Fast Song was A DISASTER Until This 80s Band SLOWED IT DOWN…Became LEGENDARY!

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Fast Song was A DISASTER Until This 80s Band SLOWED IT DOWN…Became LEGENDARY! | Professor of Rock

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11 ай бұрын

Three strikes and you’re out. Isn’t that usually how it goes? Well, not for today’s band… Alphaville who despite repeatedly failing to break into the Hot 100 with the same single…the 80s classic Forever Young, still turned the 1984 single into a massive pop culture phenomenon. Played on underground radio here in America, a lot of people here just didn’t catch on to it until long after its release… Maybe that had something to do with Alphaville refusing to tour in the US for more than a decade. Even so, time was on their side. Because radio hit or not, this Forever Young was destined to be an eternal track… Perfectly capturing the dramatic longing and angst that we all feel when we’re young, this song drips with nostalgia and they released it half a dozen times… Would it ever be a hit? Find out NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of our show #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes we have covered True by Spandau Ballet, Space Age Love Song by A Flock of Seagulls, and Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins. Today it’s once again back into the 80s and the New Wave scene. With a song that fits this show like a glove. A song everyone loves… It should been #1 but didn’t even make the charts… The song? Forever Young by Alphaville, from their 1984 debut album.
In 1982, lead singer Marian Gold and keyboardist Bernhard Lloyd formed the group Alphaville in Münster, Germany. The two shared a love for UK indie bands and New Wave standouts from the late 70s and early 80s. Gary Numan, OMD, and Depeche Mode were all influences, as well as Kraftwerk and David Bowie. With the addition of second keyboardist Frank Mertens, the trio originally called themselves Forever Young… but would later change their name to Alphaville, after Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 neo-noir science fiction film.
During the early years of the band, no one could really play any instruments. According to Marian Gold, “The music was in our heads, but we were dependent on synthesizers and drum machines and things like that. ... The equipment we had at that time was basically toys - the cheapest monophonic synthesizers you could imagine.” Still, they practiced in their basement rehearsal studio there in Münster trying to figure it out. From these experimental sessions, they recorded enough demos to create a tape, which they began to shop around.
In fact, with their demo tape in hand, the band hitchhiked to Berlin in search of a record contract.

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@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Poll: What is you pick for the MOST NOSTALGIC song of the 80s... The one that takes you right back to that time?

@catherine6653 11 ай бұрын

Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper. The whole She's So Unusual album. My favorite in 7th grade.

@jamalstephenson7140 11 ай бұрын

Let's Go Crazy - Prince

@Whisper_292 11 ай бұрын

Oh, jeez, every song I know! I'll go with Steppin' Out, tho. That was my prom theme.

@christineml1476 11 ай бұрын

"The Best of Times" by Styx. "Paradise Theatre" was the first album I bought with money from my first job. It was a pretty big deal to me at the time.

@martineldritch 11 ай бұрын

Life in a Northern Town, hey ma ma ma heyy

@marcospaulo4726 11 ай бұрын

Although I've never met any member of Alphaville in person, my story about Alphaville is quite a personal one. In 1983 (I was 11 years old back then) my family and I lived in a small village near Cologne, West Germany. In December of that year my mother wanted to visit a friend who lived in Berlin. She went there by train. As the train stopped in Münster a young man, looking tired and bleary-eyed, entered her compartment. He didn't say anything at all and fell asleep quite soon. In order to get to Berlin you had to travel through the former state of the German Democratic Republic. As soon as the train entered Eastern Germany the train crew turned off the heater and as it was December the temperature inside the train sank rapidly. The train crew did this, because they wanted to sell overpriced hot beverages. Well, the young man in my mother's compartment woke up and as he had no money my mom bought him a cup of hot coffee. They started to chat and he said that he was the singer of a then still unknown band called Alphaville and that they are about to release their first single. As my mom knew that I was very much into synth pop she took some notes so that she won't forget to tell me. After arriving in Berlin they both got off at Berlin Zoo and in returning the favor Marian Gold carried my mom's suitcase to a cab. After she returned home she immediately told me and I bought their single the day it was released and I was immediately hooked. My mom still fondly remembers the train ride with Marian Gold. Nice memories!

@hopeseeker97 10 ай бұрын

I hope the guy from this channel reads this. How cool!

@karenbrill321 10 ай бұрын

Very cool story!

@carolrose293 9 ай бұрын

Nice! A great story and a lovely memory. 😊

@charlieromeo7663 9 ай бұрын

What a great story. Thanks for sharing it. This song is one of those that just tugs at you in so many ways.

@charlieromeo7663 9 ай бұрын

Adam. This episode is one of your top 5. The way this song plays with emotions is magical. I was young in 1984 and remember how the song made me feel. Hearing it 39 years later the song is exponentially more powerful and poignant. It really is a masterpiece. Great video.

@seb5591 11 ай бұрын

My daughter passed away a month short of her 18th birthday a couple of years ago. I had “Forever Young” played at her memorial. She will always be forever young in my heart.

@justJelene 10 ай бұрын

😢

@madma19 10 ай бұрын

Oh, I'm so sorry 😞!

