where do I begin to praise this marvelous song??? it touches my heart like no other song. even now when I listened to it, I have to embrace myself for the pain and jubilations that my blessed life has endured. this song is a gift to us all. a tribute to our past. so sad yet so hopeful at the same time. our youth is our foundation. it all started way back then, it made us who we are today. hopefully it will be our guiding light.
God this is so friggin true..... The best years of my life..... wow....... The faces and friends and experiences.... To priceless to forget.... Such a classic...
I am glad Johnny Hates Jazz is back in the recording studio. Their new song "Magnetized" sounds great! I have only heard a 30-second clip of it. Their new album is out in early 2012.
This song just tugs at my heart. Its haunting melody instantly takes me back to my adolescence during the 80's, and the story in the video reminds me so much of those carefree days when my friends and I did just about everything these little dudes were doing. I long for that simpler time in my life when a mortgage and demanding career were the furthest things from my mind. If time travel becomes a reality in my lifetime, I'll be camped out in line for a one-way ticket back to the 80's !!
@bobbaft NO! The houses, the clothes the architechture of buildings, at the end of the video he's walkin in manhattan, ny. I wanna see the english version of walkin in london and the english countryside!!
Where have the years gone? Such a timeless classic. Came out when I was finishing high school. Now my own kids listen to these classics. Who wouldn't want to turn back the clock.
This is REAL music people. Made from the heart. TRUE lyrics. True experiences that can relate to everybody. It speaks to your soul. You can feel the emotion in it. Always timeless.
They should play this song to prisoners 3 minutes before execution ... believe me after hearing this song they would feel very sorry for what they did ... this is the type of song that can melt the hearts of serial killers, make gang bangers put down their guns, make Republican Tea Baggers think of the middle class, make bar girls in Thailand not want to charge their customers the next day, make girls feel guilty for using guys for free dinners, make girls feel sorry for false rape accusations
@shenzhenprostitute friend is unfortunately time passes and the good things in life are behind, so we should enjoy this and thank God for another day of life. Hugs from Brazil.
@shenzhenprostitute Sorry, ain't gonna happen. I'm just glad I grew up in the 80's and can appreciate great music for what it is, not like today's crap on the radio. Not saying all of today's music is horrible.....but majority on radio are.
@shenzhenprostitute , do you have any issues shen? I love my girlfriend and women in general, people too, feeling used going out with the wrong women?,,, now flatlanders no patience here for them here, like you for women that you choose, you need to look at your mistakes, not them for choosing you, could be your fault dude, I am a very devout atheist, my girlfriend is a very devout mormon, we talk about everything, no subject is off limits, you could try that rather than anger that you spew
@urquattro196 Don't think that if someone disagrees with you that they have issues. That's a self-righteous attitude that has no place in a civilized debate. You are naive if you don't think that women using men for free dinners and falsely accusing them of rape is not an epidemic. It's an epidemic of mass proportions. Your particular situation is irrelevant to my comment. There are good women, but there's also an awful lot of bitches out there. Not interested in your own individual case
@shenzhenprostitute Agree with you on all but one point. While this is not a political thread, please don't knock the Tea Partiers. They are for cutting out waste, reckless spending and government dependence. It's the Democrats and liberals, with runaway spending, social programs and resultant taxes that are hurting the middle class.
@shenzhenprostitute friend is unfortunately time passes and the good things in life are behind, so we should enjoy this and thank God for another day of life. Hugs from Brazil.
this is the first time I've ever heard this song and I LOVE it so much that I will make a music video of it! Thank you for posting! I have wished so many times I could turn back time back when life was so much simpler and you didn't have to worry about complex things such as love and money.
The 80s music was much less serious and more fun but the tunes were still great. NOw its a lot more serious, its about sex and shit. Yeah i love sex but its got boring, its left nothing to the imagination. POlitical correctness and "equality" for all, human rights bills etc is ruining this world. Weve tried to make it better and were failing - big time
Such a naive time in our life, it was a care free world back then, just messing around with your buddies, hanging out for hours, playing sports, watching movies, dating chicks, it was all good! As long as you had fun, that is what mattered... Good times, great memories to reminisce about
i NEVER get tired of "Johnny Hates Jazz". I can only imagine what they would be producing now. They were so ahead of their time. I still miss them and play them all the time!!
this song brings me back when I was a kid, in Argentina, during the 80's. How I miss those days of peace and simpler suburban life, watching formula 1 with my father, going camping with the scouts, playing rugby in a nearby field with my friends, the cold war era, falklands war, princess diana. Brings tears to my eyes just remembering those long afternoons with my sisters playing at the backyard as if nothing else mattered...
I was born in 1980 and this song really captures what it was like just to hang out with your friends, before girls, drugs, alcohol and the general discomfort of being a teenager set in. Technology has kept everyone closer, but it it really shows how tied we are to the "touch of the button" convenience. I am blessed to still have my best friend from when we met in 1985 and it is really a great gateway for me to the past. Everyone urns for the past, disses the present, and questions the future.
