"Millennials" react to "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

[@jeneanmcbrearty4747]

The power in her voice is incredible....the creation of mood and the costuming ... it's a shame these kids really don't get it. But then, they haven't experienced much of life yet. They really are naive.

[@saraheart2804]

You have to agree the video wasn't good, but the song was great.

[@francoh4701]

or much music for that matter.

[@dvrmte]

It helps to pay more attention to the song rather than the video. Duh huh from grandpa.

[@joshhencik1849]

Agree. This song is a crescendo of emotion. The video is just for (M)TV.

[@kaushiksunapu5657]

True

[@hobbgreen4529]

what do you expect , they are millennials . lol

[@wesleybren]

They are millennials they are only interested in looks and how they look nothing else 🤢

[@vanyadolly]

Come on, that's not easy when it's this video. 😂 It's one of the most relentlessly overwhelming music videos of all time. I'm pretty sure it was the original "literal music video" spoof.

[@Bubbs1234]

Back when music was actually music. Too emotionally immature to appreciate, get back to us when you grow up.

[@Jutubowiec1]

It's true. Sometimes I feel that some Americans often tend to take things literally and everything has to be understandable and logical. Art leaves a lot of room for interpretation and is food for thought. So the typical excuse not to make the effort to think is that they are just confuse or something is too creepy to pay attention to the essentials. And of course they take everything for granted.

[@drakingson]

Come back after puberty! LOL

[@Falconer1128]

No... she was not falling in love with her students. Stop judging a song based on the video. And stop judging either the song or video when you've already decided you're going to hate it before you even see it. Also, it wasn't bad lyp syncing... the damn video and sound were not in sync. Get better internet access.

[@saraheart2804]

The audio is off from the video. This isn't how it was in the real video.

[@rhondabaker1064]

Are you guys video critics-or music reviewers? This was the 80’s. Videos back then were extreme. The more the better. As far as the hair, if you knew anything about the 80’s, the feathered, the hairspray, there was nothing getting in there. I only watched because I thought you would be reacting to the beautiful music.

[@Supersweetguy]

Keep your perspective not today, but in 1983 when Jim Steinmann wrote this song, and Bonnie Tyler sang and starred in this music video.

[@bossfan49]

You know there was music playing during the video?

[@Josh-rt1bc]

Maybe you should focus on listening to the music more than analyzing the video?

[@lanzaerondeleon5930]

Fr lol

[@scaleybrat]

Listen to the song with your eyes shut. You got me his once now I’m leaving for good! If you are the future I am glad I won’t be around to sample it.

[@KevinPugh-hq8rc]

Do not imagine that the video relates that much to the song . . . but then again, there's more to the world than we imagine.

[@marktirado4527]

Let's start with the meaning of the song, originally the song was called VAMPIRES in LOVE and yes it's a teacher's nightmare having fantasies with her students, BONNIE was creep out with the directors idea and it's not bad lip syncing you probably had a delay when you saw the video.

[@cindysimpson1046]

Not bad lip syncing! The audio and video aren't matching.

[@milanondic3651]

Just listen to the song if you do not like the video. The song is amazing, guys, just listen to the lyrics. And her voice is outstanding.

[@markr1574]

I've watched a ton of Bonnie Tyler reaction videos. In this reaction they criticized everything, missed the vocals, missed the meaning of the song, misinterpreted basically everything, didn't realize the sound and audio were at times out of sync. stay in school kids, don't make a spectacle of yourself.

[@kelanth462]

Not bad lip-sync your whole video is out of sync. Pick a better quality video next time.

[@Direct2Media]

Ya sure ya not "GenZ" cus ya complain to much about how "messed up" or "weird" what YOU guys interpreted with YOUR MINDS. The song came out in 1984 and back then ALL these music videos where ART! Full of messages and metaphors. Lastly back then it wasn't UNCOMMON like it is today for younger to date older! If you guys are disgusted by this THEN ya really gunna HATE "Hello" by Lionel Richie I believe his name is. That music video doesn't even HIDE the concept of the video. Smh

[@douglasrussell1432]

It would help if you would shut up talking during the video and comment afterwards!!!!!

[@cynthiabigley3814]

You're really not good at this....not a movie or story. It's a song, stop watching and start really listening.

[@LWolf12]

Do they even have the music going while they are watching? Granted I made it like 3 minutes in and all I heard was complaints about the video and zero mention about the Bonnie's singing style, they lyrics, the instrumentation, the backup vocals, just nitpicks and complaints about how the video was shot.

[@undead567]

Fact #1 Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” is a song about vampire lovers and how they have to contend with loneliness and darkness. Its original writer (Jim Steinman is also meatloaf's writer on some of his biggest hits) was at the time writing for a school musical named Nosferatu in April of 1982. The original titles to total eclipse include "Come in the night" . Later it was changed to "vampires in love" because it was reported that Jim had written a portion of the song during a lunar eclipse (he had been working on the song before him and Bonnie began working as a team). Then they finally settled on "total eclipse of the heart". And so a masterpiece was born.

[@eleonn]

The guys didn't even listen to the song neither her voice. You could show them a video without audio and their reaction would gave been the same.

[@ΒαγγεληςΝοτης]

You see only the video and listen at all the song for this reason you don't understand it....

[@lanzaerondeleon5930]

This kids are from the yappington university insrad of reacting to the music they instead react to the video 💀

[@Mervs-gs9zo]

Written by the late master songwriter himself, Jim Steinman. May he rest in peace!!!!

