THE 80's!| FIRST TIME HEARING M - Pop Muzik REACTION

THE 80's!| FIRST TIME HEARING M - Pop Muzik REACTION
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[@jco207]

To this day, if I hear someone say "New York, London" I shout back "Paris, Munich." This song is guaranteed to get people on the dance floor.

[@joiedevivre2005]

Same dude, same.

[@jaewok5G]

🎶 _everybody talk about mmm pop music!_

[@russelhamm3727]

So true, same thing!

[@rosiebarker6285]

You have to, right? 😂

[@JRcomments]

Shoobiedooa

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

This song is a jumpstart to the 80’s ❤️🔥❤️ The Cars, Gary Numan, Blondie,Herbie Hancock,Devo,(New wave) Evolution of music from the 60’s to the 70’s to the 80’s was so dynamic ❤️ I’m glad I got to experience it all 🔥 …….not silly music Jay, creative Pop Muzic ❤️🔥❤️ P.S. Roller skating Jam back in the day ! 🛼🛼🛼🛼

[@houngandave]

sorry mike, but no. devo and the cars came before. devo was born from the kent state massacre. so were the pretenders, actually. do a little research.

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

@@houngandave 🤡 I put them all in a group , that’s why I listed them all together 🤡 boy ! I know who came first or second 🤡 boy…… I’m from Boston and seen the cars in 1977. They are in fact from the Back Bay in Boston…… M was just 1 of the bands 1979 before the 80’s 🤡 boy ! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@guymartin6514]

Settle guys, play nice :)

[@theodoreritola7641]

cars was number 1 in 1979 in the UK

[@helindove2237]

I knew this song would come on this channel one day. I think it's as iconic as the song "Video Killed The Radio Star", the first video on MTV. And songs that you haven't heard yet: "Wordy Rappinghood" (1981) by Tina Weymouth's Tom Tom Club, Lipps Inc. with "Funkytown" (1980) and "Pump Up The Volume" by M/A/R/R/S (1987).

[@houngandave]

let's not forget genius of love.

[@iaincowell9747]

Love Missile F1-1

[@theodoreritola7641]

funky town also 79 lol

[@andyhinds542]

This track is 44 years old and still sounds ahead of its time. A pure new wave classic. Imagine a 44 year old song in 1979. It'd be a gramophone record from 1935.

[@Bryt25]

Although try the Brits' revival of 1920's 'Pasadena' and Blackbottom' by the Temperance Seven in the early 60s. Lots of fun and great musicians.

[@joanbecenti8938]

When this song came out, it was so different. If any song put a end to the 1970’s, and ushered in the 1980’s, this was one of them. Heavy rotation on MTV at the time. In my opinion, we need this creativity, catchiness and quirkiness back in music. Music now is in such a bad state of affairs.

[@ginamarie4371]

I love how Amber "gets it" and almost immediately starts doing some funky chair dancing and Jay is like "what the ...??" Watched it 3 times already and laughed each time.

[@kimcutts6153]

This was HUGE here in the UK 🇬🇧 back then. A great song to dance 💃 to. ❤

[@VIDSTORAGE]

In the US it was huge also.. At the place we went to party it was played on the bar jukebox way too much by the girl crowd and the guys were sick of it after a month or more and asked the bar owner to take it out of the machine ..lol. The 45 single had to have been carved out after that many plays ..

[@daleofficer1709]

We loved it here in the states as well. I’m surprised M never had any more hits here after this one. I always liked “Moonlight And Muzak” as well.

[@dwainwilder7337]

This was huge in the US as well! Great beat!

[@Tropicaya]

Back then we had never heard ANYTHING like this: not just synth-pop but just the bounciness, the voice, the background vocals, it was simply out of the box amazing.

[@ednicholson7839]

For many of us this song and Gary Numan's "Cars" were the first "synth" songs we'd ever heard -- pretty sure it was 1979 for both. Earlier stuff I didn't hear until later were songs by Kraftwerk ("The Robots" and "Trans Europe Express") -- the pioneers of electronic music -- but also Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" which came out in '77. Of course the 70s synth stuff doesn't really sound "80s" -- but I tend to like it more.

[@rickycole6327]

Pop Muzik is from 1979 Cars is from 1980.

[@screwyootube1]

@@rickycole6327 Actually, Cars came out in 1979.

[@jessicabelle2011]

Soft Cell Tainted Love was the first I remember.

[@shannonkoelbl909]

I had a couple of Kraftwerk's cd's back in high school.

[@ednicholson7839]

@@screwyootube1 I think Ricky is right in that Cars was released/charted in the US in 1980 - but ‘79 in the UK

[@lela7252]

The 80’s were so fun! I’m so fortunate I lived through this music time period!!!