@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705 10 ай бұрын

I'm crying already for your pain.

@solaccursio 10 ай бұрын

I send you a big hug, she WILL be forever young...❤❤

@JerryGreuel 11 ай бұрын

Hey Adam, I’m I longtime fan and a 1985 HS graduate. Casey Kasem truly helped make the 80’s the greatest decade in music history. What you’re doing for keeping the 80’s celebrated alive and well today goes well beyond what he was able to do during AT40. You sir are a true 80’s music curator hero! I’m eternally grateful for what you do and so looking forward to watching you for years to come with multiple rewatches of your videos! Casey would be very proud!! Thank you ❤️🙂

@fmmaj9noname332 11 ай бұрын

They still play 1980s Casey in syndication, and I still listen.

@CajunCooper89 11 ай бұрын

So VERY well said!!

@jimb.7523 11 ай бұрын

@@fmmaj9noname332 It used to play on one of the local radio stations up here in upstate NY, but then one week they randomly stopped. Would wake up every Sunday morning at 6 just to hear a classic countdown from the 80s. It's also how I found out "Take on Me" first hit #1 on 10/19/85.

@sarawallace8581 11 ай бұрын

IHeart radio plays American Top 40 ,just discovered it….couldnt stop listening

@smithhart2920 10 ай бұрын

For top 40 and corporate tools.. But there was some to good it broke though.

@pamnone9099 11 ай бұрын

This song was played at my brother in law's funeral. He died at 24 years old. Every year this song seems to creep into my life at significant times. Yesterday he would have turned 54 years old. He will indeed remain forever young to those of us who knew and loved him. 😥

@prayingwifeandmama4251 11 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss.

@madma19 10 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry 😞!!

@thebeardedseeker5633 11 ай бұрын

Forever Young is one of those songs I loved back in the 80s, when I was a teenager; but now that I'm much older, and have lived the lyrics, I can barely bring myself to listen to it anymore or I'll start ugly crying. Those lyrics, man. They get me every time.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

It's so true. I feel the same way. It's just beautiful beyond compare. What lyric hits you hardest?

@thebeardedseeker5633 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock "Some are like water, some are like the heat Some are a melody and some are the beat Sooner or later, they all will be gone Why don't they stay young?" Back then they were just beautiful lyrics. Now, they remind me of friends and loved ones I've lost along the way. 🤧

@LDiamondz 11 ай бұрын

@@thebeardedseeker5633Same for me. Reminders of good days, and the ones we let slip away. Or they just left. ❤

@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock, just before watching this video, I saw a video on paranormal phenomena such as remote viewing. During the introduction of this video, I correctly guessed the song that this video was about. Coincidence?

@a2ndopynyn 11 ай бұрын

@@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices Every once in a while, if I'm listening to radio or someone is DJing an event, the next song that plays will pop into my head about 20 - 30 seconds before. People think this stuff isn't real, and they're very wrong.

@cpearson7372 11 ай бұрын

Y'know, I forgot to mention, that as an adult, every time I hear this song, I cry. I cry for the soldiers who have died, especially the ones who went over to Afghanistan. I'm a former U.S. Army Reserves Motor pool SGT. "Sitting in a sand pit, life is a short trip(dying young) The music's for the sad man...", those lyrics remind me of how we always would say "they're being deployed over to the sandbox", when a troop was going to Afghanistan, for the war. Many guys, just out of high-school even, went over there, and died too young. Forever Young, the ballad, by Alphaville, is a fantastic song.

@CowGirlKat8691 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service Sir. I wonder did y'all ever go train at Ft. Irwin, NTC in Cali? It was also called "the sandbox".

@Whisper_292 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. You, you brothers and sisters in arms, and especially those who died for our country are the _real_ superheroes.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

You have our respect. ✊ Peace to you and your family.

@Wolfseeker2nite 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@llamasugar5478 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. I just listened to “Wrong Side of Heaven” by Five Finger Death Punch tonight. Just settled down after ugly crying, and _this_ video shows up. Both songs deserve a lot more exposure and recognition than they’ve gotten.

@msmoniz 11 ай бұрын

I was in high school in 88-92 and this song even then was stirring up nostalgic feelings then, watching childhood slip away and watching adulthood barrel down on me! It became extra potent in 1991 when a high school friend I was close to, along with 4 other of his friends died in a head car wreck on a Saturday night. At 17, he has remained forever young in my mind, and sadly in reality. 32 years (November 23, 1991) later that loss still hauntts me, and marked a hard demarcation line for me, when my childhood ended and the reality of adulthood and mortality became all too real.

@violeteyes5255 11 ай бұрын

I'm a 67 year old man, and I loved your story about your High School Prom Dance. It brought back those bitter sweet memories of my High School days. I now know that I wasn't the only one who felt like that. Thank you for sharing. I'm old now, but in my heart I'll forever be, "Forever Young."

