This LOST 1986 Song Went Viral…But for Years-NOBODY Knew WHO Sang it-UNTIL Today!--Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST SYNTHESIZER BASED song of the Rock era?

[@Code.Name.V]

INXS - Don't Change

[@TerrickTerran]

Sweet Dream Are Made of This. Though Wendy Carlos has some stuff that is really close.

[@freezer8530]

I'll nominate ... "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes.

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

I go with Flock of Seagulls Wishing. I understand that you were not feeling well last weekend Prof. Hopefully your doing better?

[@surlechapeau]

"Situation"- Yazoo. Runnerup: "New Song"- Howard Jones.

[@berkkarsi]

Who else clicked on the video thinking the most mysterious song on the internet is solved?

[@HankColter]

I like the Professor's efforts and interviews but sometimes stuff needs a TLDR clause summary. I mean, I didn't know I had this dilemma with an unknown song until I saw he had a video about it. Maybe I should just stick to Eagles music.

[@TheDarthMaiku]

Me too!

[@kelf114]

That will never be solved. We got a dimension slip with that one!

[@carletonrutherford1799]

So he hasn't solved the mystery of that song? I click on this video, but did not hit play. If the video title is a lie, I won't waste my time watching it.

[@timbourdon7327]

Yeah very misleading

[@tangoandcars9588]

For a second I thought the Professor found the other lost song Like the Wind.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I don't know if that one will ever get solved!

[@MomLAU]

Aw! I just turned this on, and I wanted it to be "Like the Wind" too.

[@jamesmccourt7878]

Me too

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@MomLAU Sorry!

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@jamesmccourt7878 What do you think of this one?

[@st.anselmsfire3547]

I love how wholesome the story became. Just two dudes who love music and struggled for decades to make it big having a total career resurrection because kids young enough to be their grandchildren fell in love with a snippet of one of their songs. And they both sound like genuine stand-up guys, too. It's such a heart-warming story. You don't get that much these days.

[@voiddiary]

Nothing more wholesome than 80s porn.

[@Shooter_FPV]

HUGE props to the brothers for not only embracing it, but to piece it together as close as they could to the original, then releasing other "lost" tracks they had for a complete album. They could have easily shrugged it off and let it be. Probably the best story of the year!!!

[@BitcoinMotorist]

The theory that it originated from an 80s adult film was one of theories that was floating around but most people didn't take that theory seriously. Turns out, it was right!

[@Daves_Faves]

I discovered what I thought was a pretty cool song in the background of some amateur adult video. Had to be 10 years ago that this happened. It took me a while to find it, but it was called "Weak As I Am" by Skunk Anansie. I'd never heard of the band, but this song reached me (which was surprising, as it's not normally my kind of music genre).

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

It is Nick GILDER not GLIDER. First time I heard Hot Child in the City, I thought it was a female. Great tune!

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

I love 💕 ❤️ 💕 that song - there’s an entire Sex &the City episode based on the song. Gilder was bullied because he was tall and skinny - apparently other rockers called him “Big Bird,” which he obviously hated.

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

@@4Mr.Crowley2 Thank you! I did not know that!

[@WTC_2U]

Saw Nick Gilder in 1978 or so, at a "nooner" gig at UCI (University of Cal at Irvine), free, kind of on the grass. Lol - I liked him and the band, they rocked pretty well!

[@seminolefantodd4736]

Maybe the Professor needs a new pair of Zenni eyewear?

[@macattack5340]

Yep, me too

[@michaelsurratt9593]

Can you imagine how many unknown songs were created, turned down by labels and would have been greats?

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right?

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I know! There’s probably thousands of them.

[@johnd5398]

certainly not this one. If there are more out there, Prof will let us know.

[@Ryan-lj5jq]

This is the story and tragedy of mainstream music in the last 20 years. No more organic hits determined by popular demand

[@maitreyas.4902]

Give this song to someone today.

[@shanestewart4814]

Reminds me of how it took me about 30 years to solve a set of mystery songs. In 1989 I saw a cassette strung out on the parking lot of a high school that my bus stopped by from my Jr high school to pick up students to take home from there. A cringe moment for me as a couple long strands were being run over. The next day all but a little wad was left under a tree. a couple weeks or so later when my dad was driving out that way, I tagged along and had him stop there so I could get it. On the wrinkled muddy bit I got, I heard some kind of heavy metal music but had no idea what it was. All I know was that one song was saying " I'm slipping away," and another saying "when lightning strikes." I don't listen to much metal, but thought that one sounded interesting. With no pieces of cassette shell to get a lead on, it remained a mystery. Fast forward a few years later and I find in a totally different location, a small bit of another tape with the same thing, again, no cassette shell to tell me what it was. Then somewhere in the early 2000's laying on the parking lot of my dad's small grocery store was a fully intact 60 minute TDK cassette from the mid 80's with the full album on it! Now I had the full album, but still no clue what the band or album was because nothing was written on the tape's paper label. Into the 2010's I tried looking up guessed song titles on it on KZbin but no luck. So I brushed it off and didn't think about it for years until about the end of the decade when I decided to try again. This time, I got a match! "Lightnin' Strikes Again" by Dokken. And it didn't take me too long to find out that the album was called "Under Lock and Key" from 1985. Not being the social one, I wasn't about to go around asking people 30 years ago what it was I was hearing on a wad of tape I picked up. I had to solve the mystery myself. Even if it did take a few decades to solve.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for sharing! Awesome!

