WHAT WAS THIS?! FIRST TIME HEARING Thomas Dolby - She Blinded ME With Science REACTION

WHAT WAS THIS?! FIRST TIME HEARING Thomas Dolby - She Blinded ME With Science REACTION
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[@victoriamartines5030]

40 years old song and it's sounds fresher than 80% of today's music.

[@brockbaby]

98% of todays music.

[@JJfromPhilly67]

Got that right.

[@toshirodragon]

Truer words were never spoken

[@nolimit7959]

Try 99%!!!🙄

[@dawnpatrol700]

Oh my God, it just dawned on me this IS 40 years old lol. I was 12 then lol

[@nettricegaskins1871]

There's no band. It's just Thomas Dolby and his machines!

[@DaveF.]

And a little bit of Magnus Pyke.

[@loudog2326]

Interestingly Enough I Saw A Cover Band Play This Song Live Back in The Early 80's !! It Was in A Popular Bar So Only Grade A Band's Could Gig There. They Sounded Good !! Not Knocking You But Yes Thomas Dolby and His Synth and Drum Machines !! lol

[@johnnix862]

The eighties we're the second round of techno music. Some of you forgot during the 70s were a lot of techno. They just had the better equipment then. When they stopped using it,.. is when the music began to die for me. Still have the albums though! 🤓💯💥

[@Music-Is-Real-Love]

You really had to grow up in this Decade to understand. This New Wave piece of Art.. has such talent and creativity. This song was a HUGE hit. We had never heard anything like this before. It was great.

[@madjidhamdini8114]

1977 Boy ^^ YES the 80s was great in hystory in music in clothes in style in movie in electronic era and i my hard drive brain memory ^^

[@isuriadireja91]

I grew up in the 80s...and TBH, I was too into R&B and Metal..yep, the opposite mix, huh...lol and this was one of the trademark 80s tunes I kinda dismissed, but just couldn't get it outta my mind.... as times passed, it's definitely become one of my fave 80s songs of all time.

[@oldnerdreviews]

As a teen in the 80s, there was NOTHING like living in that decade. I loved the 70s, but the 80s were awesome, too. The music, style, movies, television, and everything was amazing. I vividly recall sitting in front of the TV, watching snow on the screen, excitedly anticipating the premiere of MTV, back when they played nothing but music videos. It's was EPIC!

[@edithkeller9694]

Bingo!!! Loved being a teen in the 80s

[@shelq3814]

We were the first on our block to get cable, and then MTV the year it premiered in 1981. I LIVED for MTV and loved all the original DJs. The Real World seemed so amazing at the time, the first reality TV I ever saw, but then reality shows kind of took over. When I first heard the Bowling for Soup song 1985, and the lyric "Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana there was U2 and Blondie and music still on MTV" I unexpectedly felt a huge lump in my throat.

[@walterhollman8735]

He's considered one of the pioneers of using synthesizers. He's actually in the HOF for it. In the 1990s, Dolby founded Beatnik, a Silicon Valley software company whose technology was used to play internet music and later polyphonic ringtones, including the Nokia tune. He was also the music director for the TED Conference. On the faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University since 2014, Dolby leads Peabody's Music for New Media program, which enrolled its first students in the fall of 2018.

[@vespoint]

My brother works at Hopkins’ APL and got to meet him there. He met Brian May there too. Nice job perqs 😀

[@dianeorr8937]

Exactly! Synthesizers evolved from this time. Thanks!

[@rickwelch8464]

I always wished they were never used.

[@willasacco9898]

Thanks for the information.🤟

[@GraniteOwlBear]

I was fortunate to have a chance to work with Thomas Dolby at Beatnik when I was working for Informix software. Really cool guy and quite the visionary.

[@tone4507]

The "Mad Scientist" yelling "Science" was Magnus Pike, a TV scientist of the 70s and 80s, famous in Britain for his enthusiastic and eccentric approach, including lots of gesticulating.

[@jackwells8107]

I thought it was funny they mentioned Bill Nye, because I understand that Magnus Pike was somewhat similar.

[@PaulWilliams-ko5fu]

First seen, if I'm not mistaken, in the popular science programme on ITV Don't Ask Me presented by Labour MP Austin Mitchell. Dr Magnus Pike was famous for wildly waving his arms around while answering a scientific question. He also appeared in a comedy sketch on British television singing Putting on my Top Hat with Patrick Moore presenter of The Sky At Night.

[@jakeimhotep4866]

He was also well known and loved here in Canada.

[@Saabdude40]

did you see Thomas performing it live recently? he tells the story and it's so cool how he demos the samples...even the part that only made it onto the long version.

[@TonyTheBassPlayer1]

Well thank you for explaining that. It only took me 40 years to find out!

