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  • This is so weird. I tried to post this once but here goes again. I was about 6 years old, and me and my brother heard this song on the radio and we thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Then we tried to get the record and we couldn't communicate what we'd heard. In a way - this ls like early electronic music. Anyway, very cool - and thanks for posting :)

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  • When bad things happen to people, they quite often ask "Why me? Why has this happened to me?" But by asking this question, they are implying that this would be okay if it happened to someone else. I think that if something bad happens to someone, they should ask "Why anyone?" Why should anyone have to die of cancer? Why should anyone have to live with a disability? Why should anyone get paralyzed? That is what I am asking.

  • thinkin' bout the girl I left behind

    Houston can you hear me

    or have I lost my mind

  • 2010? its 2012 and we're still waiting!!

  • haha i cant believe there is an argument about it being 'houston' or not. that is what ive always thought and known it to be.. wtf is shustin?

  • @clemmy33 HAHA Yeah this ones been going on for months...'Its Lonesome in this old town, everybody puts me down, im a face without a name, just walking in the rain going back to Houston, Houston, Houston:) (Dean Martin)

    Pinkwrld

  • A classic 80's song!!! Long live!!

  • One of the odder videos from MTV's early days. Play this one and "Silent Running" from Mike and the Mechanics, and you have a good argument against drug use by video directors...:)

  • @Purplemania Or FOR it!!!

  • @Purplemania Definately. Another odd,whacked out video was for the Herbie Hancock instrumental Rockit .Early MTV video pioneers were stoners for sure.

  • Good song, but the video is weird.

  • Laughing...Shustin?..crap Houston has NASA, rolls my eyes, some people are feckin idiots...Its Houston...period

  • I guess he got back last year then

  • @abcdef53015 Actually the Rocket crashed in the barren fields of Kasakistan, back in 2004, this strange new album that rocked from Planet P Project called 1931 (Go Out Dancing Pt1) It would be 4 Years later in 2008 that Levittown (Go Out Dancing Pt2) was released and in 2010, the final part, Out in the Rain, ending the Go Out Dancing Trilogy as well as the End of the Planet P Project era. The three PPP cds as well as this one, and pink world are availabe at truebeliever .de

  • let the shoosting begin!

  • "Shustin, can you hear me? If not, go to Shuntsville."

    This was of course, uttered by Tom Shanks, in Apollo Shurteen. Luckily, the Shubble Telescope had not yet been launched, or else they might have shit it. 

  • Made back when music was actually music, and not some pre-fab crap designed to do nothing but generate sales, no matter how badly it sucks.

  • Her car needs new wipers.

  • Who is the gal in this video?

  • @nofortunatesonII Donna Reid.

  • ...He won't be back this way until 2010...

  • This Song Rocks!

  • great song...always loved it...

  • No, Sammy Hagar did not release this. Singer is TONEY CAREY.

  • @Tammy2Times Oh for Christ's sake, that was sarcasm. Research the thread a little...

  • Wasn't this song originally released by Shammy Shagar?

  • @dahanks1 Perfect Shutson!  Thanks Da

    Pinkwrld

  • @dahanks1 no

  • @deathlok2099 Care to refresh our memories?

  • how could it be anything other than Houston...what is a shusten?

  • @gorgorpain If you go back in the thread, there was apparently a female named Shustin who thought the song was written about her.

  • that chick still gives me a boner nearly 30 years later!

  • @alkimst13 yeah, it was some kind of astronaut wife thing she had going on. you could almost smell her perfume by just watching the video. definitely boner inducing

  • @bluestate69  egg-zactly!!!

  • @alkimst13 reminds me so much of lost highway

    

  • @REDCOWLINGS Guunna hafta vote a (Schusten) there bra fer sure..clearly thats what is recorded. Is what it is!!!! Listen again...

  • LOST 80'S.................. :) 

  • I am sorry I missed this all those year ago.

  • This video scared the crap out of me in the early 80's. Still kind of does! 0_o

  • I love that "minor" (the musical term) feeling of this song. The same as Pink Floyd, Puressence, Archive, etc. Nicely played, 30 years ago :)

  • Thumbs up if u wish u were married to the blonde in this video !

  • This song is so fitting for the last shuttle launch

  • Just heard this on Saturday Night Safety Dance on First Wave... man, I haven't heard this since...? Thank freaking God for satellite radio. Screw FM.

  • 3:26, .. Scanners!

  • Sounds almost like the type of song that David Bowie would've writen a very long time ago.

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  • I forgot how cool this song is

  • I like this one a lot - expected it do do better when it was released - I still love this one!

