Solid Gold 81-82 / Joey Scarbury

[tpayne105]

Lip SYNC baby

[tyrehoward]

Deny Terrio!? What the fuck you doing with Deny Terrio?

[JudoChoppethUrFace]

notice the amazing volume and bounce in joey scarbury's hair.

[macsnafu]

Ah, Mike Post. I had gotten interested in him because of the Rockford Files theme. And then this song came out as the them for the Greatest American Hero. Post even had an album out with this song and some other TV theme songs he had composed. Good stuff.

[themightycelestial]

Dance Fever with Deney Terrio?!

Holee crap...!!

I completely forgot about that show.

[lmsypj]

thre greatest american hero guy went on to do great things.

[cjs33139]

LOL the 80s were all about smoke and explosions. LOL Gotta love it.

[WildBill6942]

It's truly sad how the music industry has destroyed the very thing they're supposed to be representing -- music.

[picoharmotimpo]

Great memories! 'The Greatest American Hero' theme is a classic, still sounds great. And Marilyn McCoo is such a classy, talented lady. Thanks for posting.

[shoulderlift]

Joey Scarbury is one very handsome guy. Dark eyes, broad shoulders, sexy beard.....and what a beautiful head of hair!

[SpankRamen2]

Is it me or does he look like Matt Berry from "The IT Crowd". I'm not even trying to make a joke here, but...

[teaforbastards]

Is that Matt Berry??

[lbCharmed1]

@teaforbastards If you are referring to the person singing "Believe It Or Not", NO. Matt would've been about 10 years old at the time this aired.

[teaforbastards]

@lbCharmed1 Yes I know its not Matt Berry, as I can read the title of the video, I was making what I call a 'joke' (Joey and Matt look very similar) :D

[lbCharmed1]

@teaforbastards I know that, but I had no clue who Matt Berry was when I read your comment. I googled him and saw, yes, there is a similarity between the two men. I just thought it was funny that Matt is SEVERELY younger than Mr. Scarbury. I guess my attempt at 'humor' was lost in the plain old black and white of writing . . .

[teaforbastards]

@lbCharmed1 I love You :-D

[lbCharmed1]

@teaforbastards  ;-)

[SpankRamen2]

@teaforbastards:

Ooh, I wrote that before I even read the comments! LOL

He does look a lot like Matt Berry! Are you in American or the UK because "The IT Crowd" comes on tonight on IFC.

[zachhoran]

Joey Scarbury had a hot 100 hit 10 years before Believe it or Not, called Mixed-Up Guy. Nccvball has a snippet of it on their hits of 1971 video on their Youtube page. No Reply at All got to #29 in Billboard, and The Old Songs reached #15. Here I Am reached #5

[davidtahd]

Thank you for the great memories of Solid Gold and these old classic songs from the early 1980s. Love it :)

[seajaybird88]

next to American Bandstand, Soul Train this was another great Music show, We got to see the actual Stars performed with out buying a concert ticket. The 80;s was the best fun decade, nothing like this exist anymore. and most of the performance of today suck. MTV is no longer the MTV as we knew it. MTV really stupid and screwed, Too many reality shows, and soap opera, movies. It is not like Music 24 hours a day. Miss the 80's

[philaman1972]

Anyone else miss the early 80s soft rock sound? Music was so enjoyable back then, from the heart.

[markvking]

Why didn't we get to hear more music from Joey Scarbury?

[rongravy]

@markvking

He prolly went back to his job as creepy shop teacher...

[velle28]

very good music! can I post this video in our website? thank you...

[misfits4life1]

i remember this show from the seventies and early to mid eighties sadly MTV came and destroyed this show and then MTV destroyed themselves what a shame

[lbCharmed1]

Actually, Solid Gold was only on in the 80's. The very 1st 2-hour special SOLID GOLD '79 aired in February of 1980. Then returned as a weekly series in Sept. 1980 and ran through July, 1988.

[jacksabbath2007]

now I want to watch the greatest American hero

[DJohRicky]

Great tune! Thanks for sharing this. I wish they'd release the Solid Gold series on DVD already.

[MaxNardi]

I've never seen the show but did they usually just walk out in front of the artist in the middle of a song?

[lbCharmed1]

Yes, that was the format of the show, typically during the instrumental part of the song is when they did the introductions.

