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Coming up. A combination of two interviews with the co leads of 80s synth band Wang Chung, Jack Hues and Nick Feldman who wrote several hits that defined the era. Here we find out that their 1984 hit Dance Hall Days was well desired. The biggest icon on the planet at that moment Michael Jackson wanted to record the song, but wanted to change the lyrics. This 80s group declined and instead of being on one of the biggest albums of all time in Thriller it became this band’s debut hit single… the story is coming up on professor of rock
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I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs.
On this installment of Revelations, We are going to do a deep dive on the 1984 classic Dance Hall Days by the one and only Wang Chung. This was one of my favorite songs as young lad growing up. I actually had a Wang Chung poster on my wall and bought their first record points on the curve with allowance. So I was very excited to get the story behind this one. This is actually a combination of two interviews I did, the first is with both Jack Hues and Nick Feldman before a show they did in LA and the other is a Zoom call I did with Jack recently I though I knew this song back to front but I learned a great deal from these interviews including the fact that Michael Jackson very much wanted to record this song for Thriller. There’s also a revelation about Paul McCartney that will fascinate you. This was such an interesting interview, you’ll want to watch the whole thing As we go into this interview, I want to thank our sponsor Zenni Eyewear which is all I wear now Add some style to your reopioratare with blue light protection , go to the link below, design you own pair and have them shipped to your door. Here’s WANG CHUNG
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@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Poll: What is your pick for best lyric of the 80s?

@eightiesmusic1984 2 года назад

It's really hard to think of one though there are many. For sheer emotional power and cultural/ political cross over, the words to Free Nelson Mandela, The Special AKA. 'Twenty one years in captivity, are you so blind that you cannot see?' to highlight one of its great lines.

@RBS_ 2 года назад

...tough One...but, Sir Elton rejuvenated his career, with this line..... Don't you know that I'M STILL STANDING, better than I ever did.... Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.... And I'm still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of my life without YOU, on my mind.... ....makes One wanna jump on a Piano, eh!? ...ha-HAAA!!

@jpaleologos1 2 года назад

At the end of the song Secret Separation by The Fixx, "I'll bear one precious scar that only you will know." There are more, but that's one I can think of off the top of my head. It's my favorite song from the band.

@stephenbrown4211 2 года назад

Makes Venus De Milo look like she’s got no style Crush On You The Boss What goes into the patties is only known to the Boss Two Triple Cheese Commander Cody. (There’s a Springsteen joke in there somewhere) My Mam thinks we’re a pair of perverts Badges Posters Stickers and T-shirts Dire Straits

@mournblade1066 2 года назад

Several from Donald Fagen's _The Nightfly_. From "IGY"--"Perfect weather for a streamlined world, there'll be Spandex jackets, one for everyone." From "New Frontier"--"I hear you're mad about Brubeck, I like your eyes, I like him too."

@shanehebert396 2 года назад

"Dance Hall Days" is by far my favorite Wang Chung song. Not only was the video in heavy rotation but it was different.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Agreed. So nostalgic!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I totally agree! It’s such an amazing song!

@redarmysoja 2 года назад

Loved in the video when the disco ball woman starts dancing.

@Thomasmemoryscentral 2 года назад

@@redarmysoja Kind of resembles Men Without Hats Safety Dance. Could play both songs back to back!

@riproar11 2 года назад

Don't forget the killer soundtrack to the movie "To Live and Die in LA". Epic car chase!

@LemmyCaution66 2 года назад

I just love Wang Chung. One of my favourite movies is To live And Die in LA with their awesome music and a movie with Willem Defoe.

@wendyc7730 2 года назад

I remember William Peterson from that movie (also known for CSI fame)

@ianrobinson4200 2 года назад

Absolutely, I love the scene where this song is playing as well when the William Peterson character is going into the strip club

@shawnn7502 2 года назад

To Live and Die in LA is the greatest Wang Chung song. Underrated song for an underrated movie.