@johnnyjohnson1326 11 ай бұрын

This is one of those songs that will bring a hard man to tears. There are some songs I can't listen to very often because of the painful emotions they bring up. This is one. Thank you Professor for keeping my teenage years alive

@danbartfield8252 11 ай бұрын

This is one of those songs that is many people's guilty pleasure but there's no such thing as guilty pleasures! Such a great song with beautiful vocals.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I don’t hide the fact that I love this song.

@gdcadad 11 ай бұрын

My senior class theme was Forever Young. Now, 38 years later, I still wax nostalgic every time I hear this song and this amazing album. Thanks for the remembrances of the innocence of nearly 4 decades ago.

@fivestring65ify 11 ай бұрын

What a shame this wasn't a hit. It's one of the better songs from the 80s. Thanks for covering these guys.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 11 ай бұрын

IT WASN'T A HIT FOR A REASON. IT'S REALLY NOT THAT GOOD.

@nickmurray9151 11 ай бұрын

Aww, thanks so much for highlighting this song, and Alphaville. One of the great synth pop bands, Marion is a truly great singer, fantastic voice. All of their albums have some great tunes and their later work is as strong as the early days. Afternoons In Utopia is a masterpiece. Love the channel, my favourite music channel on KZfaq. Thanks Professor!!

@questube1967 11 ай бұрын

You compliment great lyrics such as Alphaville and other wonderful bands, however, you yourself also possess such a gift to poetically describe the essence of each of the wonderful songs that you share with us all! Thank you for being you!

@chrisbenson6683 11 ай бұрын

Agreed. I ran across this channel maybe a year or two ago and wasn't sure about some dude calling himself "the professor of rock". I mean come on now... As I watched these vids, though, it became obvious that he really does earn the title. He loves the music as much as any of us do and I enjoy his thoughts on it.

@dietmarthies4261 11 ай бұрын

Alphaville was big in Germany, nearly every single they released was a hit here! Everyone here knows them, but not only for "Forever young", but also for their debut single "Big in Japan", which is even more well known here in Germany.

@inisipisTV 9 ай бұрын

Was it popular also to those who live in Eastern Germany. I imagine that they probably smuggled a lot of Western music into it.

@cdncitizen4700 11 ай бұрын

The fact that this song came out in our youth, making us ask those VERY questions at such an early age... in such an optimistically angst driven catchy melody, is what gave us that early insight into appreciating the life experiences yet to come, enabling us to age into ourselves. It prompted us to accept aging gracefully and introspectively. No matter your age, when you hear it... it becomes an instant life anthem. I'm just happy I heard it when I was forever young - in 1984 !

@ArtDigitalMediaTV 11 ай бұрын

It's a shame that Alphaville never caught on in the US. I've been obsessed with them since the 80s. Their body of work over the decades has been incredible. Quite a few songs I like even more than Forever Young. They had a style all their own, told incredible stories with their music. Amazing imagery. And out of everyone I know, I'm the only one who knows them. Have had to listen to them alone for so many years, but it was worth it. Inspiring music that got me out of dark times and brought me endless joy, even if I wasn't able to share it with anyone else.

@TheLightSmith1971 11 ай бұрын

Wow Adam, THANK YOU so very much for featuring this song. It was literally soundtrack to my junior year of high school! We all loved Forever Young so very much, it was the theme for our homecoming dance, held at the Capital Rotunda in Salt Lake City. I was a band geek who met the girl of my dreams (at the time) from another school, and the night was beyond perfect. As a self taught piano/keyboards player, the chords from Forever Young, the bass from Funky Town, and the one-finger piano solo from The Promise by When In Rome were the first things I learned to play!

@brandonfugal6413 11 ай бұрын

Forever Young was the theme of my Pleasant Grove, Utah 9th grade dance in 1988. The cultural impact of this song and the story of its emergence as Alphaville’s defining hit us masterfully told by the Professor of Rock! How was this song never a #1 hit?!?

@dad4ever-c90 11 ай бұрын

I had never heard Forever Young until I saw Napoleon Dynamite. It just wasn't played on rock radio stations here. Perhaps no other song EMBODIES the trials and tribulations of adolescence better. In retrospect, it's surprising it wasn't used in almost every John Hughes movie. You are right, it transports your mind back to that time in our life!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

@Dr._J 11 ай бұрын

Because it's not a Rock song, as easy as that.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Hughes would have thought this song was gold.

@JPMJPM 11 ай бұрын

This song and the Jamiroqui song are such standouts in Napoleon Dynamite.

@richardraley2339 11 ай бұрын

Same here, brother. It was a strong point of the film!

@TheSlowoldman 11 ай бұрын

This song reminds me of my little brother, he is the one who introduced me to this song, back when we thought we'd stay Forever Young. Sadly, neither of us is young any longer, but we still both send it to one another whenever we hear it on Pandora.....I guess in our hearts we will be Forever Young.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your beautiful memory! Bless you!

@LazyIRanch 11 ай бұрын

That is so sweet! I wish I was still close to my brother. He hasn't spoken to me in 8 years and I don't know why. Well, I think I know why but it's not a good reason. I still love him and miss him very much.

@TheSlowoldman 11 ай бұрын

@@LazyIRanch Hope things change for you and you and your brother reunite. We lost our folks in our 30's and we've grown closer over the years.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

The reality is we grow old every day.

