The scientist guy is Dr Magnus Pyke an actual scientist who gained popularity on British TV in the late 70s early 80s

Don’t let the visuals mess with you, India- videography was still such a new concept in the ‘80’s, so a lot of them pushed the creative envelope and didn’t necessarily tell the exact same story as the lyrics. The general parallel between the audio & visual is the madness of natural love/lust. “I can smell the chemicals” is reference to the natural pheromone produced when someone is sexually charged. Animal attraction is not base emotion, it is the science of nature. {love this freaky song, and lots of love to you & the kids!}

Thomas Dolby is a genius. Look him up.

The therapist who kept yelling "Science!" was an actual scientist.

cool Thomas Dolby great musician, founder of beatnik a software company making ring tones etc and a lecturer at John Hopkins University, talented to say the least, i had the privilege to be in the audience at one of the video recordings in London, lene lovich was there as well which was cool.

THOMAS DOLBY! I have loved this guy forever. I was little when he hit and it warped my young brain. Listen to One Of Our Submarines. Gives you a different taste of Dolby's many flavors.

LOL! Totally forgot about that song!!! The fun old days when MTV played music!!! Fun!!! Thanx for the flashback!!! ✌️😊

Classic song. MTV was really bumping back then. Even the hood was playing this song. We love drums and there was a great beat in the extended version. This was second to In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins.

That song was hugely popular for many years. It will grow on you the more you listen to it the more you like it.

☝️"SCIENCE!!!" 😂😂

Thomas Dolby is awesome, he also is quite varied, this one is a pretty middle of the road for him (yes, it is awesome, but it quite frankly is one of his more mainstream ones), some of his extremes would be "Hyperactive" (the video for this one is nifty) and "One of our submarines", other excellent ones are "Airwaves", "The Flat Earth ", "Windpower", "Europa and the pirate twins", "Dissidents", and "White city". Oh, he also made the soundtrack to the movie "Howard the duck".

Another fun fact: Thomas Dolby composed the now famous Nokia polyphonic ringtone. So he really did end up blinding us with science and technology. Very underrated artist. His album "The Flat Earth" still sounds amazing to me. And Eddie Van Halen was a fan and performed a guitar solo on Dolby's song "Close But No Cigar".

Haven’t heard this in decades! Great dance tune. 😀

Listen to his song “Hyperactive” The woman as a musical instrument is I believe inspired by the surrealist photographer Man Ray. The stuff in the yard was the mad scientists with their failed inventions. Thomas Dolby is the son of the man who invented Dolby stereo so this makes the song especially amusing. His dad is a scientist.

He's trying to tell you he's in love with this woman he can feel the chemistry she failed him in biology because he didn't know what he was doing she failed him in geology because she messed his mind up that he can't think straight all these are sciences so she blinded him with science great reaction I always liked this song

"Hyperactive!" is a nice song by Thomas Dolby.

This was so creative and out of the norm for us in the 80s! And it was one of the FEW intelligence-positive songs out there. Nerdy was sexy! It was a huge antidote to the Pop/sex/dance of the world.

80's music was so cool!

Before this, Thomas Dolby played keyboards for Foreigner in 1981. Co-produced by Mutt Lange. A few years later, Lange sang background vocals on this song. Then, Lange got Dolby to play keyboards for Def Leppard in Pyromania. In a later album, Eddie van Halen played lead guitar in 2 Thomas Dolby.songs.

Hyperactive a song of his was played at the end of the night by '80s DJs hoping to tire us out

I was hoping you would react to this one. Thank you!

Interestingly, Thomas Dolby ended up doing more work behind the scenes in the music industry than actual music.

Love this song. Recently I heard a woman request it on the radio and they dedicated it to their science teacher who she had a crush on back in the day. So cool.

The keyboard textures on Foreigner’s “Waiting For A Girl Like You” were done by Thomas Dolby.

