If You Grew Up In The 80s, You TOTALLY Get These EPIC TV Theme Songs

If You Grew Up In The 80s, You TOTALLY Get These EPIC TV Theme Songs | Professor of Rock

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The story of the biggest tv soundtrack of the 1980s: Miami Vice from the Theme by Jan Hammer to the two Glenn Frey tracks You Belong to the City and Smuggler’s Blues… cowritten by frequent Eagles collaborator Jack Tempchin who tells the story of writing them. Get ready for a showstopper we’re going back to 1985.
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Growing up in the 80s was the greatest. I’m sure those who grew up in the 70s or the 60s could make an argument but The 80s rocked because it was that last moment in our culture before technology completely took over. It was the perfect balance of wonder and advancing technology. We were seeing new advancements in technology that were really cutting edge but we still had our imagination that wasn’t completely mobilized by gadgets. We didn’t have instant gratification. Which made us more reliant upon our wonder and our creativity. Video Games were fun, but we were more about experiencing it in real time by Playing.
What I mean is when we loved a tv show like Knight Rider, instead of playing a video game about it, we’d go out and jump on our Knight Rider Big wheel and play with our friends and make up our own play, our own episodes using our imaginations. I remember playing Duke of Hazard with my cousin Mark, and Hated it because he always got to be Bo because he had blonde hair. I had to be Luke.. We had a lot of cool companions to our favorite movies and tv shows that made them come alive and leap of the screens whereas today it seems like video games and or technology are the primary ways that we go beyond the films or tv shows.
We had comic books, paperback tie ins, toys including action figures and playsets, we even had coloring books and activity books, Bikes, T shirts, cartoons based on it, and my favorite, soundtracks. One of the best soundtracks ever for a tv show that we all loved was Miami Vice. Who didn’t cop the Crocket and TuBBs look. Here I am trying doing my best Sonny Crockett as nerd impression. Oh boy. I remember dressing up like Sonny Crockett and playing Miami Vice with my friends in the neighborhood and playing this soundtrack in my walkman.
The Miaim Vice soundtrack was a perfect TV companion. It was the perfect music meets tv extravaganza. It even had iconic musicians acting in episodes including Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons, Little Richard, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Miles Davis, Sheena Easton was Crockets lady for heaven sake. and of course Glenn Frey. The former eagle had two hit songs from the soundtrack which we’ll get into but let’s talk about the soundtrack album first, It hit #1 on the billboard charts, it sold over 4 million copies and was the biggest selling TV soundtrack of the 80s. Starting With the number one instrumental hit from. Jan Hammer that was part of the legendary opening of each episodes of Miami Vice. Every 80s kids got completely Pumped every time we tuned in. Am I Right?

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@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

All Time Favorite TV Soundtracks?

@jimmyramone5714 2 жыл бұрын

The theme to Three's company and Moving on up from The Jeffersons

@theplanetruth 2 жыл бұрын

21 Jump Street Your shirt triggers my grammar nazi.

@zerohourtv256 2 жыл бұрын

The Greatest American Hero

@5150-for-music 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the Battlestar Galactica theme! It was so epic.

@stephenbrown4211 2 жыл бұрын

Here in UK we had a police series called Heartbeat set in Yorkshire in the sixties. It had a wonderful soundtrack with everything from Tom Jones to Petula Clark and the Beatles to the Stones

@angelapattatucciaragon 2 жыл бұрын

I really loved "Believe It or Not", the theme song for The Greatest American Hero, sung by Joe Scarbury. I used to wait the whole week in anticipation of hearing that song. I like the show too :)

@tinad8561 2 жыл бұрын

@Brix Broox William Katt. The actress who played Della Street on Perry Mason was his mom.

@mcramp20 2 жыл бұрын

I drove my parents batty looking for the song at one point !

@J344R3Y 2 жыл бұрын

We had the 45 of that song! The sleeve was red with the logo of his suit. Most awesome 45 sleeve I ever saw.

@twilagitschlag5662 Жыл бұрын

I loved that song also. I’m walking on air

@Jmdeclue 2 жыл бұрын

One of the cool things about TV back then was the inability to watch it at anytime and the limited amount of shows. We all saw the same episode at the same time and it gave us a shared experience, talking about it the next day at school or around the water-cooler. Today it seems that people have much less to talk about and bond over, as everyone has their own little world to live in. I never would have thought there could be too much, but I feel like there is just too much.

@YAMISOOLD2009 2 жыл бұрын

I think you make a good point. In general we all have less shared experience due to music and TV being fragmented and plentiful.

@Interstellar-in5wb 2 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely too much these days. Information and content overload is definitely a thing. And the lack of shared experiences is just as bad.

@crescentmoonchild4031 2 жыл бұрын

Wow..you make a valid point!

@floridalivingisthebest 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Duran Duran's song "Too Much Information" from way back in 1993 was exactly about this.

@zathrasnotzathras655 2 жыл бұрын

Well said Joel. That shared experience was a big part our society. None more so than Who Shot JR?