[@kingjulien8699]

Its from the 70s! Came out in 1979...

[@JRcomments]

Just a few months from the 80's. Basically the 80's started in '78-'79 music-wise. It's when you began to see music branch out in all sorts of directions. Electronics opened up a whole other world from metal to hip hop.

[@dancarter482]

Plastic Bertrand

[@kadiummusic]

Absolutely... when the F word was FUN! 75-85, the greatest decade in pop! 😎

[@theodoreritola7641]

THIS WAS 79 AND YES THE 70DZ were Justas good hands down feet to lol

[@foreveralone11w]

Now you NEED to hear “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” by The Human League. It’s the true epitome of 80s ❤

[@seanswinton6242]

And "Mirror Man"

[@Chris.Davis.2]

Human league was definitely different.

[@monkeysuncle2816]

Don't You Want Me, Louise

[@georgedominguez255]

Yes! My favorite!

[@checkthecircuit]

When I was young I absolutely loved the song don't you want me because it felt like a movie story I still love that song

[@alanstrom2221]

M was a guy called Robin Scott. He retired very young with the royalties from this massive #1 Hit song. This is one of the smartest songs ever written. DEVO & The B-52s were already in full flight in 1979.

[@butterflymama0838]

I was 10 when this song came out. My 5th grade music teacher was so cool! He would give us 5 choices of songs. We would write down which one we wanted. He would then count the votes and play the song that had the most votes. This song was so fun! Imagine a bunch of 9&10 year old kids singing and dancing around the big music room. Ahh...thanks for those memories, J & Amber!! ❣️

[@joannecunliffe8067]

I was 12 and had just started secondary school (UK). All the trendies thought it was so "Eww!" and terrible. Most of us LOVED IT ❤❤❤and didn't care as did it!

[@DeAnne1233]

Imagine how many kids were dancing around the house to.. Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na Na Na Na back then 😂

[@bertisjordan1085]

​@@DeAnne1233, I was one of those kids!

[@joannecunliffe8067]

@@DeAnne1233 Presume you mean the MCR song? (kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5iqaJmfep1sf7c). My kids (10 and 7 at the time) did because they loved how shouty it was ... and was an excuse for them to be LOUD! My daughter became a massive MCR fan as a teen.

[@DeAnne1233]

@@joannecunliffe8067 No, I wasn’t… I was talking about This song, M- Pop Music. Here try this… La La La La La La La La La, La La La La La La La… as a 9 year old I always sang it as Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, it was funny.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I always thought of it as Europop---so many of the songs in the genre came through European groups. Back in 1979 we didn't classify it as "synth pop" ; it all seemed as if electronic-oriented groups like M and Kraftwerk were stepping in with their own take on disco/new wave---it was made for dancing, and very catchy. Giorgio Moroder, as a German-Italian, contributed a lot to a European interpretation of electronic disco.

[@annahanguiano8931]

As I always say, I never left the 80's, the 80's left me. Lol long live synthpop ❤

[@kbrewski1]

It was released in 79, but you can have it. Mindless dreck.

[@stevenjohnson4190]

The 80s was for those who missed the 60s

[@shannonnichols3415]

Same! I tight rolled my jeans (and other pants) probably until 2000!

[@paulhanson5164]

@@stevenjohnson4190 True, I was born in '64 and spent a chunk of the 80s riding a Lambretta around England wishing I'd been old enough to be a Mod and a Hippy. In retrospect I think if you were a teen in the 60s, 70s or 80s you were damned lucky...Very very happy days.

[@stevenjohnson4190]

@@paulhanson5164 happy happy days indeed

[@stevenbentley310]

Wow, haven't heard this one in YEARS! When it came out, pretty much everyone was influenced to move to it. Nice to know it still has that impact, all these years later.

[@Asian_Jeremy]

This song is so catchy you can’t help but bop to it, lol…Another quirky cool 80s band y’all should check out is The Escape Club, “Wild, Wild West”

[@kenclan464]

Yes!!

[@megdelaney3677]

YES! I love that song!

[@gbh0031]

Yes

[@stephenulmer3781]

Great Suggestion ☺

[@donferoce5652]

"Wild, Wild West" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in November, 1988, making them the only British artist to have a number one hit in the U.S. without charting in the U.K.

[@bennychristensen4314]

Thanks a lot guys! I haven’t heard this song for many years. And now thanks to you I haven’t been able to get this ear worm out of my head. It was one of the first big MTV hits for a reason.😂

[@mossyman65]

You guy have to remember in April 1979 when this came out the charts had been full of Disco & Punk Rock so this new sound blew our minds. The following month "Are friends Electric" hit the charts and shot to Number 1, Tubeway army were fronted by Gary Numan and this was the start of the deeper full on synth music in the UK. However the German group Kraftwerk are widely credited as being the innovators and pioneers of synth music and they would finally get a UK number 1 hit record in 1982 with "The Model".