[zapkvr]

I remember it because Sheena Easton was on every week. I also remember the wonderful Andy Gibb. I was so sad when he died. Now Mo's gone, there's only Barry and Robin. I swaer Greatest American Hero is one of my most favorite shows of all time, Robert Culp was brilliant and William Katt, well what can anyone say. He was GOLD. Too many memories.

[11jackdaws]

I love this song. We used to sing it a recess in grade 2. lol

[DRATCHFAN]

The girl who used to babysit me on Sat. nights always made us watch Solid Gold. At the time I only liked it when KISS came on and did "A World Without Heroes." My babysitter said "pay attention and you might see a nekkid girl" when the dancers were on!

[derekmimi]

i wish it were 1981 again...seriously!

[Darks995]

waiting for a girl like you by foreigner is the best song

[dobby4488]

ohhhh the 80's!

[bcrocker33]

journey was a brilliant band. i loved all of their stuff.

[bcrocker33]

i used to love that song Joey sang. video sure did kill the radio star.

[piklener]

It is unbeliveable how it fits George Bush Mission Accomplished scene in Fahrenheit 9/11.

[funkboyslim]

One question, is it just me that noticed that when they recap the weeks top ten songs number six is "Private eyes" by Hall and Oates, but in fact when you look at the number six previously it's Journey. And in fact Hall and Oates are even not in that week. How bad can it get :)

I saw it and just didn't get it to add up, there was no Hall and Oates song before the recap!

[lbCharmed1]

Yes there was an error between the countdown and the recap. Amazing to think something that HUGE got by the editors!

[shoulderlift]

Joey Scarbury is such a handsome man with an incredible voice! Too bad we didn't get to see much of him after that hit.

[vova200]

what song is used for the opening of Solid Gold??!?!1/1/1

[lbCharmed1]

The song is an instrumental version of the "SOLID GOLD" theme. Changed from season to season in arrangement and tempo to match the sung version at the end of every show. Hope that helps!

[vova200]

thanks, that gives me a start!

[lbCharmed1]

A start for what? I don't quite understand......

[vova200]

to search for the full recordings of the opening themes

[syouyun]

What fart shirts were the dancer wearing in the beginning of the count down?

[lbCharmed1]

If you're referring to the shirts they're wearing in the "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" number, I believe those are supposed to look like Caribbean inspired costumes because the music as that "flavor" and Darcel also limbos under the stick.

[syouyun]

No I am talking about the shirts for song 10 in the countdown

[lbCharmed1]

Oh, the sweat shirts with the glitter??? This is like Flashdance fashion era, remember?

[syouyun]

They were bad imitations then. Sometimes I think got cheap in the wrong area.

[nwacompton181]

i want to hear him sing this live, i dont think he could sound this good

[MusicDude86]

he is singing live in this clip

[nwacompton181]

not a chance!

[MusicDude86]

it's pretty obvious he's singing live.

[nwacompton181]

100 percent obvious he's lip syncing

[MusicDude86]

watch this a few times

[nwacompton181]

try watching with your eyes open just once please

[MusicDude86]

joey scarbury IS singing LIVE....he's not like these other talentless artists nowadays that can't hold a note live....if you wanna watch some lip syncing, watch a live performance of Milli Vanilli.

[nwacompton181]

i never said he was talentless, its a great song, but he is lip syncing, id like someone else to respond with their opinion so if anyone else is reading this, feel free to chime in and prove music dude wronggggggggggg

[surdartsid]

yeah he isn't lip syncing you can tell as an Artist myself you have good shows then you have bad ones...this is a good one but he is different then the CD version as people call it, he isn't lip syncing you can hear the breaths and the little vibrato that is due to being a lil nervous

[MusicDude86]

exactly!!!! thank you!!!!

[hartowen33]

LYP SYNCING NO FUCKING DOUBT

[raksboytoy]

lyp syncing, i'm a pro and i can tell

[MusicDude86]

if you were a pro, you would see he isn't lip syncing.

[nwacompton181]

in your FACE. you two are exactly right, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVING THIS GUY TO BE AN IDIOT!

[MusicDude86]

you don't know a thing about a live performance do you?

[nwacompton181]

fuck you loser, you just can't handle that people backed me up

[lbCharmed1]

Hey, this is family channel. Watch your language please!!

[MusicDude86]

they may have backed you up, but you're still wrong.

[bcrocker33]

exactly and these immature punks on here who are effing and blinding over it are pathetic.

anway, also, i think this is the height of andy gibb's drug abuse and i wondered at this time if the dancers themselves were huge celebrities.

