs. In fact it's fun watching you discover heaps of great music from many years ago (even all these 80s tunes from before I was born). It did surprise me how many times you said you know a song from an advert, but I guess that's the power of choosing the right song for the right commercial. Yes I'd love to see you react to the video of the 60s, 90s and in fact all of Top Culture's most popular song videos, including the 2nd most popular songs of each month compilations. Nice work man!

[@TaraWilson1010]

I was a teen in the 80's, and I was so lucky!! Great music, and no internet to keep my awkward moments haunting me for the rest of my life. 💙💙

[@loufancelli1330]

As someone who was 8-18 during the '80s this is definitely my era of music, and there were still 6 or 7 songs I've never heard of. But your comment about the underlying upbeat tone of the songs is on target. The '70s were all about head banging rock and disco and, at least in the US, a generally depressed mood - we had come out of an unpopular war (Vietnam) and had an economy in recession. Flipping the calendar to the '80s kind of felt like a renewal; then the economy improved, the mood lightened, and we got much more upbeat (and in my opinion better) music. Music really is a sign of the times in which it was created.

[@Midknightwriter]

The 80's was considered the time of the 2nd British invasion, George Michael was one of the singers of Wham "Wake Me up before you go-go."

[@route2070]

Jackson 5 was Michael and his brothers, their parents didn't let Janet (their sister) take part. I think the biggest Jackson 6 songs were "ABC" and "I'll Be There."

[@dawngw26]

lol you mean Jackson 5, right?

[@willwilliamson9580]

shes a lunatic now but in the 80s she was basically a goddess. one of the prime movers of the decade i would have to give it to her and MJ. she really had some great hits that are completely timeless but fit into the 80s so well.

[@okie-kan9240]

This is my childhood, mostly. There is dance-ability in the music.

[@gregweatherup9596]

Mid 80s to very early 90s had tons of good songs which I enjoyed as a kid/pre-teen, then it seems good songs became the occasional rare exception and I basically lost all interest in “mainstream music” until I started listening to Dimash - now he’s really driven an interest in music for me as an adult and has completely changed my view wrt “music”.

[@firebird7479]

I don't know if this is some person's arbitrary opinion of what the most popular songs are or which music chart they took these songs from because missing is 1983's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes, the prog rock group from the 1970s who reinvented themselves in the 1980s into becoming a more poppish act. Although they charted many times over the years, this song was their only #1 hit. I'm also surprised that Thurston has reacted to and familiar with the music of the Beatles but recognized Paul McCartney, but did not know who John Lennon was.

[@SonOfMuta]

12:13 "I known this because I'm British. I don't know how many people would know this who aren't from England" Yeah, because Wham!, and George Michael, never left the island. JFC

[@ulgn1964]

I was 16 in 1980, the best 10 years of music was in the 80s, still listening to 80s music.

[@robynhurley5119]

I was 13!

[@SilvanaDil]

Madonna was the queen of music videos.

[@geraldarmstrong5646]

Fun Fact: George Michael was the lead singer of Wham

[@gofastER]

And the bangles started off as a punk rock band called the bangs.

[@lawrencejones1517]

All those in this list were huge in the US! They had multiple hits, and were doing all kinds of videos on MTV. 80s music was amazing and varied, and this really doesn't give the full spectrum of what we enjoyed back then.

[@juneseghni]

I was 15/16 in 1980 and by the time 1990 came round I was married with kids and pretty much stopped listening to music for years, so these songs represent my heyday . Love it.

[@darrinlindsey]

What ABBA was in the 70s, Lionel Ritchie was in the 80s. But then, he was also writing hit after hit with The Commodores in the 70s.

[@SonOfMuta]

18:10 "I don't know any...do I know any George Michael songs?" You know Wham!'s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go...

[@YankeeBlues21]

7:46 Eye of the Tiger was made specifically for Rocky 3. They’d choreographed the opening montage (where Rocky is defending his title for several years and Clubber Lang is rising up the ranks) to the tune of Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust”, but during post-production editing, they weren’t able to get the rights to that song from Queen, so they needed somebody to come in at the last minute and write/record a new song with a similar beat. And so a little-known band named Survivor was picked and “Eye of the Tiger” was born.