@kimberleyrumburg9472 11 ай бұрын

This one hit hard. I've been battling an incurable stage 4 cancer for 4 years now. It's mine and my husbands 19 year anniversary. He passed in February 2021 so he's no longer with me to be my #1 support with the cancer fight. Or to celebrate today. Or for anything...Forever Young indeed. The place where these things don't happen. Or if they do we somehow win over them anyhow. Regardless, the good memories that come up are worth a brief walk with the pain. Thanks for all you do, Professor.

@josephmanzuni8593 11 ай бұрын

I've been on the radio in my car and heard about 20 or so current day hits from the biggest stars of today. I couldn't register any one of them throughout my journey. Now Im watching this and singing along to Forever Young like a small kid again trying to remain forever young 😊! A classic that can never be replicated and will always remain in my playlist.

@ronaldmccutcheon1329 11 ай бұрын

I told my wife that not only can i not name 1 song on the Top 40, I can't even name 1 artist on the Top 40 today. And don't care to.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I’m 17 and I feel the exact same way. Today’s music is missing that something - so many things, in fact, that made music like 80s new wave magical.

@Thejohnnyoshow 11 ай бұрын

No other way to say it: this was a very emotional video. Your "Morp" story truly hit home, and brought a tear to my eye. It brought back so many feelings and memories on a personal level. We didn't have a "Morp" in my school, but still, the story you told struck a chord

@mayanardflbon3 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for bringing so much joy to all our lives Adam. You're a legend!

@philiplangerman7375 11 ай бұрын

Adam, I love your channel! I grew up in the 70"s and 80"s and relate to many of your stories of how music captures a moment of time in your life . Keep up the great work.

@Lurker-dk8jk 11 ай бұрын

Never went to prom; had too much other drama. But this song hits right in the feels. Thanks for covering it!

@xoxxobob61 11 ай бұрын

"Forever Young" will be a Song that lives forever in anybody who grew up in the 1980's regardless of music genre. It was a "Anthem" to us at the time.

@catherinemorley4829 11 ай бұрын

Loved this song!!! Thanks for sharing the story behind it😊. Also, we called the dances where the girls invited the guys “Sadie Hawkins” dances (might not have the spelling correct🤷‍♀️).

@RonKStevens 10 ай бұрын

I never realized this song never went higher on the Hot 100. Such a great song

@deanvinlove6095 10 ай бұрын

Hi Adam, I’m 65 to, and never heard of this band Alphaville, but I remember hearing it but it didn’t click , you are right it is a phenomenal song , I am going to put on my playlist on Spotify! Thanks love your channel!!

@PracticalCat 11 ай бұрын

The whole album is great! One of my favorite albums. Criminally underappreciated compositions and production.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

My favorite was Sounds Like a Melody

@james-russellgause4735 9 ай бұрын

I played the hellbout of "Fallen Angel" and even made up a video for it in my mind. And "Jet Set" was my aspirational song!

@PracticalCat 9 ай бұрын

@@james-russellgause4735 What a song eyy. Pure magic

@Whisper_292 11 ай бұрын

I'd never heard the song before today, and as someone who is trying to come to terms with aging, I could've help crying. How many of us haven't looked in the mirror from time to time and said those exact words?

@LQOTW 11 ай бұрын

Oh man, I can so relate to this!

@S.Waters. 11 ай бұрын

I was a kid during the 80’s and grew up watching MTV, I didn’t know this song existed until it was used in Napoleon Dynamite.

@elicoats 5 ай бұрын

I had no idea the weren't big in the 80s; I was in college then and heard "Forever Young" all the time. LOVED it. Still takes me back to my senior year there.

@Chivalry10 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! All of us New Wave "undergrounders" of the '80's wanted this as our Class of '90 song but the "popular" crowd couldn't understand the meaning behind it. It will always be the class song for us and as more of us fall victim to times never ending march it still rings true to this day...

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@midtownfarmgirl5494 11 ай бұрын

This was our class song, but only bc the normies thought they were voting for the Rod Stewart song. Suckers.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I’m going to tell my principal that this song needs to be played at our Class of 2024 graduation.

@PixieBrunerPoet 11 ай бұрын

Same. I wanted it as prom theme. I did get Rush’s “Time Stand Still” as we outsiders were shown in the Senior Slide Show at least!

@judithgoulding8046 11 ай бұрын

Hearing it's unmistable melody and lyrics it just floods you with such emotion and nostalgia. Ty. Professor!❤

@Jlivingston66 8 ай бұрын

A dorm-mate in college played this song on seemingly endless repeat during our sophomore year in college. That was almost 40 years ago in 1985. I loved the song back then and still do to this day. Thanks to streaming, I have it on heavy rotation. It’s an achingly beautiful song from the music to the lyrics to the vocals. Thank you Lauren for introducing me to Forever Young, which never gets old.

@kathden1 10 ай бұрын

I loved Forever Young/Alphaville as a teen in the 80s. I remember hearing a dance mix of this and loving it. I always wondered whatever happened to it. Thank you for hilighting them!