[@danaeads919]

That is the coolest story ever!! How were you able to save and play the bits of tape?

[@lisaoutinen8692]

As soon as I got to I’m Slippin away I knew it was Dokken, you could have asked me lol.

[@shanestewart4814]

@@danaeads919 When I was first working on them, I would place the tape in between the capstan and pinch roller in an old tape player that's missing its door and hold the tape to the tape player's head with my finger to play it without having it in a shell. In some cases I would only find a small part of a tape. Sometimes I would get lucky and find one of the hubs the tape winds up on, or find an empty cassette shell with all the parts that go with it that I can use for winding in and holding those bits of tape. I ended up making whole tapes out of several incomplete tapes.

[@danaeads919]

@@shanestewart4814 That is incredible!

[@diamonddave2622]

Your ability to compress a 5 min story into a video lasting just 19 minutes is amazing

[@jonnuanez7183]

It's because he's so chatty

[@suburban60sKid]

that's not compression, it's EXPANSION

[@markvonwisco7369]

@@suburban60sKid You apparently didn't catch that @diamonddave2622 was being sarcastic.

[@timdoherty101]

@@suburban60sKid That's not earnest, it's IRONY. r/Whoosh!

[@fmmaj9noname332]

​@@suburban60sKidIt's called sarcasm, Sparky.

[@panamafloyd1469]

Keep stuff like this coming when you find them, Professor! My own two 'lost songs' were pretty easy to find once I got the internet in the '90s, but I still recall the joy I felt when I found them. Nothing like that "FINALLY!!" after discovering the artist/title of a song that's been going through your head for years. My two were from my days listening to shortwave radio in the '80s. I was up late one night, waiting for the news bulletin from Radio Australia. Dude played a tune right before the news that blew me away. Turned out to be "Eagle Rock" (1971) by Daddy Cool. The other was one I actually remembered from old AOR radio in the '70s. SW station playing music from the US Southwest played it one day in the '80s, "Oh! I remember that one!!" DJ didn't backsell it. Turned out to be "Fallin' in Love" (1974) by Souther-Hillman-Furay. I miss the days when internet search engines actually looked for what you were looking for, instead of sending you a thousand pages of results from people that want to sell you something. Best wishes for everyone still working on 'Like The Wind' - there will be great joy if that one ever gets solved!

[@leamanc]

As someone who follows lost media news, I knew about this one. But I bet it's a new story to a lot of people here, and it is a great one. Another fantastic pick, Professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@chase-o1c]

I'm just getting into it and can't get enough

[@Crazykid949]

It's hard not to like videos like this. Your channel has helped so many people either discover music they have never heard about, or REDISCOVER music they have forgotten about. I think this could be a new segment of your show, possibly call it "The Forgotten Ones" or something.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love that idea. I'm in!

[@williambenner701]

Do it! ​@@ProfessorofRock

[@rafaelcastillo3834]

​, uh, Hidden Gems of the 80s. You've done it already. 😊

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Yes!

[@cillshot99]

@@rafaelcastillo3834 no no... like lost songs with no artist

[@becky3023]

Do more lost songs! This is really fun to hear about!

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure!

[@carriersignal]

Ah Kajagoogoo, yes! Funny thing is, if that song had been easy to find, the "lost album" would have never been released and none of us would know anything about this music. Makes you wonder what else could have been released that never was. Anyone remember the band The Quick? Their album One Light in a Blackout had a similar feel to Kajagoogoo's White Feathers. Love this type of content. My life revolves around obscure 80's new wave.

[@gailburnette]

Dang, that’s awesome! Putting out an 80’s album in 2024 is pretty sweet!

[@flazzorb]

This may very well be the last time we can honestly say we have new 80s music.

[@ProfessorofRock]

No joke.

[@petersage5157]

Oh, I'm sure there's more. There must be a lot of production music from 1980s movies and TV just waiting for a curious viewer to ask "What's that song?"

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@petersage5157And that’s going to be awesome!