[@smithbros1000]

"She's tidied up again. I can't FIND anything!" Love this lyric!

[@echt114]

I've just now corrected my long held misperception that he said "She's tied it up..."

[@rklrkl64]

Thomas Dolby is a great multi-talented artist - I'd recommend "Hyperactive!" as a follow-up reaction video.

[@jenniferneil8455]

Absolutely agree...check out Hyperactive.

[@melgaye0]

Oh yes, that's a classic

[@cmr8er8]

Was looking for this suggestion, before commenting that myself.

[@jonathanheard1870]

I concur!! An ideal follow up to BMWS!!

[@daniel__1202]

One of our submarines is way better

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

That's why we Gen X are such a eclectic generation. Music like this!

[@demonhoopa]

Baby boomers were still in high school when this song dropped. Seniors only but still lol

[@RoadHammer1972]

@@demonhoopa umm no they weren’t. The baby boomers were our parents. I was born in 1972 and gen X not a baby boomer lol

[@lusciousmayweather8385]

Wow i actually remember when this song was Huge. I was 5yrs old in kindergarten & you would definitely here this Song Blasting in The Mall.

[@danieldistrola2873]

Actually, late Baby Boomers like me were rocking out to this song. I was only 20 when this came out in 1982.

[@demonhoopa]

@@danieldistrola2873 I was 17, born last two months of the Baby Boom

[@mamatay7]

One of the quintessential 80s songs-- SCIENCE!!! 👩‍🔬🔬🔭🔥🔥🔥

[@mikemaricle9941]

Mexican Radio

[@saturnnet1627]

This is one song you wont stay up late nights analysing.

[@chrismadden132]

Video killed the radio star

[@miker7501]

Should try another 80’s science song Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

[@carla68]

Now it reminds me of breaking bad. Science, bitches!

[@Gerard-yt3dz]

There's a lot artists who are referred to "genius"..........Thomas Dolby is an artist was definitely ahead of the curve, and a GENIUS!

[@groovyguru5314]

Bill Nye gone Wild...greatest line Ever! Love you kids keep up the good work and keep making me smile.

[@darrinlindsey]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The 80s was just about all different kinds of sounds. Some of them are really funky, but, ya can't say our music was vanilla.

[@rwxstudio7173]

I agree. Vanilla Ice wasn't until the 90s 😄

[@jco207]

Agree with everything said. Popular music used to be more diverse and less formulaic.

[@markmurphy558]

@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I disagree. Pop music gradually lost it's soul during the 80s.

[@alangil40]

Though I would say the 70s had a higher quality of music overall, there was a magical few years in the early to mid 80s where we were still getting new Classic Rock (before the glam hair bands made caricatures of if), great Pop / Top 40, great R&B and wonderful new sounds from the British New Wave. All melding on MTV. It was so good.

[@bertisjordan1085]

This song was SO BIG in the 80's. Thomas Dolby sonically was ahead of his time. You should check out "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. You'll find a pleasant surprise!

[@abbeyb8s]

Yep! This!

[@johnplaysgames3120]

I was about to accidentally reveal the "pleasant surprise" as "some cool background info" when I suddenly realized you were actually trying to go spoiler-free. Instead, I'll just agree that, yeah, they def need to react to that song.

[@carltonbakerii8274]

Actually there are 3 surprises regarding that song!

[@helindove2237]

Rockwell is definitely a good suggestion!! And yes, the surprise! 😀 The same goes for Diana Ross's chain reaction.

[@hovis62]

Please?

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

I loved this video when it came out, and it's still a great song. Thomas Dolby was absolutely an inventive instrumentalist for sure. 😀

[@michelesanville]

This was released in the early MTV days, when it was all music videos 24 hours a day. Definitely a quirky song and video but really catchy and fun. I'm so grateful to be an 80s kid, where anything and everything was acceptable. We had new wave, hair bands, hard rock, southern rock, R&B, rap, and great ballads. So much fun growing up in the 80s.

[@mikerogers6076]

You need to check out Herbie Hancock's "Rockit". Trippy, catchy and definitely danceable 😎! Oh, and ABSOLUTELY '80s! Also Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". Really too many great songs to list here. Edit: Thanks for all the likes 😉.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I second this suggestion. Have they done Taco's "Puttin' On The Ritz" yet?

[@sunsungoaway]

My daughters were mesmerized by that video when they were young (early 2000s). So imagine how shocking it was to walk into the Swarovski Crystal World in Austria and see the dancing pants prop, still working, in one of the rooms

[@lynnhettrick7588]

Yes, Herbie Hancock!

[@philipb2378]

I definitely agree! "Rock me Amadeus" is AMAZING!

