Survivor - I Can't Hold Back

[durbaq]

Okay okay okay so when I put together my musical based around 80s music and high school lovers this is the Act 1 Finale song when the main character confeses their love for the girl and is determined to win her back and it's all WHAM BAM EPIC MUSICAL SYNTH and everyone cheers and smiles because. let's face it, life is good when that happens :D

[SJC222809]

remembering the past.....GREAT BAND!...

[rcwest1971]

Jimi Jamison is a local to me. He is one of the nicest guys you've ever met, and his vocals are among the best of the best!

[eaf6701]

I like this song becasue it from Mall cop :} 

[kmdcjt10]

I love it!!

[xxxNikiloquitoxxx]

i like this song :)



[krot84]

It was my wedding song :)

[luvspring12]

i absolutely ADORE survivor. it sucks that youtube is about the only place that still has their songs. im only 17 but this is my most favorite band!! Can't Let You Go is an amazing song. i wish i was born in like 1960 or something lol

[MyFrontlines]

@luvspring12 lov e to hear that my f band i was born 64 take care patrick sweden

[ffrnemtprn]

@luvspring12 Very cool post..,.I was born in '63...hang on to 17...what alot of us wouldn't give to have it back....

[luvspring12]

@ffrnemtprn haha its odd 'cause at the moment i just cant wait to get out of here! :D but ya thanks. nobody knows who survivor is/was. it breaks my heart lol id give anything just to see jimi live anywhere now. :)

[rockhard2]

1:52 I like it

[oister781]

That dude is wearing my "beanbag" as pants!

[Faeriebiatch1210]

I always had the best memories with my older sister. She played these songs all day everyday. I just wish we were as close as we were back then.

[marijovideo]

Fff

[jillzi7]

this damned song and High On You, were songs that my ex husband gave to me on 45 records, 27 years ago..said they made him think of me and us together...I always loved these songs..but now, Id like to have them playing while i stomp on his balls...ROLMAO

[usadcj]

@jillzi7 ROTFLMA...Thanks for the laugh..sorry you guys didn't work out. Still great music though.

[R4BB1T21]

@jillzi7 Ouch! Remind me not to piss you off! It's a good song tho........

[squishmeify]

I loooooooove them so much!

[bigcheese1973]

This is definitely their best song ever!

[pumpkinofsteel]

that's what I would call a VOICE.... damn Jimi's awesome :) plus red leather pants :) the 80s were defo THE BEST THING that ever happened to music :D

[pumpkinofsteel]

that's what I would call a VOICE.... damn Jimi's awesome :)

[aboyborninjune]

When there's magic in the music...

[BurnBarker]

Paul Blart brought me here.

[TheJer1963]

2 years out of high school when this came out and it was played like crazy on the radio. Great song.

[waveringthoughts]

PAUL BLART MALL COP IS THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER!!!

[momobena]

Oh lordy..

I miss the 80's SOOO much...when the word 'Autotune' wasn't in our lexicon, and music wasn't afraid to mix sensitivity and testosterone in an unapologetic in-your-face blend of feathercuts, glam, and attitude.

[poobear618]

what an AWESOME song.

[WPTSUKS]

i heard this song on the movie Paul Blart : mall cop and loved it!

[SuperKojim]

Ya this song is underrated, this song has been ripped off a lot! Listen to Sammy Hagar "your love is driving me crazy!"

[RunDCM]

@SuperKojim your love is driving me crazy came before this. This song was a hit in 1984 or 1985. Hagar was in Van Halen by 1985.

[SuperKojim]

@RunDCM

YA, your right!

It may have been the other way around; Hagar in 82, survivor in 84!

[ForTheLoveOfMina]

Blart! XD

[italia8989]

i love this song but jimi jamison looks like stuttering john from howard stern

[motecristo7483]

BUENA CANCION 

[Thermionman1970]

This song is so beautiful!! I get chills everytime I hear it. I bought the cassette tape in 85 and listened to it over and over! The melody is beautiful and the heavy power guitar hanging chords , something that is rarely done anymore .I get so high hearing hearing music like this

[zz878]

Just so you know all you negative people Jimi Jamison the lead singer here wrote and sang the Baywatch Theme and i'm sure many of you watched that

[brajeanpe]

i like song

[wjwolf]

@kalmanizer I agree and heres why,back in the 60s music took a wild and creative turn, so the youth of the 60s who didnt have todays electronic distractions,turd to music,by the 70s there was a music store on every corner.I got my 1st electric guitar in 76.Every other kid in urban America was learning to play.so by the 80s there was hundreds of bands to choose from in every catagory.Also there were no real wars and the economy was ok so songs reflected love and good times.Now kids play xbox

[drewwilson1888]

If we could go back.. to the 80s I mean, it would be full.