[@deborahpaley21]

The Model is great.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Whilst what you say is quite true, if you listen to Kraftwerks stuff like Autobahn, Trans Europe Express and Tour de France. You'll hear music that was literally EVERYWHERE in the 70's and early 80's!

[@mossyman65]

@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars Yes but you also have to remember that Autobahn was first recorded in 1972 & The Model in 78, all before Pop Muzik.

[@RIXRADvidz]

This Song was a Sensation back in the day, different from everything else on the radio. Glad you found this one !! it made me Smile. !

[@monkeysuncle2816]

Same time as "Cars" by Gary Neumann

[@neilgill1639]

Like everyone else, this song was such fun to sing to and dance to on the disco floor even in Melbourne, Australia. I haven't heard it for ages, so it was great to hear it and see you guys bopping to it too 😂😊

[@surlechapeau]

One of the one-hit wonders from 1979.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Turning Japanese- the Vapors

[@thrusta100]

Baby it’s You, Promises...

[@maryandreana1753]

​@@scottlaughlin9897 YES!! @robsquadreaction you need to do the vapors turning Japanese!!!!

[@CVBASEBALLCARDCOLLECTOR]

M was A Radio DJ.

[@dermot2747]

Not a one hit wonder in the UK. Moonlight & Muzak was another M hit song here and in Europe.

[@TeleNikon]

Don't know any kid who didn't love this tune immediately upon hearing it on the radio in '79 or seeing that video on the earliest days of MTV in like, 1981.

[@theodoreritola7641]

VIDEOS KILLED THE RADIO STAR THE BUGGLES 1979 ROCK LOBSTER B52S 1979 LOTS AND LOTS OF 79 GREATNESS

[@iangudgin6536]

For another piece of addictive synthpop you should try "Einstein a Go-Go" by Landscape and "The Model" by Kraftwerk, who are widely considered the fathers of synthpop and also Techno and Trance

[@coachtomas]

I just recommended Einstein a Go Go in my comment too !

[@PedroConejo1939]

I would recommend Monsoon with Ever So Lonely.

[@RocketRic14]

I loved it when I first heard it and played the 45 over and over until my mother told me she was banning the song in the house, but yeah Robin Scott is very instrumental in opening the door for New Wave

[@melprophet1936]

When I think of this song, I always think of Cars by Gary Neuman for some reason. I don't know of they were the same year, but they go together in my brain.

[@kelqueen9998]

I'm pretty sure they were because they were both on an album I had called "Rock 80" but I think all the songs were from '78-80.

[@melprophet1936]

@@kelqueen9998 I think so too...great years for music!

[@pipe2devnull]

also Are Friends Electric by Numan.

[@tommoore8726]

The 1980's were FUN. A booming economy, low crime, lots of good entry level and mid level jobs. The pop music reflected the times. It was a great time to go clubbin' in the cities where you found tons of young people who were riding this wave. No cynicism, no dystopian culture, no woke, no cancel, no polarism. Just fun times.

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

You don't even no what woke means and the 80's weren't great for everyone. Take off your rose coloured glasses. It's embarrassing.

[@charmaine1884]

I take it you’re not from the north of England

[@tommoore8726]

@@charmaine1884 No I am not. That is why I have plenty of room for groups such as The Clash. When it comes to art and music I believe we can walk and chew gum at the same time.

[@fortyfivekva]

So glad I was hitting the night clubs when music like this was big. Need to give "Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing" a listen

[@andyhinds542]

An absolute classic!

[@melissaatkin-ivanovich169]

That song is absolute banger

[@johnjacques5880]

I have Politics of dancing on 12”. It’s a perfect record and a crime it was never a bigger hit!

[@coot1925]

The 80s was a time of musical tech innovation. I've over 45 years as a session musician working in studios and the invention of MIDI (musical instrument digital interphase) and digital synths such as the Yamaha DX7 really changed everything., Being able to connect a limitless amount of keyboards, drum machines and samplers together with a sequencer or a bit later a computer was an absolute blast. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

[@theodoreritola7641]

You mean 79 I hope you have more knolage 80s kids love to song napp 70s songs lol

[@megdelaney3677]

📜Y'all are ticking down my list! Thanks! X -Heart and Soul - T'Pau X -One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head X -Our House - Madness X -The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats In a Big Country -Big Country Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox Wild Wild West - The Escape Club X-Pop Muzik - M Under The Milky Way - The Church Tainted Love - Soft Cell She's So High - Tal Bachman Wouldn’t it Be Good - Nik Kershaw Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo 99 Red Balloons 99 Luftballons -Nena

[@dalelawrence8374]

Great list of songs

[@echobeefpv8530]

Great list, can I add " Unguarded Moment " by The Church " as well ? Mexican radio fo sure !!