@CarnorJast1138 2 жыл бұрын

I graduated High School in 1985, and college in 1989. The 80's will always be my most formative years! I LOVE and MISS the 80's! The malls. The music. Hanging out with friends. NO CELL PHONES OR SOCIAL MEDIA!!!! I got my first computer back in 1982! And my most missed computer, the Atari ST in 1987! Best. Decade. EVER!!!

@kylelewis4685 2 жыл бұрын

As a high school student in south Florida in the eighties, it is difficult to overstate the impact of Miami Vice. A buddy of mine had a dual VHS set up and made a ton of cash selling copies of the episodes. School dances looked like we were 300 extras from a vice shoot... I got a pair Sperry loafers like Crockett wore for Christmas and was as happy as I would have been with a car or something.. It was crazy how the show influenced reality.

@ericdebord 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened in California with a little more hair metal

@NikonFM2n 2 жыл бұрын

Miami High class of 89 here.

@maitreyas.4902 2 жыл бұрын

I won the 45 record for the Miami Vice theme song when I was 12.

@scottclute7443 2 жыл бұрын

@@NikonFM2n 67 a

@billkeithchannel 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the GO-Video dual deck machine in the mid 90's.

@guillermosahuquillo4499 2 жыл бұрын

Soundtracks were HUGE in the 80’s… Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Flashdance, Footlose, Rocky III, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Desperately Seeking Susan, Mannequin… all of them had massive hits. The movies (not all of them, of course) were so-so… but the songs were great and have passed the test of time with flying colours!

@Scottocaster6668 2 жыл бұрын

I bought Beverly Hills cop dvd just for the music during the scenes. "The heat is on" during the opening credits is classic!

@Abruzzo333 2 жыл бұрын

Rocky 4 has the best soundtrack in that franchise.

@guillermosahuquillo4499 2 жыл бұрын

@@Abruzzo333 isn’t Eye Of The Tiger in Rocky III?

@Scottocaster6668 2 жыл бұрын

@@guillermosahuquillo4499 Yes

@RunDCM 2 жыл бұрын

The 80’s was the last decade of the Sears Catalog where we’d circle all the star wars toys we would want.

@devonalomar9012 2 жыл бұрын

Transformers, Hot Wheels car wash, Big Loader...

@Scottocaster6668 2 жыл бұрын

The Christmas memories we had will last forever when we were young.

@poetsdreamsatc 2 жыл бұрын

The excitement of going through the Sears catalog for our Christmas list is like nothing I’ve ever felt since.

@CarlosHernandez-yf3jv 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1982

@unbrokensoul35 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, 400 page catalog, 5 page Christmas list. Lol great memories

@J..a..y 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 73 and grew up in my teens in the 80's. It was such a great time. I was a loyal Casey Kasem listener every weekend waiting for my favorite songs to record on my tape recorder. Mixed Tapes. Lands End was clothing company u could buy the same shirts Sonny Crockett wore on Miami Vice. Good times.

@thedeanofbacon5270 2 жыл бұрын

The original Miami Vice theme is still as 🔥 as it ever was. It sets up the mood for show absolutley perfectly.

@knightchamberlain4073 2 жыл бұрын

Your insightful observations are always spot on, Professor. The creeping technology that has taken over the music industry reminds me of Sting’s observation “Never saw a miracle of science that didn’t go from a blessing to a curse.”

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Your the man! Wow yeah great quote

@demetriuscooksey7147 2 жыл бұрын

Sting is a smart guy.

@jagatiello6900 2 жыл бұрын

"I wonder if modern life isn't having more of modern than of life" Mafalda (Quino).

@shirw 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like social media in a nutshell! 🙃

@HubertofLiege 2 жыл бұрын

Everything woke turns to shit

@patricenz 2 жыл бұрын

My sister and I used to play CHiPS on the way to school. "LA-15-Mary-3-and-4, we've got a call on the road to school..." and we'd jump on our bikes (Raleigh 20s). She always got to be Ponch because she was older. TV soundtracks of the 80s were the best! Are there even TV themes anymore?

@jimmyramone5714 2 жыл бұрын

Going to Junior High and High school in the 80's made us feel like we were on top of the world. No lie.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

THE 80s!!!!!!

@jimmyramone5714 2 жыл бұрын

@Brix Broox they were all talk. We had nukes too so it was a stalemate

@Sweetish_Jeff_ 2 жыл бұрын

I was 13 in 1985 and I vividly remember hearing “You Belong To The City” on the radio on a chilly winter evening in the car with my dad. The video was on MTV all the time back then. I’m 49 now and not really looking forward to turning 50, but I’m so grateful I grew up in the 1980’s and wouldn’t trade it for anything.

@conrad4667 2 жыл бұрын

Turning 30 hit me the hardest, 50 was no more than half as bad, it’s all good now.

