57 and listening to this now 😅

Love the song, but I HATE being umpteen years older 😭😭😭

One Thing Leads to Another 🤷

Same😂

and when I was 15 I played GTA vice city 👌😄

I lived in Asia so we had an Asian VJay.

Miss that so much ❤️

Me, I am as I'm cleaning the flood residue out of my apartment from a flash flood two days ago at Goodwell, OK. It's one of the few things that helps put a smile on my face.

@@jenniferbrdar4605 Oh that sucks.

@@Jerseymatt1865 I'm still mopping up mud residue on my floors. We got 11 inches of rain in four hours which isn't common for the western half of the High Plains region. The 11 inches we got in that one storm would be spread out over a year in normal times or be two years of rain in drought. My car has the windows open to dry it out. Wheat harvest barely started and it's questionable if we will have a wheat harvest which sucks because I work harvest for extra money.

Stand or Fall is there best song and woman on the train The sleeper might be there most impeccable crafted track

I have this album on my phone.

Me!

Me listing to it right now or i would not have read your dumb comment

@@kimberlykinder1543 And what is SO dumb about my comment? And your'e "listing" or your'e "Listening"?

@Scotty* Bucks It could be about just about anything. Politics, a relationship gone wrong, etc.. Depends on the person listening too it. What they take from it. The lyrics honestly don't do much for me, but the music itself, I will listen too all day long. Too each their own I guess.

@Scotty* Bucks Your most welcome! Happy New Year!

Louis Cozin , I started the 80s at age 22 , the best 10 year party I ever attended .

It's the most artistic decade we will ever experience.

Glad I was there to experience it too and the '80's music lives on...

Oh yeah, the 80's...what a glorious time to be alive!! ..starting at age 12

"It isn't childhood that passes in a flash. It's adulthood." --Bill Bryson

Yes and actually played good music.

That part. I was on summer vacation when I discovered MTV. Just VJs playing rock videos. Good times. So what the hell happened?

Too bad they were all recorded on tape instead of film now we'll NEVER get hi-res versions of them. :(

Yeah, not the stupid sh*t shows they play now.

I was 20 in 1985. Beat that

@@chiefscheider I turned 18 in '83 ;)

That's the best thing in the 80s was the music.

Remember when not everyone in the Philly area had cable?

Yeah, I was there too, once you've lived like that, nothing compares, my granddaughter told me when she was 13, "how did you not go crazy from sensory overload with all this great music coming out every week?"

Best combo of bass and rhythm guitar I have ever heard.

Y to the F*****G Yep!!!!!

AND OTHERS!! (Appreciate it too) Evolution of music ??? Ha Should have stayed 80s forever!! I say poo poo to most 90% of todays 🎶

@@ScottM-mds1hb Yes, the 80's were go good that music in the 90's took a giant leap down the cliff. Imagine, The Fixx compared to Bare Naked Ladies. Wow, the 90's was horrible. I'm sorry if I spoiled someone's day with that comparison. Wow, I remember hearing this for the first time in 1983 in my doctor's office. Good times.

​@@romanmichaelhamilton8729You're good. BNL? Yuck.

Gerardine Cizmar 80s were another time in itself

They sure were. I'd go back in time in a heartbeat.

Yep. Waiting all day listening to the radio for that song you wanted to come on, rushing to hit the record button on the cassette deck, the rush you felt when you finally got that song on tape so you could play it whenever you wanted... If you'd asked me then whether I would prefer having any song in history at my fingertips, I would have said yes. But now we know better.

could not agree more....¡

try bitchute

60’s & 70’s weren’t bad either

Yeah, music definitely went into decline. Some of it in the 90s, some of it in the oughts.

I was and I miss it so much. The music was awesome and nothing compares to it these days.

I grew up in the 80's...I miss it! What an amazing time!

I'm so jealous of anyone got to witnessed the 80s.

Yes, June 11, 2024 and the song is still like new.

53 now seen them live in Daytona beach with the Moody Blues, still love them

Absolutely 🤘🤘🤘

DISCO RULZ

Can't agree with you more.

Yesssss!!!!

You're right. The 80s were the pinnacle of popular music evolution: the 90s were good overall, but there were subtle signs of rot that are easy to see today in hindsight. And the 00s, the 10s? Don't get me started.

after 2020

I want to memorize these lyrics and sing it to my wife.