I love the 80s. i wish i was born in 1970 so i could experience the 80s. Thats when the best music came out. Def Leppard, the Cars, Huey Lewis, Genesis, Etc.... im only a 22 years old, but feel like i shoulda been born earlier.
Música linda, boa de se ouvir. Esse clip, na verdade, faz lembrar a minha infância com todas as minhas travassuras e brincadeiras com os amigos. É muito manêro!!! Abraço a todos. William
I cry when I listen to this video,but hey, if your not thinking about your past while listening and watching this music video somethings wrong.. I wish I could relive my childhood, I miss my buddy up in heaven, hey, I'll see him soon *sniff* RIP Matt, good buddy you're still missed!
now THIS is REAL music ! screw rap, country, hip hop & all the other swine slop that record companies swill out to the public. THIS is how great, quality, heartfelt music is SUPPOSED to sound
@n8tureboy Oh if only....but I think Id wanna send all the kids from today back to that era first, and have them see how we lived and were.....esp if we got outta line and mouthy, see what we got from our folks....lol...then after they come back, Id have to back in time and live those years all over again .....man oh man....music, the friends at the local park, and just having innocent fun, no computers, no cell phones no nothing.
I know,..I know, and frankly, I share your lament. It's only natural for people in general to want to relive their adolescence. Especially for those of us who have good memories of the past. Each era has a different set of problems to deal with it seems, and raising children is definitely not getting any easier. All this technology seems to be enslaving at times and liberating at other times? I just know from personal experience that the best things in life are free.
@n8tureboy I think it has been invented already but they wont let anybody to show it to the public cause it could be dangerous.It's logic to built it ......see the videos about time machines!!
I'm making a list of people that have made the same request to me. You're now on it sir. When I get it finished, I'll send you a message telling you where you can climb aboard the 80's good-time time machine!
We'll go back and Jam that great 80's music and play baseball and build tree houses, and chase girls, and...........I digress!
sometimes when I listen this song I wish I would have turned the clock. I graduated from high school with a c average but now I am going to college and making a 3.6 GPA. If this were different back then I would made a 3.6 GPA, under different circumstances
this song reminds me of my past on how my life was so much better ,and if i lived my life over againg everything woukd normal for me not like now in the begining of the21 century and two of my best friends and my mother would still be here
friend, I know it's hard to go through it, some friends and my father are gone, before we were very young and did not know how it's hard to go through it. thanks for the comment.
I don't remember listening to this song back in the late 80's, but listening to it now reminds me of my time in the late 80's (When starting college). I wish it was this time again and to know what I know now. All of us should look forward to what we have now and do the best with your life now rather than regretting what you didn't do in the past. Sometimes I need to remember this advice myself.
life is so short,this song remind me how precious time age fly by.. this is a sad song but it make you think and realize how important life is....great song and group.. tks for the post
Thanks everyone for the comments. Yeah, it was a fun time in my life when I was doing acting work like this, and it's cool to have people recognize and like something you were lucky enough to be a part of.
I don't remember exactly when we did this. It was definitely fall, which you can also tell by watching the video. Maybe Oct? I was only doing this kind of work from summer '87 to summer 89, so it could have been either 87 or 88. I think it only took 2 days, but 2 really full days.
I have always said this song will be played at my funeral. Morbid, I know but it will make everybody happy! sad and at least I will be remembered by for the most of enchanting tunes of all time. Clark Datchler really was/is talented. Somebody cover this please!!!!
Thats really interesting what a great experience and WHAT A GREAT SONG! I love this song and lyrics brings back old times and allllllllllllll the good memories. Absolutely the best tc derek PS I enjoyed being in movie ROCKY II also
The video was filmed in and around Cold Spring, NY. I was the little nerdy kid with curly hair and big glasses. Clark, Calvin & Mike were real cool guys, as were the crew and everyone else, and it was a fun time shooting the video. The other 2 boys and I were actors who came up from NYC for the shoot. They let our parents, who were just hanging around the set, be in the video too, thats my mom in the ice cream shop scene.
That must have been great! I love this music. Takes me back to my college days. This one and Shattered Dreams are my two JHJ favorites. Thanks for sharing the inside scoop on the video.
Beautiful, this song gives off such a good vibe and has meaning *sigh* I remember those days back then, I wish I could relive them. The music of today is pathetic, synthesized and rap.
The 80's were the best, and to think, majority of the 80's great artists/bands were from Canada. Not this band but many others, Glass Tiger, Gino Vannelli, Strange Advance, Savage Garden, etc(so many more from Canada).
absolutely beautiful, words, music,video just makes you think bout all good things of growing up friends, family, neighborhood and just great times and great memories
I happened to be an American college student visiting London May 1988 when I heard "Shattered Dreams" hoping it would catch on in the US. I was not disappointed. This song got a lot of play too as did "I Don't Wanna Be a Hero." So to me it represented the time I travelled Europe from Athens to the gloroius endpoint of London. Fantastic album and era.