@JCHB322 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when an episode was filmed close to where I was living in Miami at the time. It was Season 4, the episode "Love at Frist Sight" starring Iman. 78th Ave and SW 127th St (it is mentioned in the episode too, so not like I am spilling any secrets here). I rode my bike down there... about 4 blocks from my home!! I didn't get to meet Don Johnson, but I did meet Phillip Michael Thomas... he signed autographs for me and my friends. It was SO cool having my favorite show being filmed in my neighborhood! I live in Colorado now, but the memories of my childhood, growing up in Miami in the 80s will always stay with me. 💖

@davecarroll4163 2 жыл бұрын

You Belong to the City, what a great song. It has everything a song from the 80's including that sax solo which was so prevalent in many songs of the decade. Electric Blue anyone? Doesn't get better than that. Always great to hear Jack talk. Such a great guy. Thanks again for another great video, Adam.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Dave!

@billkeithchannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@barrellracer I like that the video was a mini movie.

@vaderladyl 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't an 80's song without a solo of saxophone at least. Lol

@t.o.3522 2 жыл бұрын

Saxophone most definitely adds to a song. Dave Clark recognized that and incorporated Denis Peyton in his group DC5(1960s). One would really have to say the prevalence of Sax in music started in the later 1970’s. Look at Year of the Cat by Al Stewart(‘76), a long sax solo in that song and let’s not forget about Alto Reed of Bob Segers Silver Bullet Band. The Sax started to become very predominant in the mid 1970’s. Saxophone definitely isn’t a bad thing in a contemporary rock song, it’s an investment in creating a certain mood in the music. I wish music was more like the 70s and 80’s. Everything now is so over produced and there doesn’t seem to be any depth to the sound. Sadly everything now days is so compressed and flattened out with auto tune that the music lacks character.

@blazerocker1734 2 жыл бұрын

The more today's music fails to impress me the more I value the music of the 60s, 70s, 80s (especially the 80s) and 90s.

@zathrasnotzathras655 2 жыл бұрын

I thank God I grew up in the 80s. If I had a time machine I’d go back. As for soundtracks, I don’t think there were many years or even weeks in that decade where there wasn’t at least one song from a movie soundtrack on the Billboard charts. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Professor.

@paulkeogh3518 2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice had the greatest soundtracks. It was an episode of Miami Vice that introduced me to The Doors for the first time. The In the air tonight sequence is unforgettable.

@Rossturnerphoto 2 жыл бұрын

You hit exactly what I was thinking for what made the '80s such a great time to grow up. The technology was mind-blowing and fascinating, but it left room for our imaginations. Also everything looked real. We really believed the DeLorean could fly and take us through time. The et, or even alf, could pay us a visit. That we could drive around in a talking car like KITT. Even sports were more fun to watch in the '80s. All that, and we had the best toys of all time also. It truly was a great time to be a kid.

@sillyme8302 2 жыл бұрын

You still can't beat a good walkman :) best music I ever enjoyed was on a walkman.

@muzerhythm2242 2 жыл бұрын

Talking about what people are missing out on in the instant gratification times of technology: I remember buying a tape that had at least 2 songs on it I loved to be worth the money, and playing the whole tape when I got together with friends...and discovering our new favorite songs that NEVER got airtime! 😁

@Makai77 2 жыл бұрын

Born in '65, I pretty much grew up in the 70's. But I really had my "coming of age" in the 80's. The 80's were definitely a golden, care free time in my life... and Van Halen was my band!

@yvonnegutierrez9745 2 жыл бұрын

Same. Grew up in the 70’s. Came of age in the 80’s. Miss those days.

@Krullmatic 2 жыл бұрын

We had a lot more creativity and imagination back then, as well! Like you mentioned we actually went outside to play, and come up with scenarios, instead of staying inside on a screen telling us what to imagine. I truly miss it sometimes!

@javierszapari5836 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most amazing episodes was that of the second season where Sonny and Tubbs meet The Power Station, and John Taylor had his own lines!!!

@solowolf7418 2 жыл бұрын

Professor, you are spot on. I still listen to “You belong to the city” today. It’s a great song

@christopherdieudonne 2 жыл бұрын

Me too ! I still listen to "You Belong to the City" today also. It's one of my favorite songs.

@t.o.3522 2 жыл бұрын

Great memories! I grew up in the 60s & 70’s and while there was an awesome abundance of great trend setting music, I did love the 80’s music the best. It seemed like the charts changed weekly with new songs, CDs gave us a more durable format of music. Yeah, the 80’s definitely! Big hair on the ladies, the dresses, nightclubs, and the decadence were a sight. And Miami Vice, my wife recorded it for me every Friday night while I was working. She’d have dinner ready 9-11pm(depending on my shift) then with her by my side, we’d watch MV on the 19” color tv while we ate….absolutely priceless!

@debbybartkowiak9696 2 жыл бұрын

I graduated high school in 1980...and wow, yes, the 80s rocked! Saw the first day of MTV, and omg, the fantastic music!!! My "Good old days". I have so many awesome memories and "relics" from the concerts. Yes, the Dukes made Waylon huge. lol. My friends would go through my albums and all of a sudden there was one by Waylon! One of the few I ever owned of country. I do love you, Professor!!! You keep me young!!!