@robertchutonogbanua2564 2 года назад

Great interview! It's funny that my 20-year-old son heard this song on the radio while we were driving one day recently. He instantly said, "Oh, this is Wang Chung!". And I was like, "How did you know that?". He said, "I love 80s music!" I said, "You were born in the wrong decade!"

@stevestalock3200 2 года назад

Wang Chung's popularity peaked during a very hectic time of my life (just married, kids...). I loved their groove with Dance Hall Days, but Everybody Have Fun Tonight was the party anthem!! Thanks for this review!

@constipatedinsincity4424 2 года назад

I remember when this family moved here to Las Vegas do to the State Department. The 3rd eldest son and I became pals . His name was Wang Chun people use to tease . I taught him how to Dance and 3 of his other siblings. They treated me like family lots of Yelling and shoe 👞 throwing. Still to this day whenever I walk into a home or business with the aroma. I am always on my toes just incase. Thanks ProRo and classmates. GOD BLESS

@coolstuffilike6050 2 года назад

"Dance Hall Days" is great in so many ways ... I just really like the many layers of respect that it pays to the way music should be experienced. I think we should all be relieved that they kept it and shaped it themselves.

@davidheatherly7089 2 года назад

They caught my ear several months earlier with "Don't Let Go", which remains one of my favorites. I had the pleasure of meeting them in Birmingham (AL!) at Front Row Center during the Mosaic tour. I had gone to high school with their touring guitarist's brother, so we got to spend a bit more time with the band: the guys were great, I can't say enough positive things about that interaction! To this day, every time one of their songs come on, I tell my wife "Personal friends of mine!"

@mitchellbaker9434 2 года назад

Jack Hues is a cool guy. Back in1984 I won a contest and got to DJ on WLIR-FM (along with their dj of course) on Long Island one Sunday morning. It so happened that Hues was doing a taped interview in the studio when I went up there and he couldn't have been nicer or more down to Earth.

@Aaron-TheHandsome 2 года назад

🎶 When I, you, and everyone we knew, could believe, do, and share in what was true 🎶 👍🏽😎✌🏽

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Great song!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

One of the best things ever to come out of the 80s.

@mikeschoolcraft1212 2 года назад

Your interviews are so refreshingly good.

@davedunhoff497 2 года назад

I love these guys! Wang Chung was so original when the music at the time was starting to become bland and predictable. As much as I enjoyed Dance Hall Days and Wang Chung, I was floored by To live and die in LA. The keyboards are haunting and precarious, fitting the mood of the movie. Underrated song and underrated movie.

@floepiejane 2 года назад

Bland and predictable 80s pop 🙄

@teknikel Год назад

@@floepiejaneHasn't actually listened to To Live and Die in LA.

@floepiejane Год назад

@@teknikel of course I have. My point is that 80s pop music was as far away from bland and predictable as pop music ever got. I even used a sarcasm emoji. Anyway ✌🏽🌻

@edwardwood3622 2 года назад

Wang Chung ruled the radio for a while, great memories.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Good times.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Love them.

@hbofbyu1 2 года назад

"To Live and Die in LA" is the best Wang Chung song

@jwpatrick5413 2 года назад

Awesome episode!!! Miss Wang Chung!!! The soundtrack for “To Live and Die in LA” is my all time favorite album. One of my first concerts, at Kelly Park, Fort Bliss, Texas. I think they were with The Smithereens.

@TrashLefties 2 года назад

I was luck to have them autograph my original CD copy at Epcot of all places. Its on my wall of awesome. I love that soundtrack in its entirety. Also got the Smithereens 11 signed by the original remaining members the same way. Also on my wall.

@robertacolarette1594 2 года назад

OMG the soundtrack to that movie is epic. Wang Chung yes!

@revenantevil Год назад

They're my favourite band of all time and can't go a day without them. Thank you Jack and Nick! Oh, and GREAT video!!!