[@dinarodriguess]

Murray head. Night in Bangkok

[@aks4204]

Gotta love Thomas Dolby! “She blinded me with Science”! I’m 100% an 80’s kid!! Hey Amber, the more you hear this song the more you will love it! 😂 You need to do some PetShop Boys too. They are definitely an original group. They put out some great songs. Also, the Thomson Twins! “Hold me Now”.

[@David_Theisen]

I went from 8 years old to 17 in the 80s so I think I am an 80s kid!! These guys gotta watch Ghostbusters, Back To the Future, Vacation, The Goonies, Spaceballs and of course the Police Academy movies!!! PROCTOR!!!!! Move it move it move it!!!!

[@nonsuch]

Thomas Dolby is a genius. Every song on his debut album "The Golden Age Of Wireless" is amazing and the following albums are great as well.

[@Bee_Borg]

‘’I scare myself” by Thomas Dolby is one of the best songs of the 80’s

[@carltonbakerii8274]

Thomas Dolby is an electronic music genius. He truly pushed the boundaries of the technology its musicality. "Europa And The Pirate Twins", "I Love You, Goodbye", "One Our Submarines", "Hyperactive" So many great songs by him.

[@ecce_neru]

Absolutely 💯

[@rogerdaly6326]

Glad you mentioned I Love You Goodbye. One of my fave songs of his. Also love his cover of I Scare Myself. A truly talented musician.

[@seansullivan7955]

Yes! I Love You Goodbye is so good!

[@jlilley73]

Oh I LOVE "Hyperactive"! One of the songs on my "Pure Joy" playlist!

[@charlierussell6577]

"Silk Pajamas" is nice too !

[@axiomt5981]

Another cool new wave sound was Herbie Hancock "Rockit" Very unique song. Herbie was a jazz pianist who played with Miles Davis before exploring many other styles. Love his experimentation and bravery!

[@Meyzen76]

Great follow up song to this one. I totally agree. And the video propels that song as well. It’s images are burnt in my brain from seeing it so much as a kid. Such an innovative and talented artist. Great recommendation.

[@jeannehinote91]

Yes, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" is a must! Especially the video!

[@jamesmaas4833]

ROCKIT!! PLEASE!!

[@chrisoakley5830]

They really should do Rock It. Great song.

[@audreycumby1075]

Absolutely "Rockit"

[@joesmith8725]

It's poetry in Motion! I can smell the chemicals! SCIENCE!! lol I'm so glad that yall watched the video! New wave videos were usually very quirky and funny. lol. I remember this group and their videos as a kid during the '80s. GenX! They were a good new wave, synthpop, post-punk, group. They were '80s and early '90s. See their other weird, humorous videos like "Hyperactive!", "Europa and the Pirate Twins", "Airhead", "I Love You Goodbye". Yall are right, new wave was typically light hearted, fun odd, goofy, funny, cool, funky beats (bass guitars), dance music, . Think of it as punk rock mixed with reggae/ska, disco, techno. lol They were similar to other new wave groups like Madness, Talking Heads, XTC, M, Oingo Boingo, B-52s, etc Thomas Dolby wife (actress Kathleen Beller) is gorgeous BTW, they had kids together.

[@rbb9753]

Around the end of the 19th century, the phrase “with science” was often used to describe someone getting the best of someone by intelligence, planning, etc. It was particularly popular in boxing.

[@ronnix23]

Howard Jones was an 80s artist kind of in the same lane as Thomas Dolby, and he had a lot more hits. You guys should check him out. I especially think Jay would like him.

[@AlexisLexLexi]

Yes! “things can only get better” is forever my jam. ✌🏽

[@lindagraveline1040]

I LOVE Howard Jones ❤️

[@delicatefleur]

Howard Jones No One is to Blame is great

[@katequick3602]

Loved Howard Jones. He had so many great songs. "What is Love", "Things Can Only Get Better", "Like to Get to Know You Well", "Little Bit of Snow" and "No One is to Blame" are a few of my favorites.

[@jonharries7101]

And Howard is still touring, one of my favourite artists!

[@markstanden202]

The "Scientist" in this video is a legit guy: Magnus Magnusson. He was a U.K. radio and TV personality during 80s & 90s for children's science shows..

[@lemurvision]

Magnus Pyke. Magnus Magnusson was the host of the Mastermind quiz.

[@markstanden202]

@@lemurvision you're right! I always get the 2 confused!

[@DaveF.]

@@markstanden202 Magnus Pyke was also an important food science guy in WW2. He advocated for excess human blood that had been donated but not used and which would have otherwise gone to waste to be turned into black-pudding, to be provided free to mothers-to-be as a nutritional food supplement. The food ministry declined.

[@bybikenw7928]

And another Magnus (ver) Magnusson was an Icelandic competitor for worlds strongest man.