@BJWanlund 2 жыл бұрын

You Belong to the City is my favorite Glenn Frey song of all time.

@christopherdieudonne 2 жыл бұрын

Mine too !

@BecomeConsciousNow 2 жыл бұрын

I love your passion for the 80s Prof. I feel ya! Unless you lived through it as a child with Magnum PI, Miami Vice, V, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard etc. The wonderful cartoons on a Saturday with my mother going food shopping and buying me sweets, pop and crisps, to the amazing music. It was all just a wonderful and exciting time to be alive especially for a child. I have many fond and nostalgic memories of that decade :))

@soonerfan4aa 2 жыл бұрын

I graduated from High School in 1980 and started college that fall. Got the best of both 70's and 80's.

@velojayf 2 жыл бұрын

In the fall of 1985, I was playing sax in my high school marching band. We marched an entire show to the Miami Vice soundtrack. It was so good we were even applauded by the opposing fans on away games.

@tmwilson524 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as the first notes of You Belong to the City hit and I start smiling like a fool. That song is such a time capsule for me, 1985 was a great year for me, I was 11ish and I couldn't wait to be an adult so I could go to Miami and hang out with all the wild people there. I eventually went and it was fun, but nothing as crazy as the show made it feel like.

@markallen2984 2 жыл бұрын

As The Prof has observed, I have also long believed that The 80's were the last great decade precisely because they were the last "analog" decade.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

You are right on the money.

@darkiee69 2 жыл бұрын

And the last decade where we lived in the shadow of the cold war.

@dcarbs2979 2 жыл бұрын

It is a bit weird going through school gearing us up for an analogue world that would disappear by the time we left it into a digital world of work and entertainment.

@jeffanderson3962 2 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure I was in the last class in my high school (early 90s) that learned typing on an actual typewriter.

@jasonlegrand2339 2 жыл бұрын

Brother, as a fellow child of the 80s, I'd like to thank you for the work you do uncovering and sharing the stories behind the music that shaped us. This video in particular resonates but I just discovered your channel and keep finding great content. Keep on keeping the music alive my friend!

@Meditech509 2 жыл бұрын

Battlestar Gallaticca, AirWolf, Dukes, Knight Rider, Cosby Show, Hard Castle & McCormick. Best television ever. And we cant forget Family Ties.

@AnnieBoBannie421 2 жыл бұрын

I have 'I'm always here' (Baywatch) on my playlist. Still love Jimi Jamison❤❤ never watched Baywatch once...... 😭

@andyandrade5667 2 жыл бұрын

Lets not forget The A-team, Street Hawk, The Fall Guy, Magnum P.I. and Macgyver. Bad guys were getting what they deserved to a killer beat by a bad ass in a sweet ride, at any time of day on any one of 20 plus channels. Being an 80's kid was great!

@deeking914 2 жыл бұрын

80s TV was as awesome as 80s music!

@daveyboy_ 2 жыл бұрын

Buk Rogers.

@Heartwing37 2 жыл бұрын

Magnum P.I.!!!!

@texas-raider 2 жыл бұрын

Man, thanks for posting this video! I graduated in 1985 and I must've worn out at least two or three cassettes in my '82 Supra's stereo playing these tunes. Also, my Dad was a police officer at that time and we'd watch Miami Vice every Friday night together. Although we really were very different from each other and didn't really click much then, we did find common ground bonding over Miami Vice. Years later, when we were much closer, we'd laugh when warmly reminiscing over those days. My Dad passed a few years ago, but this music, when it comes on the radio, instantly shoots me back through time to those days in the Eighties and to high school, my friends, my youth, to driving late at night with the windows down watching the city lights streak away over my car's hood and, mostly to my Dad . Crockett was cool, but my Dad was amazing. I miss him terribly, but the memories will never fade. Thanks for posting this, brother......

@Wonderhussy 2 жыл бұрын

I loved seeing your flashback photo...you were adorable!! 😍😍

@shawnmartin95358 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! I follow you and on our recent az trip my father in law was talking about you. Crazy seeing your comment here

@Wonderhussy 2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnmartin95358 all the cool people watch the cool channels 😜

@tag1462 2 жыл бұрын

@@Wonderhussy Yep, we do, Seen you on a few of mine.

@jjfromthebigland781 2 жыл бұрын

The theme songs and soundtracks to 80s TV shows were as iconic as the shows themselves. Miami Vice, Knight Rider, The A-Team and Airwolf... fact is, I have the Airwolf theme is currently the ringtone on my phone. Sometimes when I'm in public and my phone rings if there's a guy around close to my age they always, ALWAYS give me the same grin and nod of appreciation... 🤘👍

@vaderladyl 2 жыл бұрын

Same with me. I have Knight Rider on mine. Always a good conversation starter for sure.

@ramongolden2157 2 жыл бұрын

Brother, you didn’t have to be a kid to get pumped when that show came on. I was 25 years old AND a cop, and I still got pumped. I was on duty when ever it aired. My wife had to make sure it was recorded on our monster sized VCR so I could watch it when I got off duty. Good times!