[@mikenichols3965]

Yes, Mexican Radio!

[@leephillips2837]

this is a great list. I add Der Komissar by Falco and Amedeous by Falco ~ the first synth-pop-rap in German

[@TammyBeth1015]

love your list. In the same vein... Tarzan Boy Somebody's Watching Me West End Girls and also, while not goofy like these, I never miss a chance to promote "Life in a Northern Town"

[@randywissler9923]

Damn i remember very vividly skating to this in the late 70's!! Those were most definitely the good ol days!!

[@kimcutts6153]

Talking about M, there was a fabulous group from the 90s called M-People. "Moving On Up" 1993. "Search For The Hero" 1994. 2 of their biggest hits for you to start with. ❤🎶🎼🇬🇧

[@JohnLovesSpain]

Heather small fantastic voice 🎤

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@shaunsmith2914moving on up is fantastic 😊

[@alisonboydell7143]

I love m people

[@22tango79]

talk about pop music..Spring Session M, the 1982 album by Missing Pesons is another stunning 🎉 work of art y’all should check out-some of those hits where seminal MTV and new wave hits. They’ve got some excellent live KZbin videos (former players with Frank Zappa).

[@TheNgandrew]

If you're liking a bit of synth pop, may I recommend 'Are Friends Electric?' by Gary Numan. It's a great song, but also has the coolest synthesiser riff. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbSoWykqrmGqMk

[@joshtackentien6552]

I was going to suggest this as well.

[@scottmoore9063]

I remember hearing this song for the first time. Coming from the disco age, it was quirky and rather refreshing, and I fell in love with it. Bought the 45 (how many kids know what that means these days) and played it over and over.

[@playmeri]

I remember it was a yellow label.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Yes! I heard this on the radio when I was in 8th grade, and it was so completely different than those disco songs that had been so dominant in the four years prior. I also had the 45. When my big brother and sister didn’t love it like I did, well, that was the first hint that our music tastes had diverged. They never liked synth-pop or New Wave, whereas that was my jam!

[@jlcutright0723]

Same here! Played it on my faux denim portable record player :-D

[@ezpzeee]

Me too-- MY JAM, and nobody in my family got it! But I did not care.

[@PoorBox]

My older brother sent this clip to me, because I replayed the 45 relentlessly.

[@robinakym2356]

‘New York, London, Paris, Munich everybody talk about mmm pop music’ a GenX catchphrase

[@FredPena-rd5cf]

Robsquad, try 'Mental Hopscotch' by Missing Persons. Have you tried 'Cars' by Gary Numan? How about '19' by Paul Hardcastle? How about 'A E I O U' by Ebn Ozn?

[@TheLonMead]

Fun fact: the models in black are not singing; the female backup is provided by the woman you see in the blue dress, who was Robin Scott's wife Brigit, at the time pregnant with their daughter Berenice.

[@Xman156]

Jay, Amber, if you like 80s synthpop then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do Fascination by The Human League! It was a hit and it was a real earworm! Great bass riffs included! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@missratner]

I was an elementary school kid in a bowling league when this was popular. To this day, I can’t hear this song without hearing bowling pins being crashed into in the background- that’s how strong the connection is

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

That's the neat thing about music. Certain songs can give you that nostalgic feeling when you get older. For example, if I hear "Woman" by Legs Diamond, it reminds me of when I lived in San Antonio and Cibolo.

[@kenbongaards554]

Now that's a unique childhood memory!!

[@professornuke7562]

Really? It's a roller skating rink for me.

[@sf0tacticalguy]

I was 11 when this came out. My mom just looked at me, with her mouth open, when I played this on the record player. Love the way that Amber just immediately drops into enjoying this.

[@jmac3977]

“Record player”” says it all

[@warrenjohn]

Love Amber dancing on this video 👍

[@KenFullman]

Ah yes. I remember it well. In the charts the same year we had "Can you feel the force" by The Real Thing. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. "Hit me with your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Drury. "Cool for Cats" by Squeeze. "Olivers Army" by Elvis Costello. Not forgetting Queen who were in they heyday. So much good music in the 1970s

[@ginettetrudel716]

Well, as a 54 yr old woman I can tell you this was a huge hit back then! Brings me wayyyyy back! 😅 Thanks for reacting to this song! 😊 And as a request, please React more to some Dr. Hook!! 🙏 They're my favorites. 💜

[@wendypeeps]

I'm the same age you are. It's funny to think of how this song came out when we were 10 years old and we were bopping to it! Didn't the song Born To Be Alive come out around the same time? And yes to more Dr. Hook!