@MyName-pl7zn 11 ай бұрын

I have always assumed this was a huge hit on the charts. I just thought it had charted and i missed when. I can't even say when i first heard it, probably on one of the shows you mentioned, definitely a #1 in our hearts. Can't believe it never charted very high because it is a fantastic song. Great episode professor another song i knew so little about other than i knew i loved it

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

In a just world this would have easily been in the top 5 if not #1

@rikhavok 11 ай бұрын

I loved this song when I was a kid in the early eighties. Strangely I never realized that there was so many different releases of it. Now, I get it. Because I’ve heard it occasionally, thinking that it sounded different. Now, i get it! Thanks for this. I really want to hear some of the different versions of this now.

@stingraystingray4766 10 ай бұрын

This may be the only and greatest way I can compliment you Professor… and that is by confessing that whenever this song comes up on my Apple 80’s Radio station I skip it for some reason. After watching this video I will NEVER skip this song again. I will sing it as loud as I can in the drivers seat. Thank you for reminding me and opening my eyes up again to how great a song it is. THIS is why you are my favorite channel.

@hildeschmid8400 10 ай бұрын

Sadly, I don't recognize this song. By the time it came out I was married and almost 30, living in the Caribbean. Hearing it now, I wish I had heard it back then. What a beautiful song.❤ It makes me wish I was a teenager again.

@cpearson7372 11 ай бұрын

This song was awesome to us kids! My sisters and I were in love with it, and it was one of the first tracks on almost every mixed tape we made 😊 That first sounds made, during the opening lyrics, are fantastic 🎉 I just can NOT believe it was not a number 1, or even in the dang top 10! 😊

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

It’s just a magical journey.

@trinaq 11 ай бұрын

I really love this song, it's a wistful recollection of things gone by, and how time inevitably moves on, and we all eventually depart from this world. "Regular Show" memorably used it in a flashback to Skip's first love.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

I believe we show that in the episode!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

This song hits harder for me considering it’s less than a year before I graduate from high school

@MrJeparo 11 ай бұрын

I have the same transforming back experience when I listen to that old song by the Dream Academy, Life in a Northern Town. It sure takes me back like you have no idea and I enjoy every minute of it.

@poboymusic1958 10 ай бұрын

What a great segment, Adam / Professor. I can't say this song was ever on my radar per se, but towards the end of your video, after you personalized it with your own breakup and then the prom with your best friend's gal, it struck home. I love the music you cover and always take something away from your observations and insights. Thank you, as always, for your great content, humor and context for the music that I, and your many followers, appreciate so much.

@CostaRicaJack 11 ай бұрын

Love this song then love this song still!!! Thank you Professor.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Amen! Good to hear from you my friend!

@RC32Smiths01 11 ай бұрын

It's always great to never give up on a song's potential. Just gotta keep trying to see what works and what doesn't. Cheers!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Amen! Thanks RC32!

@RC32Smiths01 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Cheers!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Perseverance is a key trait! Cheers to you, RC32. 🍻

@james-russellgause4735 9 ай бұрын

I was 20 years old and in Germany when this song was released, and I swear to this day it was a sound direct to my soul.

@DanieVargas 11 ай бұрын

I remember, I was listening to WHFS 99.1 here in the DC area and Forever Young came on the station and I just STOPPED whatever I was doing and just LISTENED! I think what caught my ear was the melody, Canon in D (by Pachelbel. It’s a VERY old classical baroque song)! I said to myself WTF! And then the song kicked in and I listened to the words… It’s been a life long favorite ever since. Yes, the song touched my SOUL!! The song, whenever I hear it, brings back SO MANY MEMORIES! This song IS a Time Machine song and it NEVER GETS OLD!! And for future info, WEA is pronounced “wee-ah”. Thank you for today’s episode. I never realized it WASN’T a hit song. I was listening to it all the time back in the day. And as for do I want to live forever? YES!! But I want to be 25 forever.

@michaelsingletary4526 11 ай бұрын

Sounds Like A Melody so Dance With Me cause we're Forever Young. #POR Have a great Monday and week everyone, from Tampa Florida...

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Rock on Michael 🤘

@bartbluemusic 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE that you covered Alphaville's "Forever Young" today. This is such a phenomenal song. I remember some back in the day as touting it to be the "Stairway To Heaven" of the post modern era. I find it ironic that they slowed it down, and then later released a re-mix of the song that was a dance hit as well. I remember hitting the dance clubs back then and the re-mix was always played. Great vid!

@davej.meister5421 11 ай бұрын

I like "Forever Young" by AOR/melodic rock band Icon better than I do Alphaville's.

@bartbluemusic 11 ай бұрын

@@davej.meister5421 - Axel Rudi Pell did a pretty good version of it too. :)

@IceCreamManDLR 9 ай бұрын

American here. I have been listening to Alphaville since the 80's. One of my favorite bands. Lots of great music. I even have one of Marian Gold's solo albums call So Long Celeste which is also great. Marian Gold is very talented and underrated. We in the US missed out on a lot of great music in the 90's because of the grunge and rap music that dominated the airwaves. I eneded up becoming a Country music fan in the 90's. With the rise of the internet, I have been able to discover lots of music that I missed out from that era.

