One of the hottest dance songs of the 1980s came from a Portland band called Nu Shooz. The song, "I Can't Wait," skyrocketed to the top of the charts and made Nu Shooz a household name.
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@Oldschool19432 жыл бұрын
I envy those who grew up in the 80's.
@ColonizersBlow2 жыл бұрын
I did. The thing is, tho, you don’t really appreciate the time you’re in until you’re no longer in it. Glad I did get to experience it, even if I didn’t appreciate it at the time, lol.
@RideAcrossTheRiver11 ай бұрын
We just thought the hits and great music would keep coming. Then the 90s happened and then Internet and before we knew it we were looking uphill.
@antomano56234 ай бұрын
Don't. Enjoy your life today and live for today.
@lorenzosandoval73284 ай бұрын
@@ColonizersBlowvery true XD I grew up in the 2000s and thought it was kinda lame compared to the 90s and 80s I didn’t experience. Now I miss Nü-Metal, metalcore, how edgy everything was in games like Shadow the hedgehog and shows like Batman Beyond. gOLDen years
@Pedro-uz8jz4 жыл бұрын
They've aged so graciously.
@breuers2gether998 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in an urban Hispanic neighborhood in NYC and just assumed this was a song from an urban hip hop act. These two look like they would be selling organic artisan jam at a wine festival. I can't process this!
@marcuslloyd82186 ай бұрын
Just saw videos of them on 80s dance shows. I'm African American 82 baby here and just learned too. She is sooooooooo cute and classy. Think most black persons adoreeee singers like her. Would love to meet them one day
@lookingtowardsthesun6 ай бұрын
I'm an 80's baby and I loved Nu Shooz music. I'm so happy they are still together as a husband and wife.
@retromaster2000s5 ай бұрын
They had so many good songs I like The Point Of No Return better their Top 40 Hit and the whole album for that matter and the second album I am sure I liked need to check it out again. Plus the newer album too. Always the one song just the U.S. Hot 100 all that matters we are old USA is so full of shit.
@darransykes57033 жыл бұрын
They've aged wonderfully.... And Valerie is still rocking it!
@dcmastermindfirst94185 ай бұрын
Even after 30 odd years this song is still a timeless masterpiece. Better than most modern songs.
@lhomme388 ай бұрын
She has always been exceptionally graceful!
@feehasfleas32913 жыл бұрын
Point of no return was the #1 song to me. I have it on every phone I've had😃👍❤
@LOCDLIFE3 жыл бұрын
Love them! They are so UNDERRATED!!!!
@daturagirl3 жыл бұрын
they are so cute & totally deserving of all their success. poolside is an incredible album.
@jimmyo11233 жыл бұрын
She still looks good!!👌🏾👌🏾
@pearlhsu90534 жыл бұрын
Amazing they are so humble and together.
@AudioFreqx Жыл бұрын
We were slapping Point Of No Return with 5800 watts in a two-seat S-10 Blazer at stereo contests all over the PacNW in 1986. ♥♫
@MrCtsSteve3 жыл бұрын
Great song . I was 19 when this came out . Still sounds great
@JT_82833 жыл бұрын
Where you 19 when you got me in bed and then left before I got up you knew I was scared it was my first time with a guy and you go and screw me all night and up and leave me in the morning I have never been with another guy since but if you would come back to me I would come back to you in a instant
@scoobums132 жыл бұрын
Dude I was 15 and this was my jam
@alexbutler93433 жыл бұрын
cutest couple of all time
@sandrodellisanti11394 жыл бұрын
Wow, now i'm 51, and they are so wonderful right now. stay safe you all and many greetings from Brunswick in Germany :)
@cyber6sapien3 жыл бұрын
God! She is STILL soooo gorgeous!!!!
@KIDSOUL7773 жыл бұрын
Driftin is also one of their coolest songs. That song is special
@Marv_0815 Жыл бұрын
True ❤
@itsintheword2303 жыл бұрын
That base line did it all
@TheArtofGuitar9 ай бұрын
Super cute couple. I liked their dancing in the Point of No Return video.
@badman2311773 жыл бұрын
I will forever cherish them.