@elsaperez5930 2 года назад

I just saw Wang Chung at The Arena Theater in Houston, TX this past Fri. 08/19/22 as part of the Lost in the 80s Live tour - they were phenomenal! All the acts were so enthusiastic - had a fantastic time traveling back to the 80s!

@dennismoore9011 2 года назад

Thank you, once again, for shining the spotlight on another very highly talented, underecognized group! Have loved "Dance Hall Days" from the first time that I had heard it on a video rotation show called "Night Tracks"! Thank you again, Professor, for a very enjoyable interview!

@crkmt 2 года назад

I remember “Night Tracks.”

@AnnieBoBannie421 2 года назад

We had 'Friday Night Videos'..... no cable in rural Ky.... when it was finally available..... the best day EVER ❤

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I first heard it while watching MTV’s I Want My 80s show in 2020 while under COVID lockdown. It really stuck with me!

@peterlewerin4213 2 года назад

Professor, I continue to be amazed. I hover over the thumbnail, a video about a song I can't remember ever hearing, by geezers I don't care about (yet), when I'm in a state of mind where I can't really concentrate on things that aren't exceptionally shiny. And before long, you get me to smell the roses that people once found in the song, you present the people behind it as heroes of their story, and you keep me waiting for the titbits like a dog for treats. Not every time: my depression-fuelled ADD (yep, I may be 57, but still) is a very steep uphill battle. But you are very good at telling things in an engaging way, and I am often pleasantly surprised to find myself engaged. 3 chords and the truth!

@davidellis5141 2 года назад

I loved the soundtrack they did for To Live & Die In LA which included Dance Hall Days & Wait & new material for the excellent film.

@johneli123456789 2 года назад

Great film, great soundtrack!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

It's a great soundtrack. We rapped about it in the interview!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

So good!

@David35687 2 года назад

“To live and die in LA “ is the Best Soundtrack ever for a movie set in LA. Also the films mood and style had quite an impact on later movies. It was the first movie to ever have a chase scene where they drove the wrong direction down the highway.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Me too!

@azcoder 2 года назад

When we graduated high school in California in the late 80s, we had the option to go to Disneyland on graduation night. It was about a 4 hour ride from my school to Anahemi. It would just be kids around 17 to 18 years old at Disneyland all night long, and the only pleasant visit to that park I ever had (a lot less crowded than daytime). A couple bands were playing, one of which was Wang Chung. I remember stopping to watch them for awhile because I had always liked a few of their songs that were on MTV.

@williamallen4236 2 года назад

Jack Hues mentioned going to London to get his albums- I lived in NJ (USA) and had to go to NYC to get the music I wanted. Bleeker Bob's, Golden Disc to name a few where shops I frequented to buy albums. That's how I met John Lennon who checked out the records I had purchased and told me I had great taste. he was kind enough to give me an autograph that I since lost (crying in my beer). Love hearing these stories from the source! Thanks Professor of Rock!

@jimmyramone7396 2 года назад

🤣😂 i also thought he said, Christ! 🤣😂

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Ha ha!

@charly9927 2 года назад

Dance Hall Days, Fire In the Twilight, To Live And Die In LA, Let's Go, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, they really were huge in the 80s!!!

@bicyclist2 2 года назад

I remember this band because of "Everybody have fun tonight". "Dance Hall Days" is also great. I remember hearing it on the radio a lot as a kid in the 80's. Thank you.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Me too! That was my first exposure to them, hearing “Everybody Have Fun” on the radio while returning home from school one day. Judging by the name only, I thought they were Chinese and was extremely surprised to learn that they were British!

@nelrock3641 2 года назад

Dance Hall Days...Everybody Have Fun Tonight...loved those tunes. Let's Go was my favorite from them.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Let's Go is awesome. Great catchy song from back in the day.

@marionrosannaanna4590 2 года назад

Let’s Go was so enthusiastically romantic! My favourite too.

