This 80s Top 10 Will Make You Wonder… What In The HELL Happened to Music? | Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the Best Song or Album of 1987?

[@christineml1476]

"Fascinated" by Company B I couldn't get enough of that song.

[@jimkanellakos4699]

1987 Bad comes to mind. Not the best I think lol😊

[@1961Lara]

That first Richard Marx album was my favorite that year

[@Opal_jen_X]

Learning to fly PF 🤌🏼

[@MJmysummerlove]

Album-Hysteria by Def Leppard Song-Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil

[@carlosbranca8080]

14 years old in 87...that's the sweet spot. What a year and what a blessing it was to be an 80s kid

[@amandajingleheimerschmidt3050]

Meeee tooooo 😂 you graduated high school in 1991, right? I’ve always been a little smug about having graduated in a “palindrome” year, LoL 😏

[@jonsanborn6849]

Worked in a record store in Los Angeles that year and personally sold hundreds of copies of these in cassette, album and even a few CDs. What great memories and thanks for your amazing channel.

[@michaelrochester48]

Trivia, Michelle Phillips and her daughter Chynna Phillips, who didn’t even form Wilson Phillips yet, sing background vocals on the song “heaven is a place on earth “ by Belinda Carlisle

[@amandajingleheimerschmidt3050]

I had that album - or rather: That cassette, LoL 😝

[@hliwanag785]

1987 was my favorite year in music, and I vividly remember this Top 10 from that time. I was 15 years old in the Philippines and would spend every Sunday afternoon listening to all four hours of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40.

[@Corleone1891]

2:18 I love the episode of Night Court where two Uma Thurmans show up with a katana blade and mess Harry up.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

I know, right?!😆

[@deepzone31]

Markie Post TWIN TOWERS

[@angelbear_og]

Right? Def the best. Good thing Bull Shannon was there to toss her out!

[@misterschubert3242]

​@@angelbear_og Dan Fielding had a very special night...

[@rogertemple7193]

This is another great episode especially about music and television shows in 1987 I was 23 years old and I had a crush on Debbie Gibson and Tiffany MTV was still really enjoyable, tv shows were still watchable and as always thank you for showing the best music from the 80's and the interviews Thanks Professor.🎶📻memories of the 80's 📻🎶

[@NYR11949]

I graduated High School and bought my first crappy car in June of 1987. I had an older brother who was an electronics wiz and he installed my first CD player in that same crappy car. Whitesnake, Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, Great White, all released albums around that time. I miss that car and I miss my brother.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Memories!

[@stratman1021]

Ah man what a refreshing blast of nostalgia. Back in '89 my friend's brother worked at a local radio station and he got us free tickets to the Debbie Gibson concert so we thought we would go for "shits and grins." It turned out I really dug it.

[@kirkjohnson6638]

To me, only two of those songs were truly memorable; Faith and Mony Mony.

[@williedale8087]

1984 had the best music but ‘87 isn’t far behind. I enjoy these countdowns. Thanks for another good one POR.

[@jeffcreevy4695]

I worked in a record store back in 1987 and we had practilly every album as demos to be played over the speakers. I avoided Tiffany and Debbie Gibson like the plague. But your show on this brought back so many memories as a 17 year old kid who working in a record store. Thanks for the episode.

[@LeslieDanovich]

Adam, I am so glad I found your channel. You're a couple years younger than me. My kids know about all of these songs. Gotta teach them young.

[@jimkanellakos4699]

Wow!! Second day in a row, another surprise! Never expected to see an evening notification from you. Thanks Professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

You got it!

[@mattfulcher-kh9so]

i was in love with marky post on night court.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I was too!

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Night Court was a fantastic show. May Markie Post and Harry Anderson RIP

[@TerrickTerran]

Night Court was such a fun show.

[@jimkanellakos4699]

​@@TerrickTerranagree!

[@marktait2371]

yeh we dont have cable but oldies channel still has reruns on sat.

[@kevinpresley3136]

1987 was an absolutely a great year for music.One can't go wrong with any of these songs.

[@JanesDough855]

All your reviews take me back to a time when life was a total blast. Thanks for the memories!

[@rogerdeahl9629]

BONUS EPISODE FOR THANKSGIVING EVE!! 1987....... I just graduated college. Man, seems forever ago. The Movies seemed better back then. Music too! Happy Thanksgiving to everybody near and far. I have to hide til Friday to be safe. 🤣

[@ProfessorofRock]

That's right!

