Guys, we had MTV & the radio. That's how we found music.

Honestly. I'm a child of the 80's, and in my opinion music was very diverse back then. Really you had the early stages of rap/hip hop, the early stages of heavy metal, pop 40 stations were filled with multitudes of genres. The artists from the 70's were still popping out hits, to go along with the new artists, and we as kids listened to it all. There's so much great music out there, and I feel like the generations after me got deprived of much of it, and for a multitude of reasons, didn't quite stray away from listening to one sole genre.

Epic 80's anthem....no matter how many times I've listened to this song, I never get tired of it. 80's defines my life...

This is just another example of what music was back in the day. It was real. It was live. It was not auto tuned. I miss those days but so happy you younger guys are listening to it and reacting with bangers, and mostly, loving it! Keep Rockin!!!

Classic. You guys liked this, you'd love "Rock you like a hurricane" by the scorpions . Another epic banger

That was NOT a mullet!!! We loved the guys with long hair!!! They were considered an 80’s hair band. So were Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Slaughter, Dokken, Kix, Faster Pussycat, Kid Row, Ratt, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, and Poison.

i remember watching a show at night with my father 1986 live on TV loved this song and their ballad Carrie, i was 9 years old, Magasins like Kerrang div music magasin and mouth to mouth or tv shows about music thats how we discovered music radio as well

Ahhh my 80’s childhood . This was a banger back then and still a banger today! The Detroit Pistons come out to this every home game .

Yes they were all on the radio. We had to physically go out and buy our albums, records, cassette tapes. Sometimes people waited in line to get the next greatest hit.

As a Swede I had to come through and check out the reaction for this. This is basically the "Jump Around" of classic rock, play it in any rock club and watch the people go nuttsos! Great reaction guys!

I was born in 1992, but I feel so nostalgic for the 80s. It seemed like such a great time to grow up!

One of Swedens biggest bands and this song is a classic to play when the clock is about to hit midnight on new years eve.

We found out about rock bands from MTV, back when it played music videos. Headbangers ball was for the heavy metal bands.

Wife here.., "Living on a Prairie"..LOL..,Loved this group "Europe" As a teenager!!! You Guys have am Awesome Selection and You're all extremely talented!!!..Thanks !!!🙂😎

Concerts were plentiful, and the radio played all these great tunes. We also had Night Tracks (1983-1992) and MTV. You guys are great. Enjoy watching you all enjoy some great 80s hits. We had plenty!

LOVE THIS BAND !!!! LOVE THE 80's and the 80's hair,,,,

I still have my cassette tape of "The Final Countdown" album from when it first released...and an updated CD of course. The whole album was fire and I played it repeatedly!

We had MTV and the radio. The thing is that radio was way bigger of a deal back then compared to now, so much so that every city had like 5 or 6 MAIN stations each dedicated to a specific genre more or less.

Europe is one of my favorite bands! I graduated from high school in 1985, so I heard all of these songs when they came out. Unfortunately, in our house we didn’t have cable, but we had a top ten music videos show on a local network.

I was a teenager in the 80s and we found out about groups from radio, mtv and word of mouth. In the late 80s tower records used to have these listening areas where you could listen to albums before buying them. you could just go around checking out things you never heard before. A lot of groups would tour colleges and put on performances there and gain popularity that way.

I love watching you guys reacting to music from a time when they had to actually be able to sing and do it well. Y'all compliment each other as well, its fun to watch.

This was the '87 Eurobasket song. I was 7 . Greece, were i'm from, won against all odds. I still get tingles down my spine when i listen to it.

The guy with “the voice” is Joey Tempest….and we had the radio, MuchMusic and MTV and a little thing called “word of mouth”

MTV ruled and so did the 80’s videos. That’s where most of us were introduced to hair bands 💜😎☮️👵🏼

Before FM radio became too corporate the stations would play a really diverse mix of songs. Bands did get a chance to be discovered. FM radio did not play top 40. There were top 40 stations but the AOR fm stations played a variety of stuff, so we found a lot of these bands.

LOL Brandon is so cute sometimes, "there is no way all these songs played on the radio"... We lived on the radio in the 80s and 90s... kids would sneak little FM radios into class and it was literally radio from breakfast til bed time... Europe was a one hit wonder with this song... but it must have played at least twice an hour for MONTHS... it was in a million movies too...

This reminds me, Kee Marcello, their guitar player, played Flight of the Bumblebee on the electric guitar (which is crazy when you think about it.) You should check that out sometime. Amazing guitar solo.

