Legend LOVED This 80s Remake of His Classic Song BETTER Than the Original HIT! | Professor Of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the most creative remake of the rock era?

[@MyName-pl7zn]

I really like what the Soup Dragons did with The Rolling Stones song I'm Free. But that kinda missed the rock era so I will go with Always something There to Remind Me, that's a creative remake

[@bishdizzle67]

California Girls by Diamond Dave.

[@mournblade1066]

I've said it a million times before, but DEVO's cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" is incredible.

[@jeffmcdermott3193]

Nothing beats Devo's remake of Satisfaction. Nothing even comes close.

[@billywilson4908]

Today I'm going with Van Halen's remake of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison. Legendary.

[@chadcrigger3101]

Love naked eyes . Always something there to remind me is still on my play list and I probably hear it at least once a day. The bells still give me chills 😎 I miss the 80s. Anyone want to go back with me?

[@BrookGarretson]

Only if I get to keep all the future knowledge. ;)

[@Sean-me4fv]

The ringing bells, synths, crashing sounds are so dramatic and wonderful. To me it symbolises you remembering the bells ringing on your wedding day but today it is raining and stormy with thunder crashing over the top of your memory because you are no longer together. That's what the song is about - memories, and all the things that mean nothing to anybody else but remind us of something good we used to have. You walk past a cafe and remember that's where you used to dance together. You hear a bell chime and you remember your wedding day.

[@markfrost2707]

I used to LOVE to sing along with the 80s version.

[@andsoitgoes2177]

Promises, Promises and Always Something There To Remind Me are just great songs. Pop perfection.

[@paulelliott682]

I'm 57 so I remember both those Naked Eyes songs instantly.

[@timothywiebe4714]

These artists give you the most gracious and forward interviews - you have earned their respect and it makes your interviews great

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Let’s help Professor interview and reach so many more legends and help him keep the music alive!

[@-.Steven]

Naked Eyes version IS THE BEST VERSION! Even Burt Bacharach agrees! Love this song 🎵 ❤️

[@TGnPBullet]

I can't believe that I did not know that this was a remake! Holy cow, I thought Naked Eyes was the original. Their version and interpretation is still the best!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I actually knew this was a cover before. You know, Burt Bacharach wrote the song, and someone whose name I do not remember recorded it in the early 60s. ETA: The person in question was Sandie Shaw. And that was a cover. Dionne Warwick did the original.

[@redstang5150]

On one hand I feel the same way, but at the same time when it came out, unless you were a fan of Dionne Warwick, or bought the album and read the credits, how would you know? I doubt many DJs introduced the song as a Dionne Warwick remake.

[@pcno2832]

I knew this was a cover only because I remember hearing the Dionne Warwick and RB Greaves versions on the radio. But I didn't know until recently that the Soft Cell version of "Tainted Love" was also a cover; it was Gloria Jones, the American soul singer who later became Marc Bolan's girlfriend, that did the original in 1964.

[@brianwright4852]

This one of my favorite songs. There’s so much sonically happening in the opening.

[@ProfessorofRock]

So much. totally agree. Great cover!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I totally agree! It always puts a smile on my face whenever I hear the intro.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@ProfessorofRock The sound recreating a muted glass bottle tap was just genius as a hook for the later verse. The extended version of Junior's Mama Used To Say also used the sound of clanging on bottles to a great effect. The version without that sound feels lacking.

[@DJAvalonArizona]

I was a HUGE Naked eyes fan, and still am. I painted a recreation of the album cover in art class and it won a contest, actually. I played my 2 tapes out so bad I had to buy the LPs. Finally, when a hits CD came out it helped me soothe my longing for their brilliant music. Ultimately, before iTunes was a thing, I was able to compile all the songs & B-sides from both their albums on CD into a converted playlist. I waited for ONE song "Once Is Enough" to be released. Finally, it came out on an oddities compilation called "Everything and More" & I was complete. That CD is long out of print now, I believe. It took me YEARS to do this 2 album compilation..! 😄

[@DJAvalonArizona]

@Ghost-Shark I was a kid in the states, all we had was the eyes cover. I saw Burning Bridges when I was an adult. I loved the eyes cover so much, it's still one of my favs 😁

[@lordtryforce]

Born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s. Always Something There to Remind Me (80s version) was stuck in my head for decades. I would hum the tune and sing part of the song (wrong lyrics) but it took me to mid-2000 to finally find out the name of the song and singer.