  • To Settle This Nonsense About What is Said in This Song Pertaining to the word Houston....I Found the Message in Archives Reply From Tony About....Dated 12/23/10

    "QUOTE ..Tony Carey to Me..12/23/10

    "somebody's drinking the wrong koolaid. 'houston, can you hear me?', as in 'Houston, we have a problem". T

  • Still can't help but love this song!

  • Breath hitting a microphone the wrong way, whether recording or performing, can trick you into thinking you hear extra consonant enunciation.

  • @Madcappiper BINGO! ON THE NOSE!

    Pinwrld:)

  • @Madcappiper Honestly who gives a shit music should be interpreted if they want to sing shusten knock yourself out. all that matters is the song kicks ass!

  • Wow, this was one of the first videos that MTV aired when it came online. Haha...I was so frikin' ripped. Great song. Just as an aside, why are people on here argueing over what words Tony used? Who gives a shit. Enjoy the song...it's awesome.

  • @pinkwrld One more note, in the original demo, its mostly music and T talking he refers to Houston as Mission Control:)

  • Oh wow, I remember these guys to cool.

  • Love this song but I really think this is just part 2 of "I won't be home tonight" which is another great song by Tony Carey

  • sounds like her name what is the big deal with it

  • The official Tony Carey website says it is Huston.

  • That woman looks like shes Tara Reids mom

  • Lol, I forgot how totally random this video is...it seems to want nothing to do with itself.

  • only recently discovered tony carey and his planet p project. Bought pink world and i have to say its great.

  • Ya know, I always thought it was Shuston, too, but if you listen closely at 2:36 you can hear him say "He won't be back this way 'til 2010..." and his "H" is the same. Sounds like there is an "s" in front of it...but there isn't. ;)

    So....did he ever get back this way??? It's 2011...lol... Funny how 2010 seemed so far away at the time.....

  • Heh, it's funny, 25 years ago I would have sworn it was Houston as well, but there's no doubt that's Shusten. Just another example of how we take patterns we know and apply them as close as we can to the things we perceive. NO ONE from South East Texas would think that is anything other than Houston without extreme argument or expatriation for 12 years.

  • @austlander Your being influenced dude, ive even bought this up with Tony and he said it was foolish, he says Houston, nothing else. Case closed.....So no matter how your mind is accepting that word, in the end you may as well sit back and realize that if the vocalist says he says Houston, he said Houston:)

    Sorry Austlander.......

  • @austlander its houston for sure

  • I can't believe people argue about this...it's Hyewston CLEARLY...every time I listen to it, and I was right in front of the radio the first day I heard it back 'round 1982 or so...lol.BUT...a little more flange, a little more effect on the mike makes it SOUND like Shewston...

    Tony is probably getting a good laugh out of it.

  • @BoosterTerrick1 Yeah really, 'yes bye we comes from Uston, Houston We Have A Problem (HewSton) we have a problem. Take a listen to the remaster, good stuff:)

    Pinkwrld

  • The girl in this video is Super Gorgeous.........Too bad her lame astronaut boyfriend takes her on a bad trip!

  • @versatom70 Was that Pia Zadora?

  • back when cable boxes were considered that of way too cool ;)

  • mtv used to play the hell of this video...wich is good...now mtv suxxx

  • is 2011 already ...where's that man???

  • @wrabit79 homeland security caught up with him they are expecting him to confess and day now...

  • Funny story. My 12 year old daughter was listening to this song with me in my car and after it was over she asked me, "so, what happened to that woman in the song? If she came back last year, where is she now?" Left me totally speechless, first of all, I didn't think she was paying attention because it was a "song daddy likes" and quite honestly I didn't know what to tell her except it was written a long time ago. She does like this song a lot now. Makes me happy.

  • Just so you know....Tony is from Clovis, CA. Nothing German about this song, although his partner and producer was. It IS Houston and is still one of the best songs ever!!! Love you Tony, Kaye and Angie (my God, you're 29 now!)...always will.

  • Shusten???

    Really?

    Be sure to name that baby Shusten.

    lulz.

    Planet P Project / Tony Carey FTW!

  • The main concern/question regarding this multi talented artist is does he say Shusten or Houston in this song`s lyrics. I can tell you officially he says Houston! Period-end of debate or discussion! Just Google it for your own proof. I admit, you can listen to this song a thousand times and swear as you do it definitely sounds like Shusten (which is a very obscure female name) every time. Just like the Jimmy Hendrix song "Purple Haze" where it sounds like "Scuze Me While I Kiss This Guy" is SKY!