[@you_can_call_me_T]

When you said you didn't know who was in the Jackson 5 or ANY of their songs... My expectations all took a hike lol

[@darrinlindsey]

Wham and George Michael solo was huge over here!

[@thethesaxman23]

No Kool and the Gang were definitely not a one hit wonder. They had lots of really big hits!!

[@nancyomalley6286]

"Billie Jean" is 40 years old as of March 10th. God I feel Old!

[@marxmaiale9981]

You Absolutely Must react to the Wierd Al Yankovic videos. He may not be featured in this but he was there having a blast making Paradies of these.

[@rubewaddell1704]

Tainted Love is a cover. It was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1962. Jones later had a relationship (and child) with Marc Bolan of T Rex, who died in a motor vehicle accident after the car Jones was driving in crashed into a tree. Jones survived.

[@kevinb9830]

I'm a bit more of a 90's kid but 80's was absolutely amazing for music.

[@erikawilliams9558]

I was born in 81 so this music is my childhood. Literally knew all but 3, and they were before 84

[@lk-music]

Statistically, two artists that share the record for most weeks in the UK Top 10 during the 80's were UB40 and Madness, and they don't get a look-in here, because we were overwhelmed with so much music. This was the decade the music industry was reinvented, shifting from radio to television, from record labels to media moguls, from artistry to brand. The microchip made music more accessible to people with smaller pockets, and music television created a demand for new music of all genres.

[@TheCinder24]

Crazy that you didn't know most of these songs. A bit of trivia: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney were friends. Paul casually mentioned to MJ how lucrative it was to own the rights to music was and how he wanted to buy back the rights to the Beatles music. Later, MJ brought the rights to the Beatles music out from under him and they stopped being friends.

[@kathrynjones1367]

Makes me happy seeing Ghostbusters was number one in August 1984, because that's the month the movie premiered. Goes to show how quick it exploded in popularity.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Pop music is always an interesting bag. You got the usual fake trash, but you also got good stuff bubbling up to the surface from the real music. One thing that's very worth exploring and won't show up on a pop chart is original movie scores.

[@paulbattson834]

The Irene Cara song was from the movie Flashdance, not a TV advert.

[@ElleW]

Wham! was big all over. I was an American in Australia and I heard it there and then when I came back home to the US.

[@Neo-hw7nu]

The 80s had the best decade of music. PERIOD!

[@williambranch4283]

80s still had good music

[@firebird7479]

In my late teens/early 20s (1983-1985), I worked for a company here in New Jersey called The Friday Morning Quarterback. It was an industry trade sheet developed by a local disc jockey in 1968 named Kal Rudman (A lot of WWE fans from the late 70s/early 80s will remember him as a color commentator for WWF matches that were held at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and were broadcast on PRISM, our region's sports and movie paid cable channel). I use to take phone calls from radio stations around the US and Canada, transcribing their playlists. Their formats ranged from Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Middle of the Road, R & B. We had a separate publication for Album Oriented Rock (That'd be The Who, Yes, Asia, Journey, Genesis, etc.) For me, it was interesting to see certain songs and new artists start popping up on these playlists and could see them climb the charts. I was there when Cyndi Lauper visited our offices when only 1 station in the country started to play "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Side note: That song was written by a Philly singer/songwriter named Robert Hazzard; Time After Time was written by members of a local group about to become big at that time called The Hooters). There are a lot of songs that were #1 here in the US that are missing from this video, which leads me to believe that this is a chart from another country. I suspect this because I watched their video on 1960s hits and there are many #1 songs here in the US left off, while many British acts are featured that never made it here in the US until AFTER The Beatles arrived.

[@davidschmitz4300]

What's crazy is that McCartney later regretted his collaboration with MJ. During a conversation Paul had told MJ about the money-making ability to be found in having the rights to various songs so he could get a royalty if he owned it. MJ then bought the song rights... to the library of the Beatles.

[@hornbeam7131]

A lot of British songs got famous when MTV launched because there just wasnt enough videos out there for the format so a lot of Brit bands got played launching the second british invasion.