@MesonicShelf 11 ай бұрын

My favorite song from my favorite band. The song itself is timeless. Our group of outcasts petitioned hard and succeeded in getting it voted as our senior graduation theme (Class of 1990 in smalltown Texas). Been a lifelong fan of the band since those days.

@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 11 ай бұрын

I never heard of Alphaville until today. That song sounds familiar so I must have heard it. Who doesn't want to be forever young? There is only one group who will be forever young. Not talking about the Beatles, Duran Duran or The Rolling Stones or Little Mix or any musical group at all. The answer might surprise you or maybe not. We obviously all get older in this life. But there are those who are sold out to God, the maker of all life. Those who are born again and pass from death unto life the moment they believe fully in Jesus Christ and are promised eternal life not thru good works but through faith and grace. In heaven everyone will look forever young. We can all still realise this dream. Finding out how to do this should be number one on your bucket list. Thank you Adam for your platform regarding great music which in the end should raise us all up to where we belong. Our prince is coming back soon. The Prince of Peace. Like Bob Dylan said once, "You gotta serve somebody!"

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@danielwolski873 11 ай бұрын

It's crazy that this song was never a big hit here, it's a masterpiece.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Why wasn’t the US bigger on 80s new wave?

@danielwolski873 11 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I thing it was 80's metal that overshadowed everything else, which is understandable because It was great and I'm still a fan of it today.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

@@danielwolski873 Well, heavy metal did not do good on the charts either! I think it was actual pop rock music that the US was eating up.

@CP-nl2zb 11 ай бұрын

Not crazy at all. Average at best

@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 11 ай бұрын

IT WAS NEVER A BIG HIT FOR A REASON ............. IT'S NOT A BIG HIT. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

@mattyswan1 11 ай бұрын

Chills - it was our Prom theme in '89 - I guess the committee was thinking of the Rod Stewart song of the same name, but Alphaville's was what was in my head.

@longlivebytor 10 ай бұрын

Man, your story at the end really touched me. Those are the kinds of moments of youth that I yearn for - the glory and the pain. It was magical.

@jenniferm6042 11 ай бұрын

Hey PoR, Alphaville made an orchestrated version very recently with a bunch of social media interviews with Marion Gold and his daughter for that new release. You should do an interview with Marion in the future. What a legendary group!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

I will try!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I need to see this!

@lindamcfarland9656 11 ай бұрын

I've been fascinated by the way our entertainment culture consistently referenced the Cold War and our fears of nuclear annihilation. We got so used to carrying that weight and dancing to it, that the war worries people have today feel old hat. I have this song in my Everybody's Got a Bomb playlist😆 I dont know if you've covered this song, Professor, but maybe do an episode on how the Cold War effected a whole generation's music. And 8m hoping you'll do an episode featuring Common Ground by Rhythm Corps.😊

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Love the playlist title, Linda.

@aaronwilbanks6269 Ай бұрын

Professor of Rock, Adam, you are doing a tremendous job. I appreciate you and all the information and stories that you convey to all of us who watch your channel. Thank you very much for all you do. I had completely forgotten about this song and band by the way. Because of you, i am revisiting the past and remembering. Thank you again.

@ScorpionBowler 11 ай бұрын

This was a song I played for a few different girlfriends who didn’t feel it the same way I did. But then with one of them, this song was the soundtrack to our few months together. Impossible to hear now and not jump back to those charged awkward awesome days (and nights).

@williamcadle3288 11 ай бұрын

The entire Forever Young album is completely amazing. Still one of my favorite albums of all time!

@DC8091 11 ай бұрын

I like this far more than Rod Stewart’s Forever Young! A true classic!

@alindasue 11 ай бұрын

Rod Stewart's Forever Young was a cover of Bob Dylan's 1974 classic. Personally, I like both Alphaville's song and the Dylan song, each for different reasons.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

That one’s good as well!

@Jruth68 10 ай бұрын

That is one of the songs that carries me back down memory lane of growing up in the 80's.

@EdwardLaney-ne1cj 5 ай бұрын

I'm an Idaho boy too...Burley, ID....love the way you tell a story, with feelings and meanings. Love your work

@peterflynn2111 11 ай бұрын

Youth Group did a version which went to number 1 here in 2006

@constipatedinsincity4424 11 ай бұрын

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

@jasonbean2764 11 ай бұрын

Adam, I am amazed at your depth of research! Please keep supplying us with these nourishing tidbits.:)

@JMetz 10 ай бұрын

My parents hosted a French exchange student when I was in high school (1986). He introduced me to Alphaville. I must have worn out the tape. Believe it or not, I've never seen one second of video footage until now (2023). Thanks for bringing it full circle.

@Ganja-jh6iy 11 ай бұрын

They spawned the popularity of bands such as Slayer, Megadeath etc.

@heystarfish100 11 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Ha!