[@RBS_]

...can I hide with'ya, Rog!? ...HA-HAAA!!

[@rogerdeahl9629]

@RBS_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuagibson2520]

Markie Post was a fox.

[@richardkuehn115]

She still is, right? Keep on keepin on ❤️✌️🤓👍

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Yes, she was. Night Court was a fantastic show. May she RIP

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@michaelbaucom4019 I was only 8 or 9, but I remember it was on later. 9 or 930 pm if memory serves me.

[@rabby-u]

Funny show. What has happened to sitcoms today?

[@michaelbaucom4019]

@@joshuagibson2520 true.

[@Angelicus-p5p]

Videos were everything in the 80's and 90's. Kinda miss that.

[@mustangsallie]

I got to visit the Lake Lure NC Dirty Dancing filming location in 1989 and stood on Baby’s bridge and steps and was inside Johnnys cabin and the little dance lesson room where they did the come here Loverboy skit. Also stood where they did the last dance lift scene. What memories and I cherish those few pictures I took while there. I have since worked my family tree and some of my ancestors lived in that very area many years ago. That is a magical beautiful area and the film was one of those that everything worked even tho back then they didn’t think so but it’s magical and that song, just fit. I haven’t been to the Mountain Lake, Virginia filming location but that’s on my bucket list! Nothing will ever top that original movie.

[@marktait2371]

stang my brother and cousin went up to mountain lake ti go swimming big rock other side of the lake hotel we did many times we had heard a movie was going on pulled up a guy stopped us were filming a scene at the gazebo so we watched for 15 20 minutes or so went on to swim same on the way out we partied with some of the crew guys same age as us at the blacksburg marriot cast and crew wouldcome to dinner on sat. night cool guys gals mt. lake now an upscale resort hotel great cabins i have the mag. here but no water in the lake now we used to paddle boat but hiking trails pony trek and my brother and ex wife cross country skied up there also hope to return one day stay in the hotel had dinner there 5 or 6 times also 80s you can also acesss the at on a triangle trail popular also campsites just past the resort of course they host dirty dancing weekends a few times a year very popular also

[@mustangsallie]

@@marktait2371 that is sooo cool. We both have awesome memories of the movie. I know they practiced the lift scene at Mountain Lake in the water and the water is gone now but it’s done that before so it will be back, just don’t know when. They filmed the final dance and lift scene at Lake Lure in what was an old boys camp and the stage and dancing was in the old gym. Yes I will get to Mountain Lake one day and stay at the Inn.

[@marktait2371]

great hope to return myself one day many memories there hard to believe no water swam and paddle boats now we had fun partying at marrriot got to friends with those guys has article local paper water may return maybe not has baffled vt experts for years 80s water crystal clear wed jump off the big rock friends knew owners no trash haul out so we did plus any other we found dropped into dumpster on the way out friend worked as a bus boy later cook had permission to swim private then

[@jeanninebagley6354]

1987… I was 17….this is the soundtrack of my life

[@lucken13]

87 I was 24 and in my 6th year in the Army! Was on my 1st year of my 2nd tour in Korea!!! Was a crazy year over there for me!!!!!

[@trinaq]

It's funny that in Autumn of 1987, Tiffany and Billy Idol both released cover versions of Tommy James and the Shondells songs.

[@ProfessorofRock]

How crazy is that?

[@vernhoke7730]

Wow! What a Flashback. I got to hear Springsteen and the E Street Band every day from the 2nd of January 1988 until some time in May. He and the band rehearsed for his "Tunnel of Love" tour in the building I was stationed at in Red Bank, New Jersey. Every day at 12 noon we locked the building up as the band came in to rehearse. Funny story, I met him in the mens room at the urinal about a week in. He's the nicest guy. Some of us would hang out at the end of our day and take in the show.

[@ProfessorofRock]

No way! That's awesome!

[@user-kcrpine]

Sad that he had to change.

[@chrissad3349]

Really great memory. That happens to be one of my favorite songs! Tunnel of Love! My brother said the same exact thing about Bruce. He was a garbage truck driver and happened to see Bruce and yelled " I love ya Brother" Bruce laughed and waved. My brother hit his air horn. Bruce laughed, an threw up a peace sign, and a huge smile. I have a cell picture of it. 🤘

[@jorgearias3940]

"Who's that girl" "" Causing a commotion by Madonna. Those songs were extremely popular🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. I love the album. George Michael of course and his album "Faith" ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chrisvarney1407]

In the UK 1987 is when the Pet Shop Boys entered their "Imperial" era, It's a Sin, What Have I Done to Deserve This? and Rent were singles from the album Actually. Then they claimed the Christmas no. 1 with Always on My Mind.

