The instrument he was blowing into is called a hooter.(official name Melodica) it's harmonica and keyboard together.
@cudwieser3952 Жыл бұрын
inspiration for their name iirc
@icdogg2361 Жыл бұрын
It's a great way for a keyboard player to play harmonica parts for, say, Stevie Wonder songs, without having to learn the chromatic harmonica.
@jamiesweitzer8469 Жыл бұрын
Hence, the band referred to as 'the Hooters"! I believe this was the tale end of the 1980s... if I remember correctly, late 1987, at the earliest.
@ronnix23 Жыл бұрын
I know I've seen Billy Preston play that before.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@jamiesweitzer8469it was from 1985...LOVE the Hooters, the pride of Philly, and are still rocking today...btw, the melodica was originally from Jamaica & they were highly influenced by & collecting records of reggae, ska, bluebeat, etc, so that's how they got into the instrument...combined with a mandolin, that's the sound...mixed with anthemic powerpop, totally unique & great songwriting...the Hooters were the backup band on Cyndi Lauper's huge album "She's So Unusual"!!
@robertg7396 Жыл бұрын
Their other bit hit was "All you zombies". It's such a banger! 🤘😃
@cudwieser3952 Жыл бұрын
Satellite was another
@stephentaylor6617 Жыл бұрын
“Where Do The Children Go “ and the Beatles remake “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds “
@superturtle61177 Жыл бұрын
@@stephentaylor6617they also had the song Day by Day. They also wrote some hit songs for other artists like Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper and One of Us by Joan Osborne
@Deborahtunes Жыл бұрын
That was my favorite, along with "Where Do The Children Go"...
@jlilley73 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I can't believe it's the same group! That's another big song in my mind, but I've never realized that it's the same band as this one. I always like to describe that song as "Jewish rock" 😆
@TamiThePinkHairedGirl Жыл бұрын
7:00 "Why can't we have music like that anymore?" AMEN, JAY! I was 15 when this song came out. I feel so fortunate to have grown up in the 80s!
@alissawoolfolk Жыл бұрын
me too. 9th grade!
@go234ko96ts5 Жыл бұрын
I feel fortunate to have been in my teens and 20's during the 60's, 70's and 80's.
@stevelafarga329611 ай бұрын
It made you feel that we had our whole lives ahead of us back then.
@ericbrett30958 ай бұрын
I graduated from high school in 1983 so I know exactly what you are talking about.
@Saje3D7 ай бұрын
Music to suit every taste is still being made every day. It’s just no longer piped directly into our living rooms in expansive waves. It has to be hunted down and captured by the true aficionados.
@ericilsen864 Жыл бұрын
Shout out to my cousin......married to the lead guitarist of The Hooters.
@randyhochstein8455 Жыл бұрын
This song was everywhere when it came out. The intro is so soft and melodic, but then the whole band drops in and it rocks. ♥️✌🏼😎
@chrisolivo6591 Жыл бұрын
Spring of ‘85. They played this on MTV every hour!
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
They also opened the Philly show of Live Aid!!
@scottromer8584 Жыл бұрын
Song was everywhere. A band covered this at Smuggler's Notch ski lodge in Vermont. Remembered dancing to this with this girl I met that had come up to ski with us, I ended up leaving the club and walking around hammered trying to find where I was staying. All the condo's looked the same, don't know how I got back. 80's were such a great time to grow up!
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@scottromer8584 you're telling me...Nervous Night was released spring/summer of 1985, graduated high school that year & began college in that fall...I had a summer job at a golf country club & I played that thing to death...that period was just joyful...
@StasiA70 Жыл бұрын
"She could dance all night and shake the paint off the wall". My favorite line! Such an underrated band and fantastic album "Nervous Night".❤
@kenkonwick6660 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I started using that line in strip clubs, lol
@scottpatton8806 Жыл бұрын
Not a bad song on this "Nervous Night" album!! All You Zombies should be their next listen.
@kathiek423911 ай бұрын
This line kills me.
@charlesfitzgerald9631 Жыл бұрын
57 year old Metalhead here & this is in my Top 5 “guilty pleasure” songs !