I saw Europe almost 10 years ago at Download Festival. They were so much fun. Me and the crowd around were basically you guys. Probably one the happiest crowds I've ever been in at a festival. Everyone was on a natural high.

I have heard this tune a million times, but never really noticed how good dudes voices is , yeh its pretty fire to be honest

VH1 and MTV used to do music videos and they would have a metal countdown or Just a couple of hours of playing it... Or if you're in a lucky town that happens to play it on the radio station... Also pirate radio used to do some hard ass stuff... Possibly college radio as well

"Livin' on a prairie!" 😂😂 You are a precious young man and that innocence must be protected. ❤

I really like watching your videos. I was a teenager through the 80s, there's nothing quite like that anymore. Good music plus a cool group of guys reacting. I find myself smiling a lot in a good way while I'm watching. You 5 vibe real well together, keep it coming.:-)

*One of the iconic rock song ever. 🔥❤️🤟* *Love from India. 😇*

Love you guys; your commentary is fun to hear as we all are learning all the time, just perfect.

I’ve seen a few of you guys reacting and EVERY time the guy on the far left of the screen pauses and goes on a tangent at the most epic moments of a song - ffs to do it right before the first drop of “the final countdown” after all the build up to it! So friggin anticlimactic- you can’t fully enjoy a song doing that! Also the say this is one of the best vocalists he’s heard... maybe if you didn’t pause every 20 seconds during the Queen reactions and actually LISTENED to Freddie Mercury and his range and the emotional journey he takes you on you could appreciate one of the REAL best vocalists ever

Oh guys, great to see you rocking out to Europe, this was huge back in the UK in the 80s, remember rocking out to it down the local clubs! We had a top 40 music chart back in the day so if the tunes were riding high in the charts we'd hear them on the radio or watch the videos on the music shows or we'd buy the records or cassettes and play them!

Y'all have done "Eye of the Tiger" right? That's one of those that's still a banger!... Timeless! (Made for the Rocky 3 soundtrack)

We had MTV, radio, the record store. Every record store had one employee that would try to turn you on to new bands. My friends it was a glorious era the 70's and 80's. Great times and great music.

Haha! You guys are so AWESOME. Watching your reaction videos really lifts my spirits. I used to discover all these bands by listening to the radio and reading rock magazines.

This song will always be epic

YES. ALL these bands played on the radio and MTV. Cable and videos were a new venture..Artist quickly learned that way the new way to promote..much like social media aka KZfaq is todays promotion..Madonna was actually one of the first artist to ALWAYS make videos of her songs..helped her skyrocket to the top...

I live in hunnebostrand /sweden. Back in the 80ies we had folkets park, and Europe played there in 84-85-86 and i saw them live there as a kid. Still to this day it's awesome memories. love this oldschool swedish metal/hardrock. Thanx guys.

Everyone listened to the Rock stations on the radio back then, plus when these bands started out they played in the Bars and Clubs and then became more popular on the radio and then on MTV when music videos first started in the 80's

MTV, record stores, friends, we found plenty of great music because there was plenty of great music in the '80's, it was hard to go wrong buying a new album ~ this is a great rock anthem, heard it played during sports matches

Great tune, lived the 80s, what a time to be a teen!

Mtv and the Radio... was MORE than enough for all of us to be aware of ALL bands and new songs out. They were the BEST TIMES EVER. 🙌

Radio, TV, movies, record stores was plenty everywhere, you could often listen to albums there for free, clubs, partys etc etc, thats how youd find music back then! :) In my country some artists that werent allowed to be played on the radio would buy small spaces in the local newspapers to promote their CDs (or casettes!!), and youd order them in the mail :D

Joey Tempest is way too underrated in present time. One of the best voices of the 80s, phenomenal songwriter, stage presence and beautiful looks to match. The perfect frontman for a band like Europe

Man, love the diversity and you guys’ excitement on all the songs, from Eminem to Europe :)

ALL the bands played on the radio. Your young. We were blessed with real music!

I was born in 74 so12 when this came out. We did hear about these bands on the radio because everyone listened to the radio WAY more than they do today. People were far less in their own little worlds - radio channels playing the latest sounds were the main background noise in workplaces, shops, cars, on the street etc. As you rightly said, we had no streaming, no Internet, no cellphones ... in the UK where I was, there was just radio and 3 or 4 TV channels. :)

This, along with all the glam bands back in the 80's were on MTV and their good looks had the girls go nuts. This song went on to become an anthem at nearly all sports events. If you want to hear great vocals, listen to Skid Row. Their lead singer, Sebastian Bach, is probably one of the best out there. Their song, 16 and Life, showcases his vocals. He went on to perform on Broadway in the musical Jeckyl and Hyde. He is incredible.