[looneybun1]

music was better, guys were hotter... :D

[choloarrgo]

Old school is better in some things but absolutely in music

[dimacoolmaster01]

these guys sing great live unlike people now a days . They all have there voices fixed

[DerRoboRex]

Mikey - you do lots of stuff.

[rodolfmo]

Thanks Britney Spears for covering the song great rendition!

[TheJyme]

From when songs were produced with textures and layers instead of a wall of sound.

1984! Ah, to be 13 again. After discovering girls, to find that they might also be discovering *me*.

That was a very naive, very good year. :)

[kaiser1]

9 people could hold back

[DEGS1010]

Love this damn song!!!

[amy19701000]

agreed todays music sux iwish we caould go back to the 80s

[largelester]

all of their songs have the inspiration level of a Rocky movie

[killcasualfan]

DOMINATES FOR EVER

[djkevinsnorky]

OMG...this song is one of my favorites....

[mikelikeice88]

the music might SUK; but at least the dancing is better. :p

[msgross2010]

I wish I was born in the 80s

[lualarra1]

i hear this song in the mall cop movie, good song, now one of my favorite songs, yeah!!!

[dandantheminiman]

@lualarra1

i am actually watching that now, i shazamed the song to find out who it was. great song, seems like a crap movie though.

[jackielle]

LOVE THIS SONG, THANKS FOR SHARING.

[Fockerizer]

God, I so miss the 80's Rock Fest... Nothing today comes close.. Long Live the 80's!

[JediNick002]

@Fockerizer U are spot on...long live the 80's!

[VegasinKeith]

Yeah, no need for insults. Some people like Britney's song better, other people like this one. but yeah- sounds exactly the same.

[antonis89]

britneys song brought me to this, it sounds nothing like HOLD IT AGAINST ME

[504Anon]

@antonis89 They don't sound the same to you because you don't want to believe it, but they're in the same key you fucking idiot.

Hold it against me chorus: C-Minor to A-Sharp

I Can't Hold Back chorus: C-Minor to A-Sharp

It's like DNA to music.

[antonis89]

@504Anon ok. first of all you didnt have to call me a fucking idiot for that. and all im saying is that i cant hear the similarities and trust me i wanted to find similarities.

so thanks for explaining and your nice comment

[thyrium2]

@antonis89 i dont think ur an idiot- can we have sex?

[TheShooped]

Britney spears - Hold it against me brought me here...and this doesn't sound anything similiar

[rudolfTV]

Oh c'mmon it does not sound like Hold it Against Me

[19muthafuken93]

I could tottaly sing Britney's new song to this.

[thyrium2]

Wow, sounds just the the hook from Britney's new single... Lawsuit, anyone?

[YamasUnit4Ever]

Survivor is the best

[countyguy2003]

something else about this good music is 10 years from now ull be able to go back and listing to it again and it will still be good and other thing is i still hear classic 80,s stuff on the radio today ,

[BerenTol]

The awesomeness of the 80's is pretty much summed up in this classic by Survivor!

[sgiellis]

No computerized crap music will ever come close to the power and intense feeling that came from these great artist who actually had talent and not just an image with a computer behind them to make them sound ugghh I dont want to say good but you all know what i mean. oh and also really sad that when you type survivor , the 1st thing to come up is destinys child. errrrrrrrrr

[sgiellis]

No computerized crap music will ever come close to the power and intense feeling that came from these great artist who actually had talent and not just an image with a computer behind them to make them sound ugghh I dont want to say good but you all know what i mean.

[sgiellis]

What happened to great songs like this, the ones that you can actually feel the intensity of them. Havent heard anything new or in last 10 years even that could even compare to the feeling you get listening to these great ballads!!!

I miss true good music!!!

[TheTranslator100]

The 80's not only had better music and fashion trends, but better hair-do's as well. This GHETTO-ASS shaven head fad, that I suppose was made popular by all the inane RAP morons out there, just dosen't do today's young guys any justice.

[NaYarB04]

there are no tabs for the intro riff wtf is wrong with you people? also no karaoke -.-

[yatesy1995]

Proper music im only 15 cant beat older music

[harmnone418]

There was nothing better than the 70's and 80's would do it all over if I could....