[@sarablack2547]

@@lemurvision Thanks for correcting him saved me doing it.i was 7at the start of the 80's so only just remember the science guy.

[@rosenfield10]

This was a massive hit. SCIENCE! Sooo classic. Put it in your rotation. Those weird sounds become second nature. ❤

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

The old scientist in the video is the one singing “science “ in the verses , he was actually a very famous and noted scientist in Uk at that time Prof Magnus Pike , he was a tv scientist in his later years and considered a bit like Doc Brown in Back to the Future 😆 Dolby had a number of great tracks in 80’s and was kinda unique 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@richardespinoza3736]

Also, where ever he went, people would be yelling "she blinded me with science" and he hated it. He regretted ever doing the video.

[@arthurfelig5629]

Thomas Dolby was a genius; and well ahead of his time.

[@SeansMusicVault]

He still is! 😉

[@tbirdsteve1]

A bit like Gary Numan.

[@Jay-ql4gp]

I love this song. Incidentally, Thomas Dolby is the reason we can listen to music on our phones. And when I'm old I'm getting a tweed jacket and black rimmed glasses and randomly shout "Science!" when I'm out in public.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Why wait?

[@JJfromPhilly67]

What a great idea!

[@happymethehappyone8300]

You BOTH Will DEFINITELY Love This Must Hear Classic,, Los Lonely Boys "Heaven" (Official Music Video)

[@briannaylor1982]

There are literally dozens of “silly, eccentric, or otherwise odd” songs that were extremely popular in their time: Rock Me Ammedeus, Just a Swinging, I Want to be a Cowboy, Weird Science, Splish Splash, Rock around the Clock, Rockin Robin, Elivira, Life’s Been Good…. The list goes on and on. Maybe you could start having “Silly Song Saturday” to bring some of them back.

[@mthraves]

The single "Hyperactive!" is my Thomas Dolby favourite, even more energy than "She Blinded Me with Science"

[@markallen2984]

"Europa and the Pirate Twins" is excellent too

[@johnplaysgames3120]

Interesting connection for Amber: Dolby originally wrote "Hyperactive!" for Michael Jackson. They were recording albums in the same studio at the time and ended up talking a lot about beats and synths and whatnot. Michael asked if Dolby had any songs that he might be interested in. Dolby put together "Hyperactive!" and sent it to Michael. Apparently, MJ's response was silence followed by "I like the drums." Dolby says that, by that time, he was in love with the song anyway and decided to do it himself.

[@stevefullerton1750]

It has a killer baseline going on in that one. On the other end of his energy the spectrum, they should try out I Scare Myself. Another of my favourites.

[@briandeeley1599]

One of our submarines(is missing tonight).

[@LibraKing3121]

"Dolby Cube!" the "Get out of my Mix!"

[@MikeJones-uq4zj]

Yes the actor saying science constantly had everyone yelling SCIENCE at him when seeing him in public. It drove him crazy. Lol.

[@DaveF.]

That's not an actor that's Dr Magnus Pyke, who was already really famous as a 'sceince guy' on British TV before this song. He also did important work in WW2 on food nutrition, including having a very weird idea about what to do with excesses blood donations.

[@sandrahastings3436]

Magnus Pike. My spell check tried to make it puke too.

[@Malryth]

@@sandrahastings3436 "Magnus Pyke" according to the Wikipedia article. I remember watching him on that British TV Show "Don't Ask Me" up here in Canada in the late 70's.

[@davidvornsand9551]

The 80s had MTV and VH1 playing videos 24/7 and so obscure and unique artists got recognized! It was considered new wave so many artists would have never been heard of and so much great tunes would have never been heard!☮️❤️

[@hazza5999]

Thomas Dolby is indeed a genius. I Scare Myself will always be special to me.

[@Shrykespeare]

Thomas Dolby is a genius, not only musically but as an engineer. The tech that was created so music could be downloaded on one's cell phone? Thomas Dolby INVENTED that. This song was his only big hit in the US, but he's got so many others - touching on many genres - that you should check out to get a fuller picture of what he's capable of. "Hyperactive!" is a frenetic upbeat trip, "I Love You Goodbye" is a bluesy love song, and "Close But No Cigar" is a rousing rock song (with guest guitarist Eddie Van Halen!). "Budapest by Blimp" is a nostalgic orchestral journey, and "Airhead" is a bit of snarky fun. You can't go wrong with Thomas Dolby.

[@dianeorr8937]

❤✌✌❤

[@17hemi18]

I agree 💯

[@Shrykespeare]

@@martinscott-reed5379 One of my favorite stories that he told in an interview was about the time he was sitting in a boardroom, meeting with a tech company about developing his software. After the meeting, one of the execs whipped out a CD and asked Thomas to sign it. Everyone else in the room was like, "Wait a sec... you're THAT Thomas Dolby?"