@malcolmr3 11 ай бұрын

🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@Bass_Playa_Two_Point.O 11 ай бұрын

I'll try not to hold that against them.😂

@rickg8015 11 ай бұрын

You win🏆

@AlexandertheGreat99 11 ай бұрын

Never heard of the band or the song! And music was my life in the 80s...

@chrisoakley5830 11 ай бұрын

You ain't the only one. I lived for music in the 80s and also love music trivia but I don't remember any of this.

@stevendenton4965 11 ай бұрын

Same with me. Never heard of Alphaville. I only know Rod Stewart's "Forever Young."

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

You'll Love it!

@joelspaulding5964 11 ай бұрын

I remember it vaguely, but was not until Napolean Dynamite that it became evident " Yeah, thay was actually a song when I was in HS." Not until this day, did I know the band Alphaville.

@tedmrunt 11 ай бұрын

I love how you put so much into your videos not just the history of the music but what it means to you keep up the great work

@Big_Tex 11 ай бұрын

Angst over global thermonuclear war in the 1980s spawned some great music and movies! Who knew we’d still be around 40 years later, older and fatter?

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Ha ha! Good point. What's your favorite cold war song?

@TheSlowoldman 11 ай бұрын

LOL, had we known we'd live this long we'd have taken better care of ourselves!!! (my dad used to say..... it ain't the years, it's the miles! )

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Everybody thought 1999 would be the end of the world!

@Big_Tex 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock 99 Red Balloons -- which is among my top-5 "Most 80s 80s songs of the 80s". Feel free to use that theme sometime🤣

@MedalionDS9 11 ай бұрын

The reason the song sounds so great is because it uses a classic chord progression not unlike Pachebel's Canon but in C, instead of D

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Can you link to that song please?

@MedalionDS9 11 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7aZfpWU1Lu5d40.html This is a very very common chord progression or take off of, it has inspired countless pop songs for a century and more @@ProfessorofRock

@Markie7731 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockkzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNKgpdKrrMnXaGQ.htmlsi=gBHPfwVr6VrBFr85. You should recognize the song it's usually in weddings

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 11 ай бұрын

BOOM! I remember hearing a Classical composition and hearing the melody to the chorus of "Forever Young" but I can't remember what the title was.

@karstmama 10 ай бұрын

@professorofrock Pachabel’s Canon in D - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNx-hK97lsWsgWQ.htmlsi=iVUwwunlpiFSASOI

@MikiaStorm 9 ай бұрын

There's some songs that I feel like I have to sing along and when I do I can't help but cry.... this is one of those songs. ❤

@flavellinator 11 ай бұрын

I always thought that Forever Young would find its way to a major motion picture... it just had that anthemic feel to it

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

For sure. It's great it was a classic like Napoleon Dynamite! Thanks FLAVE!

@mattf5630 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockIt really is perfect for that scene, as well as the movie as a whole. It fits the whole theme

@lisaruttenberg5886 11 ай бұрын

It was in Listen to Me. Not a huge classic movie but....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

It’s a good song for graduations and proms!

@thetitleisours1 11 ай бұрын

Wow. How did I miss this band back in the day. Don't remember the band or the song. I think those neurons must have fought bravely against the hops

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Go listen and then tell me if you think it is the perfect high school prom song.

@thetitleisours1 11 ай бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 After playing the song, I remember it, but I did not remember the band. But yeah, it is taylor made for a prom I agree :)

@joermnyc 11 ай бұрын

The cover kind of special ordered for the TV show “The O.C.” by the Aussie band Youth Group really hit it out of the park. (The show producer used one of their songs in an earlier episode and asked the band, “can you record a cover of this for us?” (They had a bunch of bands make covers for that season and they wound up on the O.C. mix 5 soundtrack CD. Lots of good music on that series.)

@mdennis9496 9 ай бұрын

Working as a DJ in Vancouver at the time, this song STOPPED me in my tracks!!! A promotional DJ Remix melded the dance and slowed down version was the hook for me. Poignant, Atmospheric and Operatic it hit on many cylinders. To this day I still turn people on to this track. One word………..PHENOMENAL!!!

@elleyesssss 11 ай бұрын

Soft Cell was like no other and I can’t think of another band like them since. Just ❤ Marc Almond and David Bell; their music is timeless. Edit: grammar

@danbartfield8252 11 ай бұрын

Torch is such a unique song!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Such a classic!@@danbartfield8252

@bekadid 11 ай бұрын

I don't recall ever hearing this song until Napoleon dynamite, but it still felt so nostalgic. I lived in Germany in the 80s but I was very young, so maybe I heard it but didn't remember. Regardless, I just love it and I guess it gives everyone who hears it that feeling.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Soft Cell are so underrated.

@traywilson 11 ай бұрын

Napoleon Dynamite brought me here. 🤣

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Ha ha!

@pretendamnesia 11 ай бұрын

Im always here for the personal attachment stories you have for the songs lol I love it.

@brettstory7381 11 ай бұрын

This is why love your channel. You are so well rounded in music and your introducing bands and tracks only remembered by their first fans. I grew up in a small southern town and heavy metal was the status quo. I loved the GoGos, Duran Duran, Culture Club, and a host of new wave bands who had mild success in the US, like Alphaville. You bring back wonderful memories and remind me of better times. Thank you Professor. You have the classes full attention.