@chazcov08 2 жыл бұрын

You should totally go on the 80's Cruise in March! You'd love it! We've gone 5 times, and it's all 80's all the time. You get to hang with the artists and MTV VJs and other 80's celebrities. It's totally awesome!

@markadams7046 2 жыл бұрын

In The Air Tonight is one of favorite songs, but I grew up more in the 70s and the original Hawaii-5-O is my favorite TV theme song. You Belong to City is a really cool song.

@robertadamcik9179 2 жыл бұрын

I graduated high school in '85, and the Miami Vice cassette was in my Walkman all through college. When I graduated, received my US Navy commission, and finally bought my first car in '89, that cassette was one of the first I popped into the stereo.

@BustedJunkStudio 2 жыл бұрын

The 80's was the last decade where we were not "connected". That changed everything in unanticipated ways that we are still struggling with today.

@vaderladyl 2 жыл бұрын

That "Smuggler's Blues" is an epic masterpiece.

@I.O.M. 2 жыл бұрын

To this day Crockett’s Theme is burned into my aural memory.

@RFXLR 2 жыл бұрын

I remember those Miami Vice days. I got my senior picture suit from The Chess King. Every time I hear In the Air Tonight, I picture Crockett and Tubbs speeding in the Ferrari Daytona Spyder!

@troyhonda71 2 жыл бұрын

Chess King, loved that store. Being pretty young I couldn't afford most of the clothes but I did buy some clearance stuff.

@RFXLR 2 жыл бұрын

@@troyhonda71 Yes it was pricey, but fortunately I had been running my own lawn business since I was 11 or so and saving my money so it was a graduation present for myself.😛

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Chess king!!!!

@RFXLR 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock if there was ever a clothing store that screamed 80s , it was Chess King

@Cta2006 2 жыл бұрын

The 80's was really the last decade of great music !

@TurboMan942 2 жыл бұрын

The irony is, we grew up to build the platforms for the instant gratification technology that we have today. I agree though, half the fun was in the waiting. Even just hoping that the video store would have the new movie you wanted. Waiting until midnight for the music store to open back up for a big new release. Miss those days.

@kronos8602 2 жыл бұрын

As the saying goes "Limitation breeds creativity"

@vcv6560 2 жыл бұрын

Techie' Moment here: In the 1984 TV season I can't express enough how much that theme song blew-up (as you'd say now) in large part because the FCC had just authorized stereo broadcasting for TV. NBC being part of RCA did a big tie-in of the new shows with stereo soundtracks including the music performances on Johnny Carson. SAP was also authorized at that time, so for example when the Pope came to the LA Colosseum they ran English on main and Spanish simulcast on the SAP. So suddenly there was a reason to connect your television's audio output to the stereo system, and if you had one of the VERY expensive BetaHiFi VCR (VHS HiFI wouldn't come out for another year or so) you had a rockin' AV experience. I had just graduated college as an engineer, so getting a high end setup at home soon became a top priority.

@jwarrior852 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought Glenn looked like an actor. He fit perfectly on Miami Vice. Smugglers Blues is like a lot like a corrido from Mexico. Love it!!!

@douglasmcneil8413 2 жыл бұрын

The problem I have is, every time I watch one of your videos I end up buying more music. I had to buy a 2 TB drive just to have a place to put it all. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@betsysears3027 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the show, loved the songs and miss Glenn Frye 80s and music were amazing So glad I can remember the music and lived during the 60s 70s and 80s music changes Those truly set the stage for everything that came after

@miguelbazaldua6109 2 жыл бұрын

80s were amazing. You hit the nail on the head with all ur thoughts about the 80s. Everything was bigger and positive. Movies were pro America and made us all proud to be Americans. Love how music brings us all together. I own a 1970s Dodge Charger 500 because of the Dukes of Hazzard and my bro has the 1969 Charger like the Dukes used on the show. Great time in my life. Professor keep bringing us the great music and the breakdowns of the hits.

@floridalivingisthebest 2 жыл бұрын

Who can forget Ted Nugent's "Little Miss Dangerous" from an episode of Miami Vice in 1985 starring the singer Fiona.

@txa1265 2 жыл бұрын

I was already a Jan Hammer fan from his work with legendary guitarists Jeff Beck and Al DiMeola (listen to the song ‘Sequencer’ from the 1983 album Scenario to see how the Vice theme was developed!), and was a freshman in college when Miami Vice arrived and took off quickly! It was the perfect show for the time - so many cool guests through the years. Loads of other shows tried to tie in music - we’ve been watching a bit of ‘Charmed’ and they used lots of guest musicians in the P3 club (had Cranberries on last episode we watch). Great memories!

@dgarve 2 жыл бұрын

I love his work with Beck on Wired from 1976. Great album.

@toolman8269 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I think it was Al DiMeola who introduced Jan to the Fairlight.

@bigrudyilwu38619 2 жыл бұрын

I remember them days when a stick and a great imagination would take over a whole afternoon and evening. Great memories,...MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY!