[@steveclarke4542]

@Patrick Hodges Dolby Sound also tried to sue him for trademark infringement. They got stink-eyed enough, the suit went nowhere

[@johncampbell756]

Technically, you've heard him before. He played keyboards on Foreigner 4 including "Urgent" and "Juke Box Hero."

[@briandeeley1599]

I never knew that thanks for the tidbit.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

In the video, that's British scientist Magnus Pyke saying, "Science!" repeatedly. He's the English equivalent of Mr. Science, or Bill Nye the science guy - which makes more sense if you realize who it is. I'm from the '50s, '60s, '70s, but really got off on the '80s - such a huge amount of experimentation with sound going on, it was THE MULTI-MEDIA RENAISSANCE with music, TV, film, etc. But even acts from the '60s got a re-birth in the '80s (Moody Blues, Yes, etc, etc.). Tom Robertson used the stage name Thomas Dolby after the stereo technology (Dolby I and Dolby II). He was an internet inventor and currently music and tech professor.

[@georgeerhard1949]

One of the cool bits to this song (and the video) was the older fellow interjecting "Science!". That was Magnus Pyke, a well known scientist and presenter on British TV. Dolby asked him if he could record a couple of words for the track, and he came up with all the ad-libs.

[@AzathothXy]

There was no rules in the 80's. Anything goes.👍

[@texan7896]

Now you need to listen to Weird Science.

[@AzathothXy]

@@texan7896 Throw in 'My futures so bright I gotta wear shades'.😎

[@eclipsegurl2002]

Watch The Movie Weird Science. You won't regret it. Lol.

[@ocogorecki]

Yes! This!! In my top 10 favorite movies of all time.

[@eclipsegurl2002]

@@ocogorecki yes. Gotta love The Brat Pack movies

[@michaellynch5254]

Oh man the amount of guys that were in love with Kelly LeBrock is probably in the millions.

[@eclipsegurl2002]

@@michaellynch5254 and us girls that wanted to be her.

[@michaellynch5254]

@@eclipsegurl2002 oh I'm sure there were plenty.

[@l.thegirl2581]

Thomas Dolby.....Dolby Sound everywhere on every speaker... Not a coincidence. He's an engineer

[@javablanca547]

I think this guy is really THE "Dolby" as in Dolby audio in all its iterations: movie sound, incredible audio equipment, etc..

[@AB2B]

Absolutely favorite verse: "I don't believe it, there she goes again; she's tidied up and I can't find anything! All my tubes and wires, careful notes, and antiquated notions..." Love that this woman has changed his thoughts about women using science...and love! lol

[@derekjohnson2058]

Dolby was a quirky master of synthesizers. He liked to mix sampled 'found sounds' and voices into his music. A couple of others that are fun to listen to are "Europa" and "Windpower."

[@dggydddy59]

Europa And The Pirate Twins is a great track. I also recommended that one to them as well as One Of Our Submarines.

[@n5iln]

And "Silk Pajamas".

[@murraybozinsky7067]

He is one of the true innovators of modern music, every sound he produced was new and innovative. Thomas produced some of the most perfect pop albums of the 80's with acts like Prefab Sprout. He played for Def Leppard, Foreigner and David Bowie at Live Aid. His 1992 album Astronauts & Heretics is a perfect pop album of the age, but for him it was too late, Grunge was conquering America and the age of perfect pop was over.

[@hilzabub]

His other big hit was Hyperactive. His album "the Golden Age of Wireless" was amazing. I don't know how many times I listened to it from beginning to end.

[@TheGorignak]

So many Thomas Dolby songs are worth a listen. Europa And The Pirate Twins, One Of Our Submarines, Windpower, and my favorite little known The Key To Her Ferrari.

[@kevinvegas1916]

Such a catchy boppin tune and nobody figured out why even after 100’s of listen’s 😆

[@earth2kosmickitty]

@Shaun X Extremely popular! I was in 10th grade when this came out. Remember blasting this on my sony walkman mix tape! Oh the memories...🥰🎧🎶🎵🎼

[@PhilliptBates]

Definitely new wave. Thomas Dolby, Howard Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Naked Eyes, Flock of Seagulls... so much great new wave music from the 80s. "Hyperactive", "Cruel" and "Eastern Bloc" (featuring Eddie Van Halen) are all great songs!

[@perrynelson4254]

Thomas Dolby was the synthesizer programmer for a number of Foreigner's major hits.

[@deucekewlage776]

'80's Synth-Pop, at it's finest. Thomas Dolby definitely had an influence to music, during his time on the charts.