[TheCrojj]

@harmnone418 This is why youtube has become the closest thing to a time machine for me :)

[chillgreg]

@maherbarPS3 yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)))

[xdatgrlx]

I listened to this song because of the movie mall cop but i do love it <3 lol

[bleep77]

Love this song! Survivor rules!

[wikkedmelodies]

This just in, when you actually play instruments, and don't comepletely overdub a voice, you can create real music! Who Knew!

[margix]

if u love AOR music like this buy the new issue dedicated to AOR by English mag Classic Rock!!! It'sa a MUST!!!!

[ksthomas]

@kalmanizer To steal a phrase from our youthful times in the 80's "for sure"!

[epgrove1961]

Do you think Survivor will make a comeback?

[IntelArt]

This guy was PERFECT to replace Fred Mercury for Queen back in the 90's

[grjohnson7]

What an awesome written and well performed song. The 80s really produced some outstanding singer, songwriters and bands, and incredible range by todays standards.

[paulapaula13]

Fantastic song! I'm off to iTunes to buy it! I'm surprised I missed it in the 80's.

[PDM1120]

I loved this song! I had the 45 and I played non stop. Whoops I think I just gave away my age.

[oceans20113]

Great Lyp Sync here !!!

[bigtaxdizzle]

the music business is down the tubes, the reason no new good music is playing is because big radio stations won't play anything new because there is nobody buying music anymore. The internet killed modern music. I know because i played in bands for years but gave up after getting tired of being broke all the time.

[happy2351]

I wish I can hear this song more on the radio.

[woody544]

me an my wife chose this recently as our wedding song ya cant beat music like this!!

[woody544]

me an my wife chose this recently as our wedding song ya cant beat music like this!!

[alejandritomanuel]

pedazo de canción!!!

[enriquebenitez51]

RAP MUSIC THE WORSE THING THAT HAPPEN TO MODERN MUSIC

[jac01970]

@kalmanizer  I agree! Where did the 80's go?

[kalmanizer]

@jac01970

80's Music has now gone Country. A lot of today's Country Music sounds sooo much like 80's music. Thank go-d I happen to LOVE Country Music or I would have NOTHING to listen to anymore. :)

80's Pop/Rock Music and Country Music make the world go round for me.

(yes, I know a lot of people don't like Country Music...their loss)

[greatfaith2010]

Great Song and Performance.Love the 80's

[JRoca79]

that is power rock! yeah! amazing!

[sbucco1]

Loooooooooooove SURVIVOR!!!

His voice is awesome

[smooth2753]

Great Song.

[Vaportrail69]

*sigh*...the 80's.....

[bbunny57]

Alot of the music of today dont have the talent and passion that alot of the 80s singers have that Quality thats why Journey(Steve Perry and survivor (Jimi Jameson music will always be timeless and classic

[pupulina1]

Love this music great memories!

[jrizle86]

i luv that guitar solo at 1:40 , it gives me energy...

[nydolls73]

His voice kind of reminds me of Steve Perry

[irunmadn]

Solid Gold, this is great! I absolutley love this band and wish they were still around. Bummer! Thanks for the vid.

[largelester]

i love the 80's!

[covenstead]

Jimi Jamison was a much better singer than the other guy, who originally sang "Eye Of The Tiger."

[CavemanJesus4Life]

I was glad to be born in 1981, cos I heard this music growing up as a child and it help shape my love of Rock and inspired me to play the Guitar, and Piano

[jaecht83]

what do they mean by "standard version?"

[AdKraemer]

@jaecht83

I think they're talking about the fact that it's the recorded version and not actually being performed live. Solid Gold did that all the time. It was especially fun watching the band try to figure out what to do as a song faded out.

[TheShanek911]

@jaecht83 "standard version," refers to the time length of the track. there are 3 versions - basic, standard and premium. that is why different videos of this same songs are different lengths. different/longer solos, more shots of the musicians, etc. they also do this for cds. the basic will have just songs. the standard may have the songs, plus live tracks, and premium will have the songs, live tracks, remixes of the same songs, or demos, studio versions or even acoustic versions.

[MAGNUM2F]

one of the best bands ever and they had 2 incredible singers!

[lickthelimey]

This is real music, definitely. I was born in 1989; this kind of music I'd enjoy in my younger years, and then wish I had in my later years. Props to people who keep this stuff alive!