I must confess I'm weeping right now.....this song just managed to bring me to tears.....it's not related only to my childhood that was awesome but the fact that I left behind my dearest friends who I shared nice moments with in my hometown, Porto Alegre, just going to 80's parties and other places....I'm frantic over 80's songs.....today's music is shitty, at least 95%.......
Amigo, entendo bem seu sentimento, pois as vezes me pego assim, relembrando aqueles bons momentos e a saudade de pessoas queridas que o tempo distanciou. Lembro quando escutava essas no meu Walkman da CCE..Bons tempos!
Caralho, música dos anos 80. em meio a esse ambiente de música ruim, é tudo na minha vida, e a cada dia sou mais fanático por esse tipo som, uma vez q vivi essa época, na minha infância no interior de SC q foi tudo........mas como disse na mensagem em inglês, a melodia e a letra dessa canção me fizeram chorar como se fosse uma criança........não só pela minha infância, mas mais recentemente q tive q deixar minha cidade natal para tentar a vida em outros lugares do pais....
Bons tempos mesmo! A musica hje tomou outro rumo, vc não tem noção do que toca aqui no RJ, um lixo chamado "funk carioca"..sabado dia 04/07 eu e minha esposa não dormimos por causa de um baile "funk" proximo a nossa residencia. Letras que fazem apologia ao trafico e a prostituição e o som no ultimo volume. Abs
imagina q eu saí do RS há mais de 4 anos e morei em vários ptos do país, e hj tô em Joao Pessoa, onde só toca forró brega, swingueira baiana e axé...é podridão pura!!!....mas vou baixando minhas músicas, nao só de anos 80.....eu q morei no litoral sul do RJ sei muito bem como é conviver com esses funkús de merda....abraço
I really love this song, I can totally relate to the lyrics of this song, this song also has aged nicely over the years, I used to think this song came out in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
Love the innocence and child like manner of this tune. Makes me wish I could turn back my clock and re-live some of my most cherished memories of being a kid. in a lesser dangerous time.
(Cutting Crew Reference - " Life in a Dangerous Time" cut from Broadcast Album.
everyone has some beautiful memory associated with this song and video. for me, it was my first trip to the mountains with my woman when i heard this song. will never forget her or the song.
beautiful song and great times but we can all make this time great. my brother passed away 2 weeks ago and left 3 little boy's and if they can move on and smile we all can..chin up matey..
thanx man! i needed that. im moving on...looking for a job to save up for a trip to Dubai. im planning to work there either as a nurse or as an airport employee...anything goes for me. i cannot wallow in despair anymore. i have to move and try to make life better these days like u said. my deepest sympathy for your brother's passing! thanx so much and may God bless you and yer family.
Another day is ended And i still can't sleep Remembering my yesterdays I begin to weep If i could have it over Live my life again I wouldn't change a single day Refrão I wish that i could turn back the clock Bring the wheels of time to a stop Back to the days when life was so much better
the funny thing is the dude whos holding the backpack in the beginning is my teachers brother :) haha what now!
akopach1 4 days ago
where do I begin to praise this marvelous song??? it touches my heart like no other song. even now when I listened to it, I have to embrace myself for the pain and jubilations that my blessed life has endured. this song is a gift to us all. a tribute to our past. so sad yet so hopeful at the same time. our youth is our foundation. it all started way back then, it made us who we are today. hopefully it will be our guiding light.
87prospect 4 weeks ago
amazing i still remember the exact day i first heard this song.
vaadaenmacchi 2 months ago
wastin milkshakes and smashin pumpkins. the real life, y'all
6147lukekul7416 2 months ago
the best mellow music at all times.. no mistake about it..do you argue? if you do let me know!!!
JayyyRawr 3 months ago
God this is so friggin true..... The best years of my life..... wow....... The faces and friends and experiences.... To priceless to forget.... Such a classic...
BrokeMoFo 3 months ago
I am glad Johnny Hates Jazz is back in the recording studio. Their new song "Magnetized" sounds great! I have only heard a 30-second clip of it. Their new album is out in early 2012.
pranavc 4 months ago
This song just tugs at my heart. Its haunting melody instantly takes me back to my adolescence during the 80's, and the story in the video reminds me so much of those carefree days when my friends and I did just about everything these little dudes were doing. I long for that simpler time in my life when a mortgage and demanding career were the furthest things from my mind. If time travel becomes a reality in my lifetime, I'll be camped out in line for a one-way ticket back to the 80's !!
cxoswingdriver1 5 months ago
Good video. haven't heard this song in years and years.
primogennaio 6 months ago
at 23 years old I am saying this is a great song!
bwf1232000 7 months ago
Reminds me of London hearing it before I left for San Diego miss those days of life at the beach and driving down the old 101 with the ragtop down.
What a time for me never realized how great the music was until lately.
happymike44 9 months ago
I wish I could Turn Back The Clock to the 80's.
perpetual61 10 months ago
Whaere is the british version of this video?? Theese are Ameican kids!! Where is the British version of this video?