@mjgrogan1315 2 года назад

You bring out the best in the artists you interview. Awesome work Adam. Long live the Professor

@trinaq 2 года назад

I love this song, it has a lighthearted, whimsical vibe, which is probably why it's appeared in many works set in the 80's, since it evokes nostalgia and carefree times.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

It kind of epitomizes the 80s, much like Everybody Want to Rule the World.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

It’s a fantastic song. An 80s classic!

@V8AmericanMuscleCar 2 года назад

These guys did a great job for the 1985 movie "To Live And Die In L. A." 🔥🌴

@brucegwynn8509 2 года назад

What's up professor, I've been gone a long time in and out of the hospital, I used to enjoy this channel so much and I've missed it , gonna check out this episode, I remember dance hall days well ! Lol ,anyways, it's great to be feeling human again Adam!!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Bruce, I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope you get feeling better immediately. We've missed you too!. Rock on.

@MyName-pl7zn 2 года назад

You ok now?

@brucegwynn8509 2 года назад

@@MyName-pl7zn last round of chemo last week, very weak , making progress slowly

@MyName-pl7zn 2 года назад

@@brucegwynn8509 I am glad you are past the chemo and hope you recover quickly. At least you are home and hopefully you are feeling better, take care my friend

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I’m so sorry you’re going through hard times right now! Hope you get much better!

@lisamoore6804 2 года назад

I went most of my life thinking they were singing "dance all dazed" lol. I've known the real lyrics for a few years now, lol. I love it that you get to talk to these guys. So cool to see how these long loved songs got their start.

@RC32Smiths01 2 года назад

What an interesting turn of events for them. It such an interesting thought to wonder what if they changed their decisions back in the day. Thank you for this!

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 2 года назад

Everybody have fun woulda still put em on the map.....their rise was inevitable, it woulda happened one way or another lol

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

It is a wonder for sure.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

You'e probably right.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Fascinating story to hear.

@lawrencedavis4406 2 года назад

Jack Hues...real name Jeremy Allan Ryder...his stage name is the English pronunciation of the French word j'accuse...kind of a cool artsy punky twist, right??

@robster7316 2 года назад

The Brits strike again! Jack and Nick are both nice, unassuming guys who deserve their success. Great story behind this tune and yet another example of a song that appeared out of the blue. Thanks, Adam!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks Robster!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

They’re awesome dudes!

@karenwilliams9721 2 года назад

I remember this playing at one of my high school dances when I was talking to a guy that I liked at the time. Brings back good memories!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Great song for a high school dance!

@darknagaadventures7884 2 года назад

really loved their work, especially their work on the To Live and Die in LA score/soundtrack

@lauradecker4213 2 года назад

I COULD NOT IMAGINE ANY OTHER PERSONS DOING THIS SONG OTHER THAN WANG CHUNG! I'm an 80's Lady and love Wang Chung!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Imagine if Michael Jackson had recorded this song. Yeah, I think it would be bad.

@chronologician9184 2 года назад

Bowie could have done it

@Alanmania65 2 года назад

Before "Dance Hall Days" hit it big, there was "Don't Let Go," which I loved and is a highly underrated song, and I was excited when it cracked the Top 40 Countdown (made it to a mere peak of 38). Then "Dance Hall Days" was released and the rest is history. Both were #1 on the dance charts at the time. 🙂

@crkmt 2 года назад

“Don’t Let Go” is on my iPhone.

@KulisVibes 2 года назад

whole points on the curve album is amazing not just those two songs... masterpiece!

@lawrencedavis4406 2 года назад

And before Don't Let Go & Points on the Curve, there was Huang Chung & their debut album on Arista in 1982... they changed the spelling cuz people kept mispronouncing their name as Hung Chung, so they became Wang Chung...makes sense right??

