Sounds just as great in 2022 as it did in 1981!

One of the most criminally underrated songs and American bands EVER! What a song!

In 1975, Shooting Star played for our high senior class party at a friend's house just outside Kansas City in Stanley, Kansas. It was a night I'll never forget.

This is a masterpiece, Shooting Star should have been much bigger.

Shooting Star was million times better than most of the crappy "bands" of the 1980's.

One of the most underrated bands in rock and roll history!

Found a cassette in my older brothers room which was off limits , played the shit out of that tape on my new Sony Walkman, Wow who is this group thats rocking it crazy .Shooting Star it was and I am still listening after all these years .Great times , Great memories ,Can never go back in Time But I wish we COULD .The BEST TIMES OF OUR YOUTH FOREVER.

Holy mother of god I forgot how good these guys were....

Saddest opening of any rock song (0:00-1:30). A classic. I dare you to listen to that over and over and not feel a pain in your heart. If a rock song can be lyrical, that was it.

38 years before the Harvey Weinstein scandal, SHOOTING STAR was singing about the "Producer's couch," and doing a damn good job of it.

Warm summer nights with the windows down, cruising 82nd ave in Portland Oregon in my 65 fairlane and blowing out the speakers listening to shooting star, y and t and all the great bands of that time, God I miss the 80's

I just don't understand why this band didn't make it. I've seen them a few times and they just killed it.

This band should of been so BIG!One of the greatest and I still listen all the time.

What a KICK ASS band. Man I jammed these guys back in the day. They still jam now after all these years.

WRIF, 101.1 best of all still rocks

This song is bittersweet for me. It brings back good memories of being young but it also reminds me of a long lost friend who first introduced me to this song and band. Very sad. :(

could'nt agree more. Loved this song round 84, then didnt hear it for 25 years, not gonna let that happen again

I saw Shooting Star in Rochester NY at the Penny Arcade around 1981. They were awesome!!! In 2022 it sounds just as good

This song was played constantly on WLUP-FM in Chicago.

Always Like This Song Brings Me back to Better Days

What a great song. Memories flood back when I hear it.

Bought this tape in the 80's! Listened to it so much!1 " HOLLYWOOD"!! Would Bring out the Singer, Dancer, Wild, Girl out!! Whipping my Long Blonde Hair All Around!!Drive Faster!! Play it louder!! Loved it !! Brilliant song ! for a young girl in her early 20's to late 20's!1 now in my 60's!! still moving!! JoJo Thank you!!

This song came out when I was in high school. Our local station 97X, played the hell out of it. Underated band and song.

Wow 1981 a forgotten hit from a underrated band love this jam

What a great great song. It's bittersweet for me. Reminds me of my high school sweetheart - my first love. Losing her after 6 years broke my heart, but it was my fault.

Hollywood was number 1 in Chicago

unfortunate that bands out of the mid west during this era had little to no chance at "making it". They did have a big following in LA and perhaps opened doors for future great plains bands. Good enough history in rock and roll for me. Thank You Shooting Star. Belton Missouri.

Agree that this band was one of the best bands that never got very big. Saw them in concert in 88 at Bogarts in Cincinnati. Great concert.

Listen to this vocal and level of musicianship! Wow!

K-SHE 95 Classic !! St. Louis Mo.

Last Chance was epic! Love them!

FM radio in the great plains. Shooting Star, Kansas , Missouri. WOW that would have been the concert.

This was my favorite song for a long time! Thank God for Google, or I may not have ever heard it again.

An amazing song, wonderful band, and great singer!! I bought this single as a kid and wore it out.

bought this album in 1981....excellent album,underated band...man I was so lucky and blessed to have grown up in the 7O's & 8O's,those of us who did ALL were........................................................Era's best times and the most epic music EVER! (Thank God For KZfaq).........................................................................Better Times My Friends💯💗👍💞🎤💫🎸🪅🥁✌☮🕊🌈🌏🙌💜🎇✨....loved this song! 🤍💃✨

R.I.P. Van McLain!

great song and underrated. love shooting star!

When I had a grand piano, I used to love playing this one! In a sad way, it reminds me of my second love. I had to think about her today for personal reasons. Thanks for keeping this song alive.

A great band that never got the airplay and credit they deserved, thanks for posting this gem!!

how the song wasnt a number 1 hit i will never understand because it should have been its perfect!