[@jorgedean1]

There are tons of tracks that were never issued, they're found only on an acetate record or cassette, unreleased music that was just shelved either by the label or the artist. Or music that was just never recorded but the lyrics and music exist. They're still discovering unissued music from the 50s! I'm sure other decades as well.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@jorgedean1 How fun would it be to be a tech-savvy 80s music lover? Can’t wait for the undiscovered gems.

[@eggsngritstn]

Dang, I thought you'd found the artist behind the "Like The Wind"/"Blind The Wind" when I saw the title. Another day... (Still a good story.)

[@ProfessorofRock]

I don't know if anyone will EVER solve that one.

[@VideoSaySo]

Wasn't that Patrick Swayze who sand She's Like the Wind?

[@jimmmount3287]

@@VideoSaySo Yes Swayze did a song by that name. But the "Like the Wind" or "Blind the Wind" mystery is something else, it's an 80s-era synth-pop or goth tune. Search : blind the wind most mysterious song

[@VideoSaySo]

@@jimmmount3287 I absolutely must look it up now! Lol!

[@autistichead8137]

Me too

[@Saffron-sugar]

Arrrrrggghh! I thought you’d solved the mystery of the “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet “! So many different people released it under their names on different sites, there was no point in talking about it anymore because people thought they were the original artists…. Drove me nuts.😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

I don't know if BLIND the Wind will ever get solved.

[@srpskihayk]

Yep. I too thought we were there. Heart actually skipped a beat.

[@noelstafford7266]

​@@ProfessorofRock it's the Strangers

[@markm716]

Same!!!!!!

[@DeezNuts-xz7hy]

I'm Still Upset that Nobody has Solved that song it was so good it could have been a hit

[@ultradave]

Great job Adam! 👏👏👏 What a crazy story!!! One of the best thing about things about the internet is the wealth of information and the connection to the masses. I love this stuff and being born in the 70's the music from the 80's is very nostalgic for me. Well done!

[@karencahill4798]

I’m 68. I was raising babies in the mid 80’s. I am still stuck in 1970’s - And that’s just fine by me.

[@EmilySFrohner]

❤ Same ❤

[@deborahcox3011]

Me too!

[@debztribe5]

Same❤

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

I love your comment! I'm stuck in 1984, year I graduated. You be you, momma!

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

54.. finally started telling my 18 yr old" turn that DOWN!" 😂

[@scottphillips517]

I met the Booth brothers when I was a guard at Waverly Hills in Louisville KY. They made a movie there called Death Tunnel. It is a horror cult masterpiece. Philip and Christopher are absolutely two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. At the time I didn't know how accomplished they were so I talked to them as I would anyone else and they spoke to me the same, very nice and respectful and never gave a hint of being better than others. Cool accents too.

[@kevinmarrie3295]

I have done that several times in my lifetime. Talk to somebody as if I didn't know who they were which I didn't at the time. One of them turned out to be a famous basketball player. One of them turned out to be Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston at a table and shooters and North Miami Beach where I was the bus boy shooting the shit with them, One of them turned out to be Woody Harrelson one of them turned out to be in the band REM which they invited him to sit at their table, and had dinner at Ruth Chris steakhouse, lots of conversation, and I had no idea who it was until a friend of mine ran up to me, screaming at me again, because I was oblivious to Woody Harrelson that time. L O L. Harry Smith dreamed of talking to these people and there I was not realizing who they were and it happened all the way until 2012 I would say it was the last time turned out to be a famous basketball player. Had drinks with him and everybody was just wondering why I, I was talking to him how I knew him and I have no idea I was just talking to him like a normal person and we went next-door had more drinks. Walked around Bloomingdale's together and came back to the bar as if we were friends. People like to not be noticed they just want to fit in . And somehow I'm oblivious to it.

[@barryj3266]

I grew up in Louisville and never heard of Waverly Hills til I moved to Cincinnati

[@michaelkruk3415]

Accent? They're from Canada, not Brazil 😅

[@scottphillips517]

@@michaelkruk3415 you've obviously never heard them speak

[@hillbillyfromhell2758]

Being from KY, I went to Waverly Hills once.... Very cool place.

[@surferdude4487]

A whole new album of unreleased 80s music? I'm up for that!

[@melissavalentine9771]

🎉🎉🎉

[@dannschmit8604]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Great story with an awesome ending!! I saw the video about the mystery of the song. Happy it got solved. So happy for the Booth boys that this has come back to them. Great opportunity! Thanks Adam! Have an amazing day!!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Dann! So fun to solve these!

[@rome8180]

This reminds me of "The Case of the Missing Hit," which is an episode of a podcast called Reply All. It's about a man who is haunted by a song from his youth. He can remember the lyrics and the melody. And yet he can't find it anywhere online. With the help of the podcast host, they manage to track down the song after trying dozens of different approaches. At one point, they even rent studio time and hire a band, and the guy directs the musicians on how to play all the parts just from his memory. It's one of the best podcast episodes you'll hear and has a very satisfying conclusion.