@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын
Finally, The Hooters! Their debut album "Nervous Night" was awesome. Not a bad track on the whole thing.
@PhoenixRisen63 Жыл бұрын
✅️✅️✅️
@richarddefortuna2252 Жыл бұрын
You're forgetting their indy debut, Amore, which included the original (and stronger, imho) "All You Zomies," and "Hangin' on a Heartbeat." Great, fun Philly band that opened our portion of Live Aid at the old JFK Stadium! BTW, that wind driven keyboard instrument is called a "Hooter."
@topherwhite370 Жыл бұрын
I still have it in heavy rotation on my stereo. On vinyl, of course.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@richarddefortuna2252and before they were the Hooters, they were an obscure late 70s band called Baby Grand, released 2 albums on Arista...
@artis1969 Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when Amore came out. MMR and YSP wore that record out. Such a cool thing to watching them make the jump from regional act to nationally recognized.
@ThomasTreece-mp8md Жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, The Hooters were fairly underrated in the '80s, but my group of friends played them regularly in rotation with U2, the Eurythmics, Heart, the Outfield, Queen, Robert Palmer, Simple Minds, Til Tuesday, and the Cult (among others). I use this song as the text tone for my best friend from college. 💜☺ Thanks for the selection!
@markdraine3571 Жыл бұрын
Meh, One hit wonder .Period. You must be from Philly.
@owendickinson8669 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say one hit wonder, They also had the song Satillite that was a hit aswell.
@dewdew34 Жыл бұрын
Crowded House and Tears for Fears and i'm down...
@erikthompson619 Жыл бұрын
I hope it pleases you to hear, that in my native Sweden, the Hooters were, and remain, COLOSSAL. They are immensely, dare I say universally beloved. They famously played at the heavy metal orientated Sweden Rock Festival (30 000-40 000 people strong every year) a few years ago, initially feeling trepidation whether the promotos really hadn't made a mistake by booking the band. But they were happily surprised, bordering on shocked, to find tens of thousands of metalheads roaring and cheering and singing along to every word of every song from beginning to end. We LOVE our Hooters here in Sweden. Toto is another one of those bands that after a while seemed to dwindle home in the US, but are so big in Sweden that they put Journey and Van Halen to shame. And I mean that literally.
@normankennith7919 Жыл бұрын
'satellite' was their best song!! check it out!
@lowendthumper205 Жыл бұрын
Born in 71, so I was a teen in the 80's and got to listen to these tunes when they were brand new and on the radio.
@rodneypaul3035 Жыл бұрын
They were Cindy Lauper's backing band on her first album.Rob Hyman even wrote "time after time" with her.
@mightyV44410 ай бұрын
I just suggested her 'Money Changes Everything' to them because of that fact 😊
@NOLAgenX Жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Such nostalgia for me! Nothing evokes memories of the mid-80’s for me like this song, “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, and “Your Love” by the Outfield.
@nitwitt50 Жыл бұрын
YES, Your Love by the Outfield, ❤❤
@ronnix23 Жыл бұрын
1986 in the house.🙌
@bretthardin9239 Жыл бұрын
@@ronnix23 another old kid here lol
@SoCalRMD Жыл бұрын
I really do miss 80's music, I just couldn't help but smile when I saw y'all were covering this song. All the memories just came flooding back..thank you so much for this. Y'all definitely made me smile today, have a wonderful rest of the day.
@scottromer8584 Жыл бұрын
graduated high school in 81. 80's were such a great time to grow up, so much freedom. Loved this song!
@colleendebardeleben9167 Жыл бұрын
Me too! I was so excited to hear they were doing The Hooters. Asia is a good group they should do!
@patrickjudd4575 Жыл бұрын
This video is special to me. One of my best friends(brother really) was in this,he was the dark haired kid in the jean jacket who helped put the guys in the trunk. I lost John a few years ago. This was one of my favorite songs/videos way before I met him in boot camp. Its a snapshot of my youth and a little chunk of joy I can go to when I'm down. Thanks for checking it out!