@SATXREM 2 года назад

Such a great channel you have, Adam! Nothing quite like this anywhere! Great interview and insight on a great song. Brings me back to sitting on my parents large vinyl sofa watching MTV on the console TV all summer!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

I'm so glad to hear that! That's always been our goal! Thanks for watching.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

Agreed! Always keeping the music alive. In fact, y’all hear me out: We should start having actual college professors teach courses about the history of rock and roll to college students. The courses would cover music from the 50s through the 90s. I wonder how we can make this possible. It would be wonderful!

@dgarve 2 года назад

It's funny that Jack mentioned being influenced by Carl Jung ("Synchronicity"), since I always used to think that he looked a lot like Sting, another Jung fan around that time. Great interviews!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks! Yeah in some ways Jack reminds me of Sting.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

He does remind me of Sting. Sting with a much more gruff beard.

@Thomasmemoryscentral 2 года назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 With his voice currently, could Jack pull off any covers of The Police especially Roxanne which requires a high voice at specific parts?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

@@Thomasmemoryscentral I don’t know if Jack is able to go as high as Sting, but I think he should give it a shot! Maybe his voice would fit better in something like “Every Breath You Take”.

@philspear73 2 года назад

In those shades he resembles David Lee Roth!

@TheUffeess 2 года назад

I had totally missed this song when it came out. It was when I saw "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" I opened my eyes to the group. By chance I was talking to a friend about them and he asked if I had heard "Dance Hall Days". Thanks Carl! 👍

@mikemcnamara6483 2 года назад

Great stuff, Professor. Thanks for all that you do.

@lhair02 2 года назад

Adam, you lucky duck to interview in person Jack Hues and Nick Feldman. The deep cuts off Points are just of the more finer moments of the band's ways of their sound on the waves, talk it out and even their 1982 record with China and rising in the east

@brooklyncarmelena5755 2 года назад

This is one of the greatest songs of my youth. There are many that go hidden in time because of people thinking Wang Chung, they think of "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". Just like thinking Flock of Seagulls, People think of "I Ran" when they had another great forgotten track, "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph)". There are many great forgotten songs out there or maybe not forgotten, but tracks that just don't get any airplay today like this one. When I first heard this song as a kid, I fell in love with it instantly. I went out and bought the 12 inch single and still have it in my collection today. I wish music was still this good today. Thank you Wang Chung, and thank you Adam for this interview or I'd never know they did their 2019 cover which was just great.

@joeymorvant161 2 года назад

Love Wang Chung! "Dance Hall Days" is my Wang Chung favie! I also love Michael Jackson(with The Jackson 5\The Jacksons and solo as Michael Jackson), but never knew he loved and wanted to include this song on "Thriller". Wow! I never knew there was more than the one video. The only one I'd ever seen(known about!) was with them performing in the club, with the suitcase running away at the end.

@CostaRicaJack 2 года назад

You are the best my friend! Thank you for all your hard work.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks my friend!

@glo3139 2 года назад

I love to hear all of the stories behind all of the songs from that time. Regardless of whether they were amongst my favorites or not!!!!! ❤️❤️

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

It’s why we need more teachers teaching students in the modern world about how music was great once upon a time.

@MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn 2 года назад

Dance Hall Days and Everybody Have Fun Tonight are quintessential 80s songs. I still "Wang Chung" at night.

@terkish 2 года назад

Remember seeing this one on Friday Night Videos. I would always confuse the song with The Kinks "Come Dancing" which I also loved.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Another good one.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

“Come Dancing” is another fantastic song with an irresistible synth hook.

@davebanfield6251 2 года назад

Growing up in the 80's when MTV came out and getting to watch all the different genres of music was unbelievable and it moved into the 90's. But MTV just fell of the planet into the leftist shit hole it is today. I remember watching this video so many times and this interview is ridiculously outstanding. What the real shame is what music has turned into today. Bunch of shit. It's all pop and rap. No rock and roll. Bummer but thank goodness for YT and channels like this one. Well done professor 💯

@princesscl67 2 года назад

Great interview. And I LOVE that he mentioned Adam and the Ants and the Burundi beat. I’m gonna AGAIN BEG YOU to do a video of Adam and the Ants. They were under appreciated in their time and wrote off as a novelty or a joke/ but in truth their music is AMAZING and complex and full of heavy beats with 2 drum sets and so much hook.