@catherine6653 2 жыл бұрын

I was a freshman in high school in 1985. I remember guys dressing in suits and thin ties to look like Miami Vice actors. I remember the Phil Collins episode well. Glen Frey's song Heat is On was in Beverly Hills Cop, another 80s classic. Great video. It brought back memories 😃

@deeking914 2 жыл бұрын

I was a sophomore in college and remember guys on campus dressed the same way. And don't forget the loafer style shoes with no socks.

@catherine6653 2 жыл бұрын

@@deeking914 Thanks for the reminder. Totally forgot the no socks trend.

@pondpro 2 жыл бұрын

I dare you to find anyone else on the internet, ANYONE ELSE, that has ever covered this song in any magnitude. You won't, you know why? BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEST CHANNEL ON THE INTERNET!!! My 8 year old can sing this song with me.

@Tumbleweed_Tx 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 70s. I turned 16 in 1980 (41 years ago today!) The 80's were so much better. Ronald Reagan injected a feeling of optimism in this country that was missing since the Vietnam era, and was gone during the malaise era of the late 70s.

@markallen2984 2 жыл бұрын

ln some ways, I think the 80s were the last decade where the culture was eagerly anticipating the future. There was a kind of optimistic, unskeptical conviction that the world would continue to get better.

@clarissawestbrook2203 2 жыл бұрын

Great points the 1980s were magic and I'm not even old enough to have experience it!

@conrad4667 2 жыл бұрын

My Miami Vice story. You can thank me for the existence of Miami Vice...well just a tiny, tiny bit. I attended the Preview House in Hollywood a few times as part of test audiences for pilots and commercials, mostly as something very different to do on a date. One visit, which can’t be topped, you guessed it, we saw the pilot for Miami Vice. We all, and by all I mean the entire audience, loved it. How could anyone not? At some point, I heard it had gotten the highest rating anything had ever gotten there. They had you control a dial and continually change it from 0-10 as you watched. It was near 10 my whole time previewing, except for when Crockett’s pet alligator was on screen. To me, it was farcical to have a full grown alligator in such a tight space as a boat and I gave it a zero whenever it was on screen. Another day, at Sunday brunch at El Torito in Pasadena, after Miami Vice had made it big, my date and I were ushered into an all but empty dining room and seated in the booth adjacent to Philip Michael Thomas and his date. We left them alone to eat in peace.

@alanerkkila4213 2 жыл бұрын

The '80s were the most impactful years of my life. My buddies and I, our friends and enemies, were were all trying to be the Crockett and Tubbs of the Twin Ports (Duluth, MN and Superior, WI. - we were the cheesers. ;)

@mickd4610 2 жыл бұрын

The 80's was amazing. So amazing I still listen to music from that decade daily. No other decade compares for music, tv or movies. I was lucky to grow up then compared to the crap around today.

@Coasterdude02149 2 жыл бұрын

Damn man, you got me chocked up for my youth. The 80's were the best! I wish we could go back.

@patsabol8699 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the background, interviews, and info. Thank you for the reminder of when music was from someone actually singing and/or playing an instrument- NO autotune!!

@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын

Miami vise always had some of the coolest rock artists and new music by them on the hippest show on tv at the time. I always was surprised to see them on tv acting. Jack Tempchin is a great songwriter then add Glenn's feel for a sound you get fantastic songs like you belong to the city and smugglers blues. Love the sax on the latter

@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын

@Anna Trail yes I agree with you but I love a sax in any song, lol, hope all is going good for you, all is good here

@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын

@Anna Trail sorry to hear that, health is more important than any money ever, take care

@edwardwood3622 2 жыл бұрын

So many great releases in the 80’s, Miami Vice soundtrack was not one of them. Bringing back memories of some dark days in music.

@ajb2173 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Some of the greatest tv soundtracks for sure! I remember using my dads little battery operated tape recorder (this was before boom boxes and walkmans!!). I would put it up to the speakers of the tv in the living room and record the theme songs. And if you missed it? You had to wait until next week to catch it again. Some of the best tv theme songs! Growing Pains, The Greatest American Hero, Family Ties, The Facts of Life!, Diff’rent Strokes, Whos the Boss?, Cheers The Dukes of Hazzard, Bosom Buddies!! Oh my gosh! Oh and probably one of my favorite instrumental (besides the mentioned Miami Vice theme!) The Hill Street Blues theme!! What a great song!! Music has changed, times have changed. Thankfully we have this great music still around!!!

@clarissawestbrook2203 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1994 so I'm wasn't old enough to experience the 1980s in real time but I love Miami Vice and the 1980s!!! The music, culture, fashion,hair, makeup, tv shows, music, politics!! The 80s were a magical time. I love the 90s too. Miami Vice is one of my favorite tv shows especially the first two seasons.

@jackfloyd1383 2 жыл бұрын

St Elsewhere had an episode where several characters were having issues with sleep, either not enough or insomnia. The Character Luther was an orderly at the time. He went into a closet to catch a nap during his shift. He had a dream that was essentially the video for the ZZ Top song "Legs" but remade using cast members from the show. It was EPIC and hysterical. You can find the scene here on KZfaq. Definitely worth the watch!