DG3744 10 months ago
@DG3744 How can you tell they're Americans and not British? Oh....Straight teeth.
bobbaft 9 months ago
@bobbaft NO! The houses, the clothes the architechture of buildings, at the end of the video he's walkin in manhattan, ny. I wanna see the english version of walkin in london and the english countryside!!
DG3744 9 months ago
@bobbaft for pete's sake they're playin baseball instead of cricket or football!!
DG3744 9 months ago
OMG!! What a classic tune!! Where have the years gone??
DG3744 10 months ago
MAKES ME FEEL GOOD WHEN THIS SONG IS PLAYED. WELL DONE
firstnationalatm 11 months ago
Where have the years gone? Such a timeless classic. Came out when I was finishing high school. Now my own kids listen to these classics. Who wouldn't want to turn back the clock.
hutchinson54 1 year ago 7
@hutchinson54 good old days, I would turn back the clock. a hug from Brazil.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
This is REAL music people. Made from the heart. TRUE lyrics. True experiences that can relate to everybody. It speaks to your soul. You can feel the emotion in it. Always timeless.
musiclover5543 1 year ago 5
@musiclover5543 Fine words, real music stir our feelings.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
Wonder what user name thesickbeat is doing right now ..
shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago
One of the best songs from the 80's... my all time favorite...
soccerfreek9917 1 year ago
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shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago
They should play this song to prisoners 3 minutes before execution ... believe me after hearing this song they would feel very sorry for what they did ... this is the type of song that can melt the hearts of serial killers, make gang bangers put down their guns, make Republican Tea Baggers think of the middle class, make bar girls in Thailand not want to charge their customers the next day, make girls feel guilty for using guys for free dinners, make girls feel sorry for false rape accusations
shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago 6
@shenzhenprostitute friend is unfortunately time passes and the good things in life are behind, so we should enjoy this and thank God for another day of life. Hugs from Brazil.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago 4
@shenzhenprostitute Sorry, ain't gonna happen. I'm just glad I grew up in the 80's and can appreciate great music for what it is, not like today's crap on the radio. Not saying all of today's music is horrible.....but majority on radio are.
shifterkart1 1 year ago
@shifterkart1 my friend, user name thesickbeat would love this music
shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago
@shenzhenprostitute , do you have any issues shen? I love my girlfriend and women in general, people too, feeling used going out with the wrong women?,,, now flatlanders no patience here for them here, like you for women that you choose, you need to look at your mistakes, not them for choosing you, could be your fault dude, I am a very devout atheist, my girlfriend is a very devout mormon, we talk about everything, no subject is off limits, you could try that rather than anger that you spew
urquattro196 1 year ago
@urquattro196 Don't think that if someone disagrees with you that they have issues. That's a self-righteous attitude that has no place in a civilized debate. You are naive if you don't think that women using men for free dinners and falsely accusing them of rape is not an epidemic. It's an epidemic of mass proportions. Your particular situation is irrelevant to my comment. There are good women, but there's also an awful lot of bitches out there. Not interested in your own individual case
shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago
@shenzhenprostitute
Hate to break it to you but the Tea Party is the middle class
superman93994 11 months ago
@shenzhenprostitute You lost your cred at "Republican Tea Baggers."
wlarussa 11 months ago
@shenzhenprostitute
nice...except the republican tea baggers are middle class
jnd080895 9 months ago
@shenzhenprostitute Agree with you on all but one point. While this is not a political thread, please don't knock the Tea Partiers. They are for cutting out waste, reckless spending and government dependence. It's the Democrats and liberals, with runaway spending, social programs and resultant taxes that are hurting the middle class.
primogennaio 6 months ago
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shenzhenprostitute 1 year ago
@shenzhenprostitute friend is unfortunately time passes and the good things in life are behind, so we should enjoy this and thank God for another day of life. Hugs from Brazil.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
this is the first time I've ever heard this song and I LOVE it so much that I will make a music video of it! Thank you for posting! I have wished so many times I could turn back time back when life was so much simpler and you didn't have to worry about complex things such as love and money.
alangentrinapestegui 1 year ago
@alangentrinapestegui You touched me with his words. Thank you for comment. Show me the video when ready. Do not forget. A hug from Brazil.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
@alangentrinapestegui You guys are cool!
otdog72 1 year ago
nice song! love the lyrics!!!!
jocuyax 1 year ago
massive song and a big thumb,s up
MrGalaxion 1 year ago
Love this song.....almost forgot it existed til i heard it again so thanx Marquinhos32......
angelsinnz 1 year ago
turn back the clock! bring back the 80s!
123esguillen 1 year ago
Just think... one day this might be just the day you would like to return to... so enjoy, today.
geoffstrange 1 year ago
Simple times, great memories.
sitube74 1 year ago 3
@sitube74 Thank You!!!!Good Times!!!