@user-xr3kv6fp9m9 ай бұрын
A friend of mine was there as well
@Shadowruse Жыл бұрын
This song gets you pumped. You easily sway and dance and smile through the song. Its catchy as heck so singing along is sooooo tempting and fun when you do.
@mikelogan5629 Жыл бұрын
The Hooters were an amazing, fun, down to earth band. I remember my under age self seeing them at clubs around Philly. The Exton Drive-in was a few minutes from my college, now West Chester University, where I worked on the Program Board booking and supporting concerts, guest speakers, lecture series. We’d done a particularly good job on a concert event, the local promoter gifted our team a beach party starring The Hooters. They were huge in the area club scene. Great memories.
@maritamcnichol8849 Жыл бұрын
Philly's own "The Hooters". They were a good band. Really popular here.
@jamesgustafson3988 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing them play at the Ambler Cabaret and 23 East Cabaret numerous times back in the day.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
Were?? Try still are!!
@maritamcnichol8849 Жыл бұрын
@@lawrencedavis4406 Never a big fan, so I don't keep up with them. I met them in the early 80's at a Phillies fund raiser. Eric told me I had a beautiful name. LOL
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@maritamcnichol8849 you do, and nice guys, met em around 16 years ago when they played BB Kings when their reunion album Time Stand Still was released...
@claytondietl8136 Жыл бұрын
CONGRATS Jay & Amber! You've stumbled onto the curly fry surprise in the box of tater tots known as the '80's...the Hooters! This is a BANGER that I have loved since I first heard it waaay back in the day! The instrument is a Hohner Melodica, known as a "Hooter" from which the band got their name.
@jhawk96 Жыл бұрын
That has to be one of the best descriptions ever! Not gonna lie, probably will add it to my repertoire lol. With permission of course!
@claytondietl8136 Жыл бұрын
@@jhawk96 Feel free!
@tamarapetrov49909 ай бұрын
100% one of the best tunes of the 80s. Never fails to make me happy
@pmichaelreed103 Жыл бұрын
The epitome of heartland rock, an opening with mandolin and Melodica, then power chords and a synth riff, and it all blends together.
@wayoutofbounds Жыл бұрын
The Hooters are an amazing band with a unique sound. Their hit album “Nervous Night” spawned several singles, including “And We Danced”, that featured on the Top 40 charts as well as had several videos that were in heavy rotation during MTV’s heyday. Several Hooters fun facts: came out of the rich Philly music scene, are still together to this day, are HUGE in Japan and their lead keyboardist and one of the founding members, Rob Hyman, wrote the song “Time After Time”, which Cyndi Lauper took and turned into a Number One hit single. Love The Hooters!
@NijimaSan6 ай бұрын
I will never not love the transition from the melodica to the electric guitar at 1:52. Ever. It’s the musical equivalent to hitting the Turbo button on a Colonial Viper takeoff from Battlestar Galactica. 🚀
@garysteinert8040 Жыл бұрын
Being from Central Jersey, these guys were very big locally.
@williamcarr7347 Жыл бұрын
They rocked Live Aid in Philadelphia, even though they cut in halfway through the first song All You Zombies. Great Band.
@davezalinko1354 Жыл бұрын
Day By Day was my fav. Top 5 of the 80s. Best decade ever.
@fernachur Жыл бұрын
A melodica, also known as the pianica, is a sort of harmonica-keyboard hybrid where you blow air into it through a mouthpiece and, like an organ, pressing a key opens a hole and creates a note by making the reeds inside vibrate.
@cinavs21 Жыл бұрын
I loved The Hooters in the 80's. Finally going to get a chance to see them live on a fun 80's tour with Rick Springfield and Tommy Tutone. There are even more great songs from them to react to.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
Yep, great live band too...plus Rick is awesome (new album Automatic with 20 songs out on August 4) & Tommy Tutone are an underrated powerpop band, I'd go myself!!
@keithnesbit2446 Жыл бұрын
The cool instrument is a Hohner Medlodica.......They called it a "Hooter" hence the name of the band
@jlilley73 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs! In my mind I always pair it up with "Come Dancing" by the Kinks. They both sing about dancing, evoke nostalgia, and feature some unconventional rock music. And they're both such a joy to listen and bop to!