[@christyhubbard8074]

That is a great remake. I always liked their other hits too, like, “When The Lights Go Out” and “(What ) In The Name Of Love”. Awesome stuff as always Professor!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same here!

[@FMCH6444]

When the Lights Go Out is one of my all time fave songs. The video is pretty cool too

[@seanswinton6242]

One of my all time favourites. Naked Eyes were awesome. Was in a synth cover band and we performed "Always Something There To Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises". Tried our best to perform (What) In The Name Of Love, but we could never get it quite right. I also liked Climie Fisher. R.I.P. Rob Fisher.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I also like “Promises Promises”.

[@teal_panda_8434]

Voices in my head

[@pierrechareau9466]

So true Adam... the synth bell (Prophet 5?) intro knocks you out indeed. Straight to the heart ❤️. I’ve felt this and said this for 40 years

[@VWHYZ]

It was my favorite song of that year.

[@CarlosGarcia-yg9je]

Still one of my top 10 songs from the 80's and that's saying much because there's so many great songs that came out of that era.

[@wmg1958]

Even though the arrangement and instrumentation is pure 80's, this song has become timeless. It is a classic that is in tune with any era.

[@ProfessorofRock]

The bells! the bells! So good.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It’s so ageless!

[@TheSlowoldman]

Everyone has their own song that epitomizes the '80's for them and for me this is the song...... it transports me back to my senior year in high school. Life was just starting and it was so exciting yet terrifying at the same time..... it feels like yesterday.

[@TheSlowoldman]

and yet it was 40 years ago next year........ oh my.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

There are certain songs that give me an overwhelmingly and bitterly sweet sense of nostalgia whenever I hear them. “Always Something There to Remind Me” is one of them.

[@cpearson7372]

I just can't imagine how much joy you must feel, Adam! To be able to meet, talk with, and learn of these artists lives, directly from them. I would be stunned, dazed and full of glee, if it were my job. How surreal it would be, just wonderful and fantastic. Thank you, thank you for asking the questions I would like to ask, and talking to the artists I would love to know about, and for all your hard work, and thank you, to those who help you put it all together, too :)

[@trinaq]

I really love Naked Eyes' funky take on this track. A rare case where I prefer the cover over the original, the synthetic beat gives it a fresh sound which makes it catchier, in my opinion.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same. They were very thoughtful with it.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Funky! Nice word here. I agree, the synths really brightened the song up.

[@InsaneProf]

I prefer the original, this cover makes the song feel bland & lifeless.

[@justinsteele_mts]

This is my favorite song/version of all time. Didn't even know it was a remake. Thanks for your work!

[@robster7316]

Great remake! It's not easy for a cover to match (let alone surpass) the original, and for the songwriter, it's the royalty gift that keeps on giving.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Especially when it's Dionne!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

That happened with Aretha Franklin, when she eclipsed Otis Redding completely!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

You really touched all the bases on this interview, very in depth from the forming of Naked Eyes to the making of the song, well done. My favorite part is they actually used the same tubular bells used on Abbey Road album in Abbey Road studio to make the best version of this song ever. I had no idea this was a remake, fantastic episode professor, highly entertaining

[@ProfessorofRock]

The tubular bells make this song!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@ProfessorofRock absolutely! Its is a fantastic song through and through! Also can we hear the interview on Promises Promises, love that one!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Every time I hear those tubular bells, I immediately get super excited. One of my favorite songs ever. I have known this was a remake for some time now, but did not know that Dionne Warwick recorded the first version of the song until today!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

@@MyName-pl7zn I would love to see the “Promises Promises” interview too! Another really good song by them!

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 he says he has it, should be a good one

[@pagemeredith4532]

I always loved singing along with the song.