[@Cameroo]

Man, I was REALLY hoping it was the original song mentioned when I saw this pop on my feed. BUT, it's still a really fun story. Thanks for sharing it Prof!

[@thetitleisours1]

I vote positive for continuing to do shows like this! Fun.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Will do!

[@robnickel5075]

Nick Glider??? You're killing me and Nick GILder😮

[@SteveEdwardCooper]

You beat me to this comment.😂

[@01chippe]

See, and here I was doubting myself thinking I was saying it wrong all these years. I was doubtful when he said it the first time. But then he repeated it again, and I was saying “No Way”!

[@BlueSOF]

The photo of the 45 for Roxy Roller at 12:23 kinda looks like it says, “N. Glider,” which probably adds to the confusion.

[@trinaq]

I always love a good mystery, especially when it's finding out the name and singer of a particular song that not even Shazam can solve.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same here! Thanks Trina!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

And how it was found.

[@01chippe]

There’s a lot that Shazam can’t identify.

[@darrenlesage2420]

Weird story. I know Sweeney Todd’s ex-drummer, John Booth. He co-owned a stereo store in Courtenay, BC, named Sound Station. I installed an alarm system in his Comox home in the mid 1990’s. Last I heard, he was still playing with a local band named XLR8.

[@PortHerc]

you don't know him, you met him

[@darrenlesage2420]

@@PortHerc if I saw John on the street and said hi to him, he would know my name and who I am. Although we aren’t friends per se, we are definitely acquaintances. We could talk about our families and reminisce about his time as a stereo retailer and mine as a security company owner. So, I more than just ‘met him’.

[@darrenlesage2420]

@@PortHerc if I saw John on the street and said hi to him, he would know my name and who I am. Although we aren’t friends per se, we are definitely acquaintances. We could talk about our families and reminisce about his time as a stereo retailer and mine as a security company owner. So, I more than just ‘met him’.

[@Otisthelesser]

I think every English speaking community has or has had a band named XLR8

[@trynsurviven2440]

I find it absolutely amazing the drive to keep the 80’s music alive after all these years. I really enjoy the search to bring lost classics back to life. I’m an old school rocker that never really got into new wave but that doesn’t mean those songs should fade into obscurity. Thank you and I hope to see more on these “Lost Classics”.

[@swallace8182]

Ulterior motive!!! My daughter asked me what song this was when she saw it on a TikTok, lol!!! Great video!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it. Thanks for watching!

[@flavellinator]

Did not know this one at all Professor... Good one!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Flave! Have great day!

[@danielm5535]

Love this- we forget the songs we hear on the radio (or streaming) often have complicated stories, and this one, which never made it to radio, has had an even bigger life of its own!

[@kellidinit3725]

There was a song from the 70’s that my sister (12 years older) had the 45 of, and I just liked it. Being a kid, I didn’t understand what the song was about, but apparently my sister and I are the only ones to remember it. 😂😂 Duke Baxter’s Everybody Knows Mathilda. Also, when Rod Stewart released Some Guys Have all The luck, I felt crazy because I knew the lyrics. It dawned on me he had re done another song from my youth by the Persuaders. It took me a long time to find both of those songs to get them in my library.

[@giulietta9524]

This was a freaking, amazing story, Adam -- would be great to dedicate a video to a 'lost song' as a monthly feature, or something. How many other musicians will you help get 're-noticed'? Again, freaking awesome, thank you!

[@rubyredtootsies8371]

I absolutely LOVE the fact that this "lost album" has found it's audience TODAY! Many Gen-X people like me can be nostalgic with something NEW ... ish. 😉😁

[@timbermannh]

Very cool story. It's fortunate that the Booth brothers' tapes hadn't delaminated after all of that time. The song is so nostalgic... I hear early Madonna in there.

[@chrisbenson6683]

Me too. First artist who came to mind, for me.

[@davedeiler2072]

The story of the Booth Bros. Is very inspiring. Love or hate their music, you have to give them cudoes for sticking with their dream.

[@canadaisruledbyclowns7188]

And kudos even.

[@SilentKnightProductions]

Hey Kids, did 'ya know? The catchy tune "Mana Mana (Deet Dee Ba Dee Deet)" that you sang as a little kid from the Muppet Show (and covered by Cake and others) was originally from a 70's Swedish adult film.

[@aspalovin]

That's hilarious... people goin at it to that song? omg. fantastic🤣🤣🤣🤣.. Guess that explains the 'grunty' guy on the song!

[@ProfessorofRock]

That one needs a show!