Between the diverse amount of radio stations and MTV, plus some record stores allowing you to check out new music via headphones that's how we discovered most of this music in the 80s. Of course, it was Top 40 heavy so you had to either know some hardcore music fans or dig around yourself to discover the hidden gems.

You guys are so funny. I grew up during this era and watching you guys reaction and commentary makes it seem so much cooler lol! Keep entertaining us all👏🏼 So enjoy it!

We,found these bands through radio and back when MTV only had one channel.

You guys should check out "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister.

Get ready to have this stuck in your heads for the next day or so.

They were on the radio, they were also promotional campaigns, there were well-known Rock festivals and TV was already a thing.

Back in my day it was all about the radio, MTV, and word of mouth but I was born in 75. Such a different world back then. Love seeing you guys digging music that i grew up on!!! Keep rocking fellas! Love your reactions

Bands like this was mainly Mtv (when they played music)/radio and bands like Metallica was all underground word of mouth. My first exposure to Metallica was a friend gave me a bootleg tape in like '87 in middle school. Metallica was around a long time before they hit Mtv with One.

This is classic Hair Metal . You would see a lot of these bands become big due to MTV and later VH1 . Another you should check out is Asia ( Heat Of The Moment ).

Best react ever seen!!! You rock guys! The lead singer is wonderful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This band was my first live concert in 1988 - when I was 8 years old - on the Superstitious Tour :) rock child turned extreme metalhead ;)

Hi, guys. Talk about voices, please consider taking a look at Mr. Big's "To Be With You" for something just a bit wonderfully different from a hair band. Also, you're right that it is time to get back to some more Bee Gees. Lots of other reactors have done "Too Much Heaven", which is quite possibly the most beautiful song ever recorded. By the way, thanks for finally reacting to Living Color's "Cult of Personality" a while back like I suggested. I think you should go deeper with them. That whole album was excellent, and my other favorite cut from it was "Letter to a Landlord."

You need more european music for sure

Yes!!! 👍🏻🤩Europe is a swedish group. I went to their concert in 1986, this tour exactly

Almost 40 years later, and it's still a banger!!!!❤🔥💯🏆

7:05. MTV. When they actually played music. :)

Still waiting to see you guys react to Skinny Puppy - ‘Tin Omen’. … 80s Industrial at its finest.

I watch a lot of Reaction Videos and you guys are One of the Best! Always entertaining, funny and I discover new music along with you.

MTV .. & we used to go to nightclubs & disco’s .. where you drank, danced & loved real people .. 💚🇮🇪😀👍

Before I check this out, in hopes you'll see this comment, a couple recommendation... "Arms Wide Open" by Creed.. also "Where It's At" by Beck. You will love these, I guarantee it. :) Edit: This song played on the radio A LOT... and it seems like it was in a popular movie.. (Rocky? ) The way I discovered music was either through the radio or from friends. Or someone would give me a "mixed tape" or I'd hear a tape playing in someone's car.. one of my strongest memories of hearing a song for the first time was when I was in a car with a group of friends and someone was playing a mixed tape and "Linger" by The Cranberries came on.... will never forget it, felt like she was singing everything in my heart. I had to know who it was.. bought it as soon as I had enough money. (Linger by The Cranberries is another great song to check out.)

It’s great to see you guys genuinely enjoying the music..jamming and vibing!

Please react to "Rock the Night" by Europe, it's a great song, they have a lot of good songs like "Open Your Heart", "Cherokee", "Carrie" and much more

The final countdown is about leaving earth for Venus! Joey Tempest was inspired by David Bowie. THE band Europe was outstanding, but they did not get the credit they deserve, probably because of poor management that's why John N the lead guitarist left the band in its early days, but he was replaced by another great guitarist name Kee Marcello, who wrote a book called The Rock Star God Forgot, I wish I could get it In English . JOEY has a great voice and so does the rest of the band and they had other great songs! Try to listen to more of their songs 🎵😊 Sandy

RADIO & TV... This is how the world heard new songs and bands. I remember my mother liked it and we went to the music store to buy the vinyl... Better than tape. It was an intentional HIT!!!! Waiting for your reaction to CARRIE.