India, you should check out 'Europa and The Pirate Twins', 'Windpower', 'Weightless' and 'Hyperactive' by him. The Doctor/Therapist in the video was played by a real scientist Dr Magnus Pyke who was popular in the UK during the late '70s and early '80s. 🙂

80s Pop music was very, very unique indeed. Nothing like it. :)

I felt the same way you did listening to this for the very 1st time India,the only thing was it made my playlist,so much so,that i bought the 12" record of it,& spun it until it wouldn't spin no more.I went back to get another 12" record of it,but when i returned with it my mother said "So help me God if you play that song 1 more time!!"..(and she liked it like me at 1st-lol).I then put in my 'headphones'-lol.After all of this i get the nickname 'Goofy'..exactly what this song ..& video is.It was a heavy spinner on Mtv back in the days.Loved how you liked it being so 'different',especially from someone who relishes in it..& like me as well.One of my very favorite reactions from you India,(& there's alot)..& Thank You again for reacting to it.P.S. India,you mentioned it's got hooks you like in this song,& i know you like rap music,Mobb Deep took the hook & made it their own,with their 'Got It Twisted' song,maybe,just maybe that's the version that'll make your playlist.Again,loved your reaction to this..it made my day.

Always loved this song!

80's was a great musical era... this is an odd song though 🤣 I remember the song but its the first time I've seen the video. Loved watching your reactions far better than the video itself 🤣🤣🤣

This is one of the classic music videos from the Golden Era of MTV.

😂😂😂😂😂 so good! Havent heard this for years 💝

One of the 80s’ most unique musicians. This and “Hyperactive” (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNN3q8tiq87YqHk.html) are just undiluted quirky, hooky fun.

Thomas Dolby is a fantastic synth specialist, this was one of his quirkier ones - which was hugely successful.

India you Legend, this takes me back to my teens. The old mad therapist guy was actually called Professor Magnus Pike and did loads of TV and was a government scientific adviser.

Love this song! Great Hit from the 80's

Excellent that you've done a Thomas Dolby reaction India! Weirdly, despite him being from here in the UK, his first album 'The Golden Age of Wireless' which as you mentioned this track is from, and a few other releases from the album, actually did better in the US than here in the UK. Not sure why or how though lol. The scienist in the video is an actual British scientist called Dr. Magnus Pyke and I remember him appearing on various kids programs here in the UK in the 70's and 80's and always seemed quite eccentric and throwing his arms up and down when he was demonstrating various experiments lol. He gained a PHD in Biochemistry and worked for the Ministry of Food here in the UK during WW2 and had various publications on food and nutrition - Back to Dolby, he is also a session musician to various music artists and has also produced albums and tracks for other artists (Joni Mitchell, Foreigner, Joan Armatrading, Belinda Carlisle and Prefab Sprout.........to name a few). Other tracks for you to react too:- I Love You Goodbye (my fave) - Urges - Leipzig - Europa and the Pirate Twins - Flying North - I Scare Myself - One of Our Submarines - Cruel - Windpower - Airwaves - Hyperactive (I'm actually not a fan of this track lol) - The Flat Earth - Budapest By Blimp - Close But No Cigar - Oceana - Nothing New Under The Sun - Valley of the Mind's Eye. Keep up the awesome work India :-) xx

One of my favorite songs is Dolby’s “My head is like a sieve.

What a fun song - oh, the 80's.

i had this album when i was in grade 2 in 82 i believe.

Thomas Dolby was a really great musician and song writer. This was his first album after he rose in popularity as a session player on Foreigner's 4 album which was a big hit, thanks in no small part to Dolby's creative synth/keyboard playing. My favorites from this album are "One of Our Submarines" and "Europa and the Pirate Twins". Check those for more 80's synth goodness! Thanks for listening and sharing! Peace from SF

Different. Yes a good description of Thomas Dolby's music. I love it.

I would imagine Mr. Dolby's music sounds even more trippy through headphones. Very creative cat. Surely he's still doing innovative things. A very different tune especially for its time. Cool reaction.