[@Dpv6942]

If you want something different from the normal commercial music with a very good sound and great lyrics check out “Is She Really Going Out With Him” by Joe Jackson. It is different but in a very good way. “Love it the Drug” by Roxy Music with Bryan Ferry is also a great and unique sounding song.

[@DaleBrose]

Just read your comment after I posted mine above that I always felt like Dolby would be like Jackson's younger brother.

[@Dpv6942]

@@DaleBrose That’s a good one! Frank Zappa could be the grandfather. It’s funny watching these two trying to figure out what they are hearing.

[@DaleBrose]

BTW, Roxy Music for sure.

[@DaleBrose]

Zappa. Wow, that's going deep into my cassette tapes. Dont make me go back to my 8-tracks.

[@bodynhand]

@@DaleBrose Don't Eat The Yellow Snow!

[@buddystewart2020]

Dolby spoke of his early musical experiences in a 2012 interview: I sang in a choir when I was 10 or 11, and learned to sightread single lines, but other than that I don't have a formal education. I picked up the guitar initially, playing folk tunes-Dylan-then I graduated to piano when I got interested in jazz, listening to people like Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, and so on. The first electronic instruments started to become accessible in the mid-70s, and I got my hands on a kit built synthesizer and never looked back. Dolby is associated with the new wave movement of the early 1980s, a form of pop music incorporating electronic instruments, but Dolby's work covers a wide range of musical styles and moods distinct from the high-energy pop sound of his few, better-known commercial successes. In 1981, Thomas Dolby played the main synth parts in Foreigner's power ballad 'Waiting For A Girl Like You'. I've always liked the dude, he was clever as hell. His synth lines were awesome to me. I own four of his albums The Golden Age of Wireless The Flat Earth Aliens Ate My Buick Astronauts & Heretics Golden Age of Wireless and The Flat Earth are probably my two favorite, but there's some good tracks on the others as well.

[@paulrosenberg4227]

Thomas Dolby. Sound master musician!

[@vandergod]

This is ultimate 80’s! This was an early overuse of synthesizer. And anyone from the 80’s that tell you they didn’t like this when it came out is a liar.

[@charlesrichardson8684]

Love this song!!!! Definitely 80’s vibe. Remember this from High School 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@matthewthomas7418]

Love this with the added vocals of real life scientist Magnus Pike

[@davidludwig1492]

From the 80's kids ('84 grad): We love you two, too.

[@LBart218]

I love it. Once you get used to it, the whole song is fire.

[@jimrupe9991]

A fellow Rush fan.....dig your avatar.

[@LBart218]

@@jimrupe9991 Thanks! These two just listened to Freewill for the first time. I have to check that out. 😊

[@crucialtaunt5717]

Rush On, Lisa!

[@richardhargrave6082]

This was so good back in the day The "mad scientist" is a real scientist called Dr Magnus Pike, he was a real person and was really encouraging to youngsters to get in to science. A real personality A great 80's song

[@patriciafantoli1919]

Thomas Dolby was an original in the 80's and still. You should listen to all his music. Amazing!

[@LaptopLarry330]

Thomas Dolby (real last name: Robinson) was born into an academic family in the UK. He traveled a lot, as his father worked as an archaeologist. Thomas Dolby learned to play guitar, and the piano. He started making music with synthesizers when they became more affordable in the late-1970s. Early in his music career, Dolby wrote a modest hit song for American-born British New Wave singer Lene Lovich, entitled "New Toy", and toured with Lovich's band in 1980 and 1981. After the tour, Thomas Dolby embarked upon a solo music career (although he would work with Lovich occasionally in the recording studio). Two other hit songs/music videos that Thomas Dolby had here in the US are "Europa And The Pirate Twins" and "Radio Silence". At Live Aid, Dolby played synthesizers with David Bowie's band. For almost a decade, Thomas Dolby has been working as a music professor at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland. Thomas Dolby is 63 years old.

[@kroft6799]

His music is definitely a bit off beat but is extremely well recorded. The kind of music audiophiles used to test sound systems.

[@briandeeley1599]

No not really, the best test record is music that you like and a very familiar with but even better is unprocessed acoustical recordings such as jazz or folk something with good vocals, orchestral music too.

[@briandeeley1599]

@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Yes Telarc makes some excellent remasters.

[@Howdyall]

I've loved this nutty song since it came out. It doesn't end abruptly like that, supposed to be nice drums at the end. Anyway, another favorite of mine is Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant.

[@craigs3007]

I'd love to see a reaction to Electric Avenue. We had so much good music in those days.

[@martinwarford1389]

If I'm not mistaken that's the extended single and video.

[@bsanderfer]

That's the extended remixed version, which is amazing (and my favorite version of the song).

[@tinyoverlord]

"She's tidied up and now I can't finnd anything" lol I always loved that line

[@jenniferallred9367]

A musical genius, really. Inventor of Dolby Digital sound, cell phone technology, etc.