@robertlanier2235 Жыл бұрын
They reacted to Come Dancing if you've not seen it.
@jlilley73 Жыл бұрын
@@robertlanier2235 I have, thanks!
@moxielouise125 Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten all about this group…love this song! ❤ Thanks for jogging my memory. That’s one of the things I love about your channel 😊
@patriciamonsivaiz3305 Жыл бұрын
This song was HUGE in 1985 when I was in 10th grade. Such a fun song!
@wally9786 Жыл бұрын
Met them at a small club in New Hampshire in 1984 when they were just starting out. Fun High School memory.
@OctoberBret Жыл бұрын
Great band from Philadelphia! Still performing today! Thanks for checking them out!
@darrenhokanson1232 Жыл бұрын
Love this group and music! Outfield and Hooters gave a great mood with their music!
@pastorpain1969 Жыл бұрын
"All you zombies"was another great hooters song
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
You do know that the same team who produced that Hooters record also did the Outfield's Play Deep... coincidence??
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@pastorpain1969love Zombies, which evokes their Jewish roots...the song was also covered in 2007 by my fave female singer, German star Sandra (the voice of Enigma)...and her version hit #1 in Poland & has her kids on it...
@FrethKindheart Жыл бұрын
Definitely The Outfield (as well).
@heffiagametech8094 Жыл бұрын
The outfield put on a good concert.
@dianedavies8291 Жыл бұрын
This was filmed right outside Philly. The only reason I wasn’t there was I was pregnant. They opened up Live Aid here in Philly. ✌️❤️🎶
@chrisolivo6591 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in South Jersey, where was this video filmed?
@dianedavies8291 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisolivo6591 the Exton Drive In in Exton, Pa.
@spencerific936 ай бұрын
@@dianedavies8291No shit. That's right around the corner from me. Never knew Exton used to have a drive-in.
@DorkThink Жыл бұрын
I freaking LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. Dancing was everything in the 80's and this song embodies that! ✨
@BlaPunked-wn6ww Жыл бұрын
As a high school grad in 1985 I can tell you, without a doubt, It was an amazing time to be alive as a teenager. The feeling you get when hearing these kinds of songs. It was exactly that! Its so hard to put into words but the music nails it perfectly. We knew it even back then. It was a very special time.
@branmcg984411 ай бұрын
Yea '85 baby.
@Jude_196 Жыл бұрын
GREAT 80s TUNE!! So nostalgic!! In case you were wondering about the beginning....THAT brought back memories, too! You had to pay for each person in a car to get into the drive-in movies....so, we'd put people in the trunk to "sneak 'em in"!!! SO NAUGHTY - and, SO FUN!!! HUGS TO YOU-GUYS!! j* 😍😍😍😍😍😍
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
Wow, never knew that, thought the guy in the trunk was kidnapped!!
@jettyeaustin9774 Жыл бұрын
Oh, this song......such a memory. My husband was a musician with a rock band....my friend Rena's boyfriend was a member of that band. Rena & I went with the band everytime they played. Rena & I would dance almost the entire night together. One night we danced so much & so hard that we were soaking wet with sweat. The next night, Rena was murdered by a heroin addict who broke into her apartment while she was there. About a month later, this song came out. Whenever i hear it, I always have a good cry, then remember the awesome memory of dancing with her, and I dedicate it to her. Love you, Rena.
@shirleyjones9460 Жыл бұрын
I turned 60 today. I love the 80s. We had the best music and songs like this one sure bring back great memories
@juliewhite7469 Жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Shirley 🥳🥳🥳
@shirleyjones9460 Жыл бұрын
@@juliewhite7469 thank you 😊
@lisafults6683 Жыл бұрын
Saw them with Loverboy at the Roundhouse in Chattanooga, TN … sometime in the 80s. Both were great live.
@BAD46660 Жыл бұрын
Love these guys. Lived in Delaware as a kid in Newark where the university of DE is located. These guys played several weekends each month in the early 80's. Rob Hyman wrote Time after Time that became a Cyndi Lauper hit.