We don't, actually soon majority of people will not been there and... that's ok, like REALLY ok, not a problem at all

At the beginnings of MTV they played some variety, and I remember DEVO, Bow Wow Wow, Public Image Ltd., the Art of Noise, Duran Duran, and Blondie, and Missing Persons were mixed in there along with pop and 80s metal, and I was GLUED to the television waiting through videos I didn’t love to be there for when a band I liked came on. I was in 1st & 2nd grade, and Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam) and Joan Jet & Annabella Lwin were my first crushes.

And I was one of those teens in the early 80's jamming to this!! I sometimes miss those years, good times!!

Oh, I was, and I'll never leave. Long live the best decade ever...the 80s!!!

🤭

😂😂😂

Nope..🤙

house of the devil

Flash FM!

He didn’t either. He had AIDS before it was cool 😂

NEVER 🔥

Killer. 🎼

Funky as hell

Yep, this bassline is up there in my book.

Back in the day, I could only work out a simple version of that bass line. Although it was close enough to keep the correct beat in cover bands, it was only in recent years that I found tutorials for the intricate original line.

INdeed.

55. The same.

@Kakashi Hatake No. Simply an admirer.

17 here, same

Rapscallion, although I'm ten years behind you; I'm right there with you. I was stationed in Landstuhl Germany when this came out. Great time to be young, wasn't it?

69 is Devine! And still loving this song !

+Leo Maysonet 60s....and I graduated from High School in 1986, so no unfair bias here.

+Leo Maysonet The 90s does

+paradisecityX0 God, the 90s were LAME for music...not even remotely comparable to the 60s, 70s and 80s

krelbar The highlight of gangsta rap, the Disney Renaissance, the original Power Rangers, the Attitude Era & the golden age of Playstation, etc.

+paradisecityX0 Doesn't compare to MTV when it actually showed music...DIVERSE styles of music. The 80s were a party, the 90s were about songs wallowing in depression. If you want to talk about childrens entertainment...Transformers beat the shit out of Power Rangers. Star Blazers destroyed all. Golden age of playstation?...you're ignoring the golden age of coin op arcades and the original home video game consoles. You had to live in that time to understand. 80s were the last decade of 'hometown cops' before we turned into a police state. We could basically do what we wanted as long as we weren't harming anyone. 90s blew chunks...and each decade has been declining since.

65 and still!

68 and still seems relevant 👍😎💯

60 soon to be 61 and also still loving it go 80s

58 and still listening

You guys are all referring to your own ages, since the song is not that old. Effed up band, great music. I wonder if they are all living in Saudi Arabia now and regretting life choices or if they got smart. Just as a matter of interest, cause and effect is contrary to a certain religion and yet you have this song.

me 2

😎☝️😉😎

Me

Yeah getting my Fixx 🤘

Me

The tone of the guitar is awesome too.

What always brings me back.

It's a smart and slick though simple and riveting chordal progression-Lol! "One thing leads to another."

the bass line is great too!

Yup!!!!

What the year of this great song ???

1983

The kind of song you can't get out of your head.

It was super popular and on MTV and radio all the time. Reach the Beach was the first record I bought with my own money!

I do agree im 60 and still love this!

I am. I saw them open for the police. Great show.. So I prefer to watch the show in my head over listening to this song.😂

74 and I dig this music!😊

Right now! 😎🎸

My ballz itch

Used to dance to this in the nightclubs! Still love it at age 66. YES, 66...😝

"But when the wrong antidote is like a bone in the throat." My second favorite lyric after yours. 😋

@@riojones9637 @knick knack paddy wack flip this dogs bone...this old man went rolling. Home!🤗

@@riojones9637 I always thought it was "bulge on the scrote"

@@darksuns7384 lmao! That's funny as hell. Good one and Merry Christmas to you! 🎄

Right ! So true !!

Huh, not underrated at all? In 1983 I was 14, and this was one of many songs blasting in the arcade I hung out at. So many great memories of the summer of 83. This song is timeless.❤

"Are We Ourselves" "Stand or Fall" "Saved by Zero" & "Red Skies at Night" are all my favs.

Crowded out!

It's more like they are underrated now, they were at the top back then with numerous hits. Now I'm surprised they aren't as famous still as some of the bands back then and they still are awesome performers.

Underrated, not really a compliment. this video has 10 Million views!!!

this is only true if you only listen to the radio, but there is more music than ever now. Music always continues to grow.