@KingBeevr 2 года назад

Super underrated band. To Live and Die in LA is one of my favorite songs, not just of the 80s. Like the Fixx, INXS, The Outfield, criminally underrated and underappreciated bands of the era.

@floepiejane 2 года назад

The Outfield 😄 I saw them open for Starship in 1986 in a torrential downpour and they rock out hard, for what they do.

@paulb9453 2 года назад

Professor, you're a gentleman and a kickstarter of so many conversations, thanks and I never appreciated this song in its first release. Now, I love it.

@t_bone12571 2 года назад

Really like that song, along with "Everybody Have Fun" and "Let's Go", must explore more of Wang Chung's music outside of the singles.

@chrisb4331 2 года назад

Wang Chung-- Let’s Go. ❤️

@DJAvalonArizona 2 года назад

I am a HUGE WC fan. Nick was cool enough to talk to a wide-eyed crazed teen fan in '87 at the front of the stage at Disneyland. I will never forget that moment. At the time I had everything they ever did, and hold "Huang Chung" still to this day as one of my favorite albums ever.

@scottburton9701 2 года назад

Besides "Dance Hall Days",I also like "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"-Those are their two greatest songs.

@christopherallen9580 2 года назад

To Live and Die in LA is also excellent

@catherine6653 2 года назад

Dance Hall Days is such a feel good song. Everybody have fun tonight Everybody Wang Chung tonight!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

I agree. Thanks Catherine. Have a wonderful day!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I heard “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” while drinking a slushie at a McDonald’s yesterday, so I must say that Adam must be psychic LOL 😂

@catherine6653 2 года назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Very cool. Yesterday I bought a ticket to the Howard Jones concert. I stopped at the store and they were playing 'New Song' by Howard. I bet you know who he is.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

@@catherine6653 Of course I do! My absolute favorite song from him is “Things Will Only Get Better”. An infectious, catchy tune with irresistible synths and an awesome beat! Great song, man.

@catherine6653 2 года назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Yeah! That's my favorite HoJo song. I have the 45 single and the album Dream Into Action. Do you remember when Adam interviewed Howard Jones and asked him the meaning behind No one is to Blame? I think I will tell him tomorrow. I know he is a fan.

@martinkerry7538 2 года назад

I only became aware of Wang chung through dance hall days. I heard it on the radio and loved it. I taped it from radio and was still playing it right until late 2018 when I moved from England to Thailand and had to leave everything behind.

@iqweaver 2 года назад

A song that is a nostalgic nod to the 20s has become a nostalgic echo of the 80s.

@jeffmame605 2 года назад

Even though it should have been way off of my playlist "Dance Hall Days" became a song I really loved to hear, and I still do. Great video.

@janet4498 2 года назад

I became familiar with Wang Chung in 1986-87 with the hits "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," "Let's Go," and "Hypnotize me" and I remember MTV playing a song called "Praying to a New God" in 1989 by Wang Chung that was a big departure for the group as far as sound goes (but still a great song and cool video).

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Hypnotize me. So 80s that song! Ha ha. I love it. Perfect montage song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

All great songs!

@KhanadaRhodes 2 года назад

points on the curve was their second album (though their first as wang chung; they were originally huang chung), they're such an underrated band. as many others have mentioned in the comments already, to live and die in la is such a great soundtrack.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I always thought they named the band Huang Chung after something from China. And another fascinating thing is that Wang Chung means “yellow bell” in Chinese, and it is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale!