[@steveparish9210]

Can't get much better than Burt Bacharach!

[@kiwimark3875]

That drum/keyboard loop is just amazing. One of my favourite songs of the 80's

[@stevenmacias3605]

When this came out, I didn't realize that it was a cover of Dionne Warwick. Found that out years later. I was hooked the first time I heard it and even have this on my KZbin music 80s playlist. The songs of the 80s always made a great first impression on me back then. Unfortunately not anymore nowadays. But what great musical memories. . 👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure great memories!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Yeah, the fact that Dionne was the first person to record this song is fascinating! I am a teenager, but I dig 80s music way more than the music of my generation. It’s because that autotuned bull🤬 does not make nearly as much of an impression on me as songs like this.

[@tomlacko606]

Great, great interview, Professor! Thanks for the great job you do!

[@daxmyhand5937]

Huge Naked Eyes fan, still am. I bought all their cassettes back in the day.

[@King3star]

Very nice interview. What a sincere man. I love his final answer about his greatest accomplishment... his children and family. Many years ago I saw Ms. Warwick perform in a smaller room in Reno, NV. She sang for almost 2 hours; moved from one hit to the next. It was amazing, unforgettable and cemented her (in my heart) as one of the greats from that era.

[@justathought88]

Loved this song when I first heard it in the 80s and still do. To answer your poll question: 1) Sound of Silence, Disturbed 2) Tom's Diner, AnnenMayKantereit and Giant Rooks 3) Fire, The Pointer Sisters 4) House of the Rising Sun, The Animals 5) Tumbling Dice, Linda Ronstadt Thanks for such an enjoyable interview!

[@napoearth]

So many people say this and I appreciate the Disturbed version, but it still just doesn't touch Simon and Garfunkel.

[@justathought88]

@@napoearth Appreciate your position. I too love the original. He was asking for most creative cover and I stand by my choice here. I don't think the Disturbed cover is better. It is, however, creative in the arrangement, the video is visually stunning, and the vocal interpretation takes the listener to a new place. I'm an old fogey and had never heard of Disturbed before hearing their cover of SoS. Have now listened to their other covers and like them too. I think we're all on a musical discovery trip and my joy is in finding new music to add to my lifelong playlist. I wish the same for everyone.

[@napoearth]

@@justathought88 Right on, I missed the part about creative. I thought it was about being better than the original.

[@martyjones8016]

Amazing to think 2 of the biggest 80s bands Naked Eyes, and Dead or Alive had singers named Pete burn and Pete Byrne...

[@SThompsonRAMM_1203]

I guess I’m not the only one that thought this song was totally amazing when it came out. Not only does Paul Byrne have such a fantastic voice but he seems like such a sweet man. What a treasure..

[@paulstanley2825]

Superb cover, those synths and bells are heaven to my ears. Glad you gave it the recognition it deserves.

[@jeraldoverby7611]

I was familiar with the Dionne Warwick version of ASTTRM and was 'meh'. But the first time i heard Naked Eyes version, that wild Tubular Bells wall of sound lit me up and made my hair stand on end and gave me goose bumps! And guess what, it still does!! I have a memory of this song coming on the radio and a few of us were in the car after a wild night out club hopping and we sang it to the top of our lungs! It was an amazing night capped with the coolest song! I saw Naked Eyes in concert just a few years ago with an combination of other cool bands like Animotion, Flock of Seagulls, Gene Loves Jezabel, When In Rome, Wang Chung and it was awesome!!! Mixed tapes... usually something I'd put on one for myself, not for a sweetheart because the nature of this song is melancholy and not something i'd include for someone i was in like with. This version of the song is the best and it's timeless.

[@markjones1785]

Professor, you are correct (about so many things). The beginning of the NE’s ‘Always’ hits you right between the eyes! And your comment about the music of the 60s, 70s & 80s is spot on 😃 Bacharach & David’s catalog of Dionne Warwick’s work alone is an unbelievable goldmine and I was not aware of any other artists who had covered ‘Always’ besides Naked Eyes. THANK YOU for your efforts to research the facts and provide so many enjoyable experiences! Music is my favorite thing in the world ❤️

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Whenever I listen to this wonderful remake, it is always something there to remind me.