[ctmjmj]

Awesome song!!! :)

[robotech1990]

ESTO SII ES MUSICA.....muera el rap y regaetton

[HardRokMiner]

I havent heard this in forever. It actually gave me goosebumps. It brought back sooo many memories. Damn it sucks to get old.

[MrHadluve]

one of my fav baby master blaster tune baby

[grubeci]

they had an amazing no of songs.

[Breckmin]

Jimi Jamison's got vocals

[1985HotRod]

now "this" is classic rock!

[Fadur1]

Hi people,

I'm looking for a song for a long time and i just can't find it.. it is just like the style of Survivor and from those times and the lyrics goes likes this: "saaave me darling.. " and "giiiive me something" and "i'm on an over.. " very good song and i really want to find it..

[JulieAW]

@Fadur1

The song is "Far From Over," by Frank Stallone; I think it was off the soundtrack to "Staying Alive," the sequel to "Saturday Night Fever."

[Fadur1]

@JulieAW Thank you man but if already found the song and yes it was Frank Stallone with Far From Over!!!!

Great song!!!!

Still thank you,

[tengordon1942]

always loved them since rocky

[mitmar8]

one of the best songs ever made :))

[hello99781]

paul blart mall cop song

[ju2063]

@hello99781 i just watched it this morning!! hahahaha!! great hilarious movie hahahaha XD

[mikeshay777]

Just as good now as it was back then. Classic! Thanks for the post.

[GodLordWM]

old times :]

[Affini7y]

Yes the 80's were awesome! What a great song and a great voice. We need this kind of stuff now!!!!

[emmascremma710]

Yes, I agree deelberg. Jimi Jamison would have been a good lead singer for Journey after Steve left. I think after Survivor broke up, Jimi went to go solo? Now he has his own CD and stuff. Saw him in Chicago a few weeks ago, He was there for Jim Peterik's (Co-Founder of Survivor) World Stage Event. It was amazing. They had Loverboy there and Night Ranger. And to top it off Jimi. A rock and roll night to remember. SURVIVOR STILL LIVES!

[ATRTAP]

@emmascremma710 Wow, that would've been awesome!

[musicgirl9119]

is survivor retired? just wondering. suvivor is awesome!!!!!!!

[BERO17071991]

@musicgirl9119 no. survivor is still alive. you can just look into their name to realize that.

[bknowell2000]

Yeah, I think the guy in charge of the fog machine got a little excited, but can you blame him?

[JuliannaRatsAndaDog7]

Survivor is wonderful...I've only heard like 3 of their songs, but they had the 80's catchiness and at the same time could be touching.

[califslayer]

The 80's Rocked ! I had the most fun in my life during those timez ! The bands back then were awesome.

[Ooothoseeyes]

There was something about this show that made it great to watch when it aired... too bad they don't have anything like this now.

[romaneberle]

I'd say: "Solid Artificial Fog" TV Show ;-) lol

[deelberg]

Journey Could not have missed their new lead singer by any Farther. This guy would have been Perfect for journey after steve left

[superanimedude12]

this was in paul blart mall cop i got this from there

[samboy1288]

one of my favorite songs of the 80s. i never woulda guessed it was survivor but i always liked this song when i heard it at work.

[maurojor1]

I am 53 years old,and these bands from the 70s & 80s were our idols. It's amazing how their great songs still impact the younger generation,some not even born when those songs were hits! It proves that music was created to become timeless!

[rkullson1]

@maurojor1

I totally agree,,,I am 44 years old, you hit it on the head!!!!!!

[CavemanJesus4Life]

@maurojor1 I agree, most of todays music is packaged to only mainstream music which soley based without any feeling or originality.

Im happy to hear that many European acts are coming out with more & more of this music. Check out Brother Firetribe & H.E.A.T. They are F'n incredible

[TheShanek911]

@CavemanJesus4Life my god, it is so cool to hear someone else tak about brother firetribe and h.e.a.t. incredible bands....

[CavemanJesus4Life]

@TheShanek911 I love AOR bands, and Im hearing a lot more and more in Europe. The Poodles is the new band I discovered lately and they kick ass

[TheShanek911]

@CavemanJesus4Life cool name by the way.....The Poodles are awesome. i am a staff writer for a hard rock/heavy metal website, so i get a lot of music from Europe. the new hotspot seems to be Finland. but if you like AOR try these bands - Northern Light, Land of Tales, From the Inside, Kyhmera, Place Vendome, W.E.T, Starbreaker or Work of Art. so many incredible amazing bands. and if u like The Poodles check out, Outloud, Poets and Pornstars, Wig Wam, Big Cock, Fatal Smile, and Airborne.