[lbCharmed1]

This is my 3rd attempt to respond, don't know why it isn't taking. I have compared this performance to the "commercially released" version and IF he isn't lip syncing, then they recorded a SG version of this song for him to lip sync. You can hear his vocal straining very clearly and the "This is to good to be true" is the dead give away - it sounds nothing like the album version, His voice doesn't sound tracked in that part for this performance. My 2 cents..

[lbCharmed1]

Plus you can hear his voice echo within the sound stage in the very beginning which I have NEVER heard on other SG performances that were lip synced.

[lbCharmed1]

Dang! I meant to say "IF he IS (not isn't) lip syncing, then they recorded a SG verson of this song for him to lip sync."

That's what I get for staying up way to late trying to respond to these things!

[syouyun]

What they did a lot was that the song would be played in the background and the singer could sign with it so there could be slight variations.

[surdartsid]

yeah like a karaoke version of it lol lame yet satisfying to the public lol

[Lana2k6]

There's another part near the end of the song where that's evident, too. It comes at the end of the bridge where there's that guitar riff, a key change (from D major to E major), and Joey sings the chorus repeating to fade.

[tomarkenfan83]

Still.. He sang it live and he looked like he was really enjoying himself...

[lbCharmed1]

Hi sings another song in this episode with the same enthusiasm.

[tomarkenfan83]

I thought it was rather RUDE to see Andy and Maralyn come up during the middle of the song.. They should have kept them off camera until Joey was done...

[lbCharmed1]

They did that in every opening number.....rude or not it was the show's format. Thanks for commenting.

[ukendcx2000]

nice how they break it down at 2:20

[lbCharmed1]

OK....not quite sure what you mean, but if you mean the focus on the dancers and their dancing, I agree.

[ukendcx2000]

oh I'm sorry, by "break it down" I mean how he goes into the chorus or the next part of the song. the "bridge".

[lbCharmed1]

OK then. Shows how much I know! Thanks for taking the time to clear that up for me!

[ukendcx2000]

Too bad about Joey Scarbury. There was no conceivable way anyway could follow up that song.

[XMChipXM]

"The music has magic, you know you can catch it

If you let the songs take control

The sound starts to glisten, the more that you listen

And slowly it turns into GOLD..."

Thanks for that GREAT trip down Memory Lane! ;)

[lbCharmed1]

You're very welcome!!! Thanks for taking the time to comment!!

[mcarps7]

Miss this show so much. Those solid gold dancers had the ability to make me enjoy a song and go out and buy the single even after I didn't like it initially or when played on the radio. I thought Marilyn was the actual host not co-host!

[lbCharmed1]

Thanks for the comment. I must say, I have to agree!!

[inaz1992]

Do you have that performance of Andy singing Bob Seager's But i could't remember the title and the dancing routines led by Debra.Can you air that one too. Debra is my favorite...I think it is in the same episode.

[lbCharmed1]

I don't think I have that one, I'll check but I don't have many episodes from Andy's year on SG.

[XMChipXM]

Don't get me wrong, inaz. ALL the dancers were HOT! But , imho, Darcel was the hottest! (I can see why she was Lead Dancer!)

[Lana2k6]

Just one minor thing I noticed: on the recap, I think they flip-flopped "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Private Eyes." The Journey hit was listed at #6 during the countdown routines; it was #7 in the recap.

[lbCharmed1]

Too Funny!! I have seen this footage over & over and this is the 1st time I noticed this !! Thanks for pointing it out!!

[gymratpitt]

this theme song was from the show '' the greatest american hero on abc.

[lbCharmed1]

You are correct! One of many TV theme songs to hit the top 100. Thanks for the comment!!

[EightysMusicFan]

Loved this clip, but really loved Andy 8:37 and on! :) Thank you for posting!!

[lbCharmed1]

You're welcome. thanks for commenting!

[Lana2k6]

Holy crap! I was just about to ask if you had any clips with that song...and "Believe it or Not," here it is!

[lbCharmed1]

Well, well, what a coincedence, huh?! Thanks for the comment!

[ttbanker]

boy another great memory...i remember those opening acts as if they were yesterday...thanks again

[lbCharmed1]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!

[ronafer69]

Have this episode, one of my many favorites. Thanks for posting it.

[lbCharmed1]

You're welcome. Hadn't seen this one since it originally aired. What memories!!