She grew up reading every magazine Of rags to riches worlds She lost her heart to do the American dream Of Hollywood She used to dream about love Her youth was lived out like on a stage She left the boring world she knew at home And made her star struck way But something there was lost along the road To Hollywood She used to dream about love Her youth was lived out like on a stage But these days she hits the strip tonight All the names in lights, and the games to play She speeds around and drives uptown And pulls out all the stops, she'll hit the top someday Loves New York and California nights And the glamor life of the celluloid stage She takes advantage of her long blond hair Lord I know it's so damn true We used to sit and talk she'd hold my hand She'd hold my hand She used to love me I used to love her gentle ways But these days she hits the strip at night All the names in lights, and the games to play She speeds around and drives uptown And pulls out all the stops She'll hit the top someday, someday She's got the face and the lips and the legs That fit mid-America's apple pie ways Sells herself to the producer's couch Feeling down and out on the streets of L.A. And while she's down she's fun to walk on Until she's dead, they all wonder why The applause is not for her but for the silver screen And manufactured dreams to make you cry So come on give us one more, come on, one more time Before the hitting the bars on the boulevard And never fear everyone's a star in Hollywood She used to dream about love Her youth was lived out like on a stage

Love love love me some Shooting Star...brings back so many memories!

2023...what a great band and song!

such a moving song for the song itself and my heart. just. gets zapped thinkin about. all the memories

Shooting Star has very few songs on Spotify... And this isn't one of them. I LOVE this song... Thank you.

One Block West... 1977 "... she used to love me... ...I used to love her... ...gentle ways..." John Swetnam... You had me and my sister booted from the pub for bringin' in Wild Turkey... remember?

Just scored tix for them in St.Louis on 11/23/24 !!! They're playing with Foghat, Head East, and Missouri!!! 🤘

I hope any band members see this. You guys were/ are great

Used to hear this song all the time on 96 QMF in Louisville in the early 80s. Oh the years go so fast people

Great Song. Thanks to my older brother. Pete R I P.

Incredible sincerity in his voice

Makes Me Proud of My City .. KCMO !!

This is a hard song to learn to sing...worth it!

Agree agree agree with all of the comments! They didn't get nearly the fame they deserved. But they are and will always be one of my absolute favorites!

seen these guys at the boogie in Indiana one summer. most everyone was passed out when they came on . glad it got to hear them, killer band.

Got some air play on WRIF FM in Detroit, back in the day. :0)

I worked a multiband music fest in 1981 as a sound tech. They were the headliner. Fan ever since. They were amazing. Hung with them after the show and ended up being one of their biggest advocates.

great voice great band thanku. shooting star

Totally underrated and unappreciated

She speeds around and drives uptown shooting star is the shit nice to pop this cassette in when I was going to sleep I just lay there and listen to the whol tape instead of falling asleep nothing like the 80s the 80s was my Hollywood

Great song!

Im really happy that I was introduced to these guys...awesome!

this is a great tune, love the 70,s and 80,s.

Saw them in Chicago a lifetime ago! Very popular despite hardly hearing of them. Great show!

Her name was JoAnn Tall, straight yellow hair, green eyes, slim. They dont make em like that anymore This song will always remind me if all those old school blondes (not the .... parading around now). Rock on Brothers and remember how they used to be!

Gary wests voice is incredible!

Awesome Song from my senior year at Ben Davis HIGH SCHOOL in Indianapolis back in 82 great memories👍👍👍💪💪💪

Hard to find song. Thank you for sharing a nearly lost classic.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JD BUTCHER XXX ROCK N ROLL!!! 10-30-1952 2-9-2021 A big fan of Shooting Star back in the day!

What a great Band and a track for track KILLER ALBUM!!!

Bought the vinyl unscratched for five bucks yesterday 😎

Rest in peace, Van McLain!

RIP Van McLain.

Love this song.

I always get a chest crunch when I hear this one.

Miss that station big time!

I saw them last year and this may they blew us away they're incredible live we saw them at ameristar casino, try one of my favorite sonds of all time! Love the violin!!!!

Great vocalist!

It wasn't lack of talent because god knows they had it, but something just didn't go right. I think a lot of it had to do with the record company and the promoters. They just couldn't shake that Midwest band image... Terrific band

Thank You, Van, Godspeed!

I used to dream about love....😪

They remind me of the band Kansas...I love both bands.

man, in the navy ine early 80's we rocked to this group

Loved this album.

What a voice. Saw them I'm 80. Great Iive.I've. I would have exed out the background vocals.

I remember a blond girl in 1985 that reminds me of this song.

we do not hear music like this it is gone!!!! tje music that. pulled our. emption out of our. loving. feeling hearts and souls thet is only. very few pf is lett. the others. brain washed. shadows of men.

Why this band wasn't huge is a mystery to me

Good stuff!!!

Great tune !

I've got that hard to find CD. Also havr my old cassette. But it wore out long ago.

What a great band unjustly neglected by fm radio. But that's ok I'm gonna keep this good thing to myself then!

2023 !!👍👊🏼🤟

Excellent Work Gents.

Fantastic 😊 !

Shooting Star: Hollywood Flesh & Blood Last Chance Awesome band!

Yes Darren, that 97X, lol. I graduated from Rocky in 83.

Under rated. Great vocals, great players. The other Kansas band.

I would not say Shooting Star was a very highly underrated band BUT they should have got more airplay than they actually got....this song for example proves it..

RIP Van McLain