[@chathamcrescent]

Love love LOVE this song, and Naked Eyes-I had the album, and wore it out! “Promises, Promises” is sublime as well.. looking forward to hearing your take on it

[@jsturo]

Great interview! I was fortunate to have a mother who loved all kinds of music and loved to dance. Exploring her record collection opened me up to music running from the 1920s on up, including jazz, swing, blues, rock, pop, country, bluegrass, folk, calypso, movie soundtracks and various soloists. My mixed tapes were a hodge-podge of the above, most often spanning several decades of music per tape. To say the least, my peers thought me a little strange. Although mom was born at the beginning of the Depression, she enjoyed varied musical styles and artists until she passed away in 1997. I will be forever grateful to her for allowing me the freedom to pursue my own tastes in music.

[@SynthMusicWorld]

Naked Eyes were so good. A shame we only got two albums from them, but two amazing albums nonetheless. Sad that we lost Rob Fisher in 1999. He was only 42. Naked Eyes were my first introduction to synth-pop. I guess you could say they were the gateway drug to OMD, Depeche Mode, New Order and other bands.

[@wesbrown3831]

PoR, have you folks thought about a DVD or digital download collection of these videos... these need to be preserved and passed down to future generations. Absolutely love the energy and history we get daily... thank you!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great idea!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

We need to spread Professor’s word! I’ve been doing it at school!

[@jaytrace1006]

The Naked Eyes version of this song is clearly the best of the three versions mentioned here. I used to have a 45 of the Sandie Shaw version that I picked up after the Eyes’ hit ran it’s course. I was sorely disappointed in it. Thank you, Professor, for spotlighting probably my favorite band. I’ll always have this song to remind me of when my life was much less complicated. Well done…

[@himay333]

My 15 year old started singing along as I was watching this. Proud dad moment.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes!!!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

She and I both have great taste in music!

[@bogus696996]

Tiffany has updated her own version of “I think we’re alone now” and it kicks ass.

[@marcoalves7370]

What is my pick for the most creative remake of the rock era? well to me is no doubt Wham With "Here did your heart go" amazing improvement to the original, breathtaking vocals from George Michael as always

[@lisamareepritchard6375]

I love the Naked Eyes version & remember it well in my teenage years. Such a wonderful interview as well, thank you

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

I LOVE THERE VERSION OF THIS SONG. the Music Production is Tight...it really is a 80's Classic.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

Burt, also Composed ANY DAY NOW. by Chuck Jackson.

[@RC32Smiths01]

It's quite fascinating indeed, as well as a humble, yet awesome approach! Glad to see him here, I absolutely love Naked Eyes!

[@jhpadilla]

Amazing song! Still want if my 80s favorites!

[@NaturalMystic69]

Wow I had no idea about the Tears For Fears and Naked Eyes connection and I've been enjoying both bands' music since the 80s! Learned something new today, thanks Adam!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Glad to hear it

[@NaturalMystic69]

@@ProfessorofRock Hey Adam, keep doing what you're doing brother. Awesome work as usual. Folks like you and Rick (Beato) are keeping the great music from our youth alive for the younger generations. On a similar note, I heard the new season of Stranger Things has launched Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" to #1 on iTunes! Amazing!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I actually knew that fact for a long time before today’s video!

[@davidh3726]

Would love to see a video on Naked Eyes. There were some greats songs on this album!

[@markadams7046]

With this show there is always something there to remind me of the great songs of the past.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Nailed it!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Agreed!

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Everybody loves the 60s, especially those who weren’t there. 😆

[@janet4498]

The late Rob Fisher, the other half of Naked Eyes, was part of a group called Climie Fisher that had a great (and in my opinion underrated) 1988 hit with "Love Changes Everything" (a perfect summer song, at least I think so).