[@guntherdawg]

Checks out! From teh Wikipedia: "Mah Nà Mah Nà" debuted as part of Umiliani's soundtrack for the Italian mondo film Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968), an exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity and other behaviour in Sweden. The song accompanied a scene in the film set in a sauna which gave its original title "Viva la Sauna Svedese" ("Hooray for the Swedish Sauna").”

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Also, the entire Muppet Show theme song is lifted from a German popular cabaret song (1930s) called “Musik, Musik, Musik!”

[@mehmehver]

yep

[@thomasadrian9854]

TMS / Like The Wind is too cool of a song not to be rediscovered- have faith folks!!

[@Oklahoman-in6ph]

Adam that is great content. See ya at the next one. Ohhhh Congratulations on that 1 million🥇

[@guntherdawg]

“Seventeen Seconds” is also the second studio album by The Cure. Released in 1980, it is now considered an early example of gothic rock.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

Plus! Surprisingly enough, seemingly subsequently sampling "Seventeen Seconds" makes your pawwriting seems like Space's!

[@guntherdawg]

@@shiroibasketshoes Spaces highly enjoys whens you plays alongs withs his seriously sauciests alliterations!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@guntherdawg Meh glads; ureshii desu. Meh real name can be reads by those who searches on “Alliteration” meaning if dey finds teh page dat says, “…is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the "b" sound in "Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement.”” Of course in addition to littering on the grounds being bad, a poozkat having a litter of little kittehs means mom kitteh was not spayed or neutered, adding to overpopulations problems.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

​@@guntherdawg Hopper and Pawls like to play along, too! They can be very playful bunnies. They were just listening to Siouxsie & The Bunshees. I first bought their "A Kiss In The Dreamhutch"...er, "...Dreamhouse" album and then the ones before and after. We all like goth around here, too. Though when I told them about meeting Nina Hagen and her telling me about cows giving chocolate milk, they had looks like "Oh noes, noes..."

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@apj341 Are you, with the cathouses videos, directing your comment to the good dawg, or to myself, or just wanting people in general to know?

[@timefoolery]

So much music came out in the 80’s. Like I remember Ebn Ozn and no one else does. 🤷‍♀️

[@ProfessorofRock]

Should I do a video?

[@irishis3]

AEIOU sometimes Y

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@irishis3 Plus "Bag Lady" with a classic star in the video! Imogene Coca I think it was.

[@guntherdawg]

@@shiroibasketshoes “I wonder where she goes when the night falls”

[@timefoolery]

@@ProfessorofRockyes!

[@donwarrington4916]

The Vancouver music scene in the 70's and early 80's was fire .....

[@ProfessorofRock]

Should I do a video on it?

[@flyteoffancy]

@@ProfessorofRockYES PLEASE 🇨🇦

[@ModernElectricRecordings-bl6bs]

That would be cool. As an American who’s lived on Vancouver island for 17 years learning about and cleaning/pricing used vinyl copies of seminal Canadian rock bands I’d be very intrigued to see who you covered. There are many bands that were HUGE here that couldn’t get arrested outside of the country. The mainstream was indeed fire…. But equally as insane and great was the punk/alternative scene. A lot of AMAZING classic records and bands few know about.

[@petersmith3274]

HOMEWORK for the POR: Vancouver Music Scene 70’s & 80’s 1. Chilliwack🎉 2. Idle Eyes 3. Images In Vogue 4. Payolas 5. Powder Blues Band 6. Prism🎉 7. Stonebolt 8. Strange Advance

[@donwarrington4916]

@@petersmith3274 Add Doug and the Slugs , Trooper & Headpins to that list ....

[@wwfederationz]

I always appreciate that you play a clip of most of, if not every song you mention in your videos.

[@Beherztheit]

This is amazing, in listening to this I remembered the missing song from the mix tape my father made for me in 1982 with the help of my cousin. Hot Child In The City was that missing peace to the tape they labeled “blast off” with a little drawing of a rocket with a flame out the back. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band song Der Kommissar - Falco Kids in America - Kim Wilde Hot in the City - Billy Idol Words - Missing Persons Shake It Up - The Cars Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar New World Man - Rush Rock This Town - Stray Cats I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagull Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder I searched for that tape in the late 90’s in his tape case (the one that looked like a brown briefcase) but it had gone missing much to my dismay. Over the years I kept thinking about that mix as it ignited my love for music, and felt the need to revisit those classic tracks About five years I set out to try and recall all the songs to make a modern day Mix Tape play list, and today it has been completed. These songs are where it all began 42 years ago. Though what really set it in motion was playing in the basement of my Godparents home in the spring of 1983 with the TV running in the background when suddenly there was sound that instantly made me stop what I was doing to turn and stare to see Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics. Literally frozen and staring, completely entranced by the sights and sounds and is as clear in my memory today as the cold early spring evening 41 years ago. I feel we who are so deeply touched by music are a fortunate breed indeed. Thank you Professor of Rock. And who else misses MTV from the o80’s.