[@rogerdeahl9629]

@@chrisvarney1407 Have always loved the Pet Shop Boys. 👍

[@RBS_]

...I THANK GOD for those Boys! ...learned about 'Imports' BIG-TIME from them! ....also learned how EXPENSIVE they were, too! ...ha-HAA!

[@Opal_jen_X]

Honestly, 3 men and a baby, planes, trains, and automobiles, and EVEN fatal attraction are some of my comfort movies 😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@rodthebodfromcanada]

Between "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mony Mony", and "Crimson and Clover", Tommy James probably made more money off the covers than his original hits.

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

Great show! Top 10 then and the top 10 as of today. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶

[@ProfessorofRock]

You know it!

[@DM-kl4em]

Ain't that the truth! You don't know whatcha got till it's gone! I was young and naive back then, and had not quite developed an appreciation for all that awesome 1980s music. I should clarify that I was BORN in 1987, and this video makes me proud of it!

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

One of my favorite Weird Al parodies is of I Think We’re Alone Now

[@ProfessorofRock]

CLONE!

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

@ that song should have been in the film Multiplicity!

[@CowGirlKat8691]

I can honestly say I've never had a crush on either Debby or Tiffany! 🤠

[@ProfessorofRock]

Lita Ford?

[@1961Lara]

Me neither! But Sting…maybe

[@LaManteca76]

I had a crush on George Michael. Lol, I was 10 in 1987. 😅

[@cfauv8046]

@@ProfessorofRocknegative ghost rider, now Belinda Carlisle, different story, it was the short straight blonde hair, never liked the poof hair or bangs, funny thing I met my future wife two years later, she had straight blonde hair in a sea of poof, 26 years later still married. My hair vanished, and hers has a “Touch of gray”, but still as pretty as the day I met her.

[@punns643]

And I wasn't even born

[@e-handle9634]

Dead or Alive 12/86 just for the LPs cover 😳 pic " Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know " (a Lady's quote about Lord Byron) And the song : Something In My House 👻

[@simplysteve68]

Also, their hit song from that album was Brand New Lover, which did slightly better than the other one.

[@blackcoffy83]

I was 4 in '87, but I do remember listening to Faith so much that I knew the words by heart. I also remember listening to "the time of my life" while my dad was driving us around. I knew the song before I watched Dirty Dancing in the '90s.

[@MJmysummerlove]

Personally, for me, 1987 was the last “great” year of music in the 80s, 1988 was pretty good too, with some songs and albums being carried over from the previous year. I didn’t care too much about releases from 1989, the material was beginning to sound more like the 90s(thinking back on it now). The 80s will always be the overall favourite decade of music for me.

[@Trayln68]

For me it was 1986..

[@joeychick9045]

My high school graduate year. And what a year for music it was

[@Taranos]

personally, i totally think you should continue to include songs outside the top 10 for these redux shows...some of the greatest songs out of the 80's were hits that never charted high, but had such an underground following that they have far surpassed their chart-topping rivals

[@cfauv8046]

“My mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun”, Sting said he’s used this quote to perplex a drunkard he encountered on the street.

[@63rambler66]

They’re all left in the dust by Don’t Dream It’s Over.

[@amandajingleheimerschmidt3050]

I didn’t have a Crowded House cassette at the time but I absolutely loved that song. I bought the “Best Of” album (CD) about 10 years ago - it is still is one of my best musical investments!

[@CowGirlKat8691]

"Just Like Heaven" triggered a memory of me making my cousin Kass stay in the car with me to listen to it before we went in to my sister's house [RIP] for Thanksgiving dinner! 🦃

[@ProfessorofRock]

COOL!

[@katemaloney4296]

All of these years I would have sworn that Diane Warren wrote 'Heaven Is A Place'. I guess you learn something every day.

[@budders1258]

I was coming home from school to go skateboarding or going over to the neighbors to watch Double Dare on Nickleodeon. There were so many great songs that year. Lord, to be 9 and 10 years old again.

[@user-kcrpine]

I sometimes wonder what we all were thinking musically at that time as many of these “hit” songs leave a LOT to be desired, but then they take me back and the memories remind me of why, of a different more innocent time when the future was bright and anything was possible. Even if most of these songs on their own aren’t that special, they were central to that time and that alone makes them quite magical.