[@jeffclark4870]

In a simplistic way of describing the New Wave sound, I believe it was a response to the seventies rock that was heavy in melodic guitar solos. Every generation tends to go in an opposite direction as the last to establish their own sound.

[@calebclunie4001]

Thank You, songsters of the 2030's, in advance.

[@maxbrazil3712]

The early 80's was the last gasp for truly eccentric and innovative "new wave" music. By the early 90's the music business started manufacturing synthetic groups and formula music. This tune by Thomas Dolby is a real treat.

[@toddedwards5144]

I was born in ‘75, so I grew up on this stuff. I thank God every day that I was able to experience this music when it first hit the airwaves. The 80’s were truly a remarkable period for music. You had Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, Hall & Oates, Metallica, Madonna, Def Leppard, Paula Abdul and Motley Crue all playing on the radio. It was a magical time.

[@alangil40]

Agreed. Though I might argue that the 70s had a higher quality of music overall, there was a magical few years in the early to mid 80s where we were still getting new Classic Rock, great Pop / Top 40, great R&B and wonderful new sounds from the British New Wave. All melding on MTV. It was so good.

[@dud3man6969]

I turned 10 years old in 1979. The 80s was probably the most hopeful, forward-looking decade of my lifetime. It seemed like the Western world had a prevailing optimistic view of the future, and you can hear that in the music.

[@KathySandru]

Love Thomas Dolby! Now you have to give a listen to Kajagoogoo's "Too Shy" - The bass on that song slaps hard!

[@abbeyb8s]

💯

[@calebclunie4001]

Hush, Huuuuuuush.

[@craigs3007]

It meets the "weird name" test - and a great suggestion

[@leifcatt]

Now that you've heard this, you will notice references to this song in your travels through life. You will hear "poetry in motion", "she blinded me with science", but most of all you will notice people saying "SCIENCE!!" You two will look at each other and smile. Science!

[@heloinaddict]

Thomas Dolby, wind power, Europa, one of our submarines, theirs many more...

[@sunnybearbuds]

Think about this: back then, Boy George was unusual, but we got past that quickly because of his talent. Now, so much is scrutinized, that it must be packaged perfectly in order to sell. We just enjoyed the music.

[@robotto8858]

'82. First year in HS. MTV played music videos. I was a metal fan, but there was no denying the appeal of this song. As an aspiring rock guitar player this was one of the songs that showed me "other" music could be fun too.

[@chriso6719]

Yup, 80's. 1982 to be exact. This was his biggest song. One of the New Wave acts from the UK.

[@itsmedino]

Couldn't we have not introduced them to this part of history

[@chriso6719]

@@itsmedino 🤣🤣 Sounds like someone heard this song one to many times.😁

[@XXSLEDGEHAMMER360XX]

Hi, I glad you enjoyed something different. I am a custom car stereo installer for 40 years now. I used this song to adjust the system. If you pay attention there are many responses in the music 🎶 if you understand.

[@GeorgeBratcherIII]

Thomas Dolby was New Wave. It was great being an 80's kid turning 12 in 1980 and 21 in 1989, it was the best time to be alive and listening to music on the radio, and to see music videos get their start in 1981 with the advent of MTV. Along with Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and Herby Hancock's "Rocket", Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science" was one of the MOST PLAYED High School Marching Band songs back in the 1980s even into the 1990s at Pep Rallies and Games! New Wave songs tended to be Heavy with Synthesizers and blended with Jazz & Rock and you knew them when you heard them, and they were some of the greatest Ear Candy to Listen to, especially the Thomspon Twins, The Cars, Human League, Depeche Mode, ABC, Pet Shop Boys, Talk, Talk, Talk, Spandau Ballet, and Tears for Fears to name a few without naming all!

[@victorrackley7966]

The 80s were the best years

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Great tune and video. "One of our submarines" also a great tune. Trivea: Thomas Dolbly did keyboard tracks on the Def Leppard pyromania album to help finance this album. SCIENCE!!

[@xoxxobob61]

He also wrote & produced Songs for The Eagles & Thompson Twins.

[@delicatefleur]

Submarines is my fave Dolby song.

[@AlesPickar]

The line "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!" (5:25) is a reference to Akiko Yano, who married Ryuichi Sakamoto same year when this song came out and who sang background vocals on the song "Radio Silence" on the same album. Sakamoto and Dolby also wrote and recorded the rather outstanding song "Field Work" together in 1986.

[@lisakunka1338]

Yes the 80's music was the bomb 💣. I was in my 20's during the 80's and I so remember every Saturday and Sunday I would put on an album on the record player, yes an actual LP album, and play it as loud as I could. Than I would sing and dance all throughout the house. The 80's produced some amazing music 🎶 🎵.