@glasgowjohn7831 2 жыл бұрын

born in the 70s grew up in the 80s raved in the 90s

@janet4498 2 жыл бұрын

I think the last time there was a big TV soundtrack hit (in the U.S.) was in 1995 when The Rembrandts hit No. 1 with "I'll Be There for You" from the Friends Soundtrack.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Now TV songs are like 5 seconds long.

@5roundsrapid263 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was the last TV theme to hit #1 in the US.

@robertkendall6660 2 жыл бұрын

There’s no time for theme songs anymore. An hour long show used to have 48 minutes to tell their story with 12 minutes of ads. Now they only have 40 minutes.

@kellycranford3592 2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice!! My all time favorite tv show. Loved Crocket and Tubbs, just looking at those two was pure EYE CANDY! It had great music, great story lines and was a monster hit!!! Ah, to go back to those days!!

@Tr0nzoid 2 жыл бұрын

I got "Miami Vice" on Blu-Ray last year and only watch an episode on Friday nights, just like when it would air. Such a fun look at that time, especially the first couple of seasons. "I Want to Know What Love Is" was used in a very memorable scene. I can't really get into the comparisons of different childhoods because I really have no idea what kids are doing now. I'm very nostalgic and you could flush the last thirty-two years down the toilet and I wouldn't miss them, but I do like that I can listen to any song I want at any time now.

@katemaloney4296 2 жыл бұрын

Hill Street Blues Theme was and still is one of the MOST beautiful songs ever recorded. Don't believe me? Turn out the lights, lean back on the couch, then turn on the song and watch what happens next. Thank you for displaying the TOTO Farenheit LP on the rack. It is the best and most underrated TOTO album.

@craigcrawford6595 2 жыл бұрын

Mike Post made a lot of series music. .and many of them good. .

@darkiee69 2 жыл бұрын

"Hey, stay safe out there"

@randycallaway583 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the 80s I was in my early 20s and it was fun. Being young we didn't hate each other it was easy going. Loved TV like Mami vice , movies like Tequila sunrise. I miss the 80s and you captured the mood

@Eric-qx1kx 2 жыл бұрын

Loved how in 'Lucifer' Season 3 Episode 20 they paid homage to Miami Vice and the classic 'In The Air Tonight Scene' with Crocket and Tubbs in the Daytona, such a great scene, probably one of the best ever in TV history, Michael Mann is a master at setting the mood.

@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904 2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice has the best music from any Cop show ever.

@bryanlarsen2330 2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice consistently had new and top charting songs in pretty much every episode. They’d play huge chunks of songs too. So good. The Glades episode with Tommy Shaw “Girls with Guns” and the Daytona. Epic! I had a serious Crockett outfit for a school dance when I was a freshman. No way could I do loafer/no socks though. I had to do sneakers. Professor, what year did you graduate HS. I graduated in 1990 from a small town in Wyoming and pretty much all of your content is perfectly in line with my youth. Makes me laugh and smile a lot. Keep up the great content.

@timlamb6196 2 жыл бұрын

WKRP, Hill Street blues, moon lighting, Hard Castle & Mc Cormick, Cheers, St. Elsewhere, and the A- Team were my favorite tv show themes.

@bethshadid2087 2 жыл бұрын

Omg two of the many things about the 80s I love...Miami Vice and the music, tv, and all that went with it. My childhood in 70s was superb but doesn't touch my teens and the best century imo....80s rule 💗🕊️. Smugglers Blues and You Belong to the City were awesome songs ☺️

@peterstone4547 2 жыл бұрын

Racing home from my after school part time job to sit down to eat dinner and watch Miami Vice. One of my strongest memories from the 80's. That show was the catalyst to make me want to leave my home town and travel abroad. I left in 1987 and am still abroad till this day.

@resurrectionwaiting9294 2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right! The Miami Vice soundtrack was/is the best I've ever heard and G.F.'s music, as most of the music used, was a perfect match to Michael Mann's visuals. Before "Silence of the Lambs", Mann made a movie called "Manhunter" which was like watching Hanabel Lecter on Miami Vice. It was another great marriage of music and images. A great movie! You'll never hear Iron Butterfly's In-a-gadda-da-vida the same way again.

@astrosci8864 2 жыл бұрын

Jan Hammer was a trailblazer in TV theme songs...

@dougm5341 2 жыл бұрын

Best television show of the 80’s. I still watch it these days when I can….

@probuilder961 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode! I graduated HS in 1986 & loved Miami Vice. "You Belong to the City" brings me right back to that era. Hey, did Axel F make the charts? Seemed like a very popular instrumental hit then. It was played alot as I recall.