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
The 80s music was much less serious and more fun but the tunes were still great. NOw its a lot more serious, its about sex and shit. Yeah i love sex but its got boring, its left nothing to the imagination. POlitical correctness and "equality" for all, human rights bills etc is ruining this world. Weve tried to make it better and were failing - big time
zander469 1 year ago 3
Such a naive time in our life, it was a care free world back then, just messing around with your buddies, hanging out for hours, playing sports, watching movies, dating chicks, it was all good! As long as you had fun, that is what mattered... Good times, great memories to reminisce about
SpencerDrew08 1 year ago 2
@SpencerDrew08 Beautiful words! Good times! A pity we can not go back! were going to meet girls in class, good times.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
The 80s may have been the only era that people got nostalgic for, before they were even over!
jxgriffin 1 year ago
This is my favorite JHJ song. I can relate to it. I miss my youth in the 80's.
Back then, things were better. Movies and music were better and MTV used to play music videos...lol. Thank you for posting this video.
8835855 1 year ago 2
High School's back with this song! Thanks for the memories....
dietcoke1996 1 year ago
great melody and lytrics. beautiful song. miss the 80s!
rosshangover 1 year ago
Classic
sincityjeremiah 1 year ago
classic
sincityjeremiah 1 year ago
great vid check out the rest
musicbobbie 1 year ago
i NEVER get tired of "Johnny Hates Jazz". I can only imagine what they would be producing now. They were so ahead of their time. I still miss them and play them all the time!!
Greg
gcomeaunyc 1 year ago
this song brings me back when I was a kid, in Argentina, during the 80's. How I miss those days of peace and simpler suburban life, watching formula 1 with my father, going camping with the scouts, playing rugby in a nearby field with my friends, the cold war era, falklands war, princess diana. Brings tears to my eyes just remembering those long afternoons with my sisters playing at the backyard as if nothing else mattered...
luishv66 1 year ago
Still awesome and I `m teenage when ever enjoy this song.Really , I want to turn back the clock.Thanx 4 posting.
SHINYEOK8580 1 year ago
That construction worker in the beginning kinda looked like Pauly from the Rocky movies
dragunov23 1 year ago
Wow! when good music was played..miss the 80's
rickygoldengirl 1 year ago
I was born in 1980 and this song really captures what it was like just to hang out with your friends, before girls, drugs, alcohol and the general discomfort of being a teenager set in. Technology has kept everyone closer, but it it really shows how tied we are to the "touch of the button" convenience. I am blessed to still have my best friend from when we met in 1985 and it is really a great gateway for me to the past. Everyone urns for the past, disses the present, and questions the future.
ajshady11 1 year ago
I love the 80s. i wish i was born in 1970 so i could experience the 80s. Thats when the best music came out. Def Leppard, the Cars, Huey Lewis, Genesis, Etc.... im only a 22 years old, but feel like i shoulda been born earlier.
LiVeNLeArn001 1 year ago 3
love this song
oompahii 1 year ago
Música linda, boa de se ouvir. Esse clip, na verdade, faz lembrar a minha infância com todas as minhas travassuras e brincadeiras com os amigos. É muito manêro!!! Abraço a todos. William
lelo73fui 1 year ago
I cry when I listen to this video,but hey, if your not thinking about your past while listening and watching this music video somethings wrong.. I wish I could relive my childhood, I miss my buddy up in heaven, hey, I'll see him soon *sniff* RIP Matt, good buddy you're still missed!
MyFavSonglist 1 year ago 3
now THIS is REAL music ! screw rap, country, hip hop & all the other swine slop that record companies swill out to the public. THIS is how great, quality, heartfelt music is SUPPOSED to sound
flameofelijah 1 year ago 3
@flameofelijah Could not agree with you more bro.
captainhighbury 1 year ago
SONG 5 STARS*****
thebestchicatto 1 year ago
love them and miss their music
TheWirralgirl 1 year ago
I love this song, great memories!
TheWirralgirl 1 year ago
love this song.thank you
bianka136 1 year ago 4
Good Times! Thank you..
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
NICE......! A great feel good song from the best era of music 1980-1990.
How I yearn for this kind of music. Remembering the innocence of those days and a simpler time.
Somebody out there, PLEASE invent a time machine.....PLEASE!!!
n8tureboy 1 year ago 15
Good Times! Good idea! Time Machine urgent!...