@seanswinton6242 Жыл бұрын
Very lucky! I only saw them live 2 times. I met them at Live Aid in Philly before the album broke. I later saw them on their "Nervous Night" tour. We wanted them to play our university Spring Fling in '86. It was a toss up between them and The Outfield. Crowded House was also wanted, but The Outfield being foreign bands, were too expensive. Hooters weren't available. The Hooters were blasting from dorm rooms and Apts around campus. I have them permanently on my playlists because "Nervous Night" is flawless.
@jasonremy1627 Жыл бұрын
I graduated from UD in 1998.
@roo28886 ай бұрын
Was a senior in high school and man how we danced to this song. Miss the 80’s when music was happy and about love.
@mav2knight Жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite dance songs in the mid 80s. Always loved it. So catchy and you can really move to this on the floor....
@josephpearce3650 Жыл бұрын
You need to check out WHERE DO THE CHILDREN GO. Patty Smyth is guest background vocalist. Really thought provoking song
@mikecasper4203 Жыл бұрын
That song always brings tears in my eyes, but in a good way.
@stephentaylor6617 Жыл бұрын
Plus “All You Zombies “
@PhoenixRisen63 Жыл бұрын
YAY! A Hooters reaction! This whole album was very unique and cool.
@carlgibbons5777 Жыл бұрын
So was the album after this one. I may like it even better.
@daynagillham7393 Жыл бұрын
Omg...I had forgotten all about this group and I even remember the words...wow the great memories!!!
@owlbuquerqueturkey Жыл бұрын
Their song "Satellite" is another good one. It has this whole Celtic/80's synth thing going on, that you can't help but dance to.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
Catchy as hell and the bonus is it's a hilarious satire on televangelists with a fun controversial video to match...it was their 1 hit in the UK, did it on Top of the Pops...
@moomoopuppy508 Жыл бұрын
That breath-powered keyboard/harmonica is called a MELODICA.
@vickyrobertson3166 Жыл бұрын
I am 51 years old so I grew up in the 80's. I love all music but I still believe that was the best time for music.
@dannydub-u1y Жыл бұрын
You two have been taking me through memory lane lately. Thank you for bringing me so many smiles and re-living so many songs of my younger years!!!
@michellecasey5752 Жыл бұрын
This song still slaps. Totally loved your review!
@cocoboobenstein Жыл бұрын
Love Amber’s huge smile when the chorus starts. You guys are great.
@mangerinegirl Жыл бұрын
This is one of those songs that still holds up 40ish years later. It rocks just as hard now but also gives that nostalgic vibe. It’s one that I never skip over when it comes up. My other favorite by them is “Day By Day”, would love to see a reaction to that one.
@MRoyClark Жыл бұрын
That instrument is called a melodica. It's an acoustic instrument that integrates elements of woodwinds and organs, not unlike the accordion or harmonica. It's mostly used in Dub Reggae, but in the 80s it was also used in lots of Pop/Rock and even Synthpop (New Order and Depeche Mode used it in a few songs each). In the intro, break, and outro it is played alongside a mandolin. The Hooters were great. They were one of many Heartland Rock acts (Springsteen, Petty, Seger, Hornsby, etc) on the radio during the 80s singing about nostalgia for decades gone by and teenage love. Fun fact, two years earlier, they were also the backing band on Cyndi Lauper's HUMONGOUS hit LP She's So Unusual, which featured the hits "Time After Time", "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Money Changes Everything", and "She-Bop" (plus her amazing cover of Prince's "When U Were Mine"). They didn't have a ton of huge hits, but their follow-up single to "And We Danced" (1985/US#21) was "Day by Day" (1986/US#18) and charted even higher, becoming their only US Top20 hit.
@joannecunliffe8067 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite tracks of all time! The Hooters are an awesome band. "Why can't we have music like this any more?" Exactly. If anybody from a music company watches reaction videos, you should be listening to comments like this. That's why there are far more sales of historic music than up-to-date tracks. People want to listen to decent music in which the band really can play their instruments, don't have to be autotuned and don't build tracks pieced together from a hundred takes. That takes talent, musicianship, song writing skills and stagecraft. The Hooters have all that.