[@RBS_]

....WHO you tellin', Lady Janet!? ...loved, loved, LOVED the line, "...And I wondered was I destined, to spend my life alone / Oh girl, you answered my question / This time, it's working you've given me new hope..." ....MAN! ...me Buddy had the CD, and burned it for me, I gotta find that CD-R, now.....

[@fifthof1795]

That duo were known, amongst my friends as Clammy Fishnets 😮

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I haven’t heard that song in months! I need to hear it again. Love it!

[@eightiesmusic1984]

It was a huge hit in Britain in 1988 with a great video in black and white. One of the songs that sound tracked an amazing year of music and when I had just turned eighteen and had the future ahead of me.

[@kelst75]

I loved that song.

[@laughteraddict1003]

This song will always remind me of the summer before I started High school

[@primeushaa2591]

I absolutely adored this song. I remember waiting for it on the top forty countdown week after week, cheering it as it rose. Love it!

[@bishdizzle67]

I couldn't stop listening to Always Something There..... when it came out! Didn't know it was a cover til today. Nothing like the 80's! Period.

[@ProfessorofRock]

A lot of people didn't realize it! They really do their own thing.

[@Sydroo1969]

One of my favorite songs by them. I remember being 14 when this came out in the summer of 83. Such a great carefree time for me. That was the time of the great second British Invasion too thanks to MTV. I sure miss those days.

[@skullleaderx4986]

One of my favourite songs!!!!

[@georgemathie8123]

naked eyes 1983 debut is a synth pop classic produced by former new Musik bandleader Tony Mansfield and it's just pure ear candy from the hits there's always something there to remind me and promises, promises to deep cuts such as emotions in motion and voices in my head this is a must have for synth pop fans

[@reneascott6596]

I loved this song. I never knew it was a remake though. The 80s was the best,just a great decade growing up in.

[@starrystarrynight52]

I was so excited to see a video on one of my favorite songs ever! I loved this song for 30 something years now. "Always Something There to Remind Me" is the song I go to lift me out of a funk, despite the sad lyrics. The music in the song is just so alive.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Kim wilde "you keep me hangin' on." Man, that was a great cover. And jeez Louise, was kim a hottie or what! Probably one of my first crushes, along with phoebe cates.😍

[@davidellis5141]

Loved when in Kids In America she didn't talk about Northern or Southern California .. but East California !

[@mournblade1066]

Yeah, her cover blows the original out of the water.

[@mournblade1066]

@@davidellis5141 Ha! From New York to East California. . . . I'm thinking they didn't know the geography of the U.S.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Kim Wilde is great. Kids in America was classic too.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes!

[@RandomParrot]

I love the background turntable you use. It looks like an 80's workout onesie with a gold belt, then you look at it and....oh its a turn table. Accident or planned, I love it.

[@janet4498]

For creative remakes, some of my personal favorites include Phil Collins' version of "A Groovy Kind of Love" (he slowed it way down from the up-tempo original), the duo Times Two with their take on Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia," and UB40's version of "Can't Help Falling In Love" (from 1993 and I believe the movie Sliver).

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love Phil’s take on “A Groovy Kind of Love”, but the other two are ones where I personally think the original is far better. That’s just me though.

[@hbofbyu1]

To me "True Colors" never seemed like a complete song until I heard Phil Collins do it. He is unmatched.

[@kimberlyfulcher2277]

I had no idea ‘Always Something There To Remind Me’ was a remake. WOW! I loved Naked Eyes version of the song.

[@gregb6469]

I've heard the Naked Eyes version on radio a number of times, and really like it, but I did not know it was a remake of a 60s song.

[@tmklunk]

Me either

[@GromMolotok]

Just by reading the title I knew which song it would be. Naked Eyes did an absolutely perfect rendition, as much as I may love 60s music.

[@glennweeks7176]

I can actually remember where I was the first time I heard the remake of Always Something There To Remind Me in 1983 ...I was working at a freaking Burger King in Center Point, Alabama. It was one of the other teenagers that gave me the run-down of the song and the artist... Naked Eyes! So cool!!!