@LetsDoEntertainment 2 года назад

I want to thank you for this interview because I thought I was the only guy in the world who had a connection to Dancehall days there was unexplainable I just thought it was the best music out and in the entire decade of the 80s

@adolfsson2705 2 года назад

That song came and smashed! Everbody wanted to hear it, to dance iyi had my album and again i regret dont keep it. Time when i started to go some parties in my teen years.. When the song was on i looked for a girl to hold his hand and dance, Great video again.

@kyleowens3296 2 года назад

Love the incredible videos. You have a great voice for radio.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks Kyle! I appreciate your support.

@philspear73 2 года назад

You should do "Come Dancing" by The Kinks, which is another dance hall nostalgic classic.

@kellystephens3841 2 года назад

Blackfoot is a huge town ..lol..I'm from Kuna,id..but its cool to watch someone on here from home

@darrelstinson4737 2 года назад

I saw these guys in concert in 1985. How fun it was!

@geoffstrickler 2 года назад

Ah, yes, hasn’t everyone been in the recording studio and Paul McCartney walks in to lend you his bass for your song?

@riproar11 2 года назад

Love the Tshirt. I has a black one with the same white grid and "Las Vegas" with the same font in Miami Vice blue.

@martineldritch 2 года назад

Wow, released in 82 near time of the Kinks' "Come Dancing". The new sounds of the day were maybe installing a nostalgia for days when people could go out dancing to music that wasn't Disco ?

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Good memory. A couple of good songs for sure.

@martineldritch 2 года назад

@@ProfessorofRock Thanks Proff. Great music. Ah, "The Safety Dance" was released that year too. That nostalgia and synchronicity spanned across the pond ! New wave and synth rock raging against the disco machine Lol.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

@@ProfessorofRock I also like The Kinks’ song “Don’t Forget to Dance”. Beautiful tune.

@Thomasmemoryscentral 2 года назад

@@martineldritch Hey Martin, funny you should bring up Safety Dance. To me, Dance Hall Days has the style of a slightly slower Safety Dance. In fact, I put it on my phone for a 29th playlist back to back. First Dance Hall Days and then Safety Dance after

@AJMic-sp2rx 2 года назад

I saw Wang Chung open New haven coliseum for The Cars , I must have been around 10 Yr old .

@HellcatCustoms 2 года назад

I remember the first time I listened to the "Mosaic" album and was surprised by the bluntness of "The World in Which We Live". They seemed so squeaky clean up until then. I loved how they put the wrong lyrics to the songs in the album sleeve.

@Porrohman72 2 года назад

Spotted The Ocean Blue! Have that and several others from them.

@kingsethos5108 2 года назад

Somewhere I have a cassette that has a 12" Extended Mix that I recorded from Kev's All-Night Record Cafe" that aired on 97 WLAV-FM in Grand Rapids, MI. Kevin Matthews was doing overnights and eventually ended up in Chicago.

@flavellinator 2 года назад

Saw them open for The Cars on their Heartbeat City tour... Still remember the cool stand up drumming they did and how good they were! They interacted so well and got the crowd going. Then, The Cars came out and did the opposite. I guess it was just their style...

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Now that's cool!

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

I remember hearing The Cars were not so good live. Sure had a lot of hits though.

@flavellinator 2 года назад

@@surlechapeau The Cars sounded really good, but said nothing to the crowd nor did they move from their mics at all... It was weirdly different from any band I'd seen at the time and it was on a big stage (sold out LA Forum where the Lakers played)...

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

@@surlechapeau I've heard both. Wish I could've seen them.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

@@flavellinator Wow. So cool!

@Nick23at63 Год назад

I forget whose radio show I heard this on, but it seems it was either in the late 1990's or early 2000's, and Wang Chung did an acoustic version of Dance Hall Days that was just simply perfect, considering the environment. It was a talk show, and they just broke out this song.