@ThatBeeyatch3 жыл бұрын
I love them to this day ❤️
@MyClothesDontFit3 жыл бұрын
Bless them
@stanhutchins4365 Жыл бұрын
Damn she’s still beautiful, awesome song. I remember listening to it when it first hit the radio.
@wpetersejt7 ай бұрын
I just love Nu Shooz since first heard
@adamlauina4912 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nu Shooz. Awesome music. Awesome era and most of all leaving me unforgettable memories. God bless you both.
@johnpetty93103 жыл бұрын
I live in Vancouver right now but lived in Portland (via Newark NJ) since 2007 , after being here for awhile, i asked some locals of the dance scene in the 1980's and one dude told me NU SHOOZ was from HERE, i was like WHAT !!!?? HOW??? WHO ??? WHERE? LOL, so i left a comment on their FB and to my GRAND SURPRISE their ANSWERED BACK !!! I asked them if they knew how big their song was in the East and they said : YES, IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE AIR PLAY THAT MADE IT THAT IT WAS THERE. Back then you COULD NOT even get AWAY from it ... EVERY CAR, EVERY BOOMBOX , EVERY HOUSE/COOK OUT/ BLOCK PARTY ... YOU COULDN'T ESCAPE!!!! Not to mention the DANCE SCENE ... either at the start of the night or the end THE DJ WAS GONNA ROCK IT !!! This might not matter to any one else other that the eastcoast but the big Nightclub / DJ to thank is LARRY LEVAN @ THE PARADISE GARAGE 🙏 🙏 🙏, and to NU SHOOZ 🙏 🙏 🙏 THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH FOR CONCEIVING THIS GREAT DANCE SONG. PEACE.
@denisethomas93742 ай бұрын
Always loved that song !!
@lv24654 ай бұрын
Stay blessed, because I can't wait is such a upbeat catchy tune.
@tiffanyvalentine73154 ай бұрын
They still look so good ❤
@GalaxyHasYellowTeeth25 күн бұрын
Point of no return was my favorite ❤
@davistalhone9482 Жыл бұрын
So nice to catch up with them after all these years. Listening to any of their hits is like time travel to a simpler time.
@QuantumKatmusic Жыл бұрын
God they are so adorable , I'm glad they're still together ❤️
@tonyoliver23344 жыл бұрын
Had the biggest crush on Valerie lol. Her sexy smile drove me crazy
@neonvandal87703 ай бұрын
"Poolside" is a fantastic album. A brilliant mix of pop, electro/freestyle,with a touch of jazz. I remember playing that tape to death on my boombox in the 80's! Literally just got a vinyl copy on ebay a few minutes ago! Whoop! I miss the 80's! 😎
@ericsteward11955 ай бұрын
This song crossed both the 80s funk and mainstream in 86
@alan937 ай бұрын
I like looking up things from the past and today it was a Nu Shooz indulgence . I actually disdained the new 80s music when it came out after being a child rocker of the 70s mega groups. But , when I saw her on that video , the song, with those looks ( WITH A PONY TAIL! I Loved those and the banana clips) and that voice, I was mesmerized and smitten. Favorite 80s song.
@edileneruiz27846 ай бұрын
Happiness brings more happiness to lives❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
@superdlucks19 күн бұрын
Was not a fan of I can't wait, but Point of No Return was my jam! Happy to hear that are healthy and still in the industry.
@timholland928Ай бұрын
Love it!
@elibutton3 жыл бұрын
Wow awesome
@laminage3 жыл бұрын
It is also one of the most Sampled Songs of all time next to "I Can't Go For That" by Hall & Oates.
@ElectricSoul828 Жыл бұрын
I love this song so much ❤
@D4LM4R3 жыл бұрын
Wow 👏
@BigDaddyJGG Жыл бұрын
Great music!!!
@ericsteward119511 ай бұрын
Love NUSHOOZ!
@wrestlingwithjay3770 Жыл бұрын
Legend
@PatrickRosenbalm Жыл бұрын
John nailed it, Grunge arrived in the 90s. I never liked Gruuuunge..... As a synth and keyboard player I liked the creative stuff Nu-Shooz wuz doing much better! Much much better!!