  • I guess the last man to be heard from returned last year.

  • If you look at the Lyrics on the website Its "HOUSTON" Listen to the song it makes perfect sense !

  • Anybody know who the babe is?

  • Shustin?

    You gotta be kidding me, or you're on something.

    For those of you who are NOT entertainers, accentuated words take on a different sound in the studio, such as Mean Streech, instead of Mean Streak, by Y&T. Tape record yourself saying Houston, but hold the H for a few seconds, and you get the same sound.

    It's HOUSTON, not Shustin, any more than CCR says "There's a bathroom on the right."

  • @dahanks1 and of course i had to go to Tony with that, he laughed about it, i dont know how shustin is picked out of it Huoooo ston haha

    Later

    Pinkwrld

  • @dahanks1 He's definitely saying Houston as you stated. Just wanted to back you up here. This is a song about going to the moon. Houston hosts a control center for NASA or at least used to. Shuston my ass! ROTFL! Why the hell would he be saying Shuston? Also if I remember correctly the original release of the CD had the lyrics sheet included.

  • @dahanks1

    Another song that comes to mind is the Dokken song "Kiss of Death" where Don Dokken says "Like a fallen ANGLE with the devils charms". I've listened to it dozens of times and he only says it once, the rest of the time he says "angel"

  • i rem this when mtv was cool

  • Welp, 2010 is almost over,, I`m still waiting on that dude to show up. He must be running late. This is classic 80`s. Great stuff.

  • @DoubleVisionandco we've got a few hours left...

  • The last guy who left here, won't be back until 2010!!! He left when I was my son's age, assuming he left the year this song came out. Still waiting on him.

  • @kyle00kris I've been waiting for him too -- did he ever show up? Maybe I missed him; if so, I guess I'll have to wait another 27 years. (Rats!)

  • @kyle00kris It's a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey. At the end, Bowman (the main character) seemingly vanished to those here on Earth. He starts showing up again in 2010, which was the sequel and published a year before this song was released.

  • One of the earliest MTV videos and a good one at that! Cool tune.

  • gosh. . .so many people think he says "houston can you hear me?" but it's Shusten. my mom used to play this a million times over when i was little and so did my uncle. now i'm almost 18, and my uncle's son who just turned 19 is going to have a baby in july. they're almost positive that if it's a girl they're naming it Shusten as a memorandum to my mom who passed when i was 9. this song is really special to me and listening to it just made my day :)

  • @HarshyGurl I have played this song over the years in radio and just personally, and i just noticed what you said, about sounding like Shusten. I just fired off a message to the 'people think HE says' Tony Carey to talk about because if it is, lot of singer longers have really been messing up, ive always thought it was a drag on Houston, but it certainly sounds like theres an S in there, will get back to you.....all lyrics say Houston...mm :)

    Pinkwrld

  • @HarshyGurl

    Sorry to burst your bubble ....It's Houston....read the lyrics below ......

    sittin' up here

    watchin' all the lights blink down below the earth is turning

    why does it go so slow

    thinkin' bout the girl I left behind

    Houston can you hear me

    or have I lost my mind

  • @HarshyGurl

    Your right! After reading your comment i listened to it again .... thinking about the girl i left behind,shusten can you hear me or have i lost my mind.... thanks i never would have caught that.

  • @HarshyGurl ya i noticed that when i listened to it again.(good catch) but i think it may be almost a lisp because when tony carey says he in the song it also sounds like hes adding a 'sh' sound to it. but thats just what i think.

  • @HarshyGurl

    Hmmm, That's strange because I have a european copy of this on cassette from the early 80's which has the lyrics to this printed on the inside cover.. That said you might want to have your uncle's son rethink the whole naming his kid Shusten Idea. Because in the lyrics I have it says Houston.. And on every lyrics site online it also says Houston. Also, I believe you mean a memorial, not a memorandum.

  • @HarshyGurl

    100% "Houston"

  • classic !!! n wow shes back !!!

  • classic !!!

  • I ust meant they do not like this video for no good reason, and never figured out Why.

  • 12 people Don't know why it is them.

  • @DarkForceB  Uh....?????

    Pinkwrld

  • @DarkForceB As the Champ Always Says PARDON?

    :) Pinkwlrd

  • she better hurry up and come back, 2010's almost over LOL!

  • This video freaked me out when I was a kid

  • Tony Carey,was the keyboard player for Richie Blackmore's" Rainbow",before he went solo..