@dgarve 2 года назад

Also cool that Wang Chung referenced Joni Mitchell's "The Hissing of Summer Lawns", a magnificent album. Supposedly, Prince once told a journalist that it was the only album he could listen to all the way through. Not sure if it's completely factual, but an interesting thought.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Yes, you're correct. Prince was a massive Joni Mitchell fan, in fact Joni remembers seeing a young Prince at one of her shows.

@dgarve 2 года назад

@@ProfessorofRock I don't doubt his love for Joni, or that he might have made that comment--I just can't believe that with his profound love of music that there were no other albums that he could stand to listen to front to back?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

@@ProfessorofRock And I do not blame him at all! Joni is a legend.

@Pugs365 2 года назад

I love how he has Beethoven on the mantle and African figures behind him. What influences!

@lunarmodule6419 2 года назад

To me Wang Chung is "To live and die in LA". It's my favorite.

@anthonyfesta7010 2 года назад

70’s best decade for music.

@demetriuscooksey7147 2 года назад

Can't believe this was almost an MJ song! No doubt it would have been great, but things turned out how they were supposed to because it's just perfection as a Wang Chung song.

@andrewoleary2199 2 года назад

surprised you didnt mention Live and Die in LA

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

We discussed it. It will be for a future episode.

@martineldritch 2 года назад

What a great blast from the past, thank you. Nostalgia for a song about nostalgia for an earlier time. Getting double reverse jetlag just thinking of it Lol

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

It's a great song, I love you explanation of it!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

You nailed it, my friend!

@scottymoondogjakubin4766 2 года назад

Wang chung is definitely a staple of the 80"s !

@standardofexcellence 2 года назад

Ah yes one of my favorite songs to sing and emulate the voice it's an added bonus as an 80's classic

@mililaniman 2 года назад

"You Better You Bet" and "Whats Love Gotta To Do With It" are some of my favorite lyrics.

@christopherallen9580 2 года назад

I'm glad they kept Dance Hall Days as is for themselves.

@markbeebe125 2 года назад

I believe there are three truly special songs from the 80s. Obviously there are hundreds if not thousands, but I mean truly magical songs that set themselves apart for eternity. All time classics like the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun", and the Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" ...... SHE'S A BEAUTY by The Tubes MELT WITH YOU by Modern English And this song. There's magic in them thar lyrics/🎶

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Great list. Love it. Thanks Mark!

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 2 года назад

IDK Men Without Hats - safety Dance is a big one too...pure blasphemy not to include that one..... also everything on Killing Joke - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns is just epic stuff ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gtQ3srkIVSg.html

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

All these songs are fabulous!

@angelcalero6464 2 года назад

Simply a great song.

@shack8110 2 года назад

truly a great 80s classic that is better than everything in the past 10 years...I'll probably think of other lyrics from the 80s that really moved me in about 6 months from now but... 1) I don't care where we go, I don't care what we do, I don't care pretty baby, just take me with you 2) when i leave i don't know what i'm hoping to find, and when i leave i don't know what i'm leaving behind

@constipatedinsincity4424 2 года назад

To answer your question: The Message Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. Don't push me cause I'm close to the Edge, I'm trying not to lose my head. It's like a Jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under!

@constipatedinsincity4424 2 года назад

@I STAN Kim Jong-Un but Can't STAND Trump Yes it is Youngling.

@srtamplification 2 года назад

Too cool. Truly a song that epitomizes the '80s.

@neilsmith9066 2 года назад

Dance Hall Days is Amazing!

@kevincampbell9526 2 года назад

"Everybody Wang Chung Tonite!"

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

I feel like I need to Wang Chung tonight after a long and tiring day at school!

@scottgreg7398 2 года назад

I wish you would do a video on all the work that Phil Collins did, as he supported other artists, like on: No One Is to Blame, Easy Lover, Do They Know It's Christmas, etc., there are many that he played the drums for.

@bryanrussell2124 2 года назад

Got a suggestion for a new video, how about something on Vitamin Z? I loved them and completely wore out the cassette of the album Sharp Stone Rain Thanks for all you do keeping the awesome memories alive!!