[@darrellberger4066]

I just turned 57 feels weird to be this old doesn't it

[@andreadeamon6419]

I just turned 56. I miss the older music

[@echobeefpv8530]

58 here, and I don't care, I still listen to all this great stuff, as most of today's music leaves me cold. 60's, , 70's and 80's is my go to. Lots of radio , apps,etc. have music that suits me. Rap / hip hop etc just has no appeal for me, and I've tried, for my nephew's sake.

[@ginettetrudel716]

@@wendypeeps it is! I loved music since I was a toddler, and being raised with 5 older siblings, 70s music was a huge part of my listenings. Imo, 70s & 80s music was the best of all time!! 🥰

[@mikeharvey3551]

"Der Kommissar" by Falco is another 80's oiginal sound and "mexican radio" by wall of voodoo, and The Vapors - "Turning Japanese", and Soft Cell - "Tainted Love", and Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy", and Animotion - "Obsession", and Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science" to name a few of the iconic 80's one hit wonders

[@theodoreritola7641]

This was not 80s IN REALITY

[@iamlrrr8282]

This song, even when first released, became an earworm! Don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing

[@bethepperson5363]

My thoughts exactly! I was a total hippy rocker in the seventies, but this song got in my head! LOL

[@alexhorsburgh5986]

The guy behind M was Robin Scott and they had a couple of quirky minor hits but this one was huge in 1979 and a number 2 hit in the UK.. Unbelievably catchy and almost a parody of the electronic music that was starting to become popular. An 80s hit before the 80s had started ..Infact 1978 and 1979 in the UK was the start of 80s music. There were so many quirky tracks like the M track back then.. Seek out the band Quantum Jump and the track The Lone Ranger and After The Fire with the song One Rule For You...Examples of the 80s in the late 70s. British music then was just so inventive. There are so many great tracks you've yet to discover from that era but loved your reaction to M because it kind of blew your minds. 😂❤👍

[@theodoreritola7641]

U MEAN LATE 70s music lol

[@humpycub]

Yes, I was there. I was riding in the car with friends in 1979 and this came on the radio and we were like What? Damn this is awesome! True story.

[@carlospagoaga321]

thank you guys as always for reacting on this iconic songs which they did left a huge mark on the 80S music history we all know the Video Killed The Radio Star was the very first song played on MTV when it first started but Pop Musik by M its basically the pioneers and the godfathers of what we know nowdays as pop music and it came along with a huge massive of great groups bands and solo performances and even though it's been two years since you guys started the channel still a long road with this legendary and iconic songs like Small Town Boy by the Broski Beat ( Jimmy Somerville ) back in 19884 , Pump Up The Volume by M/A/R/R/S back in 1987 , i mean there's all different genres of music from Pop to Country and Rock from all over the glove i strongly suggest you guys to react on 99 Red Balloons by Nena an 80S Pop German group and Major Tom by Peter Schilling also German and totally an iconic song from back in 1983 and the list goes on an on you guys have way too much homework to do and thank you once again from bringing back all this amazing songs and moments in our lifes

[@jaimiewarren8687]

This was always being played in our aerobics class! This is quintessential 80’s! 😁 Life was so much simpler and fun back then. I’m so happy I was a teenager in the 80’s ❤This was the first decade where you were free to be totally weird and man did we get weird! 😆

[@theodoreritola7641]

Realy from EARLY 79 how does that work in reality ?

[@GoWestYoungMan]

This came out at the tail end of disco. It was absolutely a fresh new sound and made people excited about where the 80s would take us. It went to #1 here in Canada and lots of other places.

[@djmichnal]

This is one of those few songs that come along and completely changed things. I heard this in junior high and it was instantly my favorite and opened me up to an entirely new genre - truly a new wave pioneering track.

[@kellypedersen6590]

This is one of the songs that anticipated the 80s a little early- M was essentially the brain-child of producer Robin Scott who tried his hand at the synthesized textures and anything-goes spirit that the new wave era offered (similar to what producer Trevor Horn did with The Buggles). Plastic pop music (sorry, "muzik") was never so joyous as the "New York-London-Paris-Munich" album, where this came from ("Cowboys And Indians" is another great song from this album). I remember seeing this video in 1979 (I was 7) on a local Chicago TV show that played really early music videos, and being transfixed by it.

[@coachtomas]

Great memories and insight ❤

[@mypl510]

Yes, this was one of the Gateway Songs into new wave back then. I was 12 years old and this wanted me to find more of this! So goofy, yet so good!

