Robert Hazard - Escalator Of Life

[CW2SCOGG]

would you hand over my eyeliner and Aquanet please......

[Dickneeds]

This song should have been a #1 smash. The only stations that played it were non Top40. Like here in Boston it was WBCN & WZOU>

[OriginalGrasshopper]

Haven't seen this clip in 30 years! Robert was one cool dude. He is missed.

[digmynewsocks]

corny video, even the dudes are wearin lipstick, but,,,,,, who gives a fuck, awesome tune, awesome era!!! and c'mon didnt we all sport mullets at one time or another back then? lmfao! 80s kick ass.

[Hot80s]

synth-tastic

[Bradaighbunch]

ever pass someone going up, only to pass them on the way down, as well? i've never seen so many people in a video with the corniest looks on their faces! Jesus! but i still love it.

[leland5150]

Love this song.. first time I seen the video its terrible robert hazard must not wanted a video cause he shown no emotion at all in it like he didn't want to be there no wonder it wasn't a bigger song he was terrible in the video!

[milofire]

LOL! I thought he was saying, "Hey girl, I'm a personal friend of EVANDER HOLYFIELD." I was looking at he lyrics, and I see now that it is "Gloria Vanderbilt!" XD

[NormNewman]

KROQ..i was like 18 when this came out and only played in the nu wave clubs and kroq....Mods rule!!!

[puck30]

WMMR was one of my favs when I came to Phila. So glad to see this vid posted thanks!

[McNabbulous]

A few years ago, I sold Him a 1972 Mercedes Benz that reminded him of a car he had back then. I told him how much I love his music.He and his wife were quiet, but very nice and classy people. He is missed

[ladycplum]

Sucks that even VH-1 Classic doesn't play music videos anymore. 3/4 of the bands I now love I first saw on that station!

[Dahby243]

I get to analyze what this video is trying to say for my political science course. Learning can be fun!!!

[leonakita]

@Dahby243... its simple really...... its about the obsession of rising to fame and fortune, the lust for materialistic happiness, only to find , having isn't as satisfying as wanting, falling eventually back to what you were predestined to be. How its a vicious cycle motivated by greed and competition, but at the end of the day, what you achieve materialistically has no bearing on your soul or character ... 'ALL EXITS FINAL' (4:17), We all live, We all die...no getting around the end game!

[CALIfotoSPUD]

KROQ & The Odyssey1

This song was huge!

Still is...

[bmccorm1]

ROBINSOONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

[hisluckienstar614]

so 80's. loved how everyone dressed up all the time like they were rich and powerful-- even if they really went. everday was halloween.

[EbonItalo07]

I MISS THAT ERA WITH A FREAKIN PASSION.......:((((

[jjjay69]

I can't believe that i can sit on my ass almost all day long listening to great music here on YouTube....God i love life : )

[mzmadmike]

For some reason I remembered this as Robert Palmer. No wonder I couldn't find it. Probably the black dresses and stark look.

[FetalJuice88]

the description is simply 'cool'... fuck yeah

[donnydcyclops]

man! havent heard this song in ages! great sound! video is just a bit... goofy. but still, a good, underated song.

[leehen400]

Loved Robert Hazard & the heroes, hated to see the split. This song was genius, great sound from a guy from the Philly area. He used to own a log cabin on the lake in medford lakes nj and even performed at the local high school. Great sound, agree with gwidener, liked the LP version better, but still ag reat song.

[23Arabela]

Love it!!!! Brings back great memories!!!!

[likearollingstone257]

Just saw this on VH1 Classic and I've never laughed so hard at a music video before lmao just the whole thing is so ridiculous with the intense staring at the camera and the monotone "ESCALATOR OF LIIIIIFE" chorus hahahahahaha this is easily my new favorite video. "ESCALATOR OF LIIIFE" bahahahahaha thank you, Robert Hazard for making my night.

[aphonik23]

This is AMAZING. Both the song and the video. Robert Hazard looks like a badass new wavey Leonard Cohen in a skinny tie.

Also, how can you not love the aristocrats in this video? They're mouthing the lyrics while riding on an escalator! That's fucking genius.