Don't expose your ignorance like that, much better to keep quiet and not be seen as a fool, or just the lazy music fan you are.

What is Radio?

Right! Metal, Madonna, Huey Lewis and the Fixx!

Synths were recentely invented in the late 70s and weren't integrated into music until the early 80s, so you get this whole new clash of synthetic and organic sounds coalescing together, really, for the first time in mainstream. There's modular synths, but moogs changed the dynamic immediately. You also had punk getting publicity, Michael Jackson. It was truly a time for freedom of speech and expression.

The same rules apply. Instant fame is just as it was, but now the talent bar is lower, and with it, the relevancy of that fame is far shorter. Unless you're an industry plant, of course!

Agreed! MTV is so horrendous that Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter and JJ Jackson must be crying. MTV = Marketing TV to sell teens stupid crap Never forgive them for Jersey Shore

+jamessrq I thought JJ was dead...

Right.

Remember when the M stood for music?

I want my MTV too.

Some of it was pretty lousy too, but I bought a few albums and cassettes!

early 80s certainly

They sure did. They dont make it like they used to. And that goes for anything they made in the golden ages.

1983 was the best year as well, followed by 1982 and 1984.

VERY PROFOUND

💯💯💫

One tube, one tube, leads to another

man, I was thinking the same thing....whole Video budget must've been, like $649.78 tops!

They had a ladder too!TheKingOfRuckus

***** Is that right? I saw Cy in my dream in that outfit this year in May. I'm serious!

***** You did? That's interesting.

lmfao that was funny

+OkamsRazer wowzers! what a bunch of penny pinchers. oh well, I actually think the tunnel works a bit lol. amazing song too nonetheless.

I had a 68. They were the big Falcons. Only sound system mine had was a 429 big block with side pipes. But I would listen to this song on the radio!

Had a ‘68 mustang with the pioneer super tuner. House speakers in the trunk, amp sunder the passenger seat. Crazy that our old cars are now worth more than our parents paid for their houses

Funny but true. I had an old Toyota Celica that I put a $600 sound system in…pretty sure it was more expensive than the car if i think about it.

Same but '68 Ford Fairlane.

Glad your one thing led to another.

Quitter.

good to hear

@@Forgottenchannels 💀💀💀

@@Forgottenchannels lmao based

Started the game yesterday, finished I today I liked the 80’s music before but Flash FM is so great Vice city might not be the best, but it’s soundtrack is pure gem

Tell me my sister and I hung out with 3 detectives for years

I cantlie, this game introduced me to this song. This song is the story of my life.

I totally forgot this song was in that game lol 😂

1983...actually being there when this was fresh and new, and there was nothing else like it. Oh the memories.

Is your dad Phil Lichtenbert?

It’s 40 years later I think. God, you might be right lol😂

The recording biz is dead, so even Trump can't bring back music like we had in the 80s.

What I liked about The Fixx is that their songs usually concerned political issues, nuclear war etc. If the music industry did not suck like it does now imagine the issues that would have been made into hit songs....

Never doubt The Donald...

Most never delved that deep into songs as we usually only heard them on FM Radio or the occasional MTV video after cable came into town. Without seeing the person, we couldn't always make out all the words....back in the day.

damn right I fuckin miss and love the 80s this song is a classic !! I still listen to it every morning to this day !

Never ever it’s sad

So true!!

60s 70s 80s incredible years. All have their own identity. That will never be duplicated.

I want my MTV (back)!

Especially now.

Funky indeed. It's definitely up there. CAMEO's "Talking Out the Side of Your Neck" is a good one too.🎼

Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang may have something to say - but overall this era was TOPS

Politicians always corrupt this song was made for it

Especially now. Look at the dates of comments😁

I LOVE this post it's so true the youth of today will never know what fun was and for us the music keeps us young and alive

It was a decade like no other. The 90's were special but lacked what the 80's had. It felt free, not like the insanity today.

Absolutely agree! 🎶

Beautiful, I couldn’t say it any better than David Barr.

Rub it in, why don't ya?

Possible.It could describe other things too.

Yes it does, but is actually describing pompous and lying politicians. If memory serves me correctly, the lead singer noted his dislike for world leaders and thus this song.

I was thinking cocaine use

Exactly. This song taught me to JAM!