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
@Marquinhos32 I agree
turtle7890 1 year ago
@n8tureboy Oh if only....but I think Id wanna send all the kids from today back to that era first, and have them see how we lived and were.....esp if we got outta line and mouthy, see what we got from our folks....lol...then after they come back, Id have to back in time and live those years all over again .....man oh man....music, the friends at the local park, and just having innocent fun, no computers, no cell phones no nothing.
stvoyager 1 year ago
@stvoyager
I know,..I know, and frankly, I share your lament. It's only natural for people in general to want to relive their adolescence. Especially for those of us who have good memories of the past. Each era has a different set of problems to deal with it seems, and raising children is definitely not getting any easier. All this technology seems to be enslaving at times and liberating at other times? I just know from personal experience that the best things in life are free.
n8tureboy 1 year ago
@n8tureboy I think it has been invented already but they wont let anybody to show it to the public cause it could be dangerous.It's logic to built it ......see the videos about time machines!!
mistacord 1 year ago
@n8tureboy That would be wonderful !
turtle7890 1 year ago
@n8tureboy If you do I want a ticket
neo1mantra 10 months ago
@neo1mantra
I'm making a list of people that have made the same request to me. You're now on it sir. When I get it finished, I'll send you a message telling you where you can climb aboard the 80's good-time time machine!
We'll go back and Jam that great 80's music and play baseball and build tree houses, and chase girls, and...........I digress!
n8tureboy 10 months ago
Agree, definitely miss those 80's!!! Thanks for posting x
MizzSefronia 1 year ago
I agree it really does make you wish you could turn back the clock when you listen to these songs you relive the 80sand wish you where there!
creeperjeep08 1 year ago
sometimes when I listen this song I wish I would have turned the clock. I graduated from high school with a c average but now I am going to college and making a 3.6 GPA. If this were different back then I would made a 3.6 GPA, under different circumstances
caregvr4u36 1 year ago
this song reminds me of my past on how my life was so much better ,and if i lived my life over againg everything woukd normal for me not like now in the begining of the21 century and two of my best friends and my mother would still be here
rocklady54 1 year ago
friend, I know it's hard to go through it, some friends and my father are gone, before we were very young and did not know how it's hard to go through it. thanks for the comment.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
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"Sigh" the 80's! things were so different then..
miss those days, wish i could relive my past... maybe when I die, I'll be able to relive those cherishable moments..
MyFavSonglist 2 years ago
Good Times!!
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
I don't remember listening to this song back in the late 80's, but listening to it now reminds me of my time in the late 80's (When starting college). I wish it was this time again and to know what I know now. All of us should look forward to what we have now and do the best with your life now rather than regretting what you didn't do in the past. Sometimes I need to remember this advice myself.
robtrnj 2 years ago
Very nice feedback. Thank you
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
life is so short,this song remind me how precious time age fly by.. this is a sad song but it make you think and realize how important life is....great song and group.. tks for the post
pimppolice1986 2 years ago
Very nice feedback. Thank you!
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
This song reminds me of my time as a kid and how i'd like to be back in the 80s.....the lyrics couldn't be more appealing to me right now.....
83Brokenwings 2 years ago
You too. Makes me go back in time and remind me of my adolescence. Thanks for the comment.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
Wow, all the memories this song brings back. Thanks for the post.
Klotsuck 2 years ago
You too. Makes me go back in time and remind me of my adolescence. Thanks for the comment.
Marquinhos32 1 year ago
Thanks everyone for the comments. Yeah, it was a fun time in my life when I was doing acting work like this, and it's cool to have people recognize and like something you were lucky enough to be a part of.
I don't remember exactly when we did this. It was definitely fall, which you can also tell by watching the video. Maybe Oct? I was only doing this kind of work from summer '87 to summer 89, so it could have been either 87 or 88. I think it only took 2 days, but 2 really full days.
derekhuntingtonmarti 2 years ago
A time when we had REAL music!!!
hardlines4 2 years ago 4
one of the most Underrated groups in history.
Firebirrd85 2 years ago 3
I have always said this song will be played at my funeral. Morbid, I know but it will make everybody happy! sad and at least I will be remembered by for the most of enchanting tunes of all time. Clark Datchler really was/is talented. Somebody cover this please!!!!
aggers40 2 years ago
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thebestchicatto 2 years ago
Thats really interesting what a great experience and WHAT A GREAT SONG! I love this song and lyrics brings back old times and allllllllllllll the good memories. Absolutely the best tc derek PS I enjoyed being in movie ROCKY II also
don1985don 2 years ago
What year was this song popular?
I love it! Beautiful song!
I like the video, too!
Janellbird 2 years ago
Obrigado pelo comentario!
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
Song was popular in 1988 or beginning of 1989. Awesome song!
DazyIsMyBaby 2 years ago
The video was filmed in and around Cold Spring, NY. I was the little nerdy kid with curly hair and big glasses. Clark, Calvin & Mike were real cool guys, as were the crew and everyone else, and it was a fun time shooting the video. The other 2 boys and I were actors who came up from NYC for the shoot. They let our parents, who were just hanging around the set, be in the video too, thats my mom in the ice cream shop scene.
derekhuntingtonmarti 2 years ago 3
That must have been great! I love this music. Takes me back to my college days. This one and Shattered Dreams are my two JHJ favorites. Thanks for sharing the inside scoop on the video.