  • @bengalfan3 Some of tonys best work is on Live in Germany with Rainbow, yes Ritchie, at the time Ritchie's son, JR Blackmore was roughly 12 and now Tony is playing with Ritchies son, and Ela, on cd that is just being released. For more information head to Tonys Website truebeliever.de There are interiviews here with Tony and he talks about working with Dio and Ritchie. Anything you want to see, check my page, under favorites you will find some vids of Tony and Over the Rainbow

    Ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • @bengalfan3 back in the day i really loved thios video it still has the impact that it had om in the day i loved them masters of the early 80s what do you think?.

  • Does anybody know who the babe is?

  • In the 1980's, 2010 was still a long way away. I still remember watching Radio 1990, when that date was in the future as well.

  • Saw this once on late night 1980s tv.

  • Why isn't Tony Carey a household name? All his stuff is freakin' awesome!

  • One fact has been left out about PPP. The original name was: Panet P, not Planet P Project. If I remember correctly it was a legal matter that forced the added "Project" part of the title. I had the original cassette and it was indeed Planet P.

  • @jpbiker300 You so right jp, i have couple copies of original lp which was Planet P. It wasnt on shelves long Geffen Records were sued because the name resembled theres, a disco band called 'Planet Patrol'. for copyright infringment , and Tony put the Project there and has used every sense, this time he named the album Planet P by Planet P Project. Hope i tacked a little more on there

    ciao

    Pinkwrld

    Planet P Project/Tony Careys official website at:

    truebeliever.de

  • @jpbiker300 Well I grew up with it call just Planet P, so they will remain Planet P in my book.

  • Hey, it's 2010!!! Has he come back this way?

  • O my God, I loved this song!! Still do!!

  • One of my first memories of MTV.  The early 80's!

  • This song is timeless, you should check out TAXXI "I'm leaving." same vibrant song!

  • Damn...I miss the golden age of MTV. This entire debut album ("Planet P Project") is just fantastic, really. Tony Carey is a real talent. Dig the rhythm guitar track and those Daryl Stuermer wang bar tricks!

  • @PrincetonDeluxe  Gotta like those German musicians! Tony Carey played keyboards on early Rainbow albums.

  • Oh,My G-Spot! I chose this song at that time from radio.

    "Why me?"in 2010?

    Shit!!! I did!!

    Hahaha.

  • @woodmanship Tony will be happy to hear the story of your gspot one day haha. Check out the tube site here, my off myspace, and his official website of Tony Carey or Planet P Project. there truebeliever.de Planet P released two cds this one and Pink World, now there are three more a trilogy. Check the website, my tube for videos, and myspace for hundred of songs full albums, including this one:) Ciao Woodman

    Pinkwrld

  • Guys, if you like this song, you need to check out Tony Carey's other early stuff. My favorite is "A Fine, Fine Day (For a Reunion). See this video. It's a concept piece that actually holds up through the test of time.

  • @michael08huff Check out My Tony Carey/ Planet P Project. Music from years gone by like a Fine Fine Day or albums such as Pink World. Tony has just released his latest cd, with 35 under his belt and still kicking it out you have to here more

    over to Pinkwrld:)

    Ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • @michael08huff  good stuff man

  • Who is the girl in this video? She looks familiar!

  • @michael08huff jennette mccurdy?

  • @GAM3R3DG3

    Highly doubt that, Gam, seeing as how Jenette McCurdy was born in 1992.

  • the orginal why me is the best....

  • @rortega474 My friend, this is the original release of Why Me from the self titled album Planet P Project. One more video and song were released from this lp entitled Static:)

    There is a fan video on here, many as a matter of fact. I have two copies of this video on youtube and myspace, facebook...but none the less, it is the original from 1984. The second one i have on here is same video just better quality. everythings under Pinkwrld :)

    ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • .....

  • @MisaoBlackBird PROBLEMS?? :)

    Pinkwrld

  • @pinkwrld I liked it haha it just got me confused

  • to all good people out there! my blessings. great tune.

  • He won't be back here till 2010, great song and video.

  • notis sfakianakis reeee!!! :-P

  • @SFAKattack10 WHERE KRULL:):) TELL ME HAHA, Yes thats Tony singing, but he didnt appear in any of the Planet P Project albums, this one and Pinkwrld. Due to contractual agreements. At that time Tony was promoting West Coast Summer Nights with videos and Some Tough City. Ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • @pinkwrld look video "Notis Sfakianakis ieraXodos why me "

    Notis Sfakianakis had sung the song "why me" in 1999 at "Iera X-odos"

  • @SFAKattack10 Alright thanks for updating,

    Ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • @SFAKattack10 akyro psara...