[@FSAPOJake]

I was a fan of the Booth Brothers for years and also kept up with the search for this song, so imagine my shock when the song's source was discovered and it ended up being made by the Booth brothers! The album made up of some of their old 80s songs they just released kicks ass by the way. I highly recommend giving it a listen.

[@Bob_C34]

That box set of Star Wars brings back happy memories 🤗

[@annerobertz4712]

This was the one 'lost song' case I had been following! So glad it was resolved, and what a background story, and how nice of the bothers to release it. This was such a feel-good story ❤

[@slicedbread9003]

Good story. This story turns out to be so much more interesting than a lost song. Good work Adam. Thanks for bringing that to us. It shows how hard these guys worked.

[@Clintotron]

This channel is great. The content (production, delivery, subject matter, etc) is perfect. You could easily influence others to love music more with what I've seen so far. Please continue to make this content. What you're doing is culturally significant. Thank you.

[@burkezillar]

You’d have thought it was Scritti Politti more than anything.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I can hear that!

[@NotBenCoultry]

That was my first thought too (lmao but with the wrong band name attached to the right music: animotion def didn't do Perfect Way)

[@ANACAD]

I thought the same thing - Scritti Politti

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

It does sound like Perfect Way.

[@jamescaron6465]

Shame it didn’t get released back in the day. It would’ve been a big hit not that I can’t be today but it definitely would’ve been a hit back in 86.

[@lordioris]

Given how catchy this song is, I'm surprised it didn't blow up in the 80's... wild

[@ProfessorofRock]

No kidding.

[@MannyBrum]

It would have been an instant hit but they ended up needing money after their first record deal fell through and weren't able to continue. You can tell by how their faces light up talking about this stuff and all the short videos they've made in their studio that this was their passion and they are like kids on Christmas getting to do this again. Ulterior Motives never made it to release other than in the adult film.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Right?

[@sarahawkins9027]

It's just so much about timing.

[@Buderbukz]

People were too busy blowing it instead.

[@p1zd3c]

So little music back in that era ever saw the light of day. There are so many artists whose work remains 'lost' in those masters. I even have a couple that friends gave me. I'd love to see that era become revived through the lens of all of those lost creative works, and for those creators to receive their proper due.

[@TheZotmeister]

I was keyed into this not long ago on my Discord, where I have a "stuck in my head" channel. Someone in March posted about this song while it was still an unknown. When you posted that first video about "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet", I shared it with them, and when I did so, they mentioned that the song they'd posted about - the one in THIS video - has been solved! And now I get to share this video with them too.

[@Mortimer_Duke]

Dude, it's Nick Gilder - not Glider.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I apologize. I know that. I messed up. It happens sometimes.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@ProfessorofRock I think Nick Gilder really deserves a feature. Not just about his #1 hit but before and after.

[@EndtheWokeMadness]

We still love your content, but we Canadians are going to defend the honour of our artist's names 😊 ​@@ProfessorofRock

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

I love the 80's... what a decade of music!

[@ProfessorofRock]

No kidding!

[@L.Spencer]

I thought I was pretty familiar with a lot of 80s music, because we hear the same songs still on the radio. But I was thinking there's a ton of not so famous but still 80's music out there. In my case, I had never heard of Echo and the Bunnymen (now I know they're quite famous), and one day I was listening to the radio and they played the Killing Moon. It felt like I was in an alternate 80's universe, it sounded familiar but I hadn't heard it. That's when I realized there's old music out there I'd never heard of.

[@matthewgroff433]

I can almost guarantee you there are many songs that never got released that have the potential to be hits, just setting and rotting away in some record company's vaults!! Some of them may have been only heard a couple of times by just a few people, but if people could hear them now, they just must be HUGE!!!

[@johnd5398]

If you knew anything about this channel, you'd know that there are tons of these stories. Half of the videos on this channel are "songs that almost didn't get released".

[@Fabulist]

I’m all for more coverage of Lost Wave songs. It’s so cool to find these odd little lost nuggets of entertainment history. A good friend of mine works at the Library of Congress film preservation unit and he often posts random scraps of movies they’ve uncovered, inviting people to identify the actors or film title, and I’m always amazed when someone recognizes an actor from three frames of a 1920 silent film. This sort of thing is the same.

[@daveweaston287]

Love these stories brother!! Keep em comin!!

[@2k7digga]

So you didn’t find “Like The Wind”?!?! Booooooooooooo

[@rogerdeahl9629]

❤🎉 And this is exactly why we tune in all the time in to Adam every day (when we can). Have a great day everybody. Back to the Mystery Machine to solve more stuff. 🤣🤣

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

❤

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you?