[@vincentsablan732]

This is high school. What a time to be a kid!!! There was such a variety of music to "choose" from. Imagine music tastes going from classic Led Zeppelin and Hippie Music to Bubble Gum, to Nu Wave to the beginnings of Rap with Country sprinkles going on the whole time. A lot like myself, just went ECLECTIC!!! I LIKED EVERYTHING!!! Peace, guys...😊😊😊

[@deanarjones9114]

We had the best music to grow up with

[@raytorres2685]

The 80s style 🎶 was experimental, new wave, punk rock, quirky, with decent beats 🥁

[@lamiabubakar8795]

Takes me back to my teenage years. Please, The Force M.D'S!! Their songs "Tender Love" and "Love is a house" were big hits in the 80's😢

[@patrickfulmer9596]

The earliest days of MTV...

[@bryanCJC2105]

I was in high school and this song was AWESOME and fun to dance to. It seemed like the period roughly 1979-1982, the early New Wave years, were full of fun and exploratory music. As New Wave became more mainstream it began to mature. As a young person, it was those early New Wave years when it was the most exciting.

[@Xiroi87]

Couldn't agree more, new wave, dark wave, post-punk, synth, new-romantics. Everybody was trying new sounds with the brand new "toys" and all of it was regularly played in commercial radio.

[@deborahpaley21]

Me too!

[@bishopman2308]

To me all of the 80's music was about having fun, even rap music. In the 90's, alot of music, especially rap, turned more dark.

[@sexpistol7712]

The 70s created almost all 80s music .

[@sheflyshigh]

Same!

[@scouseofhorror104]

Okay, I was about 12. Bear in mind there was no Internet or music channels. We had Top of The Pops once a week on TV. Me and my sister knew there was this song we loved but couldn't find out who it was... or what it was called because we thought they were singing "Bop, bop, bop Suzi!" 🤣🤣🤣 I'd heard about something called 'The Logical Song' that was creating quite a buzz at the same time, so I thought it was probably that and took my pocket money to the local record shop and bought that. When I played it, it was actually another great song by Supertramp, so I didn't mind too much, but I'd spent my pocket money 😫 Thankfully, M were on Top of The Pops performing 'Pop Musik' that week so at least I knew what to ask for the next week! 😅❤️‍🔥

[@seanswinton6242]

Great catchy song. The bass player featured on this song is the great Mark King of Level 42! They has released their debut album that same year.

[@coolcpa3321]

Love Level 42!

[@jdw5678]

@@coolcpa3321 Level 42 would be a good '80s group for them to hit soon.

[@dannyballjr7459]

This song has the 80s sound, but it is actually from 1979, which is when it was released and reached it peak on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

[@theodoreritola7641]

NOOO LATE 70s sound the 70s made the early 80s

[@captainnerd6452]

There was the "calendar 80s", from 1980 to 1989, and the "spiritual 80s", the roots of which were laid in the mid-70s, and lasted into the early 90s. The spiritual 80s was a time of musical experimentation and fun. I don't know if you're allowed to have fun anymore.

[@liz6965]

More synth pop like Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short, Ultravox, Vienna, would be great! ❤

[@jamiemann2262]

I love this song. I remember it being so catchy and fun- still is! You guys referenced Rock Lobster. I saw your reaction and was very disappointed that you guys didn't like that one. That's one of my jams. It's like 3 different songs mashed together. I love how it changes. I was thinking if you're looking for more fun geeked out synth stuff, maybe try B-52's "Legal Tender"? Funky weird video to boot! Keep up the good work! By the way, this song totally brought out you guys' "muppet dance vibe". I swear your jammin' to this song reminded me of when the muppets would get down to a jam. Just awesome and way fun to absorb! Thank you for the smile.

[@dillodefense]

Now, get your kids dancing to... Pop Muzik. Thanks for the smile.

[@jrusso4753]

Anyone else notice that the lyrics are basically rap style?? in 1979 I was playing bass in a cover band doing Genesis, Pink Floyd, prog stuff. We heard this and just went WFT. Fun little synth tune for sure. Thanks Jay and Amber. Love you two!! Peace and happiness to all my family here.

[@randybass8842]

In the late 90s, U2 opened their concert on their Pop Mart world tour with a cover of this song. It was great!

[@seangates1451]

That was actually the only context I’ve ever heard the song in. And I’m 46!

[@Problembeing]

I was there 🙌

[@kenbongaards554]

So happen to have a vhs copy of that concert and was fortunate to see that concert in Vancouver

[@Problembeing]

@@kenbongaards554 one of the most craziest concerts I've ever been to. I went to Wembley Stadium, and I swear, I was shifted from one side of the stadium and back to the other side over the course of the show without my feet even touching the ground.