😂

I will NOT act like I'm not impressed!😎

Love this

🤣😂🤣

You are a great cool dad, tell him i said so

I think its absolutely EFFING cruel to crop their ears to make them look more fierce. They are beautiful way they are. Smart animals

I saw them three times!

@John Wadsworth ,More like best thing for them is to NEVER ! make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , the so called Rock n Roll hall of Fame is 90% rap and hip hop artist that place should be sued for false advertising

Agree. Stand out band have Pandora station. Stand or fall full version is great

John Wadsworth I agree with youb 100%."WAY"underrated.One of my favorites.

Deeper and Deeper plays in the end crisis for Caddyshack. My favorite by them!

two of the best bands

Dude, I just saw them 3 months ago at the pedulo in Derry NH. All original band. A small venue but a great show.

Him: what's that new song...I Reap, I Reap, I Sow?" Her: "umm.. you mean Are We, Are We, Our Selves'" Him" < (%*^^*@ > "Yeah! That's the one."

Most kids don't know what u mean by that!!!lol

Did you rewind it with a pencil?

We had a tape splicer kit, from Radio Shack! Fixx-a-Fixx, no problem!

they had those? i used to cut down a piece of scotch tape and fasten it to the back of the two torn parts....

oh yeah!

The bass totally carries this song! One hell of a song!

Exactly 💯. The baseline is so great it imo helped with the songs longevity.

Rap steals other bands riff tracks, r and b is ok.

@@Workerbee-zy5nx70s, 80s and 90s R& B is sampled more than any other genre. Truth…

yes!!

vice city was a really good game

No Shit. .

Even GTA 5

I just beat it and posting the ending soon. (If interest ya know....;)

Wow thanks for your facts flashback my friend! I do remember that and that was the beginning of my Senior year in high school. The Class of 1983! So so long ago but can remember it like it was yesterday! Miss the 80's!

I was in first grade during this time and I can still hear this music in my ear, knowing where I was, what I was going through, how the world was, it was just 'that time'... what's funny is you knew that time was special while you were living in it.

Tobias Chance Bass line is cool too.

Chuck Wasson This bass line kills me. Back when music actually made you walk differently cause you were badass just for knowing it came out not to mention actually walking and listening to it. I can never decide whether this bass line, the one in Dream Into Action by Howard Jones or the one in All She Wants to Do is Dance made me feel like the coolest chick in my clique but I had a shit eating ear to ear trollface grin whenever any of the three came on, I can tell you that.

Tobias Chance Honestly this is the shit.. back when puberty and now in middle agedom

Tobias Chance listen to blind eye by hunters and collectors!

pudzta Ok, i'll check it out. Thanks.

Why would you post that in public, though? Seriously? 57 is not an age of person that anyone wants. 57 doesn't have anything to offer anyone. 27 yeah, 37 sure, 47 kind of, but certainly not 57. By 57 you probably should be keeping quiet about it and if you're still going on about it at 67 maybe should be checking yourself into some kind of institution or another.

@@doktormcnasty I POST WHAT I WANT

@@SUGARMOMMYcrawford That's what I'm saying, though is that you probably shouldn't. I mean, just for your own good you don't even have to have consideration for anyone else.

@@doktormcnasty wtf is wrong with you?🤣 don’t you know 57 is the new 37

@@doktormcnasty once again WTF is wrong with you?

You forgot me on the Triangle!

+Obvious Bicycle Don't forget the Missing Persons and Flock of Seagulls.

I wish The Escape Club hadn't escaped Britain.

@@rommix0 Flock of seagulls was from Australia I thought.

Missing Persons is an American Band Mate.

Yes

Agree 100%

Mainstream music today is crap compared to the 70"s & 80's

thats what pisses me off when they don't say what they mean or do what they say. 1-5-21

Yes !!

John White Really? I'm green with envy

@@prettygalprettycool5113 clever

@@johnwhite2412 wonder how old the fixx members are by now?

@@prettygalprettycool5113 Mr Curnin still sounded big. I was too far away to tell if he was chugging Ensure between songs.

@@johnwhite2412 lol he probably drank it backstage while everyone else was indulging in illicit drugs and premarital sex.

They are still around now and touring, with all original members and have a new album out. Saw them on 11/13, fucking excellent show.

Lee

Nathan B now look at them yo yo’s, that’s the way you do it

Nope. 70s were. Just sayin.

@@drk9011 70s had great movies but the 80s were unique whack ,fun ,