The Golden Age of Wireless, which is the album this song is from, was one of my favorite albums of the 1980s. I loved every song on it.

You gotta check out Hyperactive from Thomas Dolby. That video will trip you right out. It's really mind blowing it was in the 80's.

This song was originally released with the title 'Poetry in Motion' as Thomas Dolby intended but the record label changed it.

Oh my Goodness. Just light-hearted 80s fun!

It’s a crazy song but lots of fun!

Remember Foreigner's Urgent and Waiting for a Girl like You, or any Def Leppard songs from the Pyromania album? Mr. Dolby is responsible for the keyboard sounds. And his collaborations don't end there!!! He is a very smart guy

This my favorite song! This was my JAM when I was a teenager!

I'm from that era. Born 65 so grew up in 70s and 80s. Love this song. The music is kickin and the video is weird but cool. If you watch the movie weird science you'll get a idea about the video of blinded me with science. That time was different and unique shows and music coming out. Thomas Dolby Rocks! Sean.....

1980's music always make you feel good LOL

Unique, crazy-sounding, and brilliant! The epitome of hard-core 80’s. Such a bizarre decade of music. it was such an anomaly.

I loved this back in the day.

I was a kid in the 80's and it was a fun decade for music! I really miss the silly videos like this one.

She Blinded me with Rightness.

This came out when I was in 9th grade and was a huge dance hit!

I'm new to your channel and just love this. I'd like to say that Thomas Dolby is a genius musician known only as a one hit wonder and people don't consider him a great singer but know him as a synthesizer guy. I hope you listen to Valley of the Mind's Eye by Thomas Dolby. He even whispers French lyrics in the intro before hearing him sing at his best.And if you have the time give Beauty of A Dream a listen. Written for his wife,, Valley of the Mind's Eye done all by himself without a band shows we were robbed of a truly talented singer/musician. He would not listen to his record label when they wanted him to continue to release goofy synthesizer songs like "She Blinded Me With Science" so they buried him as much as they could. Thanks for the great video. Love reactions from good people

The 80s had some really crazy videos and great synth-based hits. This one is off the chain. You should hear his "Hyperactive". Great song and another bizarre video.

This Always reminded me of Weird Science,and One Night in Bangkok. Nice reaction.

Imagine being seven and hearing this for the first time.

Thomas Dolby literally performs this song solo with his synth, a drum machine, and a sample pad.

I was in highschool when this came out. I absolutely love this song and video!!!! On KZfaq you are the first person to analyze it. Thank you!

Loved Loved Loved this Song, whenever I see a good looking well put together man this is the song I hear.

Thomas Dolby is a British Techno-Pop/New Wave/Rock music artist. He got his start playing a synthesizer in Lene Lovich's band, before embarking on a solo career. He had a handful of solo hits in the early-1980s, such as "Europa (And the Pirate Twins)", and "Radio Silence" (a song about a pirate radio station on a small UK ship, that sunk during a storm). Both of the songs have music videos for them, and I recommend that you react to them, when you are able to find the time to do so.

Thomas Dolby also basically invented the ringtone for mobile phones.

This was a huge hit in 1982; you heard it everywhere. An even more upbeat hit from him is "Hyperactive" from 1983. It'll have you moving.

Fun Song!!

After seeing the scientists outside, I'm surprised Mr Dolby even walked through the door!🤣 Refusing treatment was a good call.😂👍 This was such a fun video - thank you🙂❤️✌️

That's nuts . Wait let me start that over again

India hello from N.Ireland 🙋‍♂️ I just found your channel and love itttttttt. Real personal thoughts with all your videos and appreciate how others feel about tunes I've grown up with. Being from Ireland I'd love your reaction to The Dubliners songs. Mostly kinda folk music but with a glass in your hand and a few folk over the feet will be tapping lol anyways take care yourself and all the very best x

Here's a little tidbit about Thomas Dolby he invents a lot of our ringtones in our phones... Yes Google ,Apple and Samsung etc have to buy the rights to use his ringtones..