[@myst0dreamer]

The decade started with really a mix of genres of music, some holdovers to the '80's, some punk (but not much made it to the pop charts), some Disco. Michael Jackson was big, and Madonna really burst on the scene with her style, great videos, and controversy. Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer, and some of her other music/videos were considered shocking. She was sort of the Lady Gaga of her time. Her personal style had all the young women of the time trying to copy it. Also we begin to see a large influx of British groups and bands, with a scattering of German, Australian, and Swedish bands. This was the age of MTV, and people watched the channel often to see the videos, and discover new music. By the way, Eye of the Tiger was from a Rocky movie.

[@angelofthedead5589]

The genius Billy Joel is for releasing We Didn’t Start The Fire in December of 89… he was like, Need a recap?? Here it is in music form! 🕺🏻

[@angiepen]

Xanadu is the title song from a *fun* movie, with banging music. It bombed at the box office, but I've seen it like six or eight times -- if you can find it, watch it. Notice how many of those songs were by Cyndi Lauper? She rocked, seriously. If you react to the video of USA for Africa, you'll see most of these people in it -- awesome song collab for charity, to benefit starving people in Ethiopia at the time.

[@matijamaksan4344]

Yeah, i have to remind myself that before i was 15 years old i didn't know a lot of songs. But then i started listening to compilations on youtube and now as 31 years old i know every song. Keep listening to compilations and songs will get stuck in your memory.

[@matijamaksan4344]

Also the most songs i encountered from 80's before youtube came from GTA: Vice City.

[@MovieJustin]

Can't wait for the 90's 🎉

[@Ojisan642]

Thurston you should check out the channel “Professor of Rock” and his top ten list videos. He focuses on one year at a time, and he gives you a little more of the story of the songs and compares their popularity back then to how popular they are now. He has a lot of other content as well but I think his “top ten from X year” videos would be good react content.

[@AussieTVMusic]

The 80s was very good for music. Very uplifting positive music mostly. 1990s it got a bit dark. But still good. 70s was a great era too. Today there's a few good tunes around but it's pretty repetitive stuff.

[@YasmineGalenornOfficial]

Re: David Bowie, look up Ziggy Stardust. He was fully established by the 70s. Also, they're missing most of the New Wave era that came into prominence then. I think these are more of the pop hits.

[@79BlackRose]

The tunes selected for this video are the ones that reached #1 or at least ranked higher in more countries than other hits in the same month, but it's not very accurate since many of them were number one for different periods, and the compiler didn't want to repeat any song.

[@YasmineGalenornOfficial]

@@79BlackRose Yeah, my time in the 80s was spent listening to vastly different music (same with the 70s vid he watched). I was a little more on the fringe.

[@lindabeckworth8637]

The 50s had the best music of all time, in my opinion. I am 78 yrs old and I remember the sweetness and romance of those songs.

[@randychampion184]

I'm enjoying the musical reactions Lav

[@danielvelsor5693]

That billy Joel accent is Long Island

[@darrinlindsey]

You should look into Ebony And Ivory, by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. It's truly an amazing song. Possibly the most under appreciated song of the 80s.

[@celestialorb649]

Song: *exists* Thurston: That's from Shrek yeah??

[@frankisfunny2007]

I'll tell you what, Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra was a hit maker as a member of ELO, solo artist, songwriter, and producer. Hell, Lynne received 5 silver albums, 15 gold albums, and 28 platinum albums as a producer in both the US & UK

[@firebird7479]

The sad part about Jeff Lynne is that he turned George Harrison's sound into ELO.

[@frankisfunny2007]

​@@firebird7479 to me, that's not a bad thing!

[@firebird7479]

@@frankisfunny2007 It is to me. I'd prefer George Harrison sound like George Harrison. Would you want Jeff Lynne producing U2 and U2 end up sounding like ELO? Or if Jeff Lynne produced Rush? Would you want Rush to sound like ELO? We'd have a radio station with the call letters WELO.

[@scottruck5584]

I'm 58 and the 80's was my teenage years........LONG LIVE THE 80'S......

[@AnnaMarie66]

These are my teen & early 20’s years lol My daughter says a lot of these songs are on TicToc

[@j09j19]

Wham! was huge in the US, too, and so was "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.

[@krystalm5988]

Please, please! Get to know them! Epic music!!!