[@jesserussell7242]

As someone who is a Music encyclopedia like I am I love discovering lost songs and unreleased and rare material stuff that you can’t find anywhere else that’s the most wonderful thing about being a music collector and an encyclopedia of music in history like I am I’m going to have to check that song out now and the whole album. I love hearing mysteries and sing mysteries like this it’s fun discovering lost gems whether the mysteries are solved or not.

[@SavedByZero]

Nicely done... looking forward to more of these great stories!

[@rickpower4096]

As always, Professor, you deliver another great story. Your videos drop during the night my time and are one of the first I watch every morning. Thanks for helping me grow my knowledge on music history.

[@duromusabc]

I never heard of this song as a kid in 1986 - this video is the first time I’ve known of it - thanks Professor!

[@MannyBrum]

Well, considering the only place it was found back then was an adult film, I should hope not. 😂

[@phranerphamily]

Just more proof that the Northwest is a treasure of great musicians.

[@ProfessorofRock]

No question!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I need to visit there.

[@ronaldnelson6692]

I saw the title of this episode and thought he had solved the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet because he featured it in an earlier episode. Still a good episode.

[@laurasherrick2210]

This was soo much fun! I definitely want more of this. Let's find all the mystery music.

[@camancave2071]

I enjoy the stories you have about all the music, thanks

[@mitchellbaker9434]

I've been holding off on asking this question. Prof, how many different shirts do you have?

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Hundreds to thousands probably needs a storage unit for them.

[@Code.Name.V]

If I recall correctly, over 400.

[@ericbgordon1575]

Man, the Booth twins are right in the pocket where the music they did back in 1986 is geared to explode. Considering the amount of attention being given in recent years to 80s retro flavor from people like Harry Styles and The Weeknd, that is their platform. That parallel of Kajagoogoo and Culture Club having a knife fight is apropos, Adam.

[@Saffron-sugar]

Sort of? The 80s re-explosion was about 15 years ago. but time tends to blend together when we get older 😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

So true! Thanks Eric!

[@ericbgordon1575]

It was in full swing when the pandemic lockdown exploded, @@Saffron-sugar. The Harry Styles single "Golden" and the single by Weeknd call "Blinding Lights" certainly are not 15 years old as of this comment. I think the Booth Brothers are in good company right now, kind of like the storyline from Eddie and the Cruisers sprung to fruition

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Chappell Roan, too.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980That cheerleader song/video? I know she watched Toni Basil’s Mickey 😊. Hot To Go, couldn’t remember the name when I posted it.

[@kaiden5]

Sooooo, has anyone started searching adult films for the Most Mysterious Song? I don't think it would hurt at this point.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

Alas, I have no VHS player, unless every single adult film from the 80s has been uploaded. I definitely didn’t know they had real songs on them!

[@dngillikin]

Vintage adult films of the late seventies through the mid-eighties of the type shot on actual film? Oh, yeah - a number of them did have original with lyrics, often soft rock and adult contemporary style "romantic" ballads for the opening credits. The repetitive synthesizer/drum machine backbeat that became associated with the adult industry in the nineties came to predominate the shot on video era, though there were some playing around with synthesizer scores in the early eighties, like in a certain post-apocalyptic 1982 adult film starring future scream queen Michelle Bauer (and a cameo from an uncredited Richard Belzer) and with cinematography by the guy who directed Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" video.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@dngillikin Very cool. Even the adult industry was better in ye olden days.

[@arkhaminmate3727]

😂

[@smdias65]

Great story! I'd not heard it (or this song) before. I worked at my college radio station for a few years and have recordings from bands that, unfortunately, never made the big time. I still love going through those old recording from time to time.

[@jylromain6439]

glad they are finally getting recognition for their hard work and talent.

[@Code.Name.V]

Greetings all you melomaniacs!

[@Whisper_292]

Greetings!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Hello

[@TerrickTerran]

Hey

[@Code.Name.V]

​@@Whisper_292All right! Glad to see you hear today!

[@Code.Name.V]

​​@@AnnaTrail-xp8prIt's Anna time! Happy that you are here today!

[@charlesezrarevmongoosecane5097]

Wrong song , the world wants to know the real most mysterious song, Like The Wind.

[@singlesparq]

I have a song I’ve been searching for for for decades as well. Only I don’t have any recording. All I know is it was on AM radio at the time, maybe late 70’s, had a catchy synth hook that caught my ear. It had a dark lyrical sense with I thinks was something about a birthday and the line “and then… and then we had some kicks”. That’s all I remember, I’ve searched almost everywhere for it.

[@Whisper_292]

That does sound familiar.

[@stvkorea]

Yeah, that's familiar to me too. Now it's gonna bug me. I ll post back if it ever comes to mind... Hope someone else knows it!