@TalentedLMT 11 ай бұрын

Damn, I thought this was going to talk about the Rod Stewart hit….

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

You like that better?

@mournblade1066 11 ай бұрын

Wait--Alphaville was from Germany? I always thought they were from the U.K. Once again, learn something new every day! As an aside, I had my 35th high school reunion this past weekend. Music was quite eclectic in the 1980s. (For me the last great year in pop music was 1985. Tears for Fears was a large part of my high school soundtrack, as were The Cars.)

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

TFF! Have you seen any of them live?

@mournblade1066 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock No, I haven't.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I forgot they didn’t come from England!

@mouse9727 10 ай бұрын

I was 17 when this song came out. It was the most angst ridden time of my youth. This song spoke to that in spades. It evokes that angst in me to this day

@cktan2739 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Professor of Rock for the nostalgic trip. The dance version of Forever Young is just as good. Very up tempo. It is a big hit in Singapore and remains very popular.

@RBS_ 11 ай бұрын

***PROF. GOES TO 'ALPHAVILLE' TO REMAIN "FOREVER YOUNG" FROM 1984, 1988, AND #1...IN OUR HEARTS...*** ...y'know, I always liked this tune, but I only remembered Laura Branigan's version (from her 1985 "Hold Me" Album....but, me Best Bud LOVES that Alphaville tune! ...like, LUVS it! (cont.) ...I had to 'educate' me Niece once, because apparently Beyonce played it at one of her Concerts, and me Niece showed me footage, & went, "...is this Song 'Old!?' " ...OUCH! ((👴))..ha-HAAA!! ..unfortunately, I can't leave charts today, VERY tight schedule, but keep us remainin' FOREVER YOUNG, Prof.!!

@eightiesmusic1984 11 ай бұрын

No charts is the equivalent of the ravens leaving the Tower Of London- disastrous!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Very cool! No charts! Cuz it didn't chart!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Yep.

@eightiesmusic1984 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockSame in Britain I think ( unless lower reaches of the top 75) but it did well in France as my wife remembers it from the time.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Beyoncé played a version? How and what did it sound like?

@markallen2984 11 ай бұрын

I actually prefer "Big In Japan" 🇯🇵

@jamesfalato4305 9 ай бұрын

You know You're not young when You start relating to the lyrics on a Personal Level... Beautiful song...

@AutumnBaxter 11 ай бұрын

This was our senior class theme song, and was played at all the senior events, Prom and Graduation. Class of 86. At the time I thought it was kinda depressing, thinking this is the best my life will be? Between “Forever Young” and “Glory Days” by Springsteen released 1984, I was starting to get weirded out thinking my life will never get better than being 17. Of course I was wrong thankfully, and became determined to make my life more interesting the older I got. Ironically, I saw an old video of my prom with a clear shot of my dancing with my future husband to “Forever Young” and cried my little eyes out because it was in fact in my youth that my life started taking shape. I showed my adult son the video and he got to see both his Mom and Dad in their youth, in high school, dancing to the theme song of our life. Classic!

@o0oTyPow 7 ай бұрын

I have followed Alphaville since 1985. To this day I still buy music! Ask me what is my favorite album?? Haaaaaaahahahaha....that is like asking a kid what their favorites candy is!!! Forever a fan. When Martin Lister passed away....10 years ago....i cried. His keyboard playing is and always was fantastic! He will always live in our souls.

@stlgdroidst 11 ай бұрын

The theme of this song reminds me of the line from Rush's Dreamline: "Learning that we're only immortal for a limited time"

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Great point.

@IanCrouse 11 ай бұрын

As a speech and journalism major, I worked in radio at KXOR 106.1FM and KFVG (college radio station) and enjoyed both sides of the profession. Having to play what was commercial (KXOR) and what we wanted at the college station, Alphaville wasn't a band that was in hot rotation but had a huge female college following. I remember the girls calling KVFG and requesting it all the time. I even got a date from it. WOOHOO. Ah, the good ol days of playing 'Forever Young' followed by 'Class of 2000' by White Witch. My fours hours were all over the place.

@jessicaisraelsen8815 10 ай бұрын

I grew up in Logan, Utah in the 80s and 90s. In high-school Forever Young was THE slow dance along with With or Without You from U2, it’s where I first heard Alphaville, so grateful for awesome DJs back in 1993-1997! I actually remember dancing with my husband at a New Years Eve dance at USU’s old Golden Toaster building in 1997, which has since been turned into a parking lot for the University. That was the second time I randomly met him, though it would be 23 years later before we met again and married two years later. Side not: My second husband grew up in Preston and his older brother Mark was best friends with Jared Hess! Apparently, the moon boots he wears were inspired by my seconds husbands personal wardrobe choice during high school. That movie was a fun bit of nostalgia for a bunch of kids from Northern Utah and Southern Idaho! Thanks for covering another personal gem, one that still makes me tear up and get all the goose bumps! So many memories!! ❤️❤️❤️😂😂🥰🥰🥹