AERIXX3 2 years ago
Fico feliz com sua historia. Muito bonita. Acredito que você tenha saudades.(I am happy with its history. Very pretty. I think you miss it)
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
Oh wow!seriously you were in the video when you were younger?that is really cool
baggergurl16 2 years ago
Hey, You are lucky to be in a video clip of a such a lovely song. It is awsome.
paulpriyasl 2 years ago
@derekhuntingtonmarti who thats amazing can you remember the month was it 87 or 88
amandeepv 2 years ago
The whole video was filmed in and around Cold Spring, NY. I know b/c I was the little nerdy kid with the big glasses.
derekhuntingtonmarti 2 years ago
This song just makes me think back to the various points in my life where I felt I was at the top of the game.
Most notably '06-'07 when I was driving cross country, OTR.
18 wheeling to different cities, working by my own schedule, enjoying life for once.
bentstrider 2 years ago
savage garden arent canadian
milo6117 2 years ago
anyone know were they filmed the outdoor forest/stream scene ????
thx in advance!!
sepul071200 2 years ago
Beautiful, this song gives off such a good vibe and has meaning *sigh* I remember those days back then, I wish I could relive them. The music of today is pathetic, synthesized and rap.
The 80's were the best, and to think, majority of the 80's great artists/bands were from Canada. Not this band but many others, Glass Tiger, Gino Vannelli, Strange Advance, Savage Garden, etc(so many more from Canada).
What happened to the music of the 80's today?
*sigh* the world truly has changed dramatically.
IALIEX 2 years ago
@IALIEX Savage Garden was from Australia.
nbonaddio 2 years ago
women,cars and always great wkends drinking and dancing without a care!
bigjofgors 2 years ago 2
absolutely beautiful, words, music,video just makes you think bout all good things of growing up friends, family, neighborhood and just great times and great memories
don1985don 2 years ago 3
Seems like just yesterday when I first heard this.
Wow I remember those days when I lived in London and seemed like I never had a care in the world.
Now I am older and it is work and bills and keeping life on track everyday.
Wish I could turn back the clock and revisit those fun days of no worries and the clothes and the cars.
Wow those were the days.
happymike44 2 years ago 3
I happened to be an American college student visiting London May 1988 when I heard "Shattered Dreams" hoping it would catch on in the US. I was not disappointed. This song got a lot of play too as did "I Don't Wanna Be a Hero." So to me it represented the time I travelled Europe from Athens to the gloroius endpoint of London. Fantastic album and era.
timmmahhhh 2 years ago
It was the time I was preparing to leave England after almost my entire childhood was spent there.
I left to go back to America and the western United States.
Yes London was the best years of my life and I never forget dancing with that girl from that night so long ago.
Do I miss that girl yes she is the what if girl.
I live in mointains where it snows and the weather is similar to London and yes I still think of her everyday.
happymike44 2 years ago
Always actually liked this one more than Shattered Dreams. Wasn't nearly as big a hit, though...............go figure.
lurch321 2 years ago
I totally agree this was the better song. The whole album is excellent, one of the best of the 80's.
timmmahhhh 2 years ago
BELLAS EPOCAS ,LINDA CANCION THANKS
Inthemix80s 2 years ago
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This is horribly bad. So bad that I like it. Johnny may hate jazz but I'm sure jazz hates Johnny equally.
dirkmcsmirk 2 years ago
This song is one of my all-time favorites, yet I thought your comment was so creatively strange that I had to laugh. :)
TheMusicalMind2 2 years ago
I wish I could turn back the clock...
flipburly 2 years ago
Good times!
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
You and me both...sigh. For some reason my past was more enjoyable than my present. But anywho...
vivandav67 2 years ago 2
What a Wonderfull Band these guys were!! My wife and I still love to listen to them. I love the vocals and keyboards. Thanks, Johnny Hates Jazz!!
Jangoslave605 2 years ago
Good times! Bons tempos!
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
Fantastic song and video.Reminds me of me and my cousins doing all kinds of mischief when we were kids.Good ol' beautiful childhood days.
captainhighbury 2 years ago
Good times! Bons tempos!
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
I must confess I'm weeping right now.....this song just managed to bring me to tears.....it's not related only to my childhood that was awesome but the fact that I left behind my dearest friends who I shared nice moments with in my hometown, Porto Alegre, just going to 80's parties and other places....I'm frantic over 80's songs.....today's music is shitty, at least 95%.......
Masterpiece indeed!
BagualdeTorres 2 years ago
Amigo, entendo bem seu sentimento, pois as vezes me pego assim, relembrando aqueles bons momentos e a saudade de pessoas queridas que o tempo distanciou. Lembro quando escutava essas no meu Walkman da CCE..Bons tempos!
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
Caralho, música dos anos 80. em meio a esse ambiente de música ruim, é tudo na minha vida, e a cada dia sou mais fanático por esse tipo som, uma vez q vivi essa época, na minha infância no interior de SC q foi tudo........mas como disse na mensagem em inglês, a melodia e a letra dessa canção me fizeram chorar como se fosse uma criança........não só pela minha infância, mas mais recentemente q tive q deixar minha cidade natal para tentar a vida em outros lugares do pais....