[@LMmccallL57]

This song was played on a local R&B station, and whenever the long version was played, it was really time to jam. 😄 Amber, Jordan, did you guys understand the video? I know that some '80s videos tend to throw you and have thrown me, but this one tells a story that's pretty easy to understand. Jordan had his eyes closed a lot, again, and some of the missed scenes were helpful in explaining what the story was about. I think it's cool that Thomas Dolby, a real inventor (made it possible for sounds/ringtones to be added to phones) portrays a scientist along with other "scientists" and their ideas that drove them insane.

[@torpedoboy4]

Thomas Dolby is a genius, y'all! He revolutionized synth-pop. Definitely react to HYPERACTIVE and a more nuanced and low-key number called AIRWAVES.

[@marvinpetty731]

Thomas Dolby, genius, who also gave us Dolby soround sound!!!

[@mocub69]

That's a common misnomer. Dolby sound was invented by Raymond Dolby, not Thomas Dolby. Thomas Dolby is his stage name. His real name is Thomas Morgan Robertson. Dolby was a nickname given to him by friends and colleagues before he hit it big because of his affinity for music gadgets, synthesizers, and technology. He then used Dolby as his professional name. Dolby Laboratories famously sued him for copyright infringement; however, it was later settled out of court, and he was allowed to keep using it as his stage name.

[@dawnpatrol700]

Gary Numan "Cars" has this vibe. Technically 1979, but very 80s

[@robynmatheson7687]

I agree with the suggestions, especially “Hyperactive “ and “One of Our Submarines is Missing “. It’s funny, my musical tastes run more blues rock and standards from the 1930’s, 40’s and ‘50’s, but I’ve always loved Thomas Dolby. He’s different.

[@labyfan1313]

Love this song. A couple years ago I heard someone request it on the radio and they dedicated it to their high school science teacher. I thought that was so great. The guy saying "Science!" is a real scientist, Magnus Pyke. The music video was actually storyboarded first then Thomas Dolby wrote the song around it and even directed the video.

[@kevinbrown3075]

I was 16 in 1980- the perfect age to enjoy all of the 80’s music scene.

[@tamafaiga2938]

As a musician who played in bands during this era, we were the first ones to experiment with digital music instrumentation like synthesizers. I remember when the drummers were attaching pads to their drums and feeding it into a computer. So experimentation was a big part of the music scene. that is when music and digital sounds came together. Trust me it was hella exciting to see all these new computer generated sounds and gadgets. Today y'all dont think about it cos its part of the landscape. Back then we were tryna outdo each other with new stuff.

[@slimlouis6441]

These sounds were new back then. Very few could afford the machines and synths to create music like this. Dolby is a master keyboard and synth player.

[@calebclunie4001]

Kind of new, in some ways. 1930's had a few inroads, but the first big pop song, to feature a synthesized sound was Del Shannon - "Runaway". The BBC sci-fi show, "Doctor Who", really, placed synth sounds where a broader audience could be exposed to them. Yeah, the 80's had a certain saturation with synths, and this tune is quintessential, in that approach.

[@patbolduc6124]

80's classic!

[@shellzmoe8966]

When I was 12 this was my favorite song, my friends and I would sing it and take turns with the different sounds. We all loved yelling “SCIENCE!” then someone would say, “beep boop boooop” hahaha we were crazy in the 80’s. Y’all really wanna know what the 80’s were like, watch the video for The Gap Band’s Party Train! Everyone dancing and partying together poppin and lockin dance contests and a LOT of skating and totally groovin’ that video brings nostalgic happiness!!

[@sandracox4341]

I loved this song when it came out. Dolby was a master of the synthesizer.

[@deborahloveless429]

He should be a master of the synthesizer. He created it!

[@sandracox4341]

@@deborahloveless429, no he didn't.

[@sandracox4341]

@@deborahloveless429, he was 6 years old when the first synthesizer was on the market

[@deborahloveless429]

Ok sorry I was misinformed. I was told he created the Moog synthesizer.

[@tparmenter]

Thomas Dolby is an amazing songsmith. Screen Kiss, One of our submarines, Budapest by blimp, Leipzig is calling.

[@johnnydarman711]

and Europa and the Pirate Twins

[@GusGoosegrease]

And Hyperactive.

[@carltonbakerii8274]

“Screen Kiss” is brilliant.

[@zeer0squared]

I will still to this day belt out a good "SCIENCE!" when the situation calls for it.. LoL

[@leeli1674]

Thats so funny to see younger generations vibing to what we listened to.... we seasoned as hell..😂😂❤❤🎉

[@christophermorrow3287]

I turned 6 in 1980. What an absolutely amazing decade for music. The British invasion was the basis for alot of today's favorites.