I love this song

I just found your channel and LOVE it!!!!!

Hyperactive is another great Thomas Dolby track.

I'm from Brazil and I've Always Liked This tune.

Have you ever heard of Dolby surround sound? Yes he blinded us all with science. Great innovator.

I loved this song and video back in the day. It still holds up.

He became a worked music for the first cell phone

One of my favorite artists. Period.

Love this song.

Love your music reactions. Hope you will be doing some more. :)

Thanks you always add a smile and laugh. Spirit be with y'all.

As others have mentioned, not only was Dr. Magnus Pyke a genuine scientist, but he was an absolute legend on the TV circuit with his wild arm waving during scientific explanations. His sheer personality turned a huge amount of schoolkids to look at science as a career.

@ india reacts Great music video and this was scientific song loved every bit of it!!

GREAT Choice. The ultimate record for those who want "Something Different" LOL... Cheers..

He’s got a one-sided crush on his high school teacher. And, that’s all there is to it..,,,it’s adorable and silly and funny and intentionally weird too. It’s cute.

Thomas Dolby was the producer of the first Whodini album. Remember "Magic Wands"

This video, lol again on morning, noon and night. One of my fav among the more quirky videos, like the Buggles, "Video Killed The Radio Star" was like the first video on MTV when MTV first broadcast, it was a crazy video, almost looked like some highschoolers put it together,.lol but it was cute, and we hadn't seen anything like it at the time, was fun,..if you haven't check out "Our House("in the middle of the street"🙂), video was too funny, and then theres Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come on Eileen", bunch of quirky videos back then, so much fun, keep going, enjoy, Godspeed, Peace ✌

Soundtrack of the movie" Weird Science" from the eighties. A bomb!

That was one of my favorite songs back then.

This was my SHIT!! 💥

More reactions girl . whoop whoop

Always loved this song thanks for the commentary enjoyed. I noticed you played one of yoyokas covers. She's 11 now and was just voted to the 500 all time best drummers. Shes already being considered one of the best rock drummers in the world . Her cover of burn by deep purple's burn was re veiwed by Ian Paice drummer for the band a true legend. He said she truly phenomenal awsome and scary good could you please play her cover of burn .no copy right problems. She has a very large following now thanks stay safe.🤗

Thomas Dolby is awesome. This video is so 80s and it is cool.

The motif of a woman's back has been around for a long time. Look up "Le Violon d'Ingres 1924" it's in the J Paul Getty Museum in LA.

Its the 80s and everything was about big and weird. You should check out the song. Rock it by Herbie Hancock.. Its an 80s classic and has a seriously great meaning. Rock on India. Your great

Funny thing, I used to live a few blocks away from Dolby's apartment several years ago. Pretty cool guy. Since summer is coming India, all I can recommend is a nostalgic tune that's on my summertime jams playlist... Sugar Ray - Someday

India, you have helped me see something that I have never seen before in this video; and I began watching it in 1983. Starting at 1:23 Dolby begins a part by saying: "I can smell the chemicals". Then beginning at 1:27 you say "perfume" then "he can smell her chemicals". The word chemicals was highlighted for me when you said that. At 1:36 Dolby does several sniffs with his right nostril while he holds his right finger on the right side of his nose. Then followed by another sniff with his left nostril and Dolby stares directly into the camera with a very knowing look. At about the same time, you had a strong physical reaction which somehow sparked a realization for me that Dolby was singing about c^caine. Consider mind blown. Now that I see it I cannot unsee it. 😅 Do you see this as well?

The 80s didn't make a lot of sense. That's what was so great about it.

I would love to see you react to Sade ‘By Your Side’ I heard this song when my son went in for emergency open heart surgery during lockdown in London, meaning he had to do it all alone, he is 21 😞. Dropped him at the car park and a week later picked him up from the car park - worst week of my life. Went for a walk to clear my head, this song came on and I had tears falling from my eyes. They’re always your baby. He is fit and well now thank God for the NHS 🌈