It amazes me how so many people have not heard classic music like this song and others. They seem so shocked when they hear it and sometimes impressed. The 80's and 90's were filled with great music in all types of music. I'm white and I listened to hip hop and early rap as well as heavy metal, classic rock, etc. You could be diverse back then because you turned on MTV and saw videos of all types of music back then. Sometimes it pays to be diverse, you might just hear something you like.

Yes, all these bands & artists WERE on the radio. This one is truly a rock ANTHEM. Thanks for your reaction.

Not mullets, just 80's hair bands. We watched when MTV played music videos 24/7 not all the junk they have on it now, also listened on the radio. Great reaction guys!!

MTV my friends. That is how we found music in the 80's. There was a show on Saturday nights called Headbangers Ball. It was 3 hours of pure hard rock and 80' metal music.

Back Then Everybody wanted to be a ROCKSTAR!,.. EVERYBODY! Just like Nowadays, EVERYBODY Wants to be a RAPPER! That's Why There are So Many Rock and Roll Band's from back then!

Ahhh, that brings back memories, Driving on my bike, wearing my first Sony cassette walkman :-) , driving ten miles an hour, but listening to this song you think you are going a hundred miles an hour 😛, what a band !

Saturday morning music 🎶 🎵 TV 📺, (MTV), music stores/ record stores, and as a teen in the 80's there were so many anthems and powerballads from insanely good bands. Radio stations played their music on high rotation What we hated then and still hate now is when you talk over the top of the music.

We found music on the radio. We'd listen late at night to get better reception and then we could pick up the big cities and modern music ! James , 57, in Northern Ontario, Canada.

MTV showed all videos all day long !! It was awesome !!!

This song took them to Number 1 in at least 16 countries ! Europe are a fantastic rock band xx

The radio and MTV was everywhere!

The singer is Joey Tempest. He is so amazing xx

When I went to fourth grade, I used to walk past a garage where they used to reherse and practise. The guitarist, John Norum, lived in the same house as we did. This is nostalic!

I love watching you guys rocking to an 80's hair band!!!

Gentlemen, I love what you do! The metal reactions are my favorites. I was born in the 1960's, in Los Angeles I know a thing or 2 about finding new music. We relied on radio, MTV, magazines and mostly passing tapes, cassette tapes of bands that weren't signed yet. We also went to clubs, metal bars were big back then. The 80s & 90s were a blast.

Yes fantastic time, heard them all on radio and smallness all over uk

The song still hasn’t lost traction since ‘87…What a testament to that song and group!!!! Agreed! Joey Tempest has a gorgeous voice🤍

They use this song for Sports and on ESPN today, awesome cool jam yeah, good review by u guys 👍😎👌🎤🎸🥁

In the 80’s we went to the record store to find bands. We found new bands through music magazines and MTV. Back then MTV played music videos it is where I saw this video you are watching when I was young.

Called record stores, REAL concerts,and radio play. But usually opening acts got recognized from opening for big acts. Like Def leopard opening with Judy's priest, etc...and back then big bands didn't have to play 50 band festivals...they would have opening act for 20 mins, 2nd act usually 35 to 45 mins....then headlines around 1 to 1 1/2 hours...good old days before internet messed up....well, everything

Now, in the 2020's, we have a zillion different ways to find content of any kind. I'm 57. When I was growing up in the 1980's MTV was where all of the music was at. MTV came on and thrived in the most prolific music decade in history, the 1980's. When I was really young in the 1970's, everyone in the US, only had ABC, NBC CBS on VHF by antenna and usually on a different band width, (UHF), you might get the public channel, PBS. Everyone was watching virtually the same things at the same time. Your choices were pretty slim. Now there is a huge array of different kinds of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, from outlets all over the world, and everyone can see any of them. First cable expanded things by giving us many different channels of TV, and on radio, music. Then in the 1990's the internet caused an explosion of unlimited content choices, and even now it is continuing to expand. Basically, us older folks, lived in a world that we can all share with each other, because we all watched the same stuff. You guys have so much variety and can all watch or listen to so many different things, you might not even be familiar with a lot of the same content.

Thank you to all of you. Y'all bring me enjoyment watching y'all jam out. ❤

I loved this song and this band when I was 13-14. The Final Countdown was a huge hit in 1986-87, and was no 1 in 25 countries!

It was a magazine. in which they told everybody the groups and the city's they were playing in the 80`ts also the radio informs us of the concerts where and when. The 80`s BEST ERA EVER!!!