@matthewsmith2979 2 жыл бұрын

Just watching this got me reminiscing about my childhood. Thanks for the smiles

@dalekidd420 2 жыл бұрын

Miami Vice was a music-powered cultural phenomenon. It changed the face of popular entertainment, and how pop cultures could mix. The never ending stream of celebrity guest stars from both the film AND music industries was impressive enough, but even different musical genres got into the act, with pop, hard rock, rap, and even country music legends like Willie Nelson popping up. The show was a springboard for lesser-known celebs, and a "must-do" for more established ones who needed to keep up their cool image. It was the right idea, by the right producer, at the right time. And it will... sadly... never happen again. And yeah... I wish I could go back to the 80's too.

@williamlookinggoodoldguy1964 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video. I'm a 80s fan. 56yrs old I was in my 20s. I've got an 81 z28. Love Love Love miami vice

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

The best!

@chaddelk3605 2 жыл бұрын

You Belong to the City is my all-time favorite.

@brianbailey6230 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this segment. As always, everything you say is spot on. I’ve still got this soundtrack on cassette, what an awesome album. It truly was magical growing up back then, I remember watching Miami Vice and me and my friends at school all wanted to be like Don Johnson. What a great era, I will always miss those days. The older I get, now at age 46, the more I appreciate those days. Keep up the good work professor. You’re the man.

@justinrutledge822 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always. I had to pull out the tape to remember the names of the songs on the Miami Vice soundtrack I want to refer to here. The last two "Chase" and "Evan" by Jan Hammer were very eye-opening for me because while I loved the rock, those songs made me think. And ultimately it introduced me into what was called "new age" music. Now, I think those musicians prefer ambient music, but anyhow, the powerful instrumental music was a new avenue for me. Over time, I ended up learning about Michael Hedges and all kinds of other great musicians that aren't mainstream, but produced beautiful music. Still, I'm so happy that I was an 80s kid (born in 1973). It was a magical time.

@thetruth1862 2 жыл бұрын

I wore this record out on my dad's Panasonic turn able and Emerson equalizer I am sure he still has all that high fidelity analog equipment in the basement, You belong to tbe city what a song, and my Walkman when I mowed yards had this soundtrack playing always

@Eric-qx1kx 2 жыл бұрын

Only thing I really appreciate today over the 70s or 80s is the wealth of information you have at your fingertips. Back then you really only had the library or school and if you were lucky a set of encyclopedias at home. We were poor, it took us over a year to be able to afford a set of encyclopedias, so we could only get one book(letter) at a time, every time we got a new letter I read it cover to cover.

@BecomeConsciousNow 2 жыл бұрын

The 80s was the absolute best! Such a colourful, positive, vibrant and cool decade. Having been born in 1976 my entire childhood was in the 80s to which I have many great memories and looking back I can really appreciate being alive to experience the music, TV, Films and fashion :))

@bretthibbs6083 2 жыл бұрын

I agree I was born in 1974 and I'm so glad that i grew up in the 80's that was the best decade of my life.

@cynzix 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 85, so I don't have much recollection of the 80s. But I can remember a great TV show opener of 93: the theme for Baywatch, "I'm Always Here", by Jimi Jamison, vocalist of Survivor.

@jackanapes6676 2 жыл бұрын

There was still some class still left in the 80's. That all got lost along the way, has never been the same since. The 80's were the last great decade/ era that possibilities seemed great and limitless. I remember the fallacy that "there were great things to come" at that time. What a let down, the greatness the future was to have, was just not to be. We were at the top of the mountain then, reached the apex, everyone was living the moment, riding the wave....and thankfully were oblivious to what the future really held. Yes, there have been some great advancements now, however, a lot has been lost along the way. I am very fortunate to have lived through that era, and it is a place and time that will never be recaptured, unfortunately. We had the best, and it made me the better for it. Good day.

@butinsho 2 жыл бұрын

I was 10 when You Belong to the City came out. I remember listening to AT40 when We Built this City debuted at 40 and You Belong to the City at 39. Was amazed by the Sax intro.

@stuckinchaselandia6427 2 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten all the songs that were on Miami Vice. Great memories and great show.

@cudwieser3952 2 жыл бұрын

Only a couple days agp Jan Hammer was playing on the radio. I was cruising a back road and just enjoying the moment. Funny given I was only born in 84 :D

@rexsexson5349 2 жыл бұрын

Born 1977, I felt cool listening to You Belong to the City. It was my theme as I was moved from Columbus, Ohio to a small ky town. I was definitely out of place. You belong to the City seem to speak to me and encourage my cool to come out. Still in my car playlist rotation. Thanks Professor. May the 80s live forever. Gen X 4 life.

@rexsexson5349 2 жыл бұрын

I have both Soundtracks on CD and vinyl.

@marioerueda-almonte7938 2 жыл бұрын

You were cool just by watching the show. The city belonged to you after the Friday episode. You just nailed it again Professor. Cheers.

@billkeithchannel 2 жыл бұрын

I was so hooked on the Crime Story version of Runaway. I just had to sing/scream it as loud as I could each week. That show was a great lead-in to Miami Vice. It just sucks the series ended in a cliff hanger with everyone going down in the ocean in a plane.