[CavemanJesus4Life]

@TheShanek911 Hell yeah WET with Jeff Scott Soto, love them. And is Khymera from Findland? I thought Dennis Ward was an american? Got Place Vendome, Kiske kicks ass. I would have to check out Land of Tales & Nothern Light, thanks for the heads up on them.

If you have any female vocal lead Hard Rock bands holla at me. Fan of Beautiful Sin/Virus IV, Floor Jansen, Old & new Nightwish

[TheShanek911]

@CavemanJesus4Life no, Khymera has members from America (bassist/vocalist Dennis Ward) Italy (drumer Dario Ciccioni/keyboardist Daniele Liverani) and British guitarist Tommy Ermolli. Land of Tales is a Finnish band and Northern Light is a project of brilliant Norweign guitarist Tor Talle (who has played with Joe Lynn Turn. like female fronted bands? check out Delain, Kyrpteria, Eyes of Eden, Unsun, Amberian Dawn or Katra. Also, if u like Soto, listen to his early work with Eyes or Takara.

[Foxfire444]

@TheShanek911 Is your site the RevelationZ review site, by chance? Regardless, I was looking at their reviews for the various Pride of Lions and Kamelot CDs. It was the first time that I have encountered other people that also liked both Pride of Lions (and by extension Survivor) and Kamelot.

Anyhow, I also like W.E.T. and Khymera. I don't know if it is just me, but with the first Khymera CD, with Steve Walsh on lead vocals... sometimes his vocals reminded me a bit of Jimi Jamison.

[TheShanek911]

@Foxfire444 no, i write for hardrockhaven(dot)net. yeah, Jim Peterik is all over the AOR map with Ides of March, Chase and having written tons of hits for other artists. i agree with the first Khymera cd is good, but their latest, "The Greatest Wonder," was just an amazing melodic rock cd. i wonder though with the death of Marcel Jacob (who many people don't know was the original bassst for Europe when they were still known as "Force,") will W.E.T. make another cd.

[We3you]

@maurojor1 Indeed, im 16 and this music is great!!

[sabcergon]

@maurojor1 i totally agree with you man im still 26 years old and i prefer the old music rather than the current songs and this bands have something that i cant explain

[nilla450]

@maurojor1 i know its a comment 7 months ago but needs to be said :)

Yeah you're totally right..look at meatloaf, alice cooper etc and they have been going for ages. Bat out of hell even took over 1 year to start because no company would accept him..years later its still going strong, then look at bands today..N dubz..50 cent..Mcfly..who can see people like that still going in 20+ years? music today sucks and im only 17 =S

[hagberg61]

@maurojor1 I'm 42, and I just took my 17 yr old daughter to see Pat Benatar and Reo Speedwagon, she grew up listening to my music. She was totally amazed she said!

[SAYBOW69]

@maurojor1 - Those pants are timeless too! Haaa!

[jacsidmos77]

@SAYBOW69 everyone wore them!!!!! we all did I think that year

[MyDigitech]

GREAT BAND LIVE AND GOOD SONGS TOO

[paps3211]

paul blart

[ffaboy8]

aman bub but ive been a longtime survivor fan

[TalDarkLeanMean]

I wish i had a voice like that . beautiful song , how come I've never heard it before

[bea30tl42]

Great live band. Excellent guitarist.

[sargentwrecker]

This is a great song from way back makes me remeber the summer of 1984 went to his concert and its not like todays crap it was wow the girls everything it was great i wish we could go back amd do it again

[viper279454]

like the hip thrust at 24-29 hahahah

[tippy2424]

Journey hell, Rainbow

[TV843]

How Jimi Jamison didn't end up being one of Journey's backup lead singers is beyond me...

[laenzdaniel]

exellent song

[Lobsterlady2362]

One of the best songs they do. Love the words. Yeah, so cute and sexy. I can't hold back either. Wrap him up and take him home with me...lol..

[JAGindustries]

very , very hot always looks and sounds great, and by the way I was in my prime when I got to experience jimmie!

[17sleepingbeauty]

Very Awesome! i first heard this song in mall cop and hav loved it ever since!

[WoozleWuzzle666]

Yea! Lip-sync it! Go Survivor!