[rwashi]

I love this song from Robert Hazard, I looked him up to see all about him and I was saddened to know hat he died in 2008, My sympathy to all of his family and friends.. God bless.

[genXer3]

This song pretty much sumed up the attitude of the 80s,I want it all for ME and fuck YOU.

[circusitch]

I'm a personal friend of Gloria Vanderbilt too!!!!

[harwicke]

Good song bad video. What did he do with the heroes?

[gwidener7]

@harwicke Philadelphia! That was John Wannamaker's in the interior view with the escalator. The exterior lights were Wannamaker's too.

[harwicke]

@gwidener7 I remember really liking the earlier EP version of this song. .. WMMR used to play it. I saw him with the heroes in west chester...they were awesome. Then he signed with a big label, ditched the heroes, and changed the sound of the song. I remember being disappointed when this came out. The video didn't help.

[gwidener7]

@harwicke God I loved WMMR back then. Still do, but then...really good.

[grandvisier]

Grew up on WMMR. Still love the commercial where the fat guy was dancing.... LOL!

[dkempf1]

@grandvisier How do you feel about WWZZO-rock and roll free commercials...

[AshburnStadium]

@dkempf1 - 'ZZO (or as my friends called them, "Sleazy-Ho") used to be a great Allentown, PA station - I could hunt around the dial and they would be the only station playing decent music in the northern Philly burbs - I'd say, "When all else fails, there's always WZZO!" They changed formats recently and they SUCK now.

[AshburnStadium]

@grandvisier - I grew up on WMMR, WMGK and WYSP - and am old enough to remember WIFI-92, which is now WXTU, a country station at 92.5 FM. Unfortunately, Philly just lost WYSP to sports talk, and now that TWO radio stations in Philly (98.1 and 101.1) are playing nothing but Christmas music (this is December 9, 2011 when I'm writing), there are only 2 or 3 decent stations left in Philly during Christmas season. WMMR, 95.7 Ben-FM and WMGK are all that's left.

[AshburnStadium]

@gwidener7 - WMMR was really good back in the day, but WMGK has gotten even better than WMMR ever was. (As I posted elsewhere here, I'm old enough to remember WIFI-92 as a rocker in the 1970s - all the good music in Philly was crammed between 92.5 and 94.1 back then)

[nicktaxidermy]

@AshburnStadium you're kidding me, MGK is horrid.

[AshburnStadium]

@nicktaxidermy - MGK is about the last listenable station left in Philly. MMR has sucked for years (even before DeBella went to MGK), and YSP was even worse!

I actually now have more choices, now that I live near Hershey: 92.7 WKZF Lancaster; 96.1 WSOX York; 97.3 "The River" (WRVV) Harrisburg; 98.5 "The Peak" (WYCR) York; 100.1 WQIC Lebanon; 101.3 "The Rose" (WROZ) Lancaster; and 102.5 WRFI Reading.

I was back home recently, and the radio situation was SO bad that I put KYW on!

[THEbchat]

@AshburnStadium - I like classic rock as much as the next person, but the classic rock stations in Philly are playing the same cycle of songs from 30+ years ago. It's boring. How many times do I need to hear Freebird, Piano Man or (insert top 40 hit from 30+ years ago)? When's the last time you heard Uriah Heap's Lady In Black, or anything from Spirit, or Peter Green in Fleetwood Mac on one of those "classic rock" stations? Classic Rock? Yeah right, more like Classic Top 40.

[TheJameslehr]

Gordon Gekko's favorite song.

[dksidefdmoon07]

Robert, you were Awesome !

[FetalJuice88]

fuckin raw!

[joonbi3]

This song totally rules.

[wvFrequenzkontrolle]

Our Motto in the 80.s... Totally, I am so sur!! Thanks for posting this!! Memories!!

"Nothing Exceeds Life, Like "EXCESS"... Life was wonderful in the 80.s :) :)

[looseburger]

It's amazing how well this song and performance have held up over the years!

[mistomen]

Muzak music make me feel so funny- I went and spent all my money!

[hangemhigh2000]

I do not want my MTV,2,2,2.5. or my stress level raised. I don't want it ludovico22. I want my YouTube. Thanks. "We want it all"

[sharkisland89]

Girls just wanna have escalators!