@moxyblackfiddler9 ай бұрын
Blue eyed soul
@abcizdaman3 жыл бұрын
One hit wonder is right. Good song though. Popped up in my head all a sudden about a week ago for no reason. LOL
@rockdirty22283 жыл бұрын
No, not "One hit wonder". "Point Of No Return" was another hit of their hits. As a DJ I actually preferred "Point Of No Return", beat was a little easier to mix with other songs.
@abcizdaman3 жыл бұрын
@@rockdirty2228 Thanks for the info.
@truesonic6694 ай бұрын
I can't wait ans point of no return
@oatnoid Жыл бұрын
Told you it was an earworm. I remembered this tune from somewhere when I heard it on the radio in the car. I said to myself, "Self, you've got to find out why you remember that tune." Then forgot the chorus by the time I got home. All I could remember was "...can't wait.." Try searching on those two words. A few days went by and I was watching Kennedy on FOX and caught the tail end her 'Mouth Trumpet Monday' quiz and there it was. "I Can't Wait" Nu Shooz from the 80's . Big hair, bigger shoulder pads. silly videos on the brand new MTV channel. Been stuck in my head ever since.
@andrea684 ай бұрын
He is a very handsome man
@danieltaz65553 жыл бұрын
I remember when the son was first released
@percycesar7692 жыл бұрын
Great!😊
@Bobby84519 ай бұрын
Who gets Back to the Future vibes when looking at John Smith? Lol He reminds me of Christopher Lloyd.
@MagnusVonBenz Жыл бұрын
0:10 I am so sure that these two moderators have never heard of Nu Shooz and were old at their young age. 😃
@antomano56234 ай бұрын
They are remembered for just 2 hits, "I can't wait" and "point of no return", what more chart hits did they have?
@AudioFreqx Жыл бұрын
OMG Portlandia irl!!
@michaelwalters73334 жыл бұрын
🤘Hell Yeah 🤘
@garyskadra523611 ай бұрын
You can't call Nu Shooz a one hit wonder. "Point Of No Return" was there other hit song. Not as big as "I Can't Wait" though
@lornacharles385811 ай бұрын
AMEN AND AMEN THE PERFECT WILL OF DADDY YESHUAH JESUS CHRIST IS LORD AND SAVIOR 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰..the nu shoot,wasn't one hit wonder
@svenlabots1869 Жыл бұрын
Lovely....i always craved that superhit that they had, buying the single in 86'. Little did i know the were yankees from Portland, god forgive me i thought they were Germans! But their (musical ) relationship is a true lovestory...how cool is that, with everything they still do...wow...😉😀
@breuers2gether998 Жыл бұрын
I didn't have MTV. I always assumed they were a hip-hop act!
@African.Diaspora.InLondonUK3 жыл бұрын
from london brixton uk. i heard song in utube advert...was shocked...its a white girl!
@dougwollard7414 ай бұрын
Just like i expected..shes even sexier with some age!
@superAweber Жыл бұрын
Huh, I thought they were from here, the UK. That's a quirky British-type sound and look.
@rapman57914 ай бұрын
What a bush she must have had back then. Dark too.
@robw4266 Жыл бұрын
Remixed by the late Peter ‘Hithouse’ Slaghuis
@thierrydevant76902 жыл бұрын
A certain style.
@rapman57914 ай бұрын
You were in the music business and didn’t know what a Grammy was?? Yeah,ok 👌
@D.Z.A.-kp8lf Жыл бұрын
They were not a one-hit wonder 👍🏾
@truesonic6694 ай бұрын
I though they were from England
@progKansas8 ай бұрын
I thought they were European.
@TS_Autumn_Atomic Жыл бұрын
Poolside is an amazing record and still holds value online. Cost you at least $20 to grab a CD. "I can't wait" and "Point of no return" are my favorites!
@davidmcclellan96216 ай бұрын
Just how many people do you know of that are fourth-generation Oregonians? Well, female tunesmith Valerie Day of the musical act Nu Shooz happens to be a fourth-generation Oregonian [en.wikipedia.org] 😃😃😃😃. ¶ I praise Valerie Day for her excellent fashion decisions ⭐⭐⭐⭐😃😃😃😃.