[@valstraley]

I'm so sorry I wasted time with reaction. You are so focused on the visual you didn't even to the song. If you are only reacting to music videos rather than the actual music, please say so right up front. You got me once but never again.

[@kimtalley4496]

Something else you have to consider is that music videos were still really new in the early 80s.

[@winkingwolf]

if it wasn,t for songs like this your parents may have never been born and what a blessing for a world that would have been

[@mistab24]

She had some of the most random & weird music videos you'll ever see.

[@jaranowska]

It's called music. It requires listening.

[@kevinb9830]

2 emotional vacuums here

[@sungkim742]

That's real singing. No autotune, whispering B.S.

[@drkphoenix097]

Proves kids nowadays are focused more on visuals to keep them focused. And I’m saying this as a 30 year old.

[@Lfg117]

In its time, that video was advanced. I'm hoping the bizzaro video has an alternate meaning (?). That song on radio? Slay.

[@chuckdacon4797]

You have to watch the video "Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version". You will laugh your asses off.

[@zhmtl]

Remember me please don't come to this channel when this kids are trying to be "video's critics"

[@superbeast7738]

We're totally screwed... smh... This was painful to watch these two.

[@DEmma1972]

Wow is this really how millennials think and process music? Glad I am not a millennial. Get a PC or laptop that doesnt use an integrated video driver and maybe it wont appear so badly out of sync

[@leeball4585]

Point missing much??? Seriously, there are some comments here you should read for context, but I'll take the time to explain personally if you ask and are willing to pay attention & try to understand.

[@sherry6825]

It was the freaky directors "artistic" view from my understanding. Bonnie probably didn't have the pull to simply say NO. The singing is on point so your sound must be off. The song was about falling in love, losing and falling apart. It had nothing to do with school boys.

[@christoffesedao3579]

⛔️ NOT LIP SINGING - YOUR VIDEO IS JUST BAD QUALITY . . . THERE ARE MANY BETTER UPLOADS OFTHIS VIDEO

[@drkphoenix097]

Imagine saying bad lip syncing when those two probably listen to mainstream lol

[@summersunday6675]

This is a weird video and it gave me nightmares growing up but this song is so popular until now in singing contest. Never mind the video buy enjoy the song. Hahaha

[@Muckylittleme]

Watches a video with audio obviously out of synch "Bad lip syncing"

[@jeromybaden2225]

This was actually a love song from a human woman to nosferatu!

[@matthewcharles3600]

I can't believe you don't understand the point of videos and music.

[@missk9521]

Only Gen Z can turn one of the greatest love songs of all time into a song about teacher molesting students. How about actually listening to the song instead of overanalyzing music video?

[@garyarnett1220]

Music videos then had little to do with the subject (the song). Try just the song or a lyric video.

[@hmidi]

Like listen to lyrics and don't just judge the used screen technics. Like no cgi here.. compair this to wel any song from 2000 plus example justin bieber hhh. Yes i think i am getting old. With more feedback less bleeping you can grow like you young ppl to listen to music not just bregh on some covered ( re used, not self made) song hh

[@jimiewilliams7623]

Are these kids for real?

[@magicalmiller]

No These 2 GIRLS are fucking NOT real.

[@treada1583]

Awesome

[@davidjames3080]

You've got to think a bit outside the box. Do you over-analyse a Tarantino film or a Banksy picture? This is the genius of Jim Steinman, who pictured a musical (usually involving vampires!) in every song he wrote. It's worth a look at the Bat Out of Hell Musical (based largely on the songs he wrote for Meatloaf, but also others he wrote for himself and Celine Dion) to get an idea of what he was thinking of in his song writing. The poor 'lip synching' is just poor video uploading by somebody. Without a doubt Bonnie could belt this out whenever she liked just like this but it's conceivable the video, like about 99.99% of every other music video, involved lip synching. However, the original video didn't have such a poor delay between sound and vision. I've subscribed to your channel though as I respect the effort you're making in reacting to music from before you were born, especially when the different circumstances that existed then meant that different things were seen as 'acceptable' or 'unacceptable'.

[@BenB-yk7kd]

Good thing the chubby lady with the mullet was constantly interrupting, otherwise people might like the video

[@MrViking842000]

the video and sound are off

[@lowridedream]

Bad lip sing ? :D Stop please :D U Have to see this video is 1sec off . . This kids are so funny :D

[@willlong8942]

Wow. So shallow. Next time just try listening to the song.

[@johankalodimos9990]

Why are you focusing so much on the video and not on the song? Who cares about a 40 year old video?

[@tbirdfan93]

What a wasted reaction. Making us millennials look bad 👎

[@drakingson]

The video has nothing to with the song. Did u at least like the song?

[@patrickchilds9620]

Shallow fools. Creepy.

[@sherlockholmes8528]

The video it was about a dream guys.... for once can you focus in the music and lyrics? Jesus...If you are going to judge visuals... start with yourself.

[@KR-us9pj]

Missing the point completely….turn off the video and just listen to one of the best songs ever written.

[@kimtalley4496]

I would admit some of the videos back then were kind of cring however it's better to listen to the lyrics and the artist rather than paying attention to the actual music video.

[@johnoconnell2885]

Millennials 🤢

[@alexrossi4464]

Song is awesome. Video is terrible.

[@ἄρχοντος]

are you a woman or a man?