BagualdeTorres 2 years ago
....e as festas e bons momentos q comparti com eles...e claro, os meus pais com quem, apesar dos altos e baixos, os amo muito....
BagualdeTorres 2 years ago
Bons tempos mesmo! A musica hje tomou outro rumo, vc não tem noção do que toca aqui no RJ, um lixo chamado "funk carioca"..sabado dia 04/07 eu e minha esposa não dormimos por causa de um baile "funk" proximo a nossa residencia. Letras que fazem apologia ao trafico e a prostituição e o som no ultimo volume. Abs
Marquinhos32 2 years ago
imagina q eu saí do RS há mais de 4 anos e morei em vários ptos do país, e hj tô em Joao Pessoa, onde só toca forró brega, swingueira baiana e axé...é podridão pura!!!....mas vou baixando minhas músicas, nao só de anos 80.....eu q morei no litoral sul do RJ sei muito bem como é conviver com esses funkús de merda....abraço
BagualdeTorres 2 years ago
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Marquinhos32 2 years ago
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BagualdeTorres 2 years ago
1987 i think i rembber it well
futlang 2 years ago
I really love this song, I can totally relate to the lyrics of this song, this song also has aged nicely over the years, I used to think this song came out in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
Doobie1975 2 years ago
I remember these kinds of adventures as a boy. Now I look forward to even greater adventures.
robanchoedgar 2 years ago 2
One of my favorite songs from 1988, thanks.
timmmahhhh 2 years ago
sounds like an '80's ford econoline van chugging down the highway; the beat of the song, DT!!
pdddt 2 years ago
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I masturbate to this song every night while tears drip from my eyes. At least it provides good lubricant.
yuutokun 2 years ago
You must be a pedophile then.
captainhighbury 2 years ago
Very nice song and yes don't we all wish we can turn back the clock. Love songs with this kind of messages..
MrChanmoua 2 years ago
Very cool era in 80s music around 87'-88'. Second only to 83'-84'.
KaraokeKeoki 2 years ago
Lord, please turn back the clock to enjoy this kind of good music which they dont make nowadays...I misss musics of 80's & 90's...
dreamboy2008kr 2 years ago 4
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. love this song.
allahrakhee 2 years ago 9
Love the innocence and child like manner of this tune. Makes me wish I could turn back my clock and re-live some of my most cherished memories of being a kid. in a lesser dangerous time.
(Cutting Crew Reference - " Life in a Dangerous Time" cut from Broadcast Album.
cheffy84 2 years ago
Good tune
Gary4Gary4 2 years ago
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I wish I could turn back the clock and get back the four minutes and 17 seconds I wasted watching this video.
ferlbahoo 2 years ago
I wish that I can turn back the clock.
flipburly 2 years ago
favolosa musica degli anni 80 ! imdimenticabile
procreative1 2 years ago
everyone has some beautiful memory associated with this song and video. for me, it was my first trip to the mountains with my woman when i heard this song. will never forget her or the song.
vkartikv 2 years ago
Great song, Great video....And I am still hating jazz (joke).
ludo281160 2 years ago
this song remind me of three friend that became lifelong friends and it reminds me of my dearest friends
rocklady54 2 years ago
Takes you back, what a great record!!!
dick9905 2 years ago
dobre
franiakjadwiga 2 years ago
reminds me of the day i past my test and drove to skeggy with the girlfriend.Great times and a tune to match
clubshaun 2 years ago
they were the best years of my life... i wish i could turn back the clock! these lyrics have meaning!!
BodyVard 2 years ago
yeh, Johnny
make that twice
daphne hates jazz too
: o
sassappeal 2 years ago
clark datchler has a great new album called tommorow ,ive had a sneak preview
superb
SHAYDJ08 2 years ago
tenian un sonido tan peculiar, tan gratificante los recuerdo con tanta nostalgia.
cortomaltes13579 2 years ago
nice song!
svenssoncorps 2 years ago
Something's wrong with today's music?? 80's were the best years of my life....This decade (2000-present) sucks!!!!
9C3E 2 years ago 2
i agree, even though i was born in '93 i love the music from 60's-90's, i thank my parents for that,
great song, i love it!! only heard johnny hates jazz a few weeks ago and now i love his music!!
BodyVard 2 years ago
mine too. :)
Lauraloos1981 2 years ago
heizgoth..
beautiful song and great times but we can all make this time great. my brother passed away 2 weeks ago and left 3 little boy's and if they can move on and smile we all can..chin up matey..
xsitegaming1 2 years ago
thanx man! i needed that. im moving on...looking for a job to save up for a trip to Dubai. im planning to work there either as a nurse or as an airport employee...anything goes for me. i cannot wallow in despair anymore. i have to move and try to make life better these days like u said. my deepest sympathy for your brother's passing! thanx so much and may God bless you and yer family.
heizgoth 2 years ago
heizgoth. thanks for your blessing and best of luck in dubai and i'm sure whoever you work for they will be fortunate..
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