[@Rascal77s]

What a great interview. Great subject. Great artist. Great questions. Great vibe. Professor you never disappoint. You are a legend. 🍻

[@christopherjohnson2171]

I really loved most of the '60s classics that were covered in the '80s, like Mony Mony by Billy Idol. I think in particular he had a throwback voice that was perfect for a tune like that.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Coming soon!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love that take on “Mony Mony”! It’s so infectious and feisty!

[@billkeithchannel]

@@ProfessorofRock I didn't know that Tainted Love was a remake until you featured it in your video about the dual song remake from Soft Cell.

[@christopherjohnson2171]

@@ProfessorofRock Looking forward to it.

[@napoearth]

Never knew that was a cover. I can't imagine any other arrangement of it. Naked Eyes crushed it.

[@justacynic]

Wow, this is one I never knew was a cover before this episode! Always gaining new insights on the music through this channel.

[@musclecarmitch908]

I will always love "Naked Eyes " version the best because it came from my time, love the 80's!

[@pamelaferguson7766]

Those specs are the bomb. They open up your eyes and makes your facial tone look much better. You look much healthier with those glasses. Really compliment your coloring and facial features. Nice choice!

[@ricomajestic]

One of the greatest remakes ever and a great song by Bacharach! One of my favorite "80s " tunes. Never knew the guys from Tears for Fears and Naked Eyes were at one point part of the same group.

[@ProfessorofRock]

He's a legend. Still going too.

[@mjemigh3304]

@@ProfessorofRock At 94!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I actually knew about Tears for Fears/Naked Eyes before today! I found that fact out in October 2020 and was totally surprised!

[@michaelrue1400]

Never knew Naked Eyes version wasn't the original. Haven't heard the others before, but I'm sure I couldn't like another better.

[@garydean0308]

What a great interview! What a nice guy.

[@joeb5507]

Great job as ever professor

[@dahmooren]

I bought the EP nearly 40 years ago and still play it on weekends when I get a chance to get back into vinyl. Love the passionate feeling from it.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@dahmooren]

Haven't seen another like mine though; 45 rpm American remix 12EMI5334. I like it...

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

So nostalgic, huh?

[@deanrobert9953]

Man! This is why I go back and make sure I never miss an epidoe of POR! Naked Eyes! Loved that '83 self-titled record. It's fabulous. Not just the two big hits but the depth of tracks... Low Life, Voices In My Head, Emotions In Motion. Great album. Memorable as my good friend at the time played the record lots and his Dad HATED it! Said he loathed the original... 'for the love of gawd quit playing that song!' (Always Something There To Remind Me) hahahaha

[@dhpbear2]

12:04 - It sounds like that band's name was cut out? What was the band's name?

[@flavellinator]

I like this version far more than the original... It's right there with "Can't Hurry Love" as best of the 80s remakes...

[@ProfessorofRock]

Good one!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

For my money, no matter what Phil Collins did with “You Can’t Hurry Love”, the Supremes original will always be the superior version.

[@BecomeConsciousNow]

Really nice interview. I've got to be honest, I've never heard of "Naked Eyes" but the guy you interviewed was very well spoken and very interesting to listen to.

[@mjemigh3304]

Ha! Same here. I pretty much gave up on most music by the late '70s, but it is interesting to hear guys like this so many years after the fact.

[@billkeithchannel]

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[@MacinMindSoftware]

That summer was an incredible breakthrough for pop music. I was in Bath once in my life and it was the summer of '83. I had no idea about them being from Bath until now.

[@mdduckman]

Along with the Motels “Only The Lonely”, my favorite 80’s pop song! Love it…still gives me chills every time I hear it!

[@popazuda71]

I was in 6th grade when this came out and the synth sound really stood out to me and it was stuck in my head. I remember first thinking it was Devo til the vocals came in. Had no clue it was a remake til now.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great memories!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I can see how you thought it sounded like Devo!

[@tinaheadrick536]

I love this remake! I had Dionne Warwick’s album which included this song, so I knew the song the first time I heard Naked Eyes’ version. It was so cool to sing along with a song the first time I heard it! None of my friends knew it was a cover, until I told them, so it was just a cool experience all around. It’s my favorite version of this song, for sure!