[@TripleBerg]

Bill Medley has a one-of-kind voice.

[@JamieHitt]

Ahhh yes, ...the Billboard charts from Nov, 1987. A polite way of saying, "The ten songs used as filler before they repeat Whitney, Def Leppard, Poison, and Europe again." I jest. Debbie and Richard were there too.

[@TripleBerg]

Wow, powerful story about the last dance to The Time of My Life.😊

[@WhoDey1976]

I love “I’ve Been in Love Before” ❤❤❤

[@gerardcote8391]

Adam, got to say this is now my favorite video of yours.... this was an amazingly week in music.

[@Samster90]

Started college in the fall of 1987. Love these songs….brings me back. Love your videos.

[@BillGraper]

As soon as I saw 1987, I thought about today's date & I KNEW there was a good chance "Shake Your Love" was in the top 10. Man, I can't even count the number of times I listened to that album from the age of 16 on, in my room, reading those dedications on the back of the album. How many times can one person read the same thing over & over? I'm sure I have the record with this. 🤓 I have a "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" memory!!! One day before school back in 1987, I was at my friend's house (he lived behind us diagonally) before school. This video by Belinda Carlisle was on MTV. I was totally gone that day. All I could think about was Belinda & that video. 😂 To be a teen again!

[@RackhirTheRed]

If we're talking top 10 hit's I'd go with U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Favorite song of 87. The Cure: Just like Heaven For album of the year it's hard not to pick The Cure but I'd have to go with U2: The Joshua Tree Man, what a great year, there's so much to choose from. What in the hell did happen to music?

[@littlecatfeet9064]

Cure tragic here. Absolutely agree.

[@hallacar]

This was the fall of my sophomore year at college. I had spent the summer in basic training and when I got to school I was bombarded with "college music", so there are a few on this list that I had almost no contact with. Thank you for sending me down a Thanksgiving eve rabbit hole, Professor! I had a friend who was a dj on the little college radio station and asked him about the music they all seemed to play. He said it was alternative. I said, "What? The alternative to good music?" I had no use for it.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Oh wow! You got it!

[@jeremylyon3249]

Team Tiff. I met her a couple of times. Super down to earth. We swam with dolphins together in Cozumel. True story.

[@DrummerPainterDogNutPGH]

In 1987 I was playing drums in a south Florida cover band and (briefly) dating a woman who worked as an overnight DJ. I would drive my fifteen-year-old Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon (full of drums) to the studio after my gigs and sit with her while she finished her shift. Although we only dated for a month or two, it was definitely during the period that all of these songs were on the charts. When she would get off work, we would go to a diner for breakfast and then to one of our apartments. I hadn't thought of "Wendy" in over thirty years. I do remember that she had a brand-new silver Volkswagen Rabbit Cabriolet and that she always had the top down unless it was raining. We attended a Richard Marx Concert when this was his hit on the radio. We had backstage passes, since she was a local Dj and stood just off stage for the whole show, watching from the wings. It was a lot of fun. Thank you for dusting off these memories.

[@kathyjones5076]

Richard Marx is the best!!! My opinion. Discovered him with his debut album. Have loved him ever since.

[@TheAcademicOracle]

What a GREAT year for a countdown right before the holiday! 😍 Growing up as a teen on a small WA farm during this time I waited up late EVERY Friday night for Friday Night Videos! The only way I could see music videos for a farm kid without cable these songs are burned into my eternal memory, word for word!

[@georgemathie8123]

1987 and especially this time in 1987 was my pop culture awakening INXS kick, Michael Jackson's bad, pink Floyd a momentary lapse of reason, rush hold your fire, George Michael Faith def Leppard hysteria and Fleetwood Mac tango in the night were my soundtrack for movies there was plains, trains and automobiles, throw momma from the train, innerspace and much more what an amazing year

[@slydale]

1987 was THE year in music. I never go long without listening to something from that year. Hysteria, Kick, The Joshua Tree, Appetite, the Cure's Kiss Me³, Permanent Vacation-Aerosmith's come back. Seriously. 87 was the year.

[@dunkestinzadukenstains5202]

In Australia (Melbourne) you get your licence at 18. 1987 I turned 18 and got my licence in October getting ready for the summer of 1987/88. What a truly amazing time it was. The late 70s and all of the 80's was a brilliant time to be young. 1984 was my favourite year of the 80s ever.❤❤

[@Starlesslight]

I remember Markie first from her character on The Fall Guy.