[@kenbongaards554]

@@Problembeing i have fond memories of that concert for sure when i saw them in Vancouver

[@buisyman]

This song was so insanely popular because it was so different. We'd heard nothing like it before. even us metalheads were into it. Many tried to imitate it afterwards but none even came close.

[@MrViking842000]

That is the definition of a one hit wonder

[@macmcgee5116]

I am DYING to see you guys react to Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. It is another synth pop classic. And the video is... Well... I don't wanna spoil anything. Also...STILL waiting to see some My Chemical Romance for some early 2000s Emo-Rock. Lol

[@slamboy66]

The English Beat - Save It For Later (Official) 👍👍👍

[@wayneccj0710]

There is an even older synth-pop song. From 1972 came a full synthetic song called "Popcorn" the band name is "Hot Butter".

[@ericasiel611]

I remembered and sang the whole thing but was cracking up watching yall! 😂😂

[@andreacox310]

Awe, man. This made my day awesome! I was 11 when this came out, and it has been a life-long favorite of mine. I played it recently for some friends in generation Y, but they didn't like it AT all. Lol So I was very interested to see your reactions. 😊 I'm so glad you liked it.

[@jgreen6772]

I never really thought the song was "silly" back then, it was just REALLY REALLY cool! (But watching the video now, I can see why you might think that.) This song hit #1 on the charts in the US and lots of countries. The only other song by M that I know is "Moonlight and Muzak" which was on the B side of the 45 - nice, but kinda weird. Try also "Being Boiled" by The Human League and "Fade to Grey" by Visage for other great synthpop tunes.

[@jgreen6772]

Should have also included "Looking from a Hilltop" by Section 25.

[@paulocarvalho6480]

​@@jgreen6772Fade to Grey is without any doubt one song that best describes the beginning of the 80's.

[@xcronex]

Jay shouldn't like this song if he doesn't like Rock Lobster ... lol

[@chefskiss6179]

The fact that Devo and Rock Lobster were just on the tip of your tongue is just so awesome. Loved this vid from y'all. It reminds me of your One Night in Bangkok and then Vangelis's Friends of Mr Cairo 😂

[@mitchurchin2]

Gary Newman/ Tubeway army are friends electric. M is pure parody, fun and perfect pop. But cabaret Voltaire, OMD, Human Lesgue… let’s move on!

[@docj72]

Check out”Alive and Kicking” by Simple Minds…very under-appreciated 80s song and one of my favorites

[@marnilong2302]

HAHAHAHA So much music in the eighties was hilarious IMHO. I think my fav "weird" song is She Blinded Me With Science, by Thomas Dolby.

[@LMmccallL57]

We used to sing this during school choir practice to annoy our teacher. 😄 Try "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100.

[@mkmstillstackin]

Ah man, "Love Plus One" one of my all-time favs!

[@LMmccallL57]

​@@mkmstillstackin Mine, too. 🙂 I watched the video about two weeks ago, along with a few other favorites from the 80s.

[@mkmstillstackin]

@@LMmccallL57 very cool. Always a treat listening to good 80s classics

[@LMmccallL57]

​@@mkmstillstackin I agree. 👍🏽

[@TANKTREAD]

This song is great. The beat sounds like "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. I should say "Ghostbusters" sounds like this. I know about the Huey Lewis and The News song "I Want a New Drug" bass line and guitar riff controversy surrounding the song "Ghostbusters".

[@canonfodder2068]

I think the man behind M was more of a music producer than a band, so I can't think of any other tunes but this hit was HUGE! RSR has already featured most of the synth pop I could think of, but there are still a few in the same range: Dead and Alive, "You Spin Me Round" or my ultimate Synth Pop hit, weirdly, Donna Summer's "I Feel Love." Female Friday Electronic Jam!!!

[@kriscairns158]

Gary Numan- Cars was also 1979. Check that one out if you like synth/electric 80s. I love the 80s

[@PoorBox]

Unlike most other synth-pop songs, this one hit #1 and stayed there forever. It reached #1 on US Billboard Hot 100 on November 3, 1979, and continued to sell well into 1980, finishing in the top40 songs of that following year (1980). If one looks back at the singles from 1980, there was nothing like this one. It was completely against popular norm. 1980, the "Call Me" year, is one of the best years of singles in modern music

[@thunderspike1892]

Robin Scott with his wife Brigit Novik on backing vocals. Their children are also musicians. Daughter Berenice Scott was a touring member of Heaven 17. Check out Robin Scott - Peace Of Mind. Has some David Bowie vibes to it. Also M - Moonlight & Muzak

[@paulthompson4545]

In 1977, the synth pop sound showed in Donna Summers, "I Feel Love" truly a classic, the driving baseline was the standard for the sound. Kraftwerk was around then too.

[@The80sCat]

Been asking for "I Feel Love".