  • @kynegeirosA giati akyro? kai giati psara? :-P

  • @SFAKattack10 akyro giati edw exoume Planet P Project kai mou grafeis fia ton NOTIS (de lew goustarw noti full,,,) kai "psara" giati pontara oti eite den exeis paei akoma strato h molis teleiwses ;) xexexe epesa kapou mesa???? ;)

  • @kynegeirosA Apla aytes tis meres akouga ola ta prwtotypa agglofwna tragoudia pou exei tragoudisei kai o notis, gia plaka alla kai gia na ma8ainoun oi ksenoi oti yparxei diaskeyh kai apo sfakianaki egrapsa edw mesa gia noti.

    kai to why me to eixe pei kala o sfakianakis kai genika tote sthn iera odo to eixe optikopoihsei olo to synolo.

    Twra gia ton strato den exw paei akoma, as einai kala oi anavoles! :-P

  • @SFAKattack10 ειδες???? χαχαχ καλα το καταλαβα...

  • Tony Carey RECOGNIZE!!!

  • Great song, execrable video. The fan-made one with scenes from Apollo 11 is 100x better.

    I have been a fan of Tony Carey since his days in Rainbow, and bought this album when it first came out, along with Pinkworld (which was really weird), et al.

  • the last man to be here was never heard from again, he won't be back this way till 2010. well, it has been more then a quarter of a century since i first heard this song (about this special man) in tape-cassette backed in 1982, well, i guess this Particular Man will turn-out any minute now, since today is 20th September, 2010.

  • Spencer, Spencer, Spencer where have you been, the Singer Tony Carey

    A Fine Fine Day (For a Reunion) actually is Planet P, the sing my friend has put out 32 more cds since the release of this the first self titled Planet P Project album, included two hits, Why Me and Static, big during the MTV years, along with Pink World. Tony's website is truebeliever.de, cds,dvd, mp3 download

    He never went away, and now we have 5 Planet P Project cds. As well Carey was the first keyboardist with 'RAINBOW'

  • one hell of a song. very original dont think i ever heard a song like it where did this band go when it came out thought this group would never die the out of this world miss this band(singer)

  • this song has a nice Pink Floyd sound! KICK ASS

  • Nice post, pink. I lurve this album, but my absolute favorite work of Tony's is the Yellow Power album. Splendid work start to finish.

  • LOVE THIS SONG!!!

  • Love this song, brings back so many memories, remember cranking this one up in my car as I cruised town!

  • Haven't heard this since the 80's old dude says thanx.

  • best ever 80s ...........

  • Hey Pink.......it's gettin' late in 2010...........has the other fella returned or been heard from yet??? ;-)

  • 2010 back here

  • She won't be back til 2010...

  • 1000*********

  • perfect!!!

  • To pinkwrld:Thank You for the info,but it sounds like G.E.'S.Again ,thank you.

  • @jimbobo1000 not a problem, but if you didnt know, thats the keyboardist for Rainbow singing, Tony Carey, the original with Ritchie, Ronnie (rip) Cozy Powell (rip)

    Tony Carey being the first of all. there so much more to know check his website at

    truebeliever.de

    ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • I was looking for Why Me by Golden Earring and came across this.It is the same song but G.E. released it in 1976 on their To The Hilt LP.I wonder who wrote this.

  • @jimbobo1000 No my friend not the same song, this one was written and released in 1982 by Planet P Project, which is Tony Carey.

    the song is from the self titled cd Planet P Project. It has just been re-mastered and re-released. His website is truebeliever.de

    ciao

    Pinkwrld

  • What we need is a N.a.s.a shuttle and a pilot to jam to this outside during a space walk, that would be cool. N.a.s.a would be pissed, but what a ride.

  • Why me

  • how would you classify this? Goth? New Wave? 80s alternative? i dont know but i like it alot!

  • @thorn35 thorn you have to listen to the rest of this cd, Tonys music or PPP, same dude, while having solo career, he took on starting a band to start this cd, afterwards he did most himself, i have put some up on my site here, you tell me what do you really think when you hear them. it wasnt pop or goth or any of the things you mentioned, all us fans just call it space music haha, it is very computer oriented but great music, some tracks you can listen to are, Only You And Me, Tranquility base:

  • @thorn35 I class it as KICK ASS rock & roll.

  • Sweet Lips, eh eh eh:)

  • wonderful tune&video,i want the blonde babe in the video lol

  • geiler sound ! geiles video ! find die maxi sogar noch etwas besser, der sound ist am 4. sept 2010 im scala ottobrunn wieder zu hören, da gibts wieder die sugar rocknacht