[@coachgregc]

A few years ago I got to meet (and get hugs and autographs from) Debbie, Tiffany, and Lisa Lisa...I was immediately taken back 30 years, and it was AWESOME!

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

2:45 - Team Debbie all the way! 2 #1 singles that she wrote, performed *_AND_* produced herself!

[@ProfessorofRock]

True!

[@FireWhiskey-b8n]

I am a huge fan of countdowns and this exact week in 87 is probably one of my favorites of all time! Great memories!

[@ACBMemphis]

Another great song from that week is "I Don't Mind at All" by Bourgeois Tagg. Recently picked up the Rick Dees countdown LPs from Nov 21 and Nov 28 1987 and all the songs you mentioned are on these records - great video!

[@NYmomAdrienne3915]

“I Feel Free” was Belinda Carlisle’s best imho George Michael is just a legend I think I’m the only female my age who hated Dirty Dancing 🤣 I’m more New Order and Cure type Just Like Heaven is my #1

[@treyburrows1855]

I love these shows of yours. Thank you for another great one. I think you keep the top 10 from the year and then add 5 more based on your feelings. Then re-rank the top 5 by views. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the great work.

[@robv13m40]

Of course, "I had the Time the Time of My Life" is number one, nobody puts baby in a corner

[@macsnafu]

I was 22 in '87, and I probably shouldn't admit this, but I did like Debbie Gibson's first album, Out Of the Blue. It wasn't the deepest music, but there was something in there that I liked. My favorite Debbie Gibson track was on a later album, Anything Is Possible. Heaven is a Place On Earth is pretty good, but I liked her song Circle in the Sand even better. I'm just strange like that.

[@stevesheridan3511]

Damn bro, the guys you got to talk to, listen too!!! I was 19 in 87. Life was good back then.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@aaronwoodhouse4452]

Hey Professor. Long time viewer. Love your channel, one of my favourite places to spend time. Finally found someone who has a religious like belief in music like myself. Love the idea of the 5 and 5. Stay blessed my musical brother. ✌️

[@paulacollins3223]

Bringing back memories of my Freshman / Sophomore year of college. Driving around with friends.

[@derekwilliams1066]

I was a senior in high school in 1987. It was one of the best years of my life. For you youngsters out there, sorry you missed it. The 80's were awesome!

[@FloridaManRacer]

Gonna spin my comment in a different direction here. 1987 was the first year of my life (born in '84) where I have distinct memories of hearing some of these songs. I don't really have a favorite from when they were on the charts because of that. Though over time I of course gravitated to certain songs... But I do have a favorite song of 2023. And of all bands and all songs, it's 1987 by Steel Panther. Known for very crude lyrics and their dedication for keeping the 80's hair metal sound alive, that song actually serves as a BRILLIANT tribute to the decade of decadence and I highly recommend people hear it at least once. Sure, there's doses of their crass humor, though much smaller and more palatable, but it's genuinely a great song. Great top 10 as always Professor!

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

AWESOME YEAR 😎Been waiting on a new edition of this, couldn't picked a better time!

[@JBowman-ps2ri]

Is this a re-upload yr? This seems familiar?

[@josephcooter5763]

Oh god that week was a bitter sweat weak for me. That was the week my grandfather died.

[@ProfessorofRock]

So sorry to hear that!

[@josephcooter5763]

@@ProfessorofRock Thanks.

[@stevegallo8483]

I remember the whole Team Debbie vs Team Tiffany thing, but I could never take a side. I loved them both. Still do. Debbie made history in the summer of 1988 when her song "Foolish Beat" reached #1 on the Billboard chart. At that time, she was the youngest artist to write, record, perform and produce a #1 hit, and she's still the youngest female artist to do that. I was lucky enough to meet her after a concert in 2019, and she is so sweet.

[@hallucinati]

In 1987, i was already wondering, "What the HELL happened to music?"

[@robthomas3664]

Ah, 1987! A young (and dumb) Jarhead bought his first POS earlier that yesr, totalled it that summer, then bought a second NEW truck... After transferring from NAS Memphis earlier in the month, checked into NAS Lemoore this week, that year, for more misadventures... Often, in the background, the soundtrack to our lives!

[@FaeryMoon555]

Which album??

[@aldoparise1224]

1987. Wonderful year. Especially the music. It seems like this was the year that really defined the 80's.

[@FreshmenThesis]

I was born in 1987, but I’m glad the 90s were very permeated with these hits and their cultural impacts. Some of my earliest memories are of Night Court reruns and my mom absolutely wearing out her Richard Marx cassettes.