[@philbouchard9481]

It doesn't sound familiar to me, but in doing a Google search, Geoff Hughes' song Happy.Birthday, Kid shows up. Not a lot of info out there about it. But maybe that's the song you're thinking of.

[@stacyflood4319]

I think you're talking about the song Happy Birthday by The Rubix Cube's. It's in the movie Sixteen Candles. Hope this helps.

[@philbouchard9481]

@@stacyflood4319 Altered Images did that one.

[@jasonmoquin]

Adam, your channel is gold, man!! Great job on yet another riveting true music story. 🤘

[@NH_RSA__]

It's fun to track down old forgotten songs because Life's just a game, we play it every day. There is no end.

[@SHARKVADERS]

P O R !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SebastieneE]

Ghoolie did the BEST cover & fun video for Ulterior Motive/Everyone Knows That here on KZbin: youtube .com/watch?v=XeQj3W_F7WQ And she did it when there was only 17 seconds available.

[@eowin6732]

You just can’t beat 80’s music!!

[@TheoRae8289]

I was absolutely NOT expecting you to cover this one, professor. So many of my niche interests coming together this year. rofl

[@WhaleBluePRS]

What an incredible opportunity for so many artists from decades past. Imagine recording amazing music that never "broke" and having a second shot at being heard all these years later. So many great songs to discover and maybe, just maybe, bring some dignity and recognition to artists and songs we never got to hear when they were created. You know that school janitor you never knew was an incredible songwriter? etc.

[@drillerdev4624]

Ok, this looks like the place for my lost song story, hoping someone can help me: Summer 2001, I'm crossing mediterranean europe with a couple friends. It's the middle of august and we're eating in a burger joint (either burger king or mcdonald's, can't remember) at plaza homonia, Athens It was a bit unsettling getting there, because at the time they had a big drugs problem apparently, and the plaza at night was a bit like resident evil (no walking dead yet). Whe got to the burger joint and were eating late at night in a bit depressing atmosphere, jaded workers, and the like, while we noticed that the music playing was jumping all the time We only got to hear the lyrics "live and be free" (or leave, maybe) over and over. Something like "live and be freeeee, eeeee, be freeee, eeeee, live and be, live and be freeeeee" due to the constant track jumps. Weird thing, nobody seemed to bother about it, and we kept hearing it for almost an hour until we got out. I've tried searching for the song a couple times throughout the years, but to this day I have no clue what song it was. So, who knows? Maybe today will be the day.

[@mirthenary]

Love more content like this! Solving a mystery's always fun

[@ronmckee9019]

What an awesome story. I didn't know anything about this song, but I love this story, it's great these musicians finding an opportunity with their music later on, better late than never.

[@thecorinthianguy]

I found a cassette from a Boston-area band called Rubber Rodeo entitled "Heartbreak Highway" back in the late 80's in a bargain bin at my college. Weird mix of country and new wave but really catchy. There was a haunting instrumental on the tape called "Civil War" and I searched for it online for YEARS. One day I mentioned it to my nephew and he found it here on KZbin, having been uploaded just a couple of months before I asked him.

[@SatMornPod]

Hey Prof! Crazy story, loved how you presented it. A number of years ago I was at Amoeba Records in San Francisco. They had walls of 45s that were from bands who didn't make it. There was zero mainstream records in the group. In hindsight, I wish I had bought a box-full so I could digitize and re-present all those old songs that no one had ever heard.

[@ClellBiggs]

I was wondering when you were going to get to this one. So glad it's here!

[@Kirkshelton]

Just goes to show that despite over saturation of a particular style at the time lots of good music was still made that just fell through the cracks. Glad to see this one getting it's due. Thanks for the video.

[@gavinhinchcliffe8457]

I absolutely love this lost media stuff. I find it fascinating.

[@danm6695]

What a great story. Good for them! I will check it out

[@TheDisneylover23]

Oh my God this one was so cool!! More 80’s stuff I’ve never heard!!! Yes, please Adam, do more of these lost songs. I just lost my mom a week ago. You made me forget that and smile for a little bit. Thank you and thanks to the Booth Brothers also. It’s like a hug from the past!

[@cmnderbob]

Thank you, I have watched you for a while, love your content, always amazing.

[@JakeFox74]

I really like this story! Thanks for taking the time to bring this to us.

[@christyhubbard8074]

I suspect there’s lots of “mystery songs” that were background ambiance for the various direct-to-video movies of the 80’s/90’s. Still a fun and interesting segment. Thanks Professor.

[@acchappie9514]

Great episode! Love the song, I’m definitely checking out the album

[@ramongolden2157]

I really enjoy your “Lost Song” videos. It’s really interesting that this one has been found, and the story that goes along with it is great.