[@benw9949]

Whoa; I didn't know this was a remake / rearrangement. Fantastic song. Interesting that older hits got such solid rearrangements.

[@benw9949]

I remember we got some more direct nostalgic covers from Phil Collins, Huey Lewis and the News, and The Rolling Stones with David Bowie. These sounded great. Other rearrangements of older classics were adventurous and sometimes improved on the originals, or were so different that they stodd on their own alongside the originals. That's a real strength of music, to allow reinterpretations or revivals that spice it up and add something new, or bring a classic to a new audience, whether only subtly updated, or rearranged to make it both old and brand new. Sometimes even concurrent covers by different artists can do that, such as All Along the Watchtower, with Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix both doing their own things, and then Bear McCreary doing a kick-butt rearrangement recently.

[@ricogomez4020]

This remake is pure masterpiece! So different so good! First time I heard it reminded me of the movie CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND.

[@jdw242b]

late to this, but I got that same LP in my collection. They made a serious impression on me back then; I love all the songs they did, with greater and lesser, but Naked Eyes was awesome, and I wish they'd done more!

[@phranerphamily]

What a nice man and I love all the versions of this song

[@donnatalielucasheimbigner7598]

I grew up in the center of northern Montana farmland from the late, late 60s, through the mid 80s, so I wasn't really familiar with much rock until around 77 or so. I loved the Naked Eyes' version. I don't really feel that old until I think about 1982 being 40 years ago now. Wish our culture could go back to it.

[@drewood]

Those electric drums are the sound of the 80s for me.

[@billkeithchannel]

Flock, Dolby, League were my favorite bands back then that had electronic drums or tracking beats.

[@badkitty4922]

WOW! I didn't know that Always Something There To Remind Me was a cover! I knew about the others, including Soft Cell doing Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes, as a segue with Tainted Love. Also,I THINK Harry Belafonte did Mary's Boy Child in the original Carribian style, before Boney M came out with their version. ETA: I've never heard the original to the Naked Eyes version so, I've always loved that one. It also was on every mix tape along with Something About You (Level 42), Alive And Kicking (Simple Minds), 2 Golden Earring songs (Radar Love and Twilight Zone), She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult), various Tears For Fears songs (Mostly from The Hurting), Human League, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie And The Banshees, John Waite's Missing You, and usually my all time favorite guilty pleasure song from the 80s Hey Mickey, by Toni Basil as the last song on the B side of the 90 minute cassette. There were plenty of others which I tried to do by genre but, those were my main Go To songs/bands/singers. Thanks for reading! Much Love, Professor!😘😘💖💖👍👍🌹🌹⭐⭐

[@zefallafez]

Harry Belafonte is still alive.

[@badkitty4922]

@@zefallafez thank you. As soon as I read this, I realized I Mixed him up with Sydney Poitier, which occasionally happens. Thanks, again!👍💖😘

[@billkeithchannel]

I really liked all the hit songs but my all time favorite *Naked Eyes* song is _When The Lights Go Out_ and several years ago realized there was a classic video for it that I had never seen before. Great stuff for sure. The video adds that creaking door sound that the radio version did not have.

[@davidellis5141]

My favorite track was the third single " When The Light Go Out " which is a very underrated track from the fantastic debut of Naked Eyes.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Do you count the band as a one hit wonder David?

[@ProfessorofRock]

Agreed. they had quite a few great songs.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Nah... They had Promises Promises...

[@davidellis5141]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral No

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Great song!

[@lisakvieira9201]

Hi Professor how are you sir, got sun stroke boy it was rough, well I like certain remakes like Promises that I just heard a bit, now this alot of people liked this thank you Professor good listening to you take care now!!✌

[@tkoch7503]

Old as I am, this is still the only version I had ever heard. It is one of my favorites, top 100 anyway. It has a neat sound and is very upbeat. Until today though, I could not have told you what band made it. Probably by next week I will forget again. What was it? Cutting Crew? Hughes Corporation?

[@tacobreather]

I love, love this tune!❤️