@janethernandez724 Жыл бұрын
👏👏💕 I still love this song! Yes, I agree, a great song for Summer! Jay says: "Why can't we have music like that anymore?" I must say, those of us who were teenagers in the 1980s had many choices in music to listen too, a lot of interesting genres to choose from within our reach! It was an awesome decade of music for sure. I enjoyed your reaction! ☮ and 💕
@joeydee8264 Жыл бұрын
Btw that instrument is a Mandolin. Diamond Rio who you reacted to yesterday is well known to have it featured in most of their songs. Soooo I remember like it was yesterday. They were an unknown band who SOMEHOW got on the lineup at the Biggest LIVE Concert event in history in the Summer of 85 ... LIVE AID. It's where famously Queen is said to have the greatest live performance of all time. Anyway ... The Hooters got exposure and became pretty big right after because of it with 2 big hits. This being one of them.
@karlsmith2570 Жыл бұрын
To answer your question, Jay: That instrument is called a Melodica, it's often referred to as "A Hooter", hence the name of the band
@cindyv1401 Жыл бұрын
The Hooters 💯💯💯 I used to go see them in local Philly bars years ago before the were known ‼️‼️‼️❣️❣️
@gkiferonhs Жыл бұрын
The instrument Jay was asking about is called a melodica. Have a Tenacious Tuesday!!
@Metalphysicalpodcast Жыл бұрын
They also call it a hooter.
@richardkint6531 Жыл бұрын
Hey Jay, that instrument is called a Meladaka, but it has other names as well. Love the Hooters! Need to play "Day By Day" or "All You Zombies" from them. I remember summers at the Drive-In as a teen and we would stuff people in the trunk to sneak in because the theater would charge by person. Gotta save some money for the popcorn, Right?😂
@payleighsteele1540 Жыл бұрын
Melodica. Donald Fagen of Steely Dan plays one during shows.
@trishgift7959 Жыл бұрын
This song was everywhere when I was young!! The Hooters were a local Philly-area band so every station played any song they released.
@RobertoSantana61 Жыл бұрын
I was in Germany at the time (Army), and both the Army stations and the German stations were playing Hooters music like crazy. So they went beyond Philly.
@kellybrown8830 Жыл бұрын
I listened to this during the summer going into my senior year of high school!! Thanks so much for the memories. They came flooding back! What a great time to be a teenager the 80s rocked.🤘We had the best music 👍no era will ever beat it.!!!
@johnmarion6200 Жыл бұрын
Brings back a lot of good memories from the mid eighties. Check out All You Zombies, next. ✌️🇨🇦
@richwelling3409 Жыл бұрын
The instrument you were looking at is called a melodica. It also has a nickname: a hooter. That instrument is what gave the group its name.
@susanwheeler1019 Жыл бұрын
What memories I seen these guys open up for Brian Adams. It was a outside concert in upstate NY oh to be young again in the 80’s. Thank you for the happiness this brought me!!
@tomherd34 Жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in 86. What a great time. I feel sorry for today's kids.
@amputeeright Жыл бұрын
They were so under-rated. They were fabulous in concert. If you want another great song, try "Where Do The Children Go"
@brianthornber331911 ай бұрын
Not were. Saw them 2 nights ago. Only a 10 song set, but they were fantastic.
@The80sCat Жыл бұрын
Love this one - simple, innocent song about young romance. "The room is spinning as she whispers my name", it doesn't get any better than that. "Don't Take My Car Out Tonight" is their best song IMO.
@randall5076 Жыл бұрын
This is a great dance song, I remember it well from the 1980s when I was partying down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Good times😅
@mariannemabie9274 Жыл бұрын
At the Button ❤🎉
@randall5076 Жыл бұрын
I used to go to that bar all the time on A1A. I also seem to remember that they had another place called the Button South.
@Wolverines77 Жыл бұрын
Yet another "GREAT" song from my senior year of high school. I cannot believe it only made it to #21 on the Billboard Top 100. The instrument at the beginning is called a "melodica". We had some GREAT music all over the different genre's in the middle 80's. Living most of that time frame as an American military brat less than 100 miles from the Iron Curtain, we felt that the world "on the brink" was beginning to change for the better. Just a few, short, years I ater, the Iron Curtain and the Warsaw Pact collapsed... Truly a wonderous time to be a youngster...