[@theodoreritola7641]

other songs in the mid 70s also

[@thebibagirrrlshow]

A lot of the early synth pop like this wasn’t always played on regular mainstream radio stations 1st, & the records weren’t always available in every record store either. They were played on indie or college radio stations that were already playing some experimental music. My older brother is a musician who also worked in an indie record store, back then was into lots of the early synth music/musicians - Switched on Bach, Fripp & Eno, early Kraftwerk, so my ear was already in tuned to listening to what was then some unusual sounding music. He was able gift me some amazing music of bands that never really hit big but were very vool (Nervus Rex, The Flirts, Josie Cotton) Then when this kind of music broke into the mainstream w/MTV videos it was like an explosion of sounds, colors, fashions, design & decor that was ushered into very futuristic themes that went into everything from mall design to hairstyles, amazing time to be a teenager

[@jfox9126]

A song that was way ahead of its time and was basically the 70s sound turning into the 80s sound was Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love”. Well worth a listen.

[@esalis2800]

its great to see and hear all this music from my past especially the 80's synth pop. One thing, I don't see any reference to Blancmange out of the UK. They were big in Canada but not the US. Since you like bass and synth I recommend Blancmange - Blind Vision, the extended version if you are brave. keep up the posts they are great. E

[@esalis2800]

My second recommendation would be Blancmange - That's love that it is , since you enjoyed Erasure. You can hear the Donna Summer influence.

[@jamiesweitzer8469]

Having been conditioned to every genre of music being legendary in the 1970s, I embraced it for its quirkiness & futuristic vibes.

[@daveni2]

If you want to do the best triumph inspirational party song where the drummer sings, with Rick background and who is arguably a better trained singer, react to "follow your heart" there is a live/studio version look for it!

[@lynnhoffman247]

U2 used to come out of the back of a venue thru the crowd with this blasting as they made their way onstage 💥

[@KashtukCA]

That was the intro music as U2 took to the stage on their Pop Mart tour. 👍

[@landisix9709]

YES during their PopMart Tour. Pop Muzik right into opening song “MOFO “🎸 🔥

[@lynnhoffman247]

Yes, that’s the tour I saw them on. Still have my shopping cart T-shirt 😄

[@sunnybearbuds]

First thought back then: I know it's weird, but because we relied on radio, we would just have it on and accept what we heard. When the late part of a decade mixes with the early part of the next decade, there's always an interesting overlap where people are looking to shake things up. (This also happens with fashion.) This was the beginning of the 80s sound though it was in '79, so it fell into that overlap.

[@StumpyTales]

A classic of its time. Closer to spoken word or rap than singing (other than the backing singers). Cool to hear it for the first time in forever.

[@Reani71]

The first ever synthpop song (long before there was a name for this kind of music) was probably "Popcorn" by Hot Butter in 1972. It's an amazing instrumental and a real piece of musical history. You might want to check it out sometime.

[@Problembeing]

Exactly, although the original version of Popcorn was released in 1969 on the album Music to Moog.

[@chucku00]

Jean-Jacques Perrey was already delivering solid synthpop tunes in the 60's. Remember this crazy CGI video "Late for meeting" around ten years ago? The music is JJ Perrey "The Mexican Cactus" from 1968. This man was the demonstrator of one of the precurosors of the modern synthetizer, the Ondioline, since... 1953. Then he switched to Moog (Wendy Carlos pun intended) in the mid 60's when he worked with Gershon Kingsley who later composed... Popcorn.

[@texano1957]

I loved this when it came out and still do! We loved dancing to it. Another British song from about this time was Cockney Rebel who had a huge hit with “come up and see me and make me smile….”

[@alanmusicman3385]

Indeed, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's "(Make me Smile) Come up and see me" is a great track! However, it appeared in 1975 almost four years before "Pop Muzik" was a hit.

[@JimHancock]

The thing about "New Wave" was a lot of it was completely hysterical, but done with a straight face...... the idea being so uncool it was cool...... LOL the best era ever...

[@richardmtl]

That was such a huge hit . those were the days

[@bethmitchem4721]

Father’s Day is Sunday two great Father’s Day songs best day by George strait and That’s my job by Conway Twitty. If=un fact Conway had the most number one hits with 50 nut he passed away and then George came and got 60 number one hits,

[@frankbustamante6833]

Herbie Hancock's "Rock it" changed the game

[@kenhayhurst374]

Thank you. Had this in my head but couldn't remember who did it!

[@mikenichols3965]

A great video, too!

[@HemlockRidge]

"What I Like About You" by the Romantics, is generally considered the very best dance tune ever.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

I've never heard that, and I was a young adult in the era. But I have heard it's one of the greatest party songs ever!