[@dimebagdave77]

Many thanks and Happy Thanksgiving Professor 🤘✌️ love crusing through a whole year like this..

[@TripleBerg]

Learning to Fly is of my favorite videos. Glad it almost made the top 6.

[@TheSlowoldman]

My suggestion is to do the complete top 10 from the original year.... I like this format, you hear some songs you may have forgotten.........introduce a couple of the "challengers". So basically I like the format as you do it now.

[@TerrickTerran]

I probably like Tiffany more now than I did when I first heard her song.

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

1987 Music For The Masses Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Strangeways, Here We Come Joshua Tree One of the best years ever

[@ProfessorofRock]

AMEN!

[@marktait2371]

agree tag video just popped up the big hit from masses was on sunday heard zillion times know song cant think of title all great records that year 08bwas on a manc. commuter train north layover at strangeways of all places manc mate same age as me we talked about manc sound he was in school haciena all the bands us 120 minutes friend was a dj then he pointed out train stop where andy johhny were from and moz a few stops later kiss me has a reissue out i think was indie store r.s.d. local why cant i be you was on r.s.d promo in store

[@banditone7896]

1987 was such a good year for music. If I were in charge, I'd like to see the format of a) Top 5 on the charts that week b) Top 5 that SHOULD have been on the charts that week and c) Top 5 all time plays/streams from the top 100 chart from that week.

[@HANNIBALBARCA247]

1981 was the year of some of the world’s masterpieces created by the best bands.

[@catherine6653]

I memorized the chorus of Sqeeze Hourglass when I was a teenager. Love this song.

[@travisgreen5105]

Hey Adam. The Night Court thing gave me an idea for your show. Top 10 best TV show theme songs. Night Court Is definatly in there. Barney Miller is my favorite. But the whole thing would need to be book ended with the opening and closing song of WKRP. The MASH tune would have to be in there too. Big list there.

[@jameskipp1657]

I remember Mony Mony playing in the E-club as a young Marine. We had a little saying during the song 😂

[@845835]

1987 is one of those years that had a huge impact on my life

[@flavellinator]

Just Like Heaven... Easily the #1 song that week! I must say Brilliant Disguise by Springsteen didn't really get the attention it should have gotten...

[@vtmiller63]

Brilliant Disguise is low-key one of my all time favorite Springsteen songs. That whole album is underrated!

[@littlecatfeet9064]

Honestly, this Top 10 isn’t my favourite except for Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen and George Michael’s Faith. I loved Brilliant Disguise and the Tunnel of Love album even though I barely knew about relationships, let alone adult breakups. As for the Faith album, all the quite adult songs went over my head but absolutely loved it. I always enjoy your rapport with your interviewees, whether I’m a fan or not. They all seem to enjoy your knowledge and enthusiasm.

[@ronnieobrien6591]

I guess I'd have to say "Tunnel of Love", the title song and "One Step up". Thanks Adam!

[@rabby-u]

There were so many new bands that had caught my attention that would show up in a few years as well as some bands that were hitting their peak, but only a couple made your list here Prof. Guess I was ahead of my time, and behind the time at the same time. Tricky thing to do, I guess, but it was a great time the late eighties and early nineties! Keep on rockin' in the free world 🤘😎

[@ProfessorofRock]

Hey Rabby! What up?

[@rabby-u]

@ProfessorofRock I'm back Prof, back in school I am. Back in civilization for the winter. Thanks for taking me back in class. Your a class act!

[@derrygowley]

Please make more of these !!

[@Rutabega_NG]

I was a senior in high school this week in 1987. I'm not completely sure what I was listening to in 1987. Depended on where I was. If I was riding in the car with my mom or my dad, I was listening to their music. With my friends, I listened to theirs. On my own, I wore out a few choice cassettes (Prince, MJ, mix tapes), or just watched MTV. I knew these songs, even enjoyed some of them (George Michael), but I didn't really focus on one genre. "Here she come now saying Mony mony…" This song was banned at my high school dances for some reason… 😏

[@lisapop5219]

Me and my friends were team Tiffany. We made our own dance routine to it. I wish I could still do that back bend😅

[@BornRandy62]

1987 I was stationed on a ship out of the Panama Canal zone. We had a special mission that kept us at seas for 10 and a half months out of 12 . I guess that is what they meant by "arduous sea duty" . Anyway the panama radio stations play spanish language programing for the most part