@jaybaker149 Жыл бұрын
That was one hell of a band back in the day. Great concerts! That thing is a “Hooter.” A melodica.
@edcrandall2048 Жыл бұрын
OMG!!! I heard this song on the radio today and was like this would be a great one for you guys to react to. I was like 11 or 12 when I saw this band live at the sub base in Groton Connecticut😂😂😂
@michaelp2776 Жыл бұрын
For me there are just some songs that really bring back memories of my childhood. This is one of those songs. And yes I did dance to this as a kid.
@k.c.linehan8896 Жыл бұрын
love this song! My wife was almost crying. She was an 80's girl, now married 33+ with a 30 yr. old daughter, and a granddaughter
@michellemccall6511 Жыл бұрын
Always loved this! Such a feel good song.😊
@psiclone23 Жыл бұрын
They were the band that helped Cyndi Lauper with “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”.
@rubyswaim1441 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was trying to remember the Cindy Lauper connection!
@dcsparky64 Жыл бұрын
The Hooters Rob Hyman co wrote Time after Time. Robert Hazard (another Philly artist) wrote "Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
@psiclone23 Жыл бұрын
@@dcsparky64 - Thx! I knew that Hooters members had more involvement with Cyndi’s music, but I wasn’t sure of the details enough to add it in with my comment.
@ericbrett30958 ай бұрын
I was in the service when this song came out and I was stationed in SoCal. It was a happier time with happier music.
@endresnildal223 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Finally the Hooters. It`s the one I have suggested the most as a new band to discover on this channel waiting and waiting a couple of years. The same goes with the band The Rainmakers, which I also hope will get reactions too as well in the future, but very happy to get The Hooters for now. I do like many songs of them even more than "And We Danced", so I really hope now that you will be curious enough about this band to continue doing their songs. Their cover of "500 Miles" (with additional lyrics) is wonderful, but I`m sure you will also get recommendations for my other favorites, "All You Zombies", "Where Do The Children Go" and "Johnny B". I prefer these to the popular "Satellite", but please do them all. "Give the Music Back" is the hidden gem I personally would have loved to see your reaction to the most, but unfortunately will probably not get so much attention to get recommened enough by others? But hopefully you will hear it some day. You will abosolutely love all the different instruments and the lyrics.
@RobertoSantana61 Жыл бұрын
I suggest them about 5 times myself
@robertcrawford1791 Жыл бұрын
I love this joyful song. This whole album (Nervous Nights) is great!
@MP-od1zz Жыл бұрын
They still play today, and i see them in concert every year. Such a fun great band from my hometown. Hope you do more songs from them. They helped Cyndi Lauper and wrote Time after Time for her and they wrote One of Us for Joan Osbourne.
@frauleinmona Жыл бұрын
Rob Hyman wrote "Time After Time" with Cyndi Lauper. The band didn't write it for her. It was co-written by her and Rob. And Eric Bazillion wrote "One Of Us". Just thought you'd like to know.😊🙏💖🍀 *I edited my comment because I wanted to add an extra sentence.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@frauleinmonathe key is that the Hooters were the backup band on Cyndi's big album She's So Unusual, so it was total collaboration...which is why that album was so good...
@frauleinmona Жыл бұрын
@@lawrencedavis4406 Yes, but the op said that The Hooters wrote "Time After Time" for Cyndi Lauper and they didn't. Rob Hyman and her wrote it together.😊 And yes, I know that Rick Chertoff The Hooters producer and Eric Bazilion played on her debut album 'She's So Unusual'.👌
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
@@frauleinmona correct, you & both know the truth, the op had it wrong...
@pamnicklas5536 Жыл бұрын
I saw the Hooters in 1983 while they were touring with the Kinks... they really are a great live band!
@Skeezer66 Жыл бұрын
The weird looking instrument is a HOOTER!! They were a Philadelphia group in the 80's, and took their name from that instrument. They were voted Band of the Year, had a few hits, but their biggest success was writing "Time After Time" which Cyndi Lauper made HUGE!
@alissageorge5679 Жыл бұрын
He’s playing a Melodica. It’s kind of like a harmonica. It’s a reed instrument but has a 3 octave keyboard. Pretty cool sounding.
@allendixon7700 Жыл бұрын
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@allendixon7700 Жыл бұрын
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@allendixon7700 Жыл бұрын
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@Ziliman802 Жыл бұрын
Such a feel good song! Always turns a bad day to so much better! Thanks for picking this
@scruffdog95 Жыл бұрын
Got to see these guys live a few times in the mid-80's and they never disappointed. Such a great live band! Always a fun show! The instrument is a Melodica.
@randypowers2503 Жыл бұрын
You’re right,they were fantastic live. I also saw them a couple times in Pittsburgh.They opened for Loverboy and actually stole the show and got see them a few later with Bryan Adam’s and didn’t disappoint that night either
@rofocale666Күн бұрын
There’s. a lot of fantastic memories of this song posted in the comments section of the official music clip on KZbin… …. Some of the commenters so powerfully describe their memories of their youth associated with this song that it brings a tear to the eye….
@GinaGeeILuvu Жыл бұрын
I love this song! It just makes you feel good! It has an infectious sound and you can’t help but move!❤❤
@larrywilliams5014 Жыл бұрын
This brings back memories from this time. The Hooters were fun and quirky. Good stuff.
@SuburbanSavage Жыл бұрын
The Hooters are Philadelphia royalty! They are totally beloved here and still perform. I'm showing my age here, but I saw The Hooters open for U2 at The Tower Theater, which is a small venue. The next year U2 were playing arenas.
@chuckjohnson5235 Жыл бұрын
That song was huge! No matter what station you tuned the radio to, that song was playing
@rulebs Жыл бұрын
So glad you finally got around to the Hooters. One of my favorite's from the 80's. Saw them open for Bryan Adams . Next song, Day By Day . By the way Jay, you're right, I hear this song and think of the summer of 1985 when the song came out . They also played this song at Live Aid in Philadelphia
@deborahcurry1014 Жыл бұрын
That instrument is a hooter 🙂 I saw them in concert in 1986 here in Maine. They opened for Loverboy Great band!
@davidgump1509 Жыл бұрын
I saw them open for Loverboy also(they blew them off the stage). One of the best opening acts I ever had the pleasure of seeing. They did a slowed down version of "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" with 2 mandolins that was frickin incredible!
@lovinlorne Жыл бұрын
I had totally forgotten about this song! That's the great thing about this and other reaction channels. So many forgotten songs are revived.
@michaelburggraf2822 Жыл бұрын
The Hooters were really big here in Germany in the 1980ies and they're still being played by my favourite radio station from time to time. About 8 years ago they came to play live in Ravensburg, a fantastic concert.
@jamesmadden6434 Жыл бұрын
That mystery instrument in the beginning is known as a "Hooter" and they use it quite a bit. They got their start in the Philly/South Jersey area and were big enough in the 80's to play at Live Aide. They have a lot of great songs and collaborated with Cindy Lauper on several songs, most notably :Time After Time"
@frauleinmona Жыл бұрын
Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper wrote "Time After Time".😊
@3DJapan Жыл бұрын
Philly native here. Never heard a melodica called that before.
@lawrencedavis4406 Жыл бұрын
The whole She's So Unusual album had the Hooters as her backing band on it, also their producer & partner Rick Chertoff produced it too, and that album got the band their own record deal with Epic/Portrait sister label Columbia...
@vicprovost2561 Жыл бұрын
Saw them open for Brian Adams back in the 80s, they were excellent and had a sound all their own. Very nice song, this was a nice surprise. Speaking of Brian Adams, try the Summer of 69, great rocking tune, he also put on a fine show. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
@meggiles6848 Жыл бұрын
You are so right. You brought me back to dancing with my friends to this song in the 1980's. Amber, I bet your Mom danced to this. I bet the kids would have fun dancing to it especially the girls.
@FortCasimirhoney Жыл бұрын
Man the memories! I was in high school in the 80s. Just imagine was school dances were like with all this amazing music. We were very lucky.